Feb 23 2010 | Business Profiles
IT’S time to take pride in being British, says Marcia Hutchinson. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Commercial Property
CONSTRUCTION workloads fell across all sectors in Yorkshire towards the end of 2009, latest figures have revealed. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Commercial Property
A CAMPAIGN calling for VAT on building repairs and maintenance to be reduced to 5% is being spearheaded by a West Yorkshire firm. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Commercial Property
THE number of vacant shop premises across Yorkshire is set to fall this year, claims a report. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIRMS in Kirklees have been urged to act now to avoid falling foul of new environmental permit rules. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Commercial Property
A LAUNCH date has ben set for an impressive mill redevelopment in Mirfield. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Commercial Property
FORTY-SEVEN surveyors in Yorkshire have achieved the highly-valued “chartered” status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Our House
WHEN Geoff and Nuala Milner were given the chance to expand their Birchencliffe home they knew they had their work cut out to give it the real pick-me-up it deserved. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
JUST when you think it’s safe to go back on the football pitch, down comes another heap of snow to wipe out any prospects of a game. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
RCD JUNIOR LEAGUE tables Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
MATCHES to be played this coming Sunday, February 28: Read
Feb 23 2010 | Golf News
PAUL CARMAN was installed as Huddersfield Golf Club’s new professional, and promptly declared his intention to qualify for the Open Championship at Muirfield. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Golf News
CASTLEFIELDS Ryan Joyce produced the shot of the day to win the first Halifax, Huddersfield Golf Alliance meeting of 2010 with his partner Nick Kelly. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
POLICE chief George Callaghan was voted ‘man-of-the-match’ when he allowed Town fans to move into the Cowshed for the second half of the 2-0 win against Portsmouth. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Rugby Union News
A LATE Pocklington penalty and a denied Adam Ryder try contrived to deny YMCA back-to-back victories in East Yorkshire as they lost 19-17 at Pocklington. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN once went top of the Championship by virtue of victory at Tranmere Rovers – but it was one of only three in 21 visits. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
NEAL TROTMAN reacquaints himself with Prenton Park tonight ready to face a test of Town’s growing defensive resolve. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
SIMON GRAYSON says this week will be the most testing of his Leeds United reign. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
ANTONY KAY will be on familiar territory tonight – and would love another double in the latest Tranmere Rovers versus Town fixture. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
JORDAN RHODES makes his first visit to Tranmere tonight pledging: “We want another three points.” Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Giants News
DELIGHTED Leroy Cudjoe has signing a two-year Giants contract extension. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Comment
COUNCILS which communicate well with the people who live in their area are apparently those which perform best. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
PDSA shops across Yorkshire are appealing for help. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Other Sports
JOSEPH VESSEY is head over heels at the moment. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Comment
BUS drivers are angry after new rules enforced at Huddersfield Bus Station means their loo breaks may be cut short. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CAR parking company has again been blasted for its disabled parking policy, after a Kirkheaton man was fined trying to help his injured friend. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
THERE was a little bit of Huddersfield in Scotland last weekend. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
DETAILS of a planned new Tesco store for Huddersfield town centre have been unveiled. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE in Huddersfield are being asked to grab their favourite bear to raise money for charity. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Unsorted
THE terrible events at Cowcliffe over the weekend coincided with a topic raised on our forum. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Reader Letters
I DIDN’T know Mr Singh, or his corner shop. I just know that the breaking news on the radio brought me to tears. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO drivers escaped injury in a crash near Bretton. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
BRITAIN’S oldest coachbuilder was based in Huddersfield for more than 100 years and will be the subject of a new history book. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
ICE that fell from the sky and nearly hit a man in Holmfirth was probably a type of meteor, a scientist has claimed. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
MP Mike Wood is hosting an event to celebrate International Women’s Day next month in Batley and Spen. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
Squire, political director for the Taxpayers’ Alliance said: “This is an incredibly high cost to produce a council magazine. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
BAILIFF Bridge residents have been given crime prevention advice in a bid to beat the burglars. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HEALTH trust wants people to help run it. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
SOME of the region’s finest singers, musicians and performers will visit Huddersfield this week. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
MOURNERS gathered on the streets of Golcar to honour one of their own killed in Afghanistan. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NEW campaign aims to cut the number of food hygiene cases in Kirklees. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PROJECT for adult and community learning in Huddersfield received a huge windfall from the National Lottery today. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of his nine-year-old brother. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
CARERS who are unpaid and looking after a loved-one can build up a full basic state pension. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN MP has welcomed plans for improved rail services in West Yorkshire. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN IMPRESSIVE collection of history books amassed by a late Huddersfield headmaster has been donated to a university library. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FORMER Huddersfield man broke down in tears after a jury yesterday found him not guilty of indecently touching a young girl and physically assaulting her and a boy. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
BUS drivers in Huddersfield are angry at a toilet ban at the town’s bus station. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A JOBS fair is to be held in one of the parts of Huddersfield hit hard by the recession. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
SHOPKEEPERS say Gurmail Singh’s murder proves how vulnerable traders are to attacks. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
ANGRY community members are coming together to launch a reward fund to help catch the brutal killers of a beloved shopkeeper. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield's fallen soldiers
“HE knew the risks but was willing to face them.” Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
YORKSHIRE Ambulance Trust has been ranked the worst in the country for its ability to reach life-threatening incidents within eight minutes. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A £6m FUNDING package has been agreed for a major development in Huddersfield. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
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Feb 23 2010 | Football News
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Feb 23 2010 | Football News
WEST RIDING COUNTY AMATEUR LEAGUE Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
HUDDERSFIELD FA Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
West Riding County Amateur League Read
Feb 23 2010 | Amateur Rugby League
NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE Read
Feb 23 2010 | Football News
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Feb 23 2010 | National News
A suspected car bomb has exploded outside a court house in Newry in Northern Ireland. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A coalition of local councils, "green" groups and residents will mount a legal challenge on Tuesday to Government plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Leaders of the three main political parties have signed up to a pledge to challenge prejudice against single parent families. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Election watchdogs called for a review of the rules governing vacancies in the House of Commons after voters in one constituency were left without an MP for more than 100 days. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The controversy surrounding so called head shops and legal highs will be put under the spotlight by government officials from across Ireland and the UK, it emerged. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Gordon Brown is to try to draw a line under the damaging Downing Street bullying row after he flatly dismissed claims he intimidated junior staff. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The Government's plans for a 50p-a-month tax on households to fund super-fast broadband across the country have been condemned by an influential group of MPs. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
HUDDERSFIELD Town's scouts were reported to have been in Northern Ireland on Saturday keeping tabs on a young striker with a big reputation. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MOTHER who was arrested on suspicion of murdering her two-year-old daughter was today admitted to a psychiatric unit. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A COMPANY providing drinks dispense equipment is the toast of the industry after developing a new product. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A DRIVE to help transport managers "go green" is getting under way in Huddersfield. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A CEILINGS specialist has hit the heights in an industry competition – by winning an award for the second year running. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A CLECKHEATON firm supplying office furniture is set to raise cash for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal – by offering chairs in exchange for a donation. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A GROUP promoting minority ethnic businesses is urging Kirklees firms to take part in its annual awards. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
FIRMS in Kirklees have been urged to act now to avoid falling foul of new environmental permit rules. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
TWO professional firms in Huddersfield have joined forces to offer a new service to local businesses. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A MARKET research firm in Huddersfield has won a contract to carry out research for a Midlands local authority. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
ARTS and regeneration agency Loca has been helping creative people broaden their understanding of running a business. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
KIRKLEES firms are set for a boost to their 2010 trading efforts. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A CLECKHEATON law firm has become an approved training centre for the UK’s largest management body. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A COMPANY designing and fitting out interiors for hotels, restaurants and bars around the world has achieved a top quality standard. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
BEDDING firm John Cotton has won a top supplier award. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
MANAGEMENT advice group Business Doctors has appointed Neil Kendall as head of its new West Yorkshire operation. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
JOHN Flynn has joined Yorkshire Building Society’s Honley and Meltham branches as their new financial adviser. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A PROGRAMME officer has been appointed to help steer a £3m funding programme in Yorkshire that will help farmers, foresters and growers develop their skills and enhance their profitability. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
A CAR dealership has helped a group of Holmfirth High School students take a step closer to Africa. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Kirklees Business News
CELEBRITY Ruby Wax will be the headline speaker at an event organised by Yorkshire business networking group Forward Ladies. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Latest National Business News
PLUMBING and heating giant Wolseley gave its share price a boost today after it said it expected trading profits to top market expectations. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Latest National Business News
THE London market forged ahead today amid a busy results season on the FTSE 100 Index. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Latest National Business News
MEMBERS of a Communist-backed trade union blockaded the Athens stock market today to protest at government austerity measures aimed at tackling Greece’s debt crisis. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Latest National Business News
A FORMER motor mechanic who switched careers to create the UK’s biggest nightclub operator is to leave the business he founded 22 years ago. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Denis Kilcommons
SCIENTIST Dr Richard Pike has raised that old educational chestnut of Mickey Mouse degrees again. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Denis Kilcommons
ANOTHER wonderful piece of research from scientists at the Department of the Flaming Obvious. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Latest National Business News
MORTGAGE lending slumped to an eight-and-a-half-year low during January as the housing market suffered a lull following the end of the Government’s stamp duty holiday, figures showed today. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Dissident republicans have been blamed for a car bomb attack at a court in Co Down. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Written guidelines for British secret agents on how to interrogate prisoners held overseas will face a legal challenge in the courts, a human rights groups has announced. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The coldest winter season for more than 30 years will be capped off with more miserable weather, a forecaster said. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for one million US dollars, smashing the previous record price for a comic. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Latin American and Caribbean nations have backed Argentina's claim of sovereignty to the Falkland Islands in a growing dispute with Britain over plans to drill for oil off the islands in the Atlantic. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Church of England clergy have called for an end to rules which stop gay couples "marrying" in religious premises. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Britain may no longer need its independent nuclear deterrent in five or 10 years' time, a former head of the army said. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Frantic efforts to head off a "deeply damaging" strike by British Airways cabin crew are to be made, with time running out to reach a deal. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A member of the ruthless robbery gang that killed shop manager Jamie Simpson was on police bail for a previous fatal stabbing, it can be reported. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A man who absconded from a trial where he is accused of taking part in a £1.75 million armed hold-up has handed himself in to police. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Dissident republicans who planted a car bomb of up to 800lb outside a court in Northern Ireland are intent on derailing the peace process, political leaders said. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
SHOPKEEPER Gurmail Singh suffered a savage beating at the hands of teenage robbers, a post mortem has revealed. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
There is still a "lending crisis" in Britain which is preventing a sustained recovery, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Huddersfield Town News
HUDDERSFIELD Town's clash with Tranmere Rovers tonight is ON. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Northern Ireland's police chief has denied claims he under-estimated threats to the peace process after dissident republicans bombed a court. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Parents are to be given the power to demand a change to their secondary school leadership by voting in a ballot. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WOMAN serving a life sentence for murder at New Hall prison died after she refused medical treatment, an inquest heard today. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The doctor brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne who prescribed drugs to a cocaine-addicted escort girl with whom he was in a relationship has been found guilty of serious misconduct at a disciplinary hearing. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
An inquiry has been launched into why police officers failed to smash open a bathroom door as a woman lay dying inside. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Special Features
In the realm of credit cards, UK has an impressive smorgasbord for you to enjoy. However, before you lap up every offer you can find there are some factors you need to consider. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Two plane spotters were facing up to three years in an Indian jail after they appeared in court accused of illegally monitoring aircraft. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A British woman was among at least eight people killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan. Read
Feb 23 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
GRITTING crews are braced for a busy night across Kirklees. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband Ashley Cole, her spokesman said. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Attorney General Baroness Scotland rejected a call to refer to police further allegations of complicity in torture made against British secret agents. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The European Union has been accused of meddling in maternity policy after MEPs backed an EU-wide extension of maternity leave to 20 weeks, with six weeks on full pay. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Gordon Brown is set to apologise on Wednesday for the UK's role in sending tens of thousands of children to former colonies where they suffered terrible abuse. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
A "most wanted" runaway who fled to the "Costa del Crime" was arrested by police as he tried to slip back into the UK, it was confirmed today. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Chart star Cheryl Cole dumped her footballer husband Ashley Cole as she jetted back to the UK - and her empty marital home. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
The bullying helpline boss who claimed to have been contacted by Gordon Brown's staff has been trawling her emails for evidence to support her allegations. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Video footage of two alleged would-be terrorists "leopard crawling" across a park in broad daylight has been released by police. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Alistair Darling has spoken out for the first time about attempts by Gordon Brown's aides to undermine him. Read
Feb 23 2010 | National News
Northern Ireland's political leaders have pledged to defend their power-sharing government against dissident republicans who launched a car bomb attack on a court. Read