Apr 14 2011 | John Avison
HAPPINESS is in the news. And this at a time when no news is good news. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Comment
THINGS looked bleak after a fire tore through much of our nearby moorland. Read
Apr 14 2011 | John Avison
I WRITE this week of the disappointments of adulthood. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Comment
TIMES are tough in every industry, but it’s worrying that we’re being warned to expect “turbulent times” in the health sector. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SECOND well-known cricketer was arrested at Huddersfield Town Hall after immigration officers raided an alleged sham marriage. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
RESIDENTS have failed in a bid to block a “noisy” golf club from opening to non-members. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
RAIL commuters are set to benefit from extra carriages being added to some trains running in and out of Leeds. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 57-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after a car wreaked an almost mile-long trail of destruction. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE leading members have left the British National Party (BNP) in Kirklees. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PROPOSAL to set up a taxi office has divided a Huddersfield neighbourhood. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CRIME prevention afternoon is being held at Birkby Junior School. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TV’S Hairy Bikers have roared into the Colne Valley to secretly film a new food programme. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE extent of the devastation a moorland fire caused on nature can be seen for the first time. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
Huddersfield Light Opera company’s ambitious production, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, opens on April 30. In the first of a series, Examiner reporter KATIE GRANT goes behind the scenes to look at what it takes to put on a big show. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PSYCHIC night has made hundreds of pounds for charity. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TURBULENT times lie ahead for patients and the NHS. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
STUDENTS at Hipperholme Grammar School displayed their musical flair at the school’s Spring Concert. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MUSEUM is inviting families to enjoy Easter activities from the past. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THEIR glory days may be behind them – but a big band fan club is still swinging. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
SOFT drinks firm Britvic is raising a glass to getting a £1.4m boost. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Unsorted
THIS huge rainbow dwarfed Emley Moor Mast along with the surrounding area. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FREE design workshops with artist Damian Clark are on offer to teenagers this Easter holiday. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NEW restaurant is opening at Lepton. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Fashion & Beauty
Our search for a Mother’s Day mum-in-a-million brought letters from readers who said their mum was their best friend, confidante and unwavering supporter through thick and thin. The winner, Arlene Shortiss, is all these things, and more, to her daughter Deanne Lord. Hilarie Stelfox reports Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TALENTED teenage dancer Lucy Horsfall has tapped her way to a national award. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE than 500 singers from 19 choirs took part in a concert at Huddersfield Town Hall, which raised nearly £4,000 for the Mayor of Kirklees’ chosen charity, Combat Stress. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
GIFTED mathematicians took part in heats of the National Jaguar Maths Challenge at Moor End Technology College, Crosland Moor. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BAKERY chain in Huddersfield has risen to the challenge to win an award for food quality. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHILDREN at Mount Pre-School, Outlane, have been celebrating the Royal Wedding early with a feast of mini omelettes and Ritz crackers. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE Archbishop of York concluded his two-day tour of the Wakefield Diocese with a visit to Huddersfield University. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
STUDENTS and staff at Moor End Technology College held a fundraising event in memory of a much-loved catering assistant. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD schoolchildren are being encouraged to take up cycling as a sport. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Other Sports
HOLME VALLEY Wheelers Youth 5-mile Time Trial continues on Wednesday at Farnley Tyas (6.00). Read
Apr 14 2011 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD’S World Superbike contender Tom Sykes is determined put a frustrating result at Donington Park behind him and is now fully focused on the next round of the championship at Assen this weekend. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Bowls News
HUDDERSFIELD provides the whole Yorkshire home team for Sunday’s County match against South Yorkshire at Linthwaite Hall. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Rugby Union News
GUTSY YMCA suffered last-minute heartache at York to deny them a place in the final of this season’s Yorkshire Shield. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Bowls News
Latest results. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Bowls News
DUNCAN REEVES won his fourth Sixteen of the season at the Griffin. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Other Sports
CONCORDE Trophy holders Woodfield Park B are through to this year’s quarter-finals after the second division side put out Kingsmith Eng PW from the Huddersfield Table Teniis League’s top flight. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Bowls News
THE semi-finals of the West Riding Cup and Pilling Cup will be played tomorrow (all 7pm). Read
Apr 14 2011 | Other Sports
COMPOSITE LEAGUE Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
SUPER League leaders Castleford are anxiously waiting to discover the extent of a knee injury sustained by Nick Youngquest. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Cricket News
THE burning question this year is who actually wants to win promotion from the Frank Platt Championship into the Drakes League Premiership as the competition gets under way on Saturday. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Nathan Brown Column
IT’S Leeds Rhinos at Headingley on Friday, and the Giants are viewed by many as favourites. How does that make you feel? Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
IN-FORM Giants back-rower Luke O’Donnell will be in the Exiles’ final 22-man squad. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Amateur Rugby League
UNDERBANK Rangers will start their new Conference National campaign in better shape than ever before. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
LARNE PATRICK hailed his best performance of the season in the win over Warrington and declared: “I know there’s so much more to come!” Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK could add Jack Hunt to his attacking armoury after the full-back’s exciting cameo appearance against Peterborough. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FOUR Elland youths have been warned for littering. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TORIES have been accused of “sixth form politics” after fielding a candidate with the same surname as his opponent. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GRANDFATHER died after being crushed between two cars in a supermarket car park. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A JEWELLER fears he may go out of business after raiders stole around £80,000 of gold from his town centre shop. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN ACCOUNTANT who abused his position while working for Wooldale Co-operative Society has been given a suspended prison sentence and must pay £5,000 in compensation. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
POLICE are clamping down on quad bike users in Fartown. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CASH-STRAPPED care company has been forced to change its rent plan to save money. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PROFESSIONAL rugby league player has been charged in connection with an alleged attack on a young woman. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GIANT model dog that was made in Huddersfield will soon be nodding away at motorists in the capital. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO men are wanted by Calderdale police in connection with allegedly supplying drugs. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Paul Stevens
The weekend is shaping up at the moment a lot better than we thought early in the week. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Unsorted
HIGHWAYS chiefs have announced the timetable for congestion-busting M62 improvement work. The ‘Managed Motorway’ scheme is set to tackle the notorious stretch of motorway from Brighouse to Leeds by opening up the hard shoulder to traffic between J25 and J30. Work will begin between October and December 2011. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Reader Letters
FROM some readers’ letters you would conclude that the Council and the planners were enemies of the people, determined to destroy the greenbelt for some nefarious reasons of their own. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN accused of conspiracy to defraud ex-pat investors in a multi-million ‘Ponzi scheme’ has made his first appearance before a crown court judge. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GANG bust into a flat and escaped with the keys to a prestige car which was driven away. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Football News
THERE was an end-of-season reward for Golcar Juniors as they visited the richest football club in the world. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Football News
NEWSOME finally got their name on the Barlow Cup. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Football News
Latest results. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
WITH Southampton’s defeat on Tuesday night at Rochdale, Town’s chances of automatic promotion are still very much alive and it’s essential that fans do what they can to provide the 12th-man support. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Football News
YMCA’s dreams of County glory were shattered when they lost 4-1 to Shadwell United in the Under 12 County Shield final. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Britain's record of stillbirths has been condemned as a "national scandal" after it was shown to be one of the worst in the developed world. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Ending Britain's benefits culture and cutting immigration are "two sides of the same coin", the Prime Minister David Cameron will say he sets out the Government's plan to reduce the number of migrants coming to the UK. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The NHS could save up to £500 million a year by carrying out fewer "ineffective" operations such as removing tonsils and wisdom teeth, a study has found. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The family of Shrien Dewani's murdered bride have begged the British businessman to reveal "what really happened". Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Rising living costs are causing hardship for British pensioners, with 58% saying they are "just getting by" or worse, according to research. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Ministers have accused councils of wasting millions of pounds by giving staff "preferential" motoring perks. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Oil giant BP is facing a wave of protests at its annual general meeting, which come just days before the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Catherine Zeta-Jones has checked into rehab to be treated for bipolar disorder, her publicist confirmed. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Catherine Zeta-Jones has checked into rehab to be treated for bipolar disorder, her publicist confirmed. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Waistlines of girls starting secondary school are more than 8cm larger than those of their counterparts 30 years ago, a study has shown. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The operator of Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex is seeking ways to pull damaged spent fuel rods out of a storage pool at one of its reactors, citing surging radiation and elevated temperatures as worrisome signs. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A man has been arrested in connection with a 500lb car bomb abandoned near a busy motorway in Northern Ireland. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A married actor has won a gagging order to stop the media reporting his purported relationship with a call girl whose clients allegedly included Wayne Rooney. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The family of a mother and daughters injured in a knife attack at their home have told of their "deep shock and upset" over the incident. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A British tourist has died in police custody in Dubai, the Foreign Office said. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Two climate change campaigners have partially won their High Court battle over controversial "kettling" tactics used by the police during G20 demonstrations in central London two years ago. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Front and Back Pages
HERE are the front and back pages of tonight's Huddersfield Examiner. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Thousands of prison officers are to be balloted on industrial action, including strikes, in protest at the Government's privatisation plans, it has been revealed. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A senior reporter at the News of the World has been arrested by detectives investigating the phone-hacking scandal. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
THERE are only a few weeks left in the race for promotion from League One - and we're going to bring you all the news which could help shape Huddersfield Town's promotion push. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The Prime Minister's rhetoric on cutting immigration risks "inflaming" extremism, Business Secretary Vince Cable has said as tensions surfaced over the Government's plans to reduce the numbers of migrants coming to the UK. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Nurses have dealt another blow to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley by moving a step nearer strike action on pay. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A group of fishermen and women hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have been denied entry to BP's annual general meeting. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Japan's emperor and empress have made their first trip to the disaster zone since the earthquake and tsunami destroyed much of the country's north-east coast. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
David Cameron has denied that the coalition was split over tackling immigration, after he was accused by a Cabinet minister of using "very unwise" language which risked inflaming extremism. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A number of protesters have been ejected from BP's Annual General Meeting after attempting to storm the stage. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Home Office Minister Nick Herbert has been accused of trying to silence the police after he criticised chief constables who speak out. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIVE people have been charged and appeared in court following a suspected sham wedding between a Pakistani cricketer and an English girl. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A community is coming to terms with the loss of two teenagers who died in a tragic shooting at a remote cottage. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
An EU decision to lift sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man Musa Kusa has been condemned as "astonishing". Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
UK diplomats and human rights campaigners have demanded a thorough investigation into a British tourist's death in police custody in Dubai. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
The wife of a Royal Navy sailor shot dead on a nuclear submarine said her family had been "cheated" of a husband and father as she spoke of the "void" he had left in their lives. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
David Cameron has defended his tough stance on immigration as "moderate, sensible and reasonable" after he was accused by Liberal Democrat cabinet colleague Vince Cable of inflaming extremism. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
A British tourist who died in police custody in Dubai choked on his own vomit, the Gulf emirate's attorney-general said. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Shrien Dewani was kicked out of The Priory Hospital after threatening to punch a member of staff, a court has heard. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Detectives investigating the shooting of five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran have arrested two more young people, Scotland Yard said. Read
Apr 14 2011 | National News
Hopes of an end to the long running British Airways cabin crew dispute have risen after union leaders held back from calling fresh strikes to allow peace talks to continue. Read