Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
SOME of the finest male voice choirs in the region are coming together with top musicians for a charity concert. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
HANDEL’S The Passion of Christ features among the set list for the Huddersfield Singer’s concert tomorrow. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
THE Bronte Society will this weekend unveil their latest exhibition as part of their contemporary arts programme. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
SLAITHWAITE Band will tomorrow play St James’ Church, 7.30pm start. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Recipes
THIS week we’re staying with a French theme, but moving south-east from Bordeaux towards a region I have told you about many times, the Auvergne. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
VIOLINIST Artem Kotov will take music lovers on a romantic symphony when he joins Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra this weekend. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
Concert Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Restaurant Reviews
EVERY year we go on holiday to Spain and end up in the same Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of Villamartin – a place very popular with ex-pats. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield restaurants & recipes
Golden Dragon Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
A FEMALE choir with an international reputation is to sing for the first time in Huddersfield, the heartland of northern choral singing. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
TEA is an evening meal and a drink, so us northerners think. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
THEATRE group Mikron remain buoyant after the recent national art’s funding cuts. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
ORGANISERS of a photograph competition are calling for snappers to get involved. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
IT’S not a long trip over the Pennines to Oldham – and you can get the bus if you haven’t a car. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
IT is a TV show and musical made famous by comedian Victoria Wood. And Acorn Antiques is coming to town. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
HEPWORTH Band play a varied programme at St Paul’s Hall this weekend. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
CHILDREN’S favourite madcap comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers are preparing to entertain children during half term. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
AS the spring sun shines the uplands of the South Pennines come into their own magnificent glory. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
IT’S one of the world’s most famous plays – and you can see Northern Broadsides perform Hamlet next week. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Arts News
STRICTLY stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace bring their hot footed tango to town. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
SCRE4M(15, 110 mins) 5/10 Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
YOUR HIGHNESS(15, 102 mins) 3/10 Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
RED RIDING HOOD (12A, 99 mins) 5/10(12A, 99 mins) 5/10 Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
EDDI Reader, former vocalist with The Fairground Attraction, is appearing at the LBT tonight. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
THEATRICAL rockers Bad Pollyanna have launched an innovative sponsorship scheme in a bid to get to Hollywood. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
Kabeedies on tour Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
Evile get big tent slot Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
CEE LO GREEN: Bright Lights Bigger City.Make no mistake this is the best song he’s done so far. A big, full-on strings and fanfare synths anthemic floorfiller. Feelgood is writ large all this futuristic, cinematic soul. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART: Belong.It’s doubtful the bittersweet Brooklyn band could have come up with a more convoluted name. Still, that’s what happens when you inhabit a world dominated by melodic buzz-saw guitars that more than nod towards summer of love pop. Sometimes far-off, then the next track’s right there and in your face, but with this fuzzy rock pop is never more threatening than handbags at 10 paces. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
Rock ‘n’ Rail Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield music news
Artists: The Hoosiers Read
Apr 15 2011 | Denis Kilcommons
TELEVISION adverts amuse me. They try to sell everything on either humour or sincerity, and if you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Comment
SAVINGS are having to be made and jobs lost at Kirklees Council. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Comment
BOWLERS have been told their future could be in their own hands. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Denis Kilcommons
A PIECE I wrote recently about the pitfalls of new technology and the mysteries of iPods, BlackBerries and iPads, brought a sympathetic response from Russell Smith that probably reflects the view of many of the older generation. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Denis Kilcommons
BRIAN Armitage tells me that Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of economy airline Ryanair, was recently in a well known hotel in Dublin. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
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Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
CAMPAIGNERS will urge people to back electoral reform to thwart the British National Party (BNP). Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
DAVID Cameron’s comments on immigration are “ill-judged ambiguous and contradictory”, according to a political expert. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHURCH members have celebrated the retirement of a dedicated minister. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
MARSDEN’S annual Cuckoo Festival seems to grow every year and it kicks off today with a packed programme of events. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE are invited to Easter celebrations at St Thomas’ Church, Bradley. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CHEMICAL spillage at Huddersfield University sparked a major emergency alert – but only to test procedures. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE with disabilities got the chance to shine at an event staged in Huddersfield. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
BUS users are being offered the chance to join an elite band of ‘Ambussadors’. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE Royal Wedding may be two weeks away but knitting fans have already ‘cast’ the occasion into the history books. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 57-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly left a trail of havoc on a Huddersfield road has been charged. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
SALON staff got all dressed up to raise money for charity. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
WHEN most marching bands talk about a ‘marathon session’ they’re on about a trip down to the pub. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
ANIMAL lover Stuart Spencer is set to pound the streets to help a cat welfare charity. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FUNDRAISERS from across Huddersfield will take part in Sunday’s London Marathon. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Other Sports
IF THERE is one thing that football club managers can be sure of, it is that nothing is certain. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Amateur Rugby League
IN-FORM Lindley Swifts are bracing themselves for the toughest of challenges to retain their James Joseph Conlan Memorial Trophy crown. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Other Sports
FAR from feeling sorry for Rory McIlroy as his Masters challenge unravelled in Augusta, I was just filled with wonderment. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Other Sports
BY RIGHTS I should be getting excited about the prospect of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Bowls News
DRAW for the qualifying round of the Eric Hutchinson Memorial Bowling Trophy tomorrow: Read
Apr 15 2011 | Other Sports
ALL current champions will be on hand to defend their titles when the Huddersfield Table Tennis League stage their Closed Championships at Newsome Sports College on Sunday. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Rugby Union News
HUDDERSFIELD RU players will be eyeing another points bonanza tomorrow when they entertain next-to-bottom Rugby Lions at Lockwood Park (3.00). Read
Apr 15 2011 | Rugby Union News
ANTHONY SENIOR is rewarded for solid substitute’s display in the Yorkshire Shield with a starting place in YMCA’s Yorkshire II clash at West Leeds tomorrow (3.00). Read
Apr 15 2011 | Cricket News
Cawthorne: Tim Barker. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Cricket News
AS the curtain finally goes up on a new Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League season tomorrow, Examiner cricket writer DAVID LOCKWOOD completes his build-up with a check on the Drakes Premiership Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
CONFIDENT Nathan Brown is looking to his side’s defence to help secure a first Huddersfield victory over Leeds at Headingley for over 50 years. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
BRIAN McDERMOTT rejoined Leeds Rhinos as head coach in 2010 after previously serving the club as assistant to Tony Smith, when he helped the team win their first Super League title in 2004. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Kevin Brown column
ISN’T it amazing to think that Michael Lawrence was only celebrating his 21st birthday on Tuesday! Read
Apr 15 2011 | Football News
BAY Athletic’s bid for a record-breaking fourth successive West Riding County Amateur League title is looking good after they clinched a second win in three days. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Football News
AFC EMLEY head to Doncaster tomorrow to take on Rossington Main for the third time this season. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK is desperate to guide Gary Naysmith through Town’s final five League I matches after losing Liam Ridehalgh for the rest of the season. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
BENIK AFOBE makes his latest London return tomorrow confident Town can keep up the pressure on their League I promotion rivals with victory at Charlton. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Football News
HUDDERSFIELD Irish Centre have their sights set firmly on the double. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
HUDDERSFIELD are ready to end 50 years of hurt at Headingley tonight. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
CHARLTON could be missing two key men for Town’s visit to The Valley – but manager Chris Powell still has talent at his disposal. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN fell out of League I’s top two following the 1-1 draw with Peterborough, but their form remains solid and they’re 5/4 favourites at Totesport to get back to winning ways at Charlton. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Kevin Brown column
ONE of the great things about being a professional rugby league player is the chance to compete in front of enthusiastic and passionate crowds. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
Two Giants Easter Coaching clinics will take place during the Easter Holidays. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A YOUNG driver had to be taken to hospital after his car was involved in a road smash in Brighouse. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
BOWLERS have been given the chance to save their sporting facilities. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD MP Barry Sheerman visited the Huddersfield Giants study centre at the Galpharm Stadium. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HEADTEACHER has refuted speculation that her school is to become an academy. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIVE people have been charged in connection with a ‘sham’ wedding between a Pakistani cricketer and a British woman. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIGURES just released show that the police are breathalysing only 2% of drivers. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Unsorted
WOULDN’T you love to have superpowers? Read
Apr 15 2011 | Reader Letters
THANK you, Bill Armer for your letters to the Examiner (Mailbag, April 11 and 12). In both your communications you have very accurately summed up Kirklees and its councillors’ attitudes toward the public it is supposed to serve. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER has been in hospital for 13 weeks – because there is no community care available. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
NHS Direct is encouraging patients to use its online health and symptom checkers to help them get prompt health advice over the coming bank holidays. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TAXPAYERS forked out almost £6,000 to insure the Mayor’s cars last year. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A DRUG dealer who used a contact in Huddersfield to get an illegal sawn-off shotgun for an undercover police officer has been jailed for nine years. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy have signalled their determination to fight on in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi is gone. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
More than 1,000 patients with advanced cancer of the pancreas have begun a major trial of a vaccine which could lengthen the lives of sufferers. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Rising numbers of children may be turning up for school tired, hungry and dressed in worn-out clothes because they are living in poverty, a survey of teachers suggests. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Pilots of the RAF's most advanced fighter jets are being grounded because shortages of aircraft spares mean they cannot put in enough flying hours to keep their skills up to date, MPs have warned. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Transport problems could yet wreck the smooth running of the London 2012 Games, a report has said. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
People would rather attend Kate Moss's wedding reception than that of Prince William and Kate Middleton, according to a new survey. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
The News of the World phone-hacking litigation is returning to the High Court for decisions on how the case should proceed. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Walter Breuning, the world's oldest man and second-oldest person, has died. He was 114. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Kate Middleton will spend her last night as a single woman in the royal suite of London's Goring Hotel, it has been reported. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
The number of girls joining the Scouts is outstripping boys for the first time in the movement's history. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
The last moments of a terminally ill man who travelled to an assisted suicide clinic to end his life will be shown in a documentary presented by best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A soldier has been hailed a hero after leaping unarmed from his vehicle to tackle a suspected suicide bomber. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN manager Lee Clark is expecting a tough test at Charlton Athletic tomorrow, despite the men from the Valley being all but out of the running for a play-off place in League I. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Right-to-die campaigners have backed the BBC after it was accused of "acting like a cheerleader" for assisted suicide. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Union leaders are due to meet officials at the NHS Blood Service as part of their campaign against any moves to privatise the organisation. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Peace campaigner Brian Haw faces eviction from an area of grass in Parliament Square Gardens after losing a bid to launch a Court of Appeal challenge against a possession order granted to the mayor of London. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A UN court has convicted a key wartime Croatian commander, General Ante Gotovina, of committing atrocities in a campaign of shelling, murder and persecution. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Quizzes
HAVE a pop at our 15 topical news questions right here! Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A judge on Friday said that claims for compensation by those affected by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal should not be delayed by the ongoing criminal investigation. Read
Apr 15 2011 | Quizzes
TRY our twenty sporting teasers and send the link to your pals and chellenge them to beat your score! Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Britain and France have failed to win a commitment from Nato allies to send more ground attack aircraft to Libya, amid calls from the rebels for the alliance to step up air strikes on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A judge has said claims for compensation by those affected by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal should not be delayed by the ongoing criminal investigation. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A teacher won £200,000 in compensation last year after slipping on a grape, according to new figures. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Ireland's debt rating has been downgraded to just above junk status amid warnings that austerity plans may not be enough to repair its battered economy. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Parts of the M1 could remain shut until midday on Saturday following a fire at a scrapyard under the motorway, the Highways Agency has said. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Travellers looking to get away before the Easter Bank Holiday break have been facing significant disruption after a fire caused the closure of part of the M1 and delays to rail services. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Kate Middleton will spend her last night as a single woman at an exclusive London hotel surrounded by her family and friends, St James's Palace confirmed. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Police have released fresh images of people they want to trace in connection with the violent disorder after last month's mass protest against the Government's public spending cuts. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A judge has hit out at sentencing guidelines which he said stopped him from jailing a children's entertainer for a string of internet sex offences against four schoolboys. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
David Cameron is facing demands for a recall of Parliament amid claims Britain is now pursuing an overt policy of "regime change" in Libya. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
Sienna Miller's claim in the News of the World phone-hacking case should be thrown out as she cannot win more than the £100,000 already offered, the High Court heard. Read
Apr 15 2011 | National News
A car thief who ploughed through a rail crossing barrier in a stolen Mercedes seconds before a train passed is lucky be alive, police said. Read
Apr 15 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 15 2011 | Front and Back Pages
HERE are the front and back pages of tonight's Huddersfield Examiner. Read