Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
CIVIL war has broken out among Conservatives in Denby Dale. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
CHILDREN in Skelmanthorpe will have an Easter egg trail with a difference next week. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
OFFICIALS hope a new £500,000 fitness suite will pay for itself within a year. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
MRS Judith Robinson, on the left, and Mrs Dorothy Hirst, on the right, with the birthday cake to celebrate Mrs Hirst's 90th birthday. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
PUPILS at Kayes First School, Clayton West, enjoyed a week off normal lessons. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
VISITORS will get an even warmer welcome when they visit Shepley First School. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
Clayton West (Four seats): Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
LOCALS are being invited to apply for the chance to promote the Standedge Tunnel enterprise. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
THE next Penistone Line partnership walk will be Clothiers Bound. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
VOLUNTEERS have helped improve woodland near a village. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
BIRDSEDGE Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
CROSLAND MOOR Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
TWELVE outstanding young musicians battled it out for the title of Colne Valley Specialist Arts College Young Musician of the Year. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
BROCKHOLES Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
INNER Wheel club members danced the night away in aid of a fellow charity. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
SCOUTS enjoyed finding out about the work of a local MP at their latest gathering. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Express and Chronicle
THEFTSmith Close, Skelmanthorpe, April 5. Victim placed mobile phone in car boot while taking part in sports and sneak thief stole it and made off unseen. Langley Lane, Scissett, April 5. Thieves went into field on foot, and carried off property from field. Farm located at the top of an unmade lane surrounded by fields. Woodsome Lees Lane, April 7. Suspect took items from back of unoccupied property during refurbishment and hid them in a nearby stream. After concealing the items he then walked away. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
IT'S the big run-in for Huddersfield Town and today's game against Charlton Athletic is a toughie to start with. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
STJohn Ambulance is urging people to come and support it by joining the Examiner Charity Challenge. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD businessman is returning to Zimbabwe to support the opposition to the country’s veteran leader Robert Mugabe. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE son of a rugby legend will give a talk in Huddersfield. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Katie Grant
AV is more than just the channel you flick on when you want to watch a DVD. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Gardening Tips
THIS unsung hero of the lily family has had a place in my garden for 20 years or more and has very gradually increased in number to the point now where I feel that it is truly happy in its position by the side of my pond. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
THE Easter visit of Leeds United drew the fans – and brought smiles to the faces of the home support in a bumper 43,011 crowd. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Gardening Tips
Plant out summer flowering bulbs such as Gladioli, Alliums and Lilies now in well-prepared soil in a sunny position. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
MACEDONIA beware, Kevin Kilbane has you in his sights – but only after close of business at Town! Read
Apr 16 2011 | Gardening Tips
1 Plant Fair Dates for 2011 _ RHS Gardens Harlow Carr are holding their Spring Plant Fair on May 1 from 10am – visit www.rhs.org.uk/harlowcarr or call 01423 565418. _ Newby Hall Spring Plant Fair is on Sunday May 8 from 10am with 20 specialist nurseries – visit www.newbyhallgardens.com or call 0845 4504068. _ The National Trust Marsden Moor Estate is holding its Annual Plant Fair on May 22 from 11am at the old railway yard in Marsden – visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk or call the Estate Office on 01484 847016. _ The Bluebell Garden Club is holding its Annual Plant Sale at St John’s Church, Lepton on June 4. _ The Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership is organising the Huddersfield Plant Fairs – June 11 and July 16 starting at 9.30am on New Street in Huddersfield. Visit or call 01484 487933 for more details of town centre events during 2011. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Golf News
THIS year’s Examiner Matchplay Championship is positively bristling with former winners. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
CHRIS POWELL says he would like to be in Town boss Lee Clark’s position in a couple of years’ time. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Gardening Tips
TIMING is everything and Mrs Wilkinson from Beaumont Park has been brave enough to ask a question that many other people probably want to. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Golf News
THE draw and start times for the Alliance at Todmorden on Tuesday, April 19, are: Read
Apr 16 2011 | Gardening Tips
_ VEGETABLES – don’t forget to use the space between rows of slower growing crops with catch crops of lettuce, corn salad, land cress, radish and rocket. Thin out seedlings in rows of carrots, parsnips and beetroots to give space for the crops to grow. Earth up potato shoots as they emerge to avoid frosting and to increase the yield later in the summer. Check out the supplies of young vegetable plants at garden centres and look out for the new grafted tomatoes and cucumbers. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Golf News
PGA Master professional Gary Alliss was the guest speaker when Huddersfield Golf Club held their annual dinner in their Centenary Hall at Fixby. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Hilarie Stelfox
THE FRENCH, I have found, are not a particularly tolerant lot. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Hilarie Stelfox
IS THERE a finer way to spend a Sunday afternoon than being surrounded by friends and family, basking in the sunshine and cradling an ice-cold vodka and tonic with a slice of lime? Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A LONG serving member of Huddersfield Air Cadets has been given one of the highest honours in the forces. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TALENTED musician Will Robertson’s exceptional performance of Faure’s Elegy saw him named as Holmfirth High School’s Young Musician of the Year 2011. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
COUNCILLORS will decide next week whether to get the ball rolling on Town’s ambitious plans for a new training complex. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
WOMEN are being encouraged to donate their old and unwanted bras to a bar’s new ‘Bra Bank’. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PART of the iconic Huddersfield Railway Station could beconverted to offices with solar panels. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FAMILY solicitor is putting in a marathon effort for a local children’s charity. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CHIVALROUS husband has stood aside to give his wife a better chance of winning a council seat even though she has different political views. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PRIMROSE Hill teenager has been served with a Posbo – the opposite to an Asbo – in recognition of the work she is doing in her community. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SHOPKEEPER has asked ‘What else can I do?’ after raiders ripped a hole in the wall of his premises and stole items worth thousands of pounds. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
DOZENS of homes could be built on the site of a Colne Valley factory. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN was punched in the face in a Brighouse pub. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PARKING problems are forcing local people to stay out of Holmfirth, say hard-pressed shopkeepers. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD textile company has woven a cloth fit for a king ... and a queen. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MUSLIM group will put the Koran on display in Huddersfield to try to increase tolerance. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Other Sports
LINTHWAITE Warehouse Judo Club were represented by 14 students at the West Yorkshire meeting held at the Richard Dunn sports centre in Bradford. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Other Sports
MIRFIELD cyclist Jake Womersley has set his sights on a jet-setting summer having been fast-tracked as a future British Olympian as part of the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes initiative. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Other Sports
THE new Tomiki Aikido club in Huddersfield have made a flying start to their competitive outings. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BATLEY artist has been selected from hundreds of entries to have a piece of work displayed at a major London exhibition. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
ARE You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine star Trevor Bannister, has died aged 76. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT is set to be a real cracker of a day. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN EVENT was staged to encourage children to get on their bikes. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Reader Letters
Giving us a buzz Read
Apr 16 2011 | Comment
CAR parking is the bane of many people’s shopping trips. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Reader Letters
I TRUST Mr Bray (Mailbag, April 12) in his letter on Europe and Labour is not implying that it is because of Labour that Britain is in the European Union. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Comment
THE University of Huddersfield is financially on a sound footing for what could be a turbulent future. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PENSIONERS at a nursing home are growing fruit and veg – and they’re teaching young ’uns to do the same. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
afternoon, but the judge due to deal with it was already presiding over another trial. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HEALTH watchdog is throwing its weight behind a campaign to keep children’s heart surgery in Yorkshire. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE future of council housing in Kirklees was in doubt last night after a special investigation. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
SIKHS will take part in a procession through the streets of Huddersfield to mark an important day in their faith’s calendar. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GARDENERS’ Question Time event will be held at a church. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
Coal race Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A COUPLE have been left out of pocket after their insurer refused to pay out for their storm damaged house. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO people were threatened with a garden spade and samurai sword, leaving one of them in hospital. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THEY are known throughout Huddersfield and beyond for their singing prowess. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
PAK RANGERS are through to the Get Smart Challenge Cup final. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
GOLCAR CON and Club Kirkheaton will contest the final of the Armitage Leisure. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
BLACK Bull Shepley are ready to put a new name on the Rollinson Cup – but accept they’ll have to pull out all the stops to get the better of Huddersfield Irish Centre in tomorrow’s final at Longfield Avenue, Golcar (11.00). Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
district league results Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
MID APRIL has arrived and still no divisional trophies have been handed out, but Kirkheaton Rovers have two chances to be the first recipients. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Football News
GOLCAR UNITED will have to wait to get their hands on the championship trophy if they are to win the Works League Division II this season. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
HEROIC Huddersfield are celebrating another famous victory. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
PROUD head coach Nathan Brown has hailed another heroic Huddersfield Giants performance as his side returned to the top of Super League. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK says he’ll be surprised if there’s no Town representation in the Professional Footballers’ Association divisional team of the season. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Nick Clegg will urge Liberal Democrats to "take the fight" to the Tories in local elections on May 5 as he attempts to calm party fears over the impact of the national coalition. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Better-off parts of the country are benefiting by up to a fifth more than deprived neighbourhoods from a Government fund to encourage more homes to be built, Labour said. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
A man is due to appear in court charged with the attempted murder of a five-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man following a shooting in south London. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has adopted a dramatic 2012 budget plan that would cut the country's debt by revamping the decades-old system that guarantees medical insurance for Americans over 65 and to the poor and disabled. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Sports fans and holidaymakers wanting to get away for Easter are facing disruption as the M1 remains closed after a fire. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Fraudulent home insurance claims are costing honest policyholders around £13 a year in higher premiums, research indicates. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
A flagship BBC radio current affairs show had to be cancelled after guests including employment minister Chris Grayling were unable to get to the live recording because of a body on a railway line. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has won a top tourism award. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Nato's secretary general has said he expects member nations to provide extra ground-attack aircraft soon to strike Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
The former governor of a Nigerian state is due to appear in a London court after being charged with money laundering and fraud offences. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
George Michael has recorded a version of a Stevie Wonder song as a wedding gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Nato's secretary general has said he expects member nations to provide extra ground-attack aircraft to strike Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Kenneth Clarke has denied being politically isolated over plans to reduce prisoner numbers, insisting his stance has the full support of David Cameron and Cabinet colleagues. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Front and Back Pages
HERE are the front and back pages of tonight's Huddersfield Examiner. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Breaking News
Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya have been accused of using cluster bombs against civilians - a weapon banned in dozens of countries. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Breaking News
A third man has been remanded in custody accused of attempted murder following the shooting of five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
A Ugandan man who was jailed for three years for arranging a sham marriage faces deportation on his release. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Police are hunting a man over a rush-hour road-rage attack on the hard shoulder of a motorway. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
With months of hard training behind them, 36,500 runners are counting down the hours until the London Marathon. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Disruption for sports fans and Easter holidaymakers is continuing as parts of the M1 remain closed in both directions after a fire. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
The Deputy Prime Minister has said the rules governing the line of succession to the throne would appear to most people as "a little old fashioned" and a change of the rules is worth considering. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Nick Clegg has attempted to calm Liberal Democrat fears of a hammering in next month's local elections - urging activists to "take the fight" to their Tory coalition partners. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
There were tears of sadness and joy as HMS Cumberland returned to its base to be decommissioned. Read
Apr 16 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
JOEY GUDJONSSON fired promotion-chasing Town to a vital victory. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Allies should seek United Nations approval to arm and train Libyan rebels, a former head of the UK armed forces said, amid reports that the regime was using cluster bombs in its assault on Misrata. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Part of the stricken M1 is set to reopen after being closed for more than 36 hours in a bid to ease congestion for sports fans and Easter holidaymakers. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Hundreds of protesters have marched through central London to New Scotland Yard to call for a public inquiry into the death of reggae star Smiley Culture. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Part of the stricken M1 has reopened after being closed for more than 36 hours, easing congestion for sports fans and Easter holidaymakers. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
Transport officials have said that it could be Monday morning before parts of the fire-damaged M1 can be reopened, creating an ongoing traffic nightmare for motorists. Read
Apr 16 2011 | National News
George Osborne has been accused of trying to "frighten" voters off changing the voting system in an outspoken attack by former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. Read