Sep
2011
Articles from 22nd Sep 2011
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John Avison: the pointlessness of dreams
Sep 22 2011 | John Avison
HOWEVER exotic, vivid and exciting your dreams may be, they are best kept to yourself. Read
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David Brown submits plans for new Mirfield complex
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
ENGINEERING firm David Brown has formally submitted detailed plans for a new manufacturing complex in Mirfield. Read
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John: Such a thing as society
Sep 22 2011 | John Avison
EVERYBODY says things they regret later. And if what they said turns up in print, there’s no way back. It’s there for eternity. Read
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Customer award for Huddersfield garage John Shaw & Son
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD garage has been awarded a customer award for a third year running. Read
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Is the playing field dog ban needed?
Sep 22 2011 | Comment
MANY may think it is a little extreme, but a council is looking to ban dogs from playing fields. Read
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University bids to set world yarn record in Huddersfield
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
HOW long is a piece of yarn? Long enough to establish a new world record. Read
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Badger snared in Holmfirth as police launch anti-cruelty campaign
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A YOUNG badger was trapped in an illegal snare in Holmfirth. Read
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NHS Trust applies to extend children’s building use
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
HOSPITAL bosses want to continue running a children’s service from a temporary office. Read
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Picture of the Week: A quietly reflective time on Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
THIS tranquil scene on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal captures early autumn sunshine in Slaithwaite. Read
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New students are urged to sign up with GP
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
STUDENTS coming to Huddersfield to study are being urged to sign up with a GP. Read
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Kirklees Council hopes to fund Christmas trees
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE living in several Huddersfield villages can look forward to a brighter Christmas. Read
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Marsden mum Beverley Kilshaw given driving ban
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MUM-of-two has admitted to driving with no insurance and only holding a provisional licence. Read
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Aussie teen star Tom Robertson gets a run out with Moldgreen Junior Amateur Rugby League
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
AUSSIE teenager Tom Robertson is getting a run out for a local rugby club. Read
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Huddersfield artist Darren Baker's portrait of Queen unveiled
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NEW portrait of the Queen by Huddersfield artist Darren Baker has been unveiled. Read
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Fashion and Beauty: Autumn colours hit the high street
Sep 22 2011 | Fashion & Beauty
From bold prints to a retro revival, it’s officially time to embrace the new season. Lisa Haynes reveals the top trends for statement style. Read
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Fashion and Beauty: The art of charity is alive in Slaithwaite
Sep 22 2011 | Fashion & Beauty
A NEW vintage fashion and craft outlet in Slaithwaite will support the area’s artists as well as raising funds for local charities. Read
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Basketball: Huddersfield Heat denied Cup upset by controversial end
Sep 22 2011 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD Heat were knocked out of the National Cup by Division I side Tees Valley Mohawks in a tightly-contested game which ended 64-63 in favour of the visitors – but in controversial circumstances. Read
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Bowls: Big Trophy final at Thongsbridge
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
TREVOR BARKER of Milnsbridge BC won the Vets Over 70s title. Read
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Cycling: Holme Valley Wheeler Gabriel Cullaigh wins youth championships
Sep 22 2011 | Other Sports
FORMER Holme Valley Wheeler Gabriel Cullaigh (RST Trigon RT) won the Yorkshire Youth Circuit Race championships at Bradford’s Richard Dunn Sport Centre. Read
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Bowls: Andrew Heaume wins Huddersfield Summer Handicap
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
ANDREW HEAUME hopes his Summer Handicap victory can be the springboard to senior honours with Yorkshire. Read
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Bowls: Milnsbridge A sweep the singles to win the Veterans Team Knockout
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
A CLEAN sweep in the singles helped Milnsbridge A win the Veterans Team Knockout. Read
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Table Tennis: Two new teams in Huddersfield Table Tennis League
Sep 22 2011 | Other Sports
TWO teams from New North Road Baptist Church are the fresh faces in this season’s Huddersfield Table Tennis League. Read
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Nathan Brown: We’ll see a different Giants side this week
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
Has the main task this week been trying to lift the players after the heavy defeat at Warrington, so they’ll be ready to host Leeds tomorrow night? Read
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Bowls: Aileen Vickers and Joyce Carroll win Ladies Afternoon League Drawn Doubles final
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
OUTLANE’S Aileen Vickers and Longwood’s Joyce Carroll won the Ladies Afternoon League Drawn Doubles final. Read
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Bowls: New Mill B win the Sanderson Cup
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
NEWLY-formed New Mill B won the Sanderson Cup. Read
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Bowls: Mirfield tables
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
Division I – Thongsbridge CBC played 18, 129 points, Crossgates BC 18-127, Morton House 18-114, Dearne Sports 18-110, Lower Hopton WMC 18-107, Pudsey BC Ltd 18-106, Netherton Con18-104, Littlemoor WMC 18-100, Alverthorpe WMC 18-98, Spen Victoria CBAC 18-85. Read
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Bowls: Dave Fox wins Huddersfield Works League Merit
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
DAVE FOX won the Huddersfield Works Bowling League Merit. Read
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Bowls: Slawit and Golcar Cars bowling league tables
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
Subscription Cup Read
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Bowls: Bamforth cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
BAMFORTH and INGHAM CUPS Read
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Bowls: Littlewood cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
LITTLEWOOD CUP Read
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Bowls: Thongsbridge take county bowls title
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
THONGSBRIDGE are on the verge of an incredible treble. Read
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Bowls: Huddersfield Ladies bowling league tables
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
SECTION A Read
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Bowls: Drayton cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
DRAYTON CUP Read
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Bowls: Binns cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
BINNS CUP Read
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Bowls: Subscription cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
SUBSCRIPTION CUP Read
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Bowls: Beaumont cup results
Sep 22 2011 | Bowls News
BEAUMONT CUP Read
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Motorsport: Huddersfield racer Dabiel Lloyd robbed of second VW win at Oschersleben
Sep 22 2011 | Motorsport News
SCAMMONDEN’S Daniel Lloyd produced a sensational wet-weather performance during round nine of the 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup – but to no avail. Read
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Joe Wardle excited about being back in Huddersfield Giants fold for big Leeds clash
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
FIT-AGAIN Joe Wardle is determined to prove he deserved to be put straight back into the Giants’ starting line-up for tomorrow’s do-or-die play-off clash against Leeds Rhinos at the Galpharm Stadium (8.00). Read
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Raise the roof Huddersfield Town fans!: Dean Hoyle
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
DEAN HOYLE wants bumper Town support from the Pink Link Stand on Saturday and told fans: “Go in there and raise the roof!” Read
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London landlords take Huddersfield home owners to court
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
LONDON landowners are taking vulnerable Huddersfield homeowners to court over rents. Read
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Huddersfield Giants will be far stronger with the returning trio
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
NATHAN BROWN has confirmed his three returning players would have featured against Leeds tomorrow, even if the Giants had produced a quality performance at Warrington Wolves six days ago. Read
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Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Rhinos squads
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Giants News
Giants: Grix, Lawrence, Cudjoe, Gilmour, Brown, Brough, Crabtree, Robinson, Griffin, Fa’alogo, Faiumu, Mason, Patrick, Horne, McGillvary, Fairbank, Wardle, Sarsfield, Ferguson. Read
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Andrew Lindo trial: Dad Robert Stewart’s horror at murder and at lies
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT was a moving tribute from a man torn apart by grief. Read
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Andrew Lindo trial: Judge describes murderer as 'cruel, cunning and calculated'
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A JUDGE described music teacher Andrew Lindo as “cunning, cruel and calculating” as he sentenced him to 22 years in prison for the murder of Marie Stewart. Read
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Boy, 16, attacked at Dalton
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BOY was attacked in Dalton. Read
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Tesco unveil yet more new plans for Holmfirth supermarket
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE are being given the chance to have their say on plans for a new smaller Tesco store in Holmfirth. Read
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Solar power for Berry Brow church
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CHURCH is aiming high to reap the benefits of power from above. Read
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Musicians have days to sign up for Haydn Wood Festival
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG musicians wanting to take part in this year’s Haydn Wood Music Festival have until tomorrow to register. Read
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Calderdale Council considers playing field dog ban
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
DOGS could be banned from sports pitches. Read
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Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton lands role in hit musical Joseph
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TALENTED actor and dancer is on a whistle-stop tour in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. Read
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Marsden theatre company to perform in Huddersfield pub
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A PLAY about pubs will be performed in a pub. Read
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New bid to save Yorkshire children’s heart unit
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
CAMPAIGNERS will today push to keep the Yorkshire children’s heart unit open. Read
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Web forum: What’s in your exhaust?
Sep 22 2011 | Unsorted
OLD soldier George Woodrow has had his car written off – because of ‘stupid’ vandals. They blocked up the exhaust pipe on his old-style Vauxhall Corsa with foam, causing the engine to overheat. Read
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Examiner Mailbag, September 22, 2011
Sep 22 2011 | Reader Letters
I’M not quite sure what message Kirklees Council leader Clr Mehboob Khan was trying to convey in his justification for the despoiling of greenfield sites in Tuesday’s Examiner (‘We need to free up more land for firms’). Read
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Ian McMillan commemorates TV digital switchover
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
YORKSHIRE has finally gone totally digital – with the last analogue TV signals in the region having been switched off for ever. Read
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Lindley crash increases residents concerns over new build
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CAR crash caused commuters long delays in Lindley. Read
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Tributes pour in following death of popular Huddersfield DJ James Dyson - leave yours here
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
ONE of Huddersfield’s leading DJs has died. Read
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Fartown man Wayne Bucknor jailed for possessing Taser gun and drugs
Sep 22 2011 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 29-YEAR-OLD Fartown man who had a Taser stun gun at his home has been jailed for two years. Read
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Huddersfield Town’s Donal McDermott nominated for Ultimate Finish Award in Johnstone’s Paint Trophy
Sep 22 2011 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN star Donal McDermott has been nominated for a top award – and Town fans can help him clinch it. Read
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US stocks plunge after Fed decision
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The Federal Reserve has done what investors expected by saying said it would buy Treasury bonds to help the US economy. Read
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Death row man in last-ditch appeal
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Troy Davis, the condemned inmate who has convinced hundreds of thousands of people - but not the justice system - of his innocence has filed an eleventh-hour plea asking the US Supreme Court to stop Georgia authorities from executing him for the murder of an off-duty police officer. Read
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PM urges UN to act amid Arab Spring
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Prime Minister David Cameron is to challenge world leaders to seize the "massive opportunity" presented by the Arab Spring, as he flies the flag for interventionism. Read
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£625m 'wasted on synthetic insulin'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The NHS has wasted £625 million on synthetic insulin over the past decade, according to a new report. Read
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Private GP surgeries 'to double'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Around one in 10 GP practices in England will be privately run by 2014, medics have predicted. Read
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'£1.5bn rogue trader' facing court
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Suspected rogue trader Kweku Adoboli is to appears in court over a record £1.5 billion banking fraud. Read
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Death row inmate's appeal fails
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The US Supreme Court has rejected an 11th-hour request to block the execution of Troy Davis, who has convinced hundreds of thousands of people - but not the justice system - of his innocence over the murder of an off-duty police officer. Read
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Blaze murders police make TV appeal
Sep 22 2011 | National News
An unsolved triple murder inquiry into the deaths of a man and his two children after a deliberate fire at their home is to feature on the BBC's Crimewatch programme. Read
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Inmate executed after failed appeal
Sep 22 2011 | National News
US state of Georgia inmate Troy Davis has been executed for the killing of an off-duty police officer in a case that has drawn worldwide support over his claims of innocence. Read
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Assange 'was warned of US set-up'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was warned that the US government wanted to set him up, according to an unofficial autobiography that has been published despite his attempts to block its release. Read
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Hospitals 'face collapse over PFIs'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
More than 60 hospitals cannot afford the rising cost of private finance initiative schemes and are being left "on the brink of financial collapse", according to the Health Secretary. Read
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MoD to pay out over Bloody Sunday
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The Ministry of Defence is preparing to pay compensation to relatives of those killed or injured by soldiers on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. Read
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Assistant care branded 'a disgrace'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Patients are being put at risk because the NHS is employing a growing number of unregulated and untrained healthcare assistants, according to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing. Read
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Minister condemns child cage fight
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has condemned cage fighting among children as young as eight as "barbaric" and expressed shock over an apparent lack of restrictions on the activity. Read
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Clarke will not stand for Commons
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Former home secretary Charles Clarke has announced he will not stand for Parliament at the next general election. Read
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Huddersfield Examiner: See the front and back pages of our latest edition
Sep 22 2011 | Front and Back Pages
HERE are the front and back pages of tonight's Huddersfield Examiner. Read
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Bloody Sunday family rejects payout
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Relatives of one of the Bloody Sunday victims have firmly rejected any offer of Government compensation. Read
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NHS IT project to be scrapped early
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The multi-billion pound NHS IT programme will be scrapped earlier than planned with local health trusts given the power to choose their own systems instead, the Government will announce. Read
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E.ON will cut 500 support jobs
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Energy giant E.ON is to cut 500 jobs in its UK support functions to reflect the "changed nature of the business" following the sale of its distribution arm earlier this year. Read
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Headteachers to vote on strike
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The union representing headteachers is to hold its first-ever strike ballot in the row over public sector pensions. Read
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Woman in court on slavery charges
Sep 22 2011 | National News
A 30-year-old woman is due to appear in court charged with holding people as slaves and forcing them to carry out work at a travellers' site in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Read
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Car production races ahead by 10%
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Car production accelerated ahead last month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Read
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Call to expand civil service reform
Sep 22 2011 | National News
David Cameron's plans for public service reform and the Big Society will fail without rapid and comprehensive change to the way Whitehall works, MPs have warned. Read
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NHS IT dismantling brought forward
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The Government is to accelerate the dismantling of the controversial £12.7 billion national IT programme for the NHS. Read
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Cage fight boys: no police action
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Police will take no action against the organisers of "barbaric" cage fighting involving children as young as eight. Read
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UBS rogue trade accused faces court
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The suspected rogue trader accused of gambling away a record £1.5 billion has appeared in court. Read
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'No hidden agenda' over planning
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The Government has insisted there is no "malign intent or hidden agenda" in its planning reforms in the face of a huge outcry over the proposals. Read
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Grim outlook triggers global slump
Sep 22 2011 | National News
World markets have slumped as fears of a global recession were reignited by a gloomy outlook from America's central bank. Read
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NHS staff urged to get flu jab
Sep 22 2011 | National News
NHS staff tasked with reminding patients to have the flu jab are failing to receive the vaccination themselves - with some believing it could make them ill, health experts have said. Read
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UBS trader 'sorry beyond words'
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The alleged rogue trader accused of gambling away a record £1.5 billion is "sorry beyond words", a court has heard. Read
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Tesco set to trigger new price war
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The UK's biggest supermarket, Tesco, has thrown down the gauntlet to its rivals after unveiling a £500 million price-cutting campaign. Read
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Footsie in biggest fall since 2008
Sep 22 2011 | National News
London's leading shares index saw its biggest fall in nearly three years as panic over the state of the global economy took hold. Read
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Fox condemns peer's 'stupid' jibe
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has criticised "stupid and insensitive" comments by Labour's former security minister who branded Denmark and Belgium "second-rate" military powers. Read
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Pension strikes deadlock remains
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The likelihood of widespread industrial action by public sector workers over pensions has increased after the union representing headteachers said it will hold its first-ever strike ballot and fresh talks with the Government failed to break the deadlock. Read
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Eye stem cell trial given go-ahead
Sep 22 2011 | National News
Embryonic stem cells are to be used to treat an inherited blinding disorder in a ground-breaking UK trial that has been given the go-ahead. Read
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Cameron demands stronger UN action
Sep 22 2011 | National News
David Cameron has urged the United Nations to be more ready to take action against oppressive regimes. Read
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Seventh man held in terror probe
Sep 22 2011 | National News
A seventh man has been arrested in connection with a counter-terrorism operation in Birmingham, police said. Read
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Dowlers back no win, no fee system
Sep 22 2011 | National News
The family of Milly Dowler has backed the no win, no fee system which led to a multimillion-pound settlement over the hacking of the murdered schoolgirl's phone. Read
