Jan
2012
Articles from 25th Jan 2012
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Piece Hall plan will kick-start Calderdale regeneration
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
TRANSFORMING the Piece Hall will be a major catalyst for the economic regeneration of Calderdale, councillors believe. Read
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Number of Kirklees children physically abused increases as social service demand remains high
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE number of children needing child protection in Kirklees has increased. Read
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Praise for Kirklees College scheme
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE construction of Kirklees College’s new £7.5m engineering centre for Kirklees College in Huddersfield has won an award. Read
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‘Vast majority’ of staff oppose Salendine Nook academy move, Unison says
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
MOST staff at Salendine Nook High School have opposed the school’s move towards becoming an academy, claims a union leader. Read
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Hospital staff take less time off for sickness
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
STAFF who work in our local hospitals took less time off due to sickness than other health workers across England. Read
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Repair work will shut Grimescar Road and mean diversions for a month - Find out about them here
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
DRIVERS face diversions when a road is closed next month for bridge repairs. Read
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Woman banned from driving after driving wrong way around a roundabout
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WOMAN has been banned from getting behind the wheel – after driving the wrong way around a roundabout. Read
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Awards for Thongsbridge Army cadets
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THREE young cadets have used their Army skills to gain a formal qualification. Read
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Shelley College student George Lane backs Meningitis campaign
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MENINGITIS survivor is leading a campaign to highlight the disease. Read
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Pete Barrow: Window dressing is not worth the money
Jan 25 2012 | Examiner Plus
ONCE upon a time there was a lot of excitement when the window opened. Read
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Pete Barrow: Piers Morgan a football missionary
Jan 25 2012 | Examiner Plus
FED UP of grimacing in front of Match Of The Day as Gary Lineker makes yet another cringe-worthy pun? Well just count your blessings – at least you are not having to watch Premier League football in the USA. Read
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Amateur RL: Pennine League results
Jan 25 2012 | Amateur Rugby League
Pennine Presidents Cup, first round: Lindley Swifts 18 Dearne Valley Bulldogs 0 (walkover). Read
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Amateur RL: Slaithwaite Saracens make Pennine President’s up progress at expense of Emley Moor
Jan 25 2012 | Amateur Rugby League
SLAITHWAITE Saracens and Newsome Panthers are through to the third round of the Pennine President’s Cup. Read
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Amateur RL: Pennine League Tables
Jan 25 2012 | Amateur Rugby League
PREMIER DIVISION Read
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Poet Simon Armitage celebrates the gory world of King Arthur
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE POEM, The Death of King Arthur, dates back more than 500 years. Read
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Morrisons tight-lipped over Honley supermarket rumours
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
ANOTHER supermarket could be heading to the Holme Valley. Read
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Fire service warns over faulty electrics
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIREFIGHTERS are urging people to take care when using electrical equipment if they want to avoid a fire in their home. Read
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Man in court after failing to report train station accident
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN has appeared in court after failing to stop and report a car accident. Read
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Calderdale Council makes £145,000 available to volunteer groups hit by the council’s own funding axe
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
VOLUNTEER groups will get extra money as they adjust to funding cuts. Read
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Robbery CCTV footage released as pair jailed - watch it here
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
DETECTIVES who caught two jewellery store robbers who TWICE hit Niemantas Jewellers in Brighouse have released CCTV of the terrifying attack. Read
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Truelove on crime: Cigarette gangs strike at two shops - Do you know these men?
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
SOME criminals will go to extreme lengths to commit crime. Read
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Huddersfield YMCA rugby player Fabrizio Leone-Mazza denies punching opponent
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN amateur rugby union player facing a charge of causing grievous bodily harm has denied punching an opponent during a match. Read
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British Waterways offers public chance to watch Huddersfield canal repairs
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BEHIND the scenes look at vital canal repairs was offered at Marsden yesterday. Read
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Holme Valley rescue crew search for missing Morley man
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
EIGHTEEN rescue workers from Holme Valley joined the search for a missing 27-year-old man. Read
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Man, 48, robbed in Market Place attack in Huddersfield
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 48-YEAR-old man was pushed into an alleyway and robbed of cash during a daylight attack in Huddersfield Market Place. Read
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Shopper stole vodka after cashier refused sale
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN INDIGNANT shopper stole alcohol from a supermarket after a cashier refused to serve him. Read
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Music: Musicians who are simply the business
Jan 25 2012 | Huddersfield music news
REVIEW Read
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Man who attacked his girlfriend, her puppy and policeman attacker is sentenced by magistrates
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN who attacked two former girlfriends, a puppy and a policeman has been lucky to escape jail. Read
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Hard times for families
Jan 25 2012 | Comment
THE government’s plans to limit out-of-work benefit payments to £26,000 per household has divided opinion among the politicians. Read
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Barry Gibson: Cruise holidays in the wake of the Costa Concordia tragedy
Jan 25 2012 | Examiner Plus
LIKE many people, I’ve been following the extraordinary story of the Costa Concordia, which crashed into rocks off the tiny Italian island of Giglio earlier this month. Read
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Barry Gibson: Let’s keep our police neutral
Jan 25 2012 | Barry Gibson
THE man with the sub-machine gun slung over his shoulder gave me a look which suggested I was free to take his picture – as long as I didn’t mind finding out what a Spanish hospital looked like. Read
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Kirklees Council’s dog fouling plans
Jan 25 2012 | Comment
IT’S get tough time on the bad dog owners and as with harsh plans like the one now put forward by Kirklees Council the majority suffer because of the minority. Read
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Family History: A long trip Down Under for Milnsbridge bad boy
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
LAST August John and Liedy Fearnley from Sydney in Australia were in Cleckheaton to visit the graves of ancestors who were parents to James Fearnley, a convict who was ‘transported’ for life to Tasmania. Read
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Nostalgia: Moldgreen Junior School reuninon planned
Jan 25 2012 | Huddersfield Nostalgia
THE hall at Moldgreen Junior School will echo yet again with the massed guitars and voices of Moldgreen Junior (School) Folk Choir on Friday, February 10. Read
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Holmfirth man Brendan Halford convicted of assault at McDonald's to be retried
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN has appeared in court accused of assault in a fast food restaurant. Read
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Kirklees Council's tough new crackdown on Huddersfield’s dirty dogs
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE dirty dogs could have had their day. Read
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Batley man in court accused of sexually assaulting his daughter over 8 years
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting his daughter. Read
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Boxing: Gladiators Boxing Academy aiming high at Junior ABA Boxing Championships in Sheffield
Jan 25 2012 | Other Sports
THE Gladiators Boxing Academy are aiming high. Read
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Salvation Army hands out food parcels
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NEW report from the Salvation Army shows that more people are relying on food parcels and soup kitchens than ever before. Read
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Latest on Denby Dale man Thomas Haigh's trial: Shotgun blasts killed pair
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
A DRUG dealer was blasted with a shotgun in the side of his face and neck at a Cornish farm while his accomplice was shot in the back at close range, a court heard. Read
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Motorsprot: Scammonden racer Daniel Lloyd gets helping hand from Grand Prix star Webber
Jan 25 2012 | Motorsport News
HUDDERSFIELD racing driver Daniel Lloyd has been receiving some tips from the top table. Read
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Examiner Mailbag, January 25, 2012
Jan 25 2012 | Reader Letters
JUST before Christmas, Kirklees sent out a questionnaire to all who receive home care and asked their views on proposals to raise charges for this, with no upper limit to what could be charged. Read
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Huddersfield Giants ready to welcome more Super League fans to the Galpharm than ever before!
Jan 25 2012 | Huddersfield Giants News
HUDDERSFIELD Giants are ready to start the new season with more Galpharm Super League fans than ever before! Read
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Reading defender Sean Morrison delighted to be back at Huddersfield Town
Jan 25 2012 | Huddersfield Town News
SEAN MORRISON is ready to make his mark at Town – the second time around. Read
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Hockey: Huddersfield Dragons Ladies off to a flyer
Jan 25 2012 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD Dragons Ladies first team produced another top drawer display to beat Rotherham 3-1 and retain fourth place in the North East Hockey League. Read
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Web forum: Driven to distraction
Jan 25 2012 | Unsorted
TAXI drivers have demanded larger and better signs in St George’s Square to prevent head-on crashes. Read
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Bon Marché's Huddersfield HQ back in business
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
WORK has resumed at the Huddersfield headquarters of retailer Bon Marché – but most of its staff are still stuck at home. Read
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Inequality gap in education in Kirklees revealed ahead of school league tables
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE inequalities gap in the education of young children in Kirklees is wider than the national average. Read
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Future of Grey Horse pub in Birchencliffe remains a mystery - have you heard what's next for it?
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
BUILDERS have been seen working on a vacant pub – but plans for the premises have still not been revealed. Read
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CITB-ConstructionSkills warns of further Yorkshire job losses for the sector
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
YORKSHIRE is set to lose 12,000 jobs in the construction industry this year, says a major report today. Read
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Lord Carey backs benefits reform
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Read
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Youths in 'college of crime' jails
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Locking up older teenagers in adult jails with nothing to do is the "surest way to create the hardened criminals of tomorrow", campaigners have said. Read
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PM launches rights court reform bid
Jan 25 2012 | National News
David Cameron is to launch a drive to reform the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), insisting it should meddle less in British affairs. Read
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Police 'write off many crimes'
Jan 25 2012 | National News
One in four incidents written off by some police forces last year should have been recorded as crimes, inspectors have said. Read
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MPs attack 'grotesque' defence cuts
Jan 25 2012 | National News
MPs have attacked a "grotesque" defence cuts process that means no civilian has been forced out of a job while 40% of redundancies among armed forces personnel have been compulsory. Read
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Mayoral elections put on fast track
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Elections for up to 11 new city mayors are being fast-tracked to November. Read
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Ed Miliband ratings at lowest level
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Ed Miliband's personal ratings have fallen to their lowest level since he became Labour leader in 2010, according to a new poll. Read
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Congress must unite, urges Obama
Jan 25 2012 | National News
President Barack Obama said the state of the union is getting stronger, and he said the US has come too far to turn back now. Read
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Gates to highlight poverty progress
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is to highlight how progress in agriculture and health is tackling extreme poverty across the world. Read
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Data expected to reveal fall in GDP
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The Government's austerity measures are to face scrutiny when official figures are expected to reveal the economy contracted in the final quarter of 2011. Read
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Obama denounces economic inequality
Jan 25 2012 | National News
President Barack Obama has used his annual State of the Union policy address to denounce America's economic inequality, drawing a battle line with Republicans ahead of what is expected to be a tough fight for re-election. Read
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Salmond unveils referendum plans
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Alex Salmond is to unveil his Government's plans for a vote on independence for Scotland. Read
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Local reaction to PM's call for benefit reductions - Look at the figures and tell us what you think?
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
PLANS to cap benefits will be implemented ‘in full’ the Government has insisted – despite a stinging Parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Read
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Family and Health: Charity begins at home as community shops go from strength to strength
Jan 25 2012 | Health and Family
SIXTEEN years ago, a new type of charity shop sprang up in Huddersfield, the first of many. Read
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Huddersfield Examiner: See the front and back pages of our latest edition
Jan 25 2012 | Front and Back Pages
HERE are the front and back pages of tonight's Huddersfield Examiner. Read
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Recession fears as GDP falls 0.2%
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The UK's economy suffered a worse-than-expected 0.2% contraction in the final quarter of 2011, it has been revealed, fuelling fears of another recession. Read
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Paedophile found hanged in jail
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A paedophile whose partner is accused of murdering their two children in a Spanish hotel has been found dead in prison. Read
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Olympic baby rule 'discriminatory'
Jan 25 2012 | National News
New mothers who wish to take their babies to the Olympic Games may have a case for sex discrimination if they are prevented from doing so. Read
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Nostalgia: Huddersfield in 1986 - Are you on one of our pictures?
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
IN a year of big national and international events, one business announcement could easily have slipped under the radar. Read
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UK heading back into recession
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Britain is facing a return to recession after figures showed the economy shrank by more than expected at the end of last year. Read
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97 held in pre-Olympics operation
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Almost 100 people have been arrested ahead of the Olympics and all tents and encampments will be banned from the Games, the Home Secretary has said. Read
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Government loses solar panel appeal
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The Government has lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling that its plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes are unlawful. Read
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Damilola's killer freed from prison
Jan 25 2012 | National News
One of schoolboy Damilola Taylor's killers who was recalled to jail after breaching the terms of his licence has been released. Read
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Protesters plan welfare reform demo
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Activists are to stage a "daring and disruptive" act of civil disobedience in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms. Read
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PM disappointed as economy shrinks
Jan 25 2012 | National News
David Cameron has admitted he was "disappointed" by figures showing the UK economy shrank in the final quarter of last year. Read
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Goodwin's knighthood on the agenda
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Senior civil servants are to meet this week to decide whether ex-Royal Bank of Scotland boss Sir Fred Goodwin should be stripped of his knighthood, David Cameron said. Read
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Salmond unveils referendum question
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Scots will be given a "straightforward" and "clear" choice in the vote on independence, First Minister Alex Salmond said. Read
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Journalist's 'foolish' cover-up
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Former News of the World investigations editor Mazher Mahmood has admitted that he once "foolishly" changed electronic records to cover up a mistake in his reporting. Read
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Cameron urged to ditch NHS reform
Jan 25 2012 | National News
David Cameron has been urged to ditch the Government's flagship health reforms amid growing criticism from doctors, nurses and a cross-party group of MPs. Read
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What are Wednesday's most viewed stories on examiner.co.uk: Find out here
Jan 25 2012 | Local West Yorkshire News
The most viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk on Monday were... Read
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Police 'will have terror resources'
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The police and security services will have all the resources they need to tackle terrorism, the Prime Minister has said as he came under pressure over the Government's decision to replace control orders with "Tpims" in the run-up to the Olympics. Read
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Times chiefs 'aware of hacking bid'
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Managers at the Times knew one of their reporters had tried to hack into an anonymous blogger's email before they fought a High Court battle to unmask him as a serving policeman, the Leveson Inquiry has been told. Read
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City mayor polls brought forward
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Elections for up to 11 new city mayors are being fast-tracked to November, the Government has confirmed. Read
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Recession fears as economy shrinks
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The UK is staring down the barrel of another recession after the economy shrank more than expected at the end of last year. Read
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Rights Court must meddle less - PM
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a drive to reform the European Court of Human Rights, insisting it should meddle less in British affairs. Read
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Collapse threat to 400 steel jobs
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A steel firm which employs 400 workers has gone into administration in a "devastating" blow to the industry, union leaders have said. Read
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Government to appeal solar ruling
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The Government is to fight on after losing its bid in the Court of Appeal to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes. Read
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Mother found dead on holiday isle
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A British woman has died on a beach in Antigua just hours after she arrived on holiday. Read
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Redknapp blames 'Cockney accent'
Jan 25 2012 | National News
Harry Redknapp said he was "sick and tired" of bung slurs and claimed he was victimised because of his Cockney accent, a court has been told. Read
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Government defeated on welfare plan
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The Government has suffered a massive defeat in the House of Lords over its controversial welfare reform plans. Read
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Man accused of murdering boy, five
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A 34 year-old man has been charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy. Read
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Manhunt for prisoner on the run
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A manhunt is under way after two prison officers were threatened at gunpoint and forced to release a prisoner, police said. Read
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Government throw out welfare plans
Jan 25 2012 | National News
The Government has suffered a massive defeat in the House of Lords over its controversial welfare reform plans. Read
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Gunman helps hospital prisoner flee
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence for the protection of the public is on the run after two prison officers were threatened at gunpoint, sources said. Read
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Man bailed over prisoner escape
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A man arrested on suspicion of helping an "extremely dangerous" murder suspect to escape from a prison van has been released on bail pending further inquiries, police said. Read
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Prisoner escapes on hospital trip
Jan 25 2012 | National News
A prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence for the protection of the public Is on the run after two prison officers were threatened at gunpoint. Read
