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Simon Halewood

Simon Halewood

Creating more jobs

THE brightest hope for creating jobs in the Kirklees area rests with small and medium-sized businesses.Read

Leader: Get tough on muggers in Huddersfield town centre

HOW brave of 95-year-old Kathleen Bates to speak out about the impact purse theft has had on her.Read

Leader: Fears for West Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service

THE first warning shots have been fired in the cuts that are to hit our emergency services in the months and years to come.Read

Help these families

IT is high time Kirklees Council sorted out the problems created when foster parents lost out on thousands of pounds of cash.Read

A strange decision by Huddersfield judge

LOUDMOUTH drunk Richard Schofield certainly was lucky to walk away from Huddersfield Magistrates Court without paying a fine.Read

Leader: Saturday Don’t put old at risk

THE revelation that care workers are leaving sensitive information about elderly clients on public show is worrying – especially as one man’s attempts to warn those responsible fell on deaf ears until he brought it to the Examiner’s attention.Read

Leader: Saturday - Stressful time for all

TEACHERS suffering from stress took thousands of days off from Kirklees schools last year.Read

Leader: Our high achievers

HUDDERSFIELD people have done exceptionally well in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.Read

Leader: Saturday

THE General Election may be over – or is this perhaps just the start of a long run-up to another one.Read

Leader Saturday: Give them an insight

YOUNG tearaways from Huddersfield are to go on an army challenge day.Read

Leader: What about Paul Whatuira’s victim?

THE words of attack victim Robert Campbell are the words of a frustrated man.Read

Leader: Twit on the tweet

THE battleground for some hearts and minds in the General Election will be fought more in cyberspace than in the constituencies.Read

Comment: Huddersfield Examiner can sort it

TWO stories today show the importance of local newspapers in 2010.Read

Leader: A miracle new life

GRACE Horan is living proof of a modern medical miracle – and shows how perseverance can pay off.Read

Leader: Roads are cracking up

SO Kirklees Council has finally admitted what most motorists have known for a long time – that the area’s roads are in a dreadful state and need massive investment.Read

Leader: A hotel for Castle Hill

D-DAY for the proposed plans to build a pub and hotel at Castle Hill is almost upon us and council officials are urging councillors to reject it.Read

Leader: A monitor saves lives

IT is unbelievably six years since the tragic death of Dominic Rodgers.Read

Leader: Cash for councillors

IT does seem right and proper that Kirklees councillors will have an allowance freeze for the next 12 months.Read

Leader: Educate to curb booze

THE Government seems to be struggling to come up with an effective policy to curb binge drinking.Read

Leader: peace of mind stolen

CRIMINALS who prey on the elderly and vulnerable cause untold misery and despair.Read

Author Profile

Simon Halewood is a reporter at the Crewe Chronicle and is responsible for coverage of Sandbach. He also reports on areas such as Middlewich and Holmes Chapel. Tel: 01270 502434.

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