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Family and Health: My life with early-onset Parkinson’s May 16 2013

Most sufferers of Parkinson’s Disease are elderly but Ruth Martin was just 38 when she learned she had the incurable condition. It was a double blow for the Holme Valley mother who had been widowed only four years beforeRead

Family and Health: Could you take in someone else’s child? May 09 2013

The number of children being taken into care is growing – putting pressure on fostering services nationally and locally. As Foster Care Fortnight begins, we report on the need for more carers to come forwardRead

Huddersfield eye surgeon Fayyaz Musa debuts pioneering technique Apr 26 2013

A HUDDERSFIELD eye surgery patient has become one of the first in the UK to benefit from a revolutionary technique.Read

Agony of Holmfirth Parkinson’s sufferer aged just 41 Apr 15 2013

A 41-year-old Parkinson’s disease sufferer from Holmfirth has talked about how she has faced intimidation and discrimination.Read

A Lepton mum weighing 21st inspired to slim by two-year-old boy’s cancer battle Apr 12 2013

A MUM who tipped the scales at more than 21st has been inspired to slim by a two-year-old boy’s cancer battle.Read

Family and Health: The hub in a pub for young Huddersfield mums Apr 11 2013

She founded a new face-to-face and online support group for families with young children. Now Katy Livings, is so pleased with its success she has hopes Motherhub will go national. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Family and Health: Now everything in the garden is rosy for Glen Timmins Apr 04 2013

He worked for 18 years in the tough environment of Doncaster Jail but life is looking rosier for Glen Timmins who now spends his days surrounded by flowers. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Family and Health: Baby Poppy Biddle is so special to her mum and dad Mar 27 2013

Poppy Biddle is one of the 98 babies born last year as a result of fertility treatment at the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust’s assisted conception unit, now celebrating its best-ever success rate. HILARIE STELFOX went along to meet Poppy and her delighted parentsRead

Huddersfield health students given talk by eating disorder campaigner Mar 20 2013

THE mother of a teenage anorexia sufferer has given valuable insight to mental health students.Read

Family and Health: Families get fighting fit together with karate Mar 20 2013

KARATE is not just a method of self-defence, it’s also an excellent way to keep fit. Read

Nostalgia: Doreen France leads line for show in 1953 Mar 20 2013

HUDDERSFIELD dance teacher Doreen France has indicated she may finally retire this year.Read

Health and Family: Huddersfield nutritionist tackling the weighty problem of childhood obesity Mar 14 2013

With one third of all 11-year-olds in the UK now classified as overweight or obese there’s a desperate need to find a solution to this national problem. Huddersfield nutritionist Claire O’Meara, a voluntary ambassador for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, wants to see more schools teaching children how to grow their own food. HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead

Family and Health: Doctor flees from Syria to new home in Huddersfield Mar 13 2013

Paddock is now home to Syrian doctor Berbang Abdul Hannan who was forced to flee her war-torn country with her young daughter after fears that she would be killed for working in a secret field hospital. She told her story to HILARIE STELFOXRead

Family and Health: So, who do you really think you are? Mar 07 2013

WHEN David Broadhead asks us to introduce ourselves and say WHO we are I suspect this is a trick question.Read

Where Mother’s Day originally came from Mar 07 2013

THE origins of Mothering Sunday have nothing to do with visiting the woman who gave birth to you. Early celebrants returned to their home parishes and visited their ‘mother’ churches.Read

Family and Health: Enterprising way of finding work to beat blight of post-natal depression Mar 06 2013

There are more than one million unemployed young people in the UK. As work patterns change and the recession bites many may never be able to find a secure full-time job. But there are alternatives. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Why Huddersfield’s children's hospice means the world to Lucy Thompson and family Mar 05 2013

LUCY Thompson is among the first to benefit from Huddersfield’s new children’s hospice.Read

Family and Hobbies: We need more men for our Nine Men’s Morris! Feb 27 2013

Modern-day Morris dancers are keeping alive a folk tradition that is hundreds of years old. HILARIE STELFOX went along to see Huddersfield side The Slubbing Billys in actionRead

Family and Health: Getting the needle may solve sleep problems Feb 21 2013

It’s estimated that as many as a third of the UK population has problems sleeping, which is why this Acupuncture Awareness Week next week is focussing on insomnia. HILARIE STELFOX reports Read

Malcolm Pickup is moonwalking back to fitness - Anti-gravity treadmill boosts the injured and also helps athletes hit peak form Feb 20 2013

Technology developed by NASA is being used by a Huddersfield physiotherapist to get his patients back on track, injury-free and running faster. Hilarie Stelfox reports on the space-inspired technology that has helped Olympic athletesRead

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