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Womack ill

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Singer Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He said the diagnosis came after he began having difficulty remembering his songs and the names of people he has worked with. The 68-year-old has also been fighting cancer.

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Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Photographer dead

Killed aid workers

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

pakistan: Hundreds of villagers attended the funerals of the aid workers and teachers gunned down by militants in the country’s north-west. Family and friends buried two women teachers, along with a woman health worker and a male medical technician. Militants in Pakistan view vaccination campaigns as cover for western espionage.

Should ISAs usurp child trusts?

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Junior Isa is celebrating its first birthday. Finance columnist Jeremy Gates looks at whether the replacement for the Child Trust Fund has been a hit or a miss

Property index

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Bramleys:

Slovenia holiday review by Linda Whitwam

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

SHAFTS of late afternoon sunshine shimmered on the glassy surface sending hundreds of bright stars shooting across the lake.

Affordable Bulgaria for skiing

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

EVER been so cold your jacket zip freezes to your chin? Me neither. But it happened to my cousin when he went skiing in Bulgaria. So even though I was expecting the cold when I arrived there, it still hit me like a frosty hammer.

Bulgaria travel facts

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Laura Wileman flew ex-Heathrow with BA as a guest of Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, with further information available at www.bulgariatravel.org.

Christian at tribunal

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Trust in court

Venice is window to the best views in the world

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

ALL you need to see Venice is a map, a guide book, a pair of crocs, a decent camera ... and around a year.

Tips for visiting Venice

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Fly into Marco Polo airport and take a public transport water bus from the quay to the nearest landing point to your hotel. It’s a 10 minute walk to the quay and you’ll need to pull your case. The trip will take around 90 minutes each way and the round trip costs a reasonable 27 Euros per person.

Tenerife holidays.

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

OLYMPIC gold medal hero Bradley Wiggins had the unlikely training ground of Tenerife to thank, at least in part, for his victories.

Four-runway airport needed

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

The UK needs a four-runway airport either at Heathrow or Luton if it wants to compete with other European hubs such as Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, a report by a think tank said today. The best option would be four runways immediately west of the current Heathrow site in west London, the report from Policy Exchange said.The report did not rule out an extra, third runway at Heathrow but said Thames Estuary airport plans, as supported by London Mayor Boris Johnson and by architect Lord Foster, were not practical.

Fresh and icy in Canada