Web’s top stories

Nov 16 2009 by Andrew Jackson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

HERE are the most viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week.

1) A MAN walking his dogs on a patch of Crosland Moor scrubland got the shock of his life – when he stumbled over a severed alligator head.

The skull and a section of the reptile’s jaw were discovered by painter and decorator Peter Lumb while he walked his two border collies in Crosland Moor.

2) FOUR robbery suspects were arrested in a dramatic swoop by armed police in Huddersfield town centre.

They were in a car pursued by officers from Manchester to Northumberland Street where they were stopped.

According to West Yorkshire Police, CS gas was fired into the car before the arrests were made.

3) HUDDERSFIELD Town chairman Dean Hoyle has refused to rule out a sale of his greeting cards business.

Shareholders at Card Factory have called in business advisers KPMG to carry out a strategic review of the company, leading to speculation he could be about to sell up.

But Hoyle told the Examiner: “There’s not a lot to say.”

4) A DEVASTATING fire which destroyed a school gym may be linked to a ‘postcode gang’ war.

The blaze that ripped through the building at Salendine Nook High School off New Hey Road caused damage totalling £30,000.

An empty petrol can was found nearby and the incident is being treated as arson.

5) AN ELDERLY man who fell on a Slaithwaite pavement had to wait almost 90 minutes for an ambulance.

Passersby rushed to help the 83-year-old man who fell after tripping on a loose paving slab at the junction of Carr Lane and Britannia Road.

Villagers dialled 999 at around 2.50pm on Friday afternoon, but an ambulance did not arrive on the scene until 4.15pm.