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Dec 28 2009 by Andrew Jackson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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

1) HEAVY snow and blizzards brought chaos across Huddersfield – and hit the last big shopping day before Christmas.

Snow showers were expected during the day with heavier falls anticipated around teatime – but a shower turned into a blizzard just after lunchtime and brought traffic slithering and sliding to a standstill within minutes.

Problems were reported across the town from Holmfirth to Mirfield – but one of the most badly affected areas was Huddersfield town centre which ended up grid-locked.

Buses were halted and trains delayed leaving many shoppers stranded and wishing they had never ventured out.

2) OUR roads have been gritted more since Friday than during the heavy snowfall in February.

But still there have been complaints that even more needs to be done.

Highways officials say that around 3,250 tonnes of grit has been spread since the snow fell on Friday – that’s 200 tonnes per gritting run.

3) DRUG addicts and drunks are being allowed to cause havoc in a notorious set of high rise Huddersfield flats, it is claimed.

According to a security guard who works at the Southgate tower blocks – Ibbotson, Richmond and Lonsbrough – troublemakers are able to roam free because it is impossible to keep them out.

The man, who did not want to be named, said there was blood on the walls and in the lifts from addicts shooting up along with excrement on the corridors.

4) A FARMER has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years for “horrendous” cruelty to livestock.

David Tweed, 58, was also given a 200-hour community order and told to pay more than £10,000 in legal costs in the biggest animal welfare case ever prosecuted by Kirklees Council.