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1) Kirkburton pub landlord would have to charge almost £4 a pint after rent hike by Enterprise Inns - but they may quit pub instead
IT COULD be last orders for a popular Huddersfield pub landlord.
Enterprise Inns are hiking up rents by £5,000 a year – meaning Alan and Elaine Jarvis, of the White Swan in Kirkburton, may have to close their doors.
The couple, who have run the Penistone Road pub for over five years, have transformed it into a bustling local. But recently Enterprise Inns, which leases the pub to them, has dramatically increased the cost of rent, barrels and insurance. The couple say it makes it difficult for them to survive – unless they charge punters almost £4 a pint.
2) CCTV image of Asda looters attacking police car as top cop thanks Huddersfield community for help
PEOPLE in Huddersfield were praised for their help in tracking down yobs across the town.
And there was a further plea for help as detectives released new CCTV images of thugs attacking a police car at Asda.
3) Dalton man, 31, dies from heart problems after playing football
A FOOTBALL-mad Dalton man died just hours after leaving the pitch.
Craig Brook, 31, was visiting a friend for the evening after playing five-a-side football at Royds Hall High School when his heart gave out and he was rushed to hospital.
But despite the efforts of paramedics and doctors he died, on August 5, from a previously undiagnosed heart problem.
4) Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing rent blunder means thousands of residents hit by fresh rent rise
THOUSANDS of tenants will be stung by a rent hike after housing chiefs made a costly blunder.
Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing (KNH) miscalculated this year’s rent rise, meaning 23,000 people have been undercharged for the past four months.
5) Spot the difference? Lindley Moor data centre application looks familiar...find out how here
A COMPANY which plans to build on green space in Huddersfield has been accused of plagiarism.
Stirling Scotfield won permission to set up a data centre at Lindley Moor.
Kirklees Council planners gave the development the go-ahead after a stormy four-hour meeting.