Most viewed news stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week:

1) Woman beaten unconscious by 6ft 3ins thug after intervening in Milnsbridge street argument

A WOMAN told how she begged her attacker to stop before she was kicked unconscious in a terrifying racist attack.

Sharon Collier, a slight 45-year-old mum of one, had tried to be a Good Samaritan after seeing women involved in a row in Milnsbridge.

But her reward was a vicious beating from a man who towered over her slight frame and left her with a shattered cheekbone and facial injuries.

2) Huddersfield Town fans boycott Sheffield United derby over ‘ridiculous’ ticket price

DISGRUNTLED Town fans have vowed to boycott one of the season’s biggest ties because of ‘ridiculous’ ticket prices.

Huddersfield are set to play Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on September 13 in one of League I’s biggest derbies.

But fans believe there will be rows of empty seats in the away stand after Sheffield announced it would be charging £28.50 for adult tickets.

By comparison Bury fans will pay half that price (£14 plus a booking fee) to see their team play the Blades at Bramall Lane on September 3.

3) GCSE success for Kirklees pupils: List of school and college GCSE results

STUDENTS across Kirklees have notched up some terrific academic successes as they joined thousands across the country in celebrating record GCSE results.

Nationally the pass rate rose for the 23rd year in a row with almost seven in 10 entries (69.8%) gaining at least a C grade.

4) Honley car dealer targeted by yobs with grudge – more than 100 tyres slashed

HOODED vandals have attacked a Honley business THREE times in THREE weeks.

Now car dealer Glynn Mosley believes he has been targeted by someone with a grudge.

Vandals have slashed tyres and smashed windows on cars belonging to Westwood Motors, New Mill Road, Honley, causing £12,000 damage.

5) Puff adders, cobra and rhino viper found in raid on Kirklees house

DEADLY snakes were seized from a house in Kirklees.

Stunned police found 16 highly-venomous snakes in bedrooms at a terrace house in Liversedge – including nine puff adders and a cobra.