HERE are the top five stories from our website last week:
1. A BABY has undergone surgery for serious head injuries after his family’s car was in a smash with a police car responding to an emergency call.
Little nine-month-old Sahil Saleem was in Leeds General Infirmary after emergency surgery over the weekend.
And his mother Hajra was also badly hurt in the incident at the junction of Birkby Hall Road and Grimscar Avenue, Birkby, at 8.15 on Friday night.
2. A NEW carpet cost a Berry Brow man part of a toe.
Ben Thomas accidentally ripped off part of the second toe on his right foot after fitting the carpet in his home.
He said: “I was stopping the dog from coming into the front room, where the carpet had just been laid.
“I turned around and slammed the door behind me.”
3. HUDDERSFIELD Town chairman Dean Hoyle has today broken his silence over the failed deal which would have seen the club reclaim their shares in the Galpharm Stadium.
And he claimed that a move by Giants’ owner Ken Davy to change a key part of the agreement was behind the breakdown.
Mr Hoyle pledged to work hard to resurrect the arrangement which would see Town reclaim 40% of the Stadium shares, having been close to an agreement up to the end of 2011.
4. A BUSINESSMAN who built unauthorised extensions to his ‘Los Angeles-style’ mansion may be forced to dismantle them after his appeal was rejected.
Abdul Hafiz had hoped Kirklees Council would approve a set of alterations he had made to his new home, on Inglewood Avenue, Birkby.
But in August councillors refused to grant retrospective planning permission for his taller garage, higher swimming pool roof, higher upper floor windows and other additional windows.
5. TWO LANDMARK pubs have experienced a contrast in fortunes.
In Marsh, The Junction is set to re-open just a few months after it closed down.
But at Scammonden, the famous Nont Sarah’s pub on New Hey Road has been boarded up and on the market after closing down.
The Junction closed at the end of September after licensees Lee and Emily Scott called it a day, blaming rising prices by pub owner Enterprise Inns.