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Denis: Bring back the old for the young

BAGPUSS is to be revived. Fans of the saggy cloth cat will be pleased to discover that he is not dead, but has simply been sleeping while waiting for his second coming. Read

Denis: Bring back the old for the young

BAGPUSS is to be revived. Fans of the saggy cloth cat will be pleased to discover that he is not dead, but has simply been sleeping while waiting for his second coming. Read

Tragedy as singer dies aged just 32

A YOUNG opera singer who should have sung in Huddersfield this week has died suddenly aged 32. Read

Forum: Solving those traffic problems

YOU are God. You have the power to make any change you want to. Read

Hilarie: Looking forward to world of work

WHEN I was at school we didn’t have work experience. We just had a quick chat with the careers teacher and were sent on our way with a university application form. Read

Hilarie: It’s time to turn into Scrooge!

CHRISTMAS has to be one of the least environmentally friendly times of the year. Read

Distant connections?

ARE we related to Tony and Mandy Slywkanycz, mentioned on the Examiner website? Read

Keep an eye out and help our gardens’ feathered friends

SINCE my wife and I returned from our summer holidays in mid-August I have counted 26 different species of bird in our garden. Read

Bookstart fun at town library

DEPUTY Kirklees Mayor Clr Julie Stewart-Turner assists Mollie Detraux, of Dalton, who was celebrating her second birthday at Huddersfield Library during National Bookstart Day. Read

Denis: Still alive but sadly still skint

FLYING back from Derry courtesy of Ryanair we hit bad weather. Read

Denis: Apathy will win every time in a fair world

I HAVE been offered a position in the Shadow Cabinet of The Apathy Party of Gordon S Hirst. Read

Denis: Plughole is too good for ’em!

I WAS taken to task for allowing my wife to wash a spider down the plughole. Old friend Steve Sneyd told me the spider is only there because it can’t climb the smooth sides of the bath. Read

Cheers! Actor Neil is branching out

HE might be best known for being in 1990s TV comedy series Men Behaving Badly, but actor Neil Morrissey is now re-inventing himself as a publican and brewer. Read

Squash some of this into your tums!

THE SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness brings with it the chance to savour members of the pumpkin and squash families as they’re now in plentiful supply. Read

Chestnut and Pumpkin Seed Croustade Cups with Butternut Squash and Cranberry Jus

Ingredients: Read

End of the piers

THE anguish when fire destroyed the pier at Weston-super-Mare this summer was a reminder of how popular these seaside institutions are – and in Yorkshire they have almost vanished completely. Read

Forum: Making this week’s headlines

MOST viewed news article headlines on www.examiner.co.uk this week: Read

John Avison: Shock figures for alcohol's victims

THERE are between 10,000 and 12,000 alcohol-dependent people in Kirklees, which has a population of 401,000. Read

John Avison: Shock figures for alcohol's victims

THERE are between 10,000 and 12,000 alcohol-dependent people in Kirklees, which has a population of 401,000. Read

John Avison: Why I wince when I hear from whence

I’M a huge fan of the English language, as my reader will have gathered. I use it all the time. Read

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