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Terry George: At 50 Michael is still the King of Pop

I can’t believe my old friend Michael Jackson is celebrating his half century. Read

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You're having a laugh. Hopefully! Read

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Whats on where yuou are? Read

Energy saving tips please!

I HAVE been looking at tips to save on power around the house now that electric and gas cost so much. Read

Band heading far from north

HUDDERSFIELD band Far From The Dance are leaving their home town and heading south. Read

Forum: Here and there

A RIGHT old mixed bag today from our posters. Read

Hidden hamlet of the Holme Valley

It may not feature on local roadsigns but that doesn’t mean that the hamlet of Woodroyd is a place that isn’t worthy of note. VAL JAVIN meets the man who has recorded its history. Read

Graham Porter: Keats had it exactly right with mists and mellow fruitfulness

JOHN Keats must have either had a wonderful fruit garden or spent some of his spare time wandering the lanes and byways of 19th-century Britain in search of blackberries. Read

Five minute star interview: Keshia Knight Pulliam

KESHIA Knight Pulliam was born in 1979 in New Jersey, USA. Read

Sir Garry hits out, amid much gnashing of teeth by Glamorgan

PITY bowler Malcolm Nash. It was on August 31, 1968, that he was on the receiving end of a cricket record which will be unbeaten forever. Read

HAZEL: Lack of plums in garden has left me glum

LIKE the Mother Hubbard of nursery rhyme fame, the Ettienne cupboards will be bare this winter. Read

Cycle guide:Life in the slow lane

THE latest in our series of cycle rides devised by MEL GIBSON, of Meltham, a founder of the Kirklees Cycling Forum. Read

Having a crack at doing the HACK

SUNDAY will definitely be my day of rest this week. Read

Denis: Population gives me sinking feeling

LET us consider a crowded future. By 2060 the population of the United Kingdom, which now stands at 60 million, will be 77 million. Read

Denis: Bad spelling, punctuation and grandma

PROOF, if needed, that not all students are clever clogs. The Times Higher Education has published a list of exam howlers culled from papers taken by the brightest and best in the land. Read

Denis: Bean counter Bean

I WAS perturbed to read about the new deputy governor of the Bank of England and his prediction that the global financial downturn could drag on a bit. Read

Stress-free shopping .... online and local

ONLINE and local – Slaithwaite nursery goods specialist Bebe Amor is aiming for the best of both worlds. Read

Peter honoured by Tate’s publication

BRIGHOUSE artist Peter Brook is going to find it hard to write in his desk diary next year – one of his paintings is in it. Read

Senior moment: Appalling square is more New York than Yorkshire

Former teacher John Berryman is originally from South Africa and now lives in Slaithwaite. Here he gives his view on a subject which continues to raise controversy Read

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TOP five stories from the website this week, to read any of the stories simply type the headline into the search facility on www.examiner.co.uk Read

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