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Web forum: Smoking ban left you fuming?

SMOKERS can continue lighting up in Huddersfield. Kirklees Council said yesterday it had no plans to use new powers under the Localism Bill to ban smoking in public places such as parks. Councils in Warrington, Cumbria and Milton Keynes are considering outlawing smoking in some open-air areas.Read

Web forum: Most viewed last week

MOST viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week:Read

Web forum: What’s new on the web this week

IT’S true: some of the people hell-bent on stealing from high street shops around the country last week stayed in touch with one another using services such as Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry Messenger.Read

Web forum: Should KNH increase rents after blunder?

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 thousands of people have been undercharged for the past four months. Housing bosses announced yesterday that tenants would be charged the correct amount for the rest of 2011/12 – leading to immediate rent hikes.Read

Web forum: What caused the disorder?

A COMMUNITY leader who has steered thousands of troubled youths away from crime believes more riots are on the way. Mark Reynolds, founder of Rawthorpe Amateur Boxing Club (RABC), believes community cuts were responsible for the disorder which gripped English cities last week.Read

Web forum: The rinks aren’t on me

THE ice rink which has attracted thousands of skaters at Christmas is not coming back to Huddersfield.Read

Web forum: Most viewed stories last week

MOST viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last weekRead

Graham Porter’s gardening: Top tips for children

Sow some mustard and cress in a used egg shell and draw a happy face on the egg shell.Read

Web forum: What’s new on the web this week

THIS week we look at one of the names on the lips of those in the know.Read

Picture of the Week: Nature’s colourful sign of a warm summer’s day

THIS butterfly is the true sight of summer and was captured in a Huddersfield garden.Read

Web forum: What so you think of the riots?

THE disturbances in Huddersfield on Tuesday night shocked many people.Read

Web forum: Where’s there’s blame...

KIRKLEES Council has paid out nearlyУ2.3m in compensation claims in the last three years.Read

Family: Billy, a beautiful golden retriever needs a new home

MEET Billy, an 11-year-old Golden Retriever who is looking for a new home.Read

Web forum: Rail fares on the rise?

RAIL fares are set to soar in West Yorkshire.Read

Web forum: Most viewed stories from last week

THE most viewed news stories of last week on www.examiner.co.uk were:Read

Web forum: What’s new on the web this week

SOME internet connections aren’t anywhere near as fast as they were promised to be, according to industry watchdog Ofcom.Read

Picture of the Week: Spectacular view of industry and nature at the Syngenta site

THE vast Syngenta complex off Leeds Road used to be teeming with chemical works.Read

Web forum: In the mood for fast food?

COUNCILLORS have refused to allow a vendor to set up a street stall in Huddersfield town centre.Read

Web forum: Hospital parking woes

RESIDENTS in Lindley are joining the fight against parking payments. Kirklees Council’s Cabinet decided last month to charge people £30 a year for residents-only parking permits.Read

Web forum: Green, grey or garden?

GARDENERS will have to pay to get their cuttings taken away. Kirklees Council looks set to abolish its free garden waste collection service to raise money and plans to charge householders £1 per bin bag or ‘tied manageable bundle of similar size’ with a minimum collection charge of £5 per visit, paid in advance.Read