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Web forum: Bus stops and smoke starts

GETTING around town has got a little easier recently.Read

Web Forum: Top Stories

HERE’S the most viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week.Read

Tyke life and humour according to Austin Mitchell

Yorkshire-born MP Austin Mitchell will be the first speaker at this year’s Examiner Literary Luncheon on Tuesday, October 6. He spoke to Hilarie Stelfox about his new Grand Book of Yorkshire HumourRead

Web Forum: Load of bulbs

JINGLE bells, jingle bells, moaning all the way about Kirklees plans to spent £70,000 on new Christmas lights.Read

Rebecca Kane's got girl power - and her own Martial Arts academy

On the flyers for her new martial arts academy, Rebecca Kane uses the slogan “You don’t have to be the big guy’’ alongside a photograph of her 5ft 1ins self. She wants to prove that anyone, no matter how big, small, young or old can benefit from learning a martial art. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Forum: Just who should pay the price for rising cost of gas and electric

IT’LL soon be time to turn the radiators back on.Read

Mark and Sally Bailey’s book explains how to create a ‘calm’ home

IF there was an easy-to-make recipe for calm, there’d surely be no shortage of takers in our stressed times.Read

Web Forum: No smoke...

THE smoking ban has led to a fall in the number of heart attacks by about 10%, according to a Government study.Read

Web Forum: Last weeks top stories

HERE ARE the most viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week.Read

Web Forum: Web news

THERE’S a new game sweeping through the White Smoke online community. It’s called Rumour Mill and it lets you make scurrilous comments about your mates – just for a laugh.Read

Web Forum: Council cuts

“COUNCILLORS to give up allowances to make budget savings” was the quote and one of our Forum users picked up on it straight away.Read

Former Huddersfield University student realises publication and baby dreams

ISLA McGUCKIN chronicled her traumatic decade-long journey through fertility treatment in a book called Pink For A Girl.Read

Huddersfield college lads meet up 60 years on

THEY left Huddersfield College. They travelled the world and settled down all over it.Read

Web Forum: Strom brew-ing

PUB closures around the district is today’s hot topic on our Forum.Read

Web Forum: Shopping hell

A BRIEF shopping trip to the newly opened Sainsbury’s at Salendine Nook got one of our Forum users in a right huff.Read

Web Forum: Top stories

HERE’S the most viewed stories on www.examiner.co.uk last week:Read

Web Forum: Internet news

A NEW campaign called 10:10 is hoping to bring about a 10% reduction in Britain’s carbon emissions next year.Read

Web Forum: Town talk

TOWN have made a very encouraging start to their League One campaign this time round, but there’s always room for improvement.Read

Nostalgia: A look at Huddersfield's Scooter scene over the years - pictures

THE first scooters, most of them a uniform grey, started appearing on Huddersfield’s streets in 1954.Read

Web Forum: Market woe

THE markets of Huddersfield are empty of both stalls and shoppers these days, but it’s certainly busy on the forums when it comes to sorting out their problems.Read

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