Articles...
Oct 2 2007
HIGHLY-trained paramedics are not being sent to some life-threatening emergencies – including some potential crime scenes – because of health and safety fears....
Oct 2 2007
AN elderly woman collapsed and died during a show at Huddersfield’s Lawrence Batley Theatre last night....
Oct 2 2007
A POSTMASTER has been suspended following an investigation at a local Post Office....
Oct 2 2007
THE countdown to the Examiner’s community continues today. Every edition until the awards night at the Galpharm Stadium next Monday will profile each of the three people or organisations shortlisted in one of the 10 categories. Today BARRY GIBSON looks at the sixth to be featured, the EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONALITY AWARD...
Oct 2 2007
IT’S got all the ingredients of a comedy classic . . . Carry on Banding....
Oct 2 2007
A PREMATURE baby who had to be born in Sheffield because of a shortage of intensive care cots in Huddersfield has finally been found a bed closer to home....
Oct 2 2007
THEY stood with their heads bowed in tribute to a little boy who lost his life in such a tragic way....
Oct 2 2007
A HARD-HITTING programme which tackles the causes and consequences of anti-social behaviour has been launched in Kirklees....
Oct 2 2007
RONNIE Hazlehurst, the man behind the music for Last of the Summer Wine, has died aged 79, his partner said today....
Oct 2 2007
A MAN was seen fleeing after stealing from a car in Holmfirth. He had smashed a window to steal a Creative Zen MP3 player from the car on Cinder Hills Road, Holmfirth, at 11.30pm last night. He is white, just over 6ft tall and slim with dark hair and a distinctive sharp nose. He wore reddish trainers, dark tracksuit bottoms and a dark top.He was seen running away into a nearby housing estate....
Oct 2 2007
YOUNG readers met a famous writer. Almondbury novelist Joanne Harris (pictured), who wrote Chocolat, which was made into a major film, presented children with certificates at Birstall Library. They were rewarded for taking part in a reading challenge....
Oct 2 2007
A SLAITHWAITE hairdresser is hoping to help a disabled Huddersfield youngster....
Oct 2 2007
AN inquest has opened into the death of an 80-year-old Huddersfield woman. The body of Elfriede Maria Battye was discovered at her home in Roger Lane, Newsome, last Wednesday. There are no suspicious circumstances. The inquest, in Bradford, was adjourned for further tests to find the cause of death....
Oct 2 2007
HUNDREDS of fish have died in a local lake....
Oct 2 2007
PREMIER DIVISION...
Oct 2 2007
TICKETS are still available for an event taking dance fans back in time and featuring four live bands....
Oct 2 2007
A HUDDERSFIELD teenager has made a splash in the swimming world by being invited to join a national team....
Oct 2 2007
POSTAL workers are getting set for a series of strikes over pay and business disputes....
Oct 2 2007
A CAMPAIGN to encourage health workers to clean their hands is to be expanded across the country....
Oct 2 2007
MELANIE Williams considers it a privilege to lead the learning journey of students at Royds Hall High School....
Oct 2 2007
GOLCAR resident Davey Falco has published his first novel....
Oct 2 2007
PUPILS got to grips with pots and pans as part of a scheme to get them cooking....
Oct 2 2007
WEST Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s summer gala raised £10,000....
Oct 2 2007
A COUNCILLOR wants to ban children under 10 from a hospital....
Oct 2 2007
STUDENTS from Newsome High School and Sports College took part in a field study trip to the Yorkshire Dales....
Oct 2 2007
SURESTART workers at Crosland Moor Children’s Centre held an end of summer Pirate Party....
Oct 2 2007
At 36 Gareth Sands is the new Governor at New Hall Women’s Prison and Young Offenders Institution at Flockton. Here, after just three weeks in the job, he speaks to ANDREW HIRST of his hopes and aspirations for his new role...
Oct 2 2007
YOUNG smokers in Huddersfield have questioned the change in the tobacco sales law which now bans anyone under 18 from buying cigarettes....
Oct 2 2007
KIRKLEES farmers were urged today to be vigilant when moving their animals following a further foot and mouth outbreak in southern England....
Oct 2 2007
LEGAL eagles have raised £500 for the West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust....
Oct 2 2007
Hepatitis can be caused by viral infections, parasites, bacteria, chemicals, auto-immunity, drugs or alcohol. Of these, viral infection is the most common cause of chronic (long-term) hepatitis....
Oct 2 2007
A MOTHER-OF-FOUR has appeared on TV to raise awareness of a deadly virus that she escaped....
