Articles...
Dec 27 2007
TOO many victims are not getting justice....
Dec 27 2007
WARD 14 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary had a busy Christmas Day as five mums had babies....
Dec 27 2007
Mauritanian prosecutors called the Christmas Eve murder of four French tourists, picnicking near the small town of Aleg, a terrorist act. They said security forces were hunting three suspects believed to be members of a regional al Qaida-linked network. The suspects crossed the border into Senegal, said regional governor Sidi Mouloud Ould Brahim....
Dec 27 2007
SHOPPERS hit the high street in huge numbers as stores opened their doors for the first post-Christmas sales....
Dec 27 2007
YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has been attacked by a fellow patient at Broadmoor....
Dec 27 2007
THE Salvation Army gave many people in Huddersfield a Christmas to remember once again when they played host to a phenomenal Christmas dinner for more than 70 people....
Dec 27 2007
A helicopter crash in central Belgium is believed to have killed five people, officials and news reports said. The aircraft came down near the town of Merchtem, 12 miles north-west of Brussels....
Dec 27 2007
POLICE have completed post-mortem examinations on a man believed to have killed his wife before taking his own life....
Dec 27 2007
WEST Yorkshire’s Chief Constable is embroiled in a dispute over pension payments....
Dec 27 2007
Investigators in the Madeleine McCann (pictured) case are ploughing through leads with a “fine-tooth comb” after calls with information following a television appeal by Kate and Gerry McCann, their spokesman said. On Saturday and Sunday, 347 people phoned in information....
Dec 27 2007
THE Christian and Muslim community joined forces for the first time this Christmas to help the poor and needy....
Dec 27 2007
TWO senior diplomats, one British, one Irish, are set to be expelled from Afghanistan today amid allegations they held talks with Taliban militants....
Dec 27 2007
Mr Teifi James is the first eye surgeon in Yorkshire to perform a revolutionary new treatment for dry macular degeneration - a disabling condition that affects many elderly people. The operation is now being offered to patients at the Elland Hospital. HILARIE STELFOX reports...
Dec 27 2007
HERE’S a little list of things I’d like to see happening in the New Year, apart from world peace, the eradication of all disease and the ending of poverty and hunger. I’m taking it that we all want those....
Dec 27 2007
VOLUNTEERS from Huddersfield 68 Round Table visited Huddersfield homes to collect food for the homeless over Christmas....
Dec 27 2007
A NEW chairman has been appointed to lead South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust....
Dec 27 2007
SO THAT was Christmas … and what did you do? I hope it was a good one and that everybody survived the festive season intact. It’s a time of strange excess, isn’t it?...
Dec 27 2007
THE family of a man who died at Kirkwood Hospice have raised more than £500 to say thank you to staff who cared for him....
Dec 27 2007
POLICE have teamed up with some of Huddersfield’s biggest electrical stores to beat burglars....
Dec 27 2007
TEENAGERS and young adults in Huddersfield are being urged to make a new years resolution that really counts this year by making a long-term contribution to the town....
Dec 27 2007
AS REVELLERS celebrate the festive period with family and friends, those in need are guaranteed somewhere to turn....
Dec 27 2007
BUS tickets will carry a new message to passengers – tips on how to get legal advice....
Dec 27 2007
A WOMAN bravely clung on to her handbag to foil a mugger at Golcar....
Dec 27 2007
A MAGISTRATE with almost 25 years experience today became a champion for the victims of crime....
Dec 27 2007
HUDDERSFIELD-based Instore, the owner of Poundstretcher stores, has saved 384 jobs at a soft furnishings chain....
Dec 27 2007
VOLUNTARY groups face an uncertain future with many fearing budget cuts will put them out of business....
Dec 27 2007
THE cases that Stuart Blakey will never forget are the ones the public never see....
Dec 27 2007
THE BBC scored a festive ratings success with nine of the 10 most-watched TV programmes on Christmas Day. The second half of an EastEnders double-bill was first with 13.9m viewers, beating Dr Who’s 13.8m. A return of To The Manor Born had 10.1m viewers....
Dec 27 2007
HUDDERSFIELD’S latest attraction is set to give families something to enjoy this Christmas and New Year....
Dec 27 2007
A MAJOR crackdown to ensure residents enjoyed safer fireworks celebrations has been hailed as a success....
Dec 27 2007
INDONESIA: Hours of heavy rain triggered landslides that killed at least 51 people in western Indonesia reports said. The deaths occurred in several districts on the main island of Java after more than 12 hours of non-stop rain, el-Shinta radio station said. Metro TV reported that rescuers were trying to reach the scene of the landslides, 300 miles east of the capital Jakarta....
Dec 27 2007
SOUTH KOREA: A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after his WBO intercontinental flyweight bout is in a coma due to a brain injury. Choi Yoi-sam lost consciousness and was rushed to a hospital shortly after winning the contest against Indonesian challenger Heri Amol. The 33-year-old was knocked down in the final round of the 12-round fight, but it was not known whether that caused him to pass out....
Dec 27 2007
A HUDDERSFIELD student has won a national award for her volunteering efforts....
Dec 27 2007
TURKEY: The country’s military has hit more than 200 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq since December 16, killing hundreds of rebels, authorities say. Up to 175 rebels were killed on December 16 alone in “unprotected buildings” in the mountainous areas in northern Iraq, the military said in a statement on its website....
Dec 27 2007
USA: A winter storm delivered a White Christmas to parts of America’s Midwest, causing some traffic accidents and flight delays but no major problems with fewer travellers taking to the roads and sky. Denver, Colorado, saw up to seven inches of snow, resulting in a handful of flight delays....
Dec 27 2007
PANAMA: The bodies of a California businessman, his teenage daughter and the Panamanian pilot of a plane that crashed over the weekend have been found in Panama’s mountains. A 12-year-old American girl survived....
Dec 27 2007
TWO local hospices have received a funding boost from a Huddersfield dental clinic....
Dec 27 2007
The government has deported more than 4,000 foreign prisoners this year, exceeding the target set by the prime minister, the Home Office said. The figure is 50% higher than the year before. Those sent out of the country include 20 convicted of killings and more than 200 convicted of sexual offences...
Dec 27 2007
HUNT supporters condemned the Hunting Act yesterday as hundreds of thousands of people attended Boxing Day meets across the country....
