Articles...
Feb 23 2008
THE FATHER of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews says he has spent the past four days looking for his little girl....
Feb 23 2008
THIS is the final photograph of Shannon Matthews shortly before she mysteriously vanished....
Feb 23 2008
LINDLEY pupils are taking part in a televised choral competition this weekend....
Feb 23 2008
TWO Huddersfield teenagers convicted of murdering an Asian taxi driver in a racist attack in Huddersfield have failed in their bid to have their jail terms shortened....
Feb 23 2008
ELDERLY people in Huddersfield who claim Pension Credits are being urged to apply for grants to help insulate their homes against the cold amid rising fuel bills....
Feb 23 2008
THOUSANDS of residents will receive a free starch bag from Kirklees Council....
Feb 23 2008
FORTNIGHTLY bin collections will lead to pre-Victorian conditions, a councillor says....
Feb 23 2008
KIND-HEARTED funeral directors are on the hunt for Easter Eggs....
Feb 23 2008
AN organisation led by a former head of Huddersfield University looks set to close, despite its success....
Feb 23 2008
DESPITE family tragedy keen soccer player Becky Catling is well on the road to being an Army driver....
Feb 23 2008
AT 8.00pm one evening last week we had to report two teenagers causing a nuisance both on commercial property and then by entering our property. We were given an incident number by the person who took our call at the police control centre and were informed that it would take approximately four hours for them to respond, given that they might have other priorities....
Feb 23 2008
VOLUNTEERS have brightened up the lives of children and young adults in Mirfield....
Feb 23 2008
A TEACHING union has blasted the BNP for “jumping on the bandwagon” against controversial plans for an academy school....
Feb 23 2008
NEW sculptures have been installed at local wildlife sites around Kirklees....
Feb 23 2008
The path now leads across the beck and climbs slightly to a stile. Cross it, skirt a very wet patch and climb on to the next stile by a gate leading on to a lane....
Feb 23 2008
A MAN, aged 23, was woken by armed intruders who robbed him in his flat....
Feb 23 2008
A MAN remains seriously ill in hospital after he was allegedly attacked earlier this month....
Feb 23 2008
LITTLE Tyler Jessop remains in a serious condition in hospital following an alleged hit and run....
Feb 23 2008
String Solo - School Year 11 & under 1 Katrina Lee, Birchencliffe, 2 Becky Else, Harrogate 3 William Robertson...
Feb 23 2008
ORCHESTRAS, ensembles, choirs and big bands battled it out as the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival continued....
Feb 23 2008
RESIDENTS have been asked to check on elderly neighbours after gas supplies to hundreds of homes were cut....
Feb 23 2008
A POLITICIAN wants Kirklees to save money – starting with the councillors’ drinks bill at Christmas....
Feb 23 2008
A TEENAGER was forced to withdraw cash from his bank during a daylight robbery in Huddersfield town centre....
Feb 23 2008
North Korea: The country has denied suggestions it diverted food aid intended for its hungry citizens to the military, calling the claims a plot by South Koreans opposed to its Communist government....
Feb 23 2008
A PENSIONER was twice forced to pay for a bus journey despite having a pass....
Feb 23 2008
China: The Chinese have asked the US to release data about its missile hit on an ailing spy satellite as the Communist Party’s newspaper blasted what it called Washington’s callous attitude towards the weaponisation of space. US defence secretary Robert Gates said America was determined to be open about the US operation and added: “We are prepared to share whatever appropriately we can.”...
Feb 23 2008
Turkey: Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion (pictured) across the border into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels. The ground operation started after Turkish warplanes and artillery bombed suspected rebel targets....
Feb 23 2008
France: The truffle, fragrant and expensive latter-day delight of food lovers, is in trouble with French farmers predicting a cut in production of up to 75% this winter. Most blame global warming, warning that if thermometers keep rising, as many scientists predict, the country’s black truffle will one day be just a memory....
Feb 23 2008
Colombia: The country’s military intelligence agency says it knows where left-wing rebels are holding four hostages that they have promised to release, the government says. Defence minister Juan Manuel Santos said officials had “known for some time” that hostages Gloria Polanco, Orlando Beltran Cuellar, Luis Eladio Perez and Jorge Gechem were being held in the same area where two other hostages were released last month....
Feb 23 2008
Germany: The former head of car maker Volkswagen’s works council was jailed for almost three years for abusing his position to pay out £1.5 million in bogus company bonuses. Klaus Volkert was found guilty of 48 counts of inciting fraud, including payments totalling nearly £300,000 to his former lover....
Feb 23 2008
THESE conservation volunteers will be able to increase their work on the banks of the River Dearne, thanks to a grant from the Co-op....
Feb 23 2008
A POPULAR Pennine walk has fully reopened....
Feb 23 2008
FOOTBALLING teacher Hadi Malik succeeded where a host of England legends have failed – by scoring the winning penalty in a shoot-out against Germany....
Feb 23 2008
A CANDIDATE has been selected to contest a knife-edge Kirklees Council seat....
Feb 23 2008
SHOPPERS are being advised that they can take action if their special Mother’s Day bouquet arrives too late....
Feb 23 2008
A TEENAGE motor-cyclist is in a serious condition in hospital after a road collision....
Feb 23 2008
FIFTY families are on a waiting list for a much-needed home support service for their disabled children....
