Feb
2008
Articles from 27th Feb 2008
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‘Accused loved his happy son’
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE estranged wife of murder accused Christopher Hawkins said her husband was particularly close to Ryan. Read
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Why dad why?
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
SHE was stabbed many times in a terrifying ordeal. Read
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Big Ask launch
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RADIOHEAD frontman Thom Yorke (pictured) was launching a Europe-wide campaign today to urge governments and the EU to commit to year-on-year climate change emissions cuts. The Friends of the Earth’s Big Ask Europe campaign is also calling on the European Union to commit to more stringent emissions targets of at least 30% reductions by 2020 and 90% by 2050. Read
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Fingertip search at uncle’s house
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
POLICE have conducted a fingertip search of the house next door to where Shannon Matthews lives. Read
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Mugger’s callous attack
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CALLOUS robber knocked an 88-year-old disabled woman to the ground to steal her purse. Read
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Blaze at house
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
POLICE are investigating a fire at a house in Deighton. Read
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‘Is she in the wrong hands?’
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TIMID Shannon Matthews may have fallen into the “wrong hands”, police have revealed. Read
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Future of area on table
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RESULTS of the Mirfield Residents Survey will be heard at the next meeting of Mirfield Area Committee on March 3. Read
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Arrest at bank
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN went into a Huddersfield bank to open a new account ... and ended up arrested. Read
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Shaking all over
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shocked England this morning. Read
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Campaigner launches newsletter
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
ROAD safety campaigner Yvonne Hutchinson has launched a community newsletter, Wake Up Ashbrow, after securing cash for a puffin crossing on Bradford Road. Read
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Pub smokers fined in new crackdown
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TEN smokers have been fined by Kirklees health inspectors in a crackdown on smoking in pubs. Read
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Can you hack it? Walk this way to help children
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CAN you hack a 25-mile trek to help prevent cruelty to children? Read
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‘Smoking landlord’ in £20,000 fiddle
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
NOTORIOUS landlord Stuart Smith has been punished for a scam to ship the stolen contents of a pub to Cyprus and then selling it. Read
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Happiness after failed dates!
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A COUPLE who met when both were stood up by their dates have just celebrated their golden wedding. Read
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Magic by the marketeers!
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
WHEN a group of marketing students was set the task of coming up with ways of raising thousands for a local charity they knew they would have to pull something special out of the hat. Read
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‘Terrorists work alongside us, share our communities, shops and facilities’
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
PEOPLE have been urged to follow their hunches to turn in potential terrorists. Read
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Tunnels danger warning
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
BOTTLE hunters tunnelling under the part of Batley cemetery that has not yet been used for burials are putting themselves and others in great danger. Read
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Calderdale among top 25 in primary school tests
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CALDERDALE’S primary school children are achieving top marks. Read
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‘Don’t eat and drive’ warning to motorists
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
ONE in seven people who are professional drivers eat at the wheel each week and put lives at risk. Read
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Focus on animal disease
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SEMINAR to help farmers and livestock keepers understand and contribute to new proposals is being held. Read
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Future of villages meeting
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RESIDENTS have been invited to the next meeting of the Denby Dale Area Committee on March 6 in Upper Denby. Read
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Library will replace site of drugs den
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
DERELICT shops and flats which were once used by drug dealers have been torn down. Read
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Parties battle to set council tax
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
COUNCILLORS will today decide the Kirklees budget for 2008/09. Read
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They’re all ready for another capital effort
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RUNNERS Raymond Carroll and Beverley Thomas are hard at work training as they prepare to clock up their 15th marathon between them. Read
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New contenders for the bad road crown
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE TITLE of ‘worst road in Huddersfield’ is becoming a hotly contested one. Read
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Going an extra mile helps needy children
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TEAM of volunteers from Huddersfield University has gone the extra mile for charity in a bid to make a difference to the lives of schoolchildren in Africa. Read
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Brigade improves safety
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
WEST Yorkshire’s Fire and Rescue Service has been applauded by the Health and Safety Executive. Read
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‘Hard-faced rat stole my disabled scooter then came back for keys at knifepoint’
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A ROBBER stole a disabled great-grandmother’s mobility scooter, then went back and threatened to stab her to try to get the key. Read
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Actor Adam quits chippy for Casualty
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HOLLYWOOD actor and chip shop owner is set to star as a gangster in TV drama Casualty. Read
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Homes scheme doubts
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RESIDENTS living near a proposed housing development in Slaithwaite have denied the developer’s claims the plans have support. Read
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Let’s have a Euro-vote call
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
For the good of democracy .... a Huddersfield-born man is today leading a mass lobby of Parliament calling for a popular poll on whether Britain should accept the Treaty of Lisbon. ANDREW BALDWIN reports Read
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The reasons for a referendum in Britain
Feb 27 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
WHY are so many people fed up of politicians now? One of the main reasons is that people don’t feel like they can trust politicians to do what they say. Read
