Mar
2008
Articles from 7th Mar 2008
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Residents seek park booze ban
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
ALCOHOL could be banned from a popular Huddersfield park. Read
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Police link early morning attacks
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THREE people were attacked – two with a hammer – as they walked home in the early hours of the morning. Read
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Plea to missing Sairah Hussain
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TEENAGER has been missing from her Huddersfield home for almost two weeks. Read
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Pimp gangs target teens
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A “SOPHISTICATED” ring of pimps is grooming teenage girls for sex. Read
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‘Rob was begging for his life’
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TEENAGER told how he saw his friend beg for his life as murder-accused Christopher Hill stabbed him. Read
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Trees felled in the search for Shannon
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
SEARCHES have been carried out at a Dewsbury park for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. Read
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‘We saw missing girl sobbing’
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO young boys claim to have seen Shannon crying on the day she vanished. Read
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Fundraiser Carol in running for £20,000
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
IS SHE the country’s finest fundraiser? Read
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New T-shirts for athletes
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG athletes have been displaying their new T-shirts. Read
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Mayor plans charity abseil down Galpharm Stadium
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE Mayor of Kirklees will abseil down the front of the Galpharm Stadium to raise money for charity. Read
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Town centre managers’ award
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TOWN centre managers are celebrating taking a top award. Read
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Free workforce helps out at village museum
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
OFFENDERS have helped to refurbish a popular museum for free. Read
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Drama group stages a pantomime favourite
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THEATRE group members are gearing up to put their own magical stamp on a pantomime classic. Read
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Knights of the road ride to help hospitals
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NEW team of motorcyclists in Huddersfield hope to become knights of the road for hospitals in Yorkshire by offering a free emergency delivery service. Read
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Award for service to valley
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN who has helped put Colne Valley on the map has been rewarded. Read
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Inspectors appalled at disregard for safety
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
NEARLY one in six West Yorkshire building sites failed healthy and safety spot checks. Read
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Library offers fitness
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD Library is turning into a hive of health and fitness. Read
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Something here for everyone!
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A COLD winter night is the perfect time to get a bit of spice into your life. But, being lazy and somewhat challenged in the cookery department, I didn’t whip up my own warming exotic dish. Read
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Shop’s new pink sign has to go
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG businesswomen have been ordered to remove the sign outside their beauty salon. Read
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Purse-snatchers at large in our shops
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
PURSE-DIPPERS are still heaping misery on Huddersfield shoppers. Read
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Senior JP calls it a day
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD’S longest-serving magistrate has retired. Read
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Lawyer Mark in training for London Marathon
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD lawyer will run the Flora London Marathon for leading blood cancer charity Leukaemia Research. Read
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Uni students leap into fundraising action
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD University students hosted a charity leap year dinner. Read
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Rotary funding boost for children’s hospice
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
ROTARY club members have raised more than £3,000 to help build a children’s hospice in Huddersfield. Read
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‘Expect more deaths with a 50mph limit’
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
MOTORISTS should be forced to reduce speed on a road where dozens of people have been injured, a councillor has said. Read
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All set for action!
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT’S game, set and match for work at the Mirfield tennis courts. Read
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Hospice shop’s rare dress shows that bags are for life
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CHARITY volunteer has made a dress out of plastic bags. Read
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Project looks to recruit
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG cheerleaders are wanted to dance and sing their way to success. Read
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Ex-squaddie breaches 5 year pub ban Asbo
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TRAUMATISED ex-soldier who breached a 10-year anti-social behaviour order in Huddersfield has finally been jailed for five months after yet another breach. Read
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Top class!
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
STUDENTS and staff at Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form are top of the class according to Government inspectors. Read
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Charity’s thanks for choccy eggs!
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
SLIMMERS have boosted a drive to build a children’s hospice Read
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Teacher to stand for council
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TEACHER Douglas Morgan (pictured) has been chosen to fight a council seat for Labour. Read
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Mental illness defence rejected
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHRISTOPHER Hawkins’ alleged mental health problems were no excuse for the brutal murder of his son Ryan, a fellow sufferer has claimed. Read
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Downing Street reward
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD headteacher visited Downing Street in recognition of her exceptional school leadership. Read
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‘I still wonder about Ryan’
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
“I ALWAYS wonder if I could have done more to help Ryan.” Read
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Learn a traditional stone skill
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
COUNTRYSIDE lovers are invited to try some dry stone walling. Read
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Sixty years of happy days
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HAPPY couple have marked 60 years of marriage together. Read
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Joining anti-war demo
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CAMPAIGNERS from Huddersfield are to join a national anti-war demonstration on March 15 – the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. Read
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New landlady aims to alter pub’s fortunes
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TROUBLED pub has a new owner. Read
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Rat seen near to store
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RATS have been spotted outside the Huddersfield branch of Asda. Read
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Appeal as pups found
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
The RSPCA is appealing for information after five tiny puppies were found abandoned near Batley. Read
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Crime writer to give talk
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CRIME writer will be talking about his life and work as a published author. Read
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A simple message
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE message on the flowers says it all. Read
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Students take part in a sports day to remember colleague tragically killed a year ago in hit-and-run incident
Mar 07 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT WAS a day he would have relished. Read
