Mar
2008
Articles from 8th Mar 2008
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Chef misses out in regional final
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN Almondbury school chef has narrowly missed out on securing a place in a national competition. Simon Flood, kitchen manager at King James’s High School, battled it out against seven other chefs in the East of England final of School Chef of the Year 2008. Simon, 38, cooked-up a feast of fruity Moroccan chicken and baked egg custard tart in the contest, held in Nottingham. He lost out to school cook Dawn Dale from Whitby. Read
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Shannon: This is her latest school photograph
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THIS is the latest photograph of missing Shannon Matthews. Read
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Follow the trail
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
WALKERS are being invited to take in the sights of Skelmanthorpe village. People of all ages are being given the chance to take part in a two-hour walk on Saturday, March 22. Kirklees countryside officer Andy Wickham will lead the free trek, following the Skelmanthorpe village trail. Those wanting to take part should meet at Skelmanthorpe Council Offices at Commercial Road at 10am. Read
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I looked for Rob after killing
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE girlfriend of Robert Broadbent wept as she recalled how she discovered that the Lepton teenager had been murdered. Read
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Course aims to end building control shortage
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG people from Kirklees are to take part in a training course designed to get more recruits into the building control industry. Read
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Site searches go swimmingly
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SITE in Wellholme Park has been earmarked for a new swimming pool for Brighouse. Read
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Call for vote on Europe
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
VOTERS should decide whether Britain stays in the European Union (EU), a councillor has said. Read
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Batten down the hatches
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD is set to be battered by the worst weather of the winter on Monday. Read
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IT’S THE BIRTH OF A WHOLE NEW OUTLOOK
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary’s new Family Birth Unit opens on Monday. It will provide a midwife-led service for mums-to-be who do not expect complications and who would otherwise be suitable for home births. ANNE-MARIE BRADLEY looks at the facilities. Read
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Misery of six-mile tailbacks hits M62
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT’S been a miserable week on the M62 near Cleckheaton. Read
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Birthing centre set up to create a ‘home from home’
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD’S new family birth centre is ready and open for business from Monday. Read
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THE Government’s flagship new diplomas are at risk of failing unless ministers scrap A-levels and GCSEs as free-standing qualifications, headteachers warned today.
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Ministers want diplomas, which combine practical skills with theory, to compete with A-levels to see which courses are the most popular in schools. Read
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Kieran’s contest win
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD University student has won a design competition. Read
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TOUGH CHOICE?
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Animal testing advocate Dr Kirk Leech visited Huddersfield University to give a seminar. Reporter SAM CASEY met him Read
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Church to pay price of chaos on road
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A LONGWOOD church is facing a huge repair bill to fix a gateway that was damaged during a chaotic incident after a lorry got stuck. Read
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Does animal testing work?
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Yes: Animal testing has helped to develop vaccines against diseases like rabies, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and TB. Read
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Culture shock
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
China: will be stricter on foreign performers after Icelandic singer Bjork (pictured) shouted “Tibet! Tibet!” at the end of her concert in Shanghai. China’s Culture Ministry said Bjork’s outburst “broke Chinese law and hurt Chinese people’s feelings”. Bjork shouted out after her song Declare Independence. Read
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Whale discovery
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
USA: A rare white killer whale has been spotted by ocean scientists off Alaska. It was discovered by the Oscar Dyson, a US research ship conducting an acoustic survey in the Aleutian Islands. Further observation showed that while the whale’s saddle area was white, other parts of its body had a subtle yellowish or brownish colour. Read
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Memorial handed back after theft from mill
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WAR memorial that was stolen from a Huddersfield mill has been returned. Read
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Death accidental
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
ITALY: A British tourist whose body was found in Venice, died of accidental drowning, an inquest found yesterday. Richard Raynor, 23, from Retford, Notts, was discovered in Venice’s lagoon after going missing during a romantic Valentine’s break with his girlfriend last month. An inquest at Nottinghamshire Coroner’s Court heard that a letter sent by a mystery stranger who supposedly confessed to killing Mr Raynor is thought by Italian police to be a hoax. Read
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Pressure on
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Greece: Nato nations cranked up pressure on Greece to allow Macedonia to join the alliance, saying that the two countries should work harder to resolve a bitter dispute over competing claims to the name Macedonia. Macedonia, along with Croatia and Albania, is hoping to be invited to join Nato at an alliance summit next month. Read
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THE power of books was brought alive by children across Kirklees.
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Youngsters at many schools dressed as their favourite characters to mark World Book Day. Read
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High life for Kristian
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A HUDDERSFIELD student is flying high after graduating from a prestigious Royal Air Force College. Read
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Olympic charity challenge
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
RUNNING fans are being given the chance to pace an Olympic route while raising cash for a Huddersfield-based charity. Read
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STORYTELLER Ruth Boycott-Garnett visited Paddock Junior, Infant and Nursery school during its World Book Day celebrations.
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Children dressed as their favourite book characters as part of the event, which included a visit to The Children’s Bookshop at Lindley to buy books. Read
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STUDENTS presented their own versions of traditional tales, myths and legends during a special assembly at Castle Hill School.
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Staff and students at the Newsome school dressed as book characters as part of World Book Day celebrations. Read
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A life guided by love of God
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HOLMFIRTH author Virginia Haywood has a new book out. Read
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Worried mum Hamira wants traffic island
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WORRIED mum wants a traffic island to help children cross a busy road. Read
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MIGHTY MUNCH!
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
SOME stars have their names in lights. Read
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A promise not kept
Mar 08 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
MANY people will fume at being denied what we have all been promised by the major parties, a say on the EU constitution. Read
