Articles...
Mar 14 2008
Missing 9-year-old Shannon Matthews has been found alive in Batley Carr. 39-year-old arrested....
Mar 14 2008
MURDERER Christopher Hill will spend 19 years behind bars for the brutal stabbing of teenager Robert Broadbent....
Mar 14 2008
THE heartbroken mum of murder victim Robert Broadbent said her son would have turned his life around ... but killer Christopher Hill robbed him of that chance....
Mar 14 2008
HOWZAT for a world record!...
Mar 14 2008
A CROOKED lawyer took almost £100,000 from bereaved clients and used the cash to pay her tax bill, a hearing was told....
Mar 14 2008
A “SCANDALOUS” road closure will hit business, says a pub licensee....
Mar 14 2008
A HUDDERSFIELD hypnotherapist has put together some top tips to help smokers kick the habit in the wake of No Smoking Day....
Mar 14 2008
A SCHOOL football team will represent Huddersfield Town in the Football League National Community Cup....
Mar 14 2008
AN 18-year-old appeared before Bradford Crown Court yesterday charged with wounding another man with intent to cause grievous bodily harm....
Mar 14 2008
TWO swimmers from Kirklees have been picked to represent Great Britain at the Down Syndrome World Championships....
Mar 14 2008
Sixty-five suspected drug dealers have been arrested during a drugs’ operation in Bradford. Police have since charged 59 of them with a total of 287 offences of supplying Class A drugs. Chief Supt Allan Doherty said the seven-day crackdown was aimed at taking drug dealers off the streets. During the operation, officers seized Class A drugs worth £10,000, as well £20,000 in cash, three firearms and a quantity of ammunition....
Mar 14 2008
A FOUR-year-old boy badly hurt in an alleged hit and run incident remains in a stable condition in hospital....
Mar 14 2008
DEWSBURY people are raising cash to help find missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews....
Mar 14 2008
Travellers on the East Coast Mainline whose journeys have been disrupted by gales now face travel chaos over Easter as workers plan strike action. The track between York and Doncaster has been blocked by power lines brought down in this week’s high winds. Reduced services were running between Scotland and York and between Leeds and London. Services will be hit again as workers in York stage a five-day strike from Wednesday in a jobs’ row....
Mar 14 2008
A woman has admitted killing a baby girl and a 27-year-old man by starting a house fire in Leeds. Marie Sharp, 22, put an ignited rag through the letterbox of a house on Dufton Approach, Seacroft, in December. Fifteen-month-old Kyra Moran died in the fire and Gavin Battensby, who tried to rescue her, died later. Sharp, of Tarnside Drive, Seacroft, admitted manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court. She will be sentenced on May 19....
Mar 14 2008
WORKERS in Sainsbury’s in Market Street, Huddersfield, are going to run, walk, cycle, hop or skip a total of 200 miles to raise money for Sport Relief....
Mar 14 2008
BOROUGH of Kirklees duo Harmonie Waterman and Abby Mae Parkinson are battling it out in the Yorkshire Championships after the second series of swims....
Mar 14 2008
POLICE are amazed how a hit-and-run driver managed to get his car away from a scene of total destruction....
Mar 14 2008
A MAN was robbed at knifepoint at a bus stop....
Mar 14 2008
A MAN has been jailed for six weeks for selling a dangerous dog....
Mar 14 2008
TEAMS are wanted to take part in a five-a-side charity football tournament....
Mar 14 2008
AVERAGE wages in Yorkshire will increase by less than 3% this year, but the cost of living is shooting up at three times that rate, new figures have suggested....
Mar 14 2008
SEVENTEEN post offices in Kirklees could be closed, a politician has warned....
Mar 14 2008
LOCAL MPs were invited to visit tourism businesses across Kirklees as part of British Tourism Week....
Mar 14 2008
A WOMAN was injured as she tried to put out a grill pan fire at her Huddersfield home....
Mar 14 2008
YOUNG children receive outstanding care and education at a Rastrick school....
Mar 14 2008
A SON found the decomposed body of his elderly mother in her home, an inquest heard....
Mar 14 2008
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Fixby are celebrating after they were awarded more than £8,500 from the Lottery to create an environmental garden....
Mar 14 2008
THE Budget has been hailed as a sensible one by Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman....
Mar 14 2008
IT’S business as usual despite major changes to Huddersfield town centre....
Mar 14 2008
A BLAZE which destroyed part of a mill due to be redeveloped is thought to have been arson....
Mar 14 2008
WORKS on a Huddersfield road are still going – 27 weeks after a sign was put up saying they would last only half that time....
Mar 14 2008
FAMILIES had fun together during special workshops in New Mill....
Mar 14 2008
TERRITORIAL Army doctor Brigid Allagoa has been honoured following a tour of duty in Afghanistan....
Mar 14 2008
PUPILS at Almondbury High School have taken part in a national test to see how exercise, sleep and diet affect learning....
Mar 14 2008
A GANG who travelled from as far as South Wales to raid a Huddersfield jewellers have been convicted....
Mar 14 2008
A £75,000 scheme to improve road safety in Ravensthorpe has been completed....
Mar 14 2008
A FRENCH market will herald the start of another season of street markets for Kirklees....
Mar 14 2008
GOVERNMENT officials have apologised to 200 Muslim prison inmates at a prison in West Yorkshire who were offered ham sandwiches during a holy festival....
Mar 14 2008
INTREPID teacher Jonathan Hubbard has set himself a mountain of a challenge to raise cash for a school trip....
Mar 14 2008
HUDDERSFIELD Civic Society’s Chairman’s Report for 2007-8 has commended the hard work carried out by officers and committee members....
Mar 14 2008
HUDDERSFIELD’S Easter funfair has been moved from its usual site at Turnbridge because of safety fears....
Mar 14 2008
PEOPLE with relatives buried in a village graveyard are being asked to give their views on building plans....
Mar 14 2008
A SPECTACULAR circus featuring breathtaking stunts from world-class performers is coming to Huddersfield....
Mar 14 2008
HUDDERSFIELD University has been chosen to spearhead a Government study on the effects of 24-hour drinking....
Mar 14 2008
A TEAM of students from Huddersfield University beat off competition from nine other universities to win £500 and book their place in the national final of a contest....
Mar 14 2008
COUNCILLORS have given the thumbs up to proposals to transform the Shay Stadium in Halifax....
Mar 14 2008
THIEVES are on the prowl for four-wheeled drive cars and Land Rovers have become the main target....
Mar 14 2008
A SUPPORT group has just presented £8,300 – and 79p! – to Kirkwood Hospice....
Mar 14 2008
THE big name coffee shops are a familiar presence on our high streets, but more often than not I find them over-priced....
Mar 14 2008
VISITORS to Castle Hill will soon be able to enjoy the panoramic views from the top of the tower....
Mar 14 2008
A “RIDICULOUS” housebuilding target threatens the Green Belt in Kirklees, says the council’s leader....
Mar 14 2008
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Mar 14 2008
IN THE 1970s there was always a huddle of people waiting outside a restaurant on the outskirts of Huddersfield....
Mar 14 2008
The £20,000 vehicle has been purchased with school funds and from fundraising by a variety of groups....
Mar 14 2008
CHILDREN put their best foot forward to raise money for Sport Relief....
Mar 14 2008
ELLAND’S Mark Jones led the way for Stainland Lions in the Dent Run in Cumbria while impressive Aileen Baldwin took first prize in the F55 category....
Mar 14 2008
MORE THAN 750 young musicians took to the stage in Huddersfield to show-off their talents....
Mar 14 2008
RAY McARTHUR was crowned men’s champion as Meltham Athletic Club held their annual presentation....
Mar 14 2008
HOWZAT for a world record!...
Mar 14 2008
HOWZAT for a world record!...
Mar 14 2008
A HISTORIC Huddersfield pub is to re-open after a number of years of neglect....
Mar 14 2008
A WAVE of pub closures is hitting Britain – with 57 pubs closing their doors for good every month....
Mar 14 2008
A COUNCILLOR has welcomed money for a new children’s centre....
