Articles...
Mar 19 2008
KIRKLEES Council today celebrated news that it is the best in the country....
Mar 19 2008
SHANNON Matthews’ family filmed a behind-the- scenes account of the schoolgirl’s missing days....
Mar 19 2008
HEALTH experts have warned of an increase in scarlet fever in West Yorkshire....
Mar 19 2008
A THEMED Easter Bug Hunt for children will herald the start of summer events programme in Huddersfield’s Beaumont Park....
Mar 19 2008
WELLY-THROWING, gymnastic displays and a continental cafe were among the attractions at a Rastrick school’s Easter fair....
Mar 19 2008
FIFTEEN pupils from Shelley College took part in a performance of what they called Kitchen Sink Science....
Mar 19 2008
MINISTERS are not doing enough to make the streets of Kirklees safe, says a top councillor...
Mar 19 2008
PEOPLE with learning difficulties are being helped into work....
Mar 19 2008
A CASH boost of more than £9m is to be invested in Yorkshire over the next three years by the Youth Justice Board....
Mar 19 2008
A PUB landlady who had risky surgery to save the life of her sister is recovering well says her delighted husband....
Mar 19 2008
A RESIDENT was questioning councillors today about controversial bus changes....
Mar 19 2008
SWIMMER Dee Llewellyn went the distance to win her Swim Of The Year trophy from the British Long Distance Swimming Association....
Mar 19 2008
A BOOK about police community support officers gets across the stranger danger message in Dewsbury....
Mar 19 2008
HARD-to-reach communities are being given the chance to get creative....
Mar 19 2008
FAMILY doctors in Huddersfield will be offering evening surgeries by next year....
Mar 19 2008
HUDDERSFIELD’S new Family Birth Centre has been hailed a success and mums-to-be are queuing up to use the state-of-the art facility....
Mar 19 2008
A FORMER council worker believes many retired female staff have been ripped off....
Mar 19 2008
Chinese herbal remedies are becoming increasingly popular in the West. HILARIE STELFOX meets a practitioner from the Holme Valley, Stacey Ash, who now has a practice at her home in Dunford Road, Holmfirth, after years of studying for her qualifications...
Mar 19 2008
The disused ticket office at Sowerby Bridge train station is being given a new lease of life as a cafe and real ale bar. ANDREW BALDWIN meets the two CAMRA members who have devoted 11 years to bringing to life their dream of running a traditional beer establishment in Yorkshire...
Mar 19 2008
PEOPLE can try their hand at the ancient craft of dry stone walling next week....
Mar 19 2008
A TEENAGER has slammed bus operator First after one of its drivers refused to let her boyfriend on his bus, although he had a valid bus pass....
Mar 19 2008
YOUNGSTERS can get active this Easter with a range of sports activities organised by Kirklees Sports Development....
Mar 19 2008
REVISED plans for a controversial development have been submitted to Kirklees Council....
Mar 19 2008
LOTTERY cash will be used to improve a church’s crumbling fabric....
Mar 19 2008
A NEW mum is set to run the London Marathon with her mother....
Mar 19 2008
IMAMS from mosques throughout Kirklees attended a community event to celebrate the prophet Muhammed’s birthday....
Mar 19 2008
HUDDERSFIELD people are being asked to nominate the friendliest people they know for a national competition....
Mar 19 2008
A HUDDERSFIELD vicar will walk the Great Wall of China to raise money for the world’s poorest communities – and he needs your help....
Mar 19 2008
SIXTY real ales are on tap at a Huddersfield beer festival....
Mar 19 2008
RAF man Alex Ward is hoping to fly high when he takes on a marathon sporting challenge....
Mar 19 2008
AN MP has vowed to support the suspension of controversial post office closures....
Mar 19 2008
SCHOOLGIRL Shannon Matthews will not be reunited with her family for some time....
Mar 19 2008
RESIDENTS want a pedestrian crossing on a busy Huddersfield road....
Mar 19 2008
VEHICLES which can travel along tram or train lines are to be trialled in the UK for the first time, promising a “new era” in public transport, it was announced today....
Mar 19 2008
A FORMER pupil at Dalton School has been appointed as its new headteacher....
Mar 19 2008
AN MP has hit out at the tabloid portrayal of Dewsbury Moor during the Shannon Matthews hunt....
Mar 19 2008
A HUDDERSFIELD solicitor has been barred from the profession indefinitely after he admitted he feels 'unable to cope' with the stress of being a lawyer....
Mar 19 2008
A MOTORIST is angry after she was accused of using a fake pound coin. Ann Mosley from Primrose Hill had parked at Queensgate multi-storey car park. She said: “I was gone for less than an hour to go to Wilkinsons and the market. When I got back to the car park I put my pound in the machine and got 10p back. But when I drove down to the barrier and put my ticket in it wouldn’t let me out.” The 63-year-old approached a parking attendant for help. Mrs Mosley said: “He said I had either put in a fake pound coin or a 10p piece. I thought he would just let me out but he wouldn’t budge. I had to go back to the machine and pay again.” A Kirklees Council spokesman said that no complaint had been made about the incident, which happened on March 6....
Mar 19 2008
AN “EYESORE” new Tesco would not be good for Huddersfield, says the town’s MP....
Mar 19 2008
AUSTRALIA used to be the land where we sent our criminals, but now a manager for West Yorkshire Probation has been sent ‘down under’ to find out about their justice system....
