Articles...
May 3 2008
MURDER victim Joe McCafferty died in the arms of a policeman while being rushed to hospital 11 years ago today....
May 3 2008
A HUDDERSFIELD Giants star is to appear in court charged with an attack....
May 3 2008
HUDDERSFIELD’S most expensive house has been snapped up....
May 3 2008
THE Tories gained the narrowest of edges over Labour in Kirklees in Thursday’s local elections....
May 3 2008
THE British National Party’s top Kirklees councillor lost his seat to Labour in a closely fought contest....
May 3 2008
WESLEY Carter used to eat unhealthy food and did little physical activity....
May 3 2008
HUDDERSFIELD branches of Sainsbury’s are urging women customers to support a charity by handing over their bras!...
May 3 2008
‘Bomber crews were stationed there. Many failed to return from missions over Nazi-occupied Europe’...
May 3 2008
THIS is a route which divides very clearly into two distinct halves - the first involves covering high ground with extensive views to Huddersfield and beyond, whilst the second half follows the deep valley of Dean Dyke, where the main interest lies in the immediate surroundings....
May 3 2008
A GARDEN centre has been recognised for employing people with learning disabilities....
May 3 2008
STUDENTS are renowned for their love of a pub crawl....
May 3 2008
BUILDING work has begun on a new community centre....
May 3 2008
AN Elland church is hosting its 12th art exhibition and sale this weekend....
May 3 2008
A LOCAL history project has got off the ground in Paddock....
May 3 2008
THIS year will be extra-special at the Chatsworth Nissan International Horse Trials as it is an Olympic year....
May 3 2008
THEY were the forgotten heroes of Britain’s war effort....
May 3 2008
A CASHIER was hurt in a petrol station robbery early today. The man was hit in the face by gunmen who walked into the Shell service station on Westbourne Road in Marsh at 4.50am. The two masked thieves escaped with cash. The victim was bleeding from the nose, but was not thought to be badly hurt. The Shell shop was closed and the forecourt sealed off by police for several hours while a forensic examination of the scene could take place in daylight. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “Although this happened very early this morning, it may be someone saw the thieves hanging around near the petrol station before the raid or escaping afterwards.”...
May 3 2008
A BIRKBY man has denied murdering a Huddersfield woman....
May 3 2008
WOMAN accused of murdering her senile grandmother begged friends and family to give false evidence about voices in her head, a court heard....
May 3 2008
LIBERAL Democrat councillors Christine Iredale and Rochelle Parchment are keeping it in the family....
May 3 2008
DOZENS of Yorkshire Building Society staff will take part in a charity event for a children’s hospice. The 60 people are taking part in a dragon boat racing event at Roundhay Park in Leeds on Monday May 26 to raise money for Martin House Children’s Hospice near Wetherby....
May 3 2008
EXPLOSIVE materials were found scattered in “disarray” around a home used as a bomb factory by the July 7 plotters, a court heard....
May 3 2008
ELLAND Ladies Circle has a new Chairman – Karen Hirst....
May 3 2008
HONG KONG: Actress Mia Farrow (pictured) today urged China to help to stop the killings in Darfur, staging a peaceful, one-woman protest on the sidelines of the Hong Kong leg of the Olympic torch relay. The 63-year-old held aloft her own torch....
May 3 2008
MORE than 1,000 young children from up to 35 schools across Calderdale are being equipped with vital skills to keep them safer on the streets and in the home....
May 3 2008
DOZENS of bad drivers in Huddersfield have been shamed on a website....
May 3 2008
AUSTRALIA: The death toll from a collision in Sydney Harbour between an overloaded runabout laden with young joyriders and a fishing boat has risen to six, officials said. The cruiser was owned by Sydney Ship Repair and Engineering, which said a former contractor among the injured may have taken the boat for a joyride without permission....
May 3 2008
GERMANY: The last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, has died aged 90. Ex-army major Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager was part of a group of officers who tried to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944, supplying the explosives for the operation led by colonel. Claus von Stauffenberg....
May 3 2008
TWO Nigerian educators have visited Lindley CE Infant School....
May 3 2008
NEARLY 900 police community support officers and civilians who work for West Yorkshire Police may go on strike....
May 3 2008
A VILLAGE school has delighted education inspectors....
May 3 2008
HUNDREDS of lucky artists have won the right to put their work on display....
May 3 2008
CHILDREN who become victims of sex abuse are at risk of further attacks....
May 3 2008
FREE exercise sessions are being launched in Huddersfield to help overweight children beat the bulge....
May 3 2008
THE man in charge of a vital service at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is retiring....
May 3 2008
A WALK from the Golcar Appleyard picnic site completes a trilogy of leaflets encouraging people to walk and explore the Colne Valley countryside while enjoying picnics....
May 3 2008
A SHOE and a row of wine bottles have helped a team of florists scoop top prizes at a flower show....
May 3 2008
PEOPLE with sight problems can attend a free event to help them get to grips with computers....
