Feb
2010
Articles from 4th Feb 2010
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THUR AM: Tour firm workers to go on trial over carbon monoxide deaths
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO tour-firm employees are due to go on trial in a Greek court over the deaths of a brother and sister from West Yorkshire from carbon monoxide poisoning. Read
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THURS AM: Your MP's expenses online here - check the report here
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
MPS in our area have been asked to pay back cash as part of the £1.3m recommended by the Legg Report on expenses.The Read
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THURS AM: Bus problems due to ice and snow in Kirklees - services affected
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A NUMBER of bus services in Kirklees have been affected by ice and snow. Read
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Drunk teenagers who urinated on Kirklees war memorial walk free from court
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO teenagers who bunked off school and got drunk in a park before becoming the latest in a spate of yobs to urinate on a war memorial have walked free from court. Read
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THURS AM: British Gas cuts gas bills by 7%
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
BRITISH Gas today cut average gas bills by 7% in a move set to benefit around eight million households. Read
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Youth club on wheels to visit village
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A YOUTH club on wheels will be making regular stops in Meltham. Read
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Comrades remember Huddersfield’s Lance Corporal Graham Shaw
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GREAT soldier and a great bloke. Read
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Immigration officials arrest three at Huddersfield firm Yorkshire Fur Fabrics
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TEXTILES company is facing an investigation after three workers were arrested on suspicion of being in the UK illegally. Read
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Tragedy at HRI birthing centre after baby Tily Bray died
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BABY tragically died of an infection at Huddersfield’s new birth centre less than an hour after being born. Read
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Consultants help Kirklees Council cut costs
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
KIRKLEES Council has spent £35,000 on consultants as part of its efficiency programme. Read
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Huddersfield student Grace Sherriff designs Giants shirt
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE Giants go into Super League battle tomorrow for the first time in 2010. Read
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Former Huddersfield Town player died after choking in Indian restaurant
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FORMER Huddersfield Town player died after choking at a family meal to celebrate his 65th birthday. Read
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West Yorkshire Police cut call costs
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
WEST Yorkshire Police says it is already taking steps to keep costly calls to off-duty officers to a minimum. Read
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Kirklees social worker Leslie Healey 'asked clients for sex': Tribunal
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
Leslie Healey, who worked for the council from 1997, is said to have formed an improper sexual relationship with a woman who was a social services client. Read
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Huddersfield commuters face travel misery
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
COMMUTERS faced misery because of road works on a busy road into Huddersfield. Read
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Police plea over ‘sickening’ Brighouse attack
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
THREE men forced their way into a Brighouse flat and seriously assaulted its occupants. Read
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Advice for shoppers at Queensgate Market
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
SHOPPERS can get advice from today at Huddersfield’s Queensgate Market. Read
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£400m Card Factory for Town chairman Dean Hoyle?
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD Town chairman Dean Hoyle is thought to be lining up a £400m deal to off-load a big name asset. Read
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Grit stocks replenished in Huddersfield
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
GRITTING stocks have been topped-up as Huddersfield is hit by snow again. Read
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More heavy snow predicted for Huddersfield
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
HEAVY snow hit Huddersfield last night – with more predicted for next week. Read
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Huddersfield man David Bentley alleged to have raped Bradford teen
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SCHOOLGIRL told her teachers she had been raped by a middle-aged man who gave her a sexual nickname, a court heard. Read
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Essex father said he hit Brighouse man in self defence
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FATHER who smashed a vase over the head of a Brighouse man maintains he was defending his three-year-old son. Read
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Brighouse engineer who had cancer came into contact with chemicals
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
AN ENGINEER who died of cancer would have come into contact with chemicals during his working life, a coroner has ruled. Read
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Backlog of glass collections nearly cleared in Kirklees
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
RECYCLING crews are catching up with glass collections in Huddersfield after last month’s snow. Read
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Warning after 95 cooking fires in Kirklees last year
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIRE crews in Kirklees tackled 95 cooking fires last year, figures show. Read
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Alex Turner in a spin after favourite washing machine stolen
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
TO most people it was a broken, old washing machine. Read
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M62 slip road at Ainley Top to be closed
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAJOR motorway slip road will be closed for maintenance work and drivers not planning their route in advance could face an 18-mile diversion. Read
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Thornhill’s industrial past on show
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
LOCAL history lovers have been invited to take a tour through the industrial past of Thornhill Lees. Read
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Three years and counting for Nerve Centre
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CHARITY that works to support people living with neurological conditions is celebrating three years of having a base in Huddersfield. Read
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‘Sweet’ success for Netherton film-maker’s film directed by David Jason
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT’S a wrap for a Huddersfield film-maker whose movie was directed for free by Touch of Frost and Only Fools and Horses star David Jason. Read
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Heckmondwike man Mathew Pearson hanged himself after drinking ‘ten pints of beer’
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN hanged himself after drinking the equivalent of ten pints of beer. Read
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£5m Greenhead park revamp on schedule
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MULTI-million pound scheme to restore a Huddersfield park to its former glory is well on its way to completion. Read
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Broken Post Office computer hits Emley pensioners
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
EMLEY OAPs have been left without access to their pensions after a computer glitch at the village Post Office. Read
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Lepton Church of England Junior Infant and Nursery School celebrates 150 years
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHILDREN are going ‘old school’. Read
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High flyers let off balloons for Haiti
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHILDREN from a day nursery released more than 100 balloons to help raise funds for the Haiti earthquake appeal. Read
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Kirkheaton chool raise funds for Haiti
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
THESE pupils at Kirkheaton Primary School held a non-uniform day and raised £760 for the Haiti appeal. Read
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Hats off to staff fundraisers
Feb 04 2010 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD has again shown its backing for the victims of the terrible Haiti earthquake. Read
