Huddersfield Examiner - News - Local West Yorkshire News

TUES PM: Man collapses and dies on Halifax Road, Birchencliffe

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT

A MAN collapsed and died while walking home late at night.

TUES AM: Teenage girl hurt in Meltham hit and run

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:00 GMT

A TEENAGE girl was hurt in a hit and run accident in Meltham.

Kirklees Council look for a 2% council tax rise

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT

A 2% rise in council tax will be put forward today by Kirklees Council’s ruling Cabinet.

Former Kirklees Council social worker targeted 'vulnerable' women for sex

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:42:00 GMT

Retrial likely for rape charge of Huddersfield man David Bentley

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:00 GMT

Huddersfield University expert says: ‘Child grooming is rare - but it does happen’

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:20:00 GMT

CHILD grooming is rare, but it’s something a leading Huddersfield expert says parents need to know more about.

Six months for driver who led police on 13-mile high speed chase through Huddersfield

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

A 30-YEAR-OLD driver involved in a 13-mile police pursuit has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Birdsgedge mum’s wedding photo misery turns to joy after company steps in with free albums

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:00 GMT

A PHOTO company has come to the rescue after a wedding photographer failed to come up with albums of the big day.

Skelmanthorpe farmer Norman Booth at war with siblings over family legacy

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT

A FARMER has spoken about a bitter family feud that could bankrupt his whole family.

Murder woman Julie Kenyon wins Appeal Court hearing over granny death

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

A WOMAN found guilty of murdering her own grandmother will attempt to have the conviction quashed at London's Court of Appeal today.

La Salsa lap dancing club could be stripped of licence to thrill

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

ALLEGATIONS that under-age strippers were working at a Huddersfield lap dancing club were made as far back as 2007, it emerged last night.

Huddersfield potholes force sale of limited edition Volvo

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A MOTORIST has traded in his limited edition car after losing four tyres to potholes in as many months.

'Stupid' Nazi comments of Mirfield Tory councillor's son

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A COUNCILLOR said his son was guilty of “youthful stupidity” after he likened young Conservatives to the Nazi term Sonderkommando.

Arrest over death of Adam O’Toole on New Hey Road, Salendine Nook

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

THE girlfriend of hit and run victim Adam O’Toole last night welcomed news of a police breakthrough.

Obituary: Philip Whitwam

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ONE of Huddersfield’s longest serving poultry farmers has died.

Obituary: Garrick Graham

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A RESPECTED former consultant surgeon and NHS chief has died.

Obituary: Valdes Johnson

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HUNDREDS of mourners are expected at the funeral of a popular member of Huddersfield’s Jamaican community.

Fraudsters in Kirklees use blue badges of disabled people who have died

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FRAUDSTERS have used dozens of blue badges belonging to disabled people who have died.

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band raise £150,000 for charity

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MUSICIANS from Brighouse and Rastrick helped to raise £150,000 for the fight against cancer.

Halfterm events planned for Mining Museum

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A SERIES of events are planned for half-term at the National Coal Mining Museum.