The most read stories from June 26.
1) It's 1988 and we're looking at your sporting success covered by the Examiner - are you in our nostalgia pictures
EASILY beating a four-minute mile, Rob O'Hara, of Longwood Harriers, ran 3min 33.6sec to win the Maniac Mile at Meltham in June 1988.
He had finished second in the earlier Harden Moss Fell Race to Michael Pearson, but clipped some 13sec from his previous best for the unconventional downhill dash, which has a 400ft drop between its start and finish.
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2) Kirklees Council boss Adrian Lythgo spends £3,000 sending letter to staff ready to strike over cuts
KIRKLEES Council and a union have been criticised by a worker for “wasting money” in sending letters out to every worker and their members.
Adrian Lythgo, chief executive of Kirklees Council, spent around £3,000 writing to council workers last week to coincide with Unison’s correspondence about industrial action.
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3) Child vandals in Grange Moor to carry out ‘community pay-back’
TEARAWAY youths accused of terrorising their Grange Moor community are to right their wrongs by carrying out good deeds.
More than 100 people packed the Grange Moor pub on Monday night for a community meeting to address concerns over criminal damage and anti-social behaviour by a group of known youths.
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4) Flypasts, aerobatics and gun fights at Meltham Memories Weekend (Picture gallery)
THEY are stepping back in time in Meltham once again.
And this time, Spitfire aerobatics and gun battles will be among the highlights of what promises to be an exhilarating weekend of wartime nostalgia.
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5) Elland soldier jailed for sex with under-age girl
A WEST Yorkshire soldier is facing a dishonourable discharge from the army after being jailed for three years for having sex with an under-age girl.
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