The most read stories from July 4.

1) Man killed by train in Marsden

A MAN was killed when he was struck by a train at Marsden.
Police confirmed that a 34-year-old man died late last night near Marsden railway station.
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2) Widow still working aged 76 ‘sacked’ by soon-to-close Kirkheaton care home

A WIDOW still working at the age of 76 claims she was cruelly ‘sacked’ by bosses at a soon-to-close residential home.
Dedicated care assistant Barbara Atkinson had never missed a day in the six years she worked at the Flowers Hall in Kirkheaton.
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3) Huddersfield Carnival building hit by vandalism

VANDALS have trashed a building due to host Huddersfield Carnival events in just nine days.
Organisers of Huddersfield Carnival arrived at the Lime Bar building in Westgate to find the upstairs of the premises had been ransacked.
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4) Morrisons and Tesco clash at Holmfirth planning inquiry

MORRISONS’ involvement in a planning inquiry for a Tesco store in Holmfirth has been questioned.
Tesco’s QC Rupert Warren asked Kirklees Council's planning officer Nick Willock why he thought Morrisons and Limes Development, planning agents, were at the planning inquiry.
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5) ‘Better than Eton,’ says Greenhead College’s retiring principal Martin Rostron

MARTIN Rostron steps down this summer after 22 years at Greenhead College, half of them as principal.
And by whatever criteria his stewardship is judged, there is no denying that he leaves a fine legacy.
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