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Breaking News: Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.

Breaking News: Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Apprenticeships of less than six months provide "no real benefit" to trainees or their employers, a parliamentary report has warned.

National Sport: SFA panel rejects Rangers' appeal

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:16 GMT

Rangers have lost their appeal against a £160,000 fine and 12-month transfer embargo.

National Sport: Crewe book Wembley date

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:45:16 GMT

Seventeen-year-old Max Clayton scored the goal which sent Crewe to Wembley for the npower League Two play-off final courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate win over Southend.

Breaking News: Parents attack 'narrow' inquest '

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

The grieving parents of a baby boy killed by a falling lamppost have accused a coroner's court of failing to provide answers about their son's death.

Breaking News: Greece caretaker PM takes new role

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

National Sport: Barton accepts one charge, denies second

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

QPR captain Joey Barton has accepted a charge of violent conduct against Manchester City's Sergio Aguero but denied the same charge for his confrontation with Vincent Kompany.

National Sport: Evra proud despite 'difficult' campaign

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

Patrice Evra has described this season as the most difficult of his entire career and lifted the lid on the emotions he felt when Luis Suarez snubbed his pre-match handshake at Old Trafford.

Breaking News: Prosecution over runaway train

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:17 GMT

London Underground is to be prosecuted by the rail regulator over a runaway engineering train, it has been disclosed.

Breaking News: 2,800 jobs axed as card shops close

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Nearly 3,000 jobs are to be axed after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores.

Breaking News: Appeal man bailed in dramatic twist

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:23 GMT

A young man who has always pleaded his innocence over a 2004 murder has enjoyed his first taste of freedom in more than seven years after a dramatic twist in his case at the Court of Appeal.

National News: Clintons Cards to close 350 stores and shed 2,800 jobs

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:00 GMT

NEARLY 3,000 jobs are to be axed after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores.

National Sport: BOA set to rubber-stamp rule change

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:19 GMT

The lifetime Olympics ban for British drugs cheats is expected to be formally removed on Thursday.

National Sport: Scotland go Dutch with Visser

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Holland-born Tim Visser will seek to prove his ability on the Test stage after being selected by Scotland for the summer tour to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

National Sport: Cavendish fourth as Ferrari takes stage

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Roberto Ferrari won the longest stage of this year's Giro d'Italia from Assisi to Montecatini as Great Britain's Mark Cavendish finished fourth.

National Sport: QPR to investigate Barton incident

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:17 GMT

QPR will conduct an internal investigation into Joey Barton's dismissal against Manchester City and his subsequent conduct, the club have announced.

National Sport: O'Driscoll named Crawley boss

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:17 GMT

Sean O'Driscoll has been appointed as the new manager of Crawley.

National Sport: Dalglish sacked by Liverpool

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:15 GMT

Liverpool have terminated the contract of manager Kenny Dalglish, owners Fenway Sports Group and the club have confirmed.

National News: Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool FC's manager (GALLERY)

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:00 GMT

KENNY DALGLISH has been sacked as Liverpool FC manager after 16 months back in the hot seat.

Breaking News: Cheers as murder appeal man bailed

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:20 GMT

A young man who has spent more than seven years behind bars for a murder he has always insisted he did not commit was greeted by emotional scenes as he was freed on bail by the Court of Appeal.

Breaking News: Teenager guilty of conker killing

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:19 GMT

A 15-year-old youth is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers.

Breaking News: Cameron and King urge euro action

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:18 GMT

Sir Mervyn King and David Cameron have led an attack on a lack of progress in tackling the eurozone crisis as the region's problems threatened to hamper UK growth.

National Sport: Strauss 'not losing taste for captaincy'

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:17 GMT

Andrew Strauss insists he is "not even close" to thinking he has had enough of the England captaincy, despite his long and vain search for his 20th Test century.

National News: World News in brief for May 16, 2012

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:31:00 GMT

Senior judge Panagiotis Pikramenos has been named Greece’s caretaker prime minister; Ratko Mladic has gone on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and The latest fighting to uproot al Qaida from southern Yemen has killed 13 militants, as well as four soldiers and two militiamen.

Breaking News: Straw and Brooks commuted together

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:15 GMT

Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he often used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train.

Breaking News: Unemployment fall 'welcome news'

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:14 GMT

The Government has welcomed a fall in unemployment and the number of dole claimants but admitted there were too many people in part-time jobs who wanted full-time work.

Local West Yorkshire News: Nano-science studies at University of Huddersfield boosts Britain's nuclear future

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

IT looks like a carving on a tree trunk.

Local West Yorkshire News: Huddersfield Town chairman to cycle 'Road to Wembley' to raise cash for kids' trip to final

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:48:00 GMT

HUDDERSFIELD Town chairman Dean Hoyle is to cycle to Wembley to help raise money to pay for for 1,000 kids to go to the game.

National Sport: Bent sticking with Villa

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:13 GMT

Striker Darren Bent has pledged his commitment to Aston Villa and revealed a determination to get behind the new manager when he is appointed.

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