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Thora Hird

`Everyone felt they knew Dame Thora'

TRIBUTES have poured in to actress Dame Thora Hird, who died at the weekend. Read

BBC Last of the Summer Wine returns for another successful series, celebrating its 28th year.

Americans adore the taste of Summer Wine

AMERICAN fans of Last of the Summer Wine are to stage their first convention in honour of the programme they love. Read

Dame Thora Hird

Bedside vigil for star Thora

DAME Thora Hird was "comfortable and conscious" today after suffering a stroke. Read

Dame Thora Hird

Dame Thora stroke shock

DAME Thora Hird, one of Britain's best-loved actresses, has suffered a stroke, it was announced today. Read

Holmfirth Parish Church

Pigeonshoot

A CHURCH is tackling the problem of pigeons - with a gunman. Read

Martin Duckett, Gay Bowie, Joanne Gledhill and Brian Duckett

Summer Wine guest for ball

ORGANISERS of The Kirkwood Hospice Ball are pictured getting in Last Of The Summer Wine mood. Read

Actor Ken's big screen plan still well on track

AN actor aiming to get his movie on the big screen has announced: The project is still on. Read

Pearl

Wisdom of Pearl

She's been playing Last of The Summer Wine battleaxe Pearl for over 20 years. And now Juliette Kaplan is bringing her small-screen alter ego to the stage in Huddersfield. She told VAL JAVIN all about it. Read

Kathy Staff, Roy Clarke and Peter Sallis

Writer to be guest

Last of the Summer Wine scriptwriter Roy Clark will be the guest speaker at Kirkwood Hospice's 16th annual dinner on March 15. Read

Nora Batty

Nora returns to a fortified `Wine' cast

LAST Of The Summer Wine enters its 31st year with a new series - and the return of one of its most loved characters. Read

Ceddie Beaumont

Comedian Ceddie dies in hospital

ONE of Huddersfield's best-known entertainers has died. Read

Tom Owen

Lights add a sparkle to Marsden and Holmfirth

IT WAS an evening of light entertainment for the crowds who turned out for the beginning of Christmas in Marsden and Holmfirth on Saturday. Read

Susan's on film - but in Spain!

A TASTE of Summer Wine led to a role in a Spanish film for a Holme Valley woman. Read

Actor postpones celebrity auction until March

AN auction of celebrity memorabilia has been postponed until March. Read

Nora Batty

Prince backs the Summer Wine stars

TELEVISION comedy series Last of the Summer Wine has won the royal seal of approval. Read

Carl Brook and Christopher Beeney with Tom Owen, Frank Thornton, Keith Clifford, and Peter Sallis, Summer wine allotment, submitted

Sitcom's plot needs an extra-special touch

GARDEN centre owner Carl Brook will be following the plot closely when a new series of Last of the Summer Wine begins next year. Read

A night with the stars to finance film

AN ACTOR who appears in Last Of The Summer Wine is bidding to make a feature film set in Yorkshire. Read

Fiona Castle

'Local heroes' are honoured by firm

THE MEMORY of Scholes-born entertainer Roy Castle, and three other former Huddersfield celebrities, have been immortalised at a new conference centre at chemical firm Syngenta. Read

Fiona Castle

New centre's rooms remember the stars

THE widow of entertainer Roy Castle is returning to Huddersfield to open a conference centre. Read

Kathy Staff, Roy Clarke and Peter Sallis

A night of tears and cheers

STARS of the hit series Last of the Summer Wine were in Huddersfield for a fabulous awards ceremony last night. Read

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