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Denis: Ghost stories make such great fiction

DANIEL Radcliffe has shed his Harry Potter image by starring in the ghostly horror film The Woman In Black.Read

Denis: Can you deliver an explanation for this highway man story?

ONE ghost story I found that has better credentials than most, was posted by Phil Clay in the online newsletter of the Saddleworth White Rose Society in 2000.Read

Denis Kilcommons: So Lucky to have been her best friend

A DOG is man's best friend, they say. Maria and I have just lost our best friend and it may take some time to get over it.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Dogs are such good companions

DOGS became domesticated over thousands of years.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Watch out, there’s a bigger cat out there column

HOW silly to think people would want to buy dung from lions and tigers to put on their garden as a deterrent to cats.Read

Denis: Ghost gags

Q: What did the young ghost give his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day? A booquet of flowers.Read

Denis: Ghosts

GHOST stories – whether you believe them or not – are always fascinating.Read

Denis: Royal Shakespeare Company

I KNOW times are hard but are the actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company moonlighting as plumbers?Read

Denis Kilcommons: Dung-ho attitude to scaring off cats

THEY get some strange requests at Huddersfield Pet Supplies in Queensgate Market.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Ghostly goings-on

YOU would have thought that after 200 years, The White House pub, on the moors between Meltham and Slaithwaite, would have had a ghost.Read

Denis: No romance in Uzbekistan on February 14

UZBEKISTAN has banned Valentine’s Day on February 14.Read

Denis: The price of love

I MUST have a word with our daughters. According to a new report, it costs £218,000 to raise a child to the age of 21.Read

Denis: Out of the mouths of babes

ONE thing about being a parent, means you have a fair chance of becoming a grandparent. And be amused by the things youngsters say.Read

Denis: Money talks

RIO Ferdinand has been in trouble with fans for using his Twitter account to advertise Snicker bars.Read

Denis: Milky joke

DID you hear about the student taking a biology exam? The last question was: Name seven advantages of Mother’s Milk.Read

Denis: Be wary of dentists’ economical cuts

A NEWS story that hit a nerve this week was the one from America where a dentist in Massachusetts was in court for using paperclips instead of stainless steel posts in root canal work. The authorities say he did it to save money.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Sugar scandal

BEFORE we had the sugar shortage of the 1970s, Huddersfield was embroiled in a sugar scandal.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Why do Americans always have the best awareness days?

WHY do Americans always have the best awareness days?Read

Denis Kilcommons: Memories of the White House pub

READER Kevin M Hirst was delighted to read about the White House pub which is on the moors between Meltham and Slaithwaite and has closed after more than 200 years.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Old photographs of Hamby Beaumont and his family

RITA McDonnell has a treasure trove of old photographs of her step-grandfather Hamby Beaumont and his family.Read