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OPINION: If 2017 has taught me anything, it's that it's okay to switch off the news
Susie Beever
Being angry at the news won't change anything
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OPINION: Why I think £300 on Christmas presents per child is too much pressure for parents
Joanne Douglas
Study shows we spend around £300 on a child's Christmas presents, Joanne Douglas argues it won't be remembered in the long-term
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When we're asking girls to choose between school lunch and tampons, we have failed society
Susie Beever
It is shameful that women are experiencing period poverty in one of the world's wealthiest countries
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OPINION: Plastic is not so fantastic when we see its impact on our planet
Kirklees
We only recycle 28% of our waste in Kirklees so Joanne Douglas argues it's time we did more to cut our waste
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OPINION: We are a poorer society for letting the rich avoid tax - would you do it if you could?
Economy
If someone offered to invest my cash in a Lithuanian shopping centre I'd be wary
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OPINION: Dear thugs - please stop attacking our emergency services as one day you'll need them
Susie Beever
We all need to lay off our police, fire services and ambulance workers
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OPINION: This is my account of being sexually harassed in Huddersfield
Susie Beever
Thousands of women are sharing their stories under the hashtag #MeToo
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OPINION: America should make it as hard to buy guns as it is to get an abortion
Susie Beever
How many people need to die before enough is enough?
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OPINION: Stop giving a platform to gay 'cure' bigots and racists on national TV
Susie Beever
Not giving someone a platform is not denying them free speech
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OPINION: I'd like to tell one litter-bug where to stick the blow-up doll he threw in a canal
Joanne Douglas
Joanne Douglas says littering and flytipping is a sign of selfishness and welcomes the clampdown
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The Examiner says: Right Care, Right Time, Right Place? No, it's wrong, wrong, wrong
Hands off Huddersfield A&E
If CCG can't organise a public meeting how can they re-organise health services?
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Paul Routledge: Trident debate set to stir passions across the country
Paul Routledge
Columnist Paul Routledge on Trident, the Olympics, Geoffrey Boycott and more
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Paul Routledge: Stormy times ahead for striking meteorolgists
Paul Routledge
Paul Routledge: Good luck to Met Office strikers
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Paul Routledge: Nasty business for NHS
Paul Routledge
For the second time in less than a month doctors are on strike at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary today
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Paul Routledge: Huddersfield? It’s my kind of town
Paul Routledge
This is my debut column. So, what do I know about Huddersfield?
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Paul Routledge: No race to vote in a celebrity mayor
Paul Routledge
I've never met Sir Gary Verity, though it was a close run thing a few days ago.
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Passive smoking could be harming pets, says Huddersfield's Donaldson's Vets
News Opinion
Most smokers understand that lighting up around children is harmful, but fewer people are aware of the impact passive smoking can have on their pets
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Andrew Jackson column: Do you have a favourite Christmas advert?
Andrew Jackson
Or are they a biggest festive turn-off?
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Andrew Jackson on facing an enemy who play by their own rules
Andrew Jackson
We need to understand why people support IS and make that disappear
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Andrew Jackson on facing an enemy who play by their own rules
Andrew Jackson
We need to understand why people support IS and make that disappear
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Andrew Jackson: Why we must protect the Freedom of Information Act
Andrew Jackson
The Government shoudl back off changing the Freedom of Information Act
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Andrew Jackson: WHO says processed meat can cause cancer but will people change diets?
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson: Processed meat alert the latest in health warnings on food
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Andrew Jackson column: Oscar Wilde was spot-on about cyber crime!
Andrew Jackson
Identity theft gives us all pause for thought
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Andrew Jackson: Phrases that are the cat's whiskers
Andrew Jackson
Have you ever had the cold shoulder. What about chancing your arm?
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Dewsbury
'We are too embarrassed to say we live here' say locals in 'dead' Yorkshire town
Shoppers have voiced fears for the future about the recent closure of two stores
Live Grange Lane in Barnsley fire updates as people warned to keep windows shut
Barnsley
There are six crews tackling the household waste fire
The 'lazy' Doncaster couple who refused to tidy home and let children live in horrendous squalor
Courts
John Cowley described his home as an 'absolute dump'
DWP update on cost of living payments as £950 paid into claimant's bank
Your Money
The DWP has been distributing cost of living payments to those who missed out during the initial rollout
The one-time Yorkshire village where people now live 10 years longer than just a few miles away
Huddersfield
The village is among the most desirable places to live in Greater Manchester - and it's easy to see why
Crime
Arrest made after pensioner knocked down in Knottingley hit-and-run
The man in his 70s was taken to hospital
Book a Haven holiday from less than £15 per person for May half-term and June
Traffic and Travel
Haven has launched a series of deals for customers who book this month, including holidays around the May half-term for less than £60
I visited the Harry Potter station and it was a huge disappointment - but I'd still recommend it
BBC
Goathland Station in North Yorkshire played 'Hogsmeade Station' in the Harry Potter film series and is a must-visit for fans of the bespectacled student wizard
Yorkshire place names people always get wrong - how to say them
Huddersfield
There are some place names in Yorkshire that people always seem to get wrong - and it's not hard to see why. Here are 12 of the most commonly mispronounced
'We are too embarrassed to say we live here' say locals in 'dead' Yorkshire town
Dewsbury
Shoppers have voiced fears for the future about the recent closure of two stores