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• US Army Colonel saves life of Denby Dale man in million-to-one chance meeting

  16-11-2015 20:30
  
  By sheer coincidence Dr Peter Coldwell was on hand when 61-year-old Richard became unwell while helping to build a charity bonfire at Denby Dale Cricket Club
  
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• Sold a pup: Family buy trained hearing dog with donations - but dog hasn't been trained at all

  16-11-2015 19:00
  
  “Rachael has hearing loss and has to be within two metres to lip-read,” said Mike Reynolds. “Three of our children have similar problems. So the dog was an aid for the whole family.”
  
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• Paris attacks: Kirklees opens books of condolence for messages of sympathy - Huddersfield Examiner

  16-11-2015 18:32 via
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  Paris attacks: Kirklees opens books of condolence for messages of sympathy
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Town hall flags flew at half-mast as Kirklees Council joined the international condemnation and condolence of the Paris terror attacks. Books of Condolence are to be opened at Dewsbury and Huddersfield town halls from midday on Tuesday for people to ...
  

• Paris attacks: Kirklees opens books of condolence for messages of sympathy

  16-11-2015 18:32
  
  Dewsbury and Huddersfield town halls flags at half-mast today
  
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• Marsden's Imbolc fire festival to return in 2016

  16-11-2015 16:45
  
  A fundraising and volunteer campaign has been launched to help fund the event
  
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• Huddersfield Black Community Awards celebrate town's African and Caribbean heroes

  16-11-2015 16:42
  
  Lifetime achievement accolade for Johnny Flowers, who moved to Huddersfield from Jamaica more than 50 years ago
  
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• Paddock man Jason Kyle Webster throttled and punched ex after breaching court order

  16-11-2015 16:28
  
  Webster, 22, breached the order twice when he attacked her
  
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• Doggers who use Kirklees Lagoon for sex are given free condoms - Daily Mail

  16-11-2015 16:06 via
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  Doggers who use Kirklees Lagoon for sex are given free condoms
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  Contraceptives and sexual health advice packs have been stapled to trees near Kirklees Lagoon in Brighouse, west Yorkshire, in a bid to promote safe sex among those using the scenic woods for sexual encounters. But the move has angered members of a ...and more »
  

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• Are some councillors overruling officials to get taxi drivers with convictions back on the road?

  16-11-2015 13:30
  
  Councillor hits out after colleagues hand reprieves to four out of five drivers brought before regulatory panel
  
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• Goodbye Dolly - Doreen France was a Huddersfield amateur operatic superstar: Obituary

  16-11-2015 13:00
  
  Huddersfield is in mourning for one of its most-loved and best-known performers, Doreen France.
  
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• Jason Webb: Police and mountain rescue teams comb area in hunt for missing Marsden man

  16-11-2015 12:54
  
  Today’s hunt is being concentrated on the paths close to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, the River Colne and Sparth Reservoir, near Masrden
  
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• Dozens attend Vigil for Peace in Huddersfield in wake of Paris terror attacks

  16-11-2015 12:00
  
  People of all faiths attend service at St Peter's Church
  
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• Councillor's anger as conflicting strategies for parks and playing pitches revealed by the Examiner

  16-11-2015 11:30
  
  Plan to save a Mirfield football pitch recommended at same time as Kirklees Council ordered grass cutting to cease
  
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• Families with autism hold rally to demand shorter NHS waiting times as part of a National Autistic Society Day of Action

  16-11-2015 11:09
  
  Members of the Kirklees wide group The Whole Autistic Family staged the event at Dewsbury Town Hall
  
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• Obituary: Former teacher and headteacher Brian Precious

  16-11-2015 10:00
  
  He was respected head teacher at Newsome High School for many years
  
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• Tributes to respected Mirfield cricketer and Huddersfield Town fan Andy Bolt who has died aged 56

  16-11-2015 09:00
  
  Andy's proudest moment was playing first team cricket with son - and daughter
  
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• Man robbed at knifepoint in Huddersfield's Kewz bar

  16-11-2015 09:00
  
  Police appeal for witnesses after 5am attack in club
  
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• Landrover torched in woods off Riddings Road in Deighton

  16-11-2015 09:00
  
  Fire crews battle to save vehicle set alight
  
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• Car garage gutted by suspicious fire in Batley

  16-11-2015 09:00
  
  Ten cars inside the building were burnt out
  
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• M62 closures begin tonight as roadworks take hold

  16-11-2015 08:45
  
  Work set to take place each night for a week
  
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• Worried mum Shazia Akram wants action over broken street lights

  16-11-2015 08:05
  
  She says the lights have been out near her home in Orange Terrace, Fartown for more than a month
  
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• Families of former miners attend opening of new memorial garden at National Coal Mining Museum

  16-11-2015 08:05
  
  Sculptor Stephen Broadbent unveils the "Lives Lived, Lives Lost" memorial
  
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• Right to Buy home sales soar in Kirklees - Huddersfield Examiner

  16-11-2015 07:46 via
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  Right to Buy home sales soar in Kirklees
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Sales of houses under Right to Buy in Kirklees have risen by more than a third in a year, figures reveal. There were 110 sales in the area in 2013/14 but this rose to 151 in 2014/15, –one of the biggest increases in England and Wales, according to the ...
  

• Right to Buy home sales soar in Kirklees

  16-11-2015 07:45
  
  Kirklees has seen one of the biggest increases in the country for house sales under Right to Buy
  
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• Honley Post Office has been shut for five weeks - but officials won't say why or when it will re-open

  16-11-2015 07:15
  
  Pensioners have to travel to other villages to collect their cash
  
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