Kirklees news

• Pedal for Pounds 7: Huddersfield Town cyclists to take part in The Shankly Tour

  17-11-2015 21:00
  
  Pedal for Pounds 7 will take in the manager's former clubs
  
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• Health boss who got 27% pay rise gets £5k bonus - while staff are told there's not enough for their £40 perk

  17-11-2015 21:00
  
  Robert Flack, chief executive of Locala who earns £121,000, was handed an extra five grand for hitting his targets in 2013/14, the Examiner can reveal
  
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• Lepton crash survivor Alison Craven makes appeal to find Good Samaritan who helped her - Can you help?

  17-11-2015 20:30
  
  "I just want to say thanks for what he did" says mum of three
  
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• 'If it isn't yes, it's rape': West Yorkshire Police launch Christmas campaign to tackle seasonal rise in reported sexual assaults

  17-11-2015 20:30
  
  Police highlight important of consent with special posters ahead of the Christmas party season
  
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• Conman Peter Hirst back behind bars again after swindling family friend out of thousands

  17-11-2015 19:30
  
  Victim was £12,000 out of pocket
  
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• 350 people are currently being treated for HIV in Kirklees - but health bosses want more people to be tested

  17-11-2015 19:15
  
  Kirklees Council urges those at risk to take free and fast HIV test in run up to World Aids Day
  
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• 350 people are currently being treated for HIV in Kirklees - but health bosses ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  17-11-2015 19:15
  Huddersfield Examiner
  350 people are currently being treated for HIV in Kirklees - but health bosses ...
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen, right, is interviewed by Matt Lauer, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 on NBC's "Today" in New York. In the interview, the 50-year-old Sheen said he tested positive four years ago for HIV. Around 350 people are ...and more »
  

• First snow of winter could be in Huddersfield by weekend

  17-11-2015 18:30
  
  Warning of first snow of the winter later in the week
  
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• I was 17 when I went to Falklands conflict - and I didn't tell my mum

  17-11-2015 17:15
  
  33 years on, Almondbury sailor Julian Shears is awarded South Atlantic Medal
  
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• Amanda Vigar backs Small Business Saturday

  17-11-2015 17:00
  
  The managing parrner at V&A Bell Brown is urging businesses to join the Small Business Saturday campaign
  
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• Andrew Jackson on facing an enemy who play by their own rules

  17-11-2015 16:51
  
  We need to understand why people support IS and make that disappear
  
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• Missing Jason Webb: Underwater search team brought in as fears grow

  17-11-2015 16:45
  
  The 40-year-old has been missing since Saturday afternoon, and the last confirmed sighting of him was walking along the Marsden canal towpath at 3pm
  
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• Gomersal Primary School are on the case as they use forensic science to solve the case of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

  17-11-2015 16:00
  
  Skelmanthorpe firm run lessons with a difference
  
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• See the Leonid meteor shower over Huddersfield tonight and tomorrow — find out more about the astronomical spectacle

  17-11-2015 15:57
  
  Meteor shower will be visible on Tuesday and Wednesday night as a result of the Earth passing through the dust left behind from Tempel-Tuttle comet
  
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• Peter Falconio: Australian police search for 'shallow grave' near to where murdered Huddersfield backpacker disappeared

  17-11-2015 15:11
  
  Mr Falconio and girlfriend Joanne Lees were kidnapped in the Outback in 2001
  
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• Radio 4 to relive event-filled visit to Huddersfield by top composer

  17-11-2015 15:00
  
  Karlheinz Stockhausen almost hit by falling ceiling at Huddersfield Town Hall
  
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• Is someone deliberately poisoning pets in Huddersfield?

  17-11-2015 13:05
  
  A third case in the past month has come to light and a growing number of dog-owners have taken to social media to voice their concerns and issue warnings
  
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• Naylor Industries helps to promote exports

  17-11-2015 13:00
  
  Cawthorne-based Naylor Industries features in a free guide aimed at encouraging more UK firms to export
  
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• Wanted: Santa for Christmas Day lunch at Jubilee Centre for lonely and under-privileged in Huddersfield

  17-11-2015 12:21
  
  Elderly, single and homeless, students and under-privileged families welcome at Huddersfield’s biggest charitable Christmas dinner at the Jubilee Centre
  
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• Soaring number of dementia patients 'will cost Kirklees an extra £29m by 2020' - Huddersfield Examiner

  17-11-2015 12:02
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Soaring number of dementia patients 'will cost Kirklees an extra £29m by 2020'
  Huddersfield Examiner
  That's the prediction from local health experts who have anticipated a 20% rise in the number of people with dementia within five years. People with the debilitating brain condition – estimated to be 4,600 – cost the economy £148.4m last year. But that ...
  

• Bodybuilder Alex Larkin claims Miss Universe title - only a year after joining gym

  17-11-2015 12:00
  
  “You push yourself to the limit and it’s good to set yourself goals and test yourself," said the 25-year-old
  
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• Soaring number of dementia patients 'will cost Kirklees an extra £29m by 2020'

  17-11-2015 11:57
  
  Number of dementia sufferers predicted to rise by one fifth in five years
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire brought £50 million of economic benefits to the county

  17-11-2015 11:30
  
  The inaugural race, which included a stage through Huddersfield, Holmfirth and the Colne Valley, attracted one million spectators
  
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• Man held over Islamic State posting on Facebook

  17-11-2015 10:00
  
  Calderdale Police continue inquiries
  
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• Ploughcroft urges churches to apply for repair funds

  17-11-2015 09:00
  
  The Listed Places of Worship Roor Repair Fund has up to £100,000 available for successful applicants
  
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• Huddersfield Town play down links with Hibs striker Jason Cummings

  17-11-2015 09:00
  
  The 20-year-old has been in fine form for the Edinburgh club
  
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• Almost 60% of Huddersfield GP surgeries face budget cuts

  17-11-2015 08:05
  
  Some 22 out of 38 practices face budget cuts over next three years
  
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• Lottie Shaw's wins a tasty award

  17-11-2015 08:00
  
  Elland bakery Lottie Shaw's won the Taste of Yorkshire Award at the White Rose Awards in Leeds
  
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• Kirstie Allsop recruits Elland woman for craft event

  17-11-2015 08:00
  
  Jenny Kemp, of The Mouse House Pottery Company, will join Kirstie Allsop at the Handmade Christmas Fair
  
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• Business Profile: Tracey Rawlinson, of Skin Solutions

  17-11-2015 08:00
  
  Former Greenhead College student Tracey Rawlinson has ambitions to franchise her Holmfirth-based business Skin Solutions
  
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• Project to commemorate Harold Wilson's 100th birthday given £10,000 cash boost

  17-11-2015 07:00
  
  The mission is to educate the generations of children and adults who may only know him as a statue outside Huddersfield railway station
  
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• Approved Food joins Black Friday backlash

  17-11-2015 07:00
  
  Approved Ffood founders Dan Cluderay and Andy Needham have applauded Asda's decision not to join the Black Friday promotion\n
  
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