Kirklees news

• Sky's the limit! John Smith's Stadium scraps Sky TV after FIVE-fold increase in cost

  03-12-2015 21:00
  
  Satellite broadcaster hikes fees from £300 a month to £1,700 a month overnight
  
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• Casa Hotel Inquiry: Courtroom row over balcony collapse

  03-12-2015 20:30
  
  Five people hurt when hotel balcony gave way
  
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• Severe weather warning for West Yorkshire as a third of a month's rain could fall in just FOUR HOURS tonight

  03-12-2015 19:05
  
  20mm rain could hit town in just a few hours, with potential for flooding
  
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• Shamus Hussain ran bare-chested at a group of men with an axe in a row outside a Dewsbury supermarket

  03-12-2015 19:00
  
  His GP had been warned prior to the attack in the car park of Asda
  
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• Kingsgate Leisure will revitalise "poorer" part of town

  03-12-2015 17:20
  
  Architects Covell Matthews make the case for Kingsgate Leisure scheme
  
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• Syria IS airstrikes vote: See how our MPs voted over motion to extend action from Iraq to Syria and why

  03-12-2015 16:00
  
  MPs voted by 397 votes to 223 for UK military action against IS
  
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• Huddersfield's first bishop: "The Church is not a religious club"

  03-12-2015 15:00
  
  Rt Rev Jonathan Gibbs talks of Church's role in promoting harmony among all faiths
  
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• Teenager robbed at knifepoint in Batley

  03-12-2015 14:00
  
  Police appeal for witnesses
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe's brother says killer faked mental illness to avoid prison

  03-12-2015 13:30
  
  Killer who struck in Huddersfield could swap hospital for prison
  
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• More than 50 firefighters tackle blaze at Greetland waste site

  03-12-2015 13:00
  
  Roads and rail lines closed by police in major alert
  
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• Luxury Denby Dale care home - opened by Esther Rantzen - told to improve by inspectors

  03-12-2015 13:00
  
  The Denby and four other Kirklees care homes received 'requires improvement' rating following Care Quality Commission visit
  
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• Firefighters likely to stay at WasteCare site overnight after huge fire in Greetland

  03-12-2015 13:00
  
  Roads and rail lines closed by police in major alert — firefighters now working to make scene safe
  
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• Watch: Rapper Jack Flash's ode to Huddersfield is a touching tribute full of pride and protectiveness

  03-12-2015 12:32
  
  He paints a bleak picture of the town, but says 'if someone else disses it I go to war'
  
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• Syria airstrikes: How did your MP vote? Find out with our tool

  03-12-2015 12:27
  
  Find out how MPs from Huddersfield, the Calder Valley, Colne Valley and across the UK voted with our voting tool
  
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• Everton FC's Ian Simpson signs up at Huddersfield Town's John Smith's Stadium

  03-12-2015 12:00
  
  Match-day jobs on offer as new general manager Ian launches recruitment drive
  
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• Camira and A-SAFE receive Queen's Awards from the Duke of Gloucester

  03-12-2015 11:00
  
  The Duke of Gloucester presented Queen's Awards to Elland-based A-SAFE and Camira Group, of Mirfield and Meltham
  
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• Meltham Post Office staff refuse to go back to work until resident and post master Richard Noon resigns over alleged mismanagement

  03-12-2015 09:12
  
  The issue relates to the running of Meltham Community PO Ltd
  
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• Mirfield Grammar School could face legal action after Muslim pupils made to pray outside for second year in a row

  03-12-2015 08:30
  
  Pupils have no prayer room at Mirfield school — forcing them to go offsite and miss lessons
  
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• Kirklees Council will reconsider demolition of Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre - Huddersfield Examiner

  03-12-2015 08:03
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Kirklees Council will reconsider demolition of Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre
  Huddersfield Examiner
  The controversial plan to demolish Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre will be reconsidered, Kirklees Council has said. The u-turn comes just weeks after campaigners pleas to save the centre were ignored. But last week a critical report by an ombudsman ...
  

• Parents in missing Quarmby teenager plea

  03-12-2015 08:00
  
  15-year-old stormed off after a row at his Quarmby home
  
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• Kirklees Council will reconsider demolition of Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre

  03-12-2015 08:00
  
  Latest challenge to council sparks motion of no confidence by Tories
  
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• Syngenta counts cost of lost production - a week after blaze put plant out of action

  03-12-2015 07:50
  
  Huddersfield chemical firm battling to restore manufacturing
  
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• Sex offender Trevor Emmett jailed AGAIN after trying to get work at farm visited by children

  03-12-2015 07:15
  
  Elland man tried to get job at Bradford City Farm — breaching his lifelong sexual offences prevention order
  
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• 'Still not safe': Dewsbury hospital trust is given lowest rating for its safety

  03-12-2015 07:00
  
  Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust rated 'inadequate' for its safety
  
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