Kirklees news

• Geminid meteor shower: Spectacle set to light up the skies above Huddersfield

  14-12-2015 22:00
  
  The shower, which is one of the most spectacular of the year, happens every December when the Earth passes through debris created by asteroid 3200 Phaethon
  
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• Huddersfield Literature Festival: First 25 events for 2016 announced

  14-12-2015 20:45
  
  The popular festival will be held from March 3 to 13
  
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• Mirfield floods: Christmas Day lunch cancelled at the Ship Inn after floodwater devastates restaurant

  14-12-2015 20:30
  
  Staff forced to break bad news to 140 customers — and pub could be closed for up to eight weeks
  
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• New 'Smart' motorway comes into force on M1 near Huddersfield tomorrow

  14-12-2015 19:20
  
  Highways England say improvements will help drivers
  
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• Allied pub landlady Carron Blagborough launches campaign to get defibrilllators in Honley

  14-12-2015 19:02
  
  She has just put one outside her pub and hopes that up to another three will be bought through help of other groups
  
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• Revealed: The most expensive houses sold in Huddersfield and Calderdale

  14-12-2015 17:58
  
  Find out which homes in Huddersfield, Holmfirth and Calderdale sold for the most in October, according to Land Registry figures
  
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• Huddersfield Weather: Paul Stevens says that half a month's worth of rain fell during a miserable Saturday

  14-12-2015 17:01
  
  And he still reckons there is the possibility of a white Christmas with the jet stream edging south
  
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• Huddersfield First bus strike suspended after "positive" talks

  14-12-2015 16:53
  
  The strike was due to last three days
  
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• Kirklees Local Plan: Dozens of Newsome residents protest over housing plan for ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  14-12-2015 15:10
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  Kirklees Local Plan: Dozens of Newsome residents protest over housing plan for ...
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  Dozens of them turned out to object to plans for dozens of homes in fields off Jackroyd Lane. And they have joined people living in many other areas of Huddersfield who fear massive development under the new Local Plan being drawn up by Kirklees ...
  

• Kirklees Local Plan: Dozens of Newsome residents protest over housing plan for green fields

  14-12-2015 15:08
  
  Green Party councillors support objections as local plan continues to divide opinion
  
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• Huddersfield town centre: Ice cream lovers could get new parlour

  14-12-2015 14:01
  
  Growing chain Icestone Gelato applies to take on old Toni and Guy premises next to Nando's
  
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• Ee bah gum! Huddersfield expert to study Yorkshire accents to help criminal investigations

  14-12-2015 13:30
  
  The University of Huddersfield's Erica Gold is looking at the differences between dialects — here's our guide to talkin' reight
  
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• Walker lost in dense fog found by rescue dog near Withens Clough Reservoir

  14-12-2015 13:15
  
  Man rescued from moorland by Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team
  
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• Baseball bat gang attack man in Linthwaite house

  14-12-2015 13:04
  
  Police make new appeal for witnesses after terrifying attack on Thursday
  
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• Missing pensioner Gordon McKinley found safe and well

  14-12-2015 12:57
  
  Big police search for Huddersfield man
  
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• A fifth of Kirklees children in care are placed more than 20 miles from home - Huddersfield Examiner

  14-12-2015 12:47
  A fifth of Kirklees children in care are placed more than 20 miles from home
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  Nearly one-fifth of looked-after children in Kirklees have been placed more than 20 miles from their home community. And that is despite Government concerns over the practice. Parliament's education select committee urged a law change in 2014 that ...
  

• A fifth of Kirklees children in care are placed more than 20 miles from home

  14-12-2015 12:45
  
  It's despite government concerns over the practice
  
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• Obituary: Huddersfield Irish Centre founder Paul Shanahan

  14-12-2015 11:32
  
  Tributes to former teacher and lecturer
  
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• Bolster Moor Farm Shop owners save chapel and playgroup after buying the building from the Baptist Association

  14-12-2015 10:57
  
  The building and adjoining playground's future as a community hub had been threatened when it was put up for sale
  
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• Hunter Group may be prosecuted as Kirklees Council applies for injunction ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  14-12-2015 08:57
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  Hunter Group may be prosecuted as Kirklees Council applies for injunction ...
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  Owners of a 'nuisance' waste disposal company could face a criminal prosecution unless they clean up their act. Kirklees Council is currently trying to obtain a court injunction against skip hire company Hunter Group. The council is taking enforcement ...
  

• Hunter Group may be prosecuted as Kirklees Council applies for injunction against 'nuisance' skip company

  14-12-2015 08:55
  
  Council takes enforcement action following complaints of noise and smells from 'festering mountain of waste'
  
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• Lindley clock tower hunchback, Lion Chambers' big cat roaming the town at night and the Lowerhouses werewolf - things you'd only know if you were born in Huddersfield!

  14-12-2015 08:52
  
  Were you scared of the Huddersfield werewolf?
  
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• Is crime in Kirklees on the up? Assaults in Kirklees surge by 50% while vehicle crime up more than a fifth

  14-12-2015 08:45
  
  Police say crime stats not telling the whole story and reveal hopes that raid on car parts gang will see figures fall
  
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• Is crime in Kirklees on the up? Assaults in Kirklees surge by 50% while ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  14-12-2015 08:45
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Is crime in Kirklees on the up? Assaults in Kirklees surge by 50% while ...
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  But police have said the figures are misleading due to new methods of recording crimes. Compared to last year, assaults with injury have leapt by a shocking 50%. More than 300 cases were recorded in August, with levels exceeding 250 cases every month ...
  

• Destitute asylum and refugee support charity DASH now helping 50 people a week

  14-12-2015 08:30
  
  It has provided more than 2,000 nights of accommodation to those in need\n261115Gdash
  
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• Freemasons donate more than £7,500 to three hospices

  14-12-2015 08:15
  
  Money given to the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, Kirkwood Hospice and Overgate Hospice
  
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