Kirklees news

• Mum of three Liliana Kocaj-Szuba in court over bank scam

  20-01-2016 21:30
  
  Fraudster ordered to pay back £2,000
  
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• Pizza deliverer Jonathan Jones jailed after bombarding one of his customers with sick messages

  20-01-2016 21:00
  
  The Lindley woman was left terrified after he sent her sexually obscene texts
  
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• Brighouse car enthusiast Robert Leech crushed under landrover

  20-01-2016 20:00
  
  The findings were a stark warning to other hobby mechanics
  
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• Kozee Sleep boss Mohammed Rafiq guilty of people trafficking

  20-01-2016 19:19
  
  Hungarians brought in "as cheap slave labour"
  
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• Unemployment plunges in Huddersfield with a huge drop in benefit claimants

  20-01-2016 19:00
  
  Similar figures across Kirklees as unemployment falls to national eight year low
  
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• Hands off our A&E: Sign the petition to save Huddersfield Royal Infimary A&E here

  20-01-2016 19:00
  
  The petition needs 100,000 signatures for the issue to be considered for debate in Parliament
  
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• Hands off our A&E: Sign the government petition to save Huddersfield Royal Infimary A&E here

  20-01-2016 19:00
  
  The petition needs 100,000 signatures for the issue to be considered for debate in Parliament
  
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• Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice to stay closed for several more days after fire

  20-01-2016 18:39
  
  Fire eight days ago wiped out unit's power supplies
  
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• 'Sort it out, CCG, 'cause we're not getting the 503!' Protesters make their voice heard as A&E meeting is held

  20-01-2016 18:22
  
  Up to 100 people, half of them students, attended the rally
  
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• Northern Gas investing £80k upgrading Brighouse gas mains

  20-01-2016 18:00
  
  Project is unrelated to nearby gas leak last year
  
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• Huddersfield Examiner says: "Hands off our A&E"

  20-01-2016 17:53
  
  We've launched our campaign to prevent our A&E coverage being switched to Calderdale
  
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• First hoverboard fire recorded in West Yorkshire

  20-01-2016 17:30
  
  Fire Service gives warning over popular gadgets
  
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• Huddersfield New College and Carlton Junior and Infant School heads shortlisted for national award

  20-01-2016 17:00
  
  Angela Wilson and Rizwana Mahmood have been chosen as two of five finalists by the National Centre for Diversity
  
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• Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman calls for inquiry into PFI deal behind Calderdale Royal Hospital

  20-01-2016 17:00
  
  Angry MP concerned at impact on health care in region
  
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• Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E closure: Health chiefs vote to put plan to public consultation — what happens next?

  20-01-2016 16:51
  
  How you can have your say and other questions answered here
  
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• Watch as £300,000 of damage caused after three teens wreak havoc at Huddersfield Rail Station

  20-01-2016 16:30
  
  Two boys and a girl damaged rail lines, cars and closed the Huddersfield to Manchester line from 7.20 to 11.50pm
  
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• Watch car drive wrong way down M62 slip road in shocking video

  20-01-2016 16:00
  
  Dashcam footage shows car go the wrong way down one-way road at Saddleworth junction
  
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• Auschwitz survivor Eugene Black to speak in Huddersfield

  20-01-2016 15:48
  
  His horrific memories are part of Holocaust Memorial event
  
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• Huddersfield University historian Dr Duncan Stone to research cricket Down Under

  20-01-2016 15:00
  
  Academic will travel to Melbourne to research the game
  
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• Police make 102 arrests in Huddersfield Christmas crime crackdown

  20-01-2016 13:30
  
  Big rise in arrests on previous year
  
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• Kirklees Council employees have crashed hundreds of vehicles costing £1.2m in insurance claims

  20-01-2016 13:00
  
  Council admits fault for 689 collisions over the past four year
  
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• Police name victim of Deighton train death

  20-01-2016 12:20
  
  Inquest set to open on 22-year-old Atila Szedlar
  
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• £300,000 of damage caused after three teens wreak havoc at Huddersfield Rail Station

  20-01-2016 11:30
  
  Two boys and a girl damaged rail lines, cars and closed the Huddersfield to Manchester line from 7.20 to 11.50pm
  
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• Kirklees Council employees have crashed hundreds of vehicles costing £1.2m in insurance claims - Huddersfield Examiner

  20-01-2016 11:25 via
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  Kirklees Council employees have crashed hundreds of vehicles costing £1.2m in insurance claims
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  Kirklees Council vehicles have been involved in hundreds of accidents over the past few years, figures reveal. The council has admitted its staff suffered 1,059 collisions between 2012 and last year – more than five a week. Kirklees' drivers were found ...
  

• Kirklees Council employees have crashed hundreds of vehicles costing £1.2m in ... - Huddersfield Examiner (blog)

  20-01-2016 11:25 via
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  Kirklees Council employees have crashed hundreds of vehicles costing £1.2m in ...
  Huddersfield Examiner (blog)
  Kirklees Council vehicles have been involved in hundreds of accidents over the past few years, figures reveal. The council has admitted its staff suffered 1,059 collisions between 2012 and last year – more than five a week. Kirklees' drivers were found ...
  

• Kirklees MPs unite in fight to save Huddersfield's A&E unit - Huddersfield Examiner

  20-01-2016 11:02 via
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  Kirklees MPs unite in fight to save Huddersfield's A&E unit
  Huddersfield Examiner
  All four Kirklees MPs have united to take up the fight to stop the full A&E service being switched to Calderdale Royal Hospital because of enormous debt pressures on hospital chiefs. They have put aside any political differences and hope to raise the ...and more »
  

• Kirklees MPs unite in fight to save Huddersfield's A&E unit

  20-01-2016 11:00
  
  Bid to get a debate in the Commons over hospital plans
  
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• Police release e-fit of man wanted for Cleckheaton scaffolding fraud

  20-01-2016 10:00
  
  Have you seen this man say police?
  
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• Huddersfield teacher Nerys Rollinson gets five-year ban from classroom

  20-01-2016 10:00
  
  She failed to declare she had a police caution
  
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• Final 'missing' Rawthorpe footballer revealed as Carl Gilleard OBE

  20-01-2016 10:00
  
  Find out why he was honoured by the Queen in 2014
  
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• Weapons amnesty launched by West Yorkshire Police

  20-01-2016 09:00
  
  Plan to get rid of knives and other weapons off the streets
  
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• Can you names these players from the Frank Ives (pattern makers) team from 1959

  20-01-2016 09:00
  
  Success of Rawthorpe school football team photo
  
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• Keeping Huddersfield A&E open would put local NHS services £281m in debt

  20-01-2016 08:15
  
  Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital trust forecast to end next year £40m in debt and £204m in red within seven years
  
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• Hassan Haroon in the dock - after trying to take a photo during his brother's court case

  20-01-2016 08:00
  
  He was caught by an usher trying to photograph police during proceedings at Calderdale Magistrates' Court
  
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• Huddersfield A&E latest: Health chiefs meet today to see if hospital plans ready for public consultation

  20-01-2016 07:50
  
  Protests planned for this afternoon's meeting, where health chiefs will decide if HRI A&E closure and demolition plans are ready to be released
  
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