Kirklees news

• Storm Henry: Huddersfield to be hit by more gale-force winds tomorrow

  01-02-2016 21:00
  
  Yellow weather warning issued by Met Office
  
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• Kirklees Local Plan: Public consultation is over - what now? - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-02-2016 20:30 via
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  Kirklees Local Plan: Public consultation is over - what now?
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Protestors against Kirklees Council's Local Plan spent the final hours of the public consultation rallying up more objections. The chance to comment on the council's blueprint for offering land for homes, offices and industrial buildings closed at 5pm ...
  

• Kirklees Local Plan: Public consultation is over - what now?

  01-02-2016 20:30
  
  Officials to read through thousands of comments for and against proposals
  
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• Huddersfield bus gates: Taxi firms banned from town centre routes hit out after launch leads to traffic chaos

  01-02-2016 20:00
  
  Passenger missed train due to jams around St George's Square
  
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• Happy Valley: Sarah Lancashire on what's in store for Sgt Catherine Cawood in series two

  01-02-2016 19:00
  
  Catherine finds a body in episode one — what's in store in series two?
  
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• The end of M1 traffic jams? Drivers get to use new "Smart" motorway

  01-02-2016 18:45
  
  Hard shoulder in permanent use as extra lane
  
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• Man injured after gun fired at Huddersfield's Kewz nightclub

  01-02-2016 18:33
  
  Man taken to hospital with minor injuries in early hours of Sunday
  
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• Many more councils set to follow Kirklees and axe jobs - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-02-2016 18:03 via
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  Many more councils set to follow Kirklees and axe jobs
  Huddersfield Examiner
  More than 25,000 jobs are under threat because of cuts to council spending across the country, new research has revealed. Local authorities in many areas are proposing job losses, ranging from tens to thousands. Kirklees has warned that up to 1,000 ...and more »
  

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• Many more councils set to follow Kirklees and axe jobs

  01-02-2016 18:00
  
  Shocking tally of cuts to council spending figures
  
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• Shelley College students become Laura Crane Trust's first Youth Health ambassadors

  01-02-2016 17:00
  
  Pascha and Sophia are spreading the word about preventing cancer
  
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• Dewsbury MP exposes government claims about Kirklees Council reserves to be untrue

  01-02-2016 15:00
  
  Paula Sherriff brands 'misleading' statements a 'disgrace'
  
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• #handsoffHRI: Huddersfield MP accuses David Cameron of 'reneging' on pledge to 'sort out' Calderdale hospital PFI

  01-02-2016 13:30
  
  PM said during pre-2015 election that Tory government would sort out 'PFI mess'
  
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• Huddersfield bus gates go live: Taxi firms banned from town centre routes and drivers ignore signs

  01-02-2016 13:20
  
  Passenger missed train due to traffic chaos — watch our timelapse video of the new gates in action
  
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• #handsoffHRI: Talented Huddersfield University student Lucia Widdop suffers rare illness

  01-02-2016 13:00
  
  Twenty-one-year-old says her battle has given her key insight into proposals to move services
  
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• Tramlines 2016: Dizzee Rascal, Young Fathers and Hinds amongst first announcements

  01-02-2016 12:55
  
  The inner city festival will take place in Sheffield from July 22 to 24 JS*69097048
  
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• Have you been papped by our Snapper About Town? It's The Bridge, Longroyd Bridge

  01-02-2016 12:44
  
  Have you been snapped by photographer Dave Cowan?  Check out our gallery of nights out in Huddersfield
  
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• First singing of a 200-year-old hymn in Huddersfield

  01-02-2016 12:33
  
  Anthem was written by a founder member of Huddersfield Choral Society
  
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• Sister of Honley vicar Rev Liam Beadle found safe and well

  01-02-2016 12:30
  
  Thames Valley Police confirm she has been found
  
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• Drivers warned to take extra care as gales lash Huddersfield region

  01-02-2016 11:00
  
  Severe weather warning issued for the area
  
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• Drink drivers getting off lightly says Susan Kaye who has suffered terribly twice from their actions

  01-02-2016 11:00
  
  Call for far tougher sentences
  
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• Missing woman Ashleigh Brook found safe and well

  01-02-2016 10:40
  
  Ashleigh Brook had been missing since Friday
  
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• Woman killed and another person badly hurt in Berry Brow crash

  01-02-2016 10:30
  
  Fire crews and paramedics fight to help victims
  
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• Kirklees Council to examine tenant fraud - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-02-2016 10:18 via
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  Kirklees Council to examine tenant fraud
  Huddersfield Examiner
  The authority is underlining the importance of reporting suspected fraud as part of national Tenancy Fraud Awareness Week, February 1 to 5. Tenancy fraud is when a council home is occupied by someone who should not live there, or has gained their ...
  

• More than £1m of Kirklees Council land and property up for grabs at auction - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-02-2016 09:10 via
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  More than £1m of Kirklees Council land and property up for grabs at auction
  Huddersfield Examiner
  More than £1m of council land and property will be put up for sale ... and some of its museums will close. Kirklees Council is hosting an auction in a bid to sell eight plots of land and three buildings – including two former schools. It comes as the ...
  

• More than £1m of Kirklees Council land and property up for grabs at auction

  01-02-2016 09:10
  
  Lindley care home site expected to net £700K
  
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• Two in court in crackdown on fly tipping in Calderdale

  01-02-2016 09:00
  
  Council vows to stamp down on the practice
  
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• Permission granted to turn Newsome Tap into a house even though it only opened last July

  01-02-2016 08:15
  
  Clr Andrew Cooper hopeful bowling green next to it can be saved
  
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• Music lovers raise £5,582.85 through Floodstock gigs organised by Helen Bentley

  01-02-2016 08:06
  
  The local music promoter enlisted the help of 11 venues and over 19 acts
  
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• Number of police officers in West Yorkshire has fallen by a fifth since police cuts began

  01-02-2016 07:30
  
  Force has lost more than a tenth of its Police Community Support Officers in a year
  
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