Kirklees news

• Happy Valley: 10 things we learned from episode five

  08-03-2016 23:05
  
  WARNING: This blog contains spoilers for the fifth episode of Happy Valley series two — do not read until after you have watched
  
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• Have you seen Smudge sleeping in Kaye's window? Watch Holmfirth cat make friends at hardware shop

  08-03-2016 21:00
  
  Is Holmfirth feline Smudge Huddersfield's new favourite moggy?
  
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• Prolific burglar Stuart leach back behind bars

  08-03-2016 19:27
  
  Marsden man targeted home of 84-year-old man
  
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• Hands Off HRI: 'We can stop Huddersfield A&E closure - but we need funds for a lawyer,' say campaigners

  08-03-2016 19:15
  
  Campaigners in touch with top lawyers to 'discredit' and halt hospital shake-up
  
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• Inquest into baby's death after mum turned away from Halifax hospital records misadventure verdict

  08-03-2016 19:01
  
  Mum was left on busy maternity unit for six hours despite telling staff she could not feel baby moving
  
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• Huddersfield and Calderdale hospital trust still struggling to recruit enough nurses

  08-03-2016 19:00
  
  Royal College of Nursing figures showed over 100 full-time vacancies at HRI and CRH
  
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• Police arrest 21-year-old man over involvment in Dalton 'shooting'

  08-03-2016 18:55
  
  They link incident to crash outside The Dalton pub, Rawthorpe Lane
  
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• Huddersfield's skyline changing as demolition crews move in behind sports centre site

  08-03-2016 18:30
  
  Demolition crews and builders hard at work
  
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• Thousands expected to join St Patrick's Day parade in Huddersfield

  08-03-2016 17:30
  
  Come out and dance is the invite
  
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• Beaumont Primary Academy in Crosland Moor set to open in September

  08-03-2016 17:00
  
  Initially it will accept 90 Reception age kids but ultimately house 630
  
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• Dad and friends to tackle 150 mile two day charity walk in memory of his young daughter Holly Price

  08-03-2016 16:00
  
  Friends at Redwood Events have organised the route for Gareth Price, who lost Holly aged 4 to rare brain tumour
  
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• Smart motorway misery for six more years from Huddersfield and Leeds to Manchester

  08-03-2016 15:54
  
  The high tech upgrade of M62 will stretch all the way past Huddersfield to Leeds - but it won't be finished until 2022
  
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• Farnley Tyas musician Richard Wood helps world famous choir

  08-03-2016 15:00
  
  He loans organ to Kings College Choir
  
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• Mobile libraries have now become a thing of the past as Kirklees Council axes its service - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

  08-03-2016 14:51 via
  Bradford Telegraph and Argus
  Mobile libraries have now become a thing of the past as Kirklees Council axes its service
  Bradford Telegraph and Argus
  Readers young and old have benefited from the arrival of the mobile library, but the development in technology may have contributed to this doorstep book lending experience becoming surplus to requirements. The ability to access books at the touch of a ...and more »
  

• Fingers point to Neil as Happy Valley serial killer — here's what you said

  08-03-2016 14:00
  
  Examiner readers debate Happy Valley whodunnit
  
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• Harold Wilson special: The family man

  08-03-2016 13:47
  
  Wife Mary and sons Robin and Giles
  
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• Watch as suspected drug trafficker overturns courtesy car with his family inside during police chase

  08-03-2016 13:44
  
  The driver is wanted by police after failing to answer bail
  
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• M62: The commute from hell or a journey to enjoy?

  08-03-2016 13:03
  
  Watch our video of a drive you either love or hate but which reveals some of the finest views in England
  
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• Latest plan to turn pub in Holywell Green into apartments is turned down

  08-03-2016 13:00
  
  Campaigners hoping to buy the pub to transform it into a community hub welcome the decision
  
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• Harold Wilson special: Keeping Britain out of Vietnam War was Harold Wilson's greatest achievement

  08-03-2016 13:00
  
  Resisting pressure from America will have saved countless of lives
  
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• Watch as Moor End Academy teens speed to UK finals of Land Rover remote-controlled 4x4 contest

  08-03-2016 12:30
  
  Car team through to national finals
  
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• 500 blue pills found by police in street - owner asked to come forward!

  08-03-2016 12:02
  
  "We're guessing these little pills are not Viagra or Smarties," say officers
  
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• Westwood Yarns site in Holmfirth up for sale

  08-03-2016 12:00
  
  Firm appointed to sell Washpit Mills and the machinery left after the closure of Westwood Yarns
  
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• Harold Wilson special: Development as an ingenue politician to winning his first general election

  08-03-2016 12:00
  
  Capacity for hard work and a brilliant mind gave him a head start
  
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• Harold Wilson special: He let his hair down (and his pipe) on a day to remember in Huddersfield

  08-03-2016 11:00
  
  Cigars and cognac when he opened The Huddersfield Hotel in 1984
  
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• Harold Wilson was the radical visionary Britain needed

  08-03-2016 10:00
  
  Tribute from Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman\
  
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• Harold Wilson special: He was the radical visionary Britain needed says MP Barry Sheerman

  08-03-2016 10:00
  
  Tribute from Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman
  
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• Kitwave seals refinancing deal

  08-03-2016 09:00
  
  Teatime Tasties owner kiwave Wholesale is set for further expansion following a major refinancing deal
  
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• Harold Wilson special: A supplement to mark 100 years since he was born

  08-03-2016 09:00
  
  Tributes from Huddersfield people who knew him
  
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• Hands off HRI: Artists get behind campaign to Save A & E at Huddersfield

  08-03-2016 09:00
  
  Ashley Jackson and Darren Baker vow to help protest
  
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• Bookie David Lomas raises cash for 82-year-old customer pick-pocketed of his pension

  08-03-2016 08:01
  
  Pensioner Leonard had £300 stolen in newsagent at Huddersfield Bus Station
  
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• OAP Kenneth Brooke in court charged with raping a six-year-old girl

  08-03-2016 08:00
  
  The 75-year-old, from Kirkburton, was remanded in custody by Kirklees magistrates
  
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• Business Profile: Colette Costello, of Orchard Energy

  08-03-2016 08:00
  
  Gaelic football and equal rights in the workplace are among the causes espoused by Colette Costello, a director at Orchard Energy
  
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• International Women's Day: Who are Huddersfield's most inspirational women?

  08-03-2016 07:00
  
  We look at the town's top female figures this International Women's Day
  
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• Victims of the Boxing Day floods urged to apply for cash help

  08-03-2016 06:30
  
  More than £2 million has been paid to residents but many have yet to seek funding
  
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