Kirklees news

• Farmer's anger over housing development led to baseball bat attack

  11-08-2016 22:00
  
  Skelmanthorpe man was still sore over new housing development built near his home
  
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• Former Huddersfield Giants star Paul Whatuira lifts the lid on his dark past

  11-08-2016 21:30
  
  Rugby league ace speaks out over depression, child abuse, threats to kill and tells how he rebuilt his life
  
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• Heroin addict sent to jail after saying it was the only way to cure her habit

  11-08-2016 21:15
  
  Angela Alderson was sentenced to six weeks for stealing alcohol twice
  
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• Huddersfield Olympic medallist Ed Clancy is the most decorated in Yorkshire

  11-08-2016 21:00
  
  Ed Clancy has three Olympic medals, the most out of any athlete from the county
  
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• He fought for dockers, women and students - now they're needed to celebrate Harold Wilson's legacy

  11-08-2016 20:30
  
  Special work of art to mark centenary
  
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• 10 reasons why grouse hunting should not be banned, according to the Countryside Alliance

  11-08-2016 20:00
  
  A row has erupted over a campaign for the Government to ban grouse shooting.
  
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• Heartwarming end to missing Granville's story as granddaughter reveals how he was found

  11-08-2016 19:30
  
  Granville Muir, 75, was missing for five days from his Halifax home
  
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• Poundstretcher one of three local businesses who failed to pay minimum wage

  11-08-2016 19:00
  
  But the company says it was an admin error
  
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• Venturefest Roadshow comes to town

  11-08-2016 18:00
  
  Huddersfield's 3M Buckley Innovation Centre hosted a roadshow to promote Ventuefest Yorkshire to be held in November in York
  
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• Scriba PR wins TechTrade Yorkshire brief

  11-08-2016 18:00
  
  Lindley-baased Scriba PR has been appointed as communications partner for TechTrade Yorkshire
  
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• Carer stole more than £20,000 from bed-ridden victim she'd looked after for more than 20 years

  11-08-2016 18:00
  
  Lorraine Furness, 51, of Liversedge, was facing trial but changed her plea to guilty
  
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• Man robbed of £1,000 cash at gunpoint in Lockwood

  11-08-2016 17:21
  
  Driver held up in street in broad daylight
  
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• Jools Holland's band are among their famous customers - now Rath Trombones celebrate 20 years!

  11-08-2016 16:30
  
  Trombone quintet Soul Tubes and the Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio entertained at an event to mark 20 years of Honley firm Rath Trombones
  
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• Bushcraft skills masterlass for Ashbrow pupils

  11-08-2016 15:50
  
  Ex-Army instructor Alex Young teaches youngsters navigation and bushcraft skills
  
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• Bushcraft skills masterclass for Ashbrow pupils

  11-08-2016 15:50
  
  Ex-Army instructor Alex Young teaches youngsters navigation and bushcraft skills
  
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• Police shut Hebden Bridge Road after a man's body is discovered

  11-08-2016 15:13
  
  Officers were at the scene throughout the day on Thursday
  
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• Drive-thru Burger King in Huddersfield, anyone?

  11-08-2016 14:03
  
  Burger King has submitted amended plans for its previously approved scheme to build a drive-thru
  
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• New skate park for Shepley youngsters in the pipeline

  11-08-2016 14:00
  
  Organiser says £6,000 park would give teenagers something to do   
  
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• Ford Terrier debuts in Europe

  11-08-2016 13:21
  
  Campervan firm Wellhouse Leisure has showcased its Ford Terrier model in Germany and is set to attend another show in Switzerland
  
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• KITS' bumper year for apprentices

  11-08-2016 13:17
  
  Demand for engineering apprentices is high despite uncertainty after the EU referendum, says Kirkdale Industrial Training Services
  
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• Northern Powerhouse more vital than ever

  11-08-2016 13:00
  
  The northern heartlands will have to pull together following the EU referendum vote, leading figures have said
  
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• Traders sent out Food and Drink Festival SOS

  11-08-2016 12:40
  
  'It's great for business and the whole town' say traders
  
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• Traders send out Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival SOS

  11-08-2016 12:40
  
  'It's great for business and the whole town' say traders
  
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• #Hands off HRI - Jeremy Hunt ignored us so we're taking our fight to London, say campaigners

  11-08-2016 10:43
  
  #HandsOffHRI to join Save Lewisham Hospital and other high-profile campaigns
  
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• Dog owners warned of private prosecution after latest attack on postman

  11-08-2016 09:02
  
  Deliveries suspended again after latest incident
  
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• Man abused grandmother after thinking she had caused him to lose his job

  11-08-2016 08:00
  
  Nicholas Elliott, 30, of Watercroft, Almondbury, pleaded guilty to using abusive language
  
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• 'Do councillors think there are different rules for them?' Anger over Peter McBride parking permit row

  11-08-2016 07:00
  
  Angry reaction from Examiner readers - here's what you had to say
  
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• 'Do councillors think there are different rules for them?' Anger over Peter McBride parking parmit row

  11-08-2016 07:00
  
  Angry reaction from Examiner readers - here's what you had to say
  
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• Kirklees Council worker in court for using her elderly mum's blue ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  11-08-2016 06:02 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Kirklees Council worker in court for using her elderly mum's blue ...
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  Bano was caught using it to park three times near to Dewsbury Town Hall.
  Reports from the courts: Latest decisions from Kirklees Magistrates ...Batley Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Kirklees Council worker in court for using her elderly mum's blue disabled parking badge - Huddersfield Examiner

  11-08-2016 06:02 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Kirklees Council worker in court for using her elderly mum's blue disabled parking badge
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  A Kirklees Council worker has been fined for using her elderly mother's disabled parking badge. Parking cheat Shahida Bano, of Bradford Road in Fartown, was caught out using the blue badge on three occasions on Town Hall Way in Dewsbury. Bano, 42 ...
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• Knight Frank secures two tenants for industrial estate

  11-08-2016 06:00
  
  Toolstation and Elite Designer Fashions Ltd have taken space at Huddersfield's Ringway Industrial Estate
  
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• Kirklees Council worker in court for using her elderly mum's blue disabled parking badge

  11-08-2016 06:00
  
  Bano was caught using it to park three times near to Dewsbury Town Hall
  
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