Kirklees news

• Readers spring to defence of joker Jake Mangle-Wurzel and his pile of junk

  02-09-2016 22:01
  
  Supporters claim crackdown on Jake is in contrast to other waste sites
  
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• Police caught burglar Joe Parkinson hiding under a stall at Dewsbury Market

  02-09-2016 20:30
  
  Parkinson and two accomplices broke in through roof at Moneypenny's pawnbroker's in Dewsbury
  
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• Delayed extension at landmark 315 Bar and Restaurant will be ready in months

  02-09-2016 20:00
  
  It will be a spa, hotel rooms and beauty treatment
  
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• Bullet-shaped 'shell' destroyed after being taken to police station

  02-09-2016 20:00
  
  Man in 50s found the rusting object in a field
  
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• Attacker Sam Monks avoids jail after his victim suffers bleed on the brain

  02-09-2016 19:30
  
  Fracas outside Holmfirth takeaway
  
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• Here's how you can get a free Uber taxi in Huddersfield this weekend

  02-09-2016 18:45
  
  Uber app offering free rides in Huddersfield this weekend
  
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• Kirklees Council says why it is unhappy with signage on Lebanese restaurant in Cross Church Street - Huddersfield Examiner

  02-09-2016 18:34 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Kirklees Council says why it is unhappy with signage on Lebanese restaurant in Cross Church Street
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Kirklees Council has explained why it is unhappy with the signage on a popular new Lebanese restaurant in Cross Church Street, Huddersfield. Ghassan Bateha has been ordered to make changes to his wooden sign advertising the new grill, Ugarit, less ...and more »
  
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• Kirklees Council says why it is unhappy with signage on Lebanese restaurant in Cross Church Street

  02-09-2016 18:30
  
  Ghassan Bateha has been ordered to make changes to his wooden sign at Ugarit
  
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• Weather: What's in store for Huddersfield according to Examiner weatherman Paul Stevens

  02-09-2016 17:58
  
  Autumn is coming - what will the weather do?
  
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• Precious items of jewellery stolen from home in Heckmondwike

  02-09-2016 17:46
  
  Items were of sentimental value
  
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• Guess how many disused landfill sites there are in Kirklees and Calderdale? Clue - it's a LOT - Huddersfield Examiner

  02-09-2016 17:05 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Guess how many disused landfill sites there are in Kirklees and Calderdale? Clue - it's a LOT
  Huddersfield Examiner
  The landfill site off Lane Side Lane, Kirkheaton, viewed from Cockley Hill Lane, near Hilltop, Kirkheaton. Calderdale is one of England's dump hotspots with nearly 300 disused landfill sites. An analysis of records kept by the Environment Agency has ...
  
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• Guess how many disused landfill sites there are in Kirklees and Calderdale? Clue - it's a LOT

  02-09-2016 17:00
  
  Calderdale has the fourth highest rate nationally
  
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• Binmen in Huddersfield set to vote on industrial action

  02-09-2016 16:30
  
  Anger over new 10-hour shifts
  
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• Kirklees councillor misses out as Lucas returns - Yorkshire Post

  02-09-2016 16:18 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
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  Kirklees councillor misses out as Lucas returns
  Yorkshire Post
  KIRKLEES COUNCILLOR Andrew Cooper missed out in his attempt to win the deputy leadership of the Green Party. Amelia Womack was re-elected in the role as Caroline Lucas made a return to the leadership of the party in a job share with Jonathan Bartley ...and more »
  
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• Shocking number of children in our region will be obese by the time they leave junior school

  02-09-2016 16:01
  
  And that's one in three in Yorkshire and the Humber
  
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• Colne Valley Museum volunteers left deeply disappointed as revamp delayed even more

  02-09-2016 15:22
  
  More than £700,000 is being spent on the museum
  
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• This amazing drone footage shows the scale of the Hunter tip fire aftermath in Lockwood

  02-09-2016 14:55
  
  Footage to be passed to council
  
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• Huge container falls off lorry in Mirfield today

  02-09-2016 13:24
  
  The container of the Eric Edwards and Sons vehicle blocked Knowl Road for several hours
  
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• Do you find this restaurant's sign offensive? Kirklees officials do.

  02-09-2016 13:15
  
  They say it's not in keeping with Cross Church Street
  
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• Huddersfield post delivery service is first class says Royal Mail

  02-09-2016 13:02
  
  Quality of Service report shows it is meeting its ambitious targets
  
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• Pensioner Bruce Lee gets court to chop his huge speeding fine down to size

  02-09-2016 12:29
  
  It goes from £800 to £40
  
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• Missing: 14-year-old girls Shamara Guy and Victoria Barker

  02-09-2016 12:14
  
  The girls went missing from Huddersfield yesterday afternoon
  
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• David Stewart in court for possessing almost 1,000 indecent images of girls

  02-09-2016 11:03
  
  Milnsbridge man told police he deleted pictures of girls under 13 because that's "not what I am interested in"
  
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• Amputee Sarah Dransfield leads charity cycle and run for teenage cancer charity

  02-09-2016 09:02
  
  Ex-Giants Andy Raleigh and Keith Senior part of Laura Crane 'Getting Tough on Cancer' campaign
  
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• Who is Jake Mangle-Wurzel?

  02-09-2016 08:00
  
  A snapshot into the life of Huddersfield's best known eccentric
  
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• See behind closed doors at Jake Mangle-Wurzel's burnt out home as he's told by Kirklees to clear his 'treasures'

  02-09-2016 08:00
  
  Kirklees has told Jake to clear his stuff before next Friday
  
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• David Smith was having problems with his new car - so he smashed up a vehicle in Colin Appleyard showroom

  02-09-2016 07:00
  
  He caused £15,000 damage to a Subaru Impreza
  
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• Urgent Appeal Over Missing Teenagers, Kirklees. - West Yorkshire Police (press release)

  02-09-2016 00:53 via westyorkshire.police.uk
  Urgent Appeal Over Missing Teenagers, Kirklees.
  West Yorkshire Police (press release)
  Police in Kirklees are urgently appealing for information to trace two teenage girls who have gone missing together. Shamara Guy and Victoria Barker, both aged 14, were reported missing from Huddersfield at about 4.30pm today. Shamara Guy. Shamara is ...and more »
  
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