Kirklees news

• Man on trial charged with having sex with a horse

  21-12-2016 22:30
  
  Netherton man allegedly caught leading horse called Honey out of stable
  
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• Who's been nominated in the 2017 Yorkshire Choice Awards?

  21-12-2016 22:00
  
  Huddersfield and Calderdale people honoured with nominations
  
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• What do you think is the UK's favourite Christmas film? Festive favourites revealed

  21-12-2016 21:30
  
  We'll give you a clue -  it's not It's A Wonderful Life
  
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• Boots to trial sanitary products donation boxes in Dewsbury after talks with MP Paula Sherriff

  21-12-2016 21:00
  
  The scheme aims to provide women and girls below the breadline with basic hygiene products
  
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• Check out Berry Brow boys in the buff for Bare Brow Calendar 2017

  21-12-2016 20:30
  
  Photographer who's snapped David Beckham and Rooney shoots cheeky calendar for Berry Brow FC
  
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• Locala partnership wins £10m-a-year Kirklees Healthy Child contract - Huddersfield Examiner

  21-12-2016 20:25 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Locala partnership wins £10m-a-year Kirklees Healthy Child contract
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  Locala and four other health providers have been awarded the £10m-a-year Kirklees Health Child contract. The 'Thriving Kirklees' partnership will be responsible for improving the physical and mental health of young people in the borough, aged from ...
  
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• Locala partnership wins £10m-a-year Kirklees Healthy Child contract

  21-12-2016 20:22
  
  Healthy Child contract covers physical and mental health of 0 to 19-year-olds
  
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• Watch this: Battery explodes in pocket of West Yorkshire shopper

  21-12-2016 19:39
  
  Shocking footage caught on CCTV
  
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• Huddersfield ramblers stalked - by nine escaped PIGS

  21-12-2016 18:53
  
  Police called to Thongsbridge to round up wandering herd
  
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• Marie Stopes suspended abortions at its clinics following CQC concerns

  21-12-2016 18:20
  
  Charity, which has Huddersfield clinic, accused of 'bulk signing' authorisation forms
  
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• Accident or emergency? Nettle stings and paper cuts among daft reasons for A&E visits

  21-12-2016 17:33
  
  West Yorkshire health bosses hit out at A&E timewasters
  
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• Meet our Win Christmas winner - who's donated her prizes to children in need

  21-12-2016 17:10
  
  Our Examiner Win Christmas competition is thinking only of others
  
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• WATCH: Robin Royd Christmas lights as you've never seen them before

  21-12-2016 17:00
  
  Drone footage of Derek Highe's fundraising Christmas lights
  
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• Huddersfield taxi driver killer Graeme Slavin has his jail term cut

  21-12-2016 15:12
  
  Appeal court hears he has become a 'changed man' in prison
  
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• Give the gift of friendship to a young person in 2017

  21-12-2016 15:00
  
  Want to become a volunteer? Why not be a friend and role model to a young person in care.
  
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• Orchard Energy has a crop of new jobs on offer

  21-12-2016 14:30
  
  Elland-based energy consultancy Orchard Energy has launched a recruitment drive as it expands its services
  
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• WATCH: Delight as families welcome Mirfield angels into their homes

  21-12-2016 13:30
  
  More secret angels appear around town
  
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• Yorkshire's top baby names for 2016 revealed - as well as those growing in popularity

  21-12-2016 13:22
  
  Traditional names remained the firm favourite at the top of this year's list
  
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• Man who grabbed schoolboy in headlock and frogmarched him to flat avoids jail for kidnap

  21-12-2016 13:00
  
  Mohammed Sheikh wrongly thought the boy had thrown a stone at his window
  
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• Dewsbury District Hospital ward closure plan shelved for safety reasons

  21-12-2016 12:45
  
  Hospital chief says 'not sensible' to close wards as downgrade plan goes off target
  
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• Car driver Richard Frost hit police car while trying to flee

  21-12-2016 12:30
  
  Once caught he accepts he was "bang to rights"
  
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• More turkey? No thanks, I've got my tax return to file...

  21-12-2016 12:00
  
  Hundreds of people go online to file tax returns - on Christmas Day!
  
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• Milnsbridge dance school wins national titles

  21-12-2016 10:35
  
  Triumph for Bodyrockerz Studio
  
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• Road accident victim in Outlane crash suffers life-changing injuries

  21-12-2016 10:00
  
  He was cut out of wreckage by firefighters
  
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• More multi-million cuts for Kirklees - this time it's schools - Huddersfield Examiner

  21-12-2016 09:37 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  More multi-million cuts for Kirklees - this time it's schools
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  Cash-strapped Kirklees Council is to be stripped of millions more in funding – this time for schools. The government has announced it is abolishing the Educational Support Grant (ESG), while schools' funding formula proposals have finally been published.
  
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• More multi-million cuts for Kirklees - this time it's schools

  21-12-2016 09:37
  
  Government abolishes one grant and proposes cut to another
  
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• Woman kicked in head by partner tells judge: "He's my rock"

  21-12-2016 08:45
  
  Anthony Matherson was jailed and banned from seeing his partner
  
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• Council Tax in Kirklees could rise by 10% in the next two years - see how much it could cost you - Huddersfield Examiner

  21-12-2016 07:51 via examiner.co.uk
  
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  Council Tax in Kirklees could rise by 10% in the next two years - see how much it could cost you
  Huddersfield Examiner
  The government has paved the way for council tax to potentially rise by 10% in the next two years. Cash-strapped councils have been given the go-ahead to add 3% to council tax bills in 2017 and 2018, as long as it's spent on social care. Plus councils ...
  
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• Council Tax in Kirklees could rise by 10% in the next two years - see how much it could cost you

  21-12-2016 07:50
  
  See how much extra you could be paying as Government paves way for 10% rise
  
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• Here's what you can donate to Huddersfield food bank this Christmas

  21-12-2016 06:00
  
  Welcome Centre plea for donations for festive food parcels in the run-up to festive period
  
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