Kirklees news

• Huddersfield Carnival 2017: Everything you need to know

  04-04-2017 22:00
  
  The Afro-Caribbean festival is back in Greenhead park in July
  
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• 100 years since Huddersfield soldier won the Victoria Cross

  04-04-2017 21:00
  
  Pte Ernest Sykes saved wounded men at the Battle of Arras
  
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• Bye bye baby: These children's names could become extinct this year

  04-04-2017 20:30
  
  Website BabyCentre finds common names could be confined to history
  
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• Axed Bradley Nurseries going up for sale - with offers made already

  04-04-2017 20:00
  
  Mothballed site is now up for sale
  
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• Major Huddersfield road set to be dug up again - this time for MONTHS

  04-04-2017 19:45
  
  After the gas works comes the resurfacing
  
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• Has anyone lost a skunk? Mystery over runaway critter spotted near Mirfield

  04-04-2017 19:28
  
  The public have been warned not to approach the creature as it may not be neutered
  
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• Sex attacker pinned woman down and tore her clothes in terrifying assault

  04-04-2017 18:45
  
  Joseph Wilson, of Netherton, entered his victim's home through an unlocked door after her boyfriend went out
  
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• Burglar caught after leaving behind BLOOD at Salendine Nook home

  04-04-2017 18:05
  
  Michael John McDonnell broke glass in the kitchen door
  
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• If I'm ill over Easter where do I go?

  04-04-2017 17:00
  
  Local health experts tell you what you need and where to go if you're unwell
  
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• A man WAS stabbed in Edgerton, police have confirmed

  04-04-2017 17:00
  
  Man in his 20s flown to LGI after incident in Thornhill Road
  
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• Peter Kay's Car Share returns to BBC1 - find out when it's on

  04-04-2017 16:35
  
  The hit comedy, also starring Sian Gibson, is back with four new episodes
  
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• Appeal to trace man accused of sex offences after he fails to appear in court

  04-04-2017 16:15
  
  Extensive enquiries have been made to find Asif Ghafoor Butt
  
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• Man who dragged woman away at Titanic Mills pleads guilty to kidnap

  04-04-2017 16:04
  
  Arron Read pulled the 20-year-old from a car before carrying her down the towpath
  
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• Which is the latest bank to close a branch in Huddersfield town centre?

  04-04-2017 15:05
  
  Move towards internet banking leads to another branch closure
  
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• WATCH: Why businesses - but not households - can now shop around and save money on their water bills

  04-04-2017 15:00
  
  Businesses and charities can now get their water on the open market
  
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• Find out the five benefit cuts coming this week which could affect you

  04-04-2017 14:40
  
  Cuts introduced by former Chancellor George Osborne come into effect this week
  
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• Tokyo's is opening a lap dancing club

  04-04-2017 14:00
  
  Venue near Corn Exchange in Leeds will become a two-floor lap-dancing club
  
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• Man injured in Edgerton 'looked like he'd been stabbed'

  04-04-2017 13:39
  
  Police were called after a man was found bleeding in Thornhill Road
  
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• Revealed: Over 400 guns stolen in West Yorkshire - with only 19 recovered

  04-04-2017 13:15
  
  Police urging law-abiding gun owners to lock away firearms
  
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• Mystery surrounds police activity in Edgerton last night

  04-04-2017 12:32
  
  West Yorkshire Police are yet to confirm incident in Edgerton
  
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• School's brand new hall will be too small, MPs tell minister

  04-04-2017 11:43
  
  Minister rejects plea to save old hall from demolition
  
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• Criticism after National Trust and Cadbury drop the word 'Easter' from their egg hunts

  04-04-2017 11:19
  
  Prime Minister and Archbiship of York critical after egg hunt doesn't feature the word Easter
  
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• Kirklees Council rolls out new digital services - Digital By Default News

  04-04-2017 11:01 via digitalbydefaultnews.co.uk
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  Kirklees Council rolls out new digital services
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  Kirklees Council has designed and developed its own online housing benefit and council tax reduction (HB/CTR) solution. The new HB/CTR solution went live this month and has replaced Kirklees Council's existing online forms. Internal analysis conducted ...
  
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• Here's why sirens will be going off in Huddersfield today

  04-04-2017 09:51
  
  The alarms will be going off on Tuesday between 10am and 12pm
  
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• Deadline looming to enter this year's Examiner Schools Awards

  04-04-2017 09:48
  
  Entries must be in by end of Friday, April 7
  
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• Drink driver Andrew Sykes staged dirty protest in his police cell

  04-04-2017 09:32
  
  Dewsbury man was more than two-and-a-half times the legal limit
  
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• Problem drinker Desmond Ryan flouts town centre ban ... again

  04-04-2017 08:30
  
  Caught on CCTV drinking from a can
  
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• What's happening to the old Dewsbury fire station?

  04-04-2017 08:00
  
  Change of plan at mothballed site
  
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• Councillors to consider £10m transformation of Halifax Road

  04-04-2017 07:00
  
  West Yorkshire Combined Authority to consider £202k to develop road upgrade
  
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