Kirklees news

• Travellers build unauthorised site on green belt land ... and then ask for planning permission

  10-04-2017 22:00
  
  Caravans hidden behind a large earth embankment on moorland at Scammonden
  
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• Man's tractor rampage through Holmfirth ... after a quick 'pit' stop at Bargain Booze

  10-04-2017 21:00
  
  Richard Robinson wrote off a Citroen worth £7,500 in the carnage after smashing into a telegraph pole
  
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• Here's how much an Easter getaway abroad could cost you this year

  10-04-2017 20:00
  
  Some trips are costing families up to £300 more in 2017 than they did in 2016
  
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• Tracy Brabin reveals how she was moved on a visit to Auschwitz with local schools

  10-04-2017 19:00
  
  The Batley & Spen MP visited the camp after her predecessor Jo Cox was murdered by a neo-Nazi
  
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• Controversial Goat Cafe has re-opened today - with new owners and a new name

  10-04-2017 18:00
  
  A new menu has expanded to vegetarian diets - not just vegan
  
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• Impatient driver killed cyclist riding the other way in Brighouse

  10-04-2017 17:00
  
  But Philip Roper who knocked down William Stoker avoids jail sentence
  
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• Benjamyn Lilley who stabbed girlfriend with fork and scissors is sentenced

  10-04-2017 15:40
  
  Marsh man branded dangerous and a threat to future partners
  
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• Traffic chaos in Leeds Road after lorry demolishes pedestrian crossing

  10-04-2017 15:01
  
  The HGV crashed into the crossing causing traffic chaos on the busy commuter route
  
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• Early morning pints at the airport could be banned to combat air rage

  10-04-2017 15:00
  
  24-hour airport bars blamed for 340% increase in violence on planes
  
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• The laws on vaping are changing - and if you don't comply you could be jailed

  10-04-2017 14:50
  
  New rules cover the sale of e-cigerettes and e-liquids are set to come into force next month
  
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• EDL plan protest outside Kirklees Magistrates - with only two people going - Huddersfield Examiner

  10-04-2017 14:33 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Huddersfield Examiner
  EDL plan protest outside Kirklees Magistrates - with only two people going
  Huddersfield Examiner
  A far-right group's attempt to organise a protest outside Kirklees Magistrates' Court in Huddersfield looks set to be a flop. The EDL (English Defence League) has organised the protest as men and women from Huddersfield face child sex abuse charges ...
  
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• EDL plan protest outside Kirklees Magistrates - with only two people going

  10-04-2017 14:30
  
  The protest is in response to men and women from Huddersfield facing sex abuse charges
  
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• Bus gates probe told "without doubt it's a money making scheme"

  10-04-2017 14:00
  
  Small firms continue fight against Kirklees Council's scheme
  
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• One of Google Map's most popular features has been removed because of abuse

  10-04-2017 13:45
  
  The function was added in 2008 but it's been disabled
  
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• Police officer reveals moving letter written by his daughter asking for him to be kept "safe"

  10-04-2017 13:39
  
  It was shared as members of West Yorkshire Police attend the funeral of Pc Keith Palmer in London
  
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• Race is on to try to save Batley Job Centre

  10-04-2017 13:30
  
  Fears unemployed will have to walk to Dewsbury
  
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• After the mini heatwave what's the weather for the Easter weekend?

  10-04-2017 13:13
  
  The barbecue was dusted off on Sunday but will it come out again this weekend?
  
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• Here's a cheap way to escape the British winter

  10-04-2017 13:00
  
  Direct flights to start from Manchester to Agadir in Morocco
  
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• Spectacular club night in memory of tragic Clare Standring complete with USA DJs

  10-04-2017 12:36
  
  She died from cancer aged just 46 but loved Huddersfield's former KU Follies Club
  
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• Detectives continue to probe Deighton shooting after six released on bail

  10-04-2017 11:21
  
  Police carried out a fingertip search on Riddings Road over the weekend
  
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• Nearly a quarter of a million customers could be affected by a Wonga data breach

  10-04-2017 10:16
  
  Payday lender admits details from hundreds of thousands of accounts could have been accessed
  
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• Huge concrete archways replace flood-damaged bridge

  10-04-2017 08:30
  
  The bridge will be re-opened in the summer after it was destroyed in floods
  
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