Kirklees news

• A year on, Jo Cox: Death Of An MP sheds new light on both the murdered mother-of-two and her killer

  12-06-2017 23:00
  
  BBC Two, 9pm, Tuesday 13th June
  
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• Cleaner who stole jewellery worth £50k told "you're going to jail"

  12-06-2017 22:30
  
  Grandmother Judith Lees, from Golcar, will be sentenced in July
  
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• High winds bring down tree in TP Woods

  12-06-2017 22:00
  
  High winds have uprooted a tree in TP Woods at Gledholt, bringing down part of a stone wall and blocking a footpath
  
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• Fancy ice cream delivered to your door?

  12-06-2017 21:00
  
  Huddersfield's Icestone Gelato celebrates first year in business by launching new service
  
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• Drink-driving estate agent Lee Whitehead gets banned from the road for four years

  12-06-2017 20:30
  
  Whitehead has since lost his position as a director for Ryder and Dutton
  
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• Armed swoop was part of gun crime operation spanning West Yorkshire and Midlands

  12-06-2017 19:40
  
  Two men were arrested as well as a man in Coventry with officers still searching homes in Huddersfield, Bradford and Coventry
  
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• Tributes to former Mayor of Kirklees Fred Pickles who has died aged 89 - Huddersfield Examiner

  12-06-2017 19:07 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Huddersfield Examiner
  Tributes to former Mayor of Kirklees Fred Pickles who has died aged 89
  Huddersfield Examiner
  A Labour party stalwart and former Mayor of Kirklees has died peacefully at the age of 89. Clr Fred Pickles, of Dewsbury, died on June 5 following a bout of pneumonia. The dad-of-two had served on Dewsbury County Borough Council and later Kirklees ...
  
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• Tributes to former Mayor of Kirklees Fred Pickles who has died aged 89

  12-06-2017 19:00
  
  Labour stalwart described as a true Samaritan who would help anybody
  
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• Tragedy strikes again at Cannon Hall Farm

  12-06-2017 18:58
  
  Both a horse and its foal have now died over the last three days
  
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• West Yorkshire Police resort to padlocking their MILK to stop other cops stealing it

  12-06-2017 16:56
  
  Calderdale police even placing biohazard tape on ther milk to prevent OTHER OFFICERS pinching it
  
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• Huddersfield's A&E saved my brother's life, says Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey

  12-06-2017 16:45
  
  Headey and other Huddersfield celebrities share personal tales of the hospital at HRI Love Stories exhibition
  
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• 'Industrial scale' cannabis factory found in quiet Pennine village

  12-06-2017 16:02
  
  Police find huge drugs growing operation behind 'heavily-fortified' door
  
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• WATCH: Astonishing dashcam footage captures moment armed police surround Jaguar in Moldgreen

  12-06-2017 15:52
  
  This motorist couldn't believe her eyes when officers swooped on the black car in front of her
  
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• Dad takes carers to court in bid to get them to trim his son's pubic and underarm hair

  12-06-2017 15:52
  
  The West Yorkshire father wanted them to observe a 'recommended' Islamic practice
  
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• Police release man suspected of raping woman in Huddersfield town centre

  12-06-2017 15:34
  
  Twenty-year-old man released but police enquiries still ongoing
  
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• This is what West Yorkshire Police are doing to tackle violence and sex abuse

  12-06-2017 14:40
  
  West Yorkshire Police and Crime Mark Burns-Williamson is leading a drive to tackle domestic violence and sexual abuse
  
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• Fancy a job at one of Britain's most successful independent record shops? Vinyl Tap has a vacancy

  12-06-2017 13:30
  
  The Huddersfield shop recently hosted BBC 6 Music on Record Store Day
  
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• Teenager slashed with knife and machete describes attack

  12-06-2017 13:24
  
  Armed police were called out to Well Grove in Sheepridge on Saturday night
  
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• Burglars raid Mirfield home stealing jewellery and blue Mini

  12-06-2017 12:53
  
  Did you spot any suspicious activity in the area?
  
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• Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling to meet Felix the station cat in Huddersfield today

  12-06-2017 12:44
  
  The Sky Sports presenter is walking from Exeter to Newcastle to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK
  
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• Meet seven of Kirklees' most inspirational volunteers - Huddersfield Examiner

  12-06-2017 11:27 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Meet seven of Kirklees' most inspirational volunteers
  Huddersfield Examiner
  The seven – who together have given more than a century of service to support children, families and people with disabilities – were presented with awards by the Mayor of Kirklees, Clr Christine Iredale , during the council's celebration of Volunteer's ...
  
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• Meet seven of Kirklees' most inspirational volunteers

  12-06-2017 11:27
  
  Could 92-year-old Vera Stanley be the oldest volunteer in Kirklees?
  
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• Armed police swoop on Jaguar at traffic lights and 'arrest two men'

  12-06-2017 11:26
  
  Eyewitnesses reported seeing police with large guns arrest the men after a car was stopped on Wakefield Road in Moldgreen
  
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• How University of Huddersfield is helping improve safety on the railways

  12-06-2017 11:25
  
  Experts have developed software to "vastly" reduce the risk of trains passing red signals
  
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• Hundreds turn out to celebrate Queen's birthday in St George's Square

  12-06-2017 11:00
  
  A Christian church threw a street party
  
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• WATCH: This is why Sir Patrick Stewart drank champagne out of a sweaty SHOE on TV

  12-06-2017 10:18
  
  The Mirfield actor celebrated a sporting win and the internet went mad for it
  
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• Police help break down barriers with Huddersfield's asylum seekers

  12-06-2017 09:15
  
  Hate crime under discussion at event hosted by Destitute Asylum Seekers Huddersfield
  
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• Work halted on new house 'built without planning permission'

  12-06-2017 08:30
  
  Two-bed house has THREE bedrooms and is so big it blocks access for bin lorry, say residents
  
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• Work starts today on second Emley Moor mast

  12-06-2017 07:45
  
  And it will be there for 4 years while work is carried out on the main mast
  
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