Kirklees news

• Parents ordered to pay after taking their children out of school - and there could be more to come

  19-07-2017 23:14
  
  Three families were fined after going on holiday without permission
  
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• WATCH: Take a look around the Piece Hall ahead of its grand re-opening

  19-07-2017 22:30
  
  The Piece Hall will re-open on Yorkshire Day - see which traders are set to move in
  
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• Police called in after drone is spotted filming for Parcelforce over busy main road

  19-07-2017 21:44
  
  Operator allegedly flew it just metres from busy road in Clayton West
  
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• Woman threatened to kill her friend - after a fight at Home Bargains

  19-07-2017 20:28
  
  Leanne Keene threatened to smash her face in and caused damage to her Cleckheaton flat
  
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• Heart attack mum hails 12-year-old son a hero after 45 MINUTE wait for 999 ambulance

  19-07-2017 19:59
  
  Paddock mum makes official complaint claiming she's lucky to be alive
  
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• Horrified witnesses say hooded man ran off after stabbing in Newsome

  19-07-2017 18:14
  
  Eyewitness describes the moment the victim staggered into Manor Street holding his stomach
  
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• Two Yorkshire men among the world's most wanted suspects

  19-07-2017 17:57
  
  Phillip Anthony Smith and Christian James Michel are on list released by Interpol
  
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• Thunderstorms predicted to hit Huddersfield tonight

  19-07-2017 17:52
  
  The Met Office is predicting thunder and lightning will strike later on this evening
  
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• Meet the eight-year-old who packs a punch despite rare medical condition

  19-07-2017 16:40
  
  Little Freya Wallwork, who has Turner syndrome, is treated with drugs that were banned in sport in 1989
  
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• Slaithwaite Health Centre survives - but still faces a 20% budget cut

  19-07-2017 16:25
  
  The GP surgery was facing a 44% budget cut, but it's now just 20%
  
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• Batley man jailed after police found heroin and cocaine worth £26k

  19-07-2017 16:09
  
  'That quantity of drugs speak for themselves as to what was going on'
  
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• Overturned learner driver car causes tailbacks at busy M62 junction

  19-07-2017 16:04
  
  Traffic officers were called to the scene to recover the AA Driving School car
  
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• Friend thought Honley man was joking after he'd been stabbed, court hears

  19-07-2017 15:49
  
  Honley man Darren Moorhouse died after intervening in a fight
  
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• Hardly anybody has signed this "sad, lonely" petition to recast Doctor Who as a man

  19-07-2017 15:19
  
  The person who launched the petition says it's a disgrace and insulting that Jodie Whittaker has been named the latest Doctor Who
  
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• POO bacteria discovered in McDonald's, KFC and Burger King drinks

  19-07-2017 14:42
  
  Faecal bacteria had previously been found by scientists in iced coffees at Starbucks
  
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• WATCH: How Huddersfield school rehearses 'terror-training' to keep staff and pupils safe

  19-07-2017 14:22
  
  Classmates practice drills where they hide under tables and barricade doors
  
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• See Almondbury's Tardis police box being repaired

  19-07-2017 14:15
  
  West Yorkshire Police estates team is giving Almondbury police box a facelift
  
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• Residents fear someone was trying to steal memorial plaque

  19-07-2017 13:20
  
  One of four plaques on Shepley war memorial has been taken down for safekeeping after being deliberately loosened from the stone
  
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• Massive Total Wipeout style Aquapark opens in Yorkshire and it looks awesome

  19-07-2017 13:19
  
  The park includes a 5m high inflatable slide and a human catapult
  
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• No trains from Huddersfield or Dewsbury for 1 weekend - here's what the train operators have planned

  19-07-2017 13:15
  
  Replacement buses will run from Lord Street in Huddersfield on August 5 and 6
  
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• 120 young people to stage Les Miserables in memory of Jo Cox

  19-07-2017 13:01
  
  Batley young people are working with top West End director and Harry Potter producer
  
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• Derek Paddifoot caused damage to Deighton home during a row

  19-07-2017 12:45
  
  He pulled the door off its hinges when he went to collect his belongings
  
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• Highest paid BBC stars revealed - and Chris Evans tops the list on £2.2m

  19-07-2017 12:40
  
  Gary Lineker is second highest paid - with Claudia Winkleman the highest earning female presenter
  
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• Three people taken to hospital after caravan fire spreads to house

  19-07-2017 12:21
  
  Fire investigators are looking in to what caused the fire in Halifax
  
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• This is where Doctor Who actress Jodie Whittaker likes to visit when she's back in Huddersfield

  19-07-2017 12:00
  
  Locals say she is 'down to Earth' but will she keep Yorkshire accent for Doctor role?
  
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• Go on a guided tour around Huddersfield's most iconic landmark

  19-07-2017 11:35
  
  History and archaeology of Castle Hill feature on guided tour
  
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• Support from around the world for man reprimanded for wearing make-up at work

  19-07-2017 11:30
  
  Scott Laplanche has no regrets about going public
  
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• Kirklees College 'one of the best' for apprentices - Dewsbury Reporter

  19-07-2017 11:30 via dewsburyreporter.co.uk
  Dewsbury Reporter
  Kirklees College 'one of the best' for apprentices
  Dewsbury Reporter
  Kirklees College is officially one of the best training providers in the country when it comes to apprenticeships. The college, which has centres in Dewsbury, came fifth in the Government's 2017 National Achievement Rates Tables for providers who train ...
  
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• Nathanial Dickinson was high on cocaine when he damaged his girlfriend's car

  19-07-2017 11:00
  
  He used a knife to wreck the Ford Fiesta at her Batley home
  
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• Volunteers needed for Huddersfield's 17th Food and Drink Festival

  19-07-2017 10:10
  
  Be part of Yorkshire's biggest food and drink festival in August
  
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• Major town centre protest against HRI plans to take place

  19-07-2017 09:30
  
  Big protest planned at crunch council meeting on Friday
  
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• Brewery wants to expand - bringing jobs and tasting facility to Golcar

  19-07-2017 08:45
  
  Lords Brewing Company wants to expand into a new Golcar base
  
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• Huddersfield Victoria Cross winner Pte Ernest Sykes honoured for a third time

  19-07-2017 08:00
  
  He helped five wounded men under heavy machine gun fire in 1917
  
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• Revealed: The NINE high-rise blocks in West Yorkshire which failed cladding fire safety tests - including student flats

  19-07-2017 07:45
  
  List includes a student block and a four-star hotel
  
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