Kirklees news

• Overnight closures planned for M62 for SEVEN days

  11-08-2017 22:14
  
  Closure of carriageway starts on Monday - and may take longer than a week if the weather's bad
  
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• Lucky escape for driver after his car hits house in early-hours crash

  11-08-2017 21:49
  
  Police investigating circumstances of the crash
  
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• Have you been papped by our Snapper about Town? This week it's the Examiner's Talking Terriers event

  11-08-2017 21:00
  
  See if our photographer caught you on camera!
  
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• Travellers pitch up on Netherton football field - and get locked in by locals

  11-08-2017 20:29
  
  Travellers have moved onto playing fields used by Netherton Juniors FC at Hawkroyd Bank Road, Netherton
  
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• Look back on Huddersfield Town's roaring success in the 1920s

  11-08-2017 20:00
  
  Glory days of 1920s reflected in thrilling stories from Examiner archive
  
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• Masked armed gang - including top local DJ - tied man up and stole jewellery in terrifying raid

  11-08-2017 19:36
  
  They set up the raid at the property in Fairfields, Upper Denby, after one of the gang saw the jewellery whilst fitting security system
  
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• Huddersfield Town's replica Puma shorts recalled by club shop

  11-08-2017 19:29
  
  Fans urged to contact club over problems with new kit
  
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• Man suffers horrific injuries after being 'beaten with his own crutches'

  11-08-2017 17:58
  
  Robert Boyle appeared in court over the alleged attack in Dalton
  
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• Woman driver stopped by police had NINE people in her Toyota Corolla

  11-08-2017 17:40
  
  There were six young children in Eileen Ward's car - including one in the BOOT
  
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• Woman tells of horror ordeal after car flipped three times and plunged 50ft down ravine

  11-08-2017 17:31
  
  Rochelle Garner had to be lifted to safety after her car dived into a ravine on Rishworth Moor - and now she has thanked the people who rescued her as well as medics
  
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• Opening date revealed for Jax Bar and Tapas in Huddersfield

  11-08-2017 16:45
  
  The Slaithwaite eaterie is expanding into Huddersfield town centre
  
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• Huddersfield Town fan Totty gets hands on play-off trophy thanks to Dean Hoyle

  11-08-2017 16:24
  
  Town chairman makes Totty's day on visit to John Smith's Stadium after the fan almost died in attack
  
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• Firm supporting family of man who could lose arm after workplace accident

  11-08-2017 14:57
  
  Country Park Foods have now issued a statement over injured employee
  
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• New figures show extent of modern-day slavery in Kirklees - Huddersfield Examiner

  11-08-2017 14:50 via examiner.co.uk
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• New figures show extent of modern-day slavery in Kirklees

  11-08-2017 14:50
  
  Police chief calls on public to help in fight against human trafficking
  
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• How BBC Children in Need saved Huddersfield playscheme from closure

  11-08-2017 13:55
  
  Group celebrating 25th anniversary feared worst after losing council funding
  
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• Fancy a home on stilts with its own graveyard? This unusual Slaithwaite chapel is up for auction

  11-08-2017 13:45
  
  Don't let the residents in the garden put you off this 200-year-old listed building
  
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• How much do you spend following Huddersfield Town? The sums are eye-watering...

  11-08-2017 13:20
  
  Petrol and ticket costs just some of the expenses
  
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• Have you got psychic skills? Here's how you can get a paid job as a tarot reader

  11-08-2017 13:02
  
  Livelines Jobs wants experienced tarot readers to run a phone reading service
  
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• Food for body and soul at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  11-08-2017 12:45
  
  Where else can you eat with a vista of rolling parkland, sheep and art?
  
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• The miracle £8 body lotion that will help any insomniac get some sleep

  11-08-2017 12:30
  
  The lotion has been praised by bad sleepers who say it helps them nod off
  
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• Primark shoplifter: 'You've got me and I'm coming back in'

  11-08-2017 11:45
  
  Christopher Joseph was caught stealing bedding from Huddersfield store
  
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• Sky rivals BT and Talk Talk offer cheap deals as Premier League football price war hots up

  11-08-2017 11:17
  
  The pair have responded after Sky launched new sport channels last month
  
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• MP Tracy Brabin inquiry reveals class divide means poorer people can't get a career in the arts

  11-08-2017 10:58
  
  High costs and poor pay means the working classes are excluded
  
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• Shih Tzu Missy had an incredible TWO KILOS of matted fur clipped off - and look at her now!

  11-08-2017 10:14
  
  Shih Tzu dog's collar was embedded in her fur
  
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• Brazen Ryan Djafari tried to exhange stolen goods at Boots

  11-08-2017 10:05
  
  The fraudster asked for a refund moments after taking the cosmetics from the Huddersfield shop
  
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• Man charged over fatal house fire in Fartown which killed two brothers

  11-08-2017 09:34
  
  Two boys aged two and three died in the blaze
  
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• "I have every faith in Wagner" says devoted 80-year-old Terrier Eileen

  11-08-2017 08:50
  
  Eileen has been watching Huddersfield Town for more than 70 years
  
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• Bus driver finally hangs up his keys after more than 30 years' service

  11-08-2017 08:44
  
  He thanks management for their support
  
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• "I'm astonished" says solicitor after his client manages to stay drug free

  11-08-2017 08:00
  
  Christopher Kitchen had stolen from shops to fund his heroin and crack cocaine habit
  
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• Man convicted of assault is accused of missing his probation appointments

  11-08-2017 06:55
  
  Chandon Kinsella allegedly failed to comply with the drug rehabilitation requirement
  
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