Kirklees news

• Yorkshire Sculpture Park loses one of its most loved sculptures

  26-09-2017 22:29
  
  An iconic Henry Moore sculpture, nicknamed Old Flo, is leaving Yorkshire Sculpture Park after 29 years on loan
  
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• Our son was blown up in Afghanistan - and now we want the truth over why

  26-09-2017 21:25
  
  Mum's heartbreaking account of discovering son Michael Hampshire was killed in Afghanistan
  
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• In pictures: 25 years of Eureka! children's museum

  26-09-2017 21:00
  
  Eureka! is a quarter of a century old this year - can you spot yourself in their pictures?
  
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• Man dies after falling from M62 motorway bridge

  26-09-2017 20:35
  
  The man fell from the bridge near J22 at Rishworth just before 5.30pm
  
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• Teen was lookout as armed gang raided house where couple grew cannabis

  26-09-2017 20:29
  
  Kane Wedge was caught with an imitation gun after the raid on the house in Paddock
  
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• Teenager in court accused of biting his ex-girlfriend

  26-09-2017 20:00
  
  Travis Gill is accused of harassing the girl over a three month period
  
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• Pervert caught by angry parents masturbating while watching children escapes jail

  26-09-2017 19:19
  
  Judge brands Lee Simon Beal "a worry" and bans him from having contact with children for ten years - but does not lock him up
  
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• Academics are 'wrong' to say tackling in school rugby should be banned

  26-09-2017 18:50
  
  Coaches in Huddersfield say the move is flawed and could have severe implications
  
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• Grieving mum of student who killed herself says she was let down by health services

  26-09-2017 18:13
  
  Hannah Webster, from Dewsbury, had been severely depressed but was allowed to leave an A&E unit and was found dead three days later
  
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• Thief who stole 42 toothbrushes said she was too sick for community order

  26-09-2017 18:00
  
  Annie Harwood, of Berry Brow, was sentenced to a curfew instead
  
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• Long queues after crash on M62 motorway at Huddersfield

  26-09-2017 17:26
  
  Traffic is currently queueing westbound between J23 (Outlane) and J22 (Rishworth Moor)
  
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• This is the plan that could save Huddersfield Royal Infirmary - but it needs one major thing to happen first

  26-09-2017 17:25
  
  Labour Party says it would end PFI nightmare and buy out debt
  
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• Angry man who bit police officer had to be controlled with pepper spray

  26-09-2017 16:34
  
  Thomas Bolan was arrested after failing to start a court order imposed for the offence
  
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• Racist shopper branded a disgrace for telling store worker to shove the Koran up "his a**e"

  26-09-2017 15:48
  
  The security guard has quit his job at Huddersfield's town centre Tesco after Gavin Totton hurled abuse at him
  
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• Frightening statistics for women with heart problems in our region

  26-09-2017 15:20
  
  Thousands dying from heart attacks and strokes
  
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• 'We'll never use chuggers' says new Director of Fundraising at Yorkshire Air Ambulance

  26-09-2017 13:58
  
  Garry Wilkinson has left Kirkwood Hospice for this new role
  
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• Boy, 13, in hospital after his bike was in a crash with a van

  26-09-2017 13:20
  
  He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with suspected serious head injuries
  
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• Would you pay to sleep in one of Britain's most haunted homes with the Black Monk of Pontefract?

  26-09-2017 13:15
  
  30 East Drive said to be plagued by poltergeists with many fleeing in terror
  
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• Police arrest man over baseball bat and knife attack at Moldgreen flat

  26-09-2017 13:01
  
  The victims were beaten by three men at the address on Sunday
  
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• Classical: Kirklees concert season - Yorkshire Post

  26-09-2017 12:28 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
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  Classical: Kirklees concert season
  Yorkshire Post
  Having survived a life-threatening financial shortfall three years ago, the Kirklees Concert Season has once again become one of the region's major classical music venues taking in thirty events the Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls through to the ...
  
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• 'I took a knife into school to defend myself against bullies' says ex-Colne Valley High pupil

  26-09-2017 11:41
  
  Former pupil says bullying was 'rampant' and he had to arm himself after death threat
  
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• How poetry could put Marsden on the literary map

  26-09-2017 11:11
  
  Special event in the village to spark people's interest
  
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• Man in court after an Audi A3 was set fire to outside a Kirkheaton business

  26-09-2017 10:45
  
  The vehicle crashed into fencing near to the Florelle Import Company
  
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• 'P***s can't cook curries' drunk woman told Asian man in row at hostel

  26-09-2017 10:19
  
  Michelle Sidebottom claimed she wasn't racist blaming the vodka, whisky and Malibu
  
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• Man due in court accused of stealing a purse at a parents' evening

  26-09-2017 10:05
  
  John Day allegedly bought an Xbox following the theft at Honley Infant School
  
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• Woman accused of driving over a roundabout to try and hit a group of men

  26-09-2017 09:49
  
  Yasrin Mansha used her 4X4 as a weapon during the incident in Dewsbury
  
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• Health bosses reveal £4m plan to offer more GP appointments

  26-09-2017 09:00
  
  Surgeries may open later or at weekends
  
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• Kirklees picks BAM again for new school - The Construction Index - The Construction Index

  26-09-2017 08:40 via theconstructionindex.co.uk
  The Construction Index
  Kirklees picks BAM again for new school - The Construction Index
  The Construction Index
  Kirklees Metropolitan District Council has appointed BAM Construction to build Beaumont Primary Academy in Huddersfield.and more »
  
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• Kirklees picks BAM again for new school - The Construction Index

  26-09-2017 08:36 via theconstructionindex.co.uk
  Kirklees picks BAM again for new school
  The Construction Index
  Kirklees Metropolitan District Council has appointed BAM Construction to build Beaumont Primary Academy in Huddersfield. CGI of Beaumont Primary Academy Above: CGI of Beaumont Primary Academy. Construction work has just started on the £10m ...and more »
  
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• Robbery victim in court after police discovered cannabis growing at his home

  26-09-2017 08:00
  
  Craig Britton and his partner were robbed at gunpoint by a gang at the adress in Paddock
  
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