Kirklees news

• Yassar Yaqub shooting: Dad vows to lobby every MP as he meets Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott

  23-10-2017 23:00
  
  'I cannot settle, I cannot let it go and I will not rest'
  
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• Watch: Gran rescues pigeon taken out by a swooping SPARROW HAWK

  23-10-2017 22:14
  
  Animal lover nurses stricken pigeon back to health - with peshwari nan!
  
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• Drivers left trapped at Great Northern Retail Park for 90 minutes

  23-10-2017 20:30
  
  Mystery to why shoppers stuck in car park for an hour and a half
  
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• Grandma, 65, is still taking powerlifting world by storm after becoming world champion - for the 12th time

  23-10-2017 20:00
  
  Ravensthorpe woman won clutch of trophies at the World Master Powerlifting Championships
  
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• Former Colne Valley MP Jason McCartney has landed a new top job

  23-10-2017 19:30
  
  Former Conservative MP has joined the Huddersfield University staff
  
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• Homeless man refused to leave mum's home because she 'owed him a favour'

  23-10-2017 19:00
  
  Police had to be called due to Bradley Lofthouse's behaviour
  
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• Why Icestone Gelato is banking on Batley - and London

  23-10-2017 18:30
  
  Huddersfield's popular ice cream parlour launches ambitious expansion plans
  
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• Why opening a taxi door cost a woman nearly £400

  23-10-2017 17:45
  
  Batley woman Gemma Kelly faced a court over her 'reckless' actions while drunk
  
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• The jobs most at risk of being done by robots and computers - rather than people - in 20 years

  23-10-2017 17:00
  
  Study reveals the jobs most likely to be done by machines within two decades
  
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• Teenager admits sharing ISIS propaganda online

  23-10-2017 16:11
  
  The Calderdale teenager sent a number of links to terrorist material online
  
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• Author's Roald Dahl-style tales set to be promoted in USA

  23-10-2017 16:10
  
  Former Huddersfield Technical College lecturer Anna Best has published a children's book of grim and grisly rhymes
  
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• Parking at Manchester Airport vs Leeds Bradford: one is among the most expensive, the other is the cheapest

  23-10-2017 16:00
  
  One is among the priciest for picking up passengers while the other is free
  
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• Appeal: Missing Michael Stephenson, Kirklees - West Yorkshire Police (press release)

  23-10-2017 14:40 via westyorkshire.police.uk
  West Yorkshire Police (press release)
  Appeal: Missing Michael Stephenson, Kirklees
  West Yorkshire Police (press release)
  Michael is described as white, around 5ft 9ins tall and of slim build. He was last seen wearing a high visibility jacket, a baseball cap and dark jeans. Officers are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. Anyone with information on Michael's ...
  
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• Great-gran left stranded by NHS inundated with offers of lifts to hospital

  23-10-2017 14:00
  
  Joyce Smith, 85, was rejected for a free NHS patient transfer - now a Kirklees councillor has stepped in to help
  
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• Jodie Whittaker to have three new assistants when she becomes Doctor Who

  23-10-2017 13:30
  
  Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole have been confirmed as Jodie Whittaker's co-stars
  
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• Couple tell of horror after car fire trapped them in their home

  23-10-2017 13:30
  
  Marie Weale and partner Ruben live in a back to back and had no way of escaping
  
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• What you say as yet more roadworks bring misery to the Monday commute

  23-10-2017 12:50
  
  Half-term tailbacks as more drivers left fuming in queues
  
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• Police name toddler who died in fall from West Yorkshire tower block

  23-10-2017 12:27
  
  A 23-year-old woman has been charged with his murder
  
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• Court in brief: Stealing fuel, cosmetics and memory cards

  23-10-2017 12:26
  
  Latest decisions from the courtrooms
  
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• WATCH: Horror convention brings Game of Thrones contortionist and Dr Who actor to town

  23-10-2017 12:00
  
  A horror convention brought a Game of Thrones contortionist and a Dr Who actor to town
  
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• Look what happened to red Ferrari which crashed during Storm Brian

  23-10-2017 11:05
  
  Supercar spun off the road over the weekend
  
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• Five arrested after police stop car and find drugs

  23-10-2017 10:59
  
  The driver was also wanted for offences overseas
  
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• Number of Huddersfield jobseekers rises as more people are declared fit for work

  23-10-2017 10:45
  
  UK unemployment at 12-year low - but wages still fail to keep pace with inflation.
  
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• Huddersfield school football teams get Premier League kits

  23-10-2017 10:00
  
  Pupils at Reinwood Junior School receive brand new football strips from Premier League Primary Stars scheme
  
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• Huddersfield Town's Breakfast Club helps Deighton pupils' punctuality

  23-10-2017 09:00
  
  Early kick-off is what they go to school for.
  
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• Great-grandmother may have to miss vital knee op because she can't get to hospital

  23-10-2017 08:00
  
  "I don’t think an 85-year-old should be suffering like this", says widow Joyce Smith
  
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