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• Trapped on M62, binmen gritting roads and -11°C chill - the day Huddersfield battled the worst weather in decades

  01-03-2018 23:00
  
  It was a fun day off for some - and a complete nightmare for others 010318grit JS*145043365\n
  
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• Kirklees schools closed for Friday 2 March - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 22:44 via examiner.co.uk
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  Kirklees schools closed for Friday 2 March
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• Kirklees schools closed for Friday 2 March

  01-03-2018 22:44
  
  More than 30 schools have already confirmed they will be closed for a second day due to severe snow and ice
  
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• What Highways England have said about the full closure on the M62 tonight

  01-03-2018 22:12
  
  This is why people are trapped on the M62 both ways around J24-J21
  
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• Snowbound Shelley College students forced to spend another night away from home due to Storm Emma

  01-03-2018 21:30
  
  Stranded pupils were on a field trip when they became stuck in heavy snow
  
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• Watch dogs' delight at snowfall in Huddersfield

  01-03-2018 21:00
  
  Four-legged friends frolic in the snow
  
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• Blackouts as telegraph pole charged with 11,000 volts catches fire

  01-03-2018 20:33
  
  Fire crews battled the Brighouse blaze for two hours in freezing temperatures
  
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• How one of the most remote schools in Kirklees defied the snow while 165 remained shut - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 20:26 via examiner.co.uk
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  How one of the most remote schools in Kirklees defied the snow while 165 remained shut
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  Staff at one of Kirklees' most remote schools refused to be beaten by the Beast from the East. Scapegoat Hill J&I – the highest school in the borough – was one of only a handful of schools to open on Thursday. Teachers, parents and pupils shrugged off ...
  
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• How one of the most remote schools in Kirklees defied the snow ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 20:18 via examiner.co.uk
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  How one of the most remote schools in Kirklees defied the snow ...
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  Teachers and staff walk for miles to make sure schools can open.and more »
  
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• How one of the most remote schools in Kirklees defied the snow while 165 remained shut

  01-03-2018 20:15
  
  Teachers and staff walk for miles to make sure schools can open
  
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• Even Nando's closes as Huddersfield becomes eerie snow covered ghost town

  01-03-2018 19:58
  
  No chicken tonight as concerns for staff safety force restaurant to close
  
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• Huddersfield is currently COLDER than these freezing places around the world

  01-03-2018 18:11
  
  With a feel of -9°C it's warmer in parts of the Arctic Circle
  
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• How stranded nurse snowed in at a remote campsite didn't make it into work after all

  01-03-2018 17:40
  
  Christine Stancliffe was hopeful that she could get a 4x4 to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
  
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• Huddersfield weather hour by hour for Thursday night and Friday

  01-03-2018 17:36
  
  More snow, ice and related delays forecast for Huddersfield
  
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• M62 mayhem as drivers trapped for SEVEN hours and appeal for food and drink

  01-03-2018 16:52
  
  One motorist offers scarves hats and gloves to those stranded on the M62 with others tweeting their desperation
  
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• Binmen drafted in to help Kirklees Council gritting team ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 16:38 via examiner.co.uk
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  Binmen drafted in to help Kirklees Council gritting team ...
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  Bins can't be emptied so crews help keep Kirklees moving instead.and more »
  
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• Snowflakes dubbed angels' tears at moving funeral for four-year-old Oakley Brocklehurst

  01-03-2018 16:23
  
  Family and friends remember 'beautiful, energetic and wise soul' they called Bear
  
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• Incredible M62 video shows Highways workers and police trying to get gridlocked traffic moving

  01-03-2018 16:09
  
  The video shows trapped traffic in snow drifts and blizzard conditions with workers battling to free them
  
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• The brave cafe owners keeping Huddersfield warm with hot coffee during Storm Emma

  01-03-2018 15:40
  
  Most town centre cafes have closed but a few are still battling The Beast From The East
  
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• National Grid issues gas deficit warning - but urges people not to panic

  01-03-2018 15:34
  
  Domestic gas supplies won't be affected, they say
  
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• Teenager in hospital after stabbing at a Huddersfield hotel

  01-03-2018 15:19
  
  Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident in Edgerton
  
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• Hero nurse battled through snow to deliver lifesaving dialysis at HRI - and she's sleeping there tonight

  01-03-2018 13:50
  
  The renal dialysis nurse is getting picked up in a 4x4 to get from the snowy campsite to her shift
  
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• Elderly woman found dead in the snow in Leeds

  01-03-2018 13:45
  
  The woman's body was discovered under a car earlier this morning
  
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• Why weather forecasters CAN’T predict snow more than three days in advance

  01-03-2018 13:28
  
  If the weatherman says it's snowing - take it with a pinch of salt
  
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• Highways England 4x4 bursts into flames on M62 during road block

  01-03-2018 13:24
  
  Motorway shut as snow plough struggles to get through
  
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• When driving in snow is illegal and will invalidate your car insurance

  01-03-2018 12:32
  
  If you do these things your insurance may refuse to pay out and you could end up with penalty points on your licence
  
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• Thursday's hour by hour weather forecast for Huddersfield for the rest of the day

  01-03-2018 12:29
  
  Examiner weatherman Paul Stevens, the Met Office and the Weather Channel are all predicting snow
  
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• Every prosecution over five days in Kirklees magistrates court ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 11:07 via examiner.co.uk
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  Every prosecution over five days in Kirklees magistrates court ...
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  These are the results from five days in the dock.and more »
  
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• Every prosecution over five days in Kirklees magistrates court

  01-03-2018 11:00
  
  These are the results from five days in the dock
  
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• Woman attacked her neighbour with wood studded with nails in row over littering

  01-03-2018 10:00
  
  The victim had complained to Kirklees Council about Farhat Fayyaz and her family
  
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• M62 Eastbound shuts for snow ploughing as conditions deteriorate

  01-03-2018 10:00
  
  Drivers stuck in long tailbacks as snow sweeps in
  
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• Here's how much grit Kirklees Council has left for the rest of winter ... - Huddersfield Examiner

  01-03-2018 09:03 via examiner.co.uk
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  Here's how much grit Kirklees Council has left for the rest of winter ...
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  Council gritters have used a fair amount of their salt supply fighting the Beast From The East.and more »
  
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• Here's how much grit Kirklees Council has left for the rest of winter

  01-03-2018 09:00
  
  Council gritters have used a fair amount of their salt supply fighting the Beast From The East
  
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• Kirklees and Calderdale schools closed on Thursday 1 March due to severe snow

  01-03-2018 08:38
  
  Almost 100 schools and colleges have closed due to the snow and staff and pupils unable to safely get to school
  
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