Kirklees news

• Andy Burnham set to announce DWP benefits cuts with new legislation

  21-10-2026 09:27 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to lay down legislation to cut the DWP benefits bill in April
  
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• Whitby Goth Weekend: Spooky pictures as crowds descend on seaside town to celebrate Halloween

  30-10-2026 22:26 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Whitby Goth Weekend is in full flow for the Halloween weekend
  
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• Celebrity Traitors winners crowned in explosive final

  30-10-2026 22:17 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The winner has been announced
  
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• Stalker banned from talking to any child after disturbing 500-picture campaign jailed

  30-10-2026 20:43 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Paul Davey has been locked up for 29 weeks
  
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• Restrictions announced after UK hospital confirms scabies outbreak

  30-10-2026 20:39 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Cases have been confirmed
  
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• Police issue warning as three bitten by dogs in South Yorkshire

  30-10-2026 20:35 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Three people have been bitten by dogs in one night
  
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• Quartet jailed after smuggling drugs into prisons across England

  30-10-2026 20:30 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The four smuggled drugs into prisons across England before being caught in Doncaster
  
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• Gardeners' World's Adam Frost opens up on ongoing 'conversation' with 'control freak' wife

  30-10-2026 20:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Gardeners' World star Adam Frost has opened up about life at home with his wife, revealing the gardening disagreement that continues to divide the couple.
  
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• Headteacher who died 'suddenly' at remembered as a 'strong leader'

  30-10-2026 19:39 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The tragic incident happened at The Winston Churchill School in Woking
  
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• Ex Corrie star stays overnight in terrifying haunted Yorkshire house even owner's too scared to sleep in

  30-10-2026 19:38 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Colson Smith stayed the night at 30 East Drive in Pontefract
  
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• Jarvis Cocker and his Pulp band members cheered on by fans receiving special honour in Sheffield

  30-10-2026 19:31 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Pulp fans have shown their appreciation for the legendary Sheffield band with them making a special appearance in their home city
  
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• Boy, 13, riding scooter seriously injured after hit-and-run in Birstall

  30-10-2026 19:23 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The boy was knocked from his scooter by a car
  
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• Birthday boy jailed after attacking man in Bradford

  30-10-2026 18:50 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Kyle Roper was sent to jail on his 33rd birthday
  
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• Huge queues of fans visit a very special Pulp pop-up pub in band's home city of Sheffield

  30-10-2026 18:47 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Friday has been a very special day for Pulp fans in the band's iconic city of Sheffield
  
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• Brighouse Tesco closed LIVE as 'no one allowed in'

  30-10-2026 18:23 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Customers are not being allowed to enter the store
  
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• Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett, 36, found dead near her home

  30-10-2026 17:57 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Lauren Bennett, who featured on LMFAO’s 2011 hit song Party Rock Anthem, sadly died
  
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• Heartache as 'one in a million' Kay Summers dies as hundreds pay tribute to pub 'legend'

  30-10-2026 17:23 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Kay Summers worked at The Hoptimist in Hemsworth
  
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• Family remember 'perfect dad' after killer convicted for horror death

  30-10-2026 17:21 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Simon Richardson hit Michael Mullins as he was cycling home, then drove off with him still trapped beneath his vehicle
  
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• Man jailed for 'despicable actions' against two girls

  30-10-2026 17:16 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Robert Haggart's crimes occurred between 1987 and 1992 in Scotland
  
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• Rotherham predator found guilty of huge catalogue of sick sex offences against children

  30-10-2026 17:03 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A jury returned guilty verdicts on 26 separate offences
  
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• Builder's 'deeply concerning act of violence' in argument with pub landlord

  30-10-2026 15:42 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Gary Holdsworth has faced justice following a 'deeply concerning act of violence' after an argument over payment.
  
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• Killers jailed for second time after Sheffield attack on 'Good Samaritan' Reece Radford

  30-10-2026 15:21 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A retrial and resentencing has taken place
  
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• DWP to hire 2,000 specialist fraud staff in Universal Credit crackdown

  30-10-2026 15:18 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to recruit more than 2,000 specialist fraud staff to crack down on Universal Credit benefit fraud in new and existing claims.
  
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• Christa Pike felt 'confused and in pain' after botched execution

  30-10-2026 15:08 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Christa Pike, 50, survived two doses of the lethal injection during her Tennessee execution and was subsequently taken to intensive care, regaining consciousness earlier this month
  
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• Minimum wage to rise to £13.20 an hour as Chancellor confirms Budget pay boost

  30-10-2026 15:07 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Chancellor has announced a 3.9 per cent pay rise for 2.3 million low-paid workers, taking the National Living Wage from £12.71 to £13.20 per hour.
  
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• Moment officers discover 'bricks' of cocaine hidden by gang in cheese

  30-10-2026 15:04 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Officers revealed the gang in West Yorkshire Police's biggest ever drugs investigation
  
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• Tributes to 'deeply loved' pensioner killed after telling e-bike child to slow down

  30-10-2026 14:38 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  James Gbadamosi, 67, died in hospital 12 days after being struck by Andre Wright-Walters, 38, on Balham High Road on August 24 last year
  
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• New banned dog breed law comes into force on Sunday

  30-10-2026 14:32 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A new law affecting five dog breeds will come into effect from November 1.
  
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• Andy Burnham £100 energy payment will NOT be going to nine million households

  30-10-2026 14:20 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The new scheme has been introduced by Chancellor John Healey in Andy Burnham's first budget as Prime Minister as energy bills rise amid conflict in the Middle East
  
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• Wetherspoons 'no poppy' response after veteran refused entry over Remembrance Day symbol

  30-10-2026 14:16 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Wetherspoons has issued a statement over Remembrance Day poppies after a British Army veteran was refused entry to a pub.
  
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