Kirklees news

• DWP 4 benefits confirmed getting £150 cost of living help after Andy Burnham bill change

  14-10-2026 13:01 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  People using 24 power companies can get the money - full list and those receiving 4 benefits will be helped
  
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• Increase announced today 'means people get £1,250 extra per year'

  15-10-2026 07:05 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Campaigners said it would help people a lot
  
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• Off licence boss heads new firm two weeks after illegal booze raid

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A Shipley off licence was found to be storing over 330 litres of suspected illegal alcohol during a raid this summer
  
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• Kirklees 'full time hustler' with celeb clients fears for reputation after 'monumental mistake'

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Court hears young businessman is worried about his future after criminal conviction
  
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• ‘I haven’t eaten in two days’ says Dewsbury dad struggling to feed family

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Father broke down on the phone and revealed his cupboards were almost bare
  
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• 'I didn't realise it was a crime' said drunk Dewsbury taxi passenger after Islam row and punching driver

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Drunk man punched driver and grabbed him by the neck
  
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• Huddersfield butcher shares secret behind national champion bacon and gold pies

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Award-winning business is celebrating after praise from national judges
  
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• 'Foul-mouthed customers swearing and shouting' as Scarborough club eyes 3am

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Fusion nightclub, near Scarborough town centre, could be permitted to extend its opening hours until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays
  
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• Demands made over unspent £14.5m that impacts Kirklees communities

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The money has been racked up over decades
  
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• Damning report shows all the key areas Kirklees council is 'seriously failing' tenants

  15-10-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The outcome of an inspection by the Regulator of Social Housing has been published
  
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• Huddersfield Grand Designs episode leaves 'disappointed' fans issuing complaints

  14-10-2026 23:30 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Some Grand Designs viewers have taken to social media to share their frustrations after the Channel 4 show revisited a Yorkshire build from 25 years ago.
  
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• Woman's 'heartbreaking' eyewitness account of Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger attack

  14-10-2026 21:57 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Ella Ford, 24, from Moreton, was visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster with her boyfriend when she witnessed William Chapman enter the tiger enclosure on Saturday afternoon (October 10)
  
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• State pension age change 65 plan key update as DWP issues new response

  14-10-2026 20:48 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Concerns are rising that levels of poor health are increasing in the UK as people approach state pension age
  
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• Boy, 9, killed in Waterford house fire had undergone heart surgery just two weeks before

  14-10-2026 20:33 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Jayden English and his brother Callum, 12, were both born with heart defects
  
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• Bradford roads shut LIVE as pedestrian struck by motorbike fleeing police

  14-10-2026 19:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Roads closed following collision that left pedestrian with serious injuries
  
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• Greek holiday hotspot popular with Brits battered by deadly floods

  14-10-2026 19:44 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A 62-year-old man has died after his car was swept onto a beach by flash floods on the Greek holiday island of Rhodes, with the island placed under a state of emergency as violent winds and heavy rain cause widespread damage.
  
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• Army chef who wanted to be 'in history books' made homemade cannon

  14-10-2026 19:39 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Mark Broadhurst was arrested at Catterick Garrison in September 2024
  
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• Huddersfield man among drugs gang jailed for a total of more than 100 years

  14-10-2026 19:30 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Eleven men and one woman jailed for drug offences and money laundering
  
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• William Chapman: Everything we know about tiger victim including acting past

  14-10-2026 19:05 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  William Chapman died after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
  
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• Wildlife expert’s verdict on zoo safety after tiger killed William Chapman

  14-10-2026 18:53 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Wildlife biologist Rosie Moore described the event as a "tragic situation"
  
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• William Chapman's family approach mayor over viral footage of tiger attack

  14-10-2026 18:09 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The mayor also criticised US President Donald Trump for an AI-generated post about the incident
  
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• Keighley man abused woman for 'sexual gratification' and attacked child

  14-10-2026 17:36 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Andrew Warren Lowe is behind bars
  
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• Police's final word after William Chapman mauled to death at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

  14-10-2026 17:04 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The police are now preparing a file for the coroner, with Doncaster Council continuing their investigation
  
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• Plea for traders beside Yorkshire Wildlife Park after fatal tiger attack

  14-10-2026 16:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A Doncaster councillor has urged people to support independent businesses at The Yorkshire Hive
  
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• Boy, 17, died after tragic air rifle shooting accident, inquest finds

  14-10-2026 16:18 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A coroner concluded that Connor's death was accidental
  
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• Bizarre final pictures of mauled tiger victim William Chapman emerge

  14-10-2026 15:54 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  William Chapman was pictured sitting on the floor as Altai the Amur tiger repeatedly lunged at him
  
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• Yorkshire Wildlife Park fans’ honest answer after William Chapman’s tiger death

  14-10-2026 15:53 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  An inquest into the death of the 24-year-old is due to open on Thursday, October 15
  
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• Huddersfield shopper collapsed in street - but what off-duty police officer did saved his life

  14-10-2026 15:39 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  David Clarke had a heart attack while out shopping in Huddersfield
  
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• Heartache for family as man sentenced following tragic death of boy, 17

  14-10-2026 15:35 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Zebedee Watson was on his motorcycle when a lorry collided with him in Poole
  
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• Andy Burnham DWP state pension chief gives 70 age rise update

  14-10-2026 15:15 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  An expert leading the government's state pension age review has warned 'anything is possible' and that people need to rethink 'how late in life we're prepared to work'
  
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