Kirklees news

• DWP confirms State Pension age increases by birth date - full list

  27-09-2026 19:39 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The State Pension age is currently rising - check when you'll be eligible based on your birth date
  
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• Man arrested near RAF Fairford 'called police before farmer's 999 call'

  30-09-2026 09:13 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  One of five men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism is understood to have called police around an hour before a farmer called 999 about three vans blocking a road in Whelford
  
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• A66 crash update as police watchdog give 'definitive timeline' and rule out speculation

  30-09-2026 09:11 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The IOPC has set out the police pursuit timeline before the wrong-way A66 crash that killed seven people, including two police officers
  
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• FlyDubai 'hijacking' LIVE updates as FZ1073 Dubai flight issues 'hijack' alert

  30-09-2026 09:07 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A Boeing 737 passenger plane operated by Fly Dubai, flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv in Israel, transmitted a code 7500 - signalling a possible hijacking
  
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• Gas and electricity bills to go up again in January in biggest hike for years

  30-09-2026 08:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The average home will be paying around £2,000 for heating, lighting and cooking
  
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• DWP state pensioners getting £241 cash confirmation lasting until April 2027

  30-09-2026 08:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The full new State Pension is £241.30 a week after a 4.8 per cent increase
  
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• Great British Bake Off star Tom 'humiliated' and in tears over mess creation

  30-09-2026 08:37 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  But Tom from West Yorkshire was still named star baker
  
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• M62 traffic LIVE updates as crash causes rush hour delays

  30-09-2026 08:20 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Crash near Denshaw causing delays on Wednesday morning
  
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• Triple-lock latest: Exactly what Andy Burnham has said about State Pension

  30-09-2026 08:13 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The plan breaks the triple lock’s automatic link with increases in average earnings
  
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• Sick porn star danced and sang after double murder and hid bodies in suitcases

  30-09-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 42 years for the double murder of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71
  
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• Olympic hopeful kidnapped by horror father-son survivalists wanting a 'bride'

  30-09-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Kari Swenson was on a training run in the mountains of Montana when she was kidnapped by a father and son survivalist pair living off the grid who wanted to make her their 'bride'
  
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• Astronaut uttered eerie last words before entire crew was killed in spacecraft fireball

  30-09-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died when a fire broke out inside their Apollo 1 capsule during a NASA ground rehearsal at Cape Kennedy on 27 January 1967, weeks before their planned launch.
  
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• Major rail card change today with millions getting third off train tickets

  30-09-2026 07:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The rules change on Wednesday meaning you can cut a third off the price of a train ticket for you and a companion
  
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• Supplements that cost £100s no better than 6p Asda pill, report says

  30-09-2026 07:30 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The investigation also found the use of 'fairy dusting' in some supplements
  
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• Raging dad-of-four headbutted police van so hard a screw fell out

  30-09-2026 06:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Joel Shaw has appeared in court admitting three offences
  
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• Knife-carrying Huddersfield man discloses 'serious offences 4,000 miles away'

  30-09-2026 06:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Immigration officials being questioned on man past offending
  
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• Yorkshire rail route named worst in the country for thieves and vandals

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Trespass-related crime has caused more than 3,300 hours of delays to rail passengers across Yorkshire and beyond in 2025/26
  
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• Yorkshire garden with rare red squirrels named one of UK's best for autumn colours

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  These are UK's 12 finest gardens
  
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• Starving puppy made 'haunting, howling noise' before being put to sleep

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Owner Thomas Buckworth, 23, has been spared jail
  
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• Sheffield street sign keeps turning into 'Poo Square'

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Amey teams made eight visits to repair Sheffield's Pool Square street sign over an obscured 'L' since 2012
  
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• Rotherham residents who fake council complaints with AI could be blocked

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Unreasonable Behaviour Policy covers anyone contacting the council, visiting its buildings or commenting about it
  
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• Huddersfield man helped himself to £2,250 from boss who was on holiday

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Employee claimed money was left in a coat that he no longer had
  
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• Cruel threats, intimidation and police called with Huddersfield village dumpling feud boiling over

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Allegations of intimidation were made as a local business sought to extend its licence
  
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• Batley could receive 'Temu version' of redevelopment plan, warns councillor

  30-09-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Delays have hit the Batley Blueprint and councillors want answers
  
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• DWP state pensioners 'handed £121 less' under axed triple lock plans

  30-09-2026 00:56 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham proposes removing the earnings link from the state pension triple lock from 2030
  
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• Great British Bake Off 'Northern diva' Tom bags star baker award

  30-09-2026 00:41 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The first baker was eliminated on the latest series of Channel 4's The Great British Bake Off
  
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• Cop tells hearing 'I wouldn't have done anything differently' over baton on 92-year-old

  29-09-2026 23:11 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  In an East Sussex care home police received reports of an elderly man threatening staff with a knife
  
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• Fury as killer driver could be moved to open prison just a year into sentence

  29-09-2026 23:04 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Tracy Venison said she felt 'betrayed' after finding out the drink-driver who killed her son could soon be moving to a softer prison
  
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• 'Truly tragic' - two teenage boys and girl die at River Wear after car enters water

  29-09-2026 21:30 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A teenager has also been arrested, police have said in a statement
  
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• RAF Fairford: Terror police say 'petrol' found in vans

  29-09-2026 20:29 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Five men were arrested on suspicion of terrorism near the RAF base in Gloucestershire
  
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