Kirklees news

• Inside Wellholme Park Brighouse as it re-opens after three-year upgrade

  19-08-2026 20:09 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The park was closed for three years to allow the major work
  
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• Two fishermen rescued after 5 days adrift in Pacific Ocean inside cooler box

  21-08-2026 08:29 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Guerrero Martínez and José Luis Portelas Villegas were found alive more than 130 nautical miles off the coast of Chiapas, according to Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy, after a five-day battle for survival at sea
  
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• Met Office forecasts 'unprecedented' months of storms and rain across UK

  21-08-2026 08:26 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  After a record hot summer, the UK will be battered by heavy rain and high winds
  
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• Air France Flight 447 pilot's last words before horror plane crash

  21-08-2026 08:19 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A330 was en route from Brazil to France when it vanished in the midst of a ferocious storm in 2009
  
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• Council shells out £500k in injury payouts - including £160k to one person

  21-08-2026 08:13 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A freedom of information request has shown what the council has had to pay in the past year.
  
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• 'Tiger whisperer' zookeeper mauled to death by Malayan tiger

  21-08-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Stacey Konwiser, a zookeeper and tiger expert aged just 38, died after suffering a severe mauling from Hati, a 12-year-old Malayan tiger, at Palm Beach Zoo in Florida in 2016
  
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• Air France pilot's chilling last words before crash killed all 228 aboard

  21-08-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A330 was flying from Brazil to France when it disappeared in a violent storm in June 2009 - and not a single one of the 228 people on board survived the Air France Flight 447 crash
  
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• 38-year-old says 'people assume he's my dad' as she dates man, 73

  21-08-2026 07:37 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire couple say people stare and say hurtful things
  
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• Huddersfield 'fresh start' ends in court for man with 'lifetime of drug misuse'

  21-08-2026 06:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Jobless man with over 100 convictions trying to make a "fresh start"
  
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• Teacher sent pupil sex messages, locked her in cupboard and encouraged her to take drugs

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Lee Nicholson has been banned from teaching
  
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• 'Lives at risk' warning as mounds of rubbish piled at West Yorkshire hospital emergency resource

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Waste including branches and a suitcase has been illegally dumped on the grounds.
  
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• Huddersfield man and woman admit child neglect offence over hot water burn

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Pair prosecuted over injury to child in 2023
  
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• Botched Bradford extension put family's lives at risk in 'accident waiting to happen'

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The company was fined £10,000
  
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• Bored Bradford mum takes part in NHS study - and the result leaves her feeling ridiculously lucky

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Jessica Barker-Roe took part as she was bored in hospital
  
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• Barnsley couple's DIY project sends Insta 'bananas' after midnight creation

  21-08-2026 05:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Liam and Nici have done almost all of the work themselves
  
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• Yorkshire Vet's Peter Wright supports co-star after 'brave' move

  20-08-2026 23:57 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire Vet star rushed to support his colleague.
  
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• Dog received such severe beatings he died after being seized from cruel owner

  20-08-2026 22:08 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A cat and a dog suffered blunt force trauma and died
  
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• Council leaders unite against plans for massive 34-turbine Calderdale wind farm

  20-08-2026 22:02 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Leaders from Reform-controlled councils in Calderdale, Bradford and Lancashire have joined forces to oppose a proposed 34-turbine wind farm on Walshaw Moor.
  
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• Yorkshire to open first women's sports bar and cafe

  20-08-2026 21:58 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Hera Social is believed to be Yorkshire's first women's sports café bar, with owners saying refurbishment works have officially begun.
  
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• Residents 'no longer feel safe on their streets' as MP calls for banning order

  20-08-2026 21:51 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Shipley MP Anna Dixon has raised concerns over an increasingly prevalent problem.
  
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• Yorkshire paedophile forces girl to re-live 'horrendous sexual abuse' - but jury sees through his lies

  20-08-2026 21:40 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Ian Moffat has been remanded in custody until his sentencing.
  
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• High visibility police patrols in Huddersfield town centre as force issues statement

  20-08-2026 21:23 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Police have used a mix of highly visible and undercover officers
  
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• 'Assault' at Yorkshire pub as police hunt man and woman

  20-08-2026 20:12 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A man was attacked outside the pub's toilets
  
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• 'I looked forward to them, they were my treats - but they were killing me'

  20-08-2026 20:01 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A Yorkshire campaign is urging people to seek help.
  
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• Teacher who allegedly had sex with pupils 'acted like in a Sabrina Carpenter video,' court told

  20-08-2026 18:20 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, is accused of indecently assaulting two pupils in the 1980s when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s
  
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• Accused teacher 'acted like in a Sabrina Carpenter video,' court told

  20-08-2026 18:20 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, is accused of indecently assaulting two pupils in the 1980s when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s
  
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• 'Sexually deviant' hoarder who owned child-like sex doll films girl undressing on hidden camera and teens on bus

  20-08-2026 18:11 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  'Officers also found 24 video recordings of children on a bus and 219 screenshots of children'
  
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• Sheffield Reform UK councillor has whip removed - after discovery he wasn't party member

  20-08-2026 17:31 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Councillor Robert Hanson has been removed from the party
  
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• Another heat surge set to bring over 30C temperatures - full county list revealed

  20-08-2026 17:27 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has predicted more heatwaves in September
  
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• Woman who couldn't see road due to dangling toys kills man crossing street at lights

  20-08-2026 17:17 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  John Nottingham died after being struck by Rosemarie Ozsko's car.
  
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