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• Man sought after police officer assaulted during arrest in York

  25-08-2026 08:57 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The incident occurred shortly after the conclusion of York Races
  
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• 'Number 10 needs to get out of the way' - campaigners' solution to make West Yorkshire tram network reality

  26-08-2026 22:52 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Government has been urged to "get out of the way" and urgently devolve powers from London to West Yorkshire so the long-delayed Leeds Bradford mass transit system becomes a reality
  
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• Calderdale Council greenlights lamp post banner ads after rainbow row

  26-08-2026 22:43 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The policy, which covers lamp post banners and other council-owned spaces, was agreed by the Governance and Business Committee and will now go to the full Calderdale Council for approval
  
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• Wicked Tinder conwoman who tricked man out of thousands is jailed for fraud

  26-08-2026 22:07 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Amie Ford fled the UK to China for five years until she was captured and arrested
  
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• Double murderer John Sweeney who dumped victims in canals dies in jail

  26-08-2026 22:04 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  John Sweeney, 69, was given a whole-life tariff at the Old Bailey in 2011 for the canal murders of former girlfriends Paula Fields and Melissa Halstead
  
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• Girl, 7, and aunt 'murdered' in blaze as police admit attack could be linked to A66 crash

  26-08-2026 21:49 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Valentina Foster and her aunt Natalie McDonald have been named locally as the two victims of a fatal house fire in Middlesbrough as police say they cannot rule out links to the A66 crash which killed seven people
  
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• Yorkshire coast holidaymakers 'in shock' at £250k bingo win

  26-08-2026 21:12 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Clarke, 67, was playing bingo when every one of his numbers came up
  
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• Dolly Parton's 'special' visit to Yorkshire hospital remembered in emotional tribute

  26-08-2026 20:18 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Music star Dolly Parton died yesterday at the age of 80.
  
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• 'Perverted individual and sexual predator' asks 12-year-old to be his girlfriend

  26-08-2026 20:11 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Ahmed attempted to exploit a 12-year-old girl.
  
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• Child dies in house fire as murder probe launched near A66 crash site

  26-08-2026 20:09 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested after a child and an adult died in a fire, which also left another woman critically injured
  
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• Sneak peek inside Huddersfield's new look library hub as date set for opening

  26-08-2026 20:07 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The council said the hub would have improved layouts and flexible spaces
  
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• Take a look at some of Lush's amazing autumn collection products

  26-08-2026 18:53 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  There's many indulgent ideas in the range
  
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• Not-so-smooth criminal faces time behind bars after throwing drugs package over jail wall

  26-08-2026 18:47 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Joshua Smith was caught on camera trying to lob a package stashed with thousands of pounds worth of drugs over a prison wall
  
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• 'I just want to see my miracle baby's first steps' - Huddersfield mum, 25, 'fighting for Tilly' after devastating diagnosis

  26-08-2026 18:31 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  'I was 24-years-old with a five-month-old baby. The little girl I had spent years worrying I might never be able to have was finally here, and now I was being told I might not get to watch her grow up.'
  
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• Rock 'n' Roll Circus 2026 set times with huge names set to appear at Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield

  26-08-2026 18:12 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people will head to Sheffield's Don Valley Bowl to enjoy the 2026 Rock 'n' Roll Circus fun
  
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• Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

  26-08-2026 18:05 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  British actor Tim Curry, best known for his iconic performances as Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise the Clown in It, has reportedly died at the age of 80
  
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• Fire tears through Northowram as person rescued - dramatic pictures

  26-08-2026 17:41 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Photos show firefighters at the scene after flames tore through the Northowram home.
  
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• Person pulled from Halifax home as flames rip through property - fire service statement

  26-08-2026 17:30 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A person has been rescued from a Northowram house fire as four crews remain at the scene.
  
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• Northowram fire LIVE as home 'gutted' by flames

  26-08-2026 16:40 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Firefighters and police are at the scene of a major house fire in Northowram
  
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• Anger over 'crude' measure to block up windows in Halifax street

  26-08-2026 16:20 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  They say the measures go too far.
  
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• Lloyds banking app drops out 'again' as customers 'can’t access funds'

  26-08-2026 16:18 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Users can now use the app again
  
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• Lloyds banking app 'down again' as customers 'can’t access funds'

  26-08-2026 16:18 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  It comes as Halifax customers are being transferred onto the Lloyds banking app
  
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• Plans for units on Calderdale estate greenlit

  26-08-2026 16:01 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Calderdale Council has approved plans for two new industrial units 20 years after planning permission first lapsed on the site.
  
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• Hebden Bridge woman crowned Britain's champion seagull impersonator in 'surreal' competition

  26-08-2026 15:50 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  'I've finally got the recognition.'
  
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• Two dead and murder investigation launched as house fire may be linked to organised crime

  26-08-2026 15:47 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Police launch murder investigation after fatal house fire in Grangetown, Middlesbrough leaves two dead and four injured, including a woman in a critical condition
  
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• 'The smell of death' - Halifax road left smeared in 'sicky-pink' animal entrails

  26-08-2026 15:38 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  'It looked like something from a horror film'
  
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• Man threatened teenage girl he'd get her put in care before sexually abusing her

  26-08-2026 15:32 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The police said Carl Andrew Stevenson, 63, showed 'no contrition or remorse'
  
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• Man on British Airways stag flight fined over toilet row

  26-08-2026 15:24 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Emmet Moynihan from Co Cork was travelling to a stag do in Las Vegas
  
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• ITV host chokes back tears after Dolly Parton announcement as fans share concern

  26-08-2026 14:58 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Dolly Parton's death was announced on Tuesday evening in an emotional social media video
  
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• Mid-week death notices and funeral announcements from Huddersfield Examiner

  26-08-2026 14:16 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
  
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