Council workers' strike threat...03/09/2010

SCHOOLS could close for five days and bins go unemptied if a threatened strike by council workers goes ahead next month.

The public service...

Yorkshire stars back street cricket festival...03/09/2010

YORKSHIRE stars Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad were at a cricket tournament in Dewsbury last Friday aimed at keeping youngsters out of trouble.
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Match-fix claims shock Mr Cricket...03/09/2010

DEWSBURY businessman and local cricketing figure Solly Adam has spoken of his shock at the match-fixing allegations which have engulfed the Pakista...

Don’t let Spen Greenway fall into yob hands...03/09/2010

A GOOD Samaritan chased off a gang of Asian youths who were threatening two white boys on the Spen Valley Greenway near Ravensthorpe on Sunday.
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Career burglar jailed...03/09/2010

A CAREER burglar who preyed on homes in Mirfield has been locked up for three years.

Julian Balicki, 30, of Spen Valley Road, Ravensthor...

Tributes pour in for charity chief Jane...03/09/2010

TRIBUTES have been paid to charity stalwart and former magistrates’ chief Jane Gummer who has died aged 77.

Mrs Gummer, of Robertt...

Harry can’t wait to start at Castle Hall...03/09/2010

BRAVE Harry Crowther, dubbed the boy who gets old before his time, is due to start high school in Mirfield next week.

The 11-year-old, w...

Dewsbury on Sea’s busier than Blackpool!...03/09/2010

FIFTEEN tonnes of sand helped Dewsbury become a seaside resort on Saturday.

Foundry Street was transformed into a beach as part of the a...

£30,000 fine after brickie is paralysed...03/09/2010

A BUILDING firm has been fined £30,000 for breaching safety rules following an accident that left Dewsbury bricklayer Anton Burrows paralysed...

Asian gang attacks cyclists...03/09/2010

A WHITE teenager was attacked by a gang of four Asian thugs in front of his girlfriend in Batley as the pair cycled home.

The victim, 18...

Bomber's wido fails to win aid...03/09/2010

THE widow of 7/7 bomber Mohammed Siddique Khan has been refused legal aid to be represented at the inquest into the deaths of the 52 victims.
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Grammar School becomes first academy in Kirklees...03/09/2010

Heckmondwike Grammar School has become the first Academy school in Kirklees – and one of only 32 across the country.

The move was ...

Haigh launches new history series on Batley...03/09/2010

A NEW series of history classes are to be launched later this month by Batley historian Malcolm Haigh.

The many ways in which Batley and...

Keep Dewsbury courts open - Khan...03/09/2010

COUNCIL leader Mehboob Khan has spoken out against plans to close Dewsbury’s courts and move cases to Huddersfield.

With public co...

NHS has broken its promises - Hussain...03/09/2010

NHS bosses have broken promises over the treatment of cancer patients and vulnerable babies at Dewsbury District Hospital, a councillor has claimed...

Pinnock gets role to save our heritage...03/09/2010

KIRKLEES Council has appointed Coun Andrew Pinnock as its ‘heritage champion.’

Kirklees has a rich heritage with more than 4...

Reevell joins fight to block travellers’ site...03/09/2010

DEWSBURY’S Tory MP Simon Reevell has joined the fight to block plans for a gipsy camp on the Kirklees-Wakefield border.

Mr Reevell...

Row over disabled travel levy...03/09/2010

COUNCIL chiefs are under fire for sending letters to parents of disabled children suggesting they  will pay £215 a year towards school t...

Super slimmer sheds four stones in a year...03/09/2010

SUPER slimmer Joanne Jackson has revealed a curvy new look after shedding more than four stones in weight.

Joanne, 39, of Thornhill, has...