Recently added articles from Batley News (Batley, England):
Birstall bookstore workers face Christmas eve sack.
Dec 18, 2009 ... The popular book chain went into administration earlier this month, blaming "increased internet competition" for its financial problems.<br/><br/>Borders employs 1,150 people in 36 stores nationwide, including at Birstall's junction 27.<br/><br/>Administrators are in talks to negotiate the ...
How old is your Christmas tree?
Dec 17, 2009 ... Family's pick out their Christmas trees, and try in vain to cram it into their cars ready to make it pride of place until after the new year.<br/><br/>Or it's the time of year to venture into the loft, which hasn't been opened since the decorations were put away last year. The artificial ...
Batley MP agrees to return expenses overpayment.
Dec 17, 2009 ... Mr Wood said he would make a small reimbursement to cover two overpayments on utility bills from his 2006/07 expenses and from 2008/09.<br/><br/>But he added that his total claim for his second home in London last year was just under A[pounds sterling]11,700.<br/><br/>The expenses row has ...
Russian stole Tesco TVs after drinking binge.
Dec 17, 2009 ... On January 12 last year Derick Kredicki, 38, and a friend entered the store in Bradford Road, Batley, put two boxed televisions, worth around A[pounds sterling]450, on a flat-bed trolley and wheeled them out of the shop.<br/><br/>Kredicki was stopped by the store's security guard and ...
Bricks thrown at cars in vandalism spate on Batley estate.
Dec 17, 2009 ... David Charlton's Ford Focus estate was attacked on Saturday and Sunday night outside his house in Purlwell Crescent.<br/><br/>He said: "On Saturday night they threw two of those metal stakes that light up as Christmas decorations. Then on Sunday they threw bricks.<br/><br/>"The windscreen ...