Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from March 2008:
'A vicious attack with a kitchen knife on street' Geraldine's murderer slammed.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter A 22-YEAR-OLD man will spend at least 16 years behind bars formurdering a Huddersfield prostitute. But the reason why cannabissmoking Shane Haynes stabbed 40-year-old Geraldine Brocklehurst - leaving her to bleed to death - are ...
I TRACKED GIRL'S KILLER.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THIS is the man who helped police catch a killer just minutes after he struck. Only now can we reveal the full role 32-year-old Andrew Nicholls played in catching murderer Shane Haynes minutes after he knifed and fatally wounded 40-year-old Geraldine Brocklehurst - known locally ...
Vandals blamed as car crashes; News briefs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CAR careered 300 yards down a road before smashing into a wall and ending up on its side. Police believe the new Seat Ibiza had been broken into on Somerset Road in Almondbury and the intruders had then let the handbrake off. It went down the road before hitting a low wall and ...
Christine's role; News briefs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... CHRISTINE Breare, of Mirfield, is the new president of the Huddersfield Women's Luncheon Club. Christine is pictured ...
What a rotter! News briefs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE is becoming a UK hotspot for compost production, says Recycling Action Yorkshire (YAS). Fourteen businesses in the region have signed up to the Composting Association's national quality ...
Geology walks; News briefs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SPECIAL walks to admire rocky landscapes are being run by the West Yorkshire Geology Trust. The trust has organised the events this summer to look at important sites in the county including Castle Hill ....
Driver held; News briefs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAN was arrested on suspicion of drink driving early today. The man was detained in the ...
Care home boost for borough's OAPs; Private firm to buy former public sites.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor THREE new care homes are on the way to Kirklees. The Council's cabinet has approved a deal that will see three care homes for older people being built, together with a number of apartments for older people on two of the sites. ...
Students showcase their innovative display.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MURAL by Huddersfield University students was the only work from the UK to be exhibited at an international graphic design event. The art, created by the university's creative imaging department, was displayed at the conference in Texas, USA. It was originally ...
Strong winds chaos.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STRONG blustery winds have brought branches and walls down across Huddersfield overnight. Police were called to several incidents where large branches had fallen into roads. But the worst incident in the north happened in East Yorkshire when a driver was trapped in a ...
How to trace your family roots.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A NEW advice session guiding people on their family history is to be held at Huddersfield Library. The Family History advice session will be ideal for people wanting to learn more about their ancestors. Library staff and a member of the Huddersfield and ...
Good riddance to killer of Stephanie; Family tell of relief as he is sent to Greece.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor A SEXUAL predator who kidnapped and killed pretty travel agent Stephanie Hammill has been sent back to his country to serve the rest of his sentence there. Former Huddersfield University student and Greek national Ioannis ...
'We've got to keep the momentum going ... we're not giving up hope that we will find Shannon' Hunt for girl continues.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KATIE CAMPLING News Reporter ELEVEN days after the disappearance of Dewsbury schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, her friends and neighbours have vowed to keep on searching for her. The nine-year-old failed to return to her home at Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, ...
'Check ID of callers'.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PEOPLE are being urged to always ask for ID in a bid to beat bogus callers. Calderdale Council and West Yorkshire Police are warning the public to be on their guard following recent incidents in Brighouse and Rastrick. Elderly residents in the areas have been ...
Volunteers help with hedges.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A KIRKLEES volunteer group will be heading to Birdsedge for a day of hedge-laying. Enviroyouth is a volunteer group aimed at young people aged between 14 and 25 years old. Members will be continuing work started in January when they visit again next Saturday. ...
Leon's long wait for first birthday; Newborn is one of four Leap Year babies at HRI.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GRAHAM BRITTON News Correspondent MIDWIVES at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary helped safely deliver a special group of babies. Four Leap Year babies were born yesterday on the most unusual day of the year. And they included Leon Brown, weighing in ...
Online call by Tories.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... COUNCILS will be forced to publish information about their activities online in a standardised format under a future Conservative government, to give residents more power to hold them to account, David Cameron said yesterday. The Conservative leader said the future of local ...
Harry home.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PRINCE Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after his security was compromised by international media, the ...
Nurse verdict still unresolved.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A JURY has been sent home for the weekend after a third day of deliberations in the trial at Newcastle Crown Court of a Glasgow nurse accused of murdering four frail patients in Leeds. Staff ...
Officers disciplined over hanged man; 'Number of errors' over prisoner.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVE HIGGENS News Correspondent TWO police officers have been given formal warnings following the death of a man found hanging in a cell, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. The commission released details of its investigation into the ...
Trap door found into Jersey cellar of abuse.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE excavating a children's home in Jersey have discovered a trap door leading to the cellar where victims say they suffered horrific sexual and physical abuse. The discovery of the door in the ceiling of the underground room gives further weight to accounts from children who ...
Series of dawn raids on tax dodging dealers.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PREMISES in Bradford and Sheffield were raided as part of a series of dawn raids to target tax-dodging precious metal dealers. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers swooped at 12 domestic and business properties across the country to investigate suspected VAT offences amounting ...
Parents 'appalled' at quality of son's care; Racism one of issues raised.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter A TEENAGER with a life-threatening illness is being failed by his carers, his parents say. Moazam Kashif, 19, has a rare genetic disorder and is terminally ill. He needs constant care as his condition deteriorates. ...
Supermarket plans to move.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LOW-COST supermarket chain Netto is to close its Dewsbury store - and open a new pounds 2m outlet at the nearby Ravensthorpe Shopping Park. Netto will close its current store at Rishworth Road at the end of trading on March 26 and open the new one the following morning. All 12 ...
Louise passes on know-how.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... CELEBRATED dramatist Louise Page has been officially welcomed to Huddersfield University. Playwright, novelist and journalist Louise has joined the Schools of Human and Health Sciences and Music, Humanities and Media in September, as part of a national initiative by the Royal ...
World briefs: Suicide bomb hits funeral.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing attack on a funeral procession killed up to 30 people and wounded 50. The bombing in the Swat Valley's main town, Mingora, hit mourners ...
World briefs: Deal backed.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... KENYA: Governments gave strong backing today to the country's power sharing agreement and promised support to help the country emerge from two ...
World briefs: Buried at sea.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NEW ZEALAND: The ashes of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary were scattered into the sea by his family in a private ceremony off his native New Zealand. ...
World briefs: Israeli threat.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... MIDDLE EAST: Gaza was faced with the threat of a full-scale Israeli invasion after a barrage of Palestinian rocket attacks hit border towns ....
World briefs: Ricin scare.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... USA: Seven people have been taken to hospital after the deadly toxin ricin was found in a Las Vegas motel. It was in a package a guest took to the hotel manager after finding it in ...
World briefs: Rape rap 'no'.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... JAPAN: An American marine accused of raping a Japanese teenager in a case which outraged the country has been freed without ...
Baroness pays tribute to health service workers.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor INSPIRATIONAL community worker Baroness May Blood MBE was the special guest at a presentation day organised by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The life peer and acclaimed peace and community worker from ...
Build database of our fallen heroes.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BARRY GIBSON News Reporter COUNCILLORS want to set up a database recording every soldier from Kirklees who died in war. A special Kirklees Council war memorials panel met yesterday. Chairman Clr Dave Sheard wants Kirklees to establish an Internet ...
Please bring our memorial back; WWI tribute stolen from mill.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter RESIDENTS are appealing for the return of an 87-year-old war memorial which has gone missing from Newsome Mill. The bronze plaque had been displayed inside the mill gates since 1921, in respect to seven mill workers who died ...
fallen heroes.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The panel welcomed the council's decision to increase this to pounds 30,000 in the coming financial year. The money will help deal with subsidence, vandalism and disabled access. The panel was also updated on efforts to record the location of every memorial in Kirklees. ...
ON THE FRONT LINE IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME; Official's late-night walkabout in town.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter A TOP Government official has been out on the streets of Huddersfield seeing at first hand howofficers deal with weekend revellers. Home Office regional director Jacqui Lewis, from the Government Office for Yorkshire and the ...
Students' flower power.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STUDENTS will have a spring in their step this weekend as they join forces with a cancer charity. The students at Huddersfield University will be selling daffodils in the town centre to raise money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Daffodil Appeal. Students Union President Emily Moore ...
Asbo breach should lead to jail term, says police chief.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A TOP police chief today called on the courts to imprison more yobs who break anti-social behaviour orders. Mike Craik, chief constable of Northumbria Police, said Asbos worked in reducing disorder, but added that failure to punish breaches has contributed towards a "badge of ...
MP backs Fairtrade campaign.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... COLNE Valley MP Kali Mountford is encouraging people in her constituency to buy Fairtrade products during a fortnight dedicated to the fair payments to growers scheme. And Ms Mountford has we lcomed the Government's announcement of further support to the Fairtrade movement. ...
Helping to boost TV charity.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STAFF at a building society branch in Huddersfield will give customers' brains a workout to raise cash for Sport Relief. Visitors to the Ramsden Street branch of the Skipton Building Society will be able to test their sporting knowledge with a charity quiz. They will ...
Home loans cutback.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE UK's fourth biggest lender today became the latest firm to withdraw from the 100% mortgage market. Lloyds TSB said it was pulling all of its products that will lend 100% of a property's value with immediate effect. It added that people who took out a mortgage ...
Fundraising target hit quickly.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STAFF at property purchasing company A Quick Sale have smashed through their fundraising target ahead of schedule. They have raised pounds 50,000 in nine months to help fight homelessness and give homeless people the chance to transform their lives. The money was ...
Depressed man pulled from canal by rescuer; Passer-by rushes to help.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Deputy News Editor A RESCUER pulled a suicidal man from a Huddersfield canal. Ross Lowther was on his way to work when he spotted the middle-aged Asian man lying next to Huddersfield Broad Canal with his feet dangling in the water. ...
Michelle recounts school days for TV show.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A HOSPITAL worker based in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary became a TV star for the day. The TV cameras captured Michelle Foster at work as part of a programme featuring her old school - the notorious Ridings School in Halifax. Film crews visited the cardiology unit at ...
Government acts on its own bags after warning.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE Government's marketing arm today announced it was stopping the use of plastic bags for promotional purposes, with immediate effect. The move came after Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned he was ready to force supermarkets to take action to cut their own use of disposable ...
It's all downhill - but Emily loves it! Corporal takes part in Army contest in the Alps.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter A HUDDERSFIELD soldier kicked off her combat boots and donned a pair of ski boots in an Army ski challenge. Corporal Emily Paterson took to the slopes of the French Alps for a charity ski championship. She was ...
Bin row claims denied.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... COUNCILLORS accused each other of dishonesty over controversial bin collections. The angry exchanges took place at Kirklees Council's annual budget meeting on Wednesday. Conservative, Lib Dem and Green councillors agreed a spending plan for 2008/09. But ...
How about Andorra?(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilarie Stelfox FIRSTBORN has taken over the booking of our annual summer holiday, which is the sort of thing he does now that he is evolving into the Boy-in-Charge. Of course this has meant spending many happy hours browsing the internet, looking for places ...
All the way to Thailand - or a good version of it anyway.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilarie Stelfox WE WENT to Thailand at the weekend for a meal. Or that's how it felt. Take away the damp and blustery cold outside, the thick Axminster carpet and oak panelling inside, and our local Thai restaurant had managed to capture as much of ...
Yes, the earth did move!(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilarie Stelfox TUESDAY night's earthquake reminded me of the time we were burgled while lying in our beds. It's not that the burglar made the house shake and the windows rattle, but the fact that - yet again - the Man-in-Charge refused to believe what was ...
Take a few simple measures to avoid waterlogged gardens.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Graham Porter SINCE the time in the world's 4.5 billion year history when the seas were formed and rain clouds poured water onto the land, the force of gravity has pulled water from the highest mountains back down to the sea. In the garden we can help this ...
Notebook.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Do it this week . .. 1 Strawberries and cream - plant new strawberry plants now at 450 mm centres in well-prepared and manured soil. To get the best out of the plants in the longer term, do not crop them in the first year and remove any runners as they form to put ...
Katherine off the Street; 5 MIN INTERVIEW.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: KATHERINE KELLY ACTRESS Katherine Kelly was born in 1979 in Barnsley. She has appeared in the projects Mischief Night and Life on Mars, but became a household name as Becky Grainger in Coronation Street, which airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV1. ...
Care and attention; COMMETN.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... YOU would like to think that councils think very carefully about the agencies and workers they expect to look after our vulnerable and elderly residents. These days we have a system in which a lot of care is tendered out to the private sector, in the belief that it offers better ...
Bags of trouble.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... IT is estimated Britons consume eight billion plastic bags a year, the equivalent of 133 per person per year. Many retailers - M&S being the latest - have been doing their best to steer their customers away from disposable plastic bags. With a little more thought, ...
Letter: MAILBAG - Please join the real world, Sir Al.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: T HOWARD FIRTH SIR Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England, is so typical of those unelected and overpaid officials who do not live in the real world and are untouched by the kind of problems about which they preach to the rest of us ("How about helping the ...
Letter: MAILBAG - It's only a few, but . . .(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: GARFI YES, I'll agree that only a few teenagers cause trouble. But there are a few in every village, every suburb, every town centre, every bus station and quite a few in every school. The police budget can't afford a substantial increase of officers on the ...
Letter: MAILBAG - Second class service.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: MRS CELIA MORRIS I HAVE never had reason to be disappointed with the mail deliveries before now, but on Saturday February 23, they tried to deliver a packet and I was out. I was left with a card which stated to leave 48 hours before collecting from the GPO. I ...
Letter: MAILBAG - Brighouse would benefit.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE LUCAS I READ with interest your report (February 28) about switching Brighouse from Calderdale to Kirklees. I feel the change would ...
Letter: MAILBAG - Lessons from abroad.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: ALAN STARR RIGHT. I've got my grey bin, my green bin, my glass box and my compost bin ready to do my bit for the environment, and to cope with the reduced rubbish collection which comes into force here next week. The trouble is, I can see the green bin being ...
Letter: MAILBAG - Humane ways with foxes.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN BRYANT I HAVE been operating a humane urban wildlife deterrence service in London and the South-East for 10 years and have studied foxes for 40. It is rare, but not entirely unknown, for foxes to attack very small dogs and even cats if they perceive them ...
Letter: Lena on the warpath.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: MRS KATHLEEN STEVENSON I REMEMBER ... an incident which happened about 75 years ago. I am writing this on my 84th birthday. It was a lovely summer's day during the school holidays and along with our two brothers, my older sister and I had erected a tent in ...
Letter: A place of solitude and peace.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: CONCERNED I TOTALLY agree with Philip Charles worth, why should the Thandi brothers be involved (Mailbag February 27), haven't they caused enough ...
Letter: Soup without the soup.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: J W KLEINER WITH reference to your recent correspondence on 'pobs', it reminded me of one of my mum's tales. Mum was an Essex girl, born and bred in Dover Court, Harwich, Essex, daughter of a tailor and school teacher, one of eight and of seven surviving ...
Letter: Memorable milestone.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: COLIN VAUSE WHEN cycling on Lindley Moor Road recently, I observed a milestone which read 16 1/2 miles to Rochdale. It was made by Brayshey and Booth the Liversedge ...