Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from April 2008:
Victim's face is gashed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MAN'S cheekbone was fractured in an attack in Sheepridge. The 36-year-old was walking along Bradley Boulevard when he was set upon. The attacker hit the victim over the head with an unknown implement, causing a fractured cheekbone ...
NO AXE FOR NOW ON VITAL RURAL TAXIBUS SERVICE.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor A VITAL taxibus service in the Colne Valley has been given a reprieve - thanks to people power! The service has avoided the axe for a further three months after councillors and residents lobbied for it to stay. ...
Waste down, profit up.(News)(Financial report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ADVICE to help chemical companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers reduce waste and save money will be given at an event in Huddersfield. The free seminar has been organised by government-backed environmental support body Envirowise, the chemical industry-led Yorkshire Chemical ...
Residents to fight Mirfield Moor plan; Group now united to oppose development.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KATIE CAMPLING News Reporter RESIDENTS have vowed to fight big development plans for Mirfield Moor. The protest group Action Group Mirfield 25 says it still plans to fight for the development to be abandoned, despite revisions by developers Park Crescent. ...
How other people actually see us.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Hellawell LIKE most families we have a large number of photographs hanging on the walls of our home which for some reason fascinate our grandchildren. The youngest, three-year-old Ellie-Mai, is a case in point. Every time she visits us we have ...
A LITTLE ditty about Ellie-Mai.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Hellawell A LITTLE ditty about Ellie-Mai who, when in our bedroom with Bren, began exploring under the bed where she found a number of handbags. "Whose are all of these?" she inquired ....
At least we have this to be thankful for here in Britain.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Hellawell I KNOW I amoften critical of our system of politics, but we have much to be thankful for. So many Africans are fearful that their recent election, which appears to have overthrown President Mugabe, will in some way be tampered with to keep him ...
Mobile phone 'phobia'.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Hellawell BEING out of mobile phone contact is as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner for nearly one in five phone users, says a survey. Anxiety over running out of battery or credit, losing one's handset and not having network ...
Predators moving in to city.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Hellawell THE sight of a different kind of "hoodie" is becoming increasingly common in the UK's city centres - the peregrine falcon, the RSPB said. Changing landscapes and increasing numbers of the black-hooded bird of prey has meant peregrines, once ...
New hopes for cancer.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TEMPORARY starvation may strengthen cancer patients against the ravages of chemotherapy, allowing higher doses to be used with safety, a ground-breaking study has shown. If the finding is confirmed in clinical trials, it could dramatically improve cancer treatment, experts ...
Gary's a cut above the rest; Seaside trimming triumph.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter HAIRDRESSER Gary Pearce is officially king of the crop! The 26-year-old from Rastrick travels the world taking part in hairdressing competitions. He recently proved he was a cut above the rest when he won top prizes at ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Holby City (8.00pm) Serial womaniser Michael does his best to worm his way into Connie's good graces after she catches him and Donna together in the locker room. Worried that she might spill the beans, he tries to convince her that she misread the situation. ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Accepted (Sky Movies Comedy, 10.00pm).(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Justin Long stars as a high school dropout who, upon being denied a place at his chosen colleges, resolves to set up an educational institution of his own in collaboration ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live WTA Tennis (Eurosport, 6.00pm).(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Sony Ericsson Open. Coverage of the opening quarter-finals from Crandon Park Tennis Centre in Miami, where Serena Williams is the defending champion. The American continued her imperious progress at this stage last year with victory over Nicole Vaidisova, winning her fourth successive ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Live Masters Tennis (Sky Sports 2, 4.00pm) The Sony Ericsson Open. The seventh day's play from the Tennis Centre at Crandon Park in Miami, featuring the fourth-round matches. Roger Federer's quest for a third successive title here was ended by Guillermo Canas at this stage of ...
Come on, young sports writers! Examiner providing prize in super competition.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor THE Huddersfield Examiner and Dewsbury Reporter have joined forces with Kirklees Council to run a journalism competition. Report on Sport will run in all Kirklees secondary schools and is open to pupils in Years 10, 11 or 12. ...
Here comes the market again!(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE ever-popular continental market is returning to Huddersfield town centre this week. The market will be in the town from Thursday until Sunday. It will be trading from 9 am to 5.30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday. ...
Call for cleaner coal.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Government has been urged to throw its weight behind clean coal technology after being accused of delaying vital investment in the industry. A report backed by trade unions and employers called on ministers to back the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) claiming ...
Another school nurse.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A WARD councillor has welcomed the appointment of a school nurse at Colne Valley Specialist Arts College. Clr Margaret Fearnley said she was delighted to see a post advertised. But she was disappointed it had taken almost 12 months to replace the previous nurse, who ...
Battle on the cards; SOS: Save Our Sauciness campaign.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor A CAMPAIGN to save the great British seaside postcard from extinction has been launched. And a former Holmfirth firm is a key factor in the campaign by Coast magazine. The Bamforth company were innovators in producing ...
Kirkburton's national joy.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... KIRKBURTON Karate Club are celebrating four fantastic gold medals. The first places came at the British Institute of Karate Organisation Closed Champions hips at Rushden, near Northampton, where the club scooped a total of 15 trophies. Gold medal winners were Andy ...
SIGGY TO DEFEND.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LINZI NICHOLSON PAULSIGSWORTH begins the defence of his Colne Valley Bowling League Vic Sugden Memorial title when the first woods are thrown to mark the start of the new crown green bowling season this weekend. Qualifying begins on Saturday (start 1.45, ...
Bowling: Crowther and Wood win Examiner Mixed Pairs salver.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN enthusiastic group of Huddersfield bowlers enjoyed fun in the sun during the 11th annual bowling holiday on the Algarve in Portugal - where they competed for the Huddersfield Examiner Mixed Pairs salver. This year's bowling activities were organised by Christine Mizon, who ...
AFC SNAP UP JEZ.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MEL BOOTH Sports Editor AFC Emley have signed former Town midfielder Jez Illingworth. The 30-year-old is moving back to this area from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and has agreed to join the Welfare Ground club. It's a big boost for their Northern ...
Meltham A to score a great 3-2.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THREE goals in the last 10 minutes enabled Meltham A to score a great 3-2 comeback victory against Kirkheaton in the quarter finals of the Gee Cup. In terrible conditions, Kirkheaton scored either side of half time and looked ...
Slide rulers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... EACH week All Our Yesterdays takes you back to a different are a of Huddersfield in days gone by. This week it's the turn of Brackenhall, Sheepridge and Deighton. In its heyday in the 1950s, Brackenhall Day Nursery was extremely popular with local parents and had ...
LAND MARK: Deighton WorkingMen'sClub.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE children of members of Deighton Working Men's Club had a field day every summer - literally. Club members organised a special day, usually in early June, for up to 300 youngsters, and had done so since the 1920s, with a break during the 1939-45 war. The day ...
LAND MARK:Through the eyes of youngsters; BRACKENHALL, SHEEPRIDGE & DEIGHTON in the 50s and 60s.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CHILDREN were starting to become more aware of their environment in 1962. Deighton County Junior School pupils went out en masse (above) that spring to plant tree off Riddings Road, Sheepridge, the idea being that if they saw how much care and effort went into planting them, ...
The sixth safest in the land; BRACKENHALL, SHEEPRIDGE & DEIGHTON in the 40s, 50s and 60s: From: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner Tuesday, July 12, 1960.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "HUDDERSFIELD is the sixth safest town in the country for its population group," said the Mayor, Ald. N. Day, when he presented the prizes to winners in the National Safety Training Competition at Deighton County Primary School today. We could all help to make it the first, he added. ...
NOWANDTHEN; Brackenhall.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A LONE vehiclemakes its way down Longhill Road, Brackenhall in July 1954, hogging the centre of the road. At first sight, little appears to have changed 54 years later; but a closer look shows that virtually everything has altered. Even the landmark mill chimney down in Riddings ...
Methodists take to the stage; SHEEPRIDGE in the 50s.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A CHURCH drama group made quite a namefor itself inHuddersfield in the 1950s. Sheepridge Providence Methodist Church was in fact confident enough to stage two pantomimes simultaneously in January 1953. The Sunday School youngsters put on Babes in The Wood that month, while the ...
BRACKENHALL, SHEEPRIDGE & DEIGHTON in the 40s, 50s and 60s.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AreyouINTHEPICTURE THE pictures have come from the Examiner's huge archive stretching back over the decades. We hope you enjoy taking a trip back in time. But we want you to help: Do our pictures and stories bring back memories for you? Are you in any of them? If so, ...
JUMP TO IT.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Picture by Eric Keshaw NO HOLDS BARRED: Mohammed Sadeet of Mount Pleasant Under 12s (No 4) gets in a flying tackle on Crosland Moor's Connor ...
RITCHIE OUT! Davy loses patience.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TOWN today parted company with manager Andy Ritchie. The club confirmed this morning that under-fire Ritchie is out of the Galpharm Stadium hot seat - after another mediocre season and less than a year in the job. Club owner Ken Davy summoned Ritchie, 47, to the ...
Caught in chaos of Terminal Five; Hudds couple's long wait at Heathrow.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter A HUDDERSFIELD woman has been caught up in the chaos at Heathrow's new airport terminal. Velma Henderson arrived at the British Airways pounds 4.3bn Terminal 5 building yesterday morning to find her flight had been cancelled. ...
Another BA apology.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRITISH Airways hopes to start reuniting thousands of travellers with their bags today as the airline issued a fresh apology for the Terminal 5 fiasco. Chief executive Willie Walsh said the airline was holding 19,000 bags in temporary storage and hoped to start returning 5,000 ...
Winter still here!(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MAKE the most of the sunshine - it may not last. That was the message today on the weather front. Huddersfield meteorologist Paul Stevens said the sunshine may bring temperatures up to 15 deg C (60 deg F) over the next three days - but winter has not yet finished. ...
Toddler critically ill after collision.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN 18-month-old toddler has been critically injured while playing outside. Anam Hanif and her sisters Alina, seven, and Amina, five, were playing on a tarmac forecourt outside a shop when she was struck by a car. The black or dark-coloured car was then driven away ...
Thieves rob boy aged 11.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN 11-year-old boy was robbed of his mobile phone outside a cinema. He was targeted at 1.30pm yesterday after leaving the Odeon cinema on Stadium Way, Bradley Mills. He had been to pre-book tickets and as he was leaving the building three men approached him. ...
Local Briefs: Cannabis farm found in office.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WEST YORKSHIRE Police have uncovered a massive cannabis factory in a town's former council offices. Police found the factory - with more than 1,000 plants - in the building in Queen Street, Normanton, east of Wakefield. A search also revealed hydroponics equipment. The 22 rooms in the ...
Local Briefs: More trains.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MORE trains will run between Huddersfield and Sheffield. Northern Rail is putting on two extra services each way on Sundays. From ...
Local Briefs: Path cleaners.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... VOLUNTEERS have been asked to help clean a path in Huddersfield, starting tomorrow. Kirklees Council has invited people to pick up litter from the greenway that runs from Fartown to Red ...
Local Briefs: Hospice lottery.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE winning numbers in this week's Kirkwood Hospice Lottery are: First prize (pounds 750) - 798; second ...
Local Briefs: Cycling trip.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MEMBERS of the Huddersfield Section of the Cyclists' Touring Club rode to Askern, near Doncaster. The outward route ...
Local Briefs: Band meeting.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRIGHOUSE and Rastrick Band is holding its annual meeting in the middle of April.The ...
THIEF JAILED AFTER TARGETING ELDERLY; Woman of 98 left scared to be in her own home.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter A YOUNG thief who targeted the elderly has been jailed Lee Caffrey, 19, of Huddersfield, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years for his latest in a string of burglaries aimed at vulnerable pensioners in their homes. His most ...
Head teacher retires after 36-year career.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HEAD teacher Linda Wright has ret retired after 10 years at Colne Valley specialist arts college. She began teaching in 1972 in Bradford as an English teacher and has enjoyed three successful headships. Mrs Wright was presented with gifts and flowers from the School ...
Boarding school fees rise.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PRIVATE school fees have risen by nearly three times the rate of inflation during the past 10 years. The average fees for a boarder at a private school soared by 86% between 1997 and 2007 to pounds 20,970 a year, while the retail price index rose by 31% during the same period. ...
New peace garden.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... QUAKERS in Huddersfield are holding an event to celebrate the opening of a new "peace garden." They are inviting groups who use the Friends' Meeting House, on Church Street, Paddock, to the event on Sunday, April 6. Other faith groups are also welcome. Quaker Brett ...
Council tax has doubled.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NEW figures show council tax in Kirklees has almost doubled in the last decade. According to newly released information from the Government, Kirklees collected more than pounds 74m in council tax in 1997-98. By 2006-07 the figure had risen by 73% to more than pounds ...
Killing is denied in court.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A HOLMFIRTH man charged with manslaughter has pleaded not guilty. Robert McClelland, 27, is charged with the manslaughter of Joseph Keever, 21. McClelland, of Leas Avenue, Netherthong, appeared before a judge at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. He denied ...
Talks promised over site of Tesco store; But MP still not convinced.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter TESCO bosses have agreed to further talks over a proposed new supermarket in Huddersfield after the town's MP lambasted the plans. Barry Sheerman met the company's corporate affairs manager, Neil Skitt, to voice concerns about the ...
Man on run case put off until October.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter THE case against three men charged with attempted murder has been adjourned until police can find one of them who is believed to be on the run. Bradley Okoro, Carl Hughes and James Collier were all set to appear before Bradford ...
Olivia's battle; COMMENT.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE thin, almost gaunt looks of models have come to dominate the catwalks all over the world. Images like this have long been blamed as cause of young women developing anorexia. Yet still the pursuit of a waif-like figure continues to be portrayed as the aim. ...
Ritchie goes; COMMENT.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TODAY'S news that Town have parted company with manager Andy Ritchie will not be a massive surprise to those die-hard fans who have witnessed so many mediocre performances during his short reign as boss. But those on the fringes of the club will be taken aback by the speed at ...
Will the big cat purr again? Expert verdict What's the future for Land Rover and Jaguar? CHRIS SAVAGE, the leader of the transport and logistics course at Huddersfield University and director of various research projects in its transport and logistics research unit, gives his verdict.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS SAVAGE A BADLY-KEPT secret came out as Ford announced its sale of Land Rover and Jaguar to the Indian Tata Group. The announcement was greeted with a variety of comments and claims - "Indian Tiger rides Jaguar", "the sale ensures our members' futures ...
National Briefs: Experts join jet crash team.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... EXPERTS from the US and Canada are travelling to the UK to join the probe into a fatal jet crash. They are helping the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) with its ...
National Briefs: Plans scrapped.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Government is scrapping plans to clamp down on newspapers that illegally buy personal data such as health, bank and phone records. A Justice Ministry spokesman ...
National Briefs: Trio's appeal.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE three suspects held in Italy in connection with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher will appeal today to be freed from prison. American student Amanda ...
National Briefs: Peer's tax bid.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... LORD Sainsbury has transferred pounds 340m-worth of shares in an apparent attempt to save millions, it was reported today. It will save the Labour peer and donor, pictured, more than pounds 27m ...
National Briefs: Egg theft case.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MAN will appear in court in Skegness today charged with stealing more than 7,000 wild birds' eggs. Richard Pearson, 41, is accused of stealing the ...
National Briefs: Tory lead cut.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... LABOUR has cut into the Tories' poll lead as Gordon Brown sought to reassure MPs after a warning ...
Screening 'will save 2,000 lives' NHS check-ups aim to stop killer diseases in their tracks.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EXAMINER News Correspondent EVERYONE aged 40 to 74 will be offered screening for illnesses that kill 170,000 people a year, Health Secretary Alan Johnson was announcing today. Check-ups to help prevent heart disease, strokes, diabetes and kidney disease ...
Immigration inquiry rejects claims.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PEERS today dismissed the Government's claim that immigration is good for the economy and called for the numbers entering the country to be capped. The parliamentary inquiry, including two former Chancellors and several other Cabinet ministers, delivered a blow to the Home ...
Brown's terror Bill test.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PLANS to extend the time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days were facing their first Commons test today amid disquiet on Labour's backbenches. Many Labour MPs are believed to be deeply unhappy at the plans, but rebels are not expected to force a vote at this ...