Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from May 2008:
GRANNY KILLER 'KNIFED EX-LOVE' Murder accused 'heard voices.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter JOANNE HUSSEY, the woman who killed her grandmother in Mirfield, had turned violent before. A court heard how she stabbed a former lover Gary Punchon with a kitchen knife - and also attacked his new partner, which saw her end up ...
Murder accused 'stabbed partner' Woman who killed her gran had history of being violent.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter THE woman accused of murdering her grandmother with a spade once stabbed her former partner, a court has heard. Joanne Hussey was said to have used a kitchen knife to stab Gary Punchon after a blazing row in 2005. ...
NEW CHEF ON BLOCK! Barrington helps pupils to develop a love of cooking.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HAZEL ETTIENNE News Reporter MOVE over Jamie Oliver! Huddersfield chef Barrington Douglas aims to be the new kid on the block. And this talented food master is passing on his cookery skills to young cooks of the future at classes organised by ...
Man, 89, robbed at home.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN elderly man was robbed by a knife-wielding burglar in his own home. Now detectives need to hear from anyone who may have been in the area at the time. The 89-year-old man was in his house on Crosland Road in Thornton Lodge when they thief walked in through an ...
Heroin charge.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A 28-YEAR-OLD Bradford man has been charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He was ...
Local briefs: Invitation to learn about Islam.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... NON-MUSLIMS have been invited to learn about Islam. Huddersfield Interfaith Council (HIC) is holding the event at the Masjid-e-Noor in Thornton Lodge. There will be a tour of the mosque and a presentation on Islam. HIC chairman Shazad Hussain said: "We look forward to the ...
Local briefs: Villages event.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... OLDER people from neighbouring villages attended the Denby Dale and Cumberworth Senior Citizens' Gathering. Around 70 pensioners enjoyed a meal and music by the Holme Band at Denby Dale Pie Hall. Organiser Sarah Robinson said: "It went very well. They said they enjoyed the music." People ...
Local briefs: Cycle club ride.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... FIFTEEN members of the Huddersfield Section of the Cyclists' Touring Club were led by Kevan Shuttleworth on a Tuesday ...
Local briefs: Greener touch.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... RECYCLING is on the rise in Yorkshire. Public and private sector groups in the region have bought 47,000 tonnes of recycled products in the last 18 months. Lorna Peacock, of ...
Local briefs: Country guide.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE summer edition of 'Wild About Countryside in Kirklees' is now available. The free brochure, produced by the Kirklees Countryside Team, covers countryside activities and walks from May until the end of October. There ...
Third of council up for grabs in election.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS went to the polls today to determine the make-up of Kirklees Council. Polling stations opened at 7am as electors made their decisions on 23 of the council's 69 seats. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are defending six seats, Labour eight seats, and ...
'Tighten controls for ballot papers' System fraught with risk - print boss.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter A PRINT industry boss today demanded tougher controls for the production and supply of election ballot papers - after a hard - hitting report said increased demand for postal voting had raised the risk of fraud and undermined ...
Bring in mayors, says politics lecturer.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AS voters head to the polls across Kirklees today, a leading Huddersfield academic has called for a dramatic change to boost turnout. Council elections are taking place in Wales and many parts of England. But Dr Pete Woodcock, senior politics lecturer at Huddersfield ...
Suspect 'illegals' arrested.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SEVEN suspected illegal immigrants were arrested after jumping out of a lorry. The men and women were seen to escape from the lorry on Wakefield Road in Scissett, near the Riverside Business Park, at 1.30pm yesterday. They quickly split up and ...
Long fight to put out blaze.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS dealt with a large blaze near a landmark cinema. A crew from Batley was sent to deal with a fire on open ground in a transport yard close to the UCI Cinema at Birstall, next to the M62 at junction 27. The fire ...
Drug raid arrests by police.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... FIVE people held on suspicion of drug and gun crime have been released on police bail. A sixth man has been released without charge after the arrests by police in Calderdale. Two 54-year-old men were arrested after 19 suspected cannabis plants were ...
A Fantastic new deal for stadium.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter MARKETING agency Fantastic Media is kicking off Town's centenary season in style - with a five-year sponsorship deal. The Birstall-based agency - headed by lifelong Town and Giants fan Andy Hobson - has become the new ...
Voting day fraudsters; COMMENT.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... HERE we go again. The local government elections are upon us and we're getting ourselves into a right old lather over the possibility of postal vote fraud. Print industry boss Angus Walker - and he ought to know - says in today's Examiner that greater controls are needed in the ...
Up the pole; COMMENT.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... KIRKLEES Council is to be among the first in the country to fit tiny video cameras into the poles used by lollipop men and women. The move comes after repeated incidents involving aggressive drivers outside schools. Few would disagree with the sentiment that it's ...
Choir's bid to get the whole town out making music; A local choir aims to get the whole town singing. VAL JAVIN reports.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: VAL JAVIN MUSIC makes a huge difference to many people's lives. And that is why there is such a buzz among the ranks of Gledholt Male Voice Choir who next week stage perhaps one of their biggest and most challenging events. On Saturday, May 10, the ...
I've paid clampers... please unlock car! Boss told it would take 2 hours not 22.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor GARAGE boss John Waite was angry when one of his cars was clamped. But he was even angrier when he made a special journey to pay the fine - and then found the vehicle still clamped 22 hours later! Mr Waite, managing ...
Call for standard first aid training after girl chokes.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A CORONER is to write to education chiefs highlighting the "haphazard" nature of first-aid training at schools after hearing how not all the staff at an infant school where a girl choked to death were fully qualified in life-saving skills. Six-year-old Shannon Hennessey died ...
Service for crash victims.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES and friends of road crash victims are being invited to attend an annual remembrance service. Brighouse charity Support and Care After Road Death and Injury (Scard) has organised the 14th Oakleaf memorial service for November 16. The event will once again be ...
Centre's special opening.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE launch of a children's centre is to be celebrated with an open day on Saturday, May 10. The event at the Golcar, Cowlersley and Milnsbridge Children's Centre will take place from 11am to 4pm and feature a ribbon-cutting at midday. There will be a host of ...
National briefs: Cautions for cannabis users.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... PEOPLE caught with cannabis will still be let off with a caution, irrespective of moves to reclassify the drug as class B, it was said today. Chief constables have apparently indicated ...
National briefs: Hostels claim.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... HOSTELS for bailed defendants are being opened without consulting residents, it is said. A list of 150 bail hostels was obtained by Channel 4 News, which said people in ...
National briefs: Drug battle.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THREE Appeal Court judges were ruling today on a challenge to the planned restriction of a drug to Alzheimer's sufferers. The ...
National briefs: Brown blow.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... BELEAGUERED Gordon Brown suffered a fresh blow today as a key Labour pressure group accused him of "neurotic under-confidence" ....
National briefs: Soldier funeral.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE funeral of the oldest British serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan will be held today ....
National briefs: Green warning.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... TWO out of five workers were ignoring pleas from their employers to go green, according to a new report ...
9 DIE IN EGYPT CRASH HORROR; Tourists trapped in fire after bus overturns.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EXAMINER News Correspondent BRITISH nationals were travelling on a tourist bus which over turned in Egypt's Sinai peninsula and caught fire early today, killing at least nine people. The Foreign Office said that no Britons were among the dead but that it ...
Father faces murder probe.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... "HOUSE of horror" father Josef Fritzl is at the centre of a new probe into an unsolved murder two decades ago. The investigation was sparked by revelations of Fritzl's double life as a reputable citizen but also the father of seven children with his own daughter in the town of ...
McCanns continue search.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... KATE and Gerry McCann said today they still believed their missing daughter Madeleine was alive. They also think it will take just one piece of information to find her. The couple appeared on GMTV in a live TV interview as they began a new media campaign in their ...
Gunned down on doorstep.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A MAN of 61 was blasted with a shotgun when he answered the front door of his home. He was taken to hospital with a stomach wound after the incident in Plymouth, Devon, just before 6.30pm yesterday. The shooting happened when he was confronted by two men at his home ...
Cap that ... Ken's honour up for sale; Auction of international memento.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor A RARE England cap won 70 years ago by Huddersfield Town player Ken Willingham is expected to fetch up to pounds 1,200 at an auction next week. And that's far more money than Willingham earned in a YEAR at Leeds Road! ...
Youth threatened as mother's new car stolen.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... ROBBERS threatened a teenager with an iron bar then stole his mother's new car. The two had been shopping and were parked in Laund Road at Salendine Nook unloading the shopping at 1.20pm yesterday when a van pulled up. The woman was in the house, but two men got out ...
World briefs: Crash kills 15.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... HONG KONG: A tour bus went out of control and crashed today, killing at least 15 people and injuring 49. Police arrested ...
World briefs: Boat tragedy.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AUSTRALIA: An overloaded cabin cruiser on a joyride in Sydney harbour was in collision with a trawler last night, ...
World briefs: Blaine's record.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... USA: Magician David Blaine has set a new world record for breath-holding of 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The feat was ...
World briefs: Yoko's battle.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... USA: Yoko Ono is fighting to keep private rare footage of Beatles legend John Lennon (right) seen ...
World briefs: Woman sign.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SWEDEN: The gender-conscious country is to introduce a special woman signal as an alternative to the green man on its ...
World briefs: Abuse inquiry.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... USA: Texas child welfare authorities are investigating the possibility that young boys were sexually ...
World briefs: Title fight.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... GREECE: A court has been asked to draw the line between natives of Lesbos and the world's gay ...
World briefs: US evidence.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... IRAQ: Leaders have been given the latest US evidence of Iranian support for ...
A RISING STAR! Comedy role and a part in Hollyoaks for actress Lena.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter EMERGING actress Lena Kaur is starring in a new television comedy sketch show. And the 21-year-old, who grew up in Almondbury, says many of the characters on Scallywagga, which launched on BBC3 last night, will seem familiar to ...
Nurses fear for jobs.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... EXPERT nurses are fearing for their jobs despite a predicted surplus of almost pounds 2bn in the NHS, a union warned today. The Royal College of Nursing found that some nurses specialising in subjects such as breast cancer, dermatology and rheumatology felt at risk of redundancy ...
Young achievers rewarded.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS from the Denby DaleArea Committee wards were rewarded with an achievement certificate. The event was held at Emley First School. Certificates included achievements in Health and Safety, Duke of Edinburgh Skills Award and the Youth Achievement Award. Area ...
Heart cells created in laboratory.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... WORKING heart and blood vessel cells can be created from ordinary skin tissue, scientists revealed today. American researchers reprogrammed the skin cells of mice to produce cells with the properties of embryonic stem cells. These were 'coaxed' in the laboratory to ...
Boss wants apology over leaflet claims.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter THE boss of a care company blasted in an election candidate's campaign leaflet is threatening legal action. Andrew Johnson, chief executive of Unique Care, has demanded an apology from Ashbrow candidate Mel Mills. Ms ...
Cycle ride to mark merger.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... CYCLISTS rode from Huddersfield to Bradford to raise awareness of services for women. Volunteers and staff made the 20-mile trip to mark the merger of Womenspace, at Railway Street, Huddersfield, and Calderdale Women's Centre in Halifax. The services offer advice and ...
Paper talk.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... DAILY Mirror HAGGARD and grey-haired, an artist's impression shows the haunted face of cellar mum Elisabeth Fritzl kept captive by her rapist dad for 24 years. THE Sun GRIEVING Frank Lampard fired Chelsea into the Champions League Final last night - then ...
Underground dubstep boom; There's great vibes if you go downstairs.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... HUDDERSFIELD'S first and only dubstep night is gaining devotees. The next monthly all-nighter Basement Dub Sessions - nicknamed Dub in a Pub - takes place on Saturday at the downstairs town centre Bar Vibe in New Street. And the events - held on the first Saturday of ...
Bingeing may shorten lifespan.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... BOUTS of binge eating followed by dieting may significantly reduce lifespan, scientists revealed today. New research suggests a "binge then diet" food regime could cut the lifespan of children and teenagers who are still growing. The scientists, from Glasgow ...
Children warned on skin cancer.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN EDUCATIONAL project aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer among children is being launched to help people in Kirklees. The project, called Little Sunbeams, is being run by Bradford Skin Cancer Action Group, wh ich has developed the teaching pack to address the rising ...
Joint effort is success for students; Prizes from international firm.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor THREE students from Huddersfield University have been awarded prizes from an international company. The students, who are all second years on the BSc/BA (honours) product design course, were asked to take part in a 'live' brief ...
Trust charges for its bags.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE National Trust is introducing a 5p charge on plastic bags in its shops and plant centres from today. The trust is the latest organisation attempting to cut the number of single-use plastic bags by charging for them or phasing them out all together. The move comes ...
Youngsters in care to get extra help; Shock figures revealed on qualifications.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor RESEARCHERS in Huddersfield are hoping to improve the lot of children in care. They are working hard to tackle the shocking figures that three-quarters of 'looked after' young people and care leavers in Yorkshire leave school with ...
'Beacon' building ready to shine.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THIS landmark new building on the University of Huddersfield campus has been hailed as a "beacon" for the future. The pounds 14m Creative Arts Building, which opens its doors at the University of Huddersfield this September, is set to change the educational and cultural ...
Tips for dads on cards.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN information service for new fathers is being launched today. Wallet - sized "Dad Cards", with tips on subjects from paternity leave to sex during pregnancy, will be available from hundreds of maternity units across the country. Employers including Lloyds TSB and ...
5p charge on National Trust bags.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE National Trust is introducing a 5p charge on plastic bags in its shops and plant centres from today. The trust is the latest organisation attempting to cut the number of single-use plastic bags by charging for them or phasing them out all together. The move comes ...
Bank Holiday wanted.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... UNION leaders today stepped up their campaign for an extra Bank Holiday, arguing it would be a chance to celebrate the great British tradition of volunteering. The TUC said it was 30 years to the day since the ...
Passengers bid to save service; Bus taxi scheme needs long-term funds.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter USERS of a special rural bus said "thank you" to their drivers - and issued a plea for the service to continue. People who have used the Colne Valley Taxibus in the last three years turned out in force to pay tribute to the men at ...
Shadow of crime hangs over par.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Avison GREENHEAD Park figured significantly in my childhood, as it did (and does) in many Huddersfield young lives. I lived for a number of years in Gledholt Road, and it was but a short skip into the park on evenings, weekends and school holidays. ...
A dream to end the nightmare.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Avison THE solution to Britain's transport problems came to me in a dream. Sadly, like most things that come to people in dreams, what seems perfectly logical in the glimmer of dawn turns out to be full of holes in the light of day. I ...
On this day.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... May 1,1954 NEW figures showed that April had been the driest month in Huddersfield since local weather records began in 1860. 1912 The statue of Peter Pan was installed in Kensington Gardens, London. JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan, commissioned and paid for the ...