Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from July 2008:
pounds 100m TOURIST VILLAGE FOR STADIUM; 720 jobs as clubs, casino and ski slope in by 2013.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK News Reporter A HUGE scheme to tempt tourists to Huddersfield was unveiled today. And the Galpharm Stadium will be at the hub of the massive new leisure complex - costing more than pounds 100m and bringing more than 700 new jobs. ...
WE NEED TOURISM! KIRKLEES HAS TO COMPETE ... OR BECOME A SUBURB OF LEEDS'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK News Reporter STADIUM chiefs today unveiled a major development expected to create more than 720 jobs and turn Huddersfield into a top tourist destination. They have announced plans for a pounds 100m-plus scheme to put the Galpharm at the ...
Local briefs: Man charged with murder.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BIRKBY man appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering a Huddersfield woman. Kevin Newton, 40, of Grisedale Road, appeared before Bradford Crown Court accused of murdering Sarah Mournian, 32, between September and February. Newton denies ...
Local briefs: Faster trains.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... FASTER services connecting Yorkshire with London are planned by train operator National Express East Coast. The company has pledged 25 new direct services ...
Local briefs: Library Olympics.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CRAFT and activity sessions for children to celebrate the 2008 Olympics take place at Kirklees Libraries this summer. The events run from July 24 to August 28 at libraries in Marsden, ...
Local briefs: Hospice lottery.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE winning numbers in this week's Kirkwood Hospice Lottery are: First prize (pounds 750) - 3695; second ...
Local briefs: Historic walk.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HUDDERSFIELD Civic Society will hold a historic walk around Edgerton Cemetery on August 4 from 7pm. The walk, led by Brian Haigh and John Rumsby, will explore the ...
Local briefs: New chairman.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A LEADING Kirklees councillor has been elected as the new chairman of Mirfield Area Committee. Clr Martyn Bolt's appointment was made at last week's full meeting ...
Special baby unit is moving on in style; Party time before heading for new home.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GEMMA CASTLE News Reporter A SPECIAL party to celebrate 30 years of special care was held in Huddersfield. The event was to mark the success of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary's special care baby unit. Scores of past and present staff, former ...
Conmen selling copied games caught in act.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ROGUE traders dealing in counterfeit computer games have been targeted in West Yorkshire. A joint operation between West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service and West Yorkshire Police on Sunday resulted in approximately 12,000 counterfeit software discs and over 150 devices used ...
Major summer road changes to hit main route to Halifax.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... RESURFACING work will begin on Thursday, July 10, on one of Huddersfield's busiest roads - and means delays for drivers. It starts on the A629 Edgerton Road and Halifax Road through Edgerton where a major pounds 600,000 highway maintenance scheme is already underway. ...
Murder attempt charges.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HOMELESS man appeared in court yesterday charged with the attempted murder of a pensioner. Owen McCann, 39, is accused of the attempted murder of widower Beaumont Lodge at his Clayton West home in March. McCann is also charged with causing grievous bodily harm with ...
Aiming to improve teeth.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PLANS to improve people's teeth and gums have been launched across Kirklees. A scheme, run by Kirklees Primary Care Trust, hopes to spread education on the dangers of eating too much sugar and on smoking and drinking alcohol, which can cause mouth cancer. The plans ...
Spitfire hero found on records website; Edgerton man one of featured pilots.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter A HEROIC fighter pilot who played a key role in the Battle of Britain is featured in a new online service. Details of David Moore Crook, from Edgerton, are among 28,000 records and 13,000 photographs of flying men and women being ...
Jan becomes mayor in Milton Keynes.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FORMER Huddersfield woman is the new Mayor of Milton Keynes. Clr Jan Lloyd has taken over civic duties from Mike Barry. And she announced that this year's mayor's charity will be St John Ambulance, to promote its Youth Development Appeal and employ a Youth ...
Ambitious outlook at the stadium; The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Galpharm Stadium is entering a new phase with pounds 100m-plus expansion proposals. Nobody could accuse stadium bosses of lacking ambition - their scheme including such things as a ski slope, bowling alley, hotel, nightclubs, shops and the inevitable apartments. ...
Day of action can be justified; The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A NEW crackdown on speeding motorists resulted in 44 people receiving on-the-spot fines or police warnings in the space of just two hours. Drivers often voice irritation at such actions with the response "to go and ...
Have you lost your bottle when you buy your milk? Expert verdict Pick up a pinta used to mean from the doorstep. But now that most of us buy milk from a supermarket, packaging has become an issue. Mike Hibbert, Co-ordinator for Recycling & Waste Management Provision, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, reports.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Hibbert CONSIDERING that Brits drink about 9.3bn pints of milk a year how it is pack aged has a significant impact on the environment. Not so many years ago most milk was supplied in glass bottles that were returned to the dairy and cleaned before ...
Submit contest pictures.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SPORTS snappers have been asked to submit pictures for a new competition. The West Yorkshire Police Community Trust is asking for photos of amateur sporting events for its first-ever calendar. The winning entry will appear on the front cover and the winner will also ...
Taxi driver sought as witness.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a serious road accident which occurred at 4:04am in the early hours of Sunday morning on Old Bank Road in Mirfield. A silver Vauxhall Astra travelling towards Water Royd Lane was in collision with a 29-year-old man who had just got out of a ...
'My bin is filled up with other people's rubbish' Phantom tippers out at night after collection cuts.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter PHANTOM tippers have been filling other people's bins with rubbish in Fixby. One resident of Broomfield Road believes people have resorted to desperate measures because of cuts in collections. Householders have left ...
New measures in place.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEW measures to control and prevent contagious infections have been installed in Huddersfield and Halifax Hospitals. Hygienic gel dispensers and warning floor signs have been placed in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital. Colour-coded signs at ...
National briefs: House prices still falling.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HOUSE prices fell for the eighth month in a row during June, while annual growth fell at its fastest rate since the 1990s. The average cost of a home fell 0.9% to pounds 172,415 ...
National briefs: 'No fare deal'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SOME rail fares for which passengers pay on the day are five times more expensive than those booked in advance, says ...
National briefs: Tesco battle.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FARMER was today applying for an injunction to stop Tesco using photos of his farm on its egg boxes. ...
National briefs: Barton attack.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHAMED Premiership footballer Joey Barton will be sentenced later today after admitting attacking a former team-mate. Barton, right, is ...
National briefs: Hotel fall death.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH man fell to his death from a hotel window in Mallorca. The 20-year-old student, Mark David Day, was staying at the Majorca Beach ...
National briefs: Drug charges.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN and a woman will appear in court today charged with conspiring to supply drugs to Amy Winehouse. John ...
National briefs: Fatal crash.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER will appear in court today charged with making a hoax call to the fire service after a woman died and ...
2,000 foreign criminals sent packing.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EXAMINER News Correspondent MORE than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain since the start of the year. Immigration minister Liam Byrne revealed the figures today as part of an update on the number of foreign ...
Star's son comforted knife victim Ben.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE teenage son of Birds Of A Feather star Linda Robson cradled a stabbed schoolboy as he lay dying. Popular GCSE student and budding actor Ben Kinsella, 16, was knifed to death when he became caught up in a fight that spilled out of a north London bar early on Sunday. ...
Church leaders debate issue.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... KEY figures from a movement of conservative Anglicans opposed to liberalisation of Church teaching on issues such as homosexuality are meeting today to debate their proposals. ...
McCann probe 'dropped' claims.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MADELEINE McCann's parents were today awaiting official confirmation that Portuguese police are dropping the investigation into her disappearance. The Portuguese media say detectives have taken the decision ...
London's mass lorry demo.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HAULIERS will take hundreds of lorries to London tomorrow in what is expected to be the biggest protest so far against record high fuel prices. This time the lobby group ...
Drink problems on increase.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE 24-hour licensing laws have cost council tax payers pounds 100m and failed to reduce the number of alcohol-fuelled disorders, it was reported today. Seven out of 10 police authorities, primary care ...
Turnaround pays off for Hopton's pupils; Four years from the worst to the best.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter STAFF and pupils at Hopton Primary School are celebrating being named "outstanding" by schools inspectors. The school received a glowing report from Ofsted following a two-day inspection earlier this month. It is the ...
Victim still in hospital.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A 30-YEAR-OLD man is still stable in hospital after being shot in the leg in Huddersfield. The man was injured in an incident at ...
Vandals wreck cricket pitch.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... VANDALS torched an artificial cricket pitch just weeks after it was laid. Now the pitch, costing thousands of pounds, will have to be relaid. The damage at the playing fields just off Crawshaw Street, Ravensthorpe, was ...
Biker dies in head-on crash.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MOTORCYCLIST died in a head-on collision with a car in Todmorden. The 36-year-old man, from Nelson, Lancashire, was killed after his Honda bike failed to negotiate ...
Woman linked to gun death.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE have today revealed details of a woman they wish to speak to in connection with a shooting in Harehills, Leeds. Adam Chadwick, 20, died following the incident at Clifton Mount on June 24. Adam was visiting his sister when a woman and three men ...
Paper talk; What's making the news in the nationals.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... DAILY Mirror Grief-stricken EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella begged teenagers to bin their blades. THE SUN Amy Winehouse quit hospital in a rage after her decision to return to the stage backfired. Daily Mail Canada is putting ...
Traders left in dark as power fails.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter RETAILERS in the town centre are fuming after being left without power for a week. A number of businesses in Brooks Yard and Market Street, including Jon Laurence International hairdressers, Woods music shop and O'Neils Sports, ...
It's back to Victorian times at Red House.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN 1830s garden has been restored as part of the 2008 Period Garden Festival at Red House, Gomersal. The festival, which runs until next Sunday, includes tours, talks and unusual plants of the 19th century. ...
Fun event for all to enjoy MASSIVE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TRADITIONAL event is being revived this weekend. Lindley Carnival is making a comeback after more than 30 years. It takes place on the field behind the Black Bull pub on Saturday. Slick Stick Sambastic kick-off the fun at 1pm, followed by displays by ...
It's one of the best workplaces.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BUILDING and roofing firm in Brighouse has been named as one of the best workplaces in Britain. Plough croft Ltd scooped top prize in the specialist contractor section of the Best Places to Work in Construction Awards 2008, run by industry magazine Contract Journal. ...
Clampdown on car 'cruising' nuisance.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor POLICE have vowed to stamp out a car 'cruising' menace. They mounted a special day of action in Dewsbury - and handed out on-the-spot fines. In total, officers issued 13 fixed penalty notices for not wearing a seatbelt, ...
Battle against arthritis to raise pounds 500 on walk.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BIRKBY woman Deslyn Powell has raised pounds 500 from a sponsored walk, despite battling arthritis. Mrs Powell, a retired bus conductor, took part in the annual walk organised by Huddersfield Jamaican National Council. She walked four-and-a-half miles on the cycle ...
World brief: Blast rocks junta office.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BURMA: An explosion has rocked the office of an organisation sponsored by the ruling junta. Witnesses said the blast happened at the office of the Union Solidarity and Development ...
World brief: Bomb charge.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CUBA: The US is to charge a Saudi held at its prison in the Guantanamo Bay military base. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is accused of directing the 2000 ...
World brief: Deaths probe.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... USA: Ohio police are examining the deaths of four out of five men who were once married to a woman of 76 charged with conspiring to kill one of them ....
World brief: Bear rescued.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... USA: Biologist Adam Warwick (pictured), saves a male black bear from drowning in the ocean off Alligator Point in Florida. The bear was near to homes when it ...
World brief: Rules attacked.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AUSTRALIA: Critics say new rules that make it a crime to annoy or inconvenience Roman Catholics during a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to ...
World brief: Shark fears USA.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Human remains with what appear to be shark bites have been recovered on the big island of Hawaii coast with shredded shorts ....
On this day.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... July 1, 1958 A REPORT was being drawn up on the possibility of installing turnstiles to control admission to Saturday night dances at Huddersfield Town Hall. 1804 George Sand (Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant), French romantic novelist who adopted her masculine pseudonym for the ...
The HOT topic.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Does Huddersfield need the Galpharm village? Vote on line now www.examiner.co.uk ...
Letter: Mailbag - When a favour for a friend led to becoming a victim of theft.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Golcar I AGREE with Maggie Biggs (Examiner June 28) regarding discipline, but there is no respect for anyone or anything. Ten days ago a friend wanted to do a favour for a mutual friend by helping them move some furniture. In order to do this he ...
Letter: Mailbag - Where is the 'regeneration'?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN PROCTER WHILE reading Mr Goulbourne's letter (Examiner June 27) and his obvious opposition to the Tesco plan it is clear that we are not all referring to the same place, namely Huddersfield town centre. Where exactly is the "retail generation taking place ...
Letter: Mailbag - Backing for 'hoodie Claire'.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DONALD RHODES I READ your article in the Examiner on Monday last week regarding Claire Frear's experience at the Lord Wilson pub last week. On Saturday I went with my wife to the Lord Wilson for a Saturday lunchtime drink, got to the bar and ordered a pint of ...
Letter: Mailbag - Travel safely.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEV FREEMAN NOW the summer holidays are approaching and your readers are preparing to go on holiday, the Insulin Dependant Diabetes Trust (IDDT) know that going on holiday, especially abroad it is not straight forward for people with diabetes. The added ...
Letter: Mailbag - Sea change needed.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: B WHITTLE REGARDING global warming, it's a known fact that ships are one of the biggest offenders for carbon pollution, yet more of them are crossing the oceans of the world, due, in my opinion to our quest for the ever more "I want" culture. ...
Letter: Mailbag - Beautiful walk for charity.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEVEN K BERG LOVELY story about Capt Ian "Sutty" Sutcliffe and Lt Neil Trewin, who are doing a long-distance walk in the United States to raise money for Help for Heroes, the UK-based charity which helps injured troops (Examiner, June 27). They will, in ...
Letter: Mailbag - We're not all ill-mannered.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANDREW BURNS I FEEL I must reply to Maggie Biggs's letter (Examiner, 28/6/08). I am a 23-year-old man from the local area and I have been taught nothing but manners all my life. I feel it is my duty to inform ...
Letter: Mailbag - Let's Party on!(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: MIKE ECK WHAT a great day Party in the Park was! And not just for the youth of our wonderful town - I'm old enough to remember the old Motown tunes before they got 'sampled' for the dance floor hits of today but I had a great time too. Yes, we ...
Here come more parking posters! On the web.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE question of potentially thousands of illegal parking tickets dished out in Kirklees got our posters on www.examiner.co.uk hot under the keyboard. We reported how a campaign group had used Freedom of Information powers to find out from the council which of their parking areas ...
They say.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "Gordon is not interested in strutting his stuff on the show courts; he is quite happy to do it on the outer courts, which makes him quite unique for a politician" - Health Secretary Alan Johnson on Gordon Brown. "Bond is an industry. You make your pact with the devil. You know ...