Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from August 2008:
WHAT A SCREAM! Fitness fans on spook watch for Adrian's charity.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter THEY are brave or mad, depending on whether or not you believe in ghosts. Fitness fanatics Natalie Robinson and Sally Thewlis are turning ghost-hunters to support people with leukaemia. The friends will spend a night ...
The story of Sudders.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... EXAMINER reporter Adrian Sudbury has shot to international fame after doing a blog about his vain battle against two rare forms of leukaemia and campaigning to help others. The 27-year-old - known as Sudders and his blog is called Baldy's Blog - has been campaigning in his final ...
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT: Celebrating young lives.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION and newspaper images of young people who have problems, or who create them for others, fuel the view that today's generation is a difficult one. Binge drinking, drug taking, constant pressure on young people to achieve and to acquire and always to match up to and to ...
'Nobody messed with an old style copper' A SENIOR MOMENT GARY GOUPLAND, 64, who runs his own electrical and mechanical engineering company in Longwood, has memories of policing as it was in the 1950s... and in particular of the methods of his local bobby Trevor Ridge.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: GARY GOUPLAND I READ with dismay last week of two policemen who were set upon by about 30 people and that both policemen had to have hospital treatment. I thought back to my schooldays in Birkby 50 years ago and to our local bobby, Trevor Ridge. He ...
Pioneering puppets make documentary.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PUPPETEER Steve Wright and his creations have made a documentary about one of Britain's biggest art events. Steve, owner and creator of The Wright Stuff in Kirkburton, filmed Yorkshire YPPT Youth Council representatives at Get In. The Arts Council-organised event in ...
Talented musician dies of brain tumour; MC WiZe' a major inspiration to friends.(News)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Deputy News Editor A WELL-known rapper from Huddersfield has died after losing a battle against a brain tumour. Daniel Cox, 22, was known to thousands of young people in the town and often spoke out against negative messages sometimes in rap ...
Jeweller is top employer.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HIGH street jeweller Beaverbrooks is celebrating after being named employer of the year at the UK Jewellery Awards. The family-owned company, which has a store at King Street in Huddersfield, was shortlisted for two other categories - Retailer of the Year and ...
Plan for better roads.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to improve local transport links includes maintenance of a major road between Denby Dale and Wakefield. Yorkshire and Humber's transport chiefs have backed four new schemes costing more than pounds 26m. They are aimed at meeting business ...
Aiming to make it an icon for excellence; Merged college has new logo.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter THIS is the new logo for Kirklees College which officially starts today. The college has been formed with the merger of Huddersfield Technical and Dewsbury Colleges after a year of consultation and planning. Chris ...
Challenge for tugging teams.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PUBS across Lindley are being asked to form teams for an inter-tavern tug ofwar at next year's Lindley Carnival. ClrsChristine Stanfield and Tony Woodhead have written to landlords on behalf of the carnival committee, inviting them to stake their claim to the title of Lindley ...
Huddersfield babies move to Halifax unit.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter FROM today ill babies will be brought to this high technology ward in Calderdale. The final baby has left the special care baby unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as it formally closed today. This new neonatal ...
Bugging in the war rooms.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Government was so nervous about secret information being leaked to the enemy that it spied on its own staff during the Second World War, documents released today show. Phone taps from 1943 of Government offices, including the Cabinet war rooms, disc vered some "indiscreet ...
Saving up for a holiday.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HUDDERSFIELD people are reluctant to let a little economic gloom spoil the prospects of two of their annual weeks in the sun, a local survey has found. A poll conducted by discount travel website alpharooms.com revealed that 82% of people in the town would rather scrimp and save ...
Tops going back on in St Tropez.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons IT occurred to me, while browsing a tabloid newspaper, that we take breasts for granted. As Cole Porter wrote, in olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes. As a society ...
Items sold with silly warnings.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons I FOUND my wife Maria chuckling to herself the other day. I checked that my trousers weren't on back to front and asked what had caused the merriment. She had just read the instructions on a bottle of eye make-up remover she had bought. It ...
Introducing children to alcohol at home: cracking idea or crackers?(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons DAVID Cameron seems a likeable chap. A bit like Tony Blair was likeable before he was elected Prime Minister. But I'm not sure I agree that we can solve the nation's binge drinking problems by giving alcohol to children at home. ...
Stealth tax on plastic bags.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons AS if shoppers are not suffering enough by being hit by higher prices for the basic foodstuffs of life, I read this week that the Government has plans to make them pay a 10p tax on disposable plastic bags. This follows on the campaign that ...
Cash to crush ASBO crime - from police; CONLON on crime Grants for 'safer community' schemes.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter COMMUNITY groups wanting to set up projects to combat anti-social behaviour can now get a cash boost - from a police charity. The West Yorkshire Police Community Trust is to make cash available for community groups, small ...
Make your home look lived in when you're away.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DON'T make it look as though you're away on holiday when you're away on holiday. A simple message, but it's amazing how many people leave their homes for a couple of weeks and make no effort at all to make it seem like someone is still living there. It makes the ...
Attacked by seven thugs.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SEVEN youths attacked a man as he cycled home. The 40-year-old was on the Mirfield to Birkby cycle route and was behind Birkby Junior School when a youth stepped out in front of him. He tapped the man on his helmet and when the rider stopped he was set upon by this ...
Picture special: Winning plot-holders just have the edge!(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PLOT-HOLDERS have been recognised for their excellent allotment. Kirklees Council judges decided Edge Lane allotments at Thornhill, Dewsbury, were the best in north Kirklees. Station Lane in Birkenshaw came second and Ravens thorpe Road in Thornhill Lees was awarded ...
Picture special: Friends raise pounds 6,600 for nursing charity.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FRIENDS of a man suffering from terminal cancer raised pounds 6,600 for a charity that is helping him. Gareth Robinson, from Netherton, has been helped during his illness by nurses from Macmillan Cancer Support. A friend of the family, 24-year-old Alex Lavan, helped ...
Picture special: Giant steps to the classroom.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... RUGBY league stars are heading back to the classroom in Huddersfield. Several Giants players visited the university's careers service after expressing an interest in higher education. Tracey Haughton, the Giants' administrator, and 14 members of the Super League ...
STEAM RETURNS; Historic locomotives haul journeys to the seaside.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter HUDDERSFIELD will be transported back in time as historic trains steam into town. Train enthusiasts are expected to pack the platform at Huddersfield railway station to see the first of a series of Scarborough Flyer services ...
Pay deals 3.5%.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PAY deals in private firms are running at 1% above those in the public sector, says new research. Average settlements across the whole economy in the year to June ...
Early years advice.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... KIRKLEES Early Years Service will be running free sessions throughout the autumn for people who are considering working in early education and care and would like to know more. Those attending will get information, advice and guidance so they can make an informed choice about ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Would I Lie to You? (9.00pm) Michael Aspel, Dara O'Briain and David Mitchell attempt to hoodwink their opponents Big Brother host Davina McCall, Jason Manford and Lee Mack with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves. Presented by Angus Deayton. ...
All-weather singing; Male voices.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE singers of Colne Valley Male Voice Choir are a hardy lot. After a breezy, chilly night at last month's Concert On The Hill at Laund Hill, the Colne Valley Men moved on in the opposite direction, destination Belton near Scunthorpe. And yes, another open air event. ...
Dr Stewart's driving; Organ concerts.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GORDON Stewart is certainly back in the driving seat when it comes to lunchtime concerts at Huddersfield Town Hall. Gordon, or Dr Stewart as he is more correctly known, was re-appointed late last year as Kirklees Borough Organist after he took a break from the job in order to ...
Yorkshire Day sell-out.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THEY are already celebrating sell-out success for Yorkshire Day in Meltham. A concert at the church hall tomorrow in aid of church funds offering ...
Heat of the Caribbean in a bar at the Lawrence Batley; Artist.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JAVIN A FAMILY holiday to the Caribbean several years ago continues to inspire artist Lisa Marie Barraclough-Tobin. Hot reds and oranges, the acid of lime green and the blazing clarity of sunshine yellow all fizz off the walls of the Lawrence Batley ...
Jazz and a 'new' biography; Jazz.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THERE'S an air of celebration about this weekend when Adrian Ingram's Jazz Dawgs play in Linthwaite. For not only is there great music to enjoy but Adrian will be using the gig to mark the launch of his biography of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. The biography was ...
Art with much atmosphere; Exhibition.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MANY people have been inspired by the work of the Bront e Sisters and today an exhibition opens in what is now the home of Yorkshire's most famous literary family, the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth. My Life Dreams, an exhibition of work by Swiss artist Annelies Strba, was ...
Brewing up a Tempest at Oakwell Hall; Open air theatre.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ROMANCE and revenge on a magical island kingdom. What more perfect summer entertainment could you wish for than Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest? Chapterhouse Theatre Company returns to the area to stage an open-air performance of this exciting and imaginative ...
Classic tale told in the great outdoors.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GET into the great outdoors this weekend to see a unique performance of a classic story. The young actors from Huddersfield-based Benchmark Performing Arts Academy will be at Dalton Bank Nature Reserve today and tomorrow with performances of a new version of Kenneth Grahame's ...
Variety of acts show Marsden has talent; Variety.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JAVIN THERE'S tons of talent in Marsden and if you don't believe it then give the village's variety show a try. Every summer, the village's operatic and dramatic society brings together company members to let down their hair and show off all those ...
Welcome to Comedy International; Comedy.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IF YOU like your comedy to have an international flavour then head for the Peacock Lounge later this month. This comparatively new comedy venue (it's in the Railway Arches in Huddersfield's Viaduct Street) is hosting comedians from Canada, Northern Ireland and Newcastle on a fun ...
Kit's coming home; Guitar.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SHE'S one of our local musical treasures, so there is little surprise that there is delight at the prospect of Kit Holmes's return to her home town in September. Guitar player Kit is Shelley-based but seems to be constantly in demand for touring and festival appearances. ...
Behind the mask; Mask making workshop.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ARTIST Luke Haslam will be using his skills next month to help families have fun working together to create masks. He will be running a mask-making workshop at Huddersfield Art Gallery between 10.30am and 3pm on Saturday, September 20. Turn up and you'll be able to ...
Caritas quartet keeping up their very good work; Music.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JAVIN IF YOUR life revolves around music then it comes as no surprise that you might want to share its joys with others. Musical colleagues and friends Gordon Balmforth, Alan Bradford, Elaine Cockram and Pat Graham can all tell you the pleasure they ...
DVD: Eight perspectives on terror attack.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAMON SMITH Film critic Vantage Point (Cert 12, 86 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Action/Thriller, also available to buy DVD pounds 19.99/Blu-ray pounds 24.99) Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, ...
Storytelling: Storytelling evening.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JAVIN STORIES are what connect us all to our past and to our present and future. Hear storyteller Christine McMahon's Stories From The Tree of Life at Mirfield Library on September 18 and be beguiled. Christine is a vibrant storyteller with ...
Book SHELF: Dating is dangerous.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DEAD CONNECTION. Alafair Burke, Orion/pounds 6. 99. A YOUNG woman is found mu rdered exactly a year after another girl was killed. Both had been members of an online dating agency. Could a serial killer be stalking single girls in New York? Detective Ellie Hatcher ...
Book SHELF: Criminally good read.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN. James Lee Burke/Phoenix pounds 7. 99. JAMES Lee Burke (the father of Alafair) has set 16 novels in and around New Orleans, following the career of Detective Dave Robicheaux. Th is latest in paperback takes as its backdrop Hurricane Katrina. ...
Book SHELF: Capt Coward at war.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENIS KILCOMMONS COWARD ON THE BEACH. James Delingpole/Bloomsbury pounds 7. 99. CAPTAIN Dick Coward is a war hero with a sense of humour. You have to be having survived his war. A genuine hero who was at Dunkirk, North Africa, Crete, the ...
SAILING INTO SEMIS; Huddersfield ladies shine in important Yorkshire victory.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LINZI NICHOLSON Sports Reporter WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going and that's exactly what Yorkshire Ladies did to book a place in the semi-finals of the Waterloo Cup. They were bolstered by excellent results from the Huddersfield players in ...
Craven is tops in popular Wrathall event.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ANDREW CRAVEN from Skelmanthorpe is the new holder of the Wrathaii Trophy for 2008. Craven beat two of his junior county teammates in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Frank and Jean Wrathall-sponsored Under 18 singles handicap for boys and girls, before winning 15-10 ...
Kovalainen gets McLaren deal.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HEIKKI Kovalainen is to remain with McLaren for a second season. The Woking-based marque have now confirmed Kovalainen will partner Lewis Hamilton in 2009 as they look for stability within the team. McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said: "We welcomed Heikki on board at ...
BRAVE KELLY DIES AT JUST 20; Medal-winning transplant girl an inspiration.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HUDDERSFIELD is mourning the loss of one of its most inspirational young people. Twenty-year-old Kelly Wood had a heart transplant when she was just nine months old - but went on to win athletics medals at national level. The inspirational young woman from Deighton ...
'Do not wait to seek treatment' Parents spend pounds 2,000 on Starband for tot.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter A MIRFIELD couple say specialist treatment has had a massive impact on improving their daughter after she was born with a rare condition. And they have urged other parents to act quickly if they ever have a child with the same ...
What is brachycephaly?(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Brachycephaly is where the head is disproportionately wide. Parents are encouraged to alternate their baby's position while they are awake to stop constant pressure on ...
Special day for Yorkshire.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TODAY is Yorkshire Day - but not much was being staged to mark the county's heritage in Huddersfield. The Head Of Steam pub in St George's Square was having a beer festival featuring at least 50 Yorkshirebrewed beers - until the beer runs out in the next day or so. ...
Boiler starts house fire.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A FAULTY boiler caught fire at a Birchencliffe house. A 56-year-old woman suffered shock and smoke inhalation after the boiler erupted in flames at 3.50pm yesterday. A faulty thermostat in the kitchen boiler sparked the drama at the home on Yew Tree Road. ...
Local briefs: Crash teens very lucky.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS are lucky to be alive after a car rolled down a banking off a steep moorland road. Police say the 18-year-old driver - who had only passed his test a week before - was going too fast while coming down Woodhead Road from Holme Moss at 9.50pm on Wednesday night. He ...
Local briefs: Building blaze.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze scare at a warehouse. Contractors were working on cladding at the building, used for stone-cutting, at the Marshalls site at Brookfoot Lane in Brighouse at 11.30am ...
Local briefs: Car overturns.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CAR ended up on its roof after crashing outside a police station. The black Mercedes hatchback clipped a parked car and then overturned on ...
Local briefs: Burning case.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CAR was set alight ... on Burn Road. The Hyundai was found blazing on the ...
Local briefs: Five-car smash.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FIVE cars ended up damaged after a smash in Birkby. A Mercedes Kompressor and a Mazda 626 were involved in the smash on Birkby Hall Road at 7pm on Wednesday. ...
Local briefs: Turbo show.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VISITORS to Emley Show can find out how turbochargers work, thanks to one of Huddersfield's biggest firms. Cummins Turbo Technologies ...
New warning after double muggings; Greenhead Park thefts may be linked.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter POLICE believe robbers have struck twice in Greenhead Park in just a couple of days. Now they have urged people walking in the area late at night to be extravigilant. The Examiner revealed yesterday that two men aged ...
Bus workers' refuelling stop on the move.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CLUB for busworkers has re-opened in new premises. It has also been renamed in honour of a founder member. The Yorkshire Rider Sports and Social Club, also known as The Top Deck, has moved from opposite Huddersfield bus station to Cloth Hall Chambers in Cloth Hall ...
Have a say on Kirklees cabbies.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PASSENGERS can have their say on taxi drivers. Kirklees Council is launching a phone line for complaints and compliments on Tuesday. Licensing commit tee chairman Clr Christine Iredale said: "This is a positive initiative aimed at giving us a wider insight into what ...
Racial abuse shouted.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... POLICE are hunting a man who hurled racial abuse in the street. The incident happened on Bethel Street in Brighouse at 12.30pm on Tuesday. The man, who was with a woman, shouted racial abuse at another man as ...
'Kelly was very popular and had an infectious personality' Grandad Martin Wood.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BARRY GIBSON News Reporter HUDDERSFIELD woman Kelly Wood - one of the youngest people in the UK ever to have heart transplant surgery - has died. Kelly, 20, of Deighton, had the major life-saving operation when she was just nine months old. She ...
Nightspot owners leave bills unpaid; Money owed to businesses Mansion.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY and JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporters TRADESMEN say they are owed thousands of pounds by the company which revived the old Johnny's nightclub in Huddersfield. A tiling firm which helped get the Beast Market venue back open as the Mansion nightclub in ...