Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from September 2008:
FLOWERS FOR BILLY; 2 charged with new dad's murder.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor TWO men have been charged with the murder of an Elland man. And both also face a charge of attempted murder, as a second man fights for life in hospital. Mohammed Muftah, 39, of Elland, and Kayshn Farooq, 28, of Elland, ...
Two on murder charge after street killing; New dad dead, brother badly hurt.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter TWO men have been charged with murdering an Elland man. Both also face a charge of attempted murder as a second man fights for his life in hospital. They are Mohammed Muftah, 39, and Kayshn Farooq, 28. ...
Battling robots on the march; TV favourites' tour show.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter SPARKS will fly and metal will twist when 100kg killer robots do battle in Huddersfield. Robots Live!, which features machines from the hit BBC series Robot Wars, comes to Huddersfield Sports Centre, Southgate, on September 20 ...
Local briefs: Cars damaged by vandals.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... VANDALS caused thousands of pounds damage at two Huddersfield car forecourts. They targeted vehicles at the Mercedes Benz dealership and the Audi showroom, both in Neptune Way on the Trident Business Park. The hooligans struck ...
Local briefs: Arts welcome.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... BRIGHOUSE Art Circle members held an enjoyable afternoon outdoor painting session at Thornhill Beck, Brighouse, followed in the evening by a free and easy workshop. The group's annual Opening Evening ...
Local briefs: Puppy prize.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TOP dog Hugo, aka "Zandaplatz Petit Pitre for Lenmau", has won yet more prizes. The classy canine, owned by David Green of Milnsbridge, won a clutch of ...
Local briefs: Murder evening.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... BUDDING sleuths are invited to the Bumped Off murder mystery evening at Oakwell Hall in Birstall on October 24. It will be hosted by actors playing Master and Mistress Batt, who lived in the hall in ...
Local briefs: Crash injury.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE person was hurt after a two-car crash at Fixby. The accident happened about 9.15pm on Friday in Bradford Road, close to the Fixby roundabout. Fire crews from ...
Local briefs: Vehicle blaze.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FIRE crews extinguished a blaze in a car on waste land off Bulay Road, Thornton ...
BARN STORM! pounds 20,000 bill for farm inferno.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter AN INFERNO destroyed a barn and caused more than pounds 20,000 damage. The blaze started at around 6am on Saturday at Lower Halstead Farm, Thurstonland. Fire crews from Huddersfield, Holmfirth and Skelmanthorpe ...
Image of armed robber released.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DETECTIVES have released a CCTV image of a gun-wielding robber who terrified staff and customers at a betting shop. He struck in Oldham but police believe he may have fled to Huddersfield. The raid happened about 3.40pm on Saturday, August 16, when the offender went ...
Boys' phones stolen.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses to the robbery of two teenagers on Leeds Road on August 26. The two boys, aged 15, were robbed of their mobile phones and a silver chain at around 11.30pm following a visit to the cinema. Although late at night, officers believe ...
Motorbike rider badly hurt.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MAN has been badly hurt in a motorcycle crash. The 20-year-old rider suffered serious head injuries when his bike hit a parked car in Meltham. The crash happened at 6.30pm on Friday in Red ...
Fire closes slip road.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A CAR fire closed the slip road to the Hartshead Moor services on the M62 at 4.15pm yesterday. The red Peugeot 360 sustained damage to its engine due to a blaze ...
Residents in battle to protect village green; Developer's attempt to overturn status.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter CAMPAIGNERS are poised for another village green battle - 11 years after their first successful fight. Members of Clayton Fields Action Group are preparing to fight landowners who want to overturn the village green status of the ...
The Moor's last sigh? The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE revival of an action group to protect Lindley Moor from development must be seen as a politically-driven thing at the moment. A Tory Parliamentary candidate and a Tory councillor are the only supporters named so far. And they can only say there "rumours" that ...
Hidden hamlet of the Holme Valley; It may not feature on local roadsigns but that doesn't mean that the hamlet of Woodroyd is a place that isn't worthy of note. VAL JAVIN meets the man who has recorded its history.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: VAL JAVIN IT HAS been called the hidden hamlet and certainly in all things official, Woodroyd does not exist. No road signs point out its whereabouts and the post office would blanch if you used it as part of a postal address. As for the bureaucrats, the ...
New move to help save moor; Rumours of plan for industry.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter AN ACTION group to keep Lindley Moor green is back on the scene. The response comes following rumours that an industrial development could be built on the huge expanse of land covering 31 hectares between Crosland Road and ...
Golfer's charity dinner.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TOP Huddersfield golfer Chris Hanson will be at the Galpharm Stadium as the prestigious 2008 Ryder Cup golf competition gets under way in Kentucky in the USA. He hopes others will join him to raise funds for charity. The Crosland Heath player is holding a fundraising ...
Pre-school gains award.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A SCHOOL has been given pounds 100 to pay for new equipment. Lepton CE Pre-school was one of several community and charitable organisations awarded money under BT's Community Champions programme. The initiative allows BT employees to take time out of work to ...
National Briefs: Boy, 14, knifed to death.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was stabbed to death and his sister, aged 16, injured when a group of youths attacked them. Shaquille Maitland-Smith was knifed in the stomach just yards from his house in ...
National Briefs: Enzyme is key.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR discovery could open the door to "one-fits-all" cancer drugs that can tackle many different forms of the disease. Researchers have started to unmask an enzyme that ...
National Briefs: 'Act on housing'.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE Government needs to kick start the housing market with a package of rescue measures and reforms, property professionals said today. The Royal Institution of Chartered ...
National Briefs: Choosing today.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE Labour Party is expected to select its candidate today for a by-election in Gordon Brown's political backyard. The party will make its choice ...
National Briefs: 'Loved' cocaine.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DAME Helen Mirren has admitted that she used to "love" cocaine. The 63-year-old actress, who last year won an Oscar for her ...
USA braced for huge hurricane; Hundreds of thousands flee New Orleans as mayor says: You need to be scared.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EXAMINER News Correspondent HURRICANE Gustav is expected to hit the coast of the US Gulf of Mexico later today, three years after Kat-rina devastated New Orleans. Hundreds of thousands of people fled the city after its mayor warned "the storm of the ...
Things can only get worse, Brown warned.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE economic downturn will result in more crime and illegal immigration, and a rise in extremism, according to a leaked Government document. The Home Office is due to deliver the stark assessment to Gordon Brown amid fears that Britain is heading for recession. The ...
Kirstie still missing.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... POLICE are still searching for teenager Kirstie Foster after the body of her mother and a man - believed to be her father - were found in their fire-ravaged mansion. Police launched a murder investigation yesterday after a body was identified as Kirstie's mother, Jill. She had ...
Crisis talks over Russia.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... GORDON Brown will hold crisis talks with EU leaders today as they consider how to respond to Russian military action against Georgia. The Prime Minister has warned the Kremlin to expect a "determined" reaction, branding its behaviour "dangerous and unacceptable". ...
Taxi blockade after driver is arrested; Cabbies stage mass protest.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BARRY GIBSON News Reporter DOZENS of taxi drivers blockaded Huddersfield Police Station after a driver was arrested. The mass protest involving more than 100 cabbies came after a late-night incident outside Kingsgate shopping centre. Taxi driver ...
Building up new skills.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN apprenticeship scheme run by Kirklees Council has welcomed its new intake of young people. The 13 new building services apprentices will be taught the trades of joinery, plumbing, masonry, electricians, boiler service engineering, gas fitting and storekeeping. ...
World briefs: Blow to war against drugs.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... VENEZUELA: The country has rejected US requests to resume co-operation in the war on drugs. It said it had made progress, despite an alleged fourfold ...
World briefs: Floods horror.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... INDIA: A flood-hit family walks towards a relief camp near Trivanigunj, 48 miles north-east of Patna. In flooded northern ...
World briefs: Quake drill.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... JAPAN: Nearly 600,000 people across the country took part in an annual earthquake drill today. It came on the 85th anniversary of a killer tremor that ...
Emotions run high as nursery closes down.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter CHILDREN, parents and staff bade an emotional farewell to the nursery they fought in vain to save. Cambridge Road Nursery shut on Friday after an unsuccessful, year-long campaign to save it. Parents spent the afternoon at ...
Close call for interest rates.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... INTEREST rates look set to remain on hold this week, but the cost of borrowing could fall before the end of the year. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to leave the base rate unchanged at 5% when it announces the result on Thursday of a ...
Hundreds in charity trek; Hikers raise pounds 75,000 for NSPCC.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter HUNDREDS of walkers raised around pounds 75,000 for charity at the fourth annual Hike Against Cruelty (HACK). Hikers battled steep slopes and boggy terrain on Saturday in the walk for the NSPCC. The 25-mile trek, ...
Sales at a record low.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A "SUMMER to forget" for the high street saw retail sales plunge to yet another record low in the first half of August, according to the CBI. The business group's distributive trade survey showed a balance of 46% of firms reporting weaker sales volumes than a year ago - the ...
Walkers' double rescue.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TWO people taking part in the charity walk had to be rescued. Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team went to help both casualties. Team Leader Mike France received a call from one of his hill party saying that they had a 22-year-old man from Mansfield with a knee injury at ...
On this day.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... September 1, 1950 Honley girl Lorna Rolfe, 18, was celebrating a state scholarship to study geography at Leeds University. 1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, was born in Chicago. He never visited Africa where his stories were set. 1923 An earthquake in ...
Letter: Mailbag - Don't moan about Square changes - you had the chance to vote.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: PHILIP CHARLESWORTH THOSE who are unhappy about the changes taking place in St George's Square may recall that before any plan was accepted we were given a preview of three options. Plans and drawings were exhibited in the Square, the public library and at a third point ...
Letter: Mailbag - This travesty is no surprise.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN R ELLAM I KEEP reading about all these people who are against the Chinese granite blocks in St George's Square, but haven't they missed the boat? The time to object was when the project got the full backing of the council and the different groups ...
Letter: Mailbag - What about the carbon footprint?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: J MARDELL SO the stone that is being laid in St George's Square is from China. I wonder what the carbon footprint of ...
Letter: Mailbag - 'Real' taxi had no insurance.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANGELA BLACKBURN REGARDING "Your taxis are dangerous" Examiner, August 25. Having two teenagers who travel by taxi if having a night out, I have tried to drum it into them to make sure they get into a 'real' taxi. I, myself, would consider a ...
Letter: Mailbag - Safe canal cycling proved impossible.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: GRAHAM RAMSDEN IN response to Mr Richard Huddleston's letter, printed Saturday, August 16, I would like to point out British Waterways is committed to developing partnerships and working with third parties includ- ing Kirklees Council on a variety of projects. ...
Letter: Mailbag - Don't forget munitions heroines.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: H BARROWCLOUGH WHY on earth have our Government given out medals to women who served in the land army then left out women who worked their fingers to the bone working on munitions? It's hard to ...
The HOT topic.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Do you fear a recession will lead to an increase in crime? Vote on line now at ... www.examiner.co.uk ...
Letter: Mailbag - Beautiful flowers lift the gloom.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: MRS S WILKINSON IN a summer of miserable weather and gloomy economic news, it is a pleasure to see the beautiful flower arrangements in town, ...
Letter: Mailbag - Europe is outperforming China.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: ERIC FIRTH IT'S said that China's topping of the Olympic medal table is confirmation that it will pretty much dominate the 21st century - really? Let's come at it from another angle. EU member states totalled around three times as many medals as China, add to ...
Letter: Mailbag - What price Sunday disruption?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: MRS D WROE THE day? Sunday, August 24. The time? Approximately 8.15am. The place? The junction of Thorpe Lane and Northgate, Almondbury. Picture three wagons, one small digger, five workmen, lifting and replacing a few paving stones. ...
Letter: Mailbag - Let's beat litter.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... I RECENTLY visited my local recreation ground and was dismayed at the broken glass strewn around the paths, the petty vandalism and the discarded beer cans and sweet wrappers. I decided to make a complaint which was answered with a somewhat cynical statement that seemed to ...
Here and there; On the web.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A RIGHT old mixed bag today from our posters. Like flighty butterflies they seem to be unable to settle on one topic for more than a few seconds before fluttering off to the next point of discussion. TommyDGNR8, responding to Tory plans to use "positive peer ...
They say.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... "The railways were invented to take the weight off the motorways" - One of a series of university exam howlers documented by the Times Higher Education. "Love scenes are never particularly pleasant, but I thought that they were necessary enough to warrant doing them. I use my ...
Ministers urged to tackle jobs threat.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter THE Government was today urged to deal with the economic downturn "head on to minimise job cuts across British industry. The call follows a survey of almost 800 manufacturing firms which showed that employment and investment ...
Back to the shops.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK CONSUMERS returned to the shops during August as the cost of petrol fell and Olympic success boosted interest in sports and fitness. Figures from business information group Experian showed a 3.9% rise in the number of people visiting stores ...
Half-time scores.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK INDOOR football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres said today competitive pricing helped it overcome the consumer downturn to unveil a 20% rise in first half profits. The firm reported pre-tax profits of pounds 3.7m for the six ...
LSE set to cut fees.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK THE London Stock Exchange was today reportedly launching hefty fee cuts and incentives to help it fend off a raft of new equity trading rivals. Newspaper reports claimed the LSE was set to axe some charges altogether under the tariff changes - ...
Weddings.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mr R Harman - Miss C Wilman Miss Candida Wilman and Mr Richard Harman were married at The Black Horse, Clifton. The bride is the daughter of Robert and Susan Wilman, of Mirfield, and the bridegroom is the son of Robert and Jennifer Harman, of Dewsbury. ...
Weddings.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Miss Dionne Hall and Mr Mel Weatherhead were married at Earlston Parish Church, Scotland. The bride is the daughter of Ronald and Audrey Hall, of Merlin Court, Netherton, and the bridegroom is the son of Cyril Weatherhead, of North Carolina and Margaret Weatherhead, of Stringer ...
It's now a man's life in the make-up dept - apparently.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons GOOD grief, whatever next? My flabber was never so gasted when I read that men were using make-up called Guyliner and Manscara. And there is even more on the way with lip balm and a concealer to hide spots. These on top of already ...
Professor studies the fine art of swatting a fly.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons PROFESSOR Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology studied high speed digital video of fruit flies to produce five tips on how to swat a fly. He says you should use a swatter that provides a degree of camouflage; wait for ...
Energy saving tips please!(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons I HAVE been looking at tips to save on power around the house now that electric and gas cost so much. Like turning the central heating down a degree or two and never leaving electrical appliances on standby. During evenings I now ...
Negative reaction to post office response; Westminster fails to give closure reply.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor CALDERDALE Council has received a written response from 10 Downing Street about the closure of Post Offices across the region. But councillors are disappointed with the response from the heart of Government. It follows ...
Fight for your rights call.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... CONSUMER campaigner Mark Bradley exposes the "dire" state of British customer service in his new book launched at the Galpharm Stadium. Retails of The Unexpected (Ardra Press, pounds 11.99) is a customer travelogue detailing the best and worst UK shopping experiences. ...
Paper talk.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DAILY Mirror Britain's workers feel underpaid, overworked and more stressed, a survey reveals today. THE Sun Jack Straw was yesterday forced to deny Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling were at war over Britain's economic slump. Daily mail ...