Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from December 2008:
Local briefs: Walk on the edge.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... HUDDERSFIELD CHA walking group completed a nine-mile route around Blackstone Edge. Five members took part in the walk, led by Dave Howroyd. They ...
Local briefs: Steaming back.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Santa Express is steaming back. Families are invited to board trains at Clayton West station, from where they will travel to Santa's grotto at Shelley Station. Father Christmas ...
Local briefs: Work of art.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A WORKSHOP by the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe Art Society was hosted by Sowerby Bridge ...
NOT ENOUGH IN STORE; 12 MONTHS ON, WE RETURN TO THE WELCOME CENTRE ... as recession forces more below breadline, we ask for your support again this Christmas.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JAVIN Feature Writer AT first glance, the stores look healthier than last year. The gaps though soon become obvious. There is not enough tinned meat, meat paste, jams, long-life milk, cereal, too few dried or tinned potatoes. And there isn't ...
Meeting to discuss fate of taxi bus.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KATIE CAMPLING News Reporter THE fate of a Colne Valley rural bus service will soon be decided. Kirklees Council's Cabinet is getting ready to make a decision on the long-term future of the Colne Valley Taxi Bus, which links outlying communities such as ...
Charity begins ... The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TIMES are tough out there, we know, as jobless figures rise and shops hurtle into panic sales. We're all suffering. But we are asking you to take a moment out to think of others who are far worse off this Christmas. Those people so poor that they cannot ...
National briefs: Baby P report.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... INSPECTORS will hand ministers their report into the council criticised over Baby P's death today. Social workers at Haringey Council are under pressure after the ...
National briefs: Thai flights.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... EMPTY planes were flying out of Thailand's main international airport today while thousands of tourists remained stranded in the country. Around 30 planes flew out of ...
National briefs: VAT scramble.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A 2.5% cut in VAT comes into force today. Retailers have been scrambling to complete changes to pricing systems ahead of the reduction to ...
National briefs: Climate targets.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE committee set up to advise ministers on climate change will today make recommendations on a series of emissions ...
Fate saved us from Mumbai; Holidaymakers narrowly miss terror in India.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter HOLIDAYMAKERS from Huddersfield have revealed how a lastminute change to their plans kept them away from terror-torn Mumbai. "If we'd gone back to Mumbai a day earlier we would have been in the thick of it," said Golcar man ...
Yorkshire links to attacks refuted.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... POLICE counter-terrorism experts said today there is still nothing to link theMumbai terrorists to Yorkshire. Community leaders in Leeds, Bradford and Dewsbury said they had no knowledge of young men from their areas being involved in the atrocity. Reports have ...
'Work on terrorism together'.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... INDIA and Pakistan must "work together" to defeat terrorism, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States said today. Husain Haqqani made the comments after claims by a senior Mumbai policeman that the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was responsible for the attacks ....
Massacre tops talks agenda.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Mumbai terror attacks was high on the agenda today at talks held between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Secretary David Miliband. At least five Americans and one Briton were among the 174 killed. Ms ...
pounds 50,000 prize missed.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BUSINESSMAN Stephen Collins was disappointed to miss out on a pounds 50,000 prize. But the Huddersfield entrepreneur was staying positive after the blow at one of Britain's biggest business bashes. "To make it on to the shortlist isn't a failure," he said. ...
RESIDENTS FLEE HOMES AS FIERCE BLAZE SPREADS; Empty property gutted by fire.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A DERELICT house became a towering inferno sparking an evacuation operation yesterday. Neighbours at Midland Street, Hillhouse, were forced to leave their homes as huge flames gutted an empty property on the street at around 3pm. Nobody was injured, but neighbours ...
Weddings.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Ms Julie Doran and Mr John M Kendall were married at the Hey Green Hotel, Marsden. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs D Crossland, of Moss View, Cinderhills, Holmfirth, and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs M Buckingham, of Birchfield Grove, Skelmanthorpe, and ...
On this day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... December 1, 1950 AT least 2,500 fewer young people between school-leaving age and 18 were in employment in Huddersfield than in pre-war days, it was reported. 1887 The 28th Beeton's Christmas Annual went on sale. It featured A Study In Scarlet by A Conan Doyle, which ...
Letter: Mailbag - Forget finance only a technological renaissance can save us now!(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: DR DAVID HILL NOW is the time to re-engineer our economy on firm foundations that are literally recession-proof. That mechanism has to be the creation and manufacture of technological goods that no other country in the world can produce. Indeed, such a ...
Letter: Mailbag - Green collar jobs needed.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: LESLIE ROWE WHY does the Chancellor choose to follow a failed policy rather than a successful one? A reduction in the equivalent rate of VAT was made in Canada recently with no discernible impact on the economy. Reducing VATwill not increase spendingwhichmay ...
Letter: Mailbag - Super Cooper.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: HAROLD BROWN LINZI NICHOLSON'S Blast from 1951 revived memories - this column always does. Cooper had his best ever season in 1951-2 with 73 tries, he almost reached that elusive target of 80 set up by Rosenfeld when Rugby League was a game for backs. Cooper ...
Watch your step; On the web.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A POST on the forum at www.examiner.co.uk moved people to write in. The post, by Mowdiwarp, who may well be the new John Sergeant, said he had learnt a new step when he walked along the pavement; that of the 'dog poo foxtrot'. It seems poster Albert needs to keep his ...
They say.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "A trip to the Antarctic is not the best way to recuperate" - James Cracknell is realistic about the chances of Ben Fogle, who is recovering from a flesh-eating bug, competing in a gruelling South Pole race. "I believe that we all - government, the clergy, local authorities, ...
Letter: Mailbag - Shopkeepers' thanks.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: GRAHAM RUSHWORTH & ALISON RAYNER MAY we, on behalf of all the businesses in Marsh, place on record our heartfelt thanks to the several hundred ...
Letter: Mailbag - Cut your coat....(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: MRS M MEDREK RECENTLY the front pages reported banks lowering the interest rate to the detriment of savers - modest savers and pensioners who have saved for a rainy day and built up some interest to supplement their pensions. Why should they be penalised for ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BBC1 East Enders (8.00pm) Max is convinced Tanya is covering for Jack and is hopeful for a reconciliation, but she is not interested in either of the brothers any more. Tony throws away Whitney's passport to scupper her plans for their holiday in Spain. ...
People: Soccer trophy for Dewsbury team.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... PEOPLE who use services provided by South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust have taken part in the Trust's Good Mood football league. The Trust provides mental health and learning disability services to people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. The football ...
People: Help for air ambulance.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LOCAL Freemasons supported their Provincial Grand Master John Clayton when he presented a pounds 4,000 cheque to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The money was from the Freemasons' Grand Charity, which last year received pounds 5.1m from Yorkshire West Riding Freemasons at the ...
People: Film fun at the Town Hall.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE nesting habits of birds was the subject of one film at Huddersfield Video and Cine Club's annual show. The week-long event at Huddersfield Town Hall gave club members the opportunity to showcase their films. The evenings were hosted by Margaret Rodgers and John ...
People: This life; Greta Bumstead.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LIVES Holmfirth. OCCUPATION Registered nurse and aesthetics practitioner. Has recently opened LenitivePlus clinic in Market Avenue. STATUS Widowed. HOBBIES Walking and travel. What was the last movie you ...
Twists and turns of English tongue.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons THE English language often appears to be without reason or rhyme. It makes up its own rules, steals words from history and the lexicons of other nations. Everyday expressions we take for granted often come from the Bible and ...
Unplugging the advice from an electrical store.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommons I REPORTED the other week that I had been having trouble with my V+ box (and you can stop laughing in the cheap seats). This is the Virgin equivalent of the Sky Plus box and all the other systems that enable a television viewer to record or ...
Rugby Union: We need to keep the faith.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... JAMES HASKELL has urged England fans to keep the faith because he believes the results will come under Martin Johnson. England were beaten 32-6 by New Zealand at Twickenham, hot on the heels of recent losses to Australia and South Africa. But Haskell insisted that ...
Rugby Union: JUST STUNNING! Field teach Students a lesson in how to finish.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHRIS ROBERTS Sports Reporter HUDDERSFIELD produced a stunning final 20 minutes to snatch an excellent 25-16 National III North triumph at Loughborough Students. After 60 minutes, everything was pointing towards a fourth defeat of the season for the men ...
AUSSIE RULES OKAY!(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DOUG THOMSON Deputy Sports Editor AUSSIE Rules is coming to Huddersfield - and the man behind the new team is looking for players. Karl Haigh got into the sport, described as a cross between football, rugby and basketball, while travelling Down Under. ...
Britain may be forced to lower sights at London 2012.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BRITISH Olympic chief Colin Moynihan has warned that funding cuts expected to be confirmed tomorrow will leave Team GB equipped only to target eighth place in the medal table at the London 2012 Games. A UK Sport board meeting will decide where the cuts are to be made, unless the ...
Football: Van Persie double gives Blues boss Scolari food for thought.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CHELSEA have more to worry about today than the refereeing of Mike Dean, from whom their coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is demanding an apology over Robin van Persie's offside equaliser for Arsenal. Chelsea squandered the chance to put Arsenal out of the Premier League title race ...
Walsall victory.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ALEX NICHOLLS scored in injury time to help Walsall end a run of two League I defeats with a narrow 2-1 home victory over Swindon. The hosts, who visit Town on Saturday, took the lead in the 18th minute when top scorer Michael Ricketts, below, drove in his 10th goal of the ...
Histon see off Leeds as Barrow eye Boro.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BILL PIERCE Sports Correspondent LEEDS were humbled at Histon - but a home draw against Swansea in the third round of the FA Cup was probably not the reward the non-leaguers were hoping for. But Bar row will face top-flight opposition for the first time in ...
Jackson on course for run-out.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHRIS ROBERTS RL Writer PAUL JACKSON is expected to be available for the whole of the Giants' pre-season schedule. The Scotland prop suffered a broken right thumb during the World Cup in Australia and had surgery to repair the damage two weeks ago. ...
Beckett's top bow.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LUKE BECKETT made a scoring debut as Gainsborough Trinity won 3-0 at Harrogate Town to go 10th in the Blue Square North. The 32-year-old striker, who agreed a settlement on his Town contract on Thursday, netted the final goal against a Harrogate side including ex-Galpharm ...
About a boy.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Angelina's movie triumph PLUS win 10 Odeon tickets: Page 2 ...
10 pairs of movie tickets up for grabs.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... We've 10 pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of our friends at Huddersfield Odeon. All you have to do is name Angelina Jolie's movie star partner. Is it: a) Sand Pitt b) Mosh Pitt or c) Brad Pitt Answers on a postcard to Odeon Competition, Features, ...
UK Top 10.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... 1 (1) Quantum Of Solace 2 (-) Body Of Lies 3 (-) My Best Friend's Girl 4 (3) High School Musical 3 5 (4) Zack and Miri Make a ...
Jolie good show; CHANGELING (15, 141 MINS) 8/10 movie.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ANGELINA Jolie makes a strong bid for an Oscar nomination with her tour de force portrayal of a crusading mother in Clint Eastwood's harrowing drama. Based on shocking true events from the Los Angeles police files, adapted for the screen by J Michael Straczynski, Changeling is a ...
Third teacher at school is suspended.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By HAZEL ETTIENNE Education Reporter A THIRD member of staff from a Huddersfield school has been suspended, the Examiner can reveal. A male teacher from All Saints Catholic College in Bradley was suspended in October and is still away from the school. ...
IT'S SNOW GO! Schools close, cars crash and motorway traffic grinds to a halt.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Deputy News Editor THE snow brought early morning chaos across Huddersfield with a spate of crashes, shut schools and motorways in virtual gridlock. Main roads leading to the M62 were at a virtual standstill with traffic queuing to get on at ...
Killer's jail term cut to 24 years; Victim buried near canal.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter A DEBT-ridden former soldier who was jailed for the murder of a Polish student has won a three-year reduction in his minimum jail term. But Daniel Sykes must still serve at least 24 years for killing 23-year-old Tobiasz Minski on ...
Man in court after attack in street.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... A TEENAGER was due in court today after a man was critically hurt in an attack at Golcar. The 19-year-old has been accused of wounding and was due before magistrates. He was detained after a 25-year-old Birchencl i ffe man suffered serious head injuries in an ...
Worker injured in raid.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... A MAN was hurt after an attempted robbery at a Brighouse business. The worker, in his 50s, was hit by a vehicle as he tried to stop four men stealing a television. The victim was taken to Calderdale RoyalHospital, but his injuries are not life-threatening. ...
Action could hit NHS.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... HEALTH services in Huddersfield could be disrupted by industrial action. Members of trade union Unite who work for the NHS are planning to work to rule tomorrow. Ambulance staff, paramedics, mental health nurses, speech and language therapists, health visitors, ...
Quick refit for pub.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... THE old Barracuda Bar in Brighouse has reopened as a pub after a quick-fire refurbishment. About pounds 40,000 was spent ...
GREAT E-SCAPE; Return to traditions for pub reopening.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter NEW bosses hope to revive a Huddersfield pub by returning to traditions. The Scape House Inn in Scapegoat Hill was left without permanent management when business partners Stewart Humphries and Matthew Harper called time in July. ...
Football bosses look at art.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... ARTIST Darren Baker is preparing to have his work judged by one of the most feared men in English football. The Meltham artist has painted a portrait of legendary Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby for the League Managers Association (LMA). A panel of football ...
Local briefs: Special service for shoppers.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... A CAROL service will take place during late night shopping in Marsh. Shops along New Hey Road will remain open until around 8pm on Thursday, December 11 - and at 6.30pm that evening there will be ...
Local briefs: Folk workshop.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS from Education 2000 youth project enjoyed a workshop from the Jamaican Folk Ensemble at a dress rehearsal. Twenty people, aged eight to 18, learned singing, acting and dancing skills ...
Local briefs: Fair brings funds.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... FUNDRAISERS for the Nerve Centre raised pounds 263 at their Christmas fair. About 60 people attended the event which included homemade cards, jewellery and other gifts ....
Local briefs: Festive fun.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... DEWSBURY Museum will be holding its annual festive celebration, A Crow Nest Christmas, on Sunday, December 14. Grange Moor Brass Band will play traditional carols and Santa ...
Local briefs: Poser for artists.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... BRIGHOUSE Art Circle members enjoyed painting and drawing a costume model at their weekly ...
GREETINGS! CARD JOBS RESCUED; Town soccer chief in buy-out of 80 rival stores.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter A GREETINGS card company headed by Huddersfield Town chairman-elect Dean Hoyle has saved 500 jobs by acquiring 80 rival stores threatened with closure. Card Factory, based in Wakefield, has bought the stores from fellow ...
Under-age drinking operation is a success.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Crime Reporter PUB landlords passed an under-age drinking test with flying colours. Police sent two 15-year-old boys into pubs across Kirklees to see if staff would serve them, but none did and the youngsters were turned away each time. ...
'I was rushed into paying for pictures' Teenager in row over photoshoot.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter A DYSLEXIC student who paid more than pounds 100 for a set of professional pictures wants her cash back - because she claims she couldn't understand the contract. Sarah Palmer, of Deighton Road, Huddersfield, said she was rushed ...
Approval for Uni course.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... A HUDDERSFIELD University course has won the seal of approval by the world's leading forensic science society. The University's Forensic and Analytical Science has been given accreditation from the Forensic Science Society (FSS). Founded in 1959, FSS is now the ...
Under-age drinking; The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... IT is a source of national shame that our country sits on top of the European league table for boozing. The social ills that come as a consequence of that drinking are well documented. One of the saddest parts of all this is the amount of under-age drinking which ...
Law and order; The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... JOHN Robins steps into one of the most difficult jobs there is as he takes over as new police commander for Kirklees. They can throw all the statistics they want at us, but the plain fact is that the majority feel that crime is on the rise. And they want something ...