Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from February 2009:
MAN KILLED IN PARTY BRAWL; 2 hurt and 8 arrested as 18th ends in violence.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter A MURDER probe is under way after a man died when an 18th birthday party ended in tragedy. Two others were hurt when violence erupted at the home on Tintern Avenue in Milnsbridge in the early hours of yesterday morning. ...
Crooks to pay for profits from crime; Police team to seize the possessions of offenders.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON Head of News CROOKS in Huddersfield have been warned: We're after your ill-gotten gains. A new police unit has been set up in Kirklees to claw back cash and possessions gathered by the criminals. T he Kirklees Proceeds of Crime Act ...
Contact your local reporters.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Examiner today reaches out to the heart of the community. Sharp-eyed readers will no doubt have noticed the new contacts panel down the left side of this page. We have begun a system of district reporting, with all of our journalists given a patch to cover to get ...
We have pounds 30,000 to give to local good causes; Find out how your group can claim a share of the money.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By ANDREW HIRST Head of Content THE Examiner has pounds 30,000 to give away to local groups. The massive cash injection has been provided by the Community Foundation For Calderdale - but the money will go to groups in Kirklees. The cash must ...
Local briefs: Cheers as brewer tastes success.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A CALDERDALE brewery is bucking the economic gloom and doom with a massive boost in sales. The Elland Brewery says trade in December was up 20% compared with the same time last year. One of its main products, 1872 Porter, has just ...
Local briefs: Dryer fire.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A TUMBLE dryer caught fire at a Quarmby house. Clothes got jammed in the dryer which burned its motor out, causing it to catch fire at the home on Quarmy Road at 7.30pm last night. A ...
Local briefs: Pyjama walk.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HONLEY High School pupils Sophie Tinsdeall and Lauren Greenwood did a walk in their pyjamas from Netherton to Brockholes ...
Local briefs: Snow cycle.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... COLD winds and snow flurries failed to deter 14 members of the Huddersfield and District section of the Cyclists' ...
Local briefs: History talk.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BRIGHOUSE Historical Society members heard a talk by Mary Twentyman called The archaeology of Judy Woods. The next meeting will be on Wednesday February ...
Local briefs: Beating obesity.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CALDERDALE Council is working with 250 families to teach them how to get healthy and lose weight. The two-year scheme, called the Carnegie Weight Management ...
Community in shock as party brawl leaves reveler dead; Girl's 18th birthday night ends in tragedy while parents away.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter A YOUNG man has been killed after a party erupted in violence. Police were called after trouble broke out at the semi-detached house on Tintern Avenue in Milnsbridge at 2.40am on Sunday. The first officers on the scene ...
Street attack man 'ill'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAN is seriously ill after an attack in West Yorkshire. Police are appealing for witnesses after the 27-year-old was injured in the assault in Wakefield in the early hours of yesterday morning. He was found unconscious outside All Nations Bar in Lower York Street ...
Sausage fat starts house fire.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HOT sausage fat started a blaze at a Deighton home yesterday. Fire crews from Huddersfield and Elland attended the house on Riddings Road, at 1.20pm, where a 13-year-old girl had been cooking bangers. The teenager, who was unharmed, ...
Teenager arrested.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A TEENAGER was detained after a short police chase in Huddersfield. Police called in the West Yorkshire force helicopter after a red Ford Fiesta failed to stop for officers on St John's Road in Birkby at 12.45am yesterday morning. ...
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT: Checks and balances.(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LIBERAL Democrats initiate an important debate in the Commons today on "legal, decent, honest and truthful: The case for urgent reform of Parliament". The background to this, of course, is the cash-for-influence allegations against four Labour peers. The jury is ...
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner COMMENT: Community of winners.(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... WE are launching the pounds 30,000 Examiner Community Giveaway. Knowing Huddersfield as a place where hearts beat strongly with care and kindness for others, we are in no doubt there will be excellent nominations. So many that it will be very difficult to choose our ...
How Status Quo of hellraising changed.(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommon WHATEVER happened to girls, drugs and rock and roll? Bands on tour used to submit lists of crazy items they wanted backstage in their dressing rooms and at their hotels. Or, at the very least, industrial amounts of alcohol. But ...
Plum way to get value from your super fruit.(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommon PLUMS are the new wonder food and I'm off to the shop before news gets out and the price goes up. On previous visits to the greengrocery department of a supermarket, my wife would tell me how good blueberries were for the human combustion ...
End this erosion of our heritage. Full stop!(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Denis Kilcommon BIRMINGHAM City Council has abolished the apostrophe on road signs. The move, says Councillor Martin Mullaney, has been taken for the purposes of consistency and to avoid costs and confusion over whether place names should have one. ...
JP Bruce retires in style.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LEADING magistrate Bruce Merlin retired on Friday after more than 20 years' service. The Skelmanthorpeman began hearing cases at Huddersfield Magistrates' Court in 1987. Mr Merlin, 70, received whisky tumblers as a retirement gift from grateful colleagues. ...
Wheelie sneaky immigrants.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A GROUP of illegal immigrants were caught trying to smuggle themselves into the UK inside wheelie bins. A sniffer dog belonging to the UK Border Agency noticed the ten men hidden inside the bins packed onto a lorry in the French port of Calais. ...
How the hoax fire callers are caught; Teenager arrested in Holmfirth.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By BARRY GIBSON Local Government Reporter A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was arrested for making a hoax fire call at a Huddersfield school. Now we can give an exclusive glimpse behind-the-scenes at West Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service headquarters to find out how the ...
Sheerman opens student shop.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HUDDERSFIELD MP Barry Sheerman opened a new shop run by students at Kirklees College, Huddersfield, yesterday. The store called Inspirations was opened by pupils on the vocational access course as part of their BTEC Skills for Working Life qualification. It will sell ...
National briefs: Nurse suspended for prayer offer.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A CHRISTIAN nurse was suspended after offering to pray for the recovery of an elderly patient. Caroline Petrie, 45, was accused of failing to show a commitment to equality and diversity after the ...
National briefs: Four shots.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAN who was killed on a city street was shot four times, police said. Daniel Keatinge, 25, died in a hail of bullets as he walked from his car to the home of a friend ...
National briefs: Israeli deal.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE family of a film-maker shot by the Israeli army today confirmed they had accepted a settlement from the country's government. James Miller, 34, from north Devon, died in May 2003 while ...
National briefs: Travel stop.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MORE than six thousand people were stopped by police in a major operation on the North West transport network. Seven forces ...
National briefs: Witness appeal.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... DETECTIVES issued an appeal for witnesses today after the death of a 22-year-old man found injured on a motorway. West Midlands Police said ...
WILDCAT STRIKES SET TO SPREAD; Last-minute talks over foreign labour row.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By ALAN JONES News Correspondent WILDCAT strikes are expected to spread today in an escalation of the row over foreign labour ahead of frantic moves to try to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute. Hundreds of contract workers at the Sellafield nuclear site ...
Five arrests at Free Tibet protest.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... PRO-TIBETAN protesters scuffled with police as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao ar rived at the Chinese Embassy in London. Police said that five males were arrested for public order offences after trying to push past officers to get to the doors of the building. Protesters ...
Swinton gains best actress.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... KATE Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle were unable to build on recent successes as they missed out on top accolades in the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Tilda Swinton pipped Winslet to the award for Best Actress for her moving performance as Julia in ...
Family home ruined.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A FAMILY home had to be demolished after a car ploughed into the property, killing the driver and two passengers. The men, aged 19, 27 and 35 died when their Ford Mondeo careered into the twostorey detached home in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, last night. The ...
Youth dies in tree fall.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has died after falling from a tree in a park. Emergency services were called to reports of a boy who suffered a fall at Knole Park, near Sevenoaks, Kent. Paramedics tried to revive the teenager, who has not been identified, but he was pronounced dead ...
Writers help reading students.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A GROUP of adults from Kirklees College's Huddersfield centre have been improving their reading skills thanks to two local authors. Return to Learn English students from the college attended a workshopwith authors Phil Burton and Jonathan Tulloch at Huddersfield Town Hall. ...
KIRKLEES TENANTS SHOW SATISFACTION; But car parking and litter remain among concerns.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor COUNCIL tenants in Kirklees are happier with the services they receive than they were in 2006. That is according to the results of a major survey, which have just been released. Every two years, all social landlords ...
'Rat run' to be closed off.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A "RAT RUN" road in Brighouse will be closed off. Calderdale Council highways staff are taking action to close the road after residents' complaints. Residents have complained about the increasing number of vehicles using Rydings Drive, Brighouse, despite there being ...
World briefs: Petrol tanker tragedy kills 111.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... KENYA: An overturned petrol tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel, killing at least 111 people and wounding 200, officials ...
World briefs: No new plan.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SWITZERLAND: The world's foremost gathering of the best and brightest in government and business failed to come up with any new plan to reverse the ...
World briefs: Grenade deaths.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THAILAND: A grenade blast killed eight people and wounded 27 others during a celebration next to a Buddhist temple in north-eastern Thailand, police ...
pounds 939m bill for babies.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE cost of premature birth in England and Wales is pounds 939 million per year and rising, a study out today suggests. Delaying all premature births by just one week could save pounds 260 million every year, it added. Researchers based the cost on the needs of ...
pounds 1m wins for Bond holders.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TWO Premium Bond holders have each won pounds 1 million in February's double jackpot. The first winner is a man living in Hertfordshire. Bond number 42KA416902 was bought in April 2001, and the winner's total holding is pounds 30,000. The ...
Thousands of Glaxo jobs set for the axe.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter DRUGS giant GlaxoSmith-Kline is set to axe thousands of jobs when it announces its full-year results this week. The pharmaceuticals company is thought to be planning a worldwide employee cut, potentially including some UK ...
Firms face more cuts to survive.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK MANY Yorkshire firms will have to bite the bullet and axe staff to avoid their businesses going under, it is claimed. The stark warning was sounded in the wake of a string of high-profile business failures - including retailers Land of Leather, ...
HOUSE SWAP SCHEME KEEPS THINGS MOVING.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter A NOVEL approach to selling houses is helping a Huddersfield estate agency to keep the property market moving. Cornerstone completed 35 deals during the second half of 2008 through a pioneering house swap scheme launched in ...
Interest closes on zero.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... INTEREST rates are set to edge closer to zero this week, but economists predict the Bank of England could soon resort to more unorthodox measures to kick-start the economy. Analysts believe the Bank will cut the cost of borrowing to a new alltime low of 1% on Thursday as it ...
'Sleaze' peers could face expulsion.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAJOR overhaul of parliamentary sleaze rules could see MPs banned from earning extra cash and peers kicked out for serious misbehaviour, it was revealed. Ministers are considering the moves as part of efforts to restore public faith in parliament after a series of scandals. ...
TV's Carol on maths task force.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FORMER Countdown host Carol Vorderman is to head up a maths task force for David Cameron, it was revealed. Ms Vorderman will look at teaching methods, how to address people's "fear" of the subject, and whether tests have got easier. The move is part of a package of ...
For them, bed is concrete floor; Chocolat author Joanne Harris on the shocks and joys of charity trip to Togo.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter WAR rape, child trafficking and people living in mud huts may sound like the plot for her latest novel. But, for Almondbury author Joanne Harris, the fiction became a fact when she spent a week in the west African nation of ...
Writer Joanne goes raunchy.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FANCY jumping into bed with author Joanne Harris? Well now you can, as the Almondbury writer is one of a number of authors who have written under pseudonyms for an erotic book entitled In Bed With. Along with Kathy Lette, Fay Weldon and Daisy Waugh, 44-year-old ...
pounds 10,000 MAKEOVER IN JANET'S MEMORY; Tenants' association founder remembered.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter AN EYESORE patch of land has been transformed in memory of the founder of a tenants' and residents' association. The area, off Second Avenue, in Kirkheaton, has been given a pounds 10,000 makeover. Kirkheaton Tenants' and ...
Call for end to 'gifts culture' in drug industry.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A GROUP of medical experts will recommend that drug firms stop giving promotional gifts to doctors over fears it could sway their judgement, it was reported. The Royal College of Physicians led a wide-ranging inquiry into the relationship between the medical profession and the ...
UK free banking at risk.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE credit crunch could hasten the end of free banking in the UK as institutions look for ways to increase their revenues, a report predicted. Professor Merlin Stone, of Bristol Business School, said free banking was likely to be scaled back, with banks instead likely to copy ...
Children urged to draw map.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... YOUNGSTERS under 12 have the chance to get a drawing published in a book. Waterstones bookshop in the Kingsgate centre in Huddersfield is calling on youngsters to draw a map of the fictional Island of Smoke from the book Nidae's Promise. ...
Blizzards warning for North.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK News Reporter HEAVY snow is on its way and today is already being classed by weather experts as "extreme". The Met office has given out an urgent warning for heavy snow and strong winds over the Pennines this afternoon and evening as the icy ...
Hit-run victim tribute.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MEMORIAL to a hit-and-run victim has been installed at the society he founded. Amateur historian Alan Naylor died four days after he was hit by a car in New North Road, Heckmondwike, in October, 2006. The 80-year-old former teacher helped found the Joseph Priestley ...
Letter: Mail bag - Chicanes that could add to the traffic problems.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: I M HUNTER YET again when traffic calming measures are invoked, albeit temporary (one hopes), the emotive words such as "speed down the road" and "rat runs" are trotted out. Clearlywhen HalifaxRoad is out of action therewill be extra pressure on alternative ...
Letter: Mail bag - Express welcome.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: TONY ARMITAGE I THINK it is wonderful that Tesco are applying to build an Express branch in Scissett. I live in ClaytonWest with my wife and three young children and have always thought the area was lacking when it came to grocery shopping. We have two local ...
Letter: Mail bag - CORGI change dangers.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: ANDREW CROOKES On April 1, CORGIwill no longer be the brand used to represent qualified gas installers. However, despite a new brand emerging, (Gas Safe Register) funds raised from consumers in the form of a tax which have generated a sizeable surplus within ...
Letter: Mail bag - The other side of Hamas.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: G R NEWSOME IN CONTRAST to the vitriolic rantings of Barry Gibson, there have been two long articles in The Times this week on the BBC's decision, the first sat on the fence, focusing on the democratic process, the second agreed with the BBC's decision not to broadcast ...
Letter: Mail bag - Unhappy voter.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BILLY RICHARDSON I DO NOT agree with your constituent (Examiner January 31) regarding the departure of the Colne Valley Member of Parliament, Kali Mountford. MsMountford may have worked 16 hours a day, or so she says, but she has done little to further the ...
The HOT topic.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... www.examiner.co.uk Friday's vote Would more students studying in Huddersfield be good for the town? Yes 92.4% ...
Letter: Mail bag - Sold out by Gordon.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: R BOTTOMLEY DURING the Thatcher years we were encouraged to save in PEPS and invest in a pension fund and to buy shares in the privatised utilities to safeguard our future in retirement and have a stake in industry. When New Labour came to power, Gordon Brown ...
Letter: Mail bag - Golf handicap puzzle.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: EDWARD MITCHELL I WAS amazed to read David Balderstone's article (Saturday's Examiner golf section) on the reasons for junior girl golfers not being allowed to join the male juniors in the Union Golf competitions which I did not understand. Then on ...
Letter: Mail bag - First class service delivery.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: CAROLINE WRIGHT I DON'T write to papers but I felt so touched after a visit to the main Post Office in Northumberland Street I felt the need to do so. I received probably the best, spontaneous customer service I have ever experienced. And from the Post Office ...
Tesco gets the words flying; On the web.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... AT a time when families are having to think about cutting back on what they spend, the announcement of a new Tesco store in Scissett has sparked mixed emotions. DocDave references Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman's disaffection with the supermarket giant: "Oh dear, Barry will be ...