Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from April 2009:
Gun and explosive seized.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A MAN has appeared in court after police seized a gun and an explosive device at a house in Huddersfield. Matthew Campbell went before Dewsbury Magistrates' Court charged with possession of illegal firearms. This came hours after officers from the Kirklees Drugs and ...
BLOW TO SCHOOL IN LOST PAPERS; Performance slips thanks to mistake: Head's anger as mistake hits result.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: BARRY GIBSON B LU N D E R I N G bureaucrats have sent a Huddersfield school crashing down the league table. Furious Tony Parker fears parents will shun his school because of the slip-up. And the headteacher of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in ...
Plans to close high school put on ice.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: KATIE GRANT A CONTROVERSIAL decision to close a top-performing school has been delayed. Parents, children and staff from Castle Hall school in Mirfield met at Dewsbury town hall to challenge the closure. The audience applauded as they heard that ...
Bob the builder! Vice-chancellor welcomes new business school development.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: BARRY GIBSON WORK begins this month on a pounds 17m extension at the University of Huddersfield. Albany Mill on Firth Street will be knocked down to allow the Business School to expand. But 90% of the two-storey 19th Century building will be ...
Scratchcard plan to get free parking.
Apr 01, 2009 ... DRIVERS can scratch their way to free parking. Kirklees Council's Cabinet yesterday approved an imaginative plan to increase the number motorists visiting a under-used car park. Some 250 spaces at Cliffe Street Car Park in Dewsbury have been set aside for the scheme. ...
New rating system for councils and police.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A MINISTER announced sweeping changes to the way councils are graded today. Communities and Local Government minister Hazel Blears revealed the new plan to the Examiner. From now on councils will be ranked alongside the Police and the health service. Ms ...
LEAVE OUR NURSERY ALONE SAY PARENTS; Villagers submit 1,000 name petition.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WORRIED parents told councillors - leave our nursery alone. They demanded yesterday that Kirklees Council scrap plans to close or privatise Denby Dale Nursery School. Marla Cousin, whose daughter goes to the school, asked the council's cabinet not to go ahead with the ...
Waxing on art; Local briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... INTERACTION was the order of the day at a Huddersfield Art Society meeting. Barbara Goodall gave a demonstration of encaustic wax techniques to fellow members at Gledholt Methodist Church. She showed how patterns and colourful decorative ...
Health advice; Local briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... TOP health experts will be in Huddersfield on Thursday to help people with ME. They will be at a meeting of the Kirklees Independent ME ...
Man cleared of gun offence; Local briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... AN alcoholic who was found collapsed in a car park with an air gun was cleared of illegally carrying a weapon by a court in Huddersfield. William Mooney, 48, of Caldercliffe Road, Berry Brow, was discovered asleep with a bag containing an air pistol in the car park ...
Reading fun; Local briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... CHILDREN on a reading scheme have been rewarded. Year 3 children at Moorlands Primary School spent 10 weeks working with a 'reading friend'. The friends are local volunteers who bond with the children to ...
Church talk; Local briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A TALK on the history of some of the Methodist church hymns was given by Mrs Beryl Burgess when the Friendly Hour Group met at ...
Our Bob have a tonic in; COMMENT.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WE have a tonic in town against the recession - it's called The University Of Huddersfield. Amid all the doom and gloom our very own Bob The Builder - amiable Vice Chancellor Bob Cryan - donned hard hat to start work on a pounds 17m extension to expand the university's business ...
Paying for dishonesty; COMMENT.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE numbers of people cheating the benefits system is outrageous. A crackdown on benefits claimants across Kirklees has found thousands making bogus claims by wrongly claiming they are single. And yet how many have been prosecuted? Well, that's a round number - a big ...
Heating proves a hot TV topic.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barry Gibson ALSO on last week's Question Time came the a strange exchange between Mr Pickles and Green Party leader Caroline Lucas about Kirklees Council. While discussing the economy, Ms Lucas praised her party colleagues in Kirklees for providing free ...
And one last thing ...
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barry Gibson I SAW The Damned United at the weekend and found it a bit of a let-down. I loved the dark and compelling book by Town fan David Peace about Brian Clough's 44-day tenure as Leeds manager back in 1974. But, unfortunately for Mr Peace, ...
What price to pay for porn?
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barry Gibson WHAT were the titles? It's the question on every headline-writer's lips this week after it emerged that the Home Secretary had accidentally asked the taxpayer to pick up her husband's porn tab. It's a great story, but it would have been even ...
Blaze at town centre flats block.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A FIRE damaged a flat on the fourth floor of Richmond flats in Huddersfield town centre. Two crews from Huddersfield fire station and the aerial appliance attended the scene just after 6.30am yesterday morning. The male occupant of the flat had left the premises by ...
Sleepy smoker's near miss.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A MAN had to be rescued after he fell asleep smoking a cigarette. The 64-year-old was in bed in his sheltered accommodation flat at Sycamore Grange in Golcar when he dozed off on Monday night. His smoke alarm went off and two fire engines from Huddersfield were called ...
From front line to big race challenge; Slaithwaite Marine returns for charity bid.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: NEIL ATKINSON FOR the past six months he has been on the front line, battling the Taliban. Now Royal Marine commando Dan Sykes, of Slaithwaite, faces a different kind of battle. He and his fellow troops are due back from the war in Afghanistan at ...
Bogus cops arrested after raid.
Apr 01, 2009 ... TWO men were arrested following the recovery of a stash of police uniforms and equipment at a flat. More than 100 PCSO uniforms and hundreds of batons, jackets, body armour, handcuffs and CS spray holders were found following a raid committed by bogus officers. The ...
PM public sector pay hint.
Apr 01, 2009 ... GORDON Brown insisted the public sector had to show "restraint" on pay, as he imposed lower than recommended 1.5% settlements for most senior officials. Annual rises for teachers and military personnel were approved but the Prime Minister stepped in to restrict increases for top ...
UK troops start pulling out of Iraq.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE British forces' withdrawal from Iraq began last night when the UK's top commander and his headquarters staff flew out of the country. Major General Andy Salmon earlier handed military command of the southern province of Basra to the US Army in a ceremony that marked the ...
New president flies in for Summit.
Apr 01, 2009 ... US President Barack Obama landed on British soil last night as world leaders gathered for the G20 Summit. Mr Obama arrived at Stansted airport, near Chelmsford, Essex, on Air Force One after travelling from an air base near Washington DC. He touched down at 7.50pm for ...
Smiling through; National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... BOTOX anti-wrinkle treatment has an uplifting side effect that brings a smile to the face, researchers have found. By preventing ...
Computer rage; National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... COMPUTERS are suffering an epidemic of verbal and physical abuse. People are venting their frustration and anger by ...
Alarm at Jarvis as 450 jobs axed; Firm in second profits warning.(Financial report)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: EXAMINER THE rail and plant firm Jarvis said around 450 jobs were set to be axed as the company struggles with delays to Network Rail's spending programmes. The York-based firm, which has around 4,000 staff, also issued its second profit warning in as many ...
Twitter fake; National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... POSTINGS on Twitter purporting to be from Coleen Rooney and confirming pregnancy rumours are fake. There were reports that Colleen (pictured) and her footballer husband Wayne are ...
Off the hook! National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE European Commission has let amateur anglers get away after fears that those catching a bit of supper at sea could have to report every landed tiddler ...
Sex show alert; National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... RECESSION-HIT pubs are turning to strippers and lap dancers to pull in punters, say anti-sex trade campaigners, who warn loopholes in a planned Government licensing clampdown would make it ...
Missing Claudia: new clues hope; National briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE detective leading the search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence said last night that he had received some "very interesting calls" regarding her disappearance, including information ...
Children to become art-tastic.
Apr 01, 2009 ... CHILDREN in Mirfield are being offered the chance to attend a series of art workshops. The sessions are open to children aged eight to 14 years old. They will be taking place at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop. The series is funded by grants from the ...
'I'm glad it's not just because I'm female'.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A TORY parliamentary candidate said she's glad she was picked for her skills and not just because she's a woman. Karen Tweed was chosen by the Conservative Party last week to run for Huddersfield's Member of Parliament. She made the comment after the news last week ...
Politicians defend expenses claims; Figures reveal local MPs are in Yorkshire top 10 spenders.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: BARRY GIBSON MPs have defended their expenses claims. Huddersfield's Barry Sheerman and Kali Mountford of Colne Valley are among the top 10 spenders in Yorkshire. Figures released yesterday show Mr Sheerman claimed pounds 160,353 in 2007/08, ...
Sleeping babies research.
Apr 01, 2009 ... born to women suffered anxiety or in may be poor new research An analysis of patterns at six 12 months found infants were more 20% more likely to up in the night if mother had been compared those babies mothers enjoyed easier pregnancy. The study, involving women from aged 20 ...
Neighbours say no to 350 new homes; Action group to defend green belt site.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVE HIMELFIELD ANGRY residents have formed an action group to protest against council plans to build on green belt land. Fixby Action Group formed on Thursday to object to proposals to build on a field next to Gernhill Avenue, Lightridge Road and Clough ...
House price fall; World briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... USA: House prices dropped by nearly a fifth, a record, in the year to January. The Standard & ...
No short-cuts; World briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... MALAWI: Madonna hit back at claims she was using her fame to pressure the African country into allowing her to adopt another ...
Not for sale; World briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... INDIA: Four police officers were sacked after they sold a body they found to a hospital for research. ...
'We will attack' World briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... PAKISTAN: A Taliban leader claimed it was behind a murderous police academy raid and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the US capital. Baitullah ...
A promise to look for peace; World briefs.
Apr 01, 2009 ... ISRAEL: The incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (below) said he would seek "full peace" with the entire Arab and Muslim world. Mr Netanyahu made the comments in a speech to ...
Clegg out to win British crown in summer.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: SPENCER TILBROOK ROBERT CLEGG is one of the area's most active players and has a keen eye for a kingside attack. Here, in a game played in last month's Frodsham Congress, he strips aside the protection in front of the king of 154-graded Noel McLaughlin, of ...
Community in shock over death of headteacher.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE friend of a popular headteacher who died at the wheel of his car has paid tribute to "a top bloke." Dennis Midwood was with Ripponden Junior and Infant School head David Brier when he suffered a suspected heart attack as they drove home from a football match on Saturday. Mr ...
'I won't let this inferno destroy my house dream' Owner defiant after Marsden home hit by fire.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: SAM CASEY THE owner of a fire-hit dream home insists it will rise from the ashes. Philip Waterhouse is determined to realise his ambition to build his own house despite Saturday's dramatic blaze. As reported on Monday, the detached three-storey ...
Children charged with healthy living.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: EMMA DAVISON POLICE have been helping children in Huddersfield get healthy. Over the last few weeks 64 school children have taken part in a scheme called Fun in Athletics. The athletics event is run as a partnership between West Yorkshire Police, ...
VOLUNTEER TO BEAT THE CREDIT CRUNCH; New skills gained to beat the recession.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: HAZEL ETTIENNE VOLUNTEER your way into work during the recession. That's the advice of people behind a new scheme in Huddersfield. It means you can beat the crunch and help yourself by helping out. The idea of becoming a volunteer is a ...
Aid for domestic victims.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A SPECIAL court will sit in Calderdale to deal with cases of domestic violence. Victims will receive extra help and support from the new court - one of 18 new Specialist Domestic Violence Courts being set up by the Government. The programme promotes a combined ...
Scrap tax hike on fuel plead motorists; 82% of drivers oppose rise.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK MOTORISTS in Yorkshire issued an eleventh-hour plea for Chancellor Alistair Darling to cancel today's fuel duty increase. As drivers across the region faced paying an extra 2.12p a litre in fuel duty and VAT from today, a survey by motoring ...
Fun sports lessons at schools.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A NEW business is teaching schoolchildren sports skills. Friends and business partners Antony Leech and Andy Gledhill visited Wilberlee Junior and Infant School in Slaithwaite to teach pupils a range of sports. The sports professionals set up their company, Project ...
M& S cheer in retail gloom.
Apr 01, 2009 ... RETAIL giant Marks & Spencer said that steps to resolve last year's "self-inflicted injuries" had paid off with a smaller than expected fall in sales. Chairman Sir Stuart Rose admitted the group had made mistakes with its food offering in particular, but said actions to cut ...
Investor sells off shares.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SPECULATION about a cash call at debt-laden Debenhams was fuelled today following the sale of a 13% stake held by collapsed firm Baugur. The Icelandic investment group's share interest is said to have been placed on the stock market by HSBC at the top ...
FILM OFTHEDAY; MOVIES.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Wild Wild West (Sky Movies Action/Thriller, 7.05pm) A government agent and his eccentric new partner face a series of dangers while investigating an ...
PICK OFTHEDAY; ENTERTAINMENT.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Live International Football (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) Wales v Germany (Kick-off 7.45pm). All the action from the World Cup Group Four qualifier at the Millennium Stadium. Germany won 1-0 when the sides met in October, with a spectacular second-half strike by Piotr Trochowski ...
Around the from Berry Brow; Mike returns to wed after global travels.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: JOHN AVISON MIKE Ward has been away from Huddersfield for more than 30 years now, but his memories of the area are undiminished. A few years ago he got in touch with former schoolmates at Hillhouse Secondary Technical School via classmate Peter Paxton - the ...
No sound of silence; Moving to PORTUGAL.
Apr 01, 2009 ... I KNOW I've banged on about the country seclusion we have out here - peace and quiet and all things natural. Well, the beginning of April is when technology really encroaches in the shape of The Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2009. This year's event runs this week from ...
COURT IN BRIEF.
Apr 01, 2009 ... HUDDERSFIELD Magistrates' Court recorded the following decisions on March 9, 2009. Arkan Ahmed, Pateley Crescent, Huddersfield. False representation to claim benefits. Curfew order for three months with pounds 75 costs. Michael Paul Martin, Greyfriars Avenue, ...
Getting in the swim.
Apr 01, 2009 ... UNDER 16s and the over 60s will be able to enjoy free swimming in Calderdale from today. The council has announced the move as part of an initiative ...
TV licence reminders too harsh.
Apr 01, 2009 ... EARLY letters chasing up TV licence payments should be friendlier - and coupled with more effective targeting of "hard core" fee dodgers, the BBC Trust has found. The BBC Trust's review into how the licence fee is collected found a "clear public view" that the tone of reminder ...
Money for 2 'smaller' charities.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SELLERS Engineers raised almost pounds 2,500 to be split between two Huddersfield charities. Cash was raised at the company's annual charity concert featuring the Sellers International Youth Band on December 14 at St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University. Alzheimer's ...
Praise for mental health volunteers.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANNE- MARIE SENIOR MENTAL health volunteers are celebrating a year of helping Huddersfield people find work. Mental Health Matters was set-up last April to give jobseekers with mental health issues a helping hand. The team - based at the Deighton ...
Get your Kirklees Passport.
Apr 01, 2009 ... NINE libraries are now issuing Kirklees Passports - and the latest addition to the list is Mirfield. Passports are also available at the Kirklees information points in Huddersfield Civic Centre, Dewsbury Town Hall, Peel Street in Marsden and libraries in Holmfirth, Meltham, ...
Fine art at Saturday kids' club.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A FEW places are left for children wishing to join the new term of Saturday Art Club at the Huddersfield Art Gallery. The sessions are for children aged four-13 years and are held monthly in the morning and afternoon. The meetings are on April 25, May 9, June 20 and ...
Erin's plea to follow dream of Olympics.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: HAZEL ETTIENNE A YOUNG gymnast is appealing for help to make her Olympic dream a reality. Eleven-year-old Erin McLachlan trains and competes 20 hours each week at venues across Yorkshire. She was Yorkshire champion at eight, nine and 10 years old. ...
Stepping out at Rawthorpe school.
Apr 01, 2009 ... PROFESSIONAL dance company Candoco worked with students at the Netherhall Learning Campus. Students took part in a four-day contemporary dance workshop led by a company with disabled and non-disabled dancers. Annie Hanaur (front left) and Chris Owen (front right) of ...
Race night at pub is a winner.
Apr 01, 2009 ... PUB punters helped to raise hundreds of pounds for a Huddersfield charity by taking part in a race night. Customers of The Tandem Inn in Waterloo stumped up pounds 720 for ...