Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) back issues from July 2009:
Pick of the day.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Celebrity MasterChef (8.00pm) The six remaining contestants are challenged to cook a twocourse meal for 30 schoolchildren before preparing a roast dinner to impress judges. If their food fails to impress, two of the celebrities run the risk of being sent home. James May at the ...
She's my living doll!
Jul 01, 2009 ... SCHOOL students experienced the pleasure - and the pain - of becoming a new 'mum'. Some 15 year-11 pupils from Holmfirth High School were asked to take home a virtual baby for the weekend. The scheme, which uses a realistic computer controlled baby doll, aims to ...
LLOYDS JOBS ANGER; Outcry as 2,100 staff face axe.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK HUNDREDS of banking jobs in West Yorkshire are at risk after Lloyds Banking Group announced plans to axe 2,100 posts across the UK. The decision - which is expected to mean the loss of 700 jobs in West Yorkshire, Scotland and the Midlands - ...
Two PCs to be won[...].
Jul 01, 2009 ... A) Personal Computer B) Portable Computer C) Pretend Computer Call 0901 229 2205 and tell us your answer, name, address and phone number. Text HDECOMP followed by a space and and tell us your answer, name, address and phone number and send to 84080 Only 25p to enter* - cheaper than a stamp ...
FEATHER IN THE CAP; SWANS project scoops pounds 5,000 at hospital staff 'Oscars'.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: NEIL ATKINSON A PROJECT to help pregnant women in Huddersfield and Calderdale affected by substance misuse scooped pounds 5,000 in the annual health 'Oscars'. SWANS, or support for women and ante-natal services, won the Gordon McLean award which was the ...
Your stars with Cliare Petulengro.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Cliare Petulengro What's the point of putting so much effort into your life if you are going to give up at the final hurdle Aries? Come on, don't let the hiccup which has occurred take over. You're closer to success than you'd dreamed! Call my starline now and I'll tell ...
England get the vital nod.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: ALEX LOWE ENGLAND moved a giant step closer to hosting the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup after tournament organisers recommended their bid to the International Rugby Board. The Rugby Football Union held off strong competition from South Africa, Italy and Japan ...
My fear.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SOUTH Africa coach Dick Muir admitted he "fears what the game is coming to" as the Springboks confirmed they had lodged an appeal against Bakkies Botha's two-week ban. Botha was suspended on Sunday after being found guilty of a "dangerous charge" on Adam Jones, ...
Union ace Johnson makes mark as Rangers keep up the pressure.
Jul 01, 2009 ... HUDDERSFIELD Underbank Rangers' Co-operative Conference National campaign just keeps on getting better and better. Coach Richard Knight's side have been improving as the season has been progressing, and that was emphasised in the most spectacular of fashion as the men from ...
A SECOND CHANCE; Brown so desperate to make up for 2006.
Jul 01, 2009 ... KEVIN BROWN has admitted reaching the Challenge Cup final with the Giants would make up for the frustration he felt in 2006. The 24-year-old half-back moved to Huddersfield from Wigan midway through the 2006 campaign. That meant he was Cup-tied for Huddersfield as ...
Second victim of swine flu.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A SECOND healthcare worker at a hospital has caught swine flu. The 25-year-old man from Cardiff was one of nine people confirmed with the virus in Wales . The infection was related to travel and not to that of another worker at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. ...
Perfect sunrise dawns on Castle Hill; PICTURE of the week.
Jul 01, 2009 ... WHEN we asked you to send in your pictures of the things that for you summed up Huddersfield, we expected to see images of one of the town's best known landmarks, Castle Hill. Few can expect though to do a better job than John Durrans whose stunning sunrise shot of the Jubilee Tower spells ...
Hospital elections to shape NHS care.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANNE-MARIE SENIOR ELECTIONS on Huddersfield's hospital council are taking place this summer to give patients the chance to have their say. People interested in taking a seat on the membership council for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are ...
LOSS OF RIVALS HELPS HMV BOOST EARNINGS.(Financial report)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK MUSIC and games group HMV said the demise of rivals and benefits from its turnaround plan boosted profits in a "difficult" retail climate. HMV, which has a store at Kingsgate in Huddersfield, said it was confident about the current year - after ...
'Normal trading still more than a year off'.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK CARPETRIGHT has unveiled a 72% profits slump - and warned that a return to more normal trading conditions was still more than 12 months away. Chairman and chief executive Lord Harris called his 51st year of selling carpets "extremely ...
Slowdown in revenue growth derails Arriva.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK TRANSPORT group Arriva warned that a slowdown in growth at its CrossCountry rail franchise would dent first-half results. The franchise lifted revenues by 2.4% in the first five months of 2009 compared with 4.5% reported in Arriva's last update ...
Profit alert issued as Yell talks to lenders.(Financial report)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK YELLOW Pages firm Yell warned that next quarter earnings were likely to be 30% lower as it continues to feel the pain of the economic slump. The update came as Yell said talks were under way to "comprehensively refinance" the group, which is ...
FILM OF THE DAY; MOVIES.
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Italian Job (Film4, 9.00pm) A crook double-crosses his partners-in-crime in a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead. One year later, they regroup and form a daring plan ...
Lloyd looking for glory on Silverstone stage.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SCAMMONDEN teenager Daniel Lloyd is striving for a career best ELF Renault Clio Cup performance during the category's biggest race meeting of the year at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit this weekend as he bids to consolidate his place as the top rookie in the driver standings. ...
Graham returns in style.
Jul 01, 2009 ... HUDDERSFIELD athlete Graham Bickerdike won three of the four events in his return to action at an Open Meeting at Thornes Park, Wakefield. The 22-year-old decathlon competitor, who is between clubs after a six-month lay-off, took part in a shortened format of his sport. ...
It's a family affair for club stalwarts.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: IAN HIRST THREE generations at Milnsbridge Bowling Club are continuing the strong tradition of the sport in the Peacock family. Barbara and David Peacock have two sons, Alan and Martin, along with three of their grandchildren in the various teams at the ...
Firefighters' tandem relay in memory of Trudy.
Jul 01, 2009 ... FIREFIGHTERS are to tackle a cycle race for charity. A team including firefighters from Marsden and Cleckheaton will take on the Trudy Ramsden Memorial Bike Ride from West Yorkshire Fire Service headquarters at Birkenshaw on July 11. The cyclists are drawn from Odsal ...
Posties in bid to stop dog attacks.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MOVES to change the law to help protect postal workers from being attacked by dogs will be made in Parliament today. A 10-minute rule bill was being introduced in the Commons by Labour MP Angela Smith (Basildon) after complaints that the Dangerous Dogs Act needed updating. ...
Time to celebrate together.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A PROJECT bringing together many groups in Newsome takes place this weekend. The event on Saturday and Sunday is being held at Newsome High School and Sports College and all are invited. The aim of Celebrating Newsome Together is to give people living in and around ...
Dad's ride a tribute and a challenge! Stuart on trek for charity.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: JOANNE DOUGLAS A FATHER of two is getting on his bike for charity. Stuart Ross is preparing to cycle 430 miles in memory of his late father-in-law Robert Coupland. Mr Coupland died in 2007 aged 59 - almost a year after he was diagnosed with a brain ...
Names to change.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ABBEY and Alliance & Leicester today began rebranding their UK corporate and commercial banking divisions to Santander Corporate Banking. The move will result in the bank's network of 20 regional corporate banking centres being ...
Plan to engineer revival.
Jul 01, 2009 ... BUSINESS leaders are pressing the case for a bigger manufacturing base to help tackle challenges such as climate change and boost the economy. The Engineering Employers Federation said manufacturing should be at the centre of a more diverse and durable economy. A ...
PICK OF THE DAY; ENTERTAINMENT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Live Darts (Sky Sports 1, 7.00pm) The opening day of the Las Vegas Classic at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where 16 qualifiers join the PDC's top 12 players and four North American pre-qualifiers in the first round. Phil Taylor won the title for the fourth time in seven years with ...
Summer warnings; Hot weather provides window of opportunity for criminals.
Jul 01, 2009 ... WITH the warm weather upon us at last, we want people to enjoy the summer months but to take steps to prevent themselves from being victims of crime. We are all suffering from stuffy, humid nights and sleeping can be a problem, so the obvious thing to do is to leave open as many ...
What's On; To feature your event ring 01484 430000, write to What's On, The Examiner, Queen St South, Huddersfield, or email whatson@examiner.co.uk at least a week in advance.
Jul 01, 2009 ... EXHIBITIONS. Frames and Galleries, Grove Road, adj PC world, Huddersfield: Exhibition showing the work of artists Geoff Hickey, Tony Burton and Robert Bindloss, on until July 4, 01484 542987 for details. EVENTS. The Nerve Centre, Standard House, Half Moon Street, Huddersfield: ...
Loddick's tough challenge.
Jul 01, 2009 ... RICHARD Loddick will defend the Halifax, Huddersfield Union Seniors championship at West End tomorrow when he will be challenged by three past winners. They include fellow Fixby's John Oxley who was on course to win the recent Yorkshire Seniors at Harrogate until being pipped by ...
Winners by just one point.
Jul 01, 2009 ... PAUL MASON from the host club, and his partner Tony Youngs, from Northcliffe, won the annual Rabbit Captain's Invitaton Day at Crow Nest Park Golf Club. Mason, who carded a nett albatross and a nett eagle and Youngs won with 42 points, one ahead of Bob Jackson (Crow Nest Park) ...
SHELL SHOCK! Big lead allowed to slip.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: JOHN MARTIN HALIFAX, Huddersfield were left shell shocked by the amazing outcome of their Yorkshire Inter-Union League match at Harrogate. After Chris Mear's side raced into a 9-3 lead at halfway by dominating the foursomes, no-one could have foreseen the ...
2 charged on shooting.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TWO young men have been charged after a shooting in Huddersfield town centre last year. Shaun Alexander, of Waterloo Rise, Waterloo, and Lee Joyce, of Foxlow Avenue, Rawthorpe, appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates' Court yesterday. Alexander, 20, was charged with ...
Belt up or pay pounds 60 fine.
Jul 01, 2009 ... DRIVERS are to be given stiffer fixed penalties for not belting up. The penalty for not wearing a seatbelt has increased from pounds 30 to pounds 60 from today. But West Yorkshire Police are reminding motorists that the costs could be far greater than a mere fine. ...
Yobs target crash victim's memorial; Grave trashed just weeks before anniversary of death.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVE HIMELFIELD THE GRAVE of a father killed in a high speed crash has been vandalised - a little more than two weeks before the anniversary of his death. Leigh Sedgwick was killed when his car hit a lamp-post, on Bradford Road, Brackenhall, at around 6am on ...
Drugs find; COMMENT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Apounds 300,000 haul of cannabis has been found in a raid at Thornton Lodge. This was the 205th cannabis factory discovered in Kirklees since June 2007. Finds of large cannabis 'production lines' are increasingly commonplace. But if we start to see such things as routine, it ...
Bible ignorance proves a real Revelation.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barry Gibson I WAS interested to see this week that most people in this country don't know their Bible. A new study by the National Biblical Literacy Survey revealed a shocking level of ignorance about the Good Book, with only 15% of people having a proper ...
Help for safer shopping.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A HUDDERSFIELD shopping centre is helping to promote a scheme to keep children safe. The Packhorse Centre has teamed up with the Child Safe scheme to give away free wristbands which help to quickly reunite parents and lost children. The wristbands - available at all ...
ARSON THEORY IN HOUSE EXPLOSION; Mystery fire and blast at flats treated as suspicious.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: JOANNE DOUGLAS AN arsonist was being hunted today after a blast at a Brighouse house. Police investigating the fire and explosion yesterday have confirmed it was suspicious. The explosion at the house on Gooder Lane happened at 2.30am yesterday ...
A chance to shine.
Jul 01, 2009 ... BUDDING entertainers still have a chance to enter a new talent show this weekend. Organisers of the HD5 is Alive with the Sound of Music event in Dalton are inviting people to audition for the chance to appear in a live show on Saturday night. Try-outs will be held ...
Train blaze death toll rises to 13; World briefs.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ITALY: At least 13 people are now known to have been killed when a freight train derailed and set off an explosion and fire in a small Italian town on Monday night. More than 50 people were injured, many seriously, in the crash ...
Oil auction flops; World briefs.
Jul 01, 2009 ... IRAQ: The first international bidding process in more than 30 years for oil field development rights finished with only one sector being ...
Exile's pledge; World briefs.
Jul 01, 2009 ... HONDURAS: Exiled president Manuel Zelaya vowed to return home, bolstered by international condemnation ...
Twitterer jailed; World briefs.
Jul 01, 2009 ... GUATEMALA: A computer geek has become one of the first in the world to be arrested for Twittering ....
Bikers 'monkeying around' for charity.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: KATIE CAMPLING RIDERS will get back on their bikes again this year for an annual motorcycle challenge run by a Brighouse firm. Brighouse insurance company Bankstone will host its Monkey Bike Charity Event for the third year running in July. A total ...
Get our village train service back on track.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barry Gibson AS I looked at it I thought, that's quite a metaphor down there. Lying in the platform shelter at Slaithwaite Station on Monday was a pile of dog excrement - the same pile of dog excrement which had been there when I last used the station two days earlier. ...
The problem with power; COMMENT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ASINGLE leader or mayor could soon be in charge of Kirklees Council. The Government has dictated that local authorities must all change their leadership models - and has set out only two options. One is a leader, elected as council leaders are now, but who could not ...
Passport eaten; World briefs.
Jul 01, 2009 ... USA: A teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: the dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago's O'Hare airport ...
Poignant ceremony to honour war dead; Memorial rededication service.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: NEIL ATKINSON A MOVING ceremony marked the rededication of a Kirklees war memorial. Hundreds turned out to witness the rededication of Cleckheaton's War Memorial, following its pounds 100,000 refurbishment last year, and to honour the country's armed forces ...
Troops of today remember heroes of the past.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SOLDIERS from The Yorkshire Regiment travelled to Ypres, Belgium, in memory of the thousands of Yorkshire heroes who fought on the front line in World War I. The region's leading Infantry regiment had just returned from a combat tour in Iraq supporting the Iraqi Army. But 50 men ...
Society president aims to hit the right note.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK THE new president of Huddersfield Philharmonic Society is keen to strike a chord with more people in the town. Paul Mulcock takes up the post from Chris Leyland following the completion of his two years in office. Mr Mulcock, who ...
Pupils clean up in hands competition.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MELTHAM CofE Primary School pupils Tim Ruttle and Blake Hooker have washed their hands of the competition. They were the winners of an event at Honley High School and Specialist Science College to prepare a poster or power point presentation to highlight the necessity of ...
3 YEARS HUNTING FOR NHS DENTIST; Angry Sharon: 'I've had excruciating pain'.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVE HIMELFIELD SHE'S needed emergency surgery on her teeth twice to stop excruciating pain. But after three years on the NHS waiting list, Sharon Jenkinson is still without a dentist. And Ms Jenkinson, 24, of Slaithwaite, isn't alone. ...
Giant's star opens play area.
Jul 01, 2009 ... HUDDERSFIELD Giants and England star Eorl Crabtree helped launch a new play area for tots. The Ladybirds Nursery at Berry Brow welcomed big Eorl down to open the new pagoda in their outside toddler play area. A cheque for pounds 600 was also handed to the Laura ...
Workout for charity.
Jul 01, 2009 ... PUPILS at Paddock Junior and Infant School raised pounds 845 to help children with leprosy. All the children from year two through to year six took part in a sponsored workout to music for the charity Lepra. Badges and Ts-shirtss were awarded to ...
Pilgrimage to island.
Jul 01, 2009 ... DOZENS of Mothers' Union members from Huddersfield enjoyed a pilgrimage to the holy island of Lindisfarne. They were among 2,000 Mothers' Union members of the northern province of the Church of England on the visit. None was keener than Barbara Hocknell, 94, branch ...
Walker's charity cash.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A METHODIST who did a sponsored 130 mile walk has donated 666.67 to a children's charity. Allen Illingworth, of Ainley Top, raised pounds 4,000 trekking around the Yorkshire countryside. He presented Elizabeth Bishop, the Methodist district advocate for Action for ...
Show heads for West End.
Jul 01, 2009 ... YOUNG performers from Huddersfield have been taking their show to some of the country's most famous stages. Sixty members of Theatretrain performing arts school, based at Almondbury High School, are taking part in the show Rhythm & Blues. They have already performed ...
Olympic champion through.
Jul 01, 2009 ... IN-FORM Elena Dementieva reached her second successive Wimbledon semi-final with an easy victory over Italian Francesca Schiavone in the baking heat on Court One. The Olympic champion and tournament fourth seed won 6-2 6-2 to set up a semi-final clash against Serena Williams. ...
Murray's the winner we need in our game.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ANDY MURRAY is a born winner giving a massive tonic to the game in this country. That's the view of Steve Wood from the Slazenger Huddersfield & District Tennis League as Murray prepares to face Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in the last eight at Wimbledon today. Wood ...
. At Epsom tomorrow, Mac [...].
Jul 01, 2009 ... . At Epsom tomorrow, Mac Gille Eoin can go one better in the totesportcasino.com Handicap after having been thwarted in the dying strides there on Derby day. John Gallagher''s sprinter was nailed by Baldemar but can gain compensation over ...
Rose looking set to Blossom in Haydock event.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ROSE BLOSSOM can redeem her slightly tarnished reputation by returning to winning ways in the EBG Gretsch-Unitas Novice Fillies' Stakes at Haydock tomorrow. Richard Fahey's juvenile looked a bright prospect when trotting up in record time on her debut at Hamilton. ...
I hope we can be saved: Le Tissier.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MATT LE TISSIER'S bid to become Southampton chairman is over with the south-coast club now days from going out of business. Saints legend Le Tissier, the hero of many a relegation battle as a player, will not be the club's saviour off the field after the Pinnacle consortium he ...
Gannon is Well suited.
Jul 01, 2009 ... JIM GANNON revealed he was headhunted by Motherwell chairman John Boyle after being unveiled as the club's new manager. The former Stockport boss emerged from a strong shortlist which was thought to include Lawrie Sanchez, Aidy Boothroyd and Steve Staunton. Gannon, ...