Kirklees

Thousands of Kirklees families to receive £70 voucher to cope with cost of living

Kirklees Council is giving £70 vouchers to thousands of families to combat hunger in the school holidays. The vouchers will be given to families of...

Kirklees Council’s Chief Executive, approves six-figure salaries for top employees, spending over £2 million on senior staff in the past year

Six-figure salaries have been approved for top Kirklees Council bosses, with the local authority forking out over £2m on its senior staff last year. At...

Kirklees Councillor sentenced to jailed for falsifying information in a speeding offence

A councillor from Kirklees and her partner have been sentenced to imprisonment for attempting to obstruct justice in relation to a speeding offense. Fazila Loonat,...

Concerns over high smoking rates in Kirklees: implications for children’s well-being and population health

With 12.1% of Kirklees’ residents smoking and a rate among pregnant women above the national average, fears are held for the impact this is...

Kirklees Council secures £17m for Batley and Marsden regeneration: significant investments approved for multiple Kirklees projects

Kirklees Council has accepted £17m for the regeneration of Batley and Marsden, as well as approving “once in a generation” investments for three smaller...

Huddersfield’s ‘Cultural Heart’ initiative to launch next spring

Plans for Huddersfield’s Cultural Heart are gaining traction with spades to be in the ground next spring, though “economic constraints” have seen changes made...

New children’s book to launch in Huddersfield for South Asian Heritage Month

A new children’s book is being launched in Huddersfield during South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM), telling the story of a young Sikh boy’s eventful...

Men plead guilty for selling vape to minors, appear in Kirklees Magistrates Court

On 23 June, Mr Sheraz Ahmed of Leeds appeared at Kirklees Magistrates Court regarding the sale of an oversized disposable electronic cigarette to a...

Batley to welcome fifteen new homes amidst highway safety concerns

Fifteen new homes are on the way for Batley, despite concerns about highway safety. The last meeting of the council’s planning sub-committee for the Heavy-Woollen...

Kirklees Council’s cabinet to determine fate of five ambitious multi-million-pound regeneration projects

The future of five multi-million-pound regeneration schemes in Kirklees is to be decided by Kirklees Council’s Cabinet next week. On Tuesday (26 June), cabinet are...

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