Kirklees

Family doctor celebrates 50 years service with the NHS

Walking barefoot the three miles to school each day and back, from his family farm in the Indian countryside, certainly gave Dr Hanume Thimmegowda...

‘Patients don’t need to suffer in silence’: Asthma campaign nominated for NHS Parliamentary award

A campaign to improve access to asthma treatments at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has been nominated for a Parliamentary award. A team behind the initiative has been...

Community ‘heartbroken’ as campaigners respond to KAL’s leisure centre plans

Campaign groups in Kirklees have responded to the news that their local leisure centres have been dealt their fate, calling for leisure centres to...

First Muslim Scout group in district seeks volunteers: ‘lend a hand, make a change.’

If you're familiar with the concept of Scouting, you will know that the movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907 on Brownsea Island...

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater pays “moving” visit to children’s hospice

Kim Leadbeater MP paid a moving visit to the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, which supports children with life-shortening conditions, their families, and families...

Ready to paint the park all the colours of the rainbow?

Taking place on 20 May, Forget Me Not’s Colour Run will see up to 1000 participants take on an easy 3km walk, jog or...

Huddersfield’s Crown House to become student accommodation

A total of 198 new student flats will be brought to Huddersfield town centre as Kirklees Council has given the go-ahead. Crown House at Southgate...

Kirklees politicians speak out as TransPennine Express is nationalised

Some of Kirklees’ key political figures have spoken out amid the decision to nationalise TransPennine Express (TPE). Earlier yesterday (11 May), Yorkshire Live reported that...

The full make up of Kirklees Council after the local election results

We take a look at the new composition of Kirklees Council following last week’s local elections which will see seven new faces join. On Thursday...

Labour extends grip in Kirklees as election results announced

Labour has strengthened its grip in Kirklees following the local elections, with a nail-biting finale for the Batley East ward. On 5 May, nervous yet...

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