Kirklees

Dozens of guns handed in during firearms amnesty

Dozens of guns were handed in at police stations across West Yorkshire as part of a force-wide firearms surrender. The 18-day surrender, held last month,...

Praise for headteacher who raised Batley primary school from inadequate to good

Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School found on Healey Lane in Batley, has been graded good after a recent Ofsted inspection. It is the first...

Fuel prices set to hit £2 a litre with the second all-time biggest rise on record

Fuel prices are set to hit £2 a litre unless the Government steps in to intervene. The average price of petrol increased by 11p a...

Eight Afghan refugee families living in Kirklees, council confirms

Eight families who fled the Taliban take-over in Afghanistan last summer are now living in Kirklees, the local authority has confirmed. The figures were made...

Labour faces on long list to replace Barry Sheerman

The Labour Party has drawn up a long list of potential candidates to replace Barry Sheerman as Huddersfield’s MP following the veteran parliamentarian’s decision...

£8000 Mercedes van crushed and £5,000 fine for Huddersfield fly-tippers

A vehicle that was used to fly-tip has been crushed by Kirklees Council. The Council has released a video of a Mercedes van being torn...

Man appears in court charged with committing criminal damage at Huddersfield bus station

A man appeared in court last week charged with offences committed at Huddersfield Bus Station. Omar Malik, 36, from Headlands Road, Pontefract, was charged to...

Kirklees child sex offender who fled country after arrest finally jailed

A man who fled the country and was convicted in absence for rape offences following a major child sex abuse investigation is now behind...

HUDDERSFIELD HOPEFUL’S: Who will become Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Huddersfield?

By Tony Earnshaw & Fatima Patel One of the country’s longest serving MP’s Barry Sheerman announced he was stepping down after serving 40 years as...

Kirklees’ Tory MPs throw weight behind embattled PM

By Tony Earnshaw Kirklees MPs Mark Eastwood and Jason McCartney have confirmed they will be supporting Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the vote of no...

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