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News
Estate agents are hopeful for future
A Dewsbury-based estate agents says it has seen encouraging movement in house sales.
Residents were forgotten - report
Residents at a Heckmondwike care home were neglected and forgotten, according to a government watchdog.
BREAKING: Kirklees Council’s LDF recommended for withdrawal
Council officers have recommended Kirklees’s future blueprint for homes and business development should be dropped.
Paralympian to open Gomersal Primary School
Paralympian wheelchair sprint double gold medal winner Hannah Cockroft MBE will be in Spen on Thursday to officially open Gomersal Primary School.
Traveller sites court date
Traveller sites in north Kirklees will be the subject of court proceedings this week, as Kirklees Council hopes to get permission to evict travellers from Hightown and Liversedge.
Owner avoids jail after dog attack terror
A woman was left emotionally and physically scarred after being mauled by a dog in her own garden.
Sport
Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley: Football fixtures announced for 2013-14 season
Leeds United will open their 2013-14 Championship campaign at Elland Road against Brighton and Hove Albion.
Third singles title for Codman
Thomas Codman won the Overthorpe Sports Club bowls singles title for the third time after a 21-12 triumph over Alex Wolfenden.
Capital One Cup: Leeds United drawn at home against Chesterfield in first round
Leeds United will host Chesterfield in the first round of the Capital One Cup.
Spen remain on track for promotion
Spenborough Athletics Club remain on course for promotion to the Northern League Division Three after finishing first at the second match of the year in Leeds on Sunday.
Wakefield Gym Club tumblers in the medals at home tournament
Young tumblers from around the country travelled to Thornes Park Athletic Stadium last weekend to take part in Wakefield Gym Club’s annual competition.
Cleckheaton ready for September kick-off
Cleckheaton RU will kick off their new North One East season on Saturday, September 9 when they travel to Malton & Norton.
Video
Slideshow: Athletes in West Yorkshire League action video
Athletes from Spenborough, Pontefract and Wakefield Harriers athletics clubs were among those in action last night, Wednesday, in the fourth round of the West Yorkshire Track and Field League.
Lifestyle
Richard Beecham visits Cyprus to see how the country is recovering after its banking crisis, and finds a remarkably proud and friendly people
We throw them into cement mixers,” said our guide, as I chewed on chunks of grilled octopus. “We can tenderise many at a time that way.”
What’s on this week
Don’t miss a thing with our comprehensive guide to what’s on this week in Batley, Dewsbury, Mirfield, Spen and beyond.
A jewel of the Med
On a trip to Tochni village, the owner of the local tavern (surrounded by friendly cats!), Sofronis Potamitis, treated us to another meze with fritatas and sausage.
Chapterhouse’s Red House production is a real page turner
Summer has arrived, and the Chapterhouse Theatre Company is making the most of the fine weather with an outdoor performance at Red House Museum in Gomersal.
Rocky Horror is still a blast after 40 years
If you are yet to experience the likes of Brad, Janet, Riff Raff and Frank-N-Furter in the stocking-clad flesh, now is the time to join the party.
Ghost The Musical is sure to be a tearjerker
In 1990 the film Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, was an Oscar- winning hit and now it is set to come to the stage.
Community
Dismayed at theft from Wilton Park
What is our town of Batley becoming? On Tuesday June 8 we had a match against Birkenshaw Park Bowling Club at our green at Wilton Park.
Memories of St Patrick’s School
On Friday June 28 we are inviting all ex-pupils of St Patrick’s Catholic School, Darley Street, Heckmondwike, to come into the Holy Spirit School,
Community fights to save ‘the last green field in Horbury’
Plans to build more than 20 new homes on ‘the last green field in Horbury’ could be disastrous for the town, councillors have warned.
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Heckmondwike’s royal connections
This week I am looking for answers about a company whose products were fit for a Queen, and another who made the boots for one of football’s most famous sons.
Bank notes should commemorate pioneers
I know as little as Sarah Hall when it comes to knowing whose face is on the back of our bank notes. (News June 6)
Cracking down on voting fraud
Following the allegations of voting fraud in Dewsbury last May it isn’t surprising that the Electoral Commission, (EC), are keeping an eye on Kirklees Council, and some 14 others, in a crackdown on voting fraud,
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Weather for Cleckheaton
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 11 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: East
