News
‘To lose five weeks will be damaging...’
The owner of a Cleckheaton business is offering £500 for the safe return of three stolen bouncy castles.
A gluten for punishment!
A patient has teamed up with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust staff in support of Coeliac Awareness Week.
Call to get women involved in kicking cancer this summer
A rallying cry has gone out to women of all ages, shapes and sizes, to help kick cancer where it hurts at this year’s Race for Life events.
This project is everything we stand for
Arts groups have vowed to boost creativity in North Kirklees with a £2m grant.
Model railways show returns
An annual exhibition of model railways is making its return this weekend.
Sport
Cleckheaton’s Wardlaw in squad to face Pakistan
Cleckheaton opening bowler Iain Wardlaw has been selected in Scotland’s 19-man squad to face Pakistan in two One Day Internationals.
Sykes to face Swifty Smith in eliminator
Dewsbury’s Gary Sykes is set to meet Liverpool’s Stephen Smith in a British super featherweight final eliminator later this year.
Fraser hits maiden league ton but Cleck take honours
Hanging Heaton’s Joe Fraser hit a maiden Bradford League century last Saturday but it wasn’t enough to prevent a derby defeat to Cleckheaton.
Mount survive scare to progress in Allsop Cup
Mount were given a scare by Horbury Bridge before progressing to the second round of the Huddersfield Central League’s Allsop Cup last Saturday.
Towngate and Sports win Heavy Woollen cup finals
Towngate and Heckmondwike Sports Club celebrated Heavy Woollen Sunday League Cup triumphs after final victories last week.
Fisher crowned champions after dramatic finale
St John Fisher OB were crowned Heavy Woollen Sunday League champions following a dramatic conclusion to the season.
Video
Bonnie Scotland - it’s not all heather, lochs, tartan and whisky, but that’s not a bad start, as Hannah Ridgeway discovered on the the road to Argyll video
Fancy a little trip to the West Coast for mountains and lochs? Why not, I thought.
Lifestyle
The weird, wonderful web
Each week we bring you some weird and wonderful stories from our websites to put a smile on your face at the start of the weekend. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Cast gets to the heart of family life with timeless comedy drama
Spring and Port Wine may have begun life as a radio play in the late 1950s , but the struggles of the family it follows could just as easily be unfolding in any number of homes today.
Leeds Party in the Park and Opera in the Park tickets on sale
Temple Newsam will echo to the sounds of pop and classical music this summer when it hosts Party in the Park and Opera in the Park.
Bonnie Scotland - it’s not all heather, lochs, tartan and whisky, but that’s not a bad start, as Hannah Ridgeway discovered on the the road to Argyll video
Fancy a little trip to the West Coast for mountains and lochs? Why not, I thought.
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On February 23 I wrote to Kirklees via their website about the terrible traffic jams we now get all the time when entering Cleckheaton on the A638 from Heckmondwike. This was their automatic response:
Hypocrisy of health and safety reforms
Issues of health and safety should not be trivialised so I’m pleased that Sarah Hall who made criticism of the compensation culture in her recent column made clear her support of the importance of health and safety in the workplace.
Tesco ‘ransom’ claims are ‘staggering’
If Tesco has held Cleckheaton to ransom for the last 10 years then it is because it has been allowed to do so.
Sort out Pinderfields before you downgrade Dewsbury A&E
I read with interest Dr Matt Shepherd’s reply to Dr Thimmegowda’s letter highlighting the Nicholls report which condemns the closure of local hospitals and/or their services which then necessitates extra transport times to larger regional centres.
No need for alarm over Dewsbury and District Hospital A&E proposals
As clinicians we rarely want to enter into debate with colleagues in the pages of the media. However, we are concerned that the details contained in Dr Thimmegowda’s letter are misleading and may cause unnecessary alarm for local people.
1 commentWe support combined authority’s traffic plan
Kirklees Council’s interest in becoming part of a Combined Authority for West Yorkshire and beyond is an important step towards addressing traffic congestion at Cooper Bridge and in Ravensthorpe.
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