News
Kids’ 623 day wait for new families
CHILDREN awaiting adoption in Kirklees wait an average of 623 days to join their new families.
Wedidng of the Year 2012: Text votes now open
WE started with 144 couples, they were shortlisted to 20 and now we need your help to find the lucky winners of the Wedding of the Year 2012.
Weekend closure of M62 overnight
Motorists face overnight closures of the M62 through Chain Bar this weekend.
Man arrested after Mirfield monastery thefts
A MAN has been arrested after cash, credit cards and a broken laptop computer were stolen from a monastery.
Cash-strapped trust to axe up to 180 jobs
ALMOST 180 jobs could be lost at the cash-strapped trust which runs Dewsbury and District Hospital.
Sport
Pack seal double
FC Pack Horse are celebrating following a successful few days which saw them clinch the double.
Town head to Wembley
HUddersfield Town are on their way to Wembley to contest the npower Division One play-off final with Sheffield United on Saturday May 26 with the ultimate prize a place in the Championship next season.
Sharks sting Trojans
Shaw Cross Sharks staked their place in the Heavy Woollen ARL Jim Brown Cup final when they defeated Thornhill in an extra-time thriller at Leeds Road last night.
Mirfield joy but Batley slip up
THE appetite for cricket was whetted after a rain delayed start with some telling individual performances with bat and ball in the Central Yorkshire League.
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Rangers fall in Secker final video
DEWSBURY Rangers suffered a 3-1 defeat by Ossett Town in the final of the Heavy Woollen District FA Under-13 Secker Cup at Ossett Albion FC on Wednesday evening.
Lifestyle
Twenty years in folk
YORKSHIRE folk star Kate Rusby is touring to celebrate her 20 years in showbusiness.
Final helping of American pie
THE first instalment of the American Pie series formed the foundations of many teenagers’ personal VHS collections in the 90s.
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City kids star in top show
A QUARTET of dancers from Wakefield will take to the stage in The King and I.
Swing into action
THE kings of swing head to Huddersfield Town Hall on Friday May 25, with a sensational show featuring the greatest music of the 20th century – and we have two pairs of tickets to give away.
Pigeons on House bill
SOUTH Leeds’s very own Pigeon Detectives have been added to the bill of the new MFEST event being held at Harewood House this summer.
Community
Staffy breed demonised once again
I AM as usual annoyed that Staffordshire bull terriers are yet again demonised.
It is truly an honour
I WOULD like to thank the people of Mirfield who once again placed their trust in me to work with my colleagues Vivien and Kath to represent them to Kirklees Council.
School kids do the New Zealand Haka
SCHOOL children are learning how to inject fear into their sporting opponents this week thanks to the New Zealand Haka.
Well done to Paul
Following last Friday’s election result, I am writing to congratulate my opponent Paul Kane for being re-elected as councillor for Dewsbury East. Once again, the Labour Party ran a very effective and professional campaign.
You don’t live here!
I READ the letter from Peter Wood in the Reporter (Backing for Rams’ Plan, April 27) in support of the Ram’s proposal to develop adjacent green belt land for housing, expecting to find at its end that he lived in the area affected by it. Strangely however, it appears that he is in fact a Thornhill resident, making me wonder whether he had actually done any research before giving it such enthusiastic support.
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Weather for Mirfield
Thursday 17 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: North east
