17+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1562+ words) There is an interesting statistic in the Huddersfield property market that, on the face of it, doesn’t seem to make much sense. The average Huddersfield home currently takes 80 days to sell, compared with a national average of 75 days. Yet research…...

1+ day, 21+ min ago   (872+ words) Legendary Huddersfield journalist and author DENIS KILCOMMONS is a natural storyteller who brings everyday subjects to life in his own inimitable style. Denis wrote a hugely popular column in the Huddersfield Examiner for 34 years until his retirement in 2023. Now he’s…...

23+ hour, 21+ min ago   (473+ words) A new women’s football section has been set up at a Huddersfield sports complex … and it’s got off to a flying start. Two teams are now up and running at Laund Hill Community Club in Salendine Nook after 28 players responded…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (172+ words) Hepworth Band has an exciting autumn ahead starting with the British Open Brass Band Championships at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, this weekend. The band returned to rehearsals after a summer break and is straight into a busy period. The British Open…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (344+ words) A student is to do the Great North Run this Sunday (Sept 13) in memory of his grandma. Francis Wilkinson will be running for the MS Society after the disease claimed the life of his grandma, Susan Bolland, earlier this year…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (195+ words) It’s Holmfirth Food and Drink Festival this weekend (September 12 and 13) with food, drink and great entertainment. The two-day festival usually attracts more than 40,000 people and the streets are lined with quality produce along with live music in the Picturedrome’s back…...

5+ day, 19+ min ago   (405+ words) Lockwood was once a massive part of Huddersfield’s textile industry and a new book reveals the tough lives the millworkers faced. The book by historian Keith Robinson has been published by Huddersfield Local History Society and tells the stories of…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (327+ words) There will be a free talk on ‘the man who built Huddersfield’ in the first half of the 1800s. Businessman Joseph Kaye constructed around a third of the town’s buildings as Huddersfield’s population increased fourfold in the first half of the…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (712+ words) Liberal Democrats have ‘called in’ the first new policy announced by Kirklees Council’s Reform UK administration. Reform unfurled a new flag-flying policy for town halls and civic buildings, a move branded a “manufactured distraction” by the Lib Dems. The new…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (678+ words) By Huddersfield MP Harpreet Uppal It’s been a busy few weeks in the constituency over the summer meeting with local businesses, charities and residents. It’s been great to see regeneration projects such as Our Cultural Heart progressing and my team…...