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Reform councillor suspended over social media posts calling for Commons speaker to be hanged

Kirklees councillor David Rowan called for then Commons speaker John Bercow to be hanged in 2019

The Independent UK

Two councils in England still without leader two months on from May local elections

The elections on May 7 resulted in 64 local authorities failing to see any single party secure a majority of seats

The Independent UK

UK grooming case: 20 jailed for 277 years over rape and abuse of girls between 1995 and 2003

20 people have been sentenced to a combined 277 years in prison in one of West Yorkshire Police’s biggest child sexual abuse investigations, involving the grooming and rape of three vulnerable girls in Kirklees between 1995 and 2003.

The Times of India

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From Kirklees to Croydon, some historic buildings English councils could sell

Local authorities are thinking of plugging budget shortfalls by raising millions selling off public assets

The Guardian - UK

Yorkshire council warns of budget crisis as deficit reaches £47m

Kirklees local authority, hit by underfunding, price rises and extra demand on services, reports precarious finances

The Guardian - UK

Businesses and public sector join forces to drive investment in Kirklees

Leeds-based law firm Clarion brought together leading figures at the roundtable event

Birmingham Post

Mum-of-six living in 'deprived' area terrified to walk dogs over fears they'll be stolen

Theresa Boyle's community of Fartown, Kirklees, has been highlighted in census data by the Office for National Statistics, (ONS) which showed parts of the country classified as 'deprived'

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Town of terror plagued by armed gangs as bereaved mother warns more kids will die

A bereaved mother has warned that more children are likely to die in Huddersfield - a town terrorised by armed gangs that has already seen horrific knife attacks in broad daylight

Daily Mirror

Warning over 'rogue' batch of cannabis sweets after sudden death of man, 40

Police were called to a property in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, yesterday where a man was found dead and two more were rushed to hospital seriously ill

Daily Mirror

Baby girl found dead in parent's bed by her dad was in 'unsafe sleeping arrangement'

The infant, known as Child A, was less than nine weeks old when she died in the tragedy in Kirklees on New Year's Day 2018. The baby girl was found lifeless by her father, a Serious Case Review states

Daily Mirror

What are the Kirklees local council elections 2022 results?

Seats were available in the wards of Almondbury, Ashbrow, Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birksenshaw, Cleckheaton, Colne Valley, Crosland Moor and Netherton, Dalton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Golcar, Greenhead, Heckmondwike, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, Kirkburton, Lindley, Liversedge and Gomersal, Mirfield and Newsome

Manchester Evening News

'Real-life Castaway' buys tropical island for £8,000 so he can live as a recluse

Brendon Grimshaw, from Dewsbury, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, bought Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, for just £8,000

Daily Mirror

Woman who 'slapped Jet2 plane passenger' screams in worker's face before being ejected

The young woman, who is thought to be from Kirklees in West Yorkshire, is seen screaming, pacing up and down the gangway and shouting at other passengers on the flight from Manchester to Antalya in Turkey that was forced to divert to Vienna

Daily Mirror

Police appeal for information regarding disappearance of 13-year-old Kirklees boy

He was last seen in Cleckheaton, Kirklees, on Friday afternoon

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