From hit Channel 4 show Educating Yorkshire returning to our screens to the partial collapse of a famous Cleckheaton building, there has been a lot going on in North Kirklees which we have covered in the Reporter Series.
We have been looking back at the previous 12 months to see which stories have been read the most.
Here are just 15 of our best-read articles in 2025.
5. 1970s nostalgia
In March, we transported you back in time to the 1970s. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/1970s-life-in-dewsbury-batley-mirfield-and-spen-17-nostalgic-pictures-showing-life-in-the-20th-century-in-north-kirklees-5022128 Photo: YPN
6. Covid anniversary
In March it was five years since the start of the first Covid lockdown. We took you back to what the town centre looked like during that period. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/people/five-year-anniversary-of-covid-lockdown-21-photos-of-deserted-streets-and-town-centres-in-dewsbury-batley-and-cleckheaton-during-national-restrictions-5044049 Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald
7. Fear of isolation
We reported in April that some businesses in Batley, on East Commercial Street, were uniting against a planned road closure which could see them “shut off” from the rest of town. We revisited the story later in the year. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/batley-businesses-fear-they-will-be-isolated-from-the-rest-of-the-town-with-planned-road-closure-5057402 Photo: Adam Cheshire / Iconic Media Group
8. Batley Carr cardinal could have been the next Pope!
In April we were given an amazing insight into the going-ons within the Vatican following the passing of Pope Francis, with Batley Carr's very own Cardinal Arthur Roache admitting his ‘surprise’ if he was to be chosen. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/people/who-will-follow-in-the-holy-footsteps-of-pope-francis-batley-carr-cardinal-arthur-roche-admits-surprise-if-he-would-be-chosen-as-next-pope-5100133 Photo: SUB