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Coun Habiban Zaman, Leader of the Kirklees Independents.

Opposition group leaders have their say on council's new priorities

Former councillor Eric Firth pictured outside Dewsbury Town Hall.

Former mayor calls on council to recognise Dewsbury's historic civic flag

Campaigners gathered outside Huddersfield Town Hall ahead of the Full Council meeting.

Campaigners criticise council's new flag flying policy and call for more support

Coun Sarah Wood, Leader of Kirklees Council.

Priorities of Kirklees Council's new cabinet scrutinised by committee

Coun Sarah Wood, Leader of Kirklees Council, has set out her cabinet's priorities.

Council leader sets out priorities for the district at first cabinet meeting

Coun Khuram Amjad (Kirklees Independents, Batley West).

Councillor’s promise to get Kirklees Council cabinet meetings ‘back on track’

Coun Sarah Wood, leader of the Reform UK group on Kirklees Council, speaking at the annual general meeting. Photo: SWNS

Next steps for Kirklees Council as it waits for new leader

Reform selects Liversedge and Gomersal councillor as its group leader on council

The full council will meet for the first time since the election earlier this month. Photo: stock.adobe.com

Kirklees Council annual meeting date confirmed as members set to elect leader

A 4.99 per cent council tax increase is on the way for Kirklees residents. Photo: stock.adobe.com

All-night discussions see budget passed with 4.99 per cent council tax rise

Huddersfield Town Hall.

'One space left' for Muslim burials at Dewsbury Cemetery
Dewsbury Cemetery is said to be down to its final space for Muslim burials, as serious concerns continue to be raised by elected members.
Abigail Marlow

Several of the opposition group leaders have called for a greater share of funding to be spent in North Kirklees towns such as Dewsbury, Batley and Mirfield

Group leaders have their say on Kirklees Council's priorities for 2026

Dewsbury Cemetery

Urgent concerns as council reveals 'very limited' spaces for burials at cemetery

Ten brand new energy-efficient council bungalows built in Liversedge

A view of the pavement before the theft and Tarmacking.

Council slammed after historic stolen Mirfield stones replaced with Tarmac

Westfield Lane in Scholes is set to be closed for two months to allow for works to take place

Drivers and buses face diversions as road closed for two months

Discarded electronic cigarette vapes that have been collected from roads and pavements shot over a pale concrete slab background

How to handle battery waste safely: Tips from skip hire expert

Joanne Davey, Alfie Battle and Carl Battle at Oakwell Hall Country Park in Birstall, one of Kirklees' most popular tourist attractions

New strategy aims to put Kirklees on the map as a tourist destination

Aerial shot of houses.

Find out how much your council tax will go up from April 1

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

The Woolpack Inn, Dewsbury

Council allows Dewsbury pub to be turned into housing

An image of how the Fun Run obstacle course will look, with children enjoying the musical chimes.

Dewsbury park’s playground undergoing £250,000 upgrade

Huddersfield Town Hall.

Council's update on plan for 4,000 new homes in Dewsbury

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs and over 20,000 cats were reported missing.

How to find a missing dog: 6 tips on what to do if your dog gets lost
Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs were reported missing 🐶
Sarah McCann

Coun John Taylor

Less than 20 per cent of Kirklees councillors respond to housing needs survey

Mark Hepworth, who owns Robert Openshaw Fine Jewellery on Bradford Road, outside the St Johns car park opposite his shop where parking charges have been introduced.

'Sadness, madness and disbelief' as new parking fees come into force

Huddersfield Town Hall

Council set to crackdown on number of off-licences in Dewsbury

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Peter and Patricia Clarke outside their home in Grange Park, Swindon, which has been flooded 20 times over the past three years.

Our home has flooded 20 times...it's like Niagara Falls when it rains

Huddersfield Town Hall

Kirklees Council accused of 'trying to kill spirit of Christmas'

Council tax bills in Kirklees are set to rise by 4.99 per cent

Kirklees Council set to increase council tax as budget proposals revealed

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

The aftermath of the blaze at the Bristol Avenue tip

Video shows devastating tip blaze caused by a single e-bike battery

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

Betty Calloway (90) from Stirchley, who has issues with an overgrown council hedge that has turned her dream move into a nightmare.

Overgrown hedge is 'swallowing' my garden...I'm fuming

Retired bank worker, Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.

'I'm not moving!' Council move to evict man on derelict estate

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Video grab of a rat infested alleyway off Franciscan Road in Tooting, south London. October 2 2024.

I passed a swarm of rats on the school run...it was disgusting!
A ‘disgusted’ mum filmed the horrifying moment when a load of rats scurried out of a filthy alleyway while she was taking her kids to school.
Lucinda Herbert

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

Mirfield Library

Council agrees u-turn on plan to shut Mirfield Library

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

A desperate man claims a council is doing "nothing" after his mould-ridden flat left a relative hospitalised.

Inside our mould-ridden council flat which left a relative in hospital

Muktar Singh, 55

Huge mountain of fly-tipped rubbish attracts 'rats the size of cats'

Newly-elected Leader of Kirklees Council, Coun Carole Pattison

New Leader of Kirklees Council pledges 'stability' and 'transparency'

Coun Carole Pattison, Leader of Kirklees Council

New Labour Leader of Kirklees Council reveals her new cabinet

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

Lime trees growing either side of High Street in Henley-in-Arden, Warks., had their tops hacked off without notice leaving locals “devastated”.

Residents left furious after council "butchers" trees to save cash

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