Councillors

Conservative councillor Josh Sheard.

Councillors decide Birstall tip WILL CLOSE despite residents' objections

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

A decision is expected next month

Kirklees Council to decide on plans to charge for parking in North Kirklees

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Pupils at Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School in Batley have helped transform a “neglected” community space by showcasing their gardening skills in a 12-month project.

Batley school pupils ‘showcase gardening skills’ to transform wasteland space

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

Councillor Cathy Scott

New leader for Kirklees Council after Cathy Scott ousted

Coun Jo Lawson

Re-think of Kirklees Council park cutbacks urged as people avoid green spaces

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

Video shows the ‘dilapidated’ motorhome which a ‘fuming’ dad is fighting to keep on his driveway, after council bosses said it was "damaging the area".

Lucinda Herbert

Take a look at these recent photos of the newly installed traffic lights and pedestrian controlled crossings at the top of Hartshead Moor, on the A649 Halifax Road.

Council apologises for ‘significant delays’ with road improvement works

Pictured clockwise from top left are Couns Charles Greaves, David Hall, Andrew Cooper, Jo Lawson, John Lawson and Cathy Scott

After 50 years is now the time to split Kirklees into Huddersfield and Dewsbury?

Coun Graham Turner of Kirklees Council

Kirklees Council accused of 'wasteful spending' in Dewsbury

Sir Patrick Stewart (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Acting royalty who hails from Mirfield to be honoured with freedom of borough

Chair of Friends of Mirfield Library, Cynthia Collinson, with other volunteer members, as well as councillors Martyn Bolt, third from right, and Adam Gregg, third from left, outside Mirfield Library having expressed their “disappointment” at Kirklees Council’s proposals to move Mirfield Library under the management of volunteers.

‘Disappointment’ as Mirfield Library faces services shake-up under new plans

Tim Wood, who volunteers to tidy Mirfield's War Memorial in Ings Grove Park on a regular basis having been involved in organising the town's Remembrance Day parade for over 25 years, says the bin which has been placed on the hardstanding of the Grade II listed monument is in "very, very poor taste".

‘Disrespectful’ dog poo waste bin by Mirfield War Memorial 'has got to go'

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Red House in Gomersal.

Councillors approve selling off of listed Georgian mansion in Gomersal

Kirklees councillor Graham Turner

Dewsbury's and Batley's sports centres could shut permanently to save cash

Kirklees Council is looking for volunteers to get involved in its snow wardens scheme and help the district get through the winter.

Kirklees Council seeking volunteers to get involved in its snow wardens scheme

The Christmas tree in Dewsbury town centre for last year's festivities

Cut-price Christmas on the way for Kirklees as council slashes tree provision

Acting Leader of Kirklees Council, Cathy Scott

Acting Leader of Kirklees Council set to slash councillors’ allowances

Steve Mawson is set to join Kirklees Council as chief executive in October. Photo: Kirklees Council

New chief executive says 'it's an honour' to join Kirklees Council in October

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority have approved a multi-million pound scheme to reinstate bus services across the region.

Transport leaders approve £3.8m funding to restore West Yorkshire bus services

The Home Office plans to double the number of asylum seekers being housed at Cedar Court, Wakefield.

Council took legal advice to block plans to house more asylum seekers at hotels

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Polling station

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Chelsie Sewell

Phase two of the programme is due to start in April this year.

Phase two of council’s unclassified roads programme to start in April

Meeting at Dewsbury Minster about burial spaces in the town. From the left, Sajad Hussain, Abdul Aslam, Rev Neil Walpole, Naveed Ahmed, Simon Roadnight, Mohammed Javed, Mohammed Mukhtar, Helen Wilson, Yunas Afzal, Christine Leeman and Dewsbury MP Mark Eastwood.

MP and action group slam Kirklees for non-attendance at burial spaces meeting

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

Paul Ellis, president of the Dewsbury Chamber of Trade.

Dewsbury Chamber of Trade tell us their hopes for the town in 2023

Coun Cathy Scott, Cabinet Member for Housing and Democracy

Council house rent increase considered by Kirklees

Jill Scott celebrates after England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final victory over Germany

Jill Scott to be awarded freedom of the city of Sunderland

Spen Valley Leisure Centre, Liversedge.

Final chance for Spen residents to have their say on Kirklees Council budget

Three sites in Dewsbury will be hosting drop-in sessions for Kirklees residents to complete surveys ahead of the council's budget consultation.

Kirklees Council budget consultation: ‘Your voice counts’

Generic image of a doctor at work in a surgery.

£52 million boost for new health hubs in West Yorkshire

An aerial view of the building site, close to the M62 motorway, where work has been stopped on the orders of Kirklees Council. Image: Google

Council halts building on new homes in Cleckheaton after planning breaches

Ponderosa Zoo in Heckmondwike

LETTERS: Ponderosa plan would greatly improve site

Ponderosa Zoo in Heckmondwike

Blow for Ponderosa Zoo as new buildings refused over green belt concerns

Pictured at a recent meeting to discuss the Lady Anne crossing in Batley are residents with ward councillors Habiban Zaman and Mahmood Akhtar

Batley level crossing plan deferred as survey is dubbed 'a shambles'

A 'dog park' has been approved for grazing land in Birkenshaw. The field can be seen close to Blue Hills Farm at the top of the image, above a larger field next to Whitehall Road West, which is earmarked for housing (image: Google)

Birkenshaw fields set to be turned into a 'dog park' exercise area

Woodhead Road, Holme Moss is on the list of roads in Kirklees scheduled for repairs

Highways chiefs allocate £330,000 for repairs on road in Dewsbury

Land in Hanging Heaton where the new homes are set to be built

Plan for 55 new homes in Hanging Heaton approved despite various concerns

An aerial view of land off High Street and Challenge Way in Hanging Heaton, which is destined to become a housing estate. (Image: Google

Contentious Dewsbury housing plan approved by councillors

An estate of 55 houses will be built on four acres of fields off High Street in Hanging Heaton despite concerns over drainage, traffic levels and the removal of trees.

Tony Earnshaw , Local Democracy Reporting Service

An artist's impression of the extended Mohaddis E Azam Education Centre and Masjid E Madani on Ravenshouse Road at Dewsbury Moor

Dewsbury mosque given the green light to expand.

Batley and Spen would become Batley and Hipperholme under the proposed changes

Councillors vow to fight 'unacceptable' boundary changes

Kirklees councillors will not be getting a pay rise in the 2021/22 municipal year

No pay rise for Kirklees councillors this year

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

West Yorkshire Fire Authority votes to raise Council Tax Precept

Bus service

Fears over bus funding could see services cut and companies disappear

Councillor Martyn Bolt,

£2m for active Kirklles travel – but councillors ask where’s it going

Gomersal Hall is set to be demolished

Gomersal Hall to be demolished and new homes built

Cleckheaton fire station

Cleckheaton fire station to be closed despite concerns raised

Kirklees councillors will be getting a rise in their allowances

Kirklees councillors get annual pay rise of £375

A638 in Dewsbury

£16m road scheme linking Dewsbury and Bradford moves to next stage of developmen...