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Batley Composite Doors is helping support an innovative new approach to fitness and wellbeing after supplying five state-of-the-art external doors to the Wellness Pod Company in Huddersfield.

Batley business opens door for partnership with Huddersfield wellness venture

Title-winning Batley Ladies tennis players Isla Findlay, Helen Carbutt, Claire Findley, Sue Selby and Claire Wood at the Huddersfield and District Tennis League presentation evening.

Unbeaten Batley ladies make it a hat-trick of title successes

Dewsbury train station.

Dewsbury train station lift is out of service

Catering - just one of the course options at Kirklees College

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If the proposals are approved, the changes would allow residents to recycle more materials from home. Photo: stock.adobe.com.

Cabinet to consider changes to household recycling collections in Kirklees

An artist's impression of the planned redevelopment of Dewsbury's FLAIR Stadium as Huddersfield Giants move in for the 2027 season.

Giants register record season ticket sales ahead of move to Dewsbury in 2027

Jason Byrne celebrates three decades of stand-up with his 30 Years Byrning UK tour.

Jason Byrne celebrates 30 years with Yorkshire shows – get tickets

Dewsbury Rams' head coach Paul March. Photo by John Clifton.

‘Future is bright’ for Rams despite ‘disappointment’ of not making play-offs

Jimmy Chappell, who was born in Batley, was part of the Great Britain ice hockey team which sensationally beat the odds to claim gold in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Germany.

Amazing life story of Batley’s first Winter Olympian to be published next year

Drivers continue to face severe delays on the M62 after car fire

Armitage Opticians in Heckmondwike has visited a Huddersfield school to provide free sight tests to pupils.

Opticians visit school in bid to protect eye health for children
An independent opticians in Heckmondwike has visited a Huddersfield school to provide free sight tests to pupils.
Adam Cheshire

MakerWorld will once again open its doors at the Princess of Wales Precinct in Dewsbury, offering free, hands-on creative experiences for children, young people and families.

MakerWorld to return this summer thanks to new funding boost

John Lawson, a former Cleckheaton councillor, along with Jan Dobrucki from Huddersfield, was part of a seven-man convoy team which travelled to Lviv in Ukraine to hand over emergency supplies to the war-torn country at the end of June.

Ex-Cleckheaton councillor in 'humbling' aid convoy to Ukraine

M62.

Long delays on M62 as three lanes closed after a vehicle fire westbound

Liversedge and Huddersfield-based cycling charity Streetbikes has received a generous donation to support its mixed ability cycling sessions.

Liversedge bike charity receives £6,800 donation to support cycling sessions

Clare Hurst talked to the Reporter Series, as part of the Heckmondwike Local Heroes project.

Meet the kind volunteer who uses beauty pageants to help with her mental health

Conservative councillor, Joshua Sheard, explained that the forum's approval would be an 'empowering' step towards helping Birstall

New neighbourhood forum set to launch to give residents 'more say'

The MakerWorld arts project based in Dewsbury and Huddersfield has lost its main source of funding, leaving its future in the balance.

Dewsbury and Huddersfield arts project vows to carry on after funding blow

Jodie Whittaker has become a charity ambassador for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice

Doctor Who and Dear England star appointed as ambassador for children's hospice

Teams working on the line at Bradley earlier this month

Four weeks of improvement work set to begin at Dewsbury and Batley stations

The Kirkwood celebrated its “outstanding” nursing team on International Nurses’ Day.

The Kirkwood celebrates its ‘outstanding’ nursing team

‘Great progress’ being made at train station as new footbridge opens

Team mates Ruth Squire and Helen Shaw from The Navigation Tavern in Mirfield

Race Across West Yorkshire challenge sees businesses raise £42,000 for hospice

Voters will go to the polls on May 7. Photo: stock.adobe.com

The current state of Kirklees Council as voters prepare to head to the polls

The managing director and staff of Batley's Abu Bakr supermarket are set to embark on a 16-mile charity event to raise money for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice.

Batley supermarket managing director and staff in 16-mile charity event

TRU project team members carrying out work on the track.

Final phase of Transpennine Route Upgrade

Tim Hetherington and wife Kath hand over the £34,250.14 raised for The Kirkwood to Julia Owen, a community fundraiser at the charity.

‘Incredible’ £34,000 raised for Kirkwood by Hanging Heaton Golf Club

An overview of the Dewsbury Riverside site. Image: Kirklees Council

Council gives update on progress of biggest housing schemes in Kirklees
Kirklees Council has given an update on the status of the biggest housing developments across the district.
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No trains will be running through Dewsbury and Batley for most of June due to upcoming Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) rail engineering work.

No trains through Dewsbury and Batley for most of June as part of upgrade works

Our weekly list of decided planning applications.

Planning: Weekly list of decided applications

Roadworks are planned

The Kirklees roadworks you need to know about this month

Part of the Rose and Crown pub in Cleckheaton was given over to the Outlookers charity, which runs support services for people with visual impairments, as well as students from the university’s Get Set Goal programme, which includes a wellbeing service committed to improving the health and wellness of individuals and communities.

Cleckheaton pub hosts charity and university wellbeing service session

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The exhibition celebrates communities and culture in Kirklees.

New film exhibition celebrates Kirklees culture

The vision for St Georges Quarter (the public space to the south of St George's Warehouse) looking on from the courtyard.

Four big decisions made by Kirklees Council this month

Roadworks are planned

Kirklees roadworks you need to know about this month including some in Batley

D Croft & Son Limited in Mirfield are leading the project which will see Huddersfield Giants have their first-ever dedicated, purpose-built training base.

New Giants training facility being led by Mirfield-based firm

An artist's impression of the new Heckmondwike Bus Hub.

Major regeneration schemes set to be completed in 2026

The new store is located on Spa Street in Batley.

Business: Bakery chain opens new store in Batley

The TRU team has achieved several milestones on the project in 2025

Transpennine Route Upgrade team looks back on milestones reached in 2025

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Multi-vehicle crash on M62 westbound between junctions 25 and 24

Mirfield train station will be closed to commuters over Christmas to allow for Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) improvement works

Train station to close over Christmas for major TRU improvement works

Sam Teale, left, and his team created an advert for Huddersfield based charity Ruddi’s Retreat.

Cleckheaton company makes moving Christmas advert for children’s cancer charity

Radfield's Tom and Clare celebrating at the GBCA's

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Huddersfield Town owner Kevin Nagle

Huddersfield’s large stadium site set to become a major business conference and ...
Huddersfield’s 53-acre landmark site which is home to the town’s Accu stadium is set to become one of the north’s leading conference centres.
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Courting success are the Batley A team ladies (from left): Shenna Oddy, Laura Murray, Lucy Renucci, Helen Carbutt, Sue Selby, Linda Baldwin and Angela Phipps. Players from the team not in the photo are Isla Findlay, Olivia Dean, Claire Findlay, Claire Wood.

Double delight as Batley Tennis Club Ladies celebrate two title triumphs

Roadworks are taking place

Roadworks anyone driving through Dewsbury needs to know about this month

M62

M62 vehicle fire: Drivers facing 60 minute delays after incident

An overview of the £1.2m conversion for sale in Liversedge.

Extraordinary barn conversion in semi-rural hamlet for sale at £1.2m

The MP for Spen Valley, Kim Leadbeater, and a compassionate Huddersfield-based volunteer group, is set to host a collection of essential items and supplies to be delivered to Ukraine.

MP and Ukraine aid support group ask for donations of essential items

First Game Day

Huddersfield's Laund Hill Corsairs secure major Sports England funding

First Game Day

Huddersfield's Laund Hill Corsairs secure major Sports England funding

A train at Dewsbury Station

Passengers face disruption as work continues at Dewsbury and Batley stations

Huddersfield Town Hall.

Kirklees Council writes off £4.3m in loans as part of stadium deal

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