Recently added articles from Mirfield Reporter (Dewsbury, England):
Pub's protest beer marks Yorkshire Day.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MIRFIELD landlord is kicking off celebrations for Yorkshire Day with a protest beer - and a special kind of meal. Tim Wood, landlord of the Old Colonial Club, Dunbottle Lane, is to launch Yorkshire Day at the club today (Friday) with 'Brown and Out' ale, the proceeds of which ...
Help us keep our lights on.
Aug 01, 2008 ... MIRFIELD could be looking decidedly less festive this Christmas without help from town centre businesses. Mirfield Town Council, which pays for the lights, has asked people to form a working party to take charge of organising the scheme - after the contractor who installs them ...
Cannabis cautions.
Aug 01, 2008 ... CANNABIS plants and resin have been found in a house in Mirfield. A 31 year old woman and a 38 year old man were cautioned for possession of class C drugs when police searched a house on Southway, London Park estate, following a tip off. ...
IT'S CRUNCH TIME.
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE battle has begun to save thousands of local jobs which hang in the balance after the news that Fox's Biscuits could close. The famous factory could shut under plans to merge it with its sister factory in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. Workers, politicians, unions and ...
Awards for outstanding pupils.
Aug 01, 2008 ... PUPILS who contributed the most to the life of their school over the past year were presented with a special award. Battyeford Primary School teachers selected one pupil from each class who they thought had tried the ...
FOX'S PETITION.
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Dewsbury Reporter and Mirfield Reporter are joining the battle to save the Fox's biscuit factory at Batley. The Reporter Series has started a petition to show Northern Foods the strength of feeling in this area and to get them to safeguard the future for Fox's Biscuits in ...
Granddaughter saves woman from jail term.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A WOMAN who siphoned thousands of pounds from her mother's life savings has been spared jail. Maureen Hussey's activities were discovered when police were investigating her 77-year-old mum, Annie Garbutt's, murder by her own granddaughter, Joanne. Hussey, 55, has ...
Blooms in the spotlight on judges' visit.
Aug 04, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE in Bloom judges visited last week to look at floral displays in Dewsbury and Hopton. In Dewsbury they admired the new planting schemes along Longcauseway and met staff from Kirklees Culture and Leisure Services. Judges were impressed by the huge increase in ...
Read all about healthy living.
Aug 04, 2008 ... LIBRARIES in Dewsbury and Mirfield are packed with hundreds of new health books thanks to a donation from Kirklees Primary Care Trust. As part of the Help Yourself to Better Health campaign the trust has given funds to libraries across Kirklees for more than 15,000 ...
