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I WAS pleased to read recently that the composer Peter Young has written a new violin concerto on the life of Wallace Hartley, leader of the band on the Titanic.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY council meeting is to be held over plans to build thousands of new homes and give green fields over to industry development.
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A SCHOOLGIRL is raising money for a trip to Florida so she can have pioneering brain tumour treatment.
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AN AWARD-WINNING recycling firm which promised to create hundreds of jobs has shut its Dewsbury site after a dispute with its landlord.
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A CASH-strapped NHS trust has replaced its chairman - just a week after the chief executive quit.
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A BIG name from the 1980s goth music scene returned to the stage at a benefit gig in Dewsbury.
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HUDDERSFIELD Town supporters are calling on Kirklees Council to do all it can to restore the football club’s shares.
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FOR dental nurse Charlotte Middleton getting a home of her own seemed an impossible dream.
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Many people resolve to get in shape in the new year – and a Batley Carr group could help you to do just that.
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IT’S not just people who are prone to a spot of the January blues, as businesses are also suffering from the results of fad diets and abstained drinking.
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AN AWARD-winning artist has complained that visitors struggled to find his exhibition at Dewsbury Museum because of a lack of signs to the venue.
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A BIRSTALL man has been jailed for selling treasured memorial plaques from St Mary’s Church, Mirfield, for scrap.
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IS rugby legend Eddie Waring your man? Or maybe Betty Boothroyd deserves some recognition for her work in politics?
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