Reading Time: 3 minutes By Jessica Wilkinson I was never entirely sporty. I sampled several of my school’s clubs, including cycling, badminton, running – but I didn’t completely adore any of them. And looking back, I think I see why. The s... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Oliver Thompson According to new research recently conducted by Cancer Research UK, obesity now causes more cases of common cancers than smoking. Smoking is still the UK’s biggest preventable cause of cancer and... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Oliver Thompson Meltham Memories look set to travel back in time over 70 years this weekend. The popular event which has been running for over a decade has moved on from its regular 1940s theme to focus on the 1950s an... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Greg Dawson A Western-themed American diner called “Howdy” is going to be built from the derelict White Horse pub on Leeds Road, Deighton. The original building was relaunched a few years ago after a period of clos... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Greg Dawson A taxi driver could face losing his licence after assaulting a man at a Sikh temple in Huddersfield. The attack happened at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara on Prospect Street, Springwood, on February 3rd 60-yea... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Greg Dawson Marshfest is back for its fourth year running at the Ukrainian Club in the suburb of Marsh. The festival will run for two days bringing street food stalls to Huddersfield as well as a line up of local b... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Greg Dawson A group of Huddersfield students have been selected to star in the hit Channel 4 show Ackley Bridge. Six students from local All Saints Catholic College have been cast as regular extras in the latest se... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Greg Dawson The first NHS ran gambling clinic is to be opened after growing concerns over the rise in online and video game based gambling. Across the country there are 55,000 children that are classed as having a gamb... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Greg Dawson West Yorkshire’s Crime chief Commissioner responded to the BBC documentary Hometown that described Huddersfield as a “warzone”. The documentary was produced by Mobeen Azhar, from Birkby, the six-part series... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Greg Dawson Hometown has yet again been able to show it can produce a gripping documentary, picking up the pace as these latest episodes do not hold back, landing punch after punch of new shocking interviews and inform... Read more