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Film shows final days of Motor Neurone Disease sufferer
The story of a Morley man’s brave battle with a disease that not only took his life but that of his grandfather and father before him will be shown in a film this Friday.
£2.9m clean-up plan for Cottingley Crematorium
Cremators at Cottingley Crematorium will have to be replaced or shut down if the city is to meet tough mercury emissions targets.
BREAKING: Kirklees Council’s LDF recommended for withdrawal
Council officers have recommended Kirklees’s future blueprint for homes and business development should be dropped.
Malcolm Haigh awarded British Empire Medal
Historian and former Batley News journalist Malcolm Haigh has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
People urged to attend Morley development meeting
Campaigners are calling for as many people as possible to attend a public meeting over Leeds City Council’s plans to build over 8,000 houses in the greater Morley area.
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Regional
Probe into police chief's email
Comments about the Hillsborough disaster made by a chief constable in an email will be investigated by another top police officer, a police and crime commissioner (PCC) has confirmed.
Care duo jailed for disabled abuse
Two care assistants who mistreated severely disabled patients in South Yorkshire have each been jailed for two years and nine months.
Maternity wards 'turn women away'
Thousands of expectant mothers are being turned away from maternity wards including Leeds Teaching Hospitals due to staff shortages and a lack of available beds, it has been reported.
Queen picture attack man in court
A Fathers4Justice campaigner from Doncaster appeared in court accused of defacing a portrait of the Queen in Westminster Abbey.
Man in court over store stand-off
A man will appear in court following an incident in which there was a five-hour stand-off with police in a supermarket in Leeds.
National
Ex-soldier guilty of further rapes
A convicted date rapist has been sentenced to life imprisonment for three more rapes on teenage women, Scotland Yard said.
85,000 support Woolwich medals bid
A petition backed by more than 85,000 people calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby has been delivered to Downing Street.
Wet summers due to warmer Atlantic
Recent wet summers in the UK may have been caused by a major warming of the North Atlantic Ocean, leading scientists and meteorologists have said.
Army job losses 'kick in the teeth'
More than 4,000 soldiers have been told that they have lost their jobs in the latest round of Army redundancies.
Knox acquittal 'full of mistakes'
The acquittal of accused murderer Amanda Knox was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions Italy's high court has ruled, ordering a fresh look at all the evidence to determine whether she did kill her flatmate Meredith Kercher.
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White Rose brings boost to employment with over 200 new jobs
The White Rose Shopping Centre has served up more jobs with the opening of a Frankie & Benny’s restaurant and Paperchase store.
VIDEO: Leeds O2 employees demonstrate over job fears video
O2 workers at the Arlington Business Centre have held a demonstration over fears for their jobs at the mobile phone giant’s Churwell base.
O2 workers set to demonstrate over job worries
Workers at o2’s northern base in Churwell will this morning demonstrate outside its premises after hundreds of call centre workers were left fearing for their futures.
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Shoppers give overwhelming approval to White Rose Centre plans
Almost 99 per cent of people who have seen the revised plans for extension of the White Rose Centre have given them the thumbs up.
More Morley news
Fire in abandoned Soothill building
Firefighters from four stations battled a blaze in an abandoned building in the early hours of this morning.
BREAKING NEWS Man died from a suspected gunshot wound in Tingley Village Hotel car park
A man died of a suspected gunshot wound in a hotel car park last night (Friday).
Fresh appeal for rape witness
A man who may have witnessed the rape of an 18-year-old woman is still being sought by police.
Could Emma be Britain’s Next Top Model?
A high flying career in fashion beckons for a Morley call centre worker who is to appear on Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model.
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A Bradford man has been arrested in connection with a crash on the M62 which killed a teenage girl.
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White Rose brings boost to employment with over 200 new jobs
The White Rose Shopping Centre has served up more jobs with the opening of a Frankie & Benny’s restaurant and Paperchase store.
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