Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Osborne was handed a whole life order in March this year after murdering his ex-partner, Katie Higton, and her new partner, Steven Harnett. Osborne – who had been bailed after Katie told police she feared he …
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Asset Alias Address Almondbury Fletcher House Farm Fletcher House Farm, Lumb Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SZ Former Almondbury Library Former Almondbury Library, Stocks Walk, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8XB The Homestead The Homestead, Hurst Knowle, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8SG Land at Lumb Lane, Almondbury Lumb Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SZ Land …
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A Kirklees councillor who was ‘nearly in tears’ after vandals repainted a Grade II listed ‘Tardis’ old-style police box bright yellow says he is delighted it is being restored. Kirklees councillor Bernard McGuin, (Almondbury, Con), was horrified to see the wooden police box on Northgate in the village had been …
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Hello, and welcome to your run-down of the biggest stories across Yorkshire and the rest of the world this morning. This morning has seen accidents on the M62 and in Huddersfield town centre, lots of rain, and the latest intelligence update from Ukraine suggesting the Russian offensive is losing momentum. …
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The self-confessed ‘Green Pimpernel’ who has been busy repainting Royal Mail postboxes in the Huddersfield area has admitted to his guilt. Although he is hiding behind anonymity, the so-called Yorkshire Banksy has written a garbled letter to ExaminerLive explaining his actions. So far several postboxes, mainly in the Lepton/Almondbury area …
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The mystery of who is painting Huddersfield’s Royal Mail post boxes green deepened last night (Sun) after another one was spotted on the Marsh/Edgerton border. On Saturday YorkshireLive reported West Yorkshire Police were looking into how several post boxes had been painted apple-green in the Fenay Bridge/Lepton area. At first, …
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Police have been called in after several Royal Mail pillar boxes were painted bright apple-green instead of their traditional red. Zena Walker who runs a hardware store that used to be a Post Office in Highgate Lane, Lepton, was shocked when she turned up for work on Thursday and found …
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Urban exploring has become something of a secret phenomenon in the UK. Thousands of explorers are spending their time researching, visiting and documenting old abandoned buildings situated both in remote, distant locations and hidden in the heart of urban areas. In Yorkshire there have been a number of individuals that …
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