A fresh, vibrant and positive news website for Huddersfield.
Covering local news, business, sport, what's on, community & charity events across Huddersfield.
Breaking Mews! A statue of Felix the Huddersfield Railway Station cat is to be put up in St George’s Square – and there could be a mews-eum too!
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PC Caroline Newsome is everyone's favourite police officer and we talked to her about tackling wildlife crime, protecting badgers and her passion and love for all creatures great and small.
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Golcar United player-coach Joe Skarz was abused by fans because of his cleft lip and has now spoken out to raise awareness of the condition
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The dad of a teenage girl with autism has helped Huddersfield Town create an Inclusion Room as a safe space for fans with learning disabilities - and his daughter said it made her feel like a VIP.
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Huddersfield Town fan Daryl Hopson is battling terminal cancer but he’s been lifted by massive support from the Terriers family and he’d like to send a heartfelt thanks
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Good morning!
We would like to introduce you to Huddersfield Hub, a fresh, vibrant and positive news website for Huddersfield.
We’re about positive local news, pride in the town, hope for the future and quality journalism.
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📢 It’s Huddersfield Hub’s first anniversary today and we’d just like to say thanks to everyone for your support.
Happy birthday to us!
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Former Huddersfield Town star Joe Skarz is planning to run a marathon & then cycle 280 miles home to raise money for a two-year-old girl who is battling cancer & Golcar United fans can do their bit to help on Saturday.
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A Honley couple have raised nearly £70,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance over the last 10 years in memory of their son.
A fantastic achievement from them both 👏
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Princess Beatrice, patron of the Huddersfield-based Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, planted a time capsule to mark its 10th anniversary
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Mandy Taylor's husband and son will be bursting with pride when they go to Buckingham Palace to collect her posthumous MBE
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Huddersfield Town legend Darren Bullock on football: ‘It's not about money, fancy cars and big houses. It's about playing for a club in front of good, loyal hard working people and giving your all’
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Ryan Robinson won a Huddersfield Cricket League batting prize with Skelmanthorpe but will step down next season to play in the 2nd team alongside his teenage son
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It’s been a great 2022 season so far for Huddersfield Giants and owner Ken Davy is urging fans to bring a friend to matches to help grow the fanbase
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Heartbreak for Huddersfield Giants but this team have done themselves and the town proud. They were the better team and couldn’t have given anymore. Incredible effort, lads!
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Graham Bailey turns 101 next month and he is Huddersfield Town's oldest surviving player.
Here he talks about his love for
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,football during war time and his £4 a week contract - with thanks to
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Former cricketer Ritchie Howarth has bravely spoken of his seven-year mental health battle as he prepares to launch a support group in Holmfirth to help others
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Football journalist Steven Chicken has had a great uptake on his new independent Huddersfield Town podcast – here’s how to sign up
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It's the big Huddersfield weekend in London next week.
Sat 28th - Giants playing in the Challenge Cup final.
Sun 29th - Town in the play off final.
Will the last person out of Huddersfield please switch off the lights 😁
A big thank you to everyone who braved a cold and uncomfortable night to raise £20k for Huddersfield Town Foundation’s Big Sleep Out
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Big congratulations to Huddersfield Town Women FC who capped a fine season by beating Barnsley 5-0 to lift the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup thanks to a hat-trick by Laura Elford
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Good luck to Huddersfield Giants in the Challenge Cup final this afternoon and Eorl Crabtree tells us why the current generation of players can lay a few ghosts of the past
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Huddersfield Town lifted the FA Cup in 1922 and started their historic cup run at Burnley and today – a century later – they return to Turf Moor in the same competition.
The HTSA Heritage project provides a fascinating read.
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Australian Jack McNamara swapped Melbourne for the Colne Valley and he’s gearing up for a good season as captain at Golcar Cricket Club.
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2021 Review: We look back at some of the best read stories we have published throughout the year.
Back in March we featured PC Caroline Newsome - the Wildlife Crime Officer for West Yorkshire Police
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Fundraiser extraordinaire Mandy Taylor
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recorded a special message of love and hope that was played at her funeral and her legacy lives on
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A dad who formed a football team for men in Huddersfield who have suffered the anguish of losing a baby has been nominated for a national award
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Congratulations to treble-winning Newsome Reserves who won the Reserve Division 1 title, the Huddersfield & District FA Challenge Trophy and the Richardson Cup
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Don't throw away your child's old school uniform when it could help another family - that's the message from Huddersfield-based charity Uniform Exchange
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Huddersfield’s £210 million Cultural Heart is fast becoming a reality as a planning application is submitted and stunning new images reveal the scale of transformation
A pair of peregrines are nesting 120ft up on Huddersfield’s gas holder.
A camera is watching over their nest and we have some amazing footage just days before their eggs are due to hatch.
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A new era beckons for Marsden FC as manager Luke Haigh aims to build something special and replicate the success of his home village club Golcar United
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Four Huddersfield Town promotion heroes brought a smile to the face of five-year-old Alfie Fagan who is battling leukaemia - see our gallery of pictures
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The secret's out! It's now okay to talk about
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being honoured with The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service! Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard.
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A cool artisan vibe, the delicious food, the friendly folk, the calming canal, the stunning views, the wonderful walks...writer Jenny Gibson on why Slaithwaite has been voted one of the best places in the UK to live.
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The only way is up for Golcar United - a great grassroots football club at the heart of a sporting village community.
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The only way is up for Golcar United - a great grassroots football club at the heart of a sporting village community
Luke Haigh believes 2023 could see silverware return to Marsden Football Club for the first time in two decades after an incredible turnaround on and off the pitch
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Doorstep glass collections are to return and more plastics will be recycled after more than 7,000 people responded to a public consultation on waste services, the biggest response ever to a council survey.
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This is Martin and Steve having a pre-pandemic pint on the day they came up with the idea for Huddersfield Hub.
It’s just the two of them, completely independent, with a little help from their friends.
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Another bumper crowd is expected at
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tomorrow and boss Ash Connor described the atmosphere at last Tuesday night’s thriller as the best he’s ever known
Helen Robinson was diagnosed with breast cancer just before the pandemic but found an amazing hidden talent in lockdown. She has an inspirational story of hope and positivity.
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Many people have followed their dreams during the pandemic and Huddersfield Giants star Eorl Crabtree has set up not one, but two new businesses.
Big Eorl is turning into a property giant!
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Win or lose Golcar United v Emley AFC in the League Cup semi-final tomorrow night will be a celebration of non-league football in Huddersfield
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for HERD.
A good afternoon out in Huddersfield seeing all the flock and watching the finale 👏
Any chance of one for the back garden? 😁
Former Huddersfield Town star Jon Stead looks back on a 700-match career including that memorable Millennium Stadium play-off final for the Terriers
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Golcar all-rounder Steve Whitwam has won the Huddersfield Cricket League’s Jack Gledhill memorial trophy for a 10th time at the age of 39 and he’s not done yet
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Berry Brow FC have ended the season with a glut of trophies and there could be one more to come when they play at the John Smith’s Stadium on Wednesday
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Staff and students celebrated as Greenhead College in Huddersfield once again confirmed its status as the No1 A-level college in Yorkshire
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Emley AFC captain Jamie Price has taken the decision to move into a coaching role at the club but still hopes to play when called on
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Oliver Willitts scored a hat-trick in Holmbridge’s 3-0 win over Dalton Dynamos to keep up the pressure on Division 1 leaders Newsome in the Huddersfield District League
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Bob Morse founder of Huddersfield-based mental health charity Platform 1 is to appear on Jay's Yorkshire Workshop on BBC2 at 9pm tonight – and here’s why
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A unique partnership between Kirklees Libraries and Lawrence Batley Theatre aims to improve wellbeing and tackle isolation by taking art to the people
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Huddersfield Town want to be a driving force behind regeneration and could create a ‘business hub’ in Huddersfield town centre
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