http://www.kirklees.gov.uk Kirklees Metropolitan Council RSS press release news feed. en-gb 30 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:10:42 GMT Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:10:42 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4451 'Our Sporting Greats', the unique exhibition and DVD celebrating the rich sporting heritage in Kirklees, goes on show at Dewsbury Museum from Saturday, October 18. 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4451 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4452 Help beat the credit crunch with reductions in charges at all Kirklees Library and Information Centres. 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4452 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4453 Local people across Kirklees were urged today to turn out and give their support on Saturday 25 October to a freedom parade in Huddersfield by the Yorkshire Regiment. 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4453 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4454 An autumnal Oakwell Hall Country Park will provide the inspiration for a three-day watercolour workshop being held there at the end of October. 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4454 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4455 There's an opportunity to find out about the fascinating species of fungi found in our woodlands in the autumn on a short walk on Saturday, October 25, with Kirklees Countryside Manager Neil Windett and fungi expert Chris Yeates, Kirklees Museums and Galleries' Natural Historian. 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4455 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4448 Kirklees Council has today announced details of this year's Festival of Light which, for the first time ever, will take place over two nights Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November. 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4448 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4449 Families will be able to get involved in 'The Big Draw' at two Kirklees museums during half-term. 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4449 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4450 Leeds Cathedral's Organist Ben Saunders will be the visiting organist at the next organ concert at Huddersfield Town Hall on Monday October 20 at 1pm. 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4450 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4440 The Fine Bunch return with the first Salon of the autumn season, asking 'Should we be protected from ourselves?' on October 16 at The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield HD1 1RL 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4440 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4441 Resurfacing work done in February on Brook Lane, Golcar, is to be redone during October half term. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4441 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4442 Security cameras have been introduced to parts of Rawthorpe and Dalton, and Hillhouse to make residents feel safer. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4442 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4443 Kirklees Council's Cabinet member for governance has welcomed the decision to save Thornhill Edge Post Office from closure. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4443 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4444 Dewsbury Museum is hosting an exhibition celebrating the artistic career of the man nicknamed 'The Umbrella Man' because of his fondness for rainy day scenes. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4444 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4445 Kirklees Council's Cabinet is set to 'peg' the annual increase in open market stall rents to around half the rate of inflation. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4445 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4446 Work is to start on October 13 on preparing Bywell Road in Dewsbury for resurfacing later in the month. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4446 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4447 The next meeting of Mirfield Area Committee will take place on October 20. 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4447 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4437 Artists have been invited to submit work to Batley Art Gallery's annual open exhibition, which starts this Saturday. 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4437 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4438 There are still some tickets available to see storyteller Vergine Gulbenkian's 'The Cradle of Life' on Tuesday October 21 at 7.30pm at Huddersfield Library. 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4438 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4439 For those wanting to kick start their careers Huddersfield Library are holding three careers advice sessions on Fridays: October 31, November 28 and January 23, from 2pm to 4pm. 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4439 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4355 An extensive programme of drop-in sessions will be held at schools and community venues across North Kirklees as part of Kirklees Council's consultations on its proposed £200m-plus package to modernise and transform secondary education in the district. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4355 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4422 Huddersfield South Area Committee is keen to kick start consultations on a proposed Micro Hydro Power Plant at Aspley Weir, Snow Island, Huddersfield. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4422 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4423 Principal Cello in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Dixon and lunchtime regular Darius Battiwalla will be performing the next concert of the Dewsbury lunchtime concert season at Dewsbury Town Hall on Wednesday November 5 at 12.30pm. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4423 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4424 As part of this year's 'Big Draw', Huddersfield Art Gallery is inviting families to explore new ways to draw in workshops being held in the gallery on Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, on Saturday, October 11. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4424 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4425 Amy Cooper, the Finds Officer from the West Yorkshire Archaeological Advisory Service, will be helping people to find the past at Oakwell Hall Country Park, Birstall, on Wednesday, October 15. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4425 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4426 Singer, songwriter and storyteller Nick Hennessey brings his dynamic performance style to Oakwell Hall on Wednesday December 10 at 7pm with 'The Ruined House of Skin.' 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4426 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4427 The fruits of Autumn, in particular apples, will be celebrated at an Autumn Festival being held at Oakwell Hall Country Park, Birstall, on Sunday, October 19. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4427 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4428 Members of Enviroyouth, the Kirklees volunteer group for young people aged 14 to 25 years, will be working at Oakwell Hall Country Park, in Birstall, on Saturday, October 11. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4428 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4429 The 10 Villages Conservation Group will be working at Kirklees Light Railway on Saturday, October 18. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4429 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4430 Oakwell Nature Club will be having an 'Autumn Ramble' at its meeting on Saturday, October 18, 10am to 12 noon. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4430 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4431 The Kirklees Countryside Unit is running a coppicing session in the Kirkburton area on Saturday, October 18. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4431 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4432 There is less than a week left to get entries in for the 'Kirklees Council and NHS 10K Challenge' on Sunday, October 19. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4432 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4433 For parents and grandparents out there who want to get to grips with their children's learning, this course has been specifically designed to help them to learn how to support their children at home. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4433 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4434 Families with children aged between six and 11 will enjoy this fun and free craft event which celebrates the famous Holmfirth Tiger who once lived in the area. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4434 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4435 There should be a little bit of magic in the air in Thornhill on Wednesday October 22 when a lantern procession winds its way from Thornhill J and I School in Edge Lane to Overthorpe CE(C) J I and N School in Edge Top Road. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4435 http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4436 Maps can tell us a lot about the place where we live and are filled with useful information. 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/news/press-release/bodytitle.asp?ID=4436