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Kirklees Council

A town street, with a Co-op supermarket one on side of the road and other shops and businesses on the other. A white van drives down the road towards the camera.

Air pollution zones may end after improvements

Kirklees Council is set to lift measures in three areas, amid recorded improvements in air quality.

A two-storey stone building with an iron gated entrance

Council to sell off more land to plug £47m deficit

The local authority says it hopes to raise about £6m from selling more than a dozen lots.

The exterior of Hao Lai Karaoke Bar, Kirkgate Huddersfield

Illegal workers discovered at karaoke bar

Police and Home Office search also finds "suspicious" massage rooms at karaoke bar.

Two blonde women and a man stand in overgrown greenery under a railway bridge

Campaign to turn disused rail line into trail path

The Heckmondwike Ringway project would see a disused railway track turned into a pathway.

Flowers left around a tree in a street in Batley, West Yorkshire. There are several bunches of flowers, some with notes and ribbons on them.

Woman, 77, killed in road sweeper crash named

Khatija Umarji was hit by a council vehicle on Tuesday and died at the scene, police say.

A woman and small girl walk along a path with a dog. The path is flanked by trees and grass. A blue sign indicating it is the 'Spen Valley Greenway' sits to the side and features the words 'Share, respect, enjoy'

Upgrade for popular walking route gets under way

Work on part of the Spen Valley Greenway is expected to take six months, Kirklees Council says.

Hilary Bowyer (R) wearing a green dress and with her arm around Bongo Dave (L), who is wearing a patterned t-shirt at the event. They are stood next to musical instruments and people are stood looking at them behind them.

'A homophobic attack brought our town together'

Sixty-five of the town's businesses took part in event organised after man was assaulted near pub.

A view of the the Estate Buildings from street level. The building is four-storey's tall and has several spires on its roof.

Development partner sought for listed building

A previous agreement to develop Estate Buildings in Huddersfield town centre has been dropped.

A road lined with light coloured stone buildings

Fears over bar in mill village opening later

Objector claims that mill village already experiences problems with late-night drinkers.