
Andrew Hirst
Journalist at Freelance
Contributor at Huddersfield Hub
Freelance journalist and professional press release writer, blogger and author https://t.co/p5wOl9NOhT
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3 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Andrew Hirst
Jane Dawson is taking on her first marathon at the age of 60 in memory of her daughter who she lost to cancer. Jane from Slaithwaite near Huddersfield is preparing to run the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday, April 27, to honour her daughter, Ella, who tragically passed away from leukaemia in July 2021 at the age of just 24.
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3 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Andrew Hirst
A major charity concert featuring some of the top names in Huddersfield music will be livestreamed worldwide. The event at Lindley Methodist Church on Saturday, May 17, will by compered by well-known Huddersfield music leader and singer Thom Meredith and feature Marsh Ladies Choir, Gledholt Male Voice Choir, deaf musician Paul Whittaker, OBE and his amazing Musical Hands Singing Choir. It will be shown live on Zoom so anyone can watch it anywhere in the world.
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1 month ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Andrew Hirst
Huddersfield village Scapegoat Hill held its first ever scarecrow festival last Easter … and took the art of scarecrow-making to a whole new level. The theme was Disney and the villagers created 40 brilliant depictions of the most loved Disney characters that even crows would have loved. Word quickly spread and they had thousands of visitors to the village. This year the theme is Children’s Books and, once again, there will be more than 40 ‘scarecrows’ around the village for people to explore.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
huddersfieldhub.co.uk | Andrew Hirst
The developers behind plans to build an exhibition centre and a café, restaurant and bar at the top of Castle Hill have revealed a video showing just what it will look like. But they also admit they may need to put the planning application in again as a vital decision on the proposal by Historic England may not be made before the three years planning consent by Kirklees Council runs out next February.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
huddersfieldhub.co.uk | Andrew Hirst
A new community centre in one of Huddersfield’s most picturesque villages is available for hire. Villagers living in Holme next to Holme Moss above Holmfirth have worked hard over the last seven years to turn a historic building into a new community centre. The project up to now has cost £200,000 which has seen the ground floor totally renovated.
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Scapegoat Hill Scarecrow Festival in Huddersfield is a great and very inexpensive family outing that’s on all Easter weekend. The scarecrows are amazing and the sun is due out this afternoon and tomorrow. More info at https://t.co/NAGbHPLXck https://t.co/MIg6nh2n2y

Legendary England football star Stuart Pearce appears in Huddersfield hours after getting back home following mid-flight health scare. Here’s what he had to say about the medical emergency that made national headlines https://t.co/Dg0IZos4Vt https://t.co/L8amwBd7tl

Former England and #NottinghamForest star #StuartPearce due to fly back from Canada in time for Huddersfield gig this Friday after his medical episode caused plane to divert. Full story at https://t.co/AKrF6ssNws @SkyNews @BBCNews @nottslive @NFFC