Andrew Hirst

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.

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.

Oct 13, 2024 | huddersfieldhub.co.uk | Andrew Hirst

A controversial development on Castle Hill may be moving a step nearer with the developers applying for a vital consent needed to build on the ancient site. Permission was granted on February 10 2022, to builda single-storey above ground restaurant/café/bar including six en-suite bedrooms, public toilets and an exhibition centre about Castle Hill’s history stretching back 4,000 years.

Oct 12, 2024 | huddersfieldhub.co.uk | Andrew Hirst

A charity which has been supporting women who have had a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or any other birth trauma now has more counsellors and can give more support. This year marks 25 years since Huddersfield-based Talkthru was set up and over the last year it has increased the number of counsellors to 11 to help almost 100 women from the Kirklees and Calderdale areas. One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage with one in 80 in ectopic pregnancies.

Oct 12, 2024 | huddersfieldhub.co.uk | Andrew Hirst

A young singer songwriter from Huddersfield has starred in an award-winning short film. James Leslie’s music career has taken off over the last year, so much so that he’s doing between four and eight gigs every week across the north in cities including Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield. But when he was in his mid-teens he did a couple of acting courses with the London-based Young Film Academy and his tutors always remembered him.