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The smaller parties standing in Kirklees’ local elections

Now that all candidates for Kirklees’ local elections have been revealed[1], we take a look at the smaller parties fighting for your vote.
The local elections will be taking place on Thursday, May 4. A third of the borough’s 69 seats are available, plu…

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How Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer ‘Wearside Jack’ almost cheated justice

Detective who finally caught notorious Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer ‘Wearside Jack’ in 2005 reveals how he almost cheated justice because key exhibits from the 70s were feared to have been destroyed or lostLetters in which ‘Jack’ gave a string of false ‘clu…