- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
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Video: Fox's Biscuits blast
AN eyewitness has captured the scene minutes after a blast at Fox's Biscuits today.
Travellers set up in Dewsbury train station car park
AROUND 16 travellers have arrived at Dewsbury’s railway station car park today.
Six in hospital after Batley factory explosion
SIX people are now being treated in hospital after an explosion at Fox’s Biscuits today.
High hopes for abseil
The Mayor of Kirklees will test his nerve when he leads the way during a sponsored abseil.
More Batley news
Kirklees Council releases updated LDF policy for creating homes and jobs
KIRKLEES Council has published changes to its plans for creating thousands of homes and jobs over the next 20 years.
Three injured in explosion at Fox’s Biscuits
THREE people have been injured in an explosion at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley.
More couples saying ‘I do’
MORE couples are getting married at council register offices as figures show its registrars have been getting busier every year.
Man fined £100 for dropping litter in Dewsbury
A MAN from Hull has been fined £100 for dropping litter in Dewsbury.
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Weather for Batley
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 4 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
