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Pro-Palestine independent MP urges ‘halt the genocide’ in maiden speech

Iqbal Mohamed, the MP for Dewsbury and Batley, also criticised the ‘double standards’ of some politicians.

Evening Standard

Man arrested following death of woman in ‘domestic-related incident’ in Dewsbury

Officers were called to the property on Dearnley Street at 6.43pm on Sunday, the force said.

The Independent UK

Man arrested after the death of a woman in Dewsbury

Officers were called to a property at 6.43pm on Sunday where the woman was found ‘seriously injured’.

The Independent UK

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Police searching for man after woman dies in West Yorkshire

Police said officers were called to a property in Dewsbury at 6.43pm on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Six jailed over £1.5bn plot to smuggle cocaine into UK in frozen chicken boxes

The gang’s plot saw 15 tonnes of the Class A drug hidden in pallets of frozen chicken and imported from the Netherlands.

The Independent UK

Dewsbury in Yorkshire recognised as ‘greenest town’ of the 1800s

Historic England lists 12 buildings in recognition of town’s role in recycling yarn from all over world

The Guardian - UK

Man who travelled from Yorkshire to London to attack Jewish people sentenced

Abdullah Qureshi, 31, travelled from Dewsbury to Stamford Hill in east London where he attacked three passers-by, a court heard.

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Beefcake butcher bombarded with saucy comments after photo of him goes viral

The photo, shared by family-run Chidswell Farm Shop in Dewsbury, West Yorks., was inundated with thousands of comments

Manchester Evening News

Girl, 2, dies after being hit by car outside house as tributes paid to tragic tot

West Yorkshire Police are investigating the tragic death of a two-year-old girl after she was knocked down by a car outside a house in Dewsbury on Saturday morning

Daily Mirror

Jodie Ounsley swaps rugby ball for pugil stick with TV role on Gladiators reboot

The Dewsbury-born 22-year-old has been cast as ‘Fury’ on the BBC’s upcoming revival of the 1990s show.

The Independent UK

'Grim' town which 'smells of cannabis' leaves residents scared to go out after dark

Residents of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire have mixed feelings about their town, with some feeling positive about the investment made in the centre, while others fear it is 'struggling' and is 'dead'

Daily Mirror

Betty Boothroyd: First female Commons Speaker who enhanced the parliament over which she presided

Daughter of Dewsbury textile workers became a megastar over her five decades in parliament – despite multiple failed attempts to win her seat

The Independent UK

Lady Boothroyd obituary

First female speaker of the Commons known for her brisk, good-humoured style, and as a shrewd political tactician

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer warns Brits 'suffering every day' as he unveils £29bn energy bills plan

Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer said millions are “very, very worried”, from families forced to put food back on supermarket shelves to an 84-year-old in Dewsbury “too scared” to heat her home in winter

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The Independent UK

Urgent search for missing boy, 12, in Dewsbury

Francis Gavan disappeared some time between Friday and Saturday morning

Daily Mirror

Food bank runs out of food as owner warns cost of living crisis is 'very difficult'

Tanisha Bramwell says her food bank in Dewsbury ran out of food as donors no longer had the spare funds to help out due to the cost of living crisis. Then the donations became just a few tins of food

Daily Mirror

'Real-life Castaway' buys tropical island for £8,000 so he can live as a recluse

Brendon Grimshaw, from Dewsbury, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, bought Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, for just £8,000

Daily Mirror

Huge blaze erupts at recycling plant as firefighters race to save nearby buildings

People in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, are being told to remain indoors due to a major blaze at an industrial estate where "approximately 80 firefighters are in attendance"

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Birmingham Post

Dewsbury builders merchant AW Lumb acquired by Lords in £23.1m deal

The deal will expand Lords' network into the North

Newslaundry

UP police says Umar Gautam tried to change India’s ‘population demography’. Where’s the evidence?

Days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party presented its election manifesto, the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra. In it, the party promised to amend the state’s anti-conversion law to introduce a minimum imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1…

Daily Mirror

'Miracle' moment man opens eyes for first time after falling off four-storey roof

Tahmina Inam said her nephew Subhan travelled from Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire, to Pakistan for a wedding but fell off a roof watching a firework display

Daily Mirror

Man fights for life after falling from roof watching fireworks at wedding

The wedding guest, known as Subby, is currently on a life support machine suffering brain damage in Pakistan after travelling from his home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, to attend the ceremony

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