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No trains through Dewsbury causes long diversion to Leeds
Huddersfield station is open, but there are buses instead of trains at Dewsbury, Batley and Morley, also at Cottingley near Leeds. TransPennine Express trains calling at Huddersfield are diverting through Wakefield to get to Leeds taking around double the usual journey time for that stretch of the line.
The usual hourly TransPennine Express train services from Manchester Piccadilly via Huddersfield, Mirfield, Wakefield Kirkgate, Normanton and Castleford to York will operate. Passengers from Mirfield will be able to change at Wakefield Kirkgate for a train to Leeds or use replacement buses.
TransPennine Express services to Hull will run between Leeds and Hull only. Trains to Redcar Central will begin at York, but Scarborough to Manchester Victoria services will be extended to Manchester Airport.
The Northern service from Leeds to Wigan normally operating via Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Mirfield and Brighouse will divert instead via Bradford Interchange and Halifax. Passengers travelling between Huddersfield and the upper Calder Valley may face long detours from their usual journey.
These weekday arrangements will continue up to June 26.
Weekend travel
At weekends, there are also no trains at Mirfield. There will be buses between Huddersfield and Leeds and also between Huddersfield and Wakefield Kirkgate. Huddersfield to Leeds buses will take around 1 hour 5 minutes for buses calling only at Dewsbury. An all-stops bus will take about half-an-hour longer. A train journey from Huddersfield to Halifax, Bradford and eventually Leeds is possible by changing trains at Sowerby Bridge from an extra TransPennine Express weekend train which will be operating from Huddersfield via Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge and the Calder Valley line to Manchester Victoria.
There will also be trains from Huddersfield operating by the usual more direct Colne Valley route to Manchester Victoria bound for Liverpool or for Manchester Airport. Manchester Airport trains will call at stops including
At weekends, Grand Central Bradford to London King's Cross services will divert through Bramley to Wakefield Kirkgate, not calling at Low Moor, Brighouse and Mirfield. Replacement buses will operate between Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield.
The weekend alterations will continue over the first three weekends in June.
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Kirklees Council again fail to appoint new Council Leader
The annual Kirklees Council meeting was reconvened after no decision was reached at the earlier meeting on Wednesday May 20 involving many new councillors, including all 29 Reform UK members elected.
The 69 Kirklees councillors moved to a ballot as they again attempted to choose a Council Leader from between the Reform UK group leader Clr Sarah Wood and the leader of the enlarged 12-member Green Party group on the council, Clr Andrew Cooper, who had claimed to have support from a coalition involving Liberal Democrats and Independent members — a grouping larger than Reform UK but still not commanding a majority.
The vote went to a tied decision with both councillors receiving 29 votes in favour. The council decided to revisit the decision at the next Council meeting in July with the council's Chief Executive representing the role of Council Leader in the meantime.
The council was able to make decisive votes for its committee and panel chairpersons.
Here's a recap of the current make-up of the council:
Huddersfield Town appoint new head coach
The club announced on Wednesday (May 27) that it has appointment Martin Drury as Head Coach of the Men’s First Team.
He becomes the first Huddersfield-born First Team Head Coach or manager in nearly 40 years, the last being Steve Smith in 1987.
Drury joined the coaching staff as assistant to Liam Manning in January after a 15-year coaching career including experience with the coaching teams at Bradford City, Manchester United, Brentford, La Liga in Valencia and West Bromwich Albion.
Find out more at the Huddersfield Town official website.
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Tour de France Women come to Huddersfield in 2027
The prestigious event boosted a massive interest in cycling in Yorkshire when the men's race Grand Départ was held in Yorkshire in 2014.
The Tour returns with the first two days of the women's race partly in Yorkshire next year while the men's Scotland to Wales Grand Départ also reaches into historic Yorkshire.
The first day for the Tour de France Femmes will start in Leeds on Friday July 30, 2027, to head over the Pennines to Manchester.
The following day the race will head back along a winding and hilly route through the Derbyshire part of the Peak District from Manchester to end in Sheffield.
The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.
Before the women's races, the men's Grand Départ will also have been held be in Britain, briefly dipping into historic Yorkshire as it heads through the Trough of Bowland on its second day on Saturday July 3. Day 1 of the men's race heads from Scotland to England with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The short stretch of historic Yorkshire is on the Keswick to Liverpool stage on Day 2. The third day is in Wales with a stage from Welshpool to Cardiff.
Further areas cordoned off for Piazza scheme
The 1930s building is to be extended at its rear as part of work to turn it into a museum. The green space of the Piazza has also been dug over until a new Town Park is eventually created.
The new library building is nearing completion and is due to be opened in late summer this year.
A food hall at the former Queensgate Market, shown to the public at an open day last September, is now set to be delayed in its opening until the Spring of next year after the additional expense of fitting it out.
Kirklees Council has planned the redevelopment of the area around the former Market Hall which has seen the demolition of part of the Market building to allow a new public square to be created in front of the old library building and beside the Town Hall.
The listed part of the Market building with its unique airy roof design and sculptured panels along Queensgate is being retained as part of the new food hall, social dining area and part of the new library.
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