Nick Lavigueur

Health and Local Government reporter, Huddersfield Examiner

United Kingdom

A journalist, keeping an eye on the public sector in Kirklees...and occasionally Calderdale and Westminster

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YorkshireLive
05/04/2018
Live: Kirklees election results 2018 - Labour gains full control

Results for Almondbury, Ashbrow, Batley East, Batley West, Birstall & Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Colne Valley, Crosland Moor & Netherton, Dalton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Golcar, Greenhead, Heckmondwike, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, Kirkburton, Lindley, Liversedge & Gomersal, Mirfield and Newsome

YorkshireLive
07/29/2018
The worst neighbourhood in Kirklees for fly-tipping has been revealed

A fly-tipping league of shame has been revealed as the Examiner uncovers which parts of Kirklees are the worst for illegally dumped waste. Is your neighbourhood regularly blighted by dumped fridges and washing machines, black sacks of abandoned waste, old tyres and unwanted furniture?

YorkshireLive
06/20/2017
Your child's playground could have its equipment ripped out

Your child's favourite playground could be set to lose its swings, slide or see-saw. Kirklees Council is embarking on a review of its hundreds of play areas - the first for 11 years. It has claimed none will close but says it will have to remove equipment from some.

huddersfieldexaminer
06/03/2017
PM describes plans to axe Huddersfield's A&E department as "scaremongering"

PRIME Minister Theresa May dismissed plans to axe Huddersfield's A&E department as "scaremongering" when she was quizzed about its future today. The Conservative leader brought her election campaign to Dewsbury where she spoke to a packed audience of supporters and media representatives ahead of Thursday's General Election.

mirror
09/27/2013
NHS: Government's £1billion raid on the poor to help rich areas

Almost £1billion of NHS cash could be stripped from the poorest parts of the country and handed to the richest. A major allocation review is set to change the way health bosses calculate which areas get most money. Funding, now assessed by deprivation, may soon be based on the number of OAPs.

huddersfieldexaminer
05/12/2016
5 Kirklees councillors in dock for not paying council tax

Councillors have been failing to pay their council tax. The Examiner can reveal councillors have ended up in the dock after racking up thousands of pounds of debt between them in the past two years. Five have been summoned to court for non-payment, one of which owed almost £1,200.

huddersfieldexaminer
11/25/2016
Woman who dealt with Baby P scandal takes over children's services

A government troubleshooter has been parachuted in to take control of Kirklees' failing children's services. In a report published on Friday morning, Ofsted branded Kirklees Council's children's services as "inadequate" - the lowest rating it can give. On Friday afternoon the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, ordered the council to let a government-appointed Children's Services Commissioner take charge.

huddersfieldexaminer
01/15/2016
Huddersfield girl Olivia Farnsworth feels no pain

Doctors dubbed her "bionic" while her mother says she is "made of steel." For seven-year-old Olivia Farnsworth has real life super powers. The Huddersfield youngster feels no pain, doesn't get tired and is never hungry. Olivia has a rare chromosome disorder that has left doctors and her family amazed.

huddersfieldexaminer
03/14/2016
Kirklees outsources plant growing to council with no nursery

Kirklees Council has handed a plant supply contract to a council that doesn't have a nursery. And it has emerged that the deal to grow bedding plants for Kirklees was done behind councillors' backs. The Examiner has learned that the huge contract - that allows Kirklees' own nursery to be closed - was won by Darlington Council last year.