
Police renew appeal to find pair wanted over Dewsbury bookies stabbing
Kirklees CID are still seeking Nicholas Wood, 38, and Jasmin Briggs, 23
Local news from Dewsbury and the surrounding area

Kirklees CID are still seeking Nicholas Wood, 38, and Jasmin Briggs, 23
A special brass band concert will take place at Dewsbury Minster on Saturday, May 30, in aid of The Albie Sugden Foundation.
These CCTV images have been released by police in North Kirklees of people they would like to speak to.
After holding its final competition of the 2025/2026 season, Dewsbury Photographic Group’s thoughts now turn to hosting a major annual event.
Dewsbury Arts Group is putting on a “hysterical evening” for its latest show.
A couple from Dewsbury with strong ties to Wakefield’s mining industry are celebrating 60 years of marriage.
A sensational five-goal haul by striker Abdou Bojang help Dewsbury United to brush aside EEP United to lift the Wakefield Sunday League’s Premiership Two League Cup.
On what would have been her milestone 100th birthday, we’re taking a nostalgic look back at when Queen Elizabeth II visited Dewsbury, Batley and Spen in the 1950s and 1990s.
Dewsbury Rams start a run of “four winnable games” with a trip to Rochdale Hornets this Sunday, April 26 (kick off 3pm).

Tanisha Bramwell has shared heartbreaking stories of struggling families as demand for help continues to surge
The first diagnostic procedures to detect prostate cancer have taken place in Dewsbury.
A much-changed Dewsbury Rams were knocked out of the 1895 Cup by Widnes Vikings at the first hurdle in a game where Paul Sykes made history.
A choir featuring 70 voices from West and South Yorkshire will give its first performance of the year in Dewsbury this weekend.
Top of the table Dewsbury Celtic maintained their 100 per cent start in Division One of the National League when they romped to a 76-0 home win over Pilkington Recs.
Buses on Dewsbury Road and Pontefract Road are set to be diverted this week.
Parents across Dewsbury, Mirfield, Batley and Spen discovered yesterday (Thursday) which school their children would be attending in September.
A logistics company has announced it will be closing its Dewsbury warehouse, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs.
Concerns have been raised since 2024 over the safety of critically ill children at a hospital in West Yorkshire.
A supermarket firm with stores in Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Leicester looks set to be well underway to opening a new branch in Halifax town centre.
It was a case of ‘pitch perfect’ for a Dewsbury camping firm last month as it claimed a prestigious national award.