Dog walker finds a bullet

POLICE were last night carrying out a search in Birkby after a woman out walking her dogs found a bullet on a footpath.

Residents in Birkby reported hearing what sounded like gunshots on Monday night but it is thought nothing was reported to police at the time.

The woman walking on a footpath between Macaulay Road and Birkby Lodge Road found the bullet and alerted police yesterday morning.

Officers went to the scene during the day and an area was cordoned off and searches were underway last night.

A source told the Examiner that it was thought police had found a second bullet during fingertip searches of the area.

The woman who found the bullet said she heard what sounded like gunshots on Monday night but dismissed them as fireworks.

It was only yesterday morning that she told police after she found what she described as a “bullet.”

She added: “We are not sure what happened but we think it may have been youths with a gun.

“There is a suggestion that they were blanks but in the current climate with gunshots being heard the police need to investigate.”

Several incidents of gun crime have been reported in Huddersfield in recent weeks and police have vowed to get on top of the problem.