& CULTURE Giving elderly a
HE University of Huddersfield has found the ideal time to host a live broadcast of the UK’s foremost topical debate radio programme.
With Brexit having divided opinion inside Parliament and throughout the country at large the university’s politics department could have a lively debate on its hands.
BBC Radio Four programme Any Questions? will be broadcast live from the University’s Oastler building on Friday, January 18.
A panel - the members of which are yet to be announced - will be made up of people from politics, the media and elsewhere.
They will face questions from members of the audience on the hot topics of the day.
Any Questions? is one of the longest running programmes on UK radio, having first been broadcast in 1948.
Since 1987 it has been hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby - brother of the outgoing host of BBC One’s TV panel debate programme, Question Time.
Dr Andrew Mycock, from the politics department at the University of Huddersfield, is responsible for organising the event.
He wanted to give the people of
Huddersfield the opportunity to pose their questions to the panel.
On arrival, audience members will be given a ticket on which they can submit their question.
It is free and open to anybody to be a member of the audience but places are limited and must be reserved in advance. You can book your seat online at www.eventbrite.co. uk/e/any-questions-tickets-52904336294.
Audience members are asked to arrive at the Oastler Building, on Queensgate (HD1 3DH), from 6pm and must be seated by
7.15pm. The programme will finish at 8.50pm.
CHRISTMAS Day is often thought of as a time to be spent with family and friends - however stressful that might sometimes be. But for some Christmas can be an extremely difficult time of year.
And it does not just mean Huddersfield’s homeless community or isolated elderly people either.
Anyone can find themselves lonely or unable to afford a Christmas dinner this year for any number of reasons.
Thankfully, there are several places around Huddersfield and the surrounding area that are here to help.
Some are just for the elderly, others are for anybody that needs them - but all of them provide a free Christmas dinner and some friendly company.
A few even involve games, sing-alongs, presents and free transport.
Here’s our list of some of the places you can go this Christmas Day. a decent meal is invited to attend The Jubilee Centre’s Christmas Day meal and celebration.
There will be transport provided to the Market Street centre (HD1 4SH) if needed, plus a three course meal, games, singing and a present from Santa -