On this day...

1863: The Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War ended with the Confederate Army routed and more than 50,000 dead or wounded.

1920: The first RAF air display took place at Hendon.

1928: A policeman’s helmet and a bunch of red roses were among the pictures shown on John Logie Baird’s first television transmission in colour at Baird Studios, London.

1954: Food rationing ended in Britain. Smithfield market opened at midnight instead of 6am to cope with the demand for beef.

1969: Brian Jones, who had just left the Rolling Stones, was found drowned in his swimming pool. On the same day in 1971, Doors singer Jim Morrison reportedly died of a heart attack in Paris.

Stop wasting our money on projects

IF you would care to cycle down from the foot hills, obviously vehicles not welcome, then behold in the valleys Kirkleestad, a North Korean-state style state with its inept ruling majority.

Not content with building new and unwanted offices in Dewsbury and the well-publicised new arts area in Huddersfield, the next presentation is the budget-busting Art for the Masses.

Give Council credit for rugby museum

AS a Giant’s season ticket holder, I warmly welcome the decision to locate the National Rugby League Museum at the hopefully soon to be revamped George Hotel.

The recent history of the George Hotel has been a sorry

Hold travellers to same laws as us

NEVER mind persecution of travellers, how about a bit of prosecution of travellers?

Reports abound of the breaking of the law of the land and local byelaws, including illegal