The Sun pays damages to cricketer over family story
and the owner, Kirklees Council, is apparently unwilling or unable to take action.
But critics fear that the 19th century Grade 2* listed Huddersfield Infirmary will be at risk as the development will be done in phases and it isn’t clear what will become of the grand infirmary building.
Planning officers said urgent repairs to the old infirmary would form part of phase one of the build and that £100,000 will be spent on restoration. at this former Huddersfield nightclub which is now derelict and apparently used as a drug den.
Fire crews battled flames and smoke caused by a blaze on the second floor of the former Changing Lights club at Folly Hall, which later saw life as the Mystique strip club.
There was evidence that someone had broken into the premises via a metal fire escape.
The premises have been in a sorry state for many years with little sign of any improvements.
THE Sun newspaper has paid damages to England cricketer Ben Stokes and his mother after it published a front-page story reporting on a family tragedy.
The 30-year-old criticised the newspaper for publishing “extremely painful, sensitive and personal details” about his family in September 2019, leading to him and his mother Deborah Stokes launching legal action.
Yesterday , it was announced they had reached a settlement of their High Court claim against The Sun for breach of privacy.
The publication said: “The article caused great distress to the Stokes family, and especially to Deborah Stokes. We should not have published the article. We apologise to Deborah and Ben Stokes. We have agreed to pay them damages and their legal costs.”
The front-page story concerned a family tragedy involving Ms Stokes more than 30 years ago.
In a statement issued through solicitors firm Brabners, Ms Stokes said: “The decision to publish this article was a decision to expose, and to profit from exposing, intensely private and painful matters within our family.
“The suffering caused to our family by the publication of this article is something we cannot forgive. Ben and I can take no pleasure in concluding this settlement with The Sun. We can only hope that our actions in holding the paper to account will leave a lasting mark, and one that will contribute to prevent other families from having to suffer the same pain.”