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By Staff Reporters TESTS are under way to see if a tainted batch of heroin may have killed three men in Dewsbury.

Police confirmed they have linked the deaths of Trevor Barlow, his nephew Jamie and 51-year-old Phillip Holderness.

The latest incident happened last Thursday when Mr Barlow was found dead at his home in Dorset Walk.

A man later identifed as Jamie Barlow was found collapsed in the market hall toilets on November 14 and later died in hospital.

Mr Holderness, believed to have five children, died at his home on Old Westgate on November 28.

Toxicology results could take at least two weeks.

In the meantime all three deaths have been referred to coroners.

Det Insp Andy Parr, of Huddersfield CID, said: “We’re investigating three recent drugs deaths.

“There is no indication that there was a bad batch of heroin but, as with any drugs death, toxicology will now map the result.

“Obviously it’s dangerous to take drugs in any event and there is always a risk with these kind of offences.”

Anyone with information about any of the deaths can call Det Insp Parr on 101.

Drug users can call Kirklees Lifeline for help on 01924 438383 or 01484 353333, or visit www.lifelinekirklees.org.uk.

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Deaths BARKER CECIL WILLIAM ‘BILL’ On 9 December 2014, at Huddersfield Royal

Infirmary, aged 79. Dad of Elizabeth and John.

Funeral service at Dewsbury Crematorium on Friday 19 December at 12.30pm.

BARLOW TREVOR On 4 December 2014, suddenly at his home, aged 47 years. Dad of Kodie and son of Irvin.

Funeral service at Dewsbury Crematorium, on Tuesday 16 December at 12.30pm.

BEAUMONT STANLEY On 4 December 2014, in hospital and of Upper Batley, aged 83 years.

Husband of Dorothy.

Funeral service at Dewsbury Crematorium, on Thursday 18 December at 1.15pm.

18 December at 2pm.

HODGSON LESLIE GORDON On 6 December 2014, at Bradford RI, formerly of Staincliffe, aged 87 years.

Brother of the late Reg. Funeral at Bolton Villas U R Church, Wrose on Friday 19 December at 1.45pm.

HOLMES ‘CARMELLA’ On 5 December 2014, at Fieldhead Court, Thornhill, aged 84. Wife of Michael.

Funeral service at Dewsbury Crematorium, on Tuesday 16 December at 11.15am.

DIXON RONALD BLACKWELL On 3 December 2014, of Mirfield, aged 90 years.

Husband of the late Doris.

Funeral service will take place at Trinity Methodist Church, Mirfield on Monday, 15 December at 11.30am, followed by committal and cremation at Dewsbury Crematorium at 12.30pm.

FIRTH PATRICIA MARY ‘PAT’ On 3 December 2014, at Dewsbury Hospital, aged 82. Wife of the late Leslie.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium on Thursday

HUNT NEE LEE AUDREY On 3 December 2014, in hospital, of Thornhill Lees, aged 87 years. Wife of the late Desmond.

Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Crematorium on Monday 15 December at 10.30am.

MCDAID NELLIE On 10 December 2014, at home in Batley, aged 87 years. Wife of the late Bill. Funeral service at Batley Parish Church, on Monday 22 December at 11.15am, followed by

interment in Batley Cemetery at 12noon.

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On 5 December 2014, of Howden Clough, aged 67.

Mum of Mark, Steven and Helen. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Thursday 18 December at 10.30am.

On 4 December 2014, in Pinderfields Hospital, aged 79 years. Husband of Merle. Funeral service at Kings Way Church, Ossett on Wednesday 17 December at 1.45pm.

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On 2 December 2014, at Pinderfields Hospital, formerly of Batley, aged 93 years. Wife of the late Ernest. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Crematorium, today, Friday 12 December at 2pm.

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On 8 December 2014, in hospital, of Roberttown, aged 89 years. Husband of the late Mary. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium, on Tuesday 16 December at 2.45pm.

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On 4 December 2014, at Avery Mews Care Home, formerly of Dewsbury, aged 91 years. Wife of the late Kenneth. Funeral service at Dewsbury Crematorium on Monday 22 December at 11.15am.

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WHELAN NEE JEWITT SYLVIA On 3 December 2014, at Holme House Care Home, Gomersal, aged 84, formerly of Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton. Wife of the late Bernard. Service and cremation will be held at Dewsbury Crematorium on Tuesday 16 December at 1.15pm.

WRIGGLESWORTH JOHN STORRY On 3 December 2014, at home in Briestfield, aged 70 years. Husband of Kathleen. Funeral service at Whitley Parish Church, on Wednesday 17 December at 11.30am.

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Seagull rescued DEWSBURY: Firefighters did not get in a flap when called to rescue a seagull stuck in a tree.

The bird got caught in twine stretched between two trees at Crow Nest Park at around 3pm on Saturday.

A crew from Cleckheaton were sent after a passer-by saw the bird hanging by one of its wings, unable to free itself.

Branches were cut off in a delicate operation which took about 90 minutes to complete.

Watch commander Colin Brown said: “The RSPCA put the seagull in one of their special crates and we left it to them.”

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Opening times are 12noon to 4pm on Sunday December 14 and Sunday December 21.

Operations director Rob Jenson said: “We hope it provides a helping hand for customers during the very busy festive season.”

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By David Bentley ONE of the region’s best-known hairdressers is launching his own range of specialist products. After more than 30 years in the hair business, Batley-based Mark Betts has created a series of salon-quality shampoos, conditioners, sprays and treatments that are already causing a stir.

The luxury products collection went on sale last week – and the first batch was quickly snapped up by his clients.

Mark, who works alongside wife Allison and son Josh in his Commercial Street salon, has spent more than two years developing almost 40 separate products for his professional haircare range, which are all manufactured in the UK and not tested on animals. Most of the ingredients are organic – and a fully organic range is due to be on sale from January.

“The new range combines all our knowledge of using hair products for the last 30 years,” said Mark.

“We’ve created something that is luxurious and high-quality, easy to use and environmentally-friendly.

“We’ll be using them exclusively in the salon and the feedback we’ve had from customers so far has been amazing. Hair and beauty bloggers are also taking a keen interest, and a reviewer from San Francisco has asked for samples.”

The range can be bought from the salon, from the Mark Betts website and soon other local salons will be offering the products.

Customers can also take advantage of a discounted refill service, to cut down on packaging waste.

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Rams and local groups to share £5m homes windfall DEWSBURY RAMS and a host of community groups were celebrating this week after a housing plan that will deliver nearly £5m of investment and new facilities was given the green light.

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has rubber-stamped the plan for Harron Homes to build 206 homes on the former Shaw Cross colliery site, bordered by Owl Lane and Wakefield Road.

“The Secretary of State’s decision is great news,” said Rams chairman Mark Sawyer on Thursday. “It’s been a long, hard road to bring much-needed facilities to both the club and the community.”

The plan was approved by Kirklees councillors but because it is nominally on green belt land, had to be called in by government. The deal secures the longer term future of the Dewsbury Rams, who will share a £4.9m windfall with Kirklees and community groups.

Harron Homes have promised to provide a full size, floodlit all-weather sports pitch, plus two floodlit allweather multi-use games areas suitable for a variety of sports including five-a-side football.

The Rams, who will start the 2015 in the new format Championship, have just appointed Damian Gibson as a rugby league development officer to work in local schools, and have created a new second team as part of their own ambitious plans.

“It will probably be 18 months before we get our allweather training pitch,” added Mr Sawyer. “The club desperately needs it, but so do other local organizations.

When that happens we’ll look to grow our community development activity.”

The developers will also build a new 334-space car park for the Rams, and create a park extending along the western boundary of the site – between the houses in the Bywell Road and Bywell Close area.

It is thought workers could be on site before Christmas, with the project starting early in the new year.

Apart from the cash benefits, Kirklees Council should also benefit from a Government new homes premium – central funding to help them deliver extra services in the area.

The Dewsbury East ward would also receive extra

trickle-down funding as a result of the property influx.

A spokesman for Harron Homes said: “Harron Homes are looking forward to delivering a first class housing development and community facilities at the Dewsbury Rams site. We will now look to implement the planning decision in the New Year and get the development underway.”

A spokesman for lead developers Stirling Scotfield said: “We very much welcome the decision by the Secretary of State to allow the development to proceed at the Owl Lane site and thank all those involved at the club, at Harron Homes and Kirklees Council who have worked hard to bring forward this regeneration project.”

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News in Brief Woman injured DEWSBURY: A woman was taken to hospital after being in collision with a car on Wednesday.

The woman, in early 40s, was hurt near the Princess of Wales Precinct on Longcauseway at around 9.20am. She was taken to Dewsbury District Hospital but her injuries were not thought to be serious.

3,700 sign petition CLECKHEATON: About 3,700 people signed a petition against shutting the town’s library. It was handed to council chiefs by Coun Andrew Pinnock at a meeting on Wednesday.

Fellow Cleckheaton Lib Dem councillor Baroness Kath Pinnock thanked people via Twitter. She posted: “Petition has 3,700 signatures of local people passionate about keeping it open and where it is. Thank you!”

Teen kicked car BATLEY: A teenager kicked a police car after hearing that his brother’s best friend had died in a car crash.

Jamal Malik, 19, admitted criminal damage when he appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.

His younger brother was among three men trapped in a car when it hit a tree near Fox’s Biscuits on November 26. On hearing at Leeds General Infirmary that one of them had died, Malik, of Taylor Street, Batley, kicked the grille of a police car outside, causing £250 damage.

He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and must pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

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Friday December 12, 2014

Hair-razoring stunt stands up to cancer

News In Brief Police swoop on burglary suspects

BIG-HEARTED youngsters from Dewsbury raised more than £1,100 for charity by having their hair shaved off.

Jackson Walker, Shaqeel Ahmed, Bailey Chatha and Naill McKinnell lost their locks on Tuesday at appropriately-named town centre salon Shavers. They fundraised in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.

Shaqeel and Jackson both play prop for Dewsbury Moor ARLFC’s under-14s, while Bailey is a second row teammate.

Naill is a friend of theirs at St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, and all of them have relatives who suffered with cancer.

There was much laughter as their hair came off under the expert hands of salon co-owners Natalie Sheard and Andrea Cassidy.

But Bailey, whose grandfather

CLECKHEATON: Two men were arrested for allegedly going equipped to steal following a spate of burglaries.

Police spotted a VW Touran being driven around the Bradford Road area early on Tuesday.

Items believed to have been used in criminal activity, such as ski masks, gloves, a torch and hats, were found.

The people carrier was stopped near the Aakash Restaurant. Men aged 33 and 29, both from Bradford, were arrested at the scene.

Officers were in the area after a number of recent burglaries. Enquiries are continuing.

Assaulted after row HECKMONDWIKE: A man was assaulted soon after having a row about parking last Tuesday.

The victim, 43, was walking on Union Road at around 1pm when he was knocked over and cut his head.

It happened only 15 minutes after the man had a disagreement with a passenger in a blue car over parking on Market Street.

Anyone with information can call PC Chris Merrick at the Batley and Spen NPT on 101.

Sex order breach BATLEY: A man admitted breaching an order banning him from contacting children under 16.

Jason Varley, 19, of Pine Grove, was given an eight-month suspended jail sentence in July for sexual activity with a minor and was also made subject to a sexual offences prevention order.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard a 15year-boy was found at his flat on October 25.

District Judge Michael Fanning committed Varley for sentencing at Leeds Crown Court on Monday, January 5.

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By David Miller A GROUP was formed on Monday to keep Birstall Library open should its funding be axed in budget cuts.

About 70 residents turned up in droves and staff at the Market Street building had to find extra seats.

The meeting ended with the formation of a Friends of Birstall Library group which could take over the facility.

That would be in a worstcase scenario where Kirklees Council ends funding for all but two of the district’s 26 libraries from 2017.

Teacher Trish Foley, of Kings Drive, said: “It was an excellent turn-out and shows clear demand for a library in Birstall.

“I’d just be concerned

about the speed with which we’ve jumped into the idea of volunteering.

“It's shocking that so many people could lose their jobs and yet one of the stated aims of Kirklees is economic regeneration.”

Residents were told Birstall Library costs £133,500 a year to run in terms of staff, stock and equipment.

This figure does not include rates or other building costs, or the community centre below.

The library serves about 4,000 households in the town, plus others in areas which do not have their own facility.

Kirklees Council were said to get £9m a year in council tax plus £13m in business rates from Birstall.

This is partly down to the

nearby retail park, but after 2017 the town could be left with no major public services in exchange.

Birstall’s public toilets shut later this month while the market and children’s centre are also under threat.

Chamber of trade chairman Anne Thompson said a Friends group could succeed.

She added: “I'm as proud as punch of Birstall. It’s a great place to live and work and I can’t think of anywhere with a stronger community spirit.

“We're all together and if there’s one place that can make this work then it’s Birstall.”

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died of cancer in 2007, said there is a more serious aspect.

He said: “I think we’d all got fed up of having such long hair, but we decided that if we got together we could do something with more of a purpose.”

Natalie, of Batley, and Andrea, of Whitley, gave £100 and have a collection box in store for customers to donate.

Andrea’s mum, Lynne Bolton, and gran, Dorothy Suddards, both of Birkenshaw, had cancer.

Natalie lost her grandad to the disease about 10 years ago.

She paid tribute to the youngsters and said: “It was all their own idea and they fundraised themselves.”

Bailey added: “It feels weird to not have any hair. But it’ll grow back and we’re proud to have done something for a good cause.”

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News in Brief Cabbie in court CLECKHEATON: A taxi driver appeared in court following an incident involving three teenage passengers. Tariq Mahmood, 46, of Victoria Avenue, is alleged to have made inappropriate comments to them on October 1.

Kirklees Magistrates' Court heard the incident happened during a journey between Cleckheaton and Huddersfield.

He denied threatening behaviour and his trial is due to take place on Wednesday, March 11.

Chip shop ‘idiot’ CHICKENLEY: A 16-year-old was branded an “idiot” by his own solicitor when he breached a ban from going within 100m of the Parade Fish Bar on Walnut Lane.

He faces trial over an alleged racially-aggravated public order offence. He is also banned from contacting the complainant.

Neil Murphy, for the teen, described him as an “idiot”. Magistrates granted him bail.

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By David Miller HE decision taken by Birstall residents will find an echo in all those areas of Kirklees which are in danger of losing their libraries.

Others will follow Birstall’s lead.

Under one Kirklees Council plan, the current annual budget of nearly £6m would be cut to £2.5m from 2017.

This would leave only two libraries open – probably Huddersfield and Dewsbury – and retain some other services such as transcription and Braille.

Another proposal would see the budget reduced to £3.9m and also keep Huddersfield and Dewsbury open.

There would be two other types of libraries retained – town libraries and community libraries.

Town libraries would offer full services and be staffed by at least one professionallyqualifed librarian, plus paid customer service officers.

Community libraries would have fewer services, reduced opening hours and be staffed mainly by volunteers.

Chief librarian Carol Stump said Birstall, Batley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike

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Decision will echo around Kirklees... and Mirfield may be considered as town libraries.

Ravensthorpe’s Greenwood Centre and Thornhill Lees Library might be in the second category.

North Kirklees has only eight of the district’s 26 libraries, so South Kirklees could bear the brunt of changes.

If the council decides in February to cut the budget to £2.5m, the equivalent of 100 full-time jobs would be lost.

This figure would fall to 60 if the budget was reduced to £3.9m.

Birstall residents heard that once the cuts are made the library service is unlikely to be restored.

Teacher Trish Foley, of Kings Drive, Birstall, said: “It’s worrying that this could be the end of what we’ve got for the end of time.”

Coun Robert Light (Con, Birstall & Birkenshaw) said he hoped it would not come to that.

The Tory leader vowed to argue at cross-party talks for

the library budget to be kept in full.

He added of the first ‘nuclear’ option (to cut the budget to £2.5m): “We’ll fight the administration on what’s proposed.

“It would mean the physical relocation of council services from outlying towns to Huddersfield.”

Coun Light added: “The closure of Birstall Library is not an option as far as this ward’s three councillors are concerned.”

Dathan Tedesco, Labour’s pick for Birstall & Birkenshaw at May’s council elections, warned it may not be possible.

He said: “I don’t doubt Coun Light’s sincerity in wanting to keep Birstall Library open.

“But I think it’s a bit disingenuous for him to say the £6m budget can be saved given the cuts that are coming from central government.

“And no matter which party is in power in Kirklees, they would all have to look at the ‘nuclear’ option.”

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Prevention is not better than cure all of the time READ an interesting piece recently by Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper calling for an extension of the Government’s Prevent programme, which is aimed at tackling extremism in Muslim communities.

Well, I say ‘interesting’.

‘Naïve’ might be more accurate. ‘Cynical’ works too.

Prevent was launched in the fall-out of the London 7/7 bombings aimed at de-radicalising Muslim youths. Even the most bug-eyed optimist would have to admit it hasn’t been a crushing success.

In many cases it actually managed the complete opposite, millions of pounds thrown at groups, some of whom invited al-Qaeda zealots to address meetings.

Typically of left-wing loonies they’d probably think that was okay anyway; it would show they were ‘inclusive’ of all ideologies.

It’s the ‘hug-a-hoodie’ strategy for defeating Isis.

When this country is the first western Caliphate, and those left-wing luvvies are being led out in their orange jumpsuits to squint at the

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I’ve bought one of those model helicopter/drone gadgets which takes aerial photos. Really nifty, although they take a bit of practice. I had to be careful not to crash into this ‘garage’ near Westborough High School (see story below) camera and kneel before a bloke with a razor sharp knife on College Green, they’ll still think we didn’t ‘love’ these poor misunderstood darlings quite enough; didn’t throw enough money at buying their affection. That seems Yvette Cooper’s big idea.

Under Prevent, money was frittered at everything from running rap music workshops and playing five-a-side, to actually funding extremists.

That was and is Prevent’s major flaw. If the vast majority of ordinary Muslim citizens

are NOT radical – and they’re not – why throw fortunes at all of them, just on the off chance?

It was in that fund-spree climate that characters based in and around the Savile Town Community Association filled their boots via everyone from Kirklees Council to the Big Lottery Fund, for ‘community groups’ that either never met, didn’t deliver, or didn’t even exist.

These people were not extremists in any ideological sense; just extreme oppor-

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood tunists. They knew easy money when they saw it. Who can blame them? (Well I can actually. It’s called fraud).

When attention was drawn to some of the scams, officials managed to rubber-stamp a clean bill of health – although at least the graft stopped.

But why would organisations cover up barely disguised fraud?

More pertinently, ask yourself why they would try to prove themselves complicit in it.

It’s like asking a burglar to go see if he can find his own fingerprints. Why would organisations bust a gut to prove they’ve been frivolous with our money in pursuit of right-on PC box ticking? They don’t.

I got fed up of Freedom of Information requests being rejected regarding who sourced all of Savile Town’s phony community group claims, like the Shaw Cross Women’s Forum.

They got nine grand to “help local ethnic minority women access exercise classes and advice on healthy eating.”

Shaw Cross Women’s Forum – based at Savile Town’s Taleem Centre? It was actually just an off-the-shelf website of pretty white models in very unIslamic leotards. Nine grand for a 10-bob website full of links that didn’t work, and an ‘organiser’ who didn’t answer her emails.

The Lottery refused to assist our investigations based on ‘Data Protection’ but the woman behind the Shaw Cross wheeze was Hafeeza Razzak. Bear that name in mind for the story below because I don’t think the surname is a coincidence.

The problem with schemes like Prevent is measuring outcomes. You can’t. I’m sure kids enjoyed the rap sessions and five-a-side. But fraudsters and extremists benefited too – while alienating mainstream white and other ethnic minority communities that saw the unfettered pampering, and got nowt but a begging bowl for themselves.

Don’t take that from me – that’s the voice of experience from sensible members of the Muslim community.

But still, Yvette Cooper wants Prevent expanding. I’m sure it’s all about improving national security – it couldn’t possibly be a cynically political expedient to buy votes for Labour…

Breakdown rescue?

Cause one, more like AST YEAR I had about five or six different insurance policies with AA – cars, home, boiler, roadside assistance, emergency home cover etc. I’d been with them quite a while, auto-renewing because I’m a busy bloke.

Then I took the time to check one of the policies.

And despite no claims, and AA – enough to drive no changes to the policy, no a man to drink points on my licence, they had sneaked the premium up by over 30 % in two years.

Why? Because they could get away with it. Because people trust them to be honest when they’re not. They’re crooks.

When I challenged AA, I got “ooh, let’s have a look Mr Lockwood. Know what, I think we can get this figure down…”

“Stop right there,” I replied. “I can get my AA figure all the way down – to zero.”

So I cancelled all of the business I had with them.

Because I could. I went to Chaucer Direct for my motor and saved a tidy amount.

My car insurance was due again this week. No driving points. No changes. Car worth less than last December.

And a quote that had increased by 15%.

“Ooh,” said the girl when I rang Chaucer to ask why, “I think we can get this figure down…”

You know the rest.

Do yourself a favour – check your policies. I’ve just saved a hundred quid for the sake of 10 minutes.

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DID YOU READ about the airline owner’s daughter who had a stewardess thrown off the plane for serving her with a bag of peanuts, instead of putting them on a plate?

I wondered momentarily if Korean Air was owned by the north or the south, but the clue was in the explanation that the incident caused a delay in take-off.

If Korean Air had been run by the north, home of madman Kim Jong-Un, they’d have waited until they were at 30,000 feet before throwing the poor lass off.

I’VE HEARD IT ALL NOW. An MP plays an infantile computer game on his iPad for the duration of an important Parliamentary committee hearing on pensions – and the House of Commons launches a manhunt for whoever caught him out. Yup, sums the place up nicely.

I’VE HAD MANY reported sightings of former MP Shahid Malik, traipsing up and down garden paths in Dewsbury West in recent weeks, ahead of a vote last night for the Labour group’s candidate for the May elections. Local man Coun Darren O’Donovan, having beaten off the back-stabbing of ward colleague Karen Rowling, was being challenged

by Malik’s knuckle-dragging Burnley stooge Paul Moore. I fear another nail in Dewsbury’s coffin if that goon prevails.

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REFERENCE (above) to the Savile Town/Taleem Community Centre and one of the men central to the generously funded groups ‘based’ there was Sajid Mahmood.

Sajid used to present himself as a fundraising specialist – right up to the day I went knocking on his door to ask a few difficult questions.

I’m sure he always plays a straight bat so to speak – that’s a reference to the Comdel Cricket Club run by his business partner and Taleem chairman Khalid Aziz.

Comdel got £10,000 Lottery funding for, among other things, a website that – slap

mah thigh – never got built.

Sajid lives with his dad Mohammed Razzak on Boothroyd Lane in Westtown where the pair appear to be trying to emulate our old friend Mr Sparkles, at least construction wise. (I think Hafeeza Razzak of the ‘Shaw Cross Women’s Forum’ is a close family member).

Sajid and dad live at 134 and 136 but have knocked down a house along at 98 Boothroyd Lane and built what many locals consider a Mr Sparkles-style mansion.

At least they have permission for it (though Lord knows how, given that it’s not long

since permission was refused for even an extension on the original building).

I’m less sure that the work Sajid and dad are doing at number 134 is kosher though.

Have a look at the photograph I took this week (top of page). I’m not a builder by any stretch, and not Lewis Hamilton either, but I’d say you’ll struggle parking your car in that garage. Seems to be morphing into a bungalow!

And unless Kirklees Council has a top secret planning portal, I can’t find an application, let alone permission, for this anywhere. I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding...

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Cemetery fight wins backing of store shoppers CAMPAIGNERS fighting to restore Dewsbury Cemetery won £200 thanks to supermarket shoppers.

The cemetery’s support group gained the most green tokens from customers at Asda. Cash will be used in part to pay for the poppies and wreaths bought for a Remembrance Day service.

Treasurer Christine Leeman said: “We can't thank shoppers enough. This money makes a

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real difference to us.” Future fundraisers include a raffle for a signed Dewsbury Rams ball and match tickets.

Council chiefs told the group the exteriors of the derelict twin chapels will cost about £125,000 each to restore.

Members are now going to establish links with the Batley Cemetery Support Group.

Mrs Leeman added: “They won an award for the fantastic restoration of the twin chapels there and so they could have plenty of useful advice.”

Fears of a sports ‘black hole’ in Spen pool plans PLANS for an extension to a Spen sports centre leave a “black hole” in provision, a councillor warned.

Coun John Lawson (Lib Dem, Cleckheaton) spoke out after extra gym space was announced for the Spenborough Pool and Fitness Complex.

The aim is to replace some services offered at Cleckheaton’s Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre, which is to be demolished due to an expansion of the adjoining secondary school.

Coun Lawson warned the council plan for Liversedge does not include facilities for football, basketball, hockey or indoor bowls.

He said: “I’m concerned that

this will leave a big black hole in sports provision across Spen Valley.

“We asked questions of the council and got no real answers about what the people who use these other facilities are supposed to do.”

Modular units would be added to the current Spenborough Pool site – which itself is considered beyond its lifespan.

Council chiefs claim the extra gym space would account for nearly half of Whitcliffe Mount’s useage.

In the longer term, a new sports centre is planned for the Princess Mary Stadium next to the pool.

Council leader Coun David

Sheard (Lab, Heckmondwike) insists Kirklees is looking to avoid that “black hole” in temporary provision.

He said: “We don’t want to be in a position where we don’t have facilities for current users.

“We’ll have to work wherever possible with partners to offer alternatives for activities not included in the modularbuild interim project.

“I understand residents are concerned about the closing of Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre.

“But the ambition to build a new sports centre is one shared by the people and the council, the council having adopted this as a priority.”

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Written in response to last week’s Letter of the Week, from GMB Union official Bill Chard Dear Sir, The Mr Chards of this world just don’t get the notion that central and local governments have little objection to trade union representation in the workplace.

What many object to is that unions expect taxpayers to stump up for such activities rather than the novel idea, which has caught on in many regions, departments and authorities, that union activity is paid for by unions themselves.

Cynical politics from councillors From: Dathan Tedesco, Labour candidate for Birstall and Birkensaw Dear Sir, I write in response to the article published last week about the petition to save services in Birstall.

Firstly I would like to pay tribute to all the local traders and residents who have taken the time to give their views and engage with the campaign.

I also applaud and will fully support new plans for themed markets to support the retention of our market.

As Labour’s candidate for Birstall and Birkenshaw I can let local people know my stance in plain English: I do not want any services removed from the area.

I want more and better services that are run efficiently, and for the benefit of residents – services that allow Birstall to retain its identity as a town.

But I really must say something about the deeply cynical politics being played by Birstall’s three Conservative

Letter of the Week: Peter Sykes, White Lee, Batley Some have gone further and stopped, or charge for, such things as processing union members’ subscriptions.

Ten bob says Kirklees provide the service for free also.

Being weaned on the public teet (remember Brown’s wheeze of trade union modernisation funding of millions from central government taxpayers, for instance), Mr Chard and his bunch of ‘pilgrims’ can’t see beyond enti-

councillors. The reason these cuts are happening is a £152 million per year cut from central government, an equivalent to 40 per cent of the council’s total operating budget.

I would urge any trader in Birstall to contemplate a 40 per cent cut to their income and then imagine the kind of services they would be able to offer to their customers.

As a small business owner myself, if I had a 40 per cent cut in income I would struggle to pay myself a wage, let alone deliver a good product to customers.

Kirklees is facing a cut which is more than double the cut being faced in George Osborne’s constituency, and up to eight times higher than other councils down south.

This is an unfair and disproportionate attack on Birstall and the culprit is the Conservative government.

The fact is that if our cut was the same as in David Cameron’s own constituency in Oxfordshire, we would be keeping the toilets, market and library in Birstall.

As it is, these kinds of services are at risk.

Local people need to understand who is making these decisions.

tlement to somebody else’s money – ‘kerching’.

The other end of this trough is his union, GMB, which partfund some MPs just as the cosy Co-op, which I stopped using a couple of years ago, ‘sponsors’ similar.

If the union paid for its members’ activities, who’d provide top-ups to busy bees like Mike Wood?

Not the Labour Party, as it’s broke.

For Mr Wood

The Tories in Birstall need to be honest. They can’t treat local people like idiots and campaign against cuts that they themselves are making.

They should come out and condemn David Cameron’s attack on Birstall. Unless they agree with it?

The Conservative Party has put Birstall in a terrible situation.

My plan would be to get on with the job of managing this, not point fingers and tell lies.

Local people deserve better.

Support for the cuts?

From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, I hope the 1,000-plus people who have given their names to a petition opposing cuts in Birstall’s public services such as the library, the open market, children’s centre and Oakwell Hall have asked the three Tory councillors why they support a government that is cutting local authority budgets that are bringing about these possible closures.

et al – ‘kerching’.

All parties at Westminster utter “fairer society” when it suits, but where’s the fairness in millions of tax money paying union ‘pilgrims’.

For me? I’ve no objection to either body existing but subsidising the trade union movement and the Labour Party?

Shouldn’t that be a matter of my choice rather than Mr Chard’s sense of entitlement?

If the Tories win next year’s general election there is worse to come.

The Chancellor George Osborne announced in his autumn statement a further £30 billion of extra cuts which will see even fewer nurses, doctors, teachers, police, defence staff, council workers and local services.

The services that these Tory councillors claim to support will go.

Napoleon once famously said that England was a nation of shopkeepers, but this Government is turning our country into a nation of lowpaid, zero-hour volunteers.

Let’s stop them.

Uncivilised and undignified From: Robert Cowan, Sandal Dear Sir, Your brief story in last week’s paper about Black Friday chaos at Batley’s Tesco store is sadly only one of very many similar reports I have read recently in various local and national newspapers.

It would appear at least that no offences were reported and

PLANNING APPLICATIONS Reflections, 131 North Road, Ravensthorpe, erection of extension to hairdresser’s shop.

D Adkins, 673 Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, discharge of condition 3 (bin storage) on previous planning permission 2014/90821 for change of use and alterations to convert dwelling to three bedsits.

Harron Homes, land adjacent to Dewsbury Rams RLFC, Owl Lane, Dewsbury, discharge conditions 1-39 on previous permission 2014/90780 for erection of 206 dwellings, formation of community and sports facilities comprising floodlit practice rugby pitch, two floodlit multi-use games areas, public open space, footways/cycleways, car parking and associated landscaping (relocation of MUGAs).

Mr I Ahmed, Newton House Bakery, Havelock Street, Ravensthorpe, change of use from bakery to amusement area and cafe.

I Cromack, rear of The Coppice, 19 Church Lane, Gomersal, outline application for residential development.

K Rowan, 250 Halifax Road, Hightown, single and twostorey rear extension and internal alterations.

D Bohanna, 56-58 High Street, Hanging Heaton, single-storey extension.

Mrs Z Taz, 16 Manor Way, Staincliffe, single-storey extension.

Mr G Kudlinski, 20 Bevor Crescent, Heckmondwike, erection of detached garage.

Mr A Khan, 42 Milton Road, Liversedge, single-storey front extension and formation of vehicular access.

Leeds Construction Services Ltd, former Vicarage, 14 Knowler Hill, Liversedge, two dwellings with integral garages.

Mr D Sowerby, Susan Mary, 6 Princess Street, Mirfield, certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from clothing boutique to coffee bar.

Hartley Street Auto Salvage, 14 Hartley Street, Dewsbury, change of use from a bed manufacturer to breakers yard.

Yorkshire Hydropower Limited, The Ship, Steanard Lane, Mirfield, construction of a micro hydropower project along with new environmental measures including major upstream fish passage.

Z Ali, 16 Victoria Street, Ravensthorpe, rear extension and front and rear dormers.

A Weathers, 6 Stanley Road, Roberttown, two-storey extension and porch.

Mrs Z Bibi, 241 Headfield Road, Thornhill Lees, singlestorey extension.

Mrs Z Sattar, 44 Northstead, Ravensthorpe, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.7m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.8m.

Mr D Jastrzcbska, 23 Burgh Mill Lane, Dewsbury, works to TPO(s) 49/95 Kirklees Council, The Hollies, 68 Carlinghow Hill, Upper Batley, works to Protected Tree(s) via Highways Notice.

Mr & Mrs Cadman, 3 Ashby Close, Roberttown, the proposal is for erection of a sin-

gle-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4.5m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.735m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.6m.

Dr Abdullah Khadbai, 20 Grove Street, Mirfield, erection of extensions.

N Lavigueur, 9 Water Royd Drive, Mirfield, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 3.1m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.3m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.2m.

John Brooke Builders Ltd, 18-22 Market Street, Cleckheaton, prior approval of proposed change of use from office (B1) to dwellinghouses.

therefore no arrests made in the case of the Batley store incident, unlike some parts of the country where some shoppers resorted to extreme measures including assault in order to get their hands on the desired discounted goods first, often terrifying other shoppers and store staff in the process.

Times are undoubtedly hard financially for many people and the prospect of heavily discounted goods is irresistible.

But there can be no justification for the scenes of mayhem witnessed in many retail outlets throughout the land, bargain-hunters grappled with each other, abused staff, and sometimes even trampled other shoppers underfoot.

What uncivilised and undignified behaviour, and what an indictment of human nature at its worst!

And all this in the lead-up to Christmas, a time supposedly of peace and goodwill towards all men.

If we really have to adopt this annual American shopping practice, it clearly has to be handled very differently in future to ensure the safety of the buying public.

In the main, store managers need to increase security staff so that sales can be supervised more effectively and greater control exerted on potentially rampaging crowds of shoppers.

All too often stores have had to rely on police intervention to sort out the mess that they themselves have created.

Don’t the police already have enough to do without having to separate squabbling shoppers as they violently tug at opposite ends of the same coveted item – a scene incidentally that would be almost comical if it was not so pathetic?

Switch-on woes From: An unhappy Birstall resident Dear Sir, Birstall Christmas lights switch-on seems to be such a farce – roads closed from 12pm with buses diverted, motorists not given any advanced noticed, traders in Market Street not consulted...

And when it came to the switch-on, what lights? A few

solar-powered Christmas trees on selected shops (not all traders were asked) and most of these trees did not work very well.

There were a few lights on a Christmas tree in the Market Place and some small displays, some of which did not work.

What has happened to all the lights Birstall used to have a couple of years ago?

Have they been taken by the other towns? Dewsbury, Batley, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton and even Mirfield all have good displays, Birstall forgotten yet again.

The small group of volunteers do their best but surely more traders could get behind them so we have a decent display.

If it was not for Ikea’s tree we would barely have anything in the town.

Maybe some of the big stores at junction 27 should help more. Maybe next year...

More gimmicks From: David Honeybell, Heckmondwike Dear Sir, At last week’s Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust meeting (4/12/14), there was a verbal report of the ambulance service proposals to free up ambulances.

The idea was supposedly to make ambulances more responsive to emergency calls by enacting the following: (1) When ambulances arrive at A&E, the patient will be transferred to a ‘waiting ward’; (2) The patient will be transferred to another ambulance and share with the patient already in there.

This would have the effect of having an empty ambulance available for the next emergency call, which, on the face of it, would seem a good idea.

I don’t believe a word of it. I think it’s a cynical attempt to appear to be shortening transfer times from ambulance to A&E. If the patient, on arrival at hospital, is transferred immediately from the ambulance, transfer times will, at least on paper, seem to be cut drastically and meet targets.

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From page eight But, in reality, the patient will still be waiting to be seen for the same length of time.

The facts are there is a shortage of A&E staff nationally, and no amount of smoke and mirrors, sharing ambulances, or special waiting wards will change that fact.

We need a more positive action to recruit the A&E doctors and nurses needed to properly run the A&E service for everyone in the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust area, not gimmicks like shared ambulances and hastily-discovered waiting wards.

Keeping the chief informed From: Cheryl Tyler, chairman of Save Mirfield An open letter to Adrian Lythgo, chief executive of Kirklees Council Dear Mr Lythgo, We are taking the unusual step of writing to you to be sure that you are informed about a situation which has serious implications for you and your officers.

It involves a proposed development on a site known locally as Balderstone Hall fields (Planning application number 2014/91282) for 135 houses.

Save Mirfield has submitted a detailed objection to the planning department in the usual

way. We believe that given that this plan creates known and identified hazards, approval by the officers of the council could be viewed as negligent, creating potential personal liabilities should there be an accident in the locality.

So that you are fully informed here is an outline of the problem: A similar application was made by Bellway Homes Ltd in 1998 (incidentally for fewer houses than are proposed now) and was met with considerable local opposition.

Ultimately however, the application was rejected following a full planning inquiry in Dewsbury Town Hall before a planning inspector – Mr Christopher Frost – who travelled up from Bristol for the four-day hearing.

Both Kirklees Council and Mirfield Town Council objected to the planning application because of highway issues exacerbated by the land being adjacent to Crossley Fields Junior & Infant School.

The roads in the area were, in the view of the objectors and ultimately of the inspector, incapable of absorbing the increased traffic that the development would generate in a manner that was safe for the school children and for other road users such as cyclists and horse riders.

The original inquiry was over 16 years ago, but nothing has changed that would materially improve matters.

Indeed things have worsened in the sense that this local school is now fully subscribed and traffic numbers in the vicinity have increased.

Some months ago, under the Freedom of Information Act, we requested sight of a recent traffic report for the area from the highways department.

Although it was acknowledged that the report existed, this request was refused even after appeal.

Knowing that Kirklees Council were concerned in the past about the highways issues we were astonished at this secrecy.

With the passing of years and changes in personnel it could perhaps be claimed that the findings of the inspector’s inquiry have been forgotten or lost in the files of Kirklees.

We think it important that those who have the responsibility of safeguarding the public, including the children attending the school, are made aware of these earlier findings.

We recognise that Kirklees Council has a housing shortfall but this should not override the need to protect the safety of the public, particularly that of children.

We decided to share this letter with the local press so that in the future there is no prospect of senior officers claiming not to be aware or uninformed of these issues should approval of the planning application for this site be given.

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News in Brief Thief strikes twice DEWSBURY: A man admitted committing two thefts in 24 hours from Tesco Express on Wakefield Road.

Daniel Smith, 23, of Hazel Close, Chickenley, stole a crate of lager from the store on November 12 and booze, sweets and fruit worth £20 the next day.

Kirklees magistrates ordered reports before sentencing on Friday, January 2. In the meantime, Smith was banned from all Tesco branches.

Tenants flee as blaze races through homes

Tyres slashed DEWSBURY: A car had three of its tyres slashed by vandals on Barber Walk, Eightlands, on Monday night.

Police are investigating after a parked Ford vehicle was targeted between 10pm on December 8 and 8am on December 9.

Officers have carried out house-to-house enquiries and ask anyone who saw suspicious behaviour overnight in the area to contact Dewsbury NPT on 101.

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By Steve Martyn COUNCIL flats in Dewsbury were left structurally unsafe following a major fire last Sunday.

Residents fled their homes on Ashworth Close when the blaze broke out around 4.30pm.

Five flats were affected and three were gutted as flames spread from a roof void across the two-storey building.

Investigators believe a cigarette discarded in a bin was the cause, though the severity of the fire means there is little evidence left. Kirklees Council’s emergency plan was activated to help tenants forced from their homes.

All the residents, thought to number at least 12, got out before emergency services arrived.

Some are now staying with relatives. Neighbours living close to the block were also evacuated as a precaution.

Det Insp Stephanie Wiseman, of Kirklees CID, said: “The build-

ing has been left structually unsound. We are waiting to take a proper look and do not yet know what caused the fire.”

Firefighters from Dewsbury, Mirfield and Batley were joined by a specialist aerial appliance from Wakefield.

The block, in Eightlands

behind Dewsbury Railway Station, is managed by Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing (KNH).

A spokesman for KNH said: “This was a terrible fire and our thoughts are with all those affected. Our staff are in the process of contacting them to determine what support they need now and in the coming weeks.

“Each household has a designated member of staff who will co-ordinate their move into alternative housing.

“We will make them as comfortable as possible until they can move back home.”

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Xmas event raises hopes for precinct A SPRING fair could be held in Batley next year after the success of a festive event.

More than 20 stalls and a Santa’s grotto packed into the town’s Alfred’s Way shopping centre on Saturday.

It featured live entertainment, free arts workshops and a winter wonderland display.

More than £500 was raised towards next year’s Christmas lights switch-on event.

The fair was so successful organisers can see a future for the neglected Alfred’s Way precinct.

Andrew Mardsen, of the Batley Business Association, said: “For too long the arcade has been empty, used only as a thoroughfare.

“Hopefully this event is something that can be built on and

WINTER WONDERLAND: from left, Rebecca Legg (Creative Scene), Andrew Marsden (BBA), art students Aisha Imran, Benjamin Whiteley, Majad Hussain and Harrelson Varley, and Sian Dawson (BBA). we’ll begin to see the space used more often.

“I hope other groups look at putting on things there in the near future. We’re definitely interested and are considering a spring fair.”

Snowflake decorations from the winter wonderland were

sold on the day in aid of the Christmas lights and Kirkwood Hospice.

Kirklees College art students created the displays using a mix of old and new technology.

Traditional silk screen-printing techniques and high-tech laser cutting equipment were used.

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Cemetery chapel open for funerals COUNCIL chiefs have re-opened one of the twin chapels at Batley Cemetery – and families are now being encouraged to hold funeral services there.

The Batley Cemetery Support Group has maintained the listed buildings since they shut.

Members also planted flowers and collected discarded rubbish while battling to get the buildings re-opened.

Residents can see the work done at a Christmas coffee morning on Sunday.

In addition to tours, visitors can buy gifts from a variety of stalls from 9.30am to 2pm.

Two funerals have been held at the chapel already and

group chairman Bill Fox hopes for more.

He said: “I would urge the public to consider the chapel for use at funerals and to support any social events staged there.

“They are open to any denomination and I also ask their undertakers to inquire about their availability.”

The twin chapels were restored in 2002 as community buildings and meeting rooms.

They have since been lived in by temporary tenants to protect them from thieves and vandals.

Mr Fox added: “Staging funerals or certain social events there is a means of helping to preserve them.”

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AN INDOOR play centre boasting a synthetic ice rink is one of Dewsbury's hidden gems.

Krazy Kingdom opened on Mill Street East in September and is thought to be the biggest play centre of its kind in Yorkshire.

Attractions include a go-kart track, mini football, slides, climbing frames and a huge cafe.

One of the centre managers, Farzana Mohammed, will be well known to parents across North Kirklees.

She is a nursery nurse who also works at SureStart centres in Dewsbury, Thornhill and Batley.

Farzana's brother, Asif Patel, is one of the founders who transformed an empty unit at the Victoria Business Park.

She said: "We wanted to offer as many different things as possible all under one roof.

"We've had wonderful feedback from parents. They can't believe something like this is here."

Fun is the aim but safety is also paramount – including at the popular ice rink and go kart track.

Made from synthetic material, skaters whoosh about in boots with special soft rounded 'blades' so they do not hurt anyone if they fall.

And the go-karts, styled to look like Formula 1 racing cars, are limited to about 4mph.

There are offers through the week during school term time, such as half price admission for children on

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Mother and toddler classes include baking on Thursdays (1pm) and painting on Fridays (11am).

Other activities include a storytime lounge on Mondays and Wednesdays (2.30pm to 3pm) and daily eat-and-play sessions.

There are numerous offers, from free tea and coffeee for adults on Mondays (9am to 11am) and a free slushie for children on Fridays (9am to 1pm).

Numerous party packages are available and there are leaflets with vouchers offering deals such as two-for-one entry.

The large cafe serves gourmet coffee, hot food, sandwiches and treats for children, including ice cream.

Santa has a grotto there from 4.30pm to 6pm on Wednesday December 17 and on Christmas Eve. Also on Christmas Eve there is a pyjama party from 4pm to 6pm featuring a festive storytime and carols plus milk and cookies.

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There’s something for everyone SOAPS, Christmas specials, the Queen’s Speech and films galore – the TV schedules for Christmas are packed with things to tempt you.

Whether you’re a family with young children or teens or a mix, here are our top picks for the festive schedules this year to keep everyone entertained, from Frozenmad toddlers to Strictly-loving Granny....

more likely enjoy the goofy characters, cheesy gags, and third-act peril.

Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (4.30pm, ITV):

Christmas Eve Toy Story 3 (6.25pm, BBC1): There’s laughter and tears aplenty in this stellar third installment of the adventures of Woody, Buzz and the gang.

When a grown-up Andy donates them to a nursery, the toys must band together as they adjust to a whole new world and meet new friends – and enemies. A treat for adults and kids alike.

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (8.30pm BBC1): Harry Hill is the mad boffin in this adaptation of Norman Hunter’s series of short stories.

David Mitchell and Ben Miller costar in the comic romp, which sees the eccentric Prof’s peculiar inventions getting him into all sorts of mischief.

Christmas Day Puss in Boots (3.10pm, BBC1): A slightly limp spin-off from the Shrek series, starring professional Spaniard Antonio Banderas as the cat who wears boots yet no clothes.

While parents will probably find it a bit of a snoozefest, kids are

The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parson lends his voice to this stop-motion animated musical, which sees Buddy – played by Will Ferrell in the hit 2003 movie Elf – travel to New York to meet his real father, spreading Christmas spirit on the way.

Strictly Come Dancing (5pm, BBC1): Six memorable contestants of Strictlys past reunite for a one-off festive special.

This year Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Rachel Stevens, Chris Hollins, Russell Grant, Lisa Riley and Louis Smith will be dusting off their dancing shoes to wow judges Len, Bruno, Darcey and Craig once more.

Doctor Who (6.15pm, BBC1):

hit musical’s journey to world domination elucidate you. Featuring interviews with cast, crew, celebs and avid viewers, it attempts to get to the bottom of why so many fans just can’t ‘let it go’ (sorry!).

If your number one complaint about Doctor Who is that it’s a bit too daft, you won’t like the sound of the Christmas special, which sees the Doctor and Clara trapped in the Arctic fighting off monsters with the help of a certain jolly man in red.

But kids are bound to thrill to the icy escapades.

Downton Abbey (9pm, ITV): One for the grown-ups and teens, this year’s Downton special sees everyone’s favourite aristocrats and their ever-shifting legion of downstairs drudges off to spend the festive season with Rose’s new hubby and his family.

Expect the traditional Downton blend of dark secrets, slightly lighter secrets, and extremely tense dinner parties.

Miranda (7.15pm, BBC1): Join Miranda Hart as she says goodbye to her beloved fictional self, who will be falling over for the last time this Yuletide.

This is the first of two final specials, with the second airing on New Year’s Day. With Christmas providing ample social situations to embarrass oneself spectacularly, it’s bound to be ‘what I like to call’ a fitting send-off.

Boxing Day The Boy in the Dress (6.55pm, BBC1): David Walliams’ childrens book comes to the small screen, following a 12-year-old boy with a secret – he likes to put on a dress and become his alter ego Denise, much to the confusion of his dad and teacher.

Funny and thought-provoking.

Frozen at Christmas (8pm, Channel 4): Mystified by the overwhelming obsession that seemingly every child under nine has with Disney’s Frozen?

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6.00 Breakfast. (C) 9.00 Snow Babies. (R) (C) 10.00 Nigel Slater’s 12 Tastes of Christmas.

(R) (C) 11.00 FILM: WALL.E (2008). Pixar animated adventure, with the voice of Ben Burtt. (C) 12.30 Christmas of My Lifetime with Len Goodman. (C) 1.30 BBC News.

(C) 1.40 BBC Regional News; (C) Weather. 1.45 FILM: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). Oscarwinning animated adventure.

(C) 3.05 Merry Madagascar. (R) (C) 3.25 Shrek the Halls. (R) (C) 3.50 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R) (C) 4.15 On Angel Wings. (C) 4.45 FILM: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). (C)

6.10 The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos. (C) 7.20 Canterbury Cathedral. (R) (C) 8.20 FILM: One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975).

Disney family comedy, starring Peter Ustinov. (C) 9.55 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. (R) (C) 10.55 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. (R) (C) 11.40 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin. (R) (C) 12.35 Torvill & Dean: The Perfect Day. (R) (C) 1.35 The Choir: New Military Wives. (R) (C) 2.35 FILM: Little Women (1994). Period drama, starring Winona Ryder. (C) 4.25 To the Manor Born. (R) (C)

6.00 Good Morning Britain. (T) 8.30 Lorraine. (T) 9.25 FILM: All Stars (2013). Comedy, starring Theo Stevenson. (T) 11.35 FILM: Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011). Children’s comedy, starring Theo Stevenson. (T) 1.20 ITV News. (T) 1.35 Doc Martin Christmas Special: On the Edge. (R) (T) 3.35 Off Their Rockers. (R) (T) 4.05 FILM: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).

Family fantasy adventure, starring Dudley Moore. (T)

7.15 Olive, the Other Reindeer.

(R) (T) 8.10 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 8.40 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 9.05 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 9.35 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 10.10 FILM: The Iron Giant (1999). Animated adventure, with the voice of Vin Diesel. (T) 11.50 Father Christmas. (R) (T) 12.30 FILM: Big Miracle (2012). Premiere.

Fact-based drama, starring Drew Barrymore. (T) 2.35 News.

(T) 2.45 FILM: The Grinch ( 2 0 0 0 ) . F a n t a s y c o m e d y, starring Jim Carrey. (T) 4.50 FILM: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Puppet comedy, starring Michael Caine. (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.30 FILM: Gone with the Wind (1939).

Epic romantic drama, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.

(T) 1.50 FILM: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

Swashbuckling adventure, starring Errol Flynn. (T) 3.50 FILM: Scrooge – A Christmas Carol (1951). Charles Dickens’ fantasy, starring Alastair Sim. (T) (b/w)

6.05 BBC News. (C) 6.15 Look North; Weather.

6.25 FILM: Toy Story 3 (2010). Animated adventure, with the voice of Tom Hanks. (C) 8.00 EastEnders. (C) 8.30 The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm. (C) 9.30 Not Going Out Christmas Special. (C) 10.15 The Vicar of Dibley. (R) 10.55 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (R) 11.30 BBC News; Weather.

(C) Lottery Update.

11.45 Midnight Mass from Arundel Cathedral.

1.05 FILM: Sliding Doors (1998). 2.40 Weather for the

5.25 Carols from King’s. (C) 6.40 The Good Life. (R) (C) 7.10 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings. (R) (C) 8.00 Christmas University Challenge. (C) 8.30 The Choir: New Military Wives. Part two of two. The women perform at the Royal Albert Hall. (C) 9.30 Julie Walters: A Life on Screen. (C) 10.30 FILM: Calendar Girls (2003). Fact-based comedy drama, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. (C) 12.15 FILM: Buster (1988).

Fact-based crime drama, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters. (C) 1.45 This Is BBC

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At Christmas. (T) (R) 6.45 ITV News; Weather. (T) 7.00 Emmerdale. Bernice struggles with her emotions the day before Andy’s wedding.

(T) 7.30 Coronation Street.

Lloyd discovers Jenna has been arrested in Spain. (T) 8.00 FILM: Skyfall (2012).

Premiere. James Bond thriller, starring Daniel Craig. (T) 10.45 ITV News; Weather. (T) 11.00 Christmas Carols on ITV. (T) 12.00 FILM: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Historical drama sequel, starring Cate Blanchett. (T) 2.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. (R) (T) 2.50 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R) (T)

6.25 Hollyoaks. (T) 7.25 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas. (T) (R) 7.55 The Snowman and the Snowdog. (T) (R) 8.30 My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas: Tinsel and Tiaras. (T) (R) 9.30 Gogglebox 2014. (T) 11.00 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2014. (T) 12.05 The Inbetweeners. (T) (R) 12.35 The Inbetweeners. (R) (T) 1.05 The Inbetweeners. (R) (T) 1.30 The Inbetweeners. (R) (T) 1.55 FILM: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010). Comedy horror, starring Onni Tommila.

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5.35 Michael Buble’s Christmas 2014. (T) (R) 6.30 My Big Xmas Benefits Blow-Out. (T) (R) 7.20 Britain’s Craziest Christmas Lights. The extensive festive illuminations of four households; (T) (R) 5 News Update.

8.25 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies: Christmas Special. (T) 5 News Update.

9.30 Greatest Ever Christmas Movies.

Countdown of festive films. (T) (R) 12.30 FILM: Scrooge – A Christmas Carol (1951).

Charles Dickens’ fantasy, starring Alastair Sim. (T) 2.15 SuperCasino. 3.10 Crazy Christmas Compulsives. (R) (T) 4.00 House Doctor. (R) (T) 4.25 House Doctor. (R) (T) 4.45 House Doctor. (R) (T) 5.10 House Doctor. (R) (T) 5.35 Wildlife SOS. (R) (T)

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7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Let It Snow! 8.00 Gavin & Stacey – Christmas Special 9.00 Shrek the Third (U) (2007). 10.25 Cuckoo 11.00 EastEnders 1.20 Family Guy 1.45 Cuckoo Christmas Special 2.15 Some Girls 2.45 In Deep 3.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Christmas in Wonderland 4.00 Close

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6.00 Nicole Scherzinger: The Hot Desk 6.10 Britain’s Got More Talent: Surprise Stars 7.00 Emmerdale 7.25 I’m a Celeb: Epic Trials 8.15 I’m a Celeb: Junglicious Moments 9.05 All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special 10.40 You’ve E4 Been Framed at Christmas!

6.00 My Fair Wedding 7.30 11.15 The 12 Days of Christmas Rude(ish) Tube 7.55 Hollyoaks Eve (PG) (2004). 1.10 8.30 Ivor the Invisible 9.00 Emmerdale 1.40 Casper (PG) Charmed 10.30 Rules of Engagement 11.00 Marmaduke (1995). 4.05 You’ve Been (U) (2010). 12.45 Rude(ish) Tube Framed at Christmas! 5.05 All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Shorts 1.30 How I Met Your Special 6.10 Catchphrase Mother 4.00 E4’s Top 20 – The Big Bang Theory 4.30 The Bear Christmas Special 7.20 Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before 5.30 How I Met Your Mother 6.30 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Christmas (PG) (1993). 9.00 The Holiday (12) (2006). 11.45 Rude(ish) Tube 7.25 Hollyoaks 8.00 Transformers: Revenge of Celebrity Juice: Christmas the Fallen (12) (2009). 11.30 The Special 12.50 Through the Christmas Keyhole 3.05 Two Big Bang Theory 12.30 New Girl 1.00 Made in Chelsea 2.05 and a Half Men 3.30 Release the Hounds: Jingle Hell 4.20 Taking New York: Sneak Peek 2.35 Virtually Famous 3.40 New Educating Joey Essex Girl 4.00 How I Met Your ITV3 Mother 4.25 Charmed 6.00 Movies Now 7.00 On the Buses 7.35 George and Mildred MORE4 8.05 Agatha Christie’s Marple 8.55 Kirstie’s Homemade 10.00 The Memoirs of Sherlock Christmas 10.00 The World’s Holmes 11.10 A Christmas Weirdest Weather 11.05 River Carol 12.45 Christmas Lights Cottage Bites 11.25 Treasure 2.10 Mamma Mia! (PG) (2008).

Island (PG) (1972). 3.40 4.25 Paul O’Grady: For the Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Love of Dogs at Christmas 5.25 Christmas Special 4.10 It’s a The Royal 6.30 Michael Bublé: Wonderful Life (U) (1946). (bw) At Home for Christmas 8.00 6.50 Christmas in a Day 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The Tourist Lewis 10.00 Clash of the Santas 12.00 Vicious 12.35 Ray (12) (2010). 11.00 Rewind the (15) (2004). 3.15 Christmas Christmas Hits 12.40 Father Ted 1.15 Big Fat Gypsy Lights 4.25 A Christmas Carol

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6.10 The Road to El Dorado. (C) 7.30 FILM: College Road Trip (2008). Family comedy, starring Martin Lawrence. (C) 8.50 Queen of Tigers: Natural World Special. (R) (C) 9.50 Ten Pieces.

(C) 10.40 60 Years of Carols from King’s. (R) (C) 11.40 FILM: On the Town (1949). Musical, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin. (C) 1 . 1 5 G e n e K e l l y : Ta l k i n g Pictures. (R) (C) 1.50 FILM: Singin’ in the Rain (1952).

Musical comedy, starring Gene Kelly. (C) 3.30 Victoria Wood: That Musical We Made. (C) 4.30 Final Score. (C)

6.00 CITV:8.25 Weekend at Christmas. (T) 9.25 Dinner Date: Australia. (R) (T) 10.25 Celebrity Squares. (R) (T) 11.25 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs at Christmas. (R) (T) 12.30 ITV News. (T) 12.45 The Chase: Christmas Special. (R) (T) 1.45 FILM: Back to the Future Part II (1989). Sci-fi comedy sequel, starring Michael J Fox. (T) 3.45 Off Their Rockers. (R) (T) 4.15 Downton Abbey. (R) (T)

7.25 The Bear. (R) (T) 7.55 The Morning Line. (T) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 9.25 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 9.55 FILM: Inspector Gadget (1999).

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7.00 Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D 8.00 Doctor Who 9.00 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (12) (2004). Comedy set in the 1970s, starring Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate.

10.30 EastEnders 12.10 Family Guy 12.30 Cuckoo Christmas Special 1.05 Some Girls 1.35 Don’t Tell the Bride: Let It Snow! 2.30 Bluestone 42 Christmas Special 3.00 Cuckoo Christmas Special 3.35 Vodka Diaries 4.00 Close

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(C) 1.05 BBC News; (C) Weather. 1.15 BBC Regional News; (C) Weather. 1.25 The I n c re d i b l e A d v e n t u re s o f Professor Branestawm. (R) (C) 2.20 My Family Christmas Special. (R) (C) 3.15 FILM: Monsters, Inc (2001). Pixar animated comedy, with the voices of John Goodman and Billy Crystal. (C) 4.40 FILM: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012). Premiere.

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6.15 ITV News; Weather. (T) 6.30 Emmerdale. (T) 7.00 Coronation Street.

Hour-long episode. A drunk David makes a shock announcement in the Rovers. (T) 8.00 A Christmas Cracker.

Bradley Walsh hosts a festive spectacular, with Al Murray, Katherine Jenkins and more. (T) 9.00 Birds of a Feather. (T) 9.30 Through the Christmas Keyhole.

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6.00 Breakfast. (C) 8.25 Match of the Day. (R) (C) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen. (C) 11.30 N i g e l S l a t e r ’s N e w Ye a r Suppers. (R) (C) 12.00 BBC News; (C) Weather. 12.10 Football Focus. (C) 12.50 Saturday Sportsday. (C) 1.00 Lewis Hamilton: Duel of the Silver Arrows 2014. (C) 2.10 Sport Relief: The Final Score.

(C) 3.10 FILM: How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Animated fantasy, with the voice of Jay Baruchel. (C) 4.40 FILM: Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). Animated comedy sequel, with the voice of Jack Black. (C)

6.10 Natural World: Animal House. (R) (C) 7.10 FILM: Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977). Disney comedy adventure sequel, starring Dean Jones. (C) 8.50 FILM: Ensign Pulver (1964). Navy comedy, starring Robert Walker. (C) 10.30 TOTP2: Christmas 2014.

(R) (C) 12.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (R) (C) 1.00 FILM: The Cheyenne Social Club (1970). Comedy Western, starring James Stewart. (C) 2.40 Yes Minister. (R) (C) 3.45 FILM: The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Second World War spy adventure, with Michael Caine.

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6.00 CITV:8.25 Weekend at Christmas. (T) 9.25 FILM: Columbo: Negative Reaction (1974). Detective drama, starring Peter Falk. (T) 11.25 ITV News. (T) 11.30 Dickinson’s Real Deal. (R) (T) 12.25 The Cube. (R) (T) 1.25 Tipping Point. (R) (T) 2.30 FILM: Back to the Future Part III (1990). Sci-fi comedy. (T) 4.40 Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. (R) (T)

7.05 Lost and Found. (R) (T) 7.30 Famous Fred. (R) (T) 8.00 The Morning Line. (T) 9.00 F r a s i e r. ( R ) ( T ) 9 . 3 0 T h e Simpsons. (R) (T) 10.00 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 10.30 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 11.00 FILM: Alaska (1996). Action adventure, with Thora Birch. (T) 1.10 Channel 4 Racing. Live coverage from Chepstow and Kempton Park. (T) 3.35 FILM: Zulu (1964). (T)

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(R) 9.30 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 10.30 FILM: Pal Joey (1957). Musical comedy, starring Frank Sinatra. (T) 12.45 FILM: The Secret Garden (1993). Children’s drama, starring Kate Maberly. (T) 2.45 FILM: Watership Down (1978).

Animated drama, with the voice of John Hurt. (T) 4.35 FILM: Seven Brides for Seven B ro t h e r s ( 1 9 5 4 ) . M u s i c a l Western, starring Howard Keel.

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2.00 Weather for the Week Ahead. (C) 2.05 BBC News. (C)

1.45 Sign Zone: Canterbury Cathedral. (R) (C) 2.45 Sign Z o n e : Wo n d e r s o f t h e Monsoon. (R) (C) 3.45 This Is BBC Two. (C)

5.40 ITV News Calendar; Weather. (T) 5.50 ITV News; Weather. (T) 6.05 You Saw Them Here First. (T) 7.00 FILM: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010).

The teenage wizard and his friends search for the magical artefacts that will allow them to destroy the evil Voldemort. Fantasy adventure, with Daniel Radcliffe and Ralph Fiennes. (T) 9.50 Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality. The daredevil magician performs. (T) 10.45 ITV News; Weather. (T) 11.05 An Audience with Joan Rivers. The comedienne entertains famous faces. (T) (R) 12.00 FILM: Clockwise (1986). (T) 1.40 Jackpot247. (T) 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. (R) (T) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen.

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(R) (C) 10.30 QI Christmas XL. (C) 11.15 Harry & Paul’s Story of the 2s. (R) (C) 12.15 FILM: I Confess (1953).

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7.40 The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List.

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(C) 9.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (R) 10.15 BBC News; (C) National Lottery Update.

10.35 Live at the Apollo. (C) 11.05 Not Going Out: The Out-Takes. (C) 11.35 Not Going Out Christmas Special. (R) (C) 12.20 FILM: The Hot Chick (2002). Body-swap comedy, starring Rob Schneider. (C)

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Superhero adventure sequel. (T) 1.35 FILM: The Raven (2012).

Premiere. Thriller. (T) 3.30 Hollyoaks. (R) (T) 5.45 Small Animal Hospital. (R) (T)

6.35 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (T) 7.35 Chas & Dave’s Xmas Knees Up! (T) (R) 8.30 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies: Christmas Special.

The comedian throws a party for some of the stars of the last series.

(T) (R) 9.30 5 News Weekend. (T) 9.35 The Haunting of Radcliffe House. (T) 11.30 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours. (T) (R) 11.55 Access. (R) 12.00 SuperCasino. 3.10 Kids’ Hospital at Christmas. (R) (T) 4.00 House Doctor. (R) (T) 4.25 Make It Big. (R) (T) 4.50 Make It Big. (R) (T) 5.15 Angels of Jarm.

(R) (T) 5.20 Angels of Jarm. (R) (T) 5.30 Angels of Jarm. (R) (T) 5.40 Roary the Racing Car. (R) (T) 5.50 Roary the Racing Car. (R) (T)

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10.00 Russell Howard’s Good News 10.30 Bad Education 1.00 Family Guy 1.20 Russell Howard’s Good News 1.50 Bad Education 3.20 Some Girls 3.50 Close

Gogglebox 12.10 Father Ted 1.25 Peep Show 1.55 It Was Alright in the 1970s 3.00 Homeland 4.00 Close

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6.00 You’ve Been Framed at Christmas! 6.20 Emmerdale 9.05 Coronation Street 12.35 I’m a Celeb: Junglicious Moments 1.35 You’ve Been Framed! Calendar Special 2.40 Horrid Henry: The Movie (U) (2011). 4.35 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (PG) (1997).

Dinosaur adventure sequel, with Jeff Goldblum. 7.10 E4 8.00 Rules of Engagement 9.00 Johnny English (PG) (2003). Spy comedy, starring Rowan How I Met Your Mother 10.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10.30 Made Atkinson. 9.00 Fast & Furious (12) (2009). Thriller sequel, in Chelsea 11.35 Taking New starring Vin Diesel and Paul York: Sneak Peek 12.35 Walker. 11.05 Hostage (15) Rude(ish) Tube 1.00 The Spy Next Door (PG) (2010). 8.30 The (2005). Thriller, with Bruce Willis. 1.25 Release the Hounds Big Bang Theory 9.00 Transporter 3 (15) (2008). Action 2.20 Viral Tap 3.20 Crazy Beaches 3.40 Fake Reaction thriller sequel, starring Jason 4.40 Life’s Funniest Moments Statham. 11.35 The Big Bang Theory 12.00 Rude Tube 1.05 ITV3 Virtually Famous 2.25 How I 6.00 The Memoirs of Sherlock Met Your Mother 3.10 Rules of Holmes 6.55 A Touch of Frost Engagement 3.55 How I Met 9.00 Carry On Loving (PG) Your Mother 4.20 The 100 (1970). 11.05 Carry On Girls (PG) (1973). 12.55 Carry On MORE4 8.55 River Cottage Bites 9.20 A Camping (PG) (1969). 2.40 Carry On Screaming (PG) Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (1966). 4.45 Inspector Morse 10.20 Searching for 7.00 Rosemary & Thyme 8.00 Shakespeare’s House: A Time Doc Martin. Al discovers a Team Special 11.25 The disturbing family secret. 9.00 Searchers (U) (1956). 1.50 Midsomer Murders. An actor’s White Christmas (U) (1954).

4.10 The 100 Greatest Musicals death exposes a centuries-old feud. 11.05 A Touch of Frost. A 6.50 The Hoarder Next Door student is attacked. 1.10 Bomb Christmas Special 7.55 Grand Girls 2.00 The Best of the Royal Designs 9.00 It Was Alright in Variety 2.50 Inspector Morse the 1970s 10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11.05 4.40 Judge Judy

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6.50 Sign Zone: Antiques Roadshow. (R) (C) 7.50 FILM: Herbie Goes Bananas (1980).

Disney adventure, starring Cloris Leachman. (C) 9.20 Coast Australia. (R) (C) 10.10 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites.

(C) 11.40 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (R) (C) 12.40 Julie Andrews: Talking Pictures.

(C) 1.25 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (R) (C) 2.25 FILM: The Heroes of Telemark (1965). Second World War thriller, starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris. (C) 4.30 Final Score. (C)

6.00 CITV:8.25 Weekend at Christmas. (T) 9.25 FILM: Columbo: Double Exposure (1973). Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Robert Culp. (T) 11.00 ITV News. (T) 11.15 The Cube. (R) (T) 12.15 Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember.

(R) (T) 1.15 Tipping Point. (R) (T) 2.20 Catchphrase Christmas Special. (R) (T) 3.20 FILM: ET: The Extra-Terrestrial – 20th Anniversary Edition (1982). Scifi fantasy, with Henry Thomas.

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6.10 NFL: The American Football Show. (R) (T) 7.10 Little Wolf’s Book of Badness. (R) (T) 7.35 Ivor the Invisible. (R) (T) 8.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) (T) 8.35 Frasier.

(R) (T) 9.00 Frasier. (R) (T) 9.30 Sunday Brunch. (T) 12.25 FILM: Imagine That (2009). Fantasy comedy, starring Eddie Murphy.

2.35 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 3.00 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 3.30 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 3.55 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 4.25 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 4.55 News. (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.10 Access.

(R) 9.20 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 10.20 Carry On Christmas. (R) (T) 11.25 Greatest Ever Carry On Films.

(R) (T) 12.25 FILM: Carry On S p y i n g ( 1 9 6 4 ) . C o m e d y, starring Kenneth Williams. (T) (b/w) 2.10 FILM: Black Beauty (1994). Family drama, starring Sean Bean. (T) 3.55 FILM: Out of Africa (1985). Fact-based romantic drama, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. (T)

5.35 ITV News Calendar; Weather. (T) 5.45 ITV News; Weather. (T) 6.00 The Queen’s Garden.

(T) 7.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera. (T) 8.00 All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special. (T) 9.00 All New It’ll Be Alright on the Night. (T) 10.00 ITV News; Weather. (T) 10.15 Through the Christmas Keyhole.

(T) (R) 11.15 Premiership Rugby Union. (T) 12.10 The Store. 2.10 The

5.00 Celebrity Fifteen to One Christmas Special. (T) (R) 6.00 FILM: The Golden Compass (2007).

Fantasy adventure, starring Dakota Blue Richards and Nicole Kidman. (T) 8.00 The Hotel. (T) 9.00 Homeland. Carrie and Saul investigate what she saw in Islamabad.

Last in the series. (T) 10.15 Gogglebox 2014. (T) (R) 11.50 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2014. (T) (R) 12.45 Father Ted. (T) (R) 1.10

Ahead. (C) 3.10 BBC News. (C)

5.30 Flog It! (R) (C) 6.00 FILM: John Carter (2012). Premiere.

Fantasy adventure, starring Taylor Kitsch.

(C) 8.00 Top Gear Patagonia Special. (C) 9.00 Racing Legends: Barry Sheene. (C) 10.00 House of Fools Christmas Special. (C) 10.30 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. (R) (C) 11.00 The Wrong Mans. (R) (C) 12.00 The Comedy Vaults: BBC2’s Hidden Treasure. (R) (C) 1.00 FILM: Suspicion (1941). Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Cary Grant. (C) (b/w) 2.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile. (R) (C) 3.35 Sign Zone: Holby City. (R) (C) 4.35 This Is BBC Two. (C)

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(C) 10.20 FILM: Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Comedy sequel, starring Tom Selleck.

(C) 12.00 Christmas of My Lifetime with Len Goodman. (R) (C) 1.00 BBC News; (C) Weather. 1.15 Bargain Hunt. (C) 1.55 Call the Midwife. (R) (C) 3.10 Songs of Praise. (C) 3.45 FILM: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Action adventure, starring Harrison Ford. (C)

5.35 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. (C) 6.00 Celebrity Mastermind. (C) 6.30 Countryfile. (C) 7.30 Still Open All Hours. (C) 8.00 Antiques Roadshow.

The team visits Durham Cathedral. (C) 9.00 Last Tango in Halifax.

New series. Celia and Alan’s honeymoon plans have to be put on hold. (C) 10.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. (C) 10.25 Match of the Day. (C) 11.55 The Football League Show. (C) 1.15 FILM: Goal II: Living the Dream (2007). Football drama sequel, starring Kuno Becker.

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Coverage of a match from the final week of the regular season. (T) 4.55 NFL: Rush Zone. (T) 5.20 Secret Eaters. (R) (T)

7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (T) 7.55 5 News Weekend. (T) 8.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. Enforcement agents evict a woman with two children. (T) (R) 9.00 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014. Countdown of the biggest showbusiness stories and scandals of the year. (T) 11.55 Autopsy: Michael Jackson’s Last Hours.

(T) (R) 12.55 SuperCasino. 3.10 World’s Strongest Man 2014.

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6.00 Breakfast. (C) 8.00 Match of the Day. (R) (C) 9.30 FILM: Flushed Away (2006). Animated comedy, featuring the voice of Hugh Jackman. (C) 10.50 FILM: Megamind (2010). Animated superhero comedy, with the voice of Will Ferrell. (C) 12.15 Bargain Hunt. (C) 1.15 BBC News; (C) Weather. 1.30 BBC Regional News; (C) Weather.

1.40 FILM: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Disney musical fantasy, starring Angela Lansbury. (C) 3.35 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave. (R) (C) 4.05 FILM: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

Action adventure, starring Harrison Ford. (C)

6.10 Sign Zone: Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes. (R) (C) 6.40 The Football League Show. (R) (C) 8.00 Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape – Natural World.

(R) (C) 9.00 Coast Australia. (R) (C) 9.50 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. (R) (C) 10.50 Great Continental Railway Journeys.

(R) (C) 11.50 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (R) (C) 12.50 David Niven: Talking Pictures.

(R) (C) 1.40 FILM: Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Period adventure, starring David Niven. (C) 4.30 Big Dreams Small Spaces. (R) (C)

6.00 Dinner Date. (R) (T) 7.00 Good Morning Britain. (T) 8.30 Lorraine. (T) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (T) 10.30 Judge Rinder. (R) (T) 11.30 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (R) (T) 12.30 All Star Family Fortunes. (R) (T) 1.15 ITV News. (T) 1.25 ITV News Calendar. (T) 1.30 Secret Dealers. (T) 2.30 Surprise Surprise Christmas Special. (R) (T) 3.30 FILM: Dr No (1962).

J a m e s B o n d s p y t h r i l l e r, starring Sean Connery. (T)

6 . 1 5 K i r s t i e ’s H a n d m a d e Treasures. (R) (T) 6.30 How I Met Your Mother. (R) (T) 6.55 How I Met Your Mother. (R) (T) 7.20 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) (T) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) (T) 8.10 Frasier. (R) (T) 8.40 Frasier. (R) (T) 9.10 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 9.40 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 10.05 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 10.30 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 11.00 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 11.30 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 12.00 FILM: Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009). Premiere. Factbased family drama, starring Richard Gere. (T) 1.50 Deal or No Deal: Merry Christmas. (T) 2.50 FILM: Brewster’s Millions (1985). Comedy, with Richard Pryor. (T) 4.50 News. (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 11.00 FILM: Carry On Sergeant ( 1 9 5 8 ) . C o m e d y, s t a r r i n g William Hartnell. (T) (b/w) 12.50 FILM: The Glenn Miller Story (1954). Musical biopic, starring James Stewart. 3.05 FILM: The Dam Busters (1954). (T) (b/w)

5.55 BBC News (C) 6.10 Look North (C) 6.20 FILM: The Muppets (2011). Premiere.

Comedy, starring Jason Segel. (C) 8.00 EastEnders. (C) 8.30 Miranda. (R) (C) 9.05 Mapp and Lucia. (C) 10.05 BBC News. (C) 10.20 BBC Regional News; Weather. (C) 10.30 Darcey Bussell’s Looking for Audrey.

(C) 11.35 Sport Relief: The Final Score. (R) (C) 12.35 FILM: Eurotrip (2004).

C o m e d y, w i t h S c o t t Mechlowicz. (C) 2.05 Weather for the Week Ahead. (C) 2.10 BBC News. (C)

5.30 Wild Brazil. (R) (C) 6.30 Nature’s Weirdest Events. (R) (C) 7.30 Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow. Part two of two.

The re-creation of a pioneering expedition.

(R) (C) 8.30 Christmas University Challenge. (C) 9.00 Snow Wolf Family and Me. (C) 10.00 Dave Allen: God’s Own Comedian. (R) (C) 11.00 The Wrong Mans. (R) (C) 12.00 FILM: Notorious (1946).

Alfred H i t c h c o c k ’s thriller, starring Cary Grant.

(C) 1.40 Sign Zone: The Apprentice. (R) (C) 3.40 Sign Zone: The Mekong River with Sue Perkins. (R) (C) 4.40 This Is BBC Two. (C)

5.35 The Chase. (T) (R) 6.30 ITV News Calendar; Weather. (T) 6.45 ITV News; Weather. (T) 7.00 Emmerdale. Charity sows the seeds of doubt with Megan. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street.

Andrea is horrified to find out the Street Cars account is £10,000 overdrawn. (T) 8.00 Countrywise. (T) 8.30 Coronation Street. (T) 9.00 Christmas Epic Fails.

Angus Deayton celebrates the funny side of Christmas. (T) 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. (T) 10.15 FILM: Atonement (2007). Romantic period drama, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. (T) 12.25 Jackpot247. (T) 3.00 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R) (T)

5.30 Hollyoaks. (T) 6.00 FILM: The Italian Job (1969). Comedy, with Michael Caine. (T) 8.00 Mini Cooper: For the Love of Cars. (T) (R) 9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special. (T) 10.00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2014. (T) (R) 12.00 NFL: The American Football Show. (T) 1.00 FILM: The Omen (1976). Horror. (T) 2.55 FILM: Flight of the Phoenix (2004). (T) 4.45 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures. (T) 5.05 Small Animal Hospital. (R) (T) 5.30 FILM: The Parent Trap (1961). Disney comedy. (T)

5.35 What the Dambusters Did Next. (T) (R) 7.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. Paul and Steve call for police back-up at a flat in London’s Docklands; (T) (R) 5 News Update.

8.00 World’s Strongest Man 2014. The third heat from Los Angeles; (T) 5 News at 9.

9.00 FILM: The Rock (1996). An FBI chemical weapons expert and a jailed SAS veteran must break into Alcatraz to bring down a renegade general and his men.

Action thriller, with Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage. Edited for language. Includes 5 News Update. (T) 11.50 FILM: Reservoir Dogs (1992). Thriller, starring Harvey Keitel. (T) 1.50 SuperCasino. 3.10 World’s Strongest Man 2014.

(R) (T) 4.00 Great Scientists. (R) (T) 4.25 House Doctor. (R) (T) 5.15 Wildlife SOS. (R) (T) 5.35 Wildlife SOS. (R) (T)

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7.00 Bolt (PG) (2008). 8.30 Shrek the Third (U) (2007). The bad-tempered ogre must persuade a rebellious teenager to face up to his responsibilities as heir to the throne. Animated sequel, with the voice of Mike Myers. 9.55 Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure 10.00 Bad Education 10.30 EastEnders 11.30 Family Guy 11.50 American Dad! 12.15 Family Guy 2.30 Him & Her: The Wedding 3.00 Don’t Tell the Bride: Let It Snow! 4.00 Close

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8.55 Time Team 10.00 The Iron Giant (U) (1999). 11.40 Escape to Victory (PG) (1981). 2.00 A Place in the Sun 4.40 Four in a Bed 7.25 Come Dine with Me 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The Departed (18) (2006). 11.55 Gogglebox 1.00 Embarrassing Bodies 2.05 A Place in the Sun 2.40 Homeland 3.50 Close

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6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Full Throttle 6.50 Emmerdale 7.15 Coronation Street 8.15 Wonderful World of The X Factor 9.10 The X Factor: Your E4 Top Ten 10.10 Beethoven (U) 6.00 Rude(ish) Tube 6.25 (1991). 11.55 Emmerdale 12.25 Charmed 7.10 Rules of Coronation Street 3.35 The Engagement 7.35 Rude(ish) Jeremy Kyle Show 4.40 Tube 8.00 Hollyoaks 8.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9.30 How I Catchphrase Celebrity Special Met Your Mother 10.00 Aliens in 5.40 A Night in with Olly Murs 6.45 Back to the Future (PG) the Attic (PG) (2009). 11.45 (1985). 9.00 The Bourne Rude Tube: The Best of the Ultimatum (12) (2007). Spy Best 12.30 Rules of thriller sequel. 11.20 Celebrity Engagement 1.30 How I Met Your Mother 2.30 The Big Bang Juice: 2041 – A Juice Odyssey 1.45 Two and a Half Men 2.10 Theory 3.00 Rude(ish) Tube 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Troy Release the Hounds 3.00 Viral 4.30 The Big Bang Theory 5.30 Tap 4.00 Crazy Beaches 4.20 Life’s Funniest Moments 4.45 How I Met Your Mother 6.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Hollyoaks 7.00 The Big Bang Records Theory 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 The Big Bang ITV3 Theory 9.00 Made in Chelsea: 6.40 Judge Judy 7.05 Second End of Season Party 10.00 Thoughts 7.30 Inspector Morse Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 9.50 A Touch of Frost 11.45 The 2014 11.35 The Big Bang Young Ones (U) (1961). 2.00 Theory 12.00 The Inbetweeners Agatha Christie’s Marple 4.00 12.30 The IT Crowd 1.00 Rude Carry On Cruising (U) (1962).

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6.00 Breakfast. (C) 9.00 FILM: Shark Tale (2004). Animated comedy, with the voice of Will Smith. (C) 10.25 FILM: Hotel for Dogs (2009). Family comedy, starring Emma Roberts and Jake T Austin. (C) 12.00 Bargain Hunt. (C) 1.00 BBC News. (C) 1.15 BBC Regional News; (C) Weather. 1.25 Father Brown. (R) (C) 2.10 FILM: George of the Jungle (1997).

Comedy, starring Brendan Fraser. (C) 3.35 FILM: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1 9 8 9 ) . A c t i o n a d v e n t u re sequel, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. (C)

6.15 Sign Zone: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom. (R) (C) 7.15 FILM: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). Prehistoric adventure, starring Victoria Vetri. (C) 8.50 Coast Australia. (R) (C) 9.40 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

(R) (C) 10.40 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (R) (C) 11.40 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (R) (C) 12.40 Robert Redford: Talking Pictures. (R) (C) 1.20 FILM: The Horse Whisperer (1998). Drama, starring Robert Redford. (C) 4.00 Big Dreams Small Spaces.

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6.00 Dinner Date. (R) (T) 7.00 Good Morning Britain. (T) 8.30 Lorraine. (T) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (T) 10.30 Judge Rinder. (R) (T) 11.30 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (R) (T) 12.25 All Star Family Fortunes. (R) (T) 1.10 ITV News. (T) 1.15 ITV News Calendar. (T) 1.20 Secret Dealers. (R) (T) 2.20 The Queen’s Garden. (R) (T) 3.20 FILM: From Russia with Love (1963). James Bond thriller, starring Sean Connery. (T)

7.45 Freaky Friday. (T) 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 10.25 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 10.55 FILM: Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010).

Premiere. Animated sci-fi comedy sequel, with the voice of Zack Shada. (T) 12.30 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 1.00 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 1.25 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 1.55 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 2.25 Deal or No Deal: Merry Christmas. (T) 3.25 FILM: The Parent Trap ( 1 9 9 8 ) . C o m e d y re m a k e , starring Lindsay Lohan. (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.35 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 10.35 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies: Christmas Special.

(R) (T) 11.35 FILM: Fun in Acapulco (1963). Musical comedy, starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. (T) 1.35 FILM: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Director’s Cut (1977). Sci-fi drama, starring Richard Dreyfuss. (T) 4.15 FILM: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). Children’s musical adventure, starring Dick Van Dyke. (T)

5.35 BBC News. (C) 5.50 Look North (C) 6.05 FILM: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012).

Premiere. Animated comedy, with the voice of Ben Stiller. (C) 7.30 EastEnders. (C) 8.00 Holby City. (C) 9.00 Mapp and Lucia. (C) 10.00 BBC News. (C) 10.15 BBC Regional News; Weather. (C)National Lottery Update.

10.25 FILM: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007). Fantasy adventure sequel, with Johnny Depp. (C) 1.00 FILM: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). (C)

5.00 Wild Brazil. (R) (C) 6.00 Flog It! (R) (C) 6.30 Nature’s Weirdest Events. (R) (C) 7.30 Christmas University Challenge. (C) 8.00 Sacred Wonders of Britain. (R) (C) 9.00 Snow Wolf Family and Me. (C) 10.00 Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe. (C) 11.00 Dave Allen: The Immaculate Selection.

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2.45 Weather for the Week Ahead. (C) 2.50 BBC News. (C)

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12.45 FILM: Spellbound (1945).

Thriller, starring Gregory Peck.

(C) (b/w) 2.35 Sign Zone: World’s Greatest Food Markets.

(R) (C) 3.35 Sign Zone: Doctor Who. (R) (C) 4.35 This Is BBC Two. (C)

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5.35 The Chase. (T) (R) 6.30 ITV News Calendar; Weather. (T) 6.40 ITV News; Weather. (T) 7.00 Emmerdale. Nicola drops a bombshell on Jimmy. (T) 7.30 Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears. (T) 8.00 FILM: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

Conclusion of the fantasy saga, starring Daniel Radcliffe. (T) 10.30 ITV News; Weather. (T) 10.45 Birds of a Feather. (T) (R) 11.15 FILM: American Gangster (2007). Factbased crime drama, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. (T) 1.55 Jackpot247. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. (R) (T) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R) (T)

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The Simpsons. (T) (R) Hollyoaks. (T) News. (T) Come Dine with Me Christmas Special. (T) 8.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. New series. The property expert helps house sellers in Hereford and Gloucester. (T) 9.00 David Blaine: Real or Magic. (T) (R) 10.20 FILM: The Look of Love (2013). Premiere.

Fact-based drama, starring Steve Coogan. (T) 12.20 FILM: Damien: Omen II (1978). Horror sequel, starring William Holden. (T) 2.10 FILM: If (1968). (T) 4.05 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. (R) (T) 5.00 Secret Eaters. (R) (T) 5.55 Small Animal Hospital. (R)

7.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. Paul, Steve and Ben make a shocking discovery when they break into a home; (T) (R) 5 News Update.

8.00 World’s Strongest Man 2014. The fourth heat from Los Angeles; (T) 5 News at 9.

9.00 Elvis by the Presleys.

Personal reminiscences by the singer’s family.

(T) (R) 11.00 Elvis: ’68 Comeback Special. (T) (R) 12.00 The Last Hours of Elvis P r e s l e y. ( T ) ( R ) 1 . 0 0 SuperCasino. 3.10 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 4.00 Nick’s Quest. (R) (T) 4.20 House Doctor. (R) (T) 4.45 House Doctor. (R) (T) 5.10 House Doctor. (R) (T) 5.35 Wildlife SOS. (R) (T)

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7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes 7.25 Streetdance (PG) (2010). 9.00 Shrek Forever After (U) (2010). Animated comedy, with the voice of Mike Myers.

10.25 The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (U) (2011). 10.30 EastEnders 11.25 Family Guy 11.50 American Dad! 12.10 Family Guy 12.35 Bad Education 1.05 Russell Howard’s Good News 1.35 Don’t Tell the Bride: Let It Snow! 2.35 Jenny Bede: AAA 2.55 Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents 3.55 Close

Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 Bear’s Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry 10.00 My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas: Tinsel and Tiaras 11.05 Gogglebox 12.10 Embarrassing Bodies 1.15 The Restoration Man 2.20 A Place in the Sun 2.55 Homeland 3.55 Close

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6.50 Emmerdale 7.45 Coronation Street 8.10 The X Factor: The Boss Is Back 9.10 The X Factor: Cheryl Looks Back 10.15 Beethoven’s 2nd (U) (1993). 12.05 Emmerdale E4 1.05 Coronation Street 3.40 The 6.00 Rude(ish) Tube 6.25 Jeremy Kyle Show 4.45 Charmed 7.10 Happy Endings Catchphrase Celebrity Special 7.35 Rude(ish) Tube 8.00 5.45 Darcy Oake: Edge of Hollyoaks 8.35 Rude(ish) Tube 9.00 Bad(ish) Robots 9.35 Troy Reality 6.45 You’ve Been Framed and Famous! 7.50 Miss 10.05 The Spiderwick Congeniality (12) (2000).

Chronicles (PG) (2008). 12.30 Rules of Engagement 1.30 How Comedy, starring Sandra I Met Your Mother 2.30 The Big Bullock. 10.00 Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 10.50 Celebrity Bang Theory 3.00 Rude(ish) Tube 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Juice: Saturday Night Takeaway Troy 4.30 The Big Bang Theory Special 1.00 Two and a Half Men 1.25 Release the Hounds 5.30 How I Met Your Mother 6.30 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 2.15 Viral Tap 3.15 Crazy Beaches 3.35 Educating Joey Hollyoaks 8.30 The Big Bang Essex: Space Cadet 4.45 Life’s Theory 9.00 Rude Tube 10.00 Funniest Moments Wanted (18) (2008). 12.40 The Big Bang Theory 1.10 The ITV3 Inbetweeners 1.45 The IT 6.00 Up Pompeii (15) (1971).

Crowd 2.20 Rude Tube: 9.25 Inspector Morse 11.35 A Welcome to 2014 4.30 Rules of Touch of Frost 1.30 Goodnight Engagement 4.50 Charmed Mister Tom 3.35 Jane Eyre.

Drama, starring Samantha MORE4 Morton. 5.50 A Touch of Frost 8.55 Time Team 10.00 The 8.00 Foyle’s War 10.00 Lewis Searchers (U) (1956). 12.20 A 12.00 A Touch of Frost 2.00 Place in the Sun: Home or Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Away 3.35 Four in a Bed 6.15 Come Dine with Me 6.50 A Cyanide 3.40 Inspector Morse

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Comedy fantasy, starring Mike Myers. (C) 10.15 FILM: Eight Below (2006). Disney canine adventure, starring Paul Walker.

(C) 12.05 Bargain Hunt. (R) (C) 12.50 BBC News. (C) 1.00 BBC Regional News; (C) Weather.

1.10 FILM: Ratatouille (2007).

Pixar animated comedy. (C) 2.50 FILM: Monsters vs Aliens (2009). (C) 4.15 Top of the Pops New Year’s Eve. (C)

6.10 Sign Zone: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom. (R) (C) 7.10 Natural World: Empire of the Desert Ants. (R) (C) 8.10 FILM: Saboteur (1942).

Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Robert Cummings. (C) (b/w) 9.55 Alfred Hitchcock: Talking Pictures. (R) (C) 10.35 FILM: Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Joseph Cotten.

(C) (b/w) 12.20 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (R) (C) 1.20 FILM: Becoming Jane (2006). Period drama, starring Anne Hathaway. (C) 3.10 Coast Australia. (R) (C) 4.00 Big Dreams Small Spaces. (R) (C)

6.00 Dinner Date. (R) (T) 7.00 Good Morning Britain. (T) 8.30 Lorraine. (T) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R) (T) 10.30 Judge Rinder. (R) (T) 11.30 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (R) (T) 12.25 All Star Family Fortunes. (R) (T) 1.10 ITV News. (T) 1.20 Secret Dealers. (R) (T) 2.20 The Queen’s Garden. (R) (T) 3.25 FILM: Goldfinger (1964). James Bond adventure, starring Sean Connery. (T)

6.20 How I Met Your Mother. (R) (T) 6.40 How I Met Your Mother.

(R) (T) 7.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) (T) 7.30 FILM: The Valley of Gwangi (1969).

Fantasy Wester n, starring James Franciscus. (T) 9.20 FILM: The Brady Bunch Movie (1995). Comedy based on the 1970s sitcom, starring Shelley Long. (T) 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (R) (T) 11.25 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 11.55 The Simpsons. (R) (T) 12.25 FILM: Five Children and It (2004).

C h i l d r e n ’s f a n t a s y, w i t h Kenneth Branagh. (T) 2.15 FILM: Home Alone 3 (1997).

Comedy sequel, starring Alex D Linz. (T) 4.20 FILM: Fantastic Mr Fox (2009). Stop-motion animated adventure, with the voice of George Clooney. (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 10.10 World’s Strongest Man 2014. (R) (T) 11.10 FILM: Carry On Regardless (1961). Slapstick comedy, starring Sid James. (T) (b/w) 1.00 FILM: The Vikings (1958). Historical adventure, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. (T) 3.10 FILM: The Dirty Dozen (1967). Second World War action adventure, with Lee Marvin. (T)

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BBC News. (C) Look North; Weather.

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1.10 The Boy in the Dress. (R) (C) 2.10 FILM: Mary Poppins (1964). Disney musical fantasy, with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. (C) 4.25 FILM: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011).

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5.30 FILM: Force 10 from Navarone (1978).

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Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Maggie Smith. (C) 10.30 Julie Walters: A Life on Screen. (R) (C) 11.30 Mock the Week New Year’s Eve Special. (R) 12.05 FILM: Frenzy (1972).

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Ramblers’ corner • FORTHCOMING walks with the North Kirklees Group of the Ramblers – non-members are always welcome. Please call the walk leader for more details.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 WALK THE LINE Meet 9.30am Batley Railway Station WF17 5SZ GR SE 249 237 7.5 miles (M) Notes – linear, public transport, money for rail fare, no dogs please Leader: Paul & Chris Tel: 01924 470531

Funk returns to Batley pub AN EIGHT-PIECE funk band forms part of a Batley pub’s live entertainment this weekend.

The Taproom, on Commercial Street, hosts ‘4gottenfunk’ on Sunday after the band wowed punters during a recent rehearsal session at the popular real ale pub.

Starting at 4pm, 4gottenfunk will be playing classic funk numbers from artists such as the Brand New Heavies, Average White Band and Grover Washington Jr. Taproom staff have been so impressed with the local group, who are back together after a hiatus, that they have invited them back for a Saturday night slot in the new year.

New venue for railway show TOMORROW’S fourth annual Dewsbury Model Railway Show will be held at a new venue this year.

The show takes place at Dewsbury Minster tomorrow (Sat) and will feature railway layouts of interest to children.

Exhibits include a unique Lego train set and a Thomas layout, both of which can be driven by youngsters.

There will be other displays featuring World War One locomotives and more up-to-date layouts. Organisers also hope there will be a large-scale locomotive on display.

Full catering facilities will be available and admission has been reduced this year to £2 for adults and accompanied children free of charge.

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BATLEY BULLDOGS are offering fans the chance to have their names on the 2015 away shirt as part of a new charity launch.

The Batley Sporting Charitable Trust was given foundation status two weeks ago and now fans can pay £10, which will be donated to the charity, and have their name displayed on the new change kit.

The Trust hopes to work with a range of local community groups of all ages, with visits to schools, engaging with older people and working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds among the planned activities.

The Bulldogs’ community manager Jon Humpleby said: “First of all, it’s an exciting idea for a Christmas present.

“The charity is going to be about providing positive activities and opportunities for the whole of the local community, both sporting and non-sporting.

CHARITY DONATION: Labour candidate for Batley and Spen Jo Cox with Bulldogs players Alex Rowe, left, and Anthony Nicholas, right, during a visit to the Bulldogs’ Mount Pleasant ground “Sport will be a way of getting some people on board, but we also need to do things around confidence and selfesteem, staying safe and building friendships. There will be something for everyone.

“In terms of the future, we’d like to be as big as Leeds and Bradford, who do fantastic things within their communities.

“There’s no reason we can’t aspire to be doing things on the same level as them.

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moving on the pitch, so it only makes sense to up the game off the field as well.”

Jo Cox, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Batley and Spen, this week became the first official donor to the new Batley Bulldogs charity.

She paid to have her and her family’s names on the away shirt.

Mrs Cox met head coach John Kear and Bulldogs players and staff at the Mount Pleasant ground before joining the team to get put through her

paces in a training session.

She said: “This is a really big year for the Batley Bulldogs and I am delighted and proud to be showing my support and solidarity with our local club.

“It is an honour to be the first donor to their foundation and I look forward to seeing what positive contribution it makes to the local community.”

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The first is on Sunday, when cyclists can join Ian and Jill for a steady-paced bike ride from Dewsbury to Huddersfield and return, taking approximately two hours.

This route is mainly off road, to the edge of Huddersfield using Greenways.

Meet at 9.45am for a 10am start outside The Old Stables Café by the canal, 66 Mill Street East, in Savile Town.

There is a car park available.

Also on Sunday there is a more challenging 30-mile bike ride, on the road from

Shaw Cross to Emley Moor Mast.

This will be taken at a steady pace over four hours, including a café stop.

The journey will be hilly but with rewarding views of the countryside.

Meet at The Royal Oak Public House on Owl Lane for a 9am start.

The ride is suitable for over-16s on a hybrid bike with road tyres or a road bike.

On Tuesday December 16 you can join Kate and other women on a gentle bike ride from Birkby to Mirfield.

This will take you along the Birkby, Bradley and Calder Valley Greenways.

The route is on traffic-free cycle paths and is mostly flat, with just a couple of small hills, where you can push your bike if needed.

This ride is perfect for women who just want to get out and about on their bike without having to do too much road riding.

Kate regularly rides this route and has chosen a friendly café in Mirfield to have a cuppa and piece of cake before heading home.

There will be approximately 1 hour 45 minutes riding time and a relaxed half hour or so in the café.

Meet where the Greenway starts on Willow Lane, Birkby.

Showbiz book launch in Mirfield SHOWBIZ journalist Neil Sean launches his new book ‘Live from the London Palladium’ at Mirfield Library tomorrow (Sat).

The event kicks off at 11am and Mirfield-born Neil, who works for international broadasters NBC, Channel 10 and Sky News, is keen to attract as many locals as possible to the library on

Huddersfield Road.

‘Live from the London Palladium’ features all the major names that Neil has interviewed who have played at the famous venue, from favourites like Jane McDonald through to legends like Tony Bennett, Norman Wisdom, Kylie and more.

Neil said: “I am also, being a thrifty Mirfield man, offer-

ing free coffee and biscuits.

How about that for a great start to your weekly shop?

“I aim to make this event the best book launch ever to be staged in Mirfield.

“I would love to see friends old and new.

“You don’t have to buy the book, just come and say hello, and enjoy free coffee and biscuits.”

IT WOULD be hard to create a more embracing musical concert than that headed by the Hammonds Saltaire Band at Batley Town Hall last Saturday, writes Malcolm Haigh.

Not only did the band win wide approval for their mind-blowing musical talents at this, their seventh Christmas concert in the town but they also encouraged their musical guests and an enthusiastic audience to add to the wide range of musical enjoyment.

Band conductor Morgan Griffiths, of Gomersal, highlighted the two national trophies on display which the highly acclaimed band has won over the past year and then went on to demonstrate the musicians’ abilities with such items as A Christmas Overture, a stupendous arrangement of music from My Fair Lady and the soul-stirring finale with Variations from Laudate Dominum.

He also introduced the band’s special guests, the 30 or so members of Batley Parish School Singing Group, who left the audience aghast with their talented performances.

Conducted by teacher Kate Delaney and accompanied by Jean Delaney the youngsters demonstrated great enthusiasm, lots of self belief and plenty of singing talent as they tackled such items as Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Best Day Of My Life and When Christmas Comes To Town.

All of this inspired the delighted audience to enthusiastically join in the two sessions of carol singing which created a bubbling and delightful Christmas spirit.

The concert proved to be another seasonal triumph for Batley and one which triggered many people to express the hope that it would be repeated next year.

There was no doubt that the members of the Hammond Saltaire Band are firm favourites in the town.

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Glowing report for an extra-special school

By David Miller A SCHOOL in Mirfield is celebrating a stellar inspection report from Ofsted.

The Hollybank Trust charity’s school for five- to 19-year-olds was rated outstanding.

The school was found to be doing so well that inspectors could only find one minor flaw – that staff could raise achievement even higher with further support to help pupils reach their personal targets.

The rest of the glowing assessment heaped lavish praise on the Far Common Road school.

Headteacher Ailsa Moore said: “We’re incredibly proud that the hard work of our pupils and staff has been recognised.”

The school, which has only 14 pupils, cares for children with profound and complex disabilities.

Inspectors wrote: “Pupils progress exceptionally well. They are very well

“There is a highly successful and shared vision of the pursuit of excellent teaching, care and high standards in all the school’s work.”

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News in Brief Kitchen takeover DEWSBURY: One of the town’s biggest employers has been sold to a Swedish firm in a £34m deal.

Rixonway Kitchens, which employs more than 500 people, was sold by August Equity to Stockholm-based Nobia AB. Staff have been told it is business as usual at their Shaw Cross Business Park factory.

Memorial event DEWSBURY: More than 300 people attended a memorial service for loved ones at Longcauseway

prepared for the next step in their life.

“There is a highly successful and shared vision of the pursuit of excellent teaching, care and high standards in all the school’s work.”

Pupils work towards personal goals on mornings and then in groups during afternoons.

This is supported by activities such as music and art, plus sensory equipment

Church on Sunday. Funeral directors George Brooke Ltd provide the annual service for bereaved families they have cared for.

Rev Judith Satchell led Sunday’s event, with readings from Helen Wilson and Judith Brooke.

Bishop’s visit CLECKHEATON: A new bishop is due to make his first visit to the town to celebrate a church's restoration. Bishop of Huddersfield Dr Jonathan Gibbs will attend a festive event at St John's Church on Friday, December 19 (7pm).

and assistive technology.

Mrs Moore added: “Our work means pupils can do things like go out for a meal with their family.

“That’s something other people take for granted, but the children here were not able to do that before due to the nature of their disability.”

The Hollybank Trust is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

Gran finally pays for vicious assault GRANDMOTHER Lorraine Dennison was finally brought to justice more than two years after a vicious assault on a shop manager.

Dennison, 57, of Bradford Road, Batley, punched and bit her victim and kneed him in the groin on September 4, 2012. A warrant for her arrest was issued in June, 2013 after she failed to attend court.

She finally turned herself in a few weeks ago and was given a 12 weeks prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, when she appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.

She must also pay the shop manager £200 compensation, plus an £80 victim surcharge. The court heard the assault happened at a Sports Direct store in Huddersfield. Vanessa Jones, prosecuting, said Dennison’s grandchild had dropped a set of car keys and, after leaving the shop, Dennison asked store manager Mark Thomas if she could go back in to look for them.

At the same time, the store’s security alarm sounded and Mr Thomas excused himself to dash off after a suspected thief – who turned out to be Dennison’s son.

When Mr Thomas returned, Dennison began shouting at him and punched him on his body and face, causing a cut above his eye, before kneeing him in the groin.

Mrs Jones added: “He pinned her to her car to prevent any further assault and she bit his arm twice and broke the skin.”

Dennison, who had no knowledge of the suspected theft, was wrestled to the ground by Mr Thomas and held there with help from a passer-by.

Sonia Kidd, mitigating, said Dennison suffered health problems and handed herself in when she was feeling better.

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Kirsty and Ann make sure they’re in position at Savoy Hotel launch KY SPORTS presenter Kirsty Gallagher was the host at a St Andrew’s Day event at the deluxe Savoy Hotel in London. She tells me: “I am lucky coming from a sporting family, I have always had an interest, but yes I would love to do some more light entertainment stuff, along the lines of the links I did with Ant and Dec on Takeaway ... I am hopeful of the opportunity.”

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DAD’S ARMY actor Ian Lavender has criticised the costuming of the forthcoming big-screen reboot of the classic sitcom. He tells me: “I noted that the new scarf they have for Pike is nothing like the old one, and it’s not just me, people notice these things, so I think that could be a bit of a bad omen.”

TERRIFIC TEENS: Fundraisers and Howland Centre users, above, at the cheque presenation, below, and at the clothes sale, bottom, which topped up cash raised from a sponsored walk

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KELLY BROOK says she turned down a chance to appear in EastEnders, but the show’s bosses don’t recall that. One tells me: “We just had a chat with her about possible roles and nothing serious was actually offered ... we have no plans to offer Kelly a role at present.”

CHRISTINE BLEAKLEY will come back to This Morning in 2015.The presenter will host the ITV show alongside Phillip Schofield from Monday January 5. Amanda Holden will resume again in February until the return of Holly Willoughby in the spring.

SIR BRUCE FORSYTH has spoken about his time hosting Strictly Come Dancing, saying that it made him feel “stale” towards the end of his tenure. Bruce stepped down as a regular co-host of strictly earlier this year, after 10 years of presenting the primetime BBC One show.

He tells me: “I enjoyed the show and yes it was great to have a ratings hit, but it left no time for me as a performer, and that really is what people want to see.”

JEREMY PAXMAN has revealed he has picked up a sizeable deal to reveal all about the secrets of his years on Newsnight, but he claims that stories of his deal being worth over a million are “simply out of the question”.

FOR Peter Egan and Penelope Wilton – aka Shrimpie Flintshire and Isobel Crawley – working on Downton Abbey has been both a happy reunion and a poignant reminder. Two of the trio from the much-loved 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles, Peter said: “We both were laughing at the casting as we knew

each other so well from so many other projects. I just hope we stay as a duo on Downton, it’s been great fun filming this year.”

EASTENDERS star Danny Dyer has said he could swap the Queen Vic for Baker Street and play Sherlock Holmes. “I would love to have a crack at those roles, it would be great to do something for children’s TV too, but people just see you as a hard man of films and TV, so it’s up to me to change that,” he said.

SAMMY WINWARD has quit Emmerdale after 13 years.

The ITV soap confirmed that the actress will bow out next year, in pursuit of new acting work. Insiders though reveal that they are also cost-cutting on many artistes that don’t appear in major storylines that often, so could Sammy actually have been one of those...

MIRANDA HART has confessed that she loathed doing her own stand-up tour, even though it earned her plenty from tickets and DVD sales. She says: “It’s just not me on stage clowning around and all that, I really can’t see myself doing it all again – not for a very long time...”

COULD it be that Lord Sugar could be getting fired himself? Ratings are at the lowest ever for this series of The Apprentice, and BBC bosses are worried that despite the hype the show is over and done with. But who would dare tell this to Lord Sugar himself?

ACTOR Samuel James has joined the cast of Birds Of A Feather for series two. James replaces Matt Willis in the

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role of Garth Stubbs after the musician and actor left the show to focus on his ‘McBusted’ commitments.

Matt tells me: “I really enjoyed being on the show, but I enjoy being a pop star more, and they understand that.”

ROCHELLE HUMES and Alexander Armstrong will team up to host a new Frank Sinatra-themed competition.

Frank Sinatra: Our Way – a one-off special – will see seven relatively unknown acts from across the UK performing covers of Sinatra classics. Alexandra is also threatening to join in on a duet or two...

JENNA COLEMAN has apparently decided she will be sticking around for part of the next series of Doctor Who. “I enjoy being on the show, and the storylines they are lining up make it too difficult not to stay, plus it’s the biggest show in the world right now, I would be silly to quit at this point,” she said.

EMMERDALE producer Kate Oates has announced plans for two more returnees. Amy Walsh has agreed to reprise her role as Tracy Shankley and will be back on screen in the New Year, while another familiar face will also be descending on the village in the near future.

LARRY LAMB is joining the cast of New Tricks when it returns for series 12 in 2015.

He tells me: “I am a huge fan of the show and loved the part that Dennis Waterman played, as we worked together on The Sweeney, so I always knew the show was good. I can’t wait to get started really, but I don’t know that much about my character yet.”

TEENAGERS raised £280 for a Dewsbury charity with fundraising events as part of a government-backed scheme.

A team of 12 youngsters taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) gave a cash boost to the Howland Centre on School Street.

Pupils from schools including Mirfield Free Grammar walked from Dewsbury Bus Station to Bradley and back.

The 16- and 17-year-olds followed up the October 25 event with a sale of buns and second-hand clothes at the North Huddersfield Trust School.

While there on November 3 they noted some of the grounds were overgrown and went back a week later to do a tidy-up.

Money raised from their activities was presented at the Howland Centre last Saturday.

One of those who took part was 16-year-old former Castle Hall Academy pupil Maariyah Laher.

Now studying health and social care at Huddersfield New College, she said they looked for a local charity to help.

Maariyah, of Dewsbury, added: “We came together as a group and it was a great feeling to be able to do something that will benefit others.”

At the cheque presentation, youngsters helped set up the Howland Centre’s Christmas decorations.

The centre, also known as the Dewsbury and District League of Friendship for Disabled Persons, supports disabled people through arts projects.

Artist-in-residence and centre manager Deborah Hall said of the NCS pupils: “They’re such lovely young people.

“We’re so pleased they chose to fundraise for us. The NCS is a really good scheme and I’d encourage more young people to get involved.”

■ A FUNDRAISING coffee morning is held on

Store ready to face competition A SUPERMARKET in Gomersal has re-opened following a refurbishment. Rev Karen Nicholl and Pat Lumb, both of St Mary’s Church, cut the ribbon at a ceremony at the Coop. The Gomersal Hill Top store supports the church in a number of ways, including supplying raffle prizes and hampers for fundraisers.

But it faces competition when Sainsbury’s open its new store at the former White Horse pub site just yards away down Oxford Road.

Wednesdays at the Howland Centre from 9.30am to 11.30am.

Staff would like to thank Hanging Heaton Golf Club for hosting a festive lunch on November 28.

There is also a room available for hire for business meetings or other events. For details, call Deborah Hall at the Howland Centre on 01924 463693.

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HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Belles mount title challenge

Millbridge climb Premier ladder MILLBRIDGE WMC climbed to third place in the HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION after Luke Sherman (brace), Liam Gowan and Joe Hewitt all struck in a 4-1 win over Oakwell Motel, who replied through Jack Anderson.

No other games took place in the division as some teams were in County Cup action.

Mirfield Town’s unblemished run towards the CHAMPIONSHIP title continued as they beat nearest rivals Woodkirk Valley 7-3 to open up a 15-point lead at the top.

Jonathan Mitchell and Adam Brown both netted twice, with Chris Meeson, Elliott Smith and Kieran Corley completing the tally.

Gavin Huxall (two) and Mathew Moon replied for Woodkirk.

Dominic Prendergast’s goal earned Heckmondwike Sports Club a point in their 1-

1 draw with St John Fisher Reserves, a result that sees Heckmondwike maintain fourth place.

Barr Street rise to fifth following a 1-0 win over Hartshead, Andrew Wright hitting the winner. Tom Williams (two), Declan Dawson and Jonny Smith all netted in Birstall St Patricks’ 4-4 draw with Taylor.

Birkenshaw Reserves are the new leaders in DIVISION ONE after a double from Adam Hird, plus a Phil Bell strike saw them win 30 against Battyeford Reserves. Ravenswharfe slip to second on goal difference after they could only draw 4-4 with Punch Bowl.

Sam Hewitt led the way with a hat-trick for Ravenswharfe, who also had Jake Kilburn on target. Punch Bowl replied through a Nathan Clark hat-trick and a Liam Curtis effort.

In the only other game played, The Yorkshireman ran out 7-1 winners at bottom

side Overthorpe Sports Club Reserves.

Michael Senior hit a double, with Richard Woodhead, Ryan O’Hara, Rob Davidson, Simeon Fletcher and Ben Simpson also on target. Damian Chamley hit Overthorpe’s consolation.

In DIVISION TWO, Cobras lie in second place after goals from Matthew Jubb and Matthew Thornton saw the win 2-1 against fourth placed Batley Celtics (Daniel Engledow).

Snowdon won their first game of the season, beating Batley Irish Nash 9-3, to swap places at the bottom.

Shakeel Pandor led the way for Snowdon with four goals, Waqar Basgir bagged a hattrick, with Mohammed Badat and Suleman Bhana completing the tally. The Nash replied through Richard Normally, Jason Goodall and Tom MacFarlane.

SPEN VALLEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Howden Clough hold all the Aces in Spen Trophy win scoring to progress to the next round.

Said Said continued his goalscoring form as he scored a hattrick to help Norfolk to a 3-0 win at home to Mount Pleasant.

Hightown Jets ensured Cleckheaton Sporting’s woes continued with a 10-0 thrashing of the Division One basement club.

Kyle Kershaw and Nathan Clarke both scored braces, with further goals from Kieron Kelly, Ryan Lacey, Adam Smith, Dean Comins, Carl Haynes and an own-goal adding to the tally.

George Healey were unlucky

SPEN VALLEY TROPHY action took centre stage at the weekend and Howden Clough caused an upset as they defeated Premier side Smokin Aces 4-0.

The Division One outfit added goals through Troy Bagshaw, Simy Moore, Lewis Boddy and Reece Scholes to ensure a comfortable victory against their higher-ranked opponents.

Savile Youth enjoyed similar success as they won 5-3 in their all-Premier clash with Bradford Athletic.

Abdullah Aswat and Sajeel both netted doubles and Lookman Polli completed the

as they were edged 3-2 at home to Premier Division side Route 1 Rovers.

Goals from Ryan Jones and Benho Aparicio had sparked hopes of an unlikely upset, but replies from Usman Hussain, Shoaib Iqbal and Shohail Fiaz saw the Bradford side progress to the next round.

Fellow First Division side Savile United also suffered a defeat at Premier opposition, losing 4-1 at Vision.

Faisal Adam scored their only goal.

Inter Batley’s league struggles continued in the Spen Valley

Trophy as they were soundly beaten 7-1 at Palestino.

Usman Dadhiwala scored the side’s only goal but it wasn’t enough to end Palestino’s unbeaten run.

In the only DIVISION ONE fixture of the weekend Fox and Hounds Batley played out a thrilling 6-6 draw at Idle.

Dominic Simpson led from the front with a double, with further goals from Paul Beaumont, Gareth Richardson, Matty Swannell and Andrew Hudson ensuring the Batley side came away from the league-leaders with a point.

WEST RIDING COUNTY AMATEUR LEAGUE FOOTBALL Overthorpe were forced to shuffle the team formation around and play a very attacking formation with just one at the back.

The difference in approach showed and Eccleshill came out of the traps quickest. It wasn’t long before the pressure told and the away side took the lead with an exquisite long-range effort.

This goal seemed to spark Overthorpe into life and seconds from the restart the Oranges responded through a slick passing move and a goal from Richardson.

After this point Overthorpe’s midfield exerted their influence on the game and Richardson was able to complete a first-half hattrick, before Tyler Jowitt got his name on the scoresheet.

Eccleshill rallied after the break, pulling back two goals, but their was little respite as Mason Haigh, Toby Lumb and man-ofthe-match Ethan Purcell added to the goal tally.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL RELEGATION-threatened Ossett Albion turned the form book upside down with a superb 4-3 win at promotionchasing Farsley in their North East Regional League (Southern Division) game.

After a dismal run of results Albion hit back to record only their third league win of the season and put themselves in good heart for their visit to a Dearne and District side bottom of the league and without a point.

The half-time score at Farsley was 2-2 but it looked like being another bad day for Albion when the home side went in front with their third eight minutes into the second half.

But, undeterred, the depleted Albion squad – without any substitutes – hit back again with a hat-trick from Kim Nallon and a goal from player-of-the-match Rachel Powch ensuring they edged home for three valuable points.

In the Women’s West Riding County League there was better news too for Premier Division Ossett Town, who went to promotion hopefuls Harrogate Railway and secured a very welcome point from a 3-3 draw.

That ended a run of four straight league defeats for Town and they have another chance to boost their league position this week when they go to bottom club Keighley Oaks for their last game before the league’s Christmas break.

In the Second Division the resignation of Norristhorpe has caused a re-adjustment of the league table and though that left Dewsbury Rangers pointless they soon addressed that with a well earned 2-2 draw at home to in-form Ilkley Town.

Battyeford Belles and Wetherby Athletic Reserves have also lost points but a 3-1 win for Battyeford in the clash between those two leaves the Mirfield side in joint second place with a game in hand. They could go clear in second if they win at Ilkley this week.

Against Wetherby the Belles had opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Rachel Lockwood scored from five yards.

The sharp-eyed referee spotted a shot from full-back Hester Longstaff on 43 minutes had crossed the line before being cleared by the Wetherby keeper.

The Belles led 2-0 at half-time and the result was secured when Lockwood fed Sarah Taylor for Battyeford’s third and final goal. Wetherby added a consolation.

Belles reserves crashed 5-1 at Castleford White Rose reserves for a result that seriously damaged their promotion chances, and a game this week at a Tingley Athletic reserve side boasting a 100 per cent record won’t help either.

Albion errors prove costly

Sports lose crucial league tie OVERTHORPE SPORTS lost an exciting top-of-the-table clash with Ventus/Yeadon Celtic 3-1 after dominating the early stages.

A long-range James Wilson effort was brilliantly saved by the Celtic’s keeper as an early flurry of attacks came from the hosts.

Jack Allerton got the goal that the Sports richly deserved with a fine strike following a neat flick from Ashley Hill.

Veteran keeper Sean Naylor kept Overthorpe’s lead intact with some excellent goalkeeping before hesitancy in defence let in Ventus just before half-time.

The second half saw Ventus take complete control and they scored with a calm finish from 12 yards before slack marking at a corner late in the game saw the visitors seal the points with a free header at the far post.

Lewis Richardson netted a first-half hat-trick as OVERTHORPE SPORTS UNDER9S thrashed Eccleshill 11-4 on Sunday.

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NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL Ossett Albion Burscough

MIXED FORTUNES: Overthorpe’s James Wilson shields the ball and inset, Tyler Jowitt heads against the crossbar during the under-9s emphatic win Dave Jewitt

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OSSETT ALBION were defeated 3-1 at home to Burscough in a very scrappy EVO-STIK LEAGUE DIVISION ONE NORTH game on Saturday.

It took Burscough just 37 seconds to take the lead when a misunderstanding between Wes Milnes and goalkeeper Brett Souter allowed Liam Caddick a simple tap into an empty net.

This stirred Albion and they dominated proceedings for the next 20 minutes or so, and equalised on 16 minutes through a brilliant header from Adam Muller, following an inch-perfect cross from Ross Hardaker.

Neither side created any further clear-cut chances and the half ended all square.

Albion again got on top in the second half and went close on a couple of occasions.

On 56 minutes however they gifted Burscough another goal when Souter allowed a harmless shot from Jordan Williams to slip under his body.

This gave Burscough the initiative and on 58 minutes they were 3-1 up with a goal from Will Jones.

• OSSETT TOWN’S Evo-Stik First Division North game with Salford City was postponed due to damage caused to the pitch during essential ground maintenance.

A date for the game will be allocated by the league in the new year.

Super Sam saves Liversedge in smash and grab NCEL draw at Garforth Town NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL Garforth Town Liversedge

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TOM JACKSON netted an injury-time equaliser as Liversedge snatched a late draw at Garforth Town on Saturday.

The NCEL Premier Division side were indebted to man-ofthe-match goalkeeper Sam Dobbs (pictured) who kept the hosts at bay with a superb shot-stopping performance.

Without him, Liversedge would have been blown away long before captain Tom Jackson sweetly struck the leveller deep into injury-time

to cancel out Sinmi Oyebanji’s first-half goal at Wheatley Park.

Garforth had enough chances to win two or three matches – never mind one – but Dobbs showed the qualities that made him a top EvoStik Division One North goalkeeper last season.

Mark Simpson had at least five chances, but he couldn’t score past an almost unbeatable Dobbs Liversedge, who had conceded 18 goals in their last four games, started poorly and allowed Garforth to set the pace.

Mangham was blocked off

and then Simpson went close with two chances before the deadlock was finally broken.

Great link-up play down the right wing allowed captain Andy Hawksworth to gain entry to the Sedge penalty area.

Hawksworth’s low cross swept across the six-yard box and it met the feet of Oyebanji, whose clever flick trickled past a stranded Dobbs.

That’s when Dobbs took centre stage. His superb save from an Ash Preece header close to half-time was the first of many stops.

Without Dobbs, Liversedge

would have collapsed and succumbed to a fifth straight defeat.

Simpson was denied three times by Dobbs in the second half.

Simpson was searching for his first goal in a Miners jersey and the striker used his pace and trickery to carve out opportunities, but he found Dobbs unbeatable.

Garforth should have put the game to bed and while the score remained a 1-0, there was always the sense that an unlikely equaliser would arrive.

Kieron Corley unleashed a trademark thunderbolt to

force Garforth goalkeeper Ben Hunter to palm the ball over the crossbar.

Garforth responded with a Tim Robertson free-kick which crashed back off the crossbar.

Out of nothing, Simpson weaved his way into the box before his nemesis Dobbs managed to deny him again.

Instead it was Sedge who netted the equaliser in the last minute of stoppage time.

Garforth switched off from a long throw-in and former Farsley defender Jackson was able to steer a superbly-hit low drive into the corner to dramatically secure a point.

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RUGBY UNION

ADVANTAGE MOOREND Cleckheaton continue winning ways at home NATIONAL LEAGUE THREE

CLECKHEATON RUFC WESTOE

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CLECKHEATON ensured their unbeaten home record would be carried into the new year as they defeated Westoe 19-13 at Moorend.

The Moorenders knew that their visitors’ lowly position in the table was no excuse for complacency.

Westoe confirmed that they hadn’t come to simply lie down when Ben Roberts went in for a try shortly after kick-off. The conversion attempt drifted wide.

An error by Westoe gave the Moorenders a penalty and the ball was kicked to the corner.

Cleckheaton’s trustworthy strike move of the catch-and-drive was put into action and Rob Afoa Peterson marked his return to action, following a shoulder injury, with an equalising try.

Ross Hayden added the extras to give Cleckheaton a narrow lead.

The South Shields visitors could have re-taken the lead but a kick at goal just to the right of the sticks, on the 22 metre line, failed to make the distance.

Richard Piper, who was introduced into the back row after a two-week absence, teamed up

POWERFUL: The Moorend scrum prepare to dominate as Cleckheaton extend their unbeaten home run into the new year Gerald Christian with Callum Thompson to mark his return with a big hit, as the pair crashed into a Westoe attacker, instantly nullifying the momentum that the visiting men were building.

Cleckheaton cleared their lines and apart from another failed penalty attempt from the visitors, the scorer remained untroubled for the last few minutes of the half.

The second half started in much the same way as the first with a very early try for Westoe.

This time Jamie Judson got the

touch down in the corner to give them a 10-7 lead.

The visitors played with passion and made Cleckheaton work hard for every yard but the Moorenders were up for the challenge and once again got a kick to the corner, resulting in a try for Richard Piper.

With the game poised at 12-10 there were some tense moments as both sides had opportunities but failed to convert them into points.

Alex Dawson had some good rumbling runs to earn himself

man-of-the-match and Hayden and Lee Queeley combined with flair to go within inches of the whitewash.

Unfortunately Hayden got a smack to the nose during the attack and had to leave the field.

Cleckheaton kept the momentum up and were rewarded with another line-out close to Westoe’s line. Despite the desperate attempts of the visitors to resist Cleckheaton’s drive, Richard Piper dived over for his second.

Jarrad Toulson converted.

The last six or seven minutes of the game were an anxious affair. Westoe attacked with vigour piling the pressure on the Cleckheaton line. Ollie Akroyd infringed and, given the proximity of the whitewash, was shown a yellow card.

Two minutes later he was followed by Toulson, who would claim mistaken identity but nevertheless the Moorenders would have to see the game out with 13 men.

Westoe opted to take guaranteed points immediately and kicked a penalty goal to bring the score to 19-13.

With the tension of a final kickoff to come, many a nail was being bitten on the touchline but despite being two men down Cleckheaton did not let Westoe back into their half as the fulltime whistle sounded.

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY UNION

Moorenders youth impress in Yorkshire clash FIVE Cleckheaton youngsters starred as Yorkshire Under-20s development team hammered Leeds University 50-10 at Ilkley on Saturday.

Bradley Marsden, Luke Pearson, Cameron Burnhill, Niall Jackson and James Crowther all represented the white rose county, with solid displays in both attack and defence.

The Cleckheaton quintet contributed 20 points to the scoring as Yorkshire brushed aside the university side.

Pearson and Burnhill both scored two tries each and Crowther was unlucky not be on the scoresheet after he had a try disallowed.

Bradley Marsden

showed good technique and had a hand in two of the tries. Niall Jackson also had a good game and was rewarded by making progress to the Yorkshire Under-20s warm-up game at Doncaster.

The previous weekend Moorender Josh Plunkett helped Yorkshire to a convincing 34-7 win against Cheshire at Bowden Rugby Club near Altrincham.

The Cleckheaton backrower started the game at No.8 and was denied a try when the Cheshire scrum-half illegally stopped him grounding the ball.

The referee saw the incident and immediately awarded Yorkshire a penalty try.

CLECKHEATON CRICKET CLUB will begin their defence of the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League Division One title with an away fixture at Bradford & Bingley.

The Moorend side – who saw John Wood, brother Ian and wicket-keeper Mally Nicholas all named in the team of the season after winning back-to-back titles – begin their 2015 season on Saturday April 18.

In the same division last season’s thirdplaced finishers Hanging Heaton will begin their campaign with a home tie against newly-promoted Saltaire.

The second-placed Division Two challengers are sure to provide a stern test for the Bennett Lane men, but with skipper Gary Fellows in fine form last season they will

WINNERS: The Borough of Kirklees medalists

SWIMMING SWIMMERS from Borough of Kirklees club collected an impressive haul of medals at the North East Region Championships in Sunderland last weekend.

The weather outside may have been cold but the performances in the pool were on fire, with several swimmers posting times that put them in the top two in the UK. Overall the team achieved a total of over 70 top-10 positions over the weekend.

Mirfield swimmer Kyle Chisholm clinched an impressive four gold medals in the senior 100 metre, 200 metre, 400 metre free and 100 metre fly races.

Teammate Daniel Cross also clinched gold in the open age 200 metre backstroke, as well as claiming silver in the 100 metre backstroke event.

Matthew Liddle won the 1,500 metre freestyle race for his age category of 15 years and under to win gold, as well as clinching a bronze in the 200 metre fly for his age group.

Whilst James Reidy won silver in the open age 200 metre individual medley and bronze in the 400 metre individual medley.

Rebecca Thornton took home two bronze medals in the 200 metre and 400 metre freestyle events (15 years and under). With fellow BOK swimmer Eden Warbuton winning bronze in the 200 metre backstroke in the same age group.

There was also team success with the men’s 4x100 individual medley team winning silver.

A number of junior swimmers also enjoyed success, with 12-year-old Nathan Cullen claiming gold in the 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke.

Youngster Milly Boulding (10) also won a pair of golds in the 400 metre freestyle and 200 metre fly events.

Matthew Wilby won his 12-year-old age group 100 metre and 200 metre breast stroke races to clinch gold whilst Charlotte Robinson (11) and Rosie Hepworth (12) won their respective 100 metre fly events.

Disability squad enjoy Special Olympics glory

PODIUM FINISH: The BOK boys disability squad relay team show off their bronze medals

PRIDE OF CLECK: (From left) Bradley Marsden, Luke Pearson, Cameron Burnhill, Niall Jackson and James Crowther in their Yorkshire development side kit

Champions’ defence begins at Bradford & Bingley CRICKET

BOK swimmers collect impressive medal haul

fancy their chances of an opening win.

One-time Yorkshire all-rounder, Fellows, finished top run-scorer in the First Division with 885, finishing second in the averages to Mark Robertshaw (Pudsey St Lawrence).

In Division Two Spen Victoria will be looking to improve on last year’s 11th place finish when they travel to Bankfoot for their first league fixture.

Divisional rivals Gomersal meanwhile, have been handed a home tie for their first game of the season, when they take on Bradford side Bowling Old Lane.

After finishing in mid-table last season the Oxford Road men will be hoping for a winning start as they push for promotion.

Hartshead Moor, also of Division Two, have been granted a free week and instead begin their season on Saturday April 25 at Keighley.

Scholes’ first fixture in the JCT600 Bradford League sees them host Yeadon at New Popplewell Lane.

It is a first foray into the famous league for Scholes, who made a switch from the Central Yorkshire League following the 2014 season – and against relegated Yeadon they have a good chance of early league points.

In the second teams Division One Hanging Heaton begin their season with a tough away tie at Keighley.

But Heaton will be hoping for a winning start after an impressive 2014 campaign which saw them finish third.

Gomersal’s second string begin their Division Two season away at Bowling Old Lane. Whilst Cleckheaton’s second team host Scholes A at Moorend and Spen Victoria host last season’s basement club Bankfoot.

THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES Disability Squad enjoyed success at the Regional Special Olympics in Harrogate.

Nine members of the squad attended the competition and did well in their division races.

Joanne Kempley clinched two gold medals in the 50 metre breast stroke and 100 metre freestyle event – where she picked up a new personal best.

Teammate Aisling Connelly won a silver medal in the 50 metre breast stroke event, with Rebekah Hill collecting bronze medals in the 50 metre backstroke, with a new personal best, and the 50 metre freestyle.

There were also silver medals for Will Daniels in the 25 metre backstroke and 25 metre freestyle – both personal bests – with Lily Baird matching his feat with a pair of silvers.

She finished second in the 25 metre freestyle and swam a personal best on the way to her 25 metre backstroke podium finish.

Zoe Rank, Jack Drennan and Alwi Flaye all won bronze in the 25 metre backstroke, 25 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle events respectively.

Whilst Ruben Reuter swam two personal best times in his 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre breast stroke races.

Both the female and male relay teams swam fantastic races, with the girls securing a gold medal in the 4 x 25 metre freestyle relay and the boys bringing home a bronze in their race.

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RUGBY LEAGUE

MAROONS BLITZ BULLDOGS

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Trojans prepare for NCL season RUGBY LEAGUE

Dewsbury defeat Brotherton to reach next round of cup PENNINE PRESIDENTS CUP

BROTHERTON BULLDOGS DEWSBURY MOOR

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at Whale Jaw Playing Fields

DEWSBURY MOOR’S attacking machine clicked into gear as they produced a second-half rally at Brotherton to reach round two of the Pennine Presidents Cup. Having rested a number of young players for the following day’s under-18s BARLA Yorkshire Cup semi-final, Moor had been kept level early in the second half.

But a second stanza blitz saw them score 22 unanswered points to knock their Championship One rivals out of the league cup.

The half-back partnership of Dominic Flanagan and the experienced Peter Robinson proved too hot to handle for the Bulldogs.

And it was stand-off Flanagan’s deft kick which got second-rower Matt Shaw over for the opening try.

Flanagan added the conversion.

But the hosts replied immediately and a converted try brought them back level with 15 minutes on the clock.

In an end-to-end opening Jonjoe Fox’s break allowed second-rower Ashley Boddy to race in from close range for a 10-6 lead.

Brotherton countered and the Maroon and Golds were only saved when left winger Jack Clarkson defused a dangerous looking bomb, despite being under immense pressure.

But his heroics were shortlived as the home side went over for an equalising try, before converting for a 12-10 lead.

The versatile Bartley O’Brien –

playing at hooker – guided his troops around the park and good hit-ups from Jamie Samme, Phil Shotton and Danny Wardman kept the pressure on the hosts.

Their hard work soon paid off when Robinson and Flanagan linked up once more for the latter to dive over for a try.

The conversion drifted wide, but Dewsbury held a narrow advantage.

Moor kept up the attacks and Flanagan’s well-timed pass allowed speedy full-back Lewis Holliday to chime into the line for his first open age try, on debut.

The conversion was once again missed as Dewsbury went into half-time with an 18-12 lead.

Brotherton were soon celebrating upon the resumption as they ran in for a converted try to level the scores.

But their celebrations were

brief as Flanagan found the space to go over for a self-converted try to retake the lead.

Moor kept up the pressure and after Adam Barratt was held up short, Wardman blasted his way over for a try.

Samme took over the kicking duties to extend the visitors’ lead.

Moor weren’t about to relax and Robinson broke through before finding the supporting O’Brien who went the remaining 40 metres to touch down under the uprights.

Samme added the extra two.

A shell-shocked Brotherton could do little to stop the Moor attack and it was no surprise when Robinson sent the rampaging Alex Jeffs over for a final try.

The conversion was missed but Moor had won in style. They now take a three-week break from action, recommencing on Saturday January 3.

Moor fall at final hurdle in Yorkshire semi BARLA YORKSHIRE CUP SEMI-FINAL

LOCK LANE UNDER-18S DEWSBURY MOOR UNDER-18S

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A LATE fightback from Dewsbury Moor Under-18s wasn’t enough as they exited the BARLA Yorkshire Cup with a 14-12 semi-final loss at Lock Lane.

It was nip and tuck early on as both sides tested each other. But Lock Lane were the first to produce a gap as their second-rower went over for a converted try.

The visitors responded well as Cameron Bruce and Tom Kaye got their side moving forward, with support from George Croisdale and Bradley Foster.

Eventually the pressure told as Foster sent Croisdale over for a try and Jacob Flathers

levelled the scores with the conversion.

It was a tough battle up front and Jon Bowness, Jacob Crosswell, Tobias Richardson, Cain Croity and Caden Wilkinson put in some crunching tackles.

But the hosts made the most of having the sun at their backs and put in some high kicks which Moor failed to handle.

And it was from one such error that the Castleford side found the field position to race over for a second try. The goal was added for a 12-6 lead.

Moor thought they had got back level as the interval approached. Kaye and Croisdale linked up to send stand-off Kaye racing for the line, but he was held up by a desperate last-ditch tackle.

It was a chance that went begging which could have levelled the scores, but instead the visitors went in at half-time trailing by a

converted try.

It was a missed chance they would pay for as upon the resumption a penalty allowed Lock Lane to extend their lead to 14-6.

Dewsbury Moor realised they were staring down the barrel of defeat and threw everything into attack.

They went close through Liam Conway, Joe Longstaffe and John Bowness, before the pressure eventually told.

Bruce found Jordan Foster and he strode through the Lock Lane defence to touch down behind the goal posts. Flathers goaled to bring Moor within two points.

The Heckmondwike Road men pushed hard for the winner as Luke Sheridan attempted to break down the left.

But they had left it too late and the home side held on for the victory to secure a final showdown with West Hull.

MOVING ON: Thornhill will look to escape the Andrew Byram mud in the summer-based NCL THORNHILL TROJANS will warm up for their new National Conference League season with a pre-season fixture with Drighlington tomorrow (Sat).

The Trojans made a dramatic exit from the winter-based Pennine League last month, following a spate of departures from the league’s Premier Division.

They will embark on a new challenge in NCL Division Three next season, alongside former Premier Division rivals Drighlington, Wibsey Warriors and Hunslet Club Parkside (formerly Hunslet Old Boys).

And as part of their preparations they will take on Drighlington at Overthorpe Park, as the Leeds side prepare for the Yorkshire Cup Final.

The club will also be using the occasion to celebrate their winter season and to signify the start of a new era in the summer-based competition.

The presentation evening will see special awards handed out to players, coaches and those who have helped out throughout the season.

The event begins at 6pm in the Trojans clubhouse and entry is free.

Mirfield Stags’ sign-up success RUGBY LEAGUE

Boys make cup exit after Newsome thrashing BATLEY BOYS made an early exit in the PENNINE PRESIDENTS CUP after a 48-10 loss at Newsome Panthers in round one.

It was a third-successive loss for the Halifax Road men and they will be aiming to get back to winning ways tomorrow (Sat) as they travel to Morley Borough in CHAMPIONSHIP ONE. Shaw Cross Sharks failed to end West Leeds’

unbeaten run as they were beaten 52-18 in the ANDREW BENNETT MEMORIAL TROPHY. The league cup game was always a tough ask for the Sharks, who play in Division Two, against a side top of the Division One table. But they put in a brave display despite the one-sided scoreline.

The Leeds Road side are back in league action tomorrow (Sat) when they travel to the hills of

Huddersfield to take on table-toppers Underbank Rangers – who have only been defeated once in 10 outings this campaign.

DIVISION ONE side Ossett Trinity, without a game at the weekend, host Division Three high-flyers Woodhouse Warriors in the Andrew Bennett

Memorial Trophy tomorrow (Sat).

Dewsbury Celtic were gifted a walkover in the PENNINE SUPPLEMENTARY CUP round two as Wyke A failed to raise a team.

The Green and Whites travel to Eastmoor Dragons tomorrow (Sat) for a crucial DIVISION FOUR encounter.

A victory for Celtic could lift them clear of the relegation zone, but that

is a big ask against a Eastmoor side currently sitting second in the table.

Elsewhere, Hanging Heaton couldn’t field a side for their PENNINE SUPPLEMENTARY CUP clash at Doncaster Toll Bar A. It was something of a missed opportunity for the Dewsbury side who had every chance of progressing to round three against a team who play a division below them.

AVT’S Mitchell makes winning return from UFC MIXED MARTIAL ARTS DEWSBURY-TRAINED MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST Danny Mitchell returned from a stint in UFC to pick up a TKO victory in his hometown show at CSFC 10.

Doncaster’s CSFC held their 10th event at The Dome on Saturday, with local favourite Mitchell returning from a brief UFC foray to headline the show.

AVT’s Mitchell faced tough Welshman Kev Reed at the top of the bill, with Reed showing just how durable he is throughout.

Though he was always on the defence courtesy of Mitchell’s superior ground game, Reed battled to stay in the fight and wouldn’t quit.

However, in the second round Mitchell had Reed mounted and a barrage of elbows came down.

Reed beckoned his man on but the blows took their toll, cutting Reed open and forcing the referee to halt the fight after two minutes and seven seconds.

The victory means Mitchell is back to winning ways after coming up short on points in his two UFC outings in 2014.

Bradford Road-based gym AVT also enjoyed some excellent bouts on the supporting undercard.

Sam Wilkinson beat Iceland’s Bjarki Omarsson by a unanimous decision in an exciting battle in which he landed some good shots stood up and outgrappled his opponent.

It was a signal of intent for

Wilkinson, who is likely to turn professional next year.

Ricardo Franco defeated an experienced Dorian Baran with a dominant grappling display, beating him at his own game to clinch a unanimous decision.

Simon Stadnicki lost in a lightweight title fight. It was his first defeat and against a much more experienced MMA fighter.

Matt Hodgson also lost a very close decision to Iceland’s Thorir Sigursson.

Alex Thompson went up against a tough opponent in Joe Billington and won over the distance by unanimous decision, showing good ground skills throughout.

Jack Holt and Warren Mason had an exciting scrap while it lasted, with AVT’s Holt getting

submitted via kimura.

Dawid Zan was another AVT fighter who went up against a vastly more experienced opponent.

He showed great tenacity and durability to come from two rounds down and dominate the third, but it wasn’t enough as he lost the decision.

Adam Bramhald demolished Will Cairns easily to go unbeaten in 2014 and pick up two amateur titles.

Percy Hess registered his first AVT victory with a submission of Mike McGowan, whilst kickboxers Mark Fletcher and Martin Stocks both won their fights.

Boxer Scott Harper also picked up a good win against an opponent with 200 fights under his belt.

SIGNING ON: President Robbie Hunter-Paul THE official launch evening of newly-formed Mirfield Stags proved a huge success.

Last Friday close to 200 people packed into The Railway pub – the Stags’ base for 2015 – for an event which welcomed prospective players and the club’s supporters and sponsors.

Honorary president Robbie Hunter-Paul addressed the crowd, before introducing Richard Silverwood and Simon Hagger, Mirfield’s new coaching duo.

On the recruitment front the club secured the services of almost 30 players and that number is continuing to rise.

The Stags have attracted some notable names, with the bulk of the club’s squad hailing from Mirfield.

Officials have this week submitted an application for the club to join the RFL Yorkshire Men’s League for the coming season.

Those wishing to join the club, either as a volunteer member of staff or as a player, are asked to get in touch via e-mail: info@mirfieldstags.co.uk.

DEWSBURY BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS: Tuesday December 2 1 J Tomlinson and G Fishwick

2 S Smith and M Holt 3 M Belk and L Mallinson 4 T Johnson and J Bragg

WAGGA TAKES CHARGE Ex-Super League star Godwin gets coaching role

By Jared Priestley Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk

DEWSBURY RAMS captain Wayne Godwin will combine his playing role with a coaching position at the Tetley’s Stadium in 2015.

Godwin will join head coach Glenn Morrison and assistant Damien Gibson as the third member of the Rams’ first team coaching staff.

The former Castleford, Wigan, Bradford and Salford player recently re-signed with the club after an impressive first season with the Rams was cut short by injury.

Rams chairman Mark Sawyer said: “Wayne has a long-term aim to get into coaching and as a senior player and club captain he is already heading down that route.

“Adding him to the coaching team will get him into the back office set-up and directly involve him with the planning and video review work that goes on.

“He will also run his own drills in the training sessions and help with the overall development of the squad.

“We are hoping this will help fast-track Wayne into a coaching role when he finally calls time on a long and distinguished playing career.”

Elsewhere, the Rams have confirmed that the club will operate a reserve team in 2015, subject to confirmation of a competition structure by the RFL. The club had laid out plans to enter a second team into a newly-proposed competition earlier this year, and are now awaiting a full structure from the game’s governing body.

Following the club’s decision not to have a dual-registration partnership for 2015 this is the first time the club has fielded a reserve team for a number of years.

It is expected that there will be no age restriction on the competition, with games likely to start in late March/early April, although the club is already lining up a num-

COACHING BERTH: Wayne Godwin will combine playing with a coaching role at the Rams Steve Horsfall

ber of friendly fixtures to ensure that the whole squad is up to match fitness.

Further information on fixtures will be announced in due course.

Rams chairman Sawyer added: “We have been clear about our intentions to explore the option of a reserve team for a number of months now, but as a club we needed to gain reassurance from the RFL that a reserve competition would be worthwhile for us.

“We have since received those reassurances and are now happy to confirm our plans.

“The re-establishment of a reserve team will assist with the long-term development of the club’s younger players.

“It will also provide a practical exit route for young amateur players from the local area who are seeking a path into the professional game.”

The Rams reserve team will be coached by current first team player Jonathan Schofield.

The 24-year-old – who is the son of the former Great Britain captain Garry – will continue to be available to play for the first team squad.

Schofield signed for Dewsbury ahead of the 2012 season and has made 14 appearances since arriving at the club, scoring three tries and kicking a drop-goal.

Injuries and work commitments limited the half-back to just one appearance in 2014 enabling the player to start his coaching process by helping Morrison and the coaching team as well as scouring the local amateur game for emerging talent.

He will be taking extra exams in preparation or the role and first team chief Morrison believes that Schofield has a bright future in coaching.

He said: “Since I’ve coached Jonathan he’s not had much luck with injuries. He only ended up playing one game all last season and

didn’t even play in a friendly.

“But he’s had a positive attitude throughout all of that and probably has the best football brain at the club.”

In other club news, Dewsbury have announced the termination of their contract with kit manufacturers Zar-X Sports.

Following the provision of playing kits, training wear and supporters merchandise in 2014, the Rams took the decision to extend their contract with Zar-X by a further two years.

In return, Zar-X pledged delivery of the 2015 player and supporter kits in time for tomorrow’s open day (Sat), after the designs were approved by the club and the RFL. However, Zar-X has since failed to respond to club enquiries and, following discussion with two other Championships clubs who are also signed to the manufacturer and experiencing similar issues, the Rams have been led to draw the conclusion that Zar-X has ceased trading.

As a result, the club has acted swiftly to terminate its contract and strike a deal with another supplier, whose identity will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

A club spokesman said: “We are very disappointed with these series of events, which have left the club in a very difficult position.

“Our agreement with Zar-X was re-enforced by two further telephone calls at the start and in the middle of November.

“Unfortunately after that date communications became a big issue and a deadline was given to the company to respond to our enquiries.

“They failed to meet that deadline, so we have ended our relationship with Zar-X and moved quickly to secure a new supplier.

“Tomorrow’s open day will go ahead as planned and supporters will still be able to get an exclusive first look at the designs for the home and away shirts for 2015.”

The Rams are still hoping to secure stock of supporters’ replica shirts in time for Christmas, and will be taking orders on the day for collection as soon as they arrive.

Bulldogs get new look with 2015 kit launch BATLEY BULLDOGS revealed their squad numbers for the 2015 season at last Friday’s kit launch in the Ron Earnshaw Lounge.

The new home jersey was on display, with new signing Shaun Ainscough modelling it for the attending supporters.

Although Bulldogs head coach John Kear said that fans should not read too much into the squad numbers, a number of new players were handed shirts in the starting line-up.

New full-back James Craven will take over Miles Greenwood’s number one jersey from last season after signing from Keighley.

Former Whitehaven duo Ainscough and Cain Southernwood have been assigned the number three and six shirts respectively, whilst the returning Keegan Hirst picked up the vacated number eight shirt.

Former Super League star Ainscough has been eyed up for a spot in the centres, despite play-

ing much of his rugby on the wing, and he will link up with speedster Wayne Reittie in what looks like an exciting wing-centre partnership.

For Southernwood a half-back link-up with scrum-half Scott Leatherbarrow is on the cards.

Leatherbarrow, who is returning from a knee clean-out operation, is expected to be fit for the traditional Heavy Woollen Boxing Day derby.

Fellow new signings Brad Day and Brad Hey (both from Castleford) have been given the numbers 23 and 24 respectively.

Head coach John Kear said: “The kit launch was really well attended and the players certainly enjoyed mixing with the fans and the supporters enjoyed meeting the players, especially the new signings.

“We have learnt from our mistakes in terms of the squad.

“We went down the wrong route with recruitment last season, but this year we have more quantity

but also we have more quality too.

“It bodes well for the challenge that lies ahead. I think it is the biggest challenge that Batley have ever faced so we need a strong healthy squad.

“I have taken a punt by putting Shaun Ainscough at centre, but he could end up on the wing or fullback.

“But I have no doubt he can play in any of those positions at this level.

“It is vital that we have depth in the squad, we need to be able to rest and rotate players and pick on form.”

A number of trial players are still training with the club, but have not been issued with squad numbers.

However, Kear admits he has been impressed and says fans can expect to see the amateur stars in pre-season action.

Meanwhile, former Batley favourite Danny Maun is set to coach the Heavy Woollen Select side who will face the Bulldogs in

a pre-season friendly on Sunday January 25, 2015.

The team will be formed from the best amateur players in the district and will come together for the first time tomorrow (Sat) under the guidance of Maun, Dudley Hill coach Danny Thomas and Birstall Victoria’s Richard Hunter.

An initial squad of 25 will be narrowed down to 20, before taking on Kear’s side as part of their preseason build-up.

Maun – who made over 250 appearances at Mount Pleasant – has opted for a number of young local players including Thornhill duo Joel Gibson and Mindaugas Bendikas, alongside George Croisdale and James Delaney of Dewsbury Moor.

The former Batley stalwart has also selected a quartet of experienced players in Aidie Moore and Andy Robinson (Dewsbury Moor), Brendan Sheridan (Birstall Victoria) and Andy Burland (Shaw Cross).

NEW DOG: Shaun Ainscough models the Bulldogs 2015 home shirt