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By David Miller News Reporter davidmiller@thepressnews.co.uk

PLANS for a new supermarket in Mirfield were broadly welcomed after a public consultation this week.

Discount retailer Lidl want to sell their existing store and move across Station Road to the vacant former Veolia Water site.

The scheme was outlined at Trinity Methodist Church on Huddersfield Road on Tuesday night.

Earlier this year Asda pulled out of building a new megastore and petrol station on the same site.

Lidl’s proposal is more modest – though still twice the size of their existing premises.

Mayor of Mirfield Coun Vivien Lees-Hamilton (Con,

Hopton) said: “The Veolia site has been neglected for too long and is a magnet for vandals.

“There’s been criticism from people who say Mirfield needs a new doctor’s surgery.

“But neither Kirklees nor the town council own the land. All we have is planning control.”

She accepts that some shopkeepers also raised fears but added Lidl is already a long-established Mirfield business.

Coun Lees-Hamilton said: “I hadn’t realised until now they’ve been here for as long as 18 years.

“When this site was for Asda that would have stretched competition too far in that you would have had them, Lidl, the Co-op and shopkeepers.

“Lidl has been local to Mirfield for a long time and their plan aims to improve conditions for their existing shoppers.”

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Mayor, Coun Vivien Lees-Hamilton Town councillors were told at a meeting last week there would be one lorry delivery a day to the new store.

Coun Lees-Hamilton said: “They’ll also not need to put in the traffic lights that Asda required.

“I’m glad about that because the last thing Station Road needs is another set of lights.”

The supermarket will be limited to 1,600 staple items and there will be no in-store retailers, such as a newsagents or dry cleaners.

A planning application to Kirklees Council is expected within weeks.

Work could start as early as summer next year and be finished by Easter 2017.

The new store would create up to 20 full and part-time jobs and boast a 148-bay car park.

It is believed Lidl may sell their existing store, considered cramped and lacking in staff facilities, to a care home developer.

Coun Lees-Hamilton was impressed by the public event and said: “Lidl had clearly thought things

through, which is a welcome and refreshing change.

“I was a bit surprised at the short notice, but they did at least post a flyer to every household, and I know because I received one.

“Overall I see the scheme as positive. The town council has no negative views or worries at all.”

A spokesman for the supermarket chain said: “Lidl are looking to provide a bigger and better store for Mirfield to replace its existing store on Station Road .... which suffers from a lack of trading space, parking and staff facilities.

“The new store will increase the amount of trading space to provide the same Lidl product lines but in greater quantity and within a better environment.

“The new store will also benefit from almost double the number of parking spaces, enabling a better customer experience.”

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Friday October 30, 2015 Care Home, Ravensthorpe, aged 76. Service at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, Tuesday 3 November at 11.15am.

SUMMERSCALES Jean (nee Morley) On 22 October, of Batley, aged 72. Wife of the late Bernard.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 2 November at 1.15pm.

Deaths ATKINS nee Hartley Ann Elizabeth On 27 October, of Gomersal, aged 68. Funeral enquiries to George Brooke, 01924 454476.

BENTLEY Shaun Michael On 23 October, aged 59, of

Mirfield. Requiem Mass at St Paulinus RC Church, Dewsbury, Monday 9 November at 2pm.

BROMLEY Gordon On 24 October, of Batley and Morley, aged 80. Husband of Shirley. Service at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, Friday 6 November at 2.20pm.

BROWN Peter (Bomber) On 25 October, aged 80 of Norristhorpe. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 2 November at 10.30am.

CLOUGH Ernest Joseph On 25 October, aged 90, of Thornhill. Husband of the late Irene. Service at Thornhill Baptist Church, Wednesday 11 November at 12 noon.

COATES nee Walker Margaret On 20 October, formerly of Thornhill Lees, aged 83. Wife of the late Herbert. Funeral enquiries to George Brooke, tel 01924 454476.

COOPER Molly On 23 October, aged 89, of Birstall. Wife of the late George. Funeral enquiries to Bollands, tel 01924 472178.

GIDDINGS Susan On 26 October, of Batley Carr,

aged 67. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 3 November at 2pm.

HARDCASTLE nee Hamilton Lily On 23 October, of Ossett, aged 98. Wife of the late Leonard.

Service at Salvation Army Hall, Batley, on Monday 2 November at 2.15pm.

HARGREAVES Peter On 26 October, aged 68.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 9 November at 1.15pm.

HEAPS Susan Elizabeth On 26 October, of Dewsbury.

Wife of Graham. Service Friday 6 November at 14.45 at Dewsbury Evangelical Church.

HINCHCLIFFE Donald On 21 October, of Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, aged 84.

Husband of Joan. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 3 November at 10.30am.

LAFFEY Michael John On 23 October, aged 77, of Cleckheaton. Husband of Angela. Service at St Peter’s Church, Hartshead, Monday 9 November at 11.15am.

LONGBOTTOM Philip On 23 October, of Gomersal, aged 81. Husband of Marjorie.

Service at Parkwood Crematorium, Elland, Friday 6 November at 11.15am.

POWELL (nee Turton) Muriel Doreen On 21 October, aged 89.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 4 November at 2pm.

SENIOR (nee Ellerby, formerly Sowerby) Margaret On 24 October, aged 95, of Mirfield. Service at Huddersfield Crematorium, Friday 6 Nov at 12.30pm.

SHILLITO (nee Mitchell) Mavis On 22 October, of Blossom

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SYKES David Ellis On 23 October, aged 72, of Mirfield. Husband of Eileen.

Service at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, Monday 9 November at 12noon.

UDALL Anthony On 24 October, aged 79.

Husband of Sheila and the late Christine. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 5 November at 1.15pm.

VOAKES Martin On 25 October, aged 61, of Ossett. Husband of Carol.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 4 November at 11.15am.

WALLER Geoffrey Ernest On 24 October, of Batley, aged 78. Husband of Molly. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 3 Nov at 1.15pm.

WALTON Lucy (nee Bell) On 23 October, aged 93, of Thornhill. Wife of the late Arthur. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 5 November at 11.15am.

OAP victim of roof conmen CONMEN tricked an elderly Cleckheaton woman into handing money over for ‘roof repairs’ last Wednesday.

Three men targeted the 84-year-old victim’s home on Mount Gardens at around 9.30am.

One of them claimed her roof needed fixing and quoted a price, which she did not have enough money in the house to pay.

They said they would take her to a bank to withdraw cash but she refused the offer.

Instead she paid an undisclosed sum as a deposit – but the men never returned after leaving in a white van.

Det Con Shaun Topham, of Kirklees CID, said: “Two of the men walked around the property ‘inspecting’ the building.

“The men then spent some time talking to the victim trying to encourage her to hand over her money.

“The victim did the right thing in asking the men to come back later when she would have a family member with her.”

One suspect is described as white, in his mid-30s, about 5ft 8ins tall, slim, dark curly hair and was wearing dark blue overalls.

Another is white, in his 20s, blond hair, shorter and larger and was wearing white overalls. The third man, also white, is older than the other two.

Det Con Topham appealed for witnesses and also warned people to be on the guard against fraudsters.

Anyone with information about this offence or the men involved can call Kirklees CID on 101.

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Cold case murder cops seek couple Man and woman lived with ‘disappeared’ Bruce Gapper

By Staff Reporters A HUNT is under way for two people who shared a house in Dewsbury Moor with a man who disappeared 16 years ago.

Bruce Gapper, then aged 40, was reported missing from his home on Groves Hall Road on March 16 1999.

Earlier this year police announced they are now treating his disappearance as a murder enquiry – which led to fresh details coming to light.

As a result officers want to speak with two people who lived with Mr Gapper in the year before he vanished.

The first person is a woman who was in her mid-30s when she lived at his address in 1998.

She is described as tall, slim,

with dark, wavy, shoulder-length hair and is also said to have been well-spoken.

The other person is a man called Fraser who lived with Mr Gapper for a few months in 1998.

He was in his early 20s at the time, about 5ft 7ins tall, thin, with dark brown hair and he wore a full-length black leather coat or a blue RAF-style overcoat.

The man frequented the the Frontier nightclub in Batley, where Mr Gapper also went, and he may have worked in the Manchester area.

Det Chief Insp Mark McManus, of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “We are keen to identify this man and woman.

“We believe they may be able

VANISHED: Bruce Gapper

to assist us in to our ongoing enquiries into Bruce’s disappearance.

“We understand they both lived with Bruce temporarily at

separate times during the year before he was reported missing.”

Mr Gapper was reported missing after failing to turn up for work on March 15 1999.

The last confirmed sighting was the day before that, Sunday March 14 1999, when a neighbour saw him unloading shopping from his car at around 1.30pm.

His car was found at the junction of Castle Hill Side and Lumb Lane near the Castle Hill Monument in Huddersfield.

Mr Gapper’s bank card was used after he was last seen, in Heckmondwike, then near Southport and later in the Morley area.

Anyone with information about the two housemates can call Det Chief Insp McManus on 01924 334605.

Details can also be passed in confidence to charity CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111.

Mosque plan for mills CHANGE OF PLANS: Seven of the Healey Mills units are occupied

PLANS for a new Islamic education centre in Batley which could see the closure of a number of businesses are to be discussed by councillors today (Friday).

Two vacant units at the Healey Mills complex, on Healey Lane, are wanted for a prayer room and children’s classroom.

The applicants from the Healey Islamic Trust also want to convert the current hand car wash below the mills complex into a car park. They have agreed to pay £450,000 for the site.

A report put to Kirklees Council’s Heavy Woollen planning sub-committee recommends conditional approval. But objections including two petitions, with 78 and 168 signatures, have been received.

They highlight a potential threat to seven businesses which lease other units at the mill complex.

Four of these are joinery firms and there are also engineering and biodiesel outfits plus a car mechanic.

Two more of the 24 units in total are occupied, including as storage for a band, but the rest are vacant, some for up to five years.

The report said the empty units were marketed for employment use, though not extensively, but to no avail.

It added that the site owner believes there is no reasonable prospect of the vacant units being let for business use.

Leases for the seven tenants end in two years, which would coincide with a planned second phase for the Islamic education centre.

In the first stage the planned new mosque,

News in Brief Drunk on rampage DEWSBURY: An alcoholic abused a paramedic trying to help him – and when arrested he assaulted police.

Ismail Mehbub, 23, of The Sidings, Savile Town, was being treated for a head wound in the street while drunk. He later spat at two detention officers, hit one on the chest and the other to his head.

Mehbub admitted at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court to being drunk and disorderly and two counts of assault. He was given a 12-month community order which includes 100 hours of unpaid work and was told to pay was also told to pay £395 in costs and compensation.

MP’s tampon VAT bid DEWSBURY & MIRFIELD: MP Paula Sherriff was involved in a heated national radio debate about VAT on tampons.

Miss Sherriff went up against political commentator Julia Hartley-Brewer on BBC Radio 2 with presenter Vanessa Feltz refereeing. Miss Sherriff tabled an amendment to a finance bill in a bid to make the “zero-rating” of tampons part of an EU renegotation package.

Gangs in ram attack BATLEY: A taxi driver got caught up in a suspected gang dispute when his car was rammed on Field Lane at 7.20pm on Tuesday.

A passenger who got out of the taxi was assaulted by a gang of men, who then fled. The other vehicle, a black Nissan Navara pick-up, was found burnt out in Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, at around 9pm that night.

Det Insp Stef Wiseman, of Kirklees CID, said the victim has not yet come forward to police. She encouraged him or anyone with information to call Kirklees CID on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

with a capacity for 50 people, would be open for prayers from 4am to 11pm daily.

The classroom, for up to 30 children, would open from 5pm to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 12noon on Saturdays.

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Dewsbury trader had mujahideen manual

Keep fit – like jihadi warrior

By Staff Reporters A MAN convicted for making notes about mujahideen training was warned he faces jail.

Adeel Amjad, 35, of Dewsbury, was found unanimously guilty of a terrorism offence by a Leeds Crown Court jury on Wednesday.

He claimed that he copied details of physical exercises used by jihadi fighters as he wanted to lose weight.

Amjad, of Headfield Road, Savile Town, was granted conditional bail after sentencing was adjourned for reports.

Judge Peter Collier QC said: “The fact I am giving you bail and asking for a report is no indication the sentence will not be custodial.

“That will be the starting point in my mind on December 11, but the final sentence will depend on everything I am told on that day.”

Amjad was convicted of possessing a record containing information likely to be useful to a person commit-

ting or preparing an act of terrorism.

The details were in a notebook found in a wardrobe in the bedroom of his home in a police search on November 5 2013.

Amjad has run a jewellers shop in Dewsbury for 17 years and a hotel in Leeds for five years. He denied the terrorism charge but a jury of eight men and four women took under four hours to reach the unanimous verdict.

Judge Collier said: “Offences of this nature are at the lower end of these type of offences. Not all people are sent to prison for this type of offence and I will need to consider that in due course.”

Brett Weaver, prosecuting, told the court police visited Amjad’s home on an unrelated matter.

But during a search, notes titled ‘Commander of Mujahideen’ were found along with other documents in clear plastic wallets.

Exercises included carrying 20kg for four hours and running 3km in no more than 13and-a-half minutes.

Other documents made ref-

erence to jihad, which Mr Weaver said suggested they were not part of a keep fit regime.

Amjad said he was often handed documents in the area where he lived, some of which he kept for research.

He claimed the exercises were given to him at Dewsbury Sports Centre’s gym by a man Amjad knew only as Shiraz and he had no idea where they came from.

He made a handwritten copy and told the court he believed they could be another way of keeping fit. But Amjad said after copying them he put them away at home and forgot about them.

Mr Weaver said the notes would be useful for somebody preparing for combat “arising from jihad”.

He also suggested to Amjad in cross-examination that mujahideen fighters needed to be fit to carry out jihad.

“I suppose so,” replied Amjad. “But it was not part of my plan, it was not something I would look into at all, I never had any intention of doing anything terrorist related.”

Ronley calls time at crematorium A MAN who has helped bereaved families across the district for 40 years is retiring from his job at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium.

Ronley Day is stepping down as chapel attendant, a job in which he greets funeral parties, arranges flowers, cards and music for ceremonies. Ronley also operates the cremators and trains new staff. He plans to enjoy his retirement gardening and spending time at the coast in his caravan.

Dewsbury Moor Crematorium has undergone a number of improvements recently, includinig a £260,000 refurbishment last year.

Cabinet member for bereavement services Coun Cathy Scott (Lab, Dewsbury East) paid tribute to Ronley. She said: “Working in bereavement services requires a special kind of person with compassion, resilience and dedication. The people visiting the crematorium are often experiencing one of the most difficult days of their life.

“It’s therefore incredibly important that everything is done to make their experience as pleasant as possible. I’d like to thank Ronley on behalf of the council and wish him all the best in his retirement.”

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Humble story of Celtic war hero Joe Breheney

By David Miller A FORMER Dewsbury Celtic player honoured for bravery is one of those buried in a war grave at the town’s cemetery.

Joe Breheney was part of the 1913-14 side which won the Heavy Woollen District Intermediate League Cup. In early 1917 Joe, aged 24, won the Military Medal for his efforts at BeaumontHamel in northern France during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme. His life has been documented by the New Friends of Dewsbury Cemetery for their “Not Just A Name” project.

Having survived a battle which claimed more than 1 million lives, Joe died at home on October 31 1918 due to complications from influenza. His discharge papers from January 1918 noted that despite losing his left arm at the shoulder in battle his physical condition at the time was “excellent”.

Tragically Joe’s brother James and 69-year-old father Hugh died in the same week, also from influenza.

According to cemetery group research, Joe, who

lived in Boothroyd Lane, was one of the town’s many unsung war heroes.

Born in September 1892, he joined the army special reserve for a seven-year term in 1910 aged 17. He went to war with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in August 1914. He worked his way to lance-corporal and then sergeant with his close friend, Dewsbury’s Victoria Cross winner John Willie Ormsby.

Having served gallantly at

Beaumont-Hamel, Joe was discharged from the army in 1917 at the end of his term.

But he re-enlisted in June of that year having become disenchanted with life outside the army.

Within weeks he was back on the front line and lost his arm due to artillery fire in Belgium in October 1917.

There was intense fighting near Nieuport from June of that year that Joe was involved in.

At the time he wrote a letter to local newspapers which highlighted the brutal nature of the conflict.

Part of it read: “I am expecting my furlough (leave) any time now. I am waiting patiently and by the help of God my chance will come soon.

“We had it hot on Sunday.

The Germans tried to blow our trenches up, but they failed in the attempt and we gave them something to go on with.

“I think it is about time some of us who have been out here so long were sent home and some of the ‘knowalls’ at home sent to take our places. It would break the hearts of some of them.”

Children join memorial project A POPPY laying ceremony will be held at Dewsbury Cemetery featuring children from three schools.

Westborough High, St Paulinus Primary and St John’s Infants are set to take part in the event at 1.30pm on Friday November 6.

They will help lay a poppy at each war grave in a ceremony attended by dignitaries.

Rev Kathy Robertson, of St John’s Church, Dewsbury Moor, will give a short service.

There will also be a standard bearer and the sounding of the Last Post.

It is part of a project called “Not Just A Name” organised by the New Friends of Dewsbury Cemetery, telling the story of each

person buried in a war grave . Details will be published on the group’s website.

Chairman Simon Reed said: “We hope to reveal the stories of the people who fought and died through, or as a result of, warfare.

“It is essential that people know, respect and remember the lives of the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in both world wars.”

A new memorial is also planned for the cemetery.

All are welcome to attend the ceremony.

For biographies of war veterans at Dewsbury Cemetery see http://newfdc.co.uk/notjust aname.html.

Fraud suspect A HUNT is continuing for a Cleckheaton man wanted in connection with an alleged fraud.

Jacques Lien Bayiha, who is believed to have links to London and France, may have moved to the Bradford area in March.

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

News in Brief BIRSTALL: MP Jo Cox holds a drop-in surgery for constituents at the library from 10am to 12noon tomorrow (Sat). Today the Market Street venue hosts a Halloween walk themed around the children’s picture book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. Fancy dress is encouraged.

The event runs from 10am to 12noon and booking is essential on 01924 326227.

BATLEY: Christmas gifts will be on sale at an annual craft fair in aid of Kirkwood Hospice. The charity’s Batley and Birstall Support Groups hosts the event at Batley Town Hall from 10am to 4pm on Saturday November 7. Stalls are still available, for details call Helen Wall on 01924 476566.

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James Bond has the answers to all our problems CAME home from the movies on Monday night and was in two minds whether to switch the car engine off halfway down the lane and freewheel silently into the drive, or just crash the Merc straight through the front door at 70mph.

Did I pick the lock and try the stealth entry, or dive through the bay window?

(Given that it’s double glazed, I’d probably bounce back into the wife’s prize rhododendron – not a good look for a double-oh secret agent).

So I just drove up as normal and used my front door key. When I edged into the living room with my hands clasped together and fingers pointing in a juvenile imitation of a Walther PPK, the dog just raised an eyebrow, farted and went back to sleep.

I couldn’t be bothered making a vodka martini – neither shaken nor stirred – so just poured a glass of vino collapso instead.

I loved the new James Bond movie, Spectre, by the way. A complete hoot.

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Ernst Blofeld A word in your ear, however. I don’t have a problem with 007 hurtling down a mountain in a ski suit, then the next minute seeing him fighting it out to the death with an evil monster on a train in the middle of the Sahara, wearing a white dinner jacket and dickie bow … and then getting off the train, unscathed, wearing a slick Savile Row business suit.

Mrs L frets more about where Bond bought and laun-

dered his wardrobe, than whether he gets the girl and kills the baddie.

So if you get worked up wondering how our hero gets from Mexico City, up an Alpine mountain, into Tangier and back to London faster than Scotty can beam up Captain Kirk, then maybe you should stay home and watch Downton Abbey.

Or Emmerdale. There’s a slice of real life for you.

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood watch James Bond. And who cares if, according to Ian Fleming, he was Scottish. For 007 it’s Great Britain, Queen and country every time.

Come to think of it, that stunty SNP quisling, Nicola Sturgeon has the look of a Bond villain – Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love.

It might solve a lot of problems if we put Daniel Craig in the same room as her. Any self-respecting Bond would rather feel poorly than feel Nicola, so with no prospect of romance, maybe he could drop kick her from a high window.

UST last week Prime Minister David Cameron was barking on yet again about tackling grassroots Muslim extremism and looking at throwing more money at useless stunts by way of instilling ‘British values’.

He won’t find any shortage of the usual ‘moderate’ suspects, willing to pocket the dosh and tell him and his Old Etonian idiots what they want to hear. Oh look, is that Sayeeda and Shahid standing

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in line, waiting patiently for their turn at the front of the money queue?

Dave. I have a better idea for instilling British values (whatever that’s supposed to mean when it’s at home) in young British Muslims.

Start showing James Bond films in school, from the age of five or six. If they watch one a term, by the time they hit puberty they’ll be wanting a martini shaker or an Aston Martin for Christmas instead of a prayer mat, while perhaps dreaming that Savile Town’s young women get rid of the burkha and go for something a little more figure hugging.

Patriotic, loyal, courageous, with a masculine sense of (slightly mysoginistic) valour towards women, Bond is probably a symbol of Empire that sends Politically Correct feminazis bonkers.

But I’ll tell you what, as a representation of what most British men and women would like to think our country stands for, he beats the living daylights out of soppy, spineless caricatures like

Cameron, Osborne and Boris.

And is it just me, or does Tony Blair actually wear the haunted, war-criminal look of a Bond villain these days?

I’m surprised that the eternally bleating equality lobby hasn’t demanded that the Bond franchise be censored out of existence yet, based on its red-meat, jingoistic approach to filmmaking.

It can only be a matter of time, because we can forget showing Bond movies to youngsters. I read only this week that children as young as five will be demonised as sexist and racist if they say words like “sissy” in the playground, or use expressions like “man up”.

Guidance is being despatched to schools, some of which have already created squads of girls to report inappropriate language back to teachers. Didn’t Hitler get started like that?

The humourless feminist crones driving this horse manure won’t even ‘get’ the irony of their Stalinistic behaviour. Where’s James Bond when you need him?

Madness and stupidity abounds ’M NOT surprised to hear that In fact, being a fully documentplans to open Europe’s doors ed and trained pedigree retriever, to 75 million Turkish citizens Arthur’s probably better qualified have been described as “borto lead a political party than dering on insanity”.

Corbyn the Clown.

There’s no ‘bordering’ about Still, on the bright side, it’ll it. It’s barking mad. You might as soon be Christmas – and after well give the keys to the city of that we can look forward to the London to the Gulf State clocks going forward and a long, sheikhs. (What’s that? We have? hot English summer...

But we got a good price for it?

Mustn’t grumble!

Oh, that’s alright then...)

We’re giving the French and OVED the story about an Chinese our nuclear power proAmerican citizen writing to Smarter ... Rt Hon gramme, David Cameron is panthe Queen and asking her to Arthur Lockwood icking because the EU’s leaders take the United States back have him clasped by the short under British rule. Even better and curlies, and the only serious political was the deadpan reply from Buckingham opposition to him, Labour leader Jeremy palace, asserting that while the gentleman’s Corbyn, is a towering intellectual whose sum views “have been noted” there could be “no educational achievements we now learn were question of the Queen intervening in the two ‘E’ grades at A level. affairs of another sovereign state”.

If you are out of touch with what an E grade My message to Homer K Huckleberry, or at A level means, put it like this: My Labrador whoever wrote the letter, would be to get in pal Arthur would probably sit an exam and line. I wish Her Maj would empty all of our get one, if only we could sew him a thumb on impostors out of Westminster first and put her so that he could hold a pen. generals in charge of Whitehall.

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I’m dying to ‘treat’ the killer NHS PSSST. All you NHS-lovers. I hope you don’t contract prostate cancer any time soon.

At least not if you’re English. Scotland’s okay.

There, you’ll get treatment to extend your lifespan 22 months longer than a soft-headed Englishman who’s happy to pay first-class taxes to be treated as a second-class citizen.

We get used to Scots being feasted with English-bought privileges, but it’s not the case with the prostate cancer drug Docetaxel. We have it in England. Cheap, too.

It’s just that our NHS busybodies refuse to prescribe it until the scientific findings have been appropriately published.

So while prostate cancer patients die, that NHS you love is busy ticking boxes and waiting for a medical journal to find room for a clinical study and get round to booking a print slot.

Health care free at the point of delivery is one thing. The broken bureaucracy that is the NHS quite something else.

What is a Health Secretary for, if not to slap sense into these idiots?

YOU won’t have heard of Graham Wilman. He set up a charity to help sex abuse survivors, with an interesting focus on damaged souls who aren’t even sure they’ve been abused.

Wilman’s speciality – he has no medical or scientific background by the way – is to take fragile souls and bombard them with explicit stories of his own abuse. He calls it ‘unreconstructed therapeutic disclosure’ and says it encourages them to recall their horrors.

Slap my thigh, but Wilman has been lurking around the ‘victims’ who have had the Met Police wetting themselves with giddy excitement at the prospect of locking up half the Cabinet and House of Lords, but so far haven’t been able to find evidence of a single offence.

Wilman calls it therapy. Some people would call it abuse.

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PEDAL POWER SEVEN cyclists raised more than £1,000 for a cancer centre by completing a 30-mile sponsored ride.

Parishioners from the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints in Dewsbury pedalled to chapels in Bradford, Morley and Wakefield. A cheque for £1,082 was handed over to the Yorkshire Cancer Centre at St James’s Hospital in Leeds last week.

The cyclists were Philip Kettlewell, Bishop Andrew Sutton, Mike Tilley, James Wallace, Andrew Longley, president Mike Siswick and Elder Anderson.

Pictured is Bishop Andrew Sutton (left) and James Wallace (right) presenting a cheque to a representative of the Yorkshire Cancer Centre.

Talks follow strike by hospital staff

By David Miller STRIKE action by underpressure staff brought hospital bosses to the table, a union official has claimed.

Jim Bell, of Unison, said no more industrial action would be taken for a month while the sides seek a compromise.

The row concerns new rotas for medical laboratory assistants at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. It is claimed the system, also brought in for biomedical scientists, could put patients at risk.

A week-long strike which affected Dewsbury District Hospital ended last Tuesday.

Mr Bell said: “We won’t call any further strikes for a

month while we enter a joint working party with management to discuss outline proposals.”

Potential measures include extra staff and a revised rota to smooth out peaks in demand. Also clerical workers could handle paperwork so medical laboratory assistants have more time to prepare patient samples for testing.

Previous talks broke down when Mid Yorkshire were accused of trying to plug gaps with locums on zero-hours contracts.

Mr Bell said: “Our disappointment is that the trust failed to engage with us before the strike.

“Had they done so there

wouldn’t have been a strike – and that’s the sad thing about this situation.

“But the trust has realised medical laboratory assistants are an important and vital cog in the pathology department.

“Now that we’ve gained their attention we hope we can bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion.”

He added the strike saw a 100 per cent turnout from 18 medical laboratory assistants across the trust for the full seven-day strike.

Kevin Oxley, Mid Yorkshire’s director of operations, said: “Discussions continue with the unions and we are working together to reach a final agreement.”

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They’re fighting to save services Dear Sir, Since the General Election in May this year we have had Paula Sherriff, Labour MP for Dewsbury, and also Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley.

I have met both young women who are full-time MPs and are doing everything they can to help this dreadfully deprived area.

I met Jo Cox at Batley Cricket Club with the 38 Degrees group a couple of weeks ago.

Jo told us she had been out with a Cleckheaton doctor for the day, and had also done a shift at Dewsbury Hospital and had met Stephen Eames, chief executive of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS

Your council needs you, pt 2 From: Derek Cartwright, Soothill, Batley Dear Sir, The argument that questions whether 458 houses should be built in Soothill is part of the same argument about the other

Letter of the Week: Wendy Senior, Dewsbury Trust, where she explained to him the difficulties which the rise in parking charges were having on people. I know Paula has been doing the same.

I look back at the last five years where I spent nearly every first Saturday of the month asking Simon Reevell MP to stop the downgrade of Dewsbury Hospital.

houses in the new Kirklees Local Plan, where they want you to comment from early November.

You might be thinking it is too difficult, but I think you can still make a difference.

Here I just want to point out the one issue I have been writing about for over a decade. This is the simple, fundamental flaw that keeps going through the plans.

So it’s wake-up time for

He would not agree.

I know there were more people asking him the same question, Simon told everyone to leave it to the clinicians; he did nothing to stop the downgrade.

Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust will have to make savings; it worries me they will not be making them at Pinderfields or Pontefract, the PFI

Labour councillors and those lazy ones who don’t read council reports.

The trouble with the plans and employment figures is that there are more than one set. The simple ones we can all look at were in local libraries.

I’ll just state a couple of figures from them. In 2002 151,995 were employed in Kirklees, on last year’s sheet it was 145,700 – so employment was down.

hospitals, they will come from Dewsbury Hospital.

My husband refused to go to Pinderfields for an eye appointment, though he had to wait three months to see a consultant at Dewsbury Hospital; there was also an hour’s delay for appointment times.

I wonder how this affects parking charges?

If more people refuse to go to Pinderfields and ask for appointments at Dewsbury we may be able to keep more services there.

We are going to have lots of houses built in this area, so surely we need a good hospital in Dewsbury to serve them.

This is the complicated bit. In the old plan, the council did not use, or even refer to their Fact Sheet figures (and still don’t!) – our council used something called the Regional Econometric Model.

And to make things worse, in 2011 they used percentages to look at current and future employment.

There were three figures on page 22 that I want to point out – a current, 2011 figure of 22%, an REM forecast for 2026 of 15% and Kirklees assumption of 22%.

Using the Fact Sheets in 2002 it was 25% in manufacturing and last year 16%. I have seen evidence to show this figure is projected to fall.

It is even more complicated because if we look at the Census figures and jobs we see in 2001 151,964 and 2011 166,934 ... the difference is largely down to the number of people who commute to work.

In 2011, Kirklees ignored what was happening in employment, they looked at the population projections (which they had been underestimating) and then stated they need more 37,533 jobs by 2028 for its population projection.

To me this is the flaw in the plan! The council states what it would like to happen, not what the evidence is showing.

Let’s turn to where we are ... the September 2014 Kirklees Demographic Analysis and Forecasts report still uses a ‘jobsled REM’ employment figure for Yorkshire and the region, and here the population growth is linked to various jobs growth figures, 10,375 from 2013 to 2031, or 18,262, or then 22,125 jobs.

Then if Kirklees cannot generate jobs or even more people do not commute out of the area than simply its population figures cannot be supported based on its evidence. Do you believe based on what we are seeing around us? Has Kirklees being creating jobs over the past 10 years, will current trends in employment in Kirklees continue, and will so many people come to live in Kirklees to commute out of Kirklees?

Yet there is more when you look at the wage level of Kirklees workers! I state that Labour in Kirklees are ‘employment deniers’!

This is my simple objection to the plan: I don’t believe the

Jo Cox MP employment growth figures. The evidence from Kirklees’ Fact Sheets, part of the evidence, does not support it!

Undermining democracy?

From: Michael Hutchinson, Mirfield Dear Sir, The Press should not be looking for someone to “blame” for calling for by-elections to Mirfield Town Council.

I did not do so because I respect the democratic rights of whoever did call for them.

To criticise anyone for exercising their right to call for a byelection is to undermine democracy.

It was wrong last week to place inverted commas around The Press’s headline about blame because it gave the misleading impression that I or Mirfield Labour Party had used that word. We had not done so.

Local Conservatives may be

Continued on page 9

PLANNING APPLICATIONS Heritage Country Homes Ltd, Mock Hall Farm, 59 Leeds Road, Mirfield, alterations and extensions to barn, stable and former farm shop with accommodation to form three dwellings, alterations and extensions to stable, weavers cottages, farmhouse and barn, erection of two garages, and demolition of several farm buildings (Listed Building).

J Gillam, adjacent to 12 Westfield Court, Mirfield, detached dwelling.

S Karim, 18 Myrtle Avenue, Ravensthorpe, two-storey rear and single storey front extensions.

D Richardson, 624 Halifax Road, Hightown, external flue and alterations.

Mr & Mrs D Brooke, 10 Liversedge Hall Lane, Liversedge, two-storey and single-storey rear extension to form annex accommodation associated with 10 Liversedge Hall Lane, erection of detached garage to front garden and demolition of existing singlestorey rear extensions and double garage.

Nessa Asset Management Ltd, Thornfield, 40 Prospect Lane, Birkenshaw, demolition of existing dwelling and erection of five detached dwellings with associated site works.

P Verity, 12 Hollybank Avenue, Upper Batley, electric sliding gate.

SWY (NHS) Trust, Ravensleigh Resource Unit, 28 Oxford Road, Dewsbury, works to TPO(s) 44/93

within a Conservation Area.

Mr & Mrs Patel, 44 Slaithwaite Road, Thornhill Lees, single-storey side and rear extension with decking.

Crosshall Developments (Leeds) Ltd, Old Presbytery, Kirkgate, Birstall, discharge of conditions 1 (commencement), 2 (plans and specifications), 3 (Phase II Report), 4 (Remediation Strategy), 5 (Remediation), 6 (Validation Report), 10 (drainage scheme), 11 (drainage works) and 13 (parking bays) on previous permission 2014/93827 for alterations to existing church hall and presbytery to form eight dwellings and erection of nine dwellings (within a Conservation Area).

I Blamires, adjacent to 3 North Terrace, Birstall, demolition of garage and erection of block of two apartments (within a Conservation Area).

John Forrester Ltd, Moravian Church, Wellhouse, Mirfield, works to TPO(s).

NHS, Ravensleigh Resource Unit, 28 Oxford Road, Dewsbury, works to TPO(s) 44/93 within a Conservation Area.

Lingcroft Associates Ltd, Park House, Brooke Street, Cleckheaton, first floor extension.

Kirklees Council, Dewsbury Little Theatre, Upper Road, Dewsbury, formation of car park.

Martin Priestley, 3 Lark Hill, Upper Batley, two-storey extension

to the front, single-storey extension to the side, first floor extension to the side/rear and a dormer within the garage roof.

DLE Construction Ltd, 2 Ladywell Lane, Hartshead, two-storey extension.

J Morgan-Smith, Heathfield Farm, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, installation of a foul pumping station with hardcore access road.

D Sharp, 81 Latham Lane, Cleckheaton, erection of detached store.

George Wilson Fibres Ltd, Ravenswharf Road, Scout Hill, Dewsbury, discharge of conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Preliminary Risk Assessment) and 5 (Phase II Intrusive Site Investigation Report) on previous planning permission 2014/91283 for erection of extensions to warehouse.

Mr Hammerton, Glebe Farm Barn, Howroyd Lane, Whitley, discharge of condition 4 (electric vehicle chargers) on planning permission 2015/91634 for erection of extension and alterations to convert stables to dwelling and alterations to access.

Mr M H Hussain, 47 Ravens Avenue, Scout Hill, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse.

The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m.

Kirklees Council, land off Central Street, Dewsbury, erection of fence to car park.

Mr Y Rawat, 21 St Philip’s Close, Dewsbury, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension.

The extension projects 4.2m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m.

Gillian Redshaw, 63 Knowl Road, Mirfield, two-storey side extension, demolition of garage and alterations to access.

Dream Vendors, Valley Works, 32 Union Street, Heckmondwike, notification for prior approval for the installation, alteration or replacement of other solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment.

D Neville, 12 White Lee Side, Heckmondwike, 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 2.398m.

Kirkwood Hospice, 172 Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, installation of replacement shop front.

S Naughan, Providence House, 40 Bracken Hill, Mirfield, non-material amendment to previous permission 2015/92282 for erection of extensions.

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Continued from page 8 playing a blame game but we are not and they are wrong to do so.

Coun Martyn Bolt says he believes in democracy but then immediately undermines the worth of that statement by talking about cost.

He appears to want it both ways at once. Either he values democracy and is ready to meet the cost of it or he is not.

The Association of Local Councils has a booklet, a copy of which should have been given to every town councillor in which it is clear that the association favours election over co-option.

Election is clearly more democratic and it strengthens the link between a councillor and the electorate.

If blame is a local factor it clearly attaches to the Conservatives because they have been keen to observe the letter of the rules but not their spirit but that is different from exercising one’s rights.

Perhaps they are only talking about blame as a smokescreen to hide their failure to make proper budgetary provision for the electoral process.

Or maybe they are seizing any stick with which to beat others in the hope that the electorate will not notice that it amounts to a contempt for democracy.

Policy should be reversed From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, In response to Michael Heseltine, the former Tory Deputy Prime Minister, can I say it is never a good time to lose your job in the steel industry or any other place of employment as he asserted over the weekend.

This is the same Michael Heseltine who in 1981 supported a government that appointed an American banker Ian MacGregor as chairman and chief executive of British Steel, with the result that thousands of steel workers lost their jobs.

In 1983 MacGregor, with Heseltine’s support, was made chairman of British Coal. Rumours of 50 pit closures were denied by Margaret Thatcher, who said there were no plans at all to close any pits.

We now know the truth and the coal industry has been decimated. This attack on British industry was followed by the privatisation of British Telecom, Cable and Wireless, British Airways and

the British Airport Authority, British Gas, British Steel, England and Wales water companies and electricity. If it was British, the Tories sold it.

The Tories pushed unemployment to over three million, it was a deliberate economic policy, just as today with a Tory government they have an ideological commitment of austerity towards those on low pay and benefits. This policy is not a necessity and should be reversed.

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Hedgehogs and heroes From: Alison Matthews, Batley Dear Sir, Just two quick reminders for this time of the year.

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Insecticides and slug pellets are beings used to protect precious garden plants, but these will also kill a hedgehog which may eat them.

At this time of year, hedgehog are beginning to hibernate and spend the winter months sleeping.

They are in danger of curling up in bonfire materials, believing it to be a ready-made nest.

Many hedgehogs will perish, as they may not wake up in time to escape from the fire.

Please, if you are having a fire, try to stack the materials for burning in one place, moving it to where the fire will be just a short time before lighting. This should ensure that no hedgehogs lose their lives unnecessarily.

To find out more about helping hedgehogs, look at the British Hedgehog Preservation Society website; www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk or telephone 01584 890801.

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DISTRAUGHT relatives want help in understanding how a Mirfield man died from a workrelated illness.

James Hacking (pictured right) known to all as Jim, passed away aged 67 in October 2013 just months after being diagnosed with mesothelioma.

The disease, a type of lung cancer which can take decades to develop, is caused by asbestos.

Jim’s family believe he may have been exposed to asbestos dust in his time as a sheet metal worker in the 1970s.

He worked at the Trueform Sheet Metal Company in Gomersal from 1972 to 1974 and

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A FREE exhibition by amateur artists from across the district is set to draw crowds to Birstall next month.

The Oakwell Art Group will display work from the last year at the Oakwell Motel on Low Lane on Saturday and Sunday November 14 and 15.

About 80 pieces will be on show, including landscape and portrait paintings in various colourful styles.

The group’s 28 members meet weekly at the motel and have monthly art excursions. Members come from Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Thornhill and from as far as Sherburn-in-Elmet.

John Walshaw, 73, of Earlsheaton, joined four years ago and said: “There’s some terrific stuff in this year’s exhibition.”

John is a fan of impressionism, especially French artist PierreAuguste Renoir, but members tackle all styles. Retired painter and decorator John joked of his interest: “I’ve changed six-inch brushes for quarter inch ones!”

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Mark Aldridge, a solicitor at law firm Irwin Mitchell, said: “Mesothelioma causes a great deal of distress and suffering to the victims and their families.

“Unfortunately, it is usually the case the symptoms only present themselves decades after the exposure takes place.

“Once the victim passes away, the only hope families have for justice is the help of former workers who may themselves be at risk of this disease.”

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No lazy Sundays for busy Maggie Advertising Feature A CHEF’S takeaway Sunday roast business has taken off even further since moving premises.

Maggie Beddows has moved from a pub in Gomersal to base her ‘Taste of Home’ venture at the Options Centre on George Street, Dewsbury, and is doing a roaring trade in taking roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings to people’s homes.

Areas served include Liversedge, Mirfield, Thornhill and Batley up to 6pm on Sundays.

Also on the menu are meat and potato pie, vegetarian options and desserts such as treacle sponge.

All of it is home cooked and locally sourced, with suppliers including a butcher in Earlsheaton and traders on Dewsbury Market.

The idea has proved such a hit that Maggie, who has worked in catering for 20 years, wants to expand.

In future she not only hopes to offer a daily service but also wants to deliver to other community centres so groups can enjoy a meal together.

Inspiration came from the joy older people have in receiving their takeaway Sunday lunch.

Maggie, a mother of five from Heckmondwike, said: “There are many older people who can no longer cook at home or go out much.”

Offering the service to community centres would give people the chance to eat with friends.

The menu would be expanded to cover other traditional meals such as liver and onions.

Maggie, 52, was chef at Kirklees College in Dewsbury for six years until February this year.

She said: “Everything was about persuading

students to ditch their cheese and chips for something healthier.”

Maggie brings the same passion for homecooked healthy meals to the Options Centre.

Her Sunday lunches to go are also popular with others – including hungover party-goers.

She said: “There’s a lot of takeaways, and they do their thing, but quite a lot of people don’t want to wait for them to open.”

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News In Brief NORTH KIRKLEES: A new audit specialist is to join a health body facing a £4m funding gap. Colin Meredith has been appointed as a lay member of the governing body at the North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group.

He is the business manager for Rastrick High School Academy Trust, which involves financial operations. Mr Meredith replaces Tony Gerrard, who steps down as lay member for audit at the end of October.

He said: “I hope that I will be able to use my wide experience to help the CCG deal with any challenges that may lie ahead.”

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Batley switch for Royal Mail puts Ossett office in jeopardy Road facility would cause problems. She said: “Such a move would create hardship for many, both customers and employees, as there is no public transport access. The most vulnerable groups in Ossett, the elderly and disabled, will be severely disadvantaged.”

Coun Taylor added: “A further worry is that our post office pays a nominal rent to Royal Mail for

ROYAL MAIL collection services could be moved from Ossett – leaving the future of the town’s post office in doubt.

The privatised company is conducting a feasibility study into transferring collections from Ossett to the sorting office at Batley instead.

Coun Angela Taylor (Con, Ossett) highlighted the fact that a switch to the Grange Valley

its premises.

“If the Royal Mail do move to Batley the future of our post office would be in severe doubt.”

It is believed the three-month feasibility study is due to finish at the end of November.

Coun Taylor launched online and paper petitions last Thursday which within 24 hours had been signed by 500 and 150 people respectively.

She said: “There’s been no consultation with Ossett residents and businesses – the people this move would affect the most. Ossett is a market town and a town of this size needs its crown post office and its delivery services to be in the town, giving access to all.”

An online petition can be found at www.change.org and searching for Ossett Royal Mail.

‘Flawed’ cabinet to think again over Mirfield centre

By David Miller COUNCIL chiefs have been branded ‘error-prone’ after the assett transfer of Mirfield Community Centre faced more criticism this week.

The proposal, which features a controversial covenant, could now be referred to a scrutiny panel.

Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) had enough signatures from fellow councillors to trigger a ‘call-in’ by the deadline of 5pm on Tuesday.

Under the covenant the Water Royd Road building can only be used as a community centre.

Coun Bolt believes it will stop new owners the Mirfield Community Trust (MTC) selling the premises to a fund longplanned purpose-built facility.

And he highlighted how this is only the latest cabinet decision to face being reviewed.

Changes to grass cutting and libraries, in which the Labourrun authority were asked to think again, were both called in.

Coun Bolt said: “The cabinet has probably had more scrutiny call-ins than any administration of recent times.

“Grass cutting was crossparty, so they can’t say it’s all about political point-scoring.

The number of call-ins suggests their decision-making is flawed.”

Coun Bolt accused the cabinet of ‘rubber stamping’ the covenant without thinking things through.

He said: “The fundamental principal of democracy is offi-

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“Ideally we need a 21st century community centre and the covenant will make it more difficult for the MTC to take forward their plans.”

A scrutiny panel cannot overturn policies, but can ask the cabinet to consider amendments. Coun Bolt said: “All forms of scrutiny put checks and balances in the way of decision-making.

“And there is value in scrutiny in that it gives vital information to the public about how decisions are made.

“If an administration is shown to make repeated errors in its decision-making you can say to the electorate ‘would you rather have them running the council as against X, Y or Z’.”

NO MISTAKE was made in adding a covenant to the asset transfer of Mirfield Community Centre, council leader David Sheard said. Coun Sheard (Lab, Heckmondwike) denied a proposal from officers had been ‘rubber stamped’.

The decision has been called in for scrutiny amid claims the covenant will make it more difficult to fund a new community centre.

Coun Sheard said: “The council does not give away public assets without putting in a condition that they be used for public use.

“The cabinet fully understood the report and the conditions had been explained to the people who wish to take over the building.

“If they wished the building to be transferred without a covenant they are welcome to buy it at the full market price.”

He added: “The number of call-ins says more about the opposition than it does about the cabinet.”

The farm that’s fun for all the family Advertising Feature A FARM with a giant children’s play barn nestled in a corner of Birkenshaw is one of the district’s hidden treasures.

Blue Hills Farm, off Whitehall Road, has everything parents seeking fun for their kids could want.

There is a split-level indoor adventure playground with slides and swings plus a football area, basketball hoop and go-karts.

A cafeteria serving homemade treats gives children fuel for their explorations and a place for parents to relax.

Next door is the Hay Loft Cafe which has delicious farmhouse breakfasts, homemade steak pies, quiches, cakes and scones.

Outside youngsters can meet animals at a free petting corner featuring goats and donkeys.

There is also Rocky, an Alpaca, Josie, a beautiful Jersey calf, and piglets Pinky and Perky.

In business for nearly half a century, farmers Carlton and Judith Ives opened the first farm shop in the area in 1967.

The Ives Farm Shop, staffed by qualified butchers, is still going strong and is packed with fresh meat, homemade pies and cakes and fresh fruit and vegetables.

Judith does much of the baking on site, including

quiches, scones and tasty cream buns.

Son Jonathan now helps run the farm and also involved is daughter Louise, who cares for the animals at the pets corner.

Every Wednesday from 3pm to 6pm TV character Minion is there. Entry is £5 and includes a meal from the children’s menu.

Every Friday from 3pm to 6pm Peppa Pig is the guest.

Again entry is £5 and includes a tea from the children’s menu.

And today (Friday October 30) Peppa Pig will host and judge a Halloween fancy dress

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Entry is £5 per child and includes the play barn and a meal from the children’s menu.

Blue Hills Farm is open seven days a week. For more details call Carlton and his staff on 01274 682007.

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Entry reduced ‘Politically speaking’ Paula Sherriff, MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield

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I’ll be fighting the Government’s attack on Dewsbury and Mirfield families N APRIL this year, just days before the general election, David Cameron went on live TV and told the nation that he had no intention of cutting tax credits; announcing he wanted to “put to bed the rumours” that there would be cuts to tax credits.

For any concerned electors watching at the time, fears they may have had were put at ease. After all, it came from the Prime Minister’s mouth. The Prime Minister doesn’t lie, does he?

In July 2015 and the Chancellor delivers his emergency budget and announces to the nation the Government’s intention to cut tax credits for millions of working families.

It’s taken a couple of months for the full extent of the betrayal to be realised, but following a passionate attack from a self-employed, hard working mother on BBC’s Question time recently, it’s now dawning on those on the Government’s own benches that they are about to implement cuts to the household income for millions of families the Government claim to represent.

In the Dewsbury constituency alone, over two thirds of all families are supported by tax credits, most of whom are in work.

The average family are set to lose £1,300 a year and three million families nationally are set to suffer as a result. Meanwhile corporations and the richest in society are going to

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The Prime Minister says the introduction of the so-called living wage will mitigate this. What absolute rubbish.

And to dispel a myth, the official living wage is currently £7.85 an hour, not the £7.20 an hour the Government will introduce in April.

The official living wage is also worked out taking tax credits into account, so it is nowhere near enough to compensate.

It is clear the Prime Minister’s ideology is that you motivate the rich by cutting their taxes and motivate the rest of us by cutting our wages and quality of living.

The Government have no mandate for making these cuts, some of their

own MPs recognise this and also the impact it has. But it’s been sickening to hear the laughter and jeers coming from others on the government benches as Jeremy Corbyn asks questions from a member of the public who is set to lose £2,000 a year.

In an opposition day debate on October 20, I delivered a speech attacking the proposed cuts and highlighting the thousands in Dewsbury & Mirfield who will be affected.

I have an online petition against the proposed cuts, you can sign it at www.paulasherriff.org.uk/ stop_the_tax_credit_cut. I will continue to fight against this for the thousands of hard working families I was elected to represent.

Unfortunately the Government do not seem to be budging, despite the pleas of millions and despite the House of Lords unprecedented vote against the cuts this week.

If you are going to be affected, please get in touch either on email at paula@paulasherriff.org.uk or by writing to Paula Sherriff MP, The Old Dewsbury Reporter Building, 17 Wellington Road, Dewsbury, WF13 1HF.

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A THRIVING play gym in Dewsbury is offering a permanent price cut to thank loyal customers.

Entry to Go Hyper on Railway Street is now £2.50 for children aged one to four and £3 for those aged five to 12.

The move celebrates nearly six years in business for co-founders Stephanie Morrison and Emma McGuire.

Stephanie, 44, of Thornhill, said: “We’re proud to be still going after five-and-a-half years.

“But we know some families are struggling and, while a discount might help, we thought a permanent price reduction would be better.”

Coming in with the price cut is a loyalty card offering a free drink after five visits and a free play after 10 visits.

The party area can be booked by groups and Stephanie said: “We’re open to suggestions if the public want to use the building for another purpose.”

LIVERSEDGE: Plans to turn an empty industrial unit into an indoor play centre for children are to be debated by councillors.

The idea for the Liversedge Business Park on Halifax Road is on the agenda for Kirklees Council's Heavy Woollen plan-

This could be for a school prom or a children’s disco serving non-alcoholic cocktails.

Opening hours have also changed, though the play gym is still open from 9.30am every day.

Monday to Saturday closing time is 6pm (last entry 5pm) and on Sundays it is 4pm (last entry 3pm).

Some things never change though, such as entry for adults at 50p while children

ning sub-committee today (Fri).

Recommended for the approval, the scheme for unit No. 1 would have a trampoline and soft play area.

Up to 14 full and 28 part-time jobs could be created. The planning sub-committee meeting is in the reception

under one still get in for free.

And as ever half-term this week saw Go Hyper packed out and Stephanie said: “We had queues trying to get in at 9.20am.

“Some places put their prices up during the holidays because they know they’ve got a captive audience.

“But we don’t do that and hope that by reducing our prices we’re giving something back for all the support we’ve had.”

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The couple ran the successful Royal and Ancient pub and restaurant in Colnebridge and moved lock, stock and barrel to take on the Dusty Miller, which had stood empty for months.

“There was a fair bit that needed doing in terms of renewing and revamping the premises,” said Kelly.

“It’s been hard work but customers seem really pleased with the results.”

Brewery owner Enterprise Inns have invested heavily to refurbish the premises and have also replaced the roof, part of which was stolen earlier this year.

All of the staff, including three chefs, have moved from the Royal and Ancient to the Dusty Miller, with the couple also creating several more jobs for locals.

All of the food is homecooked, using fresh, locally-sourced ingredients where possible, and the steak night on a Thursday has customers coming from miles around.

A quiz night is being held every other Tuesday in the cosy bar area, and the Dusty is still taking book-

ings for the Christmas period, with Christmas Day almost full.

Locals have given the new Dusty Miller a big thumbs-up, and customers who frequented the Routledges’ previous venture are also making the trip up the road to Mirfield.

Food is served from 12pm to 8.30pm Monday to Wednesday, 12pm to 9pm Thursday to Saturday and 12pm to 8pm on a Sunday, with a popular Sunday lunch menu on offer until 4pm.

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This year organisers have enlisted the help of professional writer Cathianne Hall, whose credits include Emmerdale and Coronation Street, and theatre director Tom Wright to work with local people to capture the town’s darker history in a dramatic festival.

The team are working with local performers from Heckmondwike Players and West Yorkshire Drama Academy to create an extraordinary walking tour.

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It’s a witch hunt GHOSTS and ghouls will be making a spooktacular appearance as Spen prepares itself for Halloween.

Back by popular demand. the Cleckheaton Halloween Witch Hunt takes place tomorrow (Sat) between 10am and 3pm.

Those taking part in the hunt can collect a form from the town’s Oxfam shop on Northgate, and then collect letters from participating shops to solve a word puzzle.

Forms need to be handed back at the spooky corner in Oxfam by 3.30pm, where a winner will be drawn to claim a Halloween hamper.

Tracy Oldroyd, manager of Oxfam on Northgate, who has been involved with organising the event, hopes that halloween fans of all ages will enjoy the day.

She said: “We want everyone to join in the fun and get dressed up in their spookiest outfits. We would like to thank Robert Openshaw Jewellers for sponsoring the event.”

Fun day in the park BATLEY: A treasure hunt is just one of many activities at a Halloween family fun day at Wilton Park tomorrow (Sat).

The free event, which starts at 11am, also features radio-controlled model boats, fancy dress and best pumpkin contests and various stalls.

Organised by the Friends of Wilton Park, it takes place near the Swan Lake Cafe by the tennis courts. Other attractions include a display of vintage prams and a dog show. All are welcome.

Some activities will depend on the weather.

VICTORIA TOWER on Castle Hill will be open on Halloween (Sat), when visitors will be able to take part in activities with a

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The tower is open until November 1, from 12noon to 4.30pm.

Admission charges are £1.80 for adults, 55p for children and £3.60 for families (two adults and two children).

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News In Brief Wreaths now ready MIRFIELD: Commemorative wreaths that will be laid at next month’s Remembrance Day service in Mirfield town centre are now available. Groups and individuals who usually buy wreaths or other memorial items in advance for the Ings Grove Park ceremony are asked to contact Tim Wood on 01924 496290 to arrange collection and payment as soon as possible.

Day-long fundraiser ROBERTTOWN: Three live musical acts top the bill at a day-long prostate cancer fundraiser tomorrow (Sat).

Indie band Liberate, who met at Mirfield Free Grammar School, are joined by singer Lisa March and blues guitarist Julian Sotha.

The event at Roberttown Working Men's Club starts at 12noon and goes on until midnight.

Strong man, pool and halloween fancy dress contests are joined by apple bobbing, face painting, an auction and raffles. Entry is £1 for adults and 50p for children. The live music starts from 5pm. All are welcome.

Kelly stays in chair HECKMONDWIKE: Dr David Kelly, of the Brookroyd Surgery has been re-elected to chair the North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group for the next three years Also re-elected was Dr Nadeem Ghafoor of Dewsbury’s Healds Road Practice and Dr Yasar Mahmood of the Parkview Surgery in Cleckheaton.

The CCG is made up of 29 GP practices which took over primary care commissioning in April 2013.

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Cadets help boost Asda’s cancer charity appeal SHOPPERS in Dewsbury helped propel a cancer fundraising campaign past the £12,000 barrier.

The town’s sea cadets held a bag pack session at Asda which raised £860.40 for the Tickled Pink breast cancer charity, which the supermarket supports.

Before the event the store had raised more than £11,400 this year from various activities.

Organiser Sharon Kingswood said: “We’d like to thank the sea cadets for volunteering and our

generous customers for donating."

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Mayor’s poppy plea THE IMPACT of wars are not remote or abstract, Mayor of Kirklees Paul Kane said in backing this year’s Poppy Appeal.

Coun Kane (Lab, Dewsbury East) pointed to funds raised by the annual drive that are spent at a rate of £1.3m a week by welfare services.

This ranges from helping bereaved families through an inquest or supporting the lives of elderly veterans.

Coun Kane said: “Present conflicts involving our local soldiers continue – and Kirklees has experienced more than most the sad losses of

recent times.

“So while conflicts can seem like a world away when they are reported on the news, the impact is being felt at home.

“That impact does not stop when other people move on. Those families rely on the support they get from the appeal fund. Demand for services continues to increase – so the need to buy a poppy or offer time gets more urgent every year.”

He added: “Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday are not just about the names carved

onto war memorials.

“They are also about the great dignity showed by the veterans and serving members who proudly parade.

“It is our opportunity to say thank you, and wearing a poppy is a visible sign of our gratitude.

“So I would urge people to be as generous as they can with both time and donations in support of this year’s Poppy Appeal.”

Royal British Legion volunteers do not have to be current or former service personnel. Anyone over 16 can help.

Pump up the fun BIRSTALL: A pumpkin and pizza party with a twist is to be held at a church today (Friday). Pupils from Windmill Primary School made them to subvert the usual ghoulish goings-on.

Children’s activities will follow until 6pm followed by refreshments, including pizza and hotdogs, at 6.15pm.

Tickets are adults £4 and children £2.

A family ticket is £10. Call Lesley Stainton on 01924 476812 for details.

Assault charges THORNHILL LEES: A man denied two charges of assaulting a pregnant woman.

Arfan Hussain, 29, of Slaithwaite Close, is accused of beating Lianne Glynn on September 17 and 18.

Kirklees Magistrates' Court heard the victim was 18 weeks pregnant .

A trial was set for November 23.

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 NOVEMBER 7 MONDAY NOVEMBER 2 OVER THORNHILL (NK) RUB –A-DRUB (NK) Meet 11am at Mirfield Library Meet 1pm at the top car park WF14 8AN Oakwell Hall WF17 9LG GR SE 203 197 GR SE 217 270 5 miles (M) 7 miles (M) No dogs please Leader: Noel and Corina Leader: Kathleen O’Shea Tel: 07780 328561 Tel: 01924 471473

KIDS’ FROZEN TREAT OVERTHORPE Tenants and Residents Association have organised a professional ‘Frozen’ show as a children’s Christmas event on December 19.

Taking place at Thornhill Trojans ARLFC, pop, crisps and a present are included.

Tickets are £10 for children and £3 for adults.

For more information call Nikki on 07920 272975.

HECKY’S PIRATES HECKMONDWIKE Players have just started rehearsals for their main musical show, The Pirates of Penzance, which will be performed in March 2016 at Cleckheaton Town Hall.

The Players are keen to hear from anyone who would like to be involved in any aspect of their swashbuckling Gilbert and Sullivan production – on or off-stage.

Auditions for principal roles will be held at the United Reform Church, High Street, Heckmondwike, on Sunday November 8 from 2pm. For further details call 01924 492671.

OAKWELL BRIDES COUPLES planning a wedding are invited to Oakwell Hall on Sunday November 8.

A wedding fair at the historic house will feature a wide range of local companies with stalls in the hall and the visitor centre barn.

They will be offering advice on everything from bridal wear, flowers and cakes to photography, wedding cars and venue dressing.

The fair also gives guests the chance to see what their big day could be like – if they choose to hold it at the 16th-century hall.

In addition, it will be a chance to see the stunning gardens which make a perfect backdrop for wedding photographs.

The fair takes place from 11am to 3pm and entry is free.

For further information contact Jackie Neville on 01924 326243.

Take a bow Gary – Calendar Girls musical coming to Leeds A NEW musical version of hit movie and play Calendar Girls is set for Leeds’ Grand Theatre.

The Girls is a musical featuring original music by Take That’s Gary Barlow and lyrics by Tim Firth, who wrote the original screenplay and West End play.

Calendar Girls follows the reallife story of a Women’s Institute group who decide to fundraise for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar – and become media sensations.

The Girls will premiere at the Leeds Grand on November 14 and runs until December 12, before going on to the Lowry in Salford then transferring to the West End. The ‘Calendar Girls’ will be played by Debbie Chazen as Ruth, Sara Kestelman as Jessie, Claire Machin as Cora, Claire Moore as Chris, Vivien Parry as Celia and Joanna Riding as Annie, with Harriet Thorpe as Marie, the head of the local WI. Also in the cast will be Stephen Boswell as Colin, Joe Caffrey as Rod, Jeremy Clyde as Denis, Susan Fay as Brenda, James Gaddas as John, Steve Giles as Lawrence, Shirley Jameson as Miss Wilson, Judith Street as Lady Cravenshire and Karen

West as the other Miss Wilson.

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth grew up in the same village and have been friends for 25 years.

With Take That, Gary has written and co-written 14 number one singles, has sold over 50 million records worldwide and is a six times Ivor Novello Award winner.

Tim has won the Olivier Award and UK Theatre Award for Best New Musical, and the British Comedy Awards’ Best Comedy Film for Calendar Girls.

The musical is also raising funds for Bloodwise, the charity formerly known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

Inspired by the story of the Calendar Girls, The Girls shows life in their Yorkshire village, how it happened, the effect on husbands, sons and daughters and how a group of ordinary ladies achieved something extraordinary.

Songs written for the musical include Yes, I’ve Had A Little Work Done; Sunflower; What Age Expects; Yorkshire and Dare.

Extra seats are now on sale for the run at the Leeds Grand following the completion of the set design.

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE AREA’S CHRISTMAS MENUS AND VENUES

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Get ready for the big day!

OU MIGHT not want to acknowledge it, but the countdown to Christmas is well underway – and now is the time to start thinking about getting ready for the big day.

Christmas comes at the same time each year but always seems to catch us unawares!

But whether it’s a family meal for Christmas Day or the office party, now is the time to book.

All the best venues –

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hotels, pubs and restaurants – soon get booked up and by now they will all have published their Christmas menus.

Christmas will be here before you know it and planning is essential to make the occasion a big success.

For anyone organising the family Christmas, fixing up the office party, organising a shopping trip or doing the cooking, now is the time to get it all sorted.

Once you have decided what it is you want and have chosen wisely, you can sit back and relax, satisfied in the knowledge that Christmas is in the bag.

Please call or drop in for enquiries

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2 COURSES £16.95

3 COURSES £21.50

THIS MENU IS AVAILABLE FROM 1ST NOVEMBER THROUGH TO 4TH JANUARY (EXCLUDING CHRISTMAS DAY)

Please see our website for our full Christmas menu

www.travellersrestmirfield.co.uk THE MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE OF CHRISTMAS AWAITS YOU. YOU CAN DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY WITH OUR DJ AND BEST OF ALL, WITH THIS FANTASTIC PACKAGE YOUR DRINKS ARE INCLUDED TOO!*

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House wine, house spirits, draught lager, cider & beer, selected alcopops & soft drinks.

Spirits will be served in single measures with mixers only.

Maximum number of drinks served per person per visit to the bar is 2.

Wine will be served by the bottle with dinner & thereafter by the glass.

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Back on track with top new restaurant IT’S FULL steam ahead for a popular Mirfield pub after new landlords relaunched its restaurant.

The Railway Inn boasts a proud past and now Mirfield-raised Stef and Denise Burns have given it a bright future after taking over at the Huddersfield Road hostelry.

The couple, who have more than 25 years of experience in the pub trade, have already spruced up the venue and are preparing for a major refurbishment early next year.

The Railway’s restaurant was relaunched earlier this week following a successful opening night for friends, family and other notable local folk.

Chef Marco Aurelio Ferreira has years of experience working at some of the district’s most popular restaurants and has devised an evening menu that includes deep fried brie, haddock mornay,

hunter’s chicken, beef bourguignon, marinated olives and plenty more.

An extensive specials board features sea bass fillets drizzled with lemon oil, venison in red win jus and a full rack of BBQ ribs.

There’s also a lunch menu being served, Tuesday to Saturday, from 12pm to 5pm.

Christmas party and Christmas

Day bookings are now being taken, with spots for December 25 going quickly.

Stef and Denise also run the Black Horse Inn at White Scrumptious and have strawberry Lee cheesecake, assembled a friendly part of the new team to work dessert menu with them at the at The Railway.

Railway The pub’s name originally came from train tracks that ran behind the premises but were removed in the 1960s.

The new landlords have settled in quickly and Stef said: “Word of mouth is spreading about the quality of the restaurant already, and we give a warm welcome to customers old and new.”

For more information call The Railway Inn on 01924 504410.

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Tue-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat-Sun 5-8pm Traditional Sunday Lunch 12-5pm

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Hear Ann across the BBC radio network

Veteran comic Freddie ‘Parrot Face’ Davies tells me he invented ‘Tweeting’ WENT over to Leeds to see comic genius Freddie ‘Parrot Face’ Davis win over a huge audience in this year’s ‘Good Old Days’ show at the world-famous City Varieties Music Hall.

Freddie, who appeared on Opportunity Knocks back in the 60s, tells me: “It’s true Ann, I started Tweeting as Parrot Face back in the 60s, so I think I can rightly say I created it all...” Freddie also has a new book out which is a gem of a read called ‘Funny Bones’.

I Mill conversion released for sale in Heckmondwike Advertising Feature ORION HOMES have released the mill conversion showhome as one of just three properties for sale at Brunswick Place in Heckmondwike.

The popular development, off Thomas Street, has been attracting healthy demand in recent months and, with a sell-out fast approaching, the four-bedroom property occupying plot 13 is now available at the eye-catching price of £184,995 with curtains, carpets, light fittings, furniture and bedding included.

The other remaining conversions offer a choice of three- and four-bedroom living at prices starting from £164,995.

Sales negotiator Kay Patefield said: “The release of plot 13 is great news for purchasers needing a bit of extra space for a growing family.

“Its versatile three-storey format is typical of the conversions available here.

“The ground floor can be adapted to a variety of requirements with an openplan kitchen, dining area and family room alongside a cloakroom.

“A lounge shares the first floor with a master bedroom featuring en-suite and the top floor comprises a bathroom and three more bedrooms.

“As with every property on this phase, plot 13 features the mill’s historic character with the retention of a number of original features com-

plemented by contemporary style with an advanced interior specification.”

Brunswick Place offers plenty to interest first-time buyers with the availability of Help to Buy. The scheme provides an equity loan which is interestfree for five years and reduces initial prices to as little as £131,995.

With Help to Buy, the initial price of plot 13 is just £147,995.

Further information about Brunswick Place can be obtained from the Sales Information Centre and showhome (from Thursday to Monday, between 11am and 5pm) on 01924 404490 or www.orion online at

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CHAT SHOW host Graham Norton tells me he is never nervous when interviewing big stars on his sofa, as: “I think, well, you have something to plug so get on with it.

My job is to keep it all flowing and just hope that they are all entertaining in some way or other.”

DOWNTON ABBEY’S dastardly Rob James Collier (Thomas Barrow) denies that his hair is dyed for the part.

“I get asked that all the time, yet in reality I am just very lucky to have jet black hair, and as yet it’s not gone grey,” he said.

GEMMA ATKINSON, who plays Carly Hope in ITV soap Emmerdale, has hit out at critics who have accused her of using airbrushed images.

She tells me: “I work really hard at staying in shape and then you get accused, but I note a lot of the people hide their name on the web, they would never say that to your face, would they?”

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CHARLIE HIGSON says his new Sunday evening ITV series, Jekyll and Hyde, will be ‘Downton Abbey with monsters’.

“It’s all very dramatic, and quite frightening, but in a good way, and I think also people will really enjoy it,” she said.

BIRDS of a Feather actress Pauline Quirke says her stint on Emmerdale was the hardest work she had ever done “I think soap actors work very hard and yet they are so professional, but don’t get a lot of respect in that department,” she said.

IT APPEARS that the Great British Bake Off could be more expensive after the next series for the BBC, after their exclusive deal runs out.

A source tells me: “It’s a tricky time as Mary Berry and Co will no doubt want a higher salary, but then next year’s show could also not be as successful. It’s not so easy for the BBC right now.”

Ann and Freddie ‘Parrot Face’ Davies at City Varieties in Leeds

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge knows how Downton Abbey ends, I can reveal. The Palace receive the tapes of the show in advance to watch, and thankfully with no ads to spoil it, but she has assured the show’s bosses she won’t tell a soul how the series finally comes to a close this Christmas...

IAN BEALE’S emotional reunion with his mum Kathy, has not helped EastEnders to rise in the ratings. The decision to bring Kathy back from the dead has proved to be as daft as expected and now fans are calling for her to be killed off for good. Only in soap land...

JAMES NESBITT is to star as a respectable dentist turned killer in a new TV drama about an extraordinary reallife double murder. It’s no surprise that his character, as with all he plays, will be Irish, and he is more than happy about that. “It’s a real challenge of a role, but yes he is Irish,” he laughed.

FERN BRITTON says the worst thing she did in her career was have a go at a chat show for Channel Four.

“I enjoyed the experience but I know it’s far harder than people say, and it was a trial by fire because I was never invited back,” she said.

PRIMA BALLERINA Darcey Bussell has blasted reports that she is sporting a whole new set of teeth, saying: “I think it’s simply because I have changed my look and my hair, with more dramatic lipstick, but they are all my own teeth, trust me...”

FORMER I’m A Celebrity contestant Nigel Havers confessed that he found the jungle “boring” and left after 10 days on the programme. “I had a bit of free time, I thought it would be fun, but

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there is nothing to do and they don’t warn you about that. It can be terrible just sitting there all day,” he said.

TV CHAT show host Paul O’Grady has revealed he plans to write a book about his late friend Cilla Black. He tells me: “I think there is a book in what we got up to and I know she would be happy about it, plus I would rather it be me rather than someone else making it up, but let’s see how I get on first.”

JAMES NORTON, who stars as the vicar in Grantchester, tells me he now gets asked to marry people in the church in Cambridge used for filming. “I think ‘do you know I am just acting, not a vicar?’ but people do get a bit carried away, which is flattering in many ways,” he said.

DAME MAGGIE SMITH tells me she loathes the craze of people wanting pictures all the time while she is out shopping. “I like having my picture taken, but this craze for selfies is driving me mad,” she said. “Some have no idea who I am, yet they demand a picture.”

FORMER Coronation Street star Brian Capron tells me that he still gets fans asking him about his time on the show. “I think Richard Hillman will go down as one of the best baddies on the show, and yes I loved playing him, but you can’t bring him back from the dead can you?

Well they do in EastEnders,” he laughed.

ACTRESS Suranne Jones is not surprised at the success of her latest TV drama Dr Foster. “I am so pleased it was well received, but when I read the script I knew this was good and then it was so well produced, so maybe a few awards may come our way,” she said.

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2015 sees five new models launched at Perrys Mazda HROUGHOUT 2015, Mazda launched three all-new models, plus substantially revised 2015 model year versions of the CX5 and Mazda6, meaning that customers at Perrys Mazda on Northgate, Huddersfield, has one of the newest and youngest ranges in the industry to choose from.

Perrys Mazda dealer principal Steve Garth said: “After an exciting year of new car launches we can now offer our customers the choice of the very latest sports cars to capable and practical family SUVs. “Each model comes with a selection of cost-effective finance offers and boasts engaging, spirited handling alongside great fuel economy.”

Launched in March this year, the all-new Mazda2 supermini is priced from £11,995 to £17,395 on-the-road (OTR) with five trim levels – SE, SE-L, SE-L Nav, Sport and Sport Nav – bringing new levels of technical sophistication, driving pleasure and active safety to the small car market.

Summer 2015 saw the debut of the all-new Mazda CX-3, Mazda’s newest SUV crossover.

With an 18-strong model line-up priced from £17,595 to £24,695 OTR, the newcomer’s style, quality and generous equipment tally help it stand out from others.

Available with 120ps and 150ps SKYACTIV-G petrol, plus 105ps SKYACTIV-D diesel engines, all versions of the sophisticated all-new

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Advertising Feature Mazda CX-3 feature MZD-Connect with seven-inch colour touchscreen and Multimedia commander, while Sport Nav models are fitted with Mazda’s Active Driving Display system – a segment first head-up display system Customers in the market for wind-in-the-hair motoring will be sure to enjoy the all-new Mazda MX-5, which was named Roadster of the Year recently by Auto Express magazine.

With a choice of 131ps 1.5-litre or 160ps 2.0-litre SKYACTIV-G petrol engines, the all-new Mazda MX-5 is priced from £18,495 to £23,295 OTR. The lightest MX-5 since the iconic original, the all-new Mazda MX-5 is shorter, lower and wider than the outgoing car, with the smallest overhangs and lowest centre of gravity yet.

These dynamic proportions combined with Mazda’s KODO: Soul of Motion design philosophy ensure the latest version of the all-new Mazda MX-5’s styling reflects its focus on driving pleasure in a uniquely contemporary and dynamic way.

Reaffirming Mazda’s dominance of the affordable sports car sector, the all-new Mazda MX-5 maintains the classic rear-wheel drive layout and 50:50 weight distribution it’s famed for, yet developed under the ethos of ‘innovate in order to pre-

serve’, Mazda has enhanced the sports car’s legendary agility, fun and engagement, while simultaneously improving safety, refinement and efficiency.

Mazda’s busy 2015 has also seen revised versions of the award-winning 2015 Mazda CX-5 and stylish Mazda6 arrive at Perrys Mazda.

Across the 28-strong Saloon and Tourer range, the 2015 Mazda6 features improved standard equipment and refreshed styling.

Upgraded cabin design and enhanced refinement ensure it continues to be a popular choice for business and private buyers, while flagship Sport Nav models are now distinguished by new exterior features including a re-styled grille that incorporates LED headlights.

The popular 2015 Mazda CX-5 has also been revised this year with significant interior trim and standard equipment upgrades, as well as exterior enhancements.

Like the 2015 Mazda6, the 2015 Mazda CX-5 features the latest version of Mazda’s MZD-Connect and DAB digital radio, additionally, range-topping Sport Nav models have new exterior features, including 19-inch gunmetal alloy wheels and LED headlights.

For more information on the new Mazda range, call Perrys Mazda on 01484 481250 visit the dealership on Northgate, Huddersfield or go to www.perryscars-mazda.co.uk.

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FORD 2014 Ford Focus 2.0T ST-2 5dr Blue 10740 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £16,989 2015 Ford Focus 1.5 EcoBoost Zetec S 5dr Navigation Black 10000 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £15,489 2015 Ford Focus 1.5 EcoBoost Zetec S 150ps 5dr White 11400 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £14,989 2012 Ford Focus 2.0T ST-3 5dr Black 30511 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £14,689 2013 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr Black 13215 miles£11,289 2013 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr White 28256 miles£10,789 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr White 4750 miles £10,489 2014 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr Red 8500 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10,289 2011 Ford Mondeo 1.6 EcoBoost Titanium X 5dr [Start Stop] Black 31100 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9,989 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr Brown 35000 miles£9,789 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec S 3dr Black 25800 miles. . £9,789 2012 Ford C-Max 1.6 Titanium 5dr White 25800 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9,789 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr Red 31800 miles. . . . . . £9,689 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Red 9400 miles. . . . . . £9,689 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr Grey 19300 miles . . . . . £9,689 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Blue 8800 miles . . . . . . . . . £9,689 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Grey 4870 miles . . . . . . . . . £9,689 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Blue 16000 miles . . . . £9,289 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Blue 15000 miles . . . . £9,289 2013 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Grey 19250 miles. . . . . . . . £9,289 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Black 34000 miles . . . £9,289 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Grey 25000 miles . . . . £8,989 2013 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr White 21000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,989 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Black 24000 miles . . . £8,989 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Black 33000 miles . . . £8,989 2012 Ford C-Max 1.6 Zetec 5dr Black 16790 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,989 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr Red 34000 miles. . . . . . £8,789

VAUXHALL 2013 Vauxhall Astra GTC 1.4T 16V 140 SRi 3dr White 16000 miles..... ...........................................................................................................£10,689 2013 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6i [115] Exclusiv 5dr Silver 10700 miles£8,789 2014 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V Design 5dr Blue 18500 miles.......£8,289 2015 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 SXi 5dr [AC] Silver 9450 miles............£7,289 2010 Vauxhall Astra 1.4T 16V SRi [140] 5dr Black 29900 miles£7,289 2010 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V SE 5dr Silver 39250 miles............£6,989 2014 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXi 3dr [AC] Black 16176 miles..........£6,789 2013 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Active 3dr [AC] White 23800 miles.....£6,289 2012 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Active 3dr [AC] Grey 21450 miles......£5,989 2010 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V Exclusiv 5dr Grey 44000 miles....£5,989 2011 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXi 3dr [AC] White 42650 miles..........£5,389 2011 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 S 5dr [AC] Grey 25000 miles...............£5,289 2009 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 16V Active 3dr Silver 29000 miles......£3,989 2006 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V Design 3dr Grey 45000 miles......£3,989 2010 Vauxhall Astra 1.4i 16V SXi 5dr Grey 52000 miles.............£3,989 2007 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V SXi [115] 3dr Black 46000 miles..£3,989 2008 Vauxhall Astra 1.6i 16V Breeze [115] 5dr Blue 45000 miles......... .............................................................................................................£3,789

HYUNDAI 2012 Hyundai Ix35 1.7 CRDi Style 5dr 2WD White 31555 miles........... ...........................................................................................................£11,489

2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr White 25000 miles . . . . . . . £8,789 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Black 23900 miles . . . £8,589 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 82 Zetec 5dr Black 10780 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,589 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 82 Zetec 5dr Black 18440 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,489 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Black 29855 miles . . . . . . . £8,489 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.25 82 Zetec 5dr Black 19140 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,489 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 82 Zetec 5dr White 10500 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,489 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr Blue 49000 miles . . . . £7,989 2012 Ford Focus 1.6 125 Zetec 5dr Black 38700 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £7,789 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr Black 38800 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7,589 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Style 5dr Black 22800 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7,489 2010 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec S 5dr Grey 25000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,789 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr Black 25300 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,489 2010 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 5dr [82] Black 36300 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . £6,289 2010 Ford Fiesta 1.2 FIESTA ZETEC Blue 35000 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,989 2010 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Edge 5dr [82] Silver 28000 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . £5,989 2010 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Titanium 5dr Silver 47600 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,989 2009 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Titanium 5dr Grey 37000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,989 2012 Ford Ka 1.2 Zetec 3dr [Start Stop] Black 32000 miles. . . . . . . . . £5,689 2011 Ford Ka 1.2 Edge 3dr [Start Stop] Black 20000 miles . . . . . . . . . £5,689 2009 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec 5dr Silver 41000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,589 2011 Ford Ka 1.2 Zetec 3dr Red 20170 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,589 2010 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr Black 39000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,589 2009 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Style 3dr [82] Blue 35000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4,989 2009 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5dr Black 40700 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4,989 2010 Ford Ka 1.2 Grand Prix 3dr Red 40700 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4,989 2009 Ford Ka 1.2 Zetec 3dr Green 36000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4,789 2009 Ford Ka 1.2 Studio 3dr Silver 32000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3,989 2006 Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia 5dr [115] Red 56000 miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3,289 2006 Ford Focus 1.6 Sport 5dr Blue 62000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2,989 2005 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Style 3dr [Climate] Silver 44370 miles . . . . . . . £1,989

2012 Hyundai Ix35 1.6 GDI Style 5dr 2WD Grey 33000 miles..£10,489 2013 Hyundai i20 1.2 Style 5dr Black 13600 miles......................£6,989 2013 Hyundai i10 1.2 Active 5dr Black 10000 miles....................£5,989 2012 Hyundai i10 1.2 Active 5dr Black 21700 miles....................£5,689 2012 Hyundai i10 1.2 Active 5dr White 20700 miles ...................£5,489 2011 Hyundai i20 1.2 Comfort 5dr Green 32600 miles ...............£4,989 2011 Hyundai i20 1.2 S Limited Edition 3dr Black 45400 miles£4,889 2011 Hyundai i10 1.2 Comfort 5dr Blue 35000 miles..................£4,789 2011 Hyundai i10 1.2 Classic 5dr Black 26500 miles..................£4,789

NISSAN 2012 Nissan Qashqai+2 1.6 [117] N-Tec+ 5dr White 34900 miles......... ...........................................................................................................£11,989 2012 Nissan Qashqai 1.6 [117] N-Tec+ 5dr White 25500 miles............. ...........................................................................................................£11,489 2012 Nissan Qashqai+2 1.6 [117] Acenta 5dr Grey 21340 miles .......... ...........................................................................................................£10,989 2012 Nissan Qashqai 1.6 [117] Acenta 5dr White 21000 miles .£9,989 2012 Nissan Juke 1.6 Tekna 5dr Black 22800 miles...................£9,989 2013 Nissan Juke 1.6 Acenta 5dr White 17700 miles.................£9,689

OTHERS 2013 Kia Ceed 1.6 CRDi 1 5dr Silver 17800 miles.......................£9,689 2012 Kia Ceed 1.6 CRDi 2 EcoDynamics 5dr Blue 35014 miles..£9,289 2013 Renault Clio 0.9 TCE 90 Dynamique MediaNav Energy 5dr Black 25000 miles.............................................................................£8,289

2012 Seat Ibiza 1.4 SE 5dr Black 25500 miles..............................£6,989 2013 Toyota Yaris 1.33 VVT-i TR 5dr Red 25000 miles...............£6,989 2010 Renault Scenic 1.4 TCE Privilege TomTom 5dr Black 33200 miles ...................................................................................................£6,689 2012 Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge 3dr [Start Stop] White 21700 miles...£6,589 2012 Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge 3dr Black 27500 miles........................£6,489 2012 Seat Ibiza 1.4 SE 3dr White 36000 miles.............................£5,989 2009 Mazda 3 1.6 TS 5dr Blue 47700 miles..................................£5,789 2012 Toyota Aygo 1.0 VVT-i Fire 5dr White 12600 miles............£5,489 2010 Mazda 2 1.3 TS2 3dr Green 36550 miles .............................£5,489 2010 Renault Megane 1.6 16V 110 Dynamique 3dr Grey 49500 miles. .............................................................................................................£5,489 2010 Fiat 500 1.2 S 3dr Grey 42500 miles.....................................£5,489 2012 Kia Picanto 1.0 1 5dr Blue 23730 miles...............................£5,289 2012 Kia Picanto 1.0 1 3dr Black 26000 miles.............................£4,989

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Friday October 30, 2015 bottom with one drawer £25. Buyer to collect. Tel 07708 116038/ 01924 504009/ 07710 536764.

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How to advertise...

There are THREE ways to place your advert: 1) Ring Adele on 01924 470296 (9.30am-2pm Tuesday to Thursday). Have your advert ready and you can pay by debit card (30p surcharge).

2) Come into the offices of The NEW High Bay lights, very modern, as new condition. They have 75wt energy bulbs, and produce 280wt lighting.

Long cable and chain attached. £40 each.

Phone Tony 07790 568986. (1792) Ingersoll Rand V twin air compressor, suitable for garage or home use, 250v electrics, good working order.

Reluctant sale £100 no offers. Tel 01924 451024. (1793) Over bed wardrobe unit (Littlewoods), new, oak, 10 months old, cost £280, sell for £125.

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07810 387120 after 3pm. (1795) Light oak fire surround with marble inset, good condition £30. Tel 07810 387120 after 3pm.

(1795) Boys’ bike Ridgeback MX 20”, very good condition, front shock absorbers, gears £48.

Tel 01924 471481.

(1796) Cane conservatory suite, two-seater settee and two chairs £60, buyer collects. Tel 01924 473676. (1797) Black leather brief case, as brand-new £7. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal). (1798)

Curtains pair lined, wine-coloured, velour 66” x 54” drop, very good condition £30. Tel 07786 404627. (1794)

Nest of medium oak coffee tables, solid wood, in good condition £7. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal). (1798)

Mahogany fire surround, good condition £20. Tel

TV stand, black glass & chrome, 3 tier 19” high

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x 23” wide x 16” deep, good quality £7. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal). (1798) Two leather jackets, 44” reg, one black and one brown, as new £7. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal). (1798) Girls/ladies Apollo cycle, 18 gears, front suspension, lights back & front, excellent condition £25. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal).

(1798) Two swivel stools (very modern), chrome base, grey metallic seats, generous height adjustment, chrome footrest, worth seeing, cost £160, accept £45 for both. Tel 07531 035354.

(1799) Two black leather twoseater sofas, chrome feet, very good condition, £100 each, also matching large coffee table in clear

glass/chrome, offers.

Buyer collects Tel 01924 401729/402077. (1800) BABY/ CHILDREN’S GOODS Mothercare cot bed in pine, Chico hi-chair and safety gate. All in good condition £80. Tel 01924 403625. (Can deliver if required). (1776) Assortment of baby clothes and bedding, comprising sleep bags and blankets etc. Excellent condition, large bag £20.

Tel 01924 477178. (1771) Mothercare navy blue coach built pram with collapsible chassis, about 35 years old, what I call a proper pram. Good condition £30. Tel 01924 460819. (1746).

COLLECTIBLES Dolls house – never played with. Stands 5 foot 10. Consists of three floors and basement. Fully decorated, wired and fur-

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nished. Come complete with display unit, separates into four pieces. £600 ono. Tel: 07791 294963 (1783).

FURNITURE Three-piece suite in red material, three years old, good condition £500. Tel 01924 448613. (1790)

45 mixed LP records 60s/70s. Hardly played £25. Tel 01924 565913.

(1765)

Three-seater settee and two armchairs, in pale green with traditional pattern, goodcondition £100, buyer to collect. Tel 01924 266694. (1787)

ELECTRICAL Bosch dishwasher with three heat settings, in very good condition £50.

Tel 01924 440755. (1791) Oreck Excel Pro vacuum cleaner in black. Excellent clean condition and working order. One light at front not working. Accept £70 ono. Tel: 01924 609015 (1785) Mira Sport thermostatic electric shower, very good condition £50. Tel 01924 496345. (1781) White Knight tumble dryer, very good condition £50.

Tel 01924 496345. (1781) Hotpoint Ice diamond under counter fridge, very good condition £50. Tel 01924 496345. (1781) Frigidaire table top freezer, excellent condition £45 ovno. Tel 07909 742005.

(1753) Indesit freezer 6ft grey/silver, £50 excellent condition (12 months old). Tel 07789 671300, buyer collect. (1756) GHD professional hair straighteners, ideal for long hair £40. Tel 01274 879076. (1758) Fujifilm digital camera, Finepix 52000HD capture and playback. 15 x optical zoom. HD TV attachment kit, battery and charger £25. 01924 264330 (1735) FABRIC/ FASHION/ CLOTHING Empisal Knitmaster 360 knitting machine, complete with manuals and pattern books, all accessories and punched cards.

Condition as new, huge bargain £120. Tel 07598 397702. (1766) Ladies size 14 Bailey’s sheepskin jacket, vgc £25.

Tel 07598 397702. (1766) Black suit with black shirt, all Taylor & Wright make; jacket XL, single breasted, trousers 38” waist x 31” leg, shirt 17” neck. Ideal for well-built person.

Bought new, worn once £25. Tel 01924 462494.(1757)

Solid pine table plus four chairs, measures 90cm (W) x 160cm (L) £100 ono.

Tel 01924 671065/ 07787 113980. Buyer collects.

(1788) Period writing bureau in dark oak. Drawer, cupboard and writing slope.

Drop down lid with key.

Nine hatches inside and two drawers. Width 30 inches by height 39 inches. £65 ono. Tel: 01924 609015 (1785) Bridgecraft three piece suite for sale, including armchair, recliner chair plus medium size sofa in cream/blue. Good condition £375, may sell separately. Tel 01924 273385 (Buyer collects). (1779) Waterfall bookcase with three shelves in yew, 40” (H) x 24 1/2” (W) x 12” (D), £45 ono. Tel 01924 823457. (1777) 42” black & clear glass, three-tier TV stand £20.

Tel 07706 488932. (1767) 32” clear glass three-tier TV stand £15. Tel 07706 488932. (1767) Two-tier black coffee table/TV stand , 54” wide x 15” high £15. Tel 07706 488932. (1767) Dark corner display cabinet. Leaded windows and light cupboard underneath. Good condition. 80” H x 18” W, £22, 01132 522354/ 07734 031590 (1745).

Moses basket on wooden stand, as new, £12. 01132 522354/ 07734 031590 (1745).

Computer chair, swivel movement, adjustable height, pedestal base on caster. High padded back and seat, no arms. Red cloth on light grey plastic coated frame. Excellent condition. Used privately by retired person £18 ono.

01924 462494 (1743).

Beech-coloured computer desk, 3ft 2in high x 3ft 9” wide x 2ft 4” depth. Will need to be assembled.

Three shelves top and

GARDEN Two bamboo plants for sale 7ft high in large pots. £20 each. Tel: 07964 607502 (1780).

Two-burner gas barbecue, comes complete with two gas bottles, one full, one half full; Also includes new cooking trays, plus extra bag volcanic rock, £35 no offers. Tel 01924 451024. (1761) Hozelock cascade 3000 water pump £25. Tel 01274 879076. (1758) HOUSEHOLD Aluminium two-way combination ladder, hardly used; many different positions, for wide variety of uses £40 (can deliver locally). Tel 07775 774253.

(1789) Centre light shade. Two tier opaque glass. Approx 10-inch diameter. No chips or scratches. £15.

Tel: 01924 609015 (1785) Inset Ceramic bathroom sink complete with chrome taps £25. Tel 01924 496345. (1781) Mobility walk-in bath complete with taps, very good condition £200. Tel 01924 496345. (1781) Oval, white, ceramic inset vanity wash basin, new and boxed £35. Tel 07598 397702. (1766) Solid brass shower, thermo control mixer. Fixed height with 4” dial. Swivel head £50. Tel 07598 397702. (1766) Underlay boards 860 x 590 x 8mm, 11 panels in all. Surplus to requirements £5. Various boxes 150mm x 150mm ceramic wall tiles, white, mottled grey and mottled buff, 6 packs in all £10. Wine rack 25 bottles £5. Tel 07909 742005. (1755) Bathroom or small room central heating radiator. 24 inches by 24 inches.

Complete with thermostat and brackets. Nearly new, £25. 01924 451024. (1742).

Gas fire, living flame, balanced flue, will convert to standard, vented chimney; black with brass surround, removed by gas fitter £25 ono. Tel 01924 462494.

(1739) Half moon rug, apple green, new condition; 4ft 6” wide x 2ft 3” deep, new condition, from home with no pets or children £7 ono. Tel 01924 462494.

(1739) MISCELLANEOUS Shopping trolley on four wheels. Tartan bag with cover. Aids mobility and balance. £8. Tel: 01924 609015 (1785) Scaffold tower for sale.

Heavy duty, five sections; 10ft (L) x 4ft (W) x 5ft (H), reaches 20/30ft, adjustable wheels – outriggers £485. Tel 01924 471481. (1772) 2015 Limerick Tumblers £10 each. Tel 01924 497298 anytime (Mirfield).

Two metre lengths of 4 x 1 timber, 20 pieces £20. Tel 01924 472043. (1760) Fish tank L 60cms x W

30cms x H 41cms including top. Plus pump, water plants, ornaments, gravel, light in the top and seven cold water fish. All in working order £20. Buyer to collect. Tel 07746 245435 (Cleckheaton).

MOTORING Set of three new genuine Ford Mondeo 2000 on/Ford Focus MkZ 16” wheel trim hub caps £8 each or £20 for all three.

Tel 07934 603470. (1780) Five, Freelander One, three-spoke 17” alloy wheels (off 2006 TD4 HSE), with Michelin 4 X 4 synchrone tyres 225/55R 17 £130. Tel 07804 162294. (1769) Two wheel covers, 17” wheel, logo £15, no logo £10. Tel 07804 162294.

(1769) Haynes manual Freelander 1997-Oct 2006 (R to 56 reg) 1.8 petrol 2.0 TD £10.

Tel 07804 162294. (1769) Mazda Bongo caravan awning, very good condition £100 ono. Tel 07964 010640. (1764) One-piece silver screen for motorhome, £40.

01924 494526 (1744).

Three-piece quilted silver screen for motorhome £45. 01924 494526 (1744).

Set of roof bars for Citreon C4 Picasso. Brand new in box, £60. 01924 494526 (1744).

Fiamma twin cycle rack, complete with fittings.

Good condition. Cost £180 new, yours for £50. 01924 494526 (1744).

PETS Large dog travel crate in hard-wearing plastic, (L) 29” x (W) 21” x (H) 22” approx. good condition £20. Tel 07934 603470.

(1780) Ferplast hamster cage with fittings 46L x 29W x 37H, vgc £20. Tel 07598 397702. (1766) Dog crate (folds flat).

Suitable size for lurcher, still boxed, used for just two weeks. £25. Tel: 01924 406571.

SPORTING/OUTDOOR/FITNESS Treadmill, like new (Argos own), folds up for storage, no longer used as joined a gym, £45 was £100 new.

Tel Julie on 07900 865715 or 01924 627596. (1782) New, sealed and unused 907 camping Gaz bottle.

Go Outdoors price £67.45 with a card, will accept £30. Tel 01924 451024.

(1768) Srixon pro-golf bag, excellent condition with some assorted golf clubs. Cost over £120 will accept £30 (clubs are free) 01924 464453 (1736).

TOYS AND GAMES Six x 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles, new unopened £20. Tel 07934 603470.

(1780) Child’s wooden chalet type open plan dolls house with wooden furniture plus four wooden dolls, very good condition £10. Tel 07934 603470.

(1780) WANTED Carpets wanted for cash, will call and collect. Tel 01924 471481. (1772)

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HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Ravenswharfe pull off surprise HW cup upset at Overthorpe Sports Club THE MAIN shock in the second round of the Heavy Woollen Challenge Cup saw Championship strugglers Ravenswharfe win 2-1 at Premier Division outfit Overthorpe Sports Club.

Sam Sweeney on the attack for Overthorpe

Dave Jewitt

RUGBY UNION EXTRA

Ossett clinch victory late on Yorkshire Division Four OSSETT RUFC

21

HALIFAX VANDALS

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at Queens Terrace

OSSETT snatched a 21-17 victory from Halifax Vandals in Yorkshire Division Four.

Tim Roberts was in fine form

for the hosts, scoring two tries and kicking three penalties.

Ossett showed good mental strength to bounce back after throwing away a 15-0 half time lead to trail 17-15 in the closing stages before Roberts finally secured the win for his side late on.

The win moves Ossett up to sixth in the league table.

Danny Craven lashed in a shot in the first minute of the game, only for James Wilson to equalise just after half time.

Steven Smith hit the winner as Ravenswharfe hung on for a memorable victory.

Birstall St Patricks won an all Championship tie as they beat Hartshead 2-0 thanks to a Tom Williams strike and an own goal.

Millbridge WMC had braces from Luke Sherman and Nick Robinson, plus a Joe Kenzitt goal as they won 5-2 at Clifton Rangers.

St John Fisher also progressed to the next round after Rob Bordman (two), Rob Hiscox, Charlie Frear and an own goal saw them win 5-2 at AFC Chickenley, who replied through Blake Dewhirst and Michael Chadwick.

James Tesseyman fired a hat-trick for Woodkirk Valley in their 5-2 win against Deighton WMC. Chris McGuire and Nick Williamson bagged the†others, with Deighton replying through Michael Fill and Paul Pyke.

Dale Wright hit the game’s only goal as

Birkenshaw won 1-0 at Woodman Batley Carr.

Robin Knight fired a hattrick for Heckmondwike Sports Club in their 3-2 win over Town Rangers.

In the Heavy Woollen Challenge Trophy, Overthorpe Sports Club Reserves completed a miserable day for the club, going down 13-3 to Birkenshaw Reserves, despite Lee Davey’s hattrick.

Ryan Hird led the way for Birkenshaw with five goals, Joel Pollard netted a hat-trick with Paul Smith, Lee Brook, Adam Lazenby, Tom Smith and Luke Hird completing the tally.

Elliott Williams hit a brace as Batley Irish Nash overcame Punch Bowl 3-0.

Joe Lyttle grabbing the other.

Patrick Davies hit a hattrick for Saville Arms in a 5-1 win at Scholes Athletic.

Adam Nicholls and Simon Garrett hit the others, with Jonathan Irvine replying for Scholes.

Snowdon won 6-2 against Clifton Rangers Reserves thanks to a hat-trick from Shakeel Pandora, plus goals from Ahmedullah Bham, Adam Mohammed and Noman Hussain.

Logan Hall fired a hattrick for Six Lane Ends in a 5-1 win over St Ignatius.

Brandon Yates and Carl Cammish hit the others, with Bunn Darboe replying

SPEN VALLEY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Nadim Hussain in possession for Mount Pleasant for the home side. Old Bank WMC enjoyed an 8-0 win over Clifton Rangers A thanks to four goals from Robert Evans, a Joshua Cooke hat-trick and a strike from Will Smeaton.

Field Head won 3-1 against Shire thanks to a double from Daniel Wright and a Michael Beaumont strike.

Shire replied through Jacob Noble.

Nigel Saddington scored for Battyeford, but they went down 3-1 at Division Two side Rose of York.

In the Premier Division Mount Pleasant climbed to†sixth place with a 3-0 win over bottom side Oakwell Motel.

In the Championship

Dave Blakeley hit both goals for Navigation as they won 2-1 at Marsh, who replied through Marc Harrison.

The result sees Navigation climb to second place whilst Marsh drop to third. Division One leaders The Yorkshireman had a brace from Joel Franklin to thank as they won 2-1 at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club, who replied through Dave Hall.

FC Liversedge and Batley Celtics shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Mark Wigley and Lee McKeown scored for Liversedge, with Dave Barlow and Brad Jackson earning a point for the Batley side.

CRICKET

Athletico extend lead New cricket format for at top after Vision win 2016 following merger IN THE Spen Valley League Premier Division Athletico went two points clear at the top of the table after beating third-placed Vision FC Wyke 3-2.

Athletico found out the hard way that Vision wasn’t an easy away fixture but the visitors collected all three points with goals from Paul Hague, Brandon Dexter and Qendrim Ermini.

Vision replied through Chris Lever and Darren Fenton.

Savile Youth lose ground on Athletico after being held to a 1-1 draw away at Girlington.

The visitors were lucky after Girlington scored an own goal.

But Umar Zahoor scored at the right end for the home side to share the points.

Hightown Jets were on form on their trip to Savile United.

The away side fired seven past Savile with goals from Nathan Clarke (two), James Mortimor (two), Jordan Midwood, Dean Collins and

Lee Williams.

Rehan Sultan and Mohammed Shoaib netted for the hosts.

Harsthead were another away side that struck seven on their travels.

Brendan Folan’s hat-trick followed by goals from Sean Raven (two), Oliver Fenton and Joel Pollard sealed a comfortable win over strugglers Salthorn.

The hosts replied through Sohail Mahmood.

In another one-sided Premier League fixture Palestino won 6-2 at Idle FC. The away side netted with braces from Wayne Sparkes and Ben McCardle before Ryan Sanson and Dave Chadwick completed the scoring for Palestino.

Idle replied through Jack Strudwick and Callum Doherty.

Dewsbury West Side continued their good run of form in the First Division thanks to a 5-2 win over Howden Clough.

Faisal Hanif (two), Safir Shabir, Nadim Ghafoor and Javed Patel completed

Dewsbury’s scoring.

In reply Reece Scholes netted a brace for Clough.

Mount Pleasant go third after their impressive 7-2 win over Savile Town.

Saif Akbar’s hat-trick and Mohammed Patel’s brace followed by goals from Mohammed Sadiq and Aamir Aswat saw off Savile.

But the hosts did score thanks to an own goal and a Junaid Khan strike.

Smokin Aces and Norfolk played out an entertaining 22 draw.

Said Said and Pally netted for visitors Norfolk, but the hosts earned a point thanks to strikes from Bilal Mir and Ashraf Navsaka.

But Drummond were the stand-out performers after thrashing West End Park 101.

Hat-tricks from Faisal Khan and Mohammed Adaas followed by goals from Saqib Khan, Usman Khan, Abdussamad and Umar Khan rounded off a comfortable win for the hosts.

Paul Lawson netted West End’s only goal.

By Mike Popplewell Cricket Correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk

THE BRADFORD and Central Yorkshire League merger appears to have reached its conclusion following the release of next year’s new format The Premier League will consist of 12 clubs, two Championship Divisions of equal standing, based on an arbitrary division of the clubs to give each team a variety of opponents and broadly spread locations.

There will also be a Conference Division consisting of 13 teams along with a reserve team competition Competing in the Premier League will be Cleckheaton, Hanging Heaton, East Bierley, Scholes, Woodlands, Morley, Bradford and Bingley, Farsley, Pudsey Congs,

Pudsey St Lawrence, New Farnley and Lightcliffe.

Championship B Division will have Spen Victoria, Hopton Mills, Gomersal, Hartshead Moor, Bowling Old Lane, Bankfoot, Methley, Wrenthorpe, Altofts, Brighouse and Carlton and Townville.

The A Division will comprise of Batley, Birstall, Liversedge, Ossett, Undercliffe, Yeadon, Keighley, Saltaire, Baildon, Hunslet Nelson, Idle and Windhill.

The Conference Division will be made up by Heckmondwike and Carlinghow, Crossbank, Buttershaw St Pauls, Adwalton, Northowram, Azaad, East Ardsley, East Leeds, Gildersome, Great Preston, Wakefield St Michaels and Oulton.

It has been an anxious wait for outgoing Liversedge chairman Allan Trevitt who thought his club

may have lost out after being pipped for the CYL First Division title by Hopton Mills on the last day of the season.

“We were worried because we are more stable as a club than we have been for a long while,” said Trevitt.

“Yet when we have spoken to players about next season they just weren’t interested when they thought we would be in the Conference.

“As it stands now I am confident we will strengthen our side and we will certainly have an overseas player next season,” added Trevitt.

Although no club will be relegated from the Championship in the immediate future, the way remains open for progressive Conference clubs to advance as there is the option to expand for any of the top three divisions.

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Friday October 30, 2015

RUGBY UNION

BOXING

Cleckheaton narrowly miss out on valuable bonus point

KBW’S winning streak continues

National League Three North ILKLEY

31

CLECKHEATON

17

at Stacks Field

CLECKHEATON’S struggles on the road continue after a 31-17 defeat at the hands of Ilkley in National League Three North.

Cleckheaton’s mistakes started early when they conceded cheap territorial advantage.

Ilkley capitalised when a subsequent catch and drive from a line out wasn’t dealt with and they crossed for the first try of the game, which was converted to give the hosts a 7-0 advantage.

And moments after the restart Ilkley extended their lead from a penalty after Cleckheaton were judged to have collapsed a scrum.

But the visitors showed potential with their first incursion into Ilkley’s 22.

And when a line-out throw was missed by the home side Jack Seddon was the first to react, claiming the ball and setting up

Matt Piper is brought down on the attack good position. A swift pass from Jack Bickerdike found Richard Piper on the wing and he forced his way over for Cleckheaton’s first try.

The conversion attempt fell short of the sticks and the 10-5 scoreline was not static for long,

Gerald Christian

as Ilkley extended their lead after the hosts broke down the Moorenders’ left flank for a converted try in the corner to make it 17-5.

Cleckheaton tried to gain ground in the second half but were hampered by the Richard

Piper’s yellow card.

With the captain sin-binned Ilkley went over for a third time and added the extras.

Cleckheaton’s kicking game was off-target and Ilkley were gifted possession and territory a number of times.

With defence strained from the additional work that comes with lack of ball, Ilkley's centre ghosted through Cleckheaton’s midfield for their bonus point try.

The game was already lost by Cleckheaton as they trailed 31-5 with 15 minutes left to play.

However, the visitors can take positives from playing some flowing rugby in then closing stages.

Cleckheaton scored a consolation try through Richard Piper, which was added to when Jack Bickerdike scooted over from the back of a ruck with Ilkley’s defence caught flat-footed.

One of the tries was converted Cleckheaton now trailed 31-17.

But the Moorenders failed to score another try and pick up the bonus points.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Albion climb to safety after third straight win OSSETT ALBION completed their third straight win when they overcame Westella and Willerby 4-0 in the North East Regional League to move away from the Southern Division relegation zone.

Man of the match Nikki Swift was the architect of the visitors’ downfall with a fine hat-trick, taking her season’s league tally to seven, and Chloe Roberts grabbed the other.

In form Albion now go to Harrogate Railway on Sunday hoping to maintain their good form.

Neighbours Ossett Town were left reeling after a double blow

from Tingley Athletic, and manager Dan Robinson will be looking for a big improvement if his side are to mount the serious title challenge he is hoping for.

Having been dumped out of the County Cup by Tingley reserves the previous week they promptly lost their unbeaten record in the West Riding League Premier Division when, despite goals from Clare Thomasson and Danielle Sidebottom, they lost 3-2 to the Leeds side’s first team.

It is League Cup week in the West Riding League and with Town’s opponents Boroughbridge unable to raise a team they have been given a walkover.

No such luck for First Division promotion hopefuls Battyeford Belles, who will be assessing their top flight credentials when they entertain Premier side Bradford Park Avenue.

The Mirfield side dropped their first points of the campaign in an ill-tempered affair away at Silsden last time out.

Katie Clarkson fired the visitors 1-0 ahead on 25 minutes.

But the game was turned upside down by physical Silsden side who battled their way back in the second half to win the game 3-1.

Meanwhile Battyeford Reserves went down 3-0 at home

to Tyersal Ladies. The Belles had over two thirds of the possession but they were unable to convert their dominance into goals.

In the Third Division Ossett Town reserves completed their second win when they beat bottom club Boroughbridge 3-2, with goals from Jess Fennell (two) and Vicki Jackson, but there was a blank week for promotion chasing Dewsbury Rangers as their opponents, Crossley, couldn’t raise a side.

On Sunday Rangers are in League Cup action at First Division Republica International while Ossett Town reserves entertain Ilkley Town.

DEWSBURY’S KBW boxers have been in top form, winning an impressive nine consecutive fights in just two weeks.

KBW’s success started at the Gladiators Boxing Show in Huddersfield.

Jibran Khurshid of KBW comfortably beat Gladiator Boxing’s Adam Sandy over three rounds.

Also making his debut for KBW was Haydar Khan, who dominated all three round to win by a unanimous decision on the judges’ cards against Charlie Doherty of Boarshaw.

Michael Brook also bounced back well from his defeat last time out to overcome Connor Booth of Freedom Boxing Club.

Brook showed big improvements and forced the referee to stop the contest.

Callum Grace also performed well defeating Middleton Select’s Connor Burton.

Grace out-boxed

his opponent over all three rounds to win by a unanimous decision.

Elsewhere Joshua Wisher overcame Hamza Khan of Queensbury in a tough bout, but the KBW fighter won by a split decision.

In Bradford, Adnan Khan and Adeeb Ajmal were in action for the first time this season, with Ajmal also making his debut for KBW. Khan won his bout at the Hilton Hotel against Adreece Iqbal.

And Ajmal edged out Ebrahim Mohammed in a ferocious contest which won by a split decision at the same venue.

At Sharky’s Boxing Show in Leeds, Osama Kaleem defeated Brendan Collins of Sandy Gate.

Josh Wisher was also in action picking up another win against Halifax Boxing’s Kaymen Glasgow to complete a successful period for KBW.

From left: Michael Brooke, Jibran Khurshid, Shammy Cheema, Alan Haque, Callum Grace and Haydar Khan

MEN’S FOOTBALL

Albion struggle on the road Evo-Stik First Division North BURSCOUGH OSSETT ALBION

2 0

at Warehouse Systems Stadium

BURSCOUGH saw off Ossett Albion 2-0 in the Evo-Stik First Division North in a fiery game which was hampered by poor refereeing decisions.

Burscough got off to the best possible start after Will Jones made the most of a defensive mix up from Albion to slot his shot in the bottom corner of the net and edge his

side in front.

The game was a close encounter, but tempers boiled over when Albion boss Richard Tracey was sent from the sideline before half-time after he was enraged his side weren’t awarded a corner.

In the second half Albion were chasing shadows but the hosts couldn’t convert their possession into goals.

But the visitors remained in the game until the 90th minute when the hosts doubled their lead through Tolani Omotola, who looked off-side but made the most of his good fortune and finish his chance to claim all three points for Burscough.

Ten defeats and counting for Sedge NCEL Premier Division

WORKSOP LIVERSEDGE

1 1

at Sandy Lane

LIVERSEDGE slumped to 19th in Northern Counties East League Premier

Division following a heavy 6-0 defeat at Worksop Town.

Mitch Husbands netted four for Worksop with Jordan Crooke and Kyle Jordan adding the others.

This was Liversedge’s 10th league defeat on the

bounce with no end in sight to their poor run of form.

Liversedge play Barton Town Old Boys tomorrow (Saturday) desperately needing a win now they find themselves in a relegation battle.

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Kendall Town regret missed New man opportunities against Ossett in charge Evo-Stik First Div North

OSSETT TOWN

1

KENDAL TOWN

1

at 4G&Data Stadium

OSSETT TOWN played out a 1-1 draw against Kendal Town in a game that led to the departure of manager John Reed.

Kendal got off to a solid start, creating numerous opportunities, the closest of which was cleared off the line by Ossett’s Steven Jeff on 10 minutes.

The hosts were on the back foot in the opening encounters but they did show some attacking promise when Chris Ovington and Nathan Curtis worked well together to release Jeff, but his subsequent cross

was poor and went out for a goal kick.

And shortly before the half hour mark Sanchez Payne tried to work a shooting opportunity but Kendal easily cleared their lines.

The away side had a chance to open the scoring on 39 minutes after Mike Aspin’s shot was well saved by Tom Morgan.

This came moments after Ovington thought he had nudged Ossett in front after a quick turn and shot.

But the best chance of the first half came shortly before the interval when Kendall’s Jordan Connerton rounded Morgan in goal only for his shot to be cleared off the line by Lee Connor.

And Connorton’s finish-

ing didn’t get any better in the second half after he fired a shot over the bar from close range.

But Kendal did manage to break the deadlock on the hour mark through Daniel Wilkins.

But the lead lasted just seven minutes before Cameron Lyn brought Ossett level.

Connerton’s day then got worse after his side were awarded a penalty and the Kendal striker’s effort was saved by Morgan from 18 yards.

But the away side looked the most threatening team going forward in the closing stages and they thought they had won the game late but for their goal to be disallowed meaning the points were shared.

at Town

G R A H A M NICHOLAS has been named the new Ossett Town manager.

Nicholas takes over the reins following John Reed’s departure after Ossett’s 1-1 draw with Kendal last Saturday.

Nicholas has left Garforth Town to join Ossett and his his former club are currently eighth in Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

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RUGBY LEAGUE

Sharks secure play-off place NCL Division One WIGAN ST JUDES SHAW CROSS SHARKS

20 22

at Keats Avenue

SHAW CROSS SHARKS edged out Wigan St Judes 22-20 in a hard-fought win which sees the Sharks secure a play-off spot in National Conference League Division One. Sharks struck first at Wigan after a dropped ball allowed Branden French to gain possession and sprint 60 metres to touch down under the posts.

Casey Johnson converted to give the away side a 6-0 lead on 15 minutes.

But already-relegated Judes struck back five min-

Branden French’s first-half try helped Shaw Cross to victory

Stags kick-start winter campaign with victory Pennine Championship KING CROSS PARK 14 MIRFIELD STAGS 34

at Wakefield Road MIRFIELD STAGS kicked off their debut winter campaign with a 34-14 comeback victory over King Cross Park.

Richard Silverwood’s men, playing their opening Pennine League Championship Division fixture, came from behind at the break to seal a well-earned victory thanks to a hat-trick from debutant hooker Mikey Batty.

The hosts held a 10-0 lead at the break, courtesy of

tries from wingers Taylor Foulds and Liam Calvert, in the 11th and 29th minutes, respectively.

But within five minutes of the restart, the Stags were in front.

First, Batty went over for his opener before Wayne Jowett made it back-toback tries for the visitors.

Points machine Ross Hayden added both conversions to give his side a 12-10 lead.

But five minutes later, the hosts were in front again.

Calvert touched down for his second of the afternoon, to give his side a 14-12 lead.

But those would

be the last points of the afternoon for the hosts, with the Stags scoring four unanswered tries in the final 25 minutes.

Oliver Rounding scored in the 56th minute, with Hayden adding the extras, to give the visitors a four-point advantage.

Two minutes later, Batty went over again and the Stags led by ten points.

In the 66th minute, Batty completed his hat-trick to give the visitors a game-high 14-point lead.

And with three minutes to go, newly-appointed winter captain Reece Spurr crossed to seal an impressive comeback victory.

utes later with a converted try to level the scores at 6-6.

Aiden Chandler soon put Shaw Cross ahead for a second time when he went blasted through from 30 metres out. Johnson added the extras to make it 12-6.

But Judes didn’t give up and battled hard to score two unconverted tries before half time to take a surprise 14-12 lead into the break.

After a severe dressingdown from Sharks manager Brett Turner, the away side came out for the second half rejuvenated.

Luke Hudson thought he had scored shortly after the restart but his try was disallowed following a knock-on.

And things got more frustrating for the visitors when Ross Roebuck also had a try

chalked off.

But Roebuck’s persistence paid off when he touched down for a try which Johnson converted to give the Sharks an 18-14 advantage.

The away side began to play with more confidence and it showed when Robbie Byatt went over, taking three Wigan defenders with him.

The conversion was missed but Sharks led 22-14.

Nevertheless Wigan made Shaw Cross work hard for their win.

The hosts hit back with a converted try in the last 10 minute to set up a nervy end to the game for the visitors but they held on for a vital win that booked them a place in the Division One play-offs, where they host York Acorn.

Inexperienced Maroons suffer heavy home defeat Pennine League Div Four East DEWSBURY MOOR 10 SHERBURN BEARS

28

at Heckmondwike Road

DEWSBURY MOOR’S youthful Pennine side struggled against the toughtackling Sherburn Bears, losing out 28-10 at home in Pennine Division Four East.

Moor got off to a brilliant start when they went ahead thanks to a try scored by scrum-half Bradley Samme who touched down under the posts.

Jacob Flathers converted to give the hosts a 6-0 lead.

Moor kept up the pressure following their opening try

but couldn't extend their lead further despite telling runs from Dominic Scanlon, Max Vernon, Cain Crotty and Louis Greenwood.

It was the visitors who were next to score to level at 6-6 following a converted try.

In the second half the game got more physical, forcing Lewis Harvey to leave the field following a nasty facial injury.

Shortly afterwards Sherburn scored their second converted try of the game to go 12-6 in front.

But Moor continued to play solid rugby and got themselves within touching distance of their opponents when JonJo Fox crossed over for his side’s second try of the game to make it 12-10.

Moor went for the win but Sherburn’s defence stood firm against several Dewsbury attacks.

Dewsbury’s hopes were dashed when Kyle Wadsworth was shown a yellow card but they continued on the attack despite being a man down.

A neat grubber kick into the Sherburn in-goal area was cleared before winger Aiden Sheard had the chance to gather the ball and touch down.

But Sherburn saw the game out in style, racking up a further 16 points in the closing stages to seal an impressive victory.

Next up for Dewsbury Moor is a trip to face Ryhill Hammers.

Trojans Under-10s triumph in New 2016 Pennine strip their final outing of the season

MIRFIELD STAGS have unveiled their new home kit for their debut in the Pennine League Championship made by ISC Teamwear.

The asymmetric strip features the club’s primary colours of oxford blue, grey and ivory.

Provident have become the club's main partner and the company’s branding takes its place on the chest, alongside Wilcock & Co. KS Fox Jewellers and Roy Ellam's

Health Club have also renewed their partnerships and will appear on the collar and top of back respectively.

New partners Watermark Plumbing Supplies feature on the upper chest, with Ex Fleet Van Sales on the bottom of the back.

On both sleeves are two more new partners, The Laundry Room and Mirfield Mill Carpets. Elsewhere, Darren Smith Homes and Law Distribution take their place on the shorts.

T H O R N H I L L TROJANS Under10s ended their season on a high after a hard fought victory over Drighlington.

Kieron Haigh claimed the magic moment award in this fixture thanks to his match-winning conversion in the final minute of the game.

Louie Creaser was named top tackler and the 100 per cent honours were bagged by Josh Oldrieve.

The opposition award went to Connor Emerson

Thornhill Trojans Under-10s squad before their last game of the season for his solid performance at scrumhalf. Charlie Key

went home with the parents’ award and Frazer Cass

clinched the player of the match award.

Batley Boys lose out on derby day BIRSTALL VICTORIA edged out Batley Boys in a thrilling Under-9s local derby.

Scarlett Hartley scored a brilliant try for Batley and as a result bagged the opposition player of the match, parents’ player, top tackler and joint magic moment honours, shared with Taylor Sheldrake after his evasive run led to another try for Batley.

Man of the match Jake Johnson scored a hat-trick and K a d e n Housecroft, Thomas Naylor and Finnley Johnson all got on the scoresheet for Batley.

K a s e y Wadsworth was another stand out performer and earned the 100 per cent award alongside Joely Johnson and Dylan McCallion.

Bradley John received the most improved accolade for some outstanding tackling.

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Girls are making new friends Down Under DESPITE an entire day’s worth of travelling the Batley Bulldogs Girls have not let tiredness get in the way of their amazing trip down under.

Batley Bulldogs Girls line up before playing Merrimac State Inset: The girls are making new friends

Maun joins Bulldogs in coaching capacity

By Joe Link Sports Reporter joe@thepressnews.co.uk

FORMER Batley Bulldogs favourite Danny Maun is rejoining the Mount Pleasant side as part of John Kear’s coaching staff.

It will be Maun’s third stint at the Bulldogs, having signed twice as a player, which saw him play 254 games for the club.

Maun, 34, who finished his playing career at Hunslet Hawks, enjoyed a testimonial year with the Bulldogs and has since turned his attention to coaching.

The former Batley centre impressed Kear when he was in charge of the Heavy Woollen Select squad that played the Bulldogs in a warm-up match prior to last season’s Kingstone Press Championship season.

A statement on the Bulldgos’ website read: explained: “John Kear was impressed at the way he coached the Heavy Woollen Select team last season and as soon as he confirmed that he was definitely retiring from playing, he asked him if he would join him on the coaching staff.

“Maun agreed without hesitation and will be a valuable addition as he also seeks to progress in his coaching career and obtain his Grade Three coaching certificate.”

Batley are also in discussions with Maun regarding work separate to his coaching position.

“It is great that former players like Danny have an opportunity to stay involved in our sport,” said Bulldogs chief executive Paul Harrison.

“The club are aware how popular he was as a player shown by his great testimonial year.

“I feel he can be an asset on match days around sponsors, but we are also looking at how he can work at the club through the week as well for our mutual benefit.

“It will be great to have him around the place again and this is yet more good news for the Bulldogs.”

HE’S BACK: Fans’ favourite Danny Maun in action for Batley, for whom he played 254 times in two stints

The girls have already experienced some fantastic training sessions, which have included touch and pass rugby on one of the Gold Coast’s beautiful beaches, followed by a visit to Merrimack State High School, home to the current Australian Girls Rugby League Schools champions, where Batley’s girls were greeted with a

warm reception.

The opening fixture didn’t quite go to plan after they suffered a heavy defeat to North Ipswich Tigers, but they performed much better against the Sunshine Coast Falcons, a Gold Coast select team which was put together especially for the visit of the Batley Girls.

However despite a better performance the Batley Girls lost out 24-14.

Anyone wanting to follow the progress of the girls on tour can visit w w w. t h e r u c k . o rg where you can view a daily blog.

Dewsbury Rams land 6TK kit deal DEWSBURY RAMS have revealed 6TK as their new kit manufacturer for the 2016 Kingstone Press Championship Campaign.

6TK will supply all of Dewsbury’s playing and training apparel for next season, and club chairman Mark Sawyer says he is pleased that the Rams are the first professional RL club to wear their products.

“They (6TK) are a relatively new company with big ambitions and I can’t wait to see the players out there in our new home and way kits,” said Sawyer.

“I understand the company use the latest state of the art materials and designs in order to give their customers a vital edge on the field of play and I expect us to benefit huge amounts from their hard work.

“The new kit is designed to help our players keep cool during games which can only benefit us in the long run,” added Sawyer 6TK replace Fi-Ta as the kit providers at the Tetley’s Stadium following lengthy negotiations.

“Fi-Ta were wanting to renew the contract and provide our kit for 2016, but it made more sense financially for us to opt for 6TK,” said club spokesman Tony Scargill.

The new home and away kit designs have now been approved by league officials, along with sponsorships. They will be unveiled in December and made available to buy at a meet the players night.

Rams fans will also be able to buy the new replica kits and merchandise from the club shop at the Tetley’s Stadium, from a second shop terminal behind the South Stand on first team home match days or from www.6TKSports.com.