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‘I get crazy if someone overtakes me’

Chilling rant of jailed taxi driver who led motorist to his death in high-speed car chase

‘I get crazy...’ jailed taxi driver Yasir Qadoos

By Staff Reporters A TAXI driver has been jailed for causing the death of another motorist by leading him on a high-speed chase on Thornhill roads.

Yasir Qadoos reached speeds of nearly 70mph as he raced 31-yearold Mohammed Zaman. The chase ended when Mr Zaman crashed and was thrown through the windscreen of his vehicle.

Leeds Crown Court heard that on June 13 last year Qadoos had finished work for Dewsbury-based taxi firm Bywell Cars and was driving home when the incident happened at 9.20pm.

The court was shown CCTV footage of Mr Zaman’s blue Toyota Yaris overtaking Qadoos’s white Toyota Auris on Overthorpe Road.

Qadoos, 41, then sped up to catch

Mr Zaman as he turned left onto Slaithwaite Road, before driving on the wrong side of a bollard and accelerating to 53mph to overtake him.

He slowed down to 25mph in front of Mr Zaman and then sped up again as he entered Thornhill Road.

Qadoos, of Ravenshouse Road in Dewsbury Moor, was heard in an audio recording from his dashcam saying something in Urdu which roughly translates to: “There’s a b****** doing something behind me. I will smash his car if he overtakes me, m*********** b******. I get crazy if someone overtakes me.”

Mr Zaman tried to overtake Qadoos again and they ended up driving side by side as Qadoos increased his speed to 69mph.

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Aftermath ... emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash in Thornhill in which Mohammed Zaman died

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Taxi driver jailed for racing death crash Continued from page 1

Deaths ALLATT (NEE NEWSOME) JANE On October 11, peacefully in Pinderfields Hospital, of Birstall, aged 96, wife of the late Leslie. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Wednesday October 30 at 12.30pm.

BARRACLOUGH (NEE CARBUTT) JEAN On October 4, peacefully at Hartshead Manor Nursing Home, aged 91, wife of the late Ernest and of the late Harold.

Funeral service will take place at St Mary’s Church, Gomersal, on Thursday October 24 at 11.30am.

BRIGGS GRAHAME On October 2, at Pinderfields Hospital, of Liversedge, aged 57, brother to Jackie and Gary. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday October 24 at 10.30am.

GARFORTH ALAN On October 7, peacefully in hospital, of Dewsbury, aged 93, husband of the late Kathleen.

Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Baptist Church on Tuesday October 22 at 1.30pm.

wife of the late Raymond. Funeral service will take place at Holy Spirit Church, Heckmondwike, on Tuesday October 22 at 1pm.

tal, aged 96, wife of the late Brian. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Wednesday October 30 at 10.30am.

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On October 10, peacefully at Manor Croft Nursing Home, of Mirfield, aged 89, wife of Walter.

Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday November 4 at 12.30pm.

On October 9, peacefully at his home in Batley surrounded by his family, aged 74, husband of Carolyn. Funeral service will take place at Batley Cemetery Chapel on Monday October 21 at 11am.

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On October 9, peacefully at Linson Court, Batley, a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday October 31 at 11.30am.

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Peter. Funeral service will take place at St Mary of the Angels RC Church, Batley, on Monday November 4 at 1.30pm.

WEATHERILL BARBARA On October 6, of Scholes, aged 93, wife of the late Ernest. Funeral service will take place at Huddersfield Crematorium on Monday October 28 at 2pm.

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WRAY ALBERT On October 9, in hospital, of Thornhill, aged 94, husband of Joyce.

Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Monday October 21 at 1.40pm.

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Mr Zaman was thrown through the windscreen by the impact and bystanders ran to his aid as he lay in the road in front of the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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seen the Yaris just before the crash. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

Mr Zaman’s eldest sister Shazia Akhtar read out a victim impact statement to the court.

She said: “This is a loss which will never be relieved until we die – a tragedy which devastated the whole family and changed our lives.”

Qadoos was jailed for three-anda-half years and disqualified from driving for six years and nine months.

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STUDENTS at Upper Batley High School learnt life-saving skills during a ‘Restart a Heart’ event this week.

The nationwide event saw youngsters up and down the country gain skills in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

The year seven pupils were helped by trained professionals from the emergency services, using resuscitation mannequins to learn the steps to take if they find someone unconscious and not breathing.

It was part of a campaign by the British Heart Foundation to increase public awareness about cardiac arrests and increase the number of people trained in CPR.

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Friday October 18, 2019

Drugs gang suspects in court

News In Brief MP calls for more Dewsbury men ‘conspired to smuggle heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth billions’ police in constituency

By Staff Reporters TWO men from Dewsbury appeared in court charged on suspicion of smuggling drugs worth billions of pounds into the UK. Vojtech Dano, 38, and Ivan Turtak, 34, both of Vulcan Gardens in the Flatts area of Dewsbury, face four charges of conspiring to import class A drugs and four charges of conspiring to import class B drugs.

They were part of a gang of 13 men arrested in dawn raids across the country last week in an operation by the National

Crime Agency. Police said the suspected international crime group smuggled in an estimated 50 tons of heroin, cocaine and cannabis hidden in fruit juice and vegetables in lorries from the Netherlands.

The men, from Leeds, Manchester, Stockport, St Helens, Warrington, Bolton and London, appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Of the 13, eight defendants were remanded into custody until the next hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday November 7. They are Ifthikar

Hussain, 46, of Leeds; Paul Green, 54, of St Helens; Sohail Qureshi, 59, of White City in London; Mohammed Ovais, 41, of Burnage in Manchester; Khaleed Vazeer, 56, of Timperley in Manchester; Steven Martin, 48, of Bolton; Mark Peers, 55, of Warrington; and Oliver Penter, 37, of Stockport.

Dano and Turtak were among the five others released on bail under strict conditions that they surrender their passports, check in at a local police station between midday and 2pm on Monday, Wednesday and

Saturday, do not enter an airport, seaport or international train station and remain under curfew at their homes between 7pm and 7am.

The rest are Ghazanfar Mahmood, 48, of Bolton; Andrew Reilly, 37, of St Helens; and Paul Ruane, 38, of Warrington.

All 13 will go on trial on November 7.

Four men and two women from the Netherlands, who were arrested by Dutch police on European Arrest Warrants in April, are awaiting extradition to the UK.

TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT: ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

NORTH KIRKLEES: Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin has called on the Prime Minister to recruit more police officers in the constituency.

Her plea comes after Boris Johnson promised to hire 20,000 new officers across the UK – but only 256 have been allocated to West Yorkshire.

Ms Brabin said: “We’ve seen first-hand in my constituency what effect Conservative police cuts have had. Anti-social behaviour has shot up, businesses have been plagued by burglaries and people do not feel safe in their homes.”

Home on The Range BIRSTALL: Home, leisure and garden retailer The Range opens at Birstall Retail Park next Friday after taking over the former Toys R Us outlet.

Cash handouts THORNHILL: A charity that helps community organisations will hand out its next round of cash in the new year.

The Thornhill Poors Estate Charity offers grants to established community organisations in Thornhill and district. Visit www.sitling tonparishcouncil.gov.uk for details.

Crash blocks road DEWSBURY: A main road in Dewsbury was blocked on Friday night after a two-car collision.

The incident happened on Wellington Road, outside Dewsbury Railway Station, at around 7pm. One person was taken to hospital and later discharged.

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PEOPLE of all ages joined in a new activity session at Batley Community Centre.

The ‘All Ages Meet and Eat’ class launched on Wednesday as part of the Royal Voluntary Service’s programme to offer people in Kirklees the chance to try something different.

Parents, toddlers and over50s are welcome at the weekly class, which involves bringing your own lunch to share and enjoying crafts, games and activities.

It’s £2 a time and runs every

Wednesday (12.30pm-2pm) at the centre on Upper Commercial Street.

■ The Royal Voluntary Service has a number of activities planned in the next week – starting tonight (Friday).

From 7pm to 9pm there is a quiz night at Batley Community Centre. A team of four is £10 (call 01924 446100 to book).

On Monday there is a movement and games session from 10.30am until 12pm at the community centre. The Sociables class is at the same time at

Bleak House on Wilton Estate.

On Tuesday there is the weekly pilates class, also at the community centre from 1.30pm2.30pm.

On Wednesday is the ‘all ages meet and eat’ session at the community centre (12.30pm-2pm) and on Thursday the lunch club returns from 11.30am-1pm. Pre-booking is required.

Happy Trippers are meeting on Friday at 1pm for a trip to the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Pre-booking is required.

Man harrassed ‘ex’ he ‘Bravery’ of victim thought was snooping raped seven times A MAN sent his ex-wife 14 messages in oneand-a-half hours in the mistaken belief she had accessed his medical records.

Stephen Foster, 47, of Grange Road, Batley, pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment relating to the incident on April 18.

Kirklees magistrates heard Foster sent the messages because he believed his ex-wife, who works at Pinderfields Hospital, had accessed his private information.

But an NHS investigation subsequently cleared the victim of any wrongdoing.

Foster, who has received previous harassment warnings due to his conduct towards the woman, was given a 12-month conditional discharge.

He must pay £85 court costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

A BATLEY man has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars for multiple counts of rape and false imprisonment.

Anthony Pinnock, left, was found guilty of seven counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment, when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court. The offences, against one woman, occurred between 2017 and 2019.

Detective Inspector Damian Simpson said: “I would like to praise the victim for her bravery and courage in coming forward and reporting these terrible crimes.

“I hope that the conviction and today’s sentencing helps to bring some closure to her.”

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A representative from each group must pitch their project idea Dragons Den-style to a panel of judges. Pitches must benefit the North Kirklees area. Anyone who wishes to be a judge must live or work in a North Kirklees postcode. Pitch application forms and more details can be found at www.dewsburysoup. org.uk. The next event is at Howlands, on School Street, Dewsbury, on Thursday, November 21 (6.30pm).

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Kidney-kebab terrier Missing pensioner’s survives a skewering body found THE body of a missing Mirfield pensioner has been found four days after he disappeared.

David Hardcastle, 83, below, was last seen on a towpath in the Steanard Lane/Shepley Bridge Marina area of the town on the morning of Thursday, October 10.

Extensive enquiries were carried out by West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, including underwater searches of the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation canal.

On Monday a police spokesman said: “Police who have been searching for missing man David Hardcastle have found a body. There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.”

Mr Hardcastle’s family took to social media to thank members of the public for their support and help with the search.

By Steve Martyn A ‘MIRACLE’ dog was saved by vets... four weeks after swallowing a kebab skewer which speared her kidney.

Yorkshire terrier Lilly was taken to Calder Vets in Savile Town by her owner Norma Mackay after a bout of vomiting and diarrhoea last month.

Shocking x-ray pictures showed how the four-inch wooden skewer had narrowly missed vital organs but pierced the nine-yearold pooch’s kidney, which had to be removed.

Natalie McQuire, lead veterinary surgeon, said: “It was on the ultrasound scan that the stick could be seen passing through her left kidney. We were all stunned; none of us have ever encountered something like this before.

“Lilly underwent surgery to remove the 10 centimetre stick, which was found to have passed all the way through the kidney and was sticking out of either side.

“Unfortunately, due to the skewer’s length and the damage caused it was not possible to save the affected kidney, so that was removed at the same time.”

Dewsbury vets Ben Lord and Mark Harrison carried out the surgery and said Lilly had eaten the stick which then passed through the intestine and across the abdomen to the kidney. But apart from scarring, it didn’t cause any lasting damage.

Natalie added: “Lilly made a fantastic recovery from her surgery. She was kept overnight on intravenous fluids to help support her remaining kidney before being sent home the following day.

“Her owner was as surprised as everyone else at the findings.

“Lilly is not a typical scavenger dog and it had been four weeks since their last barbecue, which is when she must have swallowed the stick (below).”

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A BOUNCER appeared in court accused of seriously injuring a party-goer as he ejected him from the TBC nightclub in Batley.

William Brooke needed surgery after suffering a broken jaw and cheekbone, damaged teeth and a large slash under his chin as a result of the alleged incident on June 23 last year.

Doorman Ashley Lee, of Mount Terrace, Batley, allegedly grabbed Brooke in a chokehold and dropped him to the floor outside the nightspot on Bradford Road.

The 31-year-old made no indication of a plea to a charge of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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A PAEDOPHILE from Liversedge has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for offences dating back to the 1990s.

David Port, right, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child.

Leeds Crown Court heard that Port abused four victims in the Batley and Liversedge areas between 1990 and 1999.

He was sentenced on October 11 to six years and five months, with a recom-

mendation that he serves five years in custody.

Det Con Yvonne Brear, of the Kirklees Child Safeguarding Unit, said: “Port took advantage of his victims, particularly due to their vulnerability, and this investigation uncovered the scale and nature of his offending.

“He will now serve time behind bars for these depraved activities and away from the potential to cause further harm to others.

“We hope this conviction will encourage other victims of child sexual abuse to come forward to police.”

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Friday October 18, 2019

Opening time for historic pub ‘sign of town revival’

By Steve Martyn BUSINESS leaders say Dewsbury is “finally on the up” as the doors of a historic town centre pub are set to open.

Their claim comes as the first stage in new investment in the town is set for fruition, as revamped pub the Black Bull gets ready to open next Friday.

Members of Dewsbury Forward and investor Peter Mason, who owns the pub and has refurbished the Grade II-listed building in Market Place, met to inspect the premises before handing it over to new tenants, Inglenook Inns and Taverns.

Dewsbury Forward, a working group set up to boost trade in the town, says it is delighted with the changes coming.

Eric Firth, chairman of Dewsbury Forward, said: “It is a major boost for the town and we are delighted to see the pub finally open. Dewsbury is on the up with exciting improvements ahead.”

Around £750,000 has been spent on the Black Bull, including a complete refurbishment, thanks in part to a grant from the Dewsbury Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI), which is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Kirklees Council and aims to preserve and enhance key buildings

Soldiers join up for graveyard clean-up task ARMY reservists helped to revitalise a war memorial in Birstall.

News In Brief Addict’s £450 haul NORTH KIRKLEES: A drug addict who stole six times from two stores believed his crimes were ‘victimless’, Kirklees magistrates heard.

Paul Barraclough, 34, of Carlinghow Lane, Batley, targeted Batley’s Asda and B&M Bargains in Dewsbury in order to fund his crack cocaine and heroin habit. On six separate occasions between June and August he shoplifted goods worth £450.

He was sentenced to a community order, including 15 rehabilitation activity days and must also take part in six months of drug rehabilitation, pay £280 in compensation to Asda and £135 to B&M.

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Inside the refurbished Black Bull pub, from left, owner Peter Mason with members of Dewsbury Forward and Dewsbury Chamber of Trade Jackie Ramsay, Marilyn Shaw, Paul Ellis, Eric Firth and Keith Shaw Picture: Mark Bickerdike through grants.

The remainder has been provided by Mr Mason, of Leeds-based Mood Developments, which has previously won awards for its restoration work in Leeds.

He said: “We are excited to finally see the pub open. It has taken two years of hard work to get to this stage and we have had to follow strict guidelines with the listed building status and have gutted the building and re-designed the interior.

“We are aware of its previous reputation but this is a chance to wipe the slate clean with a fresh

A clean-up of the graveyard at St Peter’s Church, off Kirkgate, was organised by Coun Charlotte Goodwin (Con, Birstall and Birkenshaw).

Seven soldiers from 106 Field Squadron Royal Engineers, who have a base on Intake Lane, joined the efforts, along with volunteers from Birstall in Bloom

start, which also coincides with lots of good things happening in Dewsbury.

“The Victorian buildings in the town are amazing and when restored will create a real wow factor.

“Dewsbury is a hidden gem and it is the perfect time for the town to re-create itself.”

Next door to the Black Bull, work continues on the old Bailey’s Cafe site, which is being rebuilt to make way for a new burger restaurant, which is due to open before Christmas.

Mood Developments is also hop-

and Coun Mark Thompson (Con, Birstall and Birkenshaw).

The group cleared weeds, reset curb stones, jet-washed the memorial and laid six tons of aggregate to form a new path.

Sergeant Jamie Booth said: “It was great to be able to do something to help the local community.”

Student, 20, dies on African trip A STUDENT from Birstall has died during a trip to East Africa.

Caitlin Cole, 20, passed away on September 24 on a tropical ecology and conservation study trip in Tanzania with staff and fellow undergraduates from the University of York.

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Her parents Nick and Collette Cole described her as a “precious and much-loved daughter”.

Headteacher at Heckmondwike Grammar, Peter Roberts, said: “Caitlin was a model student, extolling the values of working hard and the whole school community passes its deepest sympathies to Caitlin’s family and friends.”

A Foreign Office spokesman said its staff were offering sup-

port to the family but would not comment on the circumstances surrounding her death.

Professor Jennifer Potts, head of the University of York’s biology department said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with Caitlin’s family and friends at this very sad time.”

Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds, at 1.30pm on Thursday, October 24.

ing to transform Field House, opposite Dewsbury Railway Station, into 23 luxury flats, providing planning permission is granted.

Mr Firth, chairman of Dewsbury Forward, added: “I am delighted that a developer with a great affection for historic buildings has turned up in our town to be part of our regeneration programme.

“It really was a tragedy that this wonderful listed building had become an eyesore through repeated neglect but Peter has stepped in to bring it back to life.”

BATLEY: A long-established cafe at The Mill shopping centre has closed. Hannah’s Tea Rooms opened in 2007 but last week announced it had ceased trading.

In a short statement on Facebook, proprietors said: “We would like to thank all our customers for their loyalty and support over the past 12 years. Many of you have become friends and we will miss you all.”

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

And now the real Brexit fun begins ’M TRYING to conceive something logical and sensible to offer you regarding the Brussels tightrope Boris Johnson is wobbling about on.

It is 10.20am on Thursday morning, and with every faint proclamation of hope, there comes a doom-laden prophesy of failure.

Everyone wants their cake, everyone wants to eat it, and no one likes the cake that’s on the table.

Write something logical and sensible? I might as well give my laptop to Gypsy Petulengro and ask her to knock out 1,000 words on Brexit – either her or The Brexit Party’s very own Batley & Spen fortune teller Jill Hughes, more on whom shortly.

The EU and Prime Minister’s team are right now hovering over an ‘improved’ Theresa May-type deal which Parliament roundly rejected

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three times. Northern Ireland’s DUP sound highly unlikely to support it. Things don’t bode well.

Time: 10.30am. Labour have apparently threatened to throw out any MP who votes for whatever the PM brings back, while simultaneously whispering that it could support it, but only if the Government tied it into a ‘confirmatory referendum’ – essentially taking us right back to the beginning after threeand-a-half tiresome, societysplitting years. What planet are these people on?

Where do I think we really are? Where we’ve been all along, at the mercy of a Remain Parliament determined we never leave the EU. Boris could be carried home in glory from Brussels upon the shoulders of Michel Barnier, Juncker the Drunkard, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, and still the

WHAT NEXT: Who knows? subversive clan of John Bercow and company would contrive an excuse for sabotage.

We will know more about exactly how MPs plan to derail Boris and bring down the Government after Saturday’s extraordinary sitting of

Parliament.

I expect all kinds of conspiracies will be unveiled, from voting No Confidence in the Prime Minister and trying to install a farcically titled ‘unity’ government under the poisonous John Bercow, to jackbooting through legislation over make a second referendum.

Is any of it likely or possible?

Is any of it constitutionally proper or legal? Who knows – I just cling on to the faint hope that the PM has some cunning plan up his sleeve.

Time: 11.05am – Prime Minister Johnson announces that he has agreed a “great new deal that takes back control”.

What’s that? The EU agrees?

Now the fun begins…

F BORIS does indeed manage to extract us from the EU under whatever guise by October 31, it should render The Brexit Party dead in the water. The same fate as befell UKIP will likely be theirs.

Once Nigel Farage and friends got the referendum over the line, UKIP ceased to have meaning. By throwing his teddy out of the UKIP cot and starting his breakaway Brexit Party, Farage was indulging his own ego, mostly.

Like them I’m a no deal man (I prefer the term ‘clean break’) but I suspect like a lot of people, we just want something reasonably equitable to end this drama. Then let us have a general election and get on with clearing out people like Ken Clarke, Yvette Cooper and Anna Soubry.

On our doorsteps, Labour have re-selected Paula and Tracy while Dewsbury Tory Mark Eastwood is being a very busy bee. I’ve no idea what the Batley & Spen Tories are doing – they’re a mess – but The Brexit Party have finally shown their face here.

Enter Batley & Spen prospective Parliamentary candidate Jill Hughes, who I must say is a ‘colourful’ individual, busy banging her ‘Yorkshire lass’ drum when actually she’s every bit as metropolitan as Farage and his city chums. It’s a long time since she was growing up

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Play ‘em with a straight bat, son ON landed safe and sound in Adelaide and will be making his debut for the Reynella cricket club tomorrow – on the same day that England play Australia in the rugby union World Cup quarter finals.

It reminds me of turning up at my rugby league club in Perth in 1991 where England were being humiliated at the WACA and I had to live down the briefly designated nickname Tuffers – after our hapless fielder Phil Tufnell.

I’m not sure which will go harder on him, an England win or defeat.

Either way laddie, laugh along with them in defeat, resist laughing at them in victory.

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in Cottingley, near Bradford.

Why am I so down on TBP, when they invited me to apply to be a candidate? Not only was I not good enough for them, but neither were two excellent applicants in Dewsbury East councillor Aleks Lukic and Batley West council candidate Paul Halloran, who were similarly snubbed by Farage’s Westminster-bubble snobs.

Sour grapes, you say? Not on my part because I couldn’t have stood anyway – not without a divorce – but dismissing committed local candidates like Lukic and Halloran shows how out of touch they are.

I smiled at Jill Hughes’s post on the Batley and Spen Politics Facebook page inviting people to visit her social media group, ‘Freedom and Kung-Foo Fighters’. Say what?

Digging deeper, she worked in a London investment bank before heading to Surrey to become a lifestyle coach and co -write a book on spiritual selfhelp.

She’s keen on ‘Panspermia’ (which sounds like a nasty kitchen habit, but is apparently the theory of life being seeded

Apparently his welcome was fabulous and he hasn’t stopped grinning from ear to ear.

To see the state of Mother however, you’d think he was sending despatches back from the Western Front in 1916, not a sun-kissed oceanside city in 2019.

Anyway Son, if you get at all homesick or fed up of the ribbing, remember the great Sir Geoffrey Boycott’s philosophy: straight bat, one ball at a time. Or in your case, one week, then one month, then another.

Because after all those ‘leaving’ parties you had last week, you’ll look a right divvy if you’re home before the clocks have gone back... from outer space).

She’s fascinated by the paranormal and believes in reincarnation after her old horse Red came back as a palomino called Hooray Henry. She also calls herself a ‘Passion Test Facilitator’ (nope, me neither) and ‘Soul Re-alignment Specialist’.

Well, we all could do with a bit of soul re-aligning from time to time I suppose. Ahem.

My chuckles turned to guffaws when I saw her late evening message to Paul Halloran – and I quote: “Hi Paul Jill Hughes. Here PPC. For Barley and Spend …”

Barley and Spend? Lordy, lordy. She seems to come alive on social media late in the evening which, somehow, doesn’t surprise me.

Good luck love. What with the absent Tories and the bonkers Brexit hopeful, Tracy Brabin must be laughing her socks off.

TIME: 11.59am. Hmmm.

Mixed reactions so far to Boris’s rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick. I think, or rather I hope, he’s playing an absolute blinder – good luck old chap.

Credit to them, they’ve stepped up ’VE given Kirklees Council leader Shabir Pandor his fair share of stick since getting the big job. I retract none of it. But this week I reached out to him in the case of a local mum and child who I referenced a few weeks ago being endangered by both Kirklees police and social services plus Cafcass, the politically correct radical wing of the Family Court system.

Coun Pandor’s reaction – like MP Tracy Brabin’s – was swift and determined, although both of them might be surprised by finding exactly what they are up against.

I thank them both for their interventions. Credit where credit is due.

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ON’T go rubbing your eyes if you see two different editions of The Press on some local newsstands in coming weeks.

After the Reporter Group’s sinking parent group closed the Morley Observer and Advertiser, we were inundated by requests to include Morley news in The Press.

That wouldn’t have been fair to either their or our readers, so on Wednesday October 30 we’re launching the Morley & District Press.

At a time when newspapers are closing quicker than pubs in the rush to put everything online, I have a new slogan: “Print – it’s the ‘new’ digital!”

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Friday October 18, 2019

Speed gun targets safety

Two years’ jail for dad in 90mph car chase A FATHER of four involved in two high-speed police chases has been jailed for two years.

Liaquat Hussain, 35, of Providence Street, Batley pleaded guilty to two charges of dangerous driving, driving without insurance, driving while banned and possessing cannabis.

Leeds Crown Court heard that on June 24 police signalled for Hussain to stop his vehicle on Rouse Mill Lane in Batley.

But he sped away, running at least three sets of red traffic lights and reaching 90mph through the centre of Batley.

Hussain, who was being tracked by a police helicopter, then drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.

The pursuit came to an end when his vehicle hit a wall and overturned. He was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment.

He again fled police after failing to stop while driving a vehicle with false registration plates in Batley on September 1.

Hussain was also banned from driving for seven years.

A DEWSBURY councillor carried out a ‘community speed watch’ exercise to promote road safety.

Coun Aleks Lukic (Ind, Dewsbury East) arranged the session on a stretch of Owl Lane outside the Amberwood Chase development, next to Dewsbury Rams’ Tetley’s Stadium on Friday night.

Families from the estate joined police officers from the Dewsbury and Mirfield Neighbourhood Policing Team to help operate a speed gun and find out about safety on roads.

Several motorists were stopped and given advice about their driving and any defects that had been noticed on their vehicles.

Coun Lukic said: “I am grateful to everybody who helped out; we had a highly visible presence that encouraged motorists to take extra care.

“We should be able to hold these sessions fairly regularly around the area to promote road safety and remind motorists about the impact of irresponsible driving on local communities.”

Cafe youth club plan aims to cut anti-social behaviour

By Connor Teale A CAFE in Birstall is opening its doors to young people in a bid to reduce anti-social behaviour in the village.

The Cobbles, on Market Street, will host the first session of the Birstall Youth Project on Wednesday, November 6 (6-8pm).

Children will be able to enjoy a variety of games, including pool and table football, as well as taking part in arts and crafts.

Organised by Birstall local Paula Dyson and owner of The Cobbles, Donna Pailing, the sessions will cost £1 and will be open to a maximum of 40 youngsters from the ages of 11 to 15.

The pair have received support from Safer Kirklees officers and the project has enjoyed a positive response from Coun Mark Thompson (Con, Birstall and Birkenshaw), who has recommended the team for community funding.

“The kids in the area have got nothing to do. They’re hanging around in gangs and they can become intimidating,” said Paula.

“So we’re going to open our doors – up until now, no-one has done anything for the children of Birstall.

“They’ll be able to socialise and eventually we hope to get laptops so they have a safe and friendly environment to do their studying.”

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“It has become evident that there is a lack of facilities and the area is crying out for something to distract the young people of Birstall.”

Volunteers are hoping to be joined by a police officer at the sessions.

Donations of books, games and healthy snacks have already been received and the Birstall Youth Project is continuing to appeal for further items to be left at the Cobbles cafe.

For more information, or to volunteer, call Paula on 07512 659342.

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News In Brief Police appeal after biker death crash BATLEY: Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal crash on Tuesday night.

A 56-year-old man from the Batley area was killed after his motorbike was in collision with a van on a main road in Wakefield.

The Peugeot Expert van was heading towards the city on Aberford Road at 6.15pm when it attempted to turn right onto Castle Gate and crashed into the Suzuki GSX motorcycle. The male rider died at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Collision and Enquiry Team (MCET) using the non-emergency number 101 and quoting reference WYP-201910151443.

Charity fundraiser LIVERSEDGE: A gig is being held at The Cross Keys pub to raise funds for local mental health charity Andy’s Man Club.

Singers Just John and Peculiar Blue will be performing at the event on Friday October 25. Doors open at 8.30pm and entry is free, although donations are encouraged.

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Heroes’ history needed The war memorial in Ings Grove Park records the names of those from Mirfield who gave their lives in World War One. It does not have any names of Mirfield people who gave their lives in any other conflict either before or after the 1914-18 war.

I am hoping to compile an accurate list of the names and details of those that perished in other conflicts.

I would be most grateful to receive information from any reasonable source, ie relatives distant or present or historical groups or individuals who may be able to

So much for democracy From: Harry Teale, Mirfield When the people would benefit from new legislation, they are told it takes months, even years, to pass!

When the so-called representatives are the only ones to benefit (as in the Benn Act), new legislation is bulldozed through and fast-tracked onto the statute book in a matter of days!

So much for the only true democratic decision of the people to be sought so far this century! MPs earlier this decade, declared that general elections would be held every five years.

We had to suffer in 2015, 2017 and now rumour has it they want another in 2019 or 2020!

If these representatives are

Letter of the Week: Tim Wood, Mirfield convey any details to myself.

I have briefly discussed the idea with some members of Mirfield Town Council, and it may be reasonable to suggest that a memorial listing the fallen of other con-

incapable of making sensible decisions on our behalf, why don’t they comply with the wishes of their constituents instead of blindly following the diktat of their party political masters?

flicts may be realised.

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and within our Batley and Dewsbury areas that voted to leave the EU I suggest you do field a Conservative candidate and let the Brexit Party run for power and hopefully depose Jeremy Corbyn’s disloyal resident Labour MPs.

Roll on election Learn from From: Mr G Dennis, Birstall the science Dear Boris, as you must be acutely aware your latest Queen’s Speech proposals and whatever Brexit deal/or no deal is on the table by the end of this week will be hijacked by a great number of self-motivated anti-Brexit MPs including a number of your own Conservative Party colleagues plus the Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP misfits who just aim to bring you and the UK government down.

Roll on a general election,

From: Andrew Lindley, via email If the simplistic mutterings of Danny Lockwood reflect the thoughts of the general public, then I fear that there is little hope in the long-term for life as we know it on planet Earth.

Could I urge him and his readers to read the science with reference to the climate emergency ahead caused quite simply because of out-of-control human activity.

We cannot carry on carrying on in the same old ways.

The easiest way to learn might be to watch Sir David Attenborough’s film, Climate Change: The Facts now available on YouTube.

Rather than listen to me and XR colleagues, learn from the science and the mutterings might then be better informed.

It’s frightening!

Ings Grove Park

Time someone We’re poetry in motion sorted it out From: Arthur Roberts, Dewsbury An ‘assisted treatment facility’ costing £12,000 per person has started in Middlesbrough.

The addicts are given daily doses of medical-grade heroin under supervision and licence.

Critics have stated the scheme would perpetuate addiction.

Who are these politically correct kingpins who allow our standards to drop though the floor?

Meanwhile, I have even read that there is a drugs problem in Westminster. What next?

Contrast all this with China.

When communist Mao TseTung took over as leader of the People’s Republic in 1949, he was faced with the problem of three million addicts.

He declared that if anyone was caught selling or using drugs after a three-month deadline, they would be shot.

Look at China now!

What is happening to our ‘green and pleasant’ land?

It’s about time someone grasped the nettle and sorted it out with no-nonsense discipline.

From: ‘Hamish McWhimsey’ One day God dropped in and said to St Paul: “I’m creating some men who will have it all.

“They’ll be slow to anger but quick to learn.

“They’ll also be a bit taciturn.

“I’ll create a batsman who’s got the lot.

“He’ll be master of the exquisite shot.

“And he’ll become Sir Geoffrey Boycott.

“A left centre back who might bite yer legs if you get too near, “But who they will vote for as player of the year.”

Then God said to Paul: “Give me a name for these dozen.”

And Paul said: “Just call them Yorkshiremen.”

Proportion and context From: Alec Suchi, Bradford Those involved in Extinction Rebellion are justifying the recent disruption that has been caused through its direct

action on the basis that public awareness needs to be raised and that governments need to take the necessary action to combat climate change.

There are many inconvenient facts which challenge the assertion that human activity is causing climate change, but it is clear from the orchestrated hysteria that rational arguments will make little impression on those who lack a sense of proportion and context.

In fact climate activists’ concern for the environment is merely a convenient means of attacking traditional western society and seeking its transformation. Likewise the socalled Progressive Left has promoted diversity, multiculturalism and open borders ostensibly to create a fairer society, but with the same intention of undermining and supplanting traditional patriotic values.

Climate activists are demanding that radical changes are made to western society and ostensible expressions of concerns for the environment through mass mobilisation and orchestrated hysteria allow for the imposition of a totalitarian ideology which brooks no dissent.

In this way like diversity and multiculturalism, climate change has now become the new state religion in this increasingly secular society.

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Protest arrests SEVEN people were arrested during a protest march in Dewsbury on Saturday.

Hundreds of West Yorkshire Police officers were deployed to the town centre for a demonstration which was staged by the ‘Yorkshire Patriots’ group.

Members of Kirklees Stand Up To Racism and Unite Against Fascism were also in the area taking part in a counter-protest.

A group of around 50 Yorkshire Patriots were escorted to an area on Longcauseway near Dewsbury Town Hall at 1pm following their march into the centre, where they listened to speeches about grooming gangs, Brexit and immigration.

Some protestors clashed with police as they escorted them back to buses to be driven away following the march. One man had to be restrained by officers.

The counter-demonstration displayed signs saying “Stand up to racism” and “From the Pennines to the sea, Yorkshire will be fascist free”.

A West Yorkshire Police statement said: “The protests passed off without major incident with only a handful (seven) arrests made – mainly on suspicion of minor public order offences.”

Police on duty in Dewsbury town centre on Saturday

Disabled dangerous driver pleads guilty A DISABLED driver who gave lifts to people for money was involved in a police chase around streets in Dewsbury.

Bradford Crown Court heard officers attempted to stop David Hurley in May last year, after noticing three passengers smoking cannabis in the back of his vehicle.

Hurley drove at 45mph along Green Lane, narrowly avoided a collision on School Lane, and reached speeds of 50mph on Heckmondwike Road.

Three men then jumped out of his vehicle and Hurley completed the journey to his home, on Gledhill Terrace, with the passenger doors still open.

The 49-year-old’s Astra was stopped again in Ossett seven months later and police found two knives in the vehicle.

Hurley’s barrister, Ian Hudson, explained to the court that people, including drug addicts, initially paid between £5-£10 for a lift.

He said that if Hurley refused, his

car windows would often be smashed or his tyres slashed. He added that Hurley had been assaulted and his house shot at on one occasion.

Hurley pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving and possession of offensive weapons.

He was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years, and banned from driving for 12 months. Hurley will have to comply with a four-month night-time curfew and attend 15 rehabilitation days.

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News In Brief Cancer survivor in drink-drive crash BIRSTALL: A cancer survivor who crashed on Gelderd Road turned to alcohol after another health scare, a court heard.

Antonio Soler was three times over the limit when the incident occurred on September 6.

Soler, of Wakefield, collided with an oncoming Vauxhall Grandland at around 7.30pm and was arrested after providing a positive roadside breath test.

The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to driving while over the prescribed limit.

Kirklees magistrates banned him from driving for two years. He was also fined £833 and will have to pay £85 court costs, plus an £83 victim surcharge.

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Robin Hood woodland at risk in £69m link road plan

The last ball in memory of Tracey AN annual memorial ball will come to an end this weekend after 17 years of fundraising.

Since 2003, Ruth Roebuck and her husband Graham have organised The Friends of Tracey Evans Breast Cancer Ball, with the help of friends Caroline and Bryan Schofield and Mark and Susan Loker.

Held in memory of Gomersal woman Tracey Evans, pictured, who lost her battle with breast cancer at the age of 37, the ball will be

Charity shop appeal DEWSBURY: The British Heart Foundation shop in Dewsbury is appealing for donations of bric-a-brac, shoes, handbags, jewellery, CDs and DVDs and any unwanted items.

Customers can drop off before 9am and after 4pm at the store on Foundry Street, or there’s a collection service Monday to Friday (call 01924 485882).

Lights fantastic NORTH KIRKLEES: Older people in the district are being invited to try their hand at making decorative outdoor lights at two free classes.

Local crafting expert Claire Westwood will be demonstrating how to make the lights at Cleckheaton Methodist Church (Monday October 28) and Batley Community Centre (Tuesday October 29), with both sessions starting at 1.30pm.

The classes are part of the First Time for Everything programme which gives older people in Kirklees the opportunity to try something new. A light lunch will be served and people can turn up on the day.

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The reputed grave of Robin Hood in the Kirklees Estate, where woodland could be at risk of being removed for a new road.

By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter ANCIENT woodland shrouding the reputed grave of Robin Hood is at risk of being felled as part of a multi-million pound road scheme.

Now council chiefs are being urged to mitigate the potential damage expected to be caused by the creation of the planned £69.2m A62/A644 (Wakefield Road) Link Road.

The route of the road as proposed will involve cutting into woodland bordering the A644 between Cooper Bridge in Mirfield and junction 25 of the M62 at Brighouse.

The call comes as Kirklees Council announces a wide-ranging new policy to manage trees and woodland across the borough –

including planting hundreds of thousands of new trees.

The authority aims to increase tree cover and has pledged to retain trees “wherever possible”. But it has been urged to enshrine trees in its planning agreements with builders, ensuring that protecting existing trees and planting new ones is a condition of any development.

Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield), urged the council to lessen any possible future impact on woodland within the Kirklees Estate, which is actually in Calderdale, by planning ahead.

He said: “If you are going to build a new road, then you should be looking at mitigation and planning now.”

He described a lack of liaison between Kirklees, Calderdale and West Yorkshire Combined

Authority, which will fund the new road and the “significant” widening it would require, as “a disconnect”.

“It’s one of the biggest schemes that Kirklees is project managing and it’s running contrary to its treeplanting ambitions as well as other policies,” he added.

“There should have been an environmental impact assessment when they planned it. Cabinet are ignoring that.”

The Kirklees Estate includes a stone folly, built in the 18th century, that is said to mark the reputed final resting place of medieval outlaw Robin Hood.

The council wants to increase its tree cover by 30 per cent, and plant between 170,000 and 257,000 trees on up to 444 acres of its land, as part of its contribution to the White Rose Forest programme.

hosted by the Manor Golf Club in Drighlington tomorrow (Sat).

Over the years, a total of £92,542 in donations has been raised for charities Breast Cancer Now and Breast Cancer Care.

Ruth said: “It would be great this year if we could raise £7,000 and surpass the £100k mark.”

Speaking on the decision to cease organising the event, she said: “We just feel it’s run its course but I’ll continue to fundraise in memory of Tracey.”

A total of 129 guests are expected at the final ball from 7pm to 1.30am.

Society’s plaque unveiled THE Calder Navigation Society celthe Calder Navigation Society. ebrated 50 years of service by Founded April 1969. The society installing a commemorative plaque was formed to save this waterway in Mirfield. from abandonment. Appreciate The society was founded in 1969 and enjoy!” to help preserve the local waterAnother plaque was also recentway which runs from Sowerby ly unveiled in Brighouse.

Bridge through Elland, Brighouse, Mirfield and Dewsbury to Wakefield.

The plaque was unveiled on the towpath between Station Road and Newgate last week

by CNS chairman Peter Davies.

It reads: “This plaque was commissioned in Calder Navigation Society chairman Peter Davies 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of and the new plaque, with, top, Society supporters.

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Court cracks down on man who neglected injured dogs

By Connor Teale A DEWSBURY man has been banned from keeping dogs for two years after five of his animals were found with serious injuries.

Anthony Oakes, below, 33, of Edge Lane, pleaded guilty to offences under section four of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, specifically that he caused unnecessary suffering to the dogs by failing to take them to a vet.

Kirklees magistrates heard that in February of this year West Yorkshire Police and the RSPCA exe-

cuted two warrants in Dewsbury after intelligence was gathered about dogs being injured.

Five Patterdale terriers were found and seized from a property; all had serious injuries to their faces, consistent with badger baiting.

One of the dogs had to have an eye removed after an infection went untreated.

Kirklees wildlife crime officer PC Caroline Newsome said: “We welcome the results from this court hearing.

“This is an example of information given to the police which was acted upon and secured a conviction.

“I would continue to urge the public to contact us with any information, as you will be listened to and we will act on any intelligence given to us.”

On top of his ban, magistrates fined Oakes £500 and ordered him to complete 200 hours of community service.

All five dogs were signed over to the RSPCA and are now seeking new homes.

£400 per pupil cuts in schools

Shortlisted: Ashworth Grange care workers Margaret Walker, Callie Brown and Lisa Broadhead

Carers in running for prestige awards STAFF at a care home in Dewsbury are celebrating being shortlisted for three coveted industry awards.

Carers from Ashworth Grange have been nominated across three categories in the UK-wide Great British Care Awards.

The regional finalists are Margaret Walker, in the ancillary category; Callie Brown, in the dementia care category; and Lisa Broadhead, in the putting people first category.

Ideal Carehomes director Stacey Linn said: “We are incredi-

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The women will find out if they have made it to the national round of awards when they attend an upcoming gala dinner.

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SCHOOLS in Batley & Spen have had their funding slashed by an average of £404 per pupil since 2015, figures have revealed.

Five years of successive budget cuts have resulted in schools in the constituency losing out on more than £26.7m.

Figures released by the School Cuts website show the worst-hit secondary school in the area lost out on £944 per student, while the most-affected primary school lost funding of £825 per pupil.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a £14billion investment in school funding in September, with a total of £174m going to schools in Yorkshire and the Humber – but Batley & Spen Labour MP Tracy Brabin fears the money may not go far enough.

“To ensure our children are not left behind, the PM needed to make a serious investment in schools, targeting those in less affluent areas,” she said. “Instead he has announced inadequate funding which will see many schools still forced to make cuts.”

A breakdown of the statistics can be found at schoolcuts.org.uk.

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Search for soldiers MIRFIELD: An Armed Forces campaigner is appealing for information on soldiers who lost their lives during conflicts other than World War One. Tim Wood, landlord of the Old Colonial Pub on Dunbottle Lane, hopes to commemorate the fallen Mirfield servicemen at a spot in Ings Grove Park, alongside the current memorial already present.

“With it coming up to Remembrance Day I thought now would be the ideal time to appeal for information,” he said.

“The only year that a British serviceman did not die in conflict was 1968 so there are soldiers from the area who have lost their lives that we don’t know about.”

The stalwart of the Mirfield Branch of the Royal British Legion is asking distant relatives of servicemen, members of historical groups or any individual with information to reach out.

“I have been in contact with some members of Mirfield Town Council and it’s reasonable to suggest that the memorial listing the fallen of other conflicts may be realised,” he added.

Anyone with information on fallen soldiers from Mirfield should contact Mr Wood on 01924 496920.

Drugs in his system MIRFIELD: A man whose death triggered a major police inquiry was found to have drugs in his system, an inquest heard.

The body of 39-year-old Danny Fennell, of Hopton Avenue, was found on the morning of February 20.

Two men, aged 25 and 28, and a 30-yearold woman were arrested in connection with the incident but later released.

His death had previously been treated as ‘unexplained’, but the inquest heard it was due to his consumption of various drugs, including cocaine and MDMA. The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.

A CHARITY based in Heckmondwike has gained national recognition for its work supporting families.

Volunteers from Rainbow Baby Bank were joined by Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin at the Kids Count Inspiration Awards held in Parliament on Monday.

The charity, based on Union Street, provides preowned baby clothes and equipment to families in need.

Volunteers Angela and

Nina Surtees, Gemma McClelland, and Tracey Vincent were presented with a Highly Commended Award in the Best Community Group category.

Ms Brabin, who nominated the group for the award, said: “I was delighted to have them as my charity of the month in August and it’s heartwarming to see them now honoured for their dedication and hard work.”

Angela Surtees said: “It was a fabulous evening – we couldn’t believe we’d been nominated and when we found out we’d won we were amazed and humbled.”

Arts plan for Dewsbury

By Connor Teale NEW works of public art could soon be on display to brighten up Dewsbury town centre.

As part of Kirklees Council’s ‘Better Spaces Strategy’, some of the town’s eyesore shop fronts would be given a complete makeover.

North Kirklees arts organisation Creative Scene have been tasked with producing a plan that incorporates the work of local artists.

All artwork that is approved will then be displayed on boarding covering empty shop units.

Coun Cathy Scott (Lab, Dewsbury East) is working closely with Creative Scene to bring the project to life.

She said: “We’re targeting run-down areas across Dewsbury – the town centre will be the focal point initially, but we hope to bring it into communities as well.

“I want us to use local, skilled talents, we’ve got lots of artists out there

and the more that contribute, the better this will be.”

Coun Scott is hoping artists on the scheme will be able to work alongside residents who hold fond memories of Dewsbury town centre.

“We have people with the knowledge of what Dewsbury was formerly like, so we want to create ‘murals’ and embed that into what connects us and what Dewsbury is all about,” she said.

And Coun Scott says she is fully aware that

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more will need to be done in order to restore Dewsbury to its former glory.

She said: “This is part of a solution of developing a strategy for improving Dewsbury, I don’t think it’s a long term solution – investment is needed in the town centre, which the cabinet are committed to doing.

“We’ve got to play a part in being part of this regeneration, the town will end up with nothing if people don’t invest in Dewsbury, but we need to

talk positively about our town centre.”

Coun Aleks Lukic (Ind, Dewsbury East), said: “I welcome this great opportunity to improve the attractiveness and vibrancy of the town centre with public art, but I believe we should be careful as if it goes the wrong way it could have the opposite effect.

“The priorities for public art in Dewsbury should be the quality of the work and the development of local skills.”

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News In Brief Driver gave former friend’s name to cops A BANNED driver has been jailed for giving police the name of her former friend when she was stopped in Mirfield.

Leeds Crown Court heard officers approached Claire Thornton on February 6 after spotting her at the Shell petrol station on Huddersfield Road.

The 43-year-old told police that a male in the car had asked her to move it and that she was only covered by third party insurance on her own vehicle.

She then gave officers the name and date of birth of a former friend when they asked for her details.

Police looked into the matter again when the friend appeared in court and maintained her innocence.

CCTV footage was subsequently retrieved from the petrol station which placed Thornton, of Upper Barker Street in Liversedge, at the scene.

She was subject to a suspended sentence at the time of the offence and has previous convictions for driving offences, production of cannabis and common assault.

Thornton pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and was jailed for five months.

Social care scheme up for award KIRKLEES: A council scheme has been nominated for a national award.

The In2Care Kirklees initiative, which aims to attract more people to work in social care, has been shortlisted for The Guardian’s Public Service Awards in the recruitment and HR category. Winners will be announced on Tuesday November 26.

Hecky and Hagibis on Ireland’s road to glory Throughout 2019 local historian Mike Popplewell will be searching through his newspaper collection from the 1920s and 30s for some of the biggest headlines from home and abroad – while also taking a look at stories making the news in our own district. Readers are welcome to provide feedback if any of these features are remembered personally, or you can recall being told them by an earlier generation.

YPHOON HAGIBIS has helped focus the world’s attention on Japan this last week or so, and with the 2019 Rugby World Cup being staged there you may have perhaps noted that Ireland reached the quarter-finals.

But, what has this to do with the Heavy Woollen District between the wars?

Well, in 1935 Newton Popplewell III, the father of former Ireland Rugby World Cup international Nick Popplewell was born in Watford as the grandson of Liversedge-born Newton Popplewell, a woollen mill ‘beamer’ who settled in Lady Ann Road, Soothill.

The first Newton Popplewell was the son of Obadiah Popplewell, baptised at Heckmondwike Old Chapel in 1837, and though Newton’s son Willie followed him into mill work another son, Newton junior, went to university where he studied chemistry and moved south to find work during the depression.

Newton junior worked in a scientific capacity during his war service and finished up in India but,

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Ireland’s Nick Popplewell holds off Walter Little of New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby World Cup

with independence on the horizon, he returned home and when an Irish friend from university asked him to run his business in Ireland the family upped sticks and crossed the Irish sea.

Although there was never any intention of involvement in traditional Heavy Woollen District industry, the family ultimately ran its own textile business, but rugby has become the new family business.

Nick played for Ireland, the British Lions, Newcastle Falcons

and the Barbarians, where his name was added to the representative list to that of J R F Popplewell, a d i s t a n t English cousin from the 1920s.

N i c k ’ s younger brother Newton IV, now living in New Zealand, played for the Irish under 21s while Nick’s 17-year-old son Ben is currently in the Irish Under-17 squad.

The Irish Popplewells’ involvement in rugby union is all the more remarkable for the fact that the family’s origins lie squarely in a rugby league heartland. However, the Dewsbury and District did have its own Union representatives prior to the Northern Union (now Rugby Football League) breakaway in 1895.

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John Willie Sutcliffe joined Heckmondwike from Bradford and played for England against the Maori tourists in 1889, scoring a try and a conversion, but he subsequently switched football codes and played as a goalkeeper for the highly-successful Bolton Wanderers side of the 1890s and won five England caps.

Coming back to the present day, Nick Popplewell is running a successful estate agents in County Wexford. His dad, Newton III, is following the World Cup while holidaying in the Alicante sun as the current Irish side gears up for tomorrow’s quarter-final clash with New Zealand in Tokyo.

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

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High praise for Seekers tribute

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Preview by Mike Popplewell THEY are turning the clock back a week early at Cleckheaton Town Hall tonight (Friday) when the ‘Sounds Like The Seekers’ show goes on stage.

It was 55 years ago that I bought my first Seekers album, and it still makes perfect easy listening.

The four Australians made a huge impact on the UK music scene back in the 60s with top 10 hits like Georgy Girl, I’ll Never Find Another You, World Of Our Own and The Carnival Is Over, and it is hard to recall any comparable act since.

But the ‘Sounds Like’ tribute band comes with high praise from the critics and the star of the show, Samantha, is said to recreate the wonderful voice of Judith Durham, of the original band, with great accuracy – and that promises a thoroughly entertaining evening.

The show starts at 7.30pm.

The Dewsbury and District Rambling Club has a walk planned at Hinchliffe Mill in Holmfirth.

Meet Margaret Mitchell at the Wellington Road car park for 9am.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2 HERE AND THERE 7 miles – moderate Starts at 10.30am at Cleckheaton Town Hall car park (BD19 3RH, SE191254) No dogs please Contact: Noel 07780 328561

VISITORS to a farm shop in Birkenshaw have the chance to win £50 by guessing the weight of a pumpkin.

The annual competition at Bluehills Farm Shop & Play Barn, off Whitehall Road, has now begun, with the winner drawn on November 1.

Just fill out an entry card in-store, including your estimate of the weight and contact details, for your chance to win the top prize.

The competition marks the safely harvested crop of pumpkins that are now available at Bluehills Farm Shop from just 99p.

Bonfire extravaganza is sensory-friendly WEST Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is putting the finishing touches to its annual charity bonfire and fireworks extravaganza.

The event will be held at Fire Service Headquarters in Birkenshaw from 5pm to 9.30pm on Saturday November 2.

From 7pm the bonfire will be lit and there will be a sensory-friendly session where noise and music will be minimal.

The session will end with a lownoise, bright-light firework display at 7.30pm.

Following that, the large main firework display will be at 8.15pm.

There will also be fun rides for children and adults, along with all the usual bonfire food and drink of the season.

This year all proceeds raised will

go once again to The Fire Fighters Charity.

Control room crew manager Sarah Goodall, from the organising committee, said: “Every year the event is growing with more families coming along to join us for a safe and enjoyable celebration.

“With the introduction of the sensory-friendly half hour this year we hope that those people within our community who usually find bonfires too overwhelming can also come along and have a fantastic time.

Chief fire officer John Roberts said: “This is one of the highlights of our calendar, and we love seeing the community come together to enjoy this special event.: Tickets are priced at adults £8, children (16 and under) £5 and underfives free.

Community group to deliver Dewsbury Christmas lights MORE than £10,000 must be raised if Dewsbury town centre is to have a traditional Christmas feel about it.

The Dewsbury Partnership community group has stepped in to deliver the traditional Christmas Lights event in the town.

They are asking individuals and businesses to dig deep so that Dewsbury town centre sparkles this Christmas.

Chairman of the group Bruce Bird said: “If 2,000 people pledged £5 each or 1,000 pledge £10 then we can hit the target by the closing date of December 2.

“As the price of two hours of family entertainment we think that’s good value.

“It’s important that we find a new way of delivering this traditional event by which the whole community can show

the pride they have in their town.”

The group’s online appeal has now gone live at space hive.com/dewsburylights.

Mr Bird said the future of traditional Christmas events in the town centre had been uncertain in recent years.

“With limited funding, the council and other organisations have struggled to find a way to deliver these events,” he added.

“With crowdfunding they can see how enthusiastic the community is about an event before committing any grant money.

“And people who pledge money know that they will only pay if the whole amount is raised.

“That is why we are appealing directly to the people of Dewsbury to pledge their

support.

“The council will provide grant money, but only if they see substantial support from the community.”

Mayor of Kirklees Coun Mumtaz Hussain commented: “As a councillor for Dewsbury West I’m really pleased to see a community group taking responsibility for this event that is so important for the whole town.

“Local ward councillors have already confirmed contributions from ward funds and the main council is ready to match the funding raised by the community.

“The council is ready with support – we just need to see that the community really gets behind this event.”

Readers can back the project at spacehive.com/ dewsburylights.

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Comeback falls short for Cleckheaton North One East

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CLECKHEATON made a valiant second-half comeback but a firsthalf blitz from York proved too great to overcome.

Despite winning all three matches at Moorend so far this season, Cleck are yet to pick up a win on the road this season, and five home tries in the first period had them staring at defeat.

A losing bonus-point looked the best they could hope for and they rallied admirably to earn it in a style that had home support fearing a remarkable comeback, but York were able to pull clear again in the closing stages.

Cleckheaton were without Brad Marsden, who was unavailable due to work commitments, and Andy Piper with an injury. Charlie McGovern and Archie Rika-Rayne took their places in the starting line-up, whilst Chris Piper and Gus Milborne joined the bench, the latter being given his first-team debut.

Cleckheaton may have been

lulled into a false sense of security after beating a depleted West Hartlepool last weekend but York, on this showing, are a different prospect all together. They played the game with electric pace and their expansive backs were used to great effect.

The home team scored five firsthalf tries, claiming a try-scoring bonus point after only 24 minutes in a dominant spell.

Cleckheaton struggled to retain much useful possession but did manage a push-over try, which was grounded by Ben Thrower, following good work at the lineout and a penalty from the boot of Dale Breakwell.

Coach Thiu Barnard brought Jack Seddon into the fray on the half-hour mark, looking to bring an attacking spark to the team, but this did not stem York’s flow and as the sides changed ends Cleckheaton were staring at a thrashing, with the scoreboard reading 35-10.

The coaching team blasted out some home truths to the players at half-time and this seemed to do the trick. The side restarted the game with renewed vigour but without James Wilson and Joey Carley with

BIG HIT: Cleckheaton’s Ryan Piercy is tackled by the York defence rib and shoulder injuries respectively, which will effect them beyond this game.

Chris Piper and Milborne joined the action and Cleckheaton got on the scoresheet only a few minutes after the restart. Good recycling and hard work from the forwards led to a Josh Plunkett try.

It was now all Cleckheaton with the back row of Austin, McGovern and Seddon winning the battle on the ground and Cleck’s scrum looking improved with Chris Piper

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adding his strength and experience.

The back line was functioning well with Matt Piper and Olly Depledge supplying winger Mikey Hayward and full-back Jack Marshall with plenty of ball for them to fox York’s defence with their elusive running.

York’s cause was not helped by having a man in the sin-bin and within minutes Cleckheaton scored again via Ryan Piercy, with Dale Breakwell adding the extras.

Fifteen minutes into the second half Cleck claimed their hard-

earned try-scoring bonus point when Tom Breakwell went in for their fourth, which brother Dale converted.

Cleckheaton were now within just six points of their opponents and if they had gone on to take the lead it would’ve been one of their greatest comebacks in recent times.

Despite the extra fitness which Cleckheaton are clearly displaying this season, legs were getting weary and York found a small gap in the Cleck defence and prized it open to score another try.

This took the game away from the Moorenders, who were now trailing by 13 points, and York went on to add another score in injury-time to make the final result look more comfortable than it would have felt at one point for many on the touchline.

Sixth-placed Cleck return to home comforts tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm) and will attempt to continue their excellent Moorend record when they host Durham City for the first time in a number of years.

Durham have won three of their first six matches but have lost two out of two on the road so far.

RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH

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Who to back on British Champions Day?

First Batley loss of the season

SCOT’S decision to switch three British Champions Day races from the waterlogged Round course to the inner Flat course has taken some of the gloss off the most valuable day’s racing in the history of the sport in Britain, with a staggering £4.2m in prize money on offer across the six-race card.

As anticipated following the deluges of the past week, their contingency plan was confirmed on Wednesday meaning tomorrow’s (Saturday) Qipco British Champion Stakes, Long Distance Cup and Fillies and Mares will take place on the track more regularly used for hurdle races.

Conditions on the inner Flat course are described as good to soft, soft in places – whereas on the straight course, which will still be used for two other championship races including the Qipco Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the ground is heavy.

The Round course is currently waterlogged in places, resulting in the decision to switch.

MABS CROSS is set to tackle six furlongs for the first time in well over two years in the Qipco British Champions Sprint, but Darlington-based trainer Michael Dods has admitted the prospect of extremely testing conditions is a concern as she steps up in trip for what could be her swansong.

The five-year-old has won seven of her 19 career starts – a tally that includes a Group One success in the 2018 Prix de l’Abbaye, a race in which she finished fifth on her latest

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HELLO YOUMZAIN easily handled the testing conditions at Haydock last month in the Group 1 Sprint Cup and goes to Ascot relatively fresh with Kevin Ryan’s charge only having made four starts this season and seven overall. The Haydock form is right up there with the best in the line-up and he can follow up.

Ascot brings out the best in LORD GLITTERS, who had a racecourse gallop at York before their final meeting of the year last Saturday and he will be bidding to outshine his rivals in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at 3.20.

In his six starts at the Berkshire track he has won twice and only finished out of the frame once.

David O’Meara’s six-yearold landed the Queen Anne earlier this year and his two best speed ratings have been clocked over Saturday’s trip and track, but history suggests that he might be vulnerable to a couple less exposed.

Aiden O’Brien’s star miler CIRCUS MAXIMUS has a big race in him and shouldn’t have a problem with the ground

having won the St James’s Palace on soft while heavy ground should also suit VERACIOUS, who has Jason Watson up top for Sir Michael Stoute and is available at double carpet 33’s with Carrigill’s.

There are five Group races on the star-studded Champions Day card but one of the big betting races of the day is the valuable Balmoral Handicap which brings the curtain down on the meeting.

LORD NORTH heads the betting following his impressive victory in the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket.

John Gosden’s lightly-raced improver will no doubt prove popular with punters under Frankie Dettori, but he has a 12lb higher mark and different ground conditions to defy now.

KYNREN finally won his big pot when landing the Challenge Stakes over 7f here earlier this month following several near misses.

He carries a 6lb penalty but the return to a mile won’t be an issue for David Barron’s five-year-old. He was fifth in this last year off 8lb lower, but it’s mud-lover MITCHUM SWAGGER that will carry my each-way dollars at 25/1 after dropping to a good mark for the red-hot Beckett yard.

CARRIGILL’S NAP: (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): VERACIOUS, Saturday, Ascot, 3.20.

AUGUR’S BEST BET: MITCHUM SWAGGER (e/w), Saturday, Ascot, 4.40.

BATLEY LADIES unbeaten start to the season came to an end last Saturday with a 7-4 defeat in their top-of-the-table clash with Horsforth.

The game was fast-paced from the start, with Rach Stewart giving Batley a lead which was short-lived as Horsforth soon levelled.

Gail Culshaw immediately regained their advantage and Jo Forbes then made it 3-1 after 20 minutes, but again their opponents fought back.

Batley did go into half-time on top though,

as Forbes scored her second of the game to make it 4-3.

Horsforth switched things around at the break and that changed the game. Batley were suddenly on the back foot and a goal and a penalty put them behind for the first time.

They could find no response as two more goals settled the outcome, and Batley will now look to bounce back from the disappointment when they go to Northallerton this week.

SLAZENGER’S Under-10 girls were underdogs in their first tournament of the season at Weetwood but performed exceptionally. They dominated their four first games but just couldn’t score and drew them all, before things fell into place in the final match as they won 3-0 against Huddersfield Dragons.

Slaz ladies beaten late in Halifax thriller Slazenger Men’s 1st 3-10 Kingston Upon Hull 1st Slazenger’s first team failed to back up a 9-1 win the previous week, instead finding themselves on the receiving end of a thrashing this time.

Will Gascoigne and Richard Tuddenham scored goals but the firsts rarely travel well over long distances and were comfortably beaten by Hull.

Men’s 2nd 3-1 Chapeltown 2nd Men’s 3rd 5-4 Leeds 7th Men’s 4th 5-0 Boston Spa 4th Men’s 5th 6-0 Sheffield Hallam 7th Men’s 6th 2-3 Bradford 4th

minutes.

Naomi Frith, Holly Tyers and Katie Minchella all scored and looked to have the first team on course to take something from the game but it was snatched away from them at the death.

Ladies’ 1st 3-4 Halifax 1st Slazenger’s ladies firsts were very unfortunate to lose a seven-goal thriller in the final

Ladies’ 2nd 3-6 Sheffield Uni Bankers 2nd Ladies’ 3rd 1-2 Halifax 4th Ladies’ 4th 2-3 Halifax 5th

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Praise for Sedge centurion Walton JOE WALTON has been praised by manager Jonathan Rimmington after reaching a century of goals for Liversedge last weekend.

The striker scored in the fourth minute of their home match against Silsden to reach the 100 mark in only 165 appearances.

Walton is in his fifth season at the club and his achievement is made all the more remarkable by the fact that he played as a centreback in his first year at Clayborn.

His move up front has certainly worked a treat for the club and Rimmington believes that Walton, who has already netted 10 goals this season, could play at a much higher level if he wanted to.

“I bet he would be playing Conference football if he really decided he wanted to do it,” said the Sedge boss.

“But he’s one of the lads. He’s a team player, he’s a lad who wants to play with his mates and wants to enjoy his football. He could go higher if he wanted to but he enjoys his football. He’s going to be a Sedge legend.

“There aren’t many lads like him who would stay around. Everybody loves Joe, he’s part of the furniture.

“He’s done well to score 100 goals in 165 appearances, and around 40 of them were at the back and eight or nine as sub, so really he’s nearly got (a rate of) one in one.”

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MORE TO COME: Liversedge are in the automatic promotion places but manager Jonathan Rimmington believes they are yet to hit top form this season lost only one of their opening eight games of the season, but Rimmington believes there is still

more to come from his outfit.

“I don’t think we’ve played to our best, not yet,” he said. “We’re still

Skipper steps up at perfect time to secure deserved win SKIPPER Tom Jackson bagged a last-minute winner as Liversedge moved into the automatic promotion places with victory over Silsden.

Joe Walton netted his 100th goal for the club to put Sedge in front after just four minutes as they looked to back up their 3-1 win over the same opponents the previous weekend.

They couldn’t translate their dominance into further goals as Silsden levelled and the game looked to be heading for a draw until Jackson finished following a long throw to spark jubilant scenes amongst a crowd of 205 at Clayborn on Non-League Day. “The game could have been over in the first half,” reflected Liversedge manager Jonathan Rimmington.

“We absolutely battered them in the first half, we should have been 3-0 up and then they score after 35 minutes. You dominate for long periods and then suddenly your energy levels drop just before half-time and

they get back in the game.”

His side have made a habit of late comebacks recently though, and he added: “If we’re struggling, I will change the team. We get a bit stronger near the end because we’ve always got players to bring on and affect the game.”

Walton needed only four minutes to claim his landmark goal and put Sedge in front, setting the mood for an opening half-hour in which further chances to make their lead a more comfortable one were spurned by the hosts.

That allowed Silsden to hit back with a sucker punch, as Jay Benn made a fantastic run down the right and found Laurence Surhaindo to equalise 10 minutes before the break.

There was little to choose between the sides until Sedge made three changes in the space of six minutes, with forwards Rhys Davies, Emile Sinclair and Alex Lill all introduced to provide a greater threat.

Although none of them got the winning goal, their influence turned the game back in Liversedge’s favour and allowed Jackson to secure the three points in the final minute.

tinkering about with players. We’ve got a lot of new players and when you’ve got a new team you’re tinkering all the time.

“I honestly feel there’s miles more to come. If we start hitting the ground like I think we can, once everybody starts settling and we get our injured players back, I think it’ll be some team.”

The manager is particularly excited about one player expected to return for tomorrow’s (Saturday) away clash at Albion Sports, Michael Bottomley.

The midfielder joined the club from Emley in the summer but has missed a number of matches so far.

He managed to score off the bench two weeks ago in a premature comeback, but is now expected to be fit and firing.

Rimmington said: “He’s going to be a top player in this league when he’s fit. He’s a central midfielder and a very good footballer.

“He’s going to be a big threat because he’s got loads of energy and strength. We’ve missed him, I’ll be honest.”

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Daniel Johnson at UTS Stadium A CONTROVERSIAL penalty decision saw Ossett United knocked out of the FA Trophy in the preliminary round at Dunston.

Ossett twice came from behind in an end-to-end thriller, with Jack Vann and Nick Guest keeping them in the game with goals.

They could find no response after a dubious fifth goal of the match, however. Chris Chantler, on his return following a hamstring injury, was judged to have fouled Luke Page in the area despite it appearing to be a foul the other way around.

Despite the protests, referee Adam Nichol pointed to the spot and the penalty was converted by Mark Fitzpatrick for his second goal.

Following last week’s fiery defeat at City of Liverpool, Ossett United were missing first-choice goalkeeper Brett Souter due to suspension, handing a first appearance to Jacob Chapman on a one-month youth loan from Huddersfield Town.

Chapman was given a baptism of fire with his goal breached just two minutes into his debut as Scott

Heslop put the North East side ahead with a simple tap-in.

Ossett manager Andy Welsh would have been distraught with his side’s start but elated with the response.

Full-back Vann showed his attacking capabilities when he managed to wrong foot Dunston keeper Niall Harrison, placing the ball into the bottom left corner after a superb dummy from Andy Monkhouse to draw United level just seven minutes after the opener.

An entertaining game was taking shape, with both sides having chances including a header just wide from Jorge Sikora for Ossett, as well as a wickedly whipped strike from Dunston captain Daniel Halliday which drifted just wide of the far post.

Ossett United failed to learn from their first-half mistakes as the second began in similar fashion.

Dunston took the lead in the tie for the second time thanks to a header at the far post from Fitzpatrick, with the striker rising highest to nod past Chapman and put the home side in front.

Superbly, they showed their resilience once again as Guest brought the tie level.

A silky flick over substitute Daniel Capewell meant the ball sat up nicely for the United man to strike from just outside the box, past Harrison, who was beaten by

the power of the shot.

Dunston could have retained the lead once more as Michael Pearson had the ball in the net, but it was pulled back for consecutive fouls by Heslop on keeper Chapman.

Questionable refereeing decisions had cost Ossett the previous weekend and they were to be left angered once again as Fitzpatrick was allowed to convert from the spot following Chantler’s alleged infringement.

The final clear-cut chance of the game fell to Tom Greaves.

Monkhouse worked tirelessly throughout the match and the 38year-old pushed forward in the final few minutes to play through Guest, who raced down the wing to put the ball on a plate for Greaves, but he struck the ball over from a matter of yards.

Ossett will look to bounce back from a run of three consecutive games without victory when they make the short trip to Tadcaster Albion tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm) in the Northern Premier North/West Division.

Only goal difference separates them from the relegation zone having picked up just one win in eight matches so far. They have lost all three on the road and will be second-favourites against Tadcaster, who are second in the table and have won all four on home turf this season.

ON TARGET: Nick Guest scored an excellent equaliser for Ossett

PHOTO: John Hirst

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Friday October 18, 2019

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Super League champions show Heavy Woollen power

LOCAL CONTINGENT: (L-R) Leeds’ Madison Laverick, Lori Halloran, Caitlin Beevers, Elle Frain, Ellie Holdroyd and Hanna Butcher THE HEAVY Woollen district showed its rugby league strength last Friday with no fewer than six of the Leeds Rhinos Women’s squad which claimed the Super League crown coming from the area.

Four of those were in action in the final as Leeds defeated Castleford Tigers 20-12 to claim the trophy at the Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens.

It was a particularly special occasion for the Rhinos’ full-back Caitlin Beevers, who was also celebrating her 18th birthday.

Beevers, who played her junior rugby at Birstall Victoria and Dewsbury Moor, capped a couple of years which have seen her win the Challenge Cup twice, become the first female to referee a rugby league match at Wembley and make her England debut.

Versatile player Elle Frain also played for Birstall Vic and Moor, and scored Leeds’ fourth and final try off the bench to seal the title for the Rhinos.

Dewsbury’s Ellie Oldroyd, a former Batley Bulldogs player, was

also an interchange in the final, while ex-Thornhill Trojan Hanna Butcher played at stand-off.

Ex-Vic and Moor winger Madison Laverick and former Batley Girls and Bulldogs player, and England international, Lori Halloran, didn’t feature in the final but contributed over the course of the season.

And last Saturday, former Dewsbury Celtic and Batley Bulldogs prop Alex Walmsley won his second men’s Super League title as his St Helens side beat Salford Red Devils 23-6 at Old Trafford.

Beevers and Roche set for Sydney Nines comp CAITLIN BEEVERS and Georgia Roche will feature for England in the first World Nines tournament in Sydney this weekend.

Birstall’s Beevers and Roche, from Batley, have both been selected in the 16-strong squad for the historic trip, which will see female players paid for the first time.

Both players made their 13-a-side England debuts last autumn after breakthrough campaigns in the Women’s Super League.

Full-back Beevers, 18, helped Leeds Rhinos win the Challenge Cup and has played a key role in the club securing a league and cup double in 2019.

Half-back or hooker Roche, 19, won the inaugural Woman of Steel award for her performances with Castleford Tigers in 2018 and helped her side win the League Leaders’ Shield this year.

Dewsbury-born Tom Burgess, who plays in the NRL for South Sydney Rabbitohs, has been included in the men’s squad.

The competition, which will be televised live by Sky Sports, begins today (Friday) – with the women starting against Papua New Guinea at 8.45am and the men opening with a Wales clash at 9.10am – and concludes tomorrow.

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Greenwood relishing a fully-fit Walton at Rams FORMER Super League player Jason Walton has been captured by Dewsbury Rams on a one-year contract.

The 29-year-old has been out of the game for the past year due to a serious injury, but brings the experience of 41 top-flight appearances since making his debut for Salford Red Devils in 2009.

Walton played over 100 times for Batley Bulldogs in the Championship over four seasons before earning a move back to Salford, and went on to also feature for London Broncos and Featherstone Rovers.

However, he has played just nine times in the past two years due to injuries. After recovering from one long-term issue which had kept him out of action for most of 2018, he suffered a dislocated knee in the final weeks of the campaign.

With a recovery time of up to a year, he was left without a club last season and has now joined Dewsbury aiming to get his career back on track.

Rams head coach Lee Greenwood, who played with Walton at Batley, says that he had been in contact with the centre for some time about linking up with the club, and is looking forward to seeing him get back to his best.

“I’d enquired about Jason a while ago as I knew he wasn’t contracted anywhere this year,” said Greenwood. “It became clear that he was going to be miss the full season so we were talking to him to see if he’d be interested in coming to us for next year.

“He ticks a lot of boxes. He lives locally, he wants to get back and fit

‘VERY GOOD PLAYER’: Jason Walton after a year out and a couple of bad injuries, and he likes what I’ve been saying and our plans. If Jason can get back to being fit, playing well and enjoying it then we’ve got a very good player on our hands.

“He can do a bit of everything, he can do the tough stuff but he can also bring some magic and create stuff. I’m looking forward to working alongside him.”

Greenwood admits that Walton may need further time to get into the right shape for full training following his lengthy lay-off, but is certain he will be ready come the start of the new season.

He said: “If there is any doubt that he is 100 per cent fit then we’ll take our time with him.

“It’s more difficult when you’re not at a club because you’re not receiving the physio treatments and being monitored two times a week.

He’s just been doing what he thinks is right.

“He’ll see our physios when we get back and if he needs a couple of extra weeks working with them before he starts full training then that’s fine by me. There’s no rush because the bigger picture is the start of the season.”

Prop Moorhouse handed chance to show potential

ENGLAND STARS: Caitlin Beevers (left) and Georgia Roche on their England debuts in France last autumn

Archie shortlisted for player of the year award ARCHIE BRUCE, who tragically died after his professional debut for Batley Bulldogs, has been listed amongst the National Conference League’s Division One player of the year nominees.

The 19-year-old hooker picked up 11 man-of-the-match awards and scored 11 tries in 15 games for Dewsbury Moor in the 2019 season.

York Acorn’s Anthony Chilton and Jamie Smith from Pilkington Recs are the other two names in contention for the award.

In Division Three, Batley Boys forward Gavin Davis is on the three-man shortlist to be player of the year.

Davis led the way with 14 tries as Batley had an impressive first campaign in the NCL, despite missing out on promotion in the play-offs.

He is up against Harry Files, from

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Woolston Rovers and Mark Scott of Hunslet Warriors.

Reggae Warriors SIX locally-based players are in contention to play for Jamaica in an international clash with England Knights this weekend.

Jamaica, who are preparing for their first World Cup in 2021, are playing a tier-one team for the first time on Sunday at Headingley (kick-off 3pm).

Three Dewsbury Rams players – winger Alex Brown and props Jordan Andrade and Jode Sheriffe – are included in their 20-man squad while another front-rower, Jon Magrin, who has committed to the Rams for next season, is also named.

Batley Bulldogs’ Keenen

Tomlinson, who can play on the wing, at centre or in the second row, has also been listed in the squad alongside Dewsbury Celtic half-back or hooker Danny Thomas.

Coach jobs available THORNHILL TROJANS and Shaw Cross Sharks are both looking for applications to coach their open age sides.

James Ratcliffe stood down as coach of Thornhill’s NCL side at the end of the season and the club are on the lookout for a replacement, as well as for a coach for their ‘A’ team in the Yorkshire Men’s League.

Shaw Cross are also looking for a new first team coach following the departure of Mark Barlow to work as an assistant boss at Batley Bulldogs.

DEWSBURY RAMS have signed young prop Sam Moorhouse from Leeds Rhinos, while winger Andy Gabriel has penned a new one-year deal to remain at the club.

A former Stanningley junior, 18year-old Moorhouse was released from the Rhinos’ academy at the end of the season as a consequence of the switch from an under-19s side to under-18 and reserve set-ups at Super League clubs.

However, Rams boss Lee Greenwood believes that he is a player with plenty of potential, even if it may take time for him to establish himself at Championship level.

“I spoke to the staff at Leeds and they say he has the potential to play Championship at least, so I’m more than happy to give him that opportunity,” he said.

“If he is not ready for Championship rugby in the first part of the season then that’s not a bad thing, it’s a tough level. He’ll get a run-out in pre-season and we’ll take it from there.

“He’s front row, which is hard for a young lad. You’re almost mid-20s before you’ve learnt the ropes so I don’t expect him to be a regular every single week straight away at that age, but I’m happy to be proved wrong on that part if he comes in and smashes it.

“He’s really good ball-in-hand, he’s

got a bit of footwork and he’s got a nice offload in him. There’s some work to be done defensively with him so there’s things to work on but he’s got attributes that I think, along with the Leeds staff, have the potential to take him somewhere in the game.”

Gabriel, 25, made the step up to the Championship from League One side Keighley Cougars last season and scored eight tries in 22 appearances.

Greenwood saw great improvement from the wide man over the course of the year and believes he can still get better in 2020.

“The first month was disrupted, not through any fault of his own, so it took him two months to get going,” said the head coach.

“I wouldn’t say he had a fantastic pre-season training-wise, the step up was a little bit of a shock to him, but he’s used to that now. I thought as the season went on he got better and better and he knows what to expect now.

“He’s in better shape than in day one of last pre-season and that will help him loads. I think he can really kick on.

“He’s not that young but he’s got some good years ahead of him and I think he’s got a good future. A lot of the stuff I saw this year, I felt was really good and matched a lot of the better wingers in this division.”

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Rams forge Hull KR 2020 dual-reg link

By Stephen Ibbetson Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk

DEWSBURY RAMS have announced that they will have a dual-registration agreement in place with Super League side Hull Kingston Rovers next season.

The link-up will allow Dewsbury to bring players in from Hull KR on a week-by-week basis to complement their squad during the Championship season.

Rams players not featuring in the first team are also set to benefit from the arrangement by featuring in the Robins’ reserves team.

Dewsbury used no fewer than 44 players in competitive games last season, including 11 loan players from six different clubs.

With the club set to have a slimmer squad this season – 15 players have been confirmed for 2020 so far with another five deals complete and ready to be announced over the next two weeks – the Rovers partnership will help boost coach Lee Greenwood’s options.

“I think the partnership with Hull KR will work really well and be of great benefit to both clubs,” said the Rams boss.

“We are running with a smaller squad this year so it will be helpful to be able to call on whichever players (Hull KR head coach) Tony Smith and (head of youth) John Bastian make available.

“KR have a reserves team too which will allow some of our squad members to get game time when necessary. I think this partnership comes at an exciting time for both clubs as we look to be as competitive as possible in our respective divisions.

“We used a lot of loan players

MORE OPTIONS: Lee Greenwood will be able to call on players from Super League side Hull KR next season from different clubs last season, which caused disruption. I believe this agreement is a much better alternative for us.

“For some of our players, they could potentially impress the Hull KR staff and follow in the footsteps of Kyle Trout, who has earned himself a Super League contract after moving to KR from Dewsbury.”

Dewsbury chairman Mark Sawyer said: “I’d like to say how excited I am that we can work with Hull KR in this way. It gives ourselves as a club and Lee as a head coach different options for players.

“We are looking forward to the upcoming 2020 campaign and to see where this partnership takes us.”

Bastian says that his Hull KR prospects will use the opportunity to play for Dewsbury next season as a step between playing for their reserves and their first team.

“Those that do go out to Dewsbury Rams will see it as a step up from our reserve grade, and significant for their progress,” he said. “Our players have to take it seriously as the Championship division takes no prisoners.

“This partnership makes sense and Dewsbury will be competitive next year. Lee Greenwood is building himself a good portfolio as a coach. Any player that does go out on dual-reg will need to impress him to show that they are capable of the Championship

and ready to then go onto Super League.”

The Rovers link-up means that Dewsbury have no urgent needs on the recruitment front, with at least 20 players contracted for next season.

Greenwood says that he is not currently in negotiations with any other potential recruits, but would like to bring in at least two more first-team players.

“I’m not absolutely desperate if we didn’t bring anyone in to be honest. If we were to have a game tomorrow we’ve got a capable team to put out,” he said.

“In an ideal world I’d like to bring in two more that strengthen our starting 17, but if those players aren’t out there then I won’t panic and get anybody in.”

Lingard excited by capture of ‘X-factor’ Dean BATLEY BULLDOGS coach Craig Lingard believes that Reece Dean can bring an “X-factor” to the club after signing for the 2020 season.

Dean, 22, this week became the sixth new addition to the Bulldogs’ squad by moving from League One side Hunslet.

The half-back came through the Hull FC academy and had spells at Toronto Wolfpack, Doncaster and Sheffield Eagles before signing for Hunslet, and also had a short loan spell at Dewsbury in 2019 without playing a game.

Lingard believes that if he can get Dean playing to his best, Batley will have a good player on their hands.

“For one reason or another he’s not quite kicked on. I don’t know why because the ability that he’s got is phenomenal,” said the Bulldogs boss.

“He’s got some skill, he’s got some pace, he’s got some vision as well, so we’re looking at him as a half-back. If we can get him knuckled down and concentrating on his rugby and getting him enjoying his rugby, he could be a real bonus for us.

“He’s got an X-factor about him. He does things off the cuff which can ruffle a few feathers of certain coaches when they don’t stick to the game plan, but as a half-back you’ve got to be given that freedom to make your own decisions and I think Reece is one of those that will flourish if you give him a little bit of freedom to play.”

Dean’s signature takes Batley up to 21 players confirmed for next season, with the club hoping to have the signing of another forward complete this week.

Lingard says that the Bulldogs will also be joined in pre-season by three players on trial at the club, including former Dewsbury prop Nyle Flynn.

The 22-year-old made five appearances for the Rams after joining in the later stages of the 2019 campaign, but failed to earn a new deal with the club.

“He can have a look at us, we can have a look at him and he might be able to fill one of the positions that we’re probably a little bit short in,” said Lingard.

The coach added: “There are a couple of lads who took time away from the semi-pro game because of work commitments so they’ll do pre-season with us.

“You never know, out of the three that come, we might pick up an additional player that is a bonus for us.”

The Bulldogs squad will have their first gettogether next week ahead of the start of preseason training in the second week of November.

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