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Friday July 10, 2015

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Ten years on Danny Lockwood looks at our 7/7 legacy a decade after devastating bombings Feature – p5

‘I TURNED TO BOOZE AND CRIME AFTER SEX ABUSE’ As abuser awaits sentence for evil acts, his victim tells of ordeal as a homeless alcoholic EXCLUSIVE

By David Miller A VICTIM has told how sex abuse suffered in Dewsbury as a child led to a life of alcoholism and crime.

The man, 42, who cannot be named, spoke exclusively to The Press after his attacker was convicted of offences commited in the 1980s.

He became a homeless alcoholic with a record of

thefts committed while drunk.

The man, having beaten his drink problem, complained to police about his sexual abuse on October 18 , 2013.

It led Hashim Patel to be convicted on June 26 this year on two counts of indecent assault.

The man said: “I was a drunk for 22 years and the only reason I sobered up was to bring these charges.

“But it remains a constant battle because alcohol is with me every single day of my life.”

Patel, 72, of Moorlands Road, Westtown, is due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Monday, July 27.

He initially faced eight charges. One was withdrawn and he was cleared of the other five.

Patel was found not guilty of buggery, indecent assault and three charges of gross

indecency with a child.

The court heard the two incidents Patel was convicted of occurred at a shop in Westtown and in Staincliffe.

The victim was 14 at the time of the offences in 1987 but could not recall the exact dates they took place.

Having been taken into care in Todmorden, he used to visit his mother, who lived near the Westtown shop

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BENTLEY PAULINE On 5 July, aged 77, of Heckmondwike. Wife of the late Harry. Service at Park Wood Crematorium,

Elland, on Thursday 16 July at 11.15am.

CLARKE NEE RAMSDEN JEAN MARY On 5 July, aged 74, of Birstall. Wife of the late Dougie. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 13 July at 10.30am.

HELDEN JACQUELINE MARY (JACKIE) On 1 July, aged 88, of Mirfield. Wife of Stanley.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium today, Friday 10 July at 2.45pm.

HIRST ERIC On 1 July, aged 100, formerly of Hightown and Batley. Husband of the late Dorothy. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 14 July at 11.15am.

LEE MARGARET (FORMERLY HIRST) NEE MISSIN On 28 June, aged 71 years, formerly of Mirfield. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 13 July at 12.30pm.

SKINNER MAX On 3 July, aged 73, of Birstall. Husband of Iris.

Service at St Peter’s Church, Birstall, Tuesday 14 July at 2pm, followed by private interment in Birstall Churchyard.

SOCHA JANUSZ TADEUSZ On 28 June at York Hospital, aged 61 years.

Service at St Paulinus Church, Dewsbury, Friday 17 July at 10.45am, followed by interment at Dewsbury Cemetery at 11.30am.

STAINBURN DOROTHY JEAN On 2 July, aged 92. Wife of the late Eric. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 15 July at 12.30pm.

Heckmondwike. Husband of Barbara. Service at Central Methodist Church, Batley, Thursday 16 July at 1.45pm, followed by cremation at Dewsbury Crematorium at 2.45pm.

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TICKLE DAVID On 30 June, of Birstall, aged 54 years. Son of Daphne and the late Norman. Funeral at St Saviours Church, Brownhill, Monday 13 July at 10.30am, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium.

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Olivia’s father Dan works for the firm and will be taking part in the ride – to raise money for the Olivia Arnold Trust – along with eight other riders including the firm’s general manager Peter Brennan, Lee Ibbitson, Joe Brennan jnr, Lee Cawley, David Butterfield and Darrell Kelley.

They will leave Soothill WMC at around 6.30am on Saturday and hope to reach their destination in the early evening. They have been training for the trip for the last four months.

Said Mr Brennan: “We are taking part on a variety of bikes and are all of different abilities, so it’s not a race; we intend to stick together and reach Bridlington around tea time.”The group hopes to raise around £1,500 and can be sponsored at www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/TheBatleyBikers

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KIRKLEES: Council chief executive Adrian Lythgo now earns more than £150,000 a year – yet is one of the lower-paid local authority bosses.

A 1.8 per cent rise in 2014/15 took his pay to £150,059, nearly £8,000 a year more than Prime Minister David Cameron.

But in West Yorkshire, only the chief executive of Calderdale earns less – and others across the north receive figures of more than £170,000.

DEWSBURY MOOR: A woman’s cat has died from anti-freeze poisoning. Michelle Cain, 40, of Well Lane, said her pet Dwylla went missing last Monday and turned up sick three days later.

The vet who treated Dwylla told her a cat was brought in with the same symptoms the week before.

She said: “I just don’t get how anyone would want to hurt a cat. I don’t know how anyone can act that way.”

Another cat Miss Cain owned was shot and killed with an air rifle 12 years ago.

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Batley-based provider wins £238m care deal

By Staff Reporters A DEAL which will allow cuts at Dewsbury District Hospital to go ahead has been won by Locala.

The Batley-based not-for-profit health firm was announced on Wednesday as the preferred bidder for the controversial £238.4m Care Closer To Home contract.

The five-year deal is due to start in October, with the option of a two-year extension. It aims to bring care, such as rehabilitation, closer to where people live, thus reducing the need for hospital visits.

Doctors said they would not

‘Hospital beds will be cut’ warns MP Cox back controversial hospital cuts without more community care.

Patients will have a role in helping organisations devise care plans tailored to them.

These could include working with Kirkwood Hospice or mental health services, who all come under this new regime.

Batley & Spen MP Jo Cox is a

critic of the new contract and said: “I accept that the way healthcare is delivered must change. But I remain concerned such a large remit is in the hands of essentially one private provider.”

She added: “The plans for delivering healthcare across North Kirklees in the years to come depend almost entirely on this contract. Beds have and will be removed from Dewsbury & District Hospital under the rationale that this contract will deliver services closer to home.

“My concern is in making sure these changes are implemented with minimum disruption to

patients.”

The contract was decided jointly by the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) for North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield.

Over five years, the deal is worth £99m in North Kirklees and £139.4m in Greater Huddersfield.

North Kirklees CCG chairman Dr David Kelly said: “Both CCGs are committed to delivering healthcare closer to people’s homes and more joined-up.

“We know this is what local people want, and I am delighted that we are now in a position to begin the process of delivering our vision.”

‘I turned to crime and booze’

Sex abuse conviction offers hope for victims

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POLICE have spelled out how victims can report sexual abuse after the conviction of a Dewsbury man for historic offences.

Hashim Patel, of Moorlands Road, Westtown, was brought to book through Operation Topaz.

Det Chief Insp Sue Jenkinson, lead officer for safeguarding, said: “Operation Topaz was a dedicated unit for the investigation of serious sexual offences.

“The specialist expertise of the team has now been incorporated into the work of the district child and adult safeguarding units.”

Access to specialist support is available through a county-wide Sexual Assault Referral Centre, which has services under one roof.

Det Chief Insp Jenkinson said:

lived near the Westtown shop on St Matthew’s Road.

Local authority records showed the woman, who had mental health problems, left the area in September, 1987.

In the first incident, Patel performed a sex act on the teenager in the shop’s anteroom and then touched the boy at a property in Staincliffe. The distress caused to an already vulnerable child led the victim to turn to drink.

By the age of 16 he was an alcoholic with a record of petty crime committed while drunk.

He slept rough for six months in 1992 before moving into a Keighley hostel in January the next year.

From there he stayed in a Shipley B&B until the end of 1995 and then moved to other temporary accommodation in Bradford, Featherstone and Lupset, near Wakefield. Probation officers secured him a flat in Wakefield in 1997, where he has remained.

His alcoholism continued until he was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder during counselling.

The man’s relief at the convictions is tempered by a concern that there could be other victims.

He said: “Patel was a shopkeeper in a position of trust who had access to children.

And what he did to me he did very quickly.”

As part of his continuing therapy, he recently returned to the shop. It is hoped the experience will help with panic attacks and insomnia caused by the abuse.

He wants a positive outcome and added: “I’d like to think that one day I can work with other victims of sexual abuse.

“I’m not sure I’ll ever get over what happened. But the convictions have brought some relief.”

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“The centre offers confidential help and support to male and female victims over the age of 16.

“And it is available to all victims regardless of whether they have elected to report the offence to the police.”

Coun Erin Hill, Kirklees Council cabinet member for child protection, said more needs to be done for vulnerable youngsters.

Patel’s victim, who lived in a care home, sank into a life of alcholism and crime after being abused.

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Coun Hill said: “Despite making up less than one per cent of the national population, care leavers make up 24 per cent of the adult prison population.

“It’s obvious from these statistics that we have to go further to look after care leavers.”

Anyone who has been a victim of a sexual offence can contact police directly or call the Sexual Offences Referral Centre on 01924 298954.

SPEN VALLEY: A man who died after falling from a bridge over the M62 on Monday has been named.

Barry Richardson Hick, 72, of Liversedge, fell from the A649 Halifax Road near Hartshead Moor services at about 3.30pm.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An inquest into his death is due to be opened on Tuesday.

The westbound carriageway was shut between junctions 25 and 26 and only fully re-opened at around 8pm.

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CAMPAIGNERS in Cleckheaton hailed a double win after a housing scheme was rejected and another approved.

Strata Homes were denied permission for 39 homes on land off New Lane last Thursday.

Kirklees Council’s planning committee unanimously threw out the proposal after 118 letters of objection were received and the Spen Valley Civic Society also made a complaint.

Concern centered on the loss of green space – something which did not affect a separate plan for 114 homes on Bradford Road.

Swift Properties succeeded in their bid to redevelop the former Cleckheaton Mills industrial site.

Cleckheaton Action Group campaigners hailed a double victory The vacant premises had been marketed for employment since 2011 with no interest.

Graeme Raisbeck, of the Cleckheaton Action Group

(CAG), said: “We don’t oppose this kind of house building. Population growth figures show a worrying 200,000 homes per year are needed to keep pace with

demand across England.”

He feels brownfield land should be used first and added of Strata Homes: “It was a small but important victory in the protection of green space.

“But it won’t be the last news on green space being given over to house building.

“Kirklees will soon publish where about 10,000 homes will need to take green space in their new local plan.

“We are keeping a watchful eye on which green space is proposed to be sacrificed.”

CAG hopes to submit their own local plan for Cleckheaton to council chiefs by the end of the month.

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A TRADER hit out at thieves who struck in Batley town centre on Monday for the fourth time.

Javed Iqbal, of the Batley Bargain Centre, was left with a £1,000 bill for damage and had a Playstation 4 stolen.

Raiders smashed the shop’s front window and a glass cabinet just yards from Batley Police Station.

Mr Iqbal, who has run the business for nine years, was called by police at around 2.10am.

Only the previous night, at about the same time, burglars stole perfume from the neighbouring Co-op pharmacy in the Market Place.

In that incident, suspects are believed to have crawled in after smashing a glass panel in the front door.

Prescription drugs were stolen from there on May 28, while on May 13 the Corner Cafe was hit.

Mr Iqbal said: “When I saw the damage I felt like crying. There was glass everywhere and the shelves of the display cabinet had

collapsed. It's a tough time as it is but something like this really sets you back and it’s not just the money.

“It’s getting hold of a window company and getting them to come ASAP. It’s a lot of stress."

He added: “I can’t put shutters up because the council say it’s a listed building and they won’t allow it.”

At the Corner Cafe, thieves stole a till, which will cost about £150 to replace, after forcing the front door.

The till contained some cash and burglars also made off with a tip jar and a Barnado’s charity box.

Owner Angela Putterill said: “It’s not just that we’ve lost money, there’s the shock and stress of it all.

“You go in on a morning and you have your routines and then when you go to the till you find there’s no till, it’s gone.

“It makes you wonder what’s going to happen next. You’re left with a feeling of unrest.”

Victim’s ordeal in brutal assault A DISABLED man was brutally attacked in an attempted robbery outside Dewsbury Library on Monday night.

The victim, in his 40s, has both physical and learning disabilities and was set upon at about 7.30pm.

He was approached by a suspect who wanted money – and when he refused to hand any over he was punched in the face.

The victim was knocked to the ground by the force of the blow, which also cut his lip.

While he was on the floor the attacker, an Asian man aged 20 to 25, began kicking him repeatedly.

His ordeal ended when a passer-by intervened and the thug fled empty-handed.

He is described as 6ft tall, muscular, with straight black hair and a goatee beard. He wore a black t-shirt, camouflage trousers and black trainers.

Det Insp Mark Truelove said: “This was an appalling incident in which a man with disabilities has been targeted.

“He was abused and repeatedly assaulted. Fortunately he was not seriously injured but was very upset by what happened.”

He appealed for witnesses and added: “Many residents will be shocked by what has taken place.”

Anyone with information can call Kirklees CID on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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The goal of Dewsbury’s 7/7 bomber was to instill fear, separate and divide.

Ten years on, the evidence would suggest that he succeeded...

By Danny Lockwood

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UESDAY in Dewsbury turned into a typical English summer’s mix of sunshine, scudding clouds and heavy showers. At precisely 8.48am however, a bleak, heavy drizzle descended on Lees Holm, a small estate of council houses between Brewery Lane and Lees Hall Road in Thornhill Lees.

A police patrol car and a police van were stationed discreetly around the corner from number 69, tucked away as it is in the cul-desac end of Lees Holm, backing onto Parker Road.

Opposite the white-curtained house, outside number 41, a woman clad head to toe in black, her face completely covered with the customary veil, was putting out the family wheelie bin.

Further afield, roads and streets and junctions around Thornhill Lees and neighbouring Savile Town crawled at a gridlock pace as parents ferried their children to school.

Business as usual.

Exactly 10 years before, to the dying breath, on July 7, 2005, Mohammed Siddique Khan, lately of 69 Lees Holm, sat on a tube train as it rattled its way westwards from King’s Cross towards the Edgware Road station. Khan was contemplating his final seconds.

His date with apocalypse was July 7, apparently, because he had delayed the mass suicide bombing of England’s capital by a day, so that he could take his pregnant wife Hasina to an ante-natal appointment at Dewsbury District Hospital.

Was the child he would never see his final thought, before he blew himself, that train carriage and its innocent passengers apart? Or was Khan imagining his Muslim paradise as he prepared to explode his home-made bomb?

What did Mohammed Siddique Khan, mentor to fellow suicide bombers Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain and Jermaine Lindsay, think their mass murder would achieve?

We will never know.

And what the police in Lees Holm on the 10th anniversary of the bombings were anticipating is a mystery too. While London staged solemn ceremonies to mark the heroism and sacrifices that marked the tragedy, Dewsbury continued down the path it has followed every day since – trying to pretend it never happened.

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HAN was first identified by a bank card in the debris of the devastated Edgware Road tube train that linked him to an address in Soothill, Batley – 11 Gregory Street.

My dad lived just over the wall from Gregory Street School as a child. My mum, sister and I, along with an auntie and cousins, lived in Lees Holm, yards from Mohammed Siddique Khan’s house, though long before he

Council leader calls for terror strategy re-think KIRKLEES Council leader David Sheard added his weight to calls for a re-think of the Government’s anti-extremism strategy.

He wants tailor-made local schemes instead of the national Prevent programme.

He and Bradford Council leader Coun David Green said Prevent does not work because often it is used as a stick to beat communities.

West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson also wants a review of Prevent.

It comes after Savile Town teenager Talha Asmal became the UK’s youngest suicide bomber when he killed himself and 10 others in Iraq.

arrived. Clearly it never felt like home to him.

Only black oblivion offered Khan the comforts his spirit required.

What had this community, this town, this country done to poison a young man to the point that he felt justified in massacring dozens of innocent strangers – some of whom even shared his faith?

What ‘God’ venerates that kind of atrocity?

And now, 10 years on, what exactly have Khan and his acolytes achieved?

Within hours of the identities and addresses of the four bombers being revealed, Dewsbury, for possibly the first but by far from the last time, would be crawling with journalists and camera crews, prevented by the police from getting too close to 69 Lees Holm, or the wellkept bungalow in nearby Lodge Farm Close, home of Khan’s mother-in-law, Farida Patel.

Mrs Patel was a popular community worker who only recently had been invited to attend a royal tea party at Buckingham Palace and whose world would also be torn apart by her son-in-law’s atrocities.

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HE week before the 10th anniversary, James Pheby, a journalist with the French national news agency Agence FrancePresse, asked me to show him around Savile Town, the area that national newspapers had recently reported was “97% Muslim”.

If ever the newspaper game loses its appeal, there might be a business doing guided tours.

In recent weeks it had been reporters and broadcasters poking their pens and microphones into what lay behind Talha Asmal’s suicide bombing in Iraq, and the mysterious Munshi family, still to explain why despite the family patriarch being the highest profile Islamic cleric in the area, they have bred two terrorists.

All have left none the wiser.

As shocking to outsiders as that figure of 97% might be, it was, as I explained to the

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journalist as we drove through the tightlypacked streets, an out-dated statistic.

The Kirklees Council electoral roll from December 2014 showed that of more than 3,200 registered voters between Headfield Road and the River Calder, there were only 24 white British/European – 20 of them on Headfield Road, and four classed as resident at the nearby canal basin.

Within what Dewsbury people regard as Savile Town, the figure is as close to 100 per cent as makes no difference.

The iconic Markazi mosque resembles a building site at the moment, but still visitors are always struck by its fortress appearance, dire warnings to trespassers and forbidding of photography. They struggle to understand the nuanced differences between Savile Town’s hard-line Deobandis and the more moderate Sufi/Barelvis.

For most, the Shia/Sunni divide that is tearing apart the Middle East is complicated enough without delving into the further schisms of what is less a religion than an ideology, one which encompasses politics, law, business, education – and of course, scripture.

But it remains an intractable ideology which might occasionally tolerate, but will never embrace, other cultures or beliefs. Ever.

That division, that fanatical superiority, is what Mohammed Siddique Khan took all those lives in the name of. His goal was to instill fear, to separate and to divide.

Ten years on, the evidence would suggest that he succeeded.

News in Brief Veterans sought for VJ Day event NORTH KIRKLEES: Veterans who served in the Far East in World War Two are being sought for a commemoration event.

The Spenborough branch of the Royal British Legion will mark Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on Saturday, August 15, with a parade in Cleckheaton. Members of the Burma Star Association or others who served in the Far East campaign are welcome to attend.

Anyone with information can call branch chairman Eddie Morton on 01274 871575.

Fun-packed gala OSSETT: A packed line-up of entertainment has been announced for Ossett’s 26th annual gala tomorrow (Saturday).

Cheerleaders, dance troupes, youth theatre performances and Morris dancers are among the acts confirmed for the town centre event, which is now being organised by local community group Building Ossett Better (BOB).

For the first time organisers will be using the interior of Ossett Town Hall.

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The naked truth about sexism in 21st century UK ALL ME old fashioned, but I still struggle with the idea that women tennis players who couldn’t win a single game playing against men, and whose matches are generally only half as long, are paid exactly the same for winning Wimbledon.

Now before the sisterhood starts sticking pins in Lockwood effigies, can I qualify that statement?

For instance, I would gladly accept the financial situation if the women played stark naked – or in the case of Serena and Venus Williams, stark b****ck naked.

Sexist bounder, you say?

Not at all ladeees! Have you heard these crones? Have you been deafened by their screaming and panting and grunting, the like of which shouldn’t be heard beyond a well sound-proofed bedroom?

Talk about Fifty Shades of White.

Whoever delivers Maria Sharapova’s first infant had better wear industrial earplugs, I can tell you.

LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

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Something to scream about: Connie St Louis, Sir Tim Hunt and the ‘orgasmic’ Maria Sharapova And if having them quieten down isn’t on the agenda, can I at least request the imposition of a punitive system, whereby every deliberate shriek is fined a sensible amount – let’s say £1,000 per ear-splitting atrocity.

Most would be going home skint after the Wimbledon fortnight. Where, for my money, they’d be welcome to stay.

Do some washing and ironing, love. Learn to cook or something useful. And, in the

highly unlikely event of you fancying a dabble with old Locky, wear a gag.

Yes, of course I’m writing all of that with tongue fixed firmly in cheek – and no, that isn’t another Frankie Howerd “ooh-errr-missus” double entendre, either.

But I’ll tell you what. If it wasn’t for the fact that I own this fine little newspaper, I’d be thinking very hard about the wisdom of poking – stop it! – such fun at the fairer sex.

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IR TIM HUNT is an eminent, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, whose career was torn asunder. His unforgivable sin was to begin a speech at a conference in South Korea with a not very funny line about science benefiting from single-sex laboratories.

He said that in a mixed lab, male and female scientists fall in love and then, when you criticise them, they cry (he married a female scientist by the way).

That was it. And it brought his world crashing down about his ears, thanks mostly to a humourless crone by the name of Connie St Louis.

Mrs St Louis is a lecturer at City University in London, and claims to be a much heralded academic, journalist, author, broadcaster and eminent member of numerous distinguished institutions.

Except she’s not.

She took to social media to destroy Sir Tim Hunt’s career over one mediocre joke –

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N THE greater scheme of things, with the truth of things having been revealed, Sir Tim would be reinstated to his professorship at University College London, to the Royal Society and the European Research Society, wouldn’t he?

Of course not. This is fascist 21st century England now, not the land celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.

He remains untouchable with a barge pole, by virtue of a slightly embarrassing social faux pas, and the fatal mistake of crossing the Sisterhood.

A lauded career lies in tatters not because he’s a lousy

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candidate for the after-dinner circuit, but because he is white and male.

Liar, fraud and back-stabbing ‘journalist’ Connie St Louis?

No sanction, except that her self-praising (and partly fictitious) CV is being hastily re-written on the advice of her employers at City University, London.

She remains a valued member of an historic seat of learning which, as far as I can see, doesn’t even know if her basic degree is legitimate.

But then again, the exotic Mrs St Louis is not only humourless and malevolently motivated, but both black and female. And in Britain today, that’s a poker hand of four aces.

Somebody should give that woman something to scream about.

A tennis racket round the noggin would be a start.

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You see, in humourless Britain today, trying to raise a smile needs to come with a health and safety warning.

which, by the way, he made clear was supposed to be a joke.

He was actually speaking in praise of women scientists.

She didn’t include that disclaimer however, in telling the world the man was an unadulterated chauvinist bastard. She hung him out to dry.

Some ‘journalist’ eh?

Except she isn’t that, either.

Claims to write for all the big national newspapers were quickly exposed as lies.

She did win a £50,000 grant from the far left Joseph Rowntree Trust to write a book.

Except she never wrote it.

Ten years on, she says it’s still a work in progress.

Clearly a journalist who never heard of deadlines.

TV and radio shows she claims high and ongoing praise for are variously nonexistent, ancient and peripheral.

Yet here was this fraud, ruining the life of a worldleading scientist.

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HERE isn’t a week goes by when I don’t fail to be astonished by the latest example of financial madness within the National Health Service.

Often it is the latest revolving door wheeze of a mega-rich executive being given hundreds of thousands in redundancy or early retirement, then being sneaked in through the back door on a ‘consultancy’ basis, or given the same job in a neighbouring authority.

A question – are there no rules governing what ‘early retirement’ is? Some of these people are clocking off at 52 or 53, and are back before their next birthday.

But this latest wheeze really takes some beating. A locum GP in Scotland was paid £19,000 for one week’s cover.

Nineteen grand – for a week prescribing antibiotics and wielding a stethoscope?

Now I’m sure that’s not a typical week’s work, but it does represent a not inconsiderable annual salary of £988,000. Nearly a million quid a year for taking temperatures and blood pressures?

Strewth. Make no wonder Trusts are skint.

The shame is that we can’t even debate reforming the NHS without being accused of wanting to privatise it.

Here’s the thing – if £19k a week isn’t privatisation on an obscene scale that would make a banker blush, what is it? I’ll tell you what it is – it’s what NHS executives do best. Waste other people’s money.

NO ED LINES picking apart the budget?

Why bother? It will be a week or two before forensic independent accountants have dug up all the tax rises and caveats that are always hidden in the small print.

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Bat thugs trash car in rampage POLICE condemned thugs who fought with baseball bats in Dewsbury last Saturday.

A gang of up to 10 Asian men went on the rampage just before midnight on Bretton Park Way in Savile Town.

The group, who trashed a Mercedes Benz car, dropped their weapons as they fled when officers arrived.

Kirklees CID Det Insp Mark Truelove said: “This sort of disturbance will not be tolerated.

“Enquiries are ongoing to trace those involved, who will be arrested and held to account.”

He added: “It would appear this incident is targeted and poses no danger to the wider community.”

Three men, one of whom is now out on bail, were arrested.

Anyone with information can call Kirklees CID on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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A JobCentre Plus outreach scheme also meets at the library on Tuesdays (1-3.30).

‘We’re flying now’ says school head

By David Miller A SCHOOL in Batley is expected to be praised by inspectors for its continuing return to form.

Ofsted made a second visit to Batley Business and Enterprise College (BBEC) on June 25 after it was rated as ‘inadequate’ in January.

A report due out now is to say the 11-to-16 secondary on Blenheim Drive is making “rapid progress”.

In March, a monitoring inspection stated change at the former Batley High School for Boys was already under way.

New headteacher Samantha Vickers was praised and teaching was described as “no longer inadequate”.

Now the college, due to be renamed Upper Batley High School in September, is described as a place where “mediocrity is being effectively challenged”.

Teaching and marking has improved and a revamped governing body is holding leaders to account.

Miss Vickers is also said to have instilled a “growing culture of aspiration”

among pupils. Children, whose behaviour was praised, have an increasing sense of pride in the school as a result.

An anti-radicalisation and extremism strategy is in place and the gap between the lowest and highest achieving pupils is closing.

Miss Vickers said: “This is a nice way to end the year.

The staff have got a real buzz from the report because their hard work is paying off.”

She added that since January, external officers from Ofsted made three other visits to the school.

They said BBEC would now rank as “good” in the main areas of leadership, behaviour, teaching and pupil achievement.

A visit by Kirklees Council showed the same, but a full Ofsted inspection is not due again until next year.

Miss Vickers said: “We feel like we’re flying now.

We’ve worked all year on improving standards.

“The boys do take real pride in coming here. And it’s great to end the year on such a positive note.”

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Old social network declines at a stately pace Dear Sir, This week saw yet another of the area’s iconic pubs disappear as a local landmark.

The Swan, at Shepley Bridge, built in 1755, astride the border of Dewsbury and Mirfield, is now a pile of rubble.

A thousand years of proper social networking in our taverns, inns, coachouses, pubs and clubs is slowly but steadily in unstoppable decline on a national basis.

The Swan was a coaching inn on one of the many packhorse routes to cross the Pennines. When the Calder and Hebble Navigation Canal was completed in 1797ish, the Swan served the canal basin transport system that fed the Industrial Revolution.

The nearby Shepley Marina was a prominent boat and barge-building centre, and an important resting place for the

Argument for immigration?

From: Stephen Cass, Mirfield Dear Sir, In the previous but one edition of The Press you published a letter of mine in which I addressed the issue of immigration and its effect on British society.

My conclusion based on my

Letter of the Week: Tim Wood, The Old Colonial, Mirfield barges and horses. The Swan was conveniently placed 100 yards away to serve them well.

In recent times I worked there as DJ and part-time quiz master for licensees Keith and Jean Greenwood, and latterly Peter and Angie Harrison. The pub was the busiest for miles around, and for nearly two decades was in its pomp.

Danny Lockwood, the owner of this newspaper, used to ably assist on the DJ stand on occasions.

He was very popular with the licensees,

own understanding and observation was that immigration to Britain has provided no substantial benefits and instead has done much harm.

Of course my conclusion is not necessarily the correct one, and I’d hoped that the following week’s Press would contain a response from someone in the pro-immigration camp putting right my misunderstanding.

Sadly my hope proved unfounded.

Not that I was expecting a

not only did he bring a rugby team with him (Dewsbury Celtic), but he could sup his DJ fee on the night: The only self-financing musical turn I have ever come across in almost 40 years.

Later on in 1994, I took the tenancy of the nearby Bulls Head, on Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe. The area was well supported with pubs and drinkers alike.

The Ravensthorpe Run on New Year’s Eve was a popular pub crawl not to be missed, which pre-dated the Golden Mile of Bradford Road, Batley: The Old Albion,

reply from Paula Sherriff saying how much immigration has benefited the Labour Party, its gerrymandering immigration policy designed cynically to provide Labour with a ready made voting block. That would have been expecting too much.

But I was hoping that maybe one of your occasional immigrationist correspondents would find the courage to put forward the argument for immigration. Why are these people so reluctant to state

Rosie’s Bar, Royal, Station Hotel, New Albion, Ravensthorpe WMC, Ravensthorpe Hotel, Sheridans, Bulls Head and The Swan.

It was a working class triumph for the sociable masses.

Only two remain in the area; The Royal and the Bulls Head. Barclay’s Private Member’s Club on North Road closed last year due to the owner’s retirement.

So, what’s gone wrong with our local pubs? As I can see it, industry in the area has declined so, therefore, has the workforce who had the spending power.

The Asian community has expanded and they excuse alcohol on religious grounds.

Duty prices are still far too high to be a credible form of indirect taxation; pub CEOs have greedily mismanaged some outlets.

Our community local is alive and well on TV – the Queen Vic, The Woolpack and the

their case? What’s the matter, cat got their tongues?

Empire allies From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, When Stephen Cass asks what immigrants have done for us (Forum 26/06/15) he should remember the Indians, Chinese and African soldiers and those from Australia, Canada and New Zealand soldiers who fought with us in the First World War. In the Second World War thousands of muslim soldiers died fighting for British rights and liberties in the defeat of fascism, maybe Mr Cass has a problem with that?

You voted for the tarmac...

From: Derek Cartwight, Soothill Dear Sir, It’s TARCAK – Time And

Rovers’ Return – although the producers and scriptwriters of Coronation Street openly admit they are hanging on to audiences by painting a rosy picture of the type of community that was about 25 years ago.

What I think is the biggest factor in the pub’s decline, is linked to the TV or computer screen. Pubs were once the social meeting place for people to catch up on life, and talk about all manner of things.

Now there’s Skype, Facebook, Twitter, and as the digital generation catch up at the speed of light, the old social pub network declines at a sedately pace.

However, it’s not all doom and gloom.

There is a piece of multiple processing kit that’s been about over millions of years, and it’s encouraging people to see things in the real world; it’s called the human eyeball Mk1.

Repeat Community Announcements (in) Kirklees.

The cack may be an offensive term for excrement, but that’s what I think the council think of its residents – we are a misguided nuisance that don’t appreciate what they do for us.

Having said that, why would anyone now complain about all the housing planned for around Soothill?

Sorry, you voted Labour, you voted for the 30,000 or the previous 20,000 houses they planned for you.

Were you in the council chamber objecting to housing in Soothill? Did you march in protest, or sign the petition for not building on the other side of Leeds Road?

Well, you may not have known it but their written submission to the council called for building on these fields.

Were you there when the independent inspector tossed out the Local Development Plan as it was not evidencebased and insufficient communication with neighbouring councils had taken place?

Did you object in the last consultation exercise? No? Then why are you complaining

now when it is almost too late?

Don’t forget these houses are only part of the massive development around the area.

Who can you object to – your councillors and your MP? No, they are Labour, and the party has been in favour of these developments.

I have objected to almost all these developments (we started out objecting to the Grange Road industrial development; that was not meant to go ahead – the housing got through by trickery) for over 20 years.

I have pointed out year after year that the employment numbers in Kirklees from their Fact Sheets do not substantiate the view that the housing developments are sustainable.

Then I ask why has Kirklees’ population increased by so much if, as Kirklees state, employment opportunities have not increased?

What does this say about immigrants living on benefits, but then who are all these houses for?

Oh, and don’t forget the last Labour government said people could not live long-term on benefits – that was not just the coalition, let alone the

PLANNING APPLICATIONS R McAllister, 15 Lower Lark Hill, Moorbottom, two dwellings and demolition of existing outbuildings.

Alistair Drew, The Olde Smithy, 9 Granny Lane, Lower Hopton, discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 5 (new door or window openings), 6 (drainage), 7 (waste), 8 (boundary treatment), 9 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 10 (fencing), 11 (site boundary), 13 (drainage) and 14 (FRA) on previous permission 2010/91188 for erection of detached dwelling with detached garage.

T Hammerton, Glebe Farm Barn, Howroyd Lane, Whitley, extension and alterations to convert stables to dwelling and alterations to access.

M Hemingway, 42 Northway, Mirfield, single-storey front extension.

Mr Mohammed Yousuf Patel, 7 Clarence Terrace, Savile Town, single and two-storey extensions.

A Huison, The Byre, 239 Soothill Lane, Soothill, erection of stable block.

City Develoments (Yorkshire) Ltd, former Whitcliffe Road School site, Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton, erection of detached garage.

C Sykes, 37 Tetley Drive, Birkenshaw, extensions.

Mr C Ishaq, 388 Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, advertisement consent for erection of two illuminated signs.

Mr L Rashid, 191 High Street, Hanging Heaton, extensions.

P Dezelak, 53 Park Drive, Mirfield, demolition of existing detached garage and erection of double detached garage.

Mr A Walker, 35 West Royd Avenue, Mirfield, single-storey side and rear extension and demolition of detached.

Mrs M Malik, 153 Headfield Road, Savile Town, single-storey side extension and front and rear dormers.

Mr S Yacub, 27 Broomer Street, Ravensthorpe, extensions and dormers to front and rear.

A Rawson, 11 Kenmore Road, Cleckheaton, two-storey rear extension.

Peter Mills, 5 River View, Mirfield, works to TPO(s) 10/92.

F Mahmood, Shaw Cross Store, 128 Smallwood Road, Shaw Cross, change of use from storage to take away, erection of single-storey rear extension and an external extraction flue.

G Lindsay, 89 Priory Way, Mirfield, single-storey side extension.

S Hussain, 9 Clarkson Close, Heckmondwike, demolition of garage and erection of two-storey side extension, single-storey rear extension and single-storey outbuilding.

Hanif Rehman, 7 Honeysuckle Drive, Thornhill Lees, single-storey side and two-storey rear extensions.

Asda, Mill Street West, Dewsbury, advertisement consent for erection of two illuminated and non-illuminated signs.

Harbour Landmark Living Limited, 11 Westfields Road, Mirfield, discharge of conditions 3 (external facing materials), 5 (Phase II Intrusive Site Investigation Report), 6 (Remediation Strategy), 7

(Remediation), 8 (Validation Report) and 10 (boundary treatment) on previous permission 2015/90633 for change of use from B1(a) Office to C3 residential and single-storey rear extension.

C Jones, 49 Kilpin Hill Lane, Dewsbury, first floor rear extension and conservatory to side.

Richard Dawson, Mug Mill Farm, Mug Mill Lane, Dewsbury, redevelopment of farm building to create two dwellings with associated parking.

Tam Le Minh, 18 Tolson Street, Ossett, single-storey side, singlestorey rear and two-storey rear extensions.

Ian Blamires, 3 North Terrace, Birstall, alterations to convert existing dwelling to four apartments (within a Conservation Area).

Cambian Group PLC, 47 Fort Ann Road, Soothill, certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of dwelling as specialist children’s home.

A Dixon, 88 Pyenot Hall Lane, Cleckheaton, ground floor and dormer extensions.

Mr M Ikram, 15 Gardens Road, Ravensthorpe, two-storey and single storey extensions.

Skopos Design, Providence Mills, Syke Lane, Earlsheaton, formation of new access road.

N&R Management Services Ltd, 589 Halifax Road, Hightown, Liversedge, discharge of conditions 3 (delivery and despatch details), 4 (noise) and 5 (sound insulation) on previous permission 2014/91646 for change of use of working men’s club to a mixed use comprising micro-

brewery, public bar and managers apartment, associated external alterations including coolers and external flue and formation of car park.

Lightsource Midscale Limited, Sandtoft Roof Tiles, Spen Vale Street, Heckmondwike, prior notification for approval of installation and alterations of other solar photovoltaic equipment.

Essential Enterprise Village, Field Head Lane, Birstall, two-storey commercial/industrial unit.

Currys Superstore, Unit A-B, Yorkshire Retail Park, Holden Ing Way, Birstall, installation of two non-illuminated pan signs.

Mr & Mrs M Patel, 9 St Anne’s Close, Thornhill Lees, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.35m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.5m.

Abdullah Khadbai, 20 Grove Street, Mirfield, certificate of lawfullness for proposed two-storey rear extension.

Mrs L Doel, 2 Victoria Road, Liversedge, non-material amendment to previous permission 2012/91492 for erection of extensions and demolition of existing extension.

Mr & Mrs Kear, 18 Ghyllroyd Drive, Birkenshaw, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension.

The extension projects 4.3m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.75m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.651m.

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ThePress Newspaper Conservatives. Oh well, as Khan said (no, not Star Trek, but the council leader) it’s ‘aspirational’ ... or was that inspirational, I can never remember what he actually said. Labour could tell us it is all a dream.

Oh well, you voted for the tarmac on Soothill. That’s now the bottom line. Don’t complain now you had your chance in the elections.

It would cost serious money to put in an evidence based objection to the Secretary of State, which seems the last stop in the process, as they seem to have now by-passed the independent inspector.

What I do know, is after espousing how unnecessary the town council was, he and his cohorts decided to fight for seats last May. I applaud them for doing so, Coun Bunting is a welcome addition to the chamber. Young blood is welcome, it means I will be able to stand down sooner rather than later.

Meanwhile Mr Hutchinson’s vanity project will cost the town valuable funds which could be used for community projects rather than a by-election.

He knew rules

From: Joyce Lister, Thornhill

From: Alan Burton (Con, Battyeford) Dear Sir, In The Press last week you ran a piece by Mr Hutchinson of the Labour Party titled ‘political spite’.

It seems the spite is very one-sided. Mr Hutchinson is being disingenuous in stating he didn’t have details of the administrator or the Mirfield Town Council email address.

As an ex-teacher, he surely would know how to use a search engine. This would have given him the town council address. He could have done said search in Mirfield or Canada, as an ex-councillor he would know the rules.

Perhaps he was upset by not polling as well as he expected.

Typical Tories Dear Sir, It has now been confirmed by reading the Tory activist, Philip Tolson’s letter that Conservatives are against education, that’s why they have made university fees so high.

Those students who work hard and pass will be accused of class-ridden education snobbery by pretensions of often useless academic grandeur.

The Labour Party have always been keen that a good education is open to all, and not just to the rich. Harold Wilson, educated at Oxford before becoming a Don, brought in the ‘Open University’ when he became the Labour Prime Minister. Go on Philip, have a go if you dare.

I’m not surprised they were verbally abused on the doorsteps; most likely by the

disabled and others who had suffered from the cruel bedroom tax. They can expect even more abuse if they dare knock on doors again, as it’s just been announced that those in social housing who earn more than £30,000 a year will have to pay thousands more for their rents.

So, if a couple earn £15,000 a year each, which is roughly the minimum wage, they will be penalised.

How can Tolson dare put labels on people by calling some blue collar workers as if they are somehow inferior?

Typical Tories; always trying to undermine people and keeping them down.

Common sense?

From: Brian Johnson, Mirfield Dear Sir I read with interest in last week’s Press that Kirklees intend spending £100m on certain road projects.

The current parlous state of our roads should surely dictate that any spare funding be used to repair what we already have.

Kirklees seem hell-bent on throwing our money at headline projects whilst ignoring what should be routine maintenance.

Let’s face it, only an idiot would build an extension when the rest of the house was about to fall down, but then again when did common sense ever invade the minds of our local government officials?

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Demolition men call time on historic pub A HISTORIC pub on the border of Mirfield and Dewsbury has been demolished.

The Swan Inn, which has stood empty since 2010, was pulled down earlier this week after owner Shahid Patel decided to clear the site to make it more appealing to developers.

The pub on Huddersfield Road, which lies close to Mirfield’s border with Ravensthorpe, has been an eyesore since it closed its doors, and the building has been vandalised many times.

The former coaching inn dated back to 1755 but

landowner Mr Patel, the son of former Dewsbury South councillor Salim Patel, could not find any interested parties willing to take on the existing building.

He secured permission to change the use of the site from pub to retail units in February, 2012, and in August last year Kirklees Council’s Heavy Woollen planning sub-committee backed plans to build a convenience store and two smaller units there.

But there has been little concrete interest from potential tenants.

Local firm Hutchinson Demolition undertook the work this week and Salim Patel, speaking on behalf of his son, said that the aim was to create a plot that would appeal to potential developers.

“The building has been damaged so badly and vandalised many times, there was nothing of any value left,” he added.

“It wasn’t safe any more, so we decided to move forward and market it again with a clear plot, so that developers can see the potential of the site.”

RAIDERS struck twice in 30 minutes to claim a haul of jewellery, champagne and scratch cards.

They first burst into the Argos store in Dewsbury town centre at around 3.10am on Tuesday, where a jewellery counter was smashed and items taken.

Three suspects escaped in a silver Toyota Celica which may have been stolen last Sunday and had false registration plates.

Half an hour later the vehicle was used to smash the window of Sainsbury’s in Gomersal.

Bottles of champagne and a scratch card machine were then stolen from inside the Oxford Road store.

Both premises were unoccupied at the time.

Police were called by store security firms.

Det Insp Mark Truelove, of Kirklees CID, said: “We are seeking three males in connection with the two burglaries.

“We believe the vehicle used by the suspects was stolen on July 5.”

Anyone with information can call police on 101 or the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

Jo Cox, MP for Batley and Spen

North of Westminster Minimum wage is being devalued EORGE OSBORNE’S spot of political theatre on Wednesday saw him pull a rabbit out of a hat with his commitment to the national living wage.

The reality is in fact a devalued, rebranded minimum wage. The actual living wage is £7.85, it hasn’t been £7.20 since 2011.

But as Labour found in government, what makes a good headline doesn’t always mean good policy.

The British public aren’t stupid and can’t be taken for fools – they know when they’re worse off.

People in Batley and Spen know that getting £5 in your front pocket while having £10 taken from your back pocket isn’t a good deal.

Whether you’re a public sector worker, or earning up to £40,000, under 25 or a student – you’ll be worse off.

A couple with two children, both working and earning £9.35 an hour, will be £850 a year worse off.

And a typical single parent gains £400 from the Chancellor’s announcement on wages but loses £860 in tax credit. That’s not a living wage – it’s a work penalty.

There was little or nothing to address some of the issues I have taken up with ministers in the Commons in recent weeks – productivity, the skills gap, transport and efforts to improve the vibrancy of the northern economy.

Even after pulling the plug on their northern powerhouse and

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shelving electrification of the Transpennine rail route, the Government claimed £13bn of investment in rail in the north.

More trains, newer trains and more regular journeys, they said.

According to national reports there is actually only £3bn for rail schemes, of which £1.35bn has already been allocated, mainly to Manchester.

There is £5bn for major road schemes, including the improvements to the A1. And this figure also includes £5bn of funding that has already been allocated to councils for a variety of projects.

That leaves just £1.65bn for rail, or £330m a year until 2020, for ALL of the north-east, Yorkshire and the north-west!

I have spent a lot of time visiting local businesses, manufacturing companies, service providers,

shops and market traders, talking about the economy. I know what the government does not – that it needs to divert its attention away from the City of London and the south east.

It may not matter to the government but it matters to Batley & Spen and to Yorkshire.

That’s why I put my name forward to sit on the select committee that scrutinises the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government. I want to keep a very close eye on what the government is doing and saying on this.

Or not doing and not saying.

The budget did little to tackle structural weaknesses in the economy so that our country looks set to remain deeply divided and unbalanced for years to come.

In spite of all the Chancellor’s hype, we had a triple whammy of bad economic news this week.

Growth and productivity were both revised down and the UK deficit stands at £69.5 billion – in the year when the Chancellor promised to eliminate it.

A strong economy is vital but this budget showed an attempt at sleight of hand, a distraction from the real story, but also a warped sense of political priorities where hard-working nurses, carers and teachers get real term pay cuts while millionaires get a tax cut.

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Social housing shortage hits family’s care for Umar

By David Miller

Eight-year-old Umar has multiple disabilities

A FAMILY’S plight has shed light on a lack of social housing in Batley suitable for disabled children.

The home of Ismail and Fahima Kandawala, on Providence Street, cannot be altered for eight-year-old son Umar.

He has multiple disabilities caused by a rare brain condition.

Warehouse worker Ismail, 37, and Fahima, 27, tried to add an extension so they can fit in all Umar’s care equipment.

But engineers said strengthening the foun-

Friends group and local firms boost summer fair PUPILS, staff and family members enjoyed a summer fair at Mill Lane Primary School in Batley.

Attractions included stalls, games, a tombola and cakes and buns.

More than £400 was raised, with local firms donating prizes for the raffle, including Zucchini’s restaurant, Deano’s Bouncy Castle Hire, Ken’s and Oliver’s fruit and veg

stalls on Dewsbury Market, Lavender Hill florists, Rawcliffes, Mrs Bouquets florists and the Diddy Middy play gym, Heckmondwike.

Indian catering firm Spices and Rices also donated a pot of vegetable curry and pakoras. Staff thanked the Friends of Mill Lane, a group of parents who helped to organise the highly-successful event.

dations for the new build would damage the house next door.

Having spent £7,000 of their savings on the extension, they cannot afford to buy another home, and so turned to Kirklees Council.

Ismail and Fahima got on the housing register but are stuck due to a lack of suitable properties.

They were denied one option, a four-bedroom home on West Park Road, on under-occupancy rules.

In the meantime, the couple went with Umar and his brother Mohammed, two, to live

with family members.

Umar, who attends Fairfield School in Heckmondwike, has problems including learning difficulties, incontinence and epilepsy.

Lack of disabled access at the properties of Ismail’s brother and Fahima’s mum meant they returned home.

Kirklees are putting new steps and a path outside while they continue bidding for social housing.

Fahima said: “If we could afford a deposit we’d move. The safety of our family is so important we wouldn’t be wait-

ing for housing if we had a choice.”

Paul Howard, of the council’s accessible homes team, said the couple are on the register with appropriate banding and bedroom entitlement.

He added: “There’s only a limited number of properties that meet the family’s specific needs within their preferred areas.

“If the family choose not to accept the ones available, there’ll be an inevitable delay before another can be found.

“We will continue to work with the family to find a solution.”

Car blaze escape A SHOPKEEPER in Mirfield had a lucky escape when his car burst into flames and rolled down a hill.

Newsagent Makhanjeet Singh had just parked his Ford Fiesta on Knowl Road early last Friday when it burst into flames.

The blaze caused the handbrake to fail – which caused the vehicle to roll down the hill and hit a wall.

Mr Singh, of Lee Green newsagents, said: “I saw the car was smoking. I opened the bonnet and it burst into flames.”

Mr Singh was unhurt, but the car was totally gutted, with wreckage blocking the pavement.

News In Brief It’s show time!

BIRKENSHAW: Three charities will benefit from an emergency services show tomorrow (Saturday).

The event features an army assault course, stalls, a food market, donkeys and a search and rescue display team.

The annual show takes place at the fire service headquarters from 11.30am to 4.30pm. Entry is £1 per person (under fours free).

Proceeds are for St John’s Ambulance, My Burns Club children’s group at Pinderfields Hospital and the Fire Fighters’ Charity.

A reet good do DEWSBURY: Yorkshire dialect comes alive at a library coffee morning – and ‘comers-in’ are welcome.

Christine and Mike Goodwin will be at the Railway Street venue on Thursday, July 16, at 10.30am.

As Mike might say: “Gerr t’sen daahn ta library ta ear sum reet Yorksha call. See t’theear, it’ll cost t’nowt!”

MP’s drop-in BATLEY AND SPEN: MP Jo Cox will hold an advice drop-in for constituents tomorrow (Saturday) at Batley Library.

The session will be from 10am to noon. Constituents who would like to raise an issue with their MP are welcome to attend between those times.

Jo can be contacted on 01924 910499 or by emailing jo.cox.mp@parliament.uk.

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News In Brief Summer fair CLECKHEATON: A summer fair tomorrow (Saturday) will help fund trips for elderly and disabled people.

Stalls at the Central Methodist Church Community Centre on Mortimer Street include books, tombola and white elephant.

Proceeds are for the North Kirklees Disabled and Elderly Social Club, which meets at the church on Thursdays.

They take members, some of whom are in their mid-90s, on a monthly day trip from March to September. This month’s is to Rhyl.

The summer fair runs from 9am to 12noon. Entry is £1 including refreshments. All are welcome.

War memorial DEWSBURY: Last week a story in The Press incorrectly stated that a new war memorial to all the town’s fallen soldiers will be created.

It is in fact for the 100 or so heroes who are currently buried at Dewsbury Cemetery.

The men and women’s names are to be listed on two granite headstones which will cost about £10,000.

A £500 grant for the project was presented to the New Friends of Dewsbury Cemetery by the One Community foundation last Tuesday.

A fundraising bag-pack was also held at Sainsbury’s in Dewsbury last Saturday. To donate, see www.crowdfunder. co.uk/memorial.

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Celtic celebrate

By Danny Lockwood ONE OF the most famous names in amateur rugby league is getting ready to celebrate a host of anniversaries.

During the era when only one or two amateur clubs could qualify to play in the prestigious Challenge Cup against top professional sides, Dewsbury Celtic became a household name for their exploits.

At a reunion on Saturday July 25 at their Westtown ‘home’, the Irish National Club, the green and whites will mark the centenary of winning the Yorkshire County Cup in 1915.

And special guests on the day will be Billy Mitchell and Dennis Lyons, the two surviving members of the club’s great 1955 side which reached the Challenge Cup first round against Workington Town.

It was Celtic’s first qualification but over the following years they would be back repeatedly against the professionals – not only in the Challenge Cup but also the John Player Trophy, taking on sides like Wigan, Hull KR, Swinton, Featherstone and Castleford.

Celtic runs not only its

Top: The Dewsbury Celtic side which won the Yorkshire Cup 100 years ago. Left, the 1955 side which qualified for the Challenge Cup for the first time. The surviving players are Dennis Lyons (back, fourth from left) and Billy Mitchell (front, second left)

National Conference League senior side, but junior teams across the age ranges.

The first team is at home on July 25 and afterwards, at 4pm, past players and fans are invited to the

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reunion in the club on High Street. There will be a buffet and entertainment from an Irish band.

As well as the Yorkshire Cup centenary and the 60th anniversary of reaching the 'first round proper for the

first time, it is 50 years since Celtic qualified to meet Swinton, and 40 years since their famous clash against Hull KR at Batley’s Mount Pleasant, when they faced stars like Roger Millward and Clive Sullivan.

The club is hoping to welcome back a good representation of old boys from both those sides.

Tony gets on his bike for Legion A FORMER soldier from Ossett is to cycle from London to Paris in aid of the Royal British Legion.

Tony Ripley, 35, of Greenfield Avenue, will be one of hundreds taking part in the 20th annual event.

He hopes to raise £2,000 and has pedalled more than 1,300 miles in training this year.

As part of his preparations, he completed a track session with Team GB Olympian Laura Trott in Manchester last month.

It means the former Westborough High School pupil should be ready for the 286-mile route to Paris.

A three-day ride starting on Thursday, September 6, is due to end at the Arc de Triomphe.

Afterwards there will be a memorial service commemorating the First World War. Cash raised from the event will help the Legion fund their care of armed forces veterans.

Director of fundraising Charles Byrne said: “We are very grateful to Tony for taking on the Pedal to Paris challenge.

“We spend £1.4m every week in direct support, answering more than 165,000 calls for help.

“Tony’s efforts will help us considerably in continuing to provide social, emotional and financial care to the armed forces community."

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Make the most of your space SO, HOW will you be spending your weekend?

While the temptation may be to relax after a hard week in the rat race, the truth is that many of us are more likely to be up a ladder with a paintbrush or crouched on the bathroom floor with a tile cutter.

Because, while the economic outlook is still a bit challenging for many people in the district, it’s still really all about doing up, not selling up.

Extensions, refits, additions, conversions, makeovers, redecoration – the possibilities for your own property are endless.

If you can afford it, you could splash out on an additional bathroom or en suite.

And if your home feels like it’s bursting at the seams, it might be time to think about adding an extra room.

Not only will it give you the space you need, it will also add long-term value to your house.

Don’t go down the DIY route if you don’t

have to. Employ proper partners and builders, but don’t give them an easy time.

Get three quotes for each job and references from previous clients. Follow up by asking how much work each firm has on at the moment.

This is a coded message for “How quickly can you get around to me?”

Draw up a written agreement regarding how long the project will take and what it will cost. Keep back five per cent for snagging work once the job is done.

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Double check measurements Whatever medium you’re working in, be sure to double check measurements before cutting.

Remember you can always cut more off but you can’t put it back on if it’s too short. This will help you avoid wasting time, materials and money.

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ing space, and create a home we can be proud of.

Every home gets frayed around the edges, so it’s worth taking a step back to see what needs doing both inside and out.

It makes good sense to make the most of your home so you can enjoy it more, and then if you do decide it’s time to move on you’ll have the added bonus of making that allimportant positive first impression.

Summer will not only show up all the peeling paintwork and odd jobs that need doing around your home and garden, but it’s also the perfect time to get it all done.

If you do decide to undertake a bigger project such as an extension or loft conversion, then you’ll find it tolerable when you can keep doors and windows open and escape outside.

So if you get started now, fingers crossed, the smaller jobs will be done before the winter months set in and you can get things moving with the larger projects, from setting the budget and finding dependable workmen, to achieving the required approval from the council.

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It is also a good idea to leave dust sheets down until all paint has thoroughly dried, particularly when using gloss paint.

Protect surfaces beforehand Don’t cut corners during preparation, this will save you time in the long run, especially during the clean-up. So take the time to use masking tape to protect your flooring and the adjoining wall when painting skirting boards.

The cheapest option isn’t always the best for your basic essentials Buying really cheap paintbrushes can cause you trouble in the long run, as they will have fewer bristles that will result in an untidy finish and youll end up wasting time picking out the moulting bristles from your paintwork.

Wallpapering Be sure to work out exactly how many rolls of paper you will need especially when using a patterned design, as you’ll need to take into account the wastage as you cut the rolls to get the pattern to line up.

When purchasing your paper, make sure the rolls you buy have matching batch and shade numbers.

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HOUSEBUILDER Ben Bailey Homes has unveiled a new showhome at its Moor Croft development on Kitson Hill, Mirfield.

Moor Croft comprises a selection of innovative three and four-bedroom townhouses, semi-detached and detached properties, each one a shining example of how the housebuilder is pushing the boundaries of innovative and modern house design.

Prices range from £311,000 for The Hanbury, a four-bedroom property, to £335,000 for The Pendlebury, a spacious four-bedroom home.

The newly-launched Rosebury showhome is a superb four-bedroom home with flexible living spaces and a striking contemporary layout.

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There is also an additional room to the front of the property, a flexible space that could function as an office, snug, additional living room or children’s play room.

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Covering stains or watermarks Water-based marks can be tricky to cover up, so take the time to do it properly to stop it continuing to show through. Use oil-based primer paint or spray to seal the stain, once that’s dry you can cover it with any paint or colour of your choice.

Be prepared and think ahead Think about your DIY in the long term. For example. if you’re panelling your bathroom, remember that it is quite likely at some point

rails and full-height tiling by Porcelanosa.

Buyers can take advantage of Ben Bailey Homes’ Full Value Part Exchange scheme when purchasing a new home at Moor Croft.

Designed to help ease the stress of moving, under the scheme Ben Bailey Homes will offer to buy a customer’s existing property for its full market value*, alleviating the worry of sourcing a new buyer or waiting in a chain, helping customers to save money on estate agents’ fees.* The marketing suite and showhome at the development are now open Thursday to Monday from 11am-5pm.

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a leak will occur and the pipes will need to be accessed. So consider having a removable panel or a concealed door for this reason.

Don’t cut corners Be sure to do a job properly to prevent it becoming a regular occurrence. For example, after wet weather a wooden door will swell and stick in its frame.

So the quick fix is to plane the wood, but be sure to paint over the exposed edge with oilbased primer, otherwise you’ll end up with having to deal with the same problem every time it rains.

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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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Red House Friends host garden party THERE can’t be many better ways to enjoy the English summer than in an award-winning garden at a traditional afternoon garden party.

Red House Museum’s Friends group has joined with Gomersal Moravian Church to hold a garden party tomorrow (Sat).

The party will take place in Red House’s beautifully recreated 1830s garden – which holds a Yorkshire in Bloom Gold Award.

The event is taking place almost 100 years to the day since the Moravian Church held a garden party at Red House, and they will be trying to bring some of that vintage charm back to 2015.

The garden party will be opened at 12noon by Coun Lisa Holmes (Con, Liversedge and Gomersal), who is a Friend of Red House. From then until 4pm it will be good old-fashioned fun all the way with stalls, refreshments, entertainment and family games.

The 20-plus stalls will include a range of arts and crafts for sale, bric-a-brac, tombola, raffles and a cake stall.

Kirkwood Hospice, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Hedgehog Rescue, Spen Valley ATC and Spen Valley Historical Society will also have stalls at the event.

Singers Lindsey Moore and James Woolford will be serenading visitors throughout the afternoon.

Entry to the garden party and gardens is free. There is also free entry to the museum shop.

Normal admission prices will apply to visitors wishing to tour the house.

Proceeds from the event will be divided among the Friends group, Red House Museum and the Moravian Church.

Table top sale THE OSSETT and Gawthorpe branch of the Labour Party are hosting an indoor car boot (table top) sale at Ossett War Memorial Community Centre on Saturday July 18.

Running from 10am until 12.30pm, admission is 50p which includes refreshments. Bacon sandwiches will also be available and made with locallysourced food.

To book a table please contact Peter Savage by email on ossettwe-carboot@ yahoo.co.uk or call 01924 263618.

BILLY’S FUNNY BUT DUBIOUS TALE BROUGHT TO LIFE THREE’S A CROWD: Billy and his girlfriends – from left Rachel Wood, Rachel O’Connor and Bethany Beale

BATLEY-BASED Phoenix Players and St Matthew's Theatrical Society in Rastrick are bringing the classic play ‘Billy Liar’ to life.

Following the success of last year’s production ‘The Ghost Train’, which won the regional NODA award for best play, the joint am-dram society is back to tell the story of William Fisher, a working Yorkshire lad who lives in a world of his own.

The comedy, set in 1960, shows Fisher getting bored with his job and spending much of his time in a fantasy dream world of life in the big city as a comedy writer.

He also happens to have three girlfriends – and to make things worse he has proposed to two of them. And so the uproar begins!

Phoenix Players’ Sue Saville is again directing the joint production and says the comedy and Billy’s dream world will be brought out to the full in a funny, warm-hearted show.

The play will be performed at St Matthew’s Parish Centre, Rastrick, on Wednesday July 15, Friday July 17 and Saturday July 18 at 7.30pm.

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Popular festival returning to Heckmondwike NEXT weekend sees the return of the popular Crown of Lights music festival to Heckmondwike town centre.

Now in its ninth year, the festival continues to be free thanks to funding from the Batley and Spen District Committee and sponsorship from the Heckmondwike and District Rotary Club.

This year, for the first time, the event takes place over two days.

Festival organiser Donal O’Driscoll said: “We’ve got so many acts to fit in that we decided to apply for funding to cover a two-day event.

“There’ll be kids’ entertainment on both days but Sunday will have a more laid-back feel and we start that day with a 20-piece

swing band.”

Twenty eight acts have been booked for the festival, with Green Park open from 11am on both July 18 and 19.

There will be free entry into the festival, with the hope that generous donations will help cover costs.

People have been urged not to bring glass bottles into the park for health and safety reasons.

Details about the artists performing at the festival are to be announced next week as the event draws closer.

Gods of Fortune ended the festival on the Band Stage last year

All day music at Oakwell OAKWELL Hall Country Park is the place to be for music fans on Sunday when well-known bands Dodgy and The Feeling are accompanied by some great local names at the day-long Oakwell Festival.

There will be 20 acts over three stages as well as food, drink and children’s entertainment – making it a great event for all the family, especially as children under 10 can attend free.

This year’s event promises to be even bigger and better than

last year’s successful debut. It starts at 12noon and is expected to finish at 10.30pm.

Tickets can be bought from the visitor centre next to the car park at the top of Nutter Lane, or from www.oakwell festival.co.uk.

Tickets are £27 for adults and £11 for children aged 11 to 16.

Children 16 years and under must be accompanied by someone over 18.

Further information is available from Oakwell Hall on 01924 324761.

Webster’s work on display ARTIST Tony Webster has chosen Matthew’s Coffee House in Cleckheaton as the venue to hold his first ever exhibition.

Tony has been working as a freelance illustrator for

Farewell at Cleck CLECKHEATON Music Centre will hold a farewell concert at Whitcliffe Mount School tomorrow (Sat).

Due to council budget cuts the music centre will close following the concert, and there will no longer be a Saturday music school in North Kirklees.

The nearest music centre for Batley and Spen pupils will be Batley Music Centre, which operates on Thursday evenings and is based in the Salvation Army Building on Branch Road.

The final Whitcliffe Mount concert starts at 6.30pm. For more information visit www.kirkleesmusicschool.org.uk or contact the office on 01484 426426.

TUESDAY JULY 21 FIGURE OF 8 FROM CLECKHEATON Meet 11am Cleckheaton Town Hall BD19 3RH GR SE 1910 2514 7 miles (M) Leader: Jim Tel: 01924 469700

fetish magazines all his career, with his work in publications across Europe, Japan and Germany.

He studied at Bradford College of Art and this new exhibition contains work of

personal interest inspired by surrealist comic books.

The pictures are on display at the coffee shop on Market Street from Monday July 13 until Saturday August 22.

Rural summer holiday camp available for kids PARENTS who are looking for fun ways to fill the school summer holidays could send their kids off on an adventure in the country.

Kirklees Summer Play Camp, which is held at Woolley Edge Camp Site between Barnsley and Wakefield, is open to children aged nine to 12.

The camp is run by an experienced voluntary organisation and is staffed by teachers, students

and volunteers.

Groups of about 75 children spend four days (and three nights) in the country.

Each of the three nights will be spent under canvas surrounded by open countryside.

No special equipment is needed but children do need to bring sensible clothing, footwear and if possible a sleeping bag (these can be provided if necessary).

Whilst at the camp children get to try out new activities, learn new skills and make friends.

Organised activities include archery, circus skills, water slides, arts and crafts, team games, cycling and sports.

The camps take place on the following weeks: Camp 1: July 23-26; Camp 3: August 2-5; Camp 4: August 6-9;

Camp 5: August 12-15; Camp 6: August 16-19.

A week at the camp costs £55 per child, or £27.50 for children with a priority Kirklees passport.

This includes coach travel from Dewsbury or Huddersfield bus stations and all meals.

Anyone who would like to apply for a place should visit www.kirklees.gov.uk/summer camp or call 01924 324558.

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ATSY KENSIT may have been a star of Emmerdale and Holby City, but she told me she could have been a star of US hit show Friends too. Patsy said: “I was offered the part of Ross’s girlfriend, but I had also just got married to Liam Gallagher and I decided on marriage instead of US TV fame. I don’t regret it at all, though.”

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CORONATION STREET have clamped down on all mobile devices being taken onto the set while filming, as they are afraid of leaks from storylines. A source tells me: “The younger members of the cast feel it more, as they live on them, while the older actors simply accept it.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing stars Brendan Cole and Aliona Vilani have reportedly fallen out following a legal battle over a photo. Show bosses have them dancing together on the show, so one may have to leave ... talk about explosive stuff on the dancefloor!

OSCAR-WINNING actress Glenda Jackson, who gave up her life as an actress to become a politician, is to return to show business after more than 20 years, playing Adéaïde Fouque in Emile Zola: Blood, Sex and Money on Radio Four.

Glenda will feature in the adaptation alongside Robert Lindsay and recent BAFTA winner Georgina Campbell.

BRITAIN’S Got Talent judge David Walliams has landed a deal to write a sitcom all about a fading TV talent show, but he insists it won’t feature any of the panel from the programme. “Of course I can’t say I was not inspired by many of the things I have seen in front or behind the camera, but I think we will have a lot of fun for sure,” he said.

CELEBRITY Big Brother may be looming, but don’t expect any huge fees on offer to the ‘stars’ who appear. Five, who make the show, tell me they are working to very strict budgets and this is simply a chance to re-jig many fading careers...

EMMERDALE actor Dominic Brunt has spoken of how his acting career took off after joining a drama group. The 45-year-old, who has played Paddy Kirk since 1997, tells me: “I was working in a factory and I decided to go for acting full-time. Thankfully

Ann and Patsy Kensit in London so far it’s paid off, but you never truly know what is happening.”

PAM ST CLEMENT, who played Pat Butcher in EastEnders, tells me she wonders if they may bring her back from the dead, like show bosses did with Kathy Beale. “When I heard that I thought ‘anything is possible’, and I would not be that against it,” she giggled.

TINA O’BRIEN, who plays Sarah in Coronation Street, tells me she has no idea how long she will remain in the show this time around. “I have signed on for a year so far, but honestly it all depends on what she gets given to do,” she said.

“Right now it’s really exciting and I am just enjoying coming back to the show.”

IF YOU SEE James Norton out and about, you might want to think twice before asking for an autograph, as he has admitted he likes to keep in character for the duration of any filming. The Grantchester actor adds: “I find it easier to be honest, so if I have offended any fans along the way I am sorry, but you know, I may just be lost in thought.”

THE VOICE presenter Emma Willis will host a new ITV series about modern medicine. ‘The Miracle’ is a factual series which will tell the inspirational stories of people whose lives are transformed by advances in medical science.

TV GARDENER Alan Titchmarsh has spoken of one day trading the green pastures for parliament, but admitted it’s a dream his wife is not fond of. Asked if he’d ever considered a career in politics, Titchmarsh replied: “Yes I have actually – could I help, if only from a common sense

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EMMA ATKINS, who plays Charity Dingle in Emmerdale, has made a swift return to the soap despite recently having a baby. She told friends: “I missed the show, but also if you’re off-camera for too long people forget, and then you get written out, so it’s good to be back filming.”

DANNY-BOY HATCHARD, who plays Lee Carter in EastEnders, tells me he is “embracing” his forthcoming depression storyline in the show as a challenge. This despite rival Coronation Street doing the exact storyline earlier this year with Steve McDonald, which left viewers depressed and switching off in droves.

KAISER CHIEFS frontman Ricky Wilson has no idea what is happening with his role as a judge on The Voice.

“Now that Rita Ora has defected to X Factor, I think they may have a rethink on their panel, and just maybe it won’t include me,” he said. “I would like to return, though, as I love being on the show.”

BEING on a reality TV show now does not always mean success. Take the case of 90s pop band Atomic Kitten, who appeared on the ITV2 show ‘The Big Reunion’.

After the show, they had hoped to record a new album and go on tour – it goes to show that people will watch for nothing, but the planned tour was axed due to low ticket sales.

ANDREA MCLEAN has insisted that she won’t be the next Loose Women panellist to join Celebrity Big Brother. She told me: “I do get asked, but for me after appearing in Dancing on Ice it really was enough, and I want to have some time off in the summer this year.”

Graduates outside Dewsbury Town Hall and, above, young children’s learning and development students, from left, Mariyam Shabbir, from Staincliffe, Acacia Church from Mirfield and Leigh Johnson from Batley; below, childhood studies student Nadia Sabir, from Ravensthorpe REALITY TV star Matthew Burton gave a speech as Kirklees College students graduated in Dewsbury last Tuesday.

Mr Burton, deputy head at Thornhill Community Academy, featured in Channel 4 show Educating Yorkshire.

He also presented certificates to the 91 students who received their award at the Town Hall.

Also there was former Batley West Lib Dem councillor Geoff Alvy, who is chairman of governors at Kirklees College.

Among the students graduating was Acacia Church from Mirfield (young children’s learning and development). There was also success for classmate Mariyam Shabbir of Staincliffe and

Nadia Sabir of Ravensthorpe (childhood studies).

Others gained qualifications subjects as diverse as art, computing, education, animal management and engineering.

Degree courses are validated by Leeds Beckett University and the

University of Huddersfield.

In his speech, college principal Peter McCann praised students and thanked their families and staff for their efforts.

He said: “Everybody needs a support team behind them to smooth the way for their success and push them to their potential.

“Some of the people in your team have come with you to share in the pride and joy of your success because they care about you.

“I hope you will take quiet opportunity to join me in thanking them for the support they have given you during your studies.

“It is also a day of achievement for the college team who have also worked hard to support you and challenge you to get to this day.”

Man punched and kicked mum-to-be A MAN lost control in defending his pregnant partner when a row broke out at Heckmondwike Health Centre.

Christopher Ioannou, 29, of Smallwood Road, Shaw Cross, went with Claire Kelly to see a midwife on April 24.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard she became embroiled in a row with seven-monthspregnant April Sturgeon.

Miss Kelly pushed Miss

Sturgeon on the shoulder and the expectant mum retaliated by slapping Miss Kelly in the face.

Vanessa Jones, prosecuting, said: “At that point Mr Ioannou stepped in and slapped Miss Sturgeon to the face and punched her with a clenched fist.”

As Miss Sturgeon turned to leave the scene, Ioannou, who claimed not to know she was pregnant, kicked her.

Peter Hampson, for Ioannou, said his client was previously in a coma following an accident and this had not helped his ability to cope with emotions.

Magistrates gave Ioannou a community order including 25 days of activities as an alternative to prison.

He must also pay £75 compensation, a £150 court charge, £85 costs and £60 victim surcharge.

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Friday July 10, 2015

BRADFORD CRICKET LEAGUE

HEATON STILL HANGING ON

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

WOODLANDS’ one-wicket win over leaders Pudsey St Lawrence not only consolidated their own second-place position, but it also opened up the Bradford League First Division title race for Hanging Heaton.

Before the last round of fixtures, the Bennett Lane side were more ‘hanging by a thread’ when it came to the title race but another couple of weekends like the last could put them right back in the frame.

They were up against it in the game at home to New Farnley, when the visitors rattled up 274-5 in their 50 overs.

However, Hanging Heaton openers Nick Connelly, 66 (pictured) and skipper Gary Fellows, 67, got them off to a fine start and steady contributions right down the order saw

that total passed with 11 balls and five wickets to spare.

Inconsistency has been the bugbear for everyone except St Lawrence up to very recently, and it is crucial Fellows gets his players in the right frame of mind to build on that last result when they entertain East Bierley this weekend.

Although Hanging Heaton are still 28 points behind the leaders, with only nine games to go, another convincing win would help build some serious pressure on the top two.

There has been a deficit in the bowling strength at Cleckheaton this season, with skipper John Wood not bowling and his brother Ian still not at full capacity following a knee operation, but winter signing Curtis Free has proved a success and Tim Jackson is showing flashes of the form that brought him 1,000 runs in last season’s championship success.

In their last game Cleck’ proved too strong for Pudsey Congs at the Britannia Ground.

Half-centuries from James Lee,

72, and Tanzeel Altaf, 50, took their total to 210.

The home side were bowled out for just 115 in reply but next up for John Wood’s men is a clash at Moorend – with a Lightcliffe side responsible for knocking them out of the Priestley Cup only two weeks ago.

Here again, another win is an absolute necessity if Cleckheaton are to maintain their chase for that third successive title win.

Second Division Gomersal have crashed and burned in the promotion race.

Their 67-run defeat at home to promotion-chasing neighbours Scholes was their third in a row, but Graham Hilton’s side produced an outstanding performance in the Heavy Woollen Cup quarter final clash at home to First Division Pudsey Congs on Sunday.

After holding the visitors to 257-9 Gomersal quickly found themselves three down with only 12 on the board, but British Army batsman Jonathan Boynton smashed a superb 118 and along with Jordan Bloom, 41, kept his side in the hunt for a long time.

However, Congs eventually came

JUNIOR FOOTBALL

Howden 17s make history

By Connor Teale HOWDEN CLOUGH U17S have written their name into the club’s history books.

The boys have become the first U17s side at Howden Clough to claim the Huddersfield RCD Junior League Division One title.

Clough won 16 of their 20 games in the league, losing only twice, and finished the season on 50 points, six clear of their nearest rivals.

The team, managed by Graham Teale and Chris Bickers, have come close to success in the past, reaching the final of the Blackburn Cup in 2013, only to lose on penalties.

Clough also reached the County Cup semi finals last year, losing 3-1.

It looked as if it was going to be another season of near misses for the side after they crashed out of the cup, losing 5-0 at the hands of 3D Dynamos.

But the team picked themselves back up and went on an impressive nine-game winning streak to clinch top spot and lift the league trophy.

This ended a long overdue wait for silverware since the current team took shape around five years ago.

Manager Graham Teale said: “It’s been an honour and a priviledge to work with such a talented group of lads and after three years of hard work we have finally achieved our goal.

“To win division one is a great achievement and it is without a doubt the toughest league in the area. I am so proud of the whole team.”

RUGBY LEAGUE EXTRA

Moor junior heading to Oz A LOCAL teenager currently playing for Dewsbury Moor U14s is heading to Australia to put his rugby league abilities to the test.

Bradley Martin will be travelling to the Southern Hemisphere with his school team, Outwood Grange Academy, where he will play in the U15s.

Bradley will fly out to the Gold Coast and will be visiting the Mackay State Rugby League Academy.

He will then train and play in a number of games in Townsville, before moving onto Brisbane and playing at the West and Gold Coast Tigers.

His final stop will be in Sydney, where he will be a guest at the South Rabbitohs for

their game with the Newcastle Knights.

Here he hopes to meet former Dewsbury Moor juniors Tom and George Burgess, who play at the NRL champions, and Bradley is looking forward to visiting Australia.

“I feel honoured to be travelling to the top rugby nation in the world and feel this can only widen my outlook within the game I love,” he said. “It’s an opportunity of a lifetime at such a young age and I wish to thank everybody concerned in getting me there.”

The youngster will make a decison on his future when he returns from his trip down under as Bradley is attracting the interest of clubs in England, with six Super League sides showing interest in the forward.

CAPTAIN’S KNOCK: Skipper Gary Fellows hit 67 along side opening partner Nick Connelly (66) good and Gomersal finally fell just 37 runs short of their target.

A trip to Yeadon this week will be a bit of an ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ for Gomersal, and with nothing but pride to play for to the end of the season, it will be interesting to see how they fare.

Spen Victoria, at home to

Bowling Old Lane this week, moved into fifth place with a five-wicket win at Brighouse, but they have a massive 48-point deficit to make up if they are to secure a promotion place, while they do have a game in hand on Scholes, that looks an impossible task with just nine games to go.

CENTRAL YORKSHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE

Batley hope to continue winning streak against Birstall in derby LAST YEAR’S Championship winners Batley have shown a gradual improvement since the start of the season and they go into tomorrow’s derby at home to Birstall as clear favourites.

In their last game, at Hunslet Nelson, a fine 78 in the middle of the innings from Ayaz Seedat proved crucial in a modest total of 142 as the home side battled back from 47-7, Muhammed Shahnawaz taking 4-48, to 105 before Sardar Hassan Khan wrapped it up with 3-12 in 3.1 overs.

Birstall were swept away in their game at home to Wakefield Thornes at Leeds Road.

With four men failing to score, and only opening bowler Saif ur-Rehman (14) in double figures, Birstall were all out for 52 and Thornes knocked them off in 42 balls for the loss of just two wickets.

Ossett looked like making a challenge to the leading clubs in the opening weeks of the season, but their seven-wicket defeat at second-placed Townville leaves them in fifth place and 23 points behind leaders Methley.

It was a particularly disappointing result for skipper John Sadler after beating the same opponents the previous week.

Despite that setback Sadler will doubtless fancy his chances tomorrow (Sat) when they go to second bottom Buttershaw St Paul’s.

Buttershaw have lost four games in a row, collecting only one point in the process, and are six points adrift of third bottom Hunslet Nelson.

In their last game Buttershaw went down by eight wickets to Wrenthorpe. Only James

Robson (33) and Ian Carradice (37) passed thirty in their 173 and that left Darryl Hendricks 88 not out and man of the match Jordan Sleightholme 5-25 and 71, to secure the win for Wrenthorpe.

It is still very close in the Championship with only six points separating the top five teams.

Hopton Mills and Azaad are joint leaders on 44 points after the latest fixtures saw Azaad beat Caribbean by 134 runs and Hopton Mills picked up only one point at Wakefield St Michaels.

A remarkable match at Northowram Fields saw the home side secure a one-wicket win over visiting Oulton thanks to a dogged 25 from Dewsbury Rams boss Glenn Morrison, a hugely important 52 from number nine Shakeel Mahmood and an unbelievable 32 wides from the Oulton bowlers.

Hopton Mills now go to Oulton, while Northowram are at second bottom East Ardsley and third-placed Liversedge are at joint leaders Azaad, with just three points between them.

In their winning draw at home to East Ardsley it was a fine century from Paul Sackley off 86 balls that secured a winning score of 214-5. However the Roberttown Lane men were denied maximum points when the visitors batted out their overs with only seven wickets down.

Batley Bulldogs holiday camps BATLEY BULLDOGS will be hosting a variety of events and activities for young people over the summer holiday period at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium.

The events will be run by the community team as part of the work of the club’s official charity, the Batley Sporting Charitable Trust.

The first event on offer is a week of activities running from Monday July 20 to Friday July 24 for children aged five to12.

The days will run from 9am to 3pm and the cost is £10 per day, or alternatively £40 for all five days.

To book a place on the holiday camp contact Jon Humpleby at jon@batleybulldogs.co.uk or call 07808 055022.

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Friday July 10, 2015

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

GOLF

Jowitt kicks Moor to win over Castleford Lock Lane

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FOR the second week running DEWSBURY MOOR U14s produced another fine performance as they edged past Castleford Lock Lane 15-12.

Moor had not beaten their opponents in two years but in this game Lock Lane were caught napping and the junior Maroons were quick out the blocks.

The home side dictated the first half with some great play coming from Bailey Chatha, Finlay Bruce, Jack Broadbent, Brad Martin, Brad Kitcher and Kian Lappage.

It was no surprise when scrum half Billy Jowitt sent Dominic Young over for the opening try. Jowitt added the extras.

Midway through the half Jowitt again provided Young with another defence-splitting pass and the tall centre gratefully accepted it and went over for his second try.

Again Jowitt converted and extended Moor’s lead to 12-0.

Lock Lane came out for the second half and looked a different team and were rewarded with two converted tries to draw the scores level at 12-12.

Todd Taylor, Lachlan Keenan, Joe Wilkinson and Ben Markland tried to regain the lead for Moor but couldn’t break the Lock Lane line.

With five minutes remaining Moor went within striking distance and this allowed Jowitt to kick over a drop goal to take a slender advantage.

But Lock Lane hit back and crossed the whitewash, only for the referee to disallow their effort for a forward pass.

With the final whistle only seconds away the home side were awarded a penalty and Jowitt kicked the extra two points to secure a great win for Dewsbury Moor.

DEWSBURY CELTIC U14s hosted fierce local rivals Batley Boys but beat their near neighbours comprehensively 54-18.

After a couple of excellent offensive sets C o n o r Appleyard w e n t c l o s e before Charlie Heaton scored the first try of t h e match.

B a t l e y Boys hit back on nine minutes when their hooker sprinted free on the blind side to go over for an opening score for the visitors.

Batley converted to take an early 6-4 lead.

Celtic continued to attack from successive sets, working the ball out wide before Adam Denton finished off a well-worked move. Heaton converted for a 10-6 advantage.

Only minutes later Denton went over for his second try, with Heaton again adding the extras from the touchline for a 166 lead.

Appleyard gathered the ball from the restart and ran 50 metres to cross unopposed extending the lead to 16 points.

Celtic went in at the break with a healthy 26-6 advantage when in the

dying seconds of the first period Denton completed a memorable first-half hattrick when he crossed for a try in the corner.

Early in the second period Batley breached some determined Celtic defence for a converted score to reduce their deficit.

On 37 minutes hooker Cameron Berry crossed the Boy’s whitewash. Four minutes later and Berry crossed again in the right-hand c o r n e r with an almost identical score for his second of t h e match.

Heaton goaled and C e l t i c remained firmly in control at 3612 but as the final quarter approached, Batley again managed to force open the tight Celtic defence to run in a third converted score.

Celtic responded with another excellent offensive set before Heaton kicked across field into the hands of Lewis Teale – who finished the move with a try to the left of the Batley uprights.

Prop Jacob Carr announced his return after a stint on the bench with a fantastic carry from half way to cross under the uprights.

From a quick play of the ball, Alex Wightman darted over the line in the dying seconds. Heaton ended an excellent game with another conversion to round off the scoring.

Stanley shines for Trojans U12s THORNHILL TROJANS U12s travelled to Chapeltown Cougars on Saturday in extremely hot conditions.

The Trojans were slow off the mark in the first half but great defence from the man of the match and top tackler Josh Stanley kept Chapeltown at bay.

Magic moment winner Dillon Kilgallonshaw played well throughout.

Noah Ellis, Ben Hunter, Brandon Hargreaves and Asim Collomosse all got involved in both attack and defence.

Ben Pritchard led the way with a fine try and conversion, earning him parents’ player.

The opposition man of the match also crossed the line from a great offload from Kurt Hodgson.

Thomas Hiscocks, Scott Naylor, Tom Darley, Reece Fisher and Dalton Brown all produced fine displays.

THORNHILL TROJANS U10S lost out to Farnley Falcons by just two points in an end-to-end game of rugby.

Regan Lofthouse was moved onto the wing for the game and looked completely at home, earning himself the 100 per cent effort award.

The magic moment was won by centre Dylan Harpin, who performed well throughout.

Top tackler and opposition’s player award was won by Connor Emerson who scored a hat-trick and converted a try.

The parents’ award went to Kieron Haigh for his excellent defence during the game.

Man of the match was awarded to Charlie Key whose efforts were superb from start to finish at full-back.

Harry Yates, Rosie Richardson, Josh Oldrieve, Louie Creaser, James Lister and Fraiser Cass – who also scored – all had excellent games.

THORNHILL TROJANS U8S took on Cowling Harlequins in the curtain-raiser at Keighley Cougars on Sunday.

Benjamin Longley along with Mason Johnson-France, Bailey Bennett (who scored two tries), Ethan Richardson and Rhian Llewellyn all battled tirelessly to provide a strong defence.

Joshua White won the magic moment award for a one-armed tackle, preventing a Harlequins try.

Dylan Stanley was awarded the 100 per cent effort, whilst top tackler went to Lewis Bates.

Jack Dunford scored three tries out of Thornhill’s seven and was rewarded with both the parents’ player award and the man of the match.

Harry Clarke, scorer of one try, went home with the Cowling Harlequins man of the match award and had the opportunity to walk out onto the pitch with the Keighley Cougars captain for their game with Oxford.

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FREE golf taster sessions for ladies are on offer at Howley Hall Golf Club, with the first scheduled for Tuesday of next week.

Situated on Scotchman Lane between Morley and Batley, Howley Hall was the first golf club in Yorkshire to be awarded the new GolfMark and Sport England’s ClubMark award from England Golf.

A key part of receiving the accreditation is a commitment to introducing golf to the local community, and the club will also be opening its facilities to disabled people in the area on August 1.

The first introductory session for ladies will take place between 7pm and 9pm next Tuesday (July 14) and includes wine and nibbles afterwards.

Rebecca West and Ryan Rastall, who are part of the coaching team at Howley Hall, will host the gatherings and cover the basics of the golf swing before moving on to chipping and putting.

Equipment is provided and athletic-style footwear is recommended to be worn.

“It’s light-hearted and fun and free of charge and our goal is to make sure everyone has a

GOLFIE ... Rebecca West and Ryan Rastall are part of the coaching team at Howley Hall really good time. For those who want to take it to the next step we can advise on some of the trial membership options and tuition packages available,” said Rebecca.

For those busy through the week there’s a second opportu-

nity to learn about the game of golf on Sunday July 19 between 1pm and 3pm, when coffee/tea and cake will also be served.

Places are limited and to reserve a spot call Rebecca West on 07778 045969.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Former Lioness proud of women FORMER Whitcliffe Mount pupil Mel GarsideWight watched England’s 2015 World Cup campaign with great interest – and as a former international herself, she was delighted to see some of her ex-teammates achieve success.

“I played alongside Casey Stoney, Katy Chapman and Fara Williams with England and against many of the others in my time in the Women’s Premier League,” Mel told The Press.

“The win over Germany was particularly pleasing as I had played in one of those 21 previously unsuccessful attempts to beat them.

“We were desperately unlucky against Japan but you have to praise Mark Sampson for his work as coach. He had 23 players out in Canada and there was complete togetherness. Tactically he was brave in the way he changed the team to suit the situation - different systems for different matches.

“I played three times for England and I always felt part of the team, but under the previous manager I found that there was not the same unity as a complete squad. There was more emphasis on the 11 in the team and not the same flexibility.”

Mel, now 35, was brought up on the Foldings estate in Scholes and played her first senior game for Bradford City when she was only 12, and went on to play for Manchester City before returning to Bradford where she finished playing two years ago.

There will be one last run-out, however, when she turns out for an England Legends

side against Sheffield FC to commemorate 20 years of Women’s World Cup football to raise money for charity.

Idziorek pedals to the podium CYCLE SPEEDWAY HECKMONDWIKE Cycle Speedway Club travelled to Humberside last weekend to take part in the Hull individual’s event.

Some good racing action resulted in the team taking home two trophies at the end of the day.

Heckmondwike’s Pawel Idziorek took third place in the open event, whilst Darren Kent came third in the veterans.

The overall results were: U10

Harvie Wells - 11; U13 Declan Summersgill qualified as first reserve; Open Pawel Idziorek - 16 and won the run-off for third place; Vets Darren Kent -14 (third place) and Mick Knowles 10 Heckmondwike have a weekend off from racing this week, but training continues on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9pm, for ages 7+ at Firth Park, Heckmondwike.

All bikes and equipment are provided free of charge. For more information contact Justin Naylor on 07799 367370.

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Friday July 10, 2015

PLAYER RATINGS

KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP

BATLEY BULLDOGS

Reittie and Squires help Batley beat winless Dons KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP

BATLEY BULLDOGS DONCASTER RLFC

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Oliver Roby at the Fox’s Biscuit Stadium

BATLEY BULLDOGS ended a run of seven successive defeats with a comfortable win over Doncaster at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium.

Tries from Alex Brown, Shaun Squires and Tom Lillycrop put the Bulldogs 16 points ahead after half an hour and, as half-time approached, a Wayne Reittie brace left Doncaster 24 down at the interval and ended the game as a contest.

The Dons improved in the second period but the damage was already done, with further tries from Cain Southernwood and Squires taking Batley past the 30-point mark before former Bulldogs half-back Paul Mennell scored a late consolation.

Batley head coach John Kear paid tribute to his players after his side’s biggest league win of the season.

“The players have stuck together in a tough period for us,” he said.

“We’ve been producing good performances in the last few weeks but haven’t been getting the results we want, but the players got the result

they deserved today.

“We were excellent in the first half.

The weather spoiled the quality of our play in the second period, but we’re up to ninth in the table now which better reflects where we are as a team.

Hopefully we can kick on from here.”

In dry conditions, the tense crowd witnessed a nervous start from both sides as errors dominated the play. But Batley were first to show signs of confidence with their powerful left edge causing problems.

Brown squandered an early chance but was not to be denied shortly afterwards, stepping his way past Sam Doherty to touch down in the corner.

And the home side were in again only minutes later as Squires stretched his ample frame over the line to finish a slick right-to-left move.

The Dons’ errors continued as they desperately looked for a foothold, but Batley were in clinical mood and extended their lead to 16 points as Tom Lillycrop ripped his way through the Dons’ defence to go over from 15 metres for a converted score.

Despite playing up the notorious slope at Mount Pleasant, the home side’s dominant first half performance continued as the minutes ticked down to the break with Reittie notching a

YORK ACORN A MIRFIELD STAGS

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at Thanet Road

ROBBIE HUNTER-PAUL rolled back the years and helped Mirfield Stags to a vital 28-24 victory over title rivals York Acorn.

Second-placed York had the chance to leapfrog Richard Silverwood’s men and reclaim top spot in the Yorkshire Men’s League Division One but the Stags saved arguably their best performance yet for their biggest test to date.

The match was as closely fought as the two sides’ meeting at Castle Hall three weeks earlier but it was the West Yorkshire outfit that proved their championship credentials.

Mirfield’s pack proved the difference with Steve Mead, Lewis Hardy, Luke Manning and Wayne Jowett constantly breaking the line.

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SUBS Anthony Nicholson Alex Rowe Tom Lillycrop James Brown

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DONCASTER RLFC Dave Scott Sam Doherty Liam Welham Lee Waterman Peter Fox Stewart Sanderson Paul Mennell Matt Carbutt Kyle Kesik Russ Spiers Mike Kelly Ben Musolino Steve Snitch

quickfire double.

His first, on 37 minutes, was born out of sheer determination as he launched himself downfield to follow up Scott Leatherbarrow’s pinpoint kick to the corner, before he coasted in out wide on the hooter to leave his side 24-0 up at half-time.

Kear's men flew out of the blocks after the interval and hit 30 points for the first time in the league since February after Southernwood scored one of the tries of the season.

The ball moved through no fewer

The away side conceded an early try when York front-rower Davey Burns crashed over on eight minutes and scrum half Ken Shepherd added the extras.

It took the Stags little over 11 minutes to respond with a try of their own. This came after some quick hands gave Elliot Smith space to go over in the corner for the first of the winger’s two tries.

On the half-hour mark, the hosts extended their lead when centre Adam Sellers crossed to claim his first of the afternoon.

However Mirfield quickly replied with an outstanding solo-try from Smith.

The big wing man beat several York defenders to score his second of the afternoon.

Oliver Rounding was on target to reduce the gap back down to just two points at the break.

Back-to-back tries from James Wilson in the first 20 minutes of the second half gave the Stags their first lead of the afternoon.

Wilson, who switched to full back following Ross Hayden’s injury, was on hand to finish

than six pairs of hands as the home side swept 70 metres downfield, their left edge proving decisive as they combined well to send the supporting stand off over.

Driving rain then began to dictate play as the frequency of errors from both sides increased once again, but Batley went in on the hour through Squires to firmly seal the points, meaning Mennell’s late score, while impressive – following his own precise kick – had little impact on the outcome.

two sweeping moves downfield. Rounding missed the first conversion but slotted home the second to give the Stags a 20 - 12 lead midway through the second period.

With less than 15 minutes to play, loose-forward Kevin Brayshaw’s try gave York hope bringing the home side back to within just two points.

However the influecne of Hunter-Paul on the field gave the Stags the edge. The former Bradford man took control of the game as he danced through a seemingly never-ending queue of helpless defenders to score under the posts. Rounding added the conversion to reestablish the Stags’ eight-point advantage.

Three minutes later Rounding kicked a penalty goal and this stretched the lead out to a game-high 10 points.

Though the hosts were not done and Sellers went over again with five minutes left on the clock to set up a nervy finish but in the end it was Mirfield who held on to claim a very important win.

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BRACE: Reittie scores in Batley’s first win in seven games

Stags sneak past York for top spot YORKSHIRE’S MENS LEAGUE

Johnny Campbell Wayne Reittie Shaun Ainscough Shaun Squires Alex Brown Cain Southernwood Scott Leatherbaarrow Keegan Hirst Luke Blake Sean Hesketh Brad Day Sam Scott Joe Chandler

Mike Emmett Brett Waller Mitch Clark Brad Foster

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BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: Brown (12), Squires (19, 58), Lillycrop (27), Reittie (37, 40), Southernwood (42).

Goals: Leatherbarrow 3/7.

DONCASTER RLFC Tries: Mennell (73).

Goals: Scott 1/1.

Referee: Adam Gill / Half-time: 24-0 / Pens: 8-7 / Sin Bin: Paul Mennell (39, professional foul) / Sent off: None / Weather: Fair / MOTM: Johnny Campbell (Batley) / Attendance: 709

Robbie Hunter-Paul

GB Armed Forces lose in Brisbane Moor can’t ride the Storm LEE QUEELEY couldn’t help Great Britain Armed Services RL side overcome the Australian Services, as they lost 26-24 in Brisbane on their tour down under.

The Cleckheaton RUFC winger lined up in the second row in the curtain-raiser, played at the Suncorp Stadium before the State of Origin decider.

GBAFRL led for most of the first half thanks to tries from Vuli Viekune (two) and James Young.

However the Australians hit back and went into half time with the scores level at 16-16.

GB found themsleves behind for the first time when Mitch Simington scored for the hosts.

The tourists were soon level after a good kick through, this time from Young, won another set of six and the Lions roared loudest as Howley burst through to

NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE DIVISION THREE

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score with 16 minutes to go. Si Wray converted to make it 22-22.

Further good work by Young, who had placed his kicks superbly throughout, forced a penalty which Wray took to gain the lead for his side with 10 minutes remaining.

The tourists then began to release the ball quickly, instead of steadying the ship and a poor set of six came to nothing. In the

dying minutes a knock on saw GB on their own line and following a scrum on the 10-metre line Simington ran over to dash their hopes and win the game.

• Great Britain were beaten 22- 18 in their first game of the tour by Queensland Combined Universities at Albert Bishop, Nundah on July 3 where Queeley started on the bench.

DEWSBURY MOOR travelled north to Gateshead Storm on Saturday with several players missing for the division three fixture.

In spite of this it was Moor who scored first with Jordan Foster going over after just four minutes.

Gateshead replied quickly though with two tries of their own.

Winger Martin Scott scored the first on 12 minutes, with prop and man of the match Iain Murray crossing the whitewash shortly after.

The conversion from Adam Houston meant that Moor trailed 12-4 at the interval.

It was Gateshead who started the second half the strongest, with a penalty from Houston to

increase the home side’s lead to 14-4.

Moor shook themselves off and started to play more freely, with George Croisdale showing strength and speed to score a fine try that was complimented by a Jacob Flathers conversion.

Moor continued to press and had numerous claims for touchdowns turned down by the referee.

The frustration within the Moor ranks was evident, and Gateshead took advantage of the situation by going up the other end to score, stretching their lead to 20-10.

However the game was far from over and some great team handling from Adie Moore, Bartley O’Brian, Foster and Cameron Bruce led to Flathers touching down.

The attempted conversion narrowly missed and Gateshead ran in another late converted try to take the spoils 26-14.

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KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYER RATINGS FEATHERSTONE ROVERS Ian Hardman Ben Blackmore Paul Sykes Jy Hitchcox Will Sharp Will Milner Remy Marginet Jordan Baldwinson Andy Ellis Ryan Verlinden Jamie Cording Reni Maitua Tim Spears

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SUBS

KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Brad England Luke Cooper Alex Foster Jack Bussey

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DEWSBURY RAMS Ryan Fieldhouse Dale Morton Shane Grady Lucas Walshaw Karl Pryce Brett Seymour Anthony Thackeray Ryan Hepworth Matty Wildie Stephen Nash Scott Hale Luke Adamson Aaron Brown

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SUBS Nathan Conroy Byron Smith Joel Farrell Toby Adamson

Thackeray double sparks fightback at Fev

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FEATHERSTONE ROVERS Tries: Blackmore (2), Maitua (8), Sykes (30), Milner (38), Cording (59), Marginet (74).

Goals: Sykes 3/6.

DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: T. Adamson (34), Thackeray (42, 72), Grady (51), Brown (55).

Goals: Seymour 6/6 Referee: Phil Bentham / Halftime: 20-8 / Pens: 5-5 / Sin Bin: Ryan Verlinden (75, high tackle) / Sent Off: None / Weather: Sunny and later heavy rain / MOTM: Anthony Thackeray (Dewsbury) / Attendance: 2,009

FEATHERSTONE ROVERS 30 DEWSBURY RAMS 32 Dave Storey at the Big Fellas Stadium

DEWSBURY recovered from 20-6 down to rock Featherstone’s top-four bid by inflicting their sixth home defeat of the season.

The defeat also brought an end to Andy Hay’s reign as Rovers’ coach.

Anthony Thackeray bagged two tries and half-back partner Brett Seymour kicked six goals as the Rams ended Rovers’ four-match winning run and brought them crashing back to earth after their midweek victory at Bradford.

“I was very pleased with the way we came back,” said Dewsbury head coach Glenn Morrison. “The first half was probably the worst half we’ve played this season.

“At half-time I got my notes back out and showed the players they had done the complete opposite to what I had asked them to.

“I told them after the game I was proud they had my back for me.

“That second half is how we can play and that’s why it’s been so frustrating this year

LEADER: Anthony Thackeray’s double at Featherstone took his tally to 10 for the season that we haven’t been able to put an 80 minute performance like that together.

“I think top four is not really there but our goal was to get top-six and this win keeps us there.”

Featherstone made a flying start when Dewsbury put the ball out on the full from the kick-off and Rovers quickly capitalised when Ian Hardman, Paul Sykes and

Jamie Cording put in Ben Blackmore at the corner.

Rovers shot further ahead when Will Milner fed Reni Maitua, who juggled with the ball before plunging over.

Dewsbury then came far more into the game, with Thackeray putting in several clever kicks. Seymour was hauled down just short as the Rams had a spell of sustained pressure.

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Rovers weathered the onslaught before increasing their lead when Karl Pryce failed to take Remy Marginet’s kick behind his own try line and Sykes pounced and scored.

The Rams finally opened their account when Toby Adamson finished a move involving Thackeray and Luke Adamson, but Rovers continued to look the better side and

made it 20-6 when Milner weaved his way over from close range and Sykes added his second goal.

Seymour kicked a penalty on the stroke of half-time to cut the gap to 12 points and the visitors roared back in the second half.

Shane Grady was halted just short before Thackeray darted over for a converted try that put them only 20-14 behind.

They levelled matters in the 51st minute when Thackeray sent in Grady and Seymour converted.

Four minutes later, the Rams went ahead for the first time when Aaron Brown stormed over from 65 yards out.

Featherstone cut the gap to two points when Marginet and Ian Hardman made the opening for Jamie Cording to cross, but the Rams then struck a vital blow when Thackeray intercepted Maitua’s pass and raced 80 yards to score.

Rovers put the outcome back on a knife-edge when Marginet went over six minutes from time, but home prop Ryan Verlinden was then sinbinned for a tackle on Luke Adamson and Dewsbury held out in a tense finish to the game.

Trojans pull off shock cup victory Byatt stars for Sharks CONFERENCE CHALLENGE TROPHY

THORNHILL TROJANS ROCHDALE MAYFIELD

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Winger Adam Johnson in action

at Overthorpe Park THORNHILL Trojans pulled off a sensational victory over Premier Division Rochdale Mayfield to progress into the semi-finals of the Conference Challenge Trophy.

The Trojans went into the game lacking several key players and had to call on the services of a number of senior men to make up the numbers, including Scott Dyson, who was making his first start for almost six years.

However his performance suggested otherwise, as he proved to be a class act throughout and collected the man of the match award.

Anthony Broadhead wound back the years as he prized open the Rochdale defence with some fantastic passes.

This action packed game saw Thornhill strike first with a try in the game’s opening minute. A high bomb on the last tackle from Dyson came down and was knocked on by a Mayfield player. Ryan Fenton, chasing the kick, pounced on the error to score a try. Sam Ratcliffe converted.

There was an immediate reply from Rochdale and

from the restart the visitors caught Thornhill off-guard.

Sam Butterworth ran through to score a try between the posts which was converted by Lewis Sheridan The game then exploded with a melee on 14 minutes, as tempers boiled over, which resulted in Mayfield hooker Todd O’Brien being sent to the sin bin.

Thornhill were awarded the penalty 20 metres from the Mayfield line and made use of the opportunity. The ball was flung down the line

to winger Ratcliffe who sped into the corner for an unconverted try.

Liam Whalley then squeezed through a gap in the Trojans’ defence to score and level the scores 10-10.

This spurred on the Trojans and when a wonderfully-weighted pass from Liam Morley found Adam Johnson it allowed the big winger to break through and cover half the length of the field to score a converted try.

On the stroke of half time Sam Ratcliffe kicked a penalty goal with Thornhill

in front 18-10.

Three minutes into the second half Thornhill’s rout was underway.

Dyson took possession of the ball in a one-on-one situation. The ball was then sent to Broadhead, who found Ratcliffe. The winger then set off and raced away to get his second of the afternoon.

A pass from Dyson then opened up the Mayfield defence to put Fenton over for his second.

Morley then got in on the action, and scored a great solo try to extend his side’s lead.

Thornhill came close to scoring again as hooker Luke Haigh dived over the line, but it was deemed a double movement.

However this did not halt the pressure from the Trojans and an offload from Broadhead proved to be crucial in creating space to put full-back Mason Bailey over.

The final score of the game underlined Thornhill’s second-half dominance as Fenton broke clear with Scott Green up in support of the break to take the final pass.

Green wrong-footed the Mayfield full back to score a try which Ratcliffe converted to seal Thornhill’s place in the semi finals, where they will take on another Premier Division side in the shape of Leigh Miner Rangers on August 8 at Twist Lane, Leigh.

YORKSHIRE MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION TWO

Matthew Byatt

SHAW CROSS SHARKS A 18 EAST LEEDS A 14 at Leeds Road SHAW CROSS SHARKS A got their third win on the bounce to stay in touch of top spot in Division Two, in what was a very tough test against bottom side East Leeds.

It was the visitors who struck first after a one-on-one ball steal from the carrier Ryan Chalkley.

It looked as if there may have been two men in the tackle, but the referee waved play on and the Sharks defence were caught napping.

East Leeds went clean through to score.

It took 25 minutes for the Sharks to break a strong Leeds’ defence.

A scintillating pass from stand-off Ryan Stuckey to scrum-half Jamie Searby, followed by a wicked dummy, saw Shaw Cross go over the whitewash. Alex Whittaker converted to level the scores.

The Sharks’ defence also stood firm as East Leeds could not break the line. Big hits from Casey Johnson and captain Zac Parkinson frustrated the visitors.

With Shaw Cross looking solid, in strange circumstances the away side kicked two drop goals which gave them an 8-6 lead going into half-time.

The second half saw the introduction of seasoned performer Johnny Numa and Australian Matthew Byatt – who ended the game as man of the match.

It wasn’t long before Parkinson went over after Byatt, Numa and Johnson earned some good yards in the first set of the second half. This was helped by the boot of Whittaker, who converted and nudged the Sharks further in front.

This was before East Leeds responded with a converted try of their own, handing them the lead once again.

However eight minutes before the end, a break from Johnson saw him race away and set up Chalkley to sprint clear and go under the sticks.

Whittaker rounded off the scoring to make it 18-14 to the Sharks.

TRIO DEPART

DEWSBURY Wright and Haggerty released while Walshaw recalled by Bulls

By Joseph James Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk

DEWSBURY coach Glenn Morrison says he would have liked to keep Lucas Walshaw at the club after the centre was recalled early from his loan spell by Bradford Bulls.

Walshaw played just two games in his third spell with the club and is one of three players to leave the Tetley’s Stadium this week, after hooker Ryan Wright and Matthew Haggerty were released.

Forward Haggerty has been allowed to link up with St Helens, who he joined earlier in the season, and the Super League champions have sent him immediately to League One side Rochdale Hornets, with whom they have dual registration agreement.

The decision was made after the Rams boss said he could no longer guarantee the former Barrow man first-team action.

“We wish him the very best but we didn’t want to hold him back as he is a good kid,

who trains well and is great to coach,” said Morrison.

“It’s disappointing not be able to see this through to the end after the hard work that’s been put in since picking him up and getting him signed up by a Super League club, but unfortunately the level of performance and the availability of options we have in his position has limited – and would continue to limit – his game time.”

Meanwhile Wright, who was one of Morrison’s first signings at the club, has joined fellow Championship side Doncaster as he looks to rebuild his rugby career after spending time away from the game due to personal reasons.

The hooker has made 29 appearences for the Rams, scoring two tries and recently told Morrison of his intention to return to the game.

“He spoke about getting some game time in the second team and then coming back into the first team,” said the Rams coach.

“The two of us discussed his prospects, the other people in his position at the club and how that might affect his game time with the

first team in the months ahead.

“I was approached by Doncaster recently about the availability of a hooker and I put that option to Ryan, which he was keen to pursue.

“Doncaster have been keen to get somebody for an extended period, so we have allowed Ryan a release from his contract, which has enabled him to sign for them.

“He’s endured a tough time recently but I know that he is relishing the opportunity of a fresh start.”

The three departures won’t feature for the Rams as the team attempts to do the double over Championship rivals London on Sunday at the Tetley’s Stadium (3pm).

Dewsbury beat Andrew Henderson’s men 20-16 in the capital back in April but the Broncos have had a resurgence since their

head coach came out of retirement and have picked up eight wins since the defeat to Dewsbury, including hammering Sheffield Eagles 46-6 and becoming the first side to beat Leigh in the league.

London are currently just one place above the Rams with 24 points, having played a game more. The clash will be crucial in fulfilling Morrison’s aim of finishing in the top six, while London will be hoping to close the gap between Halifax and Featherstone in search of a top four spot.

• Dewsbury are offering supporters subsidised away travel for the Rams’ game against Whitehaven on Sunday July 19.

The trip, organised by the Amber Ribbon group, will cost £15. To book a place contact the club on 01924 465489.

BATLEY AIMING TO Bulldogs in the Pink STOP IN-FORM ‘FAX BATLEY will have to beat the most inform team in the Kingstone Press Championship if they are to build on last week’s morale-boosting victory.

The Bulldogs defeated bottom club Doncaster at the Fox’s Biscuit Stadium but will find things tougher when they travel to face Halifax at The Shay on Sunday (3pm).

‘Fax will be looking to make it seven wins in a row when they they face John Kear’s men, and the Batley boss says his side are ready for the challenge.

“I watched them (Halifax) at the summer bash when I was working for Sky and I watched them recently against Sheffield and they are playing very well,” said Kear.

“They’re a free-flowing team and like to play in the dry weather. But we’re brimming with confidence and the squad will go there prepared and I’m certain we can cause them problems, but they will pose many problems for us also.”

Richard Marshall’s team currently sit in the coverted fourth position, ahead of Featherstone on points difference.

In the reverse fixture back in March, only four points could separate the two sides, as Batley were edged out 6-2 at the Mount.

The ‘Dogs have only registered five wins this season, with the latest coming against luckless Doncaster.

BANNED: Shaun Ainscough will miss the game through suspension “With no disrespect to Doncaster, it was not the best opposition we have faced this season but we did everything we prepared to do in training that week,” said Kear.

“First half we were going uphill and we defended with some resolve and we played some clever rugby.

“It was a true indication of how the players can play with the ball in hand, it was pleasing to see five of our tries come from the outside backs.

“We picked up a couple of injuries, but that’s what you get coming up to this time of the season and players at all clubs are playing with a few bumps and bruises and a few niggles and jabs,”

he added.

Kear will be without the versatile Shaun Ainscough who will miss the game against Halifax through suspension.

The former Bradford and Wigan man submitted an early guilty plea after being sent off in the game against the Bulls for using foul language towards a match official, while fellow back Alex Brown will also miss the clash.

“As part of the loan agreement Alex is unavailable to play against his parent club but we are hoping we can have James Craven back and that will be one solution but we will assess our options in training,” said Kear.

BATLEY BULLDOGS will be holding their second ‘Bulldogs in the Pink’ weekend on August 15/16.

The weekend will be held as a tribute to women who have battled or are battling with breast cancer.

The event was a huge hit in 2014, with £9,900 being raised by the club for breast cancer charities.

As a result the Bulldogs have said the weekend will become an annual occurrence.

Events will start at 10am on the morning of Saturday August 15 with a family-fun sponsored walk.

The walkers will make their way to Oakwell Hall from the Bulldogs’ ground and then back to Priestley’s Bar, where a free drink will be available for all those taking part.

The walk is expected to be well attended after 75 people took part in the event last year.

As well as the sponsored walk, Batley Bulldogs will be holding a girl’s rugby tournament at the club, which was won by Birstall Victoria U14s last year.

A tombola and cake sale will also be running as the tournament takes place and spectators will be treated to refreshments.

Pink pig racing and a disco will be available to all interested in the evening of Saturday 15.

On Sunday August 16, Batley Bulldogs will be sporting a pink kit for their game and those attending will be encouraged by the club to wear pink themselves. Pink t-shirts are to be sold at the ground to commemorate the day.

The players’ kit will be sold for charity funds after the match and events will again be held at the club throughout the day.