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By David Miller A MULTI-MILLION pound motorway link road set to cut through swathes of North Kirklees could be a white elephant.

That’s the view of Mirfield councillor Martyn Bolt on an M62-M1 relief route across the district.

Dubbed the ‘North Kirklees Orbital’, the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership is to seek Government funding in the next few weeks. Currently

there is no set route or cost, but one option would go through Dewsbury and exit near Ossett.

The A-road could take 86 hectares of agricultural land, three hectares of woodland and three hectares of other land, Coun Bolt said.

The scheme would link junction 25 of the M62 at Brighouse with the M1 at junction 39, near Horbury.

It would potentially wind for 15 miles from Cooper Bridge through Hartshead, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury and Ossett.

But Coun Bolt (Con, Mirfield)

said there are more advanced plans for a motorway link between Manchester and Sheffield. Chancellor George Osborne has already earmarked funding for that scheme, an extension of the M67 and a tunnel under the Peak District to the M1 near Sheffield. Coun Bolt claimed much of the traffic seeking the M1 for journeys south could use that.

He said a study in 2006 found few vehicles drove the entire stretch of the A638 and A644 corridor between the M1 and

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Chilcot verdict from father of Batley soldier Deaths BIRKENSHAW MARY (NEE ASHWORTH)

Mirfield. Wife of the late Cyril.

Graveside service and burial takes place in St Mary’s Churchyard, Mirfield, Thursday 14 July at 11am.

On 25 June, aged 92, of

BROWN Ann Patricia

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Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday 14th July 2016 at 10.30am. Friends please accept this intimation and meet at the crematorium. Family flowers only, donations in memory of Ann may be placed in the collection box provided for the benefit of Kirkwood Hospice.

BRUCE GEORGE On 3 July, aged 95, of Batley.

Husband of the late Josephine.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 13 July at 10am.

CARTER MARY On 30 June, aged 88, of Cleckheaton. Wife of the late Ted. Service at Grove URC, Monday 18 July at 11.30am, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium at 12.30pm.

DACRE JEFFREY On 25 June in Ontario, Canada, aged 87, formerly of Batley.

Much loved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, brother and uncle.

FURNESS JEFFREY On 4 July, of Ossett, aged 83.

Service at Wakefield Crematorium, Friday 15 July at 11am.

HARPIN MABEL NEE HAINES July 2, aged 90. Wife of the late Edward. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 13 July at 2pm.

ILLINGWORTH ELIZABETH IRENE (RENEE) On 1 July, aged 95, of Howden Clough. Wife of the late Acton.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 14 July at 11.15am.

INGLESON BRIAN On 29 June, aged 82, of Batley. Husband of Edith.

Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, on Monday 11 July at 10.30am.

KENNY MARLENE On 28 June, aged 68. Wife of Mick.

Service at Ravensthorpe UR Church on Wednesday 13 July at 1pm, followed by private committal.

MELLOR MURIEL CECILIA On 20 June, aged 84, of Mirfield. Service at Huddersfield Crematorium, Tuesday 12 July at 1.15pm.

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PATTISON DAVID MICHAEL On 2 July, aged 68, of Mirfield. Requiem Mass at St Mary’s Church, Batley on Wedneday 13 July, at 12noon, prior to cremation at Dewsbury Crematorium at 1.15pm.

PEARSON MARY On 1 July, aged 88. Wife of the late Arthur. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 18 July at 1.15pm.

RICHARDS NEE WALKER DOREEN MAY On 4 July, of Dewsbury, aged 74. Wife of Brian. Service at Dewsbury Minster, Thursday 14 July at 12.30pm.

ROSSALL RICHARD BRIAN On 30 June, of Ossett, aged 79. Husband of Anne. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 13 July at 10.30am.

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FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair should face court over the Iraq War, the father of a Batley soldier said.

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Peter Brierley, 65, spoke out on Wednesday after the Chilcot report were published.

His son, Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, a 28-year-old radio operator with 212 Signal Squadron, died in an accident in Kuwait in March 2003.

A coroner at his inquest criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to equip troops properly.

Infra-red plates on the Land Rover he was travelling in affected the vehicle’s lights and prevented the driver seeing an obstacle.

Mr Brierley said the Chilcot report now makes him believe the death of his son at the start of the war was in vain.

In particular Mr Brierley is angry about the conclusion that the war was not a matter of last resort.

He said: “I would like to see Tony Blair standing in a courtroom and I think judging by what I have read in the summary there is enough evidence in the report for that to happen.

“To hear that war in this case was not a last resort just makes me feel that Shaun’s death was completely unnecessary, as has been all the devastation we have seen in Iraq.”

He added: “I hope that if a time comes when we are considering whether to go to war again, then what we have learned is remembered and taken into account.”

Mr Brierley was complimentary about the 12-volume report and said: “I thought it would be close to a cover-up, with reams of facts and figures.

“It’s going to take some looking into, but at first glance it’s not that far from what I wanted it to be. It gives criticisms and solutions.

“I was a bit apprehensive beforehand, it’s been going on for all this time, but I think the bloke has done his best.”

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Museum closure ‘will hit poorer families’ – warning

By David Miller POORER families will be hit by the proposed closure of Dewsbury Museum, a campaigner has warned.

Kath Lockwood, of the Friends of Crow Nest Park group, believes those who cannot afford to travel for leisure activities will lose out.

A three-week consultation on shutting three of the district’s five museums began on Monday.

Dewsbury Museum, which faces the chop with Red House Museum in Gomersal and Tolson Museum in Huddersfield, has been partially closed since a ceiling collapse three years ago.

A previous plan to shut the museum and switch it to Dewsbury Town Hall was thwarted in 1997.

Now it is due to close in October, after the half-term school holiday.

Kath, of Staincliffe, said: “You might think poorer families stay at home with their children watching TV and playing video games.

“But we know as volunteers in the park that many get out for activities and are drawn to the museum.

“And to a have a building partially closed for quite a long time is depriving the community of a facility when we don’t know what its full potential could be.”

Public meetings about closure plans take place at Dewsbury Museum on Sunday, July 10 (2pm), and Red House Museum on

RED House Museum, right, faces the axe at a time when it is a focal point for the Charlotte Bronte bicentennial.

Jacqueline Ryder, chairman of the Friends of Red House Museum, said: “This news confirms our worst fears after months of rumour and speculation.

“Red House is a rare example of a yeoman clothier’s family house and workplace.

“Considering the close links with Charlotte Bronte, it is very

sad that Kirklees Council has made this announcement when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charlotte’s birth.”

Tuesday, July 19 (6pm).

While Oakwell Hall in Birstall

and Bagshaw Museum in Batley are safe at present, Huddersfield

WEAK LINK? Relief road fears Continued from Page One the M62. The majority were making local journeys, so the potential for relief is more limited.

He said: “The danger in talking about local schemes is that you can miss the bigger picture.

Do we really want to dig up two lots of land that are only 10 miles apart at points, when one of them could turn out to be a white elephant?”

Coun Bolt added: “I’ve also seen many bypasses where you still get a high volume of traffic on older roads.”

But he accepts action needs to be taken to reduce congestion on the A644 Huddersfield Road through Dewsbury and Mirfield. He said: “We need to look at public transport – for example the existing rail infrastructure needs improving.

“And between Harrogate and Leeds there’s buses with leather seats and wi-fi and everything else a businessman needs, that run every 15 minutes.

“If bus services here take forever to get to Leeds, you’ll not persuade drivers to get out of their cars.”

Coun Bolt, a former council highways chief, also suggested park and ride schemes, including one at the Birstall Shopping Park.

An M62-M1 link, however, may help by taking lorries away from the Huddersfield Road corridor. Coun Bolt said: “In terms of alleviating the A644, an A-road would offer that flexibility. You could put junctions in at Cooper Bridge and Ravensthorpe, so traffic wouldn’t have to come through Mirfield.”

Documents from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority state a link road would help unlock sites in Kirklees and Wakefield for development. A report stated: “It has the potential capability to kick-start transformational regeneration in the back of new housing and employment.”

A similar scheme in 1988 sparked huge protests and was dropped five years later. Back then, the Government insisted the road should be a motorway, with no access for local traffic.

Coun regeneration chief Coun Peter McBride said: “The reason we turned the previous proposal down was because people here got no benefit from it. This one is linking the strategic priorities for three or four districts in terms of

regeneration. It has all the things we wanted in the previous one that we didn’t get.”

Aleks Lukic, chairman of UKIP’s Dewsbury, Batley and Spen Valley branch, said: “No-one can deny the awful congestion that affects local journeys. This has continued despite £250m of upgrades to the M62 and M1.

“I am open-minded about a new road as a possible solution. But it is not hard to find other potential improvements that have been ignored for far too long.

“We have some very poor local road junctions that could be upgraded. Our public transport is expensive, unreliable and slow.

“And whatever happens, this must not lead to the full scale development of the green belt around Dewsbury, Mirfield and Heckmondwike.”

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Art Gallery is earmarked for closure, though it could merge with Tolson at an as-yet undecided location.

Cuts to opening hours and increases in admission prices have been made as the council’s museums budget has shrunk by £350,000 since 2011.

A further reduction of £531,000 to the current £1m-a-year budget is due in 2017-18.

Fellow campaigner Imelda Marsden, of Mirfield, believes Kirklees has picked the right two to save due to their uniqueness.

She said: “I accept money’s short and the council’s priorities are education and care services.

“So to me, if push came to shove, I’d keep Oakwell because it’s also about the civil war and the time of Shakespeare.

“And Bagshaw Museum has an Egyptology collection and an observatory next door.”

She added: “My concern is for the empty buildings – could they be vandalised and would Kirklees try to sell them off?

“The last time they tried to close Dewsbury Museum, they found they couldn’t sell it off because of how a covenant was worded.”

Other consultation events are at Oakwell Hall on Wednesday, July 13 (11am) and Bagshaw Museum on Wednesday, July 20 (3pm).

Places must be booked in advance. See www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/kirklees-museums-galleries-information-session-tickets26370689442.

News in Brief Date set for cuts to hospital services NORTH KIRKLEES: Cuts to maternity and children’s services at Dewsbury District Hospital will go ahead on the weekend of September 17-18. The date was confirmed at a joint meeting of the North Kirklees and Wakefield clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on Wednesday.

From that date the new midwife birthing centre opens, meaning all births under the supervision of a consultant will be at Pinderfields Hospital.

The children’s assessment unit, which opened at Dewsbury in September 2014, will change its opening hours to 10am to 8pm daily. Youngsters who need to be in hospital for more than a few hours will be admitted to Pinderfields.

The CCGs also agreed in principle to allow Dewsbury to offer more outpatient services from September.

Brothers deny killing RAVENSTHORPE: Two brothers have denied the murder of a fellow Polish man whose body was found in March.

Krzysztof Olszewski, 20, of Crawshaw Street, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Marcin Siarczynski when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday. Pawel Piotr Olszewski, 25, of Bromley Street, Batley, denied the same charge at an earlier hearing.

The killing is alleged to have occured at an old address of Krzysztof Olszewski in Jessamine Street, Ravensthorpe, between April 30 and July 31 last year. The body of Mr Siarczynski was found this year on March 14 in a wooded area near the canal off Low Mill Lane.

A trial, expected to last up to three weeks, is due to start on Monday, October 24. The pair were remanded into custody.

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News In Brief School’s class size exceeds maximum BIRSTALL: Fieldhead Primary is one of the most overcrowded schools in the country. Government figures show the Charlotte Close academy has an average class size of 31.3, which is above the statutory maximum of 30.

One class has 36 pupils. Only nine other schools in England had a class of that size or bigger.

Across Kirklees about 1,200 children, 8.8 per cent of the total, are taught in class sizes exceeding the limit.

Falconry attraction MIRFIELD: Falconry and a display of weaving are among the unusual activities at a summer fair.

The Hopton Fete and Heritage Exhibition is at the Sutcliffe Recreation Ground on Saturday July 30 from 10.30am to 4.30pm.

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Jo’s last act: to save children in war zone

Gangmaster must repay £93,000 loot

By Steve Martyn

PEOPLE smuggler Janos Orsos has been told to pay back £93,000 – less than a third of his criminal gains.

Orsos, 42, was the gangmaster who supplied cheap labour to Ravensthorpe bed firms Kozee Sleep and Layzee Sleep.

He was jailed for five years in 2014 after being convicted of human trafficking offences.

Orsos, formerly of Lascelles Road, Heckmondwike, appeared at Leeds Crown Court last Thursday for a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Christopher Tehrani QC, prosecuting, said Orsos netted £290,947.58 from his actions.

But he has assets of only £93,539.44, which Orsos was told to repay or face a further two years in prison.

Co-defendant Ferenc Illes, who was not in court, was found to have made £16,940, but had realisable assets of only £500 from a car.

He is currently serving three years in jail for conspiracy to traffic people within the UK. Illes, formerly of Dewsbury, was given two months in default of the £500 not being paid.

The pair lured Hungarians to West Yorkshire, where they were then forced to work up to 60 hours a week for as little as £20.

Victims were forced to live in cramped multi-occupancy rooms and left in fear of violence if they tried to leave.

In April, former bed factory owner Mohammed Rafiq lost an appeal to have his 27-month jail term cut.

Rafiq, formerly of Staincliffe, was the owner of Kozee Sleep and Layzee Sleep when victims of Orsos and Illes were employed there.

MP Jo Cox’s last humanitarian act has been revealed – seeking the protection of children in Yemen.

Two days before Mrs Cox died, she pressed the Foreign Office about the actions of the United Nations (UN). She was concerned at the removal of Saudi Arabia-led forces from a blacklist of children’s rights violators.

A civil war broke out in Yemen last year in which more than 3,000 civilians have died.

Mrs Cox, a former aid worker, became known for her interest in humanitarian causes, such as refugees from Syria.

She tabled the following questions to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday June 14: “What steps is the government taking to ensure the constructive engagement of the Saudi-led coalition with the UN on the question of its de-listing as a state or armed group that violates children’s rights during conflict?”

She also asked Mr Hammond to “make an assessment of the effect of the temporary removal of the Saudi-led coalition from the UN’s list of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights during conflict on the

integrity and effectiveness of UN security council measures on children and armed conflict”.

Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood replied in writing on behalf of the Government.

He said: “This question was tabled before the sad death of the honourable lady, but the subject remains important and the government’s response ought to be placed on the public record.”

In paying tribute to Mrs Cox’s humanitarian efforts, Mr Ellwood said the war in Yemen has had a ‘significant’ impact on children.

He said child casualties had been recorded, children recruited as soldiers and hospitals and schools attacked.

Mr Ellwood said: “We note the announcement by the UN Secretary General on June 6 that removed the listing of the Saudi Arabian-led coalition from the report’s annex, pending the conclusion of a joint review by the UN and Saudi Arabia on the cases and numbers cited in the text.

“A political solution remains the best way to bring this conflict and the suffering of the Yemeni people to an end.

“The UK government continues to support the work of the United Nations on children and armed conflict.”

Jo: Concern for children in Yemen conflict

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Crowds in town for 29th festival CROWDS packed Cleckheaton last weekend for the 29th annual folk festival, where acts included the renowned Demon Barbers.

Crowned best live act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2009, the outfit was one of the top draws.

The town hall was the main venue but others, such as the masonic hall and St Paul’s Church, hosted gigs.

Last Friday night, town hall headliners Chris While and Julie Matthews were said to have wowed audiences with a polished country-tinged set.

There was much for fans of Americana to enjoy, including bluegrass group the Carrivick Sisters.

The festival is one of the biggest events in North Kirklees, alongside the Mirfield Show and Batley Vintage Day. Free workshops took place at the Music Room shop across the car park from the town hall.

Festival-goers could try their hand at song writing, banjo and mandolin playing and Morris dancing.

Saturday night headliner Jackie Oates and other acts, such as Gregg Russell and the Pitmen Poets, were other hits.

On Sunday there was an all-star concert featuring The Shee, Faustus and Granny’s Attic.

Other attractions included a food market and craft fair.

Wedded bliss for Jenny and Joe...with bells on!

Robbed at knifepoint BIRSTALL: Knife-wielding robbers fled with mobile phones stolen from three teenage boys waiting for a taxi.

The 16-year-olds were approached by two men between 1.30am and 1.40am last Sunday. One of the suspects produced a knife and demanded their phones. The other also brandished a knife and made threats. Both were white, about 6ft tall, and wore hooded tops with the hood up and black scarves covering their faces.

Anyone with information can call Det Con Andy Clayton at Kirklees CID on 101.

Stellar results BATLEY: The grammar school is achieving stellar results despite the fact that 34 per cent of the 700 pupils do not speak English as their first language.

The national 2016 School Census showed that 73 per cent of pupils gained at least five GCSEs at A* to C, putting the school in the top 17 per cent in 2014/15.

Snowy the donkey BIRKENSHAW: A white donkey foal born at Blue Hills Farm has been named Snowy after hundreds of visitors entered a competition. The winning entry was from sevenyear-old Abigail Appleyard of Accrington, Lancashire, who won £20. Snowy can be seen in an enclosure near the farm shop entrance.

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By David Miller AN AUSTRALIAN couple’s Cleckheaton wedding was turned into a surprise all-English affair thanks to Morris dancers.

Joe and Jenny Sheard travelled from Perth, Western Australia, to get married at St John’s Church last Saturday.

Friends arranged for a Morris dancing troupe in town for the Cleckheaton Folk Festival to form a guard of honour. It was a secret – so they got a shock when they came out of the church as husband and wife to find Morris dancers in full ceremonial dress.

The Jockey Men’s Morris Club from Birmingham performed an ancient ritual known as ‘bride stealing’, where they take the bride in turns for a traditional celebratory folk dance.

Jenny, 30, said: “When we came out there were all these men in costume and we thought ‘my goodness, what’s going on?’

“We had a feeling something was up but we never guessed Morris dancing. Apparently my

‘I’ll rip your head off’, officer told A MAN threatened to rip the head off a member of staff at Dewsbury Police Station while drunk.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard that Waqas Hussain, 29, of Savile Road, visited the station on April 5 and repeatedly pressed the bell on the counter.

Lisa Evans, prosecuting, said: “He was in drink, asked how long it would take to speak to an officer and said he was going mental.”

Hussain was advised by an enquiry officer, Claire Richardson, to take a

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seat but continued swearing and talking loudly.

He gestured, making a punch with his hand, and threatened to knock through the counter.

Ms Richardson called for help and Hussain was escorted out.

He returned on April 14 and when told to wait he told Ms Richardson, “I’ll rip your head off”.

Ms Richardson again requested help from the office.

Hussain was given a two-month curfew and told to pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

face was a picture!”

Joe, 30 today (Friday), was born in Dewsbury and lived in Batley but emigrated to Perth with mum and dad Matthew and Jane Sheard in 2000.

Grandmother Audrey, of Cleckheaton, has been a parishioner at St John’s Church for more than 65 years.

Hospital nurse Jenny left London for Perth with parents Jill and Jim Dwight in 1997.

Mining company executive Joe, who works in the remote Northern Territory, met Jenny through mutal friends at a party 10 years ago.

The couple are set to go on their honeymoon today to the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

Jenny added: “The Morris dancers were terrific and we were so lucky that they were here for the folk festival.”

Church warden Margaret Couch, who was at the wedding, said: “It was beautiful.

“In years to come they’ll really have something to look back on because the pictures are not the usual wedding photographs.”

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

Not just politics that’s a nightmare NYONE else sick to the back teeth of politics? Really? I have to say that I’m absolutely loving it – in this job it’s the gift that won’t stop giving!

But by way of some light relief at least, can we turn to one of my other favourite subjects this week – the mystery that is womankind?

I’m up to scratch on equal rights, female empowerment and all of that right-on yahde-yah. I wear the trousers in the Lockwood house … but only when the missus gives me permission.

Surely knocking off a couple of hours of ironing while watching the rugby or golf on telly qualifies me as a 21st century man? Once I’ve finished running the vac round, obviously. But really folks – lads and lasses alike – the ladies do think just a wee bit differently from we fellas, don’t you think?

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Seen and heard it all before, has our Arthur It’s not just in the supermarket queue, where they pack everything neatly away before realisation dawns that they have to pay for the flaming stuff, and start rummaging around the bottom of Mary Poppins’ carpetbag in

the hope that there’s a purse down there somewhere.

Oh, and then with the till operator halfway through processing payment, they decide there must be a 10p-off coupon mangled in and amongst the detritus … which five minutes later, and with the bloke in the queue behind them clutching his chest in agony, they realise is two months out of date.

Not forgetting that ‘silly me!’ smile they then give you before heading off presumably to ruin 10 minutes of someone else’s life...

Deep breath Daniel, deep breath … and out ...

On Saturday morning I took a cup of tea into Mrs L (and no, I wasn’t angling for a pass to go play golf) only to be on the receiving end of a look that would have stopped a Russian tank in its tracks.

She’d had a nightmare.

Apparently jelly-like eyes

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were creeping over the edge of people’s beds and announcing “I am your alien” before murdering the unwitting slumberer.

Worse was to come. Our former neighbours in Dewsbury have two cats Sammy and Kez, who were now living in the rafters of our garage and feeding on the eye-aliens’ victims. Sammy and Kez were the size of jaguars (the wild cats I presume, not the shiny cars).

“It was the most realistic, awful nightmare I’ve ever had,” Mrs L exclaimed.

Realistic? Hmmm. I only managed to keep a straight face because of the thunderous look that challenged me to present anything other than tea and sympathy.

But worse was to come.

Sundays, I’m always up early and at my desk. Mid-morning, cup of rooibos tea up the stairs … and this week a face that was a cross between David Cameron on June 24 and Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream.

“Last night was even worse!”

My mind raced. The alien eye had eaten the neighbour’s cats? They’d morphed into elephants and brought the garage down? (I resisted the temptation to open the blinds and check).

Nope. Worse. I was assaulted with the kind of look Michael Gove must have received from Boris Johnson, multiplied by a factor of Hillary Clinton being told that as President she would have to sit in the same chair as hubby Bill when he was being ‘attended to’ by Monica Lewinsky.

“What … what have I … what have I done?” I stammered.

The look. The look.

“You took Arthur away and swapped him for a Weimaraner. You exchanged our beautiful Labrador for a bloody Weimaraner!”

At the bottom of the bed, Arthur dolefully raised his wonderfully expressive brown eyes, as if he’d heard it all before. I think he would have sighed for dramatic effect, if only he’d known how.

“But he’s there!” I pointed at our pleasantly prone family member.

“He’s there!!” Double exclamation mark (which I never use – I was probably even sounding guilty, as though I’d actually considered swapping him for a Weimaraner. The wife or either of the kids for any kind of mongrel, no problem, but not Arthur. Never).

“A Wei-mar-aaaaa-nerrr!!!” she exclaimed.

“It was a dream, love. The

And the madness goes on...

E CAN’T possibly get away completely from politics. There’s just too much slapstick for it not to go unremarked upon.

I couldn’t give a hoot who wins the Conservative party leadership bunfight to become our next Prime Minister. It’ll probably be Theresa May and if there’s one real benefit to that, at least the modesty of high office should ensure she covers her unbecoming cleavage up. I’m still having wife-like nightmares after her literal exposure at the 2016 budget.

Put them away, please I’ve long been an admirer of Prime Minister Michael Gove’s intellect, but that balloon was punctured by last week’s realisation that he is completely under his conniving wife Sarah Vine’s thumb.

Daily Mail columnist Vine has emerged as a kind of lowrent cross between Cherie Blair and the brilliant Claire Underwood character from US TV series House of Cards.

Gove’s knifing of Boris might have saved the nation from a Trump-like disaster, but trying to climb the ladder to high office on the bodies of your back-stabbed buddies should be the stuff of fiction – although with what we’re witnessing in Westminster these days, who can say?

Millions of words and dozens of books will be written about this remarkable few weeks in British politics.

Leavers complain that we shouldn’t have a Remain PM, but I think it would be the best way to start healing the national fracture – so long as Article 50 gets invoked immediately and a strong Leaver is appointed to head up EU negotiations.

Gove would probably be perfect with his sharp eye for detail and thick skin. Shovelling him off to Brussels might even be doing the bloke a favour, leaving Vine to weep into a wine glass while tearing up her plans for the No.10 décor.

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F Tory theatricals are the stuff of Hollywood, Labour’s handbag waving is a cross between a pantomime and a chimps’ tea party. You’d get more sense out of the chimps and we’d be safer with Coco the Clown as PM than Jeremy Corbyn.

I voted Labour in every election until 2001 – having had my stomach turned by Blair I voted for independent Labour candidate David Daniels. I still believe the country needs a ‘proper’ Labour party but the problem is that I don’t know what that resembles these days.

The unions are as damagingly far left as ever, I can’t think of an honest or trustworthy leading Labour figure since John Smith (who didn’t live long enough to let us down) and today’s lot, fighting like cats in a sack, could learn something in statesmanship from the newly ‘united’ Labour group at Kirklees Council.

And when you can say that, you know they’ve hit rock bottom. Fascinating times.

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dog is there. I don’t even know what a Weimaraner looks like when it’s at home.”

“It. Was. Not. A. Dream. It. Was. A. Nightmare. A. Terrible. Nightmare.”

And then a thought suddenly struck the poor befuddled soul. “Weimaraners,” she said. “They’re the same colour as Sammy and Kez, aren’t they?”

I give up.

Dear readers, I have not been in the habit of putting strychnine in the wife’s nightcap, much less a top-up of arsenic in the morning cup of rooibos.

And if this brief story ended there, in the post wake-up daze of an otherwise

ordinary Sunday morning, then I would not be recounting it here.

A full two days later however, I was still getting questioning looks across the breakfast table and while digging holes in the garden … which I felt I should explain were neither for tiger-sized cats, dogs, or even mad-as-abox-of-frogs wives.

And then, as I pushed the wheelbarrow to the compost bin, there came a muttered echo over the top of the begonias … “A Weimaraner ... a Weimaraner”.

It’s a woman thing, I swear.

Say it’s not just me or us.

Thankfully Arthur’s still talking to me.

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Council purchase of land ‘would be a waste of taxpayers’ money’

By David Miller TAXPAYERS’ money could be wasted on land in Thornhill Lees that housing developers do not want, a resident has claimed.

Nigel Ingham, of Lees Hall Road, said the site of the former James Austin and Sons Iron and Steelworks off Forge Lane would be better used as industrial units.

He spoke out after Kirklees Council applied for a loan of £4.6m to buy the land from its owner.

The 6.1-hectare site has planning permission for 169 homes but a scheme has not come to fruition – so the council aims to market it itself.

It will consider compulsory

purchase if cash from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority proves insufficient.

Nigel said: “The land has always been a flood zone – that’s the main reason why developers won’t touch it.

“And before any development went ahead, you would need to build an access road.

“Then you would have to decontaminate the site and when you come to build the houses the land would have to be raised by two metres.

“So even if you were to offer the land for free, developers still wouldn’t want it.”

The steelworks, once one of the biggest employers in the Dewsbury area, closed in 1993.

Workers had a vital role in the Second World War, building Bailey bridges, RAF hang-

ers and watch towers.

Later, contracts included those for the building of Gatwick Airport and Euston Station in London.

A report by Kirklees officials said: “The council now believes that the only way the housing development will take place is if they purchase the site and offer it directly to developers.”

Part of the land is a wildlife haven and Nigel added: “Even as contaminated land, it’s still taking carbon dioxide in.

“I’m sure with some clever thinking it can be turned into something good, like industrial units.

“Houses are one thing, but what about jobs for those who can’t afford to travel to another area for work?”

‘Mortified’ drink-driver jailed and banned A MAN from Liversedge who was four times over the drinkdrive limit told police, “Oh God, what have I done?”

Robert Law, 47, drank a bottle of wine on May 24 and was on his way to buy more alcohol when a witness who saw his erratic driving called police.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard Law weaved across the road and struck kerbs.

Lisa Evans, prosecuting, said the witness followed Law to his Hightown Road home and then called police.

When officers arrived they found his car parked in a wayward manner on the driveway.

She said: “Police knocked on the door and he answered, unsteady on his feet with glazed eyes and slurred speech.

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Ruling classes don’t lead from front Dear Sir, Honouring our young men of the Battle of the Somme, many from northern county ‘Pals’ battalions, there were also sons of the aristocracy, landed gentry, and public schools, who were often officers.

Leading the troops out of the trenches, their losses were so high, eventually they had to wear the same uniforms as the ranks.

One officer wrote they had 20 officers, and at the end of the day there were only four left.

Fast-forward to today, and apart from some hereditary lords, are there any

You weren’t betrayed in vote From: Steve Oliver, Heckmondwike Dear Sir, In the days since the referendum, we have heard numerous sob stories from various Remain supporters, many of whom are now calling for another vote or some form of veto or annulment.

The arrogance and denial of the democratic process by senior politicians (and others) is quite astonishing.

It reminds me of the perennial bad-loser gambler who always tries the “double or quits” line after losing.

If another vote returned a 4% majority in favour of Remain, why should that end the matter? Of course it wouldn’t.

We had the Lib-Dem Baroness Shirley Williams saying that the older voters had “betrayed” the younger voters (18-24 years, 75% of whom voted to Remain) by selfishly denying them the opportunities etc.

The Baroness should have studied the figures which showed that only 43% of those young voters chose to vote, so only 32% of them voted Remain and 11% voted Leave.

Now look at the difference with the older voters, of whom approx 75% of them voted and 93% of them voted Leave.

That says that almost 70% of them voted Leave with about 5% for Remain.

Study these figures, Dame Shirley, before using your selective, and deceptive figures.

Letter of the Week: Tim Moorhouse, Cleckheaton ‘career’ politicians, lords or baronesses, who have encouraged their sons or daughters to join the armed forces?

You know, the ones who persuade other MPs to vote to go to war.

I notice the Kinnocks, who between them have sucked in £8 million from the

Next we had Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon on her selfbuilt political plinth saying that she will either veto or not accept the result and is wanting to keep Scotland in the EU with yet another independence vote.

She says that Scotland voted unanimously to Remain – yes it did, but Remain got 62% ... so would Nicola therefore entertain a similar veto from the 38% who voted Leave? I don’t think she would.

Regions and districts that voted Remain also can’t accept the overall result. The ‘Golden Triangle’ of Leeds, Harrogate and York all voted Remain, but the Leeds majority was only 2,389 which is only 0.62% of 387,337 votes.

Harrogate’s majority was 1,837, only 1.94% of 94,585 votes.

York’s majority was 17,634 which was about 16%. More like a brass triangle than a golden one.

The EU is now getting shirty and demanding that the UK doesn’t delay in invoking Article 50, which starts the 24month clock prior to our exit.

It’s rather strange that the EU hasn’t requested a similar no-delay request to its EU Court of Auditors who have refused to give a clean bill of health to the EU’s accounts for the past 20 years.

The UK has always been a net contributor into the coffers of the EU and so we can study where some of our money has been spent over recent years.

The EU helped to fund the following: 1. Cadbury moving production to Poland; 2. Ford Transit production to Turkey; 3. Jaguar Land Rover’s new

plant in Slovakia; 4. The closure of Peugeot’s plant at Ryton; 5. The British Army’s Ajax vehicle to be built in Spain with Swedish steel; 6. Dyson Appliances’ move to Malaysia.

There are many others but these are the main ones. If the Remain group is happy to vote to see our EU membership fee spent on removing manufacturing away from our shores, then I recommend a crash course in loyalty, sovereignty and patriotism. I can’t wait to see the exit.

Thanks for your support From: Tim Wood Royal British Legion, Mirfield Dear Sir, The Mayor of Kirklees Coun Jim Dodds’ chosen charity for his term of office is the Royal British Legion.

I have the privilege of being part of the British Legion fundraising team within Kirklees. Dozens of fundraising activities have been planned for the next 12 months.

On the 100th anniversary weekend of the Battle of the Somme a bucket collection was held at Dewsbury Rams’ Tetley’s Stadium at half-time.

The crowd observed a minute’s silence before the match, and at half time we were allowed to collect.

I was accompanied by Mirfield branch president Barry Fretwell, chairman Dave Horrobin and town councillor David Pinder.

Mr Pinder gave a speech on the stadium tannoy about the

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European Union gravy train, have trained their son Stephen to make his fortune through talking.

Generally, future cannon fodder is recruited from deprived areas like the north east, Scotland, Lancashire, and the Welsh valleys. casualties sustained by local battlions along the line on the first day of the battle, you could have heard a pin drop, the silence was eerie.

The response from the Rams supporters and Broncos fans was amazing, they just gave and gave.

One chap came up to me and said “Here’s my last £20 quid, I hope I’ve enough petrol to get home”.

In the bar afterwards the fans continued to give and give, with tales of their own particular relatives who fought and died on the Somme.

The generosity and kindness shown to us on the day was a great reflection of the spirit and goodwill of the Rams supporters and owners.

Thank you all very much, you made our day truly outstanding.

nated flood plain in the recent wake of devastation caused by flooding in the Calder Valley?

Should the council be successful in obtaining the loan and purchasing the land, what then?

More publicly-funded handouts to finance possibly years of expensive remediation work before even one brick is laid.

The repercussions from the vote to leave the EU will likely mean years of public service cutbacks, and the major homebuilding companies will not take the risk of developing sites with so many problems.

Should the council cut their losses and channel funds to more important issues?

Waste of cash on Lees land

From: ‘A Brexit Voter’

From: Nigel Ingham, Thornhill Lees Dear Sir, It comes as no surprise that after 12 years not one developer is willing to risk investing in the controversial contaminated and frequently flooding industrial site in the centre of Thornhill Lees.

The council spent £75,000 of taxpayers’ money on an assessment outlining what measures had to be carried out to make the site safe for housing.

A lenghty report produced with over 30 strict conditions clearly makes development for housing not commercially viable.

Questions need to be asked why public funds were spent on something which is normally the responsibility of the land owners wishing to develop land.

Also, 12 years on, why is the council asking to borrow more money to buy potentially worthless building land for millions of pounds which was originally purchased for a fraction of that price?

Kirklees Council are intending to build over 4,000 homes, and new roads etc on the nearby surrounding hillsides, so there is no question of a shortage of safe building land in the locality.

Why are the council so intent on building on a desig-

Let’s just get on with it!

Dear Sir, What a load of bad losers you lot are, boo hoo!

Throwing your toys out of the pram. You lost, live with it, move on!

Let’s say a neighbour wins the jackpot in the lottery draw, do you expect them to hand it back so that you have a second chance to win it? No! The same applies, what part of no second referendum don’t you understand?

Then we have calls from Ms Sturgeon for a further referendum after losing two in Scotland, so get back in your box and close the lid; and if there’s room for the infamous Jeremy Corbyn, take him.

The important thing now is to look after the people in our country, no matter what race, colour or religion.

So let’s get to work building our country to its former glory, and show the rest of Europe what we’re made of.

So stop whinging you lot, and let’s get to it!

Fairness when it suits them From: Steve Cass, Mirfield Dear Sir, What sanctimonious twaddle from Paula Sherriff MP and friends in last week’s Forum, ‘United against hate and fear’.

Poor dears, they’re fretting over the divisions in society that they believe have been

caused by the EU referendum result and by all those nasty inconsiderate leave-voters.

I wonder how concerned they’d have been about ‘divisions’ had the vote gone the way they wanted and expected.

Our politicians’ shameless application of double standards and inconsistencies is a perfect illustration of their contempt for the rest of us.

Consider for instance Ms Sherriff’s enthusiasm for promoting what she refers to as ‘the benefits of diversity’ together with her call last week for unity.

Our paradoxical MP favours diversity and opposes division; she is a committed supporter of the multicultural society yet opposes the division it creates.

I’d love to know how she deals with her cognitive dissonance.

Lefties have a fondness of talking about ‘tolerance and democracy’ yet in reality, as their response to the EU referendum result reveals, they support democracy only in so far as it comes up with the correct decision and are tolerant only of that with which they agree.

Fairness, but only when it suits.

Not long ago, writing for the Yorkshire Post, Paula Sherriff was singing the praises of ‘difference and diversity’ whilst at the same time musing that perhaps criticism of ‘difference and diversity’ should be criminalised.

As the man said, “You couldn’t make it up”.

Half-pint price just isn’t on From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, I’ve just been reading a report from the ‘Campaign For Real Ale’ (CAMRA) which is urging licensees to charge fairly for half pint of beer after a survey discovered almost 50 per cent of licensees who overcharge are adding between six and 20 pence to the cost of a half.

CAMRA is urging customers to report pubs in their area which charge more for a half pint than half the proportional cost of a pint.

Some pubs are charging £2 for a half when the cost of a

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From page 8 pint is £3. This is not right and surely can’t be legal?

CAMRA also reported in its survey that 60 per cent of pubs do not display a price list.

What was their sacrifice for?

From: Mr G Lyons, Isle of Wight Dear Sir, I read with interest the letter from John Appleyard in The Press, dated May 27.

I, too, served in the Durham Light Infantry, serving with them in the front line with the

First Army in North Africa.

I was one of the first ashore on the invasion of Italy at Salerno. I was with them from 1943 until they were disbanded.

What marvellous fighters they were, and had so much courage.

The fighting was hard, getting the enemy off the hills and mountains of the Appenines.

I visited the Durham Light Infantry Museum in Durham, before it closed.

I have returned twice to visit the war graves of my comrades in many places of Italy, who laid their young lives down for our wonderful country.

Their lives were lost, and for what, as our country has been allowed to be run down by different governments, and those young lives thrown away?

The war graves are kept in such wonderful condition, as they should be, as they hold so many brave, young men.

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Shop boss jailed for £50k theft A WOMAN has been jailed for 12 months for stealing £50,000 from the Subway sandwich shop in Birstall.

The shop manager Emmaline Pearce, 37, took sums of between £50 and £300 per shift for more than two years from 2013. Her dishonesty only came to light last year after discrepancies were found in the accounts.

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Church restoration costs go through the ceiling...

Netting protects St Mary’s parishioners from ceilng debris

By David Miller FUNDS are needed to restore the interior of a Victorian Batley church to its former glory.

Netting hangs over the pews at St Mary of the Angels on Upton Street, to prevent debris falling on parishioners. Damp which got in through a broken roof is causing the ceiling to come down in pieces.

Some £41,000 has been raised, but work on the Grade II-listed

Catholic church could cost double that. Parishioner Jennifer Roche said the exterior of the church, which opened in 1870, is now repaired and the scaffolding which has shrouded the building since February has been removed.

Grants totalling £70,000 paid for roof repairs, but fundraising is still under way for internal works.

Mrs Roche said: “When somebody comes to look at it, they put two noughts on the end.

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While we’ve raised £41,000, it could need another £40,000 or £50,000 to finish it.”

Parishioners raised £21,000 from events since last year. A coffee morning raised £390, a concert by Batley music star Jade Helliwell brought in £600 and a Queen’s 90th birthday tea party added £200.

St Mary’s Social Club on nearby Melton Street offered matched funding up to £20,000.

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THREE generations of the same family were left on the back foot when their cricket team’s match was washed out by rain.

Brian Hill, 62, turned out for Heckmondwike and Carlinghow 2nd XI in the Bradford League, joined by 40-year-old son Alex and Alex’s nephew Jack, 13, for a game at their Cemetery Road ground against Liversedge.

Alex hit 34 runs in their side’s 177-6 but Jack failed to score. Grandad Brian stayed in the dry of the pavilion as rain eventually washed out play.

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‘Knightsbridge’ homes plan comes under fire

By David Miller A CONTROVERSIAL housing scheme in Mirfield is set to be referred to Kirklees Council’s planning committee.

Riva Homes wants to build 22 ‘Knightsbridge-style’ town houses on the site of the former social care assessment centre on Westfield Road.

Mirfield Town Council came out in opposition to the gated development after a meeting on Tuesday.

Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Battyeford) said: “An application of this size is normally determined by officers.

“But I’ve had assurances that this one will go to the planning committee on Kirklees.”

Objections include extra traffic, lack of affordable hous-

ing and the design of the two and three-storey properties.

They would be built in London-style brick with Portland stone-effect window surrounds.

Coun Bolt said: “Mirfield produced its village design statement in 2002 and that is now an accepted planning document.

“It states developments should complement their surroundings, not Knightsbridge, and they can’t get away from that.

“They should be asked to give an explanation as to why they should be different.”

Coun Bolt, also a Kirklees councillor, added: “The developer should make a contribution towards affordable housing.

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Riva Homes wants to build double the number of properties they won consent for in 2014.

Having bought the site from Kirklees, Coun Bolt believes the firm wants to maximise its return.

He said: “I’ve been seeking assurances that there was an ‘uplift’ clause in the contract of sale.

“A prudent contract of sale would have had such a clause so the council can get an extra payment if more homes were added.”

This, he said, could help with sewers, roads and school places and added: “Infrastructure is always a concern.”

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News In Brief Workers gearing up for charity bike trek MIRFIELD: Workers at a firm celebrating 100 years in business are gearing up for a week-long charity bike trek.

Seven staff from John Cotton plan to pedal 761 miles from Poland to Mirfield in September. It is part of the bedding company’s pledge to raise £100,000 for charity.

The cyclists are David Page, Alan Bodell, Dave McDanielson, Daniel Hickling, Tim Nellis, Marcin Berny and Edyta Paxton.

Causes supported include Kirkwood Hospice and the Yorkshire Cancer Centre.

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Four facing trial DEWSBURY: Four men accused of criminal damage and threatening behaviour are due to go on trial.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard that Ryan Donnelly, 18, of Howley Walk, Batley, Kieran Bennett, 20, of Primrose Hill, Batley, Paul Bennett, 20, of Withens Road, Birstall, and Darren Wilkinson, of Howley Walk, Batley, were allegedly involved in an incident on Low Road on December 27 last year.

Wilkinson is also accused of possessing an offensive weapon, a baseball bat, in public.

The trial was set to start this week but will be at a later date due to a witness being unavailable.

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Something for everyone at town’s arts jamboree

By David Miller THE FIRST Mirfield Arts Festival is just a week away – and there really is something for everyone.

A three-day jamboree with live music and drama, a pop-up sculpture park and photography exhibitions starts on Friday, July 15.

Venues include the library, St Paul’s Church, the Salvation Army Centre and the Creative Arts Hub. Most activities are free, such as a weekend-long display of floral art at St Paul’s Church.

A production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the West Yorkshire Drama Academy takes place in the church gardens at 2.30pm on Saturday, July 16.

For some events, there is a charge, such as the Monte Carlo Murder Mystery at Trinity Hall

Accused of threats to kill

at 5.30pm on July 15. The production is by the Q Trinity Drama Group, which meets at Trinity Methodist Church. Tickets (£4) are available from Patricia Middleham (01924 522993).

Visitors can try their hand at carving at the woodturning club and there are also printing demonstrations at the print workshop.

Canal trips and a water taxi service to Station Road are on offer at Shepley Bridge Marina.

Book and poetry readings,

A DEWSBURY man faces trial next month on charges of assault and making threats to kill. Mohammed Mughal, 34, of Newsome Street, is due to appear at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday August 17.

Last week he admitted breaching bail conditions granted at an earlier hear-

music from brass, steel and woodwind bands and Mirfield Choral Society add to a packed roster.

Backers include Mirfield Town Council, Kirklees Council and MP Paula Sherriff, who signed up as patron.

Even Sir Patrick Stewart is a fan and he said: “The Mirfield Arts Festival is an exciting and overdue idea. I wish it great success.”

Shops from Beadelicious and Ravello’s to groups such as the rotary club and round table are supporters.

Jenny Tomlinson Walsh, one of the organisers, explained: “Enjoyment is the aim of the festival.

“We hope visitors like what’s organised and see the many, various ways that the arts can be enjoyed. The arts are for everyone and can be great fun.”

ing. On June 20 and 21 he went to his child’s nursery and spoke with his partner, the complainant. He got into her car and had contact with her and her children, which was banned under the bail terms. Mughal pleaded guilty to the breach, which also bans him from her home, and was rebailed until his trial.

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NaviFest, held at the Navigation Tavern on Saturday, attracted throngs of people to the Station Road pub, with bands playing on a converted lorry trailer stage and an extra bar created outside to cope with demand.

Kirkwood Hospice and the Forget Me Not Trust will each receive half of the funds raised on the day.

Musical acts who performed included Gods of Fortune, The Tribute, Acoustic Skadom, Bisley, MacNac, Pac Band plus DJ Troy Ashton.

Pub landlord Kevin O’Donnell said: “It was the most we’ve ever raised in one day and it’s by far the busiest day of the year. People were incredibly generous and everyone had a wonderful time.”

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Kirklees Council were again instrumental in ensuring it was able to go ahead after crowdfunding failed to reach its target earlier this year.

Organiser Donal O’Driscoll (inset right) said: “Obviously I’m delighted to continue receiving the backing of our local councillors, but the tragic death of our local MP Jo Cox has been very difficult for me.

“Jo worked with me keen to build on the success of the town’s music festival.

“She wanted to see other events develop for Heckmondwike and build on its cultural diversity. I, like so many others, feel totally robbed of a very special person with such a huge and energetic talent.

“Add to that the death of my long-standing and always smiling ice cream man Sarfraz Khan and the serious illness currently being endured by Angie Greenwood, the head of my face painting team, and you’ll hopefully understand how difficult it’s going to be for me striking that balance of making it another very happy event.”

Despite it being a difficult year the organisers are determined to make it yet another memorable event, with Ska House finishing Saturday and Sunday being opened by the 20piece Mirfield Swing Band.

Last playing the event in 2013, the locallyrenowned Dewsbury band Eric The Viaduct will be making a welcome return on the Sunday and the hugely popular Heckmondwike and Liversedge band Eternal Teenage Syndrome will be playing on the Saturday.

The event takes place in Green Park Heckmondwike on Saturday and Sunday, July 16-17, from 11am each day.

People are advised to arrive in good time as places are limited, and not to bring any glass bottles into the park.

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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 WEDNESDAY JULY 20 SATURDAY JULY 30 FROM THE FLAT TOP OAKWELL & EAST BIERLEY Starts at 11am at the Flat Top Starts at 10.30am at the park Hotel, Thornhill (WF12 0HA, gates, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw SE251181) 7 miles – moderate (BD11 2DR, SE202282) 6.5 miles – (finishes at 3pm approx) moderate (finishes at 1pm approx) Contact: Jim Contact: Norma. Tel: 01274 Tel: 01924 469700 685343 or 07951 413012

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SPEN VALLEY Historical Society’s next meeting will be on Wednesday July 13, titled ‘Dawson City – the building of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs’ by Ann Kilbey.

Meetings are held in the Catholic Church Parish Hall on Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton, starting at 7.30pm, with refreshments served from 7.15pm.

The cost is £2 per meeting for members, £4 for guests and membership is £10 per year.

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A DANCE school in Mirfield is marking its 15th anniversary with a special celebration show involving hundreds of local families.

Back in the year 2000 a few Mirfield mums asked their friend and former dancer Katie Philpott to teach their toddlers a few dance steps.

Many of those children are now young adults embarking on their own journeys in the world of professional dance – and the Katie Philpott School of Dance is a flourishing academy.

This weekend the school is celebrating its anniversary with a dance extravaganza at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield called ‘KPSD – A Celebration!’

A cast of more than 300 students, aged from three to 53, will showcase a wide range of dance genres including ballet,

Poetry focus BI-MONTHLY Poetry in the Park event takes place tomorrow (Sat).

If you read poetry or write your own, then you are encouraged to come along to an informal, unthemed read-a-round in the upstairs of Dewsbury Museum.

Running from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, you can recite your own creations or public domain work.

tap, jazz, modern theatre, street dance, musical theatre, freestyle, contemporary, cheerleading and Disco Duck for preschoolers.

Based at the Wellhouse Moravian Church and Zion Baptist Church, Katie said: “I was so proud of how far the school has come since 2000 and our growth and success is purely down to all the hard work put in by my staff and students who are the heart and soul of KPSD.” The show is a look-back over 15 years of KPSD shows, revitalising popular classics and spicing things up with some new pieces and will feature favourites from Sister Act, Oliver, Bugsy Malone, Oklahoma and The King and I. The celebration takes place on Saturday and Sunday July 9-10 at 2.30pm and 7pm on each day, and tickets are now on sale.

Bronte celebration RED HOUSE Museum at Gomersal will be a feast of colour and scents this weekend, with floral arrangements in the historic room settings and award-winning gardens.

The ‘Brontës in Bloom’ event features displays by local groups and businesses inspired by the life and creativity of the Brontës.

Over the weekend there will be live music, refreshments, an exhibition of flower prints

by Charlotte Bronte, a book sale, staff in period costume and on the Saturday there will be a flower arranging demonstration.

The festival has been organised by Cleckheaton Rotary Club and the Friends of Red House Museum.

Friends group chairman Jacqueline Ryder said: ‘This festival has come along at just the right time to remind people that Red House is still open for business, in spite of Kirklees Council’s recent announcement that it is proposing to close Red House and Dewsbury Museum.

“The floral festival highlights the links between the Taylor family, who lived at Red House for 400 years, and Charlotte Brontë.’

“This year we are celebrating the 200th

anniversary of Charlotte’s birth. She was a regular visitor to Red House in the 1830s and in her novel ‘Shirley’ she featured the Taylor family as the Yorkes and Red House as Briarmains.”

The festival is open from 12noon to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Normal admission charges apply and access to some of the rooms is via stairs.

Kirklees Council is running a consultation exercise on the proposed museum closures and volunteers will be on hand at the flower festival to help you make your views known.

Local group’s artwork goes on display at Dewsbury Museum DEWSBURY Arts Group is holding its annual exhibition at Dewsbury Museum in Crow Nest Park from tomorrow (Sat).

On display will be 114 pieces of work by 24 local artists, amateur and professional. In addition, the featured artist of the summer show is the late Frank Mitchell (19352015).

Frank was a designer, draughtsman, lithographer and calligrapher who, for the whole of his working life, made a liv-

ing from his creative ideas.

Some of his design work will be on display alongside his paintings, which could be described as environmental abstracts.

The exhibition includes paintings in a variety of media and features landscapes, some of Dewsbury and the surrounding area and some of more exotic places, as well as historic architecture.

There are portraits and life drawings in watercolour, pencil

and pastel, as well as textile work which is sewn, appliquéd and woven tapestry.

There is also three dimensional sculpture in alabaster, marble and wood and a selection of ceramic pieces.

The exhibition can be viewed during the museum’s opening times of 11am-5pm Tuesday to Friday and 12noon5pm Saturday and Sunday.

Admission is free.

The exhibition is on show until Friday August 26.

Batley history walk DETAILED stories about Batley town centre’s buildings and people will be revealed by local historian Malcolm Haigh when he makes a tour of the area next Thursday evening, July 14.

The walk, which starts in the Market Place at 6.30pm, was originally scheduled to be the first of four walks but was cancelled because of the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox. Both Malcolm and the walkers felt they ought to go to the church service to mark Jo’s life.

The re-scheduled walk not only tells of the development of the town centre including the Town Hall, library, police station and Central Methodist Church but points out some of the characters who used to live in the centre and some of the features which have been altered over a period of time.

This year the walk is being extended slightly so that the people who turn up can also see some of the delights of the Station Road conservation area, including a feature which was only completed a few weeks ago.

The charge for each walker is £6.

Phoenix Players back in the district PHOENIX PLAYERS are returning to Batley.

Formed around 14 years ago, the am-dram group began life performing at Carlinghow Club, later moving to Batley Business and Enterprise College (now named Upper Batley High School) on Batley Field Hill, where they enjoyed many happy years.

Due to circumstances at the time and lack of a rehearsal venue, their final production at the school, ‘When We Are Married’, was three

years ago.

It proved a great success and a classic play to perform as their swansong in Batley.

Phoenix Players did continue, however, and produced annual joint productions with St Matthew’s Theatrical Society in Rastrick.

They are however delighted to announce their return to the school with another great classic, ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’, a comedy

by Joseph Kesselring.

Said to be one of the world’s most widely acclaimed classic comedy hits, it was made into a film starring Cary Grant.

The play directed by Karen Riding, a founder member, will see some new faces to Phoenix Players as well as regular members of the group.

Opening night is Thursday July 21, with performances also on Friday July 22 and Saturday July 23 at 7.15pm. Tickets are £7 and can be reserved by calling 01924 408197.

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INCE winning the BBC New Comedy Award for Stand-up as well as City Life Best Newcomer of the Year in 2001, Alan Carr has become one of the hottest comedy stars in Britain. Alan, who I met while filming at Westminster Live Studios in London, confided in me that he was thrilled to be touring Australia. “It’s a new challenge, but hopefully they will be up for a good laugh. But tell everyone Ann, I am not emigrating, just going for a holiday and a bit of a chat with fans...”

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PENNY DREADFUL creator John Logan has called time on the Sky and Showtime supernatural drama after three series. Sky bosses reveal that while the show was popular, it was not popular enough to sustain such a huge budget and spend given the recent ratings.

FIRST ITV wins The Voice from the BBC, now it seems they’re showing they want to march to the beat of a different drum by signing Rick Astlety as a coach.

A source tells me: “Thanks to his return to the top of the charts it proves more than ever it’s about talent and to them, The Voice, Rick personifies that.”

CHRIS COLLINS has made the shock announcement that he has quit BBC flagship consumer show Watchdog after six years as “he plans some new adventures”. The show is being given an overhaul after ratings slipped, so they plan to bring in two new presenters – one being Steph McGovern from BBC Breakfast as “she is popular with viewers”.

Ann Montini and Alan Carr she revealed. “Honestly it was mortifying in many ways, as it was our favourite show, but maybe a good thing when you think how things have turned out.”

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JUDGE RINDER may not be a judge at all in the loosest sense, as he trained in drama and found the courtroom was in fact the perfect place for a failed actor. “I did all the things you should do, but truly was getting nowhere, so I retrained and moved into law,” he said.

IF YOU enjoy seeing the revival of cartoon classics Top Cat and The Flintstones in current bank TV ads, then get even more excited, as the originals are having a digital clean-up and will be shown again on TV due to popular demand. “People love Top Cat and Fred, this campaign has just reignited that, so we’re happy to oblige,” a source tells me.

FOLLOWING the huge Christmas success of ‘And Then There Were None’ starring Aidan Turner, the BBC are adapting another of Agatha Christie’s classic books, The Witness For The Prosecution. The 1925 short story, which is yet to be cast, is being turned into a twopart adventure for the small screen by Sarah Phelps, who also adapted And Then There Were None.

FORMER Heartbeat actress Nikki Sanderson tells me she is fed up with all the repeats of the show on ITV3. “It’s not great to see yourself looking younger and slimmer is it? I never thought I was that great, but it’s only when looking back you think ‘hmmm I was okay I suppose’,”she giggled.

SARAH, Duchess of York, has told me a showbiz secret.

“My father Ron and I once entered The Generation Game, but we got rejected,”

KYM MARSH may be staying on Coronation Street, but her constant tabloid headlines are not helping her win any friends on the set, with many pondering, if indeed she rev-

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els in all the sensation that they cause.

“It would be nice if fans were able to focus on storylines rather than tabloid fluff, but it will pass hopefully,” one cast member told me.

THE BBC announced that the new series of Death in Paradise will feature two episodes filmed and set in London.

Usually filmed in Guadaloupe in the Bahamas, the BBC have decided to make savings by cutting back, and thus the show will be far cheaper and easier to film in the UK. SINITTA tells me: “The Masterchef judges are scarier than Simon Cowell, honestly just being in that kitchen is a challenge. When you’re at home you can work in a mess, but as it’s TV you have to clean up all the time, and that is tougher than the cooking for me.”

JOANNA LUMLEY is exploring Japan’s culture and travels to some of the most uncharted corners of the country’s islands in a new documentary series. Joanna’s previous travel documentaries have seen her exploring Greece, sailing up the River Nile and travelling more than 6,000 miles from Hong Kong to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

STRICTLY Come Dancing chiefs make the show’s professionals follow a bizarre list of rules – including a ban on setting up call centres to sway the public vote.

Dancers also cannot do their own make-up, cut their own hair or have cosmetic surgery “which might significantly alter their appearance”.

The BBC have decided to clamp down as some of the more PR-minded dancers are using the system for their “own advantage”. The dancers get £42,500 for five months’ work...

N THE words of Jessie J: “Seems like everybody’s got a price; “I wonder how they sleep at night; “When the sale comes first and the truth comes second, just stop for a minute and smile...”

There are sometimes instructors out there who want to get people signed up to train with them and who are not really that bothered about results.

This week I want to share the real-life struggles of running your own business and what makes it all worthwhile.

I can remember when I was younger I always thought that people who had their own business were minted!

I often saw ‘business’ people drive around in their fancy cars and park them outside their fancy houses and they had a few holidays each year.

People often say to me that I must be minted if I have my own business – if only!

Although I may not be financially wealthy, I am rich through my job satisfaction!

Running your own business can be lonely, I work unsociable hours, I have no-one to bounce ideas off, having a holiday requires planning in advance and I don’t get to phone in sick.

Since I started my business I have come face to face with various challenges, big and small.

The first time I stood in front of a group of people was a challenge. Now that is something that comes as second nature to me.

When my mum was ill there were days when I just wanted to sit in front of TV and cry, instead I had to put on a brave face and motivate clients to get

the best out of their training.

Every day we wake up and face new challenges, it’s how you deal with those challenges that count.

Every time I felt down and didn’t want to come and teach a session, I am so glad I did.

I rocked up, had an amazing group of individuals working their butts off and I came away smiling.

Every time I get an email from someone giving positive feedback, every time someone achieves a goal or hits a new milestone, every time I see someone glowing with health or shrinking in front of my eyes, that all gives me something money can’t buy.

You can’t put a price tag on health and fitness.

Remember, we are not in it purely for the money, job satisfaction and seeing you get results is what counts!

Andrea Fit 4 Force www.fit4force.co.uk info@fit4force.co.uk 07949 959 547

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you want someone who’s known locally, who’s accountable, and who’s keen to build up a reputation for doing a good job, at affordable prices.

So whether it’s someone to come visit your home to fix something, whether it’s a new hairstyle or something to buy for your home, spare a moment to think if you can get it locally, rather than taking your business out of the district.

That’s how we build local business, local friendships, and strengthen our communities – by keeping it local!

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HOPPING locally means receiving professional, personal service from people who care about their business, right on your own doorstep.

One of the common themes of modern life that people complain about is the breakdown of community – but it’s in our hands to make a difference!

Towns like Dewsbury, Mirfield, Batley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Ossett and areas like Liversedge, Gomersal, Birkenshaw, Healey, Ravensthorpe and Savile Town are the lifeblood of our communities – and the people plying their trade there are our neighbours.

The modern ‘convenience’ age of outof-town shopping centres, and the massive but personality-free supermarkets are an everyday part of our life.

But for real, friendly service, helpful personal advice that the bigger multinational businesses can’t match, and for a rich diversity of goods and services, you can’t beat the warm and friendly high streets on your doorsteps.

It’s the wide range of services available that sets your local town apart.

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25 years experience Director: Jason

Cars, Caravans, Motorhomes, Vans, Carpets & Upholstery, Driveways, UPVC Windows

Sirdar, King Cole & James Brett Yarns Available New seasons dress making patterns now available Haberdashery, needlework supplies & much, much more!

07717 805900

Tel: 01924 469500

01924 263 313 Convenient Free Parking & Public Transport

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CHARTERED SURVEYOR ¥ VALUER ¥ BUILDING ENGINEER ¥ BUILDING SURVEYOR 18 Broadgate, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 0PU Tel.Wakefield (01924) 275 275 Email: davidghorner1@btconnect.com Fax.Wakefield (01924) 271 860 David G. Horner FRICS FBEng Over 40 Years Local Knowledge and Professional Experience of the Types of Property in this Area ----------------------------Happy Birthday Jennifer, Ossett Gala Day 9th July Love & Best Wishes, All the family xx

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daily opening times restaurant 11.30am-10.00pm takeaway 11.30am-10.30pm

01924 274994

www.kingfisherrestaurant.co.uk 597 Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, WF4 3DA Just off Junction 39 M1

Takeaway or Dine at our restaurant

Your Local Are your double glazed units steamed up or full of condensation?

Jewellery You don’t need to replace the whole window... You only need to replace the glass!

• Est.1990 Specialist • We replace Glass, Discounts available for OAPs

We fit letterboxes from £35

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We can also fit new handles and anti-snap locks

Anti Snap Locks from £45 Have you got faulty glazing? Company no longer exists or your guarantee run out? fitted You don’t have to replace the window, we can repair them at a fraction of the cost of buying new ones

Call Tony your local service engineer for a free quote on 01924 412279 or 07974 700 789 www.repairs4windows.co.uk

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FREEPHONE 0800 074 8967 or 01924 450999

(Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)

Car Boot Sale The Area’s Biggest and Best Car Boot Sale every Sunday at Dewsbury Rams, Owl Lane, Dewsbury OPEN AS USUAL DURING GROUND DEVELOPMENT WORK Price £12 per car, opens at 6.00am, ring 01924 465489 for further details

NHS advice (urgent but non emergency) Tel 111 Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS) Tel 01924 542972.

Walk in centre A&E, Dewsbury & District Hospital.

Tel 01924 542695

Libraries

IRS / CAT 5 TV Sales, Repairs, Wall Mounting Free estimates CAI / RDI Accredited 22 Blacker Rd, Birkby, Hudds 01484 513322 /

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Batley Sports & Tennis Centre Tel 01924 565059 Batley Baths & Recreation Centre Tel 01924 565388 Dewsbury Sports Centre Tel 01924 565254 Spenborough Pool & Fitness Complex Tel 01274 891767 Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre Tel 01274 891019

Citizen’s Advice Dewsbury Tel 01924 487860 Kirklees Council Switchboard Tel 01484 221000 Police (non emergency) Tel 101

ULTIMATE GLASS Ltd is one of the leading glass manufacturers in the area – and with our experienced team our reputation goes from strength to strength.

With our same-day glazing service there’s no need to panic, we have helped out scores of local people in their hour of need.

We cut glass, mirrors, shelves and safety glass at our trade counter in Ravensthorpe.

Contact us on 01924 452500 or 07786 191217.

At www.ultimateglassltd.com you can take a look at examples of our previous work.

Paul Walker, proprietor

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FISHERIES

CABANON SATURN 4 BERTH TRAILER TENT £800 inc extras

Park House, High Road, Dewsbury Decorators

Electrical

DECORATORS David Grayshon & Son Interior & Exterior Decorators FREE ESTIMATES Insurance work undertaken

NO JOB TOO SMALL FREE QUOTES

Tel: 01924 477844 / 01924 443822 Mob: 07702 373315

ANYTHING ELECTRICAL

ALARMS, OUTSIDE LIGHTS Electrical Cookers Repaired Supplied & Fitted, No Job Too Small, 35 Years Experience, Same Day Service Available

0113 285 4563 or 07801 063911

DALE LANE QUALITY

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FAMILY RUN BUSINESS Telephone: 01924 507963 or 07887 501418 www.smelectricalcontractors.co.uk

Fencing

TS FENCING & PROPERTY REPAIRS All type of fencing, gates, decking, flagging & patios etc All types of property repairs, general handyman work.

Any Odd Jobs Big or Small

Call Tony 07939 018428

01924 402578

DALE LANE off WHITE LEE ROAD SAT NAV WF16 9NT

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Buyer to collect 01924 480171 07503 117381 MAHOGANY DINING ROOM FURNITURE Sideboard/display cabinet in two parts. Glass doors & lighting at top with 3 doors & central door at bottom.

Extending oval table & four chairs. All excellent condition & very clean.

Will sell separately.

Call 0113 256 6008 / 07443 455271

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Garages

DENCROFT GARAGES Concrete Garages & Sheds Dismantle & Bases Garage re-vamps Garage Doors

230 Bradford Rd, Batley Tel: 01924 461996 www.facebook.com/ThePressNews

GREENHOUSE GLASS IN STOCK

Ultimate Glass Ltd - Same Day Glazing

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07976 877 768

Electrical

Dewsbury & Mirfield – Paula Sherriff The Old Dewsbury Reporter Building Tel 01924 565450

Double Glazing Changed From As Little As £60

For Sale

MPs Batley & Spen 3–5 Branch Road, Batley Tel 01924 910499

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Fish & Chips

Kirklees Libraries Tel 01484 414868

Sport/Fitness Centres (KAL – Kirklees Active Leisure)

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Car body repairs

Imperial Motor Company 107 Bradford Road, Dewsbury Tel: 01924 461607 or 07860 754984

The Press – no other local paper can touch us on advertising prices!

Garage Doors

UP+OVER DOORS

fitted, repairs, remote supply only

from £295 01924 850141 07836 723821

Gardening Services

Let Dave do Your digging All gardening & Maintenance work Free estimates 20 yrs experience No job too small Please call 01924 527852 07875 052983

Gardening Services

Green & Tidy Garden Maintenance

• Lawns & Hedges • Regular or One-off tidy • Weeding • Jet washing • Commercial & Domestic • Fully Insured

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Tel 01924 494964 or 07860 711948

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SIMPSON DENNIS (Roofing Services)

All roof repairs. Insurance work Re-roofing, lead and chimney work – Reduction for OAPs All work guaranteed, free estimates Established 25 years

Home Improvements

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Tel Mirfield

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Mob: 07880 581977 Tel: 01924 468148 Roofing & property repairs, chimneys lowered, new roofs, strip and re-fix flat roofing.

Free estimates.

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Pointing, guttering

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OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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Electrics - Plumbing - Joinery Kitchens & Bathrooms

Interiors

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Sit Relax & Sleep

Keith Thackray

Friendly Family Business

Loft conversion specialist

Relaxed No Pressure Browsing Jonathan Grant Managing Director

Tel: 01924 274010 Mobile: 07812 599749 Email: sitrelaxsleep@gmail.com The Market Place, Ossett, WF5 8BQ

JOINERY

Over 28 years experience For a free estimate call 01924 450325 07710 503538

NELSON STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 1NA

Pest Control

PAINTING & DECORATING Telephone Steve

07884 495530 01924 476432

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Established for 20 years, we are a professional pest control company based in Cleckheaton and covering surrounding areas

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Exterior & Interior

Any gas appliance serviced £45+VAT then £15+VAT for each of others.

Combi boilers fitted with For All 7 year guarantee Your Heating Choose Experience & Plumbing T: 01924 689776 Needs M: 0758 1552797 301 Norristhorpe Lane, Liversedge

MAK Plumbing & Heating Telephone:

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Painting/ Decorating

CHECK FOR CARBON MONOXIDE

Any joinery work undertaken UPVC soffits & fascias Decking, windows & doors Kitchen & bedroom fitting

Master Locksmith

~~LEVEL LOADS ONLY~~ We cover Mirfield, Dewsbury, Ossett, Cleckheaton, Scholes, Thornhill & Batley ALL OF NORTH KIRKLEES

Asbestos garage removals HARD CORE AVAILABLE Including paper trail FREE TO Fully Licenced Waste COLLECT Recycling Centre Also remove 3 piece suites as separate items

Scrap Metal Wanted

Randle H me t: 01924 477415 m:07929 133 368

Ring for best price on Builders Skips for Green Waste

Please ring for further information Plumbing & Heating

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01924 465049 07967 706977

ALL PLUMBING WORK CENTRAL HEATING BOILERS BATHROOMS RING FOR FREE QUOTE Situations Vacant

LICENSING ACT 2003 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A PREMISES LICENCE

TAKE NOTICE that we, KIRKLEES PROPERTIES LIMITED, have applied to Kirklees Council under Licensing Act 2003, for the grant of a premises licence in respect of premises known as THE GEORGE HOTEL, PARKSIDE, CLECKHEATON, BD19 3RA For SALE OF ALCOHOL SUNTHURS 09.00-00.00, FRI-SAT 09.00-02.00. REG ENTERTAINMENT SUN-THURS 10.00-00.00, FRI-SAT 10.00-02.00. LATE NIGHT REFRESHMENT MON-SAT 23.00-02.00, SUN 23.00-00.00.

Interested parties and responsible authorities may make representations regarding the application where they believe that the proposed activities would undermine any of the four licensing objectives.

Any representations must be submitted in writing to the Licensing Office, Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LG or by email at licensing@kirklees.gov.uk by 28/07/2016 Persons wishing to inspect the Licensing Register may do so at the above address during normal office hours or online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/licensing It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application and on summary conviction would be liable to a fine not exceeding £5,000.

General Maintenance All insurance work undertaken 07901 750921 01924 485168

WILKINSON BROS SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

All Types Of Metal IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

• Copper • Brass • Lead • Aluminium and all types of cable (01924) 469409 14 Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury, WF13 3PH

YOU PAY HOW MUCH SCRAP CARS & VANS TO ADVERTISE?? WANTED CALL US ON

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Cash paid & free collection Open 7 days a week Tel 0800 050 9674 OR 07743 134616 S.D Metals Recycling

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Marketplace Turn your unwanted items

into cash £££s 1) Ring Adele on 01924 470296 (9.30am-4.30pm). Have your advert ready and you can pay by debit card (30p surcharge).

2) Call into the office at 31 Branch Road, Batley WF17 5SB and pay by cash, cheque or debit card (30p surcharge).

3) Post your advert and include your name and a contact number, along with cheque for payment.

ADVERTS must be no longer than 50 words.

(We cannot accept the following items: Motor vehicles, caravans, livestock. All listings will stay in marketplace for a maximum of two months. If you wish to amend your listing, or cancel when sold, contact or call 01924 470296.

NEW Epson Stylus SX425 3in-1 printer-scannercopier-wifi. Boxed, very good condition £10 ono.

Tel 01924 491306.

(1955) Mahogany dining table with six chairs, good condition £45 ono.

Buyer collects. Tel 01924 451882. (1956) Four drawer pine chest, good condition £25 ono.

Buyer collects. Tel 01924 451882. (1956)

This weekend only, to clear!

Sleigh Bed in Silver only 1 remaining don’t miss this bargain

WAS £895

NOW ONLY £599 — Must go!

Roll ends, Stock Rolls and Rugs all to clear for new stock arriving daily! Massive discounts, see in store for details.

All Insurance work can be accepted with FREE quotation

Birstall Mill Carpets & Beds t:

01924 420894

Most Debit and Credit Cards accepted

FREE PARKING OUTSIDE STORE AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

OVER 3,000 CARPETS & 1,400 VINYLS TO CHOOSE FROM

934 Bradford Road, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9PH ONLY 1 MILE FROM M62, JUNCTION 27

www.birstallmillcarpets.co.uk OPENING HOURS: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm • Saturday 9.30am-4pm • Sunday 11am-4pm

In front of Fuzzy Lemon Self Storage - Next to Funny Onion Café

Three gents’ leather jackets, size medium.

All good condition, £30 for all three. Tel 01924 518904. (1957) Modern, white pedestal wash basin with chrome taps, and waste pipe. No damage or marks, with matching low level toilet (water save cistern). Both clean, good condition £25, would seperate. Tel 01924 462494. (1958) Green gazebo for sale £15 ono. Tel 07806 431728. (1959) Garden hammock, padded, in blue and white. Unused, still in packagaing £10. Tel 07806 431728. (1959) Wanted: Hand push garden mower with roller.

Tel 01274 876814.

(1960) Samsung BD-H8900M SmartHub Blu-Ray 3D Player+HD. HDD built-in dual recording. Only three months old. £90 – cost £199.99. Tel 01924 495640.

CHILDREN’S GOODS/TOYS New child’s buggy, £10.

Tel 01924 4708866 (1941) As new, Razor Spark child’s scooter, with spare spark and manual £25. Tel 01274 874409. (1923) DIY Double aluminium ladder, suitable for window washing, painting etc. Very good condition £50 ono.

Tel 07881 598155 or 01924 452371. (1930) ELECTRICAL Bang and Olufsen record player/ radio/ recorder, plus 250 LPs. All excellent

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? ITEM bands

Cost per item

Up to £7: £8 - £25: £26 - £50 £51- £100 £101-£200 £201-£500 £501-£1450 £1,451 plus

£1 £2 £3 £4 £5 £7 £9 £11

condition, £300. Tel 01924 471065. (1932)

£20. Tel 01924 724680 (1927)

FABRIC/ FASHION/ CLOTHING New Hotter shoes, size 4ee, mustard colour, with tube of cleaner. Cost £71, accept £20 ono. Tel 01924 478723. (1947)

Small tiled top dark wood coffee table, in good condition £5.00. Tel 07790 568986. (Soothill) (1920)

Fridge freezer, cost £140 Argos 06/14. As new, Astar, 89 litre/29 litre £50.

Buyer collects, tel 07786 404627. (1929)

Cane conservatory furniture set, comprises of 1 x 2 seater settee, 1 chair, 1 footstool, 1 glass topped coffee table, 1 glass topped side table. All in very good condition £200.

Phone 01924 517994.

(1921)

LUGGAGE Two x two-wheeled suitcases, measurements 29” x 18” x 13” retractable handle, two external and two internal pockets, good clean condition, strong and durable, £10 each.

Tel: 07939 599381. (1942)

Teak display cabinet with glass front and lighting, three drawers, two cupboards. Excellent condition £40. Tel 01274 878450. (1922)

MISCELLANEOUS Plastic water cistern tank, with ball valve, 18 x 12 x 12 and holds up to 10 gallons. Three connectors suitable for central heating, garage, green house etc, £12. Tel 01924 462494.

Mother of the bride outfit, Condici size 18, dress/coat in pink and navy with pink hat. Worn once, cost over £200, will accept £60. Tel 07806431728. (1925) FURNITURE Corner TV stand, polished wood effect, glass doors, shelves, 42” long x 18” deep x 18” high. Very nice, clean condition bargain £25 ono. Could deliver locally. Tel 01924 462494. (1950) Work/kitchen table 3ft x 2ft formica top, wood design, legs unscrew; with two strong chairs and Ikea rise and fall stool, all unpainted. Used but clean £18. (Can deliver locally for small charge). Tel 01924 462494. (1946) Pine double bed frame with memory foam mattress. Good condition £50.

Tel 01924 506189/ 07590 610822. (1943) Pine 4ft 6” double bed, slatted base, head and foot boards. Good mattress, like new, used as guest bed, bargain £125.

Tel 01924 442430. (1941) Two-seater settee in grey & black cord, six months old £200. Tel 01924 423376. (1940)

HEATING Valor Dream gas fire, coal effect, in black & chrome with side controls. Cost £450 Xmas 2015, will accept £200. Absolute bargain, must be seen. Tel 01274 875178/ 07977 679703. (1948) HOMEWARE Approx 130-piece china crockery set – mainly cups, saucers and tea plates. Various patterns, used at wedding party.

Can deliver. Offers over £80, tel 01924 465760.

China tea service, white with gold trim, as new.

Includes 5 side plates, 6 salad plates, 6 cups and saucers, milk jug and sugar bowl; 25 pieces in all £20 ono. Tel 01274 876814. (1911) HOUSEHOLD Comfort Quest inflatable double mattress, new, still boxed, including pump £20. Tel 07766 394629.

(1931)

Tel 07766 394629. (1931)

Two cross fire grates, cast metal 13 inch x 8.25 inch stamped Parkray no. 79. £3.00 per pair, tel 01924 462494.

Parrot cage, 21 1/2” wide x 56” high, on wheels.

Good condition £20 ono.

Tel 01924 470866. (1951) Bath lift for sale £50. Tel 01924 264330. (1944) Pair 6ft ramps (portable) £50. Tel 01924 423376.

(1940) Pet cage – strong metal, measurements 26” x 41” x 28”, strong spring fastening door. Folds flat for storage, waterproof crate mat, £20. Tel: 07939 599381. (1942) Eight bales of meadow hay £3 per bale. Tel 01274 874851. (1917) MUSICAL Four Spanish guitars, £25 each ono. Tel 01924 402931 (1918)

Double bed with black frame and two storage drawers, faux leather £100. Tel 01924 423376.

(1940)

New lightweight bedroom type commode, £25 ono.

Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal). (1911)

Dark blue, three- seater, leather three-piece suite in very good condition £95. Tel 07531 775603.

(1934)

KITCHEN Wood effect, laminate breakfast bar top, 26” wide x 5ft long £50. Tel 07833 136856. (1945)

Stag oak bureau, 38” height, width 30”, depth 17”. In good condition, well looked after £50. Tel 01274 876814 (Gomersal) (1926)

Kitchen cupboard doors, glossy white, brushed steel handles; eight doors, three complete drawers.

Perfect condition £50. Tel 01924 724680. (1939)

WANTED WANTED – petrol lawnmower, working or in need of attention, must be inexpensive or free. Phone Graham 01924 493938.

(1915)

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CRICKET Promotion a distant dream for Gomersal

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

ANY LINGERING hopes of promotion Gomersal may have had seem to have disappeared after another sensational display of strength by runaway Championship B leaders Townville at Oxford Road, where they completed a 48run win in a rain-delayed game.

While Gomersal go to Altofts to lick their wounds this week Townville entertain Carlton with an impressive record of 11 wins from 11 games and a massive 53point lead over second-placed Wrenthorpe.

Although their game at Gomersal was scheduled to be played over 41 overs, Townville skipper Nick Bresnan declared on 261-8 after 35 overs. The innings included 28 fours and 14 sixes with one-time Northants, Essex and Spen Victoria batsman Tim Walton scoring 53, Jack Hughes 87 and Connor Harvey 61 off 23 balls.

Despite being given those six extra overs Gomersal, fielding three second team players, could muster only 213 for nine in reply but there were half-centuries from Adam Greenwood (67) and Richard Weir (50).

Batley still lead Championship A after a 96-run derby win over second-bottom Birstall at Mount Pleasant, and they will renew old CYL rivalries this week when they go to Ossett.

Against Birstall they posted a modest 177 in 48 overs, Kashif Talib (64) top-scoring, and the visitors made only 81 in reply as Tariq Hussain took 4-23 in 14.5 overs and there were two wickets apiece from Muhammed Shahnawaz and Aqsad Ali. Ossett were four-wicket winners over Liversedge in their last game. Liversedge have slipped to fourth bottom and now face an important game at home to Keighley, while in the Premier Division Hanging Heaton will look to shake off the disappointment of defeat at Farsley when they take on Woodlands at Bennett Lane hoping to keep pace with current leaders Pudsey St Lawrence.

Cleckheaton haven’t quite clicked this season and though their four-wicket win over Lightcliffe in their last game leaves them currently occupying a mid-table position, they are only 11 points clear of second-bottom Morley and won’t need reminding of the importance of this week’s clash between the two sides at Morley.

Conference leaders Northowram, seven-wicket winners over Crossbank in their last game, are at home to second-bottom Adwalton, Crossbank are now at home to East Ardsley, while third-placed Buttershaw St Paul’s, with two games in hand on the top two, go to Heckmondwike and Carlinghow for what could be the match of the day in this division.

Buttershaw are hot favourites to win promotion but a full-strength Heckmondwike have already proved they are a match for any Conference side and a keen contest is in prospect.

ATHLETICS

Byram leads home Dewsbury runners at half marathon ANDREW BYRAM was first to cross the finish line for the Dewsbury Road Runners team at the Southport Half Marathon.

He finished 127th in a time of 1:33:25, followed by Wayne Ryan, who completed the 13-mile race in a personal best 1:36:20 to finish 163rd.

Other notable performers included Steve Chapman 1:41:36 (267th), Paul Smith 1:44:35 (324th) and Andrea Woodside 2:14:23 (941st).

Meanwhile in the recent Humber Bridge Half Marathon the results were: James Morris 1:23:14 (23rd), Tim Dean 1:30:14 (66th), Andy Dean 1:32:19 (83rd), Kieran Pickles 1:32:44 (91st), Andrew Byram 1:34:02 (106th), Wayne Ryan 1:39:34 (199th), Steve Chapman 1:42:08 (264th), Paul Smith 1:49:44 (502nd), Cat Furness 1:52:28 (588th) and Theresa Bollan 2:26:01 (1531st).

DEWSBURY BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS: TUESDAY JUNE 28: 1 W and J Davies;

2 A Haith and G Clarke; 3 P McKenzie and L Sargent.

Scholes aiming for Priestley Cup semis SCHOLES will try again this weekend to complete their rain-disrupted Priestley Cup quarter-final tie with Lightcliffe at New Popplewell Lane.

The Priestley Cup has been badly affected by the weather this summer, with several games failing to go the full 50 overs, but through it all Scholes have managed to throw off their disappointment with league results to make it to the last eight of the Bradford League’s premier cup competition.

Skipper James Stansfield has been carrying the Scholes attack in recent weeks, but in pacemen Yasir Ali, James Harding and Chris Jackson they could have the firepower to upset the Lightcliffe batting if everyone clicks.

Harding could be particularly dangerous if he can recapture the wicket-taking form that saw him demolish the early Morley batting in the second round with an impressive 6-36 return in his 10 overs – removing six of the first seven batsmen – but Lightcliffe will be no pushovers.

Awaiting the eventual winners of this delayed tie is a semi-final clash, next Sunday, at home to current Premier Division leaders Pudsey St Lawrence.

Hanging Heaton’s hopes of claiming a semifinal place disappeared at cup holders Bradford and Bingley when they fell just 10 runs short of Bingley’s 233-8.

Tom Chippendale’s 4-38 kept the home side’s runs down but opener Jack Edgar proved to be the biggest obstacle with a knock of 115 that included six sixes and seven fours.

In reply skipper Gary Fellows (41) and Nick

James Harding bowling for Scholes Mike Popplewell

Connelly (31) got Hanging Heaton off to a good start with an opening stand of 74, but while seven more men reached double figures the target proved just beyond them and the Bennett Laners were left to reflect on the 18 wides and one no-ball that ultimately proved decisive.

Bingley will now face a home semi-final tie with Oakenshaw side Woodlands, who were 10-wicket winners in a quickfire victory over Baildon.

The Priestley Shield semi-final matches are now set with Hanging Heaton’s seconds through, after a win over East Bierley on a faster scoring rate, but no joy for Cleckheaton, beaten by Woodlands, or Ossett, who lost to Farsley on a faster scoring rate, while Bowling Old Lane won an all-Bradford affair at Idle.

Old Lane will now play host to Hanging Heaton next week while Farsley are at home to Woodlands.

Promotion-chasing Conference side Buttershaw St Paul’s are through to the semifinals of the Jack Hampshire Trophy, beating Azaad by eight wickets, and they will now be at home to Keighley, winners by just seven runs at East Ardsley, while Adwalton, 26-run winners over Lower Hopton, play Ossett.

Ossett join fellow Championship side Keighley in the last four after a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Gildersome.

Khalid Usman took 4-13 in his eight overs to help bowl out Gildersome for 74 and Ossett openers Richard Whitehurst, 38 off 27 balls, and Harvey Anderson (31) saw their side home with 10 wickets to spare in a match lasting just 36.1 overs.

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

Celtic bounce back with thumping win DEWSBURY CELTIC UNDER-15S romped to a 50-0 victory over Dearne Valley Bulldogs and in doing so completed the league double over their Yorkshire Junior League Division Three rivals.

Connor Appleyard’s unselfish offload put Jacob Feiweles in for a try in the opening exchanges. Heaton converted to give Celtic a 6-0 lead.

George Hirst and Cameron Berry crossed for tries shortly after following good work from Liam Metcalf.

Celtic were 16-0 up after just 10 minutes without having made a tackle in defence, but their next try didn’t come until five minutes before the break when Berry scooted over from short range for his second. Jack Kelly converted.

Early in the second period Lewis Teale went over to make it 26-0 before Jacob Carr and Teale combined to send Niall McKinnell over for an acrobatic score in the corner.

Alex Wightman also bagged himself a try for Celtic, which Heaton goaled.

This was followed by further tries from Feiweles, Ethan O’Hanlon and Kieran McFall to round off a sublime win over the Bulldogs.

Celtic played Newsome Panthers last night and now prepare for their trip to face Oulton Raiders (Sunday, 10.30am).

DEWSBURY MOOR UNDER-14S outclassed Doncaster Toll Bar 28-4 at Carr Lane to stay third in Yorkshire Junior League Division One. McGowan and Wilson both bagged tries for the Maroons before Connor Charlesworth put the game to bed with Moor’s third. Opposition man of the match Tom Berry and Frost added Dewsbury’s conversions.

Coaches’ man of the match Jay

Haywood-Scriven, Brad Llewellyn, Berry and Hirst rounded off the try-scoring for Moor and Taylor Franklin was accurate with the boot.

The parents’ man of the match honours went to Sam Hartley and Aaron O’Neil.

Dewsbury Moor play league leaders Brighouse Rangers away on Sunday (July 10, 10.30am).

Elsewhere BIRSTALL VICTORIA and DEWSBURY CELTIC’S UNDER-11S sides locked horns last weekend.

A Birstall debut was handed to Rupert Fink, who played well, marking the occasion with the man of steel and best trainer awards following a great performance.

Birstall went over for nine tries altogether through Verne Capstick (hat-trick), Harry Avis (two), Jack Mysak, Billy Bentley, Joe Hargreaves and Harry Townend.

There were also successful goal kicks for Avis, Mysak, Bentley, Capstick and Cohan Burnham.

Hargreaves was named best defender while Capstick went home with the attacking contribution and best opponent honours. Mysak bagged the supporters’ star accolade.

Birstall play host to Keighley Albion this weekend.

BIRSTALL VICTORIA UNDER-8S welcomed Sheffield Hillsborough to White Lee last time out and played some attractive rugby.

Alfie Watson picked up the 100 per cent effort award for some fantastic footwork that resulted in him scoring six tries.

Jack Pickles excelled in defence to bag the top tackler award, but also scored nine tries.

Alfie Watson on a charge for Birstall Victoria Under-8s against Sheffield Hillsborough

But, it was Sam Whiteley who won the magic moment honours for his length-ofthe-field try.

Billy West went home with the most improved award thanks to his four-tryhaul.

Elsewhere Harrison Stevens scored six tries and was awarded the opposition man of the match prize and Harley Aston and Archie Walker collected the two man of the match awards for scoring eight and six tries respectively.

Other try-scorers included Max Grinhaff (15), Harley Trapps (six), Jack

Kirkaldy (nine) and Charlie Orr (two).

And finally SHAW CROSS SHARKS UNDER-8S narrowly lost out to East Leeds in a hard-fought encounter.

Ben Tranter was named opposition man of the match for his efforts while Seb Jeffers claimed the top tackler prize.

The parents’ award was handed to Isaac Redgwick for improvement in defensive work, Frankie Beverley for his numerous try-saving tackles and Tranter who was impressive in attack.

The Sharks juniors host Drighlington on Sunday (July 10).

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Thornhill upset the odds against Askam

Weakened Celtic annihilated by masterful Leigh NCL Division Two

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at Crow Nest Park NCL Division Two

ASKAM

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THORNHILL TROJANS

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at Fallowfield Park THORNHILL TROJANS rediscovered their early season form in National Conference League Division Two after beating promotion hopefuls Askam 43-22.

But the game was marred by a broken leg sustained by Askam’s Ethan Guy midway through the second half.

He had scored Askam’s opening try as they clawed back an early Trojans touchdown from Anthony Harris and a Sam Ratcliffe conversion.

A Joss Ratcliffe try, goaled by Sam

Ratcliffe, was matched by a Sam Dowsett try and a Dan Sayle goal as the Trojans led 12-10 at the break.

Tries from Jake Wilson, Andrew Bates and Joss Ratcliffe, plus three Sam Ratcliffe goals, made it 30-10 before the injury.

It seemed to spur Askam on and they replied with tries from Garry Bolton and Tom Wilkinson plus two Sayle goals.

But a Liam Morley drop-goal made it 31-22 and the game was then put beyond doubt in the final seven minutes, with Trojans tries from Luke Haigh and Sam Ratcliffe, who converted both.

The Trojans jumped to sixth after the win and are within a point of a place back in the top five.

They hope to make it back-to-back wins with a victory over Hunslet Club Parkside tomorrow (Sat July 9, 2.30pm).

Depleted Sharks thrashed on the road NCL Division One

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at Close Street A THREADBARE Shaw Cross Sharks side were glad to hear the final whistle following a 30-0 thumping by National Conference League Division One leaders Thatto Heath Crusaders.

Playing the league’s in-form side is tough at any time but the Sharks made it doubly difficult as they had only 15 players.

Poor discipline let both sides down, with Thatto’s Chris Frodsham and Bradley Ashurst and Sharks’ Sam Ottewell and Jamie Davies all sin-binned.

Adam Prendergast opened the scoring for Thatto after just three minutes with a try converted by Shaun Quinn.

Quinn went on to land all of his five conversions, three in the first half, as the home side went in 18-0 to the good at the break.

Man of the match Nathan Ashurst added a second Thatto try on 24 minutes, with one for Danny Wakefield as half-time approached.

Resilience by the Sharks ensured the final Thatto tries from Wakefield and Niall Allen

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didn’t come until the final 10 minutes.

The Sharks will hope for better when they face Ince Rose Bridge tomorrow (Saturday July 9, 2.30pm) as the Leeds Road side look to resurrect what has been a poor campaign to date.

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Maroons resurgence comes to an end Conference League Division Three following a disappointing 26-12 home defeat to Woolston Rovers.

A dominant second-half performance by the visitors saw them beat in-form Dewsbury Moor and consolidate second spot in the division.

The hosts were the better side in the first half and they led 12-4 at the

NCL Division Three

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WOOLSTON ROVERS

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at Carr Lane DEWSBURY MOOR MAROONS slipped outside the top five in National

interval.

Toby Richardson gave the home side a third-minute lead with a try, converted by James Eatherley, with the same combination doubling the lead on 23 minutes.

Rovers’ first half reply came from a Cameron Davies try.

The Maroons’ cause wasn’t helped by Chris Mortimer and Jordan Foster both

being sin-binned for dissent as Rovers pushed on.

Sean Conway, Davies and man of the match Justin Becker all went in for tries as Will Chadwick, who also crossed the whitewash, landed two conversions and a penalty.

Moor will look to bounce back away at Drighlington tonight (Friday July 8, 7pm).

DEWSBURY CELTIC proved no match for National Conference League high-flyers Leigh East, falling to an embarrassing 746 defeat.

Leigh ran in 13 tries to pour more misery on Celtic’s season, but with many players and coaches attending a wedding the home side were always expected to struggle.

Tom Fletcher set the ball rolling with a try before the first of a hat-trick for Ihaka Watene as East racked up a half-time lead of 46-0.

The other first half tries came from man of the match Andy Ball, Josh Adudwumaa, a second for Fletcher, Pat Grainey and Curtis Littlewood.

Ball added another as the second half got underway before a brace from Chris Dootson and one from Jay Yarwood.

Watene then completed his treble. Tom Worthington kicked 11 goals from 13 attempts.

The solitary try for Celtic came six minutes from time from Nadar Amini.

Celtic will expect to prove a tougher test for Salford City Roosters when they meet tomorrow (Sat July 9, 2.30pm).

Carter’s tries help Trojans climb table YML Division Four

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at Overthorpe Park THORNHILL Trojans A returned to winning ways in Yorkshire Men’s League Division Four by completing the double over Garforth Tigers thanks to a convincing 5232 win.

Scott Carter was in fine form, scoring four tries for his side and in doing so won the man of the match award.

Adam Johnson was another player who waded in with four tries, while first-teamer Danny Ratcliffe dictated play.

Anthony Broadhead was another senior player in the Trojans A ranks and contributed to the victory with a try, as did youngster Jordan Clough.

Full-back Richard Llewellyn was also on fire with the boot kicking six goals.

Meanwhile Chris Woodcock featured in a Trojans shirt once again, having returned to England from South Africa to visit family.

The win puts the Trojans up to fourth in Division Four after leapfrogging Garforth.

The Overthorpe Park side have since been preparing for what is set to be a tough encounter away at local rivals Birstall Victoria tomorrow (Sat, 2.30pm).

Maloney kicks off Stags reign with narrow defeat YML Premier Division

MIRFIELD STAGS

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SHARLSTON ROVERS

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at Hillrich Park MIRFIELD STAGS pushed undefeated league-leaders Sharlston Rovers all the way last Friday night as the duo clashed for the first time in the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division with the hosts losing 27-22.

The Stags started superbly and

went into a three-score lead during a totally one-sided opening quarter.

However Rovers, the reigning champions, rallied to lead narrowly at the break.

The two sides traded blows throughout the course of the second half but Mirfield found themselves with a little too much to do as the closing stages approached.

Lewis Martin got the hosting Stags on the scoresheet within six minutes, completing a flowing move which began with playercoach Francis Maloney.

Martin doubled his and Mirfield’s tally shortly after, crossing again in the left corner.

And the home side extended their advantage via the boot of star three-quarter Braden Hunter, who added a penalty goal to the Stags’ tally, having converted both tries, to make it 14-0.

Josh Field hit back for Sharlston, however, having ripped through the Mirfield line, and pressure told when Adam Jones further reduced the arrears for the Rovers, with eight minutes of the first half

remaining.

Jack Kirkmond sealed a half-time lead for the away side, stretching out to score from close range.

Jorge Richardson extended the Rovers’ advantage early in the second half and Jones’ second score put the game beyond any doubt as the game approached the closing stages.

Jake Richardson added a Sharlston drop-goal, the Wakefield club’s third score in 12 minutes, before Wayne Wilson posted a belated Stags response.

Leon James set up a tense climax, as boss Maloney looked to inspire an incredible fightback, the winger crossing out wide.

But the experienced Rovers clung on to claim another two points, moving them further clear at the summit.

The Stags have shown improvement under the guidance of Maloney but the former Super League player has still to get his first win on the board as coach.

Mirfield are way at Beverley Braves tomorrow (Sat, 2.30pm).

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KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH STATS: WHITEHAVEN 4. Jessie Joe Parker 2. Craig Calvert 3. Chris Taylor 6. Dion Aiye 25. Ryan Ince 7. Grant Gore 14. Thomas Coyle 19. Glenn Riley 13. Liam Carberry 32. Andy Yates 21. John Paul Brocklebank 30. Ugo Perez 17. Stephen Fox SUBS: 16. Connor Holliday 26. Ted Chapelhow 9. James Newton 15. Ben Davies

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Batley remain fourth after hard-earned win Kingstone Press Championship

BATLEY BULLDOGS 22. Dave Scott 2. Wayne Reittie 30. Joe Chandler 3. Chris Ulugia 31. Shaun Ainscough 6. Cain Southernwood 7. Dom Brambani 8. Keegan Hirst 20. Alistair Leak 21. James Brown 19. Alex Bretherton 29. Frankie Mariano 15. Adam Gledhill SUBS: 10. Alex Rowe 13. Pat Walker 14. James Davey 18. Tom Lillycrop

7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7

WHITEHAVEN Tries: Gore (11), Calvert (61).

Goals: Brocklebank 0/2.

BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: Brown (24), Reittie (46), Gledhill (58).

Goals: Walker 2/4.

Referee: J Bloem / Half-Time: 4-4 / Penalties: 7-10 / Sin Bin: Chapelhow / Sent Off: None / Weather: Sunny with showers / Man of the Match: Stephen Fox / Attendance: 571 / Match Rating: 3/5

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at the Recreation Ground BATLEY proved their top-four credentials with a hard-fought win over Whitehaven, who slipped into the relegation zone as the Bulldogs consolidated fourth spot.

The two sides had two tight competitive fixtures in nine days earlier in the season, when Batley won both games by a point.

The opening stages of this match showed it was going to be another tight affair and it was the Bulldogs who came out on top again.

But the home side struck the first blow and took the lead after 11 minutes through stand off Grant Gore.

He got the ball after an overlap had been created. He exposed the gap which had been opened to score.

John-Paul Brocklebank missed the near touchline conversion.

But despite the home side’s score, Batley were on top and were always

Wayne Reittie outpaces his opponents to score a decisive try in the corner Andrew Winner favourites to score next.

After coming close on a few occasions, they were helped by a penalty for lying on in the tackle and the sinbinning of prop Ted Chapelhow.

From the resulting set, James Brown piled over from dummy half after poor defence from the home side at marker.

The visitors couldn’t take further

advantage of the yellow card and the scores were level at the break.

Batley came out for the second half three minutes before the home side and it looked like they had the words of John Kear ringing in their ears.

Whatever Kear said, it worked.

Batley dominated the opening 20 minutes of the second period and scored two tries to secure victory.

Wayne Reittie got the opening try of the half as he sped past his fellow winger to get on a Dom Brambani grubber towards the corner. Reittie grounded the ball and set up a difficult touchline conversion for Pat Walker, who slotted the ball over.

The second try of the half came just before the hour mark and it was Adam Gledhill who powered over after a quick play the ball following a Brown break. Walker slotted over his second conversion of the evening.

The home side hit back quickly through winger Craig Calvert to give them hopes of a comeback, but Brocklebank missed the conversion and Batley had an opportunity to extend their advantage when they were awarded a kickable penalty goal but it was missed by Pat Walker.

Rams outclassed by promotion-chasing London Kingstone Press Championship

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LONDON BRONCOS

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at the Tetley’s Stadium DEWSBURY RAMS struggled against Andrew Henderson’s high-flying Broncos in what was a dominant performance from the promotion-chasers as their second-half showing sealed a 34-6 win to take back to the capital.

The Rams handed a home debut to Mitch Stringer and a second debut to Bobbie Goulding, who returned to the club following a spell in Australia. He was drafted into the squad following the withdrawal of the ill Andy Kain.

Following three consecutive penalties, the Broncos broke the deadlock when Wes Naiqama cut inside from his wing before rounding full back Josh Guzdek for a good individual try.

The Fijian international converted his own touchdown, but the Broncos allowed the restart to trickle dead and the Rams almost made them pay.

Matt Groat charged over the line but the touch judge ruled that the ball wasn’t grounded.

The Rams continued to pour forward and Jason Crookes went close.

The end-to-end nature of the contest continued before a charged-down kick on the last created an opportunity for London to send Israel Eliab over on the right. Naiqama converted well from the touchline.

A chance for London to score a third try went to waste when Api Pewhairangi knocked on in a good position.

Dewsbury went close again when Paul Sykes kicked from the first play

at a scrum for Crookes to chase, but the bounce was unkind and the ball ran dead.

The Rams finished the half camped in London territory, but couldn’t score.

London made a strong start to the second half and began to dictate the pace of the game.

The Rams’ only chance during this early period was wasted with an unforced error on the second tackle which offered London the chance to pour forward in search of a try.

And they seized the chance when Eliab showed immense strength to hold off an attempted cover tackle and plonk the ball down. Naiqama added an excellent conversion from the right touchline.

The game-breaking score came in the 55th minute when Mark Ioane crashed over from a short ball.

Naiqama converted from in front of the posts to make it 24-0 and London piled on the misery just before the hour, when Rhys Williams sprinted clear and scored.

The Rams’ afternoon was summed up when an over-cooked pass ruined a try-scoring chance.

The hosts eventually scored with just over 10 minutes remaining when Josh Guzdek supported a Shane Grady burst and snapped up the centre’s timely offload.

The try signalled the beginning of a purple patch for the hosts, but Glenn Morrison’s side were unable to add to their tally and it was London who scored last through Matt Garside.

Josh Guzdek (above) and Joel Farrell struggled to break through the London Broncos defence Steve Horsfall

MATCH STATS: DEWSBURY RAMS 1. Josh Guzdek 2. Dale Morton 42. Lucas Walshaw 4. Shane Grady 15. Jason Crookes 6. Paul Sykes 36. Bobbie Goulding 8. Matt Groat 17. Dom Speakman 32. Kyle Trout 12. Scott Hale 11. Rob Spicer 14. Luke Adamson SUBS: 19. Nathan Conroy 25. Joel Farrell 45. Mitch Stringer 33. Paul Jackson

8 7 8 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7

LONDON BRONCOS 32. Elliot Kear 2. Rhys Williams 1. Ben Hellewell 6. Israel Eliab 4. Wes Naiqama 26. Api Pewhairangi 20. Scott Leatherbarrow 18. Jamie Thackray 14. Andy Ackers 10. Eddie Battye 11. Daniel Harrison 21. Alex Foster 15. Jack Bussey SUBS: 9. James Cunningham 12. Matt Garside 8. Nick Slyney 16. Mark Ioane

8 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8

DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: Guzdek (68).

Goals: Sykes 1/1.

LONDON BRONCOS Tries: Naiqama (14), Eliab (23, 50), Ioane (55), Williams (59), Garside (79). Goals: Naiqama 5/6.

Referee: Mikalauskas / Half-Time: 0-12 / Penalties: 10-4 / Sin Bin: None / Sent Off: None / Weather: Sunny, cool / Man of the Match: Israel Eliab (London) / Attendance: 645 / Match Rating: 3/5

Send your sports reports, news and photos to Joseph Link at joe@thepressnews.co.uk

Kear urges fans to get behind Batley

By Joe Link Sports Reporter joe@thepressnews.co.uk

COACH John Kear has called for fans to turn out in force for Batley’s penultimate home game of the regular season.

The Bulldogs chief is preparing his side for back-to-back home games, the first of which is against fellow top four challengers Featherstone tomorrow (Sunday, 3pm) before the visit of full-timers London Broncos a week later.

Following a hard-fought win against Whitehaven last time out Batley are now three points clear of Bradford and Featherstone in the race for the middle eights with just three games remaining before the split.

And a win for the Bulldogs on Sunday would end Featherstone’s hopes of a place in the top four.

“It’s going to be a huge game,” admitted Kear.

“Possibly the biggest home game I’ve overseen during my time at Batley, but then again I think every match is incredibly important and I’m up for all of them.

“The players have worked so hard this season though, so I hope there will be a big crowd to cheer them on, I think they’ve earned it with the consistent performances they’ve been putting in.”

Batley will be approaching this weekend’s clash confident of getting a result following their Challenge Cup success over Featherstone at Mount Pleasant back in

April. The Bulldogs won that tie 28-10 thanks to a dominant second-half performance.

“We know we have the beating of Featherstone which is good,” said Kear.

“But the last time we played them was a long time ago and that result will have no impact on the outcome on Sunday.

“Both games we’ve played Featherstone this season have been really close battles.”

On the injury front Batley have no fresh concerns after Shaun Ainscough came through the win at Whitehaven unscathed, having been thrown back into the team a week ahead of schedule.

The winger was suffering with a foot injury but was called upon at the last minute after Alex Brown became ill whilst travelling to Cumbria.

Brown has trained since the weekend and is also in contention for a place in Kear’s squad to take on Featherstone.

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Sawyer admits exceeding budget DEWSBURY RAMS chairman Mark Sawyer has admitted his side’s season has ‘become disappointing’ both on and off the pitch.

Sawyer is optimistic Glenn Morrison’s squad can muster a rare win away at the Championship’s bottom-placed side Workington this Sunday (3pm).

But last time out the Rams were comfortably beaten by high-flyers London Broncos as the Owl Lane side continue to look over their shoulders, sitting just three points above the relegation zone.

“It’s hard to keep making excuses, at the end of the day I hoped we’d be in a much stronger position at this stage of the season,” said Sawyer.

“We have had injuries and Glenn (Morrison) has had to swap and change things far too often which is never easy, but at the same time we’ve not been good enough.

“No-one expected Ben Reynolds to go back to Leigh either and at half-back we have had no consistency, but errors have proved really costly at times and

we’ve lost some games by just a few points because of them.

“But I do know all the staff are very committed at this club and the team is more than capable of distancing itself from the drop.”

Dewsbury’s injury-wrecked season has had implications off the field as much as on it.

Sawyer added: “Financially we’ve really struggled this season and have gone way over our budget.

“We hoped the reserve side would be a success but the competition structure in place and lack of teams competing meant we had to fold the side, which was hard to do given the money we’d put into it.

“We had hoped we would drift away from relying on dual-reg and create our own talent pool but it didn’t work out.

“We’ve also had a lot of injuries and we have been forced to bring players in on loan which has increased the wage bill.

“Even some of the players we have signed have got injured which sums up

what has become a really disappointing season so far.

“Even the attendance figures are down on last year, but I feel that’s more to do with the travelling support rather than our our fans not turning up.”

Nevertheless the club’s new allweather training pitch is set to be completed by the end of the season and Sawyer has confirmed it will be available for hire to bring in extra revenue for the club.

The Rams chairman also admits he would welcome the much speculated ground share agreement with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats next season.

“The ball is entirely in their court,” said Sawyer.

“They feel the need to build a new home for themselves, or at least upgrade Belle Vue, but in the meantime I would be happy for them to play at the Tetley’s Stadium.

“It would mean we shared the running costs which would inevitably give us more money to spend on our squad.”

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