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So ... is it or isn’t it? Health bosses struggle to answer coronary care unit closure question IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS – PAGES 4-5 HEALTH chiefs finally admitted Dewsbury District Hospital’s heart unit is shut after days of confusion. The Press was unable to officially verify closure claims which emerged last Thursday, amid a denial from the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. It took until Tuesday for that to be exposed as limited to the fact that other cardiology services remain at Dewsbury. But the main coronary care unit (CCU), including all 11 beds, is now at Pinderfields Hospital. The move, in operation from last Thursday, was mentioned in trust board papers about the creation of a “single coro-
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nary care unit at Pinderfields”. Media reports suggested that all heart patients in North Kirklees would no longer be seen at Dewsbury. Mid Yorkshire, when asked just before The Press went to print last week, said these claims were not true. Their denial centres on the fact that the CCU is part of a wider cardiac service – the rest of which has not been moved from Dewsbury. A spokeswoman wrote in an email:
“Please find attached our release regarding the centralising of the CCU – it is not closing.” The statement implied services at Dewsbury remained but the exact fate of the CCU was not made clear. On Tuesday, when asked for a straight ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on closure, a spokesman added to the confusion. He said: “It depends on what you mean by ‘unit’. If you mean a number of beds in a ward then they are all at Pinderfields. “If you mean a service with doctors and other facilities then those still remain at Dewsbury.” In between Kirklees councillors and Unison were unable to shed light, though
second-hand claims of closure emerged. One CCU worker was alleged to have told a source all beds had been moved to Pinderfields along with their job. Finally on Tuesday Mid Yorkshire admitted the truth – that the CCU is indeed closed. The denial which caused confusion is related to the fact that the rest of the cardiology service remains. This is for the less seriously ill who form the majority of patients and who continue to be treated at Dewsbury. The trust told the North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group the following at a meeting in June:
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PADGETT NEE COOK HEATHER
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On 8 August, at her home in Kirkheaton, aged 55. Funeral at Huddersfield Crematorium on Wednesday 19 August at 10.30am.
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Deaths BERRY ROY On 10 August, aged 87. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Friday 21
August at 10.30am.
BLACKBURN ALLEN On 9 August, at Croft House Care Home, Gawthorpe, and formerly of Batley, aged 78.
Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Monday 17 August 2015 at 3.15pm.
Crematorium on Thursday 20 August at 11.15am.
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BRIERLEY JEAN On 3 August, aged 81. Funeral today, Friday 14 August, at Dewsbury Crematorium at 2pm.
BRIGGS HARRY On 7 August, of Gawthorpe, Ossett, aged 73. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Wednesday 19 August 2015 at 12.30pm.
BYRNE BRIAN On 3 August, of Liversedge, aged 80. Funeral at Roberttown Parish Church on Tuesday 18 August at 2.15pm followed by interment in Liversedge Cemetery.
CLIFFORD BARBARA LYNNE NEE BUCKLEY On 8 August, of Birkenshaw, aged 67. Funeral at Dewsbury
On 6 August, of Flockton and formerly of Cleckheaton and Scholes, aged 77. Funeral at Norristhorpe UR Church on Tuesday 18 August at 12.15pm followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium.
GOODALL JOAN On 10 August, at Hartshead Manor, formerly of Gomersal, aged 92. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Tuesday 1 September at 1.15pm.
HARROP KEITH On 6 August, of Mirfield, aged 73. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Tuesday 18 August at 12.30pm.
HEMINGWAY NEE CARMICHAEL DORIS On 10 August, of Shaw Cross,
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HEPONSTALL DAVID On 10 August, of Ravensthorpe, aged 77. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Tuesday 18 August at 11.15am.
HORNSBY DOUGLAS On 7 August, of Mirfield, aged 92. Funeral today, Friday 14 August, at Dewsbury Crematorium at 2.45pm.
HOUSECROFT ANNE On 7 August, of Mirfield and formerly of Batley, aged 75. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Wednesday 19 August at 2pm.
LATHAM CARL On 8 August, aged 78. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Wednesday 19 August at 1.15pm.
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RICHARDSON CHARLES DAVID (FAT LAD) On 3 August, aged 58. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Monday 17 August at 12.30pm.
SHIRES STEPHEN GEORGE On 5 August, of Dewsbury, aged 61. Funeral at Huddersfield Crematorium on Friday 21 August 2015 at 10:30am.
SOMERS SALLY On 9 August, of Heckmondwike, aged 91. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Friday 21 August at 11.15am.
SWITHENBANK JOAN On 4 August, of Dewsbury, aged 88. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium on Monday 17 August at 10.30am.
WRIGHT RONALD On 6 August, formerly of Scholes and latterly of Birkenshaw, aged 93. Funeral at St Philip and St James Church, Scholes, on Monday 17 August at 10.45am followed by a private interment in the cemetery.
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Comic’s new gigs to help hospice MIRFIELD: Comic Peter Morgan has added three shows in his bid to raise £100,000 for Kirkwood Hospice. Peter, aka Max Lemon, will be at Emley Moor WMC today (Friday), Marsh Bowling Club tomorrow and Elland Bowling Club on Saturday August 22. The shows start at 8.30pm. Admission is free. Donations will be taken on the night and 20 per cent of the bar takings will be donated. Mirfield-based Peter is raising money in memory of his wife Jacqueline, who died of cancer last October.
Shoplifter is told to pay cost of booze DEWSBURY: A shoplifter was brought back before a court after it was told he had not paid £14. Mark Winrow, 29, stole spirits worth that amount from the town's Asda branch last December. He accepted a conditional caution and was told to pay the cost of the drink within 28 days. Kirklees Magistrates' Court heard Winrow, of Dale House, Batley, had failed to do so. But it was claimed he paid online – and the Huddersfield bench gave him until Friday August 28 to prove this.
Hospital radio chance NORTH KIRKLEES: Radio station bosses are on the look-out for the next Chris Moyles. New weekend presenters are wanted for HWD Hospital Radio at Dewsbury District Hospital. Volunteers over 16 who can commit to a weekly Saturday lunchtime spot would be ideal. Also anyone who has good knowledge of local sports is welcome to get in touch. For more details see www.hwdhospitalradio.com or email station controller Adam Geering at adam.geering@hwdhospital radio.com.
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Friends group up and running
News in Brief Man charged over sex with girl, 15 DEWSBURY: A man has been charged with multiple sex offences involving a 15year-old girl. Abrar Hussain, 33, of High Street, is accused of engaging in sexual activity with the girl. He also faces a charge of without authority keeping the child away from a person of responsibilty. Hussain is accused of breaching a sexual offences prevention order by being with the girl. Magistrates in Huddersfield referred the matters to Leeds Crown Court, where Hussain is due to appear on Thursday August 20.
Batley Library gets fresh support from locals A SUPPORT group for Batley Library was launched this week with the election of its committee. More than 40 people attended the Market Place premises on Monday for the inauguration of the Friends of Batley Library. Eleven people, including Coun Amanda Stubley (Lab, Batley East), joined the committee. The rest are Simon Roadnight, Fazila Fadia, Jane Hicks, Colin Hicks, Ann Pickles, Nasir Hussain, Harriett Beaumont, Helen Sutcliffe, Janet Virr and David Martin. It came just a fortnight after historian Malcolm Haigh first proposed such a group. He feared a lack of volunteers could put the Andrew Carnegie-funded building at greater risk of closure. Kirklees Council is deciding on a new structure for libraries, having agreed in February to cut £1.85m from the service. Friends groups sprang up elsewhere months ago but until now Batley was without one.
At Monday's meeting librarian Amy Hearn detailed the ways a friends group could help serve the community. Carol Pearso, of the Friends of Birstall Library, told those attending of the work being done there. Such groups have brought a range of skills and new activities to libraries that have helped strengthen community ties. Volunteers not only help librarians but run social groups that can help tackle loneliness. Mr Haigh, who collected a 12,000-name petition against closure, is delighted the group is up and running. He said: “It shows the library building and the service which operates within it means so much to the people of Batley. “It already serves a wide range of interests – reading, art, computers, talks and so on – but with the help of this group it could develop even more. “And Monday’s decision means that no longer is Batley the only library in Kirklees without a friends group.”
Top children’s writer to appear at library HECKMONDWIKE: The Friends of Heckmondwike Library have pulled off a coup by bringing a top children's author to the library. Lisa Stubbs will read from her book Lily and Bear on September 5 at 11am. The free event is for Read a Book a Day.
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Man steals bike HECKMONDWIKE: A teenager was robbed of his mountain bike on the Spen Valley Greenway. The boy, 16, was knocked to the ground at about 5.10pm last Thursday by a skinny white man, aged 30 to 40, about 5ft 8ins, skinny. He had thinning brown hair full of dust. He was wearing grey shorts, a grey t-shirt and a black rucksack. Call Det Con Andy Clayton at Kirklees CID on 101.
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THE image of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme is more Bear Grylls than David Hockney. But youngsters in Mirfield showed the programme has an arty edge by painting a mural depicting the seasons of the year underneath the Station Road bridge. The Mayor of Mirfield, Coun Vivien Lees-Hamilton, unveiled the mural. Denise Bedford MBE, the area manager for the Duke of Edinburgh scheme in Kirklees, hopes the mural will encourage more people to use the canal towpaths.
Glass attack victim ‘could have died’ A TEENAGER could have died after he was attacked in Ravensthorpe last Saturday, police have said. The boy, aged 17, suffered serious neck injuries when a bottle was thrown at him on Huddersfield Road at around 11.30pm. He was with friends near the former Swan pub when the attack happened. There was an altercation between the group and three others which led to a 16year-old boy being arrested for the alleged assault. Det Insp Mark Truelove said: “This could have been
fatal. The victim received serious injuries to his neck. He is still in hospital." In a separate incident a 35-year-old man sustained multiple injuries when struck by a bottle or a glass near the Le Choix bar in Batley last Sunday at around 12.30am. He suffered a scratched eyeball, broken eye socket and a two-inch cut to his head. Suspects may have left the scene in a taxi. Anyone with information can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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News In Brief Plea over Spanish ‘lottery win’ scam BIRSTALL: A resident is warning others to watch out for a lottery scam. Tony O’Grady, of Hillhead Drive, reported a letter he received from the “People’s Postcode Lottery” to trading standards officials. Addressed to his wife Pauline, it said she had won £825,000 in a lottery in Spain. The letter asked her to pay a “processing fee” to “qualify” for her winnings and was signed by a “Baron Wheels”. Tony said: “It’s clearly a scam, but there’s some who may not realise.”
School’s getting into the swing of things BATLEY: Dancers can get into the swing of things at a fundraiser. The Little Big Band will provide the music for Strictly Swing at Batley Grammar School on Saturday October 3. The event has been organised by alumni group the Batelians’ Association in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Tickets cost £10 and are available from Peter Jackson at vickiandpete @hotmail.co.uk or Oliver Tiplady at olivertiplady@hotmail.com. Alternatively drop into the school reception.
Fair view at church THORNHILL LEES : One of the most striking churches in the area will be open for viewings tomorrow (Saturday) during a summer fair. The Parish Church of Holy Innocents, on Savile Road, features a distinctive gothic tower. Viewings will be held from 11am to 3pm.
Friday August 14, 2015
Heart unit closure ‘not specifically mentioned’ by David Miller THE axing of Dewsbury District Hospital’s heart unit was “not specifically” mentioned in a public consultation, a top councillor has revealed. Coun Betty Rhodes (Lab) detailed what the joint health scrutiny committee of Wakefield and Kirklees councils was told at a meeting on June 19. Committee chairman Coun Rhodes, a Wakefield councillor, said hospital chiefs spelled out their plans. A service “reconfiguration” scheme called Meeting the Challenge was backed by Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt last year following public consultation. Coun Rhodes said: “The joint committee noted the creation of a
specialist inpatient coronary care unit (CCU) at Pinderfields Hospital was not specifically part of the public consultation which concluded in spring 2013. “But it was consistent with the direction of travel for hospital reconfiguration, which is to focus acute and complex care at Pinderfields whilst maintaining comprehensive diagnostic, noncomplex and planned care at Dewsbury hospital.” The committee was told benefits include: • Earlier intervention leading to fewer deaths. • Optimum use of specialist staff and enhanced collaboration; • Earlier senior assessment of acute cardiac problems. • Reduced waiting times. Members quizzed health officials on staffing levels and how
Meeting ... Coun Rhodes patient transfers from Dewsbury to Pinderfields would work. It was said that staff ratios would meet national standards while all patients would have round-the-clock access to consultant specialist care.
Specific briefings on ambulance transfers and how the changes fit into the overall cardiology service are to follow. Committee members will see the Pinderfields CCU in action when they go for talks on September 3. Coun Rhodes said: “It would have been helpful all round if the business case for the development of the Dewsbury hospital site would have been available to the joint committee on June 19. “It would have allowed members to set these changes in context and would have helped reassure local people about the future development of Dewsbury hospital. I understand the trust will be submitting the first draft of its outline business case to the Trust Development Authority in early August.”
Hospital trust must not put lives at risk - MP AN MP and union official raised concerns about the axing of Dewsbury District Hospital’s heart unit. Paula Sherriff (Lab, Dewsbury and Mirfield) has sought answers from hospital trust chief executive Stephen Eames. In a letter she pointed out
that the constituency has a higher than average level of heart disease. She asked Mr Eames to explain how the new system will work, including arrangements for the transfer critically-ill patients to Pinderfields. Ms Sherriff also wants to know how many cardiology
clinics and procedures will still be carried out at Dewsbury. She added: “I need assurance from the trust that no lives will be put at risk while it attempts to balance the books.” Adrian O’Malley, Unison secretary at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, wondered
if Pinderfields can cope. He said: “Pinderfields is a building site again as they prepare for the transfer of wards and once it’s done it will absolutely jam-packed. “And we’ve said all along these proposals will see Dewsbury become like Pontefract Hospital.”
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DAVID MELIA, of the Mid Yorkshire rust, made the following points with regard to the closure of the coronary care unit at Dewsbury: • No coronary care beds within the Trust have been closed. • The trust has transferred all of the 11 beds from Dewsbury to Pinderfields. • This means there are no longer any acutely ill cardiology patients being kept in beds at DDH. • This is because acutely ill patients with serious cardiac disease will no longer have to wait at Dewsbury Hospital to receive specialised treatment or specialist diagnostics. • Acute coronary care patients were transferred to Pinderfields before these changes were implemented but this could sometimes lead
to a wait for the patient. • The change implemented last week concerns a situation with these patients – ie those experiencing a serious heart condition, such as a heart attack or very slow or very fast heartbeat. • In such cases the patient will now be transferred the same day to the specialist Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at
Pinderfields Hospital. This will provide a better service for those acute coronary care patients, for the reasons detailed in our original press release. • As a result the change impacts on a very small number of patients. • The Intensive Care Unit and High Dependency Unit facilities are still available at Dewsbury, as are cardiac arrest facilities. • Patients do not need to do anything different as result of this improvement to the service and should continue to go to their nearest hospital in an emergency. • Non-acute patients will still be able to be admitted to Dewsbury as cardiology services are still being provided with the same level of consultant presence at the site.
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“Dewsbury and District Hospital will continue to have a multi-disciplinary cardiology team on-site, including medical staff, chest pain nurses, inpatient medical ward, outpatient clinics and an out-of-hours on-call service.” The joint Kirklees CouncilWakefield Council health scrutiny committee was told the same that month. Under this system critically-ill heart attack patients will be cared for at Pinderfields. Such patients who are brought to Dewsbury will be stabilised in A&E and then
taken to Pinderfields immediately. Trust director of staff and patient engagement David Melia insisted all other heart patients continue to be treated at Dewsbury. He said: “Any inference that all cardiology patients in the Dewsbury area, whatever their diagnosis, will now need to travel to Pinderfields is incorrect. “Other patients with cardiac diagnoses are still being cared for at Dewsbury and outpatients are also being seen and treated.” But he confirmed the CCU is closed and said: “Our changes mean there are no
longer any acutely ill cardiology patients being kept in beds at Dewsbury and District Hospital. “There are still comprehensive outpatient and diagnostic services being provided at Dewsbury and these will continue even after the full centralisation of acute services in 2017. “There are cardiology doctors and nurses treating patients at Dewsbury today. “This change has been made to ensure those who need access to specialist treatment are on the correct site to be able to get it quicker than they have done in the past.”
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News in Brief Biker seriously hurt after hitting a wall MIRFIELD: A biker suffered serious head and chest injuries after crashing into a wall. The 25-year-old man was in a critical but stable condition in Leeds General Infirmary following the incident at 8pm on Monday. Reports suggested his black Honda MTX came screeching down Calder Road in Lower Hopton. The rider lost control on a bend and was thrown about 20 yards after hitting the wall. Anyone with information can call 101 quoting *1427 of 10/8.
Punched man fined for resisting arrest CLECKHEATON: A man who resisted arrest was punched in the mouth by a police officer. Ashley Turton, 27, argued when police arrived at his Nibshaw Road home on July 3 to deal with a domestic incident. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard a struggle ensued when the officer tried to arrest Turton. The pair grappled on the floor and it was then that Turton, who admitted resisting arrest, was struck. District Judge Michael Fanning gave him a one-year conditional discharge. He must also pay £85 costs, a £150 court charge and a £15 victim surcharge.
In a question and answer session with Press reporter David Miller, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust director of staff and patient engagement David Melia deals with the confusion surrounding the closure of Dewsbury District Hospital’s heart unit Q: Is the heart unit at Dewsbury open - that is to say are there staff and patients there right now? A: The coronary care unit at Dewsbury is closed and all the beds and the staff working on that unit are now across at Pinderfields. We closed 11 beds at Dewsbury and opened 11 beds at Pinderfields. This does not mean however that there are no cardiology services being provided at Dewsbury. Q: What happens if you have a heart attack and are taken to Dewsbury? A: In the past you would have been stabilised, admitted to the coronary care unit at Dewsbury and then transferred, on average, two days later to Pinderfields. Now you will be stabilised and transferred to Pinderfields. Q: Were these changes in the Meeting the Challenge public consultation agreed to by the Government last year? Would the trust have any concern about the Secretary of State
having to rule on the new proposal? A: All the changes that have been made are consistent with Meeting the Challenge and were communicated to the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee (of Kirklees and Wakefield councils) on June 19. There were no significant concerns relating to the centralisation of coronary care noted by the scrutiny committee. The changes are the first part of the work the trust has planned between now and 2017 around making Pinderfields the major site for lifethreatening emergencies and their inpatient care. This is to ensure we have our sickest patients on the site where we can provide consultant delivered care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And it is also in line with British Cardiovascular Society recommendations that patients with acute cardiac conditions should be managed by a specialist, multi-disciplinary cardiac team and have access to key investigations and interventions at all times.
Police rail at train track trespassers PEDESTRIANS are being warned not to trespass onto the tracks at Mirfield railway station. British Transport Police said people put their lives in danger by crossing the tracks to save time rather than using the bridge.
Sgt Jacqui Wilson said: “The track is on a bend so people won’t necessarily hear or see a train coming. “Also, not all the trains stop at the platform, so there are trains passing through that fly past at very high speeds.”
Young yobs collared CLECKHEATON: Yobs as young as 10 have been throwing stones at the windows of residents, some of whom are elderly. The youths climbed onto the roofs of garages in Carlton Way. Police discovered the names of several culprits, aged between 10 to 14. They will now be dealt with, police say.
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Friday August 15, 2015
This star makes sense of our universal puzzle LIKE Professor Brian Cox, the astro-physicist with the movie star looks and the schoolboy charm, over whom a million middleaged housewives swoon at the very mention of his Large Hadron Collider. I was musing on the Prof’s popularity late on Wednesday evening, having followed all the appropriate advice for getting the best view of the spectacular Perseid meteor shower. I positioned my chair in a dark part of the garden and lay back (which made sipping my vino a tad awkward), stargazing in the general direction of the constellation Cassiopaea. Whatever else stuck with me from long ago evenings at the 2nd Thornhill Cubs and our meetings at the old Combs School, the instant recognition of Orion, the Plough, Cassiopaea and their astral friends certainly did. If contemplation is good for the soul, then enjoying peace and solitude under the stars magnifies it tenfold. And in our neck of the woods at least
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Prof Brian Cox – a nice guy who talks sense
Not quite the view from my back garden on Wednesday...
on Wednesday night, we struck lucky – clear skies. Well I say ‘clear’. I was reminded of nights high in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains where an old friend bought an entire abandoned silver mining town for just $60,000, and a gang of us went up to make it habitable. Another time, laying in the back of a pickup truck driving across a Mexican desert late at night, the jewelled skies felt like they were so close you could reach out and touch them. It was actually difficult to pick out constella-
tions because the night sky, in total blackness with not a town, city or street light for 50 or 100 miles, was dazzling, crammed with stars. At times like that you really do contemplate man’s minuscule significance in and amongst the vast expanse of the universe. Still, our own modest Wednesday night light show was a good excuse to muse upon the meaning of life. I missed the International Space Station going by a little after 10.30pm, but it was clear enough that I did see three
LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood man-made satellites passing high above over the next hour or so. I counted seven streaking meteors in that time, flaring and burning out in a flash, before I called it a night. It struck me that, unlike many – most? – scientists, Brian Cox doesn’t feel the need to ridicule people of faith; people who look to the heavens and fathom no explanation other than that an Almighty being, beyond our insignificant human comprehension, must have fashioned this staggering creation. THINK I understand the Big Bang theory, the 21st century scientists’ bible, which so many of them feel is a simple punctuation point with which to halt the faith argument. Cox doesn’t. He asks questions, seeks answers and invites debate. I sense that if you asked him, okay, who ‘Created’ the Big Bang clever clogs? he’d shrug his shoulders and smile that twinkly-eyed, million-dollar smile of his, rather than batter you over the head with
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a particle physics thesis that would close the door on conversation. I believe in God. I haven’t always. I don’t think he has a flowing beard and a set of Pearly Gates with a queue outside. I certainly don’t think he’s the God of anyone who massacres innocent people supposedly in his name. I wish we’d all get along better, be happy to give more, take less, tolerate different beliefs and not feel the need
to impose ours. I actually wish we could vote for Brian Cox for Prime Minister. But in the absence of all that, and despite promising myself more moments of splendid contemplation like Wednesday night, in the meantime good men and women need to keep resisting the lesser humans in our midst who would destroy our very right to sip a red wine and to believe in anything different from them.
GOT right to the very end of filling in my Labour Party registration form, which would have entitled me to take part in the upcoming leadership election, before I had second thoughts and cancelled it. The sense of mischief appealed, I confess – of turning Labour’s naïve politicking stunt on its head. They deserve Jeremy Corbyn, if only for that foolishness. But I haven’t supported Labour’s ways and means for many years and it would be wrong to abuse the process now – even if it was asking for it. But here’s the thing. If I was a Labour supporter in the party’s truest tradition, then I would vote for Jeremy Corbyn. At the very least he is what it says on his tin, unlike the other shallow, power-hungry careerists, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and, to a lesser extent perhaps, Liz Kendall. But it’s a party I’m not invited to, so I won’t gatecrash. May the most honest man or woman win.
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CAN’T recall exactly when As Camila shut up shop, I first cast eyes on Camila employees were allegedly told Batmanjelly, the walking, to delete and wipe their email talking flower display claimrecords. In a charity? Really? ing to save England’s downAgain, wouldn’t you try to trodden children from its safeguard the kids first, as nefarious, vice-ridden ways. opposed to acting like Richard I can tell you that from the Nixon when Watergate broke? moment she opened her florid But that’s noticeable too. I mouth, pranced around TV haven’t seen or heard a single studios and celebrity funcchild client breaking down in tions fluttering her Pantodesperate tears for the camdame eyelashes at the great eras. and the gullible like a cross And yet with the BBC’s between Dawn French’s Vicar arch-luvvie Alan Yentob as of Dibley and an explosion in the charity’s chairman, you a blancmange factory, my can bet they’ve been desperinstincts screamed ‘dodgy!’ ately trying to find some. Camila Batmanghelidjh Those instincts may prove As the tale unfolds I don’t wildly unfounded. We shall see. doubt that, with rising hysteria, old splendifBut from that moment, 15 or so years ago, erous Batmanjelly will howl at the injustice right to this past week when she hurriedly of it all. The race card will probably be played collapsed the Kids Company charity, I would- at some stage. n’t have trusted her as far as I could throw a Maybe that’s been her problem all along – live hand grenade at Tony Blair. the bright lights of London. The awards and It’s now emerging that staff at Kids accolades and celebrity profile. Company were told to shred files on their She was the pastel moth, fluttering around ‘clients’ – ie, troubled, vulnerable children. the bright burning halos of the high and This allegedly happened in the days and mighty, who were all too happy to rub shoulhours after Batmanjelly twisted ministers’ ders and milk the feelgood factor – until the arms up their backs for a £3m bailout, much inconvenient truth started leaking out. of which was promptly spent before a dramatLots of Islington Tristans and Tabithas, livic winding up of the charity. ing it large on other people’s cash, but with But shredding files? If the kids are the ones very few changed lives to show for it, because who matter, wouldn’t you put their care first? in true ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ style it wasLook for someone else to take them on? n’t fashionable to ask difficult questions. Maybe not, because Kids Company’s main It’s very much a parable for what this counproblem seems to have been that there were try has become. more staff (a reported 650) than kids. If only Camila Batmanghelidjh had based A recent report by a Times journalist who her charity at the Taleem Training and visited Batwoman’s swish London HQ strug- Community Centre in Savile Town, she’d gled to spot many children among the teem- probably still be soaking up money from all ing, hipster staff sipping a skinny latte and and sundry. munching on a bean sprout salad. Their raft of community groups got away Local authorities say they hardly expect to with financial murder for years until they be inundated with displaced ‘victims’. That were exposed, with both the National Lottery speaks volumes. and Kirklees Council complicit in covering In their latest published accounts for 2013, up their own parts in the process. of Kids Company’s £21.5m income, around But then again I guess that dressing up like £14m was spent on staff. And the charity is Coco the Clown, as Camila did, was always a for whose benefit, exactly? And that wage bill riskier tactic than taking people for fools was 25% up on the previous year alone. while hiding modestly behind a Zorro outfit.
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Review of grass cutting cuts after growing concern By David Miller CONTROVERSIAL changes to public grass cutting are to be reviewed after a district-wide outcry. Kirklees Council's overview and scrutiny management committee will look at the policy on Thursday, August 20. The public meeting is at Huddersfield Town Hall at 10am and could last most of the day. Following a trial, a new system is to be also be introduced which ranks public spaces as gold, silver, bronze or natural.
It means grassed areas such as Memorial Park in Cleckheaton will be cut less often in future. The policy has caused outrage in Mirfield, where residents started maintaining parts of Knowl Park themselves. It is hoped the changes, included in the council budget approved in February, will save £1.3m. The scrutiny committee does not have the power to overturn the policy but can make one of three recommendations. These are: • Take no further action.
• Refer to cabinet with proposed amendments. • Refer to full council for debate. Those wanting to attend should call Jenny BryceChan at Kirklees Council on 01484 221000 by 5pm on Wednesday August 19. Alternatively send an email to scrutiny.governance@kirklees.gov.uk by 5pm on Monday August 17. Or write to the Governance and Democratic Services Team, Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield, HD1 2TG, also by 5pm on Monday August 17.
Station repairs Fonz in library! Bikers warned BROKEN glass roof panels are being replaced at Batley railway station. Friends of Batley Railway Station secured investment from Northern Rail to remove and replace the 18 panels. Volunteers are also wanted for the next friends group station clean up on Saturday September 5 at 10.30am.
THE Fonz, aka actor Henry Winkler, could be coming to Birstall Library. The Happy Days star and author of children’s books was at Luigi's, in Birstall, after filming in Leeds. He bumped into librarians who invited him to give a reading. Librarian Kathryn Parry tweeted him and he said he would come back.
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All I see are services disappearing Dear Sir, Dewsbury Hospital Coronary Care Unit moved to Pinderfields Hospital on August 6. I asked Dr Kelly, chairman of the Clinical Commissioning Group at their meeting last week in Cleckheaton, which specialist services would be left at Dewsbury Hospital, he told me the hospital would be thriving after the reconfiguration. As I see it, it will be a day care centre with a few clinics there. Intensive care and high dependency are to follow shortly. Dr Kelly did not give me an answer to
Supposed to save money? From: A disgusted Kirklees ratepayer Dear Sir, So this penny-pinching Labour-run Kirklees Council (who by the way couldn’t run a sweet shop) have in their latest round of service cuts a change to bin collections, among which includes proposals not to empty
Letter of the Week: Wendy Senior, Hanging Heaton how many specialist services are available at Dewsbury Hospital perhaps because there aren’t any. If only we could save the A&E department from the downgrading the trust and CCG boards have planned, as I cannot see Dewsbury Hospital being viable
overflowing or what they consider too heavy bins. So this is supposed to save money? I don’t think so. To me it’s just another exercise to lay blame on this Conservative government’s policy of cuts to services. Firstly, it will only encourage fly tipping of the kind I’ve personally experienced, where people with excess rubbish go round dumping it in other people’s bins, leaving them overweight or overflowing, which the council would then leave
without its A&E unit. Steve Brennan, the chief financial officer for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, told people at the CCG meeting it was going to be a difficult year. There are many services at risk. There is also a risk that services in the new
unemptied. Imagine families with kids, with no means of transport to get to a council dump, what are they to do? Leave it to attract rats and vermin? You lot who couldn’t organise a pee-up in a brewery take the biscuit. I just hope they dump it on the council building’s doorstep. Leeds, Wakefield, Harrogate and Calderdale have had to make cuts, but Kirklees is the worst council. For a start, do your job prop-
Care Closer To Home contract, given to Locala to start in October 2015, may not be in place. Why was Locala given this contract if they have problems delivering services on time? It is so worrying how quickly the trust and CCG groups are making
erly and try reducing your expenses.
Will they admit they’re wrong? From: Darren Whitley, Cleckheaton Dear Sir, What an interesting story in the local news this weekend. Our local Labour Party in Dewsbury appear to have been summonsed by Labour-run Kirklees Council. Quite rightly so, after all we all know that we should pay our rates. However, this does raise more important issues, especially following recent and notso-recent events. Between 1997 and 2010, Labour were in charge of the country. They left power with the country almost bankrupt, and with mountains of debt. But, it wasn’t the fault of Labour, on that occasion, bankers got the blame. More recently, Michael Hutchinson, the Labour Party candidate for Mirfield Town Council, failed to follow the requirements in law, and hence was refused his seat on the council due to him failing to make the necessary declarations. But, on this occasion it was not his fault, but that of the Conservative majority on the council. Now we hear that the
decisions for changes to the Coronary Care Unit, and also on disabled people with blue badges having to pay for parking. Everything looks a mess at our hospitals, and the people running them are out of order asking for expensive advice. This money should be spent on patients, not on Ernst & Young. The trust and CCG board members should be able to make decisions themselves – if they cannot they should step down. All I can see is services being taken away from Dewsbury Hospital, nothing replaced.
Dewsbury branch of Labour are in arrears with business rates on the local party office. Guess what though, it is not their fault, but that of the local borough council following their asking for the bill to be sent elsewhere but their own offices. I wonder when Labour will find a moral backbone, and actually admit that they can be in the wrong themselves?
Homes plan is a debacle From: Derek Cartwright, Soothill Dear Sir, “I cannot believe it!” A letter arrived in my letter box the other day on behalf of Coun Amanda Stubley ... Redidential Development in Soothill – meeting, Batley Town Hall, Wednesday August 19, 2pm... I cannot believe it, as it states that “we hope that we can have the development stopped”. I must live in a parallel universe from councillors, but there is no reason why readers should know as much about this development as a councillor should. We are not writing here of the next ‘Local Plan’ that involves 1,900 homes around Upper Soothill to the Babes, as here the previous UDP is involved and this is for an additional 400 homes.
The UDP was adopted only 16 years ago, on March 1 1999, and in 2007 the Secretary of State issued a directive where parts could be carried forward. Over 20 years ago I first went to a meeting a Batley Town Hall where residents opposed the Grange Road development. Roughly there were three parts to that plan: 1) Grange Road and an industrial estate; 2) First phase of a housing development; 3) Second phase of a housing development. Many objectors then focused on the road and the industrial estate – then the industrial estate did not get passed. (Funny the sheds got built!) When objectors turned their attention to the housing aspects, we were told that unless our original objections included the housing, you could not make a further objection The Soothill UDP included phases, though only the first housing phase went ahead. The third stage, the second housing phase was to involve not just houses but shops and a GP surgery. Sixteen years on the second phase is only now being spoken of for immediate build. These plans are essentially the Labour Party’s plans, so if you voted Labour you voted for the plans. If you live in Soothill and joined the Chidswell group’s protest you agreed that development should be on the Soothill side of Leeds Road,
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PLANNING APPLICATIONS N Palmer, rear of 40 Church Road, Roberttown, outline application for residential development. N Lawrie, Wilson House Farm, Briestfield Road, Briestfield, erection of implement shed, garage and home office. Mr & Mrs West, land at 23 Merlin Court, Batley, outline application for erection of one dwelling. Barnes Homes, Rawfolds Way, Cleckheaton, erection of 13 business units. J Stiles, 10 Laithes Croft, Earlsheaton, two-storey extension. Mr & Mrs Hardcastle, adjacent to 30 Headlands Close, Liversedge, detached dwelling. JM Armitage Ltd, adjacent to 2 Riding Street, White Lee, Batley, detached dwelling. Mr W Raja, rear of 171 Sackville Street, Ravensthorpe, detached
unit to form annex accommodation associated with 171 Sackville Street, Ravensthorpe, and demolition of existing outhouse. R Taylor, The Sycamore, 573 Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of singlestorey extension with external decked balcony. Tavirno Ltd, Central Arcade, Cleckheaton, external and internal alterations. A Sacha, 35 Broomsdale Road, Soothill, two-storey rear extension, entrance porch to front and rear and formation of dropped kerb. Ogden Properties Limited, Hill Top Garage, Gelderd Road, Birstall, new canopy for hand car washing and creation of a new egress onto Gelderd Road. Kitson Green Ltd, Unit 3, Station Business Park, Back Station
Road, Mirfield, single-storey extension. KNH Investment Team, 10, 17 & 18 Priestley Square, Birstall, thermal insulation works including render finish over red brick. KNH Investment Team, 1, 2, 4, 15, 17 & 22 Shirley Avenue, Birstall, thermal insulation works including render finish over red brick. KNH Investment Team, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 48, 50, 52, 54, 58, 60, 62 and 64 Cambridge Road, Birstall, thermal rendering works including render finish over red brick. Mr A Yousaf, 1 Park Road, Westborough, works to Tree(s) within a Conservation Area. Kirklees Council Highways Depot, Headlands Road, Liversedge, two-storey modular building. Mr S Patel, 56 Manor Road, Westtown, the proposal is for
erection of single storey extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.5m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.4m. Mr S Patel, 54 Manor Road, Westtown, the proposal is for erection of single storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.5m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.4m. A Glennie, 48 Lansdowne Close, Batley, the proposal is for erection of single storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.38m.
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Continued from page 8 because that’s what they advocated in their objection to the council. “I cannot believe it!”, the sheer gall of Labour councilors at this late stage wanting to stop their own plans which involves 30,000 homes for Kirklees. If the strategy is to go ahead then many of those homes have to be round here, as any jobs are likely to be in Leeds. Where were these councillors were on the afternoon of the September 18 2013? A few were there at the start of the meeting at 10am but in the interesting afternoon, they were almost to man absent. That was when Roland Punshon, the examining inspector, kicked the Local Plan into touch. He stated that Labour’s plan was not evidence-based and did not meet the local needs they had identified. They had further not consulted enough with neighbouring councils. This is all at first a strategic argument and from Kirklees’ own figures I can argue that employment in Kirklees is not sufficient to make a case for local low-cost housing association properties being sustainable. What I cannot argue about is the future population figures for Kirklees and they are in their document ‘The Kirklees Demographic Analysis and Forecast Report (Sept 2014)’ – not that I am convinced by them. “I cannot believe it!” for 20
years I have argued against Labour’s plans and been heckled by Labour councillors in Huddersfield’s chamber for my trouble and for repeating to them their fact sheets’ employment figures! Because if employment has not been going up, under their government’s rules the houses were not sustainable for the Local Plan. You have probably not attended many of these meetings but separate groups for different Kirklees areas all made the case that in their area the natural environment would be damaged, and there were insufficient roads, schools, and general public services. There is no mention now of getting the Local Plan approved by an independent inspector. Why then have a public meeting at such a late stage chaired by someone responsible for the very plan under discussion? They need to gather support from their own ranks, not from the public who they have in reality ignored. They have a public consultation and then ignore the feedback. To me they have to visit and prove that the population figures will justify this housing need.
Help protect grass verges From: Danny Webb, Batley Dear Sir, It’s not often that I get a bee in my bonnet but I would urge
readers to think twice before parking on grass verges and to appreciate the environmental dangers. The grass verge provides a massive range of environmental and social benefits but they are becoming increasingly under threat in some neighbourhoods that are being used for car parking, caravans, and skips. Many of these grassed lawns are an icon of our communities and we neglect them at our own peril. We have hundreds of grass verges outside many properties throughout West Yorkshire, the majority of which are in local housing locations. Scores of these are taken care of and cut painstakingly by local residents, who take a pride in preserving and maintaining these to a high standard. Local council teams used to help in working towards maintaining their upkeep, but it is ultimately local residents that take responsibility for these. I want to stress the importance of grass verges to all residents across the area. Many people are not aware that grass verges help to prevent flash flooding, cool temperatures, absorb carbon dioxide which is converted into oxygen and provide a natural environment for birds, animal and insects. They help to prevent certain allergic reactions by trapping pollen and other triggers into the lawn surface. Not maintaining our grass verges is detrimental to our environment and I hope this simple message has planted the seeds in your mind in helping to maintain all these areas for the benefit of the community in general.
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Jo Cox, MP for Batley and Spen
North of Westminster Saving our wonderful libraries HE BRITISH writer Neil Gaiman is known for saying very nice things about libraries and librarians and their value and awesomeness. He sees them as “frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination” and the “thin red line between civilisation and barbarism.” He also said something about rule number one being not to mess with libraries ... although he used far more colourful language than I would dare in a family newspaper! As a kid growing up in Heckmondwike, the library on Walkley Lane was a regular haunt on rainy Saturday mornings or after school. I remember marvelling at the rows and rows of books and will never forget the librarian, Florence Smith. Her enthusiasm and her knowledge. But also her creativity and ideas – there was always something going on to draw parents and particularly children into the library. Now, with my own children, I have spent countless hours in libraries – not to mention Sure Start Children’s Centres and can think of nothing better than snuggling up with a good book and two captivated little ones. The Birstall actress Tracy Brabin is very clear that Batley Library was a lifeline for her and where she revised for her exams.
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They are a lifeline for job hunters without their own computer, slimmers, walkers, discussers, knitters and natterers. We are blessed with some beautiful libraries. Cleckheaton and Batley are magnificent. Heckmondwike is what I measure all libraries by. And Birstall is a glorious, thriving community hub. Where else would you find such a treasure trove of the pink-spined Mills and Boons romance novels, which remain extremely popular? And this year is the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. I was in Birstall library earlier this month –decorations, activities and a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party were awaiting any child who was curiouser and curiouser. Our libraries are so much more
than just a repository for books. They are home to librarians! They are some of our most precious public servants. “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one,” says Gaiman. I was approached in one library by a woman who was desperate that it remain open. She’d been an avid reader but lost much of her sight. As a result she stopped reading altogether. She even lost the ability to hold a book in the right way. It was the librarians who reignited her interest in reading, taught her how to read in spite of her sight issue and helped her learn how to hold a book. Without the time and dedication and the compassion of a librarian she dreaded to think where she would now be. I don’t envy Kirklees councillors the decisions and responsibilities the government have lumbered them with. The Tories have been very clever in devolving their cuts to councils. As well as the responsibility local councillors are also taking the blame. Quite wrongly. I just hope something can be done to save our wonderful libraries before they vanish down a rabbit hole.
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Tories’ inquiry into MP’s expenses after summons blunder by David Miller AN MP got caught in an expenses row after a court summons was sent to the wrong address. Paula Sherriff (Lab, Dewsbury and Mirfield) was then accused of possibly breaking election law over an unpaid bill for her office. Kirklees Council sent a summons for more than £4,000 in unpaid business rates to the wrong address in Mirfield. It should have gone to the home of Ms Sherriff’s campaign manager, Coun Karen Rowling. After details were leaked, local Tories wondered if the business rates were also not declared as campaign expenses to the Electoral Commission. A 2015 general election guide for candidates states campaign office costs have to be declared. Coun John Taylor (Con) checked Ms Sherriff’s expenses declaration at Kirklees Council’s electoral services in Holmfirth yesterday (Thurs). Costs for “rent” on her Northgate, Dewsbury, premises were seemingly shown but there was no mention of rates. The compliance unit at Conservative Party head office in London then told local Tories
office costs would be in total, not separate as rent and rates. Mark Eastwood, campaign manager for defeated Tory MP Simon Reevell, now believes Ms Sherriff’s team are in the clear. But he said: “The fact remains that Labour-controlled Kirklees Council sent a bill to the Dewsbury Labour Party for nonpayment.” Ms Sherriff used a former newsagents on Northgate as her campaign HQ before she was elected on May 7. It became her temporary constituency office while she and her team looked for other premises. Alan Burton, election agent for Mr Reevell, said as the incumbent MP all their expenses went to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The Mirfield town councillor added: “Everything has to have the signature of the agent and the candidate. “I went through everything with Simon – you can’t take these things on trust. You’ve got to be clean and seen to be clean.”
‘In the clear’... Paula Sherriff. Tories believe her team is in the clear but point out the bill for non-payment
Sherriff’s office ‘aware’ of rates issue COUNCIL officials suggested staff in MP Paula Sherriff’s office were aware of an issue with business rates. A spokesman said: “The first bill for payment was sent to 30 Northgate (in Dewsbury) on March 26, followed by a reminder to the same address on May 28. “We had contact from the office manager on June 15 saying there had been issues with the mail and asking for a duplicate and all future mail to go to an address on Lee Green (in Mirfield). “We issue thousands of letters a year, and a small proportion can sometimes arrive at the wrong address. “It is not clear how the address was wrongly recorded, however if it was the fault of the council we apologise to Paula Sherriff, Karen Rowling and the resident who received the bill and summons. They will not be penalised for our administrative error.” Coun Rowling (Lab, Dewsbury West) had not responded to Press requests for a comment by our deadline. The only comment from Paula Sherriff came through a spokesman, who, referring to the summons, said: “A complaint was made to police by Dewsbury Labour Party, so they are investigating the theft of the mail which was not passed on to its intended recipient.” As regards the MP’s new constituency office, he added: “I can confirm it is our intention to be moving to the former Dewsbury Reporter building.” Coincidentally, Ms Sherriff last week repeated a call for the Government to fulfill an election promise by making Dewsbury an enterprise zone. This would give some traders an exemption from business rates for up to five years.
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School’s going out on a high By David Miller A SCHOOL sixth form in Batley is going out in style with a 100 per cent pass rate in what could be its penultimate year. Pupils at Batley Grammar jumped for joy when they discovered many had done better than predicted. In total, 41 per cent of grades were A* to B and 65 per cent were A* to C while more than a third beat expections by a grade or more. Stellar performers included
Rachel Bocking, Scarlett Allen, Emily Hargreaves and Uthman Nurgat. Batley Grammar is due to close its sixth form by September next year because of declining pupil numbers. Headteacher Brigid Tullie said: “We’re delighted pupils have done so well and that so many of them have secured places at the universities of their choice. “This academic success has also been matched by equally outstanding performances out of the class-
room.” Mrs Tullie highlighted the school's Combined Cadet Force and Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Pupils also do community work, volunteering and enterprise and fund raising projects. Mrs Tullie said: “They’ve been exemplary role models for the younger age groups. We wish them well for the next stage in their lives and thank them for their contribution to the life of the school.” Pupils at St John Fisher Academy in Dewsbury acheived similarly outstanding results. The
overall pass rate for A-Level and vocational courses was 99 per cent, with 24 A-Level subjects at 100 per cent. A third of grades were A* to B and 88 per cent of entrants had done better than predicted. Headteacher Kevin Higgins said: “The results are outstanding, especially given that we have a comprehensive intake. “There were a lot happy smiling faces. Eighty-five per cent of our leavers are going to university and many have got into their first-choice university.”
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Good grades... Abby Grant, left, and Bella Halland, from Mirfield Grammar
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PUPILS at Heckmondwike Grammar walked away with nearly 1,000 A-Level passes between them. The 285 sixth formers also wracked up 274 AS-Levels and 271 Extended Project qualifications yesterday (Thurs). Excluding general studies, 82 per cent of A-Level results were at grade C or better. Of these 72 per cent were ranked at A* to B, with 11 pupils getting four or more A* or A grades. The top performer was Redha Rubaie, who achieved a remarkable five A* or A grades. Arif Jawaad,
Tom Brooke-Mawson, Connie Halstead, Charlotte Ho, Jennifer Hurst, Fatima Hussain, Roy Kimachia, Imogen Kyle, Alexandra Nicholas and Eden Whitehead were the other 10. A further 44 pupils gailed three A* or A passes, including Roshan Patel, Joseph Seddon and Isobel Smith. Headteacher Mike Cook said: “These superb results reflect the hard work and dedication of our students and staff. The outcomes in terms of students being placed at the universities of their choice are
exceptionally good this year.” Mirfield Free Grammar also posted impressive results with high achievers including Jack Riley, Katie Bruffell and Sinead Smith. Principal Susan Roberts said: "We are delighted with the achievement of our students. A number of our students attained A* at A-Level and Distinction* in their vocational subjects. The results will enable our students to follow the progression routes of their choice, be that university or high level apprenticeships."
KIRKLEES COLLEGE offers a huge range of degree level courses across its centres. Many of the college’s further education students progress onto higher education (HE) at Kirklees College and succeed with us. The college also attracts students to its higher education courses from further afield. This is because our HE students get more from their course than they might at a university. With a vast amount of opportunity to win awards, work on real briefs from businesses, or develop their career interest at college and with close contact to tutors, a Kirklees College HE student will stand out from the crowd. Studying a higher education (degree level) course at Kirklees College will increase your career prospects and earning potential, give you the opportunity to explore a subject that really interests you, meet people and develop personally. You’ll graduate from college with valuable skills, knowledge and an internationally recognised qualification. We offer a wide range of higher education courses including animal care, art and design, construction, engineering, business, computing, childhood studies, performing arts and sport. Clearing is now open! Call our information team on 01484 437070 for advice on what places are still available and get a quick decision about your place.
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Ed was wrong and must apologise From: Elyas Patel, Savile Town Dear Sir, Ding ding – Round 2! Re. Ed Lines Friday August 7. Thank you for kindly printing my letter ‘setting the record straight’ in last week’s forum. I am compelled to write to you once more because true to for’ Danny just could not resist taking cheap pot shots at my day job in his column in reply. It seems alas that lazy and inept journalism is rapidly becoming Danny’s thing. Had he exercised even the slightest care in doing his homework and had properly researched my web-based profile he would have discovered that I was in fact part of the successful prosecution team and not the defence as he claimed in both the cases he referred to. For Danny to then seek to sully my reputation by sniping at my professional integrity in these terms: “... But as he says himself, that’s his job – defending Muslims, with whatever explanation he can dream up, like being possessed by spirits.” It really is a bridge too far and quiet frankly unforgivable. Such views have more than the potential for damaging my professional integrity and reputation which I have worked very hard over very many years to cultivate. To seek to tarnish that reputation based upon half-cocked Googling is the show of a desperate and despicable man. I’m sorry but I am not going
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Just in case go on but respec had a problem with. That observation you it out. I could of course stop here and appartely. Let me do what month, let me fill Press, let me spell r or other faith school that of print media I’ll News reporter armed e’s miss the target comple the record straight. space limitations I wander me a secula A wannabe Sky nt. mosqu set Name the as and prese from tin camer es ions and handbook says on the d medwill do so mass ently with a pupil being denie mits portable televis d i ing the dli d ‘mosque h who read this
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to mince my words. They are quiet deliberate and intended to convey the deep sense of hurt and outrage I have been caused. As Danny himself acknowledges I do indeed know the libel laws! But luckily for him I am not so bitter or twisted as to deprive even his like of at least one reasonable opportunity to make amends. I’m thus prepared to keep for now my know-how of libel laws up my Barrister’s gown. So don’t panic Danny, not just yet anyway! But on any view Danny you’ve dropped another mammoth one, if I may respectfully say so, and for that you owe me an unequivocal and unreserved public apology. If you are half the man you boast of being you’ll readily eat humble pie. Anyway, when I wrote a let-
ter to The Press I did so as a resident of Savile Town and not as the Islamic Institute’s lawyer. The fact that Danny resorted to hurling such cheap and baseless insults around my day job is yet another show of what be has sadly become. Yes I’m a barrister and a proud one at that and yes I’ve spent my working days prosecuting and at times also defending the worst of them. As a barrister at law it is my duty to do so. As for the two cases cited – it was precisely my ‘Muslim perspective’ that soon put paid to the incredulous nonsense that this particular defendant and later his family were seeking to peddle. It was they, whom the Jury rightly found, were the EVIL spirits! Anyways, what has any of that got to do with me writing a letter in response to the original and incredibly ‘limp’ piece against the Markazi Mosque
that Danny penned. A good litmus test of human intellectual failing is the speed at which during any civilised discussion the inadequates amongst us resort to personal attack and innuendo. It’s usually all the more so when they have no answer to give or none that would stand up to scrutiny. I’m not going to insult the intelligence of The Press readership. I’m sure they know all too well Danny’s drill by now. Anyone who has followed that which flows from his paralysing pen will know that his default position is always ‘personal attack’ against anyone who dare stand up to his warped world view. Is it a wonder no-one in these parts wants to engage with The Press when this is how he routinely behaves. As for his invitation for me to write regularly for The Press, after this ‘stunt’ of his – in the words of Ricky Gervais, “Are you having a laugh?!” Thanks but no thanks I’ll stick to lawyering and leave journalism to the real pros. Talking of pros, there is a good team now assembled at The Press. David Bentley, the editor, is one such person. Why as editor is he not doing ‘Ed Lines’, I ask? I expect Danny is a constant thorn in his ‘wotsits’ and his interference in the paper is probably about as welcome as that of a maverick football club owner sticking his oar in the manag-
er’s running of the team. But when that interference becomes a constant and cringing embarrassment as Danny’s surely has, it’s time to step aside I think. Surely Mrs L can find things for him to do around the Lockwood Mansion. Ah well enough said. Let’s not squabble (he said/I said) like playground kids in the columns of a local paper. For once in your journalistic life Danny do the honourable thing. Without qualication and demur have the humility to apologise for a wholly unwarranted attack against my professional integrity which not only is and was completely without foundation but was gratuitously made simply because I had the temerity to stand up to the rubbish you churned out. I’m sure from your previous and painful brushes with ‘libel law’ you of all people will not need lecturing on the importance of apologising for the purposes of mitigating against any potential libel losses.
DL writes: If I have misrepresented Mr Patel in any way, I am more than happy to apologise and retract the incorrect statement. However, and while accepting Mr Patel’s jibes about the perils of Googling people, I would point out that the information I took was not from a random internet search, but from his own profile page, on his employers’ website. He writes that in “both” cases I referred to he acted for the prosecution. My apologies if the Shezad Khan case was misinterpreted, Mr Patel. The following extract might explain why, however: “ELYAS PATEL 1991” “Elyas was called to the bar in 1991 and specialises in criminal law. Practising exclusively
in defence work, Elyas has particular interest and experience of dealing with cases bearing an Islamic perspective. Elyas is multilingual and speaks both Urdu and Gujarati. Elyas has a true understanding of today’s multicultural society and is often praised for the empathy and understanding he shows to his clients. He is often instructed in serious criminal cases; and has experience of a multitude of offences including homicide, firearms offences, operational conspiracies, sexual offences, serious fraud and multi-handed public order offending. Elyas was the Sweet and Maxwell Law Prize winner and also the winner of the Gooderson Memorial Award (St Catherine’s College, University of Cambridge). Elyas was born in West Yorkshire and continues to live there.” And regarding the Lee Massey case: “R v Baghat Fayzulla and others (December 2004/January 2005) Junior representing an Iraqi Kurdish defendant who was charged with 13 others from the same ethnic community following serious street disorder and violence (knives/baseball bats deployed against one another and 1 victim deliberately run over causing life-long brain damage and serious physical disability) between the Kurdish and indigenous white communities in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury. The entire case turned against the Defendant I represented on the correctness of one or more identifications of him. After a six week trial presided over by HH Judge McCallum a defence submission of no case to answer was upheld at the close of the prosecution case.”
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Critics claim the Government has betrayed young people with cuts News In Brief Two held over spate that disproportionately affect them. Dewsbury-born political activist of break-ins at firms Beth Prescott, 22, says nothing further could be from the truth BATLEY: Police have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in a string of raids on businesses. The men, aged 20 and 30 from Carlinghow, are accused of breaking into Bullrush Mills, on Bradford Road, last month. Electrical equipment worth hundreds of pounds was taken. They allegedly climbed in via an insecure window. The 30-year-old suspect was charged with the offence while the other is on bail pending further inquiries. Both were later linked to several other burglaries across Batley, especially along Bradford Road.
Crafty ways to enjoy the school holidays BATLEY & BIRSTALL: Youngsters have a variety of ways to get crafty. Arts, crafts, music, games and a barbeque for children aged eight to 19 take place at Wilton Park, in Batley, today (Friday), from noon to 4pm. On the next two Wednesdays there are craft activities at Birstall Library from 2pm to 3pm. And at Oakwell Hall there is a ‘bear hunt’ on Sunday August 23.
Toast end of WWII MIRFIELD: Beer lovers in Mirfield can mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII this weekend at the Old Colonial pub by drinking two special ales. A percentage of the profits from sales will be donated to the Royal British Legion. Meanwhile landlords Tim and Carol Wood are celebrating after winning the British Heritage Pubs in Bloom contest.
‘Tories provide valuable opportunities for young’ “WE’RE only 100 days in and the Conservative government is already proving their commitment to creating valuable opportunities for young people. “One of the most important things my parents taught me was to always work hard. It’s not right that in an economy moving towards full employment some young people leave school and go straight to a life on benefits. “Young people must earn or learn – and the Government is putting important measures to make sure young people can do just that. How? By increasing apprenticeships, by increasing employment, by making university accessible for anyone who
wants to go and by helping young people gain work experience. “A new Youth Obligation and the £1bn Youth Contract will help young people prepare for work through schemes like apprenticeships and work experience. “Firms committed to training will get more than they put in – apprentices under 25 will incur no National Insurance for their employer. And the personal tax allowance increases to £11,000 in 2016-17 meaning you keep more of your hard-earned money. “The Conservatives are also working to make sure university is accessible to anyone who wants to go. From this year the Government will remove the cap
on student numbers, enabling thousands more to benefit from higher education. Overall maintenance support for low income students increases by £766 to £8,200 a year for those living away from home and studying outside London. This means all new students will have access to more cash-in-hand than before to help meet living costs. “People said that when tuition fees were increased, fewer people would apply to university. This proved to be wrong. University applications are up and more students from disadvantaged backgrounds are going than ever before. We want every young person to see an apprenticeship or
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• What do YOU think of Beth’s views? Email forum@thepress news.co.uk. A version of this article first appeared in the Huffington Post.
Shoplifter took food to feed her 11 parrots A DISABLED woman from Dewsbury Moor stole food from a supermarket to feed her 11 parrots. Susan Wydell, 61, of Moor End Lane, took goods from Morrisons in Heckmondwike on July 3.
She admitted the theft at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court. Rachel Smith, mitigating, said Wydell had been out of work for a year due to arthritis and rheumatism. Miss Smith said: “She didn’t have enough money
to feed her 11 parrots. It’s a very sad set of circumstances – she wishes to find a job but is unable to work full time because of her disability.” District Judge Michael Fanning told Wydell to pay an £80
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Ramblers’ corner • FORTHCOMING walks with the North Kirklees Group of the Ramblers – non-members are always welcome. Please call the walk leader for more details SATURDAY AUGUST 15 OAKWELL HALL CIRCULAR (NK) Meet 10.30am Black Bull pub Birstall WF17 9PB GR SE 217 261 5 miles (L) Leader: Mike Church Tel: 07776 077289
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Time to change the temperature RIDING Lights Theatre Company is coming to Ossett to serve up a sharp and deliciously comic slice of Baked Alaska – bringing interconnecting stories of the wild and unpredictable effects of climate change from the four corners of the earth. Scientists, farmers, oil magnates, climate warriors, prophets, mothers, journalists and others are all in the mix and hungry for a recipe of hope. In the struggle over power, some sound the warming bell, some blow hot and cold, while others make a pudding of the planet. Baked Alaska presents the reality of climate change like you’ve never heard it before, in a show packed with music and wit. The show is presented in partnership with Christian Aid, Operation Noah and the Diocese of Litchfield, hoping to raise a compassionate voice in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris this December. Taking place on Thursday September 17 (7.30pm) at Trinity Church, on Church Street, tickets are priced at £12/£9 (concessions). Call the box office on 01904 613000. For more information visit www.ridinglights.org/baked-alaska.
Oh, we do like to be... SUMMER is here, and while we might be landlocked it doesn’t mean we can’t create our very own taste of the coast. We all like to be beside the seaside – but hours in a hot car with a back seat playlist of “I’m bored” and “are we there yet” can take the sweetness off the much-anticipated ice cream. Never fear, all the fun of the beach will be in the centre of Dewsbury on Saturday August 29 from 10.30am to 4.30pm as the popular Dewsbury On Sea event returns. Whilst everyone else is stuck behind miles of traffic, people in the know will be sat in a deck chair or beach hut and enjoying a wide range of activities for all the family: Forget boring selfies – ‘on sea-ers’ can get the family together for some unique photo opportunities including a giant deck chair and peep board. There will be entertainment from Gawthorpe Junior brass band
Cleck needs you to drop your blocks off CLECKHEATON Library are calling on local Lego users to donate their old bricks. Staff want your old Lego to use at a free weeklyworkshop for children – giving a new generation the chance to enjoy it. Lego is a fantastic toy for encouraging children to unleash their creative side, and hone their fine motor skills; it is also lots of fun. All donations, big or small, are welcome and you can donate by dropping it into Cleckheaton Library, on Whitcliffe Road, or by contacting Amanda Ambler on 01274 335170.
Pun Gent Stewart on tour COMEDIAN Stewart Francis, the star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, has embarked on a hilarious new tour. Stewart will be at Huddersfield Town Hall on Friday February 12 2016 with his hilarious new show ‘Pun Gent’. Tickets costing £18.50 went on sale this week and can be purchased from www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls or by calling the Kirklees box office on 01484 223200.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19 FINDING APPLEHAIGH CLOUGH (NK) Meet 11am Newmillerdam car park WF2 7SY GR SE 331 157 7.5 miles (M) Leader: Jim Tel: 01924 469700
(12.30pm-1pm) and some wacky street performers. Kids’ activities include fun fair rides, a climbing wall, games and sports, donkey rides and face painting. You can join artists Jim Bond, Rozi Fuller and Liz Walker, who will be using sculpture, puppets and animation to create your very own seaside souvenir – a memory to take home with you from your holiday in Dewsbury. Those who need a rest can enjoy a traditional seaside Punch and Judy show and marvel at the street art. There will also be the chance to try out the town centre heritage open-top bus tour and listen to music from The Baghdaddies at the Wallace Hartley Band Stand. Mysterious beach huts will wash ashore – can you help fill them with stories and adventure? All ages and abilities are needed to take part in free creative workshops
where, with a little help, you can get hands-on creating five themed beach huts. The beach huts will hold the stories of the people of Dewsbury, telling tales of home, belonging, journeys, travel and community. It’s up to you to decide how. Throughout the day the Pulse Radio roadshow will be creating a summery party atmosphere and cyclists can even pedal down to see Pennine Cycles’ Dr Bike, who will give bicycles an MOT. Yorkshire Life Aquatic, who bring back the vintage glamour of synchronised swimming on dry land, will be performing, and you can also join in with artists from Urban Canvas as they create a piece of pavement art that will brighten up the town and put Dewsbury on the map. With all that going on there is no reason not to flip flop the family down to Dewsbury for a great day out.
Civil War returns to Oakwell Hall OAKWELL HALL will be rocked by the sound and fury of an English Civil War battle on September 12-13. Members of the English Civil War Society will be re-enacting the Battle of Adwalton Moor that took place nearby in June 1643 – and Oakwell Hall itself will be filled by the family of its then owner, John Batt. The battle was one of the most important actions fought in the north of England during the Civil Wars that ended, six years later, with the execution of King Charles I. In 1643 around 10,000 soldiers fought hand to hand, with the King’s supporters winning. While the re-enactment in September will not have as many participants, it will feature infantry with muskets and pikes, cavalry
and artillery. The re-enactors take great pride in providing as accurate a representation of the soldiers of the time as possible and go to great lengths to explain what happened and why. Visitors, especially children, are encouraged to handle the muskets and even try on the armour worn by the pikemen.
Inside Oakwell Hall, the household will be in turmoil as the owner, John Batt, prepares to leave to join the Royalist army. His servants will be trying to gather together all the equipment he needs while everyday life continues. This will include a court hearing and serving of the type of dinner that would
have been eaten by the gentry in the 1640s. Oakwell Hall heritage manager Eric Brown said: ‘The members of the English Civil War Society brought a household to the hall last October and it was a huge success. “The comments from visitors were extremely complimentary and we’re anticipating another magnificent weekend in September.” Entry tickets allow oneday access to the Hall, living history camp and the battlefield. Family tickets are priced £25 on the day, or £20 in advance. Adults are £10 on the day or £8 in advance and children are £5 on the day, £4 in advance. Free parking is included in the ticket price. For details call 01924 326246.
THE UK tour of ‘And Then There Were None’, which marks the 10th anniversary of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company and the 125th anniversary of the author’s birth, opens at Leeds Grand Theatre next week and runs for one week only. You can find out whodunit from Monday August 17 to Saturday August 20. A group of 10 strangers is lured to a remote island off the coast of Devon. On arrival it is discovered that their host, an eccentric millionaire, is missing. At dinner a recorded message is played, accusing each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the evening the 10 guests become nine. Stranded on the island by a torrential storm and haunted by an ancient nursery rhyme, one by one the guests begin to die. And with only the fallen believed to be innocent, who amongst them is the killer? Starring Frazer Hines, Mark Curry, Ben Nealon, Kezia Burrows, Gary Mavers, Deborah Grant and Neil Stacy the world’s best-selling mystery is widely considered to be Christie’s masterpiece and this is her own stage adaptation of the dark and captivating tale promises to thrill its Yorkshire audiences. Tickets are still available priced from £18.50 to £35. Book online at leedsgrandtheatre. com or call Box Office on 0844 848 2700.
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Dr Sylvester would like to return to the Tardis YLVESTER MCCOY is best known for playing Dr Who in the late 80s, and the versatile actor tells me he is always keen to return to the role. “I love the fact he regenerates and so yes it could happen, but of course the show is now aimed at a younger audience,” he said. “The beauty of the Doctor is that he is for all ages, and that means, yes, if they asked I would be back like a shot. I adored playing him, and miss him now.”
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Ann pictured with Dr Who actor Sylvester McCoy at the London Palladium Maycon Pictures big mouth with cars, I am sure the show will tame him, don’t you?” EMMERDALE’S Charley Webb, who plays Debbie in the soap, tells me that the recent explosion in Emmerdale came at a great time, as she plans to take maternity leave. “I expect Debbie may just come around when I finish with that,” she laughed at the launch. AFTER months of speculation, Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear colleagues finally found a home for their new TV project. It will be with Amazon, but what fans won’t know is that should it fail after one series, then all have agreed to part ways for good. You read it here first in The Press... SATURDAY night game show Prized Apart looks likely to be dropped after just one series. Not only were the ratings less than thrilling, but the original format is now owned by an ex-BBC worker, making it difficult for the corporation to negotiate a good deal. ACTRESS Anne Reid tells me that the next series of Last Tango In Halifax will be the last one, but it may come back for specials. She adds: “We do think a film would work, not for cinema but for TV, yet it’s all up in the air right now, I know we will miss it when it ends though.” CORONATION STREET will not be getting Sarah Harding back after the singer-turned actress was slated by fans. However the one-time hit back, claiming: “I was not really given a chance, I mean I never auditioned, they just signed me up, and I learned my lines on the go. I have to say I hope they change their mind though, as I enjoyed playing Joni.”
RICHARD BLACKWOOD may be playing Vincent now in EastEnders but back in the 90s he was an MTV presenter and pop star, with one or two hits to his name. Now a record label has decided to release a ‘Best Of’ album and it will be out in time for Christmas. POLDARK’S Aidan Turner is back in Cornwall filming a new BBC drama based on Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel And Then There Were None. He tells me: “We were all shocked at just how big the show became, and so suddenly, and now the pressure is on to top that, but I know we are all ready to go.” THUNDERBIRDS are back, with three new episodes of the puppet show being produced for its 50th anniversary celebrations. In order to see the new episodes, fans need to pledge a minimum of £15 via Kickstarter, which is a crowd funding website that helps people get the shows they want to see actually made. EASTENDERS just keeps getting more cheerful, as this new storyline reveals. Johnny Labey who plays Paul Coker in the show, suffers from diabetes in real life, and so they have decided to make this his next big storyline. He told me: “You do have to be careful what you tell them, as they take from your life.” BAKE OFF judge Mary Berry says her new-found fame came as a shock. “I was quite happy doing my thing, as I had a TV career in the 70s, but this has come back bigger than ever,” she said. “I am thrilled we have people baking again as it was becoming something of a dying art.”
Paula Sherriff, MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield
‘Politically speaking’ Let’s put an end to foul pay in football and in every workplace HE FOOTBALL season kicked off last weekend all over the country. We all know that footballers, particularly in the Premiership, get paid some astronomical salaries. Each year there is much speculation around the transfer deals and salaries being offered, but little does anyone question the working conditions of those behind the scenes of a club, in the office, the catering staff or those staffing the turnstiles. Some may know that I am a proud trade unionist, which is why last weekend I was delighted to have been invited to a five-a-side football match sponsored by my union, the GMB. The event was designed to highlight the ‘End Foul Pay’ campaign amongst football league clubs. It is estimated that there are around 450,000 people in Yorkshire earning less than the living wage, and it is therefore vital that these clubs set an example, particularly to our young people, and pay the ground staff, catering staff, office staff etc a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work. After all, the football matches wouldn't go ahead without their input. An Early Day Motion has been submitted that I have signed. It calls on all football league clubs to pay their staff a living wage. Obviously it’s not just football clubs who are not
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paying a fair wage to their employees. It is an issue all over the country in the private and public sector. Kirklees has one of the highest proportions of people earning below the living wage in the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber. Women and part-time workers are disproportionately affected. Some 26 per cent of jobs held by woman and 42 per cent held by part-time workers pay less than the living wage. This only adds to the misery of many women who are already losing thousands of pounds in tax credit cuts. A living wage benefits
everyone in society. Better pay means the welfare bill is reduced, employers benefit through staff loyalty and higher productivity and the economy grows due to people having more money to spend. Government departments and local authorities need to set a benchmark and be living wage employers. Currently there are just 82 councils in England and Wales paying or committed to paying their staff a living wage. If local authorities pay their staff a living wage and have policies in place ensuring the procurement of services of companies they commission pay a living wage then living standards will rise. Better pay and working conditions from rights to paid holiday, maternity leave and ending child labour are all things we benefit from thanks to the trade union movement. This government is determined to destroy that. Trade unions represent everyday workers and fight for a fair deal in the work place. As a committed trade unionist I will fight tooth and nail against the Trade Union Bill which is the biggest attack on workers’ rights in a generation. I will always fight for fair pay and the rights of workers.
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Happily every after... By Roberttown-based health & fitness expert Andrea Springthorpe ALMOST every Disney film ever made has a ‘happily ever after’. In fact, most romantic comedies adopt the same ending. The usual tale of events is boy meets girl, boy upsets girl. Boy then realises what an idiot he has been, runs to the airport/train station etc and declares his undying love for her so they can live happily ever after. Unfortunately, life isn’t quite so simple. It could be argued that modern films are becoming more realistic. Take Frozen for example - Anna falls for Hans; an idiot disguised as a good-looking guy. Kristof falls for Anna; the latter being a clueless girl blinded by Hans’ good looks. Eventually, Anna realises what a fool she has been and goes for the right guy. You might be wondering what all this has to do with health and fitness? Well, life is a constant journey. It’s great to aim for and achieve certain things, whether that’s ‘getting’ a certain partner, job or body. However, we sometimes find that when we get the body we wanted and worked for we’re not as happy as we thought we would
be. It’s great to start with, but then it becomes the norm. That’s when a lot of people are in danger of giving up and slipping back into old habits. I have recently done a photoshoot for a West Yorkshire Fire Service charity calendar, called ‘Red Hot Sirens’. I was working out extra hard and being careful with what I ate in the run-up to the shoot. However, a couple of days after the event I started eating food that I wouldn’t normally eat when I didn’t have a photo shoot to aim for. It was like a switch in my head had been flicked off and I turned
into a bread and sugar-eating monster. I soon got back to healthy eating, but others may not, and that’s when they spiral back to where they started. The key to success is to love the journey and to love yourself. Love what’s good about you, and either change or accept what you don’t like. If you have a slip-up or a bad day and you missed training, accept it and move on. Start each day afresh. The only person that can change you, is you! Once you see that diet and fitness is a journey and lifestyle change, not just a quick fix for one event in your life, then things will become easier. Concentrate on giving it your all; fill your trolley with healthy food, max it out in your exercise sessions, and try to plan your meals well in advance. You’ll soon start to create the body you want and learn to love it.
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HANGING HEATON Golf Club has a new Scratch Trophy champion in the shape of Joe Ratcliffe. The in-house competition is played between the lowest handicapped golfers in the club and is the most prestigious competition of the year. After the first nine holes Ratcliffe was -3 gross, and after a birdie on the 10th and the same on the 11th, he extended that to -5. After that the 25-year-old hit a double bogey on the 12th, which was his only bad hole of the day. Ratcliffe, after the first 18, was four shots clear of pretournament favourite Scott Minto, who has won the Scratch Trophy for the last three years. In the second round the leader couldn’t emulate his first round performance and after the first nine holes was two shots over. Ratcliffe did birdie the 10th, but then bogeyed the 11th and with the chasing pack coming close behind, he knew it would take something special to win. However on the 12th, Joe hit a poor drive down the fairway which left him in a tricky position for the hole. But after hitting what was his best shot of the competi-
tion with the three-wood, it left him just six feet away from the hole, and he managed to sink the putt. Added to the birdie he hit on the 14th, Ratcliffe was back level for the tournament. Towards the end the winner let his foot off the gas, but he knew he had a healthy lead. Joe finished the round with four bogeys, to lift the trophy by four shots with a score of 69+73 (142). Minto finished a close sec-
ond on 146, with Joe’s dad Paul finishing third on 153 and afterwards Joe was overwhelmed with the victory. “I wasn’t expecting to win at all, but after I played the first nine holes I knew I was playing well,” Ratcliffe said. “I then birdied the 10th and lipped out on 11 to get to -5. “My main intention on the day was to try and finish above my dad, but to win it was fantastic, hopefully Scott will still talk to me too.”
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All Overthorpe final OVERTHORPE Sports Club’s B team reached the AB Senior Evening Handicap Cup Final with an emphatic 186 (+37) - 139 (+45) victory over local rivals Morton House B. The Sports got off to a flying start with Rod Clifford beating Denise Stocks 21-03 and Mark Lofthouse going on a fine run from nine across to defeat David Peace 21-09. Steve Hinchliffe also eased to a good win over Dave Hall 21-12, whilst Karen Nutting battled hard before going down 21-10 to Malcolm Taylor. That meant that the Sports had pulled back the eightpoint deficit in the first four to take a 31-point lead with them into the second half of the match. Heather Jewitt then extended Overthorpe’s lead with a 21-08 victory over John Croft and Paul Nutting battled to fight back from 15-5 down to lose 21-13 against Chris Butterworth before captain Dave Jewitt came
back from 9-0 down to defeat Angie Whitworth 21-17. Phil Grason closed the game with an emphatic 21-06 win over Alan Smith. In a great coup for the Overthorpe club the Sports will play their C team in an allOverthorpe final after Earlsheaton withdrew from the semi-final. Overthorpe’s C team is a mixture of youth and experience as the club continues to bring on a fine crop of youngsters alongside some experienced bowlers, the C team regularly consists of 16-year old Matty Thorpe as well as Georgia Jewitt (pictured), Mia GreenleesSmith, Emily Wilson and Casey LymanChapman, alongside 21-year old Sam Hargreaves and veteran Dave Watson with relative newcomer Dave Wilson and regular Andy Crabtree.
Old Bank WMC remember Roy LAST weekend Old Bank WMC held a memorial bowling event in memory of Roy Laycock. Roy was held in high regard at the club, and was also a keen bowler. The event was organised by club steward Andy and his wife Jo, alongside Roy’s daughter Lou, who also provided the winner’s trophy and the prizes for the day. The competition managed to raise £200 for the club’s 10th anniversary of charity nights. The winners were Brian Scarth and Andy Stockwell, with John Green and Tracy King coming close runners-up.
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BRADFORD CRICKET LEAGUE
Hanging Heaton won’t give up three balls to make it 225-9. Although it was a tense second session, David Stiff, 3-51, secured the win for his side when he had the dogged Matthew Simpson caught by Fellows with the first ball of the final over while Ben Elvidge had done the early damage with a 5-72 return. Cleckheaton were restricted to just 16 points after Curtis Free, 426, and Tanzeel Aftaf, 3-46, had helped bowl out East Bierley for just 142 at Moorend and reduce the chance of maximum batting points. However, they still coasted to an eight-wicket win thanks to an unbroken 88-run third-wicket stand between Tim Jackson, 77, and Ian Nicholson, 40. Mark Gill top-scored for Bierley with 59 not out. Next up for Cleckheaton is a trip to New Farnley, while leaders Pudsey St Lawrence are at home to Lightcliffe, and Woodlands hope to follow up their 69-run win at Farsley with a victory over Bradford and Bingley. The final furlong of this intriguing race, the last three games, sees
By Mike Popplewell Cricket Correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk
HANGING HEATON are still hanging on to their Bradford League First Division title hopes after a nine-run win at the weekend. Another tension-packed victory saw them take 20 points from their game at Bradford and Bingley to close the gap on leaders Pudsey St Lawrence to 18 points. It is the Bennett Lane side’s batting that has proved so crucial this season, they have accumulated more batting points than any other team in the league, and they will be hoping to give the opposition bowlers more problems when Pudsey Congs visit tomorrow. At Bingley it was skipper Gary Fellows, 44, and Nick Connelly, 31, who got them off to a good start but it was veteran John Carruthers who helped secure the final batting point when, coming in at number 11, he hit six off
Pudsey St Lawrence play Bradford and Bingley (A), Undercliffe (H), and Cleckheaton (A). Woodlands face Undercliffe (A), Pudsey Congs (H) and Lightcliffe (A). Cleckheaton and Hanging Heaton meet at Moorend, then Cleck go to Saltaire, before finishing the season with that home clash with St Lawrence, while Hanging Heaton follow the Cleckheaton game with a visit from Farsley and a trip to Undercliffe. The Second Division title and promotion race could hardly be different from the First. Leaders Morley and secondplaced Scholes have slowly moved further away from the rest in the second half of the season. Morley’s 67-run win at Yeadon and Scholes’ three-wicket success at Hartshead Moor left it unchanged at the top with Morley still 15 points ahead – with five games to play. Gomersal are Morley’s next opponents as the two side’s meet at Scatcherd Lane tomorrow. Baildon were at Gomersal last week still hoping to edge into the
second promotion place if Scholes were to slip, but despite Baildon winning their game by 80 runs the Scholes win at Hartshead Moor leaves the gap between second and third still at 25 points. It has been a patchy season for Gomersal and they have looked promotion contenders at times but Baildon took the game away from them in the first innings when they ran up 232-9 despite a fine 320 return from Adam Greenwood. In reply Gomersal started confidently but 22 runs into the chase the first wicket fell and the rest followed at regular intervals. Greenwood produced a dogged 49 and the hard hitting Jack Seddon hit 37 off 32 balls but there was little else in the Gomersal innings to recommend it. Although this week’s journey to Morley is short Gomersal can expect a rough ride when they get there. In the event of a surprise outcome from that game at Scatcherd Lane, Scholes will be hoping for a good points haul from their trip to Keighley to close that gap at the top and press their title claims.
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE
Hopton Mills and Liversedge chasing down Championship THE MAIN focus of interest in the Central Yorkshire League is in the Championship, where Hopton Mills and Liversedge are neck and neck in the race for the title. Mills, at home to third-placed Northowram this week, were restricted to just four points at Azaad in their last game as the home side, despite being 50 runs adrift at the close, still had two wickets in hand and thus denied their Mirfield-based visitors maximum points. Chris Scott, 57, hit his second successive half century and Gary Senior produced a top-scoring 58 as Mills hit 234-7 but despite the best efforts of Ashley Mackereth, 3-33, and Neil Browne, who compensated for his duck with a 4-37 return with the ball, Mills just couldn’t force an outright win. Liversedge did take maximum points from their game at East Ardsley, winning by four wickets, and go into their game at home to Oulton tomorrow with renewed confidence. At 95-8 East Ardsley were reeling
but an unbeaten 63 from Dave Kibler helped the home side to 173 all out. It was never going to be easy against the bowling of seasoned veteran David Battye, 2-13 off eight overs, but opener Alan Sumner produced a solid 67 at the top of the innings and steady support down the order from Paul Marlow, 30, and skipper Graeme Winn, 20, saw the Roberttown Lane men ease home with time to spare. In the Premier Division Birstall managed to prevent Wrenthorpe taking maximum points when they batted out their overs with only nine down, skipper Craig Wood top-scoring with 41. But, that was their only joy as Greg Wood, 70, and Darryl Hendricks, 83 not out, secured an eight-wicket win for the home side. With Ossett visiting Leeds Road tomorrow, there should be a keen contest on show, but if Michael Edwards produces the kind of form that brought him 50 against Hunslet Nelson last week and Yorkshire’s Richard Pyrah is again available, Birstall could find it hard going.
Pyrah took 5-35 in 11.5 overs to help bowl out Hunslet Nelson for just 102 and was 16 not out at the close to see his side home by five wickets. Bradford League-bound Methley still lead the way in this division, although they missed out on maximum points against relegation-threatened Buttershaw St Pauls. Wakefield Thornes have moved into second place with Townville third and Wrenthorpe, at Methley this week, are fourth. Thornes are clearly the in-form team and it is hard to see struggling Buttershaw halt their recent run tomorrow. Against Methley a superb 112-run partnership for the third wicket between skipper Gary Wainwright, 77, and his son Gary, 59, helped Buttershaw to 241-9 but the league leaders responded with 111 from young Harry Anderson and 69 from Luke Patel to secure a six-wicket win with five overs to spare. That leaves the Bradford side second bottom, 15 points from safety and with only five games left to play.
Gary Fellows has been in fine form all season for Hanging Heaton
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New coaches at Cleck RU
CLECKHEATON RUFC have announced a new coaching line-up for the 2015/16 season, after what they say is a “change in strategy.” Scott Benton and Gordon Piper will now take the reigns at Moorend as they embark on a season in the National League Three North. Benton, the new backs coach, is a former England and Cleckheaton player and has also played for Leeds, Sale and Gloucester and is currently coach at Silcoates school in Wakefield. Piper will be in charge of the forwards and is a familiar face amongst the Moorenders after captaining the
side, as well as coaching the women’s team. Until 2013, Piper was also the second team coach and guided the Kestrels to two promotions in three years. He is also a former RFU development officer and used to work with Leeds Metropolitan University RU. The pair take over from former Morley head coach Pete Seabourne who was briefly appointed Cleckheaton boss at the end of last season following Ian Armitage’s departure. The Moorenders take on Firwood Waterloo in their first game of the new season at home on Saturday, September 5 (3pm).
FOOTBALL
Bojang and Birch get the goals for Albion PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY
OSSETT ALBION STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS
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OSSETT ALBION won their final preseason friendly when they beat Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-1 at home, thanks to goals from Gibril Bojang and Eddy Birch. Another good performance from Albion saw them gain their third successive victory in preparation for the start of the season next week. In the first half the Albion defence
looked solid and although they didn’t create many chances, some of their play was good. Then just after the half-hour mark some good work down the right saw Rob Bordman get to the byline and into the box. He pulled the ball back for Birch, whose shot was saved by Sam Andrew in the Stocksbridge goal. However the ball came loose and Bojang reacted quickest to get the ball into the net to give Albion the lead. Ossett saved their best bit of football for the final minute of the half
when quick passing play from several players down the right saw the ball come to Birch, who shot hard and low into the corner of the goal. The second half was disrupted by the many substitutions from both sides but Ossett still looked untroubled by Stocksbridge until the final minute when a lack of concentration allowed the visitors to get a late consolation goal. Albion begin their league campaign away at Witton Albion tomorrow (Sat) with their first home game on Tuesday (7.45pm) against Glossop North End.
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Eddy Birch got Albion’s second
TUESDAY AUGUST 4: 1: P Sellwood and J Hey; 2: M Loveridge and G Bloom; Equal third: A Cooper and J Bragg; D. Hannam and J Paxton.
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SUPER 8S: CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD
Bulldogs are defeated in Shield opener at Workington CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD - SUPER 8S
WORKINGTON TOWN BATLEY BULLDOGS
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John Walsh at Derwent Park
AFTER beating them twice in the league, Batley Bulldogs couldn’t make it third time lucky as they returned home from Cumbria with a loss after gonig down 30-12 against Workington Town. Both teams came into game in form after finishing the regular season with three wins in their last four, but a major contributor to the run Town have put together has been Australian half-back Jarrod Sammut and again he was a major influence on this latest winning performance. It was pretty tough going in the opening exchanges, but significantly Batley didn’t make the inroads they might have expected with their bigger, more physical forwards having most of the ball in the first quarter. The tenacious work in defence by Town, getting plenty of players into the tackles, frustrated the Bulldogs who really, for the amount of territory and possession, only had two genuine chances. Luke Blake was held-up by a posse of tacklers under the posts while Wayne Reittie was denied a score in the corner. Elliott Miller did well to get back and kick dead when a jabbed kick from Shaun Squires almost put his winger in at the corner. So on balance, it was against the run of play when Town took the lead on 20 minutes, but it was a terrific score.
Cain Southernwood followed up his own kick into space inside Town’s half, but Brett Carter was sweeping-up well. Avoiding Southernwood’s challenge, Carter stepped round him and then skipped past two tackles to get a foothold in Batley territory. That man Sammut was at his elbow in an instant to take the pass and shoot away 40 yards to score by the posts. He also put over the conversion. That score lifted the Cumbrians and they continued to push and look for more points. The second try came on 27 minutes after Sammut and Jack Murphy linked well to put Jarrad Stack powering over, taking advantage of a gap in the Batley defence. Sammut’s conversion attempt came back off the post. The Bulldogs’ body language had changed and they suffered more agony on 30 minutes when substitute James Brown was sin-binned for alleged use of the elbow. Town weren’t slow in cashing in as four minutes later a lovely, disguised late pass from Jamie Doran sent Murphy away on a 30-yard diagonal run for the line. Although two defenders got to him they couldn’t halt his progress and in the end, pulled him over the line to dot down. Sammut converted for a 16-0 lead. Batley desperately needed something from the half and with Brown back in the action for the time added on they scored. Centre Chris Ulugia made the line and Scott Leatherbarrow put over the conversion. A minute after the re-start, Town
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at Twist Lane THORNHILL TROJANS produced a valiant effort in their Conference Trophy semifinal tie against Leigh Miner Rangers but were beaten by a late score from the Premier Division side. The game started with Thornhill in a fearless mood and a good opening from the Trojans saw Mindaugas Bendikas go racing away down the wing, only for the referee to call for a forward pass. However Thornhill maintained their strong opening and the break though they had been hunting for finally arrived. With the tryline within reach, hooker Luke Haigh dummied from acting half and nipped over for a try. Danny Ratcliffe converted. But then Leigh began to take a hold of the game and built up a comfortable half-time lead. Leigh Miners first real pressure on the Trojans’ try line saw them held up over in the corner. Sustained pressure from the home team finally resulted in them scoring a try right on the half-hour mark. Their attacking spell continued and a fine offload put Shaun Dowie over for a try to the side of the posts. Jonny Youds added the extras. The game restarted and Leigh
Miners continued to test Thornhill. A lofted pass found Brad Hargreaves, and with options either side of him he kept the Thornhill defence guessing, before opting to go it alone and over for a converted try. Then just before half time the ball was worked along the attacking line by the home side. A short ball then stretched the Thornhill defence and found Martin Gray, who went through the gap and over for a try, which Youds converted to make it 18-6 at the interval. The second half saw a remarkable comeback by the Trojans and this made the game a gripping contest. Early in the second half Thornhill received a series of penalties, which resulted in Leigh Miners being camped on their own tryline. Suddenly there was a strong drive by Anthony Harris and the ball was whipped out to the wing. Mindaugas Bendikas took the final pass and dived over for an unconverted try in the corner. The tempo of the game suddenly increased another notch as the Trojans were now back in the hunt, looking for a place in the final. A key moment in the second half was when Leigh Miners were awarded a penalty in Thornhill’s half. Instead of opting for goal they chose to run the ball, which came to nothing, and Thornhill had a hint that the game was not yet lost. Quick handling of the ball saw
WORKINGTON TOWN Jack Murphy Elliott Miller Jason Mossop Jarrad Stack Brett Carter Jamie Doran Jarrod Sammut Kris Coward Callum Phillips Marc Shackley Brett Phillips Kurt Horton Liam McAvoy
7 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
SUBS Carl Forber Karl Olstrum Tom Walker Alex Szostak
7 7 7 7
BATLEY BULLDOGS Johnny Campbell Wayne Reittie Shaun Squires Chris Ulugia Alex Brown Cain Southernwood Scott Leatherbarrow Keegan Hirst Luke Blake Alex Rowe Alex Bretherton Sam Scott Adam Gledhill
7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 6
SUBS Anthony Nicholson Sean Hesketh Tom Lillycrop James Brown
Sean Hesketh got Batley’s second try of the game were on the scoreboard again and Sammut played his part with a high ball aimed for the corner. Alex Brown committed he fatal mistake of allowing it to bounce and Carter raced in to win the ball in the air and palm inside for Kurt Horton to gather and score. It was game-on again, however, on 49 minutes when Batley scored their second try. Sean Hesketh took defenders over the line with him under the posts and managed to get the ball down. Leatherbarrow converted. This was a key phase of the game, with plenty of time for Batley to salvage something. They piled on the
pressure, but Town dug in doggedly again and held all that the Bulldogs threw at them. Gradually the siege was raised and in the final 10 minutes Town powered away to win impressively. Six minutes from time Callum Phillips scored a fine individual try, weaving and jinking his way past several tackles on a 20 yard run to the line. Carl Forber converted. Then with a minute left on the clock a great burst by Liam McAvoy ended with an inviting, floated pass out to the left which Miller took in full flight to dive over the line, almost in one movement.
Conference Cup heartbreak for Trojans CONFERENCE CHALLENGE TROPHY
PLAYER RATINGS
8 7 6 7
WORKINGTON TOWN Tries: Sammut (20), Stack (27), Murphy (34), Horton (41), C. Phillip (74), Miller (79). Goals: Sammut (2/3), Forber (1/3).
BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: Ulugia (39), Hesketh (49). Goals: Leatherbarrow (2/2). Referee: Jamie Bloem / Half time: 16-6 / Penalties: 7-8 / Sin Bin: James Brown (30, use of the elbow) / Sent Off: None / Weather: Dry but overcast / MOTM: Jarrod Sammut (Workington) / Att: 864
HW take on RAF THE HEAVY WOOLLEN select open age team will go up against the RAF in a one-off game next week. The match will feature the best talent from the area, with the game taking place on Tuesday August 18 at Dewsbury Moor’s Heckmondwike Road ground. The kick-off is 7pm and the team is coached by local rugby league legends Danny Maun and Deryk Fox. Meanwhile the U18s are also preparing for their match against Yorkshire U17s on Wednesday September 9 (7pm).
Moor summer gala
Man of the match Jake Wilson crosses the line in the semi-final Anthony Broadhead produce an inside pass which put man of the match Jake Wilson over for a try to the side of the posts and when Danny Ratcliffe converted, Thornhill were only trailing by two points. Inside the games final 10 minutes of play Thornhill were awarded a penalty for a high challenge on Ben Kendall. Thornhill went for goal and Danny Ratcliffe made no mistake with the kick to level the scores. Scott Dyson made an attempt
at a long-range drop goal to try to secure victory for the Trojans, but the ball fell short of the posts. But then a back-to-one decision in Leigh Miners’ favour saw them play on and the ball was worked out to the wing and Tommy Parkinson went over for a late try. Youlds converted and as the full-time whistle went, the Premier Division team were off the hook and through to the final, but all the plaudits went to the Trojans.
DEWSBURY MOOR will stage their annual junior gala on Sunday. Players from U7s to U13s will be taking part, with a host of teams already entered into the competition. The junior girls will also be in action, with four teams competing. There will be a host of stalls, a variety of activities, an ice cream van and more. There will also be a barbeque and hog roast, the bar will be open all day and the presentations will be made by a host of Super League stars. The action begins at 10am.
Jamie Peacock training camp OVER 140 youngsters turned out at Shaw Cross Sharks to take part in a two-day Jamie Peacock training camp. Over the course of the two days the kids practised and developed their own skills under the guidance of the rugby legend. The Leeds Rhinos star was delighted by the turnout. “These younsters are the future of this great game and bringing my annual camp to Shaw Cross is always a big success,” Peacock said.
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SUPER 8S: CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD
Dewsbury kick off Super 8s with a scrappy win CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD - SUPER 8S
DEWSBURY RAMS HUNSLET HAWKS
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Oliver Roby at the Tetley’s Stadium
ANTHONY THACKERAY played a starring role as Dewsbury Rams kicked off their Super 8s Shield campaign with a hard-fought win over Hunslet. The Rams started well through Dale Morton’s score, but Hunslet battled back through Jack Lee. Though Shane Grady went over shortly before half time for a 10-6 Rams lead, the Hawks were firmly in the game. And they were in front soon after the break as Lee crashed in once more before Simon Brown added a penalty. But their four-point advantage was soon swallowed up by the home side as they ran in four unanswered tries: Grady, Scott Hale, Ryan Fieldhouse and Dalton Grant all notching fourpointers to seal the win, meaning Danny Maun’s late effort was little more than a consolation as the visitors slipped to their 11th consecutive defeat. Despite the Hawks fielding no dual registered players, the travelling supporters were treated to an encouraging start from their men. But against the run of play, it was the Rams who drew first blood as Morton pounced on a fine knock-back by centre partner Grady after a Thackeray kick. Home debutant Brad Delaney failed to add the extras and Eaton’s men took
full advantage, nudging 6-4 ahead thanks to a converted score from Lee, who forced his way in from 20 metres out. With the visitors in the ascendancy, Dewsbury were forced into long periods of defence. But they soon got a reward for their hard work as Grady coasted in following a stunning 40-metre break by Luke Adamson. Delaney added the extras to hand his side a 10-6 advantage at half time. But Hunslet, who sit four points adrift in the Championship’s bottom two, were in determined mood from kick off and, on the back of a couple of Rams errors, they hit the front on 48 minutes as Lee scored a carbon copy of his earlier effort. With momentum behind them, Brown opted to go for goal when the home side conceded a penalty. He landed it, but that stretched his side’s advantage to just four points and Morrison’s men wasted no time in reclaiming the lead as Grady crashed on to a trademark short ball from Thackeray before Delaney’s goal. Quickfire tries from Hale, who strode in following another Thackeray ball, and Fieldhouse, who got on the end of a fine move involving Thackeray and Aaron Brown to scorch in from 30 metres on his 100th career appearance, hauled the Rams clear. On 76 minutes it was Grant’s turn to go over, finishing out wide after a slick right-to-left move which meant Maun’s score, coming in the dying seconds had little effect on the outcome.
PLAYER RATINGS DEWSBURY RAMS Ryan Fieldhouse Dale Morton Shane Grady Etu Uaisele Dalton Grant Brad Delaney Anthony Thackeray Paul Jackson Matty Wildie Ryan Hepworth Luke Adamson Scott Hale Aaron Brown
8 7 9 7 7 7 9 6 8 6 8 7 7
SUBS Nathan Conroy Joel Farrell Stephen Nash Byron Smith
6 6 6 6
HUNSLET HAWKS Jimmy Watson Mo Agoro Callum Casey Danny Maun Richie Barnett Simon Brown Danny Ansell Michael Haley Jack Lee James Houston Matt Gee Charlie Martin Liam Mackay
8 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 8 7 6 6 6
SUBS Kyle Trout Danny Grimshaw Mark Castle Ryan Backhouse
8 6 8 –
DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: Morton (16), Grady (32, 55), Hale (63), Fieldhouse (67), Grant (76). Goals: Delaney 4/6.
HUNSLET HAWKS Tries: Lee (23, 48), Maun (78). Goals: Brown 3/3. Pen: (51).
Dalton Grant’s try towards the end sealed the win
Referee: Gareth Hewer / HT: 10-6 / Penalties: 9-6 / Sin Bin: None / Sent Off: None / Weather: Sunny, dry / MOTM: Anthony Thackeray (Dewsbury) / Attendance: 901
Stags hammer Birstall Success at Shaw Cross gala YORKSHIRE MEN’S LEAGUE DIV ONE
MIRFIELD STAGS BIRSTALL VICTORIA
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at Castle Hall
MIRFIELD STAGS moved to within one victory of sealing top spot in Yorkshire Men’s League Division One with a 58-10 mauling of local rivals Birstall Victoria. The league-leading Stags ran in 11 tries as they moved seven points clear of secondplaced York Acorn A at the summit. Mirfield built an impressive interval advantage and sealed their success early in the second period. They made a fast start and recorded two tries in the opening seven minutes. First, the visitors failed to deal with a Robbie HunterPaul bomb, allowing Luke Manning to grab the loose ball and dive over under the posts. Then Ross Hayden (pictured) snuck down a blind alley to score his 21st try of the season. Two more quickfire tries extended the hosts’ lead to 20 points midway through the first half. In the 16th minute, a superb James Wilson offload gave Oliver Rounding the
Former Bradford star Robbie Hunter-Paul breaks away from a Birstall defender space to beat a couple of would-be tacklers and score. Three minutes later, quick hands from Hunter-Paul and Reece Spurr set up Conner Sockett to stroll over in the corner. Nathan Hadfield then finished an excellent team move to increase the lead to 26-0. Tries either side of the break from Jake Shaw put the result beyond any doubt. In the shadow of half time, Shaw held off a crowd of Birstall defenders to score in the corner and extend the lead to 30 points at the interval. Within two minutes of the restart, Shaw was at it again. This time driving straight through the heart of the opposition defensive line
and touching down under the sticks. The visitors got off the mark in the 47th minute when centre Ash Tomlinson went over. It took little time for the Stags to re-assert their authority though, and last week’s hero Ben Mather crashed over for two more typically barnstorming scores. On the hour mark, HunterPaul got in on the action, finishing off a brilliant Sockett break to make it 54-4. With a quarter of an hour to play, front-rower Matt Smith scored a consolation try for Birstall. But it would be the Stags that finished the scoring with three minutes left on the clock. A moment of individual brilliance from Hayden seNt Sockett out wide for his second of the afternoon.
SHAW CROSS SHARKS held their annual junior gala last Saturday on a day where the weather was just as good as the event. Players and families enjoyed a fantastic day with some exciting action on the field, as well as off it. Alex Simmons and the crew from Rugby AM were filming and conducting interviews, and played dance music throughout, while Roger the Ram made an appearance. There were teams from around the area, including Batley Boys, Dewsbury Moor and Dewsbury Celtic and they were joined by the likes of Wigan St Cuthberts, Smawthorne Panthers, West Hull, Crigglestone and Stanley. The girls were also in action as they went up against Oulton and East Leeds.
Wakefield Wildcats forward Mickael Simon and Bradford Bulls centre Jean Philippe Baile presented the players with medals. Club chairman Chris Smith said
the day had been a major success and heaped praise on the junior section for great organisation and especially thanked all the volunteers.
This weekend’s RL fixtures Super 8s:Championship Shield BATLEY BULLDOGS vs DEWSBURY RAMS Fox’s Biscuit Stadium, Sunday 3pm
DEWSBURY MOOR MAROONS vs Gateshead Storm Heckmondwike Road, Saturday 2.30pm
National Conference League Div One SHAW CROSS SHARKS vs Saddleworth Rangers Leeds Road, Saturday 2.30pm
Yorkshire Men’s League Div Two East Leeds A vs SHAW CROSS SHARKS A Easy Road, Saturday 2.30pm
National Conference League Div Three THORNHILL TROJANS vs Woolston Rovers Overthorpe Park, Saturday 2.30pm
Yorkshire Men’s League Entry League Beeston Broncos vs THORNHILL TROJANS A Beeston Road, Saturday 2.30pm
HOOKER SUSPENDED James Delaney stood down from first team duties By Joe James Sports Reporter joejames@thepressnews.co.uk
DEWSBURY have suspended hooker James Delaney for a week after what the club stated was a breach of the Rams’ disciplinary code of conduct. Delaney, who has only made a handful of appearences this season, has been stood down from first team duties and won’t be in contention for this Sunday’s Super 8s clash with Batley Bulldogs. The club also said the player had been issued a fine but was available for last night’s Reserves Championship game against Leigh Centurions (Thursday). The former Dewsbury Moor junior had been tipped to feature in Glenn Morrison’s plans but it now seems Matty Wildie and Nathan Conroy will continue in the hooker positions for the derby at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium (3pm). It will be the fourth time the two sides have met competitively this campaign, after the Rams beat the Bulldogs on Good Friday and at the Summer Bash in Blackpool. However currently the bragging rights are with Batley after their 2016 win on the last day of the regular season – and Morrison says it won’t be easy trying to regain them from their rivals.
“We want to win every game, last time we didn’t play well but we had no half backs and 10 players out and still managed to score three tries to two,” he said. “Derbies are tough and they won’t want to lose on their home turf. They are a tough squad. “They’re not in the position they want to be, so they’ll be fighting for every point. “Like Hunslet, they’ll be desperate for a win and they’ll make it tough for us.” Dewsbury won unconvincingly against Hunslet, and found themselves behind the Hawks on several occasions, but late tries from Dalton Grant and Ryan Fieldhouse – who was making his 100th career appearance – wrapped up the points for the Rams. “We won, but we were pretty poor. It’s one of those where we’ll draw a line under it pretty quickly,” Morrison said. “We didn’t stick to the gameplan and some of the players did their own thing which was disappointing. But, a win’s a win. “I think it’s a long way from what we want, our forwards didn’t match up to theirs which is disappointing. “We’ve looked at the video and our half backs chose the wrong options but I think our outside backs had one of their best games yet, so there’s postives and there’s not too much to work on.” The three-quarter line of Dewsbury is one of their biggest strengths and
last weekend saw Shane Grady make a return to the team to score two tries, while Bradford Bulls loanee Etu Uiasele made his Rams debut. Morrison will be hoping Dale Morton continues his fine form on Sunday after scoring in his last four games, while if selected, winger Dalton Grant will make his 100th career appearance at the Mount. Another positive for Morrison is that his team came through the game injury-free and with some important games coming up, squad rotation may prove crucial. The Rams still occupy that second position, one behind Featherstone and one in front of London. Dewsbury will host the Broncos on Bank Holiday Monday, then it’s a trip to the Rovers on the following Sunday and Morrison said the club has several goals they want to reach. “We want to finish as high as we can. We could lose every game to the end and still make the finals but that’s not what we’re about,” the Rams coach said. “We want a home semi-final and we want to get to the final and get the extra funds for next season.” Morrison also confirmed the club are already in talks with several players in regards to the 2016 season. “We’ve spoken to a number of players and some are signed on for next season and even the season after, so we’re doing good on retention. “We’ll look at the areas that need strengthening and see who’s available but we’re pretty good on that front.”
Steve Horsfall
James Delaney has mostly featured in the cup for the first team
DOUBLE INJURY
Bob Nunn
BLOW FOR BATLEY BATLEY BULLDOGS will be hoping to get their first win of the Super 8s campaign on Sunday when they host local rivals Dewsbury Rams at the Fox’s Biscuit Stadium.
John Kear described Chandler’s loss as a “big blow”
John Kear’s team got off to a terrible start after going down 30-12 against Workington Town last Sunday but will hoping to repeat their performance on the last game of the regular season, which saw them beat their closest neighbours 16-12. However, Batley will go into the game without Chris Ulugia, who has dislocated his shoulder. The Bradford Bulls loanee left the field early against Workington in what looked like a re-occurence of the problem he suffered on his debut against Doncaster, where he only played 20 minutes. Ulugia had already become a fan’s favourite after scoring a try in the derby victory three weeks ago, and also crossed the line last Sunday, before he went off injured. His replacement looks set to be Shaun Ainscough, who made the 19-man squad last weekend but missed out on selection and will likely fill the gap in the centres. In a double injury blow for the Bulldogs, Joe Chandler has also been ruled out for the rest of season after damaging his knee ligaments. Kear was hoping the forward would be available towards the end of the eights, but his injury is worse than first feared. Brad Day could be back in contention after missing last week’s game with a hamstring injury. That
will mean captain Keegan Hirst will be without two key players for the derby, in a game that could prove vital for Batley’s play-off chances. Hirst will make his 200th career appearance on Sunday, if selected. The prop has played 82 times for the Dogs in his two spells at the club, topping the 79 appearances he made for the Rams. Hirst also played for Halifax (20) and Hunslet (18). A loss on Sunday and a win for Workington at Hunslet would mean Kear’s side would be five points behind the Cumbrian outfit, with only five games remaining. The remaining games will be crucial to Batley’s season, as they, along with Whitehaven, are chasing down Town for a spot in the top four, whilst Hunslet are looking to get out of the bottom two, and a couple more wins for them could see their final game at the Fox’s Biscuit Stadium become a relegation shootout. • BATLEY are offering reduced admission prices for all supporters for this Sunday’s Super 8s clash. Before 2pm prices will be set at £15 for adults, £10 for concessions and children free. The deal is part of the Pink Weekend, and between 1pm and 2pm there will also be a happy hour when Bulldog Bitter or Tommo Gold Lager will be just £2 a pint. The Bulldogs will also be wearing a pink kit. The club are encouraging supporters to wear pink for the game all in aid of the weekend which raised £9,900 last year.