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By Staff Reporters INHUMANE conditions in which ‘slave labour’ workers lived while working for a Ravensthorpe bed firm have been exposed. Squalid homes across West Yorkshire could house up to 50 people employed at Kozee Sleep at a time. Details came as prosecutors continued setting out a human trafficking case in a Leeds Crown Court trial expected to last 10 weeks. The company’s owner Mohammed Rafiq, 60, of Thorncliffe Road, Staincliffe, and two other men deny the charges. They are Mohammed Patel, 40, of Carr Side Crescent, Batley, and Mohammed Dadhiwala, 46, of Upper Mount Street, Batley Carr. Christopher Tehrani QC

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told a jury how worker Robert Bodo came to Batley from Hungary in January 2010. Mr Bodo was taken to live in a property called Gothic House where 40 to 50 people were already living. Inspectors found the house in a “horrendous state” and issued a prohibition notice,

40-50 people living in one Batley house after which Mr Bodo was moved. He worked for Kozee Sleep for three-and-a-half years and did 60 hours a week or had to do extra work elsewhere. He was paid £10 every Friday by Janos Orsos, who it is alleged supplied workers to Kozee Sleep and sub-

sidiary Layzee Sleep. When Mr Bodo tried to leave he found he couldn’t as Orsos had his bank and national insurance cards. Mr Tehrani next told of Mark Kovacs, who came to the UK from Hungary in January 2013. He lived in Bradford for four months in a house occupied by between 25 and 42 people at a time. Mr Kovacs, who worked 8am to 7pm on weekdays at Kozee Sleep, moved to a three-bedroom flat in Ravensthorpe where 30 people lived. People slept anywhere they could – in beds, bunk-beds, on mattresses, on the table or on the floor. At weekends Mr Kovacs worked for free for Orsos from 9am to 6pm or 7pm doing house renovations, painting and gardening.

Mr Tehrani said Mr Kovacs “escaped Mr Orsos’s clutches” with help from the anti-slavery charity Hope for Justice. A third man, unemployed Josef Barheli, met Orsos in Hungary and was then brought to the UK. Orsos told Mr Barheli he would receive

Trafficker kept £10k of payment for leg injury money and be given accommodation and food. “However, upon moving into the property he found that there was 24 other men living in it and he had to share a bedroom with 11 other people. They slept in bunk beds,” Mr Tehrani said. He added: “Mr Barheli

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The sprawling Kozee Sleep site in Ravensthorpe (above) Left – Managing Director Mohammed Rafiq and (right) convicted human trafficker Janos Orsos

later complained to Janos Orsos that the conditions were inhumane, but Janos Orsos told him “that’s just the way it is”.” The court heard Mr Barheli worked packing springs at Layzee Sleep in Batley in the summer of 2011. He worked from 8am to between 6pm and 7pm from Monday to Friday for £10 a week plus a tobacco ration. Mr Barheli, it was said, injured his left leg in an accident at work during the following year. The firm did not record the incident but gave him £15,000 compensation – of which Orsos took a ‘cut’ of £10,000. Ethical audits by firms including John Lewis and Next up to May 2014 did not identify the problems. That month Orsos, 43, formerly of Lascelles Road,

Heckmondwike, was jailed for five years for people trafficking. Mr Tehrani said: “The prosecution submit that the three defendants were involved with Janos Orsos and his human trafficking organisation to source them cheap slave labour to work at Kozee Sleep and Layzee Sleep factories. “The prosecution case is that the three defendants were aware of the circumstances of the Hungarian nationals who were working at these sites and went along with their exploitation as a slave workforce for their own and others’ gain.” Orsos was paid £3 an hour for the men he supplied – still well below the minimum wage, but massively more than made its way to them. The trial continues.

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WOOD JOHN NEVILLE On 11 October, of Briestfield, aged 79. Husband of Kathryn. Service at St John’s Church, Upper Hopton, Friday 23 October at 2pm, followed by interment in the Churchyard.

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On 12 October, aged 89, formerly of Batley. Wife of the late Derrick. Requiem Mass on Thursday 22 October at 10.30am, followed by interment in Dewsbury Cemetery at 12 noon.

On 12 October. Wife of the late Jack. Funeral at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 21 October at 12.30pm.

BUTLER NEE BARRACLOUGH ADA On 7 October, aged 90. Wife of the late Harold. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 22 October at 2pm.

CARDUS SUSAN (NEE WALKER) On 12 October, aged 62, of Mirfield. Partner of Stan. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 23 October at 1.15pm.

CROSSLEY DAVID On 7 October, aged 71, of Norristhorpe. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 20 October at 1.15pm.

HEELEY PATRICIA VALERIE On 9 October, aged 70, of Ravensthorpe. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 22 October at 1.15pm.

IBBITSON GEOFFREY On 6 October, aged 69, of Dewsbury. Husband of Audrey. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 20 October at 11.15am.

MCDAID KEVIN On 6 October, aged 54, at home in Blackpool. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 22 October at 12.30pm.

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Heckmondwike. Husband of the late Elsie. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 21 October at 2pm.

ROBB PHILIP On 8 October, aged 69, of Gomersal. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 19 October at 2.45pm.

RUSH DAVID On 6 October, aged 67. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium today, Friday 16 October, at 10.30am.

SMITH JOHN KENNETH On 7 October, of Mirfield, aged 67 years. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 23 October at 2.45pm.

TAYLOR EDITH MARGERY On 10 October, of Mirfield aged 84. Wife of the late Herbert (Bert). Service at St Mary’s Parish Church, Mirfield, Tuesday 20 October at 1pm, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium at 2pm.

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Man jailed for Asda thefts A MAN who stole gadgets for his family after being left unable to work due to a road accident has been jailed for 12 weeks. Mohammed Ishfaq, 34, of Heron Close, Ravensthorpe, shoplifted two Samsung tablets and an iPad from Asda on September 2. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard the items, which were recovered, were worth £657. Ishfaq, who admitted the theft, also faced being in breach of a suspended sentence imposed for driving while disqualified. Aftaab Hussain, for Ishfaq, said his client stopped at Asda on the way back from school intending to buy food. Mr Hussain said: “Due to his financial situation he can’t buy the goods he thinks his family deserves.” He added that after being knocked down by a police vehicle in 2013 Ishfaq suffered physical and mental problems which left him unable to work. He was also told to pay £260 costs. On his release from prison he will be supervised by the Probation Service for a year.

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News in Brief Arsonists target car SHAW CROSS: Arsonists caused a trail of damage when they set fire to a car on a driveway. The vehicle, parked at a property on Leeds Road, went up in flames at around 3am last Thursday. It damaged another car on the driveway, two cars next door plus fencing.

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Children’s art on show CHILDREN’S art from one of the most important UK collections is on show in Mirfield for a double birthday bash. Paintings and drawings have come to the Creative Arts Hub on Huddersfield Road from the Alexander Barclay-Russell Memorial Collection. It is held at the National Arts Education Archive at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton. Mr Barclay-Russell was an educationalist who

revolutionised the teaching of art in the mid-20th century. Pieces created by children from 1930 to 1960 formed part of an influential exhibition at London’s Festival Hall in 1983. They are to be combined with art made over the last three years at the Creative Arts Hub for a joint birthday celebration. Entry is free. Contact mark@creativeartshub.org. uk or ring 01924 492775.

Councillors accused over library closures By David Miller COUNCIL chiefs were accused of ‘rubber stamping’ changes to libraries which will see facilities in Thornhill Lees axed. Lib Dems on Kirklees Council won a review over fears that recommendations from officials were not looked at thoroughly enough. The party’s councillors in Cleckheaton backed the move which Labour MP Jo Cox then criticised. North Kirklees escaped the worst of library cuts last month, but there are job losses and shorter opening hours. Coun Andrew Pinnock (Lib

Dem, Cleckheaton) disputed a claim from Mrs Cox that the ‘call-in’ would put libraries in the district back under threat. He said: “What we’re trying to do is highlight how the report is very light on how libraries will be managed. “Cleckheaton is losing 16 hours a week from its opening times, but there is nothing about how that will work or pan out across the rest of Kirklees.” One concern is that users visit Cleckheaton from areas without a library, including Gomersal, Liversedge and Birkenshaw. If, for example, all libraries shut at the same time then those who need to travel

Issues back in spotlight AN MP has tried to bring councillors in Cleckheaton to book by claiming that local libraries could be at risk again. The area’s three Lib Dem representatives on Kirklees Council backed their party’s request to ‘call in’ changes for scrutiny. As a result a meeting is due to take place at Huddersfield Town Hall on Friday October 23 at 9.30am. MP Jo Cox (Lab, Batley and Spen) believes this may reopen debate about

the four libraries in her constituency. Thousands of people signed petitions in favour of retaining services at Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. Mrs Cox said: “Attempts to derail this decision as part of a narrow political agenda is an insult to all those people who campaigned to save our four libraries.” For details email s c r u t i n y. g o v e r nance@kirklees.gov. uk.

would have access problems. Coun Pinnock added: “Officers can make all sorts of recommendations, but the ultimate decision is a political one. The report backing up those recommendations is weak and we think it should be examined in detail.” A public scrutiny meeting takes place at Huddersfield Town Hall on Friday, October 23 at 9.30am. Coun Pinnock added: “Kirklees is a difficult authority to manage. In North Kirklees we’ve a lot of quite big libraries. But in South Kirklees there’s one big one, Huddersfield, a medium-sized one at Holmfirth and then lots of smaller ones.”

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BIRSTALL: Council chiefs stand accused of flouting their own rules in allowing the former public toilets to be turned into a cafe. The Market Street unit was sold off earlier this year with outline approval for a mixed-use two-storey building. Councillors said they had not been consulted about a change of use for the premises, which are also in the town centre conservation area. Coun Liz Smaje (Con, Birstall and Birkenshaw) called for the building work to stop until the issues have been resolved. She added: “It was clear to all that planning permission for any use other than toilets would require detailed planning approval. “This is just another case of the council ignoring developments in Birstall without planning permission.”

Man changes plea DEWSBURY: A man changed his plea to admit racially-aggravated threatening behaviour. Anthony Ferry, 50, had denied a charge relating to an incident at Moorlands Road on June 9. But Ferry, of Bradford Road, Batley, pleaded guilty at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court. On Monday he was fined £110 and told to pay a £150 court charge, £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

Actors’ starring role CLECKHEATON: Theatre enthusiasts are in rehearsals for a new show which starts next month. The Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic Society are bringing Sunset Boulevard to the town hall. It runs from November 17 to 21 at 7.15pm. Call 01274 877828 for tickets.

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Strike begins after talks fail By David Miller A STRIKE affecting Dewsbury District Hospital is under way after a deal to train ‘locums’ was rejected. Eighteen medical laboratory assistants at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust began week-long industrial action on Tuesday. The dispute is over a new rota which workers believe cannot be operated safely without more staff. Medical laboratory assistants prepare patient samples for tests by biomedical scientists. MP Paula Sherriff (Lab, Dewsbury and Mirfield) last week called for both sides to reach an agreement. But talks broke down when Mid Yorkshire were accused of trying to plug gaps with ‘locums’ on so-called zerohours contracts. Unison regional organiser Jim Bell said: “The shortages are having a very bad effect on our members. “Sickness levels are soaring and some are being forced to leave the job because of the enormous pressure they are under. “Unison has assured the employer there will be emergency cover during the strike so patients are not put at risk. “But our members rejected a management proposal where they said they would train ‘locums’ in the job and who would then be employed

on zero hours contracts with no employment rights. “They also claim that the staff shortages can be filled by existing staff working overtime. “But that is part of the problem and is certainly not a solution. If they can afford to pay overtime they can afford to pay sufficient numbers of staff to do the work. “Our members say they have been left with no alternative but to raise this dire situation in public through industrial action.” Trust director of human resources Angela Wilkinson said: “The new rota arrangements for the medical labora-

tory assistants has been in operation for three weeks. “We want to make sure these new rotas are put in place properly and we have offered extra staff at peak times of the day so this happens. “The trust has also employed agency workers to fill gaps in service while we recruit to permanent vacancies. This ensures we can run the service and provide the necessary care to our patients. “This has not been offered as a permanent solution. We will continue to work with Unison in an attempt to resolve this dispute.”

Pledge on shortfall HEALTH bosses insist they are getting to grips with an expected £4m budget shortfall. The North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was required to make £10.2m of savings this year. But they are on course to reduce spending by £6.2m amid the need to treat more patients. A report for the CCG’s board said as a result there is a risk of failing to meet its duty to post a surplus of £3.6m this year. But managers said

steps, including the increased use of contingency funds, are being taken. A spokeswoman said: “Increased financial pressures and challenges are being experienced by the NHS nationally. “The CCG is facing a challenging financial outlook in common with many other NHS organisations. She added: “At this point in time the CCG are forecasting to achieve a one per cent surplus as required by NHS England in business planning rules.”

Art exhibition’s great response MORE THAN 100 pieces of art by 50 artists form a new exhibition which is drawing the crowds at Batley Art Gallery. The art gallery's open exhibition, which opened two weeks ago, has been receiving high praise for its impressive variety of work. Featuring artwork ranging from the purely abstract to detailed photorealist studies, visitors are invited to cast a vote for their favourite piece

– with the winner awarded a solo exhibition next year. An open call invited local artists to submit up to three pieces of artwork each and just under 200 pieces were brought in, from which the exhibited works were selected. “We’re really pleased with this year’s response,” said exhibitions coordinator Mark Milnes. “We’ve had a good set of entries and the public have

been really responsive to our voting process. There’s been a spread of votes, but we have two clear winners at the moment. It could all change though!” The artist who wins the public vote will receive a solo exhibition at Mirfield’s Creative Arts Hub. There are still four weeks left of the exhibition at the gallery, which is situated on the first floor within the library building.

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MP urges blue badge parking levy change By Steve Martyn HEALTH chiefs must do some “soul searching” in a review of parking charges for disabled people. That is the view of MP Paula Sherriff after the plan was referred to the board of directors at the Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust. Blue badge holders have to pay up to £2.80 under a trustwide policy which came in last month. Ms Sherriff (Lab, Dewsbury and Mirfield) put pressure on the trust to act after receiving complaints from disabled constituents. In a letter to trust chief executive Stephen Eames she highlighted two of many cases she has learned of. She wrote about a man struggling on the state pension who attends hospital every week and says that parking fees would “tip him Above, Ms Sherriff, and above right, her letter calling for change over the edge”. Another man with inpatient tion of parking charges, they She wrote: “I do sincerely hope appointments for several weeks would not turn up for their that the board will do some soul faces a £100-a-month parking bill. appointments.” searching and consider the She added: “Especially alarmMs Sherriff welcomed an earli- impact that this levy has upon ing is the number of constituents er indication from Mr Eames that the most vulnerable members of who have informed me that as a the board would review the poliour society.” direct result of the implementacy. A trust spokesman said: “We

ROTARIANS in Cleckheaton have made a spectacle of themselves in collecting 100,000 used glasses for charity. The items will be given to Vision Aid Overseas who send

volunteer opticians to developing countries. It helps restore vision for people in places such as Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Ghana. Cleckheaton and District Rotary Club members have

supported the charity for many years. The latest batch were sorted out with help from Liversedge youngster Maddie Tetlow. who received the club’s 2015 Rotary Young Leadership Award.

Pet ban over cruel death A WOMAN who left her pet rabbit to starve to death has been banned from keeping animals. Charlotte Goodwin, 27, of Nursery Grove, Thornhill Lees, was convicted of causing suffering to a protected animal. The mother-of-two was also found guilty of failing to ensure its welfare in a cellar at Edge Lane. She had been convicted in her absence at Kirklees

Magistrates’ Court last month. The first offence happened between November 1 last year and February 14, and the second on or before February 14. Andrew Davidson, prosecuting for the RSPCA, said the rabbit was kept in a small cage. The enclosure was designed for the needs of a hamster, not an animal as large as a rabbit. At a previous hearing vet Laura Smith said the rabbit

died from inadequate nutrition. Manat Ali, for Goodwin, said his client had not been in trouble before and was genuinely upset about what had happened. She was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work and pay £500 costs and a £60 victim surcharge. In addition Goodwin was banned from keeping animals for 10 years. It will be at least five years before the ban can be lifted.

had a productive meeting with Paula Sherriff MP and discussed the car parking charges as part of this. “The MP asked for her concerns about the charges for blue badge holders to be raised with the trust board. “We agreed Paula could attend a future board meeting and put forward her views in person. “Introducing a capped car parking charge of £2.80 for blue badge holders means we can invest in parking provision for this group of motorists across our three main hospital sites. “We have kept the charges in line with other NHS trusts, public sector organisations and off-street car parks in Wakefield and North Kirklees.” ● Trust chairman Jules Preston MBE has been reappointed until March 2018 on “remuneration” of £39,800 a year. The decision was confirmed by the NHS Trust Development Authority on Monday. Mr Preston’s term runs from April 1 2016 to March 31 2018. He joined in October 2012 from the Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

News in Brief Fight on hate crime DEWSBURY: A campaign against hate crime is due to be conducted at the railway station today (Fri). Kirklees Council has joined forces with West Yorkshire Police for roadshows across the district. The campaign, which marks Hate Crime Awareness Week, aims to make people more confident in reporting incidents. Hate crime can include homophobia, racism and prejudice against disabled or transgender people. Advisors called in at Asda, Kirklees College and Dewsbury Bus Station on Wednesday. They will be at the railway station from 10am to 12noon. Victims of hate crime are encouraged to call police on 101.

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4,000 home plan is enough to make you choke HE lyric for the classic Beatles song A Day in the Life on the Sgt Pepper’s album went … “Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire…” The Kirklees Council version, circa 2015, runs … “Four thousand homes in green belt Dewsbury…” as in the new town they intend building on fields between Thornhill Lees and Mirfield. How big exactly is 4,000 homes? (I like the name Shariatown by the way). Put it like this. In all of Savile Town and Thornhill Lees right now there are only 3,200 residences and 2,700 in Ravensthorpe. Still, with everyone cuddled up that cosily they’ll save a fortune on heating bills. And let’s hope everyone gets along well, because they won’t be travelling anywhere in a hurry. Back in 1967 John Lennon’s lyric was musing on the number of potholes on Blackburn’s roads. In 2015 you couldn’t count the potholes on Huddersfield Road in Ravensthorpe without

I’ve got a song idea, Paul ... 4,000 homes in Green Belt Dewsbury either being run over, or more likely, having to peer beneath nose-to-tail vehicles from 8am to 6pm. In fact forget being run over, cars can rarely get up enough speed through there to do any damage. You’d be more likely to keel over from the choking exhaust fumes. At the time Lennon started penning his masterpieces I lived in Ravy, on Sackville Street, and my little asthmat-

ic lungs were so choked by the smog and pollution of the mills and the coal burning terraced chimneys, that our GP despatched the family to the wonderful clean air at the top of Thornhill. Ravensthorpe’s outside lavvies are long gone, as are the noxious chimneys, but Kirklees seems intent on turning the district into one big sweathouse. Population density across Kirklees is 10.5 people per hectare (in ‘overcrowded’ England it’s only 4.1). Savile Town and Thornhill Lees? Already it’s 32. And they’re going to more than double it? A fortnight ago, Kirklees Council’s mutton-brained Labour Cabinet published its masterplan for meeting government targets on new homes, tripling the previously rejected number for Chidswell – that’ll teach those bolshie NIMBYs! – and having a right laugh with their 4,000-house Muslim new town. I was going to offer (yet again) to bare my backside on the town hall steps if these

LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood daft plans ever come to pass, but by the time and if ever they do, I’ll probably be wearing incontinence pants, slavering into my white beard and be unable to dress myself anyway. You see, I can’t imagine these plans are actually meant to come to fruition – not something like Shariatown at least. It’s just a way of keeping Whitehall quiet for a while. I noticed that the plan said there would be improvements to Ravensthorpe railway station. A new litter bin? Extra bench? I wonder, have councillors actually tried that service at rush hour? Years ago, there was talk of building a bypass through that area from the M1 to the M62. It would have made a nice shortcut for HGV drivers but done nothing to address the chronic infrastructure problems in our valley. Problems which are already at crisis point. Short of turning Huddersfield Road into a double-decker highway, I haven’t the faintest what could be

done. But I do know that choking the Calder valley with an entire new town won’t help. How on earth is an ambulance going to get from there to Pinderfields? They do heart transplants in less time than it would take to get a heart attack victim out of there. So while there are no details on new schools and GP surgeries, I hope at least they’re building a helipad for the Air Ambulance. It’s almost a mickey-take that as Kirklees plans 30,000 new homes across the district, the Mid Yorks NHS Trust is busy plotting the closure of Dewsbury District Hospital. But that’s the thing with politicians and bureaucrats – they don’t ‘do’ joinedup thinking. Meanwhile, back in the real world of Dewsbury town centre (which this plan is supposed to ‘regenerate’) the only growth industry is writing parking tickets, and driving more and more people away. I’ve been looking at commercial property this week

and briefly considered one Dewsbury building until I asked the business rates – £6,500 a year. And you don’t even get a bin emptied for that, just Kirklees’s parking Nazis, trying to make sure you don’t get any custom anyway. Thanks, but no thanks. PS: In trying to sell this madness, Coun Peter McBride said the regeneration of Pioneer House showed Kirklees’s commitment to Dewsbury. Well, true enough, as completely empty buildings go, it is very handsome. It’s just a shame that no one will touch it – or Dewsbury town centre – with a bargepole. Sometimes, Councillor Pete, keeping your gob shut and just looking stupid is better than opening it and confirming the fact. PPS: Just a thought re the ‘housing crisis’. Have you seen how many empty flats there are in Dewsbury town centre and along Bradford Road? Where are all of these poor souls without a roof over their head?

Home is where the heart is, Sam sensational. Come home Sam, WE CAN’T have had too many we still love you. local blokes who have played in a Rugby Union World Cup. DO YOU think anyone will every Sadly for Dewsbury Moor ARLFC and Heckmondwike ‘pay’ for the £3million that Tory Grammar School lad Sam ministers handed over to Camila Burgess, it all ended in tears Batmanjelly and her Kids when England crashed out bareCompany outfit, hours before she ly a fortnight after it began. put it into receivership? The national press went OTT I doubt it. Certainly not within when Sam, indisputably the best the system and it’s highly unlikely League player in the world, that Batmanjelly or her co-conSam Burgess signed at Union. It was only a spirator Alan Yentob will be held matter of time before he accountable, despite the fact that inevitably became the scapegoat for the failconcerns were raised as far back as 2002. ings of, basically, a lousy team. The very people who should be responsible A couple of things Sam. Firstly, they won’t for enforcing the rules are the same ones who let up now. It will probably be your fault if it will ultimately whitewash the whole rancid lot. rains during the final between New Zealand The Big Lottery Fund is a prime example of and Australia. And secondly, the Leeds an organisation covering up its own lavish Rhinos-Wigan Grand Final at Old Trafford was funding of potential fraudsters.

A warm(ish) welcome HAD to chuckle at the bleating-heart speech of Kirklees councillor Graham Turner last week, announcing to the world that the authority will open its humanitarian arms to help solve the Syrian refugee crisis. Kirklees will house two whole families. Crikey, don’t overdo it, will you Graham? They get four families to a house in some parts of Ravensthorpe. Forty or 50 men to a terrace if they fancy a job at Kozee Sleep. Our new Syrian guests will be rattling round the place. I liked this quote of Coun Turner’s. “I am sure they will need intensive support from a range of services. They may have suffered trauma or survived torture and violence.” If there’s only a handful of them they might suffer from loneliness, but what they will actually need Graham is a roof, food, beds, a warm coat and a Syrian-English dictionary. And as much as they may have suffered trauma, they may well not. Most of the well-heeled young men I see on the news look like anything but victims. Au

contraire, to borrow the French vernacular. Still, it seems Kirklees Council has learned its lesson from the days when it was virtually putting on its own buses to ship itinerant, middle Eastern asylum seekers into the district, based not on any humanitarian morality, but on pocketing the Government cash that came with them. They were seemingly all single men too, with a slap-my-thigh coincidence. Coun Turner may not be familiar with the time that Kirklees was idiotically accommodating Shia refugees in the heart of Sunni neighbourhoods and the open warfare that ensued. I doubt that he’s met Lee Massey, or Danny and Darren Lee, all of whom are lucky to be alive after being ambushed by a mob of weapon-wielding Iraqi Kurds, only one of whom was ever brought to justice. They were Kirklees guests too, councillor. So excuse me if I appear pleasantly underwhelmed by the council’s hospitality. You see we’ve been here before. And some people are still bearing the scars.

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Engaged in a great charity day ‘OLD BOY’ footballers from Dewsbury raised more than £2,000 for refugees at a 21st anniversary reunion tournament. The class of 1994 from Westborough, Birkdale and Thornhill high schools met at the home of Savile Town FC. And as if to prove some things never change Westborough, the 1994 school champions, won the final 4-3 on penalties. Organised by anti-radicalisation charity Engage Dewsbury, the cash raised will be donated to aid group the Ummah Welfare Trust. The international charity, which has premises on Savile Road, Dewsbury, have helped refugees fleeing war-torn Syria since early 2012. At the football tournament the Thornhillbased Raza Islamic Centre provided refreshments and a barbeque. Engage Dewsbury run

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Baroness Pinnock grasses up ‘hand-washing’ cabinet COUNCILLORS “washed their hands” of controversial changes to grass cutting last week. Coun Kath Pinnock (Lib Dem, Cleckheaton) made the claim after the Labour cabinet passed a review back to officials. The decision to reduce public space grass cutting across the district was ‘called in’ for scrutiny. A panel of councillors

ruled there was not enough detail or consultation with residents in the plans. But the cabinet, rather than make changes directly, agreed to delegate any reforms. Coun Pinnock said: “They said they’re not going to change anything about decisions already made.” The baroness, a life peer, added that district committees may be left having to

“fiddle” with the scheme locally. It comes after grass cutting was slashed in changes agreed at the February budget meeting. Parks and open spaces were rated as gold, silver, bronze or natural, with gold getting cut most frequently. It caused uproar in Mirfield where, after it came into force, residents mowed public areas themselves.

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Headlines from a bleak-looking future Dear Sirs, So at last, the ‘social and economic barriers to progress’ in North Kirklees are to be “fixed”! Wow! How is this to be done? Build factories! Build houses! Thousands of them! That’s it. Job done – except that it won’t be, because this really isn’t progress at all, it is quite simply an on-going disaster. Now bear with me for a moment … it’s sometime in the mid-1980s. I’m taking a poetry lesson with my class of 12-13year-olds. We’re reading one about a school trip. But this outing isn’t to the seaside or to some historical site. This class

Letter of the Week: Name and address supplied is going to see a rabbit. No ordinary rabbit, the very last rabbit. In the very last field … it went down well. The children were fascinated, several seemed amused. Maybe I smiled a bit. I am not smiling now… You see, what’s happening here, in our tiny microcosm of Kirklees is only a reflection of what is happening on a global scale at an ever-increasing rate.

The terrifying genie of overpopulation is well clear of his bottle now, and there’s no controlling him (I mean, you don’t really believe that our world leaders will somehow, suddenly, come to their senses and face the reality that, if civilisation is to survive, human beings can no longer be permitted to simply breed like rabbits? No chance. Forget that). I now visualise you reading on

with bated breath, to absorb my amazing solutions. You will read in vain. Having survived on this planet for some eight decades I can confirm that, by and large, the 60s, 70s and 80s were the golden decades. Why? Because the population was reasonably balanced! The social services, transport, hospitals, roads etc could cope. Now we are sliding, faster and faster, into chaos. At one time I might have added “but not in my lifetime!”. Now I’m not so sure. I wonder whether The Press will still be around in, say, 2031? Assuming so, here are a few headlines: “Water shortage: long queues

Paula Sherriff, MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield No need to

‘Politically speaking’ Is deprivation in Dewsbury acceptable in the seventh richest country in the world? FFICIAL figures revealed recently that some areas of Dewsbury featured in the top thousand most deprived areas in Britain. I would say this came as a shock to me, but sadly this is what many towns, particularly in northern England have come to accept as the norm. Dewsbury has been left behind and neglected under this government, as have many northern towns. The Chancellor’s rhetoric of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ has been one of the biggest cons of the Conservative’s general election manifesto. The deprivation figures are hard evidence that all he is creating is a ‘Northern Poorhouse’. I have had many constituents visit my office since being elected who are desperate. People with disabilities having all income cut off through not being able to get to assessments as far afield as Manchester. Families being forced to move out of their homes or face financial penalties because they have the audacity to have a spare bedroom. Not to mention the anticipation of the impending tax credit cuts to be inflicted next May, where many working families stand to lose thousands of pounds a year. In July I voted against the government’s welfare bill and I welcome that the new Labour leadership has taken this stance and that we voted as a party to oppose the bill in September. Some may simply say that getting people into work is the answer. Unfortunately our town is being starved of investment, with the government playing politics with devo-

lution and decisions on transport infrastructure and as a result Dewsbury suffers and fails to grow and provide the jobs required. The figures are more concerning in other ways too. Many of those below the poverty line are actually in work, the government’s so-called ‘strivers’. It is mainly those in work who will lose out financially with the impending tax credit cuts. The combination of these cuts and the Chancellor’s ‘Living Wage’ set to come into force in May, is doing no more than giving with one hand and taking away more with the other, leaving many more families struggling to pay their bills and provide a decent standard of living for their children. But on top of jobs, wages and benefits the Government fails to address the other huge contributor to deprivation – the lack of affordable housing. Private sector rents are spiralling out of control with rents on average £1,000 more than in 2010. Despite this David Cameron plans to sell off

more and more social housing stock at knock-down prices. History shows that this is a false economy, with former social housing falling into the hands of private landlords who are able to charge exorbitant rents and push up the housing benefits bill. For many in Dewsbury, home ownership is an impossible dream. With average first time buyer deposits ranging between £16,000 and £20,000 based on research from Yorkshire Building Society. David Cameron announced at the Conservative conference last week his new starter home plan, a scheme aimed at helping the younger generation get on the housing ladder as opposed to renting. However research from the housing charity Shelter suggests that in 98 per cent of local authorities, those earning George Osborne’s so-called ‘Living Wage’ would not be able to afford one of these starter homes. For many generations rip-off rent will continue. In the seventh richest country in the world is it right that people in Dewsbury are suffering from deprivation and poverty? Of course it isn’t. The Government need to stop patronising us with terms such as ‘Northern Powerhouse’ and wake up to the harsh realities of severe deprivation in northern towns and cities caused as result of their policies.

Paula • What do you think about Paula Sherriff MP’s views? Email forum@thepressnews.co.uk and have your say.

sell off assets From: Paul Holmes, Branch Secretary, Kirklees Unison

Dear Sir, Your readers will have seen the letters over recent days about selling off Bradley Park Golf Course in Huddersfield (the only municipal golf course in Kirklees) and the proposal to ‘give away’ the majority of libraries to voluntary sector/community groups. The last five years have been horrific for local government. Everyone understands how much the government is cutting back on local government expenditure and how much pressure there is on local councillors to

at new standpipes in Spen Valley”; “Hospital waiting lists now over four years”; “New 10-lane motorway now inadequate”; “Many of school’s teaching marquees flattened in storm”; “Excursion this Saturday; see real fields, flowers, trees on site near Mirfield! (to be developed next month) departs 10am”; “No Pennine Hills now without turbines”; “Power cuts here to stay”; I can think of many more. I reckon you can too, or perhaps as you read this letter, you find yourself shaking your head in disbelief and faintly smiling? But I am not smiling…

cut/reduce public services. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the government sees the main functions of local authorities are to: • Sell public assets (particularly the selling of land and buildings); • Make public and private land available for private development both in land sales and with planning permissions; • Re-direct local government money to private companies. This has led to the transfer of local authority money/ assets/land from the public sector to the private sector. That is the real reason behind the government’s austerity threat to councils. The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader actively puts on the agenda the fact that austerity is not an economic necessity,

it is a political objective of the government. However, Kirklees Council will not endear itself to the public, nor to its employees, by its increased co-operation with the closure of public services and the selling of public assets. Kirklees residents will just get more cynical. You can only sell something once – councils up and down the country have also been transferring assets to voluntary/ community groups. But ‘work’ is not voluntary. Someone has to clean the toilets, tackle anti-social behaviour, attend a workplace at night on “call-out” etc. Some 59 per cent of those eligible to vote in the Labour Party leadership election voted for Jeremy Corbyn – more than three times the

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PLANNING APPLICATIONS M Ghuasia, 21-29 Warren Street, Savile Town, demolition of existing dwelling and erection of three-storey extension and internal alterations to extend existing mosque. N Patel, 8 Honeysuckle Drive, Thornhill Lees, two-storey side and rear and single-storey front extensions. Mr F Bahadur, 34 Laithe Croft Road, Soothill, certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations to roof. St John’s CE VC School, Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury, erection of canopy to rear. G Samuel, Hartford Interiors, 103 Upper Commercial Street, Batley, change of use of vacant premises to veterinary clinic. Darren Smith Homes, adjacent to St Paul’s Church, Newgate, Mirfield, change of use of land to garden amenity, provision of boundary treatments, footpaths, raised walkway and seating areas. Damian Hartley, 52 Upper Batley Low Lane, Upper Batley, works to trees 23/77. A Clapham, 18 Copley Hill, Birstall, certificate of lawfulness for proposed extensions. Mr A-Ul Haq, 1-3 High Street, Heckmondwike, change of use and alterations to convert ground

floor shops into two self-contained flats. C Carter, 5 Water Royd Crescent, Mirfield, extensions. Darren Smith, Newgate, Mirfield, variation condition two (plans) and removal condition four (ventilation) on previous permission 2014/91746 for demolition of existing building and erection of two retirement units (amended proposal). Darren Smith, Newgate, Mirfield, variation condition two (plans) and removal conditions three (materials) and 16 (windows) on previous permission 2009/93133 for erection of retirement development consisting of 36 units and one concierge unit. M Brogden, adjacent to 31 Holdsworth Street, Cleckheaton, detached dwelling. Toureen Group, Batley Mortar Site, Smithies Moor Lane/Bridge Street/Mill Street, Birstall, removal of condition six (affordable housing) and seven (public open space) on previous permission 2012/92614 for outline application for erection of residential development for up to 21 dwellings. Park Road Junior Infants And Nursery School, Park Road, Batley, Listed Building Consent for erection of signs.

Mr & Mrs A Ally, 32/34 Wharf Street, Savile Town, first floor rear extension. Charlotte’s Jersey Ice Cream Parlour, The Meadows, Whitley Road, Whitley, Dewsbury, demolition of storage buildings and erection of seven camping pods and amenities building. Luigi’s, The Punch Bowl, 136 Westgate, Cleckheaton, removal condition one (use of building) on previous permission 2012/90653 for change of use of ancillary storage building to restaurant/diner with flat above. Luigi’s, c/o Agent, The Punch Bowl, 136 Westgate, Cleckheaton, erection of porch, external extractor unit and chimney (part retrospective). D Raw, 15 Red Vale, Gomersal, single-storey extension. M Brown, 24 The Coppice, Mirfield, works to TPO(s) 68/92. John Ward, Dewsbury And District Hospital, Halifax Road, Staincliffe, works to tree(s) 33a/96. Mr Lunat, 82 Batley Field Hill, Upper Batley, rear extension. M Hughes, adjacent to 250 White Lee Road, White Lee, Batley, one pair of semidetached dwellings with driveway. Mr M Yusaf, 648 Huddersfield

Road, Ravensthorpe, change of use from retail to launderette. AY & Y Patel Ltd, Three Nuns Service Station, Leeds Road, Mirfield, extensions to form ancilliary office, training rooms and associated facilities and extension to existing retail unit. Ogden Properties Ltd, adjacent to DW Sports Gym, Gelderd Road, Birstall, non-food retail unit (Class A1), formation of access, car parking and associated works. Mr A Jawad, 1 Hick Lane, Batley, alterations to convert former public house to seven flats (Listed Building within a Conservation Area). JBM Homes Ltd, Old Bank Mills, Old Bank Road, Earlsheaton, discharge of conditions six (footway/verge crossing) and 19 (drainage) on previous permission 2015/90391 for demolition of existing building and erection of eight semi-detached houses with associated parking and gardens. Mr H B Abdailah, former WCs, Market Street, Birstall, change of use from former public WC to restaurant/cafe (A3). Vicki Dooley, 28 Windsor Gardens, Shaw Cross, certificate of lawfulness for proposed brick cavity wall.

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Continued from page 8 vote for any other candidate. They didn’t vote for the closure of libraries, the reduction of services and the selling of council assets/land. We really do need to change the agenda. Jeremy Corbyn has set a lead nationally. Who is going to give us a lead locally? Constantly shutting services, austerity budgets and selling land/assets leads to demoralisation amongst the public and employees. We need a more positive argument in favour of public services. Public serv-

Much deserved tribute From: David Blakeley, Ravensthorpe Dear Sir, I recently attended the funeral of one of my colleagues, Mr Phillip Brooke. I have never seen the amount of people that attended! Phil was a character, one you don't meet every day. He was a credit to his family and certainly a credit to his workmates and people he met throughout his life. People were there to pay tribute to him, and it was much deserved. All the people who knew Phil will miss him – a top man.

Say cheese...! DEGREE students at Kirklees College enjoyed a talk by leading sports photographer Simon Mooney (front right). Simon spoke to undergraduate photography students at Batley School of Art about how he creates and produces work with his team, what is involved in working with major corporations including Coca Cola for the

World Cup and McDonald’s for the Olympics. Course leader Katrina Whitehead said: “This was a fantastic opportunity for students to learn what it is like behind the scenes for a sports photographer who has worked with companies around the world and achieved his imagery on the front page of the tabloids.”

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News In Brief CLECKHEATON: A table-top sale raised valuable funds to help refugees in Calais and on the Greek island of Kos. The event, on Saturday, at St John’s Church, was organised by the Cleckheaton Refugee Crisis Appeal group. DEWSBURY: Art created by people with mental health problems is on show. The exhibition at the town hall features work from those who use services provided by agency Community Links, Engagement and Recovery (CLEAR). It ends October 27.

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gy.” In a separate piece for Labourlist.org Mrs Cox said lessons have to be learned from the Iraq War. She wrote: “I opposed the war in Iraq because I believed the risk to civilian lives was too high and their protection was never the central objective, or even a high priority. “I knew, as we all knew, that President Bush wasn’t motivated by protecting civilians but by weapons of mass destruction and a misguided neo-con view of the U.S. strategic interest. “But we must remember that Syria is not Iraq. “We have to learn the lessons of Iraq, without being paralysed by it. “And we have to learn the lessons of Iraq without forgetting the lessons of Bosnia or Rwanda. “The history of Iraq overshadows us all and it should. But its legacy is already awful enough without supplementing it with a new legacy of turning the other way when confronted with Syria.”

Dig deep for floral displays VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help make and maintain beautiful floral displays at Batley Cemetery. The call was made after Roger Jenkinson of the Batley Cemetery Support Group decided to take a step back. He has almost single-handedly created the colourful displays for the last nine years. But he is sadly no longer able to replant the 12 flower beds and six-tiered planters around the cemetery’s twin chapels. In a bid to ease the situation he had considered removing the planters for the winter months. But instead he and the support group committee decided to launch an appeal for help. Anyone who can help should contact them at batleycemetery@live.co.uk. Alternatively, they can turn up at the next meeting, which is at Batley Older People’s Centre on W e d n e s d a y, November 11 at 7.15pm.

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News In Brief Top pork pie prize CLECKHEATON: B&M Collins Butcher’s on Westgate took the title for Best Pork Pie at the 27th annual Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage and Black Pudding Competition in Harrogate last Sunday. It attracted 280 entries from 60 suppliers and Marjorie Collins and daughter Mary Johnson received the Ted Jones Supreme Pork Pie Trophy from celebrity chef Brian Turner. Mrs Johnson said: “The recipe is one we developed ourselves. And it’s exactly what we sell in the shop.”

Curtain going up CLECKHEATON: Theatre enthusiasts are in rehearsals for a new show which starts next month. The Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic Society are bringing Sunset Boulevard to the town hall. It runs from Tuesday to Saturday November 17 to 21, plus a Saturday matinee at 2pm. Tickets are available from www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls or from Eileen Feltwell on 01274 877828.

Helping Gurkhas OSSETT: A table top sale is due to be held tomorrow (Saturday) in aid of Gurkhas and their families. Organised by the town centre partnership, it runs from 10am to 12.30pm at the Ossett War Memorial Community Centre. The trust help Gurka ex-servicemen and their families who have chosen to make the UK their home.

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Fears that Spen will lose sports facilities By David Miller A NEW sports centre proposed for Liversedge may not be built after all, a councillor has claimed. Kirklees Council last week refused an appeal over the axe of Cleckheaton’s Whitcliffe Mount Sport Centre. On Tuesday the authority’s district-wide sports facilities masterplan was published. The council were said to be keen on building a new sports centre on the site of the Princess Mary athletics stadium in Liversedge. But Coun John Lawson (Lib Dem, Cleckheaton) said the report has nothing specific about this.

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He added: “Often what is not said is more important than what is – and there is no mention of a new sports centre at Princess Mary.

“I’ve said repeatedly that a sports centre at Princess Mary’s wouldn’t be viable without an anchor tenant. “That was one of the

things in the report – it would risk White Elephant-itis in that there wouldn’t be a school there.” Coun Lawson believes this backs up the case of protesters who forced last week’s council debate. More than 4,000 people signed a petition in favour of adding a public sports hall to the rebuilt Whitcliffe Mount School. The current sports centre next door will be demolished to make way for the new £13m school. It was claimed the contractor could add an extra sports hall for £2m, which

could come from the council’s capital budget. Kirklees is already spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on ‘temporary’ facilities at the Spenborough Pool. Coun Lawson said: “The report also said that in each area of Kirklees most residents are 20 minutes’ walk from a sports centre of a certain size. “The removal of Whitcliffe Mount takes people from across the Spen Valley out of that category. “So we’re talking about diminished services, a fall down in provision which will affect the elderly, young families and a host of health and social issues.”

Abattoir fined £20,000 for polluting beck AN ABATTOIR which polluted an Ossett beck had drains blocked by pieces of animal waste as big as tennis balls. Ossett Abattoir Services and director Sajid Ali were sentenced last Friday for discharging material into inland freshwater. The firm was fined £20,000 and Ali, 30, of Wakefield Road, was fined £1,500 for the two breaches.

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They were prosecuted by the Environment Agency following reports that Spring Mill Beck had turned a red-brown colour. Wakefield and Pontefract Magistrates Court heard that the first incident happened in May 2012. A blockage in the abattoir’s drainage system caused effluent to run into surface water drains that discharge into Spring Mill Beck. In November 2013 Environment Agency officials investigated similar reports at the beck. A trial in August was told a sewer drain near the premises was blocked by blood clots and animal guts. Inside the premises a drain was blocked by congealed blood and solids, some as big as a tennis balls.

Having been found guilty at the trial, the company was fined £10,000 for each offence. Ali was fined for the May 2012 incident. The company was told to pay £5,921.16 in costs and a further £224.65 on wasted costs for a previous hearing. Both the company and Ali were also ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge each. Mark West, of the Environment Agency, said: “Trade effluent from industry can have a devastating impact on the natural environment if it is not treated and disposed of properly. “We hope this case shows how important it is that businesses comply with environmental regulations and manage their operation effectively to ensure their activities do not put the environment at risk.”

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Homes plans put under the spotlight By David Miller PLANS for thousands of homes across the district are being picked apart by campaigners. Concerns have been raised about potential developments affecting Mirfield, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw. In Mirfield it is claimed council chiefs are attempting to allocate new homes ‘under the radar’. Some 4,000 properties are on the cards for land earmarked as Ravensthorpe but which also covers Savile Town and Thornhill Lees. Coun Martyn Bolt (Con) said: “The western edge of this scheme borders Sands Lane at Mirfield. “What the council seems to be doing is sneaking homes into Mirfield by the back door by calling it all Ravensthorpe.” He has asked officials to check where the border is and found nearly a sixth of the land is in Mirfield. It could take up to 571 homes and Coun Bolt said: “There's no way we will accept a doubling of the amount of housing Mirfield is expected to take.”

In Batley there is concern about the loss of allotments bordering Woodlands Road and Wilton Park. Kirklees Council’s draft Local Plan shows 40 homes for land known as Little Wood. Resident Yvonne Ford called the authority and claimed she was told there is a waiting-list for the allotments. In Cleckheaton traffic caused by industrial and housing schemes near Chain Bar is considered a problem. Coun Andrew Pinnock (Lib Dem) said: “The thing that’s been needed all along is a slip road from the M62 to M606. “That should’ve been done in

the first place, but it wasn’t and doing it now will cost an arm and a leg.” Proposals across Birstall and Birkenshaw, including a travellers’ site, have been criticised. And in Gomersal the loss of green belt land adjacent to Cliffe Lane and Ferrand Lane is a focus for campaigners. Coun Lisa Holmes (Con) posted a reply she received from officers on the Gomersal Matters Facebook page for residents to see. It said Ferrand Land would have to be brought up to adoptable standard, including potential road widening. The statement added: “With regards to biodiversity both Natural England and West Yorkshire Ecology have raised no objections. “The site is currently within the green belt but is contained by existing buildings on three sides and by Ferrand Lane to the north and would allow a new defendable green belt boundary.”

News in Brief Pair escape blaze CLECKHEATON: An elderly woman and her son had a lucky escape from a house fire on Monday. The bathroom of a property on Booth Street went up in flames at around 2pm due to a suspected disgarded cigarette. A woman in her 80s and her son, in his 50s, managed to get out of the semidetached home. They were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Firefighters attended and tackled the blaze. Darren Hay, watch commander at Cleckheaton Fire Station, warned of the dangers of discarded cigarettes and added: “This could have been more serious had it happened at night.”

Building could spark ‘chaos’ QUESTIONS are being asked about the need to build hundreds of new homes in Birstall and Birkenshaw. Among the proposed developments in Kirklees Council’s Local Plan is one for up to 224 houses on land off Mill Street in Birstall. Other schemes include 70 homes for Raikes Lane, 31 near Highfield Drive, and 11 on Smithies Moor Lane. In Birkenshaw 47 homes are earmarked for the fire station site, while more than 200 are spread over separate sites around Whitehall Road. Coun Andrew Palfreeman (Con) said: “There has clearly been no appreciation of the impact on our local roads. In Birkenshaw the A58 Whitehall Road faces capacity issues and these developments will throw Birkenshaw into traffic chaos.” Public consultation on the draft Local Plan runs from Monday November 9 to Friday December 18.

Police hunt for car BATLEY: Police are hunting for a car which vanished from outside a pub more than three months ago. The Toyota Starlet, registration T740 ACU, was stolen on July 2 outside the White Horse Inn on White Lee Road. A man was arrested and is on bail. Anyone with information can call PC Chris Birkenshaw at the Batley and Spen Neighbourhood Policing Team on 101.

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By Steve Martyn THOUSANDS of people were transported back to the 1940s in Heckmondwike town centre last weekend. Following a sell-out period dance concert at the Comrades Club on Friday night, Green Park and the Market Place were transformed on Saturday with vintage stalls, vehicles, music and re-enactors. The bandstand in Green Park was put to good use with Paul and Natasha Harper entertaining the crowds with support from Melissa Harper, playing to a packed NAAFI tent. Mayor of Kirklees Coun Paul Kane toured the attractions and was on-hand to give a speech, along with re-enactors playing General

Eisenhower and Major General George Patton. Around 40 vintage and period vehicles were on display, ranging from a 1930s Panther motorcycle to U.S. Army Jeeps, along with community, vintage and craft stalls. An unexploded bomb, a period ambulance and fire tender were on display in Market Place, with The Andersons group providing an authentic 40s feel with music and dance. Two D-Day veterans brought their medals and talked to people about some of their wartime experiences. The event was organised by Simon Thirkill, Elaine Gomersal and the Heckmondwike Alliance community group. Mr Thirkill, who runs the Blue Moon Cafe in the town, said: “It was fantastic to see Heckmondwike packed with

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people smiling and taking part in all that was going on. Children came dressed as evacuees complete with gas mask boxes and address tags and people from as far away as London and Worcester had come dressed in authentic 1940s style – it was like the town had been transported back in time. “The whole day was about people taking part, enjoying themselves, and learning about how people lived during the war and the sacrifices that were made at home and abroad. “I think this event could grow and grow and be a major part of the community both socially and economically in Heckmondwike.” Local businesses reported a healthy increase in takings on the day and organisers are already planning next year’s event in September 2016.

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In a spin FUNDRAISERS at Asda’s Dewsbury branch raised £678 for the Tickled Pink campaign by holding a sixhour spinathon on Saturday. Rachael Shaw, Justin Wood and Jasmin Brewer pedalled away non-stop on bikes from Dewsbury Sports Centre as shoppers and Asda staff donated to raise cash for the breast cancer awareness campaign. A s d a Dewsbury has raised £136,000 for Tickled Pink over the last seven years – the highest total of any Asda branch.

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across Yorkshire. Dawn, who has almost 30 years of experience in the butchery business, out-grew her premises and now focuses solely on delivering meat packs from her dedicated production unit in Shipley. The Brightwells have their own farm, which supplies some of the meat they sell, with most of the rest coming directly from regular trips to Wharfedale Farmers Auction in Otley. “The meat packs are bespoke and assembled fresh that day ready for same-day delivery,” said Dawn. “That’s what brings the customers flocking back –

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Tell us about your business – what product or service you provide and who your target audience is... At Tender Touch Therapies I offer a number of treatments including aromatherapy, refloxology, holistic massage, hot stone massage and many more. One of my personal favourites is the EMMETT technique, which involves the application of light finger pressure at specific points on the body. The body responds to the light touch by engaging muscle tension and action. This is a fairly new treatment and I have already seen amazing results on my clients. We are the only one offering the EMMETT technique in the local area. I am a highly-qualified complementary healthcare practitioner, with

over eight years’ experience, who offers alternative therapy from a well-equipped treatment room based in Mirfield. I work with a huge range of people who have various different reasons for wanting a particular therapy. Commonly these include releasing muscular tension, relieving pain in various parts of the body, recovering from specific injuries, managing stress, anxiety or depression and aiding mobility.

Please tell us what being a business owner means to you and why you became an entrepreneur in the first place? I ended up in this line of work after my mum booked me a reflexology treatment many years ago. Right there and then I knew it was what I wanted to do. Working nights in a job I didn’t really like, I decided to set about achieving my dream and I have

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What or who has been your greatest influence in business and why? My dad. Starting on the market stalls he worked his way up to running and owning his own successful fruit and veg shop. I thought if my dad can do it, so can I. What would you say is your greatest accomplishment to date? Every time I see a client walk through my door with limited movement and by the time they leave they are like a new woman or man, that in itself makes it all worthwhile. What’s the best advice you have received that you wish to pass on to our readers? Don’t sit on the fence, go do it ... it doesn't come to you. Persevere never give up and keep going.When one door closes another door opens.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it! Name: Sallyanne Hendry Business: Ever After Bridal Wear

Tell us about your business – what product or service you provide and who your target audience is... Ever After Bridal wear is a small family-run business. We provide a relaxed and calm atmosphere in order to help brides choose their wedding dress with no pressure. We cater for girls of all shapes and sizes and carry a variety of styles to suit most budgets. We attend a trade fair every September where we meet our designers to keep up to date with current trends, giving our brides more choice. Please tell us what being a business owner means to you and why you became an entrepreneur in the first place? I always wanted to be my own boss, though my husband still thinks he is! Four years ago I struggled to find my own wedding dress as a more mature bride and felt that there must be something I could do to help other brides, so when the opportunity arose I took a big deep breath and bought the shop! I felt I could understand and help other girls to find their dress in a more relaxed and fun way. What or who has been your greatest influence in business and why? My greatest influence has been the belief my husband, children and friends have in me. They are all behind me 110 per cent and support me in so many ways, I couldn’t do this without them and I am eternally grateful. Seeing the happy photos of my brides, bridesmaids and prom girls

is all I need to know that I have made a difference their big day.

What would you say is your greatest accomplishment to date? Being nominated this year for a customer service award through the North of England Wedding Awards. A great achievement for us especially as we have only been in business just under three years.

We didn’t win but we were in the final with eight other great bridal shops and it was lovely to see how our brides felt about us and our customer service.

What’s the best advice you have received that you wish to pass on to our readers? Never give up, even when you feel you can do no more. If you can dream it, you can achieve it!

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I’ll be returning very soon Review by Kate Fisher THE TRAVELLERS REST was taken over back in February 2014 by Alex Strafford and partner Chris Cullen.

252 Hopton Ln, Mirfield, WF14 8EJ Telephone 01924 493898 JOIN US HERE AT THE TRAVELLERS REST FOR CHRISTMAS AND CELEBRATE IN STYLE BY ENJOYING GREAT FOOD AND DRINK WITH A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE. TO BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE, PLEASE POP IN TO SEE US FOR MORE DETAILS

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The pair have many years of experience in the trade and decided that the pub needed a full revamp – so that’s exactly what they did in April last year. It’s very much a family-run business, with Chris doing most of the cooking and Alex running the bar and large restaurant area. What can I say ... wow! What a lovely country-style pub, with great decor, situated in the middle of fantastic scenery. The food is truly amazing, with very friendly, helpful and welcoming staff. Absolutely spoilt for choice with the many different options available, for starter I had hog roasted pork and apple terrine with a mini-loaf and apple cider brandy chutney. It was even better than it

sounds. Truly scrumptious! Being a massive olive lover myself, I couldn’t resist a side order of marinated mixed olives and sour dough. I am so glad I didn’t resist as they were bar the best olives I have tasted ... ever! For the main course I

opted for an old classic, Whitby whole tail scampi with beautiful thick-cut home-made chips and fresh vegetables. Beautiful. The meal and service were first class and I can highly recommend it. Whether it be a meal out with your other half, your friends or a family meal with the children, this is the place and I will most definitely be returning again soon. For more information visit www.travellersrestmirfield. co.uk or call 01924 493898.

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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 OCTOBER 24 SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 OAKWELL & EAST BIERLEY (NK) THROUGH LADY WOOD (NK) Meet 10.30am at the park gates Meet 10.30am Ravensthorpe Bradford Road, Birkenshaw Railway Station WF12 9ED BD11 2DR GR SE 228 199 GR SE 202 282 6.5 miles (M) 5 miles (L) Leader: Norma Leader: Mike Church Tel: 01274 685343 Tel: 07776 077289

A journey into fabulous! Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Until Saturday October 17 Tickets: £26-£42.50 WITH a myriad of outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dancefloor classics, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert swept into the region in whirl of feathers and glitter this week. Based on the smash-hit 90s movie, Priscilla is the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus in Australia, searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they had ever dreamed of. Australian singer and actor Jason Donovan stars as Tick, which is likely to have put a few more bums on seats at a packed Alhambra this week. The production – there have been seven worldwide to date – requires 500 costumes, 200 hats, 100 wigs, 150 pairs of shoes and a mountain of mascara, not to mention the magnificent bus that gives the show its name. Its strengths, like the film that inspired it, are based on excess, exuberance and exaggeration. But for all its camp appeal, Priscilla is underscored with a message of tolerance and compassion. Using well known pop songs as its score including I Will Survive, Hot Stuff, Finally, Boogie Wonderland, Go West and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, this wildly fresh and funny musical is a journey to the heart of fabulous.

Sci-fi workshops YOUNG sci-fi lovers and wannabe writers are in for a treat this half-term. Kirklees Libraries are holding special creative writing workshops with Dr Who magazine co-editor Mark Wright. The workshop is for children aged seven to 12 and will give them a chance to create their own out-of-this-world stories and characters with support from Dr Who expert Mark. The sessions last an hour and a half and take place on Friday October 30. The morning session is at The Greenwood Centre Library in Ravensthorpe and starts at 11am, with the afternoon session starting at 2.30pm at Huddersfield Library. The events are part of Sci-Fest Yorkshire 2015, a new science fiction festival organised by Kirklees Libraries, Kirklees Museums and Galleries and the University of Huddersfield. The sessions cost £2 per child.

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A week full of witchcraft and wizardry MUSEUMS in North Kirklees are offering lessons with a difference this October half-term. They will be teaching youngsters all about witchcraft and wizardry in a week of activities for Halloween inspired by everyone’s favourite young wizard. Youngsters will be able to write spells, make potions and get the right look with hats, capes, wands and broomsticks – there will even be owls! There will be different activities at different museums and those who have their attendance

card stamped at all three wizard school classes through the week will be able to graduate as witches or wizards. The first event in the ‘Week of Witchcraft and Wizardry’ takes place at Bagshaw Museum in Batley on Tuesday October 27, from 12noon to 4pm. Children can make hats and capes and design a house crest for their capes. They will also be able to take photos with the museum’s very own owl exhibit, Snowy. On Wednesday October 28, the wizard school

moves to Oakwell Hall in Birstall where children can learn about herbs and make a herb bag, create their own wand and make a mini broomstick in the barn at the visitor centre. There will be two sessions, 10am-12noon and 1pm-3pm. Then on Thursday October 29, between 12noon and 4pm, aspiring wizards and witches can complete their training by making spells and potions at Dewsbury Museum in Crow Nest Park. They will also be able to make creepy bug bracelets and decorate spooky buns.

Those who have made the grade will be able to collect a witch or wizard graduation certificate. There is a charge of £1 per child per session at all the museums. In addition, Red House museum in Gomersal will be having an owl theme throughout the week. During ‘Owls About That!’ children can craft their own owl, try quill pen writing and they can also have a go at the ‘parcel quiz’ in the house from Tuesday October 27 to Thursday October 29. The activities are free but normal admission prices

will apply. On Saturday October 31 there will be the opportunity to see live owls in the garden of the museum on Oxford Road, from 1pm to 4.30pm. There will be flying demonstrations at 2pm and 4pm and the event, supported by the Friends of Red House, is free. Further information is available by contacting the appropriate museum: Bagshaw Museum on 01924 324765, Oakwell Hall on 01924 324761, Dewsbury Museum on 01924 324766 or Red House on 01274 335056.

WE NEED YOUR SCREEEEEAMS THINK you’ve got the most hair-raising scream in the district? The HeckmondFRIGHT event needs your spinechilling cries to add to its library of sound effects for this year’s Halloween walk.

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Building on the successful Heckmondwike ghost walks of the past few years, organisers of HeckmondFRIGHT have enlisted the help of professional writer Cathianne Hall and theatre director Tom Wright to devise a spooky evening for the youngest and most daring ghost hunters alike. The pair will work with local performers from West Yorkshire Drama Academy and Heckmondwike Players to bring local myths to life. And now you can be part of the event simply by recording your best blood-curdling scream and sharing it on Twitter. “Screams can be recorded on any audio app such as chir.ps or AudioBoo and uploaded to Twitter with the hastag #HeckmondFRIGHT,” explained Creative Scene producer Vicky Holliday. “The screams collected will form the soundtrack to the evening and the best scream will also receive four tickets to HeckmondFRIGHT and four tickets to Circus Mayhem at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.” The deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday October 23, with screams terrifying thrill seekers on the walking tours taking place on Saturday October 31. If you can’t wait until then the team are sharing the strange and spooky stories they come across on their blog at www.heckmondfright.wordpress.com. Tickets for HeckmondFRIGHT can be purchased at www.ticketsource.co.uk/ CreativeScene.

Unique George returns to Dewsbury PIANIST George King makes his fifth appearance at Dewsbury Town Hall – back by popular demand – on Wednesday, October 21. George is unique amongst British pianists in that he is recognised as a

classical concert pianist but is also an internationally-admired jazz pianist. Starting at 12.30pm, there will hopefully be fireworks in Chopin and Liszt and the usual King invention in an improvisation on a popular melody.

Regular lunchtime concert goers often comment on how friendly, safe and sociable the daytime events are, and with competitively-priced lunches available from 11.30am, it’s a good opportunity to enjoy a bite to eat before

enjoying the musical programme on offer. As ever, the concert is priced at £5.50 (£4 for concessions). Tickets can be booked by calling 01484 223200 or visiting www.kirkleestown halls.co.uk.

GHOSTS and ghouls will be making a spooktacular appearance as Spen prepares itself for Halloween. Back by popular demand. the C l e c k h e a t o n Halloween Witch Hunt takes place on Saturday October 31 between 10am and 3pm. Those taking part in the hunt can collect a form from the town’s Oxfam shop on Northgate, and then collect letters from participating shops to solve a word puzzle. Forms need to be handed back at the spooky corner in Oxfam by 3.30pm, where a winner will be drawn to claim a Halloween hamper. Tracy Oldroyd, manager of Oxfam on Northgate, who has been involved with organising the event, hopes that halloween fans of all ages will enjoy the day. She said: “We want everyone to join in the fun and get dressed up in their spookiest outfits. We would like to thank Robert Openshaw Jewellers for sponsoring the event.”

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Hollywood legend’s daughter opens her heart about her famous father EGENDARY Hollywood tenor Mario Lanza’s daughter Ellisa Lanza Bregman tells me she will never forget the day over 50 years ago when her father died. She said: “He was only 38, it was a shock for everyone. But even now I can’t believe he is remembered so well by the world over. I am sure he would have loved that, and to think that people still love his voice and music so much.” You can see the whole interview very soon in a new TV show from Neil Sean and his chat show ‘Be My Guest’.

HOLLYWOOD legend Goldie Hawn joined Loose Women as a guest panellist earlier this month ... let’s just say her one-off appearance fee was larger than the rest of the panel combined, and that also did not include make-up and hair... SIR ROGER MOORE tells me he believes that the Bond film theme should simply be sung by Dame Shirley Bassey every time. “She is the greatest, and then we are all sure it will be brilliant and a huge hit into the bargain too,” he said. IT’S 1965 all over again, with new episodes of Thunderbirds coming soon. To mark the 50th anniversary of Gerry Anderson’s classic series, three new episodes have been produced using the original’s ‘Supermarionation’ techniques. PAULINE QUIRKE has claimed that she would be open to returning to Emmerdale for another stint. The actress played Hazel Rhodes on the ITV soap from 2010 to 2012 before leaving to pursue other projects. She tells me: “I enjoyed the show, and hopefully next time it could be a bit more fun. I love that in soaps, the fact that you can do tragedy and comedy.”

Ann and Ellisa lanza Bregman, the daughter of Mario Lanza (inset) in London Maycon Pictures CHERYL FERNANDEZVERSINI has revealed it has been “the toughest year” for her as an X Factor judge. She told me: “I just wish the press would focus on the talent on the show, and not about ratings and all that ... it’s not really about that, is it?” CHRIS EVANS has said he is ‘not allowed’ to host any more series of TFI Friday because of his commitments to Top Gear. He told me at BBC Radio in London: “I had no idea when we brought back TFI that Top Gear was on the cards, but it’s a fair swap as I love the show and can’t wait to get started.” DANNY DYER, who plays Mick in EastEnders, tells me he knows he gets mocked for his earlier films but adds: “In a way they taught me how to act and to get me to where I am now. I love being on the show, but Mick is a creation of all those earlier films really.” SIR BRUCE Forsyth tells me he is no fan of pantomime. “I have done them in the past, but they are not for me at all,” he said. “I am not sure what I don’t like about them, but I prefer comedy more direct and moving, whereas with pantomime you’re quite restricted.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing contestant Carol Kirkwood tells me she knows she has no chance of winning the show, but adds: “I took up the challenge, it’s that simple, and figure if I get fit and learn something new, then it’s a great bargain. It’s just a show, nothing more.”

LOUIS WALSH claims he has rejected an offer of £500k to appear on I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! However ITV tell me that no such offer was made, but they would consider Louis “If we found we were struggling, but we are not at this stage.”

LORRAINE KELLY, the selfstyled queen of morning TV, has been criticised after hosting a show all about ageing. The guest to discuss this was the very ancient 38-yearold TV presenter June Sarpong...

CHRIS TARRANT won’t be returning to host Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He tells me there is talk already about its return in a daytime slot, but he admits: “I think I have done my time on that show, enjoyed it and now moved on

thank you very much, but I wish whoever does take it all the best.” JUNE WHITFIELD appeared in EastEnders earlier this year in a cameo role, but tells me she would love to return for a longer stint. “I played a nun who helped Kat Slater and the response was great,” she said. “I would be up for a return, although I am not quite sure just where she would fit in right now, but who knows? It’s soap.” EASTENDERS star Dean Gaffney is keeping his fingers crossed for a more permanent comeback as Robbie Jackson. “I think there is far more to explore and all that, but so far it’s not being done. The producers are keen on a return, so hopefully, it can be all worked out,” he said. CORONATION STREET’S Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Webster, tells me she has not quite got over the live episode yet. “It was very special and we all enjoyed it, but it was also draining on the nerves ... I did wonder how we all got through it to be honest,” she laughed. IT APPEARS that with the departure of BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull his replacement will have to already live in the Salford area, as “the BBC need them to be local, as they want to keep costs low, so it could go to someone regionally which would be a huge bonus for the lucky person.” EMMERDALE’S Michelle Hardwick, who plays Vanessa in the show, tells me she is a favourite with the Yorkshire TV casting people. “I have appeared in Heartbeat, The Royal and A Touch Of Frost, which were all made here, so maybe they just like the look of me, and then I landed the role in Emmerdale too,” she giggled.

Always remember to take out the trash! By Roberttown-based health & fitness expert Andrea Springthorpe O YOU ever get that satisfied feeling when you clean, tidy up and take out the rubbish after your house has been in turmoil for a few days? Or is it just me that is sad!? Life can sometimes be like that. I recently got rid of some trash out of my life, and since then I have made space for good things to happen. In my case the ‘trash’ was a person. They were once a person I respected and cared about, but then they became someone I mistrusted and disliked. Every time I was around them everything turned into a negative situation. All this can affect your health and wellbeing, and I even noticed that my eye would go red through stress when I saw them! It can even have a negative effect on your healthy eating and training habits. If one part of your life is negative then it can have a knock-on effect in other areas too. It took a while and now that person is only around when I see them occasionally through work.

Since I put them in the bin (not literally obviously) my life seems to be moving forward again – it had become stagnant whilst they were in it. I am happier and my red eye has reduced! When you think about it, diet and exercise are the same. You may have someone in your life that influences you not to exercise or eat healthily. Or you might have that packet of biscuits sat in the cupboard ... a constant temptation to fall off the healthy-eating wagon because you know they are there. I personally don’t keep any ‘treats’ in the house as I know I would eat them. So

my advice is to get rid of all the treats and put them in the trash! As soon as you get rid of the rubbish in your life, whether that is food or doing something instead of exercising, you will see a big difference. Small changes to start can have big changes in the long-run! There are a lot of things in life we can’t control; however the one thing you have 100 per cent control over is what you put in your mouth and how often you exercise. All these have a positive effect on health and happiness. Most people want the same thing out of life – to be healthy and happy ... and being rich would be a bonus, ha! I can’t make you rich, however I can help you get fit and healthy. Want help? Then contact me using the details below.

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WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Clarkson’s hat-trick dashes Ilkley hopes West Riding League Div One

ILKLEY TOWN B’FORD BELLES

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BATTYEFORD BELLES extended their winning streak to five when they took all three points following a comfortable 4-0 win away at Ilkley Town in West Riding League Division One. The hosts battled hard against the league leaders and although there were plenty of chances at both ends the teams were level at halftime.

After the break Belles introduced midfielder Georgia Lane, who instantly had a big impact. After forcing the Ilkley defence into a mistake Katie Clarkson capitalised by edging her side 10 ahead in the 46th minute. Clarkson then netted a further two goals shortly afterwards. Her second came in the 49th minute and on the hour mark Clarkson completed her hat-trick. Eve Hattrell rounded off the win for Battyeford with an unstoppable left

footed strike in the 80th minute. M e a n w h i l e B a t t y e f o r d ’s Reserves gained their first point of the season with a draw at home to Farsely Reserves. Sacha Hately-Lowe converted a penalty after Jo Currie was up-ended in the box. Only for Farsley to pull level with a late 85th minute equaliser. The Belles are away on Sunday in an eagerly anticipated tie with Bradford City in the County Cup. The Reserves are at home to Tyersal (2pm).

Katie Clarkson lines up a shot

Chris Hoyle

HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Woodkirk Valley go a point clear after Fishers’ match is postponed WOODKIRK VALLEY climbed to the top of the Heavy Woollen Sunday League Premier Division Scott Love’s hat-trick plus strikes from Mark McDermott, Ryan Thackray and Nick Williamson saw them win 6-1 at AFC Chickenley, who replied through Blake Dewhirst. Previous leaders St John Fisher had their game with Millbridge WMC postponed leaving Fisherss a point off the top. Mirfield Town are third after Kyle Douglas (hattrick), Jonathan Mitchell (two) and Kieran Corley all netted in a 6-1 win over Mount Pleasant (Faisal Adam). Joel Farrar bagged a hattrick for Birkenshaw as they hammered bottom side Oakwell Motel 10-0. Jon Bullivant, Dale Wright and Michael Smith all fired. braces for Birkenshaw with Luke Barker completing the tally. Woodman Batley Carr beat Overthorpe Sports Club 4-3 in a tense game at Sands Lane. Nicki Croisdale (two), Jason Milner and Jonny Walton scored for Woodman, with Overthorpe replying through Sam Sweeney,

Jack Allerton and Kristian Angus. Championship leaders Hartshead dropped their first points of the season after going down 2-1 to Deighton WMC despite veteran Martin Ellis’ strike. Deighton claimed their first win of the campaign thanks to goals from Jamie Pearson and Michael Fill. Marsh lie in second spot after Marc Harrison (hattrick), Kane Etherington and Liam Roe all found the net in a 5-2win over bottom side Ravenswharfe, who replied through Ben Smith and Duane Fascione. Joe Jagger hit four goals as Heckmondwike Sports Club won 7-3 at home to St John Fisher Reserves to climb to third place. Robin Knight (two) and George Porter scored the others with Fisher replying through a Rob Bordman brace, plus a strike from

Dominic Simpson. Navigation won 5-1 at Birstall St Patricks thanks to a Sam Raymond brace, one each from Gareth Seville and Dave Blakeley and an own goal. Elsewhere Clifton Rangers won 4-0 against Town Rangers. Hanging Heaton Cricket Club moved up to second place in Division One after thumping leaders Battyeford 9-2. Scott Lightowler led the way with a hat-trick, Jamie Baulk hit a brace and Sam Heaton, James Keen, Tom Ramsden and Dave Hall completed the scoring. Nathan Alexander scored for The Yorkshireman, but they slipped to third after going down 2-1 against FC Liversedge (Martin Sales, Kyle Smith). Scholes Athletic had Gareth Jones, Mick O’Hara and Craig Wood on target as they won 3-1 against Clifton Rangers Reserves. Punch Bowl edged out Birkenshaw Reserves 2-1 thanks to goals from Nathan Clarke and Ryan Foster. Andrew Wood hit Birkenshaw’s consolation. Rafal Siudak (two) and David Barlow put Batley Celtics three up at half time, but St Ignatius hit back to claim a point in a 3-

Duo cruise to title FATHER and son duo Adrian and Marcus Leach won the Morton House Member and Junior Competition The triumph came after a resounding 21-5 final win over Rob Dunford and Leah Weatherill Earlier the Leach’s

BOWLS (pictured right) had accounted for Danny Stocks and Casey LymanChapman 21-7, Chris Shaw and W Collins 21-3 and in the semi-final the pair overcame Daz Ripley

and Mia Greenlees-Smith 21-09. Dunford and Weatherill beat Mandy Hyde and Sam Bereford 21-09, Malcolm Taylor and Millie Hyde 21-19 and Les Marriott and Georgia Jewitt 21-14 in the semifinal.

3 draw thanks to Tim Blackburn, Bunn Darboe and Sam Duffy. Division Two leaders Old Bank WMC enjoyed an 8-0 win at bottom side Shire thanks to Robert Evans, who netted four goals, Josh Cooke, Tim Bruce, Danny Galindo and Ben Williams. Snowdon lie in second place, albeit six points behind, after they won 6-3 at Clifton Rangers A. Irfan Ali hit a hat-trick for Snowdon, who also had Ahmedullah Bam (two) and Shakeel Pandor on target. Nathan Rogerson fired a hat-trick as Saville Arms won 6-2 against Batley Irish Nash to maintain third place. Jermaine Davies, Adam Hill and Patrick Davies hit the others, with Elliott Williams and Kyle Walker replying for the Nash. Rose of York won 6-1 at Overthorpe Sports Club Reserves thanks to a hattrick from Matthew Bolton, plus strikes from Dean Vernon, Nathan McDaid and Andrew Asquith. Tom Hirst hit Overthorpe’s consolation. Jamie Metcalfe hit a brace as Field Head won 31 at Six Lane Ends. Rhys Jewett hit the other with Corey Schofield replying for the home side.

Rangers relishing Guiseley showdown By Mike Popplewell Football Correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk

DEWSBURY RANGERS, from the Third Division of the West Riding League, face one of the biggest games in their short history when they take on FA Women’s Premier League giants Guiseley Vixens, at Wakefield Road, in the first round of the West Riding County Women’s Cup. Guiseley are SEVEN divisions above Rangers in the women’s football pyramid and this is one experience manager Kirsten Thomas will find challenging – to say the least. Rangers have begun the season well and goals from Emma Toothill (2), Rose Nash, Amelia Hill and Jodie Buchan secured a 5-1 win over Boroughbridge in their last outing. However, while Guiseley are without a win in the FA WPL (North), after defeats this week at Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City left them anchored to the foot of the table, they are clear favourites to progress to round two. Amongst the other ties affecting the district’s clubs Battyeford Belles, from Division One of the County League also face a daunting task when they travel

to Bradford City to take on another WPL (North) side at Eccleshill United FC. The fact that City beat joint leaders Derby County last week is not good news for Battyeford. West Riding League Premier Division leaders Ossett Town came from 3-2 down at half time to romp home 10-4 against Hepworth United in their last game and that will put manager Dan Robinson and his girls in good heart for their County Cup game at home to Tingley Athletic. On target for Town in their win over Hepworth were Chloe Holt (four), Danielle Sidebottom (hattrick), Caroline Omboyi (two), and a first goal for Lisa Varley. Town’s reserves are due to play in a tie at Oulton Athletic but an injury and sickness crisis forced them to cancel their Third Division game at Skipton and leaves the cup tie in doubt. Ossett Albion face a trip into the unknown when they cross the Pennines to face Manchester League club Uppermill, near Oldham, but they too will be heartened by a superb 3-2 win over Doncaster Belles FC in the North East Regional League. Leading scorer Nicki Swift struck twice for Albion while Kim Nallon scored once and had a hand in another to help break a run of four successive defeats.

SWIMMING

Gold medal successes for local swimmers TWO Dewsbury and Batley youngsters, Rosie Hepworth and Charlotte Robinson, have claimed gold in the English School Swimming Association’s Inter-Divisional Championships held at the John Charles Centre for Sport. Hepworth and Robinson, both aged 12, (pictured right) competed for the North East Regional team and joined forces with other swimmers to clinch the first place trophy in the junior girls category. Robinson and Hepworh between them also bagged one gold and three silver medals in individual events. Hepworth and Robinson, who are students at Mirfield Free Grammar and St John Fishers Catholic Voluntary Academy respectively, helped the North East Regional team secure the winners’ trophy with an

impressive 33-point advantage over defending champions North West. Success continued for the rest of the squad’s boys and girls age groups taking second and third place trophies. With little time to rest the girls were back in action days later in the Yorkshire County Winter Individual Championships where Robinson and

Hepworth had more success. Robinson claimed gold in the 100 metre butterfly and 200 metre individual medley, 100 metre freestyle silver and bronze in the 100 metre breaststroke. Hepworth won gold in the 100 metre freestyle and backstroke events and silver in the 100m butterfly and 200 metre individual medley.

GOLF

Hole-in-one joy for Dixon BATLEY’S Peter Dixon has won himself a top of the range BOSS watch following his recent hole-in-one at Hanging Heaton

Golf Club. Dixon, 47, scored his ace on the 140yard par three 16th and the 26-handicapper was rewarded with

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NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL

SPEN VALLEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Albion still in the hat after penalties success West Riding County Cup OSSETT ALBION

KNARESBOROUGH

at Warehoouse Systems stadium

OSSETT ALBION left it late but edged out Knaresborough 4-3 on penalties to progress to the second round of the West Riding County Cup. The first half was disappointing as both teams looked nervous. After going behind twice in the contest Kieran Thompson struck Albion’s first of the game after his deflected shot looped o v e r K n a r e s b o r o u g h ’s helpless keeper and found the back of the net.

But Albion had to equalise for a second time after going 2-1 down in an enthralling second period. Rob Bordman was the hero for Albion when he scored from the penalty spot in the final minute of stoppage time to keep his side’s cup hopes alive, for at least another half an hour, after Knaresborough thought they had clinched the tie themselves just a minute earlier when Ben Parkes had made it 21. In extra-time the teams were tired and chances were harder to come by as the game went to penalties where Albion held their nerve to win the shootout 4-3. Rob Bordman was the hero for Albion in a cup thriller

Adam Hirst

Town fight back Misery in League Cup to earn a point shootout for Liversedge Evo-Stik First Div North OSSETT TOWN

BURSCOUGH

at Ingfield

OSSETT TOWN missed out on a valuable three points after being held to a 2-2 draw by Burscough in the Evo-Stik First Division North. Ossett, with home advantage, struggled in the opening exchanges, going behind to a 17thminute Michael Monaghan strike. And the situation soon got worse for the hosts before half time after Burscough’s

Liam Caddick doubled the away side’s advantage before half time. But in the second period Ossett came out fighting and were handed a lifeline in the 54th minute when Nathan Curtis scored from the spot. This was followed by an equaliser for the home side with 15 minutes to go. Sam Akeroyd was the scorer to earn a point for Ossett which sees them lie 16th in the table, level on points with Burscough.

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NCEL League Cup EMLEY

LIVERSEDGE

at The Welfare Ground

LIVERSEDGE crash out of the Northern Counties East League Cup after 3-2 shootout defeat away at Emley. Emley were on top in the first half with Kieron Ryan looking lively for the hosts. And Liversedge got more desperate soon after when they were forced to make two goalline clearances to keep the score goaless at the break. But in a thrilling second half it was

Liversedge who took the lead through Brook Newton who tucked his shot past Adam Lawlor. And the visitors could have doubled their lead shortly afterwards but Vaughan Redford couldn’t take the ball round Lawlor. Emley battled hard hitting the woodwork from a Sam Scrivens effort. But it was substitute Ruben Jerome who levelled the scores with a clever lob shot just three minutes from time. In extra time the excitement continued as both teams searched for a winning goal. Emley went 2-1 up

from a Jordan Townend free-kick before Liversedge pegged the hosts back with a Redford strike to make it 2-2. And in the second period of extra-time Liversedge looked to have booked their place in the third round after Redford completed his brace. But there was time for Townend to provide one more twist in this cup tie when he executed an exquisite lob to take the game to penalties. The ensuing shootout was close but was decided when Brandon Kanes spot kick was kept out by Lawlor down to his right.

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Ossett go fourth after York victory YORKSHIRE DIVISION FOUR

YORK RAILWAY

OSSETT RUFC

at New Lane OSSETT won their second game of the season with an impressive 2517 away victory over York Railway Institute in Yorkshire Division Four. Ossett showed determination from the first whistle and were eager to get a win after back-toback defeats. Their hard work in the opening exchanges paid off when Jack Mumford touched down after

chasing his own well-executed kick into the try area following a good Ben Jennings pass. And Ossett extended their lead through Gareth Lewis who muscled his way to the try line after a quick tap penalty following a period of sustained pressure. Jennings continued to work hard for Ossett with some aggressive runs through to the break. In the second half York battled hard to get back into the game winning valuable turnovers. But when York touched down to narrow the scores Ossett minds were re-focused. Shortly afterwards Ossett’s

comfortable lead was restored temporarily through Rob Young’s try. Next Nick Darnton had a chance to put the game beyond doubt but a last-minute blunder caused a knock on before he reached the whitewash. And York never gave up, having been urged on by their home support, coming back strongly in the final quarter of the game and bagging a couple of scores to set up a nervy end to the match. But Ossett scored again through Nick Golden with just minutes remaining to secure a valuable away win and jump to fourth.

Athletico fire three without reply past sorry Savile United IN THE Spen Valley Premier Division league leaders Athletico continued their strong start to the season with a convincing 3-0 win against Savile United. Mohammed Ikraaz, Mahine Malik and Paul Hague all bagged themselves a goal without reply. But second and third placed Vision FC Wyke and Savile Youth respectively, kept the pace with Athletico on 12 points. Vision defeated strugglers Harsthead 3-0 thanks to a brace from Chris Lever and a further goal from Liam Hartley. Savile Youth came out on top in a seven-goal thriller against White Abbey. Abdullah Asweet’s hat-trick alongside strikes from Huzaifa Patel and Tahir Polli handed Youth a commanding lead but Waheed Khan’s brace for White Abbey gave the third placed side something to think about. Meanwhile Salthorn thought they were going to clinch their second win of the season against Whitburn Athletic but ultimately lost out 4-3 at

home. Salthorn scored through Ashley Delaney, Aaron Kershaw and David Goodchild. But goals from Whitburn’s Tinotenda Mtangadua (three) and Maldini Nyandoro proved decisive. Adeeb Jawad had a great game for Girlington, who hosted Palestino. Jawad scored four in his side’s 5-1 win. Shoiab Javed scored Girlington’s other, with Danny Williams on the scoresheet for the visitors. Hightown Jets also won 5-1 in their game against Idle. Charles Hullah, Nathan Clarke, Adam Smith, James Mortimor and Carl Haynes and scored for the hosts. The Jets were also responsible for Idle’s contribution thanks to an own goal.

In the First Division, league leaders Dewsbury West Side fired six past second placed Norfolk in a thumping 6-2 away win and go four points clear at the top. Braces from Atif Basharat and Faisal Hanif were added to with goals from Jamil Sair and Atfan Ali. In reply Norfolk notched up two through Ismail Loonat and Imran Farooq. Third-placed Drummond FC had several scares against an attacking Howden Clough side winning 6-5. Drummond scored through Hassan Khan (hat-trick) Faisal Kahn, Usman Kahn and Tayib. Visitors Howden Clough pushed Drummond all the way thanks to braces from Reece Scholes and Dominic Carr. Simy Moore bagged the other goal for Clough. Meanwhile Mount Pleasant annihilated Smokin Aces 7-0 at home with goals from Mohammed Patel (two), Muhammad Omar (two), Mohammed Sadiq (two) and Saif Akbar.

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Thornhill Under-10s brush aside Meltham THORNHILL TROJANS Under-10s Warriors came away victorious from a tough encounter with Meltham. Scott Walker was the stand out performer for the Trojans and was named man of the match as well as parents player for his efforts. Kyle Lister was awarded with the 100 per cent effort honours while the magic moment award went to Felix Ellis. Connor Hickling claimed the top tackler accolade and Kye Hodgson was given the opposition man of the

Scott Walker on the attack against Meltham match award. But it was a team performance that resulted in the win thanks to good play

from Josh Barclay, Harry Challis, Finlay Ratcliffe, Bailey Lee, Henri Wood and Oliver Brown.

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Friday October 16, 2015

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Mistakes cost Cleckheaton valuable points on the road NATIONAL LEAGUE THREE NORTH HULL RUFC

CLECKHEATON RUFC

at Ferens Ground

CLECKHEATON fought hard away at promotion hopefuls Hull but poor discipline once again proved costly as the Moorenders lost out 31-16 in National League Three North. The game was a physical contest in the opening exchanges and there was concern for Cleckheaton winger Gareth Lamb when he went down with a suspected spinal trauma and was air lifted to hospital. Fortunately Lamb was discharged later the same day without any serious injury. After the 25-minute stoppage, the away side dominated for a short spell. Rich Piper and Luke Pearson made impressive inroads and the Hull defence was looking vulnerable. But Cleckheaton’s pressure evaporated when Paul Turner was red-carded for a clash with Hull’s second row, Dario Jurcevic, who was only sinbinned. Despite the setback the Moorenders scored the first try of the game through winger Martin Woodhead who crossed in the corner. And on the stroke of half-time

Josh Hall put his side 8-0 ahead with a penalty goal. In the second half and with a man advantage Hull started to dominate and show their true potential. Just five minutes in Hull’s Lee Birch touched down in the corner after some nice handling. Shortly afterwards Cleckheaton scrambled for possession and gave away two penalties. The following offence was punished by the referee and Joey Carley was shown a yellow card. Minutes later Hull capitalised with a penalty try which was converted by Josh Bragman to give the hosts a 12-8 lead. But the away side were still within touching distance when Josh Hall’s penalty narrowed the deficit to just one. Hull did extend their lead to six when they scored an unconverted try, but Cleckheaton were not going to lie down and from a line out close to Hull’s tryline, Piper peeled away from the back of a maul to touch down. An upset was looking possible and Cleckheaton were spurred on by the prospect, but in search of another try the visitors were left vulnerable at the back. Two late tries from Hull destroyed any hopes of a comeback and despite holding their own for the majority of the contest Cleckheaton had to return home from East Yorkshire with no points to show for their efforts.

Luke Pearson finds a gap in the Hull defence

Gerald Christian

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The Maroons’ Dewsbury Celtic’s youngsters round Under-15s girls off the season with a hard-earned draw destroy Oulton

Yorkshire Juniors Under-14 friendly

DEWSBURY CELTIC DRIGHLINGTON

24 24

at Westtown

DEWSBURY CELTIC Under-14s played out an entertaining 24-24 draw against local rivals Drighlington in their final outing of the 2015 campaign. There has been little to separate the two sides on their three previous encounters this season and nothing was to change their latest match-up. It was the visitors Drighlington who took an early lead inside two minutes when Celtic gifted them possession after an early knock on. Lewis Teale almost levelled for Celtic shortly afterwards but his piercing run was halted close to the whitewash. Things got worse for Celtic when Jack Kelly

was sin binned for a trip and Drighlinton added to their advantage with another try down the left wing. At 8-0 down Celtic looked average and lacked any passion or motivation in the opening exchanges. But the hosts battled back and a clever Charlie Heaton kick on the last tackle was gathered by Teale who touched down. Heaton added the extras to reduce the arrears to 8-6. Minutes later Jordan Straker finished off a Celtic move up the left flank, crossing over in the corner for a moraleboosting try which gave the home side a slender 10-8 advantage. Adam Denton came close to putting Celtic further ahead but was stopped close to the line. But it was the visitors who completed the first half scoring after the

DEWSBURY MOOR Under-15s Girls battled hard for a convincing 20-0 victory away at Oulton Girls.

Dewsbury Celtic’s Under-14s pose for a team photo at the end of a long season hosts’ lack of concentration allowed Drighlington to touch down and go into the break with a 1410 lead. In the second half Celtic came out firing, scoring again through Kelly who crossed over under the sticks after another kick on the last from Heaton. Heaton converted. Ryan Birch then got on

the scoresheet when he powered over for a try on the right hand side to give the green and whites a 20-14 lead. But as Celtic looked to be dominating the away side struck back with two quick fire tries to regain the lead with just minutes left on the clock. However Celtic never gave up and at the death scored through Denton

following a delayed pass from Jacob Carr which levelled the scores at 2424, but the pressure got to Heaton as he missed the match deciding conversion. The friendly draw rounds of the season for Dewsbury Celtic’s youngsters and they now take a break until after their presentation evening on November 21.

Moor’s girls were quick to strike through Caitlin Beevers, who put the visitors ahead after just five minutes with a good individual try, which she converted. Moor were dominating the game and thanks to good work from debutant Amy Heaton and Siobhan McKinnel, Beevers found another gap in the Oulton defence to go over for her second try. She added the extras to put her side 12-0 in front. Oulton had their chances in the first half but an attack down their right wing was halted by a

fine Georgina Copley tackle. Moor’s forwards were working hard in the middle to keep Oulton at bay before good passing between Lacey Bruines, Jessica Day and Paton Bentley paved the way for Tatiana Balde to touch down for the visitors’ third try and give Moor a 16-0 half time lead. The second period was a more even battle and Moor had to be alert to prevent the hosts scoring due to good work from Courtney Wood and Chloe Crosswaite. Beevers continued to be a threat with her pace and when she broke away passed to Sophie Wood who set up Jessica day to go over to make it 20-0 and round of a comfortable win.

Cowling boosts Batley at centre By Joe Link BATLEY BULLDOGS have continued to strengthen this week ahead of the 2016 Championship campaign by capturing the signatures of Danny Cowling and James Harrison. Kear has signed Danny Cowling for the second time in his managerial career, on this occasion from Doncaster. Cowling, who plays at centre, made 13 appearances last season, scoring two tries and has previously played for Featherstone and Wakefield. James Harrison is a product of the Bradford Bulls and Kear is delighted to have added two talented, young, players to his squad at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium. “With the lack of an academy at Batley it is vital that at this time of year we trawl for young prospects and Harrison ticked the bill on every level,” said Kear.

Bretherton tackled in Batley colours “I think Harrison is a very talented player, he reminds me a lot of Brad Day. “It’s a shame we don’t have our own academy which would take a bit of the pressure off, but I know I haven’t missed out on much now Harrison has signed. “Cowling is also a wel-

come addition to the squad, I have always rated him even when he was just 16 and I signed him at Wakefield. “His signing just proved we are working hard to strengthen at centre because we were caught out slightly there last season season due to a string of injuries.

“Cowling was definitely one of our top targets and I can’t wait to see him and Harrison in action for Batley,” added Kear. Centre is a position that proved such a sticking point for the Bulldogs last year that Kear admits he has one more top target at centre who he hopes to unveil in the near future. But as well as bringing players in to strengthen the squad, Alex Bretherton’s decision to stay at Mount Pleasant has also been a welcome boost to Kear this week. “Alex (Bretherton) has been at the club longer than I have and during my time here I can confidently say he is a brilliant rugby league player and a honour to work with,” said Kear. “I was concerned that he was going to retire, but his decision to play-on for another year has been a huge boost to the team because the absence of his talent and experience would have left me with a huge void to fill.”

Danny Cowling signs with Batley alongside Paul Harrison

Long-serving Buchanan leaves Dewsbury for York

Austin Buchanan (right) in action at the Tetley’s Stadium

Steve Horsfall

IT HAS been a busy week of transfer activity at the Tetley’s Stadium which has seen fans’ favourite Austin Buchanan depart and youngster Ben Reynolds join Glenn Morrison’s men. Winger Buchanan spent nine seasons at the Rams but after deciding to play on for one more year has signed for York City Knights. Buchanan scored 62 tries in 131 games for the Rams and has been one of the few regulars in an ever-changing squad at the Tetley’s Stadium over the last decade. Former coach Andy Kelly brought Buchanan to Dewsbury and the winger was part of the ‘Unbeatables’ side of 2009 which saw the Rams gain promotion to National League One. “It was a difficult decision to let him go,” said Morrison. “I consider him a good friend and he’s a great guy, he gets on with everyone and is always willing to help out colleagues on and off the pitch. “I wish him all the best at York and hope that when he does hang up his boots he will be willing to take up a coaching role with us,” added Morrison. But exciting young prospect Reynolds has joined the Rams on a season-long loan from Leigh

Ben Reynolds (right) running the ball for Leigh Centurions. The 21-year-old half back has signed for the Rams after struggling to get first team action at Leigh. Reynolds will train with the Rams while continuing as a full-time athlete in a contract that keeps the youngster tied to the Centurions until 2018. “We’re very pleased to bring Reynolds to Dewsbury,” said Morrison. “He’s a real good prospect and will give our squad a huge boost. “There have been a few clubs

scrapping over him recently so I realise we’ve done well to sign him, it’s a credit to us and the hard work we’ve been putting in here at Dewsbury.” added Morrison. After several signings over the last few weeks it was inevitable players would be leaving the Tetley’s Stadium in the off-season. This week has witnessed four departures, including Buchanan. Ryan Fieldhouse, Gregg Scott and Makali Aizue have also left to join Barrow Raiders, Swinton Lions and Doncaster respectively.