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SEEING RED Campaigners’ fury over council plan to sell museum to highest bidder

By Zoë Shackleton News Reporter zoe@thepressnews.co.uk

RED HOUSE museum looks set to be sold on the open market – angering campaigners who fought to save the building for community use.

The Save Red House Museum and Gomersal Public Hall group say they had put together a plan to take over the 17th century property in the hope that they could renovate it to provide a range of local services.

Initially, the council had offered to transfer the Grade II*-listed museum to the community following its closure in December last year – but officials now say that none of the plans were felt to be suitable for the Oxford Road site.

A ‘caretaker’ tenant is currently in residence to look after the general upkeep of the building, which has links to the Brontes, but plans are being put in place for the council to sell it to the highest bidder.

Coun Lisa Holmes (Con, Liversedge & Gomersal), who helped spearhead community efforts to save Red House, claimed in a series of social media posts that Kirklees had-

n’t provided the group with any assistance with their official ‘Expression of Interest’ (EOI) application.

The asset transfer of nearby Gomersal Public Hall, another Grade II-listed building that the community group wanted to take on, also proved to be a sticking point.

She said: “The asset transfer policy documents talk clearly of working in partnership with groups to clarify information, not a clean pass/fail at a first EOI attempt.

“We were given no opportunity to work with you (the council) on any matters such as alternative governance structure.

“We have issue with the fact that it

was the council failing to progress with the Charities Commission which created the situation whereby Gomersal Public Hall wasn’t ready to go out for an EOI with Red House museum.

“Had the council got its act together and been ready to move on Gomersal Public Hall, we would have easily met the criteria.

“We’ve said from the start that we are open to discussing the governance model, but you (the council) haven’t given us the chance to do that – you’ve just cut us off at the first stage, won’t give us the opportunity

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Coun Lisa Holmes: “We were given no opportunity to work with the council”

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Group’s anger at Red House decision Deaths BASKERVILLE MARGARET On 11 May, at Linson Court, Batley, aged 74. Service at

Continued from Page 1 Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 30 May at 2pm.

BREARLEY HAROLD On 9 May, aged 79, of

Heckmondwike. Partner of Diane. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 22 May at 2pm.

DENTON (NEE PARKIN) ANNE On 7 May, aged 74. Wife of Bryan. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 22 May at 10.30am.

Crematorium Tuesday 23 May at 1.15pm.

GARNER (NEE LAWSON) LILY ANNIE ‘ANNE’ On 10 May, of Dewsbury, aged 80. Wife of the late Barry.

Service at The Dewsbury Minster, Monday 22 May, at 2pm, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium.

DYER (NEE RAGAN) JEAN On 13 May, at home. Wife of the late Joe. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 30 May at 11.15am.

ENGLAND KENNETH On 11 May, aged 88, of Mirfield. Husband of Jacqueline. Service at Huddersfield Crematorium, Thursday 25 May at 10.30am.

FARNHILL MAURICE On 13 May, aged 81, of Commonside. Husband of Molly. Service at Dewsbury

GIBSON DAVID On 13 May, aged 84. Husband of Teresa. Service & Mass at St Patrick’s RC Church, Birstall on Friday 26 May at 10am, prior to interment in Birstall Churchyard.

HALL LESLIE ‘LES’ On 30 April, on holiday.

Husband of Doreen. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 26 May at 12.30pm.

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HIRST IAN On 3 May, aged 75, formerly of Heckmondwike. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 19 May at 11.15am.

JAGGER ROY On 5 May, aged 74, of Cleckheaton. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 24 May at 2pm.

MEEKE PAULINE On 11 May, of Batley, aged 76.

Service at Staincliffe Parish Church, Wednesday 24 May at 2.15pm, followed by interment at Batley Cemetery.

RILEY BARRY On 10 May, aged 81, of Howden Clough. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 26 May at 11.15am.

SWALLOW BRENDA On 16 May, aged 79, of Birstall.

Wife of James. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 26 May at 2pm.

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to revise plans and were clearly determined this transfer wouldn’t happen.”

She added: “I am utterly appalled by the lack of forward thinking for the sake of a short-term gain of a ‘few quid’ – or whatever the reason is.

“We have a local businessman prepared to plough a huge amount of money and resources into a community project that would provide unbelievable services to a wide area and save the council a fortune over many years to come.”

A Kirklees Council spokesman said: “The Expressions of Interest (EOI) in an asset transfer received for Red House have been assessed and none of them were felt to be suitable for progressing to a full business case.

“Therefore, in line with the decision made by the council’s cabinet on October 3, 2016, a brief is being prepared to allow the property to be offered to the market.”

Plans to save Dewsbury Museum appear to have been more successful.

The community group ‘Friends of Dewsbury Park Mansion’ advanced to the next stage of the Community Asset Transfer process, after putting forward an EOI to help turn the building into a community hub for physical and mental health and well-being.

They now have to put together a business plan in the hope of persuading the council to let them proceed with the project.

Pick axe attack DEWSBURY: A 25-year-old man has appeared in court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm using a pick axe.

Kevin Flatley, of Wakefield Road, Earlsheaton, allegedly attacked Shaun Carr on Low Lane, Birstall, on January 11.

Kirklees Magistrates' Court heard that Flatley was also charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

Flatley was granted conditional bail to appear at Leeds Crown Court on June 9, where he intends to plead not guilty.

Sophie’s a star MIRFIELD: A volunteer has achieved a prestigious national award for her role as a rainbow and brownie leader in Mirfield.

Sophie Richardson, who is 22 and from Mirfield, was given her Queen’s Guide Award, the highest attainable accolade in guiding.

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Jail for school welfare officer who abused pupil over nine-year period

By Staff Reporters A FORMER employee at a Dewsbury residential school has been jailed for five years for sexually abusing a boy over a nineyear period.

Peter Denton, 64, was the principal residential child welfare officer at Combs Hill School on Hall Lane, Thornhill, which has since shut down.

Denton, who now lives in Northumberland, was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court last week on five charges of indecent assault and one of assaulting the boy causing him actual bodily harm.

The victim was about eight or nine years old when the abuse started.

Judge Guy Kearl QC said the boy was vulnerable because he came from a background of neglect and

Denton had taken advantage of this vulnerability.

Denton had physically assaulted the boy by punching him in the stomach, which was deemed “not serious in itself but it formed part of the process which then enabled Denton to sexually abuse him without fear of discovery, in effect to ensure his silence thereafter.”

Judge Kearl reported that for the six to seven

years that the boy was at the school, Denton had touched him sexually on a number of occasions and on one occasion performed oral sex on him in a bath.

When the boy reached 15, Denton had taken him to his home and touched him again after lying him on a bed and rubbing against him, the judge said.

Judge Kearl accepted that Denton had no other convictions and since leav-

ing the school he had made a positive contribution to society, but that there had to be a jail term.

He said: “These offences lay hidden for many years although they were always there in the complainant’s mind.”

Last year a former teacher at the same school, Steven Scholes of Newsome, Huddersfield, was also jailed for sex offences.

News In Brief Monday deadline for voter registration NORTH KIRKLEES: The deadline is looming to register to vote ahead of next month’s General Election To vote on June 8, you need to register by 11.59pm on Monday, May 22. In the first instance visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote (you don’t need to register again if you’ve already registered).

The website also allows you to update your name, address or other details on the electoral register and change your voting preferences, for example to vote in person or by post.

The process takes about five minutes and you may need your National Insurance number.

Election hustings BATLEY & SPEN: Election candidates will take part in a hustings event on Monday at the Al-Hikmah Centre on Track Road, Batley, from 7pm (doors open 6.30pm).

Labour’s Tracy Brabin will line up alongside Alan Freeman (Green), Independent candidate Aleks Lukic and Dr Ann Myatt (Conservative).

Independent Mohammed Kasif Hanif has also been invited.

For more information, call 01924 500 555, or email info@imws.org.uk.

PETS FOCUS ON NEW HOMES THANKS TO GERRY’S PHOTOS PICTURES by a Dewsbury photographer are helping re-home unwanted pets.

Gerry Slade, 55, who lives in Thornhill Edge, produced a slideshow of heart-warming pictures of the pets at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, which helped them find new homes.

Said Gerry, a professional pet photographer who specialises in dog and horse portraits: “The sanctuary is such a friendly, warm place.

I decided I wanted to help.”

He spoke to the head of fundraising, who suggested putting together a slideshow for a fundraising ball for the sanctuary.

Added Gerry: “There were over 200 images to play all through the dinner. I spent a day shooting the animals in their

Clampdown on bikes nuisance A THREE-WEEK police campaign to tackle off-road and nuisance bikes in Batley has been hailed a success.

The operation began on April 10 after residents complained of off-road bikes being used on the district’s roads.

Officers from Batley & Spen seized eight bikes, issued 11 warnings and reported four people for summons.

Sergeant Chris Field, of Batley and Spen NPT, said: “We are incredibly pleased with the results.

“Nuisance bikes can cause distress and anti-social behaviour with noise nuisance, as well as endanger the public and their riders.

“Since the operation began, we have had a huge reduction in calls regarding nuisance bikes.

“I intend to extend the operation over the coming months and urge anyone who has information regarding the use of off-road bikes or antisocial behaviour to contact us.

“We hope the steps we are taking will reassure residents.”

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“We then put the pictures up on social media and we had a huge amount of interest.”

Gerry is now hoping to help raise money to keep Bleakholt going by shooting more pictures for a calendar and gift shop cards.

Party tributes to Jo BATLEY: More than 100,000 community events are set to take place nationwide next month in memory of the late Batley & Spen MP Jo Cox. There will be street parties and barbecues held over the weekend of June 16-18 as part of the Great Get Together initiative.

Jo’s widower Brendan Cox tweeted: “Over 100,000 Great Get Togethers planned and still a month to go.

“Amazing response and not too late to pull something together.”

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News In Brief ‘It’s not a joke: Will you marry me?’

ELECTION ROUND-UP

‘I’d spend £12bn a year foreign aid cash to fight Tory school cuts’

OSSETT: Rebecca Firth couldn’t stop laughing at top comedian John Bishop’s concert in the Town Hall – because boyfriend Tom Newham proposed to her during the show!

The couple were part of the staging and lighting team for the event, which the Liverpudlian funnyman brought to the town following an online campaign.

Rebecca accepted Tom’s proposal and said: “I don’t think he could have picked a better opportunity. I’m not normally lost for words but I didn’t know what to say, other than yes.

Everybody in the audience was cheering.”

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Be a part of Les Mis BATLEY: Youngsters can still be involved in the special performance of Les Miserables at Blakeridge Mills, in memory of Jo Cox. The cast has been selected but the Batley and Spen Youth Theatre Company is inviting children to get involved in other parts of the project. For more information, email info@hearthepeoplesing.com.

By Steve Martyn

Life without the NHS DEWSBURY: Health service activists are screening a free film to showcase what a future without a universal NHS could be like.

‘Sicko’ – a film investigation into the healthcare system in America – will be shown on Friday, May 26 (7.30pm) at the New Picture House cinema on Church Street, Dewsbury.

Entry is free but seats are limited and can be reserved at www.northkirkleesnhs supportgroup.org.uk.

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INDEPENDENT Brexit candidate Aleks Lukic has vowed to use the £12bn currently spent on foreign aid each year to help fight the Tories’ proposed school cuts, if he is elected as Batley and Spen’s MP next month.

Mr Lukic, a member of the National Union of Teachers, said: “It is nonsense for the Government to spend so much of our money on foreign aid when our schools are desperately short of funds.

“Our money should be going towards our children’s education, not being sent to countries that spend their own money on space programmes, nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers.”

The Heckmondwike Grammar School teacher also highlighted the pressure schools in Kirklees are facing and blamed it on “mass uncontrolled immigration”.

Using the Freedom of

Information Act, the 27-year-old discovered that 8,253 children in Kirklees primary schools are being taught in classrooms with more than 30 pupils.

He also found that over 600 children were not allocated to their first choice secondary school for the academic year 2017/18.

Mr Lukic said: “The pressure facing schools should come as no surprise. It follows the trend in population growth caused by mass uncontrolled immigration.

“The figures show why it is so important that we take back full control of our borders when we leave the EU. “We cannot continue with net migration of hundreds of thousands of people every year. All but one of our secondary schools in Batley and Spen are oversubscribed.”

Mr Lukic will also propose to merge remaining foreign aid spending into the defence budget, abolishing the Department for International Development.

Prescott vow to back traders D E W S B U RY- b o r n Beth Prescott has promised her full support for the town’s market traders if she is elected.

The Conservative candidate visited the market to speak to traders, some of whom claimed that footfall was decreasing and that Kirklees Council is not taking constructive action to help rejuvenate the once award-winning market.

The 24-year-old candidate said: “Dewsbury market traders are the unsung heroes of our town and they need more help than they are getting.

“If I am elected MP for Dewsbury, I will be that strong, local voice shouting up for them and making their case.”

Market trader Jonathan Finan commented: “I feel that the market is lacking support from

Kirklees Council and needs investment to continue.

“It is our livelihood and we and the town are dependent upon it. Hopefully with Beth’s support it could be turned around.”

Miss Prescott added: “I have happy memories of walking

around Dewsbury market with my grandma when I was little, always stopping by Toffee Smith’s for some Mintoes.

“I truly believe that, with the right support, our market can once again be the thriving hub it once was.”

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ELECTION candidates have been urged to observe a one-hour truce on Sunday, in memory of Jo Cox MP. All politicians standing in the Dewsbury seat have been invited to suspend campaigning for 60 minutes to pay tribute to local groups working to

unite communities.

Jo’s widower Brendan Cox said the groundbreaking initiative seeks to get candidates and party leaders to come together to remind voters of the values they have in common.

All four Dewsbury candidates have been invited to attend an

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News In Brief Ten candidates fight for two local seats

ELECTION ROUND-UP

DEWSBURY: Four candidates will be seeking election for the Dewsbury, Mirfield, Denby Dale & Kirkburton seat on June 8.

Paula Sherriff won in the 2015 general election with a majority of 1,451 and will be looking to beat main rival Beth Prescott, who is standing for the Conservatives.

Also standing are Liberal Democrat Ednan Hussain and Simon Cope (Green Party).

BATLEY: Six election candidates will be contesting the seat for Batley & Spen.

Tracy Brabin (Labour) won the seat in a by-election last year, replacing the late Jo Cox, and will be seeking re-election.

Standing against her will be Ann Myatt (Conservative), John Lawson (Liberal Democrat), Alan Freeman (Green) and two independent candidates, Aleks Lukic and Mohammed Hanif. Mrs Brabin won in 2016 with a majority of 16,500.

Dewsbury Labour candidate Paula Sherriff with Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner and supporters

‘Our pupils among the hardest-hit

by Government education policies’

By Staff Reporters THE DISTRICT’S two Labour candidates have this week been campaigning against the Conservatives’ planned cuts to school budgets, which they claim could result in schools in the area losing up to £9.4m.

Labour says that all 50 schools in Dewsbury are set to lose funding due to the Tories’ ‘fair funding formula’, making it the second worst-hit constituency in the coun-

try, while Batley and Spen will be the fourth worst.

As an example, figures suggest that Thornhill Community Academy faces losing 13 teachers as a consequence of total cuts estimated at £533,918 by 2019.

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner joined Labour’s Paula Sherriff in Dewsbury to promote Labour’s plans to reverse more than £2m of the planned cuts.

Ms Sherriff said: “Dewsbury is amongst the hardest-hit by the

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Tories’ so-called ‘fairer funding formula’.

“Each and every local school is set to lose vital cash over the next three years. Labour won’t let this happen – I’ll keep fighting alongside parents and teachers to protect investment in our schools.”

Fellow Labour candidate for Batley and Spen, Tracy Brabin, has also vowed to fight for no cuts to school budgets if she is elected on June 8.

She said: “As someone who was born and educated in Batley and

Spen, I’m determined that our young people receive the best education possible.

“Properly funded schools, free school meals so no child goes hungry and smaller class sizes so five-, six- and seven-year-olds have more one-on-one time with teachers are all fair, commonsense policies.”

Labour have said their plans will be funded from £20bn that will be raised by reversing the Conservatives’ cuts to corporation tax.

School accolade BATLEY: Field Lane Junior, Infant & Nursery School has been awarded a Silver Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM) for its commitment to excellence in science teaching and learning.

Jane Turner, PSQM national director, said: “Gaining a Primary Science Quality Mark is a significant achievement for a school. Science subject leaders, their colleagues, head teachers, children, parents and governors should be very proud.”

Boy hit by car BATLEY: A 14-year-old boy was admitted to Leeds General Infirmary after being knocked down by a car on Bradford Road, at its junction with Batley Field Hill and Stocks Lane, on Tuesday.

Green pair’s pledge on spending GREEN candidates standing for election in the local constituencies have welcomed their party’s education policy launch.

Simon Cope, who is standing in Dewsbury and Mirfield and is a former parent-governor, said: “Under the Tories, our local schools have seen a real cut in spending per pupil.

“Across Dewsbury, that amounts to £10m a year, or as many as 250 teachers, and the Tories may well plan to cut even deeper in the years ahead if they get the chance.

“This is a shocking situation for one of the richest countries in the world at a time when our economy is expanding.

Greens would protect funding so that there is an increase.”

Simon Cope, left, and Alan Freeman Mr Cope claimed that the Greens’ costed plans would increase funding to schools nationwide by £7bn a year.

He added: “A lot of money has been wasted by the Government on free schools and academies, with no evidence that they work.”

Batley and Spen candidate Alan Freeman, said: “We support properlyfunded schools under a Local Education Authority where

truce in Jo tribute event for Batley Food Bank at the Asda supermarket in Dewsbury (11am).

This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of Asda opening its Dewsbury store and volunteers will be collecting for the food bank for 15 hours.

Labour candidate

Paula Sherriff said: “My thanks go to those involved in organising this event.

“I feel it is incredibly important that we take the time out of the election campaign to honour Jo’s memory and to put our differences aside to help with the collection for Batley Food Bank.”

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“We would fund a big increase in early years provision, overturning the current path using the National Funding Formula, whereby schools will have their funding cut by between eight and 20 per cent in Batley and Spen by the year 2020.

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

Cowards deny us even dignity F YOU work in newspapers long enough you become – you think you become – pretty hardened to the horrors that can descend upon ordinary people’s everyday lives, from out of nowhere.

The killing of an infant subsequently denied justice; the needless death of mums and daughters in a mill fire because of criminally negligent owners; the murder of a son whose killer’s life sentence brings no solace or comfort whatsoever – in all those cases, all very local to us, I knew the families of the victims.

There but for the grace of God go we … until that thunderbolt of fate strikes too close to home.

You would have to be some kind of hard-faced journalist not to be affected by getting close to stories of such misery and magnitude.

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I didn’t know and had never heard of Motor Neurone Disease sufferer Nigel Casson until I was working on last week’s edition of The Press. As I edited the front page and read about Nigel’s deathbed humour from the Dignitas clinic in Geneva, I found myself choking up. I could only admire and wonder at his courage in deciding that no, he wasn’t going to put either himself or his family through the miserable agonies of the lingering death that awaited.

Beyond that, his family showed almost unimaginable strength to accompany him to the very end. Immense.

That night, still touched by Nigel Casson’s story, I told Mrs L that I hoped I’d be brave enough to do the same in such circumstances (I hope I imagined the fleeting look of joy on her face, although I did find a length

of sturdy rope on the kitchen counter the next morning!)

And then I raged at a cowardly society that denies stricken families the mercy we would show a cat or dog.

Why do we make families like the Cassons run away like fugitives to a sordid hideaway in a foreign land to find peace? As Nigel said, why couldn’t that most touching, loving, heart-rending farewell have taken place in the comfort of their own home?

I find it mystifying that in an age when we glorify every abstract or even perverse ‘difference’ in people who suddenly decide to opt out of ‘normality’ we cannot bring ourselves to be honest about the one, inevitable fact of life that confronts us all.

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I’ve seen too many of my rugby playing-contemporaries stricken by dementia and Alzheimer’s. Is it down to the head knocks they took, in less safety-conscious years, as some clinicians think?

Who knows? But I do know that I can’t count my concussions on both hands. I’ve been knocked out, dragged off the field, and sent back on while it looked like the other team had 26 men. What toll will those less-enlightened endeavours take in years to come?

And for every person who has nursed a loved one through a slow and gradually debilitating, but largely peaceful life-ending episode of dementia, there’s another who has seen an erstwhile mild-mannered spouse or parent turn into someone unrecognisably violent.

Decades of a loving relationship, reduced to years of hateful agonies. And for what? To pay homage to an ancient ‘Christian’ ethos that most of our lawmakers don’t even subscribe to.

T’S ironic, discussing this in a week when the increasingly presidential (ie power-mad) Theresa May felt so cocky that she could slap pensioners in the face over what their old age would cost them.

I’m trying hard to give politics mostly a miss this week, but what a message – we’ll make you suffer the cruellest of hopeless, drawn-out deaths, and then we’ll take all your worldly goods off you once you’ve been thrown on the fire. Have a nice day.

The old nutmeg is always rolled out about a system of euthanasia being open to abuse. Oh, and we don’t get that any way? It’s alright when it’s state-sponsored

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UST a few words on the three-ringed circus that the General Election has descended into, beginning close to home with Tory hopeful Dr Ann Myatt, seen here consulting with former Batley & Spen grandee Elizabeth Peacock.

Good old social media – the question this Twitter photo begs isn’t ‘What’s up doc?’ but ‘Where are you doc?’ Hence the West Yorkshire A-Z clenched firmly in her grasp. Knows the place like the back of her hand does our Annie ... Not. Meanwhile the Tory high command is in a virtual state of civil war. Not seen a lot of the Cabinet apart from Mother Theresa, have you?

There’s thinly veiled fury at how she and her inner circle of Spads (unelected Special Advisers) have seized control of every element of the Tory campaign.

It seems she/they have swallowed whole the pollsters’ view that it will be a cakewalk. It may well still be, but we’ve seen before how electorates react when someone becomes too big for their

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If it’s beyond our ken to build in checks and balances while honouring a living will, we really are in a bad way.

But that’s politicians for

boots – or in her case, kitten heels.

Even I could buy into some of Labour’s wilder manifesto pledges like re-nationalising the railways, but only if they were being returned to proper management and not just handed back to the unions.

Sadly where Corbyn and McDonnell are concerned, that destructive truth underpins everything about them.

Still, any cloud on the May horizon won’t have a yellow tinge to it. The Liberal Democrats want to give a home to every waif and stray on the planet, happily bump up taxes, reduce the voting age to about eight (and probably the age of sexual consent similarly, given the predilections of some of their elder statesmen like Cyril Smith and Jeremy Thorpe) and, to put a tin helmet on the lot, legalise marijuana.

Sounds to me like they’d spent all day inhaling before writing that lot of fairytale tosh. And we’d all need to smoke whacky baccy like mill chimneys to try living with the repercussions of those 24carat dreamers. you – courage galore in everything that involves controlling our lives and spending the fruits of our endeavours, rank cowardice in confronting the biggest and simplest question of all.

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HE sleepy Wiltshire town of Devizes was given a communal kick in the wotsits by the local council recently.

They’ve been staging a May Day fair for quite some time without anything more drastic than a thunderstorm disrupting the tombola, coconut shy and egg and spoon races. Not this year though. Terrorism put paid to the steam carousel and pinning the tail on a donkey.

Was it a bomb scare? A bearded bloke with a suntan careering down the high street in a stolen HGV? Nope, the council axed the

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fair because the organisers did not have a strategy to cope with a terrorist attack.

I kid you not. Go to the foot of our stairs and kick the neighbours’ cat. What on earth is the world coming to?

How do the local grocer, retired primary school head, and a couple of well-meaning volunteers draw up a plan to cope with a terror attack? Say they’re going to sharpen the points on their garden forks? Bring a barrowload of tin helmets?

Still, I’m sure the oberleutnants of Wiltshire Council were all patting themselves

on their pathetic backs on May 2nd, when – surprise surprise – there was no terror attack on Devizes.

Phew, that was a close one. Way to go, guys.

HURSDAY was international ‘Get The Kids Outside Day’ or somesuch. Thousands of UK schools took part, getting pupils out of the classrooms to enjoy the outdoors. But only after they’d all carried out the appropriate risk assessments of course – which might just give you a clue you why there’s a problem in the first place.

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‘Suicide’ dad: ‘Why I’m backing Corbyn’

By Steve Martyn TWO North Kirklees residents were in the national spotlight as they helped Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn launch the party’s election manifesto at Bradford University.

Christine Warrillow, a single mum from Gomersal, and Martin Kilgallon, from Mirfield, were two of the key speakers at the event.

Mr Kilgallon, who has five children – one has brittle asthma and two have severe autism – gave a passionate speech about how he had tried to end his own life because of the struggle he faced in trying to help his sons.

He said: “Dealing with a disability or special needs is hard enough and doesn’t need to be made harder by a reduction in

Christine and Martin with Batley & Spen Labour candidate Tracy Brabin vital services – something has to change.

“My eldest son Mason has brittle asthma and has been admitted to hospital eight times in the last three months.

School’s sensory garden plan BATLEY’S Mill Lane Primary School is staging a summer fair next Thursday (3.30pm-5pm), to raise cash to create a sensory garden.

There will be a host of activities including an obstacle course, with a chance to sponge the teacher, and a range of food including a vegetable biryani donated by Dewsbury's Spices and Rices.There's a variety of prizes to be won on the raffle, from a £30 Zucchini voucher to a gel manicure.

Caroline Pringle, a member of the Friends of Mill Lane group, said: “We

are wanting to raise awareness of the sensory garden project within the local community, to see if there is anyone out there who may be able to help with either time, promoting the project or even donations of some of the items of equipment needed.

“This garden will greatly benefit the pupils who are in desperate need of this calm and peaceful space.”

Caroline can be contacted on FoML1@outlook.com, or search for Friends of Mill Lane Batley on Facebook.

In the past he has suffered from a respiratory arrest.

“Each time we visit hospital we are met with mayhem. The A&E departments are understaffed, ambulances are queuing and doctors don’t have time to explain what’s going on.”

Both Martin and his wife Anne Marie had become severely depressed and Martin spoke of how he turned to drink and tried to take his own life.

“One Sunday night in 2014, things finally got to me and I took a walk on the hard shoulder of the M62,” he said.

“I don’t know how I managed to get there but the intended outcome was to end my own life. Fortunately I didn’t.”

Mr Kilgallon told the audience he was voting for Labour because they had pledged to invest in social care and to fund education properly.

Miss Warrillow, who welcomed Mr Corbyn onto the stage, said: “I’m a busy working mum of two girls; like all parents I work hard to make sure they have everything they need.

“As a single parent and a carer for my girls’ grandma, sometimes I have additional challenges.

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‘Prevent’ is not fit for purpose Dear Sir, ‘Prevent’ is a pillar of the government’s strategy for combatting terrorism. More specifically, it’s the part of the strategy designed to prevent radicalisation.

I’ve been aware of the existence of Prevent for a number of years, but over the last few weeks I’ve been educated in considerably more depth by conversing with the police and with prominent members of the local Muslim community.

There are a mish-mash of views, with ‘fors’ and ‘againsts’ on both sides, but the conclusion I’ve come to was pretty easily reached – in its present form, it simply is not fit for purpose.

In fact, I’d go further than that and say it’s actually dangerous and counter-productive.

A programme aimed at ending terrorist radicalisation is, on the face of it, a very good idea, but the way in which Prevent has been implemented and targeted has been reminiscent of the implementation of the so-called ‘sus law’ in the late 70s and early

Letter of the Week: Alan Freeman, Green Party Parliamentary candidate for Batley and Spen 80s, which led to accusations of institutional racism and racial profiling by the police and led to disproportionate arrests of young black men.

The problem is the way that Prevent conceptualises ‘radicalisation’ and ‘extremism’.

It’s based on the unsubstantiated view that religious ideology is the primary driving factor for terrorism.

Academic research suggests that social, economic and political factors, as well as social exclusion, play a more important role in driving political violence than ideology.

How can it be right that something as simple as primary school children mentioning their attendance at a particular mosque

Let’s protect the forest from fracking plans How did they evolve?

From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, I’m pleased to see that in the Labour Party election manifesto there is a pledge not to frack for gas.

In a matter of weeks Sherwood Forest, Britain’s most famous woodland, could be at risk.

A huge energy company called Ineos wants to explore underneath it to frack for gas. If this goes ahead Sherwood Forest could be filled with spluttering lorries, heavy machinery and explosives by next month.

I’ve been a long-time environmentalist and am asking the Forestry Commission – the government agency in charge of our forests – not to give the green light and to protect the forest from the

destruction caused by fracking.

I hope readers will feel the same.

telling them he was on a ‘ship’, executed at the top of his voice, flavoured with swearing.

How did these creatures evolve?

Why are the citizens of our wonderful country allowed to suffer such characters?

From: Alex K Davies, Cleckheaton

They won’t turn their back on so much trade

Dear Sir, Over the holidays we ended up in Scarborough and settled back in our seats for a pleasant trip on a pleasure boat, which had seen action in the WWII Dunkirk evacuations.

Just as they were about to pull up the drawbridge, he arrived. There always seems to be one! Your common or garden yob, accompanied by his hyper-loud, attention-seeking moll, together drowning out the pleasant background music.

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can lead to them being questioned and their parents becoming suspects?

Or that people discussing the problem of terrorism automatically become part of the problem themselves? The result is that the conversations are driven underground, resentment breeds and the chances of radicalisation are actually increased by the very tool that is supposed to be preventing it!

And if my view, garnered by a few conversations in and around Batley and Dewsbury isn’t enough to convince you, there’s an exDirector General of MI5 that says “Prevent is clearly not working” and she is backed up by an ex-Superintendent of the

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From: John Whelan, Dewsbury Dear Sir, Still concerned about Brexit? Consider a number of issues not being widely discussed.

Under World Trade Organisation rules the average tariff averages just 2.4%, but our net contribution of £10 billion to the EU budget is equivalent to a 7% tariff.

The UK would be receiving tariffs from imported goods including German cars and French agricultural products, which would far outweigh our tariff costs, roughly £12.9 billion for the EU versus £5.2 billion for us.

Take cars and automotive parts alone (10% WTO tariff), Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy and Poland sell us 51.9 billion Euros worth, we sell to them 17 billion Euros worth, a deficit of 34.9 billion, and coincidentally a deficit with every country.

The UK currently accounts for around 17% of 27 European countries total exports, money which is needed to support the failing Euro and fill in the deficit with the UK no longer contributing its £10 billion net to the budget.

The three million jobs in the UK associated with EU exports are balanced by six million EU jobs associated with UK exports.

On a country-by-country basis, exporters in 22 EU countries benefit more from bilateral free trade with the UK than UK exporters benefit from free trade with each of those countries.

If the EU decides to turn its back on its neighbours and turn its back on free trade, it will be turning its back on democracy and the economic interests of the people of Europe.

If you were ever in any doubt about Brexit, the bullying, petulant, abusive EU response should be enough to persuade the most ardent Remainer, also the demand for 100 billion Euros so close to VE day, some thanks for liberation?

This is a role model?

From: John Dewhirst, Gomersal Dear Sir, The recent story carried by a number of

Metropolitan Police, the National Union of Teachers and community organisations such as MEND. When the ‘sus law’ came under scrutiny, it was deservedly repealed (in August 1981).

Prevent needs scrapping or at least giving a major overhaul, with input from the sectors of society that are currently being unfairly targeted by it. national newspapers regarding Wayne Rooney losing over £500,000 in two hours in a Manchester casino only serves to consolidate the popularly-held opinion that ‘his brains are in his feet’.

It must be very upsetting to all those people who are on a zero hours contract or recent school leavers who are starting out on an apprenticeship course to be made aware of such behaviour.

One of the reasons put forward for this obscene spree is that his wife was on holiday with their children which led to him feeling bored.

If this is the case then his action will provoke even more public anger and even less public sympathy.

There is much talk about high-profile sporting personalities being role models for youngsters.

This being the case the England football captain may well do heed the advice of poet Thomas Trusser: “A fool and his money are soon parted”.

The only winner in this situation is the free publicity gained by the Manchester casino company who will seek to make use of the £500,000 in a more profitable way than their VIP client Mr Rooney did.

Perhaps the time has come to broaden his horizons and explore the soccer scene in the Far East.

Not thought through From: Ian Fitton, Liversedge Dear Sir, Although we all agree in a perfect world there should be no requirement to pay for parking to visit anyone in hospital, I feel Tracy Brabin’s proposal to make all hospital parking free and pay for this by increasing tax on private health policies has either not been thought through properly or is just an empty vote-winning claim.

If the premium on private health policies is increased, this will lead to people and companies cancelling their policies due to cost, which could lead to less revenue for the government, not more as anticipated.

If the above occurs, this will lead to extra pressure on the NHS as the number of potential patients will increase.

If hospital car parks are free, how will shoppers and town/city workers be prevented from using this facility?

Other points on Labour election promises – nationalising utility companies, mail and railways – how will we pay for this? By even more

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Extra From page 8 borrowing. Anyone my age remembers what an inefficient overmanned shambles the national industries as a whole were.

An extra 10,000 policemen, £10 minimum wage, more teachers and nurses, smaller class sizes, an increase in social care budget, free school meals for all (even though the children who need them get them free now), pay increases for public sector workers and two free pints and a fish and chip supper for everyone every Friday (sorry, made that last one up).

Seriously, how are these promises to be paid for? By increasing tax on high wage-earners and increasing corporation tax. It does not work, it was tried by the last French government and was an abject failure.

The top earners either avoid the tax or leave the country and large companies invest elsewhere.

We are on the point of leaving the EU, we should be encouraging investment in the country, not punishing it.

Remember the government has no money, nor does it earn any, all its money is the taxpayers’ and this should be used to stimulate people and companies and feed their aspirations to improve.

This manifesto does neither, it is just another try of old failed policies. Remember the note left by the last defeated Chancellor to his successor?

‘Sorry, nothing left’ – please do not let this happen again.

Raise a bob or two From: Tim Wood, The Old Colonial, Mirfield Rifle Volunteers Dear Sir, This Saturday sees yet another fundraising event, The Mirfield Rifle Volunteers’ spring raffle, held at The Old Colonial, Mirfield, this coming Saturday (May 20).

To bolster footfall to the event, entertainer ‘Woody’ the string man, a brilliant musician,

will be appearing live with his one-man show.

MRV’s chosen charity this year is SAFA and the local dementia/Alzheimer’s support group based at St Andrew’s Church, Mirfield.

Entrance is free to the event, we hope to raise a good bob or two on our spring raffle, so if anyone wishes to donate a raffle prize you can bring it along with you.

The event will be from 8.30pm onwards.

A change of direction From: Mr J Griffith, via email Dear Sir, I read an article last week in The Press, stating that the Conservative candidate is favourite to win back the Dewsbury, Mirfield, Denby Dale and Kirkburton seat.

Firstly, you should not be so complacent that it will be a Conservative Party win, especially when the state of our local hospital is a disgrace and local NHS services including pharmacies are under so much pressure! Which is the fault of the Conservative Party.

The last part-time Conservative MP the area had wanted to close our A&E services at Dewsbury Hospital.

I cannot believe that anyone would contemplate voting in another Conservative candidate again, when the last one was a complete disaster for our area. The Conservative MP Simon Reevell was a very, very bad choice.

We need a change of direction this time around. I feel it would be better to have a look at the other political parties, please can you present your readers with the alternative candidates for this seat, and not just coverage of the Conservatives and Labour this time around.

Large Tory majority? No From: Peter Moreland, Heckmondwike Dear Sir, Technically Theresa May’s decision to call an election mainly about Brexit was sound, howev-

er as the weeks go by other domestic issues such as education and NHS have taken centre stage and what might have been seen as a large Tory majority looks more doubtful.

A Conservative leaflet through my door this week draws attention to last year’s election shocks – Trump winning in America and the UK voting to leave Europe – in an attempt to stop Labour getting elected.

I think this could come back to haunt Mrs May as the early stages of the campaign are not showing a very flattering image of her, whilst Jeremy Corbyn is drawing huge crowds wherever he goes.

If this was an American-style election, Corbyn would very likely do a Donald Trump as his biggest let-down is the people alongside him – the hopeless Diane Abbott and the foul-mouthed thug John McDonnell MP.

Yet more politics for us to consider From: John Sheen, Dewsbury Dear Sir, Yet more politics for Britain to consider. Our future and our offspring’s futures will depend on a sensible and measured approach to the subject.

History, if we can remind ourselves, teaches many things. The Labour Party of yesteryear was the voice of millions of our parents and grandparents.

It was the voice of reason for a better future for all. We were told it was the EU that gave us workers’ rights. Not one bit of it. Those rights were fought and won by a well-supported trade union movement.

My parents always voted for a Labour Party that achieved many wonderful things. However, since the country was brought near to bankruptcy by the very people we entrusted our faith in, I feel the people of Britain must search their conscience before making their choice on June 8.

When Labour left office the country’s deficit, through massive borrowing and global financial mismanagement, was around £150 billion.

Since then we’ve seen, through careful budgetary control, that figure reduced to approximately £50 billion.

This figure is still costing massive interest payments that should be spent on health and education but, don’t forget who amassed this appalling debt.

History also shows that Labour’s PFI agreements to build new hospitals resulted in contracts with eye-watering interest payments of billions over the next 30 years.

Jeremy Corbyn is promising the earth to get elected, renationalising rail and utility companies. History, yet again, proved these companies were so inefficient they were costing the taxpayer billions in lost revenue.

He’s promising to abolish hospital car park charges. How’s he going to do this when most of the car parks, and indeed the hospital restaurant profits, are part of the PFI contract?

The Labour Party has been hijacked by the Westminster elite. Our local MP, Paula Sherriff, and indeed our local councillors, work tirelessly on our behalf but when nearly 70 per cent of the electorate in the North and Midlands voted to leave the EU and many Labour MPs voted to remain, this puts a serious question mark against the party’s leadership.

I’m afraid our local Labour Party representatives have been terribly let down.

How could the nation support a man that openly celebrates and informs the world, including some of the most brutal dictators on the planet, that under no circumstances would he deploy nuclear weapons or, indeed preaches on many platforms, the “evil” of NATO. The very organisation that’s kept us safe for over 70 years.

But, the final insult to my patriotism was when I read during the Northern Ireland conflict Jeremy Corbyn had written letters of condolence to IRA families for the loss of the very enemy our troops had died fighting for peace in the province.

Yes, history can be very cruel and exposes skeletons some people would prefer to forget.

The NHS and our education provision are extremely important, especially in Dewsbury, but a strong and successful negotiating team, one that doesn’t roll over to Brussels’ demands, will be vital in securing a positive outcome for a Brexit that will ensure meaningful funding for our NHS and our educational facilities.

UKIP are giving their votes to you, PM From: Colin Walshaw, Cleckheaton An open letter to Theresa May Dear Mrs May, As a member of UKIP for almost a decade my colleagues and I have decided to stand down in the constituencies of Dewsbury and Batley and Spen, and will be giving you our vote at the up coming general election, as have others in different parts of the country.

This is a vote of trust, which I hope you will value.

As you are no doubt aware it was UKIP who ‘persuaded’ your predecessor to call a referendum, regardless of possibly your own feelings?

However the die is cast and your progress so

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far suggests that Brexit means Brexit!

To this end you have our support and assume that you also appreciate that UKIP will gift you a resounding victory in the General Election.

To this end I also appreciate that many of the four million UKIP voters will fall in line with the fact that you appear to be speaking our language.

Some 17.5 million voters wanted to Leave and make no mistake, they knew what they were voting for, Brexit means exit!

The bow of burning gold will have been gifted to you, use it wisely. UKIP is not finished yet!

It is vital that we have a complete exit and if this means WTO terms, so be it.

Our fishermen will not forgive, neither will the 17.4 million and not least the four million UKIPPERS, we shall return and rise again.

We will not cease from mental fight, nor will our swords sleep in our hands, till we have built Jerusalem, in England’s green and pleasant land.

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Action group’s cash-push to fight 1,500 homes plan

By David Bentley CAMPAIGNERS are making a final fundraising push to pay for legal representation to help fight Kirklees Council’s Local Plan.

Members of Chidswell Action Group, which is fighting the proposed development of farmland and green belt, hopes to engage the services of a specialist lawyer to present their case to an Independent Planning Inspector.

Kirklees has earmarked land around Chidswell and Shaw Cross for more than 1,500 new homes and 35 hectares of industrial sites under the Local Plan, a major planning blueprint that council officials submitted to the Secretary Of State for Communities and Local Government on April 25.

Public hearings, when residents and protest groups can have their say on proposed developments, are due to be held later this year.

Chidswell Action Group chairman Mark Eastwood said: “Despite huge opposition from local residents, Kirklees Council and the church landowners have continued to ignore our concerns and are determined to steamroller the plan for the area through.

“We will be fighting tooth and nail to have Chidswell removed from the Local Plan, so that we can save what little bit of countryside and green belt there is left in the area, but to do this we need to raise enough money for our planning lawyer to attend all the planning hearing sessions.”

The group will be putting out a leaflet to residents in the Chidswell area asking for

donations and will also be hosting a fundraising quiz at the Huntsman Inn, Chidswell Lane, on Wednesday May 31, (8pm). Tickets are £5 and include a pie and pea supper.

Mr Eastwood added: “This could be our last chance to save the green belt and protect ancient woodland at Chidswell and whilst we have raised a good deal of money to pay legal fees in the past, we are still some way short of reaching our target to be able to present our case at the public hearings.

“Any help local residents can give could make all the difference to winning our battle against the plan.

“Remember, once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.”

For more information contact Mark on 07707 240014, or email chidswellactiongroup@ yahoo.co.uk.

at first having to approach strangers in the street and local businesses. Rejection was a big factor. If we asked 15 people, only one or two agreed. It was a challenge but I am really pleased with the final images.

“My social skills have grown

and developed simply by engaging in conversation.”

The portrait images are on display at the Create show at Batley Art School from June 1621, or at the project’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ groups/1164544810224651.

Faces of Dewsbury PHOTOGRAPHY students from Batley School of Art have been snapping pictures of people in Dewsbury town centre as part of a community scheme.

The ‘I Am Dewsbury’ project gives students the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement about what they stand for.

One of them, Peter Moseley, said: “It was quite intimidating

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Bravery tribute to Jo murder PCs TWO police officers who tackled Jo Cox’s murderer on a Birstall street have been honoured for their bravery at the annual West Yorkshire Policing Awards.

PCs Craig Nicholls and Jonathan Wright followed Thomas Mair through the streets before tackling the 53-year-old to the ground on Risedale Avenue in June last

year. Mair was carrying a gun and a knife, but the unarmed PCs detained and subdued him until armed officers arrived.

They were also joint winners of the employee of the year accolade.

Recognition also went to officers who investigated the murder of Marcin Siarczynski, whose skeleton

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was found near the canal in Ravensthorpe in March last year.

The team was praised for “unrelenting dedication and professionalism to ensure a conviction was brought in an extremely sensitive investigation”.

Their work led to the conviction of Polish national Krzysztof Olszewski.

RAF flypast at memorial ceremony

By Danny Lockwood A TWO-YEAR fundraising effort to erect a new memorial in Dewsbury Cemetery will be marked by a spectacular RAF flypast next Saturday (May 27).

The New Friends of Dewsbury Cemetery Group will welcome representatives of the armed forces to the unveiling of a new monument honouring 107 war veterans who are buried in the cemetery.

All the men died from their wounds, the majority of them in the Great War of 1914-18, although included on the new memorial will be Sgt John Willie Ormsby VC, a hero of the Western Front who survived the

war but was laid to rest in his home town graveyard.

Members of Sgt Ormsby’s family will be in attendance when the memorial is officially unveiled by new Kirklees Council mayor Coun Christine Iredale and a representative of the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire’s office.

The ceremony will begin at 2pm with guests and members of the public asked to gather at around 1.45pm. A flypast of Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, plus a Lancaster bomber from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, is scheduled for about 2.10pm.

With proceedings conducted by the group’s Geoff

Greensmith, as well as a blessing of the memorial

by Canon John Aveyard and laying of wreaths, there will be musical accompaniment from Nora Riordan and a piper.

The event will be the culmination of two years of hard work by the cemetery support group volunteers.

One of them, Christine Leeman, whose volunteering has involved everything from running online raffles and auctions to laying new turf with her sister Marina Hobson, paid tribute to everyone who had helped them reach their £8,000 target.

“We’ve had great support from so many people,” said Christine.

“One Community (Kirklees’s

community foundation) has given us a total of £1500, Sharon Kingswood and the staff at Asda have been fantastic, and we’ve had lots of help being shown how to get grants and raise money.”

The group even had to obtain a gambling certificate to run raffles and auctions, which included star prizes like helicopter rides.

“We ran a Facebook auction and had 144 prizes,” added Christine. “I thought my phone was going to set on fire, the response was so good.”

With interest and support coming from local cadet groups, the Royal British Legion and representatives of the county’s former KOYLI regiment,

next Saturday’s event promises to be a memorable one.

“I wanted to invite the Queen,” said Christine, “but apparently she needs about 18 months’ notice.”

During the work leading up to finishing the new memorials – on land just below the steep slope by the former chapels – Christine met a woman for whom the event will be especially poignant.

Mrs Joyce Senior never got to meet her father, Private Percy Garthwaite, who died in 1943 when his wife was six months pregnant with their daughter.

Pte Garthwaite is one of the men who will be commemorated on the new monument.

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BATLEY: A charity which aims to end the stigma of disability by showcasing children and young people’s abilities is hosting a fundraising event tomorrow (Saturday).

Downs and Special Friends will be hosting the event from 5pm to 8pm at the Al Hikmah Centre, on Track Road, Batley, with special guest John Middleton (Ashley from TV’s Emmerdale).

The group fights to raise disability awareness and works towards removing the stigma of having a special needs child, with meetings regularly taking place at the Young Batley Centre.

Tickets are £10 adults and £5 under 10s, with under-threes free. To book, call Jacky Eva on 07801 101998 or Akhtar Kasia on 07863 345947.

Gee-up for race night DEWSBURY: It’s time to giddy up for a race night at the start of next month to raise money for a Dewsbury charity.

Howlands, the local community hub based in School Street, Dewsbury, is hosting the event, with races projected onto a big screen, on Friday, June 2 (7.30pm) at Shaw Cross Boys’ Club. Tickets are £5 and include a pie and pea supper (or a vegetarian option) and free entry into the prize draw.

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News In Brief Nurse nominated for top care award DEWSBURY: A nurse who works at Dewsbury and District Hospital has been nominated for the Dr Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award in the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s annual Celebrating Excellence Awards.

Alison Elphee was nominated by members of the public for providing outstanding levels of support for patients facing the effect of chronic pain, and their families and friends.

Alison will find out if she is the winner at an awards dinner in Wakefield tonight (Friday, May 19).

Man broke friend’s jaw in drunken brawl DEWSBURY: A man has been jailed for 12 months after breaking his friend’s jaw in a drunken argument.

David Berry, of Ward Street, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court.

The incident happened on November 18 last year when the pair had been at a party at White Rose Snooker Club in Ossett.

The court heard that both men were drunk and arguing some time after 3am, when Berry punched his friend to the ground and kicked him in the face, causing the victim to suffer two jaw fractures.

Award for nursery DEWSBURY: A nursery has been given an Investing in Children award for outstanding care.

The Co-operative Childcare nursery, on Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury, was rewarded for encouraging their children to decide for themselves what things they need to stay happy and healthy.

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Town celebrates with another Vintage Day

By Zoë Shackleton BATLEY is preparing to jitterbug back in time for the fourth annual Vintage Day. Thousands of people are set to celebrate all things vintage next Saturday, with music and dance, comedy, costumes and vehicles from the turn of the century up to 1969.

The now-traditional flyover by aircraft of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is set for 2.10pm, when a Lancaster bomber will be accompanied by Spitfire and Hurricane fighters.

The event starts at 10am and there’s non-stop music and entertainment until 5pm, with compere Paul Harper keeping

everything running from the main stage at the bottom of the Market Place.

There will be acts such as The Honeybirds, who performed at the first Vintage Day, and Natasha Harper, who will be singing a 1940s set as well as appearing as Cilla Black in the final performance of the day – a Cilla and Beatles tribute.

The Acorn Youth Theatre Company, Harpers School of Performing Arts and Dewsbury Dance Centre Musical Theatre Class will be performing numbers from their upcoming shows.

The specialist vintage market will have more stalls than last year and a host of vintage

vehicles will be on display.

Mirfield Creative Arts Hub will be taking over the top floor of the library with a range of free vintage workshops.

A Batley Variety Club exhibition and a World War I history display will be on show in the Memorial Gardens.

Mrs M’s NAAFI tent will be the place to be for a boogie, with dancing to the sounds of 40s DJs Big George and the Andersons and Major Swing and Kitty.

The whole day is free but visitors are urged to “bring a tin to get in” to support Batley Food Bank.

For more information, visit www.batleyvintageday.co.uk.

Pancake Dog riddle to be solved A FAMOUS Dewsbury sculpture will have its true identity finally revealed thanks to refurbishments taking place at the Howlands Centre.

The stone sculpture – known as the Pancake Dog – has stood atop the building on School Street since the late 1800s.

Legend has it that on Shrove Tuesday, when the school bell rang, the dog came down from its perch to enjoy a pancake.

Workmen refurbishing the community centre are set to take the sculpture down and clean it to reveal whether it is actually a dog.

Tom Ellis, chairman of the Dewsbury and District League of Friendship, which runs the community centre, said: “It is really exciting as it is probably the first time it has been seen clearly since it was placed in position in the 1880s.

“We still can’t make out what sort of animal it is.

“It could be a Christian lamb or a Yorkshire sheep. It has certainly created a talking point among members!

“The dog will be placed back in position in time for the re-opening of the building in July this year. We will then have a superb building that the whole of the Dewsbury community will be able to use and be proud of.”

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West End star Oliver tells us all about his latest shows LIVER THOMPSETT has played a host of leading roles in the West End – Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls, Galileo in We Will Rock You, Drew in Rock of Ages, Fiyero in Wicked and now he’s gearing up for a collection of shows in ‘The Sound Of Musicals’ and later in the year the music of James Bond. Oliver tells me: “Both are great shows with a wonderful orchestra, and the best tunes any singer could wish to sing, but above all they are a celebration of music and life. I can’t wait to see everyone there and up on their feet cheering and enjoying the show.” Catch Oliver in The Sound Of Musicals across the UK right now.

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EMMERDALE’S Roxanne Pallett has had to leave the UK tour of The Wedding Singer, on the advice of her doctor. A source reveals: “She really enjoyed the show and is so sad to have to leave it, but it’s something that is beyond her control, and of course she hopes to get fighting fit and back to performing again very soon.”

LET IT SHINE judge Martin Kemp has revealed that Spandau Ballet have talked about creating a jukebox musical featuring their songs – but can’t stop rowing long enough to get around to it.

Martin tells me: “I think it would go so well, as we have such a collection of hits, but someone else will end up doing it as we are all quite fiery in the band, to be honest.”

SIR TOM JONES has made his way back into the hearts and minds of the nation, thanks to his coaching role on The Voice UK, and now it looks like he could be getting his own jukebox musical. “I can’t tell you what it is, but there is an idea, a play based on my music,” he said. “It’s in the early stages, so we’ll listen and see what it is. Fingers crossed on this one.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing professional Natalie Lowe has announced that she won’t be returning for this year’s series of the popular BBC show. “This was a very difficult decision for me not to accept the invitation to appear on this season of Strictly Come Dancing,” she told me. “But there are so many other things I want to do and the show does take a lot of your year.”

MICHAEL MCINTYRE has announced a major world tour. In the UK, Michael has

Runaway success MIRFIELD Air Cadets were victorious in the annual squadrons’ athletics competition for the South and West Yorkshire Wing.

The boys from the 868 (Mirfield) Squadron Air Cadets won the overall trophy in their section, with the girls coming second in theirs at Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium.

Further to the success of the boys and girls squads, there was an impressive collection of individual medal winners.

Sergeant Baillie grabbed two gold medals in both the 400m and 800m and a bronze in the javelin.

Ann and Oliver Thompsett sold more than 1.5 million tickets, including a recordbreaking 28 performances at London’s 16,000-capacity O2 Arena in 2015. Michael tells me: “Although I may have made a few mistakes along the way with TV, like the chat show, stand up live on stage is what I really enjoy doing and this is where I feel most at home.”

ONE-TIME Emmerdale favourite Verity Rushworth is taking over the role of Lauren in the hit London musical Kinky Boots, which is playing at the Adelphi Theatre. Verity, who has carved a name for herself in musical theatre since playing Donna in the soap, tells me that this is her most challenging role to date, but she’s loving every minute.

A WIND In The Willows musical is coming to London, premiering at the Palladium from June 29. Loose Women panellist Denise Welch will appear as Mrs Otter, and that other stage favourite and good friend of mine Gary Wilmot will star as Badger. It’s been written by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes, so big things are expected. I will keep you posted...

CORONATION STREET actress Samia Longchambon does not empathise with her character Maria’s behaviour in the soap. “I do wonder how mad they are going to make her you know, but that is the beauty of playing someone like her,” she said.

“She is not your regular girl and people love wondering what she is going to get up to next.”

ACTRESS Joanna Lumley was this year’s recipient of the Bafta Fellowship, and she told me that she was stunned to land the award.

She said: “It’s not something

Maycon Pictures you think will happen to you at all, but it’s oh so lovely and divine, and any award is a thrill.” She added, and laughed: “Do you think this means I am getting old?”

AMANDA HOLDEN has hit back over critics of Britain’s Got Talent’, who take issue with the fact that some acts are scouted to audition for the show. Amanda retorts by claiming that seeking out performers to audition helps make the show more varied.

“It’s nothing new, and I don’t know why people get all huffy about it really,” she said.

THE EVER-BRILLIANT Thora Hird is still proving a huge hit many years after her death, as the repeats of her sitcom ‘In Loving Memory,’ are proving a success all over again.

The comedy, which also features a very young Sherrie Hewson, is shown very early in the morning but at times has more viewers than Good Morning Britain.

SANDI TOKSVIG, presenter of the new Great British Bake Off, tells me she is stunned when people refer to her as a comedian. “I am not at all, I like to think of myself as amusing, but for me a comedian is someone like Victoria Wood who stands there and makes people laugh out loud. I think we all miss her, really.”

DARIUS CAMPBELL first became a household name thanks to his not-so-wellreceived appearance on Popstars back in 2000. Now the theatre musical actor, who starred to great acclaim in ‘Funny Girl ‘in London, tells me he would love a shot at Hollywood. “I think shows like Pop Idol were great as it’s simply a platform, and it’s what you do with that after the show that is really up to you.”

There were silver medals for Sgt Galib-Khorshid and FS Gilroy in the 200m and Discus respectively, while Captain Jagger bagged bronze in the 1,500m and silver in the 200m.

Sergeant Kelly got a Long Jump gold and a 100m bronze, alongside Cadet Smith who also came away with a bronze in High Jump.

Captain Riley and Cadet Walton both boasted a gold each in the 800m.

Squadron commander Flight Lieutenant Peter Doubell said: “I am absolutely delighted that this has been such a very successful day for the squadron.

“A big well done to all the cadets who took part! They have all done tremendously well and reaped the rewards for their efforts.”

Many of the athletes will now go on to represent the South and West Yorkshire Wing in competition with the other wings in the North Region competition.

The Squadron meets at the Air Cadet Centre on Huddersfield Road in Mirfield, near to the Stocks Bank Road junction, on Tuesday and Friday evenings.

For more information, visit or contact Flt Lt Peter Doubell on 01924 498896.

Nominate a worthy cause A SUPERMARKET in Dewsbury is looking for nominations from groups who want to become a local charity partner for the next year.

The Sainsbury’s Local Charity of the Year scheme has returned for its ninth year and the Dewsbury store, on Railway Street, is again taking part.

At the end of May the store will shortlist three charities and customers will then vote for which they think is the most worthy group.

The winning charity will receive a year of

support from the store – including fundraising and awareness raising.

The scheme is open to any UK registered charity, and application forms can be collected from the store.

Nominations close on May 28 and the shortlisted charities will be announced in June.

Customers will then be able to vote for their winner between June 12-25.

For more information, visit www.sainsburys localcharity.co.uk.

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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 MAY 20 WUTHERING HEIGHTS? Meet at 10.30am Penistone Hill Country Park car park, Haworth 6.5 miles -moderate Contact: David Parkinson Tel: 01274 879 794 david.parky@tiscali.co.uk

MONDAY JUNE 5 UNCIVIL WAR Meet at 1pm at Oakwell Hall top car park (WF17 9LG, SE217271) 7 miles – moderate Contact: Kathleen Tel: 01924 471 473 kathleenoshea5@aol.com

Easy route up Murderous intent at latest group meeting to the Dales A BUS FIRM has launched a new direct Sunday service from Dewsbury and Batley to the village of Malham, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Service 884 – Craven link – operated by Arriva Yorkshire will leave Dewsbury Bus Station at 8.55am and Batley Bus Station at 9.05am every Sunday and Bank Holiday until September 24 for Ilkley, Skipton and Malham, arriving at Malham at 11.15am and returning at 4.30pm.

The Yorkshire Dales National Park is there for everyone to enjoy, so we offer bargain fares and Rover tickets to cut the cost of travel. Senior citizens with passes travel free, as do MCard and MetroCard holders, and holders of all Dales Rover tickets can take two children free of charge.”

Full details of the service and connections are in the Metro DalesBus timetable available at Dewsbury Bus Station and other outlets, or timetables can be downloaded at www.dalesbus.org.

A trio of dramas HANGING HEATON’S Ebenezer Methodist Drama Group are putting on ‘An Evening of Drama’ as one of their three annual productions.

There will be performances of In By The Half by Jimmie Chinn, Between Mouthfuls

by Alan Ayckbourne and The Pop Man by David Titchener.

The show started last night (Thurs) and continues until Saturday May 20, at 7.15pm each night.

Admission, which includes refreshments, costs £6.50 for adults and £4.50 for children.

For more details contact 01924 769513 or 07889 258997.

John’s a poser BATLEY BULLDOGS’ strength and conditioning coach John Heaton will be back on the bodybuilding stage at the end of the month.

He will be performing a routine as a Guest Poser at the Natural Physique Association Yorkshire Championships on Saturday, May 27. The show starts at 1pm at Unity Works, Wakefield, and tickets are £16.

Hebden Bridge plan THIS week’s 12-mile walk saw Dewsbury and District Ramblers, led by Phil Allan, head to Thornthwaite and onto Padside Green before returning to Fewston Reservoir.

In a change to the schedule, on May 20 (tomorrow) the ‘D’ walk is set for Hebden Bridge. Walkers are asked to meet Marjorie Hampshire at Dewsbury Railway Station at 9.30am, for the 9.41am train.

Oakwell at night YOU CAN take a trip back in time and sample the high life in Elizabethan England at Oakwell Hall in Birstall tonight (Fri, 7.30pm).

Visitors can enjoy a buffet of period delicacies (including vegetarian options) and Shakespearian-themed music from the Leeds Waites, as part of the Museums at Night celebration.

They’ll also be able to take a turn around the rooms of the stunning Elizabethan manor house with a costumed guide.

Tickets are £15 each and must be booked in advance from the visitor centre on Nova Lane.

More information is available by calling 01924 324761 or emailing oakwell.hall@kirklees.gov.uk.

MURDER and mayhem will be in abundance when Batley History Group holds its next meeting in the Town Hall on Monday.

Speaker Vivien Teasdale will be concen-

trating on murderous crimes in the Yorkshire area and discussing the outcomes over the years, comparing the reactions of many years ago to the attitudes of today.

She will also be discussing how the records relating to crimes are kept and will pass on some of the information she has found.

Vivien, who was

brought up in Huddersfield and Elland, has already written seven local history books and is currently compiling more material for her eighth.

The evening starts at

7.30pm but free refreshments are available from 7pm.

Everyone is welcome to attend. History group members pay £2, visitors £4.

Sixties theme for area’s biggest show ORGANISERS of this year’s Mirfield Show say it promises to be the best yet, with new attractions and competitions being showcased alongside old favourites.

The award-winning show continues to grow in popularity and last year attracted more than 10,000 visitors from across Yorkshire.

It will make its grand return on Sunday August 20 to the Mirfield Showground on Huddersfield Road, and this year there will be fun for all the family, with a 1960s theme.

Children can enjoy the horse and pony show, baking, flower and vegetable exhibits, craft making and plenty of 60s-inspired games throughout the day including hula-hooping and welly wanging.

As with every year, the judges will have the difficult decision of picking the winner of the fancy dress competition – hopefully with lots of flower girls, spacesuits, hippies and Austin Powers-

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inspired costumes.

The Bonny Baby Show is a chance for even the youngest in the family to get involved, and there’s a host of competitions for the adults too.

There are classes for the best home brew and wine, and a menonly baking competition to see who can make the best coffee and walnut cake.

And finally, closing the show

will be the ever-popular tug-ofwar final. It’s a free competition and you can register a team through the Mirfield Show website, but entries close on August 15 so book early to avoid disappointment.

Louise Hardy, head of competitions and classes, said: “We are really excited to reveal the competitions and classes for this year’s show and are looking for-

ward to receiving and judging all the entries.”

The full list of competitions and classes can be seen at www.mirfieldshow.com and in the show programme, which will be available in local shops in Mirfield town centre very soon.

Advanced tickets are available through the website at £3.50, but you can pay on the day for £5. All children under 16 go free.

Affordable arts workshops over half-term FOLLOWING the success of Easter workshop sessions attended by over 100 children, Mirfield gallery Creative Arts Hub will be running a second series of affordable arts workshops for kids over the coming half-term break.

The planned activities, at both Creative Arts Hub and Batley Art Gallery, will cover a variety of painting and printing techniques with artists Karen Stansfield and Damian Clark.

The workshop sessions (priced £1 plus booking fee per child for a full-day session, 10am to 3pm) are aimed at eight to 12-yearolds, and are funded through the Young People’s Holiday Activity Scheme.

Places are limited so booking is essential.

Visit www.creativeartshubmirfield.com, for full details.

The funded workshops will run alongside Wednesday and Friday workshop sessions open to ages five and upwards, at a cost of £15 per child per session.

Meanwhile, opening this week at the Hub is a new exhibition of work by Huddersfieldbased artist Terence J Lambert. The exhibi-

tion runs until July 1 and launches tonight (Fri) with a ‘meet the artist’ reception from 6pm to 8pm, which is open to all.

Bedford-born Terence J Lambert graduated in Fine Art from Batley School of Art and received multiple Koestler awards, a scholarship and exhibited at the Southbank centre on numerous occasions.

‘Limbo’ is an exhibition of his work centred around society. He is interested in the psyche, social dynamics, how people choose to represent themselves and how they are represented by others.

He uses this interest creatively by referencing high / low culture in content such as television programmes and CCTV footage and in the production of his work that consists of digitally painted prints alongside drawings.

The exhibition is open from 10am to 5pm Wednesday to Friday, and 10am to 3pm on Saturday.

For more information about the exhibition or any of the workshop sessions, contact Mark Milnes on 01924 492775, or at info@ creativeartshub.org.uk.

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CRICKET with Mike Popplewell

Wood leads from the front for Cleck CLECKHEATON skipper John Wood became ‘captain fantastic’ at Batley as he led his side to their first, albeit excruciatingly precarious, win of the season by one solitary run when he came in at 17-1 and held the Cleckheaton innings together.

Wickets continued to fall around him, Muhammed Shanawaz taking 4-56, but Wood just stayed there – not just holding everything together but slowly increasing the run rate until he was eighth out with 122 out of 225 and the final batting point in the bag. How precious that point proved to be.

With 13 fours and four sixes Wood went on to achieve something he never did in over 100 first class games for Durham and Lancashire – a superb century.

On 99, and going well, he pulled a ball to the square leg boundary, straight to Muhammed Abubakar Khan, but the Batley man appeared to casually go for it one-handed and promptly dropped the chance.

Coming off after his marathon spell at the crease he said: “Well, I won’t be doing any bowling today!”

But he was wrong.

As Batley steadily closed in on Cleckheaton’s 234 for eight they needed only three to win off the final over with two wickets still in hand. At that point Wood stepped up to the mark again and took the ball for the last over of the match.

Batley skipper Tariq Hussain, who had just come in, was then caught off Wood by Nick Lindley, last man Huzaifah Patel snatched a single to give top scoring Khan the strike with two balls to go and three needed for victory.

Khan hit the ball into the deep and, having run one quickly, he put his head down and raced for the second.

But Joe Robinson fielded the ball and fired it into the batting end where Mally Nicholson completed a match-winning run-out.

Tomorrow, in important games affecting the bottom half of the table, Cleckheaton are back in action at home to Pudsey Congs while Batley go to East Bierley in another attempt to break their duck.

In tomorrow’s top games, unbeaten Hanging Heaton entertain unbeaten Woodlands in what is undoubtedly the match of the day in

Skipper John Wood’s century proved pivotal in a narrow win over Batley

the Premier Division.

Hanging Heaton maintained their 100 per cent start but a fine 147 from Simon Lambert put them under

pressure at New Farnley and it was only a battling 110 from skipper Gary Fellows, a hard-hitting 68 from Callum Geldart and a decisive 27

from 17 balls courtesy of Ishy Dawood that saw the Dewsbury side home with three balls to spare.

Scholes’ resounding 201 run win over Bankfoot at New Popplewell Lane keeps them joint top of Championship 1 as they prepare for a trip to Baildon tomorrow while Birstall are at home to joint leaders Methley, Gomersal are at Yeadon and Ossett go to Bankfoot.

Championship 2 leaders Hartshead Moor have made a superb start with Craig Field (70) and former Yorkshire paceman Iain Wardlaw (5-30) producing key performances in the seven-wicket win at home to Hunslet Nelson ahead of tomorrow’s top-four clash at Keighley.

Liversedge and Spen Victoria are at home to Buttershaw St Paul’s and Lower Hopton respectively in the other Championship 2 games affecting the district.

Heckmondwike and Carlinghow made it four wins from four with a 52 run success against East Leeds and they now take on Adwalton at Cemetry Road tomorrow.

In the same division struggling Crossbank are at home to Rodley still looking for their first win.

Hanging Heaton advance to quarter final with resounding win over Moorlands HANGING HEATON are carrying the district’s banner in this year’s Heavy Woollen Cup competition after Crossbank Methodists, Birstall and Scholes all fell in last week’s second round games.

Former CYL side

Moorlands gave a good account of themselves with the bat against Hanging Heaton, at the Memorial Ground, Mirfield, when they reached 192 all out, Muhammed Rameez taking three wickets, but they were less successful with the ball.

Price through to last four TEAM KBW were back in action over the weekend, with Jake Tattersfield and Jerry Price both boxing in the same night, but at different venues.

Jerry Price was boxing to book his place in the semi-finals of the School Boys Championship, and was up against Luca Mcllvaney from Newark Boxing Academy.

From the opening bell Price swamped Mcllvaney with relentless punching, not allowing his opponent to settle into the fight.

Midway through the second round Mcllvaney’s corner decided to throw in the towel as Price booked his place in the semifinals.

Jack Tattersfield and his opponent, Matthew Ficco from Legions Boxing club, both played their part in a fiercely competi-

Gary Fellows was again in outstanding form as the Hanging Heaton skipper hit 97 off 85 balls and Callum Geldart wrapped it up with 21 off seven balls, of which three went for six – including the winning hit.

An eight-wicket victory was assured with a com-

ARMS RAISED: Price celebrates

place in the semi-final.

Birstall were beaten by 138 runs at Kirkburton and Scholes went down by six wickets at home to New Farnley.

Oakenshaw-based Woodlands progressed at the expense of Mirfield Parish Cavaliers when, having

made 301 for eight, they shot out Parish for just 89 with Kez Ahmed taking 5-17 in only nine overs.

The draw for the quarter final is: Hanging Heaton v Townville, New Farnley v Woodlands, Whitley Hall v Hoylandswaine and Kirkburton v Wrenthorpe.

RACING WITH TOP TIPSTER MIKE SMITH

Queen’s horse could sail it at York HERE could be cause for Royal applause today (Friday) as York’s rain-hit three-day Dante meeting draws to a close with the Betway Yorkshire Cup. The staying power of Her Majesty’s Dartmouth may prove to be key and Ryan Moore, who is booked for the ride, has won on all three of his mounts for Sir Michael Stoute in this race since 2009.

The Queen’s five-year-old enjoyed a hat-trick of Group wins last year before finishing third in the King George and the move back up from 1m4f should not pose any problems in what will definitely be a stamina test.

John Gosden runs the 4yo recent John Porter winner Muntahaa and the Porter has produced eight winners from 1974 to 2010, but the race favours older horses and Clever Cookie will love the soft ground in looking to emulate the Henry Cecil-trained Ardross as the only horse to have won the race twice.

Heavy rain at York may have dampened a few spirits, but it made the decision about which Oaks Shutter Speed should tackle after she oozed class in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes

T tive fight.

With the first round even, Tattersfield landed the cleaner crisper shots in the remaining two rounds and took the fight by unanimous decision.

Warsaw latest stop on Cleck annual tour

CLUB AFFAIR: The two Cleckheaton teams gather together after Saturday’s fixtures in Warsaw, Poland CLECKHEATON RUFC headed to Warsaw, Poland on their annual post-season tour.

The Moorenders played two friendlies on Saturday afternoon while in Poland, against Les Crocodiles and Frogs and Co Warsaw.

Cleck were edged by Les Crocodiles in the first game

fortable 21 overs to spare.

With Townville coasting to a nine wicket win at Batley side Crossbank, the stage is now set for a third meeting of the season between Townville and Hanging Heaton as the Bradford League Premier giants battle it out for a

by a five-point margin as the Polish side won the game 2419. The spoils where shared in the second game of the afternoon as Cleckheaton drew 19-19 with Frogs and Co Warsaw.

Cleckheaton will be hoping to be celebrating a promotion by the time their 2018 tour

rolls around after they were consigned to relegation from National League North Three last month.

The Moorenders will play their rugby in North One East for the 2017/18 season, alongside the likes of Bradford & Bingley and Huddersfield YMCA.

on Wednesday.

The extended mile and a quarter took a little more getting than normal, but Shutter Speed is still unbeaten after three races and she will stick to that distance and head to France for the Prix de Diane. She is favourite for the French Classic at 2-1 with Ladbrokes and 6-4 with Betfair and Paddy Power.

The Shutter Speed team of owner Khalid Abdullah, trainer John Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori also have a serious contender for the Investec Oaks in Enable, winner of last week’s Cheshire Oaks.

Shutter Speed’s appearance on the Knavesmire was only confirmed after Gosden had walked the track.

Attention turns to Newbury tomorrow

(Saturday) where My Dream Boat can sail to victory in opener.

Rely on Ribchester in the Lockinge stakes at 3.30 to give Godolphin a second successive victory in this valuable Group 1. His trainer Richard Fahey is also three from four in conditions races at Newbury so Simmy’s Copshop should be given more than a cursory glance in the 4.05.

All of the last ten winners of the London Gold Cup had won at least one of their last two starts and Mucho Applause fits that profile. Andrew Balding’s colt ended last season with a convincing win when stepped up to 7f at Salisbury and produced another career best at Sandown last month and looks primed for this contest.

CARRIGILL’S NAP: Mucho Applause Newbury Saturday 2.55 (stake returned in a free bet if finishes outside top 4): AUGUR’S BEST BET: Ribchester Newbury Saturday 3.30 AUGUR’S ONE TO WATCH: Magic Circle finished strongly in the Chester Cup and can win when given a favourable draw.

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Sean on run for Rams DEWSBURY Rams supporter Sean Naylor is doing a sponsored run to the LD Nutrition Stadium ahead of Dewsbury’s game with Featherstone Rovers this Saturday evening.

Sean will be running to raise funds for the RFL Benevolent Fund, an organisation which provides support for rugby league players who have been

seriously affected by lifechanging injuries.

So far he has raised over £350.

The Amber Ribbon supporters group has asked for all fans attending the game to congregate on Post Office Road by the stadium at 5pm to cheer on Shaun as completes his run.

NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grant Black named manager of the year

Hale calls it a day DEWSBURY RAMS forward Scott Hale has announced his retirement from rugby league after a constant battle with a shoulder injury.

Hale made over 100 appearances for Dewsbury in a four-year spell with the club but has been struggling with a shoulder problem for the past two seasons.

“To be honest I have been struggling with a shoulder injury on and off now for the past two years,” said Hale.

“I was in that much pain with my shoulder I was struggling to train, never mind play, and it was getting me down, I had it scanned and it was looking like I would have to have more surgery on it.

“A job opportunity came up which I couldn’t turn down, plus the fact that I wasn’t actually playing regularly when I first joined, where I was playing week-in week-out.

“With the injury it was always going to be the case this year that if something came up that interested me I was going to take it.”

Hale, who scored over 20 tries in his time with Dewsbury only reflected positively on his time with the club.

He said: “The club has always been great with me and looked after me really well, and it is a sad decision that I have had to take a job and pack it all in.

“I have always enjoyed playing for the club and we have had some great times, being up and down in the league table.

Grant Black (left) receives his award OSSETT Town manager Grant Black received the Non-League Yorkshire Manager of the year award at Ossett Town’s annual awards night.

Grant won the award by beating the likes of Farsley Celtic duo Neil Parsley and John Deacey and former Ossett Town manager Craig Elliot.

“It’s a great honour to have got on the shortlist but to then win against such a good list of managers is even sweeter,” said Black.

“The award is only possible with having two great people with me in Micky Norbury and Steve Ridley who are brilliant at what they do.”

The evening also saw all the club awards handed out with Black giving the manager’s award to Ashley Jackson for a phenomenal debut season in which he scored 10 times from 49 appearances, the majority of which were at left back.

Tyrone Gay, who was named in the Evo-Stik

League team of the season did not leave the evening empty handed, collecting the supporter’s player of the year award, as well as the coveted player’s player of the year trophy.

Goalkeeper Leigh Overton, who kept 17 clean sheets from 52 games, was selected by the clubs committee as their player of the year and Danny Frost was the clubs top scorer with 19 goals. Jake Ellam was given goal of the season for his strike at Burscough.

The chairman’s award, handed out by chairman James Rogers, was handed to Andy Hawksworth.

“Since joining the club in 2015 this player has been a rock in our defence, excelling at both centre back and right back,” said Rogers.

“He never shirks from a challenge and will also put his head where it needs to be, irrespective of how much pain it will cause him, his gutsy performances week in, week out justify Andy Hawksworth as my player of the year.”

Gym returns to its roots Continued from back page Dean is assisted by his son Dale, who is a five-time world champion and college sports lecturer. Dale is head coach of the junior section and sees a lot of potential with his new group of juniors, which includes his nine-year-old daughter Ruby, the third generation of the White family in the gym.

Dale said: “I have coached Thai boxing for nearly 20

years now and this is definitely one of the best junior classes I have had.

“We have a large class of juniors ranging from age five to 14, all learning selfdefence, respect, discipline and building confidence in a fun family environment.”

Dean White’s Gym is always welcoming new recruits and anyone who may be interested in joining can contact Dean on 07599 227696.

Hale in action for Dewsbury Rams against Batley during the 2015 Blackpool Summer Bash “I have seen a lot change while at the club, things like the stadium improvements, the whole club has changed however I loved playing for it at every moment.

“I would like to thank all the fans that supported me while I was on the pitch, I was proud to play in front of them, I know they’ll keep going down to support the club even if it isn’t such a great time at the moment.”

Despite the Rams currently occupying 11th place in the league table Hale believes that the squad will be able to turn things around under Neil Kelly.

He said: “It was great that the lads beat Batley the other week, they are always great games to play in.

“I wished the boys all the best of luck for the rest of the season and I really hope they can get out of the position they are currently in.

“They are a lot better than bottom of the league, and hopefully the new coach will give them that confidence to go and win games which is something that seems to be lacking at the moment.

“Winning gives you confidence and that’s all I think they are lacking.”

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

Celtic on wrong end of spirited comeback Yorkshire Junior League

DEWSBURY CELTIC U16 22 HUNSLET WARRIORS 24 DEWSBURY CELTIC UNDER 16S were defeated by the narrowest of margins at home to Hunslet Warriors in the Yorkshire Junior Division Two on Sunday afternoon.

Celtic’s afternoon got off to rocky start as they lost influential prop George Bussey through injury with only a minute on the clock.

After a sustained period of pressure the visitors finally breached the defensive line on eight minutes when they crossed under the Celtic posts for a converted score and a 6-0 lead.

On 17 minutes Celtic moved the ball from left to right with Charlie Heaton kicking towards the right corner, Conor Appleyard collected before offloading to Joel Russell who jinked his way through to score. The conversion was unsuc-

cessful, leaving Celtic trailing by two. Lewis Teale then scored straight from the scrum as he powered through the defence from close range.

Minutes into the second half Heaton hoisted a kick high to the left. His kick was gathered by Teale who offloaded to Niall McKinnell who then weaved his way infield and across the whitewash to extend Celtic’s lead to 10.

The visitors hit back minutes later when against the run of play the Warriors broke from deep in their own half to go the length of the field for a converted try, narrowing Celtic’s advantage to four points.

Conor Appleyard soon found his way over the Warriors line for a well-deserved try to re-extend Celtic’s lead.

The Warriors scored two tries in quick succession as they sliced through the Celtic defence to regain the lead with only minutes to play. The hosts were unable to

Birkenshaw Blue Dogs U13s Shaw Cross Sharks Reds

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SHAW CROSS SHARKS Under 13s had their second team in action for the first time on Saturday afternoon.

The formation of Shaw Cross Sharks Reds is due to the high number of juniors at under 13 level currently at the club, however their first game ended with defeat to Birkenshaw Blue Dogs.

Birkenshaw went ahead with a try out wide before adding a second score short-

find a way across the line in the remaining minutes as Hunslet went home with the points.

ly after. Haris Hussain pulled one back for Shaw Cross as he powered his way over the line, Jamie Cox added the extras.

A clever offload from Finn Oxley to Hussain saw Shaw Cross score their second try of the game shortly after the second half restart.

Despite the spirited fightback Birkenshaw went on to score a further four tries as Shaw Cross were condemned to defeat.

Their next game is tomorrow afternoon away to Elland Under 13s.

Action from Celtic Under 16s against Hunslet Warriors

SHAW CROSS SHARKS Under-9s played host to Stanningley with both sides producing good performances.

The opposition man of the match award was shared by Jack Stephenson, Francis Appleyard and Seb Jeffers.

Frankie Beverley went home with the top tackler award as well as sharing parents’ player with Alfie Law and Harvey Cavanagh.

Coaches awards went to Toby Turner, Charlee Raby and Ethan Brereton. Sharks under 9s host Cutsyke on Sunday.

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Rams outclassed by clinical Wakefield Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Rd 6

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WAKEFIELD TRINITY 54 at Tetley’s Stadium MASON CATON-BROWN blazed over for four tries as Wakefield strolled into the last eight of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. The winger scored a secondhalf hat-trick while Liam Finn kicked nine from nine to put Trinity into the quarter finals of a cup they last won in 1963.

Wakefield head coach Chris Chester handed selections to several players who had featured for Dewsbury on dual-registration, including Caton-Brown.

Rams coach Neil Kelly was without the likes of influential full-back Josh Guzdek and experienced half-back Andy Kain.

Dewsbury’s problems were reflected by the appearance of an injured Shaun Squires on the home bench. The centre was included simply to make up the numbers and didn’t feature.

The hosts made a bright start and were awarded back-to-back penalties, which enabled them to apply early pressure, but a pass to ground was scooped up by Wakefield, and Bill Tupou was released.

The winger was eventually

brought down 20 metres short, but on the next play the ball was worked left to provide CatonBrown with an easy run in. Finn converted from out wide.

James Batchelor went close to adding a second in the 10th minute when he raced after Finn’s chip, but the Rams defence scrambled the ball dead.

Matty Ashurst was held up as the penalties mounted against Dewsbury, before the second rower coasted through a gap to extend the lead moments later.

Finn’s conversion made it 12-0.

The Rams went close on 20 minutes when Daniel Igbinedeon’s inside ball found Paul Sykes on the angle, but the pass was ruled forward.

Wakefield continued to apply pressure and Finn’s kick produced a second drop-out, but again the defence stood firm and limited their opponents to a speculative kick on the last tackle that came to nothing.

The Rams were then penalised for a ball steal as they struggled to contain a rampaging David Fifita, and that laid the platform for Sam Williams to show a dummy and slice through the defence for Wakefield’s third try.

And the Super League side added a fourth on the stroke of half-time.

They turned defence into

attack when the Rams were penalised for a shove at the kick while deep in Wakefield territory, and on the last tackle Williams kicked wide for Tupou to leap above opposite number Dale Morton and touch down.

Dewsbury made a bright start to the second half and their enthusiasm was rewarded when Dom Speakman picked out Aaron Brown’s angled run, and the centre sailed through a gap for a try that Glover converted.

With their tails up, the Rams poured forward in search of a second score but Wakefield went the length of the field when Arundel stripped the ball one on one from Sykes, and released Caton-Brown who showed a clean pair of heels to race 80 metres and under the posts.

Intricate play through midfield carved out a gap and put Trinity back on top, though desperate defence prevented them from adding to their tally, and heroic cover defence kept CatonBrown out.

The home defence was powerless to prevent Tupou adding his second when he wriggled over on the right. Ashley Gibson squeezed over out wide for the next following Kyle Wood’s break, before Caton-Brown blazed over for his third and fourth in the final 10 minutes.

MATCH STATS DEWSBURY RAMS 6. Paul Sykes 2. Dale Morton 4. Lucas Walshaw 13. Aaron Brown 23. James Glover 17. Dom Speakman 25. Lewis Fairhurst 24. Jode Sheriffe 9. Tom Hemingway 8. Tony Tonks 20. Aaron Ollett 30. Daniel Igbinedion 15. Robbie Ward Subs: 10. Mitch Stringer 26. Brandon Douglas 32. Shaun Squires 19. Brad Foster

7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7

Tries: Brown (42) Goals: Glover (1/1)

WAKEFIELD TRINITY 1. Scott Grix 3. Bill Tupou 15. Ashley Gibson 18. Joe Arundel 24. Mason Caton-Brown 14. Sam Williams 7. Liam Finn 8. Anthony England 9. Kyle Wood 20. David Fifita 11. Matty Ashurst 27. James Batchelor 22. Jordan Crowther Subs: 13. Michael Sio 16. Tinirau Arona 23. Keegan Hirst 25. Anthony Walker

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

Tries: Caton-Brown (5, 51, 71, 76), Ashurst (16), Williams (33), Tupou (39, 64), Gibson (67).

Goals: Finn (9/9) Referee: S Mikalauskas Half-time: 0-24 Penalties: 12-14 Sin Bin: None Sent Off: None Man of the Match: Liam Finn Weather: Cloudy Attendance: 2,125 Match rating: 3/5

Slow start proves costly for Stags first of five conversions.

Despite plenty of ball the Stags were unable to force their way into the opposition half during the opening quarter. And, following another penalty, Dean Smith capitalised to double the away side’s advantage. Earswick’s third came courtesy of Sam Cooper down the right side, with Holmes extending his side’s lead to 18.

It was then that the Stags began to gain some momentum. Their first response came via Kieron Blacker, who powered through the defence. Ross Hayden’s conversion reduced the lead to two scores. Only three minutes later, a James Usher

kick-through on the last tackle found full-back Hayden, who touched down.

The Stags suffered a setback early in the second period when a misplaced pass from skipper Nathan Hadfield fell into the path of oncoming attacker Tom Barron. He raced clear to score and Holmes added the extras to make it 24-10 to New Earswick. Scott Bradley hit back for the Stags, before Danny Howard reduced the arrears to just six points.

However, it proved to be the last Mirfield points.

The visitors kicked a 74thminute drop-goal, followed by a last-minute Alex Wilkins try.

THORNHILL TROJANS 18 BRADFORD DUDLEY HILL 42 THORNHILL were unable to build on last week’s convincing cup victory over Mirfield Stags as they succumbed to defeat at home to Bradford Dudley Hill.

The result saw Bradford leap-frog the Trojans into fourth place in the league table.

Thornhill’s bright opening was short-lived and gave little indication of how the rest of the game would pan out.

Inside the opening five minutes of play, a high kick from Scott Dyson was collected by

Joss Ratcliffe and the winger powered over for the game’s opening try which was converted by Craig Holmes.

Thornhill’s lead did not last long as a high kick from Dudley Hill scrum half Simon Sewell was gathered by Andrew Walker who went over for a try which Sewell converted.

The Bradford side continued to push forward in search of the lead, Kyle Bateman ran onto a short pass and used his strength to barge between the posts and put them in front.

Thornhill’s cause was made all the more difficult when Liam Morley was shown a yellow card for dissent.

Dudley Hill took advantage of the extra man as the ball was flung at speed along the

attacking line and an overlap was created for Damian Smith to score an unconverted try in the corner.

And they went further ahead moments later as a high kick was put up and Smith was perfectly positioned to collect the ball and score.

Neil Wall put Dudley Hill out of sight as he collected a kick on his own try line and raced clear for the next try.

The visitors continued to mount pressure on the Thornhill defence and added another try as Andrew Walker stepped his way past two Trojan defenders to get the ball down.

Dyson was then sent to the sin-bin for a high tackle, making the task even harder.

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SHAW CROSS SHARKS continued their joy on the road as they won their third away game from four with a gutsy performance against Featherstone Lions.

Casey Johnson kicked six out of six goals and scored the opening try as Shaw Cross edged their winless opponents by two points.

The Sharks went behind early in the game as Featherstone took a 10-point lead, a short pass to Davi Garahan cut the Shaw Cross defence open before a dropped ball was collected by Gaz Gale, who sprinted down the line to score in the corner.

Johnson replied for Shaw Cross as he received the ball five metres out and thought about the pass before darting to the line and forcing his way over close to the posts.

Minutes later the Sharks went ahead as Zac Parkinson was on the end of a short pass and barged his way through the tacklers to get over the line.

Another score five minutes later put the away side further ahead as Greg Wilby burrowed his way over from close range.

Featherstone reduced the

NCL Division Three

DEWSBURY CELTIC WEST BOWLING

The Stags in action PHOTO: DAVE WOOD

Thornhill fall further from promotion places NCL Division Two

NCL Division One

deficit five minutes before the half-time whistle as prop Gaz Williamson barrelled his way through the tackles to get the ball down close to the posts.

Sam Ottewell got his name on the scoresheet shortly after the restart, Benjamin Spaven broke the line before moving the ball back inside to Ottewell who weaved his way through the opposition defence and dived over in the corner.

Shaw Cross went further ahead moments later as hooker Nathan Smith picked the ball from dummy half 40 metres out and zigzagged his way through the tacklers to get over the line.

Featherstone then scored two tries to bring the sides to within two points of each other, Gale barged his way over the line before Jack Townsend received the ball out wide and ran infield to score.

Jamie Searby then scored what proved to be the game winning try as he dived over from close range in the left corner.

Featherstone scored with the last action of the game as Townsend received the ball on the left and dived over the tackler to get the ball down, the conversion was successful.

The Sharks are back in action tomorrow afternoon (2.30pm) as they travel to Hunslet Warriors.

Seven league defeats for struggling Celtic

MIRFIELD STAGS 18 NEW EARSWICK ALL BLACKS 31 AN IMPRESSIVE Stags fightback proved fruitless as early-season pacesetters New Earswick All Blacks edged a hard-fought affair.

Mirfield made a slow start, allowing the visitors to march into an 18-point lead. The Stags rallied, however, and moved to within eight points going into half-time.

But despite scoring again after the break, New Earswick had the final say to maintain their position at the summit of the Yorkshire Men’s League.

Pressure built from a knock-on was taken advantage of when All Blacks skipper Sean Malarkey went over, with Tom Holmes kicking his

Sharks show bite against Fev Lions

The visitors continued to push forward and pile the misery on Thornhill as Bateman added his second of the game.

Liam Morley grabbed a consolation score for the Trojans which was converted

by Holmes, but head coach James Ratcliffe was then sent off by the referee for dissent.

Dudley Hill scored their final try of the game through Martin Southwell.

There was just time for Morley to score his second try of the afternoon with the final action of the game.

The Trojans will look to rediscover some form with an away trip to second placed Oulton Raiders tomorrow afternoon (2.30pm).

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DEWSBURY CELTIC’S troubles in Division Three continued as they suffered their seventh league defeat at the hands of West Bowling on Saturday afternoon.

Bowling led 24-6 at the break thanks to tries from Elliott Lewins, Harry Williams, Liam Coe and Ryan Pratchett.

Celtic’s only first-half

points came from Pat Foulstone’s converted try.

Richard Lumb went in five minutes after the restart to increase the Bowling lead before Celtic replied with tries from Dom Senior and Danny Crabtree.

Bowling’s Danny Gregory, Chris Watson and Lumb all crossed to seal the win for the visitors.

Celtic are at home once again this week as Barrow Island make the trip to Crow Nest Park tomorrow afternoon (2.30pm).

Moor drop to sixth NCL Division Three

OLDHAM ST ANNES DEWSBURY MOOR

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DEWSBURY Moor Maroons lost their second consecutive game in National Conference Division Three with a heavy defeat away to Oldham St Annes. The result sees Moor drop three places in the table to sixth.

Saints led 36-0 at halftime after an eight-minute hat-trick of tries from Dominic Bryan.

Matt Whitehead started things off with a converted try before Craig Basnett

added another for a 10-0 lead inside the first quarter.

Bryan then raced in for his hat-trick, the last one being a length of the field effort, as Whitehead crossed again with one for Joe Hartley.

Max Vernon grabbed a try back for Moor as Jacob Flathers converted and added a six pointer of his own before a George Croisdale try. Callum Cashin crossed for the last Saints try.

Dewsbury Moor will look to get back to winning ways as they travel to Stanley Rangers this evening (Fri, 7.30pm).

White’s Gym comes home AFTER a six-year absence from Dewsbury, Dean White’s Thai Boxing Gym celebrated their return to the town by holding their first inter-club tournament at a new home, the T3 Training and Wellbeing Centre.

The tournament featured gyms from all over the north of England, with several competitors enjoying their first experience in the ring.

Out of a total of 11 juniors and 10 adults competing for Dean White’s Gym, 12 were stepping between the ropes for the first time – with some only having trained for a few months.

The gym was originally established in 1992 by Dean and his partner Sandra Lawson who is a former two-time British champion.

The original gym is less than half a mile from its current location and has gone from strength to strength since returning to the area, with plenty of new members at both junior and senior level along with former students making a return.

Head coach Dean White has a wealth of experience coaching World, European and British champions. He said: “There is a great atmosphere in the gym at the moment with students from various social backgrounds all training and competing together.

“The Dewsbury and Batley area is a breeding ground for champions and has a real community spirit, making it the perfect place to train and teach.”

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Dale White (in ring) with the gym’s junior fighters, (left to right) Tyler, Finlay, Oliver, Nathaniel, Devon, Tierney, Ruby, Lilly, Teagan and Tyler

Bulldogs must have more belief

By Ben McKenna BATLEY boss Matt Diskin believes his players need to have more belief in themselves as they look to end a run of five straight defeats against Oldham RLFC on Sunday afternoon (3pm).

The Bulldogs were given a rest this past weekend after elimination from the fifth round of the Challenge Cup last month.

Diskin is keen for his side to turn things around and is confident that his players will get a result on Sunday.

“I have confidence in the ability of my players and that they have the quality to win games no matter who we are playing,” said Diskin.

“The players need to have that belief in themselves, we have been on a poor run of form but that is not a reflection of the quality we have got.

“When we pull together and work as a team and buy into the team ethic we are a tough team to break down.”

Batley won the reverse fixture against Oldham 50-10 at Mount Pleasant at the end of March and Diskin says the performance was one of his team’s best this season.

Despite the convincing win last time out Diskin is not taking Sunday’s game lightly and is wary of the damage that Oldham can cause.

He said: “The result last time out is the most fluid we have looked this season, however Oldham are always a very tough team to beat.

“They are tough down the middle, they like to control the ruck and it is going to be difficult for us if we approach the game with the wrong attitude.

“I want my players to play selflessly, to do the right thing for the team rather than what they might think is the right thing for themselves.

“We have made some poor decisions in defence and going forward when we have been fatigued and that is something we have worked on in training over the last two weeks.”

Winger Wayne Reittie is due to return after several games on the sideline “We want to get the win after all the hard work we have put in at training and go into the game against Dewsbury next weekend confident of getting a result.”

OLDHAM normally play their home games at Bower Fold, the home of Stalybridge Celtic FC. But the venue for this weekend’s game has been changed due to essential work being carried out on the Bower Fold pitch.

The game will now be played at the Manchester Regional Arena, which is part of the Etihad Campus at

Sportcity and has a capacity of 6,500.

“It is a new venue for us and them, it is a good facility and a good stadium with it being part of Manchester City’s facilities,” added Diskin.

“The element of home advantage might go but the excitement of playing at a good stadium will probably benefit both sides.

Batley will also have winger Wayne Reittie available for selection again after he has recovered from a hamstring problem.

Shaun Ainscough is also likely to make his way back into the side after recovering from a broken wrist.

Dewsbury showing more fight as they prepare for Rovers DEWSBURY RAMS head coach Neil Kelly believes his side are improving ahead of their Kingstone Press Championship clash with high-flying Featherstone Rovers tomorrow evening (6pm).

The Rams go into the game on the back of a 54-6 defeat against Wakefield Trinity in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup. Despite the heavy scoreline Kelly took plenty of positives from the game and believes that if his team’s defensive display can be replicated more often, they will begin to pick up some much-needed points.

“We got a lot of credit for how we played on Friday, I am not ignoring the result but I am really buoyed up by how the players performed,” said Kelly.

“If we can defend like that in the Championship we will start to pick up results, but we have to be better with the ball.

“Featherstone will be a real test for us, they have been one of the best sides in the league this year and they are in a rich vein of form at the moment.”

Featherstone will be without key men Chris Ulugia and Luke Briscoe who both suffered ankle injuries in their sixth round Challenge Cup victory over Halifax.

Dewsbury will be boosted by the signing of former Batley halfback Gareth Moore, who has joined on-loan from current club Halifax until the end of the season.

Moore had two spells with Batley between 2010 and 2013 where he made 89 appearances and scored 44 tries. He also played for Wakefield five times, registering one try.

The 27-year-old is a product of the Leeds Rhinos youth system and is the fourth signing Kelly has made since his arrival at Dewsbury.

“He is a brilliant player who is

New recruit – Gareth Moore experienced and he knows the Championship inside out,” said Kelly.

“He has a great kicking game and is a welcome addition to the squad.

“We are getting into some good attacking positions but are lacking some composure to break the opposition down and Gareth can provide us with some cutting edge.”

Dewsbury have also signed Huddersfield Giants Academy player Billy Hayes on loan until the end of the season, and Kelly is hoping the added fire power will help Dewsbury on their way to a vital two points tomorrow evening.

“Billy has just come out of the Huddersfield Academy and he is coming to educate himself at senior level,” added Kelly.