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Accountant stole £100k Dewsbury freight firm employee funnelled company’s cash into her own accounts By Staff Reporters A TRUSTED accountant pocketed nearly £100,000 after swindling her own employers. Emma Wardman transferred the money into her personal bank account, and marked it down as payments to suppliers. She stole £98,745 over a period of three-and-a-half years in her position as accountant and bookkeeper at haulage firm Maru International Ltd, which is based at Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate on Low Mill Lane. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty at
Kirklees Magistrates’ Court to three counts of theft by employee, dated between January 2014 and September 2017. Wardman, of Gregory Springs Road, Lower Hopton, looked after the bank accounts of the firm’s three sub-companies API Logistics, MY Logistics and LP Freight Ltd, and dealt with invoices to suppliers. Magistrates heard that she banked money from all three into her own account. Prosecutor Shamalia Qureshi said: “Given the amount of money involved and the fact that she was in a position of trust I would sub-
mit that the matter should go to Crown Court for sentencing.” District Judge Michael Fanning agreed: “You’ve pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and will receive credit for that. However this is a serious matter and should be dealt with by a judge at Crown Court.” Wardman will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on June 19 and was told to co-operate with probation service officials so they can prepare a report about her. She has no previous convictions. The company’s managing director Jesper Thygesen said: “We have no comments on this matter.”
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Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Wednesday June 6 at 11.15am.
BARKER CYNTHIA On May 21, peacefully after a long illness at Fieldhead Park Nursing Home, aged 84 years, wife of the late Richard. Funeral service will be held at Christ the King Church, Mirfield, on Monday June 4 at 12.30pm.
BEDFORD (NEE FRYER) (FORMERLY ASHTON) MOLLY On May 27, peacefully but suddenly in hospital, of Ossett, formerly of Batley, aged 77 years, wife of Brian. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday June 7 at 10.30am.
75 years, a dearly loved wife, mother and grandmother. Funeral service will be held at St Andrew's Church, Oakenshaw, on Thursday June 7 at 2.30pm.
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On May 21, in hospital, of Mirfield, formerly of Dewsbury, aged 61 years, husband of Kim. Funeral enquiries should be made to George Brooke Ltd, funeral directors, 01924 454476.
On May 28, at Oak Park Care Home, of Earlsheaton, aged 85 years, wife of the late Jim. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Wednesday June 6 at 2.45pm.
GRUMMETT JEAN VIPOND On May 18, peacefully at home, of Carlinghow, aged 78 years, mum of Scott and Jamie. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday June 5 at 12.30pm.
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On May 21, peacefully at home, of Thornhill, aged 79 years, husband of Margaret.
On May 25, peacefully at The Hawthornes Care Home, of Oakenshaw, aged
JOHNSON ALAN (KEITH) On May 26, after a short illness at Wakefield Hospice, of Dewsbury, aged 70 years, son of the late Cyril and Betty. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday June 11 at 11.15am.
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On May 21, at Kenmore Nursing Home, formerly of Dewsbury, aged 59 years, son of Alan Jones and Jean Bayliss. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Friday June 8 at 2pm.
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On 17th May 2018, in hospital, and of Tentercroft Court, Crackenedge, aged 77 years, Graham, husband, brother, brother in law, uncle and great uncle. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Wednesday 13th June 2018 at 12.30pm. Family and friends please gather at the crematorium. No flowers by request, donations in Graham’s memory may be placed in the collection box provided by George Brooke Ltd., for the benefit of the Yorkshire Cancer Research Campaign
POWLES DAVID On May 19, in hospital, of Mirfield, aged 70 years, husband of the late Donna. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday June 4 at 10.30am.
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SHEARD ROY On May 28, after a long illness at Fieldhead Court Nursing Home, of Liversedge, formerly of Mirfield and Wyke, aged 81 years, husband of Margaret. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday June 11 at 2pm.
SMITH KEITH On May 23, peacefully, of Liversedge, aged 82 years, husband of Imogen. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday
TURNBULL GEORGE On May 21, peacefully at home, of Batley Carr, aged 83 years, husband of Mary. Funeral service will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday June 12 at 2pm.
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A FIREFIGHTER based in Dewsbury helped save a child’s life while he was on holiday. Stefan Taylor, 34, was on the last day of a trip to Turkey with his young family when a three-yearold boy was pulled out of the pool at the hotel in the resort of Hisaronu. The boy had been under water for nearly four minutes when Stefan sprang into action to perform CPR. “A boy of three or four was passed to me, he was unconscious,” said Stefan. “I began CPR and I kept going and going. It was a miracle. He
just came back and started coughing and crying.” Stefan, who is stationed at Dewsbury but lives in Huddersfield, was helped by two other holidaymakers for several minutes until the boy started coughing and breathing on his own. He said: “I’ve been in situations similar to that for my job, but when you are on holiday mode it’s a different experience. The whole thing brought tears to my eyes.” Stefan said he has been in touch with the boy’s family since the incident and he has made a full recovery.
Info appeal after house is burgled HECKMONDWIKE: Thieves broke into a house on Fairfield Road and stole money before leaving the scene. Police are now appealing for information about the burglary which happened between Friday May 25 and Sunday May 27. The culprits gained entry through a back patio door. Any witnesses or anyone with information can contact police via 101 or on the live chat facility on the West Yorkshire Police website.
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Cannabis raid nets 200 plants POLICE discovered more than 200 cannabis plants following planned raids in Heckmondwike on Tuesday. Officers from the Batley and Spen Neighbourhood Policing Team executed warrants at two terraced properties on King Street, after receiving a tip-off that the houses were being used for production of the class-B drug. One of the properties had a 12-point lock on a security door and officers had to force entry with a battering ram. Over 200 cannabis plants were found in bedrooms and cellars, and cultivation equipment and heat lamps were also seized. No suspects were arrested during the pre-planned oper-
BATLEY & Spen MP Tracy Brabin quizzed the Prime Minister about strict immigration rules which meant a doctor planning to work locally had his visa application refused six times. The experienced paediatric doctor intended to work in the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, which is looking to recruit more doctors and nurses. Because of a cap on
The scene inside one of the raided houses ation. A police spokesman said: “Any information relating to possible drugs production in your area can be given to
foreign-skilled workers the doctor gave up after his sixth visa rejection. Ms Brabin asked: “What can the Prime Minister say to my constituents to reassure them that the Home Office delays won’t impact on the safety and health of their loved ones at this time of greatest need?” PM Theresa May responded: “We do keep the issue of
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BATLEY: Thieves targeted a Bradford Road restaurant for the second time in a matter of weeks. Lala’s will have to fork out £5,000 to replace a till that was ripped out and to install shutters on doors and windows. The latest break-in happened on Friday May 25 at around 4am following another burglary at the premises in April. There was no money in the till that was stolen. Police said anyone with any information should ring 101 quoting crime reference 13180251808.
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Doctor’s six visa rejections A 72-YEAR-OLD from Batley will appear on a special edition of ITV’s Take Me Out next weekend. Carol, a retired bookkeeper, will star on the popular Saturday night dating show’s over-50s special to try and find the man of her dreams after being single for 10 years. She’ll join matchmaker Paddy McGuinness next Saturday, June 9, from 8pm in the hope of finding a date from the three gentlemen who brave the ‘love lift’. Joining Carol in the Golden Girl line-up is a former nun, an ex-girlfriend of Hollywood star Jason Statham and a single lady on the lookout for husband number six.
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the tier two visas under review in relation to the health services – we’ve already taken steps. “We took steps a while back to ensure the numbers could be adjusted to reflect the needs for nurses and we continue to look at the situation in relation to doctors.” Ms Brabin called for urgent action and investment in the NHS.
KIRKLEES: Young people are being asked to complete a new survey to tell those in power what matters to them. The survey asks 14 to 25-year-olds to give their views on topics such as careers advice, their health and wellbeing, democracy and Brexit. Results will be used to create a profile of what it’s like being a young person living in Kirklees and will be presented at a national conference in Huddersfield in July. Anyone who falls into the age group and lives in Kirklees can go to to www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TF7S6W9 to take part.
Festival a big hit BIRSTALL: A mini music festival at Birstall Cricket Club saw over £2,000 raised for Kirkwood Hospice on Sunday. Four bands performed in front of a crowd of around 2,000 people. Club members chose Kirkwood Hospice in memory of former member Gary Walker, who was looked after by the hospice before he passed away last year. The event surpassed last year’s total of £1,500.
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News In Brief Road closure due to planned gas works MIRFIELD: Church Lane in Mirfield will be closed for just under three weeks in July for gas works. A small stretch of the road from the junction with Blake Hall Road and the junction of Huddersfield Road will be completely shut off, however pedestrian access will be maintained. It’s due to gas main renewal work starting on July 23 until August 12. Diversions will go through the unaffected part of Church Lane, Dunbottle Lane, Camm Lane, Towngate, Crowlees Road, Knowl Road and Huddersfield Road. For more information email tma.permits@kirklees.gov.uk.
Charity fun day CLECKHEATON: A family fun day is being held in West End Park in aid of Arthritis Research UK tomorrow (Saturday) from 12pm to 4pm. There’s a real ale bar, live music, barbecue and pizza bar plus activities for kids and various stalls. Mum Trish Andrews, of Hightown, has organised the second annual event for her seven-year-old daughter Eliza, who suffers from juvenile arthritis. She wants to raise awareness of the condition that causes physical disability and blindness, and all money raised will go to Arthritis Research.
Last chance to star BATLEY: Applications to be part of a new Batley & Spen Youth Theatre Company project close today (Friday). Following on from last year’s successful Les Miserables, the company are bringing more stars from the West End to share their expertise in a special summer skills programme for up to 100 young people. And there’s an opportunity for a freelance producer or project manager to head up the project in a paid role. Email info@hearthe peoplesing.com for more information.
Youth group pedals to raise pounds for Jo’s foundation A GROUP of youngsters from charity group Kumon Y’all raised hundreds of pounds for the Jo Cox Foundation by riding exercise bikes. More than a dozen people joined Mrs Cox’s sister Kim Leadbeater and her parents Jean and Gordon at Tesco Extra in Batley for the bikeathon on Sunday, May 13. Customers and staff donated £880.78 to the riders – who were also publicising local Great Get Together events – and a cheque was presented to the foundation on Wednesday. The group will be doing another biking fundraiser on Sunday July 1 at Asda in Dewsbury. Six people from Kumon Y’all will also be joining Kim and other cyclists on the gruelling Jo Cox Way bike ride from Spenborough to London on July 25.
Special celebration for opening of new college A HUGE community event is being organised to celebrate the opening of Kirklees College’s new Springfield Sixth Form Centre. The Springfield Summer Spectacular event is due to be held on Saturday June 23 from 1pm to 4pm and will tie in with a weekend of events across the UK for the Great Get Together. The free family-friendly fun day will include a bouncy castle, mega slide, surf simulator, circus
skills workshop, street dance, DJ, ice cream, refreshments and tours of the campus. The new centre, next to Lidl supermarket on Bradford Road, will be officially opened by former Kirklees College student Kim Leadbeater, the sister of the murdered Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox. Kim is an ambassador for the Jo Cox Foundation and chairs the Yorkshire ‘More in Common’ team of volunteers – a non-political group who are organising a Est series of communitybased events and 45 focusing Years strategies on the things we all share which can bring people together. Kirklees College’s head of sales and marketing Lydia Butterworth said: “We wanted to celebrate our grand opening with the people of North Kirklees, because the new centre has been built with the local community in mind. “As well as offering education, we hope to contribute to the local economy and bring people together – which is
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Kim hopeful of an even bigger ‘Get Together’ KIM LEADBEATER is expecting this year’s Great Get Together celebrations to be even bigger than last year’s inaugural event. The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, along with the rest of her family, launched the country-wide series of events to mark a year since her death, with thousands of people taking part. This year’s Great Get Together celebrations will take place across the weekend of June 22-24, as the Friday would have marked Mrs Cox’s 44th birthday. Communities up and down
the country are urged to come together to help carry on Mrs Cox’s belief that “we have far more in common than that which divides us”. Ms Leadbeater said: “The Great Get Together is about celebrating the strength of our communities and focusing on the things we have in common and taking some time out to connect on a human level. “By building strong communities where we all have a sense of belonging, and meeting people we may not normally meet, we can work towards tackling issues such as loneliness and social isola-
tion and break down barriers which can cause division.” There are many events taking place locally, including the ‘Big Batley Iftar’ (breaking of the fast) on June 9, a commemorative rugby game on Sunday June 17 when Batley Bulldogs take on Sheffield Eagles. The second annual Run For Jo event will take place at Oakwell Hall, Batley, on Sunday June 24. More information can be found at www.greatgettogether.org, where you can also register an event on the interactive map.
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‘Bad parking’ blamed for Huddersfield Rd crash A TEENAGE barmaid was lucky not to be badly injured after her car flipped on its side following a collision that closed a main road. The 18-year-old, who hasn’t been named, had just finished a shift at The Pear Tree pub on Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, on Monday afternoon when she pulled out of the car park in a red Fiat 500 and was hit by a Jaguar car. The teenager apparently only passed her driving test a few months ago and got the car as a present for her 18th birthday. Both the girl and the man driving the Jaguar were taken to hospital, but neither was seriously injured. Pub landlord Alan Ingle blamed two cars parked on the road for the accident as they were obstructing both drivers’ views. Police and ambulance crews were on the scene promptly and Huddersfield Road was closed. It reopened at about 6.45pm.
RESIDENTS in Heckmondwike are getting ready for another fight against a potential housing development on a disused brownfield site. Proposals to fill in the old railway line between Walkley Terrace and Brunswick Street and build 96 homes were turned down by Kirklees Council in February. But now developers Ernest Gordon Ltd have submitted an outline planning application for 74 houses on the same patch and full permission to create a new access road via Horton Street. And campaigners who set up a group last November to stop the original plans going through are determined to block it again. Victoria Harrington, a resident on the nearby Sunnyside estate, said: “We are fundamentally opposed to the application on a number of grounds and will continue to fight the application all the way. “If you live and work in Heckmondwike, you will already be affected by the clogged roads and the congestion and this application will add at least another 148 cars estimated to the busiest and most congested and dangerous area in Heckmondwike.”
Mrs Harrington said when the proposals initially got rejected that the group would know exactly how to oppose another application if it was submitted. They have again highlighted environment issues, traffic problems and pollution as their main objections to the proposals. “This is an important environment for birds, invertebrates, reptiles and mammals and is the only undeveloped area left in Heckmondwike,” said Mrs Harrington. “Nobody in the area wants this development and we will use every resource to oppose it. We would appreciate as much support as possible from people who want to preserve the environment and our open spaces for future generations.” The campaign group can be found on Facebook at Oppose the Heckmondwike Railway Line Development.
Smith drove towards Cleckheaton at double the 30mph speed limit and nearly lost control of the car on Scholes Lane. He then took police over the brow of a hill on High Moor Lane at Hartshead Moor while driving at 50mph on the wrong side of the road. Smith, of Pear Street, Crosland Moor, carried on down Huddersfield Road at 70mph before reaching 80mph along Manchester Road and into Huddersfield where he also drove the
Kumon down for fun DEWSBURY: Charity group Kumon Y’all are holding their sixth annual family fun day on Saturday July 21. There’ll be a six-a-side football tournament for u-14s, u-15s and over 40s at £30 per team, and an ‘archery kombat’ competition for over 18s for £10 per team. The day kicks off at Savile Town playing fields at 9am with a barbecue, bouncy castle and much more. For more information email enquiries@kumonyall.co.uk.
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Jail sentence for cocaine driver in police chase A DRIVER high on cocaine who led police on a highspeed car chase has been jailed for 10 months. Leeds Crown Court heard that officers spotted Adam Smith speeding through Gomersal in the early hours of December 5 last year with a passenger in his Volkswagen Golf. They followed him for 17 minutes with help from a number of other police cars and the assistance of the West Yorkshire Police helicopter.
News In Brief School nominated for national award RAVENSTHORPE: Diamond Wood Community Academy has been shortlisted for an award at this year’s TES schools awards. The school on North Road looks after children aged from three to seven and is up against six other finalists in the Early Years Setting of the Year category. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Friday June 22 at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Deputy headteacher Sally Titherington said: “Being finalists for this national award makes us so proud of all the team work that we do. We always put the children and our families at the heart of the school. We wish all the team all the luck in the world.”
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wrong way down a one-way road. Police caught up with him after he drove the car into a field and tried to run off. He was arrested and tested positive for cocaine. He pleaded guilty to drug driving, dangerous driving, having no licence and no insurance and was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Recorder Patrick Palmer said: “There has to be an immediate prison sentence for an offence of this seriousness.”
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They won’t shut up until we do... HE’S the gift that can’t stop giving, is our Sayeeda. If she actually did joined-up thinking she’d be dangerous, that lady. On the back of a laughable letter from the Muslim Council of Britain calling for the Conservative Party to “stamp out Islamophobia” she had her plain-speaking Yorkshire gob in gear and on full throttle before the MCB envelope had been thrown in the bin. She was ahead of the game, we were told, already having demanded that Prime Minister Theresa May hold a full-blown inquiry. Inquiry into what, pray tell? The fact that some individuals up and down our once great land might hold a view that you and your kin don’t approve of? Because that is the bottom line for Warsi, the Muslim Council of Britain and basically the entire left wing
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A coquettish Baroness Warsi gets all giddy with Ian Hislop on telly establishment – the eradication of free speech. And they’re well on the way folks. But can we just rewind a bit here, Baroness? You got a cabinet post, the party chairmanship and a life peerage why exactly? Your sparkling wit and repartee? Your experience as an immigration lawyer, specialising in the importation of spouses from Pakistan (and
that didn’t work out too well in your case, did it, despite singing the praises of arranged marriages for long enough)? Or perhaps, just maybe, the Tory grandees were swung by that alluring combination of a thick Yorkshire accent, a couple of genderspecific frontal appendages and the all important, solid gold attribute of being Muslim.
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Not so Islamophobic in your case, then. No vociferous condemnation of that prime example of racially and religiously motivated patronage? Some might even call that an act of bigotry, but I doubt that you would. Clearly that was all about Michael Howard and David Cameron recognising a brilliant political talent. In fairness the Muslim Council of Britain has swayed ever so slightly towards a more moderate, mainstream position in recent years, certainly from its early firebrand days when it was the mouthpiece of the country’s more radical Islamist groups. That’s to be welcomed and at this point I’d like to praise the work of groups like the Savile Town youth organisation Kumon Y’all, whose charity work is featured in today’s pages. Good stuff. But just as they can’t be said to be completely representative of every single member of their faith community, neither is, nor should, the Conservative party be accountable for a councillor or MP criticising violent Islamic extremism or Pakistani grooming gangs. Or is this actually more about that – the uncomfortable truth that of all the extremist blights besetting not just this country but large tracts of the planet, Islam is the single biggest common denominator? Because from where I sit, that’s the only point of this demand – that the Conservative Party silence or sack anyone who offends Muslim sensibilities. Among the “almost daily” instances of Islamophobia the MCB cited, were such grievous acts as a tweet calling for a halt to Muslim immigration and someonce describing Islam as a “violent political philosophy”. You might disagree with the first, but I’m not sure how you’d even argue with the second, given the Islamist conflagration across entire swathes of the globe. Either way, neither comment constitutes anything other than someone’s opinion. It seems we’re not even allowed them, these days.
LIKE the sound of Labour member David Lewis, who applied to be the local party’s Woman’s Officer (on an allfemale shortlist) saying that he ‘self-identifies as a woman on Wednesdays’. Predictably, he’s been suspended from the party for extracting the Michael. It does beg the question what would have happened in reverse, if a woman said she stands up to
pee on Mondays or Fridays. I reckon she’d get the job. And the Bank of England got a kicking this week for selecting a bloke for its top economic panel ‘because women are under-represented’. This is the flaming economy you idiots – why not go the whole hog and put Diane Abbott on it? Conveniently, it wasn’t mentioned that the three-person interview panel included two women...
The Tory reply that “we take all such instances very seriously” was expectedly diplomatic, sadly. They should have told the MCB – and Warsi – to shove their prissy sensibilities where the sun doesn’t shine. But only once Ramadan has ended obviously. We don’t want to rock the boat too much.
contempt of court because the trial was subject to reporting restrictions. Until we know what and why those reporting restrictions were put in place, it’s impossible to make any comment about free speech being suppressed. There wasn’t the slightest chance that Robinson’s illinformed stunt could prejudice the trial, but as he’s found to his great cost, you mess with a judge at your absolute peril. The British state has tried for years to silence Tommy Robinson through fair means and foul, including locking him in a prison waiting room with three Muslim convicts who nearly kicked him to death – the CCTV wasn’t working, fancy that – and the police blackmailing him into going back to lead the EDL (he left in 2013) on their behalf. He refused and in returned they reneged on a plea bargain pledge not to pursue him under proceeds of crime legislation (in 2014 he admitted overstating his brotherin-law’s earnings on a mortgage application in 2006). It cost him 18 months jail and nearly £120,000 when he refused to turn snitch. If you want to disabuse yourself of the naïve notion that Britain is a haven of transparent democracy and free speech, or that sections of the police, prison and political establishment are not criminally corrupt, read his book Enemy of the State. You won’t believe it, I promise you. But you will understand why he’s been banged up for longer than some sex offenders and killers. Who knows, they might even finish him off this time.
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T’S somewhat ironic that the MCB/Warsi broadside came the same day that a Muslim would-be terrorist changed his plea to guilty on charges, among other things, of encouraging the murder of Prince George, the young son of William and Kate. Husnain Rashid had also suggested likely football stadia for his fellow maniacs to bomb. A bit of unfortunate timing that, MCB/Warsi, eh? Clearly he isn’t a ‘proper’ Muslim. Rashid will go away for a very long time and if the British authorities are true to form, he could even be sharing a cell with street activist and self-styled social media journalist Tommy Robinson. Robinson, you may have seen, was jailed for 13 months last Friday for doing a live Facebook stream outside Leeds Crown Court where the latest batch of alleged child rapists, groomers and sex traffickers were being tried. Hundreds of his supporters descended on Downing Street and an online petition calling for him to be freed raced past half a million signatures. That is some significant public anger, right there. Robinson thought he was safe just reading out the names and charges the accused faced, but was in
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LIKE modern music, I really do, despite the fact that I went to see the Rolling Stones last Friday (and they were brilliant). That Ned Sherrin bloke is a great singer and it was terrible what happened to that poor lass, Amy Alehouse. True, I struggle to listen to anything Chris Evans is concerned with on the wireless these days – that boy has real ‘me-me, look-at-me’ issues – but on a wider point, I’m falling out of love with Radio 2. Every other song these days seems to be by
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a young woman who’s trying to sing with a gum shield in. The noise comes in a guttural (if occasionally tuneful) back-of-the-throat noise with no apparent attempt to enunciate the actual lyrics. That’s assuming they are lyrics and not just noises. Some woman called Sia is the worst, but that Rihanna is just as bad and there are plenty more like Ariana Grande and Jess Glynne. And yes, I know I’m turning into a grumpy old sod, but just about the only faculty that’s something like intact is my hearing. Well, for now at least.
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A 56-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital with minor injuries after his Vauxhall was in collision with a Range Rover on Monday evening on Soothill Lane, Batley. The other driver wasn’t harmed, but both cars were severely damaged and the road was blocked by emergency services in both directions.
A FATHER-OF-THREE stole two bottles of spirits while high on cocaine because he was upset his partner had left him. Dean Barrowcliffe and relative Michael Senior took the alcohol from Shillbank Stores in Mirfield last July. Kirklees Magistrates heard that the pair had been refused service and were asked to leave but returned. Barrowcliffe, 44, and Senior, 30, tried to buy the bottles again before walking off with them because staff refused them
service. Barrowcliffe, of Turnsteads Mount, Cleckheaton, tested positive for cocaine and opiates when arrested. He had 51 previous offences. Senior, of Lee Road, Ravensthorpe, was imprisoned for 16 weeks in December for theft and shoplifting. Barrowcliffe’s solicitor said he had just split up with his partner of 12 years and “took the spirits to drown his sorrows with his relative.” He was fined £80 with £85 costs plus £12.99 for the alcohol.
Railway station plans ‘still not good enough’ By Zoe Shackleton A COUNCILLOR isn’t satisfied with Kirklees Council’s updated plans for the revamp of Dewsbury Railway Station. In last week’s edition of The Press Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) claimed the council hadn’t provided enough detail about changes to the car park and how the station would cope with higher demand. While Kirklees officials have answered some of his concerns in a statement released this week, Coun Bolt says he is still waiting for more information.
Designers have been working on plans for the Dewsbury Gateway Scheme for several months. Signs will be installed to indicate how many spaces remain in the car parks, with the north car park having 75 long-stay bays, four disabled bays and one pickup bay, and the south car park 144 long-stay bays, eight disabled, 13 short-stay, one car club and six pick-up bays. The council confirmed taxis and private hire vehicles will share the new drop-off bays and short-stay spaces, while the area at the front of the station is to be
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pedestrianised. “I am pleased to see Kirklees have responded to my concerns and I hope the real-time information will be placed in advance of the car parks and indicate capacity for all those nearby,” said Coun Bolt. “I await information on what the increase in patronage and provision for capacity will be if Dewsbury secures a London rail link. “I wouldn’t want to see another long-term parking fiasco like we have had in Mirfield due to a lack of forethought and action.” A Kirklees spokesman said:
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News In Brief Police search for ‘station spitter’ DEWSBURY: British Transport Police have issued an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with an assault at Dewsbury Railway Station. A man spat at a member of staff and became aggressive when she challenged him for ticket evasion at around 2.25pm on Friday May 11. A BTP spokesman said: “We’d like to speak to him as it is believed he may have information which could help our investigation.” Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP on 0800 405040 or text 61016 quoting reference 270 of May 25.
Channel 4 on move KIRKLEES: Leeds City Region, which includes Kirklees, has been shortlisted for the relocation of Channel 4’s national HQ. The region’s bid will compete against six others as the TV channel looks to move away from London. Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin has urged decision makers to look beyond the big cities at the benefits that the surrounding towns provide. She said: “Channel 4 is at the forefront of promoting regional talent and I will do my utmost to ensure they understand the wealth of talent, creativity, technical know-how and digital infrastructure that we have here in Kirklees.”
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No chance they will listen The letter of the week by R Spreadbury was a well thoughtout programme of actions that could be taken to tackle the litter problem. Little chance then that Kirklees Council would go anywhere near them. Let’s face it, they have worked very hard to earn their reputation for complete incompetence.
A return to Sure Start From: John Appleyard, Liversedge In 1998 the Labour Government, under the guidance of Tessa Jowell, set up Sure Start Centres which offered support to parents and children in disadvantaged areas. Some 250 of these schemes were given £580m to spend on work with midwives and health visitors to identify mothers straight from birth who were struggling, depressed and in need of support. Mother and toddler groups were set up and targets were set to cut infant mortality. There has been an annual cut in these services since 2010/11, and yet a £50m fund has been made available by
Letter of the Week: D Johnson, Mirfield Only recently I took part in a litter pick in Mirfield during which many volunteers cleaned up the length of Crossley Lane
and the fields alongside. Kirklees had still failed to pick up the bags from the arranged spot some three weeks later!
the Tory government for grammar schools. Labour is calling for axed Sure Start Schemes to be revived as a mark of respect for the late Tessa Jowell, and the sooner the better.
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From: Mr G Dennis, Birstall Isn’t it a sad state of affairs in British politics when Boris (the buffoon) Johnson, would-be Tory Prime Minister, is hoaxed by the Russians into a fake telephone call, and serial blunderer Diane Abbott has been given a further stage by her current pathetic Labour party to continue her rant about prejudice against ethnic minorities? When will this country and the voters get the message
we have. Get a grip magistrates, and punish these people.
Officer assault needs jailing Banks should From: Anthony Doyle, have to stay Re the story on Friday May 25, ‘Man who punched officer avoids prison’. May I ask why someone who assaults a police officer whilst on duty is given a slap on the wrist? This man should have been jailed to send out a message that it is unacceptable to assault anyone least of all a police officer on duty! This is totally the wrong message. I have complained about the lack of policing in North Kirklees recently, but if this is how we repay them when they are at work small wonder we have the crime rate
LATEST PLANNING APPLICATIONS M Thompson, works to tree TPO 40/89, 383 Bradford Road, Birkenshaw. D Armitage, discharge conditions 4, 5, 6 on previous permission 2018/90177 for erection of extension to existing works, land at Lowlands Road, Mirfield. Whiterose Catering Limited, storage unit, 225 Ravenshouse Road, Dewsbury Moor. P Barber, single-storey rear extension, 76 Ravensthorpe Road, Thornhill Lees. C Ratten, works to trees TPO 04/88, 3 Crowlees Gardens, Mirfield. M Mohammed, discharge of condition 4 (Noise) on previous application 2017/93172 for formation of valeting bays, 189 Huddersfield Road, Mirfield. P Ewart, balcony to rear, 48 Morlands Close, Staincliffe. L Hird, single-storey side and rear extensions, 34 Headlands Close, Liversedge. Kirklees Forestry, dead or dangerous tree(s), land adjacent to 36 Oxford Road, Dewsbury. S Daya, the proposal is for erection of a single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m, 44 Park Croft, Staincliffe. M Khan, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.7m, 28 Garden Crescent, Ravensthorpe. B Hutton, two-storey side, front and rear extension with associated works, 137 Church Road, Roberttown. G Bashir, single-storey front extension, 2 Holyoake Avenue, Healey. Mr & Mrs Taylor-Guck, extensions and alterations, formation of subterranean swimming pool and associated landscaping, The Barns, Bracken Hill, Mirfield.
Mr Spreadbury also sensibly suggested a comprehensive school education programme on the local environment. Having personally contacted both Mirfield Free Grammar and Castle Hall on the problem, I wish him luck. Mirfield Free Grammar did not even respond, unsurprisingly the grounds of the latter are a disgrace.
V McGee, two-storey rear extension, 7 Mill Lane, Chickenley. Spenborough Flower Fund, non-material amendment to previous permission 2016/91214 for demolition of existing dwelling and erection of two-storey residential development for the elderly, Sunnyacres, 672A Bradford Road, Birkenshaw. Owens Developments, discharge condition 6 (boundary treatment) on previous permission 2016/91997 for erection of 10 dwellings, former restaurant site, 221 Leeds Old Road, Heckmondwike. Mr & Mrs Hutchinson, extensions and alterations (within the curtilage of a Listed Building), The Lodge, 55 Leeds Road, Mirfield. Mr & Mrs Hutchinson, Listed Building Consent for erection of extensions and alterations, The Lodge, 55, Leeds Road, Mirfield. A Barker, change of use from public highway (verge) to domestic garden and erection of fence (within a Conservation Area), adjacent to 31 Grosvenor Road, Batley. A Patel, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5.5m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m, 1 King Edward Street, Thornhill Lees. M Saeed, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.5m, 5 Hillgarth, Thornhill. Z Ali, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.5m, 8A Squirrel Walk, Dewsbury.
From: Ben Marshall, Liversedge Last year I pointed out that two high street banks in Heckmondwike were shutting up shop, and now I hear the other two are getting ready to go. How sad for customers and staff, but also how inconvenient for us digital capable but analogue-preferable customers! I have just returned from Ossett, our nearest branch of TSB where my wife was helpfully passed on to after banking at Lloyds for 20 years! (It was nice to see Ossett Market open though, despite being quiet it brought happy memories flowing back). These banks should be made to keep local services
by law for all, who do not wish or trust to do internet banking. They use the pathetic excuse that “we’re not very busy”. Cobblers! Every time I visit Cleckheaton, where I have to go now to HSBC (which had to turn off its ATM on an evening due to tampering by miscreants – it’s now back on 24/7 after about three weeks) I wonder which one’s next to go? What are our MPs doing about this, for all sections of the inconvenienced public, business, young and old? Some bank bosses are no doubt too busy counting bonuses to listen to their customers from the north, I presume.
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issued a report on the Grenfell Tower disaster, and before the ink has dried we get political point-scoring. This will inevitably result in Labour calling for the head of another Tory frontbencher, if for no other reason than to bring the capability of both, nearer a level playing field. This report is about fire safety and the wider implication to the provision of affordable homes. If we do the maths, it’s say £5m to retrofit a tower-block with non-combustible cladding. Say the interest rate on such a loan is 1% = £50,000/yr. A 24/7 fire warden = £40,000. And £5m to build affordable housing, fitted with an alarm, proper fire doors, and sprinklers to each flat. Will we get the above from a party which puts profit before all else, regardless of consequences? Or, a party which puts principles before all else, regardless of cost or common sense? The jury is out.
We’re all invited to NCM’s big day THE NATIONAL Coal Mining Museum is celebrating its 30th birthday this weekend by hosting a day to remember the past, celebrate the present and look forward to the future. On Sunday the museum is encouraging visitors to bring food and drink for a ‘Big Miners’ Picnic’ – and there will be lots to see and do around the former Caphouse Colliery site in Overton. There will be music from the Yorkshire Traction Honley Band as well as the museum’s own musicians in residence, supported by the Caphouse Singers who will be performing a piece specially written for the occasion. The Northern World War Two Association will be on hand with firing displays and battle re-enactments while the ‘Coal Shed Poets’ will be moving around site asking
for stories of the museum to turn into an anniversary poem. The Edgeland Arts group will be collecting visitors’ memories of living and working in the district to put on their interactive map. There will also be craft activities and a special showcase which will recognise the contributions of current volunteers and encourage others to get involved. Shaun McLoughlin, head
of engagement at the museum, said: “We’ve had a fantastic start to the year with our special events and exhibitions programme. “We’re ready to welcome visitors in our 30th year – it’s a celebration of our past, present and looking ahead to the future now we have Heritage Lottery Funding in place to develop the museum’s facilities.” For more details visit www.ncm.org.uk.
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BIRSTALL’S oldest pub is the best in the district thanks to its quality real ale and welcoming atmosphere. Landlord of the Horse and Jockey Tony Anderson was delighted to be presented with the Heavy Woollen CAMRA pub of the year award by group chairman Andy Kassube. Tony – pictured with bar staff Sara and Abby – and his wife Sharon took over at the Horse and Jockey in 2006 when the pub’s future looked bleak, but their secret to success was a commitment to more real ales which has made the Low Lane pub a firm favourite for locals. It’s spent seven successive years in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and will now go forward to the Yorkshire regional heats for pub of the year.
BATLEY: The Batley and Birstall support group are hosting a wine tasting night to raise money for Kirkwood Hospice. The ‘wine bluff’ takes place on Saturday June 9 from 7pm at Batley Older People’s Centre. A £10 ticket includes four glasses of wine, nibbles and supper. For tickets contact Edith on 01924 441122.
NORTH KIRKLEES: Birstall Woodturners Club are hosting an open day tomorrow (Saturday). There’ll be a chance to produce bowls, boxes and platters, and to buy some of the woodturners’ work. The event is running from 10am to 4pm at Unit 46 Holme Bank Mills, Station Road, Mirfield.
Townsfolk turn stars of the silver screen A SCREENING of short films about life in North Kirklees has been hailed as a huge success. The ‘Popcorn Premiere’ event was held at Dewsbury Town Hall and featured 12 films about people and places from towns across the district. An early screening was attended by MPs Tracy Brabin and Paula Sherriff, plus Adele Poppleton, head of culture and vibrancy for Kirklees Council. A later showing saw members of the public as well as the stars of the films attend, with a question-andanswer session afterwards with filmmakers Alistair Macdonald and Simon Reed. Nancy Barrett, director of Creative Scene, which organised the event, said: “We made these films in the
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hope that people would see the hidden stories and view their towns from a different angle. “The response from the public was overwhelming; they were thrilled to see their places shown in a positive light, and to hear the voices from the area reflecting the spirit of the place.” Using Arts Council funding Creative Scene commissioned filmmakers to create a portrait of the diverse people and places in the district. Highlights include a young designer creating his own clothing line using Arabic calligraphy; an underwater hockey player from Batley winning in Tasmania; mobile dentists volunteering to keep Dewsbury smiling and Greenwoods, the shop where
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‘Bolenium Bill’ has stood in the window for 90 years. The historic loom at Dewsbury’s Calderdale Carpets, one of the last remaining carpet manufacturers in the country, is featured as is the Rawson family at Thornhill Hall Farm. Ken Speed, who runs Ken’s Fruit and Veg stall on Dewsbury Market, was delighted to be included. He said: “I am up at 2.30am most mornings to get to the fruit and veg wholesalers but I agreed to stay up late tonight for the premiere, it was great to see and I really enjoyed it.” The 12 films are now available to watch as a playlist on YouTube at https://tinyurl.com/y9x42gem. For more information visit www.creativescene.org.uk.
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Miles of stories at Inches celebration CLECKHEATON is set to be regaled with firsthand stories of the golden age of variety at a meet-the-author session at Inches Curtains Interiors and Home Furnishings next weekend. Local author Maureen Prest and celebrated author and broadcaster Ian Clayton will be at the store, on Market Street, on Saturday June 9 from 2pm to 4pm to help Inches celebrate their 30th anniversary. Maureen Prest was the promotions manager for Batley Variety Club in its heyday, and is coming to the town to talk about her book King of Clubs, which is the only insider’s account of what really went on at the world famous club, both on stage and behind closed doors. “A lot has been written about Batley Variety Club over the years,” said Maureen, “but not all of it is true. Some of the goings on were more outrageous than people have imagined.” Maureen (pictured below) will share stories about her encounters with the likes of Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt and Eric Morecambe But the heart of her book is the remarkable story of James and Betty Corrigan, the couple whose vision and enterprise built the club, the success of which ultimately cost them their marriage. Ian Clayton is the author of several best selling books and was a presenter for Yorkshire Television for a number of years, and is best known for his long running series My Yorkshire. Ian will be sharing some entertaining stories from his books and will be signing copies. The event has been organised by Inches Curtains Interiors and Home Furnishings to celebrate 30 years of trading and serving soft furnishings to the people of Cleckheaton. The meet the author sessions run from 2pm to 4pm. Entry is free and Inches will be running celebrations throughout the day, including a raffle with some amazing prizes, a visit from Tender Touch Therapies and a 25 per cent sale on Richard Barrie (Ena Shaw) custom-made curtains.
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Sheard determination drove family fortune T’S A STRANGE thing when you begin your research for a story and find the internet throws up yourself as an historical resource.
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But that is exactly what happened this week when I decided to follow up a recent report in The Press about ‘behind the scenes’ opportunities at the Bagshaw Museum in Batley Park. It had slipped my mind that 10 years ago I wrote the story of the museum in the K Magazine, onetime sister publication of The Press, and the article had been reproduced on the family history website of American woman Maggie Blanck. You see, Bagshaw Museum was once a mansion called The Woodlands on the edge of Lord Wilton’s estate and built by George Sheard, the chairman of Michael Sheard and Sons Ltd of Hick Lane Mill. The estate eventually became known formally as Wilton Park, though known today by almost everyone as Batley Park, and Sheard’s mansion passed into the hands of Batley Council in 1909 following his death in 1902. In 2008 I posed the question: “What is the connection between the Bagshaw Museum, Theodore Roosevelt, St Saviour’s Church Brownhill, arch Thatcherite Sir Marcus Fox, child labour and Maggie Land Blanck?” The answer was the Sheard family! Maggie, from Smithtown, Long Island, is a cousin – seven times removed – of George Sheard. She is descended from Benjamin Law, who was once the owner of The Moorland in Cleckheaton (on Law Street!), and Lydia Sheard, a cousin of George’s grandfather Michael, the founder of woollen manufacturers Michael Sheard and Sons Ltd. Benjamin Law is credited with the invention of ‘shoddy’, a process by which rags are ground down to create fibres which can be re-spun as yarn, so with Michael Sheard manufacturing goods from the end product it is
Little Miss Lucky! PRESS reader Gill Greaves picked up a £15 voucher from Tesco Cleckheaton after winning our recent Mr Men competition. Gill, of Gomersal, correctly identified that there were 17 tiny characters hidden in our feature on Cleckheaton’s Mr Men community event. She is pictured right with store manager Clare Findlay and one of the Little Miss and Mr Men figures manufactured for the town centre event.
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no surprise to see the Laws and the Sheards inter-marrying. Maggie Blanck’s family history has reports of children being beaten for slacking during their 12-hour working day, and it would be easy to level criticism at mill owners like the Sheard family in the light of modern day principles, but that was the way of life they were forced to endure back then. The name of Sheard has been well-known in local politics, with David Sheard formerly leading Kirklees Council, but George, a firm Tory, unlike his modern-day Labour namesake, repeatedly refused to stand for Parliamentary election. This did not subsequently deter his great great great nephew Sir Marcus Fox, MP for Shipley before his death in 2002, and if you think that information ‘takes the biscuit’ you are right. George’s grandfather’s sister Isabella married rag merchant John Fox, who was part of the Fox’s Biscuits organisation and an ancestor of Sir Marcus. Another politician was Titus,
grandson of George’s grandfather’s brother, who was born in the USA, became a member of the New York State Assembly and won a presidential nomination in 1884 at the expense of Theodore Roosevelt. But what has St Saviour’s got to do with anything? Well, when George was looking to build his mansion, a grand departure from the area of Havercroft where he was raised, he called on his brother Michael, an architect in business with Arthur Walter Hanstock, and between them they designed and built The Woodlands. The twin chapels in Batley Cemetery and St Saviour’s Church were also their handiwork, while Hanstock was also to marry into the family. The cost of building The Woodlands has been recorded as being £25,000 – and that equates to around £2.5million today. So, how could such a valuable property pass out of the family hands? On Saturday, September 6 1902 the Yorkshire Evening Post reported that George had died at 5.20 that morning. On Wednesday, August 27 he
had just returned in good health from a fortnight’s holiday but, as was reported ‘on the following day he rose from evening dinner, having been at business since nine o’clock, and was joining the family chat, when he was suddenly stricken with an apoplectic seizure, which bereft him of the power of speech and partially affected his right side.” George was visited by doctors but his periods of consciousness were few and a slight improvement was only transitory as he became increasingly weaker leading up to his eventual death. Mrs Sheard, formerly Ann Whitworth of Earlsheaton, died not long after George and the property was subsequently put up for sale. There was no immediate interest from prospective buyers, despite the price being reduced, and it was eventually bought by the Batley Council on behalf of the town for five pounds. There is no record of the family making any claim on the property despite George and Ann leaving a son and two daughters. Why that was the case is a mystery, and one that will probably never be solved!
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L-R: Martyn Halstead, Lee Halstead, Bobby Evans, Richard Halstead, Tim Bruce and Danny Matharu
What an effort! By Steve Martyn FIVE novice cyclists from Mirfield pedalled over 600 miles across four countries in Europe to raise money for two local charities. Martyn Halstead, Lee Halstead, Bobby Evans, Tim Bruce and Danny Matharu embarked on the seven-day trip which saw them bike from Mirfield to Dover before ferrying across to Dunkirk and cycling on to Belgium and Holland. Their final slog was a ferry from Rotterdam to Hull and a 70-mile journey back to Mirfield on Saturday.
The group were greeted by Mirfield-born Brian Robinson – the first Briton to win a stage of the Tour de France – at a family fun day at Mirfield Community
Centre. Rider Tim Bruce, 31, said: “It went very well considering we had a few falls, a couple of punctures and very strong headwinds
for two out of the seven days. I am very proud of the team.” He said the troupe raised £5,000 from the cycle and another £4,000 at the fun day for Kelly Williams’s #spreadalittlesunshine campaign. Kelly set up the project last year to help her Argentinian friend Sol, who has Lyme disease. She wants to reach £60,000 to fund stem cell treatment, of which the Mirfield postie has already raised £24,000. The rest of the money is going to Kirkwood Hospice. To find out more about Kelly’s campaign, visit w w w. s p r e a d a l i t t l e s u n shine.org.
David runs for Leila A LIVERSEDGE man ran his first marathon to raise hundreds of pounds for a dance studio helping disabled youngsters. David Asquith donned his trainers for the Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon on May 20, finishing in four hours 22 minutes and raising £645 for Timestep Community Dance (TCD). The 26-year-old then surprised little Leila Higgins, the inspiration behind TCD, by giving her his medal. David said: “It was one of the most liberating experiences I’ve had in my life. “I’m sure you all know why I’ve done this, for an incredible charity inspired by a phenomenal little girl, Leila. “I couldn’t have picked a bet-
David Asquith and Leila Higgins ter one, this has all been for you.” Six-year-old Leila suffers from cerebral palsy but has always wanted to dance. So dance teacher Rachel Walmsley set up the group, based at Ponderosa Business Park, to help children with disabilities learn to dance. Rachel said: “Leila is over the moon, she had the biggest smile ever. “David has made such a difference to so many children’s lives, he raised £645 for TCD. His generous donation will be used towards dance classes for children with disabilities. “On behalf of David and everyone at TCD we would like to say thank you to all those who have sponsored and supported him.”
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Paula calls for minister to go DEWSBURY MP Paula Sherriff called for Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to stand down following a week of rail chaos in the district. She joined a growing number of MPs wanting Mr Grayling to reconsider his position as Labour forced a vote of no confidence. They called for his ministerial salary to be reduced by £2,400 – the cost of a season ticket from his Epsom and Ewell constituency to London. It was defeated 304 to 271 but Mr Grayling was forced to apologise for his handling of transport issues. The vote came after a week of chaos for passengers who saw just one in five trains between Dewsbury and Leeds leave on time last Monday and Tuesday due to timetable changes by Northern and Transpennine Express. Miss Sherriff said: “I’ve long been a supporter of putting the railways back into public hands, but the Tories only seem to agree when it means bailing out their friends at Virgin to the tune of £2billion. “This Tory Transport Secretary simply doesn’t care about the misery he’s causing for train passengers in our area. “He’s dodged meetings with MPs who wanted to raise constituent complaints. He’s cancelled massive projects like Crossrail for the north, but still been able to dig up the money for London and the South East all whilst Yorkshire saw the biggest fare increase in the country. And now an accidental renationalisation. “The buck has to stop somewhere. He’s got to go.”
A DAY nursery in Mirfield has maintained its good rating from education bosses. Ofsted inspectors visited Little Acorns last month and found that staff were developing their children’s skill sets by planning challenging activities well-matched to their interests. A report was published which also said the nursery’s leaders and managers are ambitious and staff are highly responsive to children’s individual needs.
The nursery was praised for its effective safeguarding and education while the staff were noted as positive role models for the children. However, inspectors said it had a few improvements to make before becoming ‘outstanding’. The report said: “To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should refine routines so that children do not
have to wait unnecessarily before taking part in activities.” It also said they should “further develop the current systems used to monitor the progress of different groups of children and use this information to evaluate the quality of teaching.” Little Acorns’ last Ofsted inspection was in 2016. Nursery manager Kelly Lockwood said: “We are really happy that we maintained our good rating.”
Preserving our past with mining book By Margaret Watson A NEW BOOK co-authored by a postcard collector from Dewsbury has been produced as a last farewell to the coal mining industry. Christine Leveridge and Dave Fordham
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have used their combined collection of Yorkshire mining postcards and ephemera, collected over 20 years, to produce a wellresearched book called ‘The Yorkshire Coalfield’. In the past, Christine, from Dewsbury, has concentrated her postcard collection on West Yorkshire, while Dave, from Doncaster, concentrated on South Yorkshire. “We decided to pool our resources,” said Dave. “It seemed a reasonable thing to do.” It was the closure in 2015 of Kellingley Colliery near Pontefract – the last operational deep coal mine in the country – that decided them to work together on a book covering the whole of the Yorkshire coalfield. Christine said: “We realised what we had between us, and wanted to share it with others. We didn’t want all this rich social history to be lost.” The book, which is packed with photographs and ephemera of pits throughout Yorkshire, shows all aspects of the lives of miners and mining communities and the pits in which they worked across the county. Many are from this district, including Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield, Liversedge, Cleckheaton and the Spen Valley. It also depicts long drawn-out industrial disputes, one lasting over a year, and the stoppages and strikes which often left many mining families on the breadline. Photographs of pitiful soup kitchens where children assembled to be fed tug at the heartstrings, and equally distressing are the pictures of mining families being evicted from their homes. Also recorded are the major disasters which occurred in the early days of coal mining, the worst being at Barnsley Oaks Colliery in 1866 in which 361, men, women, children and rescue workers perished. A similar disaster occurred in 1893 at Combs Colliery in Thornhill, with the loss of 139 lives including boys as young as 12. The book also reveals the happier side of their lives, the camaraderie which existed in mining communities, their sporting and recreational activities, royal visits, brass bands and musical concerts. In Yorkshire alone there were once 141,000 miners working in 398 pits, producing nearly four million tons a year.
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By 1920 the number had risen to 200,000, making Yorkshire the largest coalfield in the country. As the demand for coal declined many pits closed, and following the Miners’ Strike of 1984/5, more pits shut until there were only 13 pits operating in Yorkshire. In 1994 all the pits in the country were sold to RJB Mining for £815,000,000, and three years ago the last deep pit in the country – Kellingley – closed. The book is priced at £12.50 and can be purchased from the National Coal Mining Museum or online at www.fedjbooks.co.uk. They have dedicated the book to the memory of one of the area’s most prodigious postcard collectors, the late Norman Ellis, of Ossett, and to all the Yorkshire miners and their families. There will also be book signings at Dewsbury Library on Saturday, June 9, from 11am to 1pm and on Sunday June 10 from 11am to 2pm at the National Coal Mining Museum.
with celebrities to raise funds for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel. Scott Brant is joining former McFly man Tom Fletcher, presenter Lisa Snowdon and 60 other people on the five-day route through Romania's Southern Carpathian mountain ranges between July 22 and
July 26. Scott was chosen from over 400 applicants and has started fundraising towards a £2,200 target set by CoppaFeel. He said: "I'm thrilled to be one of such a small group selected to take part." Donations can be made at scotts-transylvania-trek.com.
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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 JUNE 2 SCHOLES AND BACK Starts at 11am at Cleckheaton Town Hall (BD19 3RH, SE191254) 7 miles – moderate Contact: Noel 07780 328561
MONDAY JUNE 4 CAVALIERS AND ICE CREAM Starts at 1pm Oakwell Hall top car park (WF17 9LG, SE217271) 6.5 miles – moderate No dogs please. Cash for ice cream. Contact: Kathleen 01924 471473 kathleenoshea5@aol.com
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ONE OF Batley’s favourite brass bands will be returning to the town next weekend while on the brink of appearing in one of the country’s top musical contests. Earlier this month the Hammonds Brass Band guaranteed itself a place in the British Open Brass Band Championships by winning the highly-contested Grand Shield contest at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. The band has proved itself to be one of Batley’s favourite attractions by staging successful concerts in the town hall in each of the past 11 years. Band librarian Ted Griffiths is hoping that the town’s music lovers will repeat the popularity
ITV’s cycling commentator Ned Boulting wheels his way to Cleckheaton with an all-new production this November. From the cobbles of Roubaix, over Alpe d’Huez towards the grand finale in Paris, ‘Tour de Ned’ will recreate the gutwrenching, edge of the seat drama of the race. Stage by stage, rest day by rest day, the Tour de France will be re-animated before your very eyes. Tour de Ned will also lift the curtain, with exclusive video of footage of life on the road with the muchloved ITV Tour de France team, inviting
you inside David Millar’s Maserati, alongside Gary Imlach’s polo shirts as he steams them, joining Chris Boardman, as he settles down for his mid-afternoon nap. Tour de Ned will bring to life the thousands of kilometers travelled as they unfold alongside the grandest of Grand Tours. So prepare for an evening of summer heat as the Tour de France becomes the Tour de Ned for one night only at the Cleckheaton Town Hall on Sunday, November 4. Tickets are now on sale priced at £22.50. V i s i t w w w. k i r k l e e s t o w n halls.co.uk or call 01484 225755.
Free books ahead of talk BATLEY Library welcomes award-winning writer Mari Hannah (author of the Kate Daniels and Ryan and O’Neil series) to discuss the work of author James Patterson next Thursday. Conversation will focus on Patterson’s book ‘Along Came a
Spider’ – and free copies of the book are available to pick up in Batley Library prior to the event. Refreshments will be served at the event, which starts at 11am on June 7. Booking information is available at ticketsource.co.uk/ kirkleeslibraries.
Two more walks RAMBLERS: A group of 19 Dewsbury and District Ramblers went on a six-mile
boost when it returns with another special concert on Saturday, June 9. The concert is entitled ‘Music from Myths and Legends’ and contains lots of popular numbers as well as a Last Night of the Proms finale. Mr Griffiths, who is father of band conductor Morgan Griffiths, says its members have always been impressed by the support shown by Batley audiences and they are delighted to be appearing in the town again after clinching a place in such an important championship. Tickets priced at £12, £10 for concessions and £5 for under 16s, are available from Batley Town Hall on 01924 324501.
walk from Netherton through the Coxley Valley and Midgley last Wednesday. Tomorrow (Sat) there’s another walk in Coxley Valley, meeting Brenda Ayres at Link Road at 9.30am or Go
Outdoors on Hostingley Lane at 9.50am. Next Wednesday sees a walk at Norwood Edge, meeting Brian Doyle at the car park near Swinsty Reservoir at 10.30am.
Sisters singing it for themselves
REHEARSALS are in full swing for the Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society’s performance of Sister Act. The cast are hard at work under the guidance of director and choreographer Ian Stead, and musical director James Rodgers, producing songs with harmonies fit for the West End. If you’ve seen the Whoopi Goldberg film, where Deloris Van Cartier transforms from a nightclub diva into a full-time believer, then the musical is a must-see. The Collegians take you on the
same journey as Deloris is placed in a convent under protective custody and helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she rediscovers her own. But they have their own music that will have the audience dancing in the aisles. The show is on at Dewsbury Town Hall from Wednesday June 13 to Saturday June 16 at 7.15pm. Balcony tickets are £13, stalls £12 and concessions £10. To book, phone 01924 432742 (Collegians ticket line), 01484 225755 (town hall box office), or kirkleestown halls.co.uk.
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T WAS the highest-rating royal wedding TV celebration in Holland, with an audience of nearly a million watching SBS Shownieuws. I was lucky enough to be a guest on the show as we celebrated the recent marriage of HRH Prince Harry and Miss Meghan Markle – it proves just how popular the British royal family are worldwide, and how many supporters they have in the Netherlands. A huge thank you to the whole team for making me so very welcome.
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THE BBC are really pushing the Strictly Come Dancing professional AJ Pritchard, who has joined Celebrity MasterChef. He says he is very nervous as: “I normally let my dancing do the talking, but on this occasion, I have to make sure I can do something more than just dance...” DID you know that one-time This Morning host Fern Britton was a judge on an unaired pilot of Britain’s Got Talent? Then someone suggested Amanda Holden, who got the role in the series that went out, and the rest as they say is history. But Fern tells me that she would have loved to have been a judge as: “I love giving hope to talent, and I enjoyed the whole show too.” STILL Open All Hours starring Sir David Jason will return to BBC One for a fifth series later in 2018. The recommission means that the sequel has now accumulated more episodes, and more series, than the original hit show.
Hear Ann across the BBC radio network
A right royal night of celebrations for ‘SBS Shownieuws’ in Holland
Ann and the Shownieuws team WHILE in London recently I spotted the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, at the exclusive Connaught Hotel taking afternoon tea with her daughters. My spies also tell me that they would very much like to invite the Duchess on to this year’s Strictly Come Dancing ... could that be what the meeting was about? I’ll keep you posted.
FORMER Doctor Who co-stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate are set to be reunited in a
©Maycon Pictures new TV comedy. Tate is also writing the show, Americons, about a couple who move to America. According to showbusiness industry insiders, the show is “in the advanced stages of development for Sky One”.
JUDY FINNIGAN has ended her TV career, according to a friend of the presenter. Judy is best known for being one half of a TV duo with husband Richard Madeley, with whom she hosted ITV’s flagship day-
time programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001. After her TV work Judy has enjoyed success as an author and may be looking at TV drama writing too.
ITV HAS recommissioned drama series The Durrells for a fourth series, it has been announced. The programme is based on conservationist and author Gerald Durrell’s trilogy of books about his family’s time on Corfu during the 1930s. ITV confirmed that the
new series of The Durrells will be filmed on the Greek island. STRICTLY Come Dancing Head Judge Shirley Ballas tells me she signed up to appear in pantomime this year, simply because: “It’s at the Liverpool Empire, which is in my home town, and what an honour. But I am not, I might add, playing the wicked witch, as many have said. It’s more comedic than that and it will be good fun.” TOM BRADBY has been missing from ITV’s flagship bulletin News At Ten for more than a month without explanation, sparking concern among the four million people who tune in each night. Now I can reveal the reason for his absence – a chronic bout of insomnia. A source tells me: “It’s been a tough battle, but we hope to have him back soon.” Should it be called ‘Snooze At Ten’ then? DISTINGUISHED actress Julia McKenzie, who played the Queen in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony James Bond clip, recently went to Buckingham Palace to collect a CBE. TV’s Miss Marple tells me: “It was wonderful, you don’t expect to get things at this stage in your career do you? But I am so happy about it.” ONE of the most feared and unpredictable stars of 70s and 80s British Television – and a foe of famed talk show host Michael Parkinson – goes up
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for sale at Chippenham Auction Rooms. Emu, Rod Hull’s puppet which cost £10,000 to make, was to be used by him on stage for a pilot TV show. Emu has made various comebacks, but without great success... IF YOU saw the recent reports in the press that actress Charlie Brooks had said she wanted to return to Albert Square and play the iconic Janine Butcher, think again. Charlie tells us that, sadly, it’s not true. Now touring in a stage play she told me: “I get this all the time, and while I am fond of her as a character, it’s not right for me now to go back. But I won’t ever say never, you have to keep your options open, don’t you?” CORONATION STREET actress Catherine Tyldesley tells me she is so grateful she is not being killed off as she would like to try something new. She would like to see her character Eva return at some point “But if you’re killed off, unless it’s like Dallas and Bobby returning, then there is no chance, really...” FANS of Cuban music take note – Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s smash-hit musical On Your Feet is coming to London, direct from Broadway, for a strictly limited season at London’s Coliseum, from June 14 to August 31. Gloria reveals: “I think you will love it as it’s fun and heartfelt, plus we have all the great hits in there that people have taken to their hearts.”
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CRICKET with Mike Popplewell
Premier proving unpredictable THE BANK HOLIDAY weekend produced some tense cricket and a game of ‘musical chairs’ at the top of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Premier Division – and there is likely to be more of the same tomorrow. Champions Hanging Heaton began last weekend in top spot but managed to finish in second by the end of it. That means they are now two points behind Pudsey St Lawrence, despite winning at Scholes on Saturday and at home to New Farnley on Monday. So often it has been the batsmen, especially openers Gary Fellows and Nick Connelly, that have put Hanging Heaton in winning positions, but it was their bowlers who largely took the honours over the bank holiday. David Stiff, Josh Hollings, Tom Chippendale, Aqsad Ali and Connelly all weighing in with wickets in their two games. The benefit of the bonus point system was clearly felt by Pudsey St Lawrence. They have managed to leapfrog New Farnley, who briefly topped the table Saturday night, and secondplaced Hanging Heaton. However, that could all change again tomorrow for Hanging Heaton who go to Pudsey St Lawrence. While New Farnley go to a Scholes side who are struggling following last season’s promotion success – despite the form of Kasir
PICTURESQUE: Action from Cleckheaton’s bank holiday clash against Scholes in the Bradford Cricket League Maroof, who top-scored with 71 in the defeat at home to Hanging Heaton.
The defeat at home to neighbouring Cleckheaton on Monday then saw Scholes drop into second-bot-
tom spot, albeit well clear of winless East Bierley, with Tayyab Tahir and former skipper John Wood making
their mark for the visitors. First the Cleckheaton pair steadied the ship after a rocky start with their third-wicket stand. With Tahir going on to make a match-best 84 off 59 balls, then Wood, having made a creditable 27, took 3-26 to back up opening bowlers Josh Thurwell (3-59) and Jonathan Whiteoak (4-51). With Wood nearing his 48th birthday he doesn’t quite have the pace that once saw him opening the bowling for Durham with England’s Steve Harmison. But he proved far too much for the Scholes middle order – removing three men by the halfway stage. With only 100 on the board and five wickets down at that point Scholes were never in a position to pressure Cleck. It could be a tough task for Cleckheaton’s new skipper Mally Nicholson as he leads his side out at home to Oakenshaw neighbours Woodlands tomorrow looking to climb out of the bottom three. Woodlands are not likely to be a walkover though. They suffered a surprise defeat in their last game at home to Lightcliffe when they were bowled out for 139 chasing 224 – not helped by a golden duck from skipper Tim Jackson. Former Cleckheaton man Jackson will be doubly eager to put one over on his former club and get his side back to their hoped for title challenge.
Gomersal look to mount challenge RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH IN THE Bradford League’s Championship One Gomersal are currently the district’s leading side, in fourth place, and a win in tomorrow’s trip to Batley is crucial if they are to be serious challengers to the currently unbeaten Morley and Undercliffe. As in the Premier Division, the two leading clubs meet tomorrow, at Undercliffe, which makes a win for their closest rivals even more important if they are to close the gap on a potential promotion spot. Gomersal will go into the game at Mount Pleasant the more heartened of the two after Batley’s 102-run defeat at Morley, being dismissed for 80 in the 23rd over, and their own confident win over Baildon at Oxford Road. A steady second-wicket stand of 54 between skipper Graham Hilton (40) and Richard Wear (72) got Gomersal off to a useful start and, by his standards, a considered knock from Jack Seddon, who also made 72, helped the home side to a total of 222 for eight before bowling the visitors out for 176 in reply. There’s no doubt who was the star of the Gomersal attack as Chris Rhodes, a paceman in his younger days, took a magnificent 7-40 with his left arm spin – Wear snapping up three catches off Rhodes’ bowling. Things are not looking quite so rosy at the other end of the table where Batley, promoted Hartshead Moor and Ossett all occupy a place in the bottom five. Hartshead Moor are at home to thirdplaced Wrenthorpe tomorrow hoping to build
on Monday’s three-wicket win over Ossett that owed much to the bowling of Mohammad Khan (4-15 off 12 overs) who saw off the dangerous top-scoring former Cleckheaton, Gomersal and Spen Victoria man Richard Whitehurst for 25. That defeat left Ossett in bottom spot and needing to get a result at home to fellow strugglers Hunslet Nelson tomorrow. In Championship Two, relegated Birstall look revitalised, with three wins from four, but it is looking a sorry tale elsewhere in the division for the district’s sides with Spen Victoria, Hopton Mills and Liversedge separated by only four points as they look to avoid the second-bottom spot. There were defeats for Hopton Mills and Liversedge in their last games, Hopton in the last over at home to leaders Keighley and Liversedge by 215 runs at Bowling Old Lane. After putting on 26 for the first wicket the Roberttown Lane men added just 27 for the next nine. Next up for Hopton Mills is a game at home to Buttershaw St Pauls, while Liversedge now go to a Birstall side boosted by an in-form New Zealand-born Eric Austin at the top of the order. Heckmondwike and Carlinghow, at East Leeds tomorrow, are languishing near the foot of the Conference while Crossbank, in mid-table, go to Rodley looking for more consistency.
Sporting Briefs GOLF: Dewsbury District Golf Club claimed a clean sweep of titles in the Halifax Huddersfield and District Golf Alliance. The Alliance, which is played between October and April, saw Dewsbury win the Club Order of Merit and Professional Order of Merit. The first game took place at Meltham on October 3 with the final game at Crow Nest Park on April 17. The Club Order of Merit proved a close contest, with Dewsbury District winning by three points as
they finished with a total of 29. Meltham and Crosland Heath came joint second as they ended on 288 points. The Professional Order of Merit was easily won by James Ward, who secured 52 points with wins at Dewsbury, West End and Crosland Heath. In second place was Nigel Hirst on 38 points. RUGBY LEAGUE: Dewsbury Celtic are holding a ‘Nash Got Talent’ and karaoke night on Saturday June 16
to help fund George Senior’s representative trip to Serbia. Senior has been selected in the England Community Lions Under19s side for their European Championship tour, which is to be held in Serbia this August. Tickets are priced at £5, with the proceeds going towards Senior’s tour fund. There will also be an auction, raffle and bingo. Anyone interested in sponsoring Senior, donating a raffle prize or an auction item should contact Darryl Senior on DSenior2@sky.com.
Saxon Warrior to battle clear ILL SAXON WARRIOR get the trip in the Derby? If he does he wins, it’s as simple as that. An unexpected deluge at Epsom on Tuesday saw 21mm of rain fall and turn the ground soft, which could further expose any question marks about the odds-on favourite’s stamina limitations over 12 furlongs. He should stay, but it’s not a given. His dam was best at 7f and never got the Oaks trip. On the other side of the coin her sire Galileo won the 2001 Derby. And what about the draw? Is it important? Maybe not. But since stalls were introduced in 1967, nine winners have come out of stall 10, six have come out of stall five and none have come out of stall two or 11. These factors have seen each way support for several horses including Dermot Weld’s HAZAPOUR. He will be partnered by Frankie Dettori who is expecting a “massive run” after flying to Ireland on Tuesday to gallop the colt. With his stable jockey Pat Smullen having been out of action since late March after being diagnosed with a tumour, Weld has turned to the popular Italian rider to partner his Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial winner. Dettori said: “I came to ride Hazapour this morning for Mr Weld and it was nice to see Pat Smullen watching the work as well. It was pretty much a routine gallop.”
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Dettori has won the world’s premier Classic twice before, on Authorized in 2007 and Golden Horn in 2015, with Weld’s sole success coming courtesy of Harzand just two years ago. Harzand was the latest of the leading owner breeder the Aga Khan’s five Derby winners, going back to Shergar in 1981. Yorkshire-born trainer William Haggas saddles YOUNG RASCAL, 22 years after winning the race for the only time in his career with Shaamitt. A victory for Chester Vase winner tomorrow (Saturday) would prove popular not least with owner Bernard Kantor who founded race sponsor Investec. But if Kantor is to win his dough back he will need to overcome another leading contender in ROARING LION who won York’s Dante two weeks ago in impressive style.
Trainer John Gosden initially targeted the French Derby, but what owner Sheikh Fahad wants, Sheikh Fahad invariably gets. Saxon Warrior has beaten Roaring Lion twice – in the Racing Post Trophy and in the 2000 Guineas – and MASAR was another firmly put in his place at Newmarket by Saxon Warrior, but trainer Charlie Appleby believes it is worth rolling the dice. The Godolphin colt is by New Approach, who won the Derby in 2009 on his only start over 12 furlongs, and is out of Khawlah, who beat the boys in the UAE Derby over 10 furlongs in 2011. Another with strong each way claims is Harry Dunlop’s KNIGHT TO BEHOLD. To race as keenly as he did and still find more when winning the Lingfield trial suggests he has a big engine, and if he settles better this son of Seas the Stars could be fighting out the places. In today’s (Friday) Oaks the stamina laden WILD ILLUSION may prove to be too strong, as nothing in the trials could match her two-year-old form which climaxed with a victory in the Prix Marcel Boussac. • CARRIGILL’S NAP (Stake returned as a free bet if selection does not finish in the top 3): ROARING LION, Investec Derby, Saturday, Epsom, 4.30 pm. • AUGUR’S BEST BET: WILD ILLUSION, Investec Oaks, Friday, Epsom, 4.30pm.
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Trojans book final spot despite Celtic’s resolve Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup
DEWSBURY CELTIC THORNHILL TROJANS
FINAL BERTH: George Woodcock scored Thornhill’s first try as they edged past Dewsbury Celtic
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THORNHILL TROJANS made it through to the final of the Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup after a tense semi against Dewsbury Celtic. The Trojans are now only 80 minutes away from securing their fourth-straight Heavy Woollen title. Celtic refused to give in and tested Thornhill throughout, with the away side’s relief palpable at the full-time whistle. Thornhill were forced to move Joel Gibson from full-back to scrum-half due to mounting injuries. They also handed starts to Casey Johnson and Jamie Searby who have both recently joined from rivals Shaw Cross Sharks. The Trojans played down the slope at Crow Nest Park in the first half and built up a 14-4 halftime lead. However, it was Celtic who got the first score through the irrepressible Danny Thomas. A missed tackle in the middle of the field created the opening and Thomas ran onto a kick forward and won the chase to claim the game’s first try. Celtic were caught offside at the scrum soon after, with the ref-
eree awarding the Trojans a penalty. The visitors took the tap quickly and shipped the ball out to George Woodcock, the winger gathered with ease and dived
Moor go second NCL Division Two
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TRY TIME: Aiden Ineson scored twice as Moor beat West Bowling DEWSBURY MOOR ran in 11 tries to go second in the table after seeing off West Bowling. The result leaves Moor only two points behind first-placed Stanningley, however the Maroons have played a game fewer than their title rivals. Moor have now won six out of the last seven games, with Archie Bruce scoring a try and picking up the man of the match award. Sam Thornton and Aiden Ineson led the way for Moor with two tries each as Ineson also landed five goals. It could have been more. Other Moor tries came from George Croisdale, Jacob Flathers, Brad Samme, Luke Adamson and Cameron Bruce. West Bowling tried hard but errors cost them as they trailed 26-6 at half-time, with their only points a Jack Milburn try and Liam Coe goal. Their second-half points came from further tries by Joe Hammond and Robert Booth with another Coe conversion. Tomorrow afternoon Moor are back in action as they host Hull Dockers at Heckmondwike Road (2.30pm).
over in the corner. Thornhill continued to test the hosts’ resolve and almost took the lead through Gibson but he was brought down just short of the line.
However, from the resulting play the ball Luke Haigh plucked the ball from dummy half and nipped over for the try. On the stroke of half time, Tom Gledhill crashed between the posts to increase the lead. Joel Gibson converted the try to give Thornhill a 10-point advantage at the interval. The second half proved a real tussle, with both teams working hard to break their opponents down. Thornhill’s most notable attack came from Gibson but he was obstructed on his way to the line, resulting in Celtic’s Tom Botts being given 10 minutes in the sinbin. Celtic then reduced the deficit with the only score of the second half. The ball was flung at pace along the attacking line, creating the overlap which gave Sam Tattersfield the space to score out wide. With only six points separating the teams, Celtic continued to push for the levelling try but could not get past a resolute Trojans defence. Thornhill will now face Shaw Cross Sharks, Batley Boys or Dewsbury Moor in the final. Shaw Cross face Batley Boys in the preliminary round, before Dewsbury Moor and the winner of the preliminary battle it out for a place in the final.
Thornhill ‘A’ begin cup defence at Vic John Kane Heavy Woollen Cup
BIRSTALL VICTORIA THORNHILL TROJANS ‘A’
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THORNHILL TROJANS ‘A’ started their defence of the John Kane Cup with a comfortable victory over Birstall Victoria. Declan Tomlinson claimed the man of the match award as he registered a hat-trick of tries and kicked four goals. The Trojans had prop Jonathan Hellings in great form, along with the vastly-experienced Anthony Broadhead who controlled the game from stand-off. Two early tries saw Thornhill take command of the game with Tomlinson crashing over for the first try which he then converted. The visitors got their second try as, from the scrum, Broadhead sent out a pass to winger Declan Kaye who gathered and made a strong break for the line before dotting down in the corner. Birstall got themselves back in the game soon after when Brandon Hunter forced his way over the whitewash. But a try from Hellings put the Trojans back in control, as Hellings showed quick feet to carve an opening and charge clear. In the second half the away side continued to control the tempo of the game and were over for a fourth time shortly after the restart. Wayne Wilson’s powerful run saw him attract a number of defenders, this allowed him to offload the ball to the supporting Josh Clough who gathered and cut through the defensive line for the try. Tomlinson then secured his hat-trick with two late tries, which put Thornhill out of sight. The first of his two late tries came from a glorious solo run that saw him eventually reach out to plant the ball down over the line. With the last play of the game, Tomlinson made a surging run for the line, leaving numerous Birstall players in his wake to ground the ball over the whitewash. The kick was missed but the referee blew for full-time, ending the game seven minutes early.
Martial arts instructor aiming for glory STEVE SCADDAN is aiming to become Dewsbury’s first Sports Jiu Jitsu world champion. The 37-year-old is hoping that he can mark his own place in history at the Sports Jiu Jitsu World Championships in Florida next summer. Scaddan is a 2nd degree blackbelt in freestyle jiu jitsu and is the chief instructor at the Revolution Martial Arts Academy. He works as an engineer and has lived in Dewsbury since 2001. The Wakefield-born fighter trains six days a week and is a member of the GB sports jiu jitsu team, who routinely train at Revolution Martial Arts Academy at Woodkirk Valley Country Club on Leeds Road. “I am aiming to become world champion, I train with a two-time world champion and I am looking at that title,” said Scaddan. “I fight at 75kg, all of Team GB is scattered all over the country and we train at northern, central and southern bases. “There are about 70 members in the squad, so every month we alternate it and since January all the northern training sessions have been held at Revolution Martial Arts. “We train for three to four hours at a time, usually from around midday until around 34pm and we go as hard as we possibly can, it’s quite difficult. “We are all training for the national championships which will be held in July and for the
world championships that will be in Florida in 2019.” Sports Jiu Jitsu, according to Scaddan, has a similar style to MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), but with stricter rules and regulations. The 37-year-old has been training in martial arts techniques since he was eight years old. His wife Tracy set up the Revolution Academy after their son and his friends took an interest in learning martial arts. Steve said: “My wife set up the club, she did it from scratch. “I started teaching my son, my son had some friends that wanted to be taught and eventually the word got out that it was a really good club to train at. “People just love doing it, the feedback that we get from our members is that the training is second to none. “That is good for us to know as that means they are enjoying what they are doing. “I am the chief instructor but I don’t see it as business, it is my passion, if I didn’t want to do it I wouldn’t do it. “The progression you see from people, fighters who come as a novice and train to become a black belt, it is amazing to see that progress. “We do freestyle jiu jitsu, which originates from Japan and that incorporates stand up, take downs, grappling on the floor and submissions. “It is like cage fighting or MMA but there are more rules in
FRONT AND CENTRE: Steve Scaddan (centre) with members of Revolution place.” Revolution run various classes from Monday to Saturday and also offer one-to-one private sessions. There are classes for all ages from six years and older as well as ladies-only classes that run on a Saturday afternoon. Despite Scaddan being a member of Team GB he is still
required to fund his own travel, accommodation and competition costs. The blackbelt is always on the lookout for sponsorship that will allow him to travel across the world to represent Great Britain in competitions. Anyone who may be interested in sponsoring Steve should contact him directly on 07833 716477.
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SUMMER BASH
Rams end winless streak Betfred Championship
BATLEY BULLDOGS DEWSBURY RAMS
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at Bloomfield Road PAUL SYKES’S late penalty goal saw Dewsbury Rams end a 12-game winless run with a much-needed victory over Heavy Woollen derby rivals Batley Bulldogs. The Rams, who are now five points clear of the relegation places, dominated much of the game through the middle and managed to hold on to claim the bragging rights at the Summer Bash against an injury-hit Batley side. Sykes threatened the first break early on after some great work through the middle from Jack Teanby however his offload couldn’t find a Dewsbury hand. A penalty was followed by a knockon from Macauley Hallett as Batley built up the first real period of pressure at the other end however Joel Farrell was easily wrapped up on the final tackle. Dewsbury had to deal with Jordan Crowther being forced off the field for a head injury assessment early on, however the loose forward returned 10 minutes later. Aaron Brown crashed over from close range after two penalties had seen the Rams march up the field as the deadlock was broken just before the quarter-hour mark. More Bulldogs ill-discipline gave Dewsbury the chance to extend their lead however a forward pass brought the attack to a premature end. Batley levelled the game eight minutes before the break when interchange forward James Harrison dived underneath the posts from a short pass. The Bulldogs’ resurgence continued as they forced successive goal-line drop outs at the end of the first half. And from the second, they grabbed the half-time lead with Reiss Butterworth managing to place down
and Izaac Farrell converting for a 12-6 advantage. Dewsbury drew level before Batley had even touched the ball in the second half as Sam Day crossed from dummy-half after successive penalties had brought them to within striking distance. The parity was short-lived however as Joel Farrell darted across the whitewash at the end of a flowing team move to regain the Bulldogs’ advantage. Daniel Igbinedion looked set to cross for Dewsbury at the other end moments later but he was held up by the retreating defence. Igbinedion did get over for the try his performance deserved on their next attack, however, as he charged past multiple would-be tacklers to score beneath the posts. The restart was allowed to bounce out of play and a penalty in front of the sticks was easily slotted by Izaac Farrell to bring Batley back on level terms. An end-to-end period followed as both sides looked for a score to move ahead once again but were let down by errors. With both attacks struggling to penetrate the defence, Sykes opted to slot a penalty goal with just over 10 minutes remaining to nudge the Rams back in front. Dale Morton hoofed a grubber kick out at the expense of a goal-line drop out as Dewsbury looked to hold on to their narrow lead. Batley looked like they might have claimed a match-deciding score from the resulting set however Brad Day was held up by some desperate defence. The Bulldogs had one final chance to claim something from the game with a minute remaining as a knockon gave them a set of six inside the Dewsbury half. However, the last attack lasted just three tackles as Joel Farrell knockedon and Dewsbury claimed the Summer Bash bragging rights.
DEWSBURY: Josh Guzdek Gareth Potts James Glover Macauley Hallett Dale Morton Paul Sykes Aaron Brown Shannon Wakeman Dom Speakman Jack Teanby Kyle Trout Michael Knowles Jordan Crowther Subs: Sam Day Martyn Reilly Toby Everett Daniel Igbinedion Tries: Brown (14), Day (43), Igbinedion (55). Goals: Sykes 4/4.
BALL ROLLING: Dewsbury’s Aaron Brown opened the scoring on Sunday afternoon
Igbinedion relieved by win DANIEL IGBINEDION says there was an overriding feeling of relief for Dewsbury Rams after the final whistle against Batley Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon. The Rams secured their first win since the end of February with their second-straight victory over Batley at the Summer Bash. Paul Sykes’s penalty goal 10 minutes from time proved decisive but a man of the match performance from Igbinedion helped the Rams get over the line. The 23-year-old forward scored the final try of the afternoon on 55 minutes to help put Dewsbury ahead. A penalty goal from Izaac Farrell drew Batley level before Sykes had the final word. “It was a tight game, as you could see by the scoreline and I am just happy with the win,” said Igbinedion. “We can get Dewsbury’s season rolling now, I would just like to thank Neil Kelly for having faith in me. “It was a good win, I think the boys needed it. “The season was going a bit sour and I’ve come in and we have created a buzz around training and we came and delivered that.” The Rams were forced to
MATCH STATS BATLEY: Dave Scott Keenen Tomlinson Sam Smeaton Lewis Galbraith Jason Crookes Daniel Sowerby Izaac Farrell Adam Gledhill Alistair Leak Alex Rowe Alex Bretherton Joel Farrell Brad Day Subs: Reiss Butterworth Tommy Holland Michael Ward James Harrison Tries: Harrison (32), Butterworth (39), J. Farrell (48). Goals: I. Farrell 3/4.
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7 6 7 6 6 7 8 6 7 8 6 7 7 7 6 6 8
Referee: J Smith Half-time: 12-6 Penalties: 8-11 Sin Bin: None Sent Off: None Weather: Overcast Man of the Match: Daniel Igbinedion (Dewsbury) Attendance: 3,928 Match Rating: 3/5.
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Liversedge’s cup final in doubt LIVERSEDGE FC’S NCEL League Cup final clash looks “unlikely” to go ahead. The final, which was due to be played on May 21, was postponed amid an alleged disciplinary breach from Liversedge. Sedge’s semi-final opponents Handsworth Parramore are understood to have claimed that Liversedge played a banned player in the semi-final tie. Sedge were due to play AFC Mansfield in the final at Bramall Lane, home of Sky Bet Championship side Sheffield United. However, it has been over two weeks since the NCEL announced the game was postponed, and a decision for the investigation has yet to be reached. Sedge boss Jonathan Rimmington has stat-
ed that the whole affair has been a “mess.” He said: “We are not sure what will happen, it has been a bit of mess I’m afraid.” Liversedge last lifted silverware in 2006 when they won the League Cup, however it is looking increasingly likely that they will need to wait at least another full season before they have the chance to get their hands on a trophy. Final opponents AFC Mansfield echoed Rimmington’s concerns by stating on their official Twitter account: “At this moment in time, we believe it is very unlikely that the game will take place.” There has still been no communication from the NCEL as to whether or not the final will go ahead.
HEAVY WOOLLEN FOOTBALL KEY MAN: Daniel Igbinedion scored a try as Dewsbury beat Batley work hard for their win and needed to defend right up until the final whistle. However, with seconds remaining former Dewsbury forward Joel Farrell knocked on, gifting possession back to the Rams. And Igbinedion said that Dewsbury knew they just needed to keep their cool in the final seconds to secure the
two points. He added: “I think everyone knew what to do at that time, every rugby league player knows what to do in those situations. “We are relieved to have got the win.” The Rams are back in action next Sunday (June 10) when they host Featherstone Rovers at the Tetley’s Stadium.
Linthwaite wrap up Premier title LINTHWAITE wrapped up their first-ever Heavy Woollen Sunday League Premier Division title last Friday night with a 4-3 win over fellow Huddersfield-based side FC Walkers Hounds. The result sees Linthwaite finish the season 11 points clear of their closest rivals Navigation. With Championship winners Deighton WMC and runners-
up Old Bank WMC having already completed their season, it was left to Wellington Westgate to cement third place – which they did with a 4-3 win at sixth-placed Clifton Rangers. In the only other game played, Overthorpe Sports Club continued their end-ofseason resurgence with a 7-3 win over Ravenswharfe. A Steve Hadden hat-trick,
plus doubles from Tom Hirst and Danny Kennedy saw Overthorpe claim the three points, with Cory Joseph scoring twice and Duane Fascione netting the other Ravenswharfe goal. Division One was already completed last week with Snowdon winning the title. They finished two points clear of Clifton Rangers Reserves and Battyeford.
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Rams aim to kick on By Ben McKenna DEWSBURY RAMS win over Batley Bulldogs at the Summer Bash could prove to be the catalyst that reignites the club’s season, according to head coach Neil Kelly. The Rams had suffered nine straight defeats in the Betfred Championship but have now picked up three points from a possible four. Kelly’s men earned a creditable draw at Halifax last weekend before narrowly defeating their Heavy Woollen rivals 20-18 in Blackpool on Sunday. And while the Rams boss admits it wasn’t the best his team has played, the result was more important than the performance. “I was very pleased with the win, I am not going to say anything other than that – it is good to win,” said Kelly. “Sometimes the result is more important than the performance and I think we were getting to the stage when that was the case. “On the back of the previous week’s draw, I am hopeful now that it is a sign of going onto more positive results. “I thought the players got the result they deserved against Batley, they showed tremendous amounts of character. “I sometimes think that we flirt with disaster by ignoring the good work we have done
DELIGHTED: Rams’ boss Neil Kelly for the sake of a piece of loose play which threatens to unwind all the good work we have done, but fortunately the players wised up and got the result in the end. “On the balance of play, I think we deserved to win, not by many but we deserved to win.” The Rams are not in action this weekend due to Challenge Cup quarter-final action
taking place. And Kelly says that he has given his players a week off to try and have as many people fit and available for their home clash with Featherstone Rovers next weekend. He said: “We are welcoming the week’s rest, regardless of anything else we have got welldocumented injuries. “A lot of our injuries are week-to-week injuries so we have given the players a week off. “It is always easier to give the players a bit of time off after a win rather than after a loss. “I think the week off will stand them in good stead when we play Featherstone and we will be looking at having the niggly injuries out of the way, and only have the long-term injuries, such as Gareth Moore, to worry about.” Moore has been out with a foot injury for the past few weeks and Kelly admitted he doesn’t know when the half-back will return. The Dewsbury chief also reserved special praise for Josh Guzdek, Gareth Potts, Dale Morton and Shannon Wakeman for their performances in Sunday’s win over Batley. He added: “I thought in last week’s game, Josh Guzdek, Gareth Potts and Dale Morton played exceptionally well for us. “And Shannon Wakeman was on hand to show his value to us once again.”
Jodie helps make history for Yorkshire TEENAGER Jodie Ounsley was part of rugby union history as she played in the Yorkshire RFU women’s side that lifted the Gill Burns County Championship trophy on Sunday afternoon. The Dewsbury-born winger was the youngest player in the Yorkshire senior side that beat Surrey 52-0 at Twickenham. And Yorkshire made history in becoming the first team to win the County Championship at the national stadium. Jodie, who is profoundly deaf, was fitted with a cochlear implant shortly after her first birthday. The 17-year-old from Thornhill was born prematurely, with the antibiotics used to treat her causing profound deafness in both ears. However, that has not prevented her from becoming one of the youngest players to represent the White Rose county at senior level. The Sandal RUFC winger scored in the 52-0 win over Surrey after only being on the pitch a matter of minutes. She gathered the ball out wide and scythed her way through the Surrey back line before racing
under the posts. “I had my dream start, I had only been on the pitch a minute and with my first touch of the ball I scored a try from the halfway line,” said Jodie. “Playing at Twickenham was an amazing experience, it is the ultimate place to play for any English rugby player. “It was my debut for the Yorkshire senior women’s team, I was the baby of the team at 17. “The minimum age is generally 18, so we had to meet a few requirements to get approval to play. “I love playing rugby and representing my county makes it extra special, it always gives me that extra boost to try and do well for the team.” Last month, Jodie was part of the England women’s team that won the inaugural World Deaf 7s in Australia. The day previous to her trip Down Under, she made her debut for England Under-18s and marked it with a try against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The 17-year-old is also a fivetime junior world champion in coal carrying, a British Brazilian
SUPERSTAR: Jodie Ounsley in action for Yorkshire
jiu-jitsu champion and has represented Great Britain at the Deaflympics in Turkey. Jodie will return to Twickenham this weekend to take part in the HSBC 7s World Series. “I’m back at Twickenham again this weekend, I’m playing
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Batley hope to bounce back
BATLEY boss Matt Diskin will be hoping his side can bounce back from defeat against Dewsbury when they host Halifax tomorrow afternoon (Sat, 3pm). The Bulldogs welcome ‘Fax to Mount Pleasant after the original fixture was postponed earlier in the season. Diskin’s side go into the contest on the back of a 20-18 defeat against the Rams at the Summer Bash with the Batley chief admitting his side weren’t creative enough. “We were nowhere near where we wanted to be with the ball, we looked a bit blunt on their goal line,” said Diskin. “We have got a couple of young halves in there who will get better with time but the senior boys around them need to put their hands up and offer them some lines and some opportunities. “I thought the way the ruck was officiated slowed the game down, you could have made a pot of tea by the time the ball was played. “That helped Dewsbury a lot and frustrated our boys. “But the three tries we conceded were pretty weak, one against the grain, a little bit lazy and a couple of soft goal-line tries, we shouldn’t be conceding them.” The Bulldogs travelled to Blackpool with a number of injury concerns and were forced to draft in Reiss Butterworth on a month’s loan from Bradford, while also handing a deal to former Lock Lane amateur Danny Sowerby. “The two youngs kids, Danny Sowerby and Reiss Butterworth, played exceptionally well,” added Diskin. “They got brought in late and flushed into it but I thought they did really well.”
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