Halifax and District made it four wins out of four as they completed their Federation National League programme with a 21-11 victory over Airedale and Wharfedale.
It still wasn’t enough to give them the Division One title, however, with the honours going to Leeds A, who they had beaten in June.
Leeds were also playing on Sundaye, against Fylde A, and won 25-7 to claim top spot by a margin of four points.
The significant facts were that Leeds won 59 of the 96 individual games played by each team during the summer. Halifax won only 52, although they did pick up three more aggregate points than Leeds.
The home leg against Airedale and Wharfedale, who themselves still had plenty to battle for, was played at Brighouse Sports Club. Halifax achieved their best result of the season with 10 winners from 12 games played.
They picked up the two aggregate points by a 243-205 margin for a 12-2 result.
Anchor man Mark Regan (Brighouse Sports) had the best Halifax result of the day, winning to nine, and Gareth Nicholson (Mytholmroyd BC) limited his opponent to 13.
The away leg at Farsley BC in Leeds produced a mixed bag of results for Halifax.
The first four jacks all lost, the second four all won and then there was only one success from the last four.
However, the away aggregate loss was restricted to 14 (194-208) meaning the overall aggregate four points also went to Halifax (432-413) for an overall success by 21 – 11.
Debutant Nigel Bloomer (Brighouse Sports) had the best result from the first four, being the eighth Halifax player this season to lost 21-20.
Clive Austin (Mytholmroyd BC) was the best of the second four jacks, winning to 10.
Tom Gasson playing at number 12 and paired against a former Yorkshire county player, led 15-1 at one stage and finished with a 21-10 result to share the sweep with Austin.
The result meant that Airedale & Wharfedale failed by one point to retain their Division One status with Middleton retaining their spot despite an inferior chalks difference.
For 2017 a resurgent Barnsley and Bury will be promoted to Division One.
At Brighouse Sports: P Ingleby (Elland WM) 21 C Daysh 19, M Steels (Clayton Vics) 21 D Carter 19, S Haynes (Hill Crest) 21 L Teale 19, R Hitchen (Elland WM) 19 M Benson 21, A Bray 14 D Upton 21, R Holmes (Elland WM) 21 S Morris 15, G Nicholson (Mytholmroyd BC) 21 J Teale 13, P Demetriades (Elland WM) 21 R Benson 18, J Summers (Asa Briggs) 21 D Teale 17, G Bradford (Greetland) 21 N Bastow 18, D Clare (Clayton Vics) 21 I Kemp 16, M Regan (Brighouse Sp) 21 M Barker 9.
At Farsley BC: T Riley (Brighouse Sp) 10 N Nicholson 21, K Bannister (Mythoolmroyd BC) 18 G Wike 21, K Hatzer (Hove Edge) 5 J Hanson 21, N Bloomer (Brighouse Sp) 20 T Cater 21, J Abdy (Elland WM) 21 A Hodgson 11, C Austin (Mytholmroyd) 21 D Beardsworth 10, D Radcliffe (Hove Edge) 21 I Matthews 18, A Tate (Brighouse Sp) 21 T Lawrence 12, D Fountain (Brighouse Sp) 15 J Stockdale 21, R Hobson (Brighouse Sp) 12 C Hight 21, T Bannister (Mytholmroyd BC) 9 J Benson 21, T Gasson (Hove Edge) 21 R Stockdale 10.
Final points: Leeds 82, Halifax 78, Middleton 61, Aire & Whrafe 60, Fylde A 39.


Halifax and District made it four wins out of four as they completed their Federation National League programme with a 21-11 victory over Airedale and Wharfedale.


‘Wear Your Poppy With Pride’ is a song composed by local singer/songwriter Roger Davies.
But did you know that the special red dye used to colour poppies is actually made in Halifax?
And as chance would have it, Roger will be appearing on stage with Steve Greenwood, the very research chemist directly responsible for the production of this unique dye!
Roger is appearing as the guest of Halifax Gilbert & Sullivan Society in a joint concert at Elland Working Mens Club on Friday September 2. Steve is a founder member of the Society and Head of Research at Brenntag Colours, at their Waterside works in Halifax.
Amongst other songs Roger will be performing from his wide repertoire are Brighouse on a Saturday Night, The Ghost of Lily Fogg, Huddersfield Town and other favourites.
Halifax G&S Society will present a medley of popular Savoy choruses including the charming Iolanthe, which is to be their annual show at Halifax Playhouse in November.
Tickets are £8 and are available from Elland Working Mens Club, or by phone on 01422 311631.
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‘Wear Your Poppy With Pride’ is a song composed by local singer/songwriter Roger Davies.


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Ralph, a once famous screenwriter is in his seventies and is terminally ill.
He has two final missions. To be reconciled with his son and not to be a burden to his wife Anna as he goes gently into that good night.
He is a man who has always had his own way.
He has taken what he wanted and believed in the power of money. He is charming, cantankerous and rude. Will everything go his way? Well, we’re about to find out as Halifax Thespians bring this play to the stage of Halifax Playhouse from September 6-10 - evening starts are 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm (tickets from 01422 365998).
A film version of this play is in production in Portugal at the moment starring John Hurt and Charles Dance.
Its creator NJ Crisp began his career as a short story writer in the 1960s and his work was published in stacks of magazines.
He went on to work on some iconic TV series writing scripts for Colditz, The Brothers and Dixon of Dock Green among others.
The play was originally produced professionally by Mark Sinden in 1996 starring Donald Sinden and Nigel Davenport and was critically acclaimed.
The director of this production Jeanne O’Rourke, has assembled an experienced cast including Derek Smith, Penny Wadsworth, Andy Rea, Roxanne Rogers and Judith Hardaker.
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Ralph, a once famous screenwriter is in his seventies and is terminally ill.


A Hebden Bridge resident has taken part in a boxing event to celebrate being cancer free for five years.
Sam Mc Lean, 24, was just 17 was he was diagnosed with, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. cancer of the lymphatic system, and underwent six months of chemotherapy and two months of radiotherapy.
Once an avid footballer, Sam hasn’t played in six years because of problems with his knees due to the side effects of treatment, which has resulted in three operations.
As a way to raise money for the charities, such as Cancer UK, that helped him during his illness, Sam took part in an Ultra White Collar Boxing (UWCB) event in Barkisland, Halifax.
Sam said: “I wanted to do something to give back and show my appreciation towards great charities like Cancer Research UK.
“I then attended a UWCB event to watch a friend and knew instantly that it would be the perfect way to raise some money and also prove to myself that I could do it.”
“I trained 12 times a week for the eight weeks at Calder Thai in Halifax and Hebden Bridge Boxing Club leading up to the fight and in doing so I lost two stone and got into the best shape of my life.
“The trainers and all the other boxers were so supportive and made the eight weeks thoroughly enjoyable.”
UWCB events give people with no boxing experience the opportunity to train as a boxer in a safe and enjoyable environment, while raising money for Cancer Research UK.
So far the events have raised more than £5 million for the charity.
Emma Hallas, senior account executive for Cancer Research UK, said: “The amount of money raised by UWCB is incredible.
“We are so grateful to each person that signs up to help us beat cancer.
“While they’re out fighting in the ring, our researchers are fighting cancer in the lab and working to find kinder treatments and a cure for this devastating disease.”
UWCB participants across the country raise between £7,000 and £12,000 a day on JustGiving for Cancer Research UK, many with their own personal motivation for raising money and getting fit.
Sam said: “Looking back on my UWCB experience I would say it’s one of the best decisions I ever made.
“I’m going to keep up the boxing and I feel like I have got the closure I needed from cancer and feel ready to take on the world.”


A Hebden Bridge resident has taken part in a boxing event to celebrate being cancer free for five years.


Halifax Irish Club’s 100 per cent start to the season was ended by a 4-1 defeat away to Salts last night.
It was 1-1 at half time at Saltaire but Chris Ellerby’s visitors were undone by Ryan Whitfield, who finished with a hat-trick.
Irish, who are Calderdale’s sole representatives in the West Riding CA’s top flight following the demise of Ovenden WR, had beaten Campion 6-3 and Golcar 4-3 in their opening two games at West Vale.
They travel to second-placed Littletown on Saturday and fourth-placed Honley next Wednesday.
Brighouse Old Boys’ disappointing start to the West Yorkshire League side continued with a 2-0 defeat at Shelley last night.
The Lightcliffe Academy-based side have picked up only one point in their opening four games and are next-to-bottom in the Premier Division.
They host Ilkley Town, who have six points from four games, on Saturday and travel to play Hunslet Club next Wednesday.
Promoted Huddersfield Amateur lost 5-3 at Howden Clough in Division One last night.
It was 2-2 at half time and Chris Hockin and Matty Parker were among their scorers.
The Elland side will be looking to add to their tally of four points from four games away to sixth-placed Aberford Albion on Saturday.
They are at home to Thornhill, who have lost their opening four matches, next Wednesday.


Halifax Irish Club’s 100 per cent start to the season was ended by a 4-1 defeat away to Salts last night.


TWENTY-four hours after announcing that he had been ruled out of the one-day series against Pakistan through injury, England yesterday announced that David Willey, the Yorkshire all-rounder, is to rejoin the national squad after all.
In a statement on Sunday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said that an X-ray to Willey’s left hand, his bowling hand, had “not excluded a significant injury”, casting doubt on his participation for the rest of the season considering that the summer has only a month or so to run.
But a second scan yesterday revealed that there is no fracture to the hand that Willey injured when he was struck by a fierce return drive from Mark Stoneman, the Durham batsman, during NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday.
It is now being suggested that Willey could even feature in the second one-day international at Lord’s on Saturday, with the five-match series starting in Southampton tomorrow.
Jake Ball, the Nottinghamshire seamer who was called up to replace Willey, will stay with the national squad and therefore be unavailable for the County Championship game against Yorkshire at Scarborough, which starts this morning.
Stuart Broad, the England pace bowler, has also been withdrawn from Notts’ squad for the fixture at North Marine Road pending a scan on his left ankle.
Both second-placed Yorkshire and bottom club Notts are depleted due to injuries and international calls as they each look to bounce back from losing in the T20 semi-finals.
Alex Lees, the Yorkshire one-day captain, said that there was no time to dwell on that setback as the county champions seek a win that would significantly strengthen their hopes of a hat-trick of titles.
“We don’t have time to feel sorry for ourselves because there’s some big games coming up in the next five or six weeks, starting with Notts,” said Lees.
“It’s a massive game against a team who have struggled for form this year, and if we can play our brand of cricket, I’m sure that we’ll put pressure on them over the four days.”
Lees said Yorkshire are relishing the chance to get Saturday’s disappointment out of their system.
“The opportunity to get back up and running in a different competition with a win, and so soon after the disappointment of Saturday, is a great incentive,” he said. “We need to show the character that this group has become renowned for in recent years.”

Second scan clears Willey for action as Yorkshire get ready for Notts


TWENTY-four hours after announcing that he had been ruled out of the one-day series against Pakistan through injury, England yesterday announced that David Willey, the Yorkshire all-rounder, is to rejoin the national squad after all.


The Calderdale Way is preparing for a relaunch and should be completed by next Summer.
The 50 mile walk has circled Calderdale for 40 years and work has already started by CROWS and the Calderdale Countryside Service.
So far the route has been surveyed to identify repairs that are needed and it has been waymarked to make it easier for people to find their way.
The Calderdale Way Association developed the route in 1977 and produced the guide but has not been very active for some years so this will also be relaunched.
Some exciting ideas such as a blog and a website are in the works as well as the establishment of Friends who will keep an eye on small stretches of the route.
Richard Peters, one of the organisers, said: “The meeting will need to deal with some admin stuff so the Association can continue to function, but we are hoping for a lively discussion to generate ideas for promoting and looking after the route in the future.”
An open meeting of the Calderdale Way Association will be held on Monday September 5 at 7pm at The Works in Sowerby Bridge.
Anyone who can’t attend can contact calderdalewayassociation@gmail.com


The Calderdale Way is preparing for a relaunch and should be completed by next Summer.


An expanded Brighouse Canal and Music Festival cruises into town this weekend (August 20/21) promising to pull in even bigger crowds than previous years.
And the event has even greater significance as the canal is restored following the horrendous Boxing Day floods
This well-established free event gives families the opportunity to enjoy not only canal activities but also a street food and craft market, live music and a real ale festival.
Organised by the highly successful Brighouse Business Initiative with the support of the Calder Navigation Society and the Canal and River Trust among other societies, this year’s event promises a weekend of great free entertainment.
Steven Lord of the organising committee said: “Pardon the pun, but we have really pushed the boat out this year!
“There will be lots more boats to see on the canal with free trips, live music on five stage areas, up from three last year, a street market, demonstrations and a beer and Pimms tent. It will be a fantastic party atmosphere.”
The canal will burst into life for two days when families can enjoy free trips in one of the four boats operating cruises.
Throughout the day boats jostle for position as not only the canal trip boats but also pleasure craft sail up and down.
The canal basin will be full of colourful barges and you can see how a canal lock works and how to tie knots.
On dry land, the town will buzz to the sound of live music performed around on five stage areas by over 30 acts.
The music covers all tastes from brass bands to folk to rock and roll.
And Morris dancers will recreate the atmosphere of the bygone days.
On Saturday night music will continue until 10pm with a real party atmosphere.
Visitors will also enjoy a street market with over 80 stalls selling a wide range of street food and local crafts.
The Yorkshire Classic Car Club joins in the fun exhibiting over 40 vehicles and holds a competition for the best turned out car.
Keighley and District Vintage Machinery Club put on a working display of steam powered machines from yesteryear whilst Halifax & Brighouse model engineers will offer steam train rides. Among other attractions, for the brave Creature Caboodle will allow visitors to handle exotic animals such as snakes and insects.
Visitor Ann Gould who was at the 2015 event summed up the festival perfectly: “Amazing. You couldn’t move it was so busy.
Keep an eye on www.brighousecanalfestival.co.uk for the full programmes. Alternatively call 01484 711835.
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An expanded Brighouse Canal and Music Festival cruises into town this weekend (August 20/21) promising to pull in even bigger crowds than previous years.


As seen on the Royal Variety Performance and John Bishop Show and America’s Got Talent 2016, Tape Face returns to the UK this autumn with a major tour and stops at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds in September.
This is a unique show – stand-up comedy with no talking, drama with no acting and punch lines with no words. The artist formerly known as The Boy with Tape on His Face brings you a multi-award winning, multi-hyphenate spectacle that has to be seen to be believed. Join Tape Face as he conjures uproarious and moving tableaux using only everyday objects and the popular songs.
Think you’ve seen Tape Face? Think again. This year promises to be a bigger, brighter and more spectacular re-imagining of his unique and special brand of silent comedy. Visually stunning, heart-stopping and very, very funny.
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As seen on the Royal Variety Performance and John Bishop Show and America’s Got Talent 2016, Tape Face returns to the UK this autumn with a major tour and stops at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds in September.


A hospital boss has resigned after being heavily criticised over a scandal involving bungled cancer tests in his previous job in Australia.
Ken Barr, general manager for pathology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, was sacked from a similar role in South Australia when the prostate cancer testing blunder affecting 52 men came to light.
Now he has resigned from his position in Leeds following publication of a report vilifying the management of his former organisation SA Pathology.
Leeds hospital chiefs said Mr Barr had told them about the issue but had expected to be cleared of blame by the report, so he was offered a six-month contract which began earlier this month.
He previously worked as executive director of Adelaide-based SA Pathology, which provides pathology services for South Australia.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that some men in the state had received false positive results because of an issue with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing kits used by SA Pathology between November 2015 and March this year.
That meant 52 men who had previously had prostate cancer received inaccurate test results, including one who underwent unnecessary radiation treatment.
It was announced in April that Mr Barr had been sacked and an independent investigation was ordered.
An SA Health spokeswoman said: “Mr Barr’s employment at SA Health was terminated for failing to advise of the systemic problem of PSA testing at SA Pathology and failing to respond in a reasonable way to the incident.”
The spokeswoman said he also “failed to appropriately manage other serious issues” including the installation of covert cameras to monitor staff at SA Pathology last year.
Following his dismissal, Mr Barr spoke out, saying he had been made a scapegoat and “sacked as a warning to everyone else”.
On August 1, a review into the cancer testing error by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare found significant flaws at SA Pathology under Mr Barr and said management, governance and accountability were “seriously deficient”.
South Australia Health Minister Jack Snelling said at the time: “It clearly shows these errors should have been detected long before they were and that when they were identified the response or lack of, by Mr Barr was incompetent and didn’t address the wellbeing of the innocent patients caught up in this.”
Asked about Mr Barr’s appointment, Leeds Teaching Hospitals announced he had resigned.
In a statement, which was agreed with Mr Barr, Dr Sally Lane, clinical director for pathology, said: “Mr Barr was interviewed in April 2016 for a post as general manager starting in August.
“He provided good references showing he was qualified to undertake the role here in Leeds and was the preferred candidate at a competitive interview.
“At the time of the interview Mr Barr was open and frank with the panel that his contract as Executive Director for SA Pathology had ended three months earlier than planned.
“He explained that an investigation was underway about how failures in reported PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test results had been handled by SA Pathology, but he expected this would exonerate his actions. On that basis the Trust offered him a six-month contract pending the publication of the report.
“The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare report on this matter has now been published and includes some criticism of SA Pathology’s governance and management.
“While Mr Barr is concerned there are inaccuracies in the report which may be open to challenge due to lack of supporting evidence, he has concluded that in the light of this criticism and in order to avoid any risk of damage to the reputation of Leeds Teaching Hospitals he should not continue his six-month contract as general manager for Pathology.
“He has therefore offered his resignation with immediate effect and this has been accepted by the trust.”
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Pathology boss resigns over Australian cancer tests fiasco


I appreciate this is not the most seasonal dish but with the evenings now drawing in, the fact we are spoilt with great local butchers near where we live and also the fact this lesser known cut of beef is delicious, I felt we could run with this recipe says Alasdair of RachAls Kitchen, Halifax based caterers.
When ordering your meat it’s worth noting that short ribs are often referred to as “Jacobs Ladders” because of the consecutive layers of meat and fat which help this hard working muscle to become very succulent when cooked correctly.
Recipe
(Serves 2)
l2 Short Ribs (Jacobs Ladder)
l500ml dark ale
l1 chopped onion
l2 cloves of garlic
lBouquet garni (thyme, parsley, bay leaf)
l750 ml good quality beef stock
lSalt & pepper
l2 large potatoes
l1 tblsp Parmesan
lButter
lSalt & pepper
lBag of mangetout
How to make
Place the short ribs in a dish and cover with the ale, add the garlic, onion, bouquet garni and then leave to marinate, ideally for six hrs or overnight.
Heat your oven to 150C/140C fan/gas mark 2. Strain off the short ribs and transfer the marinating liquid, garlic, onions and herbs to a large flameproof casserole dish and bring to the boil.
Add the short ribs to the casserole dish and pour in the beef stock ensuring the ribs are well covered. Bring back to the boil, cover with the lid and then place the dish in the oven and braise for approx. 4-5 hrs or until the short ribs are very tender.
Once the short ribs are tender get your peeled potatoes on the boil and make your buttery mash,adding the Parmesan at the last minute.
Plate up and serve with freshly steamed mangetout.
lAll contact details forRachAls kitchen can be found by going to www.RachAlskitchen.co.uk
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I appreciate this is not the most seasonal dish but with the evenings now drawing in, the fact we are spoilt with great local butchers near where we live and also the fact this lesser known cut of beef is delicious, I felt we could run with this recipe says Alasdair of RachAls Kitchen, Halifax based caterers.


Trouble in the kitchen is brewing at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, next month when the family show ‘Higgledy Piggledy Pie’ is on the menu.
Noisy Oyster will use puppets, live music and a lot of on-stage clowning to present the show for young audiences aged three to eight years.
There are two performances on Saturday September 10 at 11am and 2pm.
Noisy Oyster are Sarah Rowland-Baker and Nik Palmer, an award-winning children’s puppet duo, who use popular nursery rhymes and a variety of kitchen objects to tell the story of a king who wants pie for supper - but the royal cupboard is bare! Members of the audience will get the chance to meet the puppets after the show.
Another highlight of the LBT’s new season will be comedian Jason Manford presenting a ‘best of’ show which will feature a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter.
His TV credits include ‘Have I Got News for You’, ‘QI’, and ‘Live at the Apollo’.
Jason, who will be at the LBT on Monday, September 12 at 8pm, said: “Some of you might think I’ve had a career change what with all the opera and musical theatre I’ve been doing lately. Not a chance, I’m excited to be getting back to what I really love the most – stand up!”
Huddersfield favourites Dick and Lottie return to the LBT with a double bill of Alan Ayckbourn plays from September 13 to 17. Never before played as a pair, ‘Invisible Friends’ and ‘Woman in Mind’ both feature a protagonist who creates an imaginary family to escape her real one. The double bill starts at 7.45pm with a Saturday matinee at 2pm.
To book or for full details of the new season contact the box office on 01484 430528 or visit thelbt.org
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Trouble in the kitchen is brewing at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, next month when the family show ‘Higgledy Piggledy Pie’ is on the menu.


AFTER five successful years at the helm, Yorkshire’s first-team coach, Jason Gillespie, this week revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of this season.
During his time at Headingley, he has overseen a period of tremendous success for the club, inheriting a team that had been relegated to Division Two of the County Championship before transforming them into an outfit capable of earning promotion back to the top tier at the first time of asking.
HHEADING HOME: Yorkshire first-team coach, Jason Gillespie. Picture: Simon Hulme
After finishing second in their first year back in Division One - pipped to the title they hadn’t won since in 2001 by Durham – they returned to the top of the tree two years in succession.
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Now, with four games remaining Yorkshire are still well-placed to make it three titles in a row and send Gillespie back home to South Australia on a perfect high.
The YP’s Chris Waters joins host Phil Harrison to discuss Gillespie’s departure, as well as reflecting on his time at the club and how his exit on Yorkshire CCC will impact on the club going forward.

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AFTER five successful years at the helm, Yorkshire’s first-team coach, Jason Gillespie, this week revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of this season.


The Mytholmroyd Station Partnership are joining up with another group who are just as proud as their station.
Friends of Bentham Station, situated on the North-West frontier of Yorkshire on the Morecombe Line, are just as fond of their railway stations as their Calderdale counterparts.
They are all keen to provide welcoming and colourful gateways to their respective villages and to involve the communities in the many station activities that this involves.
The local school children are delighted to see their artworks displayed around the station and they certainly enjoy the litter picking sessions which aims to turn them away from vandalism.
The unloved and vandalised station was the main reason for our Partnership’s formation 10 years ago.
The Mytholmroyd Station Partnership will join forces with Bentham in a ‘twinning’ event due to happen in Mytholmroyd on September 2 to reinforce the friendship already in place, to facilitate the exchange of ideas and encourage other stations to ‘adopt’ their station.
Geoff Mitchell Chair of Mytholmroyd Station Partnership and Gerald Townson, Chair of Bentham Friends Group will host the event.
Geoff will present a ceramic model based on Hannah Hauxwell, by Sue Mitchell, displayed on a commissioned plinth, by Eric Alston.
The Mayors of Hebden Royd and Bentham will be in attendance together with twelve other guests from Bentham and other dignitaries from Northern and the railway Industry.
Mytholmroyd Station Partnership will make the return journey to Bentham on the September 9.
“The aim of the twinning is simple,” said Geoff: “Yorkshire is special; we intend to blow its trumpet loud and clear.”


The Mytholmroyd Station Partnership are joining up with another group who are just as proud as their station.


An open day will be held at Todmorden Fire Station to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity.
It will take place on Saturday, September 3, from 10am until 3pm and there will be plenty of family activities to enjoy.
There will be fire and rescue demonstrations, children’s rides, a bouncy castle, emergency services vehicles, market stalls plus food and refreshments.
Dementia Friendly Todmorden will also be launching a dementia hub in the community room at the fire station.
The aim of the hub is to provide a drop-in centre for people with dementia and their carers offering advice, information and support and it will be open on market days between 12 noon and 2pm.

Charity open day at Todmorden Fire Station


An open day will be held at Todmorden Fire Station to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity.


Young people are facing unemployment due to a postcode lottery in careers advice at school with teenagers in the region setting their sights too low, new research shows.
Yorkshire youngsters are aware of less than a fifth of the wide range of jobs available to them after they leave education and are low in confidence about job prospects, according to the study by City and Guilds published ahead of this week’s GCSE results.
Teenagers are also failing to consider a large number of high‐skilled and well‐paid jobs in areas like IT, advertising and PR and finance but over‐selecting a handful of jobs such as medicine and teaching.
Skills development leader City and Guilds says the lack of knowledge is linked to a disparity across the UK in careers advice available to teenagers in the years before they prepare to enter the world of work.
Now it is demanding the Government levels the playing field for millions of school children by providing a national careers guidance service accessible to every child.
Kirstie Donnelly, managing director City and Guilds, said: “Our research highlights that young people in Yorkshire and the Humber are not aware of the range of career paths open to them and as a result are setting their sights low when it comes to their career aspirations despite good jobs growth forecast in this ‘Northern Powerhouse’ region.
“They deserve to be made aware of the breadth of career opportunities in their locality both for their own sakes and to ensure the future success of the region’s many thriving businesses.”
City and Guilds worked on the research with national research agency YouGov and Emsi, who are experts in predicting future jobs in UK cities, to map youngsters’ career aspirations against the jobs set to be available in 2022.
The research found that large numbers of young people in the area were interested in working in medicine or becoming accountants and secondary teachers - twice as many 14-19 year olds were interested in these careers compared to the number of openings predicted by 2022.
It is thought this is because they are making choices based upon their own narrow experiences rather than being given access to broader information about the jobs market.
Yorkshire teenagers also showed lower confidence than elsewhere, expecting to earn around £38,000 in 10 years’ time - just over £5,000 a year less than those from the South East.
This is despite the fact that a further 85,000 jobs will be created in the region by 2020. And only just over half of young people in the region are confident of being in their job of choice by 2025. Laura‐Jane Rawlings, CEO of Youth Employment UK, said: “The transition from education into employment is still one of the biggest challenges facing young people.
Without a clear understanding of the local and national opportunities available and the skills and experience employers are looking for young people will continue to struggle to move into sustainable job roles.
The world of work is hugely exciting and the new opportunities for apprenticeships make this even more so, but only if young people are made aware of what is available to them.” Rob Slane, of Emsi, said there were many well paid occupations that virtually nobody selected in the research of 3,000 teenagers such as property, housing and estate managers and marketing.
“This mismatch between aspirations and reality is the basic cause of the skills gap. The solution is to give young people better information about the state of their local and regional labour market, including which positions are likely to be available in their area over the next few years,” he said.

Teenagers face careers advice postcode lottery


Young people are facing unemployment due to a postcode lottery in careers advice at school with teenagers in the region setting their sights too low, new research shows.


Siddal RLFC product Finley Hickey has received a call-up to go on tour with England Lions in Canada this week.
The countries will be playing a three Test series on a trip which runs from August 24 to September 6.
Finley, 17, has played on a scholarship at Sheffield Eagles and Huddersfield Giants, having moved through the junior ranks at Chevinedge form the under sixes.
The stand off or full back is a member of the Halifax Elite Rugby Academy run by Siddal coach Gareth Greenwood.
He plays for Siddal under 23s and made his debut for the club’s table-topping first team in the 13-12 win at Hull Dockers in the National Conference League eight days ago.
Finley’s father Graham, the twice Yorkshire Merit bowls champion, said the opportunity had come at short notice and it was too good an opportunity to miss.
Graham’s bowling friends, the rugby club and local firms Revival, Ultra Syntec and Resdev had all chipped it, meaning they had raised most of the £1,500 they needed towards the cost of the trip.


Siddal RLFC product Finley Hickey has received a call-up to go on tour with England Lions in Canada this week.


As Calderdale Schools prepare for the Autumn term Yorkshire Water is encouraging them to help spread the message of their campaign.
They are offering a free talk or workshop to teach pupils how some poorer countries still don’t have access to safe water and sanitation.
The talks form part of the water company’s ‘Big Wish for Ethiopia’ campaign with international charity WaterAid.
This aims to deliver clean water and toilets for 170,000 households across Ethiopia.
Collegues from the business will deliver educational talks to Yorkshire schools and youth groups to highlight the importance of water infrastructure and raise money for the campaign.
The aim of Yorkshire Water’s campaign is to raise £1 million by 2020 and bring an end to the unnecessary deaths caused by dirty water.
Anne Reed, corporate social responsibility manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “We have great partnerships with lots of schools and youth organisations across the region and deliver some really interesting and engaging talks for them.
“Our volunteer speakers are knowledgeable and enthusiastic and can really get the message across to pupils that access to clean water and sanitation is a life and death situation.
Over the last two years, Yorkshire Water and its partners have raised £433,188 for WaterAid to support its work in Ethiopia.
This enabled experts to travel there to share their expertise, advising on water quality and leakage detection and their actions helped many people .
Anne said: “Our dream is that by 2030 everyone will have a tap and everywhere will have a toilet and I would encourage schools to help us spread this message.”
Anyone interested in booking a talk should visit www.yorkshirewater.com/bigwish and return the booking form.

Yorkshire Water are offering free school talks and workshops


As Calderdale Schools prepare for the Autumn term Yorkshire Water is encouraging them to help spread the message of their campaign.


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Stylish and contemporary apartment in Todmorden


Situated within this converted mill building on the Rochdale Canal, with secure parking and a large patio garden.


BY LISTENING to her cakes and dancing constantly while cooking, Conisbrough’s Val Stones made it through the first episode of Bake Off - but tonight the pressure is on again.
It’s biscuit week and Val and her ten fellow remaining contestants will have to bake impressive signature dishes, technical challenges and showstoppers to stay in the competition.
The 66-year-old retired headteacher lives in Yeovil with husband Ian, but she is originally from Conisbrough, Doncaster, so we’ve claimed her as our own.
She delighted viewers with her odd baking tactics on BBC One last Wednesday.
Val exercises at the same time as cooking, lifting alternate feet off the ground as she’s mixing cake batter, or using the baking tray as a weight by lifting it above her head as it cools.
She also listens to her cakes, as she explained to the cameras during the first challenge of the contest, the signature bake.
Holding her precious sponge to her ear, she paused for a moment before saying: “And they’re not ready.
“They sing. And they say ‘I’m not ready, I’m not ready!’”
It’s not all singing and dancing though.
Although we know from last week that she makes a great mirror glaze chocolate genoise sponge, what if biscuits speak a different language to cakes so she can’t hear when they’re ready?
Or maybe her over-enthusiastic dancing will lead to a disaster - last week she dropped a whole rack of delicate decorative petals on the floor of the Bake Off tent.
I’m nervous for her. After all, biscuit week was full of surprises in 2015.
The star baker from week one, Marie Campbell, was sent home from the competition after forgetting to turn the oven on in the technical challenge.
(Iced) fingers crossed this won’t happen to our Val.
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BY LISTENING to her cakes and dancing constantly while cooking, Conisbrough’s Val Stones made it through the first episode of Bake Off - but tonight the pressure is on again.


Great British Bake Off: Will Yorkshire lass Val crumble on biscuit week?


A test has been developed that could help to diagnose bacterial infections, including meningitis in minutes.
If made available through the NHS, this test would significantly reduce the time taken to diagnose the disease and minimise the risk of misdiagnosis.
The new test, developed by a team at Imperial College London, is a major breakthrough in the rapid diagnosis of meningitis and sepsis in children and could allow treatment to begin much earlier, saving hundreds of lives and reducing the risk of life-changing after-effects.
The signs and symptoms of meningitis are notoriously difficult to diagnose, and can be dismissed as a cold or flu. Many young children presenting the early symptoms of the disease are initially sent home, before being rushed back to hospital a few hours later as their condition rapidly deteriorates.
Currently, doctors grow bacteria in a sample of blood, in a process which can take up to 48 hours.
Liz Brown, CEO at Meningitis Now said: “A delay in life-saving treatment for bacterial meningitis can be a matter of life or death. We welcome this significant progress in the development of a rapid test for meningitis and sepsis.
“We would however, continue to advise people to know the signs and symptoms of meningitis and to seek immediate medical attention if they have any concerns”.
The study led by Professor Michael Levin has shown that a bacterial infection can be distinguished from other causes of fever, such as a viral infection, using a pattern of genes that are switched on or off in response to an infection.
A larger project will now begin to develop these findings into a pin-prick diagnostic test, which Professor Levin believes could be available through the NHS within five years.
For support and advice on meningitis call the Meningitis Now Helpline on 0808 80 10 388.
For more information or to donate visit the website at www.MeningitisNow.org

Pin-prick meningitis test could be available within five years


A test has been developed that could help to diagnose bacterial infections, including meningitis in minutes.


Fresh from their best (and possibly biggest) gig to date Halifax rockers Saints Alive are now looking forward to another Doghouse appearance in October.
The boys, Tim Rothery on guitar and lead vocals and bassist Matthew Bean got together as 14 year olds with Charlie Nuttall on drums who is a year younger. They were later joined by Evan Tate on guitar.
As a unit they’ve gelled from a covers band playing, as they describe it, “crowd pleasers” to a slick outfit knocking out a catalogue of self-penned high tempo songs.In fact when they took the decision to begin writing their own material they took a full year out to make sure they got it right.
The band who list Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon as their favourites come from Brighouse, Elland, Greetland and Wheatley and are gathering a loyal following after gigging at local working men’s clubs, council run music events and various festivals.
They have already played a couple of Doghouse events but were blown away by June’s gig at Halifax Minster performing alongside Postcards from Jeff and Hope & Social. Now their reward is another booking with Halifax’s not-for-profit music promoters, supporting The Lovely Eggs on October 21 (details to appear in WOW in weeks to come).
“We just want to keep gigging, expand to bigger venues and get noticed,” says Tim, who along with Matthew and Evan are now preparing for university.
Hear them at www.saintsalive.bandcamp.com/
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Fresh from their best (and possibly biggest) gig to date Halifax rockers Saints Alive are now looking forward to another Doghouse appearance in October.


IT WAS just fantastic for us to win at Scarborough this week and I thought our bowling display was as good as I have seen.
Personally, it was obviously frustrating not being involved after the good work I had done at Old Trafford, I had started to feel like my old self back at the crease. But I was proud as punch for the lads at Scarborough, they put in a real performance against Nottinghamshire after being 60-6 on the first morning and to turn it around on a similar fashion that we did, it followed a similar path to the Durham game at Scarborough last year.
We actually mentioned it on the first morning and last year, we were 90-9 on the first morning and ended up winning in three days and we came through again.
We have played some good cricket at Scarborough over the years and I can only remember losing a couple of games in seven or eight years. We were outstanding again and are getting to the business end of the season and it is very tight at the top of the league.
Middlesex are playing some good cricket. But we have the experience of coming through what we have done for the last few years and if we keep the pressure on and keep doing what we do, we can get over the line and make it three in a row. I am confident that we can do it.
Azeem Rafiq and Andrew Hodd came good with the bat for us when we were in trouble. Hoddy has had a bit of stick throughout the season about his batting from a number of supporters and he came in and showed what he is about and rolled his sleeves up and stuck his chest out.
It is not always about stats; it is about making that match-winning contribution and that is exactly what he did. To get 95, in the circumstances, helps keep the pressure on, given how close the league table is.
Rafiq also showed his prowess. He has got a first-class hundred and I think he made that on debut and I also remember playing a game at Worcester around 2008 and he got a hundred there, but probably never kicked on from that.
It is his way to be aggressive and the situation suited him and probably the best thing to do was attack and that is what he did and it came off.
The bowlers finished it off and it was pleasing to see how ruthless we were. I have previously spoken in this column about missed opportunities in games and not being able to clean the tail up. But our bowlers were outstanding throughout and bowled the right lines and lengths which you need to do at Scarborough.
To be fair, the ‘blotter’ that came from Headingley did its job on the ground. I think it set off a few days ago and it was really slow on the A64, but we managed to get it to Scarborough!
Obviously, it was frustrating to miss out with a back injury. It happened last Saturday when I was in the gym in the morning and just twinged it when I was squatting. I was okay, but then I came and had a bit of treatment from the physio and he treated to loosen it off and it actually made it worse and it locked up and I couldn’t move on Monday.
I had a fitness test on Tuesday morning. I probably could have got through the game if it was just about batting, but I couldn’t have really moved in the field and would have been letting the lads down if I had tried to get through. It has improved a lot since and had we started the game yesterday, then I would have been good to go, really. But unless there is a blip over the weekend, I will be ready for the game at Hampshire next week.
There was at least good news with David Willey’s injury. Looking at it on Saturday night after the Twenty20, I thought he had bust his hand with the size of it and everything. It added up to him breaking his hand and being out for the rest of the season.
It is added bonus that he isn’t and fingers crossed that we can get him back to tomorrow’s semi-final.

Andrew Gale: Outstanding display against Notts left me as proud as punch


IT WAS just fantastic for us to win at Scarborough this week and I thought our bowling display was as good as I have seen.


Queensbury look set for another crack at the Spenser Wilson Halifax League’s top flight thanks to the heroics of Amjid Ali at Low Moor yesterday.
They were one of only three winning first teams - the others were Great Horton Park Chapel and Shelf - as grounds heading toward Bradford fared best in avoiding showers.
Queensbury were at home to Low Moor in Division One and prolific wicket taker Ali snapped up eight for 46 to dismiss the visitors for 124.
Opener Jamie Priestley then ensured maximum points with 58 not out as Queensbury, agonisingly relegated from the Premier on the final day of last season, won by eight wickets.
With only two fixtures left for middle section teams, Queensbury look likely to go up alongside Oxenhope.
Queensbury lead the table by four points from Oxenhope, who were rained off at Bridgeholme.
The luckless Eastwood side dropped to fourth and their hopes of making it to the Premier for the first time look to have gone.
Great Horton PC went third - 14 points behind Oxenhope - after opener Amaar Syed’s 151 not out blasted them to an easy win over visitors Stones.
Syed hit 26 boundaries, including two sixes, as the Ewart Street team made 250 for five.
Their visitors from Ripponden had only nine batsmen and were rolled over for 84 with Ethan Pollard’s 31 their top score.
The other match to finish was at Shelf in Division Two.
The hosts beat Greetland by 57 runs after Alex O’Keefe (54) headed a solid top-order effort and number 10 Robert Ramsden added 48 not out.
Greetland, needing 202 for victory, succumbed to Baber Malik (5-60) and Aamir Rashid (4-47), being all out for 144.
Best for the visitors were four-wicket pair Hizar Hayat and Waheed Hussain, who also hit 34.
Cullingworth were unlucky, bowling out hosts Bradshaw for 145 before moving to 125 for three. At that point rain saved the home side.
Ben Burkill took another four wickets and Jon Terry was unbeaten on 46 not out for the visitors.
All the teams in the Premier Division picked up four points from abandoned games.
The only play was at Warley, where the title hopefuls made 97 for three in the 18 overs that were possible.
Premier Division: *Blackley v Jer Lane - no play: pts 4-4. *Sowerby Bridge v Booth - no play: pts 4-4. *SBCI v Copley - no play: pts 4-4. *Thornton v Mytholmroyd - no play: pts 4-4. *Triangle v Northowram - no play: pts 4-4. *Warley 97-3 (Hassan 35, Bottomley 32*) rsp v Sowerby St Peter’s dnb: pts 4-4.
Division One: *Bridgeholme v Oxenhope - no play: pts 4-4. *Great Horton PC 250-5 (Syed 151*, Jordan 48, Swales 3-103), Stones 84 (Pollard 31): pts 12-1. *Old Crossleyans 120-7 (Wolfenden 41, Pilling 31*, Belfield 4-51, 3-29) rsp v Southowram dnb: pts 4-4. Low Moor HT 124 (Ali 8-46), *Queensbury 126-2 (Priestley 58): pts 1-12.
Division Two: *Bradshaw 145 (Fisher 54, Burkill 4-32, Poole 3-30), Cullingworth 125-3 (Terry 46*, Powis 37) rsp: pts 4-4. Outlane 117-3 (Mellor 56, Brook 32*) rsp v *Luddenden Foot dnb: pts 4-4. *Old Town v Clayton - no play: pts 4-4. *Shelf 201-9 (O’Keefe 54, Ramsden 48*, Marshall 36, Ali 32, Hayat 4-108, Hussain 4-69), Greetland 144 (Reynolds 40, Hussain 34, Malik 5-60, Rashid 4- 47): pts 12-5. *Upper Hopton 159-9 (Stephenson 42, Aslam 3-29, Mahmood 3-48), Denholme Clough 39-1 rsp: pts 4-4.


Queensbury look set for another crack at the Spenser Wilson Halifax League’s top flight thanks to the heroics of Amjid Ali at Low Moor yesterday.


AT this moment in time, the County Championship title race looks like going right down to the wire.
From the outside, you cannot help but look at the last game of the season versus Middlesex at Lord’s, although there is still a lot of cricket to be played up until then and Middlesex got over the line in good fashion this week and are playing some good cricket.
When you get to this stage of the season, you talk about holding your nerve and we have been there before.
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For us, Leesy is coming into some form and Lythy is and me now as well and, hopefully, we can use that to really start hitting our straps.
I was happy to contribute with 83 in the Roses game at Old Trafford. I wanted three figures and was desperate to get there, but I did occupy the crease for a long period of time and in the context of the game, it was an important knock and I was pleased to get runs.
Coming to the business end of the season, I had said before that we can get our players in form, then it sets us up nicely.
I was pleased to contribute. In the context of the game, there was a lot of rubbish flying around on the field and it was nice to shut up a few of their lads.
We needed 219 from 30 overs at tea on the last day, but decided that the target was just too much and shook hands on the draw.
You have to trust the batsmen out there, I guess, and their decision and the pitch was deteriorating.
There was quite a lot of spin and with our left-handers in the top-order, it was probably a bridge too far. And I think that it was a good statement with us being none down as well.
The last thing we wanted to do was be holding out for a draw, seven or eight wickets down or something like that and it was a decent statement from us, even though we didn’t play our best cricket at times. We came out with our heads held high.
If we had been chasing 150 or 160 going into that last 18 to 20 overs, then it would have given us a good chance. We just felt it was too many to chase.
I don’t think that Lancashire would have gone for it either, to be honest.
Overall, it was a solid draw, although I was a bit disappointed with the way we bowled on the morning of day two as I thought we were exceptional on day one and held our lines and lengths and were patient.
All that hard work was undone by poor bowling on the second morning and it really put us behind the eight-ball.
But the encouraging thing is we got past the follow-on and got back into the game.
Azeem Rafiq, Jack Leaning and David Willey all got their Yorkshire caps before the game and it was a fantastic moment.
The best part of my job is to give caps out like that and see what it means to the lads.
In particular, you could see it for the two lads who have come right through the age groups. To eventually get a Yorkshire cap; you could see the emotion in their faces when they received them.
It was good for David, too. He is starting to win games for us now in the short-ball format, although he probably has not played as many red-ball games as he would have liked and has had a few injury niggles and going into that Old Trafford game, he had a hamstring injury.
But he is starting to win games of cricket and that is why we signed him; for us to be in the hunt – in the white-ball Twenty20 and 50-over competition.
It’s finals day today in the T20 and I am looking forward to it and am going down there and will be in and around the squad.
It is a big day for the club and we want to keep our name in the hat for all three formats and trophies.
Obviously, I would have been liked to have been a part of the white-ball stuff. But when you look down the team sheet when all the international players come back, it is a bloody tough side to get into!

Andrew Gale: Lord’s showdown is looming and we’re really beginning to hit our straps


AT this moment in time, the County Championship title race looks like going right down to the wire.


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Yorkshire's latest Radio 1 stars The Sherlocks had a muddy great time at Leeds Festival - they drew a crowd of more than 6,000 fans then camped out with them.
The Sheffield indie four piece turned down a five star hotel and proved they are a real band of the people.
After packing out the Festival Republic stage they decided to pitched a tent in one of the muddy camp sites.
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Frontan Kiaran Crook, aged 20, revealed: "We played our set then decided to camp through the night. We had an option to go into a five star hotel, with a jacuzzi and everything, but we decided to camp.
"We just love it."
He then joked: "We ended up camping next to the Red Hot Chili Peppers- I could hear Anthony snoring.
"But no, seriously, we love it. We love a bit of mud. We just thought, we might as well have the full festival experience."
Melvin Benn, Reading and Leeds Festival boss, said: "I didn't know The Sherlocks went and pitched up in the camp site. It doesn't surprise me. It's what my kids do. They want to be in the public camp site. Anybody who thinks the VIP area is the place to be, I can tell you it's a bit more boring."
Other Yorkshire bands who played at Leeds over the weekend included Sheffield's The Wired and Liberty Ship, Leeds band Dusk, Fighting Caravans, York based Faux Pas and many more.
The Sherlocks played to over 6,000 people then camped out with fans in muddy fields at Leeds Festival.
The Sherlocks, also featuring Kiaran's brother, drummer Brandon, 23, guitarist Josh Davidson, 22, and his brother and bassist Andy, 17, recently played the biggest music festival in the world, SXSW in Austin, Texas.
They also played at Reading Festival at the weekend but said Leeds, their Yorkshire homecoming, was the highlight of their year.
Kiaran added: "Leeds Festival is really important to us. It's given us a chance to pick up new fans. We had a blast. The tent was packed. It exceeded what we thought it would be.We're going on tour next month, starting in Brighton and finishing in Stockton, with a sold out gig in Leeds.
"It would be nice to do the NME/Radio 1 stage next year, I think that's where we are heading."
Brandon added: "We are at home when playing Leeds festival. Now we need to get an album out while we've got momentum behind us."
The Sherlocks at Leeds Festival
The Sherlocks, who will record their debut album later this year, begin a 16-date UK headline tour later this week, including a sold out show at The Wardrobe in Leeds, on Tuesday, September 20.
For full dates and tickets visit thesherlocksmusic.co.uk
The Sherlocks on stage at Leeds Festival
Reading and Leeds Festival boss Melvin Benn
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A self-confessed selfie queen has changed her life and her outlook by losing more than two stone in weight and gaining camera confidence.
Kelly Owen, 33, is relaunching a Slimming World group at Todmorden Cricket Club in September to help other people achieve the same success she has had.
The mum of twins, who started losing weight in January, said: “I’d always been the bigger friend, my weight had yo-yo’d for a long time and I’d tried lots of ways to lose weight without success.
“Social media is such a big thing these days and whenever I saw my photo posted on Facebook my heart sank.”
How Kelly was feeling about herself was having an impact on her confidence and energy levels as a mum, so she decided to join her local Slimming World group.
She said: “I was nervous before first joining as I didn’t know anyone and was feeling really embarrassed that I had gotten so big.
“But I received a lovely warm welcome from the consultant and the other members and have never looked back.”
By changing the way she shops, cooks and eats, Kelly lost 6.5lbs in her first week and that number has been growing ever since.
Kelly has also increased the amount she exercises. She said: “I’ve played netball for some time but my energy levels have increased so much with the weight loss, I’m no longer self-conscious in my netball kit and have even joined the ladies cricket team and TRX training, something I wouldn’t have contemplated just eight months ago.”
Kelly is loving her family time with more energy to run around after her three-year-olds and now loves social media. She said: “I’m now a full blown selfie queen and proud of it.”
Kelly’s Slimming World class starts at Todmorden Cricket Club on Thursday, September 1, at 7pm.


A self-confessed selfie queen has changed her life and her outlook by losing more than two stone in weight and gaining camera confidence.


The arrival of huge towers spotted on the backs of lorries in Calderdale mark the first steps in the construction of a new wind farm.
Some of the components that will eventually make up nine 115m high turbines – some of the highest structures in the country – have arrived at the Ovenden Moor wind farm site under police escort.
The first components of a new windfarm at Ovenden Moor in Calderdale have been delivered.
Each of the parts due to replace the recently decommissioned 23 turbines at the site will be delivered by Halifax-based transport firm Collett & Sons and work on the project, by energy company E.ON, is due to be completed by the end of the year.
Nick Taylor, senior stakeholder executive at E.ON, said: “Turbine technology has come a long way in recent years and once complete, the new nine turbines will be able to produce twice as much power as the original 23 turbines.
“Over the next couple of months, we’ll be delivering the new turbines to site, these are transported in sections and one turbine will be delivered each weekend, five of which have already arrived at site ready for construction.
“The size of the components means transportation is somewhat challenging, particularly through the streets of Wainstalls, however Collett’s highly skilled drivers and police escort will ensure safe passage and delivery to site.”
An E.ON spokeswoman said the remaining parts would be delivered at weekends throughout the summer months during periods of low traffic levels in the early mornings and late evenings.
No road closures will be required.
The route will travel from Halifax along Pellon Lane, Moor End Road, Mount Tabor Road, Cold Edge Road and Withens Road in Wainstalls before arriving on site.
A total of £5,000 in grants from the Community Foundation for Calderdale will be available for charitable organisations within a five mile radius of the wind farm.
This will be followed by a £45,000 fund from E.ON to be distributed as part of its “corporate social responsibility” plan, which recognises the disruption that can be caused in the building and operation of wind farms.
The site is owned by Yorkshire Windpower Limited, a joint venture between E.ON and Energy Power Resources Limited, and has been in action for more than 22 years.


The arrival of huge towers spotted on the backs of lorries in Calderdale mark the first steps in the construction of a new wind farm.


Be ready for pretty much anything when Jason Cook takes to the stage at the next Comedy at the Works Show in Sowerby Bridge (August 27)..
Behind his cheerful Geordie exterior lurks a dark, sharp comedic mind capable of taking an unsuspecting audience to places they didn’t want to go.
Jason also wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom “Hebburn” alongside Vic Reeves, and Chris Ramsey.
The show was based on his upbringing in South Tyneside.
Since then he has appeared regularly on our screens as the face of a well known cracker manufacturer and had his second radio 4 series ‘School Of Hard Knocks’ broadcast.
(“Jason Cook has more funny in his middle toe than most comics do in their whole body” - Chortle)
Chris McCausland is the only professional comedian in the UK and possibly even the world who is blind.
This only occasionally attracts the focus of his stand-up however with the attentions of his unique brand of observational comedy being cast far and wide. Chris is also the face of a well known high street bank’s advertising campaign.
(“A must see. Be sure to catch the always excellent McCausland” - Sunday Times)
Compere for the evening is Scouser Brendan Riley and shouty bloke Ben Briggs takes the middle slot.
The show starts at 8.30 pm prompt and tickets are £12.50. Further info and online booking at www.comedyattheworks.co.uk .
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Be ready for pretty much anything when Jason Cook takes to the stage at the next Comedy at the Works Show in Sowerby Bridge (August 27)..


Two members of the world famous Black Dyke Brass Band are holding a charity brass recital at Queensbury Baptist Chapel August 19 (7.30pm) in aid of the Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue.
Katrina Marzella (baritone horn) and Helen Varley (tenor horn) will lead a concert entitled Bella Brass accompanied by pianist Andrea Price who plays percussion with the band.
As part of a recent tour of Japan, the ladies of the band made a special CD, using recording facilities at the Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue which is moving to a new ground floor space.
And they wish to repay the favour and raise money towards a new fire door which will cost £1,200 and must be fitted before the area can be opened.
Joan Shepherd of Queensbury Community Heritage Action Partnership said: “We’re hoping to be launching the Black Dyke Mill Heritage Venue in the new ground floor location at the end of September. Unfortunately now the money has run out we’re stuck in a Catch 22 situation where we won’t be able to open until we have a fire door, but we can’t raise money for a fire door until we open the venue.”
Said Helen: “The Black Dyke Heritage Venue is such an exciting project, and we really wanted to do something to help them get off the ground. The band owes its whole existence to the mill, and it seems only right that we should do something to support the long-term future of this iconic building.”
Tickets for Bella Brass from Joan Shepherd on078843 76319 or on the door on the night.
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Two members of the world famous Black Dyke Brass Band are holding a charity brass recital at Queensbury Baptist Chapel August 19 (7.30pm) in aid of the Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue.


A care home in Elland remains in special measures after another critical report from the health watchdog.
An unannounced visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to Eagle Care Home on Victoria Road resulted in its second ‘inadequate’ rating within a year, following an inspection in February.
Debbie Westhead, deputy chief inspector of adult social care in the north, said: “People are entitled to services which provide well-led, safe, and effective, high quality care.
“We found the care provided by Eagle Care Home fell short of the standards we expect services to provide.
“Although we found some improvements had been made to the care people received in areas such as safeguarding, activities and the cleanliness of the environment, we found a number of regulatory breaches remained.
“We were very concerned that basic risks to people’s safety were not being managed.
“For example we found some staff did not know the correct procedures to follow in the event of a fire, and correct administration procedures for giving out medicines was not always followed.
“We also found there were not always enough staff on duty to keep people safe and meet their needs.
“We are now taking further action to protect people and we are working closely with Calderdale Council to ensure that people are safe and get the services they need.”
Although the provider told the CQC they had worked out they were overstaffed by nine hours, they were not able to provide evidence of how these calculations had been made.
Medicines were not always managed safely, which meant people were at risk of not receiving their medicines when they needed them.
A medicines error occurred on the day of the inspection, which was recognised and rectified.
However, the CQC said the correct administration procedures had not been followed and if they had the mistake would not have taken place.
Inspectors saw that food and drink for people who got up early had improved and saw residents were now offered early breakfasts.
But they still had concerns about how residents’ nutritional needs were being met because records showed some people were often eating and drinking very little and had lost weight.
The Courier has contacted Eagle Care Home for comment.
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A care home in Elland remains in special measures after another critical report from the health watchdog.


Care home rated inadequate second time in a year


Liverpool born country sensation Nathan Carter is heading for the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, September 10 and we have got two pairs of tickets for his fabulous show to win.
Following the release of his 2012 album Wagon Wheel, which went to three in the Irish Album Chart, he now celebrates his latest album Stayin Up All Night, which went straight to the top in the same chart, beating artists like Beyoncé and Drake.
Along with his six man band, the country superstar kicked off his tour at the Guildford G Live back on May 23 and six days later played London Palladium.
To stand a chance of winning one of two pairs of tickets for this gig all you need to do is answer the following question.
Where is country star Nathan Carter from?
(a) Merseyside
(b) Greater Manchester
(c) Cheshire
Once you have your answer send it on an email marked Nathan Carter competition to tim.worsnop@halifaxcourier.co.uk
The closing date of the competition is Friday, August 26. Winners will be informed immediately the draw has been made. Usual Johnston Press rules apply.
For more information on Nathan Carter, visit www.nathancartermusic.com
Get ticket for the gig from the Victoria Theatre box office on 01422 351158.
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Liverpool born country sensation Nathan Carter is heading for the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, September 10 and we have got two pairs of tickets for his fabulous show to win.


Everybody’s favourite northern comedian, Jason Manford, will be performing a best of show which promises to feature a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with his his trademark likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit.
Jason’s numerous TV credits include: Sunday Night at the Palladium (ITV1), Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), QI (BBC Two) and The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1) - all of which have served to establish him as a British comic household name.
The multi-talented all-singing, dancing and joke-cracking comic recently told his fans ...
“Some of you might think I’ve had a career change what with all the opera and musical theatre I’ve been doing lately. Not a chance, I’m excited to be getting back to what I really love the most – stand up!”
Jason Manford will perform his Best Of 2016 show at the LBT on Monday September 12 at 8.00pm.
Tickets are priced at £18.50 and can be booked by calling box office on 01484 430528 or visiting www.thelbt.org
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Everybody’s favourite northern comedian, Jason Manford, will be performing a best of show which promises to feature a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with his his trademark likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit.


Jason brings his best of show to the LBT


People are being encouraged to enter a nationwide competition to become the permanent voice of BT’s iconic talking clock.
The competition has been launched to celebrate the service’s 80th anniversary.
Around 12 million calls are still made to the clock by dialling 123.
The winner will become only the fifth permanent voice of the clock in its history.
The current voice of the clock, Sara Mendes da Costa, who will be one of the judges, said: “I’m so honoured to have been the voice - only the fourth permanent voice in history - and to be part of such an iconic service.
“I’m sad to be at the end of my time as the voice of the BT Speaking Clock, however ten years is not a bad run. And it’ll be great to be on the judging panel to choose the new voice, just as my predecessor Brian Cobby helped choose me.”
The competition to find a new voice will help raise money for the BBC Children in Need appeal. BT will donate 10p to Children in Need from each call to the BT Speaking Clock* from the start of the competition in August until 9 November.
To celebrate the competition and the 80th anniversary, BT are donating the original speaking clock machines from 1936 and 1963 to the British Horological Institute (BHI), where they have been on loan and on display for some years. It will also be donating a digital Mark IV clock, which was recovered from Liverpool. This machine transmitted the voice of Brian Cobby from 1985 – 2001.
David Hay, head of BT Heritage, said: “Eighty years ago BT’s technology first created the Speaking Clock and it remains a much loved part of British life today. Celebrating in this way demonstrates BT’s determination to preserve the heritage of the world’s oldest communications company on behalf of the nation.”
Anyone ten years and over can enter. The competition is being run in partnership with BBC television programme The One Show. Aspiring voice artists should visit the website at: www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow where they will find full details of how to enter. The website will be open for entries until 10pm on Monday, 29 August 2016.

BT searching for new voice of iconic speaking clock


People are being encouraged to enter a nationwide competition to become the permanent voice of BT’s iconic talking clock.


The Calderdale Way, a 50-mile walk, circling Calderdale is nearly 40 years old and is ready for a re-launch.
The route has been surveyed to identify repairs that are needed and it has been waymarked to make it easier for people to find their way. Remedial works have started by Community Rights of Way Services and Calderdale Countryside service and should be completed by Summer 2017. The Calderdale Way Association, which developed the route in 1977, is going to be relaunched and there will an open meeting of the association on Monday, September 5 at 7pm.
The meeting will be at the Works, Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge. Email calderdalewayassociation@gmail.com for more details.


The Calderdale Way, a 50-mile walk, circling Calderdale is nearly 40 years old and is ready for a re-launch.


It’s the farcical comedy which leaves critics stony-faced. But now Mrs Brown’s Boys has been voted the best British sitcom of the 21st century, beating Ricky Gervais’s observational masterpiece, The Office.
Mrs Brown’s Boys, starring Brendan O’Carroll as the foul-mouthed Dublin widow, topped the Radio Times poll which asked readers to choose the funniest shows broadcast since 2000.
Described as “the worst comedy ever made” by one reviewer, the broad humour of O’Carroll’s creation, initially unveiled on a RTE Ireland radio series, has been labelled sexist and homophobic.
But the BBC1 show, which O’Carroll described as a reaction against the politically-correct “alternative comedy” revolution of the 80s, has become the most-watched programme on Christmas Day and even spawned a feature film.
The troupe of largely extended family members – O’Carroll’s wife Jennifer plays his fictional screen daughter – honed their characters through live stage performances, adding to the anarchic atmosphere of the television episodes, which often embrace mistakes.
O’Carroll said of the poll victory: “It vindicates the fans’ belief in the show. They have kept us on the air – it certainly wasn’t the reviewers.”
He added: “There is an audience out there that comedy forgot, that Are You Being Served? audience has been left behind. Us winning this award proves that.”
The show was rewarded with a Bafta in 2012 as critics began to accept its merits.
Radio Times readers voted from a shortlist of the 40 funniest shows broadcast since 2000, compiled by critics and experts from the British Film Institute.
When the 14,000 votes were counted, the unashamedly populist Mrs Brown’s Boys finished ahead of the understated charms of The Office, first broadcast in 2001 and widely regarded as the most influential comedy of the century.
Peter Kay has two entries in the top 20 with Car Share and his breakthrough Channel 4 sitcom Phoenix Nights
The poll suggested that the comedy audience has yet to fully embrace funny women. Miranda, the sitcom vehicle for the comedy actress Miranda Hart appears at number 8 ahead of Raised By Wolves, the loosely autobiographical Channel 4 family series written by Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline.
But the poll is dominated by male performers and writers. Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan has three entries with Count Arthur Strong, The IT Crowd and Black Books all featuring.
Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It, The Inbetweeners and Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education are other sitcoms in the list which have been expanded into feature films.
James Corden’s hit BBC romantic comedy Gavin & Stacey, co-written with Ruth Jones, remains highly regarded and makes the top ten. ITV has a one entry with Benidorm.
Best British sitcom of the 21st century:
1. Mrs Brown’s Boys
2. The Office
3. Peter Kay’s Car Share
4. Count Arthur Strong
5. The IT Crowd
6. The Thick of It
7. Gavin & Stacey
8. Miranda
9. Raised by Wolves
10.Outnumbered
11. Peep Show
12. Black Books
13. Green Wing
14. The Inbetweeners
15. Bad Education
16. Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights
17. Yonderland
18. Twenty Twelve/W1A
19. Benidorm
20. Detectorists

Mrs Brown’s Boys voted best British sitcom of the 21st century


It’s the farcical comedy which leaves critics stony-faced. But now Mrs Brown’s Boys has been voted the best British sitcom of the 21st century, beating Ricky Gervais’s observational masterpiece, The Office.


Halifax has a surprising and rich history of music. From the late 1950s through to the 1970s, the town’s many music venues hosted visits by some of the top pop music artists of the day.
Dusty Springfield, Rod Stewart, Iggy Pop, Pulp, Joy Division, The Jacksons and The Cure are just some of the major names who have played gigs in the town.
The town’s rich musical heritage is now celebrated in a trail which visits the venues which remain and the sites of those which have been lost.
Halifax Music Heritage Trail was the brainchild of music promoter Michael Ainsworth, and was inspired by the books of Trevor Simpson which chronicled the town’s thriving pop and rock scene.
The trail was started in 2011 as part of Halifax Festival and has been developed in the years since. Michael said: “I believe the cultural history of Halifax is important and will be kept alive via the music trail. More than anything we should remember that some of the biggest names in popular music appeared on stages in our northern industrial town.”
The trail takes in venues such as the Victoria Theatre, whose stage has hosted gigs by iconic artists such as Little Richard, Martha Reeves, Smokey Robinson, Morrissey, Paul Weller and Glen Campbell and the former Odeon Cinema, where Dusty Springfield gave her first solo performance and well-known artists such as Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Billy Fury, Dave Berry, Billy J Kramer and Helen Shapiro attracted crowds of fans.
The former Princess Ballroom hosted around 800 gigs in the 1960s, attracting The Kinks, Herman’s Hermits, Animals and Carl Wayne, while The Return Club, on the site of North Bridge Leisure Centre, hosted Pulp, Dodgy and The Mock Turtles.
Another popular venue was Alexandra Hall, scene of around 500 gigs between 1962 and 1970, and The Plebians Jazz Club where Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, and Jimmy Cliff were among the headline acts.
Michael Ainsworth and Trevor Simpson will be leading a walk round Halifax Music Heritage Trail on Sunday, August 21 from 2pm to 5pm, starting from North Bridge Leisure Centre. A second walk will be held on Sunday, October 9.
Venues visited will include: 1, North Bridge Leisure Centre; 2, The Odeon; 3, Scene Three/The Kibbutz; 4, AEU Club; 5, Pot O’ Four; 6, Marlborough Hall/Halifax YMCA; 7, Clary’s Good Mood; 8, Plebians Jazz Club; 9, The Plummet Line; 10, Milan’s; 11, Arden Road Social Club; 12, The Victoria Theatre; 13, Alexandra Hall; 14, The Royal Oak (Dirty Dick’s); 15, The Shay; 16, Halifax Minster; 17, The Piece Hall; 19, Palin’s (McDonald’s); 20, Cookies.
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Halifax has a surprising and rich history of music. From the late 1950s through to the 1970s, the town’s many music venues hosted visits by some of the top pop music artists of the day.


The Crossley Shield is probably the biggest and heaviest of the Spenser Wilson Halifax League’s trophies but Warley seconds skipper Craig Brennan is showing no signs of getting tired of lifting it.
His men plundered it for the third successive year yesterday with a comfortable 89-run victory over neighbours SBCI at Mythomroyd.
The club’s ninth Shield win in all takes them to the top of the all-time list, ahead of Sowerby St Peter’s and Triangle.
They will look to continue their domination of the local second team scene by adding the league title for the third year running.
Warley shook off the loss of Jimmy Sarwar with the score on five to post a useful 256 for six off their 45 overs in the Halifax Carpet Company-backed event.
A 79-run stand between father and son, Andrew and Dominic Oates, provided the platform for James Whitworth (61) and Haroon Razzak (45) to pile on the runs.
SBCI were never in the hunt in reply. Both openers were back in the pavilion with only 13 runs on the board and the underdogs lurched from 40 for four to 60 to six.
Young Charlie Holt-Conway showed great maturity to hit 56 and Simon Hampshire added 42 not out but SBCI were all out for 167.
Sarwar (three for 24) was the most successful Warley bowler and Whitworth was man of the match, adding two wickets to his earlier half-century.
SBCI v Warley
Warley won by 89 runs
WARLEY 256 for six
J Sarwar c&b Hampshire 0
D Oates lbw Lamper 35
A Oates c Keast b Lamper 42
J Whitworth c Summerscales b Benson 61
B Schofield c Holt-Conway b Summerscales 24
H Razzak c Summerscales b Benson 45
L Senior not out 17
J Rashid not out 18
Extras 14
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-84, 3-99, 4-150, 5-203, 6-226
Bowling: O Benson 9-1-41-2, S Hampshire 8-1-31-1, S Bragg 7-0-46-0, H Lamper 9-1-50-2, B Summerscales 9-0-40-1, C Conway-Holt 3-0-36-0.
SBCI 167
C Potts c&b Sarwar 4
J Greenwood c Razzak b Brennan 1
D Jones c D Oates b Sarwar 10
M Wood c&b Sarwar 11
C Holt-Conway b Senior 56
M Keast c D Oates b Whitworth 4
H Lamper b Whitworth 0
B Summerscales b Senior 11
S Hampshire not out 42
O Benson c Rashid b Hine 8
S Bragg b Hine 1
Extras 19
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-21, 4-40, 5-60, 6-60, 7-77, 8-129, 9-158, 10-167
Bowling: C Brennan 9-6-14-1, J Sarwar 9-2-24-3, J Whitworth 7-0-47-2, L Senior 9-1-24-2, B Schofield 6-1-26-0, R Hine 4-0-16-2.
Northowram Fields failed in their bid to win the Wheatley Cup second teams’ trophy at Wrenthorpe yesterday.
They lost by four wickets to Liversedge in a competition now run by the Bradford League after the Central Yorkshire League folded.
The Halifax side were on the back foot from the start, after being sent in on a wicket affected by morning rain.
They were 20 for three and 55 for six before tall left hander Matthew Rushworth hit an unbeaten 61 to lift the total to 156 for eight.
Liversedge opener and skipper Jonathan Trevitt guided his side home with an unbeaten 71 but lost six partners along the way, clinching victory with an over to spare.
Josh Dodd and Will Parkin, two of six teenagers in the Rams line-up, claimed two wickets each but their side was left to reflect on a handful of dropped catches.
Todmorden are up to fifth in the Lancashire League table - their highest position for some time - after a seven-wicket home win over Colne yesterday.
Aussie Ashton Turner marked his final game by clinching victory in a 40 overs per side contest with an unbeaten 64 off 54 balls.
He figured in stands of 58 with Kristian Garland (40) and 59 with Elliott Gilford (19 no).
Earlier, Colne had relied on sub pro Rudi Second (74) to help them to 158 for seven, Hamza Ali taking three for 45.


The Crossley Shield is probably the biggest and heaviest of the Spenser Wilson Halifax League’s trophies but Warley seconds skipper Craig Brennan is showing no signs of getting tired of lifting it.


YORKSHIRE’s dream of winning the treble is over, but first team coach Jason Gillespie insisted that his players will come back fighting as they target the next best prize of a league and cup double.
Yorkshire failed in their attempt to win the NatWest T20 Blast for the first time when they lost by seven runs to Durham in the semi-final at Edgbaston on Saturday.
However, Gillespie’s men are still in the hunt for a hat-trick of County Championships and they are through to the Royal London Cup semi-finals for a second successive season, with Yorkshire determined to put behind them their T20 heartbreak.
“We were bitterly disappointed to lose the T20 semi,” said Gillespie, “but there’s still everything to play for in the next few weeks.
“We’re still in the 50-over comp and the Championship, and we’ll dust ourselves down and crack on.
“We can look back on the T20 campaign by and large with a lot of pride, considering the way that we started the tournament (Yorkshire won only one of their first seven games before winning six of the last seven to reach the knockout stages).
“It’s a tough one to take, losing the semi, but there’s still plenty to fight for in the next few weeks, and I know that the lads will bounce back strongly.”
Yorkshire came up against a world-class display from England pace bowler Mark Wood, who captured a T20 career-best 4-25 from four overs after Durham scored 156-6 in the second semi-final, Northants beating Nottinghamshire by eight runs in the first semi-final.
Wood twice took two wickets in three balls – including the key scalps of England batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance – after Ben Stokes had earlier top-scored with 56 on his return to the Durham side after a calf injury.
“Mark Wood bowled beautifully,” said Gillespie, with Wood following that performance with 1-25 in the final against Northants, who went on to take the trophy with a four-wicket win.
“We were going along quite nicely and then we lost two quick wickets (Bairstow and Ballance), and we didn’t quite recover from that.
“I certainly felt that it was a gettable total, especially with the strength and depth of our batting line-up, and we should have chased those down.
“We can look at all sorts of reasons as to why that didn’t happen, but the facts are that we didn’t get the runs and Durham played very well.”
With hindsight, Gillespie felt that Yorkshire might have made more of an effort to see off Wood, although that was clearly easier said than done.
The 26-year-old right-armer, who only recently returned to action after ankle surgery, was bowling at 90mph and he would have been a handful for any opposition.
“Maybe we just needed to soak up the pressure a little bit more and get through his (Wood’s) spell, knowing that he only had four of the 20 overs, and maybe there are some lessons to be learned there,” said Gillespie, whose side take on Surrey in the semi-finals of the Royal London Cup at Headingley on Sunday.
“We just weren’t able to win the key moments, and Wood took the wind out of our sails.
“Any cricket watcher could see that he was used very well by the captain; he was brought on to take wickets and put the pressure on us, which is exactly what happened.”
Yorkshire captain Alex Lees echoed Gillespie’s sentiments at the end of an encouraging T20 campaign for the club overall, with Yorkshire having only once previously reached Finals Day.
Lees hit the second-highest score of 22 on a day when Adam Lyth (64) led the Yorkshire chase.
“Woody tipped the scales, and when you twice get two wickets in one over, it certainly puts the opposition on the back foot,” said Lees.
“We’re bitterly disappointed, and I just think that we lacked somebody in the middle order to make a contribution.
“Overall, we had a good tournament after everyone had written us off after the first few games, and we showed strength of character to come back and qualify and reach Finals Day. That’s testament to the group of players that we have, and the lads’ work ethic and prep was second to none.”
Attention now returns to the Championship, with Yorkshire going into tomorrow’s game against Notts at Scarborough in second place in Division One, 26 points behind Middlesex with a game in hand.
Finals’ Day report: Page 9.

Yorkshire vow to hit back after T20 defeat


YORKSHIRE’s dream of winning the treble is over, but first team coach Jason Gillespie insisted that his players will come back fighting as they target the next best prize of a league and cup double.


Violinist Jennifer Pike, 2002 BBC Young Muscian of the Year at the age of 12, will appear with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra to open the Leeds International Orchestral Season on Saturday, October 8.
She will perform Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and is among a line-up of outstanding young musicians from across the globe who will appear at Leeds Town Hall. Other highlights include Natalie Clein performing Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra on November 19 and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov on January 28, 2017.
There will also be concerts by Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus.
Tickets and brochures are now available for the orchestral season by calling 0113 378 6600.
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Violinist Jennifer Pike, 2002 BBC Young Muscian of the Year at the age of 12, will appear with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra to open the Leeds International Orchestral Season on Saturday, October 8.


Prospective Pokemon trainers can officially download the mobile gaming sensation Pokemon Go in Canada as of Sunday afternoon.
The augmented-reality game launched in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan earlier this month.
But before Sunday, Canadians had to find workarounds to play the game north of the 49th parallel.
The game sends players into the real world to search for the mythical digital pocket monsters known as Pokemon, who appear onscreen when users hold up their smartphones in various locations at various times of the day.
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On Sunday afternoon, it was announced on the app's Twitter page that the game is available for download in Canada on Android and iOS devices.
But the app's servers overloaded in the hour after the announcement, and wannabe players had to wait a little longer before they could register an account.
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Pokemon Go officially launches in Canada, virtual reality game crashes app's servers


Game that gets users out in real life with smartphones had required Canadians to find workarounds before Sunday