A Halifax businessman who was one of the founders of Overgate Hospice and undertook extensive charity work has died aged 87.
Roy Douglas Taylor was born February 15, 1929, and died August 16, 2016.
Businessman and founding member of Overgate Hospice Roy Taylor, right, pictured with Prince Philip, has died 87.
He worked as a maths lecturer at Halifax Polytechnic College before establishing Halifax Sheet Metal and Ventilation Limited, and later The Halifax Fan Company at Salterhebble.
Mr Taylor was a member of the committee that established Overgate Hospice.
He met Barbara at St Thomas’ church pantomime society and they married at the Halifax Parish Church, now Halifax Minster. The couple had a daughter, Susan.
He was born in Barnsley and moved to Boothtown, and later Claremount, Pellon, Lightcliffe, Skircoat Green and Menorca.
Granddaughter Vanessa Buckley said: “I am proud and privileged that Roy Taylor was my grandad, he was a great man who provided a super life for the family he loved very much.”
Family friend Annette Priestley said: “It is so very difficult to say goodbye to as we were so privileged to have known Roy, they were so kind and generous to us especially when we stayed in their home in Menorca. The trips in his beloved Bullnose Morris car were particularly memorable. Roy’s journey is over but he has left us all with countless memories which I’m sure you will cherish.”
Mr Taylor sponsored two orphaned children from Grantown-on-Spey in Scotland and supported them as they grew up.
He had a love of Vintage cars, flying – holding his own private pilot’s license – water skiing and skiing.
Mr Taylor was a founder member of the Halifax Water Skiing Club, Halifax Motorcycle Club and a member of The Halifax Lions Club.
He was deputy district governor of Yorkshire for Lions International twice over and president of Halifax Lions Club in 1977 and 1983.
He also worked with charities based in Uganda.
In 1991 he and his wife Barbara went to live in Menorca where they happily resided together until she passed away in 2007. Roy remained a resident until recently when ill health took its toll.
He travelled extensively throughout the world with Barbara.
Mr Taylor’s goddaughter Helen Nelhams said: “He leaves us all so many wonderful memories, he will be sadly missed but reunited with Barbara. Such a wonderful couple who I have been privileged to know all my life.”
Mr Taylor’s funeral will be held at All Saints Church, Savile Park, on Tuesday August 23, 11.45am. A cremation at Park Wood in Elland will follow at 12.45pm.


A Halifax businessman who was one of the founders of Overgate Hospice and undertook extensive charity work has died aged 87.


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.


‘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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With the return of the Great British Bake Off, one valley brewery is sharing a cake recipe with a twist.
The Little Valley Brewery in Cragg Vale has developed a recipe for a beer cake that Mary Berry herself would be proud of.
Stir the dates and walnuts into the mixture
The recipe was developed by Little Valley Brewery’s Master Brewer and food scientist, Wim van der Spek, and is the perfect boozy bake to try if you’re feeling inspired to hit the kitchen.
The cake will take a total of one hour and 45 minutes to make, 30 minutes preporation and 75 minutes cooking time.
Ingredients:
•100g butter
Add the flour to the batter and stir carefully
•200g brown sugar
•1 egg
•200g flour
•½ teaspoon salt
Serve a slice of cake with the remaining Stoodley Stout
•9g baking soda
•1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•½ teaspoon ground allspice
•½ teaspoon ground cloves
•250ml of Little Valley Brewery’s Stoodley Stout
•100g walnuts
•400g dates
Method:
1. Mix sugar and butter in one bowl.
2. Stir the egg with a fork and then add to the butter and sugar. Mix well.
3. In a separate bowl mix flour, salt, sodium bicarbonate, allspice and cloves.
4. Keep three spoons of the flour mix separate and add the rest to the butter, sugar and egg mix.
5. Add the beer and mix carefully with the batter.
6. Chop the walnuts. De-stone the dates and chop. Mix the remaining flour mix with the dates and walnuts. Add this to the batter and stir carefully.
7. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
8. Grease the 1lb loaf tin with butter and powder with flour. Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 75 minutes.
9. Leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes before removing the cake from the tin carefully.
10. Wrap in foil and store in the fridge for one day to enrich the taste.
Serve a slice of cake with a glass of the remaining Stoodley Stout, put your feet up and watch the next episode of Bake Off with your very own homemade cake.


With the return of the Great British Bake Off, one valley brewery is sharing a cake recipe with a twist.


The Yorkshire Avalanche Dodgers, the Colne Valley’s all-male pantomime group, will give a special performance on September 9 to raise funds for the 25th Marsden Jazz Festival.
As the countdown to October’s festival gets underway, the Dodgers will perform a selection of witty pantomime songs in aid of the popular annual event.
Festival producer Barney Stevenson, who is also a member of the Dodgers, said: “We are celebrating our 25th jazz festival this year but the Avalanche Dodgers have been going even longer and will soon celebrate their 40th anniversary. It’ll be great to bring these two Marsden institutions together.”
Highlights of this year’s festival, which runs from October 7 to 9, include jazz legend Digby Fairweather, making a welcome return, Radio 2’s Paul Jones, ten-piece band Jazz America and Jazz FM awards 2016 nominee Nerija.
There will be more than 100 hours of live music at 25 venues in the town, including more than 60 free gigs and events.
Tickets for the Yorkshire Avalanche Dodgers fundraiser are £10, tel: 0800 6125649.
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The Yorkshire Avalanche Dodgers, the Colne Valley’s all-male pantomime group, will give a special performance on September 9 to raise funds for the 25th Marsden Jazz Festival.


Panto group to give boost to jazz festival


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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.
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, Liberty Ship, Bang Bang Romeo, Leeds band Dusk, Fighting Caravans, York based Faux Pas and many more.
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.
The Sherlocks played to over 6,000 people then camped out with fans in muddy fields at Leeds Festival.
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, 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.
The Sherlocks at Leeds Festival
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 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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Care home rated inadequate second time in a year


Zafar Khan was again Northowram Fields’ match winner - but this time with the bat - as his side retained second place in the Bradford League’s Conference with a three-wicket victory at Adwalton.
Khan is the side’s most reliable bowler but he can put bat to ball, as he demonstrated coming in at number nine with his side on the ropes at the Drighlington club.
Adwalton had made a respectable 265 for six on their small ground with Matthew Donohue (84) and James Pearson (72) holding up the visitors. Josh Bennett Kear took four for 57.
The Rams looked out of it at 144 for seven in reply but opener Ben Grech was still there and he found a willing accomplice in Khan, who hit 90 not out to clinch a three wicket win.
Khan’s 56-ball knock included nine sixes and six fours while Grech buckled down superbly to finish on 53 not out off 123 balls.
Higher up the Bradford League, it was a miserable day for Lightcliffe and Brighouse, who were both dismissed for 108 and lost by eight wickets.
Lightcliffe’s hit and miss form in the top section continued with a poor display at Pudsey Congs.
Their former player Josh Wheatley contributed to their demise, the off spinner taking four for 24.
Jonathan Wilson (23) and young Alex Kennedy (24) were the top contributors to the visitors’ score.
Wheatley only managed 10 with the bat but opening partner Nick Lindley hit 51 not out and Callum Geldart 43 not out from 32 balls as Congs romped to victory.
Brighouse remain bottom of Championship B after losing at Bankfoot.
Mohammed Zahid made 37 but six players failed to get off the mark as Indian spinner Marupuri Suresh (5-23) and Kamran Siddique (3-13) ripped through the visitors’ ranks.
Bankfoot wrapped up victory in only 12.1 overs with Nahim Ashraf making 54 and Shoukat Ali an unbeaten 33.
Todmorden’s Lancashire League match at Ramsbottom and Barkisland’s Huddersfield League match at home to Skelmanthorpe failed to start on a damp, blustery day.
There was some play at Delph and Dobcross, where Elland’s Saqib Matloob kept the home side at bay with 50.
The struggling Hullen Edge side were 134 for seven, with their former play Greg Buckley having picked up three wickets, when play was ended.
Illingworth were 77 for three in reply to visitors Knaresborough’s 197 for six when the rains arrived at Jammy Green.
The Halifax side were rallying after losing Veryan Brooksby, Liam Kelly and James Lawton for ducks, Daniel Murfet again showing the way.
The Aussie was 50 not out off 58 balls and Stephen Cook was 22 not out off 32 at the finish.
Earlier, Murfet and Ben Robertshaw had taken a couple of wickets apiece with young opener Andy Ward’s 45 best for Knaresborough.
Bradford League, Premier Division: Lightcliffe 108 (J Wheatley 4-24), *Pudsey Congs 110-2 ( N Lindley 51 no, C Geldart 43 no).
Championship B: Brighouse 108 (M Zahid 37, M Suresh 5-23, K Siddique 3-13), *Bankfoot 109-2 (S Ali 33*, N Ashraf 54).
Conference: *Adwalton 265-6 (M Donohoe 84, J Paterson 72, J Bennett Keer 4-57), Northowram Fields 266-7 (B Grech 53 no, Z Khan 90 no).
Huddersfield League, Premiership: Barkisland v Skelmanthorpe no play, Elland 134-7 (S Matlub 50; G Buckley 3-40) v *Delph & Dobcross abnd.
Aire/Wharfe League, Division Two: Knaresborough 197-6 (A Ward 45), *Illingworth 77-3 (D Murfet 50 no).
Lancashire League: Ramsbottom v Todmorden abnd.


Zafar Khan was again Northowram Fields’ match winner - but this time with the bat - as his side retained second place in the Bradford League’s Conference with a three-wicket victory at Adwalton.


Halifax MP Holly Lynch has backed Jeremy Corbyn’s challenger for Labour leader.
Ms Lynch joined leadership contender Owen Smith at a rally in Halifax, citing the Pontypridd MP as the best candidate to unite the Labour Party.
She said: “There are around 3,000 Labour members across Calderdale who will help decide this crucial leadership election and it’s great to see so many people engaged with Labour party politics.
“I have worked closely with Owen during my time in parliament and have seen at first-hand how hard he fought when leading the campaign to force the Government into a U-turn on cuts to tax credits.
“He is best placed to both lead and unite the Labour Party and deliver radical policies to benefit those who need us the most.”
The challenge against Labour leader Mr Corbyn was mounted after a vote of no confidence within the party and the mass resignations of members of his Shadow Cabinet. But Mr Corbyn enjoys enormous support within the party’s membership and won last September’s leadership election by a landslide.
At the rally, held at the Threeways Centre, Mr Smith said: “I have committed to a British New Deal which will see a £200bn investment package to rebuild Britain over the next five years, £50bn of which would be spent in the North.
“Infrastructure projects that are vital to West Yorkshire are ready to go but simply lack the necessary finance to get started. Rail electrification, renewable energy schemes, plans for new FE colleges.
“Housing is the greatest example. If set in train quickly enough, this could provide a fiscal stimulus big enough to ward off a downturn.
“The Government should be spreading resources more equally across the country.
“Why not build HS2 starting in the North towards the South? The Government should be building HS3 through the Pennines to link up the North.”
Ballot papers have been sent to party members eligible to vote and the result will be announced at a special conference in Liverpool on Septmber 24.


Halifax MP Holly Lynch has backed Jeremy Corbyn’s challenger for Labour leader.


Jerry Herman’s energetic and big-hearted musical ‘Hello Dolly!’ is the next production by All Souls’ AOS in Halifax.
Open auditions for the show, which is being staged at Halifax Playhouse in April 2017, will be held on Sunday, September 4 at the Studio Rooms, St James Street, Halifax, from 2pm to 5pm. The director will be Graham Weston.
In ‘Hello Dolly!’, widow, matchmaker and professional meddler Dolly Levi decides the next match she should set up is to find someone for herself.
The show includes the memorable songs ‘Before the Parade Passes By’, ‘It Only Takes a Moment’ and, of course, ‘Hello Dolly’. Earlier this year the society successfully staged ‘Kiss Me Kate’.
To find out more about the auditions or express an interest in attending contact the musical director Colin Akers on 07714 618358 or 01422 364741 or email colinandamy1@sky.com
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Jerry Herman’s energetic and big-hearted musical ‘Hello Dolly!’ is the next production by All Souls’ AOS in Halifax.


Big-hearted Dolly needs friends to join her show


THERE is a fine line between wanting Yorkshire to do well but not wanting them to do so well that it cuts short a visit to Scarborough.
Such concerns must have crossed the minds of the Yorkshire crowd yesterday when the hosts were busy ripping through the Notts’ batting line-up with the ease of piranhas devouring their victims.
But after dismissing Notts for 94 on the stroke of lunch, after they had started day two on 38-2 in reply to their own first-innings 282, Yorkshire chose not to enforce the follow-on despite a lead of 188, thereby ensuring that the game could not be over inside two days, which had seemed eminently plausible.
As owners of local guest houses and hostelries no doubt turned cartwheels of joy, so too did those Yorkshire members who adore it at North Marine Road, with 84 per cent of them having voted in a recent survey conducted by the club to retain two Championship games there from next season.
With Yorkshire having to take one match away from Headingley or Scarborough due to changes to the fixture list, it can be taken as read that the decision will come down in the seaside town’s favour, but that is not to say that many of those Scarborough devotees were not a little baffled as to why Yorkshire – their bowlers fresh and their opponents fragile – opted to increase their lead in glorious sunshine.
It is the modern way, of course, not to enforce, and it is unlikely to make a jot of difference to the result, with Yorkshire set to close the gap to five points on leaders Middlesex with a win here, and Notts looking every inch like relegation material.
Yorkshire followed up with 200-4 in 61 overs in their second innings, Gary Ballance, the captain, scoring an unbeaten 75 to stretch the lead to a lofty 388.
Even with dodgy weather forecast today, Yorkshire’s fourth Championship victory of the season would seem as much of a formality as high and low tide.
Regardless of the question as to whether to enforce, that Yorkshire were even in a position to do so was tribute to a rousing recovery from 51-6 on day one.
Magnificent contributions from Andrew Hodd, Azeem Rafiq and Jack Brooks were mainly responsible for a revival completed by Yorkshire’s four-pronged pace attack of Brooks, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson, who needed just 25.5 overs on the second morning to winkle out the last eight wickets.
The tone was set – as it so often is – by the venerable Sidebottom, who belied his 38 years with a splendid exhibition of swing bowling from the Peasholm Park end to take 3-5 in 12 balls and reduce Notts to 52-5.
Michael Lumb, the former Yorkshire batsman, was drawn forward and caught behind by one that shaped away; Steven Mullaney was lbw playing across the line; and Samit Patel was caught upper-cutting high to Bresnan at first slip.
Sidebottom would have had a fourth wicket with the score on 59 but Bresnan dropped a low chance at first slip, with Brendan Taylor not then off the mark.
But it was only a temporary setback for a Yorkshire side who made equally light work of the mid-to-lower order.
Chris Read miscued an attempted pull off Brooks to cover; Brett Hutton edged Brooks low to Adam Lyth at second slip; Taylor’s luck finally ran out when he played on an attempted drive off Patterson; Luke Wood flashed in foolhardy fashion at Bresnan and was caught behind, and an innings caked in collective embarrassment ended when Luke Fletcher helped Bresnan to Jack Leaning at third slip.
That Yorkshire would bat again was betrayed by the sight of openers Lyth and Alex Lees sprinting off the ground to strap on their pads, and they safely negotiated the one over that remained before lunch.
After the break, the cricket grew steadily soporific as the 5,000 crowd watched Yorkshire increase their lead in the way of builders systematically adding bricks to a house.
Lees added 30 bricks before he was lbw to Hutton, ending a first-wicket stand of 72, and Lyth followed shortly after for 41, caught and bowled by Wood off a leading edge.
Lehmann and Ballance added 61 in 22 overs before Lehmann slogged Samit Patel straight up in the air to Wood at mid-on.
Ballance, dropped on 20 when he pulled Fletcher to a diving Tom Moores at mid-wicket, advanced to a 113-ball half-century that included eight fours, and Leaning helped him add 57 before being stumped.
Play was halted seven overs early due to bad light with swooping seagulls ready to reclaim the outfield once the cricketers had left for the evening.

Yorkshire v Notts: Seaside air leaves Gary Ballance in mood to play on


THERE is a fine line between wanting Yorkshire to do well but not wanting them to do so well that it cuts short a visit to Scarborough.


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.


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


ON the one hand, the portents were not favourable: Yorkshire had lost 16 of their previous 19 List A semi-finals dating back to 1979.
On the other, when they last reached a one-day final in 2002, Yorkshire beat yesterday’s opponents in the semi-finals at Headingley before going on to beat Somerset – who contest the other semi against Warwickshire today – by six wickets at Lord’s.
Surrey's Jade Dernbach celebrates taking the final Yorkshire wicket of Tim bresnan to seal a memorable semi-final win at Headingley. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA
Something had to give, and on a grey day at Headingley, that something was the hope that Surrey’s latest semi-final trip to Leeds might prove a good omen.
After the visitors scored 255-7, Steven Davies leading the way with 104 and Ben Foakes making a one-day career-best 90, Yorkshire came up short at 236 as their semi-final hoodoo continued apace.
Before a disappointing crowd of 4,836, which was not the bumper gate Yorkshire had been hoping for on Bank Holiday Sunday, the hosts made an excellent start after winning the toss.
Jack Brooks had Dominic Sibley lbw with the final delivery of the second over – umpire Peter Hartley deciding that the ball would not have drifted down leg-side, as replays suggested it might – and Tim Bresnan picked up the key wicket of Kumar Sangakkara with the fourth delivery of the third over.
Surrey's Steven Davies celebrates what proved to be a match-winning century against Yorkshire at Headingley in the Royal London Cup semi-final. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA .
The Sri Lankan, who had chopped the previous ball to the point boundary to get off the mark, drove on the up to cover, where Azeem Rafiq picked out the catch.
Sangakkara, who won the quarter-final against Northants with an unbeaten 130, has a mystifyingly poor record against Yorkshire; in eight innings against them in all cricket, he has managed 179 runs at 22.37.
From 8-2, things could only get better for Surrey, and they did as Davies and Rory Burns added 53 in 12 overs.
Davies, silky and stylish through the offside, injected impetus and Burns kept him good company, sensibly giving his partner as much strike as possible. Just as Surrey were starting to seize control, Matthew Waite, the 20-year-old making his first appearance in this year’s tournament, broke the stand with his opening ball from the Kirkstall Lane end.
Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan (left) and Will Rhodes encourage each other during the run chase against Surrey at Headingley yesterday. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA.
It was an innocuous leg-stump half-volley, and Burns carelessly helped it to Steve Patterson at deep fine-leg.
Waite might have had a wicket with his fourth ball, too, when Davies, on 43, drove back a return chance, but the ball seemed to come back a little slower than Waite expected, and the opportunity was lost.
It was another 24 overs before Yorkshire struck again, Waite finally getting Davies when he wellied a low full toss to deep square.
Thus ended a stand of 130 between Davies and Foakes, which beat Surrey’s previous best for the fourth wicket in one-day cricket against Yorkshire of 110 between Monty Lynch and Andrew Needham at Bradford in 1985.
Waite captured his third wicket when Sam Curran highlighted Surrey’s tendency towards over-funkiness by trying one ramp shot too many, stepping away so far to the offside that he was unable to prevent the ball clattering into leg stump.
Surrey ideally needed one of Davies or Foakes to be there at the end, but Foakes followed his partner back to the pavilion when he was sixth out at 249, ramping Bresnan to Brooks at short fine-leg.
Ollie Pope, an 18-year-old making his List A debut, chipped in with 20, but boundaries proved elusive as Surrey failed to summon a grandstand finish.
Yorkshire’s bowlers deserved credit for restricting them, and Pope was run-out off the final ball of the innings as only 63 came off the last 10 overs.
It felt as though Yorkshire had their noses in front at halfway, but those noses were put out of joint when Adam Lyth hit Jade Dernbach to cover in the third over.
Alex Lees played some handsome strokes before being undone in the flight by Gareth Batty, and Yorkshire lost the key wicket of Jonny Bairstow when he chipped Stuart Meaker’s third ball to mid-wicket.
In Meaker’s second over, Gary Ballance tried to steer to third man and was caught behind, and Meaker claimed his third victim in nine balls when Jack Leaning chopped on.
Having looked relatively comfortable at 75-2, Yorkshire were suddenly 81-5 and looking anything but in control, the soft nature of their dismissals undoubtedly a frustration.
But Yorkshire showed characteristic fight as Bresnan and Waite combined in a stand of 80 in 16 that changed the mood and momentum.
Waite, impressively unflustered for one so young, showed a fine temperament and some deft touches before falling for 38, the ball perhaps stopping in the pitch as he lobbed Sam Curran to Batty at mid-off. Bresnan then added 46 in eight overs with Will Rhodes, who was brilliantly run-out by a direct hit from Tom Curran at point as he tried to steal a single off Dernbach.
Tom Curran had Rafiq caught at long-on and Patterson held at mid-wicket, and Dernbach ended things with seven balls remaining when Bresnan picked out long-off.

Royal London Cup: Semi-final misery continues for Yorkshire as they come up short against Surrey


ON the one hand, the portents were not favourable: Yorkshire had lost 16 of their previous 19 List A semi-finals dating back to 1979.


MARTYN MOXON believes the pain of Yorkshire’s defeat in the final of the 2012 T20 competition can help spur them on to go one better this time.
Yorkshire lost by 10 runs to Hampshire in the final at Cardiff on their only previous appearance at Finals Day.
Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq
They have waited a long time to erase the memory of that setback, and director of cricket Moxon feels it will drive the players on at Edgbaston today.
“It was tough losing that final, and it whetted the appetite to try and win the tournament in the future,” said Moxon.
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“Clearly it’s taken longer than we would have liked to get back there, and I think it’s a great opportunity for us, given the team that we’ve got on paper, to go one step further and hopefully win the competition.
“With our England players available, we’ve got a very good team, but clearly it’s about what happens on the day.
“T20, in particular, is all about how you perform on the day, and there’s four good teams involved, each of which is capable of winning it.”
Yorkshire take on Durham in the second semi-final at 2.30pm. Notts and Northants meet in the first semi at 11am, with the final taking place at 6.45pm.
“Durham are a very good team,” said Moxon.
“They’ve got match-winners in the likes of Ben Stokes and Mark Wood.
“We’ve got to be at our very best and, if we are, we can certainly beat them and hopefully go all the way and win the thing.
“The T20 is something we haven’t won before, so it’s important to us, and it would be nice to get that monkey off our backs.”
That Yorkshire even have a chance of erasing the memory of 2012 is a minor miracle given that they were bottom of the North Group at the halfway stage.
Yorkshire won only one of their opening seven games before winning six of their last seven to reach the quarter-finals.
“T20 is all about finding a method and I think that we’ve found it,” said Moxon.
“It’s taken hard work and, to a certain extent, failure for us to find it, because clearly the things that we were doing at the start of the competition weren’t working.
“From a batting point of view, we’ve worked on the areas in which we’re trying to strike the ball. They’re much better areas now.
“We’d found ourselves getting into trouble by playing too square of the wicket, so, as a consequence, we are hitting the ball a lot straighter now.
“It’s probably taken too long to change and rectify, but that’s been the biggest thing as far as the batting is concerned.
“Bowling-wise, having the skills that are required, the change-ups, and having the ability to bowl the change-ups (different deliveries) that are needed at various times in the innings, we’ve got better at that as well.
“As for our fielding, I think that’s been outstanding generally.”
Moxon was particularly pleased with Yorkshire’s fielding when Glamorgan were clinically beaten by 90 runs in the quarter-final in Cardiff.
David Willey laid the platform with a swashbuckling 79, proving again why Yorkshire were so keen to sign him last winter to improve their white-ball cricket, and the bowlers did the rest in a fine team performance.
“We brought our A-game to the quarter-final,” said Moxon.
“We were outstanding in the field, as good as you can get, and the ruthless way we went about our business was superb.
“David Willey set the tone with the bat, and we signed him precisely because we wanted to improve our one-day form immediately.
“Long-term he can have an impact in red-ball cricket too, but he’s made a big difference to our T20 side.”
Another player who has made a big difference is Azeem Rafiq, the off-spinner who returned to the club in mid-season after almost two years out of the professional game.
It is no coincidence that Yorkshire’s T20 resurgence can be traced back to Rafiq’s arrival.
“It has been a team effort to get to Finals Day, but Rafiq has done exceptionally well and he’s a great competitor,” said Moxon.
“He creates a buzz in the field as well as bringing his bowling skill, and he’s been a big factor in our improvement.
“Bottom line is, we’ve worked really hard to try to find the right method in T20.
“There’s been a lot of frustrations along the way, a lot of disappointments, and hopefully the lads can get some silverware now to show for their hard work.”
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T20 Finals Day: Yorkshire inspired by their past failures


MARTYN MOXON believes the pain of Yorkshire’s defeat in the final of the 2012 T20 competition can help spur them on to go one better this time.


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.


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.


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.


Fancy exploring the traditional patterns of African Masai tribes?
At this screenprinting workshop you’ll be taught how to use stencils to create layered repeat patterns, and have the chance to print either a teatowel or tote bag to take away with you.
There are two workshops on Thursday, September 1. The first is a family event from 1pm to 3.30pm which costs £30 Adults, £20 Children , Adult & Child £40.
The second is from 6pm to 8.30pm which costs £30.
All proceeds from this workshop will support Artworks tutor Harriet Lawton for her trip to the Memusi School in Kenya this September, where she will be delivering textiles workshops.
To find out more about the Memusi School go to www.memusifoundation.org.uk/
For workshop details call Artworks on 01422 346 900.
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Brighouse Town won an eventful FA Cup replay at home to Glossop North End by 4-2 last night.
The rematch between the pair, who drew 2-2 in Derbyshire on Saturday, had three red cards.
The sides were soon down to 10 men each, Glossop’s Matthew Burke getting his marching orders after seven minutes and Brighouse’s Lee Spires after 18.
The visitors took the lead through Jamie Rainford following Spires’ dismissal, the ex-Shay striker scoring from the rebound after Tom Taylor had saved his spot kick.
A Ben Atkinson header from a Stephen Mallory cross made it 1-1, only for Max Leonard to restore the visitors’ lead on 28 minutes.
However, Brighouse went in level at the break thanks to an excellent James Pollard free-kick. The home player curled the ball into the top corner from 25 yards.
The third red card came three minutes after the break, the referee ruling that Glossop ‘keeper Benjamin Chapman had used his elbow on home striker Luke Parkin.
Benjamin Richardson went in goal but he was beaten by Parkin’s smashed penalty as Town hit the front for the first time.
Brighouse moved further clear when Fernando Moke beat two men and knocked the ball over the ‘keeper just before the hour mark.
Paul Quinn’s side now have a home date with Lancaster City in the next round. They return to Evo Stik NPL action at home to Clitheroe on Saturday and go to Colwyn Bay on Monday.


Brighouse Town won an eventful FA Cup replay at home to Glossop North End by 4-2 last night.


Huddersfield Amateur got their first victory of the season at the third time of asking in Division One of the West Yorkshire League, beating Leeds Modernians 6-0 at Old Earth on Saturday.
It took the Elland side 30 minutes to open their account but when the goal arrived it was a beauty from Jacob Driver, who took aim from 25 yards and fired an unstoppable drive into the corner of the net.
Jonny Crowther doubled the lead on the stroke of half time with a neat left foot finish.
In the first minute of the second half the home side were awarded a free kick and Driver put the game beyond doubt, aided by some poor ‘keeping.
Matty Parker then bagged his customary brace of goals and the scoring was wrapped up in the 85th minute. Special praise must go to young keeper Matt Berry who looked assured and confident in keeping a clean sheet in goals with a couple of important saves to help the Amas get their season up and running.
The reserves were stretched to the limit for resources and had just 11 fit and available men going down by 8-0 at Beeston St Anthony’s in their first league fixture of the season.
Brighouse Old Boys have only one point from three games in the Premier Division after losing 2-0 away to Headingley, who had lost their previous two contests.
Halifax Irish’s home game against Kirkburton in the top section of the West Riding CA was postponed due to waterlogging at West Vale.


Huddersfield Amateur got their first victory of the season at the third time of asking in Division One of the West Yorkshire League, beating Leeds Modernians 6-0 at Old Earth on Saturday.


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.


It’s the news Happy Valley fans have been waiting for - the gritty police drama WILL return for a third series.
Sally Wainwright said the show – which is filmed and set in Calderdale and stars Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood – will grace our screens again, but not immediately.
Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Wainwright was asked by former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies if the drama would come back.
She said: “It will happen but it will be a little while. I have got some good ideas.”
Wainwright had previously declined to confirm whether there would be a third series, saying that she needed to work out where the story would go next.

Happy Valley WILL return for a third series, says Sally Wainwright


It’s the news Happy Valley fans have been waiting for - the gritty police drama WILL return for a third series.


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.


DIY retailer B&Q has issued a recall notice after test showed a power tool could fail, spitting metal shards at its user.
The internal metal fan of the PP 400W random orbital sander can fail, ejecting fragments of metal through its plastic casing.
The hardware retailer has asked anyone who has purchased the sander - which was sold in its stores between July 2006 and January 2011 - to return it to their nearest store as soon as possible. A full refund will be given.
The affected item is a PP 400W Random Orbit Sander, NLH401ROS - barcode: 05106769. No other products are affected.
Customers who are unsure if they have an affected product or who require further information can contact B&Q’s helpline on: UK: 0300 3034482 ROI: 1800 946327.

B&Q recalls power tool over safety fears


DIY retailer B&Q has issued a recall notice after test showed a power tool could fail, spitting metal shards at its user.


“THE greatest cricket festival in the whole of the world,” proclaimed Colin Graves of Scarborough during a lunchtime speech in the Festival marquee.
The England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, who is also president of Scarborough CC, described it as “top of my heart list” and promised that the ECB would retain the Scarborough and Cheltenham Festivals amid an ever-changing cricketing climate.
“Scarborough is a passion for me,” added Graves. “The wicket is the best outside the international venues.
“I got that from Steven Finn, who played here for Middlesex this year. He said that Scarborough is the best wicket he played on, which is a credit to Scarborough Cricket Club.”
Graves, the former Yorkshire chairman, thus gave a timely thumbs-up to a ground close to where he used to work as an ice-cream waiter.
With the number of Championship games being reduced from next summer, it is comforting to know that Scarborough retains his personal backing, and also that of the ECB board.
GOOD TOUCH: Stand-in captain Gary Ballance celebrates his second innings century for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough on day three. Picture: Dave Williams.
“I had some fantastic times when I worked in Scarborough, but we won’t go into that,” quipped Graves, who used to work at Jaconelli’s just down the road. “It’s always been a special place.”
Graves, who will be Scarborough CC president again next year, was speaking before a gathering of dignitaries and invited guests at a ground where Yorkshire are looking to close the gap on leaders Middlesex.
The champions would reduce that gap to five points with four games left with a win here, which looks a formality weather-permitting.
Notts, the bottom club, go into the final day on 61-3 in their second innings, trailing by 390.
But it is a formality only if Yorkshire can get on the field for long enough, with heavy rain permitting only 35.2 overs yesterday, although much better weather is forecast today.
Yorkshire, who declined to enforce the follow-on despite a lead of 188, will kick themselves from here all the way back to Headingley if the elements enable a Notts’ escape.
They will hope that the inquests prove unnecessary, though, after another commanding display yesterday before bad light, closely followed by heavy rain, prevented play from 2.50.
In gloomy conditions, which explained why the crowd of 2,634 was down from the 5,000 gates on the first two days, Yorkshire resumed on 200-4 in their second innings.
Stand-in captain Gary Ballance had 75 to his name, while Tim Bresnan had yet to score.
After rain delayed the start by 40 minutes, the pair added 62 in 12.2 overs before Ballance declared the innings at 263-4, 25 minutes before lunch, setting Notts a notional 452 to win.
He did so with 101 against his own name, his 29th first-class hundred, and his second Championship century of the season at Scarborough. He faced 164 balls and hit 14 fours, thus taking a big step in his quest to finish the season strongly on a personal level.
Criticism of his international displays have been over-the-top, and his game appears in pretty good order. Ditto Bresnan, who practically comes with the guarantee of runs.
He had made 35 of them from 59 balls with five fours and a straight six off Samit Patel when Ballance called a halt, leaving Yorkshire five overs at their opponents before lunch.
It took only nine balls for Notts to lose their first wicket in pursuit of what would be their second-highest total to win a Championship match, behind the 461-3 achieved at Worcester in 2001.
Jack Brooks, bowling from the Trafalgar Square end, had Steven Mullaney caught at third slip by Jack Leaning as the visitors dined on 4-1.
After Brooks bowled seven overs for 17 either side of lunch, he was replaced by Bresnan, who struck with the first and last balls of his first over to leave Notts rocking on 34-3. Jake Libby played back and was caught at fourth slip by Jake Lehmann, moving smartly to his left, and Michael Lumb was adjudged caught behind.
Lumb, the former Yorkshire batsman, who thus completed a pair, clearly did not think he had hit the ball, and it appeared to be an interesting decision.
In the newspaper, however, it reads: ‘MJ Lumb c Hodd b Bresnan 0’, just as it says ‘TJ Moores not out 41’, the 19-year-old’s innings his highest for Notts, and a performance of great skill and maturity.

Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire (day three): Gary Ballance hoping weather stays kind to boost defending champions’ title defence


“THE greatest cricket festival in the whole of the world,” proclaimed Colin Graves of Scarborough during a lunchtime speech in the Festival marquee.


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.


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 parenting advice website has listed the most popular baby names so far in 2016 and revealed previous favourites such as Sophia, Mia, Daniel and Harrison are on the decline.
Bounty Baby Club, a popular parenting advice site, has scaled its 100,000 visitors a month, to uncover the most popular baby names of the first half of 2016 and there are a few surprises.
A few favourites of recent years are still holding their popularity but the results reveal some new up and coming themes and trends.
The favourites
Holding onto their 2015 top spots, Alfie and Isla remain the most popular names for boys and girls. Out of the top 100 most popular names, the biggest winners have been Caleb, jumping up nine positions to 19, Jenson, rising up five places to 26 and Ellie, rising up nine positions to nine.
The biggest climber so far this year has been Arlo, previously was outside of the top 50, now cementing a top 10 position at number six. Other names you may start to hear more include Freddie, Aaron, Phoebe, Ellis and Millie.
So what names are falling out of favour this year?
Results show that for girls, Sienna, Mia, Sophia, Mila and Scarlett are on the decline in 2016. Yesterday’s news for boys’ names include Dylan, Sebastian, Daniel and Harrison which are proving less popular than they have in recent years.
There is a new trend of baby names emerging from Bounty’s findings, vowel heavy names, particularly for girls. Male names ending in a softer letter are also becoming more popular, for example names such as Alfie, Arlo, Archie and Harry.
Take a look at the top 10 for boys and girls for the first half of the year below:
Top 10 most popular baby boy names of 2016 so far:
Alfie
Oscar
Teddy
Harry
Jack
Arlo
Noah
Charlie
Jacob
Archie
Top 10 most popular baby girl names of 2016 so far:
Isla
Amelia
Ava
Freya
Evie
Olivia
Esme
Elsie
Mia
Ellie

REVEALED - the most popular baby names so far in 2016


A parenting advice website has listed the most popular baby names so far in 2016 and revealed previous favourites such as Sophia, Mia, Daniel and Harrison are on the decline.


Yorkshire moved to within five points of County Championship leaders Middlesex after wrapping up a resounding 305-run victory over Nottinghamshire at Scarborough.
Knowing a victory was needed to keep pace at the top of the table in what was their game in hand on their main title rivals, the White Rose county backed up Gary Ballance’s decision not to follow-on on Wednesday by securing the win early in the afternoon session.
They needed just 34.3 overs to claim the final seven wickets as the visitors were bowled out for 146 chasing 452 to win and leave their own hopes of survival in Division One hanging in the balance.
They remain rooted bottom to the bottom of the table with three matches to play while Yorkshire stay second and well in the hunt for a third successive Championship title.
Despite heavy rain for much of the evening on the east coast, play got under way on time thanks in no part to the decision to transport the club’s ‘Blotter’ from Headingley to North Marine Road in the early hours of the morning.
The machine spent two hours drying the outfield, and Tim Bresnan was soon reaping the rewards as he had Tom Moores (41) caught by Adam Lyth at second slip from just the fourth ball of the morning.
GOT HIM: Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan celebrates dismissing Nottinghamshire's Chris Read for his fifth wicket of the innings. Picture: Allan McKenzie/SWpix
Having taken two wickets in an over on the previous day, Bresnan continued his fine form with the ball, with Samit Patel the next to succumb to the England all-rounder as he feathered an edge through to wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd.
Notts captain Chris Read fared little better as Bresnan picked up his fifth wicket, Jake Lehman the catcher at fourth slip, but Brendan Taylor and Brett Hutton were able to forge a partnership to see Notts through to lunch.
The pair added 47 for the seventh wicket, but just three balls after the interval they were parted as Ryan Sidebottom found Hutton’s outside edge and Hodd took the simplest of catches.
That sparked a lower order collapse, as Brendan Taylor (38) pushed a wide ball from Jack Brooks to Alex Lees at cover and Luke Fletcher was bowled from the very next ball to leave Notts on the brink of defeat.
People had a pop at us for not enforcing the follow-on but it shows the strength of our team and we stick by what we believe gives us the best opportunity to win a game of cricket. Yorkshire head coach, Jason Gillespie.
Imran Tahir was able to survive the hat-trick delivery, but he faced just three more deliveries before fending Brooks off to Lees at short-leg as the final four wickets fell in just three-and-a-half overs after lunch.
Bresnan finished with career best figures of 5-36 and his best in any first-class match across the two innings of 8-51.
Afterwards, Jason Gillespie said the result vindicated the decision not to enforce the follow-on.
“It was the right call,” he said. “People had a pop at us for not enforcing the follow-on but it shows the strength of our team and we stick by what we believe gives us the best opportunity to win a game of cricket. We’ve been vindicated in it.
Yorkshire come out to field against Nottinghamshire on the final day of the match at Scarborough. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
“It’s a very important result against a very good side. Obviously Notts didn’t play their best cricket but we knew they were going to be a good challenge. We’re pleased as punch. To go from 51 for six on the first day to win by 300 runs – this team never ceases to amaze me. It’s important how you respond to the positions we find ourselves in at times, but I couldn’t be any more proud of them. There’s no words to describe it.
“You can point to a number of individual performances this game that were wonderful performances, but with the team collective there was no panic. There was a real calmness in the dressing room even when we found ourselves in a spot of bother. That is a hallmark of a decent side and a side that backs their ability, trusts their game and believes.
“That’s fantastic for us going into these last four games but we know we just have to control what we can and keep level-headed. Hopefully, that will give us a chance to compete and put us somewhere near the top at the end of the season.”
Yorkshire celebrate victory over Nottinghamshire at Scarborough and thank the fans and supporters for their support. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan celebrates dismissing Nottinghamshire's Tom Moores at Scarborough. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Nottinghamshire's Brett Hutton narrowly avoids being run out against Yorkshire. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Injured captain Andrew Gale watches on at Scarborough on day four as his team clinch victory against Nottinghamshire. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Yorkshire's Jack Brooks takes the final wicket of Nottinghamshire's Imran Tahir to give them victoryat Scarborough on Friday. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

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Yorkshire moved to within five points of County Championship leaders Middlesex after wrapping up a resounding 305-run victory over Nottinghamshire at Scarborough.


Award-winning Australian comedian Adam Hills, host of Channel 4’s acclaimed The Last Leg, is the latest headliner announced as part of the stellar line-up for this year’s Halifax Comedy Festival.
Kicking-off the impressive comedy programme in style, Hills will launch the festival with the first date of his autumn UK tour at the Victoria Theatre on September 30, performing his Clown Heart show which completed a sold-out run this spring. Hills has won rave reviews and a fan base around the globe thanks to his uplifting comedy and skilful improvisation, winning Best Breakthrough Act at the British Comedy Awards 2013 and nominated for Best Entertainment Performance at the Royal Television Society Awards 2016.
The full line-up for the Festival has now been unveiled. New acts joining confirmed headliners Jimmy Carr, Al Murray and Romesh Ranganathan include Edinburgh Award winner and TV presenter, Russell Kane, who will unleash his new show, Right Man, Wrong Age.
Other stand-out stand-up shows include ‘Sinha at the Minster’ which will see international comedian Paul Sinha – best known as a ‘chaser’ on BBC 1’s The Chase – perform in the majestic setting of Halifax Minster, along with Channel 4’s Friday Night Project host Rob Rouse, and actor, writer and comedian Steve Royle of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights and Max & Paddy fame.
The Festival also features a host of special one-off workshops and comedy nights including The Nutty Roast at Square Chapel which brings together a diverse range of comedians including Lynne Ruth Miller, who, at 82, is the oldest performing stand-up female comedian and the poster girl for growing old disgracefully.
Other unmissable events include unstoppable comedy juggernaut The Noise Next Door, the UK’s premier improvisation troupe, who will drop into Halifax with their third national tour.
This adds to stand-up and TV regular Andrew Lawrence and Edinburgh Fringe favourite James Acaster whose names were announced earlier this year.
Festival Director Tim Fagan said: “We’re excited to reveal our full comedy line-up which features international talents such as Adam Hills; established and ascending British stars and much-loved favourites from the local comedy circuit.”
The Halifax Comedy Festival runs from 21 to 29 October with more than 20 events taking place across eight quirky venues from Halifax’s little-known Wellington Rooms, to legendary local music venue, the Arden Road Social Club.
Tickets are now on sale from www.halifaxcomedyfestival.com
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Award-winning Australian comedian Adam Hills, host of Channel 4’s acclaimed The Last Leg, is the latest headliner announced as part of the stellar line-up for this year’s Halifax Comedy Festival.


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.


Team GB claimed a record haul of 67 medals at the Rio Olympics, their most at an overseas Games, with Yorkshire contributing to 14 of them.
Team GB finished second on the medals table with 27 gold, 23 silver and 17 bronze.
If Yorkshire were a country, it would have finished 17th on the medals table, ahead of New Zealand, Canada and South Africa among others.
Here is the full list of Great Britain and Yorkshire’s Rio Olympic medallists.
Gold 27 (5 from Yorkshire)
Adam Peaty, swimming, men’s 100m breaststroke.
Great Britain's Laura Trott kisses her gold medal after winning the Women's Omnium. (Picture: PA)
Joe Clarke, canoeing, men’s K1.
Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, diving, men’s 3m synchro.
Jason Kenny, Phil Hindes, Callum Skinner, cycling, men’s team sprint.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, rowing, women’s pair.
Yorkshire's Jack Laugher won a silver medal in the men's three metres springboard. (Picture: PA)
Alex Gregory, Mohamed Sbihi, George Nash and Constantine Louloudis, rowing, men’s four.
Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Owain Doull, cycling, men’s team pursuit.
Scott Durant, Tom Ransley, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Matt Langridge, William Satch and Phelan Hill (cox), rowing, men’s eight.
Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, cycling, women’s team pursuit.
Yorkshire's Nicola Adams won a second Olympic gold in Rio (Picture: PA)
Mo Farah, athletics, men’s 10,000m.
Max Whitlock, gymnastics, men’s floor.
Justin Rose, golf, men’s tournament.
Max Whitlock, gymnastics, men’s pommel horse.
Jason Kenny, cycling, men’s sprint.
Andy Murray, tennis, men’s singles.
Charlotte Dujardin, equestrian, dressage individual grand prix.
Giles Scott, sailing, Finn class.
Laura Trott, pictured, cycling, women’s omnium.
Jason Kenny, cycling, men’s Keirin.
Alistair Brownlee, men’s triathlon.
Hannah Clark and Saskia Mills, sailing, women’s 470.
Jade Jones, taekwondo, women’s -57kg.
Nick Skelton, equestrian, individual showjumping.
Great Britain’s women, hockey.
Liam Heath, canoeing, men’s K1 200m.
Nicola Adams, boxing, women’s flyweight.
Mo Farah, athletics, men’s 5,000m.
Silver (23) (5 from Yorkshire)
Jazz Carlin, swimming, women’s 400m freestyle.
Siobhan O’Connor, swimming, women’s 200m IM.
James Guy, Stephen Milne, Dan Wallace, Duncan Scott, Robbie Renwick, swimming, men’s 4x200m freestyle.
Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley, rowing, double sculls.
David Florence and Richard Hounslow, canoeing, men’s C2.
men’s rugby sevens squad.
Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer Wilton, equestrian, team dressage.
Bryony Page, gymnastics, trampolining.
Jazz Carlin, swimming, women’s 800m freestyle.
Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Polly Swann, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown, Karen Bennett, Zoe Lee and Zoe de Toledo (cox), rowing, women’s eight.
Becky James, cycling, women’s Keirin.
Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott, swimming, men’s 4x100m medley relay.
Jessica Ennis-Hill, athletics, women’s heptathlon.
Nick Dempsey, sailing, men’s RS:X.
Louis Smith, gymnastics, men’s pommel horse.
Callum Skinner, cycling, men’s sprint.
Mark Cavendish, cycling, omnium.
Becky James, cycling, women’s sprint.
Jack Laugher, diving, men’s 3m springboard.
Jon Schofield and Liam Heath, canoeing, men’s kayak double 200m.
Jonny Brownlee, men’s triathlon.
Lutalo Muhammad, taekwondo, men’s -80kg.
Joe Joyce, boxing, men’s super-heavyweight.
Bronze (17) (4 from Yorkshire)
Ed Ling, shooting, men’s trap.
Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow, diving, men’s synchronised 10m.
Chris Froome, cycling, time trial.
Steven Scott, shooting, double trap.
Sally Conway, judo, women’s -70kg.
Max Whitlock, gymnastics, men’s all-around individual.
Greg Rutherford, athletics, men’s long jump.
Sophie Hitchon, athletics, women’s hammer.
Amy Tinkler, gymnastics, floor.
Nile Wilson, gymnastics, men’s horizontal bar.
Katy Marchant, cycling, women’s sprint.
Josh Buatsi, boxing, men’s light-heavyweight.
Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, badminton, men’s doubles.
Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, athletics, 4x100 metres relay.
Vicky Holland, women’s triathlon.
Bianca Walkden, taekwondo, women’s +67kg.
Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond, Anyika Onuora, Christine Ohuruogu, athletics, women’s 4x400m relay.

Rio 2016: Team GB’s Olympic medallists...and where Yorkshire would have finished on the medals table


Team GB claimed a record haul of 67 medals at the Rio Olympics, their most at an overseas Games, with Yorkshire contributing to 14 of them.


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Prolific recording artist and comic book writer/artist Jeffrey Lewis arrives back at Hebden Bridge Trades Club on August 28 (doors 8pm) with his band Los Bolts for what promises to be another rip-roaring gig.


It’s full throttle for the second annual Steampunk Weekend in Hebden Bridge!


Toronto born singer-songwriter Jane Siberry, is renowned as one of contemporary music’s most creative, innovative artists - with eleven major recordings, her own independent label and the acclaim of fans and peers alike. Her work has spanned three and a half decades with twenty critically acclaimed CD’s, including Calling All Angels.


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.


Norma Winstone has kept her place at the front rank of UK jazz singing since she first came to notice at Ronnie Scott’s in the late 1960s.
Her renowned technical ability earned her this plaudit from ‘The Times’: “There is no jazz singer in the country to touch her . . ”
She will mark her 75th birthday with a special concert with her regular collaborators The Printmakers at the Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, on Thursday, September 15 at 8pm.
Mark Lockheart on saxophones, Nikki Iles on piano, Mike Walker on guitar, Steve Watts on bass and James Maddren on drums will join Norma in what promises to be a stunning performance.
While working in an office in the early 1960s, Norma started her career singing in local pubs in the London area.
She was offered her first stint at Ronnie Scott’s in 1966, initially cutting her teeth on jazz standards before developing her own improvisational style and working with the likes of Mike Westbrook, Michael Garrick, John Surman, Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor.
Norma was ‘top singer’ in a Melody Maker Jazz Poll in 1971 and released her first solo album ‘Edge of Time’.
In the late 1970s she joined forces with Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor in the trio Azimuth whose recordings became a by-word for excellence over the next 17 years. Even while collaborating with others, she kept her individual profile and her 1986 album ‘Somewhere Called Home’ is hailed as a classic.
In recent years she has been credited as a lyricist and worked with pianist Glauco Venier and sax/clarinet player Klaus Gesing, releasing ‘Distances’ in 2007.
Tickets for the Dean Clough gig are £15/£12. Tel: 01422 255266 or visit www.deanclough.com
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Norma Winstone has kept her place at the front rank of UK jazz singing since she first came to notice at Ronnie Scott’s in the late 1960s.


Yorkshire take on Surrey in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup at Headingley.
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Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan (second left) is congratulated by Jack Brooks (second right) and Jonny Bairstow (right) after taking the wicket of Surrey's Kumar Sangakkara. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com
44 overs: Yorkshire 202-6 - Bresnan 47 no; Rhodes 21 no - 54 needed off 36 balls
43 overs: Yorkshire 193-6 - Bresnan 44 no; Rhodes 15 no - 63 off 41 needed
42 overs: Yorkshire 188-6 - Bresnan 42 no; Rhodes 12 no- 68 needed off 48 balls
41 overs: Yorkshire 179-6 - Bresnan 37 no; Rhodes 10 no - 77 needed
40 overs: Yorkshire 173-6 - Bresnan 36 no; Rhodes 4no - 83 runs needed
37.1 overs: Waite out for an 38 off 60 balls - caught by Gareth Batty off the bowling of Sam Curran. Yorkshire up against it now.
THE loss of three quick wickets saw Yorkshire up against it as they took on Surrey at Headingley in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup.
After restricting the visitors to 255-7 from their 50 overs – Matthew Waite leading the way with 3-48 – Yorkshire found themselves in a decent position at 75-2.
But, in the 19th over, Jonny Bairstow - cleared to play in the game by England - was caught by Dominic Sibley for 13 off the bowling of Stuart Meaker.
Just ten balls later, Bairstow’s England colleague, Gary Ballance, followed him back to the pavillion when he was caught behind by Ben Foakes for 32, handing Meaker his second victim.
Four balls later, the hosts were reeling when Jack Leaning chopped onto his stumps having scored just three.
Tim Bresnan was then joined by 20-year-old Waite with the score at 81.
The pair then batted sensibly to take their team’s score to 150-5 with 15 overs remaining.
Earlier, Steven Davies was the star of the show for the visitors, scoring a well-paced 104 off 143 balls with 10 fours and a six before becoming one of Waites’s three victims when he was caught by Will Rhodes.
Most of the damage was done in a fourth-wicket partnership between Davies and Foakes (90), the par putting on 130 before Davies exited in the 38th over.
Kumar Sangakkara, often seen as Surrey’s biggest threat, was sent on his way for just 4 when Azeem Rafiq took a catch off the bowling of Bresnan.
At the start of Yorkshire’s reply, Adam Lyth was dismissed at the start of the third overwhen caught by Sibley off the bowling of J\ake Dernbach.
Alex Lees put on 44 with Gary Ballance before shouldering arms to one off former Yorkshire player Gareth Batty that clean bowled him for 26.

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Yorkshire take on Surrey in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup at Headingley.