Recently added articles from Batley News (Batley, England):

BREAKING NEWS: Gruesome discovery at Batley graveyard.

Jul 18, 2008 ... POLICE have confirmed a mysterious package left by a grave contained a human placenta. Officers were called out to Batley Cemetery yesterday morning when a freezer bag containing the placenta was discovered. Mourners in the graveyard were left stunned when they ...

JuJitsu joy for Kodokan.

Jul 18, 2008 ... Members of the Kodokan JuJitsu Club display the medals they won at the National Groundwork Championships, held at the Carnegie Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University. Mick Howe, England team coach and three-times world champion, said: "More than 100 kids aged six to 16 ...

England Underwater Hockey trio.

Jul 18, 2008 ... A TRIO of underwater hockey players, who train at Batley Sports Centre, were on duty for England in a Home Internationals contest at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Joanne Pitchforth from Heckmondwike played for the Masters team which features players over 32, and Laura Tiffney of ...

Sykes targets a capital gain.

Jul 18, 2008 ... DEWSBURY'S undefeated super-featherweight boxer Gary Sykes aims to take a step closer to his first professional title tomorrow (Friday) in his toughest challenge to date. 'Five Star' as Gary is known, meets the tough Harry Ramogoadi in Dagenham, London on the undercard of Danny ...

Heaton reach Shield semi.

Jul 18, 2008 ... Hanging Heaton reached the Priestley Shield semi-finals last Sunday after beating Keighley by 92 runs. Captain Mick Horner (52no) hit a 42-ball half-century in an innings that included a six and three fours, supported by Chris Goodair (34) and Francis Nelson (28), as Heaton ...

Blakeley keeps Birstall in CYL title hunt.

Jul 18, 2008 ... Paul Blakeley proved the difference last Saturday as Birstall maintained their Central Yorkshire League Premier Division title challenge with an emphatic 134-run home win over Liversedge. The evergreen all-rounder added a valuable unbeaten 37 to help Birstall set a challenging ...

Fightback proves in vain for Shaw Cross.

Jul 18, 2008 ... Thornhill Trojans 22 Shaw Cross Sharks 16 THIS Boddingtons Cup game at Dewsbury Moor nearly didn't take place. Just two hours before kick-off the organisers were informed that the designated referee had been taken seriously ill. Eventually ...

Disallowed try crucial as Batley stretch Vikings.

Jul 18, 2008 ... Widnes Vikings 34 Batley Bulldogs 22 An impressive second-half display last Friday earned the Bulldogs a point and it could have been more as they stretched the Vikings to the limit at Halton Stadium in National League One. Motorway problems and the fact ...

Birstall bid to end 53-year wait.

Jul 18, 2008 ... By Andrew Hunt BIRSTALL aim to reach the Heavy Woollen Cup final for the first time in 53 years when they welcome Barnsley to Leeds Road on Sunday (start 1pm). A cracking game is in prospect as Birstall have lost just once this season - their Jack Hampshire Trophy ...

Duo swell Bulldogs' ranks for vital run-in.

Jul 18, 2008 ... By Trevor Watson BATLEY Bulldogs have extended the loan period of winger Jermaine McGilvray from Huddersfield Giants and have signed trialist threequarter, Ben Feehan, to the end of the season. McGilvray has played three times during his month's loan and impressed at ...

Victim of fatal car crash named.

Jul 17, 2008 ... THE Batley man who died after crashing his car in Leeds has been named as Steven Alan Sunderland. Mr Sunderland, of Grange Road, was driving his silver Citroen Saxo on the A58 Whitehall Road in Farnley at around 6.15am on Friday when he lost control overtaking a silver Mondeo. ...

THE AXE FALLS ON POST OFFICES.

Jul 17, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNERS are devastated that the post offices they fought to save will close. Packed public meetings showed the strength of opposition against plans to close the two post offices in Soothill and Bradford Road. But Post Office Ltd announced on Tuesday that the ...

Essential to keep card accounts open.

Jul 17, 2008 ... A BATLEY sub-postmaster is urging the council to make sure post offices still in business keep their card account contracts. Ismail Loonat, from Batley's main post office in Upper Commercial Street, warned more closures were inevitable and urged the council and MP Mike Wood to ...

Elderly left 'high and dry' over axed post offices.

Jul 17, 2008 ... THE elderly will feel the brunt of the decision to close two of Batley's post offices. Gill Paterson, Soothill Forum chairwoman, said: "It's very sad for the community, particularly for the elderly and disabled - I don't know what they are going to do. Not everyone has got a ...

Rubbish view set to greet TV stars.

Jul 17, 2008 ... TELEVISION stars may be faced with a disappointing view of Birstall as rubbish lays strewn along Nutter Lane. Oakwell Hall Country Park is being used to film a new ITV adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, which is to feature Coronation Street star Sarah Lancashire, ...

Strike action 'great success'.

Jul 17, 2008 ... UNION chiefs have claimed that strike action throughout Kirklees has proved a "great success". Thousands of council workers who are members of Unison, including binmen, teaching assistants, school dinners staff and home carers, have been on strike yesterday and today. ...

Legend Dickie Bird opens sports complex.

Jul 17, 2008 ... CRICKETING legend Dickie Bird visited Batley yesterday to open a new state-of-the-art sports complex. Dickie gave a speech in front of more than 100 cricket fans at the Indian Muslim Welfare Society's Al-Hikmah Centre, Track Road. He then officially opened the new ...

New look for Birstall paint company.

Jul 17, 2008 ... WELL-KNOWN paint company SigmaKalon has been taken over by paint giant PPG. The Birstall-based company was taken over in an acquisition in January, which now places it as the second biggest coatings company in the world. The Huddersfield Road factory has seen new ...

The school where everyone matters - Warwick Road.

Jul 17, 2008 ... A BATLEY school has been judged 'good' in all areas in a recent Ofsted report. Government inspectors visited Warwick Road Junior, Infant and Nursery School in June. The report said the quality of leadership, teaching and learning and the methods of assessing pupils' ...

Nettleton hat-trick in Heaton triumph.

Jul 11, 2008 ... ANDY Nettleton claimed a hat-trick as Hanging Heaton's second team won their Bradford League Division One game at Keighley by 15 runs. With the first team including Umar Rehman and Ryan Senior, Heaton's seconds included Jack Lawrence on his 13th birthday, and could still only ...