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[] | 2016-08-30T20:53:06 | null | null | By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Taiwan High Court’s Tainan branch yesterday upheld the guilty verdict of suspended Tainan City Council speaker Lee Chuan-chiao （李全教） for vote-buying, on charges that stemmed from the city’s 2014 councilor elections. The ruling means Lee is stripped of his seat on the council, and thus of his position as speaker. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1811264.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpQiQpdN.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Lee Chuan-chiao appeal dismissed by High Court | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31 03:00
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Taiwan High Court’s Tainan branch yesterday upheld the guilty verdict of suspended Tainan City Council speaker Lee Chuan-chiao （李全教） for vote-buying, on charges that stemmed from the city’s 2014 councilor elections. The ruling means Lee is stripped of his seat on the council, and thus of his position as speaker.
The High Court rejected Lee’s appeal against a lower court ruling, finding that there was sufficient evidence that Lee was guilty of vote-buying during the campaign.
Evidence showed that during the election, Lee’s campaign manager, Huang Teng-ching （黃澄清）, had a list of voters’ names and addresses, and planned to distribute NT$5,000 to each of them so that they would vote for Lee.
Huang and two other senior campaign staff, Lee Li-hua （李麗華） and Kang Ching-liang （康清良）, were found guilty of buying votes by a district court in July last year, with Huang given a five-year prison term, while Lee Li-hua and Kang were given suspended sentences of two years and 19 months each.
Lee Chuan-chiao is a long-time member of the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT）, and was a KMT legislator for three terms from 1999 to 2008. He has been a member of the KMT Central Standing Committee, and has also served as secretary-general of the KMT legislative caucus.
After yesterday’s ruling, Lee Chuan-chiao did not appear in public, but issued a written statement that said: “Political bickering is harmful to Taiwan, and excessive politicizing of the judiciary will do even greater harm to Taiwan’s democracy and the rule of law. The aim to strip the council speaker post from me has been achieved, so please leave the voters alone, because they are innocent.”
“In the current political atmosphere, I was prepared for the court’s ruling, so please allow me some time for reflection,” Lee Chuan-chiao said.
Tainan Mayor William Lai （賴清德） convened a news conference after the verdict.
“The ruling is proof that ‘evil cannot triumph over good,’ and it signals the end of Lee [Chuan-chiao]’s orchestrated farce, which had long tormented Tainan,” he said.
“The case shows that anyone using devious means to achieve their ends will reap what they have sown. I hope this odious attempt to subvert democracy can serve as a warning to everyone, and I hope it will be the last of such cases,” Lai said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1811264 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/9e83074cede2b62a95fcbbe242e5d4b217fe9bec98e7f26fd0f92399ca7f2717.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T22:58:31 | null | null | ITV is switching off all seven of its channels for an hour to encourage people to get off their sofas and take part in sport following Team GB’s Olympics success. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1026602.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》 ITV to switch off its seven channels for an hour for Olympics event 英國獨立電視台為英國奧運成就暫停旗下頻道播映1小時 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29
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ITV is switching off all seven of its channels for an hour to encourage people to get off their sofas and take part in sport following Team GB’s Olympics success.
英國獨立電視台暫停旗下7個頻道播映1小時，以鼓勵觀眾離開沙發，出門運動，慶祝英國奧運代表團表現優異。
ITV will stop broadcasting from 09：30 on 27 August as part of the I Am Team GB campaign.
作為「我也是大英代表隊」活動的一部分，ITV將從8月27日上午9點半開始停播。
The move, organised with the National Lottery, will also see thousands of sports clubs open to let people try new sports for free.
由國家彩券部門策劃的這項活動，免費開放數千個運動場地讓民眾嘗試新運動。
Olympic medallists, including long jumper Greg Rutherford, will take part.
奧運奪牌選手，包括跳遠健將盧瑟福，也將共襄盛舉。
Rutherford, who won a bronze medal in Rio, urged people to get involved, adding："You don’t have to be an Olympian to be part of Team GB."
里約奧運跳遠銅牌盧瑟福籲請大眾多多參與，他表示：「你不必是奧運選手，也可以是大英代表隊一份子。」
A statement from I Am Team GB described the day as "a homecoming for our lottery-funded Olympic athletes when they return from Rio, inspiring everyone, no matter what their level of fitness, to come together with Olympic heroes and famous faces from ITV in the biggest ever UK-wide sports day".
「我也是大英代表隊」活動聲明，27日是「彩券贊助的奧運代表團由里約載譽歸國，我國選手的表現鼓舞每一個人，無論運動天分高或低，都可與奧運英雄、獨立電視台知名角色一起響應的最大規模全英運動日。」
新聞辭典
get involved in：動詞片語，關聯、牽涉。例句：The five Taiwanese suspects involved in the telecommunications fraud in Kenya were forcefully deported to China. （5名涉及肯亞電信詐騙的台籍嫌犯，被強迫解送至中國。）
no matter what/who/when/which/where/how：連接詞，無論人、事、物、地點…。例句：No matter what you decide to do, I am with you.（無論你如何決定，我都站在你這邊。）
take part in：動詞片語，參與。例句：Foreign firms take part in drafting cybersecurity rules in China.（外國公司參與擬定中國網路安全規定。） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1026602 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/fe179da5825eda0ca73ea58c8c7cfce0ad36813a21f0ef2e95fe5d982385685e.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:53:05 | null | null | By Hsiang Cheng-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer president Ma Ying-jeou （馬英九） yesterday criticized radio talk host Clara Chou （周玉蔻）, saying that she engaged in “groundless and malignant slander” against him. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1811266.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php7SRQuc.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Ma accuses Clara Chou of ‘groundless slander’ | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31 03:00
By Hsiang Cheng-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Former president Ma Ying-jeou （馬英九） yesterday criticized radio talk host Clara Chou （周玉蔻）, saying that she engaged in “groundless and malignant slander” against him.
Ma made the remarks during a hearing on his lawsuit against Chou at the Taiwan High Court in Taipei.
According to Ma, Chou has since December 2014 repeatedly slandered him by claiming on political talk shows that he has accepted NT$200 million （US$6.3 million） from Ting Hsin International Group to cover up a scandal involving edible oils.
Ma said that Chou, through such TV appearances, was able to make NT$1 million.
Having been a civil servant for more than 30 years, Ma said “fiscal integrity” was his life, adding that he could not accept the district court’s ruling that Chou was not culpable and therefore he filed an appeal to the Taiwan High Court.
The courts are a bastion of protection for the freedom of speech, but it should not be a guarantor for the abuse of such liberties, Ma said, adding the Republic of China （ROC） is a nation that is governed by law and should not tolerate the “special few” who are able to slander others without proof.
Chou told reporters after leaving the session that Ma’s speech was very emotional.
“That Ma has turned toward personal insults in court saddens me. I am further surprised that he treats journalism a tool for money. His remarks about me show the naivete and ignorance of Ma in terms of judicial law,” Chou said.
The collegiate bench at the Taiwan High Court yesterday summoned My-Formosa.com vice chairman Wu Tzu-chia （吳子嘉） and former Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） legislator Hsieh Kuo-liang （謝國樑） for questioning.
Wu said he had evidence that the Ma campaign team received NT$1 billion in political donations from Ting Hsin, adding that the funds were paid to the team and not to Ma.
When asked by Judge Chen Hsiao-pei （陳筱佩） to state his source, Wu said he would rather be fined than reveal his sources.
Hsieh said that the fomer Ma administration should have been more active when the Ting Hsin food scandal broke in 2014.
Hsieh said his feelings regarding such a letdown caused him to hypothesize that if someone took political donations from the company, it would be difficult to carry through the public’s self-imposed ban on Ting Hsin products.
However, Hsieh said his comments were not backed by any evidence.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1811266 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/9982b941bd2630bd6bd184232c245878482fbbe1fe5d0d71e84077653d1966d1.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:52:40 | null | null | By Nadia Tsao and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter in Washington, with Staff WriterThe Global Taiwan Institute （GTI）, a new research institute said to be the biggest US-based think tank focusing on Taiwan to date, is scheduled to open on Sept. 14, sources said. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1810199.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 US-based Global Taiwan Institute to open soon: sources | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-30 03:00
By Nadia Tsao and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter in Washington, with Staff Writer
The Global Taiwan Institute （GTI）, a new research institute said to be the biggest US-based think tank focusing on Taiwan to date, is scheduled to open on Sept. 14, sources said.
The GTI has access to more than US$20 million and has paid US$3 million for its Dupont Circle, Washington, office, sources said, adding that the institute is to be made up of people from the US, Taiwan, Japan and Europe.
US Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Grace Meng, institute honorary chairman Wu Rong-i （吳榮義） and Formosa TV chairman Kou Pei-hung （郭倍宏） are to attend a founding event for the institute, they said.
The institute has received funding and support from influential figures, sources said, adding that its establishment is noteworthy at a time when Taiwanese independence advocate Koo Kwang-ming （辜寬敏） has announced the suspension of his Taipei-based Taiwan Brain Trust, which is expected to join the Ketagalan Foundation, an organization owned and operated by supporters of former president Chen Shui-bien （陳水扁）.
Former president Lee Teng-hui （李登輝） is to serve as the institute’s chief adviser and Wu as its honorary chairman, while 37 people are to serve as cofounders, including former Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission chairwoman Chang Fu-mei （張富美）.
Each cofounder has contributed US$100,000 to the institute.
The institute’s board of advisers has 14 members and includes former American Institute in Taiwan director William Stanton, University of Miami professor of political science June Dreyer, University of Pennsylvania professor of history Arthur Waldron and former Congressional Research Service researcher Shirley Kan, the institute said.
The board of directors has 16 members who tend to be young professionals, including Twitch Interactive chief operating officer Kevin Lin （林士斌） and Lee Pei-yi （李佩宜）, 26, the youngest director on the board; the average age of its directors is 33, it said.
Chairman Robert Lai （賴義雄） said the institute is dedicated to bolstering Taiwan-US relations and supporting talented young Taiwanese-Americans.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1810199 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/032ab3b71cdab5cb591b5814813a72c1706c0c96fe7776fe1ce37a4b444cf4d3.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:50 | null | null | By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Chih-chung （吳志中） yesterday said that Taiwan’s diplomatic ties with the Vatican are not a “zero-sum game,” welcoming dialogue between the Catholic city-state and China for the sake of promoting religious freedom. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1809233.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Government welcomes Vatican-China dialogue: official | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29 03:00
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Chih-chung （吳志中） yesterday said that Taiwan’s diplomatic ties with the Vatican are not a “zero-sum game,” welcoming dialogue between the Catholic city-state and China for the sake of promoting religious freedom.
“Taipei and the Holy See are diplomatic allies connected by the same values, sharing a consensus on many aspects, including religious freedom, democracy, human rights and humanitarian aid,” Wu said on the sidelines of the final day of a two-day forum titled “Direct Election of President and Taiwan’s Democratic Development in the Past 20 Years” in Taipei.
Wu said that, due to its mission to promote human rights and religious freedom, the Vatican is supposed to engage in dialogue with China, something that Taiwan is not only not opposed to, but also thinks is positive.
“This is not a zero-sum game. It does not mean that we have to sever ties [with a diplomatic ally] just because it starts getting close to others,” Wu said, urging the public to not interpret the matter as being purely black-and-white.
Asked about the status of Taiwan-Vatican relations, Wu said the ties have been and are expected to remain relatively stable, but acknowledged that might not last forever, as “many things are changing.”
Wu made the remarks one day after Vatican Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said in a speech in Pordenone, Italy, that there are many hopes and expectations for new developments and a new season in relations between China and the Vatican.
“[This] will benefit not just Catholics in the land of Confucius, but the whole country, which boasts one of the greatest civilizations on the planet,” Reuters quoted Parolin as saying.
Speculation over the possibility of the Holy See switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing has been growing, particularly after President Tsai Ing-wen’s （蔡英文） inauguration on May 20.
Despite uncertainty surrounding Taiwan-Vatican relations, Vice President Chen Chien-jen （陳建仁）, who is Catholic, is on Friday scheduled to embark on a six-day visit to the Holy See, the nation’s only European diplomatic ally, to attend the canonization of Mother Teresa.
Wu, who is to be a member of Chen’s delegation, said the Vatican is not a country that puts national interests above all else and aims to push for religious freedom and the promotion of the Catholic faith.
“As far as the government is concerned, our priority is to maintain official diplomatic ties with the Vatican,” Wu said, adding that no changes would be made to Chen’s visit.
Earlier yesterday, the ministry also issued a statement saying that it has kept close tabs on interactions between China and the Vatican, and it reiterated that Taipei’s ties with the Holy See have a long history.
“For many years, high-level government officials from both sides have made frequent visits to each other’s nations. Intensive cooperation has also occurred between Taiwan and the city-state’s pontifical councils and Catholic charitable organizations,” the ministry said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1809233 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/61a7b51d50063eab8e4bd7995e2889b6a7a5d86e2bf4a31687a4696741202f80.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:20 | null | null | PUBLIC SENTIMENT: A senior KMT official said that the DPP’s fanning of populist sentiment in its hunt of the KMT would lead to more electoral defeats for the DPPBy Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1808542.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpHWGuW3.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》KMT’s Wei wins Hualien by-election | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28 03:00
PUBLIC SENTIMENT: A senior KMT official said that the DPP’s fanning of populist sentiment in its hunt of the KMT would lead to more electoral defeats for the DPP
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） candidate Wei Chia-hsien （魏嘉賢） yesterday won the Hualien City mayoral by-election, overthrowing the Democratic Progressive Party’s （DPP） rule of the city.
Wei won the by-election against his DPP opponent, Chang Mei-hui （張美慧）, by a comfortable margin, with 17,923 votes to 13,958.
Wei secured 54.17 percent of the vote against Chang’s 42.18 percent, with a voter turnout of 40.87 percent.
Wei declared victory about 80 minutes after ballot counting began at 4pm, thanking supporters in an emotional speech.
“I will dedicate myself over the next two years and four months. I will prove myself to voters,” Wei said. “I will serve all residents with utmost sincerity to make Hualien a city of warmth, a city that residents can be proud of.”
KMT Secretary-General Mo Tien-hu （莫天虎） expressed gratitude to voters at a post-election news conference, saying the KMT’s victory was an indicator of the public’s feelings toward the DPP government.
KMT Culture and Communications Committee director Chow Chi-wai （周志偉） said the fact that Wei was able to win the election, despite the DPP’s “mudslinging and use of government resources” during the campaign, indicated that the public was dissatisfied with the DPP government.
“The DPP has to learn its lesson from the election’s result. Its control of the legislature and the central government does not allow it to abuse its power,” Chow said.
“If the DPP cannot refrain from ideological manipulation or the fanning of populist sentiment in hunting down the KMT, it will suffer more defeats in coming elections,” Chow said.
Chang congratulated Wei and encouraged him to continue late Hualien Mayor Tien Chih-hsuan’s （田智宣） unfinished work to improve residents’ well-being.
“Although I lost the election, I will serve the city in any capacity to continue Tien’s legacy,” Chang said.
Chang was the wife of Tien, who died of lung cancer on May 29. The by-election was held to fill the opening left by his death.
Tien won the Hualien mayoral election in 2014 with 62.15 percent of the vote.
DPP spokesman Wang Min-sheng （王閔生） said the party humbly accepted the defeat and congratulated Wei on his victory.
“Although the election’s result is disappointing, the DPP will not depart from its ideals of integrity and diligence, and it will continue to carry out reform in Hualien,” Wang said.
Yesterday’s by-election was the second local election since President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） assumed office on May 20.
A by-election for mayor of Changhua County’s Tianwei Township （田尾） was held on July 23, which the incumbent KMT won.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1808542 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/29050148ad830b2b561237b46176c483f5f9ed5e16770c5864087b8de3498689.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:09 | null | null | By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterTraffic on the streets near the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei was held up for about three hours yesterday morning as hundreds of drivers protested regulations imposed after a deadly tour bus fire last month. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1806834.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpkPEJbN.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Buses clog Taipei road as drivers rally | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-26 03:00
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Traffic on the streets near the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei was held up for about three hours yesterday morning as hundreds of drivers protested regulations imposed after a deadly tour bus fire last month.
Members of the New Taipei City Tour Bus Drivers’ Union said 200 buses and 400 drivers were mobilized, with buses stopping on Renai and Hangzhou S roads, paralyzing traffic.
Protesters gathered at the front of the building and demanded that the regulations be relaxed.
About a dozen protesters pushed past barriers at the ministry’s main entrance and entered the lobby.
A few protesters went to the 19th floor, demanding to see Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan （賀陳旦）.
The protest ended after two hours of talks between union representatives and ministry officials.
Union chairman Lee Shih-chia （李式嘉） said it is almost certain that the bus driver killed in the July 19 bus fire was suicidal, but people are focused on the issue of bus operators buying vehicle parts from overseas and having them assembled in Taiwan.
The ministry reinforced that impression by launching a massive crackdown on tour bus operators, Lee said.
Some operators said that the government wants tour buses to pass an excessively high standard of safety, requiring buses to be in use for only a certain number of years.
However, operators cannot get a return on investment if they were to follow the regulations, they said, adding that the government should prevent public bus operators from branching out into the tourism industry.
Transportation Management Center chief secretary Lin Fu-shan （林福山） said the ministry has explained that a tour bus does not equate to an assembled bus.
The union said its members have received 46 tickets since July 23 for failing to follow the new safety requirements.
Lin said 14 of the penalties — fines for not being able to easily open emergency exits — would not be rescinded.
The remaining 34 cases involved locks or other devices on emergency exits, Lin said, adding that drivers need not pay a fine if it could be shown that the devices were factory-installed.
In that case, the manufacturers of the bus’ body would pay the fine instead, he said.
The Directorate-General of Highways said that protesters listed 13 demands.
It promised to hold a meeting within one week to discuss some of them.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1806834 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/6279c49e9fc8050ecb78a99edc513d06ef6e8e5635550528a20666f79d1a83a1.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:56 | null | null | ‘NOTHING TO GAIN’: Beijing’s attempts to block Taipei’s participation at the WHO can risk the health of Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan, an article presented in Taipei saidBy Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1809234.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 China urged to rethink obstructionism | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29 03:00
‘NOTHING TO GAIN’: Beijing’s attempts to block Taipei’s participation at the WHO can risk the health of Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan, an article presented in Taipei said
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
An article presented at a forum in Taipei yesterday urged Beijing to reconsider its “outdated strategy” to block Taiwan from joining international organizations.
The article was coauthored by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Chih-chung （吳志中） and National Chung Hsing University’s Graduate Institute of International Politics Chairman Chen Mu-min （陳牧民）.
“China must consider this at a time when many issues have transcended the sovereignty-oriented mindset and require transnational collaboration,” said the article, which was presented by Wu on the final day of the two-day forum, titled “Direct Election of President and Taiwan’s Democratic Development in the Past 20 Years.”
The article said China’s stubborn objection to Taiwan’s participation in the international community might not only cause harm to its international image and hinder its plan of becoming the world’s leading power, but can also be met by growing sentiment that is opposed to China and could damage cross-strait relations.
China should give serious thought to abandoning its outdated mindset and policies to allow Taipei, Beijing and the entire international community to jointly build a future at a time when the welfare and safety of people are threatened by global warming, environmental pollution, the globalization of crime and the emergence of epidemics, the article said.
The article was apparently referring to the WHO’s unprecedented mentioning of the “one China” principle in Taiwan’s invitation to this year’s World Health Assembly （WHA）, which arrived days before the deadline for registering for the forum.
The controversial reference to the “one China” principle was perceived as Beijing’s attempt to step up its pressure on President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） to toe Beijing’s line.
Wu said China has nothing to gain from blocking Taiwan’s participation at the WHO, which focuses mainly on public health issues, as the health of Chinese tourists to Taiwan could also be at risk should an epidemic break out in the nation.
Expressing hopes that Taipei and Beijing could come to an understanding on the matter and jointly strive for a win-win situation, Wu said Taiwan’s participation at the WHO is closely intertwined with the welfare, health and safety of humanity.
Additional reporting by CNA
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1809234 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/8cafd9f0217cf4c3fcf66c5c9d4960485cc9a333ee68e3e5da0153668a30e265.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:59:26 | null | null | A small stray dog had won hearts all over the world after deciding to follow an Australian runner for several days during an ultramarathon through China’s forbidding Gobi desert. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1027384.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》Finding Gobi：Runner finds the dog that followed him on an ultramarathon in China 尋找戈壁：跑者找回在中國超級馬拉松賽中跟隨他的狗 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31
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A small stray dog had won hearts all over the world after deciding to follow an Australian runner for several days during an ultramarathon through China’s forbidding Gobi desert.
一隻小流浪狗因在穿越中國險惡戈壁沙漠的超級馬拉松賽中，決意追隨一名澳洲跑者數天，而贏得全球人心。
Dion Leonard fell in love with the dog, named her Gobi and planned to bring her back to his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.
李奧納德愛上這隻狗，將牠取名為戈壁，並計畫帶牠回蘇格蘭愛丁堡的家。
Then, on Aug. 15 , just before she was due to travel to Beijing to enter quarantine, the dog disappeared, scampering out an open door in the Chinese city of Urumqi, where she was being looked after.
然而在8月15日，就在牠預定送往北京，進行隔離檢疫前夕，狗狗不見了。牠衝出烏魯木齊一處敞開的門；牠在該市受照顧。
Leonard flew back to China to look, launching a media and social media campaign and putting posters up all over the city. Volunteers helped him scour Urumqi, asking guards, taxi drivers, cleaners and fruit vendors; and visiting parks and dog shelters.
李奧納德飛回中國尋找牠，他展開媒體與社群媒體行動，在城市各處廣貼海報。義工們幫他跑遍烏魯木齊，詢問警衛、計程車司機、清潔工與水果攤販；並走訪公園與狗狗收容所。
But at the bottom of his heart, Leonard feared it would be a fruitless quest. Then, a Chinese man called：He and his son had seen a small stray dog in a local park. They had brought her home and thought she could be the one.
但內心深處，李奧納德擔心這將是徒勞無功的尋找。接著，一名中國男子致電表示，他與兒子在當地一座公園內見過一隻小流浪狗。他們將牠帶回家，認為牠可能就是戈壁。
"I walked into the room, and I didn’t say a word. Gobi spotted me as soon as I walked in, and she started running toward me. Literally, she was running up my leg and jumping all over me and squealing with delight. It was just mind-blowing to think that we had found her," he said. "It was a miracle."
「我走進房間，沒有開口說話，戈壁在我一進門就發現我，牠跑向我。牠簡直是跑上我的腿，在我身邊跳來跳去，發出高興的叫聲。想到我們能找到牠，情緒就十分激動，」他說，「這是奇蹟。」
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at the bottom of one’s heart：在內心深處。例句：At the bottom of his heart, he was disappointed at the results.（在他內心深處，對於該結果他感到失望。）
scour：四處搜查、細查。例句：She scoured the bookstores for the poetic works of Shelley.（她跑遍各家書店，尋找雪萊的詩集。）
mind-blowing：令人極為興奮、震驚。例如：a mind-blowing experience.（令人震撼的經驗。） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1027384 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/d908a2a8c0686ce7d02beea70ceff54b470e81943089e693a5b7980069a059ae.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T22:56:41 | null | null | SM Entertainment Co., known for groups such as ’Girls Generation’, closed down 5.3 percent, while YG Entertainment Corp., home to Psy of ’Gangnam Style’ fame, fell 8 percent. The shares dropped amid speculation China will regulate South Korean content as relations worsen due to a plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, anti-missile system with the U.S., said Lim Min Kyu, a Seoul-based analyst at Hyundai Securities Co. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1026315.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》 K-Pop Shares Become Victim of China-Korea Missile spat 中韓飛彈爭執殃及韓流公司股票 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28
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SM Entertainment Co., known for groups such as ’Girls Generation’, closed down 5.3 percent, while YG Entertainment Corp., home to Psy of ’Gangnam Style’ fame, fell 8 percent. The shares dropped amid speculation China will regulate South Korean content as relations worsen due to a plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, anti-missile system with the U.S., said Lim Min Kyu, a Seoul-based analyst at Hyundai Securities Co.
以像是「少女時代」之類的演唱團體聞名的「SM娛樂公司」，收盤時股價跌了5.3%，而以「江南風格」走紅的朴載相，其母公司「YG娛樂公司」則跌了8%。首爾「現代證券公司」的分析師林敏奎（譯音）說，這些公司的股價之所以下挫，是因南韓與美國部署戰區高空防禦系統（或稱薩德）之計畫造成與中國關係惡化後，傳聞中國將規範南韓內容產業。
"Although it isn’t confirmed, there seems to be uncertainty among investors," said Hyun Choi, the head of equities at Baring Asset Management Korea Ltd. in Seoul. "South Korean entertainment companies are mostly relying on businesses in China, and if they can’t do a large-scale concert or show, it would be a problem for them."
首爾「霸菱資產管理韓國公司」證券部門主管崔鉉（譯音）表示，「儘管未經證實，但上述傳聞似乎造成投資人的不確定感」，「南韓娛樂公司大多仰賴在中國的生意，倘這些公司無法舉行大規模的演唱會或表演，對它們來說將有麻煩」。
The so-called Korean Wave of popular culture that spans drama, pop music, fashion and cosmetics is an increasingly important part of an economy that generates around half of its gross domestic product from exports. The country’s consumer shares have already been hurt by deteriorating relations over Thaad amid speculation the flow of Chinese tourists to Seoul department stores will be affected.
橫跨戲劇、流行音樂、時尚和美妝用品的所謂流行文化「韓流」，係南韓這個近半數國內生產毛額由出口產生的經濟體，愈來愈重要的一部分。中韓因薩德而惡化的關係已傷及該國的消費股，傳聞中國觀光客前往首爾的百貨公司人潮將受影響。
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is inclined to limit South Korean artists in conducting entertainment activities in China, according to a report Monday on news portal Sina.com that cited unidentified industry sources.
根據新聞入口網站「新浪網」週一引述業界消息人士的話所做報導，中國「國家出版廣電總局」傾向限制南韓藝人在中國進行娛樂活動。
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spat：名詞，口角。例句：The Republican presidential candidate got into a public spat with a Gold Star family that spoke at the Democratic National Convention last week.（該共和黨總統候選人與上週在民主黨全代會上發言的一個「金星」家庭〔即有家人從軍為國捐軀的家庭〕公開爭吵。）
share：名詞，股份（票）、一部分。例句：The flipside is that share prices have been driven up by the Bank’s decision.（另一方面，股價已被該銀行的決策所推升。）
span：及物動詞，跨越、持續（一段時間）。例句：His career has spanned more than a quarter of a century, including seven Olympic Games.（他的〔運動〕生涯已跨越逾4分之1個世紀，歷7屆奧運。） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1026315 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/eea5492d6764228c22a2504d404614ce662ec5bceee34d4e6f3ff0cc3f57d400.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:24 | null | null | By Jason Pan / Staff reporterTaiwanese sports officials and fans were dismayed by the news that the Japan Table Tennis Association allegedly issued an order to prohibit Olympic bronze medalist Ai Fukuhara from marrying her Taiwanese boyfriend, Chiang Hung-chieh （江宏傑）, who is also an Olympic table tennis player. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1808539.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpg0RctZ.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Table tennis star told not to marry boyfriend: report | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28 03:00
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwanese sports officials and fans were dismayed by the news that the Japan Table Tennis Association allegedly issued an order to prohibit Olympic bronze medalist Ai Fukuhara from marrying her Taiwanese boyfriend, Chiang Hung-chieh （江宏傑）, who is also an Olympic table tennis player.
Fukuhara and Chiang, both 27, have been in a relationship for more than a year, and it was reported that they planned to get married.
However, Josei Jishin magazine reported that Japanese table tennis officials ordered Fukuhara to put off the plans, because they wanted her to concentrate on her training and lead the Japanese women’s table tennis team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The report said Japanese officials also had objections over Fukuhara marrying Chiang, because it would be a “status-gap marriage,” a Japanese term referring to a couple having significant disparity between their incomes, social status and personal values.
Other Japanese media outlets said that Fukuhara is the nation’s top female table tennis player, who was once the world’s No. 4 player, with an annual income estimated at ￥100 million （US$982,318）, while Chiang is on a much lower level with a world ranking of 49, and was eliminated in the first round at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and only has an estimated annual income of ￥4 million.
Many Taiwanese sports fans were angered at the perceived slight against Chiang. Some fans posted messages condemning Japanese sports officials, saying they have no right to interfere in people’s affairs, adding that it is appalling to dictate a young woman’s choice of a marriage partner.
In response to queries from Taiwanese media on Friday, Chiang said: “I cannot say anything about this matter. Whatever I say would not be right at this time.”
Fukuhara tried to dispel the speculation by posting a photograph on Facebook showing two cantaloupes filled with ice cream, tagged with Chiang’s name, whereby he responded with: “I will take you there after finishing my competition.”
Taiwanese sports officials were also alarmed, as they want to see the marriage go ahead, saying that Fukuhara could be granted Taiwanese citizenship to enable her to compete in table tennis matches for Taiwan at the Olympics, an idea which does not sit well with Japanese authorities.
The relationship between Fukuhara and Chiang was also covered by Chinese media outlets, since Fukuhara can write and speak Mandarin due to her training in China by top coaches from an early age and she is viewed as a celebrity there.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1808539 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/54e6230ae13dda9cc6f794c0df966f53ec080a1c8da9fc08bb7c6500459d748b.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:52:41 | null | null | AMBIGUOUS: Navy Command Headquarters Chief of Staff Mei Chia-shu said a lack of clear instructions contributed to the accidental launch of a Hsiung Feng III missileBy Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1810202.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpXW2k4S.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 MND explains cause of missile incident | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-30 03:00
AMBIGUOUS: Navy Command Headquarters Chief of Staff Mei Chia-shu said a lack of clear instructions contributed to the accidental launch of a Hsiung Feng III missile
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Ministry of National Defense （MND） yesterday released the results of its investigation into an accidental missile launch last month, saying a series of missteps and procedural violations caused the mishap.
A Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile was accidentally launched from a Kaohsiung-based Chinchiang-class corvette ahead of a training exercise on July 1. The missile ripped through a fishing boat, killing the boat’s captain, Huang Wen-chung （黃文忠）, and injuring three crew members.
The missile was launched because Petty Officer Second Class Kao Chia-chun （高嘉駿） accidentally connected unnecessary fire plugs — a connector assembly used to send launch orders, to a missile launcher — Navy Command Headquarters Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Mei Chia-shu （梅家樹） said.
Kao was supposed to connect only two fire plugs, because safety devices were installed on only two of the ship’s four missiles, but he connected four, Mei said.
Kao’s supervisor, Chief Petty Officer Chen Ming-hsiu （陳銘修）, should have requested only two fire plugs instead of four, while the ship’s weapon systems officers should only have given him two, Mei said.
Chen misunderstood orders for the drill, believing that all four missiles were to be prepared for the training exercise, but the exercise was only to simulate the launch of one missile, Mei said, adding that during a pre-drill rehearsal, Chen left the operations room after ordering Kao to establish two sets of firing solutions.
According to protocol, Chen should have supervised Kao throughout the entire process, but Kao was left alone in the operations room as he went through the entire pre-launch process while rehearsing for the exercise, when he accidentally hit the launch button, Mei said.
“There were too many oversights and too much negligence. We are deeply distressed [by the incident], but we have made efforts to improve [launch procedures],” Mei said.
Asked how Chen could have misunderstood orders for the exercise, Mei said instructions were ambiguous, adding that the navy would make improvements.
“The missile system will also be redesigned to prevent accidental launches,” Mei said.
Ministry Inspector General Wu Pao-Kun （吳寶琨） said that the July 1 training exercise should not have been scheduled, because the ship’s commander had only been in command since April 11, while operational rules stipulate that such high-level drills are not allowed until a commander has been in charge for more than three months.
The ship was scheduled to begin a patrol mission immediately after the drill, and its commander, Major Lin Po-tse （林伯澤）, had attended a pre-patrol meeting earlier that day, Wu added.
The tight schedule might have been a contributing factor to the accident, Wu said, adding that the ministry would prevent such scheduling issues.
“In addition to the navy’s previously announced disciplinary action, the ship’s executive officer and officers who approved the drill are to be punished for procedural violations and failing to provide proper supervision,” Wu said.
The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday charged Kao, Chen and Lieutenant Hsu Po-wei （許博為）, the ship’s weapon systems officer, with causing the incident.
Kao was charged with negligence resulting in the death of the fishing boat’s captain, which could result in a five-year jail term if he is found guilty.
Chen and Hsu were charged with neglecting their duties and causing an accident, which carry a total prison term of three to 10 years.
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[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:53 | null | null | ELECTRIC DREAM: Chen Yang-yi hopes the project will generate 1 gigawatt daily by 2020, which would help accomplish the goal of a ‘nuclear-power-free homeland’By Hung Ting-hung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1809231.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Researchers harness power of the sea | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29 03:00
ELECTRIC DREAM: Chen Yang-yi hopes the project will generate 1 gigawatt daily by 2020, which would help accomplish the goal of a ‘nuclear-power-free homeland’
By Hung Ting-hung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
National Sun Yat-sen University professor Chen Yang-yi’s （陳陽益） dream of using the Kuroshio Current to generate electricity has been proved viable after seven years of testing, and Chen hopes that by 2020 the project would be able to produce 1 gigawatt （GW） of electricity per day.
Chen’s research team said that it reported the results to Premier Lin Chuan （林全） on Saturday.
According to Chen, the Kuroshio Power Plant Development Project late last month successfully deployed a floating platform anchored to a sunken ship, the first such platform in Taiwan and the first system to test the viability of power generation by ocean currents.
The project was the first to turn on low-speed generators submerged in water currents flowing at 0.45m per second, Chen said, adding that the generators were kept running for 60 hours.
The team first used tugboats off Pingtung County’s Siaoliouciou Island （小琉球） last year to tow their third generator through ocean currents at a speed of 1.43m per second, Chen said, adding that average power generation was 32.57 kilowatts （kW）.
That was the first time a research team towed a generator to simulate ocean current speeds and generated power, Chen said.
On July 23, the team deployed a multipurpose platform 25km southeast of Oluanpi （鵝鑾鼻）, which it anchored to a foundation 900m deep converted from an abandoned ship, Chen said.
From July 25 to July 29, the team ran consecutive tests as the Kuroshio Current flowed past the platform at a depth of 30m, with currents traveling at 1.27m per second, generating an average of 26.31kW, he said.
“It was a successful trial,” Chen said.
The team plans to move to Jioupeng Bay （九鵬灣） in Pingtung next year for a trial run, which it hopes will generate 2 megawatts for commercial operations, Chen said
If the test results are positive, the system could become a replacement for the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant, as it is projected to be able to generate 1GW by 2020, which would move the nation one step closer to the government’s goal of a “nuclear-power-free homeland.”
While many nations have been attempting to use sea currents to generate power, most are still at the design stage and none have had a successful trial, he said.
According to Chen, Japan last year demonstrated a sea current generation system, but said that it would not conduct live trials until 2020, meaning that Taiwan’s research has surpassed that of other nations.
Chen, who served as president of the university’s College of Marine Science, launched the Kuroshio Current power generation research project in 2009 in collaboration with research teams from the National Applied Research Laboratories and National Cheng Kung University’s Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory.
The team also collaborates with Wanchi Steel Industrial Co （萬機鋼鐵） on technological matters.
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[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:28 | null | null | By Sean Lin / Staff reporterThe Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee might replace local hip-hop trio Jiu Yi Yi （玖壹壹） as the spokespersons for the sporting event, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） said yesterday, after the group sparked backlashes at home and overseas over a music video that has been criticized as offensive toward several religions. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1808540.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php8hNshK.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Universiade might replace group over video backlash | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28 03:00
By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee might replace local hip-hop trio Jiu Yi Yi （玖壹壹） as the spokespersons for the sporting event, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） said yesterday, after the group sparked backlashes at home and overseas over a music video that has been criticized as offensive toward several religions.
Ko made the remark in response to reporters’ questions over whether the city government would dismiss the group, who agreed to be the face of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade for free.
Ko initially said the committee had not made any plans to replace Jiu Yi Yi, adding: “If something went wrong, just correct it.”
When asked how the city would cope with the negative feedback the group has triggered in Malaysia, Ko said the committee would consider replacing the group.
“We will have more discussions about this matter. I do not think knee-jerk reactions are necessary,” he added.
In a recently released music video for a song titled Oh My God, the three Jiu Yi Yi members are seen dressed up as the Prophet Mohammed, Buddhist monk Xuanzang （玄奘） and a Taoist monk.
Malaysian rapper Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee （黃明志）, and who is a collaborator of the group, wrote the song and portrayed Jesus Christ in the video.
In the video, “Mohammed” swaggers about several locations in Malaysia, including a mosque, carrying a rifle.
The four dressed as religious figures later indulge themselves with alcohol and a game of poker, during which they have an argument, prompting “Mohammed” to point his rifle at the others.
The video triggered an outpouring of online criticism almost immediately after its release, with many netizens calling the group “ignorant.”
Citing the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris last year, Christopher Hall said in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel Dream Lucid that the video could irritate religious extremists and make Taiwan a target of terrorist attacks.
The video has also drawn fire from Malaysian authorities.
Malaysian police on Sunday last week remanded Namewee into custody for questioning over his “intent to insult a religion.”
Jiu Yi Yi, which in Chinese means “911,” posted a video on Facebook in response to the controversy, saying they were approached by Wee to collaborate on the song, adding that the creative direction of the video and song’s lyrics were Wee’s alone.
The song’s message is about four religions living together in peace, the group said.
However, the group did not apologize for stirring up controversy, as many people had demanded, saying that netizens who criticized them had no knowledge of what had occurred and that the negative feedback only made them more determined to continue writing new songs.
The group has created a song for the Universiade, which they performed in front of Taipei City Hall last week to promote the event.
Jiu Yi Yi was nominated for best singing group at this year’s Golden Melody Awards.
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[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:51 | null | null | Saying that the nation’s economy needs to be revived and citing a need for greater investment, Premier Lin Chuan told ‘Liberty Times’ （sister paper of the ‘Taipei Times’） reporters Tzou Jiing-wen, Lee Hsin-fang and Cheng Chi-fang that the Executive Yuan hopes to plant the seeds of growth with the ‘five major innovative industries’: Taiwan as Asia’s Silicon Valley, mechanisms for the development of intellectual prowess, ‘green’ technology, biotechnology and national defenseLiberty Times （LT）: How would you diagnose the symptoms of Taiwan’s economic ills? | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1809235.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpsr3gX2.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 INTERVIEW: Taiwan needs to attract investors: premier | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29 03:00
Saying that the nation’s economy needs to be revived and citing a need for greater investment, Premier Lin Chuan told ‘Liberty Times’ （sister paper of the ‘Taipei Times’） reporters Tzou Jiing-wen, Lee Hsin-fang and Cheng Chi-fang that the Executive Yuan hopes to plant the seeds of growth with the ‘five major innovative industries’: Taiwan as Asia’s Silicon Valley, mechanisms for the development of intellectual prowess, ‘green’ technology, biotechnology and national defense
Liberty Times （LT）: How would you diagnose the symptoms of Taiwan’s economic ills?
Premier Lin Chuan （林全）: Comparing Taiwan’s economic growth with those of Southeast Asian nations over the past 20 years, Taiwan has really not performed very well.
This is related to inadequate structural growth, particularly in the form of investment, which has been declining annually. Why is there a decline in investment? The way I see it the problem lies in the effects on the desire to invest.
There are a few causes at play, such as factors of uncertainty. For example, there is a long-standing conflict between environmental protection and business interests; many large-scale development proposals get delayed indefinitely by environmental impact assessments.
Many new investors or investors in recent creative projects are unable to ascertain the stipulations of future assessments. In the end, many simply back out. This is a problem we need to address. However, I am not saying we should undermine assessment standards; rather, we should find a way to reduce the level of uncertainty that potential investors face.
Second, there is the issue of labor. There should be more stability in labor regulations and administrative systems.
There has been too much delay in making decisions that affect certain industries. If there can be more stability in the enforcement of the Labor Standards Act （勞動基準法）, then there would be much fewer disputes.
Also, there is the issue of relaxing outdated restrictions that affect new industries like digital services, communications technology and network systems. These industries create a wealth of economic activity and opportunity, but they need to be freed from outdated regulations or they cannot thrive.
As you can see there are no new investors to speak of in Taiwan, only the investors that were already here, and even they are disappearing with the changes to industry structure. Therefore, overall investment has been declining — a very serious problem that we must face.
Among things that must be changed, the Company Act （公司法） is the most obvious; it must be updated to allow new industries into the market. Maybe new business styles can spur old businesses and bring change to the economy.
There is also the problem of the market. To put it simply, are investors in Taiwan investing only in the local market, or in the world market? The local market is limited, but that is fine. However, to be more multifaceted and see more benefits, a company has to be international.
I want to know: What companies in Taiwan can sell their products to the world? Such companies must maintain their competitive edge. Signing free-trade agreements with other nations is something this nation must work toward. However, at a time when the global economic situation is not very good, opposition to globalization is growing and the voices of opposition can be heard here as well.
However, if we do not become more international, there are simply not many investors to draw from. We must seek free-trade agreements and expand our presence in the global economy.
We do not have free-trade agreements with any major nations, we only have the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement [with China], but it is just a framework, and its associated goods and services trade has been blocked, and not for only political considerations. We need to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or sign free-trade agreements with the US or EU. The effect on the local economy will be relatively large. How will we handle this? We will have to have systems in place to moderate its effects. Honestly speaking, we were not well-prepared in the past.
We have to make structural changes one step at a time. It is analogous to having vegetables when we want fruit. We might want fruit, but fruit does not grow as quickly as vegetables — we need to plant a tree, wait for it to grow, and then wait for fruit. We could graft a tree, but the quantity of fruit would be limited. To improve Taiwan’s economy, the government must plant vegetables, fruit trees and graft trees — do all three. Otherwise, it will be hard to replicate the prosperity of the 1990s.
LT: It is not a problem that the government needs time to plant a tree, but it should tell the people what kind of tree it is planting. What fruit will it bear?
Lin: Regarding economic structural changes, President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） referred to the “five up-and-coming industries.” Whether we add two to that, or three, or four, what we are actually saying is that we recognize the need for new types of “trees.” We hope that new industries can help drive our economic growth.
First in importance is “green” energy and alternative energy sources. When nuclear power plants go offline, we will be putting our hopes into other areas [of energy production], hoping those will allow us to fully overcome our reliance on the outside world.
Renewable energy is multifaceted. I hope we will see the results of our efforts in solar power in two years and will have made achievements in wind energy in four years.
Wind and solar power can easily become successful in Taiwan, and local technology in these areas would have the opportunity to become an international model.
In the past we did not achieve that success and there are still problems to overcome, such as the encroachment of solar panels on farmland and the sound pollution created by wind turbines. The government must refine its efforts to find solutions so that we can see wind and solar power industries in Taiwan bear fruit. We have four years to strive in this endeavor.
Alongside “green” energy, there would be the emergence of many industries that would develop things like “smart” power meters and “smart” networks. Families would benefit greatly from the use of big data. Furthermore, through the reduction of energy consumption, outlying islands can become “green” and energy-efficient — they can become islands that are mostly reliant on alternative energy sources.
LT: Can you tell us more about the biotech industry?
Lin: Over the past few years, the Taiwanese biotech industry — especially the pharmaceuticals sector — has shown potential as many companies are investing in research and development of new drugs. Due to the size of Taiwanese pharmaceutical companies, and the increasing amount of money used in research and development, Taiwanese companies often sell their initial results to larger companies.
We hope that Taiwanese pharmaceutical companies can grow, but we must have more than companies that are devoted to researching new drugs. The profits from new drugs are limited, while the back end of pharmaceutical companies is far more profitable.
In addition, extant generic drugs in Taiwan, due to cutthroat price wars and low profits, are faced with only two ways of going forward — one is to develop standards.
Some of the patents for generic drugs have already expired, but even so not every pharmaceutical company is capable of manufacturing those drugs. If the government were to create standards and find pharmaceutical companies that could manufacture generic drugs — in some cases even better than the original manufacturer — then the firms would generate more profits from generic drugs.
The original manufacturer would therefore be more willing to outsource production or allow other companies to buy the rights to manufacture the drugs. If generic drug companies are willing to improve, it would help Taiwan greatly.
The second method is to market the drugs on a global scale.
A large portion of Southeast Asian nations would be willing to purchase generic drugs. However, the government should sign treaties or accords with these nations, ensuring that Taiwan-approved drug licenses would be recognized in other nations as well. In return, we would recognize the validity of drug licenses from these nations.
We must carefully choose which nations to work with and the quality of the drugs that we recognize.
Translated by Staff writers William Hetherington and Jake Chung
This is Part I of a two-part interview. Part II will be published tomorrow.
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[] | 2016-08-26T22:56:28 | null | null | While Amazon and the British government are looking into how to use drones to deliver parcels to customers, criminals are already exploiting the technology to send drugs to accomplices in prison. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1026026.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》Need drugs in jail? Try using a drone 在牢裡需要毒品？ 試試看用無人機 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-27
◎周虹汶
While Amazon and the British government are looking into how to use drones to deliver parcels to customers, criminals are already exploiting the technology to send drugs to accomplices in prison.
當亞馬遜公司和英國政府正研究如何用無人機把包裹交到客戶手中的同時，罪犯們早已利用這項科技把毒品寄給牢裡的同謀們。
Police said on Monday they recovered two drones carrying mobile phones and drugs near London’s Pentonville prison and have set up a special task force - Operation Airborne - to catch offenders trying to get contraband into the jail.
警方週一說，他們在倫敦本頓維爾監獄附近，發現兩架攜有行動電話與毒品的無人機，並已成立專案小組─空運行動─以便抓捕試圖把違禁品帶進牢裡的罪犯們。
In the early hours of Saturday, police saw a man acting suspiciously near the prison. He ran away, dropping two bags containing drugs and mobile phones and managed to evade arrest, according to a police statement.
週六凌晨，警方看到一名男子在該監獄附近行徑可疑。根據警方聲明，他逃跑，掉了兩個裝有毒品和行動電話的袋子，最後設法躲過追緝。
Next day, police found a drone that had crashed after being tracked flying over Pentonville.
隔天，警方找到一架墜落的無人機，在它飛越本頓維爾上空被追蹤到以後。
They were later alerted to another drone being flown at low altitude toward the prison. The unmanned aircraft was stopped in mid-flight by a police officer and a package containing large amounts of drugs and two mobile phones was recovered from it.
稍後警方獲報有另一架無人機正低空飛往該監獄。這架無人飛機中途被一名警官攔截，並查獲裝有大量毒品及兩支行動電話的一只包裹。
British media reported in February that there were more than 30 incidents last year in which drones were found in or around prisons and items such as drugs, phones and USB drives recovered.(Reuters)
英國媒體2月報導，去年有超過30起無人機在監獄內或周邊被發現事件，從中查獲諸如毒品、電話和USB隨身碟等物品。（路透）
新聞辭典
look into：片語動詞，指窺視、瀏覽、調查。例句：He looked into her face and kissed her.（他端詳她的臉並吻了她。）
airborne：形容詞，指空運的、空中傳播的、空降的。例句：The airborne epidemic began a year ago in Brazil.（這個透過空氣傳播的傳染病一年前在巴西開始。）
suspiciously：副詞，指猜疑地、令人懷疑地。例句：The policeman eyed him suspiciously.（那個警察懷疑地打量他。） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1026026 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/200a9d33ead1a977aaae5a27e87adee423ae93cd43e9665d2e87040960a5bd42.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:58:31 | null | null | A card game that satirizes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime will be launched at the end of this year. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1026979.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》 ’Dear Leader’ card game pokes fun at Kim Jong-un 紙牌遊戲「親愛領袖」嘲弄金正恩 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-30
◎陳正健
A card game that satirizes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime will be launched at the end of this year. "Dear Leader" is designed to "satirize the real horrors of the Hermit Kingdom that still manages to be hilarious,’" game designer Tim Hutchings said.
一種嘲笑北韓領導人金正恩政權的紙牌遊戲，將於今年底推出。遊戲設計者提姆．哈金斯表示，「親愛領袖」的設計旨在「諷刺這個幽閉王國的真正恐怖，同時設法營造歡樂」。
According to Forbes magazine, "Dear Leader" is a four-player card game that puts people into the shoes of Kim and his advisors. While one player becomes the notorious dictator, the others play the advisors, who praise the leader.
據《富比世》雜誌報導，「親愛領袖」是一款4人同樂的紙牌遊戲，將人們置於金正恩及其幕僚的處境。當一名玩家成為這個惡名昭彰的獨裁者時，其他玩家則扮演吹捧領袖的幕僚角色。
At each round, one player draws a "policy card" that describes a possible threat to Kim’s regime. The advisors have to come up with solutions while praising and extrapolating Kim’s ideas. The one who pleases Kim the most can be the next leader.
在每一回合，一名玩家要抽取一張「政策卡」，描述金氏政權可能面臨的威脅。幕僚們在歌頌和揣摩金正恩心思的同時，也必須想出解決方案。最能取悅金正恩的那個人，將可成為下任領袖。
Hutchings started raising money for the game through U.S. crowd-funding website Kickstarter on July 25. As of Wednesday （local time）, he had $22,052, nearly double the original target. Hutchings said the cards will state the real harm that Kim’s regime has caused to North Korea’s people and the international community.
哈金斯7月25日開始在美國群眾募資網站Kickstarter為遊戲籌資。到週三（當地時間）為止，他已募得2萬2052美元，幾乎是原來目標的2倍。哈金斯指出，這款遊戲將描述金氏政權對北韓人民和國際社會造成的真正危害。
新聞辭典
poke fun at：動詞片語，取笑，嘲弄。例句：You shouldn’t poke fun at him just because he can’t ride a bicycle.（你不應該只因為他不會騎腳踏車而嘲笑他。）
hermit：名詞，隱士，隱者。例句：Some Chinese intellectuals like to be hermits.（有些中國知識份子喜歡當隱士。）
notorious：形容詞，惡名昭彰，聲名狼藉。例句：They’re ntorious liars !（他們是惡名昭彰的騙子！） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1026979 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/03fe4d1788bd4d074c412bf6cd4216ce48168cf2f94e44f50e2a0f463e84d535.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:52:38 | null | null | DAMAGE CONTROL: Mega Financial chairman Shiu is to meet with authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where the bank has branchesBy Ted Chen / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1810201.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Prosecutors question former minister of finance, Mega Bank’s ex-chairman | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-30 03:00
DAMAGE CONTROL: Mega Financial chairman Shiu is to meet with authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where the bank has branches
By Ted Chen / Staff reporter
An investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s （兆豐銀行） contravention of money laundering regulations escalated yesterday, as prosecutors and regulators grilled a former minister of finance and the bank’s former chairman.
Prosecutors questioned former minister of finance Chang Sheng-ford （張盛和） as part of the probe into the violation of money laundering rules by Mega Bank’s New York branch that resulted in a US$180 million fine on the state-run bank.
Chang said that he was not aware of any regulatory infractions by Mega Bank, the main subsidiary of Mega Financial Holding Co （兆豐金控）, during his term as minister of finance, because the state-run company did not report the incident to the ministry.
The ministry is a major shareholder in Mega Financial and other state-run financial institutions.
Regarding media reports suggesting that he had met with former Mega Bank chairman Mckinney Tsai （蔡友才） and two accountants on Aug. 22, three days after Mega Financial received the fine, Chang said that the appointments were made prior to the incident.
Media reports said Chang and Tsai had met with accountants to help them prepare for questioning by authorities.
Chang said the meeting was intended to celebrate Tsai’s appointment as chairman of an investment unit controlled by Ruentex Group （潤泰集團） chairman Samuel Yin （尹衍樑） to carry out a hostile takeover of CTBC Financial Holding （中信金控）.
Prosecutors also questioned Tsai for the second time as a suspect.
The questioning came after the Financial Supervisory Commission on Sunday questioned Tsai for seven-and-a-half hours to gain a better understanding of the incident.
The commission has summoned 27 persons of interest for questioning, including Mega Financial managers, since Friday last week.
Tsai declined to comment after leaving the prosecutors’ office last night.
The nation’s top financial regulator said it would have a complete report of its findings by the end of next month.
Although Tsai tendered his resignation from Mega Financial in March, the commission could classify his departure as a termination, allowing authorities to punish Tsai and bar him from holding positions in a banking or financial institution for the next five years, the commission said.
In related news, Deputy Minister of Finance Su Jain-rong （蘇建榮） yesterday confirmed that Mega Financial chairman Shiu Kuang-si （徐光曦） has left for the US to check on the operations of the company’s branches there.
Su’s statement came in the wake of media reports that Shiu and a delegation were on their way to the US to meet with financial authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where Mega Bank has branches.
According to the reports, it was Shiu’s second trip to the US in two weeks to deal with the fallout of the scandal.
Mega Bank was the first Taiwanese bank to receive a penalty for flouting money laundering regulations in the US.
Shiu, who was appointed chairman of Mega Financial earlier this month, is traveling to the US to gain firsthand information about the bank’s overseas business, Su said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1810201 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/f66791908795a2dd8a0da996f1320320eae902c591f835f8c18131cc90ce4174.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:53:09 | null | null | / Staff Writer, with CNAPresident Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） yesterday pledged to increase the government’s budget for food safety by 50 percent next year to improve the nation’s food safety management and inspection system. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1811267.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php1P8pfH.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Tsai pledges to increase spending for food safety | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31 03:00
/ Staff Writer, with CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） yesterday pledged to increase the government’s budget for food safety by 50 percent next year to improve the nation’s food safety management and inspection system.
Food safety has become an important issue worldwide and her administration has made it one of its top priorities, Tsai said during a speech at a food safety summit held by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and National Taiwan University’s College of Public Health.
The key to maintaining food safety is establishing communication between the government, farmers, food companies and consumers, Tsai said.
When there is a loophole in the process from raw produce to food on the table, it is likely to trigger a food safety crisis, she said.
As part of its heightened food safety efforts, the government is preparing to set up an independent committee responsible for assessing food safety risks, and it will also step up food inspections and establish a regulatory agency for toxic substances, she said.
Along with those measures, the government will focus on improving production management systems, Tsai said, without elaborating.
The government allocates about NT$920 million （US$29 million） annually for food safety, Council of Agriculture Deputy Minister Chen Chi-chung （陳吉仲） said in late June.
Chen said the budget will be increased to NT$1.37 billion to support the government’s new food safety policies.
Taiwan has been hit by several food safety scandals in the past few years, including a case in which toxic plasticizers were found in sports drinks, teas and fruit jams in 2011 and a case of adulterated cooking oils in 2014.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1811267 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/97ace84ab0a218d7862d1a72f2f1f789b074307c130c3557db67e05ba30771b3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:42 | null | null | DRONE INTRUSION: Authorities said that a man was questioned after being arrested for allegedly flying a drone near the military base when Tsai Ing-wen arrivedBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter, in Pingtung County | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1806832.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpNuLD9c.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Tsai touts fresh direction for military | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-26 03:00
DRONE INTRUSION: Authorities said that a man was questioned after being arrested for allegedly flying a drone near the military base when Tsai Ing-wen arrived
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter, in Pingtung County
President Tsai Ing-wei （蔡英文）, in her role as commander-in-chief, presided over the Han Kuang live-fire drills for the first time after assuming office in May.
Tsai praised troops after watching displays of combat readiness in simulated battle exercises at the Renshou military base in Pingtung County.
The 8th Army Corps, in charge of the defense of southern Taiwan, hosted yesterday’s main activities at its Joint Operations Training Base in Hengchun Township （恆春）, with wargames involving troops mobilizing in response to a simulated invasion by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Tsai watched the drills, applauding a successful execution of the “integrated air-land battle drill,” which saw almost all of the missiles and artillery fire hitting target zones.
After the exercises, Tsai inspected some of the units and delivered an address, saying that upgrading individual soldiers’ equipment is a priority this year and the process has to be accelerated.
“The military will improve if it faces its problems head-on,” Tsai said. “Reform will be achieved if everyone works together, despite the challenges.”
“Safeguarding Taiwan and its people is the responsibility of the military,” she said. “We should all work together on that mission.”
“The challenges Taiwan’s defense forces face stem from structural restrictions both outside and inside the military,” she said, adding that the nation must adopt a new military strategy aimed at charting a fresh direction and changing the culture of the armed forces.
Tsai expressed her condolences to the families of four soldiers and officers of the 564th Armored Brigade who died last week after a tank overturned on a bridge and fell into a river while on its way back to the Joint Operations Training Base after a drill.
She promised that the four would be promoted posthumously.
Yesterday’s field exercises were led by the 564th Armored Brigade of the 8th Army Corps, which conducted the joint command operation with the brigade’s mechanized infantry and its tank force, Major General Yang Wei-wu （楊威武） said.
Those units were joined by CM33 Clouded Leopard armored vehicles, CM22 armored personnel and mortar carriers, CM11 main battle tanks and M109A2 self-propelled howitzers, said Yang, who is chief of the 8th Army Corps’ political warfare office.
The units were supported by the 43rd Artillery Command, the Aviation 602nd Brigade and one armored cavalry company, along with a deployment of the Point Defense Array Radar System.
Republic of China （ROC） Air Force F-16 jets provided air cover, along with support from AH-64E Apache helicopters, AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters and one UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter, which can transport vehicles and troops.
It was the first time the Apaches had taken part in Han Kuang exercises after being acquired from the US in a US$1.95 billion deal to procure 30 of the aircraft, with the final batch delivered in October 2014.
The exercises mobilized 143 different weapons systems in 21 categories and saw 7,893 rounds fired from tanks, mortars, flares, missile systems, machine guns, sniper rifles, APILAS — Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System — and a portable, one-shot, 112mm recoilless anti-tank weapon, Yang said.
The ROC Navy was also involved, with a Chi Yang-class frigate from the 168th Fleet striking its target zone from offshore.
In related news, authorities questioned a 42-year-old man surnamed Chang （張）, who was arrested for allegedly flying a drone from a residential building near the training base upon Tsai’s arrival.
As of press time last night, authorities were still reviewing photographs taken from the drone and verifying the man’s identity to determine whether he might have intended to gather restricted military information on behalf of foreign nations, including the operations of advanced weapons systems.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1806832 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/f378c4827ba7ddb4496bf56ad7e931583a739b8699f202d583f94e3182c9065c.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:26 | null | null | NEW BUDS: Decreasing job opportunities, stagnant wage growth and the income gap are a reality, the president said, explaining why her administration is pushing changeBy Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1808538.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phprcBSN7.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Government can take controversy: Tsai | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28 03:00
NEW BUDS: Decreasing job opportunities, stagnant wage growth and the income gap are a reality, the president said, explaining why her administration is pushing change
By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
The government is not afraid of controversies, as “they could help us face the core of the problems,” President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） said yesterday, as she acknowledged that the administration over the past three months has been encountering disputes on various fronts.
Tsai attended a seminar, titled “Direct Election of President and Taiwan’s Democratic Development in the Past 20 Years,” held by the Lee Teng-hui Foundation in Taipei, along with former president Lee Teng-hui （李登輝）.
Lee, 94, said that although Taiwan in the past faced internal democratic dysfunction and is still under external pressure from China, he is optimistic about the nation’s democracy, which, if its values and rule of law are bolstered, will allow Taiwan to become a sound democracy and a normalized nation.
Speaking after Lee, Tsai said that in 1996 Taiwanese for the first time elected their own national leader.
“The direct election of the president, the milestone of the nation’s democratic development, is not a historical contingency, but the outcome of the joint effort of social and political powers,” she said.
“We have reached a preliminary success after more than 100 years of pursuit, and Lee Teng-hui’s direct election and his time in office signifies a special meaning in Taiwan’s history of democratization,” she said.
Tsai said she was not only there to talk about the past, “as I am also willing to share the government’s views on the seminar’s subtopics of civic power, the economic outlook, transitional justice, cross-strait relations and innovation.”
“We have entered an era in which civic society has become vibrant; pluralism and participation are the characteristics of a democratic society in which it takes more time and effort for the government to engage communication,” she said.
“Now people have more channels for direct participation; the government cannot be indifferent to various opinions, but needs to sort out all kinds of disputes and carry out comprehensive communication via democratic procedures, and make decisions based on the interests of the whole,” Tsai said, adding that is exactly what the government has been doing over the past three months.
She said that there is a common root of all the disputes that have taken place in the past three months, which is the “deterioration of the economic environment.”
“We have to admit that decreasing job opportunities, stagnant wages and the widening income gap are the nation’s reality, and that is why we are pushing new polices about industrial innovation that would not only spur economic growth, but also render sound social development,” she said.
Besides aiming for a transformation that puts an emphasis on innovation, employment and distribution as aspects of economic and social reforms, political reforms are also a priority for the government, Tsai added.
“A society that is extremely polarized due to historical issues cannot unite or march forward together. We will initiate a project of historical investigation, re-examine authoritarian history, reconstruct the experiences of the victims and promote reconciliation through conversation and reflection,” Tsai said, calling transitional justice “the last mile of Taiwan’s democratization.”
Redressing the injustices that Aborigines suffered is also the government’s goal, Tsai said.
“Besides issuing an apology to Aborigines, the government will protect their interests through policy improvement,” she said.
Twenty years after the first direct presidential election, “we have a different mission and the government will carry on the effort of consolidation of democracy and we hope that when we look back 20 years from now, we can say that we have also set a milestone,” Tsai said.
“Taiwanese are democratic people; Taiwanese are free people. We will strive to make a better future just as we overcame challenges in the past,” she said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1808538 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/ef812ddbdc196cdd57438cd0edcf005feb09f3bd10464df335ceff8f2de94331.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:16 | null | null | INVESTMENT: A National Development Council plan calls for the government to take the lead by boosting public investment to encourage the private sector to follow suitBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1806835.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Cabinet mulls NT$340bn stimulus plan | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-26 03:00
INVESTMENT: A National Development Council plan calls for the government to take the lead by boosting public investment to encourage the private sector to follow suit
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Executive Yuan yesterday said it plans to earmark NT$340 billion （US$10.7 billion） for a stimulus package to spur economic growth, with an emphasis on boosting government investment in state-owned businesses and projects.
The National Development Council （NDC） suggested that the Cabinet focus on ameliorating the nation’s investment environment, encourage private investment, step up investment in state-owned businesses and reinforce digital innovations as the main staples of its stimulus plan.
Premier Lin Chuan （林全） said the government must take the lead by increasing investments in public projects and state-owned businesses to encourage the private sector to follow suit.
NDC Deputy Director Kung Ming-hsin （龔明鑫） said the council is unable, at this time, to provide estimates on how much the stimulus would contribute to GDP growth, but should the Executive Yuan approve the plan, immediate policies would include a two-year waiver on rent for land in industrial zones and a stable rent policy for science parks.
The rent waiver will be applicable to the Changbin Industrial Park, the Southern Taiwan Science Park, the Heping Industrial Park in Hualien, the Shihliou area （石榴） of Yunlin Technology-based Industrial Park and recently developed areas in the Yunlin Offshore Industrial Park, Kung said, adding that the lease must not be less than six months.
The government is also looking to lower the rent in science parks by an average of 8.99 percent, he said.
The policy aims to help solve common problems confronting industries, including land shortage by focusing on renting instead of selling land in industrial zones and science parks, provide stable power sources via renewable resources, upgrade existing pipelines and promote reusable water resources, Kung said.
The Executive Yuan plans to increase the capacity of the power generation units at the Datan Power Plant in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District （觀音）, expand and upgrade components at the Shenao Harbor power plant and boost hydroelectric power generation at the Liyutan Dam （鯉魚潭） as part of its increased investment in state-owned businesses, Kung said, adding that the upgrades to Datan power plant alone would cost NT$110 billion.
Other investments in state-owned enterprises or public projects include the establishment of a military port in Keelung City, a container terminal on the west coast, more warehouses for logistics, promotion of solar power generation, investment in 5G networks and reinforcing key facilities at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Kung said.
The stimulus plan aims to build a solid foundation for digital innovation, including ramping up broadband and Wi-Fi connections in campuses, ensuring that rural areas also enjoy basic Internet facilities, helping the government transition into a digital environment and offering aid to corporations for them to do the same, Kung said.
As for providing incentives for increased private sector investment, Kung said the government would encourage corporations to invest in new equipment, participate in the government’s plan for to promote “five innovative industries,” bolster tourism development and promote cultural-creative industries.
The “five innovative industries” is an overall plan laid out by President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） during her election campaign, with promises to invest in “green” energy, an “Asian Silicon valley,” national defense, biotechnology and medicinem and Industry 4.0 to enhances Taiwan’s competitive edge.
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[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:54 | null | null | DESPICABLE HUMILITY? KMT Legislator Lee Yen-hsiu said politicians who tout their humility, but scorn the public in private, deserve the contempt of the publicBy Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1809232.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Lawmaker apologizes for criticizing Hualien voters | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-29 03:00
DESPICABLE HUMILITY? KMT Legislator Lee Yen-hsiu said politicians who tout their humility, but scorn the public in private, deserve the contempt of the public
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Amid heated criticism, Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） Legislator Tuan Yi-kang （段宜康） yesterday apologized for his remarks directed at Hualien City voters after the party lost a mayoral by-election on Saturday.
“I can pretend to respect the election’s result, but I cannot pretend not to despise the voters,” Tuan wrote on Facebook on Saturday after Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） candidate Wei Chia-hsien （魏嘉賢） won the by-election against his DPP opponent, Chang Mei-hui （張美慧）.
Tuan deleted the post following an online furor and wrote an apology on Facebook yesterday, which nevertheless accused the KMT of vote-buying.
“I apologize for my post-election comment yesterday... I apologize for allowing a party with a long history of vote-buying to be able to continue attacking a DPP candidate after the election, and for embarrassing our supporters,” he wrote.
“Why can a clean election environment not be maintained without threatening words and continuous oversight?” wrote Tuan, who has repeatedly been critical of the involvement of Wei’s family in vote-buying cases and its connection with China Unification Promotion Party Chairman Chang An-le （張安樂）.
Tuan’s comments drew heated criticism, especially from KMT members.
KMT Legislator Hsu Chen-wei （徐榛蔚） yesterday called a news conference condemning Tuan and demanding that he resign immediately.
Hsu called on Tuan and President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） to apologize to the city’s residents, saying they were duly exercising their rights and did not deserve to be scorned.
Hsu said Tuan, a legislator-at-large, was elected by pro-DPP voters in Hualien, and she asked that Tuan resign and return the ballots to voters.
KMT Culture and Communications Committee deputy director Hung Meng-kai （洪孟楷） said any party that does not respect democracy would be eliminated.
“Do you [Tuan] despise anyone who does not support whom you support? Is universal suffrage and public participation not democratic enough without your approval?” Hung said.
“Politicians who talk about being humble all the time, but privately despise the public are the ones who really deserve contempt,” KMT Legislator Lee Yen-hsiu （李彥秀） said, adding that the DPP has “incessantly” talked about being a humble administration, but all it has done is provoke conflict.
KMT member Hsu Chiao-hsin （徐巧芯） said Tuan’s comments were not an exception, as there have been many similar remarks during elections.
It has become common for pundits to criticize an electorate as having failed an intelligence test if an election’s result is undesirable, but criticism that disrespects voters and provokes hatred only harms the critics and the party they are affiliated with, Hsu Chiao-hsin said.
DPP spokesperson Yang Chia-liang （楊家俍） said the election is over and all parties should act with discretion, and called on the KMT to not use the occasion to incite unnecessary conflict.
The DPP’s attitude toward the election’s result was clear, as it acknowledged defeat immediately after the election, Yang said.
All party members will carry on with reforms in Hualien and continue late Hualien mayor Tien Chih-hsuan’s （田智宣） legacy, Yang added.
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[] | 2016-08-30T20:53:02 | null | null | DEAL DONE: The bank’s New York branch was facing a bigger fine, but central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan helped facilitate negotiations to reduce it, the premier saidBy Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1811263.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpxHpHmR.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Cabinet task force to probe Mega Bank | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31 03:00
DEAL DONE: The bank’s New York branch was facing a bigger fine, but central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan helped facilitate negotiations to reduce it, the premier said
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Executive Yuan yesterday formed a supervisory task force to facilitate an investigation into a breach of US money laundering rules by Mega International Commercial Bank’s （兆豐銀行） New York branch.
The task force, consisting of legal and finance experts — including lawyer Chen Chuan-yueh （高涌誠）, former Judicial Reform Foundation director Kao Yung-cheng （高永成）, former Bank of Taiwan chairman Lu Chieh-cheng （呂桔誠）, former First Commercial Bank （第一銀行） chairman Michael Chang （張兆順） and former Land Bank of Taiwan （土地銀行） chairmen Tsai Jer-shyong （蔡哲雄） and Wu Fang-chih （吳藩志） — is to gauge public opinion regarding the case and facilitate probes by the Financial Supervisory Commission （FSC） and the Ministry of Justice.
“The Executive Yuan will get to the bottom of the case and hold accountable all of the people responsible,” Premier Lin Chuan （林全） told a news conference.
The FSC interviewed 28 Mega Bank officials, while the ministry is looking into suspicious accounts at the New York branch, Lin said, although little was revealed about the progress of the investigation.
The New York State Department of Financial Services （DFS） on Aug. 19 announced that the New York branch agreed to pay a US$180 million penalty for breaching US money laundering regulations.
There are 73 suspicious accounts and 174 suspicious transactions involved, but no money laundering activity has been detected so far, Lin said.
Lin reaffirmed the appointment of Mega Financial Holding Co （兆豐金控） chairman Hsu Kuang-shi （徐光曦） amid criticism that Lin should be held accountable for appointing someone who was responsible for the branch’s flawed practices, as suspicious transactions between Mega Bank’s New York and Panama branches occurred during Hsu’s term as the bank’s general manager.
“Although Hsu was not totally blameless, he did not bear a large share of responsibility” in failing to report suspicious account activity to US authorities, Lin said.
Hsu was appointed as chairman after the branch was fined because he has experience dealing with a similar crisis, in which the bank’s Australian branch was not fined for breaching Australia’s money laundering regulations, Lin said.
President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） was also informed of the appointment, Lin said.
Hsu is in the US to learn more about the New York branch’s operations and will prepare a formal report for the DFS, Lin said.
The FSC and the ministry are also looking into the New York branch’s practices instead of allowing Mega Bank officials to direct the investigation, Lin said in response to accusations that Hsu might cover up the branch’s activities.
The DFS was originally going to impose a bigger fine, but central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan （彭淮南） helped facilitate negotiations between Mega Bank and US authorities to reduce the fine to US$180 million, Lin said, confirming a rumor about Peng’s intervention.
Peng, who is Hsu’s brother-in-law, helped Mega Bank connect with the US Federal Reserve to negotiate with the DFS, Lin said.
The sum of the original fine cannot be revealed due to an agreement with the US, Lin said.
The case also shows that the FSC’s supervision of Taiwanese banks’ foreign branches has to be improved, Lin said.
“We have learned a painful lesson. There is apparently much room for improvement in terms of money laundering prevention and legal compliance,” Lin said.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:27:13 | null | null | Donald Trump keeps in touch with all the television networks, but right now he has only one on speed dial: Fox News. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpaper%2F1025709.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/2016/new/aug/26/images/bigPic/600_457.jpg | en | null | 《中英對照讀新聞》Trump says yes to Fox, no to virtually all other TV interviews 川普獨惠福斯，幾乎拒絕其他所有電視訪問 | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-26
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Donald Trump keeps in touch with all the television networks, but right now he has only one on speed dial: Fox News.
（美國共和黨總統候選人）唐納．川普與所有電視網保持聯繫，但現在他（在與媒體聯繫時）只有一個快速按鍵：福斯新聞。
In recent weeks, while declining virtually all other TV interview requests, Trump has appeared on Fox more than a dozen times.
最近幾週，幾乎婉拒其他所有電視台訪問邀約的川普，已在福斯露臉十幾次。
With Trump, it is impossible to know if the choices are temporary or something longer-lasting. But the focus on Fox, the favored network of conservatives, suggests that Trump is doubling down on his base instead of wooing independent or potentially undecided voters.
以川普的作風來看，很難得知此舉是暫時為之，還是會長期持續。但（川普）鎖定保守派喜愛的福斯，暗示他決定集中火力鞏固基本盤，而非拉攏無黨派偏好或可能心意未決的選民。
The regular appearances on Fox show how Trump and Fox News chairman Roger Ailes have set aside their differences.
固定現身福斯的節目，顯示川普與福斯新聞主席羅傑．艾爾斯，已捐棄彼此的歧見。
There was palpable tension between the network and the candidate last summer and fall, partly due to Trump’s repeated attacks against 9 p.m. host Megyn Kelly.
福斯與川普在去年夏天與秋天一度關係緊張，部分原因是川普不斷攻擊（福斯）晚間9點節目主持人梅根．凱利。
新聞辭典
keep in touch：慣用語，與某人或某事保持聯繫。
double down：慣用語，原指玩撲克牌21點時加倍下注，以便再要一張牌，後引申為加倍投資或加倍努力，強化對通常具有潛在危險的特定政策或行動方案的承諾；變本加厲，加碼。例句：Donald Trump’s response to the speech of the father of a fallen Muslim-American war hero was to double down on his criticism of Muslim-Americans.（川普對1名為國捐軀的美國穆斯林戰爭英雄父親演說的回應，竟是加碼批評美國穆斯林。）
set something aside：慣用語，不顧，不理會；不讓某事影響某活動。例句：They need to set aside their differences and work together.（他們必須捐棄歧見攜手合作。） | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1025709 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | news.ltn.com.tw/bd5b68456d24a6e681d5b2038af2f16c1327c4d6659c4febe785a74de0c02992.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:13 | null | null | NOT ITS RESPONSIBILITY: A Supreme Administrative Court spokesman said that Taipei was disputing the ruling as a whole, which led to the appeal’s dismissalBy Sean Lin / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1806833.json | http://news.ltn.com.tw/images/all/250_ltn.png | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Court upholds ruling to end work halt on Dome | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-26 03:00
NOT ITS RESPONSIBILITY: A Supreme Administrative Court spokesman said that Taipei was disputing the ruling as a whole, which led to the appeal’s dismissal
By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday upheld a ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court that said the Taipei City Government should lift a work suspension order on the Taipei Dome complex to allow project contractor Farglory Group （遠雄集團） to resolve public safety issues surrounding the beleaguered build-operate-transfer project.
The city government on Aug. 2 filed a counter-appeal over conflicting interpretations it and Farglory had with the High Administrative Court’s ruling.
The city said Farglory must deliver work plans to the Department of Urban Development for review before it could work at the site, citing the Building Act （建築法） and the Taipei Building Management Bylaw （台北市建築管理自治條例）, while Farglory said that it could resume work after notifying the department.
Supreme Administrative Court spokesman Shen Ying-nan （沈應南） yesterday said the city’s appeal was rejected because the court did not see any problem with the High Administrative Court’s ruling.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） said that the city disputed the ruling so the administrative court would clarify the situation.
However, Shen said that by filing a dispute, the city was disputing the ruling as a whole, adding that this led to the rejection of the appeal.
He said it is not the courts’ responsibility to determine issues with the project that need to be addressed, but did not say why the administrative court did not adjudicate on what should be done before Farglory could resume work.
Taipei Construction Management Office vice chief engineer Yu Chi-hsueh （虞積學） said that Farglory has delivered seven plans for review, but refused to comply when asked to sign the documents, which brought the review process to a stalemate.
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[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:51 | null | null | ‘DAZE’: The nation’s administrative system grants the president power, but not the authority to implement policies, Taiwan Democracy Watch’s president saidBy Sean Lin / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1807820.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phptL1J1a.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Tsai needs power to push policies: democracy group | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-27 03:00
‘DAZE’: The nation’s administrative system grants the president power, but not the authority to implement policies, Taiwan Democracy Watch’s president said
By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Taiwan Democracy Watch yesterday called for amending the Constitution to allow President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） to directly shape and answer for her policies, amid declining approval ratings for Tsai.
“Tsai wants to get to work, but cannot find a way to do so,” the organization’s president Chen Chao-ju （陳昭如） told a news conference in Taipei that was held to review Tsai’s performance in her first 100 days in office since assuming the presidency on May 20.
As the nation’s administrative system grants Tsai power, but not the authority to implement policies, she had been stuck in a “constitutional daze,” in which she often has to resort to unconventional means to push policies, Chen said.
For example, Tsai gave the Executive Yuan instructions to establish a committee to promote transitional justice for Aborigines under the Council of Indigenous Peoples, Chen said, adding that Tsai has also reportedly berated Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） lawmakers, mayors and commissioners at the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting; invited Cabinet members to her residency for meetings; and held private “lunchbox meetings” with DPP lawmakers at the Presidential Office.
Citing Tsai’s apparent affinity to assemble a Cabinet featuring “old ‘blue’ men” and her controversial nomination of Hsieh Wen-ting （謝文定） as Judicial Yuan president last month, Chen criticized Tsai for “thinking that it would be okay if she botched something up.”
Hsieh, a former prosecutor, withdrew his nomination amid criticism about his controversial role in investigating several major cases during the nation’s authoritarian era.
Tsai’s performance in office has also suffered from her penchant for creating “plug-in” units, such as the pension reform committee, the Aboriginal historic and transitional justice committee and the planned truth and reconciliation committee, which suggests that Tsai has an over-reliance on meetings when governing the nation, Chen said.
Tsai has yet to show the public what her core values are, said Liu Ching-yi （劉靜怡）, National Taiwan University professor and a director at the organization.
Citing as an example Tsai’s remark that she supports same-sex marriage, Liu said that Tsai has not made any efforts on that front since she assumed office.
The nation’s administrative system leaves the public wondering if Tsai still believes in the DPP’s core values, Liu said, citing as an example the government’s attempt to cancel seven national holidays, which contradicts the DPP’s value to protect workers’ interests.
“Tsai is trying to please everyone by seeking the greatest common interest for all parties, which is impossible if she wants to be true to her own values,” she said, adding that this mindset has prompted the public to criticize Tsai for taking “hairpin turns” in her policy directions.
Former DPP legislator Lin Cho-shui （林濁水） echoed the organization’s call for constitutional reform, saying that the administrative system prevents the president from intervening in policy implementation.
As a result, Tsai can only meet with one or two ministers at a time at “lunchbox meetings,” which are only held once or twice a month, he said.
As many policies require intergovernmental efforts, this has led to poor cohesion among agencies, he said.
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[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:49 | null | null | FRIENDLY HOST: Japanese Internet users have been collecting signatures with an online petition to have Taiwan use its own name at the 2020 Tokyo OlympicsBy Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1807816.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php7l8N7g.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Groups urge ‘Taiwan’ as Olympic title | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-27 03:00
FRIENDLY HOST: Japanese Internet users have been collecting signatures with an online petition to have Taiwan use its own name at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Several civic organizations yesterday jointly called for the official title and flag of the nation’s Olympic team to be “corrected,” saying they hope that “Taiwan” will be used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Taiwan participates in the Games under the name “Chinese Taipei,” with a flag depicting five rings and a plum blossom, the Republic of China’s national flower.
The flag raised during medal ceremonies at the Olympics does not represent the nation and cannot lead to the normalization of Taiwan’s national identity, the groups said, adding that it should be replaced before the Tokyo Olympics with a flag that represents Taiwan.
“At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Taiwan attended under the title of ‘Formosa,’ but athletes marched behind a self-made banner that read ‘under protest’ at the opening ceremony. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, the International Olympic Committee agreed to use the name ‘Taiwan,’ but Chiang Kai-shek （蔣介石） flagrantly refused to send athletes to the Games,” Taiwan People News chairman Chen Yung-hsing （陳永興）, who launched the campaign, told a news conference in Taipei.
“This type of Chinese Nationalist Party [KMT] behavior, according to which ‘gentlemen cannot coexist with thugs,’ should be corrected by the new government, it should push for the nation’s Olympic team to use the title ‘Taiwan,’” Chen said.
Chen said that seeing the five-ring flag reminded him of the refugee team at the Olympics and made him worry that people would mistake Taiwan for a nation of refugees.
“Was the old KMT government a refugee regime?” Chen asked.
“To use the name ‘Chinese Taipei’ is problematic in that it suppresses the dignity of Taiwanese.” New Power Party Legislator Freddy Lim （林昶佐） said.
Even US media outlet CNN reported about Taiwan competing in the Olympics under a different name, Lim said, adding: “Taiwan must seize this opportunity to change its Olympic flag while it can and then raise it at the Olympics one day. The government cannot act like the KMT did in the past, receiving permission from the International Olympic Committee to use the name ‘Formosa’ or ‘Taiwan’ and then protesting and refusing the opportunity.”
“I thank the foreign media for speaking up on behalf of Taiwan and asking why our team is called ‘Chinese Taipei’ and not ‘Taiwan.’ Even foreigners recognize that ‘Chinese Taipei’ is not a nation. This kind of statement accords with universal values,” Taiwan Association for China Human Rights chairman Yang Hsien-hung （楊憲宏） said.
“When we are standing on the podium at Olympic medal ceremonies with the world focused on us, we win cheers and acclaim, but at the same time we lose dignity and lose the nation. Our competitive pride is exchanged for loss of face. We have a medal in our hands, but no honor,” Ketagalan Institute president Chin Heng-wei （金恆煒） said. “Changing our Olympic flag means changing our vow to our athletes. It prepares Taiwan to go into the world.”
In related news, as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japanese Internet users have been taking to the Web in support of using “Taiwan” as the title of the nation’s Olympic team instead of “Chinese Taipei.”
As of press time last night, 48,903 people had signed a petition at www.change.org, calling for the International Olympic Committee to allow the name change.
The petition organizer’s Web site — www.taiwan2020tokyo.org — says that Taiwan is under pressure from China to use the title “Chinese Taipei” at international sporting events, adding that Taiwan is not a part of China.
The Web site’s founders said that their aim is to have the world become reacquainted with Taiwan and to have the nation take part at the 2020 Olympics under its own name.
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[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:47 | null | null | By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporterThree opinion polls released yesterday by the Taiwan Thinktank and the Chinese-language Apple Daily and China Times newspapers saw President Tsai Ing-wen’s （蔡英文） approval ratings drop below 50 percent ahead of her 100th day in office today, while her disapproval ratings rose. | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1807818.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpIicDr3.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Polls show drop in President Tsai’s approval ratings | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-27 03:00
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Three opinion polls released yesterday by the Taiwan Thinktank and the Chinese-language Apple Daily and China Times newspapers saw President Tsai Ing-wen’s （蔡英文） approval ratings drop below 50 percent ahead of her 100th day in office today, while her disapproval ratings rose.
According to the Taiwan Thinktank poll, 48.5 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with Tsai’s performance, down 0.6 percentage points from last month. The percentage of people who said they were unsatisfied with her performance rose 2.4 percentage points from last month to 38.4 percent.
Premier Lin Chuan’s （林全） disapproval rating surpassed his approval rating, at 41 percent and 39.6 percent respectively, Taiwan Thinktank polling director Chou Yung-hong （周永鴻） said.
There was no significant change in Tsai’s approval rating, but her disapproval rating increased noticeably, Chou said.
Among people who expressed dissatisfaction with Tsai’s administration, issues they disagreed with most were the employees’ leave policy （42.1 percent）, the cross-strait policy （30.5 percent） and pension reform （20.1 percent）, Chou said.
The three most popular policies among respondents who said they approved of the administration were the handling of ill-gotten party assets （29.7 percent）, pension reform （27.3 percent） and employees’ leave policy （21.5 percent）, he said.
In the Apple Daily poll, Tsai’s approval and disapproval ratings were 43.59 percent and 50.49 percent respectively, while Lin had an approval rating of 38.12 percent and a disapproval rating of 53.17 percent.
The disapproval ratings rose 20 percentage points for Tsai and 15 for Lin from June, according to the poll.
Respondents said they were most dissatisfied with the administration’s cross-strait policy （49.5 percent）, economic policy （49.04 percent） and labor policy （48.76 percent）.
In the China Times poll, 41.4 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with Tsai’s performance, and 40.4 percent said they were dissatisfied, while for Lin, 36.7 percent said they were satisfied and 47.2 percent expressed dissatisfaction.
The China Times poll showed that 48.6 percent of respondents said the government has to dedicate the most effort to developing the economy, followed by education reform （9.7 percent） and pension reform （9 percent）.
“Although Tsai’s administration has clear reform goals, its actions are confusing, which explains the rise of Tsai’s and Lin’s disapproval ratings,” New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming （徐永明） said.
In terms of labor policy, the administration over a short period of time put forward different schemes for holidays, such as a five-day workweek with a mandatory day off and a flexible “rest day”; a policy that entitles employees to one mandatory day off every seven days; and a proposed increase in annual leave, Hsu said.
“The inconsistency of those schemes confused the public, which was worsened by the discord between the administrative and legislative branches,” he said.
“It is most important for the government to propose policies relevant to the public, or the government will have a hard time regaining trust,” Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Shih-ying （蔡適應） said.
Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang （黃重諺） said the office respected all the poll results and will continue to carry out reforms and improve its management.
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[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:48 | null | null | DISASTER IN THE MAKING: One resident said 280m-tall piles of rocks from mining posed a landslide risk, with residents fearing the town would end up like SiaolinBy Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1807819.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php7vKhWr.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Guansi residents protest mining | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-27 03:00
DISASTER IN THE MAKING: One resident said 280m-tall piles of rocks from mining posed a landslide risk, with residents fearing the town would end up like Siaolin
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Residents of Hsinchu County’s Guansi Township （關西） yesterday rallied in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei to protest a plan to resume operations at a quarry in the township, saying decades of mining had depleted the environment, and demanding that the Cabinet amend mining laws.
Dozens of residents, joined by environmentalists and lawmakers, braved the sun and protested a plan by Asia Cement Co to reopen a quarry in the township.
Asia Cement ran the quarry for 43 years until 2013, one year before the government banned mining in western Taiwan in 2014, but the Hsinchu County Government lifted the ban in 2013.
Asia Cement and two individuals, Lo Ching-jen （羅慶仁） and Lo Ching-chiang （羅慶江）, last year filed three proposals covering separate mining areas totaling 81.57 hectares, which was the first attempt to resume mining operations in western Taiwan, sparking protests from residents.
The Environmental Protection Administration’s Environmental Impact Assessment Committee decided that the three proposals should be considered as a whole and undergo second-phase reviews, in which more stringent requirements apply.
However, just before the decision was to be formally adopted, Asia Cement withdrew its application, and the other two applicants voluntarily reduced planned mining areas to 46.9 hectares in an apparent bid to avoid the second-phase reviews, as all development larger than 50 hectares is legally required to undergo a second-phase assessment.
Following the miners’ actions, the committee restarted first-phase reviews, which environmentalists said was due to former administration minister Wei Kuo-yen’s （魏國彥） intervention.
The first meeting of the new round of reviews was scheduled to begin yesterday, and protesters urged the government to revise the environmental review system to prevent miners from exploiting the system.
They also called for an overhaul of the Mining Act （礦業法）, which they said lacks clear criteria for mining deregulation and does not include public participation.
“What are the criteria for establishing and abolishing mineral reserves? Did the Hsinchu County Government lift the mining ban just because it wanted to?” Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association secretary-general Hsieh Meng-yu （謝孟羽） said.
“Residents were kept in the dark about the mining plans until the administration was to review them. They were excluded from the decisionmaking process and were not even given a chance to express their opinions,” Hsieh said.
The mining area is 300m from local communities, with blasting and highly alkaline mining debris contaminating the environment, but Asia Cement did nothing to remove the debris after operations ended, resident Lo Cheng-hung （羅政宏） said.
“Residents collect rainwater to cook, because water [from other sources] is unsafe,” Lo said.
“Waste rocks were piled up to 280m high and left abandoned. We are worried that the township will become another Siaolin Village （小林） [in Kaohsiung, which was destroyed by massive landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot in 2009],” Lo said.
The nation’s cement market is oversupplied, and 25 percent of cement produced in 2014 was exported, suggesting mining should be reduced, Citizens of the Earth researcher Pan Cheng-cheng （潘正正） said.
The demonstrators called on the government to extend administration Minister Lee Ying-yuan’s （李應元） pledge to phase out mining in national parks to other sensitive areas.
In response, a Bureau of Mines official said mining development is necessary, as the nation uses 15 million tonnes of cement every year, but he was noncommittal about the oversupply issue.
The official said the bureau would cooperate with the administration to draft an overall development plan for the nation’s cement industry by the end of this year.
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[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:22 | null | null | CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: The Bureau of High Speed Rail said the MRT line would open at current speeds, which the contractor would be required to improveBy Huang Li-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1808541.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_phpoPqXnw.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Airport line safe, ready for operations: committee | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-28 03:00
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: The Bureau of High Speed Rail said the MRT line would open at current speeds, which the contractor would be required to improve
By Huang Li-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Safety concerns over the long-awaited metro rail line between Taipei and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport have been addressed and operations could start in the near future, an independent committee said yesterday.
However, it added that other non-safety-related standards stipulated in the contract have yet to be met, including travel time, train speed and intervals.
The line, which has been under construction since 2006 and is to serve 22 stations, was originally scheduled to open in 2010, but has been delayed six times, largely due to signal problems and a lack of coordination between contractors.
Under then-president Ma Ying-jeou’s （馬英九） administration, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in March postponed this year’s opening date indefinitely, saying there was no timetable for the line to begin operations.
After the Democratic Progressive Party took office in May, Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan （賀陳旦） formed a nine-member committee of industry experts to investigate the delays and facilitate the opening of the line.
The task force on July 4 announced the commencement of its investigation, which formally ended with yesterday’s meeting.
The committee found that 25 problems remain unresolved: 13 engineering-related issues, nine track-related issues and three automatic ticketing system issues, none of which affect the safe operation of trains, it said.
It takes a train 36 minutes to travel between Taipei Main Station MRT station and the airport’s Terminal 1, one minute more than contract requirements.
The committee said express trains average 57kph and regular trains 39kph, less than the contracted speeds of 60kph and 45kph respectively. Subsequently, the time between trains also needs to be adjusted from 10 minutes to 12 minutes, and 15 minutes in off-peak hours.
The Bureau of High Speed Rail, the agency overseeing testing of the system, said operations are to commence at current speeds, but it would require the contractor to increase speeds in accordance with the terms of the contract.
“We have already solved many engineering and power-related issues and achieved system stability,” committee convener Chiang Yao-chung （江耀宗） said. “We have also coordinated with Taoyuan Metro Corp on operational tests, conducted drills, completed control measures at every point along the line, confirmed the initial operations schedule and completed stability tests and simulation exercises.”
“After several meetings with manufacturer Marubeni Corp, the Bureau of High Speed Rail and Taoyuan Metro, as well as investigations and surveys of the facilities, we have seen a steady improvement in the stability of the line’s power systems and greater cooperation on the part of the bureau and Taoyuan Metro.”
Chiang said that the committee supports the commencement of operations and that it hopes authorities will be pragmatic and flexible with future safety tests.
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[] | 2016-08-30T20:53:03 | null | null | DETERMINISM: When the president’s team is composed of people who do not necessarily hold the same beliefs as she does, ‘how can there be reform?’ Wu Li-pei askedBy Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ltn.com.tw%2Fnews%2Ffocus%2Fbreakingnews%2F1811265.json | http://img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_php7tGkMc.jpg | en | null | 《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Wu Li-pei queries Tsai’s Cabinet picks | null | null | news.ltn.com.tw | 2016-08-31 03:00
DETERMINISM: When the president’s team is composed of people who do not necessarily hold the same beliefs as she does, ‘how can there be reform?’ Wu Li-pei asked
By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
Former national policy adviser Wu Li-pei （吳澧培） yesterday questioned President Tsai Ing-wen’s （蔡英文） appointment of Premier Lin Chuan （林全） and Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee （李大維）, panning the former for incompetence and the latter for adherence to the so-called “1992 consensus.”
Wu said in a radio interview that some critics in the pan-green camp are accusing Tsai of being incompetent.
“Tsai is experiencing a major crisis, which she will not be able to turn around” if she fails to make sensible changes, Wu said.
“How can you make changes in the areas you pledged to reform, which are national security, the judiciary and finance, when you fill the related high-ranking posts with people from the former administration?” he asked.
“In the judiciary, [Tsai] also wanted to appoint people from the former administration, but failed,” he added, referring to controversy involving Judicial Yuan presidential nominee Hsieh Wen-ting （謝文定）, whose nomination met with such vehement protest that Tsai withdrew it in the middle of this month.
When asked whether he had ever expressed his concerns over Tsai’s appointments to National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu （吳釗燮）, who is Wu Li-pei’s nephew, Wu Li-pei said he had once, but it did not end well.
Joseph Wu “thinks highly of David Lee, but I do not believe that Lee is someone who should be a member of Tsai’s administration,” Wu Li-pei said. “How would Lee, if he supports the ‘one China’ principle or the ‘1992 consensus,’ be able to advocate President Tsai’s ideas?”
The senior Wu said his nephew replied that Lee is the best choice beside himself.
“He did not believe that there are people in the pan-green camp who are capable of taking on the job, and so I have since stopped talking to him,” Wu Li-pei said.
The “1992 consensus” refers to a tacit understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） and Beijing that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means. Former former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi （蘇起） said in 2006 that he had made up the term in 2000.
When the president’s team is composed of people who do not necessarily hold the same beliefs as she does, “how can there be reform?” Wu Li-pei said.
He said the premier should step down, or there will be “no tomorrow for Tsai.”
“Lin is conservative in terms of economic reform. He does not have enough charisma to lead reform on areas such as public investment, quantitative easing or economic structural changes,” Wu Li-pei said.
The heads of state-run businesses should also be replaced by professional experts, he said.
“That the government should be tactful means reforms have to be well-thought out before they are implemented rather than sporadic. However, when facing emergencies such as the misfired missile and the airport [glitches], what is required are immediate, appropriate solutions,” he said.
“There are many problems that were actually left by the former administration, but if you cannot fix them, you will be the one held accountable for them,” he added.
Lee said in response to Wu Li-pei’s criticism that he has always made his greatest effort to perform his duties, regardless of the position he is in.
Lin said he would not shun his political responsibilities, but “it depends on who the person calling for my resignation is.”
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CAHairyBear A number of people today are viewing residence renovation programs and these programs seem pressing Canadians to remodel their residence into a desire house instead compared to understanding the monetary realities of redesign.
Studies demonstrate to that, though sixty% of the individuals within the survey who had a home renovation developed an allocate it, 27% invested greater than they ‘d originally allocated.
It’s not straightforward to stay within budget plan when you’re doing a renovation. Boost that pressure all the residence enhancement proves to on T.V. or all the enhancing journals that make the property owner require the most current as well as fanciest in devices and also design. Most people who restore their houses desire to stay inside budget, but all of these influences will frequently lure them to enhance themselves a bit to have the attributes they see on T.V.
Also while not this, it’s difficult to anticipate added prices and make certain there suffices cash to hide any kind of task overruns. Money professionals recommend that you have got the funding for the job lined up in advance in the type of a personal lending or a house equity lending. This can supply the home-owner the required padding for included costs. Also if you don’t make use of the line of credit rating, it excels to have it to cover backups. Suppose you are having a room included, and afterwards you learn there’s a downside with the electric system that has got to be fixed?
The surveys demonstrate to that sixty eight% of the participants utilized savings to pay for their home renovations, but they still will require thinking of to fend off monetary troubles. Of the householders surveyed, 34% were borrowing to hide the cost of your home renovation.
Do not obtain mesmerized within the attract of trying to imitate the attractive mansions you see on these house and garden T.V series. Do not let the start of a residence enhancement come to be the top of your marriage. A research study by the British Gas Association as well as revealed on their website house.co.uk shows that additional compared to [* fr1] of the do-it-yourself residence enhancement comes are galvanized by these shows, which 80% of the families doing the tasks are having debates over them.
2 thirds of the households have significant disputes over the shade style of the project! The goal of the evaluation was to locate out customer viewpoint towards DIY. The place, house.co.uk is a nationwide pc registry of screened tradespersons who are promoted by HomePro Ltd. the leading on line company of trade experts.
Having an expert could help a family members stay clear of the deputes that occur in DIY comes and also could conserve money in the long term, since many family members have to pay extra to repair their Do It Yourself mistakes.
Right here are the high 10 factors for the disagreements:
10. The Mars/Venus trap. Males are from Mars and ladies are from Venus as well as they could not agree.
9. Absence of information to try and also do the job.
8.
The high costs.
7. Anxiety. 6. The interruption within the home the renovations create.
5. Searching for time to complete the job.
4.
Incomplete jobs. 3. Mistaken beliefs regarding the job. The T.V. show makes it look thus very easy.
2. The one doing the job extremely does not desire to aim to it.
And the high factor (barely shows up worthwhile):
Disputes over the colour system.
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continuouslies soar, with the initial fifty percent of the year seeing continued demand from buyers keen on the substantial range of advantages the market offers. The main demand from customers has been seen to be for brand-new as well as off-plan buildings in the coastal areas such as Bodrum as well as Kusadasi. Remarkably vacation residence acquisitions have actually been one of the most sought after financial investment choice among buyers in the Turkish realty market. While financiers are mindful the Turkish building market can create some financially rewarding returns as a short-term possibility, several buyers are taking the less high-risk method to financial investment. Integrating the various attractive attractions of the Turkish building investment market has actually become one of the most popular acquiring choice. Getting to allow with guaranteed rental chances has actually enabled capitalists in Turkey’s fast expanding property market, the chance to create
returns while also profiting from individual use of the residential property. A number of designers are also providing ensured buyback things, enabling an entirely risk complimentary financial investment chance. Having been many years considering that purchasers have actually seen such
self-confidence from designers, Turkey has continually revealed its toughness and also secure future development efficiency capacity. Even timeshare proprietors are considering the Turkish building market as a choice to the hassles connected with a common residential property. The upkeep costs and associated prices of possessing a Turkish residential property is very favourable in comparison to several timeshare stress. Retirement as well as re-location to Turkey is also obtaining popularity as an advantageous choice to locations such as Spain. As the Spanish market continued to be progressively strong for numerous years, buyers have actually understood that all of the tourist attractions of the location could also be discovered in Turkey, at a portion of the cost. Customers are not only adhering to the trends of the mass market in position an interest in Turkish property investments, they likewise have a mutual understanding of the market. The destinations, advantages, growth potential and future security of Turkey has been studied by a number of the largest economic and investment companies on the planet, proving the area to have staying power. Buyers with an understanding of the market realise that today is considered the very best time to acquire into the Turkish market, enabling possible for excellent growth in the brief medium and also long term. Residential property Investing Overseas supply substantial encounter
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Coventry Common council To the introduction of winter season, numerous pals began to leave no rock unturned to get the temperature. Professionals remind everybody that the winter months practices of the people some of the acts as a matter of fact, destructive to health, have to be remedied.
Question one: Layers of clothing to cover
< br/ > Individuals to cold, usually in rates wrapped themselves firmly to the high collar sweater, vest, thick layer. Garments itself does not generate heat, but the warm maintained. If the air layer thickness of greater than 1.5 cm will certainly cause increased
air convection, heat dissipation was quicker, warm as well as all-natural decrease, as well as, dressed a lot more the body’s own temperature control system could be down, however easily fever chilly.
< br/ > Specialist correction: Winter months light and also cozy clothing to pick can withstand the chilly down coat or natural leather, which could put on a little soft, loosened sweatshirts, yet do not let the collar too limited, otherwise quickly result in insufficient blood supply to the mind.
< br/ > Second problem: Scarf mask the windshield
Scarves around the mouth if, when individuals take a breath, great woollen fiber and also bacteria will be breathed in right into the lungs, causing respiratory system infections. There are a great deal of individuals put on masks to maintain out the cool, however if all wearing masks, nose as well as mucous membrane layers of the breathing system without workout, cold air in the processing of the artificially compromised somewhat to catch cool, but colds.
< br/ > Expert modification: Mouth and also nose ought to put on a headscarf to keep the breath smooth exposed; air pollution is serious, if not, try not to wear a mask.
Inquiry three: Frequent eating spicy hot pot
Dry environment in wintertime, absence of outside workout in the body typically Xuhuoshangsheng, if we consume zesty food, obtain angry a lot more major, triggering stomach imbalances, digestion disorders, all-natural, piles, constipation, gingival swelling as well as various other symptoms.
< br/ > Specialist correction: Eat hot pot in moderation, eat as soon as or two times a week at many and the most effective selection not spicy warm pot soup. Note to eat some on a daily basis purging fire, spleen tummy of food, such as pears, apples, hawthorn, etc., but additionally to drink a lot of water aids metabolic process, prevent lit.
Inquiry four: Made use of to counter the chilly meat and also wine
Alcohol is very easy for body temperature level law problems, so too much warmth loss quickly, simply consuming alcohol wine will really feel really warm and extremely comfortable, however Jiujin over, yet will feel incredibly cold. Normal alcohol consumption, not
only conveniently lead to head clear, drowsy, causing gout arthritis as well as other diseases, and extremely effortlessly lead to gastritis. Meat can produce high-energy, help the body combat the chilly, however if you consume too a lot will certainly bring about obesity, but also effortlessly lead to gout, bone dysplasia and also other diseases.
< br/ > Professional adjustment: Meat is best to consume as soon as a day is recommended in order to better lunch, breakfast or dinner of egg as well as milk contributed to it. Need to consume alcohol less wine.
< br/ > Wintertime cool, the preventive procedures are necessary, yet also the appropriate actions.
< br/ > Most women in the wintertime, are the quest of charm does not take notice of heat. Suggested appeal of females, could go have a look at sale Tory Burch, where the garments you wear warm as well as gorgeous.
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Green_Mamba So exactly how could you obtain presents, clothing as well as pearls in Broome? You would certainly marvel atjust the number of people in fact seek for a store to look for keepsake generated by gorgeous area. The followingserves as a handy overview for Broome purchasing and also just for you to be able to take house from your holiday.
THE COVERT VALLEY For those whoare aiming to seek fantastic aromas and oil, after that this is essentially the area for you. The soaps accessible in this shop are all handmade from the workers of Broome. The store is located faraway from the method and shuts at 4:30 pm however nevertheless a visit from this shop will probably be terrific. At Sunday early morning markets, the store is selling its soaps. You can mail order if you desire. They have actually got soaps that include Moon Rising. They also offer pearls and oils. Market value is identified by the item and the dimension as well as style of exactly what you’re acquiring. The amount ranges from $ 3.50 upwards.
SIMPLY BROOME The shop just recently opened in the community. It shows different artwork amongst the aboriginal people, books, hand-made soaps, along with local items that is definitely fairly popular within the place. You are going tolove the shop when you stroll throughout it is mainly because of the fantastic fragrances bordering the store.
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A SHOP JIMMY CHI ARCADE Jimmy Chi arcade is a comfortable and simple way to take a walk from Carnarvon Road to Dampier Road. 2 stores are situatedin the area where they provided regional clothes offer for sale. A Coffee shop will likewise exist readily available for you totake a drop in case you can not withstand the warmth in the area. Ahead of the gallery is a bus quit which is going to Cable Beach.
COURTHOUSE MARKETS This store includes in your area made arts and crafts, candles as well as scent, hip equipments as well as hemp clothes. Check out this location in the Stairs of the Moon. The Courthouse Markets is regarded as the most significant art and also crafts markets placed in Kimberley. You as well could eat and also loosen up with the songs and also foods they offer. This will undoubtedly be taken into consideration a wonderful encounter.
KAILIS PEARLS If you love pearls, two of the most reliable producers of high quality pearls inprobably the most magnificent establish. Kaillis pearls might well be the leaders in pearl farm which is located in the Roebuck Bay. They make creative as well as sophisticated layouts.
PASPALEY PEARLS Aside for Kaillis Pearls, furthermore there is another prominent name inside the pearl business, Paspaley Pearls. Paspaley Pearls, like Kaillis, is a pioneering of cultured pearl far which was introduced in the 50’s. Their farm is at 420km northern Broome called Kuri Bay. They have actually currently made lavishing kinds since.
KIMBERLEY BOOKSHOP There is additionally numerous selections of newly published publications. This bookshop is made up of ın extra of 8000 publications similarly publications that are perfectfor publication lovers.They additionally stock many books about Broome, Kimberley, local arts and a lot more.
MAGABALA BOOKS The store is probably the only native publishing home that is run separately. Its unbiased typically to achieve industrial posting as well as others. Numerous Indigenous unique collection, verses, social background and biographies as well as literary works.
< br/ > Go on a spree in Broome recruiting this referrals, read some testimonials, discover some valuable tips for holiday accommodation Broome design. This things are all available on the net from Broome lodging to local shops for you to go Broome shopping.
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. Vitamins could assist a student as they prepare to face the globe as well as the numerous stress it inspires. The most awful thing for a student to encounter is a bad chilly or an infection throughout finals. All the cool and also flu medicine on the planet will certainly not treat in time for the finals, especially if it is just a couple is a wide selection of vitamins and also anti-oxidants that can fight health issues as well as infection.
. All students ought to be advised about taking good care of their bodies all year round. It is extremely annoying to listen to someone coughing and sneezing uncontrollably, specifically taking an examination that could affect ones future. The adhering to info is a listing of healthy and balanced vitamins.
. A person who has a correct balanced diet plan and also takes vitamins will certainly be much more alert as well as productive than a person that ignores looking after their wellness. It is ensured that an individual who remains in college permanent as well as during an accident study course is most likely to either do badly or average on their tests. They are also more compared to most likely to be brief solidified to any person. The finest point to do is prepare and also intend in advance so that you have ample time to study.
. Vitamin C ensures healthiness and resistance. The VC is a superb supplement for those with colds. Vitamin E likewise boosts a persons total bodily health as well as heart as well as immune features. The following info includes a couple of tips on how you can properly make use of vitamins.
. -Make certain that you contact your physician before utilizing any sort of vitamin supplement. Your medical professional will suggest the ideal supplement for your body kind.
. -Do n’t take your supplements with coffee. It is advised that you take your supplements with water or a high levels of caffeine complimentary fruit juice such as orange juice.
. – Don’t take vitamins on a vacant stomach. See to it you have a light dish or treat prior to taking your vitamin supplement.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:32 | null | 2016-08-24T12:35:12 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enderlinindependent.com%2Fhealth%2Fhealth-and-safety%2F.json | http://www.enderlinindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17177627675_c2ef00c48b_m.jpg | en | null | Health and Safety | null | null | www.enderlinindependent.com | < img alt =" Health" src =" http://www.enderlinindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17177627675_c2ef00c48b_m.jpg" width =" 180"/ > by< a href =" http://www.flickr.com/photos/87642443@N05/17177627675" > Pan American Wellness Company PAHO All-time low Line is a recently established free to gain access to website created by Peninsula. It is also a quarterly released magazine by the same firm which is dispersed just to the clients of the company. The very first version of the publication was published in the year 1996 and ever since the journal has actually come to be a growing number of informing, enjoyable and helpful. As the publication is primarily worried about company as well as provides its viewers with subjects which are connected with business. News, skilled views and also write-ups managing issues regarding ways to manage and deal company teams in the unpredictable company setting is released time to time. Articles also handle the health and also safety, employment legislations and the most recent adjustments in federal government regulation. . The publication is especially unique for the managers who are accountable for the health and also safety or manage the HR matters of the business. The magazine could be really valuable in offering a complete defense for business and also its affiliates as well. Occasionally following the health and wellness demands could be extremely strenuous as well as a time consuming job. This health as well as safety needs occasionally puts significant duty on the shoulders of the senior managers and business proprietors. All-time low Line to a particular degree helps the supervisors in fixing out these issues. The health as well as safety and security companies provided by peninsula aids the managers in recognize the problem in a much better method enabling them to satisfy their obligations. . The company is also taken part in providing worth additionaled companies, systems as well as understanding which will certainly keep the customers one step in advance
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What is the number on Herbie's car bonnet in the Disney film The Love Bug?
It's 53 of course.
And if you knew that, you might have been in with a chance against Team Goofy, the newly crowned Disney Quiz Cineworld Sheffield champions - IT worker John Youle, 33, primary school assistant Abigail Screaton, 32, sales assistants Deborah Vaughan, 29, and Sarah Youle, 32.
They won books, bags, T-shirts, hats and more, including tickets to see Frozen, the live action Disney On Ice production coming to Sheffield Arena in December.
Team Goofy also won a Cineworld star-shaped logo trophy and they each got a miniature Oscar.
The free entry event promoted this Friday's UK release of Finding Dory, the long-awaited Walt Disney and Pixar Animation sequel to their 2003 masterpiece, Finding Nemo..
Cineworld Sheffield Disney Quiz champs 2016 - John Youle, 33; primary school assistantAbigail Screaton, 32, sales assistants Deborah Vaughan, 29, and Sarah Youle, 32.
It follows a sci-fi and a Marvel quiz night, much like a pub quiz, which were also hosted in the innovative cinema's bar area, on the first floor of the building at Valley Centertainment.
Cineworld's next film quiz, with the theme of Page To Screen, will test fans' knowledge of films like Harry Potter on Tuesday, August 16, at 7pm.
Team Goofy's Abigail Screaton, of Rotherham, said: "It's only the third time we've done one of these quizzes, So it's fantastic to win.
"It's just a different sort of environment from a usual pub quiz. Lots of people get dressed up. It's nice to do something a bit different with your friends. I really enjoyed it."
Quiz master Dave Vaughan, Cineworld Sheffield's Operations Manager, said: "Pub quizzes have been going on for years. At Cineworld we do something a little bit different.
"We are doing this for free, for people to come here not for a night at the movies but a night in our bar, having fun and showing their skills of movie knowledge out.
"We've had a sci-fi quiz, a Marvel quiz and next we're having a Page To Screen quiz. So it's something for everyone. Some of the audience and our staff even dressed up for it.
"The space is bookable, we have had private events in the past, where people have hired the bar out with food for parties. Anything is a possibility in the new Cineworld Sheffield."
Team Goofy answered 100 questions, including video and audio sections, getting around 81 per cent right,
Below we have 10 of the question. Without using Google, go on, be honest...how many can you answer?
CINEWORLD SHEFFIELD DISNEY QUIZ 2016
1. What was the name of the snake in Robin Hood?
2. Who wrote Peter Pan?
3. The Blue fairy appears in which Disney Classic first?
4. What fairy tale is Tangled based on?
5. What's the name of the crab in little mermaid?
6. Put these Disney classics in order of release - Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, 101 Dalmatians and Winnie the Pooh. ]
7. What is the name of Merlin’s owl in the Sword in the Stone.
8. What happened to Bambi’s mum?
9. Night at Bald Mountain come from what Disney classic.
10. Name the seven dwarfs.
ANSWERS
1. Sir hiss
2. J M Barrie
3. Pinocchio.
4. Rapunsel
5. Sebastian.
6. Alice, 1951; 101 Dalmatians, 1961; Robin Hood, 1973; The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, 1977; Winnie the Pooh, 2011.
7. Archimedes
8. She is shot.
9. Fantasia
10. Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy and Grumpy.
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Once again Bramham Park is hosting a huge weekend of music and entertainment and it all starts with State Champs on the main stage, Black Foxxes over on the NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage and sharp Irish comic Andrew Maxwell in the comedy tent around noon tomorrow.
The festival is into its 18th year and shows no sign of slowing down with more than 300 acts set to entertain across nine stages over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Big names from the rock, indie and dance worlds mix with the hot up and comers and some of the country’s finest comedy talents in the north of England’s biggest festival.
This year varies from past events with five headline acts on the main stage instead of the usual three - Biffy Clyro and Fall Out Boy share top of the bill honours on Friday and Foals and Disclosure are joint headliners the following day.
It all wraps up with festival favourites Red Hot Chili Peppers as the main attraction on Sunday night.
A strong opening day line-up sees the joint headliners joined by indie favourites The Vaccines on a main stage line-up that also includes A$AP Rocky and rockers Five Finger Death Punch and Sleeping With Sirens.
Further first day highlights are likely to come from one of the bands of the moment, The 1975, who are headlining the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage where The Wombats, Savages and Rat Boy are also likely to attract big crowds.
The Lock Up Stage has some great bands on with Good Charlotte top of the bill in their first return to the festival for ages, re-formed band The King Blues set to get the crowd moving and thinking and plenty of pop punk highlights through the day.
The excitement is sure to go on into the second day with Frank Turner opening up proceedings with a special first on slot on the main stage with his band The Sleeping Souls.
The festival veteran never fails to entertain in whatever guise he is appearing and this year he is setting the record for most appearances at the event.
Later in the day it is a bit of an eclectic line-up with Lower than Atlantis, Die Antwoord and Chvrches offering varied fare before the joint headliners.
Elsewhere, Oliver Heldens is a big name on the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage while Asking Alexandria head up The Pit line-up and Maximo Park make a welcome return as Festival Republic Stage headliners. This stage will also see performances from Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses and South Yorkshire band The Sherlocks.
One of the biggest crowds of the day is sure to be over on the Alternative Stage where Russell Howard - used to packing them into arenas on his tours - is appearing to do a stand-up set.
Sunday’s strong main stage line-up includes Imagine Dragons, Courteeners and Eagles Of Death Metal as well as Red Hot Chili Peppers so decent weather will be helpful.
Two Door Cinema Club headline the NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage where Nas and Sigma will be offering something different and current album chart toppers Blossoms are surprisingly seventh down the list..
Another big name headlines the Alternative Stage with Bill Bailey set to appear while the band reputed to be the loudest in the world, Mastodon, end proceedings in The Pit.
Here’s the full line-up:
FRIDAY
Main Stage: Biffy Clyro, Fall Out Boy, The Vaccines, A$AP Rocky, Five Finger Death Punch, Sleeping With Sirens, Coheed And Cambria, The Virginmarys, State Champs.
NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage: The 1975, The Wombats, Cage The Elephant, Savages, Rat Boy, Half Moon Run, Tonight Alive, Deaf Havana, Spring King, Basement, Black Foxxes.
BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: DJ EZ, David Rodigan, Mistajam, Friction, Jauz, Fred V & Grafix, Redlight, Low Steppa, Delta Heavy, James Organ.
Festival Republic Stage: The Temper Trap, Third Eye Blind, Borns, DMA’s, Eagulls, Clean Cut Kid, Gnash, Ezra Furman, The Magic Gang, The Vryll Society, Will Joseph Cook, Isaac Gracie, Tibet.
Lock Up Stage: Good Charlotte, The King Blues, MGK, Arcane Roots, Modern Baseball, Roam, Beach Slang, Waterparks, Greywind, Strange Bones, Fighting Caravans.
BBC Radio 1 Xtra Stage: Kano, Yung Lean, Hoodie Allen, Big Narstie, Fekky, Raleigh Ritchie, Yungen, Franko Fraize, Kiko Bun, Sneakbo, Astroid Boys.
BBC Introducing Stage: Superglu, KOG & The Zongo Brigade, Lawrence Taylor, Tusk, Sonny Green, Mowbeck, Mouses, Arctic Lake, Castles, Hardwicke Circus, Night Owls. Adore//Repel.
Relentless Stage: Feed Me, Jax Jones, Icarus, Luke Hassan.
Alternative Stage: Russell Kane, Holly Walsh, Mark Watson, Andrew Maxwell, Jamali Maddix, Mark Grist, Anthony Anaxagorou, David Morgan (MC), Kurupt FM, Propaganda ft Thomas Turgoose, DJ Dan and special guests, Mistry.
SATURDAY
Main Stage: Foals, Disclosure, Chvrches, Boy Better Know, Die Antwoord, Lower Than Atlantis, Nothing But Thieves, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls.
NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage: Jack U, Twenty One Pilots, Crystal Castles, Fetty Wap ft Monty, The Neighbourhood, The Internet, Giggs, Mura Masa, Hinds, Haelos, Fickle Friends.
BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: Oliver Heldens, Hannah Wants, Alunageorge, Philip George, Danny L Harle, Tkay Maidza, Lion Babe, 99 Souls, Hermitude, Draper.
The Pit: Asking Alexandria, Thrice, Crossfaith, Hacktivist, Nothing More, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Citizen, Superheaven, Creeper, Trash Boat, SWMRS.
Festival Republic Stage: Maximo Park, Pulled Apart By Horses, Rationale, Luh, Blaenavon, The Sherlocks, Lewis Del Mar, Otherkin, Anteros, Transviolet, Banners, White Miles, Area 52.
BBC Radio 1 Xtra Stage: Wiley, Protoje, Little Simz, Maverick Sabre, Charlie Sloth, Lady Leshurr, Baauer, Troyboi, Mick Jenkins, Geko, K Flay.
BBC Introducing Stage: Coquin Migale, Beau, Muncie Girls, Paris Youth Foundation, Airways, Happy Accidents, Eat Fast, The Wholls, Strong Asian Mothers, Jordan Allen, Faux Pas, Dusk.
Relentless Stage: Hannah Wants, Monki, Camelphat, Luke Hassan.
Alternative Stage: Russell Howard, Owen Jones ICW Andy Parsons, Sara Pascoe, Joel Dommett, Shappi Khorsandi, Mark Steel, Angela Barnes, Iain Stirling (MC), Transgressive Sound System, Metronomy (Summer 08 DJ set), Honne, Bless DJs, Super Hans.
SUNDAY
Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, Courteeners, Eagles Of Death Metal, Slaves, Parkway Drive, Skindred, Clutch, Sundara Karma.
NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage: Two Door Cinema Club, Nas, Jack Garratt, Sigma, Krept & Konan, Netsky, Blossoms, Whitney, Highly Suspect, Sunset Sons, Fatherson.
BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: Duke Damont, Disciples, My Nu Leng B2B Oneman + Dread MC, Riton, Sophie, Birdy Nam Nam, Lemaitre, Zac Samuel, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, The Japanese House.
The Pit: Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Kvelertak, Giraffe Tonge Orchestra, Milk Teeth, Heck, Ghost Town, Dead!, Big Spring.
Festival Republic Stage: Brian Fallon and The Crowes, Palace, Lapsley, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, White Room, Vant, The Hunna, Lany, Seratones, Inheaven, Tuff Love, The Beach, Beach Baby.
BBC Radio 1 Xtra Stage: Travi$ Scott, Section Boyz, Logic, DJ Semtex, Bugzy Malone, Anderson Paak & The free Nationals, The Range, Metro Boomin, Rejjie Snow, Rude Kid.
BBC Introducing Stage: Fronteers, Ten Tonnes, The Shimmer Band, High Tyde, Cameron A G, The Tin Pigeons, Avalanche Party, Tiny Giant, Haus, We Were Giants, The Indigo Project, Vexxes.
Relentless Stage: Andy C with MC Tonn Piper, TQD (Royal T/ DJ Q/ Flava D), Sir Spyro, Luke Hassan.
Alternative Stage: Bill Bailey, Marcus Brigstocke, Lee Nelson, Carl Donnelly, John Robins, Al Porter, Dane Baptiste, Daniel Simonsen, Lauren Pattison, Dan Nightingale (MC), Transgressive Sound System, Fat White Family, Bless DJs, Loyle Corner. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/the-lowdown-on-the-2016-leeds-festival-1-8087030 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/6605b81112c0968649829578d5800034aff9a0dbd7bcbd9ef98fad6ef6975f6c.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T10:50:33 | null | 2016-08-28T10:35:56 | Firefighters have spent the night tackling a huge blaze at a Mirfield garage. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbuilding-and-vehicles-engulfed-in-mirfield-garage-fire-1-8092979.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8092978.1472376937!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Building and vehicles engulfed in Mirfield garage fire | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Firefighters have spent the night tackling a huge blaze at a Mirfield garage.
The fire at Elams of Mirfield in Huddersfield Road initially involved a caravan and car, but a building and four more vehicles and caravans were engulfed as the flames spread.
Crews from Mirfield, Rastrick, Cleckheaton, Huddersfield, Ossett, Dewsbury and Odsal were at the scene from 8.24pm last night.
The response involved nine pumps and an aerial appliance.
Seven large jets, four breathing apparatus sets and three hose reels were in use when the fire was at its height.
Other specialist appliances and officers from around the county also gave additional support.
Afire service spokeswoman this morning said the number of crews had now been scaled down.
Three pumps and one aerial appliance remain on site.
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THE brilliant Brownlee brothers returned to Yorkshire with their Olympic medals proudly hung around their necks - before revealing they couldn’t wait to tuck into some good old Yorkshire fish and chips.
Having taken gold and silver in the triathlon, Leeds-based Alistair and Jonny, flew back into the UK on Tuesday along with their history-making Team GB colleagues.
Rio was the UKs most successful Games on foreign soil with an astonishing 67 medals in the bag, exceeding the tally from the London Games of 2012 and setting many records along the way.
Yorkshire itself brought home 14 medals with five gold, five silver and four bronze, Alistair Brownlee just pipping his brother to the triathlon gold and leaving Jonny to pick up the silver.
And from the moment they set foot in Leeds Bradford airport there was one thing on their mind.
“Bramhope Fisheries is calling!!!” said Jonny as he prepared to go home for the first time since his epic Olympic feat.
Great Britain's Alistair and Jonny Brownlee pose with their medals after arriving at Leeds Bradford International Airport. Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe
And both brothers could certainly be forgiven for treating themselves after a tough few weeks preparing for their event, although this weekend will see them both back in action with Jonny racing and Alistair training.
“Its fantastic to be home, it has been a long few months away training with the Olympics in mind... and it was long journey home from Rio itself, so to be home is fantastic,” added Alistair.
Alistair now expects to bid for a hat-trick of triathlon golds at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
“I still think 32 should be an age to be competitive at,” he said. “I definitely want to do other things at some point - like the Ironman or long-distance racing - but it is too hard to say I wouldn’t go to another Olympics. I will probably be there.”
A young fan greets Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee after arriving at Leeds Bradford International Airport. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe
Just as he did in London, Brownlee - who underwent ankle surgery in August last year - blew away the field to become the first triathlete to win two gold medals.
He collapsed on the line, hugging his brother Jonny in one of the famous images of the Games.
And the eldest of the Yorkshire duo added that their unique family partnership proved crucial in fending off their rivals to seal a historic one-two finish.
“We both know how important we have been, pushing each other on over the years,” Brownlee added.
“From everything, to just motivation to get out of the door in the morning - if you know your little brother is going to go training you are going to go training, too - to being able to travel the world together. That has been really important over the years.
“Over the last three months we have done almost every session together, even the very hard sessions where we are pushing each other as hard as we can.
“There is no-one else in the world that can do that with each other, but we have done that time and time again, four or five times a week in the last three months, and that has been absolutely crucial.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-medal-heroes-brownlee-brothers-return-home-with-a-craving-for-fish-and-chips-1-8085017 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/5de3708da9313f1cad5c8f24bdeb3f6359b24335f29d051eed3b73a5dd07a04a.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:51:31 | null | 2016-08-31T13:13:43 | Balaclava-clad men pulled a lone woman from her car outside a countryside pub and snatched her jewellery. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbalaclava-clad-thugs-pulled-woman-from-her-car-outside-country-pub-1-8098010.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8098009.1472645602!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Balaclava-clad thugs pulled woman from her car outside country pub | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Balaclava-clad men pulled a lone woman from her car outside a countryside pub and snatched her jewellery.
Police are looking for around five men in connection with the “nasty attack” in the Kaye Arms car park on Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, at 6.30pm yesterday.
The victim was travelling alone in her car along Wakefield Road when she saw a green Nissan Terrano being driven erratically behind her.
She then pulled into the car park of the Kaye Arms and the Nissan Terrano followed her and drove into her vehicle.
The men pulled her out of the car and stole jewellery from her before fleeing along Wakefield Road.
Their Nissan was then abandoned a couple of minutes later in a car park at the Lepton Liberal Working Mens Club, also on Wakefield Road.
The culprits then made off through nearby woods and on to the Morrisons car park.
DS Scott Hartley of Kirklees CID said: “This was a particularly nasty attack on a woman simply going about her daily business.
“It was also committed in broad day light in a busy area.
“I am confident people will have seen either the incident itself in the pub car park or the vehicle being abandoned a few miles away.
“There will have also been people who will have been doing their shopping in the Morrisons car park who could have seen people coming out of the woods that are next to the site.”
The woman was left with minor injuries.
She did not require hospital treatment
Police now want to speak to the men in connection with the incident.
They are all described as white, aged between 20 and 30 and wearing balaclavas.
It is thought that the vehicle passed through the Wakefield and Leeds areas.
If you have information contact police on 101 quoting log 1430 of August 30. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/balaclava-clad-thugs-pulled-woman-from-her-car-outside-country-pub-1-8098010 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/28e1c298d6178151837b4fb3ebe09277d09aa23539728c6b442023471a1c0bec.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:49:05 | null | 2016-08-23T10:54:35 | Yorkshire moved to within five points of County Championship leaders Middlesex after wrapping up a resounding 305-run victory over Nottinghamshire at Scarborough. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-four-tim-bresnan-s-career-best-return-in-white-rose-victory-1-8083613.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8090940.1472219728!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire (day four): Tim Bresnan’s career-best return in White Rose victory | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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.
Tim Bresnan celebrates the wicket of Nottinghamshire's Jake Libby at Scarborough on day three. Picture: Dave Williams
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.
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.
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 eight for 51. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-four-tim-bresnan-s-career-best-return-in-white-rose-victory-1-8083613 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/69af37735d2157c58fccd35c2c3c6e2fed930e24a956ffe27125d543789535ae.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:44 | null | 2016-08-25T17:08:37 | It’s the news Happy Valley fans have been waiting for - the gritty police drama WILL return for a third series. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fhappy-valley-will-return-for-a-third-series-says-sally-wainwright-1-8089422.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8089420.1472142091!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Happy Valley WILL return for a third series, says Sally Wainwright | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/happy-valley-will-return-for-a-third-series-says-sally-wainwright-1-8089422 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/076d374a161c681a821307fe5d165b890fe69ff534d93812dca5050dc2b25b0b.json |
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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.
360 PHOTO: Take a look around the muddy camp site where hundreds of music fans also pitched their tents at Leeds Festival - CLICK HERE.
Frontan Kiaran Crook, aged 20, revealed: "We played our set then decided to camp through the night. We had an option to go into a five star hotel, with a jacuzzi and everything, but we decided to camp.
"We just love it."
He then joked: "We ended up camping next to the Red Hot Chili Peppers- I could hear Anthony snoring.
"But no, seriously, we love it. We love a bit of mud. We just thought, we might as well have the full festival experience."
Melvin Benn, Reading and Leeds Festival boss, said: "I didn't know The Sherlocks went and pitched up in the camp site. It doesn't surprise me. It's what my kids do. They want to be in the public camp site. Anybody who thinks the VIP area is the place to be, I can tell you it's a bit more boring."
Other Yorkshire bands who played at Leeds over the weekend included Sheffield's The Wired and Liberty Ship, Leeds band Dusk, Fighting Caravans, York based Faux Pas and many more.
The Sherlocks played to over 6,000 people then camped out with fans in muddy fields at Leeds Festival.
The Sherlocks, also featuring Kiaran's brother, drummer Brandon, 23, guitarist Josh Davidson, 22, and his brother and bassist Andy, 17, recently played the biggest music festival in the world, SXSW in Austin, Texas.
They also played at Reading Festival at the weekend but said Leeds, their Yorkshire homecoming, was the highlight of their year.
Kiaran added: "Leeds Festival is really important to us. It's given us a chance to pick up new fans. We had a blast. The tent was packed. It exceeded what we thought it would be.We're going on tour next month, starting in Brighton and finishing in Stockton, with a sold out gig in Leeds.
"It would be nice to do the NME/Radio 1 stage next year, I think that's where we are heading."
The Sherlocks at Leeds Festival
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.
For full dates and tickets visit thesherlocksmusic.co.uk
The Sherlocks on stage at Leeds Festival | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-and-entertainment/exclusive-video-leeds-festival-stars-the-sherlocks-camp-in-mud-with-fans-1-8093618 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/a81af285e7ce25dcb42d9bc80a10de3d7e79fcd98353f25d82548320f94e0313.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:59:11 | null | 2016-08-11T11:12:39 | Having risen through the ranks of the UK indie world, championed by pop stars and indie icons and collaborated with Suede legend Bernard Butler on her 2013 self-titled album, Natalie McCool returns with brand new album ‘The Great Unknown’ and a tour that includes a date in Leeds. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-and-entertainment%2Fnatalie-mccool-brings-great-unknown-to-leeds-1-8063349.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8063348.1470910317!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Natalie McCool brings ‘Great Unknown’ to Leeds | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Having risen through the ranks of the UK indie world, championed by pop stars and indie icons and collaborated with Suede legend Bernard Butler on her 2013 self-titled album, Natalie McCool returns with brand new album ‘The Great Unknown’ and a tour that includes a date in Leeds.
McCool’s breed of slick alternative pop has won her acclaim from the like of Huw Stephens and Alice Levine, while BBC Introducing described the edgy artist as“one of the finest emerging songwriters around”.
The singer-songwriter’s debut was built on a foundation of deliciously dark, gloomy indie-pop, but follow-up ‘The Great Unknown’ - available through Pledge Music exclusively from September 9 - is an awakening – emerging from the shadows with a number of prickly pop tunes.
Fans can hear the new material for themselves when the BBC Radio 1 play-listed McCool embarks on ‘The Great Unknown’ tour next month and will be in Leeds at the Brudenell Social Club on Sunday, September 18. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-and-entertainment/natalie-mccool-brings-great-unknown-to-leeds-1-8063349 | en | 2016-08-11T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/5c44b3b7ed3a1702f8d337b28e5b6f792ec4e822af1ffe2c670dd4c602d42468.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T10:49:52 | null | 2016-08-28T10:40:14 | Fans and bands had to battle the elements on the second day of the Leeds Festival at Bramham Park. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmudbath-conditions-dominate-second-day-of-leeds-festival-1-8092983.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8092982.1472377195!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Mudbath conditions dominate second day of Leeds Festival | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Fans and bands had to battle the elements on the second day of the Leeds Festival at Bramham Park.
With the heavens opening and several torrential downpours throughout the afternoon and evening the usually picturesque but already muddy site was turned into a quagmire and made it hard going for the main stage acts whose audiences were feeling the full brunt of the weather.
On what turned into a tough day for everyone it was pretty much downhill after a bright start provided by Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls who celebrated 10 successive years of playing the festival with a midday opening slot that attracted a bigger than usual crowd for the first act and put all who saw it in the mood for a party.
Blowing away any cobwebs and hangovers the crowd had, the singer-songwriter and his band entertained superbly as Turner got fans to join in a circle pit and a wall of hugs instead of the more usual wall of death found at metal gigs. Of course, Frank wanted to join in and finished by jumping off stage for a crowd surf. He will be much missed if he is true to his word and gives the event a miss next year.
While Disclosure, Foals and Chvrches went on to appear on the main stage, the other biggest highlights of day two came in the tents.
Heavy rain naturally drives people to look for the shelter of the tents and all the “indoor” stages were pretty much packed to the rafters throughout.
Top marks for best of the show of the day had to go to Twenty One Pilots in the NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage.
Headliners they were not - that honour went to Jack U - but they acted like they were and pulled out all the stops to entertain with various costume changes, acrobatics, drumming and singing in the middle of the crowd and the most unusual crowd surf you are ever likely to see.
This was huge entertainment to back up the eclectic music delivered by a duo set to be future main stage headliners on this evidence. With too many people to fit in the huge tents, they had fans dancing in the rain on the edges and it was a real “I was there” show.
Dance beats came to the fore elsewhere with Wiley on the BBC 1 Extra Stage and Oliver Heldens on the Radio 1 Dance Stage.
But there was good old indie to be found on the Festival Republic Stage in the shape of the old and the new - the old provided by Maximo Park who were lovingly received on their return to the festival after a number of years absent and the new by teenagers Blaenavon and South Yorkshire’s rising stars The Sherlocks.
There was a good Yorkshire element on this stage with Leeds rockers Pulled Apart By Horses second from top in the running order and giving an energetic performance in front of a crowd every bit as big as it was for headliners Maximo Park.
More rock music of the heavier variety was provided at The Pit, where Asking Alexandria topped the bill, supported by the likes of Americans Thrice and Leeds’ own Dinosaur Pile Up.
For another “I was there” moment it had to be on the Alternative Stage where Russell Howard pulled a huge audience for his stand-up spot.
Interacting magnificently with the crowd, he mixed stories he had prepared with spur of the moment jokes inspired by members of the audience and went down a storm. If ever there was a comedian made for a festival it is Russell Howard.
The support cast on this stage was pretty good too with Mark Steel delivering some great political gags and some classy stand-up coming from three talented ladies, Shappi Khorsandi, Sara Pascoe and Angela Barnes.
The Leeds Festival continues into day three, weather permitting, with highlights set to include main stage headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Two Doors Cinema Club, Nas and Blossoms on the NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage and Bill Bailey on the Alternative Stage. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/mudbath-conditions-dominate-second-day-of-leeds-festival-1-8092983 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/e4dec2ec90f8df4f515e0d8c41f2228a6ffdc31344bc3ea36526f1578f510347.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T15:11:04 | null | 2016-08-26T13:30:00 | It seems that Olympics fever has spread everywhere - and that includes youngsters at a Westborough nursery. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fnursery-children-get-in-olympic-spirit-1-8088880.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088879.1472133771!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Nursery children get in Olympic spirit | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | It seems that Olympics fever has spread everywhere - and that includes youngsters at a Westborough nursery.
Children at Eversleigh day nursery have taken part in their own Olympic games event in the wake of the 2016 event in Rio, Brazil.
The youngsters learned about the various countries that take part in the spectacular event, how they all come together and compete and also what the five Olympic rings represent.
Children then replicated the sporting stars of Rio by taking part in hurdles, the long jump, racing and other track and field activities. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/nursery-children-get-in-olympic-spirit-1-8088880 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/883ef5e2c4c964e608172854cbd1068a7e86dce5665730f99945549baf3c036c.json |
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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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[] | 2016-08-31T08:51:29 | null | 2016-08-31T08:57:35 | A jealous boyfriend who attacked his partner and tied her up after accusing her of sleeping with another man has been locked up for three years. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fjealous-partner-tied-up-his-girlfriend-she-escaped-and-ran-through-town-centre-to-police-station-1-8097146.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8097145.1472630233!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Jealous partner tied up his girlfriend- she escaped and ran through town centre to police station | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A jealous boyfriend who attacked his partner and tied her up after accusing her of sleeping with another man has been locked up for three years.
Mark Doherty made a rope out of the victim’s clothing then used a bikini and the flex from an electrical fan to tie her up after choking her until she lost consciousness. A court heard the victim managed to untie herself and escape from the their home after the attack and ran to a police station.
CCTV footage showed the woman running through the centre of Ossett with the fan still dangling from her arm as she fled to a police station and raised the alarm.
John Bull, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court that the attack happened on July 26 this year after the couple returned home from an evening out.
Doherty turned violent after accusing the victim of sleeping with another man while he had been in prison.
Mr Bull said the woman recalled Doherty’s hands being around her throat and her being hit on the back of the head.
When she regained consciousness she was lying on the bedroom floor and was tied up by the flex from the electrical fan.
Doherty left the house after the attack and took the victim’s mobile phone and bank card, which he used to withdraw £250 from a cash machine.
The woman managed to untie herself and fled to a police station. Mr Bull said: “Her body was shaking and her voice was trembling and she was out of breath. On her right arm there was an electrical fan hanging from her wrist.”
Doherty, of Camellia Close, Lupset, admitted the attack. He pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and two offences of theft.
The court heard Doherty has served prison sentences for assault, robbery, burglary and drugs offences.
Allan Armbrister, mitigating, said: “He is deeply ashamed and very remorseful because he admits that he acted in the way he did to humiliate her.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:44 | null | 2016-08-26T09:00:00 | The Friends of Batley Library Group is starting a new attraction for people to remember days gone by. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcafe-to-stir-memories-of-days-gone-by-1-8088350.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088347.1472127344!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Cafe to stir memories of days gone by | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The Friends of Batley Library Group is starting a new attraction for people to remember days gone by.
The group plan to launch a new-style cafe – to be christened The Memory Lane Cafe.
The cafe will meet once a month in the library building and use its facilities to stimulate memories of the past.
This would be helped by various means such as bringing together selected photographs of local places, people and events, highlighting books, bringing in different speakers and using various musical groups to stimulate people’s memories.
Janet Virr, deputy chairman of the Friends Group, said: “It is well known that most people’s memories don’t work quite as well as they get older.
“But it had been found that by triggering memories of the past and encouraging people to talk about their own experiences, both their memories and their alertness could improve.
“And by coming together in social groups such as the Memory Lane Cafe, even greater numbers could be helped.”
The new venture will be launched on Tuesday, September 13.
The group will stage future meetings in the library’s reference section on the second Tuesday of each month. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/cafe-to-stir-memories-of-days-gone-by-1-8088350 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/3b09507ca7d804f3083047ca9d8e50c64334bc25defbd956feb10dbc7fa1a4a6.json |
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Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated super villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity.
US intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do.
However, once they realise they weren’t picked to succeed, but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
Hot on the heels of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice comes the third film in the DC Comics movie universe.
An all-star cast including Will Smith as ace assassin Deadshot, Margot Robbie as the deranged Harley Quinn, Cara Delevingne as the mysterious Enchantress and Jared Leto as the Joker help bring this legendary comic book series to the big screen. Look out for a cameo from Ben Affleck’s Batman.
Cineworld Sheffield will be screening this 15 cert film - only suitable for people aged 15 and older - in IMAX 3D, 4DX, VIP and normal 2D, with special midnight launch screenings. Full details at www.cineworld.co.uk/films/suicide-squad
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We have some amazing prizes to be won including exclusive replicas of the cane used in the film by The Joker.
Our three first prize winners each get one of the canes plus a pair of tickets to see Suicide Squad on the Imax 3D screen at Cineworld Sheffield.
Three runners up each get a film merchandise bag and a pair of tickets to see the film at the cinema in 4DX.
Five other other runner up get a pair of tickets to a general screening at Cineworld Sheffield.
For a chance to win simply FOLLOW Graham Walker on Twitter @GW1962 and retweet any of his tweets featuring the hashtag #JPCompSS16 or email him - one email per person - with your full name, age, address, phone numbers and email details, with #JPCompSS16 in the subject field, at graham.walker@jpress.co.uk
Deadline is Friday, August 5, 2016, 10am.
Tickets will be for screenings at Cineworld Sheffield and from Monday, August 8, 2016, subject to availability, during this original theatre release period only. Film certification rules apply. This is a 15 certificate film. Usual Johnston Press terms and conditions apply see www.johnstonpress.co.uk/competition
* For official film social media news and more check out the hashtag #SuicideSquad on Facebook at facebook.com/suicidesquaduk, Twitter @SuicideSquadWB and Instagram at @suicidesquadmovie
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[] | 2016-08-31T14:51:32 | null | 2016-08-31T14:34:31 | A Dewsbury pub is challenging punters to a chilli-eating contest at its charity music and beer festival. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fwestival-returns-with-chilli-challenge-1-8098248.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8098247.1472650449!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Westival returns with chilli challenge | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A Dewsbury pub is challenging punters to a chilli-eating contest at its charity music and beer festival.
Westival at the West Riding Refreshment Rooms will take place this weekend in aid of Kirklees Music School, and features a line-up of 12 local bands.
Brave diners will be invited onto the stage at 4pm on Sunday afternoon to sample some of the hottest chillis to be found, and there will also be a silent disco and performances and demonstrations by the Dewsbury-based Acorn Theatre Company and Ossett Martials.
AC/DC Powerage will headline the Friday night session (6-10.30pm) before appearances from Acoustic Skadom on Saturday and Nu Popes on Sunday. Nightschool, Hospital Food, 1919, Cardboard Cowboy, ETS, The Now Nows, Goodnight Dakota, Eric the Viaduct, Andy Taft, Limited Edition and Flaming Dragon are all on the bill. DJ Slipped Disc will play sets between the live performances.
The family-friendly programme also features face painting, market stalls, a bouncy castle, mascots, real ale and lager bars, and street food vans from Dapur Malaysia and Pavs Dhaba.
The popular event, which is now in its third year, kicks off on Friday evening and is open from 12-10.30pm on Saturday and Sunday at the pub, which is next to the railway station.
The festival is free to attend and suitable for all ages. For more information and the performance timetable, visit the Westival page on Facebook.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:29 | null | 2016-08-25T13:19:10 | Dewsbury based artists, Free Art Friday will be showcasing their work to the public, as part of this year’s Batley Festival. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ffree-goodie-bags-hidden-as-part-of-art-showcase-1-8088359.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088355.1472127534!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Free goodie bags hidden as part of art showcase | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Dewsbury based artists, Free Art Friday will be showcasing their work to the public, as part of this year’s Batley Festival.
Limited edition goodie bags will contain film-related treats and hidden pieces of their art in the town for people to take free of charge.
The bags will also have information about the festival, including an invitation to come to a free art workshop at Batley Tesco on Friday 2nd September.
These bags will be hidden around Batley for the public to find and enjoy from Friday 26th August.
The group will be making a brief departure from Dewsbury to create a buzz in Batley ahead of this year’s Batley Festival.
They encorage the lucky ones who find a goodie bag to share a picture of yourself and where it was found on using #BatleyFestival.
By sharing, you could be in the running for more mysterious prizes, including a special VIP treatment at The Batley Picture Show.
Ruth Bridges, one of the artists involved in Free Art Friday said “We are motivated by the difference art and design can make to people’s daily lives.”
“Dedicated to exploring and responding to social issues, we work with people, sometimes indirectly to make positive change.”
The festival will also be showcasing the town’s history. A special evening performance called ‘The Batley Picture Show’ which will chronicle 100 years of Batley’s history.
Stories will be told through film, music and pyrotechnics presented by internationally acclaimed outdoor arts experts Periplum.
Batley Festival is commisioned by Creative Scene, which is Arts Council England’ Creative People and Places Project for North Kirklees.
It is supported by a consortium including The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Kirklees Council, and the Batley Festival. Creative Scene wants more people in Kirklees to create, and be part of, inspiring high quality arts experiences.
Batley Festival hosts around 40 outdoor stalls each year, made up of both commercial traders and local community and voluntary groups.
Items such as handbags and scarves, jams and pickles and crafts will be sold by local groups with fundraising and information stalls.
The town hall will be hosting local musical talent by Kirklees Music School, Batley Community Choir, and Sarah Taylor school of dance.
Batley Festival will be held on Saturday 10th September. Events will be all around the town and entry is free.
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] | 2016-08-29T14:50:21 | null | 2016-08-29T11:51:49 | The Leeds Festival saved the best until last if the size of the crowd was anything to go by for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ headline set on the final day of the Bramham Park event. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fred-hot-finale-to-leeds-festival-1-8094237.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8094236.1472467888!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Red Hot finale to Leeds Festival | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The Leeds Festival saved the best until last if the size of the crowd was anything to go by for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ headline set on the final day of the Bramham Park event.
The Californian funk rockers pulled by a long way the biggest crowd of the weekend as more than 50,000 made their way to the main field to see the headline act - and the band responded by delivering a classy show.
Right from opening with a blistering rendition of Can’t Stop followed by two of their greatest songs, Dani California and Scar Tissue, to an encore finale of oldie Give It Away, they were in sharp form and were much better than in their previous top slot at this festival.
Not afraid to slow the pace down a little, the Chili Peppers also included classics Californication and Under The Bridge in their near two-hour set.
There was none of the pyrotechnics of Fall Out Boy on the opening day or the lighting show put on by Disclosure on Saturday, but the audience did not seem to mind as it was the music doing the talking this time.
On a strong day on the main stage, other highlights were provided by Imagine Dragons and their energetic set and Manchester’s Courteneers with their sing-along honest indie. Slaves provided some rawness and Eagles Of Death Metal pulled a big afternoon crowd with their own brand of guitar rock.
There was another “I was there” moment mid afternoon when You Me At Six, normally a main stage act these days, played a surprise set on the small Pit stage. But everyone seemed to know they were playing, particularly after doing the same thing at Reading a day earlier, and fans were 50 deep outside the tent with room inside full long before the band came on.
The Pit finished with a bang in the shape of heavy rockers Mastodon and also saw sets from Dillinger Escape Plan, Milk Teeth and Heck.
Talking of packed tents, there was no room inside the Alternative Stage arena when Billy Bailey was on and treating fans to a fantastic mix of stand-up and musical wizardry.
It was a brilliant way to end a brilliant weekend of comedy on a stage that just seems to get better each year at this event.
Earlier in the day there were plenty of laughs provided by Marcus Brigstocke - and his outstanding handling of an annoying heckler - Dane Baptiste, Lee Nelson and Carl Donnelly with Leeds compere Dan Nightingale also doing a fine job.
The NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage was full several times, notably when band of the moment Blossoms played a quality set that showed why they are expected to be a main stage band next year.
Two Door Cinema Club had the honour of closing the weekend on this stage while Nas, Krept & Konan and Jack Garratt were other attractions.
The Festival Republic Stage finished on a high with Brian Fallon and the Crowes and saw a classy set from York-born singer-songwriter Lapsley as well as promising acts Vant, The White Room and the fantastically named King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
Another no-show saw a late change on the BBC 1 Extra Stage with Travi$ Scott pulling out, but Stormzy stepped into the breach to do a good job and head up a line-up that included Section Boyz, Logic and Bugzy Malone.
The non appearances have been something of a running theme this year with Parkway Drive unable to take up their early afternoon slot on the main stage.
But it was hats off to Skindred who did half-an hour extra and new band Judas, who were given their big chance as a very late replacement.
So that’s it for the 2016 Leeds Festival. It did not pass without problems - no shows of certain booked acts, the tragic drugs related death of a young fan reported last night and the awful weather on the Saturday after the torrential downpour of Thursday night had already left the field and car parks muddy. But many more memorable moments were added to the festival history and no doubt preparations are all under way to do it again in 2017. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/red-hot-finale-to-leeds-festival-1-8094237 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/34268fbea4aa80ce5cf06e09bf0c5bea498b17987a808ae9e001e0bda3387124.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:50:25 | null | 2016-08-29T09:01:30 | JASON GILLESPIE has resigned as Yorkshire’s first team coach. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fjason-gillespie-to-stand-down-as-yorkshire-ccc-coach-at-end-of-2016-season-1-8093941.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8093938.1472457699!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Jason Gillespie to stand down as Yorkshire CCC coach at end of 2016 season | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Australian heading back home after five years of success at Headingley
JASON GILLESPIE has resigned as Yorkshire’s first team coach.
The former Australia fast bowler is to leave the club at the end of the season.
Jason Gillespie with Martyn Moxon at Headingley back in 2012.
The news is a body blow to the county champions, whom Gillespie has led to back-to-back Championships.
READ/WATCH MORE - Timeline and slideshow of Jason Gillespie’s time at Yorkshire
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However, it is not entirely unexpected, with Gillespie’s wife and four children having recently returned to Australia, and with his future having been a regular source of speculation.
Martyn Moxon will not begin the search for a new head coach until the end of the current season Yorkshire CCC statement
Gillespie has been linked with a number of international coaching jobs during his five seasons in charge, and he already doubles up as coach of the Big Bash franchise Adelaide Strikers.
Yorkshire had hoped that he would stay for at least another year, but after the club lost to Surrey in the Royal London Cup semi-final yesterday, Gillespie communicated his decision to the Yorkshire board.
Yorkshire say they will start the search for a new head coach at the end of the season, who will work under director of cricket Martyn Moxon.
In a statement issued today, the club said: “Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Jason Gillespie will leave his position as head coach at the end of the 2016 season.
Yorkshire's head coach, Jason Gillespie, pictured with Jonny Bairstow during Sunday's Royal London Cup semi-final defeat at Headingley. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA.
“The club would like to place on record its thanks to Jason, who led Yorkshire from the Second Division to consecutive Championship titles, along the way suffering just five defeats in 76 Championship fixtures since his appointment in November 2011.
“His wife Anna and their four children have recently returned to Australia and, with the 41-year-old’s existing commitments to coaching the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash, Jason feels the close season is an appropriate time to part company.
“Martyn Moxon will not begin the search for a new head coach until the end of the current season, and the club will provide further updates when the time is appropriate.”
Gillespie has the chance to go out on a high, with the club well-placed to secure a hat-trick of Championships.
Yorkshire go into Wednesday’s match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl in second place in Division One, five points behind leaders Middlesex with four games to play. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/jason-gillespie-to-stand-down-as-yorkshire-ccc-coach-at-end-of-2016-season-1-8093941 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/da18d59ae5cb61dc19698ffbed160b3b4c2c6841196501314c8d0b49f03b19d8.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:49:36 | null | 2016-08-27T10:22:27 | The sun shone, but there was plenty of mud as well on the opening day of the 2016 Leeds Festival as the annual three-day spectacular got off to a fantastic, if messy start yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ffall-out-boy-light-up-first-day-at-muddy-leeds-festival-1-8092199.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8092198.1472289731!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Fall Out Boy light up first day at muddy Leeds Festival | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The sun shone, but there was plenty of mud as well on the opening day of the 2016 Leeds Festival as the annual three-day spectacular got off to a fantastic, if messy start yesterday.
Heavy rain the day before, lasting well into the night, had left parts of Bramham Park ankle deep in mud from the outset and made walking between stages a bit of a nightmare - but it could not dampen spirits of the thousands who flocked to the venue for the 18th year of the north’s biggest music event.
Some fans were unhappy after the late cry off of main stage act A$AP Rocky, who came up with a poor excuse of traffic difficulties for a non-appearance announced just minutes before he was due to appear.
But, though this left an awkward long gap between bands it did not spoil a superb end to the evening’s entertainment on the main stage.
The Vaccines proved a perfect warm-up with their wonderful sing-along songs before joint headliners Fall Out Boy and Biffy Clyro lived up to their billing in some style.
If it was a competition, honours went to Fall Out Boy for the spectacular show they put on, complete with huge and frequent pyrotechnics and dancing girls twirling fiery batons. Oh and the songs were not too shabby either as they performed just about all their best known songs.
Biffy Clyro ended with some big fireworks too, but in contrast their show was all about the music as they produced a polished display that highlighted what a great band they are these days.
Earlier on the main stage, State Champs had opened proceedings while Coheed & Cambria and Five Finger Death Punch had entertained in their own inimitable style.
The NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage was headlined by trendy band The 1975, who drew a predictable big crowd and here saw good shows too from The Wombats, Cage The Elephant and Tonight Alive.
Over on the Lock Up Stage The King Blues entertained with their brand of ska punk and the likes of Waterparks, Roam and the splendidly named Leeds band Fighting Caravans proved good new additions to the festival roster.
Headliners here were American pop punkers Good Charlotte, who were returning to the event after many years away, and attracted a big crowd.
The Dance Stage and BBC 1 Extra Stage offered different fare with their dance beats, rappers and DJs pulling decent crowds throughout the day and evening. DJ EZ and Kano were the headline acts on these two stages.
There were plenty of top names over at the Alternative Stage where festival regular Russell Kane proved the pick of the stand-ups with a hilarious set that got huge laughs and plenty of applause.
Irish comic Andrew Maxwell was first on and started with a small crowd, but the audience built throughout his set with the crowd warming to his ad-libbing and occasional filthy, but funny references. Mark Watson followed and was very different to the opener, but went down just as well while Holly Walsh and Jamali Maddix provided plenty of laughs later in the afternoon.
Final act of the afternoon Kurrupt FM provided a very different act for the Alternative Stage with their full-on rap show playing to a packed tent.
The BBC Introducing Stage has no tent and suffered as it was a quagmire for fans to stand on if they wanted to watch the latest up and comers.
But it is this stage that plays hosts to the stars of tomorrow with the likes of Super Glu, Muses, Night Owls and Lawrence Taylor getting their opportunity to shine this year.
The Leeds Festival continues today with Disclosure and Foals the big attractions on the main stage, Jack U and Twenty One Pilots on the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage and Maximo Park and Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses on the Festival Republic Stage.
One act who will not be appearing is Fetty Wap with the American hip hop artist pulling out of his scheduled NME/ BBC Radio 1 Stage appearance because he is ill. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/fall-out-boy-light-up-first-day-at-muddy-leeds-festival-1-8092199 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/24de11d9af1210d315499a97eea9780bab546cf6cff160ae65ec681626f9b5c4.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:57:22 | null | 2016-08-04T08:45:03 | Hotly tipped band of the moment Blossoms are expected to head straight for the top 10 with their self-titled debut album and are backing up this Friday’s release with a burst of activity that includes several dates in Yorkshire. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnew-sensations-blossoms-signing-in-ahead-of-leeds-dates-1-8049772.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8049771.1470249833!/image/image.jpg | en | null | New sensations Blossoms signing in ahead of Leeds dates | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Hotly tipped band of the moment Blossoms are expected to head straight for the top 10 with their self-titled debut album and are backing up this Friday’s release with a burst of activity that includes several dates in Yorkshire.
Not only are the glittering indie pop band playing Leeds Festival on the NME Radio 1 Stage at the end of the month, but they’ll be performing and signing copies of the album at HMV Sheffield (12 noon) and HMV Leeds (5.15pm) next Tuesday (August 9).
The Stockport band has announced a string of in-store signings and acoustic performances to celebrate the release and a full UK tour too for September and October to follow their festival appearance at Bramham Park on Sunday, august 28.
Any fan who cannot make the Leeds Festival can catch Blossoms at Sheffield’s Leadmill on Tuesday, October 4 and Leeds’ Beckett University on Wednesday, October 5.
Catapulted into the musical subconscious in January, listed fourth in the BBC Sound poll - as well as almost every other ‘ones to watch’ list - Blossoms have been carefully carving out their position in the canon of Great British rock’n’roll ever since.
The band have earned rave critical comparisons to everyone from The Arctic Monkeys to Depeche Mode and The Doors, shapeshifting between psychedelia, synth-pop and powerhouse indie, a mercurial sound at once familiar and unique.
“Fundamentally we want to be a great pop band,” says front man Tom Ogden.
“We’re influenced by the present as much as the past and we want to sound as modern as we can. We want to sound like a band who could only ever exist now, not then.”
The self-titled debut album was recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios and produced by Rich Turvey and the band’s sonic mentor, The Coral’s James Skelly.
The pair produced early EPs Blown Rose and Charlemagne (No. 1 in iTunes Alternative Chart as well Christmas No 1 in the UK Vinyl Chart), their first release of 2016 - the dark future-glam of At Most A Kiss (No.1 in the iTunes chart) and radio hit ‘Getaway’ (playlisted across Radio 1, 6 Music, Radio X, Absolute and Radio 2).
“James has been really important for us,” says Ogden.
“He can listen to one of our songs and instinctively know what bits to push forward. He’s got an amazing ear for a good pop melody. He just brings out our best, and makes it a little bit weird in the mix as only he can.
“Being fans of The Coral anyway, having him produce our debut album is a perfect marriage.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/new-sensations-blossoms-signing-in-ahead-of-leeds-dates-1-8049772 | en | 2016-08-04T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/5261b82fc7afaac09ee25baf6301f05c9611ce2ac0f06ce73bafcc27729b2fbb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:37 | null | 2016-08-25T15:12:04 | 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. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Frevealed-the-most-popular-baby-names-so-far-in-2016-1-8088931.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088930.1472134307!/image/image.jpg | en | null | REVEALED - the most popular baby names so far in 2016 | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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 | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/revealed-the-most-popular-baby-names-so-far-in-2016-1-8088931 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/f09d566cf0d447b9393b9550cdb536292c1ab41908a3b8646478d4af3bc3fcae.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:07:10 | null | 2016-08-18T18:23:56 | Yorkshire squeezed into the Royal London One-Day Cup semi-finals by beating Kent by 11 runs in a slow-burning thriller under the Canterbury floodlights – | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-survive-kent-scare-to-set-up-royal-london-semi-final-date-with-surrey-1-8077413.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8077411.1471560134!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire survive Kent scare to set up Royal London semi-final date with Surrey | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Yorkshire squeezed into the Royal London One-Day Cup semi-finals by beating Kent by 11 runs in a slow-burning thriller under the Canterbury floodlights –
David Willey pinned James Tredwell lbw for 17 with the fifth ball of the 48th over to complete a game which had ebbed and flowed to the delight of a near-capacity crowd of almost 6,000.
Adam Lyth top-scored with 88 from 96 balls, hitting a six and eight fours, as Yorkshire reached 256 for 9 from their 50 overs after being asked to bat.
Matt Coles took 3 for 39 from his ten overs for Kent and Charlie Hartley, a 22-year-old seamer playing in only his third List A game, dismissed both Joe Root, for 45, and Jonny Bairstow in his ten-over stint of 2 for 42.
Hartley, coming in at No 10, then almost took Kent home, scoring 15 in a nail-biting ninth wicket stand of 29 in 6.2 overs with Tredwell before being lbw to Adil Rashid’s googly to the last ball of the 47th over as Kent eventually could make just 245 in reply.
Kent initially slipped to 66 for 4 with Daniel Bell-Drummond, Sam Northeast and Sam Billings all out cheaply, but Darren Stevens and Alex Blake revived them with a fifth wicket stand of 86 in 13 overs.
Kent's Will Gidman celebrates taking the wicket of Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan (PA)
Blake made 50 and Stevens 54 and, when they fell to Willey and Liam Plunkett respectively, it was left to Kent’s lower order to try to get them over the line. Despite their best efforts, they could not quite do it, with Plunkett finishing with 4 for 52 and Rashid bowling some crucial overs at the death.
Blake played brilliantly for 50 from 38 balls, hitting off spinner Azeem Rafiq on to the roof of the Underwood and Knott Stand for six and also including seven fours in a counter-attacking knock that shook Yorkshire’s international-class bowling attack.
Willey, however, cleverly decided to test the 27-year-old with a succession of short balls, one of which hit Blake a nasty blow on the chin, and won the duel when the left-hander flapped at another bouncer and edged through to the keeper.
Stevens, in his benefit year, also batted with great spirit in his 500th match for Kent in all formats – and 742nd in senior cricket overall – but the home challenge faded when he fell to a magnificent one-handed caught-and-bowled by Plunkett, flinging himself to his left.
Yorkshire's David Willey celebrates taking the wicket of Kent's Alex Blake. Picture: Adam Davy/PA.
Will Gidman managed 19, uppercutting Plunkett for six, before giving the same bowler another return catch and Coles, who briefly raised Kent hopes again with a four and two sixes smeared over the legside ropes off Rafiq, was stumped by Bairstow off Adil Rashid’s googly for a quickfire 22.
Willey had earlier pinned Bell-Drummond leg-before for 2 with the last ball of the second over, an inswinging yorker that hit the batsman on the boot, and Kent lost two more top order wickets in successive overs when Northeast chipped Plunkett to short mid wicket on 23 and Billings was beaten by a Steven Patterson off-cutter and lbw for one to his fourth ball.
At least Northeast had helped Joe Denly to add 50 in 9.4 overs for the second wicket, swinging Tim Bresnan’s medium pace into the adjoining building site for six in the process, while Denly drove Patterson for a maximum over long on and had also hit four fours in a 45-ball 31 when he top-edged an attempted swivel-pull at Plunkett and skied to mid on.
Lyth sprang from the traps in the early overs, thumping Mitch Claydon through the covers for four and then hammering a length ball straight for six. Alex Lees, his opening partner, also lofted Claydon for four but, from the next ball, he pulled to deep square leg to depart for 7 and leave Yorkshire 27 for 1 after five overs.
Root then joined Lyth in a stand of 90 in 18 overs that oozed quality, but just when it seemed the England No 3 was moving up the gears he was gone, for 45 from 55 balls with only three fours, brilliantly held on the deep mid wicket ropes by Blake who sprinted to his left and leapt to hold a flat pull and give Hartley the first success of a day to remember.
Bairstow, after one sublime push-drive for four wide of mid on off Hartley, then fell for 7 as he mis-hit to Bell-Drummond at a deepish mid on to give the young seamer his second high-profile scalp.
redwell bowled a typically steady ten-over stint of off spin, though without success, and the return of Coles for the 34th over brought immediate reward when left-hander Lyth was beaten by a fine ball angled across him down the slope which he thin-edged to keeper Billings.
Bresnan and Willey were then removed in the same over, the 39th, by Will Gidman as Kent – who had bowled with discipline and fielded like tigers – began to sense Yorkshire’s unease and turn the screw.
Bresnan, having laboured to 10, scooped tamely to short extra cover and Willey flicked at a legside delivery and was smartly caught by Billings, moving to his right.
Hartley returned to finish his 10-over allocation, almost having Plunkett caught and bowled and then hitting the England one-day international on the grille of his helmet as he tried to pull a short ball that stuck in the pitch. Gidman, meanwhile, beat Ballance with successive deliveries that seamed away from him.
It was no surprise when Plunkett, who could not get going, skied Coles to Northeast at extra cover for 16 from 21 balls, leaving Ballance and Rashid to collect what runs they could from the closing overs.
Ballance, having struggled to 37 from 55 balls, was run out when Rashid turned down a third run and he could not get back to the bowler’s end and Coles pegged back Rafiq’s off stump for 1 to take his competition wicket tally to 24 at 17.41 runs apiece.
A straight four and pulled six by Rashid off Claydon in the final over took Yorkshire beyond 250 but they had looked certain to total nearer 300 when Lyth and Root were together. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-survive-kent-scare-to-set-up-royal-london-semi-final-date-with-surrey-1-8077413 | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/d6e33748db6a912bfe0ac9299344af8d9e06666ab13e3667b653454055de97fc.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:57 | null | 2016-08-25T11:02:40 | The family and friends of a young cricket player who died suddenly have organised a 10th annual charity match in his memory. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fben-s-friends-to-take-to-the-pitch-in-his-honour-1-8087717.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8087715.1472119338!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Ben’s friends to take to the pitch in his honour | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The family and friends of a young cricket player who died suddenly have organised a 10th annual charity match in his memory.
Ben Morley collapsed and died unexpectedly in July 2006 aged 23 – and over the past decade those close to him have raised more than £27,000 for Martin House Hospice.
A previous event for Ben at Crossbank Methodist Cricket Club.
And a rugby match which will feature his old mates – and anybody over 16 who wants to take part – is to go ahead on Sunday at Crossbank Methodists Cricket Club.
Ben’s mum Gill, 59, of Intake Lane, Birstall, said: “He used to play for Batley Boys rugby from the age of nine.
“It was his friends who started the event up.
“Ben was a bit of a cheeky chappy. He was one of the rugby lads. He liked to go for a pint.”
But IT worker Ben, who attended the University of Huddersfield, died after leaving home for just eight weeks to live with his girlfriend in Cleckheaton.
“He had everything in front of him really,” Mrs Morley said.
“It was very suddenly. Everybody was devastated.
“It was so unexpected at that age, at 23.
“He was a fun-loving lad,” she added.
Ben left behind his mum and dad James – who has been a groundsman at the Batley Bulldogs’ stadium for 15 years – and sister Anouska, now 35.
The match at The Rumbolds, off Lea Road, Birstall, will bring together those who knew him for a day of fundraising from noon.
“It’s usually a sad day but a good day,” said Mrs Morley.
Youngsters can enjoy a bouncy castle, face painting, tombola stalls and refreshments on the day.
And the event usually carries on into the evening.
It costs £5 to take part in the match and player registration begins at 11.30am.
Martin House Hospice supports children and young people with life-limiting conditions. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/ben-s-friends-to-take-to-the-pitch-in-his-honour-1-8087717 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/c67644c17f76dadaf9dbc57bad139e12deeea7abb986a7caa4461c152e9df1a6.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:49:45 | null | 2016-08-27T10:30:10 | JASON GILLESPIE believes there has been clear progress in Yorkshire’s one-day cricket this year, regardless of the result of tomorrow’s semi-final. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-surrey-white-ball-progress-gives-jason-gillespie-grounds-for-optimism-as-prize-of-lord-s-final-awaits-1-8092007.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8092004.1472248055!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Surrey: White-ball progress gives Jason Gillespie grounds for optimism as prize of Lord’s final awaits | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | JASON GILLESPIE believes there has been clear progress in Yorkshire’s one-day cricket this year, regardless of the result of tomorrow’s semi-final.
Yorkshire are aiming to reach their first Lord’s final since 2002 when they take on Surrey at Headingley (11am start).
THREAT: Surrey's Kumar Sangakkara
It is the second successive season that Yorkshire have reached the Royal London semis, with the club going down by eight wickets to eventual champions Gloucestershire at Headingley last year.
Surrey, last season’s runners-up, will pose another stiff test, but Gillespie has been encouraged by Yorkshire’s white-ball performances, with the club having also reached the semi-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast before losing to Durham.
“We’ve seen clear progress in white-ball cricket this year,” said Gillespie. “We’re not the finished article, but we’ve definitely seen improvements overall in both of the comps.
“We should have chased down the runs against Durham in the T20 semi, even though Mark Wood bowled very well against us.
“But that’s gone now, and I’m pleased overall with how the lads have gone about their work in one-day cricket.”
To get past Surrey, Yorkshire must overcome a semi-final hoodoo in List A cricket. Their defeat to Gloucestershire last season was their 16th in 19 one-day cup semis.
“That stat isn’t in our minds,” said Gillespie. “It hasn’t even been discussed. Sunday is a new day, and the fact is that we’ve played some good cricket in the 50-over comp.
“We know Surrey are a quality team and that people will see them as favourites, which is okay with us.
“We just need to go out there and play the best cricket we can and focus on that.”
On paper, the biggest danger to Yorkshire is Kumar Sangakkara, the former Sri Lanka batsman/wicketkeeper. Sangakkara, 38, scored an unbeaten 130 to help Surrey to a dramatic one-wicket win off the last ball of their quarter-final at Northants.
“Sangakkara is clearly an extremely dangerous player,” said Gillespie, whose side booked their semi-final place with an 11-run win over Kent at Canterbury.
“He has a proven track record, and he is capable of winning games single-handed.
“At the same time, we will do our homework against him and encourage our bowlers and everyone to do their research.
“Phil Dicks (the Yorkshire analyst) puts a lot of stuff together, and the players have iPads where they can look at all the relevant footage – ie, where Sangakkara scores his runs, his wagon wheels, and potentially where he could be vulnerable, which is what we do with all our opponents.”
Yorkshire’s attention to detail in this regard has increased markedly in recent times.
Dicks is an important member of the backroom operation, equipping players with all the necessary stats and info.
“Phil has been brilliant,” said Gillespie. “He’s an important cog in the support staff at Yorkshire.
Yorkshire (from): Ballance, Bresnan, Brooks, Carver, Coad, Hodd, Leaning, Lees (capt), Lyth, Patterson, Rafiq, Rhodes, Waite. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-surrey-white-ball-progress-gives-jason-gillespie-grounds-for-optimism-as-prize-of-lord-s-final-awaits-1-8092007 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/c1aa6b48356a6b2801019a0a4307fb72357e0052c978b3da7d5523896bf08d8c.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:04:20 | null | 2016-08-23T10:54:35 | TIM BRESNAN claimed only the eighth five-wicket haul of his first-class career as champions Yorkshire closed in on victory against Notts at Scarborough. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-four-lunch-tim-bresnan-strikes-to-put-white-rose-on-verge-of-victory-1-8083613.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8090940.1472215279!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire (day four, lunch): Tim Bresnan strikes to put White Rose on verge of victory | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | TIM BRESNAN claimed only the eighth five-wicket haul of his first-class career as champions Yorkshire closed in on victory against Notts at Scarborough.
The former England pace bowler has 5-36 as Notts reached lunch on 129-6 on day four, trailing by 323.
Bresnan bowled the first eight overs of the morning from the Trafalgar Square end, and he took 3-9 in the space of 31 balls after capturing his first two wickets the previous evening.
Brendan Taylor has batted through the session to advance from three to 37, with Brett Hutton (20) also unbeaten at the break.
In sunny conditions at North Marine Road, where Yorkshire brought over their “Blotter” from Headingley to dry the outfield after overnight rain, Notts lost a wicket to the day’s fourth ball when Bresnan had Tom Moores caught at second slip by Adam Lyth.
Moores had not added to his overnight score of 41, and Notts slipped to 77-5 when Bresnan had Samit Patel caught behind for five.
Tim Bresnan celebrates the wicket of Nottinghamshire's Jake Libby at Scarborough on day three. Picture: Dave Williams
Patel briefly stood his ground in echoes of Michael Lumb’s dismissal on the third evening, when he, too, had been given out caught behind by umpire Neil Mallender.
Bresnan then bagged his fifth wicket when he had Chris Read caught at fourth slip by Jake Lehmann for one, leaving the visitors 83-6.
But Notts dug in as Taylor and Hutton battled for 80 minutes before the break in front of a 2,500 crowd. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-four-lunch-tim-bresnan-strikes-to-put-white-rose-on-verge-of-victory-1-8083613 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/04f9db8974afe299e730f141ecbc7b2566f6edd8498d81b9691a8f7ca22cbe7a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:03:36 | null | 2016-08-24T14:37:40 | Dewsbury-born footballer Tyler Denton has spoken about his dream debut for Leeds United when he scored the only goal of the game with a stunning strike to knock Luton Town out of the EFL Cup. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fdewsbury-lad-tyler-makes-dream-leeds-united-debut-1-8086241.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8086240.1472046921!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Dewsbury lad Tyler makes dream Leeds United debut | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Dewsbury-born footballer Tyler Denton has spoken about his dream debut for Leeds United when he scored the only goal of the game with a stunning strike to knock Luton Town out of the EFL Cup.
The 20-year-old left-back, has been on the bench several times this season, but was given his chance in a much-changed United line-up at Luton and took it with both hands, earning the man of the match with many observers.
After the game he said: “Words cannot describe how I’m feeling right now.
“I grew up as a kid with my parents bringing me to games week in, week out so it’s great to repay them.
“It couldn’t have gone any better.
“All the lads said play simple first 10 ease your way into it, but to do that is a dream come true really.
“I felt after that I just relaxed and got more and more into the game.
“I didn’t expect to play. But I was prepared, I think you’ve got to be prepared and didn’t pass up on the chance.
“It’s just a start. Hopefully I will be around in the next few weeks and months, and we will take it into the international break.”
Head coach Garry Monk was delighted with the contribution of former Mirfield Free Grammar School student Denton, who has been with Leeds since the age of six.
He said: “What a great goal that is. That’s one debut goal you’ll never forget.
“He’s been great in pre-season and he’s a typical example of what they do at Leeds with young players.
“He deserved his chance and he was always going to be one of my changes. It was a great finish and to be a winning goal was even better.”
Monk would not commit himself on whether Denton could replace regular left-back Charlie Taylor, who is still the subject of transfer speculation.
He added: “Come on, he’s only played one game.
“It was a fantastic debut but he’s still growing. Given time he’ll be a very good player. He’s an exciting prospect but at this moment he’s still learning.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/dewsbury-lad-tyler-makes-dream-leeds-united-debut-1-8086241 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/71686048c4530db4ec33881ed7b40b93972de44d997c80e93c2d57c99a5b07e0.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:07:40 | null | 2016-08-26T09:00:29 | The first section of the season comes to an end this Saturday when Leeds United get time to take stock after playing their seventh game in 22 days. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fgoal-hungry-strikers-hold-key-for-leeds-united-at-forest-1-8086130.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8086128.1472043357!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Goal hungry strikers hold key for Leeds United at Forest | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The first section of the season comes to an end this Saturday when Leeds United get time to take stock after playing their seventh game in 22 days.
An international break follows the Whites’ trip to Nottingham Forest’s City Ground, with the players having a week off before springing back into action with another seven games in 22 days before the second break.
With the season broken up into some intense periods it can be tough on players and it is hard to maintain form with the matches coming thick and fast.
With little time for training to improve things going wrong it is also hard on managers especially with patience in boardrooms so thin these days and winning records demanded.
But the breaks do give coaching staffs the chance to work with players not on international duty as they can use the extra time wisely on the training ground and this is what United boss Garry Monk will be planning.
After an underwhelming start to his time as Leeds head coach Monk is seeing signs of improvement as the players he has brought in begin to get used to doing what he is asking of them and he and fans will expect to see this improvement bear more fruits after the break coming up.
With such a big turn round of players – Leeds have so far signed 11 players this summer and have promoted a couple of under 19s into the first team squad – it is little wonder they have lacked consistency so far. But that excuse can only be used for a short time longer.
Despite the early problems the Whites can actually climb into the top half of the table if results go right for them this weekend and they can beat Nottingham Forest.
Leeds go into Saturday’s game on the back of three games unbeaten - a slightly fortunate draw against Fulham followed by a deserved 2-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday and a 1-0 EFL Cup win at Luton with a team showing 11 changes - and if they can make it seven points from three league games they will regard it as a solid start despite the defeats in the opening two matches.
The biggest positive is that strikers Chris Wood and Marcus Antonsson have scored five goals between them in the first five matches, including the first round EFL Cup tie at Fleetwood.
It is always important for the forwards to be hitting the target to build their confidence and the duo could be the key at Forest, who have conceded 10 goals in their first four league games.
Early signs are that Forest are playing a more expansive game this season as they have also found the net eight times so will offer some threat to a Leeds backline that kept its first clean sheet last Saturday after themselves conceding eight goals in their first four outings.
Kyle Bartley and Liam Cooper appear to be Monk’s preferred centre-back combination, although the partnership of Sol Bamba and new signing Pontus Jansson did help keep a clean sheet at Luton.
Luke Ayling appears to have settled in quickly at right-back in the absence of the injured Gaetano Berardi while Charlie Taylor has been an ever present so far at left-back despite continue rumours that United would sell him if they can find a replacement in his position.
They also have another youngster waiting in the wings in Tyler Denton, who scored the winner at Luton on his debut at left-back. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/goal-hungry-strikers-hold-key-for-leeds-united-at-forest-1-8086130 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/315df9f8827b2d3710685ec68b9dad6808e97ab8ab5b8bf3dec6dc653c24d55b.json |
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"Tony Harber",
"Tony.Harber Jpress.Co.Uk"
] | 2016-08-26T13:02:20 | null | 2016-08-10T15:45:27 | Names of the bands who get to rub shoulders with the big names at the Leeds Festival after coming through the annual Centre Stage and Futuresound competitions have been revealed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fleeds-and-york-bands-given-chance-to-impress-at-festival-1-8061275.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8061273.1470840279!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Leeds and York bands given chance to impress at Festival | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Names of the bands who get to rub shoulders with the big names at the Leeds Festival after coming through the annual Centre Stage and Futuresound competitions have been revealed.
The competitions give local bands the once-in-a-lifetime chance to win places on the line-up at the annual music extravaganza taking place at Bramham Park.
Since its initial launch by The Pigeon Detectives in 2009, Centre Stage has raised an incredible £200,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice and provided a platform for over 190 young musicians to showcase their emerging talent.
This year’s winners are Yorkshire favourites Faux Pas, from York, who will be performing on the BBC Introducing Stage at Leeds and Reading 2016.
The prestigious Futuresound competition also returned this year, offering winners the coveted opening slot on the Lock Up Stage and five runners-up the chance to perform on the BBC Introducing Stage. This year’s winners are alt-rock Americana quintet Fighting Caravans, from Leeds.
Having battled it out against 39 other bands, they will play the Lock Up Stage alongside the likes of Good Charlotte, The King Blues, MGK and Arcane Roots. Joining them over the bank holiday weekend and all performing on the BBC Introducing Stage will be runners up The Indigo Project, Vexxes, Dusk, Adore // Repel and Night Owls.
Members of Fighting Caravans and Faux Pas were given the chance to meet fellow northerners Blossoms at HMV Leeds, during the promotional tour for their debut, self-titled album, which is heading straight for the top of the UK Album Chart this week.
Band of the moment Blossoms are also appearing at the Leeds Festival and in his introduction at the Leeds Festival press day at Bramham Park, event founder Melvin Benn talked about the band as the perfect example of what can happen to an act with the right breaks in the space of one short year.
Blossoms were unsigned when they played the Festival Republic Stage at their first Leeds and Reading Festivals in 2015. This year, they play on the NME / Radio 1 Stage, with a critically acclaimed album hitting the very top of the charts.
Weekend tickets for the Leeds Festival are £205 + £8 booking fee and day tickets are £59.50 + £7 booking fee with both available from http://www.leedsfestival.com/tickets | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/leeds-and-york-bands-given-chance-to-impress-at-festival-1-8061275 | en | 2016-08-10T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/326838f3b0ef6c43be3b565da8ce239f41c1866c1b25d3ef350ff79b7ae4bd7d.json |
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"Andrew Gale"
] | 2016-08-27T10:49:40 | null | 2016-08-27T09:00:13 | IT WAS just fantastic for us to win at Scarborough this week and I thought our bowling display was as good as I have seen. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fandrew-gale-outstanding-display-against-notts-left-me-as-proud-as-punch-1-8091926.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8091925.1472242993!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Andrew Gale: Outstanding display against Notts left me as proud as punch | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | IT WAS just fantastic for us to win at Scarborough this week and I thought our bowling display was as good as I have seen.
Personally, it was obviously frustrating not being involved after the good work I had done at Old Trafford, I had started to feel like my old self back at the crease. But I was proud as punch for the lads at Scarborough, they put in a real performance against Nottinghamshire after being 60-6 on the first morning and to turn it around on a similar fashion that we did, it followed a similar path to the Durham game at Scarborough last year.
We actually mentioned it on the first morning and last year, we were 90-9 on the first morning and ended up winning in three days and we came through again.
We have played some good cricket at Scarborough over the years and I can only remember losing a couple of games in seven or eight years. We were outstanding again and are getting to the business end of the season and it is very tight at the top of the league.
Middlesex are playing some good cricket. But we have the experience of coming through what we have done for the last few years and if we keep the pressure on and keep doing what we do, we can get over the line and make it three in a row. I am confident that we can do it.
Azeem Rafiq and Andrew Hodd came good with the bat for us when we were in trouble. Hoddy has had a bit of stick throughout the season about his batting from a number of supporters and he came in and showed what he is about and rolled his sleeves up and stuck his chest out.
It is not always about stats; it is about making that match-winning contribution and that is exactly what he did. To get 95, in the circumstances, helps keep the pressure on, given how close the league table is.
Rafiq also showed his prowess. He has got a first-class hundred and I think he made that on debut and I also remember playing a game at Worcester around 2008 and he got a hundred there, but probably never kicked on from that.
It is his way to be aggressive and the situation suited him and probably the best thing to do was attack and that is what he did and it came off.
The bowlers finished it off and it was pleasing to see how ruthless we were. I have previously spoken in this column about missed opportunities in games and not being able to clean the tail up. But our bowlers were outstanding throughout and bowled the right lines and lengths which you need to do at Scarborough.
To be fair, the ‘blotter’ that came from Headingley did its job on the ground. I think it set off a few days ago and it was really slow on the A64, but we managed to get it to Scarborough!
Obviously, it was frustrating to miss out with a back injury. It happened last Saturday when I was in the gym in the morning and just twinged it when I was squatting. I was okay, but then I came and had a bit of treatment from the physio and he treated to loosen it off and it actually made it worse and it locked up and I couldn’t move on Monday.
I had a fitness test on Tuesday morning. I probably could have got through the game if it was just about batting, but I couldn’t have really moved in the field and would have been letting the lads down if I had tried to get through. It has improved a lot since and had we started the game yesterday, then I would have been good to go, really. But unless there is a blip over the weekend, I will be ready for the game at Hampshire next week.
There was at least good news with David Willey’s injury. Looking at it on Saturday night after the Twenty20, I thought he had bust his hand with the size of it and everything. It added up to him breaking his hand and being out for the rest of the season.
It is added bonus that he isn’t and fingers crossed that we can get him back to tomorrow’s semi-final. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/andrew-gale-outstanding-display-against-notts-left-me-as-proud-as-punch-1-8091926 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/334919efd483cd03a451bfd97383aa5b632015c500b0285cfd52efe4d3b960e8.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T04:50:53 | null | 2016-08-30T05:43:02 | JASON GILLESPIE’s departure as Yorkshire’s first-team coach, after five years in charge of the county champions, had been on the cards for some time. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fchris-waters-time-is-right-for-jason-gillespie-to-bid-farewell-to-yorkshire-ccc-1-8094958.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8094947.1472504437!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Chris Waters: Time is right for Jason Gillespie to bid farewell to Yorkshire CCC | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can
JASON GILLESPIE’s departure as Yorkshire’s first-team coach, after five years in charge of the county champions, had been on the cards for some time.
Earlier this summer, Gillespie’s wife, Anna, and their four children moved back to Adelaide in Australia.
HEADING OUT: Yorkshire first-team coach, pictured at Headingley in November last year. Picture: Bruce Rollinson
It would be a strange marriage that could survive for several months apart on opposite sides of the world, although, on second thoughts, some couples would probably relish that thought.
Flippancy aside, Yorkshire had hoped to get at least one more year out of Gillespie, whose future had been the subject of regular speculation since he took the job in 2011.
Since then, the former Australia fast bowler has helped the club to one County Championship promotion and to back-to-back Championship titles, with the prospect of a hat-trick to follow next month.
Under Gillespie, Yorkshire have also twice reached NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day and successive Royal London Cup semi-finals, although, after 14 years without a one-day trophy, they have yet to crack limited-overs cricket in quite the same way.
IT'S OURS: Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale and coach Jason Gillespie celebrate with the County Championship trophy at Trent Bridge back in 2014. Pictures: SWpix.
Gillespie’s track record, however, speaks for itself (Yorkshire have lost only five of 76 Championship games since his arrival), and he has been linked with practically more international coaching positions than there are jobs vacant.
There are many observers –this correspondent included –who thought that he should have got the England job last year, an opinion that has not been altered by progress under Trevor Bayliss.
Gillespie has also been linked with international positions back home, where his great friend and former team-mate Darren Lehmann is in charge of the Australia side.
Gillespie already doubles up as coach of the Big Bash franchise Adelaide Strikers, and potential moves for him now could include international cricket/the Indian Premier League.
CHEERS, I'LL BE OFF THEN: Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie will leave the club after five years at the end of this season.
Although Yorkshire will be sad to see him go, it was a case of ‘when’, not ‘if’, Gillespie left.
The time would seem right for him not only from a family perspective, but also, one suspects, from a cricketing point of view.
Gillespie has probably taken Yorkshire as far as he can; their performances in the Championship this summer have actually tailed off a touch, although they have been more affected by injuries than in recent seasons, and they go into the final four matches just five points behind leaders Middlesex.
But it has not been the dominant campaign that many had hoped, although the end result is all that counts, and the players will be doubly determined to give Gillespie a successful send-off.
THRILLED: Jason Gillespie watches from the Lords balcony as the County Championship title is retained, despite the triumph being accompanied by defeat against hosts Middlesex.
Yorkshire’s magnificent pace attack is not getting any younger, and although there is no reason to suspect that the current side cannot aim to stretch their run of titles to at least four or five in a row, Yorkshire must soon face such unpalatable questions as: “Exactly how do you replace Ryan Sidebottom?”
Sport moves in cycles, and Gillespie has been part of a golden cycle at Yorkshire. He will leave with the thanks of the club’s supporters, who already respected him for what he achieved as a player.
As a key member of the great Australia side of the Nineties and Noughties, Gillespie took 402 international wickets. As a coach, it is noticeable that he never speaks about that success, or indeed seeks credit for Yorkshire’s recent triumphs.
He appreciates that it is players who win silverware first and foremost, and that support staff, in a nutshell, are exactly what that term would imply.
Gillespie’s coaching methods would seem quite simple: he does not over-complicate the game, but encourages his players to perform with freedom and to try to take the positive option.
He recognises the importance of making sure that the players believe that the coach believes in them, and his style is more arm-around-the-shoulder than ranter-and-raver.
Like all in sport, however, he hides a tough streak, although never quite to the extent that it masks a cheerful personality for too long.
At heart, he is a thoroughly decent chap: friendly, personable, and with time for all.
Even his infamous comments about the dairy industry, which he suggested earlier this summer should be closed down as it does not tie in with his vegan views, betrayed that decency and caring disposition, even if they were not shared by everyone – not least the Yorkshire sponsors, Wensleydale Cheese.
Yorkshire will not replace him easily, but a team of talented cricketers will cope.
Gillespie himself has seen to it, by helping to create a culture that will not be broken just because the time has come for him to say goodbye. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/chris-waters-time-is-right-for-jason-gillespie-to-bid-farewell-to-yorkshire-ccc-1-8094958 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/610db5c96e737ea91888a3e4535b2b6130fd6bd3964bd7edd365d9ca08e215e5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:15 | null | 2016-08-05T08:28:42 | Further Leeds Festival additions have been announced with news on who is providing the late night entertainment on the Alternative Stage for the summer bank holiday spectacular at Bramham Park. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-and-entertainment%2Ftransgressive-late-night-takeover-added-to-leeds-festival-line-up-1-8049834.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8049832.1470252587!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Transgressive late night takeover added to Leeds Festival line-up | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Further Leeds Festival additions have been announced with news on who is providing the late night entertainment on the Alternative Stage for the summer bank holiday spectacular at Bramham Park.
Returning to conquer after-hours on the Alternative Stage for the ninth consecutive year, heavyweight independent heroes Transgressive Records will be bringing their biggest and boldest line-up yet to ensure the festivities continue long after the headliners have finished.
Hijacking Reading Festival on Friday, and Leeds on Saturday and Sunday night, the stage runs from 9.30pm until late, bringing a wealth of boundary-pushing, brilliant acts in a series of unmissable exclusive appearances.
This year, the inimitable Fat White Family – one of the country’s finest live acts – will be gracing the Alternative Stage at Leeds on the Sunday night of the festival.
They will be joined by fast-rising hip-hop star Loyle Carner and sets from Bless DJs and the Transgressive Sound System DJs.
Progressive pop specialist Joe Mount will be playing a special Metronomy Summer ‘08 DJ set on the Saturday night, promising Metronomy classics alongside hits from across the decades.
The late night party at Leeds will continue with soul-tinged synth pop duo Honne and a special appearance from Peep Show favourite Super Hans, who will be making his Leeds Festival debut at Bramham Park and carrying the party on until 3am.
Toby L, co-founder of Transgressive, commented: “Every year the Transgressive Takeover at Reading and Leeds gets bigger and bigger and it’s such a joy to return once again in 2016.
“Last year the legendary Mike Skinner and Jackmaster killed it, whilst prior to that the likes of Kelis, London Grammar, Disclosure, Two Door Cinema Club, SBTRKT and so many more have always ensured true variety and class.
“This time, we cannot wait to welcome Loyle Carner - one of the most important new artists on the planet right now - to the stage, plus Fat White Family, Honne and all our guest DJs, not least a very welcome return from Metronomy. Meanwhile, God only knows what Super-Hans has in store for us; his first ever Glastonbury appearance this summer is already the stuff of legend.
“After the headliners finish, come and pay us a visit - we’ll be expecting you.”
Weekend Leeds Festival tickets cost £205 + £8 booking fee while day tickets are £59.50 + £7 booking fee with early entry permits £20. All are still available from http://www.leedsfestival.com/tickets | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-and-entertainment/transgressive-late-night-takeover-added-to-leeds-festival-line-up-1-8049834 | en | 2016-08-05T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/3c3ebc44985d75016b02f4548ddca55d1969dfdf66477250061c0e04f46874df.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:56 | null | 2016-08-03T18:50:42 | Fresh from playing numerous festivals Bristol soul-pop duo Meadowlark are set to embark on a UK headline tour throughout September and October - stopping at Headrow House, in Leeds on Monday, September 26. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-and-entertainment%2Finspired-meadowlark-announce-leeds-gig-1-8049727.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8049726.1470246610!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Inspired Meadowlark announce Leeds gig | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Fresh from playing numerous festivals Bristol soul-pop duo Meadowlark are set to embark on a UK headline tour throughout September and October - stopping at Headrow House, in Leeds on Monday, September 26.
Kate McGill and Dan Broadley have just released a captivating new single, ‘Quicksand’, which was inspired by a story posted on Humans of New York.
The emotive song - which can be found at https://youtu.be/ldtGfLbCE0w - was written after they were deeply moved by a story about a family working in a brick kiln in Pakistan. The pair weren’t the only ones moved by the words and photos of the HONY post, within mere days the story went on to fundraise more than $2 million for the charity working with families trapped in this situation.
McGill explains: “We were so heartbroken reading these stories. We get so swept up in our lives and forget how lucky we are on a daily basis.
“We wanted to acknowledge these incredibly brave people and all those who devote their lives to helping them.”
Released as a standalone single, ‘Quicksand’ swiftly follows the duo’s recent EP, ‘Paraffin’ and looks set to win Meadowlark more acclaim ahead of their forthcoming tour. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-and-entertainment/inspired-meadowlark-announce-leeds-gig-1-8049727 | en | 2016-08-03T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/6f449f78b659520bf5b63ea32ef2ac0a2417375effb9cb086fd132cbc68e6b86.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:44 | null | 2016-08-22T22:30:18 | 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. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fsecond-scan-clears-willey-for-action-as-yorkshire-get-ready-for-notts-1-8083100.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8083098.1471899259!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Second scan clears Willey for action as Yorkshire get ready for Notts | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/second-scan-clears-willey-for-action-as-yorkshire-get-ready-for-notts-1-8083100 | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/7641f0ba08e523c1048b7ea6f66f82b2f0b2f5f7eb36ad9a0d88a7d141d0f1ee.json |
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"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-29T06:50:21 | null | 2016-08-29T05:48:25 | 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. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Froyal-london-cup-semi-final-misery-continues-for-yorkshire-as-they-come-up-short-against-surrey-1-8093704.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8093696.1472417150!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Royal London Cup: Semi-final misery continues for Yorkshire as they come up short against Surrey | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/royal-london-cup-semi-final-misery-continues-for-yorkshire-as-they-come-up-short-against-surrey-1-8093704 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/35daa48179ba51477ae8caac24876a53166282f8413130e766b7d59e35585fd4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:34 | null | 2016-08-26T13:00:00 | A Whitechapel Primary School pupil has won a £500 prize for his school after coming out on top in a drawing competition. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fsamuel-s-day-and-night-design-bags-big-windfall-1-8088841.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088838.1472133348!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Samuel’s day and night design bags big windfall | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A Whitechapel Primary School pupil has won a £500 prize for his school after coming out on top in a drawing competition.
Samuel Young scooped top prize in the event organised by Tesco Cleckheaton.
Pupils at a number of schools across the area were asked to come up with a picture to show what they love about Cleckheaton and the store was overwhelmed with colourful drawings.
However it was 10-year-old Samuel’s entry who won approval from store manager Clare Findlay.
Clare praised Samuel’s effort, which used a day and night theme that showed the town hall and cars on the road.
The design has now been transferred onto thousands of limited-edition bags.
She said: “It looks fantastic on the bags and I know our customers are going to love them.
“We are really proud to be part of the local community and I love the way he has used the day and night idea just like our store which is open from morning until night.”
At a special assembly at the school, Samuel came face-to-face with his picture on the shopping bag and was delighted to have won.
He was also presented with a £25 gift card to spend in the store.
Meanwhile, headteacher Michelle Bouabida received £500 towards school funds.
She said: “We’re thrilled that Samuel was successful as I know the picture will bring a smile to customers at Tesco.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/samuel-s-day-and-night-design-bags-big-windfall-1-8088841 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/1737af875d3eb3e21478761fbf24967be44c06a3f8671c166f1f24deac6841ca.json |
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A rocking line-up of world-class look and sound-a-likes will be headlined by Bon Jovi Experience, Coldplace and New2.
South Yorkshire's latest young indie blues band Sundance, who play a mix of their own material and crowd pleasing covers by the likes of Oasis and Arctic Monkeys, are one of five local support acts along with Nick Aslam's Rebel City Revival.
Promising to be the hottest ticket in town, festival-goers will have the opportunity to enjoy a full day and night of live music at the stadium inside a huge big top style marquee - which means it goes ahead whatever the weather,
There will be a variety of food and entertainment stalls in true festival style. Parking is available, but there is no camping at the festival site.
Fake Festival, which is celebrating its tenth year, features professional ‘touring-grade’ tribute bands that look, sound and move like the real rock-stars.
Home grown support bands include Barnsley four-piece Sundance, who recently took Tramlines by storm after featuring on BBC Music Day. They are Harry Walker (vocals/lead guitar), Kyle Grattan (drums), Owen Keane (rhythm guitar) and Jamie Darbyshire (bass).
The band's riffs and swagger belie their young years and they harbour a not-so-quiet confidence that's sure to take them places. Check out and like their Facebook page facebook.com/sundancemusicuk, follow on Twitter @sundancemusicuk and visit their YouTube page - CLICK HERE
Nick Aslam's Rebel City Revival, whose inspirations range from Kiss, David Bowie and Oasis, will perform original music including their debut single Night Train - see www.nickaslam.com, his Facebook page www.facebook.com/NickAslam or follow on Twitter @NikAslam
Doncaster Fake Festival provides a friendly environment that caters for all ages, says Mark Hughesman, of Doncaster Rovers FC, who are hosting the event.
He said: “This year celebrates 10 years of Fake Festivals. It promises to be a fabulous day of live music and we can’t wait to start the party.
"Bring your friends and family, young and old, and catch up with those you haven’t seen in a while. It’s going to be a fun-packed day with the music and bar in the marquee and the entertainments arena just outside with a variety of food stands and games.”
Coldplace
Jez Lee, owner of Fake Festivals, said: “It’s hard to believe that Fake Festivals started out in a small Lincolnshire village 10 years ago and now tours around the UK.
"I can clearly remember the day, and never imagined it would take off like it has. I’m really proud to be able to say we are the UK’s only touring tribute festival, and that we have kept it community-led to, and not sold out to commercial pressures that a lot of festivals experience nowadays.”
DONCASTER FAKE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: Times are an estimate only.
12.30pm Doors open
New2
1.15pm Local support bands
5.45pm New2
7,45pm Coldplace
9.45pm Bon Jovi Experience
BUY TICKETS: Advanced tickets are adult (18-plus) £21, young people (10 to 17 years) £11, family (two adults/two young people} £53, children uo to nine years, free. Buy online at www.fakefestivals.co.uk or from selected retailers listed on the website. You can register, after your purchase, for a discounted ticket to The Big Fake Festival in September.
FREE DRINK: Enter the festival before 2pm on the day and bosses will give you a drink token that can be exchanged for one bar drink or two soft drinks.
Sundance - one of five home-grown bands supporting tribute acts at Doncaster Fake Festival.
FACEBOOK: For Doncaster Fake Festival updates, to invite friends, family and tell everyone you're going, follow and visit the official Facebook page - CLICK HERE.
TWITTER: Follow the dedicated Doncaster Fake Festival Twitter account @fakedoncaster
THE BIG FAKE FESTIVAL: Each Doncaster ticket can be used to redeem a 50 per cent discount on a ticket for The Big Fake Festival 2016, September 2 to 4, 2016 - at Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. The three-day, end-of-season festival features all 20 tribute bands that perform on the Fake Festivals tour.
FREE DOWNLOAD: Sundance's latest demo Haze is free to stream or download - CLICK HERE
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[] | 2016-08-27T08:49:51 | null | 2016-08-27T07:00:00 | A dedicated member of Heckmondwike Rotary Club has celebrated his 50th year with the group. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmarking-fifty-golden-years-in-the-rotary-1-8088335.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088334.1472127183!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Marking fifty golden years in the Rotary | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A dedicated member of Heckmondwike Rotary Club has celebrated his 50th year with the group.
David Armitage, 84, first joined the club while he owned Armitage Allott and Partners opticians in Market Street.
Since then he has become president of the club twice, in 1975 and 2010, and has seen a lot of changes in the town.
Mr Armitage, of Brighouse, said: “It’s been 50 very interesting years. There’s been a lot of changes in Heckmondwike in that time.
“I think the biggest single change is when Morrisons opened. It did change the town centre – it went down quite a bit but it’s built up again since.
“The general atmosphere of Heckmondwike has improved in the last 10 to 20 years.”
Mr Armitage was congratulated on his milestone at the last Heckmondwike Rotary Club meeting by president Mike Lister on August 11 at Healds Hall in Liversedge.
Mr Armitage, who is originally from Bradford, added that one of the main benefits of joining the club has been meeting new friends.
“I’ve got to know an awful lot of people I wouldn’t have met otherwise. It’s a totally diverse group of people that meet,” he added.
Member Bill Hofstetter said: “David has never sought recognition for his involvement with Rotary.
“David is a very quiet and humble man and for 50 years has found the time to put service before himself.”
During his second presidency of the group he made Help For Heroes his charity of choice, raising funds for wounded soldiers with regular events.
He said that one of the biggest challenges now facing the group is attracting new members.
But he hopes to remain part of the group for as long as he can.
He said: “Perhaps another 50 years.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/marking-fifty-golden-years-in-the-rotary-1-8088335 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/273f9c6f17aa7227a4d5898c16a4b0c455f4af836e5be7f2a8efc2d143a4c76b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:51 | null | 2016-08-26T11:55:39 | Police are appealing for information to trace wanted man Ben France. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fburglar-wanted-on-recall-to-prison-1-8090626.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8090625.1472208922!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Burglar wanted on recall to prison | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Police are appealing for information to trace wanted man Ben France.
Ben France, aged 26, is being sought as he has been recalled to prison and he had previously been jailed for burglary.
France is currently believed to have a beard.
Anyone with any information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Kirklees District Police immediately via 101 or alternatively call independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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[] | 2016-08-28T08:50:31 | null | 2016-08-28T09:00:00 | Child’s Play Day Nursery in Dewsbury held a special graduation-style party for children leaving for school recently. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ftots-celebrate-their-graduation-1-8088902.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088901.1472133944!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Tots celebrate their ‘graduation’ | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
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[] | 2016-08-27T08:49:54 | null | 2016-08-27T08:00:00 | Golfers from far and wide gathered at Cleckheaton and District Golf Club (CDGC) last Monday to take part in a charity golf day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcleckheaton-charity-golf-day-was-a-big-hit-1-8087345.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8087344.1472128821!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Cleckheaton charity golf day was a big hit | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Golfers from far and wide gathered at Cleckheaton and District Golf Club (CDGC) last Monday to take part in a charity golf day.
Over £2000 was raised for the Lord Taveners Charity which helps give disabled children the chance to play sport.
A shotgun start saw 72 golfers hit Cleckheaton golf club eager to win the team prize and aiming to achieve the best individual score but they all feared the ‘Yorkshire cup’ which would be given to the worst golfer.
The golf ran smoothly with the occasional ‘fore’ heard across the club’s fantastic parkland course.
The rain tried for the first hole then disappeared to what was a wonderful day for golf.
Rebecca Hall of East Bierley primary donated her time selling raffle tickets and Trevor Makinson of Cleckheaton and District Golf Club dealt with the golfers cards and the complex issue of handicaps.
When the round was over the club veranda was packed with the 72 charitable players and a putting competition was run by Andrew Mear.
At 6.30pm a fantastic two course meal was served by the clubs caterer Rita.
Martin Arnold of CDGC won the days individual prize with 39 points and Steven Henry’s group won the team prize.
The team would like everyone who was involved and they say next year promises to be even better with the tees already in demand. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/cleckheaton-charity-golf-day-was-a-big-hit-1-8087345 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/f285cd0f0d93c0a2074d0aefda213f28eee608b39db8cb0506bf8699f64b9074.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:24 | null | 2016-08-26T11:59:00 | A Batley student has been showcasing her costume-making skills at two national shows. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcatwalk-fame-for-student-laura-s-work-1-8087742.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8087734.1472133219!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Catwalk fame for student Laura’s work | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A Batley student has been showcasing her costume-making skills at two national shows.
Laura Ella, who studies Costume with Textiles at the University of Huddersfield, was given the chance to design bespoke outfits along with her coursemates.
Zoflora fashion show - the brand has teamed up with University of Huddersfield costume and textile students inspired by Zoflora's new Yorkshire inspired fragrance, 'Green Valley' - Picture date Tuesday 12 July, 2016 (Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate, North Yorkshire) Photo copyright, contact for licensing, For licenced images, credit should read: Jonathan Pow/jp@jonathanpow.com REF : POW_160712_3646
The group’s designs were on display at both the Hampton Court Flower Show and the Great Yorkshire Show.
The 27-year-old and colleagues were given a brief by leading disinfectant brand Zoflora, who sponsored the two events.
The Yorkshire-based company asked students to design and make costumes to complement Zoflora’s garden at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Hampton Court Flower Show.
The garments where then modelled on the catwalk at England’s premier agricultural event, the Great Yorkshire Show.
Laura created an outfit that featured elements of Zoflora’s gold medal winning ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ garden, and included references to the Yorkshire countryside as well as incorporating elements of Zoflora’s new limited edition fragrance, inspired by the county, called ‘Green Valley’.
Her costume was just one of five that was shortlisted by the judging panel - made up of representatives from Zoflora, the University and the Great Yorkshire Show.
The costume was modelled on press day at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show and then took to the catwalk four-times-a-day at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Laura said: “I was completely in shock to find out my design was going to be modelled at both the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show and the Great Yorkshire Show.
“I had such fun designing and making it, and then seeing someone model it was very surreal.
“The entire experience will really help towards my career in costume design.”
Clair Sweeney, course leader of Costumes with Textiles at Huddersfield, said: “The students had a great time working with Zoflora.
“The brand is an iconic household name, and Laura was delighted to see her outfit on show at two big events.”
Sarah Fozzard, Senior Brand Manager at Zoflora, said: “We were incredibly impressed by Laura’s creativity and interpretation of the brief and we wish her the best of luck for her course.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/catwalk-fame-for-student-laura-s-work-1-8087742 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/8a631a783a7589dd7181be48d3dcad828c3673c22125e88edbf8458bf12580e4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:31 | null | 2016-08-11T12:35:44 | Forever championing up and coming talent, the BBC Introducing Stage is back again at this year’s Leeds Festival with the line-up announced today. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbbc-introducing-stage-line-up-announced-for-leeds-festival-1-8063746.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8063745.1470915302!/image/image.jpg | en | null | BBC Introducing Stage line-up announced for Leeds Festival | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Forever championing up and coming talent, the BBC Introducing Stage is back again at this year’s Leeds Festival with the line-up announced today.
This stage offers one of the biggest platforms for new music in the UK, having last year brought sets from the likes of Clean Cut Kid, Georgia and Viola Beach.
The BBC Introducing Stage has also hosted Reading and Leeds debut slots from Jake Bugg, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Jack Garratt, making it a must see for anyone wishing to catch future stars’ formative moments.
Headlining the BBC Introducing Stage on the Friday at Leeds will be the up and coming SuperGlu. Appearing alongside them will be the West-African rhythms of nine-piece KOG & The Zongo Brigade, West-Midlands singer-songwriter Lawrence Taylor, ‘math-pop-whiz-kids’ Tusk, poetic grime artist Sonny Green and gritpop Nottingham based Mowbeck.
Mouses are renowned for their raw and energetic live performances and will take to the BBC Introducing Stage as well as the melodic Arctic Lake, psychedelic indie band CaStleS and power-packed seven-piece rock n’ rollers Hardwicke Circus.
The stage will also play host to Centre Stage Competition winners Faux Pas and Futuresound Competition runners up Dusk, The Indigo Project, Vexxes, Night Owls and Adore//repel.
Headlining the second day at Leeds will be the hotly tipped Coquin Migale with explosive sounds from their new album Munro released next week.
Joining them is 19-year-old singer songwriter from Yorkshire, Beau, the heavy melodic swoons of Muncie Girls and the lo-fi aesthetic sounds of Paris Youth Foundation.
Airways, a recently formed indie-rock group will be performing alongside indie-pop Happy Accidents, pop-fuzz buzz-band Eat Fast, explosive four-piece The Wholls, the increasingly popular Strong Asian Mothers and Bolton singer songwriter Jordan Allen.
Closing the BBC Introducing Stage on the Sunday at Leeds will be Fronteers, with their Britpop infused licks. Also appearing is blues-influenced Ten Tonnes, psychedelic five piece The Shimmer Band, Brighton favourites High Tyde, the spell-binding young piano master Cameron A G and indie-folk group The Tin Pigeons.
The adrenalin pumped garage punk Avalanche Party, dreamy-pop Tiny Giant, electronic-indie inspired Haus and anthemic indie-rockers We Were Giants will join them for first time appearances at Reading and Leeds.
Leeds Festival will kick start in style on Thursday, August 25 as legendary independent Leeds-based label Dance To The Radio return to host the BBC Introducing Stage and start the weekend’s festivities with a phenomenal programme.
The psychedelic grunge swamp sounds of The Wytches and fiery Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes top a bill that will also see performances by Freak, Blackwaters and Forever Cult.
The 2016 Leeds Festival boasts the biggest names, sounds and festival moments, with five main stage headliners over three days - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foals, Biffy Clyro, Disclosure and Fall Out Boy. They head up a huge Bank Holiday weekend which will also see performances by Jack Ü, The 1975, Two Door Cinema Club, Boy Better Know, Chvrches, The Vaccines, A$AP Rocky, Nas, Good Charlotte, Asking Alexandria, Fetty Wap and over 200 more.
Weekend tickets (£205 + £8 booking fee) and day tickets (£59.50 + £7 booking fee) are available from http://www.leedsfestival.com/tickets | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/bbc-introducing-stage-line-up-announced-for-leeds-festival-1-8063746 | en | 2016-08-11T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/4f941899bb6c8b8beaedc03f17741b21b2a9b67f9a434e9f626cb667aaffc2d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:24 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:06 | THE day was sunny and very warm, made bearable by a cooling breeze blowing from the Trafalgar Square end. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-are-left-indebted-to-andrew-hodd-and-azeem-rafiq-1-8085039.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8085038.1471983042!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire are left indebted to Andrew Hodd and Azeem Rafiq | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | THE day was sunny and very warm, made bearable by a cooling breeze blowing from the Trafalgar Square end.
Thunder flies clung to the skin until they were swept away with sweaty hands or else flicked off – Subbuteo-like – with sticky fingers.
Spectators sat in shirt-sleeves and sun hats, occasionally raising a drink to their lips or slurping at ice creams, while seagulls squawked and circled the ground, looking for remnants of discarded food.
For much of the long and lazy afternoon, the pin-striped deckchairs in front of the West Stand marquee were vacant as important people enjoyed an extended lunch, occasionally popping their heads outside to check the scoreboard on the popular bank.
All the sights and sounds of Scarborough were present for the start of the 130th Festival, just as they have always been, and the cricket itself was of compelling character.
After half-an-hour’s play, Yorkshire were 21-0 after Notts, the bottom club, took up the right of the visiting side to field first.
Half-an-hour before lunch, Yorkshire, the second-placed club, had sunk to 51-6 after insipid batting and inspired work from medium-pacer Steven Mullaney had nipped out three of the wickets and effected a run-out.
A seventh-wicket stand of 132 in 34 overs between Andrew Hodd (96no) and Azeem Rafiq (74) stopped the bleeding, and even inspired a recovery back to rude health as both made their highest scores of the season, Hodd also making his highest score for Yorkshire.
The wicketkeeper deserved a century, but was left stranded when the hosts were dismissed for 282 deep into the evening session, Notts reaching stumps on 38-2.
On a day when 4,979 spectators gathered in glorious sunshine, it was pertinent to ponder initially who was not playing as much as who was.
Yorkshire were without Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid and David Willey due to international calls, while captain Andrew Gale failed a fitness test on a sore back, with Gary Ballance leading the club for the first time in the Championship.
Gale, who has struggled for runs, therefore missed out at a ground where he has scored 1,372 of them in 19 first-class games at 49, including a career-best 272 when these sides last met in the Championship here in 2013.
For their part, Notts were without pace bowlers Stuart Broad (ankle), Jake Ball (international duty) and Harry Gurney (hip), with the visitors handing a debut to 19-year-old batsman Tom Moores, son of former England head coach Peter Moores, the Notts’ coaching consultant.
Despite their depleted bowling resources, Notts could hardly have wished for a better morning session.
There was a strong element of luck about the first wicket, Adam Lyth run-out at the non-striker’s end when Mullaney deflected a drive from Alex Lees on to the stumps.
But there was nothing fortuitous thereafter as Lees pushed at one from Mullaney and was caught at third slip, Jake Lehmann was caught at second slip driving at Mullaney, and Ballance went lbw to Luke Fletcher playing across his pads.
When Tim Bresnan padded up to Mullaney and Jack Leaning followed a wide delivery from Brett Hutton and was caught at third slip, Yorkshire were 51-6 and in disarray.
But Hodd and Rafiq added 46 in seven overs before lunch, and then they frustrated the visitors in the afternoon, Notts failing to build on their earlier good work.
Rafiq, who has a first-class hundred to his name, gradually grew in confidence to the extent that he contemptuously thumped Hutton for four over mid-on towards the Peasholm Park end.
When he chipped the next ball for four just over a leaping Fletcher at mid-on, Rafiq had his third first-class fifty from 75 balls with eight boundaries, a fitting way to mark a day when he was officially re-presented with his county cap – along with Leaning – by the Yorkshire president, John Hampshire.
It took an apparently controversial decision from Neil Mallender to send him on his way, the umpire adjudging him lbw to Samit Patel, a wicket swiftly followed by that of Steve Patterson, who went lbw to Imran Tahir.
Hodd breezed past his previous best for Yorkshire of 68 not out against Somerset at Taunton three years ago, and he added 88 for the ninth-wicket in 21 overs with Jack Brooks, who contributed 48 from 66 balls with seven fours and a six, Brooks chopping on to Hutton.
When Ryan Sidebottom was lbw to Hutton nine balls later, Hodd was left agonisingly short of a fifth first-class hundred, having faced 185 balls and struck 10 fours.
Notts lost a wicket to the seventh ball of their reply when Brooks pinned Jake Libby lbw, and they would have been 1-2 had Leaning taken a low chance at third slip offered by Moores off Sidebottom.
But Bresnan had Moores caught at second slip by Lyth in the final over as Yorkshire completed a fine fightback.
Scoreboard: Page 22. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-are-left-indebted-to-andrew-hodd-and-azeem-rafiq-1-8085039 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/656f6dca3a83d22c8b3e8e9f9ec8a56c27be6ce0403672db5be41221730ded7b.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:58:24 | null | 2016-08-24T18:40:19 | Punk duo Slaves say they may be unable to live up to the name of their forthcoming album and Take Control of the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-and-entertainment%2Faudio-i-don-t-know-if-we-can-take-control-of-wild-leeds-festival-crowd-jokes-punk-stars-slaves-1-8086864.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8086863.1472060502!/image/image.jpg | en | null | AUDIO: 'I don't know if we can Take Control of wild Leeds Festival crowd', jokes punk stars Slaves | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Punk duo Slaves say they may be unable to live up to the name of their forthcoming album and Take Control of the 'wild' Leeds Festival crowd this weekend.
Drummer vocalist Isaac Holman and band mate Laurie Vincent, on guitar and vocals, play Leeds Festival main stage on Sunday after Reading Festival on Saturday.
And they say northern fans are often more wild than anywhere else in the country.
"I don't know if we can take control of the Leeds crowd but I'll give it a good old go," laughed Isaac, promising fans 'blood, sweat and laughs'.
AUDIO: Listen to Slaves star Isaac Holman's exclusive chat with Graham Walker - CLICK HERE.
"We are a southern band so we did a bit better down south at first. But the northern crowds are even more wild for us now than down south sometimes. I think Leeds is going to go off.
"It's completely what I live for. I love playing live. It's the only time my mind goes quiet and I feel comfortable when I step out on stage. The more people there the merrier."
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Slaves are on the same bill as Red Hot Chili Peppers. Imagine Dragons and Courteeners.
Other superstar bands playing this weekends include Biffy Clyro, Fall Out Boy, Foals, Disclosure, The Vaccines and Chvrches - along with rising local stars, such as South Yorkshire's own Radio 1 hitmakers The Sherlocks. Leeds Festival is set to attract around 80,000 people.
Isaac, who also revealed they still get starstruck, said it will be a highlight of their year which also includes a 15 date UK headline tour in November and the release of next album Take Control on September 30.
Isaac added: "Sometimes you get starstruck. Me and Laurie definitely do fanboy some people we meet. But the more you get into the scene you realise everyone is just a person and it becomes a little bit more normal.
"We've worked our way up through the stages. Being main stage is like another level - Leeds and Reading were the festivals we went to when we were younger and I don't think we ever imagined we would be on the bill let alone on the main stage. It's brilliant."
Slaves, from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, will be laying waste to venues across the country as they launch into a full UK tour in November. Yorkshire dates include Leeds O2 Academy on Tuesday, November 15 and Sheffield O2 Academy, on Friday, November 25.
See full tour, ticket details and album download links links below.
Slaves earned a reputation for themselves as one of the UK’s fiercest live acts with their constant touring and festival appearances off the back of last year's debut album, Are you Satisfied?
Their next hit album in waiting was part recorded at Jackson Browne’s studio in Santa Monica, California.
Take Control was produced by one of the legends of early hip hop and New York punk, Mike D who, says Laurie, “Became like another member of our band – we can safely call him our friend, which is just surreal!”
The album finds the young pair sharpening up their skills, both in songwriting and in execution and sounding heavier in places.
Several tracks on the album were recorded on vintage equipment used by the Beastie Boys on their classic records, Including STD’s PhD’s, Angelica and Consume Or Be Consumed.
Recorded back home in London, Steer Clear was a collaboration with another hero, Baxter Dury, who lent his distinctive vocals to a duet with Isaac.
Slaves first emerged in 2012, working their way up through the local toilet-venue circuit to become one of the success stories of 2015.
The band’s debut album Are You Satisfied? smashed in to the UK top 10 and earned the band huge critical acclaim. Thanks to their charismatic mash-up of punky urgency and silly humour, they bagged Kerrang!’s Spirit Of Punk award and NME’s Best Video award (for Cheer Up London), while also securing nominations for the Mercury Music Prize, and for Best New Band at Q and NME.
Along the way, they’ve won the hearts of The Streets’ Mike Skinner, stolen the show on last year’s NME tour, had Skepta join them on stage at Radio 1’s Big Weekend and toured with Jamie T and Wolf Alice – the latter in America in March, after which Wolf Alice’s drummer Joel Amey bunked off to California to play on new track People That You Meet.
Pre-order new the album now to get a free download of Spit It Out, first single from the album, at youareallslaves.com - you can also order at iTunes, Amazon or Google Play.
VIDEO: Check out Spit It Out, the first single off the album - a snapshot of their manic daily lives in Tunbridge Wells and New Cross - CLICK HERE.
Leeds Festival Ticket Information
Weekend tickets are £205 + £8 booking fee = £213 total Day tickets are £59.50 + £7 booking fee Early entry permits - £20 (No booking fee) Campervan permits - £75 (No booking fee) Lockers - £16 (No booking fee)
Slaves 2016 UK Tour dates (All shows 14 +)
Thu 10 Nov 2016 – Bexhill - De La Warr Pavillion - UK
Fri 11 Nov 2016 – Truro - Hall for Cornwall - UK
Sun 13 Nov 2016 – Cardiff - University Great Hall - UK
Mon 14 Nov 2016 – Cambridge - Corn Exchange - UK
Tue 15 Nov 2016 – Leeds – O2 Academy - UK
Thu 17 Nov 2016 – Newcastle – O2 Academy - UK
Fri 18 Nov 2016 - Glasgow – Barrowland - UK
Sat 19 Nov 2016 – Birmingham – O2 Academy - UK
Mon 21 Nov 2016 – Bristol – O2 Academy - UK
Tue 22 Nov 2016 – Leicester - O2 Academy - UK
Wed 23 Nov 2016 – Nottingham - Rock City - UK
Fri 25 Nov 2016 – Sheffield – O2 Academy - UK
Sat 26 Nov 2016 – Manchester - Albert Hall - UK
Tue 29 Nov 2016 – London - Shepherds Bush Empire - UK
Wed 30 Nov 2016 – London - Shepherds Bush Empire - UK
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:15 | null | 2016-08-25T10:11:33 | A Dewsbury charity which helps provide digital training for disabled and disadvantaged people is toasting a five-figure donation. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F20-000-grant-allows-dewsbury-charity-to-upgrade-facilities-1-8087561.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8087558.1472116260!/image/image.jpg | en | null | £20,000 grant allows Dewsbury charity to upgrade facilities | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | A Dewsbury charity which helps provide digital training for disabled and disadvantaged people is toasting a five-figure donation.
Electronic Village exists to provide top quality training in computer use and related careers for disabled and disadvantaged people in order to improved their lifestyles, education and employment prospects.
The group is one of the organisations to benefit from support from the Freemasons of the Province of Yorkshire West Riding.
As a result, Electronic Village has received a £20,000 boost to the coffers.
They were presented with the amount at the Yorkshire West Riding Annual Provincial Meeting in Harrogate earlier this year.
A spokesperson from the group said: “We are absolutely delighted and very grateful to receive the cheque.
“All of our learning skills are tailor-made to suit the individual and our tutors will encourage clients to strive towards their personal goals.
“Clients can learn at a pace to suit their own needs and unlike many schools and colleges, Electronic Village offers small learning groups with support in a friendly supportive atmosphere.
“The organisation continues to go from strength to strength.”
The money will be used to purchase new laptops and furniture for the group’s new training room.
The newly-equipped room is to be used for individual training sessions and group courses.
Electronic Village recently moved locations from Dewsbury Town Hall to Unit 1 of Empire House in Wakefield Old Road. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/20-000-grant-allows-dewsbury-charity-to-upgrade-facilities-1-8087561 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/4aeec11bfafb6fabfc719f59d188f3456b6b613e5b8214914028d1cb22c9e86e.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:06:38 | null | 2016-08-20T09:00:24 | AT this moment in time, the County Championship title race looks like going right down to the wire. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fandrew-gale-lord-s-showdown-is-looming-and-we-re-really-beginning-to-hit-our-straps-1-8079356.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8079355.1471682760!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Andrew Gale: Lord’s showdown is looming and we’re really beginning to hit our straps | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | AT this moment in time, the County Championship title race looks like going right down to the wire.
From the outside, you cannot help but look at the last game of the season versus Middlesex at Lord’s, although there is still a lot of cricket to be played up until then and Middlesex got over the line in good fashion this week and are playing some good cricket.
When you get to this stage of the season, you talk about holding your nerve and we have been there before.
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For us, Leesy is coming into some form and Lythy is and me now as well and, hopefully, we can use that to really start hitting our straps.
I was happy to contribute with 83 in the Roses game at Old Trafford. I wanted three figures and was desperate to get there, but I did occupy the crease for a long period of time and in the context of the game, it was an important knock and I was pleased to get runs.
Coming to the business end of the season, I had said before that we can get our players in form, then it sets us up nicely.
I was pleased to contribute. In the context of the game, there was a lot of rubbish flying around on the field and it was nice to shut up a few of their lads.
We needed 219 from 30 overs at tea on the last day, but decided that the target was just too much and shook hands on the draw.
You have to trust the batsmen out there, I guess, and their decision and the pitch was deteriorating.
There was quite a lot of spin and with our left-handers in the top-order, it was probably a bridge too far. And I think that it was a good statement with us being none down as well.
The last thing we wanted to do was be holding out for a draw, seven or eight wickets down or something like that and it was a decent statement from us, even though we didn’t play our best cricket at times. We came out with our heads held high.
If we had been chasing 150 or 160 going into that last 18 to 20 overs, then it would have given us a good chance. We just felt it was too many to chase.
I don’t think that Lancashire would have gone for it either, to be honest.
Overall, it was a solid draw, although I was a bit disappointed with the way we bowled on the morning of day two as I thought we were exceptional on day one and held our lines and lengths and were patient.
All that hard work was undone by poor bowling on the second morning and it really put us behind the eight-ball.
But the encouraging thing is we got past the follow-on and got back into the game.
Azeem Rafiq, Jack Leaning and David Willey all got their Yorkshire caps before the game and it was a fantastic moment.
The best part of my job is to give caps out like that and see what it means to the lads.
In particular, you could see it for the two lads who have come right through the age groups. To eventually get a Yorkshire cap; you could see the emotion in their faces when they received them.
It was good for David, too. He is starting to win games for us now in the short-ball format, although he probably has not played as many red-ball games as he would have liked and has had a few injury niggles and going into that Old Trafford game, he had a hamstring injury.
But he is starting to win games of cricket and that is why we signed him; for us to be in the hunt – in the white-ball Twenty20 and 50-over competition.
It’s finals day today in the T20 and I am looking forward to it and am going down there and will be in and around the squad.
It is a big day for the club and we want to keep our name in the hat for all three formats and trophies.
Obviously, I would have been liked to have been a part of the white-ball stuff. But when you look down the team sheet when all the international players come back, it is a bloody tough side to get into! | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/andrew-gale-lord-s-showdown-is-looming-and-we-re-really-beginning-to-hit-our-straps-1-8079356 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/32b98f487bdf5e2f503a4d1ae8970df201bde4437d01f3f5983707ceca47a52b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:20 | null | 2016-08-26T09:00:00 | Devoted dad Steven Scaddan is calling for speed limits to be lowered on a main road connecting Dewsbury and Morley, after his wife and daughter were involved in a “terrifying” collision. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fdad-calls-for-lowering-of-speed-limits-after-terrifying-crash-1-8088401.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8088398.1472128049!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Dad calls for lowering of speed limits after ‘terrifying’ crash | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Devoted dad Steven Scaddan is calling for speed limits to be lowered on a main road connecting Dewsbury and Morley, after his wife and daughter were involved in a “terrifying” collision.
The car Tracey Scaddan and the couple’s two-year-old daughter Caitlin were travelling in was hit, by a “recklessly” driven stolen vehicle, as it reversed into their driveway on Leeds Road, in Dewsbury last month.
Their car was sent spinning and 36-year-old Mr Scaddan, who was notified of the accident by a family member, feared his family had been “left for dead”.
He said: “They are both to this day still recovering and we were informed by the police and fire brigade that if we had a smaller car they would both be dead.”
Mr Scaddan, who has lived on Leeds Road for more than a decade, said the crash had left his daughter unable to sleep through night and his wife is struggling to come to terms with the shock of what has happened.
“I just wish I could swap positions with her,” he said. “I wish I could have been in that car instead of her. It is really distressing thinking about what could have been.”
Mr Scaddan has set up a petition calling for action to make the road safer.
And it has gained nearly 1,000 signatures in just over a week. He said: “I am campaigning for a safe road, for the lowering of the speed limit to 30mph, for putting permanent speed cameras along the road and if another pedestrian crossing was put in, it would be brilliant.
“Just anything that will bring the speed down and make the road safer for the young families and older generation that live here.
“At the moment the road is a death trap, it’s an accident waiting to happen.”
There has already been several fatalities on the street, also known as the A653.
And Mr Scaddan said it was only a matter of time “before someone else gets killed”.
“I am extremely lucky to have my family still,” he said. “But this could have been a completely different story.
“I don’t want any one else to go though what my family has and still is going through.”
The petition will be delivered to Kirkless Council’s Director of Place for consideration.
It has been backed by Dewsbury and Mirfield MP Paula Sherriff.
She said: “I’m very sorry to hear of the terrifying traffic incident involving a family on Leeds Road, Dewsbury.
“The two men left the scene and the stolen vehicle they were driving without any apparent concern for the safety of Mrs Scaddan and her little girl.
“I fully appreciate the serious concerns with traffic safety on Leeds Road and I have contacted Kirklees Council to ask that this is appropriately reviewed and careful consideration is given to the family’s requests.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/dad-calls-for-lowering-of-speed-limits-after-terrifying-crash-1-8088401 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/f40569d0b13b6fbb94b2f924fa5356da31bbc8508f0200c71fe65a704a762664.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T14:50:47 | null | 2016-08-30T15:06:21 | Yorkshire | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-and-entertainment%2Fyorkshire-s-strictly-ex-champs-to-give-free-dance-lessons-at-city-limits-1-8096127.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8096126.1472566063!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire's Strictly ex-champs to give free dance lessons at City Limits | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Yorkshire's Strictly Come Dancing ex-champions Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova will quick step back home this weekend - to give free dance lessons to fans.
It coincides with the start of a new season of the hit BBC One show.
Strictly's most successful couple, now parents to one-year-old Valentina Rose, are returning to their family's City Limits Dancentre studio in Penistone Road, Sheffield.
They will take part in free taster sessions on Saturday, September 3, from noon to 2pm. Full details and more at www.city-limits.co.uk
City Limits is run by Sheffield born Darren's parents, former dance champions, Tony and Judith, and his twin brother Dale.
Darren, aged 39, and his Moscow wife Lilia, 37, are the most successful competitor couple of their generation, winning four British amateur championships, three UK championships and representing Great Britain at the World and European Championships.
They turned professional in 2003, winning the British National Professional Championship two years running and made the final of the World and European Championships.
But they became household names when they joined the cast of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004 and won the show in consecutive years.
At his first attempt Darren, dancing with Jill Halfpenny from Eastenders, won the show and then went on to win the Champion of Champions dance off.
In 2005, Lilia waltzed off with the title while partnering Barnsley's own former Yorkshire and England cricketing star Darren Gough, after which they also went on to win the International Christmas special.
They went on to host their own West End show, Latin Fever, which they toured nationally and are today still regarded as one of Britain’s finest Latin American dance couples.
More recently they have worked on the Turkish and Lebanese versions of the Strictly TV show, Darren, born in Deepcar and brought up in Todwick, as a judge and Lilia as a consultant choreographer to the professional dancers.
Darren has also consulted on Danse Avec la Stars, the first series of the French version of Dancing with the Stars.
As well as being successful competitors and performers they have built up an International reputation as coaches, choreographers and first class trainers in both dance and corporate arenas.
They have also trained many of the top junior, youth and amateur couples, including the British Junior champions and No. 1 youth couple in the UK.
Darren's twin Dale said: "Strictly is back and we have Darren and Lilia joining us for an open day, with free taster sessions for children and adults to come along and see what being a student at City Limits is like.
"Fans can take part in one of our Ballroom and Latin classes led by Darren and Lilia.
"It runs from 2pm until 4pm, and we have a timetable of taster sessions throughout the day. Plus visitors can chat to our teachers and find out more about our new beginners' classes starting in September.
OPEN DAY TASTER CLASS SESSIONS
12.15-12.45pm: BALLROOM & LATIN WITH DARREN AND LILIA ALL AGES
12.30-1.00pm: STREETDANCE FOR ALL AGES 4-ADULT
12.30-1pm: BABY BALLET AND TAP
1.00-1.30pm : SALSA AND LATIN WITH DARREN AND LILIA
1.15-2pm: ZUMBA AND FITSTEPS TASTER
1.15-1.45pm: ADULT TAP
The pole fitness studio will also be open, for demonstrations and free workshops, from 12-2pm.
There will also be three Ballroom and Latin technique workshops for those wishing to develop their skills
2pm: Juvenile (under 12's), 45min, cost £5.
2.45pm: Junior (age 12 to 15), 45min, cost £5.
3.30pm, - Adult (age 16+), 60min, cost £8.
For more information about the open day and new class timetable, call he studio on 0114 234 4866 or visit www.city-limits.co.uk
Also visit Darren and Lilia's official website at www.darrenandlilia.com
* Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed this year's celebrity cast for the show, which returns on BBC One on Saturday, September 3, 6.50pm.
The line-up features EastEnders actor Tameka Empson, Birds of a Feather’s Lesley Joseph, former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, Pop Idol winner Will Young, former Eternal singer Louise Redknapp, actor Danny Mac, newsreader Naga Munchetty, reality TV’s Judge Rinder, US singer Anastacia, model Daisy Lowe, GB long-jumper Greg Rutherford, gymnast Claudia Fragapane, presenters Laura Whitmore and Ore Oduba, DJ and presenter Melvin Odoom.
TV stars Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be on hosting duties with the judging panel of Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and – in his final year – Len Goodman. For more visit www.bbc.co.uk | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-and-entertainment/yorkshire-s-strictly-ex-champs-to-give-free-dance-lessons-at-city-limits-1-8096127 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/c2f5924d273e1697006f1fb9380d9f360092e70b3300ae08ff53b8cc90724afb.json |
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"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-27T00:49:33 | null | 2016-08-23T10:54:35 | Yorkshire moved to within five points of County Championship leaders Middlesex after wrapping up a resounding 305-run victory over Nottinghamshire at Scarborough. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fgallery-yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-tim-bresnan-s-career-best-return-seals-white-rose-victory-1-8083613.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8092101.1472254135!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GALLERY: Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire - Tim Bresnan’s career-best return seals White Rose victory | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | 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 | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/gallery-yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-tim-bresnan-s-career-best-return-seals-white-rose-victory-1-8083613 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/0f42290a59de400c77c399106027564e2a4494c135fa58551300a4d7c863b8fc.json |
[
"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-26T13:06:04 | null | 2016-08-23T05:40:49 | THE NatWest T20 Blast is all done and dusted. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-yorkshire-lookint-to-seize-the-moment-in-championship-title-bid-1-8083109.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8083107.1471899853!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire: Yorkshire lookint to seize the moment in Championship title bid | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | THE NatWest T20 Blast is all done and dusted.
A Royal London Cup semi-final looms on the horizon but, for now, Yorkshire’s attention returns to the Specsavers County Championship.
England's Stuart Broad is absent from the Notts line up Picture: Adam Davy/PA.
They are second in Division One, 26 points behind Middlesex with a game in hand.
And this week’s match against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough represents that game in hand.
It comes against a side who are bottom of the league and staring down the barrel of relegation.
Mathematically, it is not a must-win fixture, for there are still four to play after this match.
But it presents an obvious opportunity for Yorkshire to close the gap on Middlesex, and to close it to just two points if they can claim the maximum 24.
Yorkshire travel to second-bottom Hampshire next week and host third-bottom Durham the following week, before ending their campaign at home to Somerset and away to Middlesex.
A hat-trick of titles is still in their hands, but you sense that they need to seize the present moment.
It will not be easy.
Not only is the weather unpredictable at this time of year, rendering victories already gained like gold dust, but sides such as Notts are scrapping for points for different reasons – namely, their First Division survival.
Trent Bridge is arguably the finest ground in the country – at least outside of Lord’s, and with all due respect to Scarborough –but it faces the unpalatable prospect of Second Division cricket.
It will be extremely tough for Notts to beat a strong Yorkshire team at Scarborough, a ground where Notts have won only once in 12 matches, indeed, but that does not mean that they will be pushovers in what has been a tight division.
Yorkshire have a good recent record in the Championship at North Marine Road, but they lost on their last outing there in early July – an innings defeat to Middlesex that they hope will not have the same look in retrospect that Durham’s win there did in 2013, when it provided the impetus for the visitors to go on and pip Jason Gillespie’s team to the title.
Yorkshire, on paper, should be too strong for Notts, and yet the visitors possess some talented players.
Stuart Broad, the England pace bowler, is out with an ankle injury, and there is no Jake Ball or Alex Hales, who are on one-day international duty along with Yorkshire’s Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid.
But Notts have plenty of seasoned campaigners – not least the evergreen Chris Read and Samit Patel.
First-team coach Gillespie is certainly not taking Notts for granted as his side go in search of their fourth win of the Championship campaign.
“It’s going to be a massive challenge,” said Gillespie.
“Notts are a very good side, and although they haven’t played the cricket they’d like in the Championship, they’re an incredibly dangerous team and they’ve got some real match-winners.
“We need to play at our best if we’re going to compete with them, and we’ve got to make sure that we tick all the boxes.
“We’ve got a good record at Scarborough in recent times, and hopefully we can build on that this week.”
A week of inactivity for Middlesex would be as good a week as any for the champions to strike, with the leaders battling problems of their own.
With pace bowler Steven Finn currently out with a hamstring injury, Middlesex have been dealt another blow with the news that former Notts batsman Adam Voges will not be returning to captain them for their last four games, with Cricket Australia wanting him to rest his own hamstring problem.
Middlesex return to action next week when they travel to Warwickshire before visiting Notts the following week.
They continue their programme away to Lancashire before the potentially key fixture with Yorkshire in late September.
Notts, who are 14 points adrift at the bottom, really need something from this week’s fixture.
Mick Newell, their coach, is considering changes to his batting line-up, with Root’s brother, Billy, among those who could come into the team along with fellow batsman Tom Moores, the 19-year-old son of former England coach Peter Moores.
Whoever he selects, Newell is conscious of the need for immediate improvement.
“We’re in a mess in the Championship,” he admitted.
“We’ve got to try and get out of the bottom two.
“This is a really big game, and I’m not sure where the pressure sits because they’re trying to get to the top and we’re obviously trying to get off the bottom.
“We’ve got to find a way of winning games.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-yorkshire-lookint-to-seize-the-moment-in-championship-title-bid-1-8083109 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/55bf1345072c59a3ad54857c819c52fd572cdcbf153324c553d91089e54c3a8b.json |
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"Andrew Hunt",
"Andrew.Hunt Ywng.Co.Uk"
] | 2016-08-26T13:08:44 | null | 2016-08-18T07:35:25 | Mirfield Parish Cavaliers have clinched promotion to the Drakes Huddersfield League Championship with four matches to spare and will now concentrate on securing the Conference title. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fparish-clinch-promotion-with-four-games-to-spare-1-8074555.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8074553.1471448172!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Parish clinch promotion with four games to spare | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Mirfield Parish Cavaliers have clinched promotion to the Drakes Huddersfield League Championship with four matches to spare and will now concentrate on securing the Conference title.
Parish recorded a 16th win of the season, defeating Lepton Highlanders by three wickets last Saturday and they are 25 points clear of third placed Upperthong, guaranteed of a top two finish.
The are eight points clear of Almondbury Wesleyans in the race for the title.
An impressive bowling display saw Parish dismiss Lepton for 108 inside 31 overs.
Cameron Neal top scored for the home side with 56 but he lacked support as Daniel Hope tore into their batting line-up, claiming 5-22 from 8.3 overs, while Connor Rowlands (3-26) supported.
Parish didn’t have things all their own way in reply and lost seven wickets as Imran Khan claimed 5-47 but they were steered home by Nazar Hussain, who finished 40 not out.
Almondbury Wesleyans kept in touch with Parish with an 83-run victory away to Mirfield.
Tom Hinks (56) top scored for Almondbury but they were bowled out for 173 off the final ball of their 50 overs as Alex Pearson finished with 4-45.
Mirfield lost wickets at regular intervals in reply as Matthew Henshaw (3-17) and Jack Atkinson (3-34) produced impressive bowling spells.
Beau McGuinness offered late resistance as the number nine batsman finished top scorer on 28 not out but it was not enough to prevent Mirfield being dismissed for 90 and they stay ninth in the table.
Moorlands relinquished top spot in the Championship following a one-wicket defeat at home to Meltham.
Defeat allowed Thongsbridge to move three points clear at the top with four matches remaining, while third placed Meltham closed the gap on Moorlands to three points.
Michael Rounding top scored with 50, while Jarrad Maxwell hit 40 not out as Moorlands posted 180-6 from their 50 overs, as Muhammad Kashif claimed 4-50.
Meltham stumbled towards their target as Moorlands fought back but Mudassar Butt held their innings together with 69 not out.
Meltham suffered two late run outs as they chased victory but Butt kept his cool to see Meltham over the finish line off the penultimate ball of the match. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/parish-clinch-promotion-with-four-games-to-spare-1-8074555 | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/3cf490f4f110ad8eac46742110c34274298d97839b17a1120be405120636cae9.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:50:02 | null | 2016-08-28T17:10:22 | Yorkshire take on Surrey in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup at Headingley. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Flive-royal-london-cup-yorkshire-v-surrey-middle-order-collapse-leaves-yorkshire-facing-uphill-battle-in-bid-for-lord-s-final-1-8093417.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8093414.1472400968!/image/image.jpg | en | null | LIVE - Royal London Cup: Yorkshire v Surrey - Middle order collapse leaves Yorkshire facing uphill battle in bid for Lord’s final | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Yorkshire take on Surrey in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup at Headingley.
Follow our live updates here ....
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. | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/sport/local-sport/live-royal-london-cup-yorkshire-v-surrey-middle-order-collapse-leaves-yorkshire-facing-uphill-battle-in-bid-for-lord-s-final-1-8093417 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/26578655ac3aaa89995320635ed5d91a077bc6dbc4e6d37abb5c0699dc0b0e90.json |
[
"Laura Drysdale"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:28 | null | 2016-08-26T16:03:38 | Royal Mail worker Phil Chapman couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted this cat like creature roaming around the countryside near Wakefield. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbig-cat-captured-on-video-panther-like-beast-spotted-in-countryside-1-8091437.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8091434.1472224202!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Big cat captured on video? Panther like beast spotted in countryside | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can
Royal Mail worker Phil Chapman couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted this cat like creature roaming around the countryside near Wakefield.
Mr Chapman, 48, was staying at the Redbeck Motel in Crofton when he captured the animal, believed to be a big cat, on camera, as it was prowling through nearby fields.
He said it emerged from the bushes at around 8pm on Wednesday.
Mr Chapman, from North Yorkshire, said: “I was on the phone to a friend looking out of the window at the fields, watching the rabbits, and this big cat just came through the hedgerow.
“It was just casually walking across the field.
“It’s clearly not a domestic cat.”
He added: “Whereas normally these things are a case of blink and it’s gone, this was in no rush to get across the field.”
Mr Chapman said the animal looked similar to a a panther.
But he hopes an expert will be able to shed more light, based on its characteristics.
He said: “It will be interesting to know what it was. I know there are big domestic cats but it certainly didn’t look like one.”
It is not the first time a “big cat” has been spotted in the district.
There have been several reported sightings of the ‘Beast Of Ossett’, which hit national headlines in 2000. Observers likened it to a big black Irish wolfhound.
Three years later there was a report of a large black cat stalking the village of Wintersett.
There were also sightings of a panther or puma like beast roaming between Alverthorpe and Ossett in 2006.
An animal, smaller than a Labrador but bigger than a cat, was spotted along a disused railway track between Wintersett and Newmillerdam in 2009.
And a “panther-like beast” was spotted roaming farmland in Notton in 2011.
Last year, there were also reports of a big cat on farmland near Kirkthorpe.
Mr Chapman quickly ended his phone call to catch this latest creature on camera.
He said: “I was surprised. I was trying to get a bit of actual proof of what it was on video. It was so clear to the visual eye.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/big-cat-captured-on-video-panther-like-beast-spotted-in-countryside-1-8091437 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/451e6fffe403fcc26ada54846dee3952f0b7b0df7b237b9bb213f171596cdccf.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:36 | null | 2016-08-25T11:53:52 | Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has been moved out of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and back into jail. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirfieldreporter.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fyorkshire-ripper-moved-to-jail-after-32-years-in-broadmoor-1-8087975.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/webimage/1.8087973.1472122416!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire Ripper moved to jail after 32 years in Broadmoor | null | null | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk | Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has been moved out of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and back into jail.
Sutcliffe, 70, has spent 32 years inside the high-security institution in Berkshire after murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more between 1976 and 1981.
It is thought he was moved to Franklands jail in Durham yesterday.
Sutcliffe, who has been in Broadmoor since 1984 after he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia following his life sentence in 1981, will continue to have his mental health assessed in prison and could be returned to a psychiatric hospital if there is a change in his condition.
It has been estimated that the move will save the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Dr Ruth Tully, a consultant forensic psychologist at the University of Nottingham, said cost would not have been a factor in the ruling that the serial killer is sane enough to be transferred but that the cost difference was considerable.
Figures show that it costs around £325,000 per year to keep a patient in Broadmoor, compared with around £45,000 per year in a category
A prison. Sutcliffe, a former lorry driver from Bradford, now calls himself Peter Coonan.
Most of his victims were prostitutes who were mutilated and beaten to death.
He was given 20 life terms for the murders and was caught when police found him with a prostitute in his car.
They became suspicious and found he had a fake licence plate and weapons including a screwdriver and hammer in the boot.
Before he was moved to Broadmoor, the killer spent three years at Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight.
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: “We do not comment on individuals.” | http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/local/yorkshire-ripper-moved-to-jail-after-32-years-in-broadmoor-1-8087975 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/bc2fc508a9b234eb48214d7f94a2c95ea8120abd4b23ca767afbb7e1246824a6.json |
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