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[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:08 | null | 2016-08-26T05:24:31 | “THE greatest cricket festival in the whole of the world,” proclaimed Colin Graves of Scarborough during a lunchtime speech in the Festival marquee. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-three-gary-ballance-hoping-weather-stays-kind-to-boost-defending-champions-title-defence-1-8089838.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8089836.1472162499!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire (day three): Gary Ballance hoping weather stays kind to boost defending champions’ title defence | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | “THE greatest cricket festival in the whole of the world,” proclaimed Colin Graves of Scarborough during a lunchtime speech in the Festival marquee.
The England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, who is also president of Scarborough CC, described it as “top of my heart list” and promised that the ECB would retain the Scarborough and Cheltenham Festivals amid an ever-changing cricketing climate.
“Scarborough is a passion for me,” added Graves. “The wicket is the best outside the international venues.
“I got that from Steven Finn, who played here for Middlesex this year. He said that Scarborough is the best wicket he played on, which is a credit to Scarborough Cricket Club.”
Graves, the former Yorkshire chairman, thus gave a timely thumbs-up to a ground close to where he used to work as an ice-cream waiter.
With the number of Championship games being reduced from next summer, it is comforting to know that Scarborough retains his personal backing, and also that of the ECB board.
GOOD TOUCH: Stand-in captain Gary Ballance celebrates his second innings century for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough on day three. Picture: Dave Williams.
“I had some fantastic times when I worked in Scarborough, but we won’t go into that,” quipped Graves, who used to work at Jaconelli’s just down the road. “It’s always been a special place.”
Graves, who will be Scarborough CC president again next year, was speaking before a gathering of dignitaries and invited guests at a ground where Yorkshire are looking to close the gap on leaders Middlesex.
The champions would reduce that gap to five points with four games left with a win here, which looks a formality weather-permitting.
Notts, the bottom club, go into the final day on 61-3 in their second innings, trailing by 390.
But it is a formality only if Yorkshire can get on the field for long enough, with heavy rain permitting only 35.2 overs yesterday, although much better weather is forecast today.
Yorkshire, who declined to enforce the follow-on despite a lead of 188, will kick themselves from here all the way back to Headingley if the elements enable a Notts’ escape.
They will hope that the inquests prove unnecessary, though, after another commanding display yesterday before bad light, closely followed by heavy rain, prevented play from 2.50.
In gloomy conditions, which explained why the crowd of 2,634 was down from the 5,000 gates on the first two days, Yorkshire resumed on 200-4 in their second innings.
Stand-in captain Gary Ballance had 75 to his name, while Tim Bresnan had yet to score.
After rain delayed the start by 40 minutes, the pair added 62 in 12.2 overs before Ballance declared the innings at 263-4, 25 minutes before lunch, setting Notts a notional 452 to win.
He did so with 101 against his own name, his 29th first-class hundred, and his second Championship century of the season at Scarborough. He faced 164 balls and hit 14 fours, thus taking a big step in his quest to finish the season strongly on a personal level.
Criticism of his international displays have been over-the-top, and his game appears in pretty good order. Ditto Bresnan, who practically comes with the guarantee of runs.
He had made 35 of them from 59 balls with five fours and a straight six off Samit Patel when Ballance called a halt, leaving Yorkshire five overs at their opponents before lunch.
It took only nine balls for Notts to lose their first wicket in pursuit of what would be their second-highest total to win a Championship match, behind the 461-3 achieved at Worcester in 2001.
Jack Brooks, bowling from the Trafalgar Square end, had Steven Mullaney caught at third slip by Jack Leaning as the visitors dined on 4-1.
After Brooks bowled seven overs for 17 either side of lunch, he was replaced by Bresnan, who struck with the first and last balls of his first over to leave Notts rocking on 34-3. Jake Libby played back and was caught at fourth slip by Jake Lehmann, moving smartly to his left, and Michael Lumb was adjudged caught behind.
Lumb, the former Yorkshire batsman, who thus completed a pair, clearly did not think he had hit the ball, and it appeared to be an interesting decision.
In the newspaper, however, it reads: ‘MJ Lumb c Hodd b Bresnan 0’, just as it says ‘TJ Moores not out 41’, the 19-year-old’s innings his highest for Notts, and a performance of great skill and maturity. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-nottinghamshire-day-three-gary-ballance-hoping-weather-stays-kind-to-boost-defending-champions-title-defence-1-8089838 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/815e5cf186cdf9314d865e4e3823fc8aa0fcc651087e0bc84e2644c7c1272891.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:45 | null | 2016-08-24T07:00:00 | Long-awaited work to repair a railway bridge connecting two villages will get underway in Autumn. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fwork-on-long-awaited-lifeline-for-villages-gets-underway-1-8084572.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8084570.1471966264!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Work on long-awaited lifeline for villages gets underway | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Long-awaited work to repair a railway bridge connecting two villages will get underway in Autumn.
Campaigners have fought for improvements to the Fall Lane bridge linking Thorpe and East Ardsley for more than five years.
A three-tonne weight restriction was temporarily put in place on the bridge after an inspection in 2010.
And the limit has meant bin collection vehicles and buses have been diverted and unable to use it.
Councillor Jack Dunn, for Ardsley and Robin Hood, said repairs to the bridge would “open up the village”.
He said: “The fire service has been restricted, developers in the area have been restricted for deliveries with heavy goods vehicles. It has been a poor carry on.”
Fellow ward councillor Karen Renshaw added: “Getting the bus service back to its usual route will be a really big improvement for local people.
“The current arrangements are unsatisfactory in the long run as it leads to significant disruption to residents.”
Leeds City Council and Network Rail jointly agreed to fund repairs to the bridge, which crosses over the Leeds to Doncaster mainline, last year.
And Fall Lane will be closed for two months between October 8 and December 19 while Network Rail carries out the strengthening work.
When completed, councillors said it will have a 40 tonne capacity.
Ardsley and Robin Hood councillor Lisa Mulherin said: “There is going to be some disruption in the short term, but I hope that everyone can bear with this after such a long battle to get the work done.
“The end result will be a stronger, safer bridge for all road and rail users.”
She thanked local residents, bus users, former Morley and Outwood MP Ed Balls and councillor colleagues for helping to secure the repairs. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/work-on-long-awaited-lifeline-for-villages-gets-underway-1-8084572 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/59e732338219e6cd53e8fde192379b9155fe2d620a88563458ce36c517f12a1c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:20 | 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.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-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.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8049832.1470252587!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Transgressive late night takeover added to Leeds Festival line-up | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-entertainment/transgressive-late-night-takeover-added-to-leeds-festival-line-up-1-8049834 | en | 2016-08-05T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/a9f3636a43cbc8814b96fc132f6db18c09a108cf8250839ddf12dbafd2a90188.json |
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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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/the-lowdown-on-the-2016-leeds-festival-1-8087030 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/6402b82207e1ea36c799edf307e3ea0d49ab52bec97eb6e301b1af1d13838fcf.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:05 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8086240.1472046921!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Dewsbury lad Tyler makes dream Leeds United debut | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/dewsbury-lad-tyler-makes-dream-leeds-united-debut-1-8086241 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/bfbafb318b94e9d4350551f9e59785ab8e01e7401a53d440f44fc7eaaa65ba87.json |
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Yorkshire's Olympic cycling superstar Ed Clancy hopes to equal Sir Bradley Wiggins' total of five gold medals.
The 31-year-old, Barnsley born and Huddersfield raised, is already the county's most decorated athlete in Olympic history after helping to defend the men's team pursuit title from Beijing and London, picking up his third gold in Rio.
360 PHOTO: Look around the Rio Velodrome as Team GB race for gold in our amazing 360 photograph - CLICK HERE
After their win, in a video chat with Clancy at Team GB in the Olympic Village - watch it above - he told how he is now thinking four years ahead to what could be his own fairytale ending in Tokyo.
There he believes he could end up with two more Olympic golds.
That would put him level with Wiggins, aged 36, who ends his career as the most decorated British Olympic athlete with five golds, a silver and two bronzes to surpass fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy's tally of six golds and a silver..
Clancy, the only ever present member of the pursuit team to have won gold in the most recent three Olympics, said:: "I'm 31 now and I've got three golds. I'm going to do Tokyo, at least that's the plan.
Ed Clancy wins his third Olympic gold medal in Rio
"So who knows, I might pick up another one; two if I'm really lucky.
"In reality it's going to be very, very hard to match Sir Brad, but that's nothing to be ashamed of. He's a brilliant guy. He's been a real addition to this team. Brad's retired now but I'm grateful I've gone through two Olympics with him."
He paid tribute to National Lottery funding, distributed by UK Sport, which has given the financial support to take him and Team GB up the medals league table.
Clancy said: "My whole career started with them really. I was brought in through the talent team - British Cycling it was called back in the day and it's called Go Ride now.
Five gold medals for retiring Team GB cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins.
"Keep buying Lottery tickets. It's not just me that benefits from this.Without the funding, the input we've had from the Lottery and the Government we wouldn't be here."
The Yorkshireman was the beating heart of Rio's four man pursuit team, also featuring Owain Doull and Steven Burke, which saw Wiggins retire after their dramatic world record victory over Australia,
In a stand-out moment of an amazing Games for Team GB they came from behind in the pursuit final to beat the Aussies by almost a second with barely 500m of the 4,000m contest to go.
They set a new world record in the heat and broke it once again in the final, with a time of 3:50.265, in Rio's Olympic Park.
Going for gold in Rio - the GB Men's Pursuit Team
But it was against all the odds.The team failed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and they didn't make the podium at last year’s world championships
Clancy was suffering from his own problems, slipping a disc in his back after a training session - simply picking his bag up in the changing room. Surgery followed, forcing him to miss the European championships.
He only turned it around in recent weeks, with reports from the team’s training base in Wales that they were going well after smashing the world record in a practice session. A nd he said it felt like the best gold yet.
"Yes, I'm over the moon," he said.
"It's been a difficult time between London Olympics and getting here in 2016, not just in terms of motivation but getting over injuries and what not.
"There is an old sayting, the tougher the fight the sweeter the victory and it's so true. I've never had to work so hard for this one.
"I had to get over a back surgery in December and scrape into the team in the World Championships, just to qualify your place. It's been a tough one but crossing that line ahead of the Aussies made it all so worthwhile.
"In a typical Team Pursuit the most efficient way to get from A to B is to set off hard, reach a cruising speed which you can only just hang on to, however the problem is if you ride like that in a final the other team can just set off like maniacs, get in your slip stream and then it's very hard to get rid of them.
"So both us and the Aussies were well over world record pace for the first two or three kilometers, way over it. There was no schedule really, We went flat out from the gun. I'm guessing they just pushed it a little bit too much, too soon.
"That's pursuiting. It's easy to go fast for the first three kilometers. You've got to cross the line after four kilometers.
"I guess we just paced it that little bit better than the Aussies and came better in the last two laps.
"It's like a house of cards, as soon as you take one guy out of the equation all comes crumbling down eventually. It might take one, two, three laps...but by the time that guy's got to do his turn again, they had nothing to give so it was good for us."
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[] | 2016-08-30T06:49:10 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/2704d998fd23ebe3ff6a9392f038c97ef4209079a833ff1e401e587a1d4b4282.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
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] | 2016-08-26T12:59:47 | null | 2016-08-20T06:00:45 | MARTYN MOXON believes the pain of Yorkshire’s defeat in the final of the 2012 T20 competition can help spur them on to go one better this time. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Ft20-finals-day-yorkshire-inspired-by-their-past-failures-1-8079677.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8079674.1471684004!/image/image.jpg | en | null | T20 Finals Day: Yorkshire inspired by their past failures | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | MARTYN MOXON believes the pain of Yorkshire’s defeat in the final of the 2012 T20 competition can help spur them on to go one better this time.
Yorkshire lost by 10 runs to Hampshire in the final at Cardiff on their only previous appearance at Finals Day.
Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq
They have waited a long time to erase the memory of that setback, and director of cricket Moxon feels it will drive the players on at Edgbaston today.
“It was tough losing that final, and it whetted the appetite to try and win the tournament in the future,” said Moxon.
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“Clearly it’s taken longer than we would have liked to get back there, and I think it’s a great opportunity for us, given the team that we’ve got on paper, to go one step further and hopefully win the competition.
“With our England players available, we’ve got a very good team, but clearly it’s about what happens on the day.
“T20, in particular, is all about how you perform on the day, and there’s four good teams involved, each of which is capable of winning it.”
Yorkshire take on Durham in the second semi-final at 2.30pm. Notts and Northants meet in the first semi at 11am, with the final taking place at 6.45pm.
“Durham are a very good team,” said Moxon.
“They’ve got match-winners in the likes of Ben Stokes and Mark Wood.
“We’ve got to be at our very best and, if we are, we can certainly beat them and hopefully go all the way and win the thing.
“The T20 is something we haven’t won before, so it’s important to us, and it would be nice to get that monkey off our backs.”
That Yorkshire even have a chance of erasing the memory of 2012 is a minor miracle given that they were bottom of the North Group at the halfway stage.
Yorkshire won only one of their opening seven games before winning six of their last seven to reach the quarter-finals.
“T20 is all about finding a method and I think that we’ve found it,” said Moxon.
“It’s taken hard work and, to a certain extent, failure for us to find it, because clearly the things that we were doing at the start of the competition weren’t working.
“From a batting point of view, we’ve worked on the areas in which we’re trying to strike the ball. They’re much better areas now.
“We’d found ourselves getting into trouble by playing too square of the wicket, so, as a consequence, we are hitting the ball a lot straighter now.
“It’s probably taken too long to change and rectify, but that’s been the biggest thing as far as the batting is concerned.
“Bowling-wise, having the skills that are required, the change-ups, and having the ability to bowl the change-ups (different deliveries) that are needed at various times in the innings, we’ve got better at that as well.
“As for our fielding, I think that’s been outstanding generally.”
Moxon was particularly pleased with Yorkshire’s fielding when Glamorgan were clinically beaten by 90 runs in the quarter-final in Cardiff.
David Willey laid the platform with a swashbuckling 79, proving again why Yorkshire were so keen to sign him last winter to improve their white-ball cricket, and the bowlers did the rest in a fine team performance.
“We brought our A-game to the quarter-final,” said Moxon.
“We were outstanding in the field, as good as you can get, and the ruthless way we went about our business was superb.
“David Willey set the tone with the bat, and we signed him precisely because we wanted to improve our one-day form immediately.
“Long-term he can have an impact in red-ball cricket too, but he’s made a big difference to our T20 side.”
Another player who has made a big difference is Azeem Rafiq, the off-spinner who returned to the club in mid-season after almost two years out of the professional game.
It is no coincidence that Yorkshire’s T20 resurgence can be traced back to Rafiq’s arrival.
“It has been a team effort to get to Finals Day, but Rafiq has done exceptionally well and he’s a great competitor,” said Moxon.
“He creates a buzz in the field as well as bringing his bowling skill, and he’s been a big factor in our improvement.
“Bottom line is, we’ve worked really hard to try to find the right method in T20.
“There’s been a lot of frustrations along the way, a lot of disappointments, and hopefully the lads can get some silverware now to show for their hard work.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:57:46 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8063745.1470915302!/image/image.jpg | en | null | BBC Introducing Stage line-up announced for Leeds Festival | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/bbc-introducing-stage-line-up-announced-for-leeds-festival-1-8063746 | en | 2016-08-11T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/0cec740d941e63b9189473a7bf1eb368966af83935db64fe418547766e7eea16.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:07:01 | null | 2016-08-20T08:01:59 | TIM FERRISS and Tony Robbins may not be the first authors that spring to mind when it comes to a rugby player’s reading list. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fweekend-interview-leeds-rhinos-stevie-ward-so-happy-to-get-back-in-the-right-mindset-1-8079593.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8079589.1471638786!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Weekend Interview: Leeds Rhinos’ Stevie Ward so happy to get back in the right mindset | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | TIM FERRISS and Tony Robbins may not be the first authors that spring to mind when it comes to a rugby player’s reading list.
However, the American writers – often described as life-coaches or self-help experts – are aiding Leeds Rhinos forward Stevie Ward in his battle to return to not just physical fitness but mental well-being, too.
HAPPY DAYS: Stevie Ward scores a try against Huddersfield Giants - the same night he ruptured his cruciate ligament and that Leeds Rhinos clinched the League Leaders' Shield through a late, late Ryan Hall try.
The player, 22, is edging ever closer to his long-awaited comeback game after more than 11 months sidelined with a serious knee injury.
He was 18th man for their match against Hull KR last Friday – as close as you can get to the match-day squad without actually playing – and is likely to perform the same duties this afternoon ahead of Leeds’ latest Qualifiers fixture versus London Broncos in Ealing.
The hope is, possibly by the time they next play against Salford Red Devils back at Headingley a week on Friday, the young second-row will make the last step and take to the field to show his undoubted talent once more.
For all of the travails of his arduous recovery after rupturing his cruciate ligament at Huddersfield on the night Leeds dramatically claimed the League Leaders’ Shield last September, he has been tackling plenty of other issues as well.
Stevie Ward kisses the Challenge Cup trophy at Wembley last year after beating Hull KR 50-0.
It was in May that Ward revealed he had suffered depression during an earlier injury lay-off in his fledgling career.
He wanted to aid others who may need help themselves and launched Mantality, an online magazine whose niche is “acknowledgement of the state of mind.”
With Ward as its editor-in-chief, it is proving a success and, also, a useful tool to keep himself motivated during the long months of recovery.
Thankfully, he says he is dealing better with the bouts of anxiety that once could cripple him almost on a daily basis, the sort of battles no-one expects hardened professional sportsmen to come across.
At the League Leaders Trophy presentation, Kallum Watkins and Kevin Sinfield console Stevie Ward.
Asked how he has been this time around compared to the lows of missing games previously after a succession of shoulder issues, Ward told The Yorkshire Post: “I am miles better for my day-to-day life, managing it, taking control of the day.
“It can seem quite far fetched but I list ways I do that.
“I walk around with a smile on my face, try to help people, try to inspire people, take things and try to learn and grow.
“The attitude towards coming back and my daily life is completely reversed compared to 2014 when I was out injured and was very much a negative man.
“This time around I’m positive and have taken the opportunity to turn it to my advantage, whether that’s building something like Mantality, or learning all the time is something I’m trying to do.
“There’s a lot of people that I take a lot of notice now that I never used to, like Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins. People can say it’s ‘spiritual’ but a lot of what they say makes sense; being able to make the most of your day can affect most of your life.
“I still have my bad days – I still have doubts – but there’s not that unsure feeling of anxiety that used to happen.”
Ward first surged onto the scene in 2012 when the Morley-born player not only made his Super League debut for Leeds but, just a few months later, featured in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley when still only 18 years old.
That showpiece came barely a week after receiving his A-level results and he rounded off a dream campaign by playing in the Grand Final win at Old Trafford.
Did anxiety trouble him back then?
“No,” is Ward’s reply. “As a young lad, I always knocked success and achievements to one side.
“I was always fearful of people saying I was big-headed or I was getting carried away with myself so when that happened – good A levels, a Challenge Cup final at Wembley – I said ‘Right, I’ve done that. Cool. Now the next thing.’
“Whereas, in fact, those achievements were massive things, really big milestones in my life and I didn’t celebrate them as much as I should have done.
“Now I’ve learnt to say it was good, be grateful, enjoy it.
“There was nothing (depression) there then but I think that built up to the fact in 2014 I wasn’t physically right and physically able to stamp my authority, make more milestones.
“I got too hung up on that and that’s where the negative mindset came in; not being able to deal with things as I should have done.”
Ward recovered from shoulder surgery to help Leeds win the Challenge Cup two years ago, the first time since 1999, and was there again last season when they vanquished Hull KR 50-0.
Soon after, of course, came the low of seeing his knee crumple on that monumental night at Huddersfield when Ryan Hall snatched Leeds the League Leaders’ Shield with a try after the final hooter.
It meant Ward missed their treble-completing Grand Final win over Wigan Warriors and, agonisingly, all of this campaign so far.
“I’m not on any medication now,” he continued.
“I look at people’s past experiences and what’s worked with them.
“It’s just me keeping above things and saying I’m going to do stuff during the day and when it happens it happens.
“I can look back and smile on it. It’s just taking control of it before something negative might happen and then things topple on each other.
“It’s very much a mindset thing. That’s where Mantality aims – making sure your mindset is the first thing you think about.
“I think we’re cheating ourselves if we don’t. Your mind is at the centre of everything you do and if you’ve got a healthy mind that thinks in good patterns you’re halfway there.”
Hearing the South Stand roar his name so much last week – “I don’t know how many times a cone boy’s had his name chanted!” – was a reminder of the high esteem the Academy product is held in by the fans at Headingley.
It proved a worthwhile exercise, too, completing the squad warm-up and reaquainting himself with the nuances of match-day.
Indeed, Ward revealed during his previous three outings as 18th man – before that Rovers game – he was remarkably called upon to actually play each time, Brett Delaney going down ill on the coach on one occasion.
So, maybe fate suggests there is a chance Ward will get his shot today after all.
If he does not, though, you know he will not be worried.
The Stevie Ward story...
1993: Born November 17, in Morley, Leeds
2009: Represents England Youth side
2010: Signs for Leeds Rhinos and establishes himself in Under 18s side. Scores for England Academy v France
2011: Faces Australian Institute of Sport with England Academy
2012: Makes Super League debut at St Helens in March. Scores his first try versus Widnes and plays 21 games including Challenge Cup final defeat to Warrington Wolves and Grand Final win over same side.
2013: Plays in World Club Challenge loss against Melbourne Storm at Elland Road but later suffers shoulder injury in April and misses rest of the year
2014: Wins at Wembley as Leeds defeat Castleford in Challenge Cup final
2015: Repeats Wembley feat against Hull KR but knee reconstruction rules him out of title run-in for treble-winners
2016: Earns new five-year deal and takes Leeds’ cherished 13 jersey, vacated by departing captain Kevin Sinfield. Invited to new England coach Wayne Bennett’s first squad get-together | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/weekend-interview-leeds-rhinos-stevie-ward-so-happy-to-get-back-in-the-right-mindset-1-8079593 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/fd19759839f6def4fbd44ccb8c671d09957fa8818f202f2c57b7f81c0a51e9bc.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
WIN PRIZES:
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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] | 2016-08-26T12:55:56 | null | 2016-08-05T00:10:00 | Chart-toppers including B | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-entertainment%2Fwin-100-family-tickets-to-leeds-summer-sounds-pop-and-rock-shows-1-8052297.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8052294.1470352438!/image/image.jpg | en | null | WIN: 100 family tickets to Leeds Summer Sounds pop and rock shows | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Chart-toppers including B'witched, S Club stars, 911, The Hoosiers and Toploader will play at Summer Sounds concerts in Leeds on Saturday and you could see them for FREE.
We have 100 family tickets to be won - that's four tickets each - to either the day or night show of your choice in Millennium Square on August 6, 2016.
Check out the official web site for full details and how to buy tickets at www.summersounds.info
Worried About Ray and Goodbye Mr A hitmakers The Hoosiers, plus Dancing In The Moonlight stars Toploader and support Jamie Gilder will perform at the first concert, from 11.30am to 2pm.
B’Witched, famed for their number one hits C'est la Vie, Rollercoaster, To You I Belong, and Blame It On The Weatherman, head up the night slot, from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.
Sharing the later bill is S Club Party, featuring Jo and Bradley from S Club 7, who topped the charts with songs including Bring It All Back and Don't Stop Movin, along with A Little Bit More stars 911, Damage and Sweet Female Attitude.
B'witched
Both shows, which are standing only and presented by Livewire Events, are in a specially-created outdoor arena complete with licensed bar and catering, in the heart of the city.
WIN FAMILY TICKETS
Tickets are still available at £20 each - details below - but we have 50 family tickets for the day show and the same for the night concert to be won, in a free entry draw by email or Twitter.
But hurry - we are giving away five family tickets for each show every hour throughout the day from Friday, August 5, 10am.
The Hoosiers
Please note, only one entry per person, per show, allowed every hour.
HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win four tickets for the day time concert, to see The Hoosiers, Toplader and Jamie Gilder, email your full name, age, address, mobile, landline and email details, with #JPCompSSDAY in the subject field to info@summersounds.info
Or follow @GW1962 and retweet any of this #JPCompSSDAY tweets.
Toploader
For your chance to win four tickets for the night time concert, to see B’Witched, S Club Party, 911, Damage and Sweet Female Attitude, email your full name, age, address, mobile, landline and email details, with #JPCompSSNIGHT in the subject field to info@summersounds.info.
Or follow @GW1962 and retweet any of this #JPCompSSNIGHT tweets.
Gate for the daytime show open at 10.30am, with performances from 11.30am. Gates for the evening concert open at 6.30pm, first band on 7.30pm.
Please only enter if you can definitely attend.
Winners will be notified throughout the day and entry will be via guest list names on the gate.
Each family of four winning party must include at least one supervising adult. transport not included. Johnston Press usual terms and conditions apply, see www.johnstonpress.co.uk/competition
* Guarantee your tickets - buy now at www.summersounds.info also see whatson.leeds.gov.uk , call 0113 376 0318 or buy in person from City Centre Box Office at The Leeds Town Hall (open 10am -6pm Monday to Saturday).
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We have 10 pairs of tickets to be won to an exclusive advance screening at Vue cinema, Meadowhall, Sheffield, on Tuesday, August 2, at 6.30pm.
Our winners will get to see it more than a week before anyone else - it opens in UK cinemas on August 10.
Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates (15 certificate) is based on real life events when hard-partying brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) place an online ad to find the perfect dates (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza) for their sister's Hawaiian wedding.
Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out-partied by the uncontrollable duo.
WIN PREVIEW TICKETS:
Enter our free draw - by Twitter or email - for a chance to win one of 10 pairs of tickets to an exclusive advance screening of Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates at Vue cinema, Meadowhall, Sheffield, on Tuesday, August 2, at 6.30pm.
Simply follow @GW1962 on Twitter and retweet any of his #JPCompMADNWD tweets, or email your full name, age, address, telephone nuners and email details, with #JPCompMADNWD in the subject field, to graham,walker@jpress.co.uk. Deadline is Monday, August 1, 10am.
Tickets cannot be swapped or exchanged for other venues, film screenings, dates or times - so only enter if you can attend. Only one email entry per person. Usual Johnston Press terms and conditions apply see www.johnstonpress.co.uk/competition
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:00 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8088398.1472128049!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Dad calls for lowering of speed limits after ‘terrifying’ crash | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/dad-calls-for-lowering-of-speed-limits-after-terrifying-crash-1-8088401 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/b822081b9ee06f4a264a67202832e46575a760afbea33fae0ff979a4a06a2afc.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T15:06:56 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/abd3c4b611d6ed6525d8306a58d6ed2ed96f0059485789d9acdb2cde625d74ef.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:12 | null | 2016-08-24T14:25:41 | A TV company is on the hunt for separated families and parents across the UK, to take part in a new Channel 5 series. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ftv-company-s-search-for-modern-family-1-8086210.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8086209.1472045126!/image/image.jpg | en | null | TV company’s search for Modern Family | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | A TV company is on the hunt for separated families and parents across the UK, to take part in a new Channel 5 series.
The show, with the working title of The Modern Family, wants to talk to people who would like help resolving any issues they feel are getting in the way of co-parenting, or getting on with an ex-partner for the sake of their children.
Separation affects around a quarter of children in the UK, with the common belief being that being brought up by both parents after separation, where safe and possible, is in the best interests of a child.
“Breaking up with a spouse or partner is one of life’s biggest upheavals,” said a spokesperson for producers Pulse Films. “The difficult part is getting to the stage where separated parents are still able to do things for the sake of the child, like arrange a joint birthday party, or attend a parents’ evening together.”
So the team at Pulse want to film with separated mums and dads who may have moved on to other relationships, and are keen to sort out the issues with their ex for the sake of the children.
Francine Kaye, relationship expert, family mediator and author of Divorce Doctor said: “Kids don’t divorce, parents do. Paradoxically couples need to understand each other more during and after separation, than they did when they were together - in order to parent effectively.”
Working under the guidance of a trained therapist, anyone who has children with an ex and has difficulty with the complicated relationships this has created, can get more information by texting ‘FAMILY’ or call: 07983 640463 / 07555 242 993, by emailing: modernfamily@pulsefilms.co.uk, or by calling Janette Hodds or Lyttanya Shannon on 0207 426 5700. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/tv-company-s-search-for-modern-family-1-8086210 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/8147745f1c5ec6dd0ab090881de5b758cffa127bebe43b15c79dfa4a1c00c205.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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[] | 2016-08-26T16:48:36 | null | 2016-08-26T16:31:37 | The most popular pet name in the UK is Charlie, according to new research into the names we choose for our animals by Pets at Home. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbritain-s-most-popular-pet-names-revealed-1-8091508.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8091507.1472225480!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Britain’s most popular pet names revealed | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | The most popular pet name in the UK is Charlie, according to new research into the names we choose for our animals by Pets at Home.
Pets at Home surveyed more than 800,000 pet owners through its My VIP club and has found the top 50 most popular names for each pet type. Whether the pet is a bird, cat, dog, fish, horse, reptile or small animal, Charlie was the clear winner with almost 34,000 of British pet owners choosing this name for their animal friend, topping the list of most common names for birds, cats and horses.
Poppy also proved to be a popular choice for many pets, particularly canines and felines, ranking at number one for dogs and number two for cats. Other common selections include Alfie, Bella, Billy and Molly.
George also ranked highly across all species with almost 10,000 of those taking part choosing this name within the top 50, again regardless of pet type, suggesting the young Prince’s influence may not end with toddler fashion and toys.
The world of entertainment, particularly children’s cartoons, appear to have had an effect on the names owners select. Bird based film Rio saw the film’s title rank in tenth place for birds, while classic cartoon character name Tweety came in at number 32.
Bestselling book A Cat Called Alfie may have inspired cat owners, with Alfie being the eighth most popular name for cats. Winnie the Pooh fans are meanwhile drawn to Tigger, which ranked at 11 in cat names. Demonstrating that classic films can still influence our decisions, Thumper, who appeared in the 1942 film Bambi, is still the seventh most chosen name for rabbits. Nemo, is the second most popular name for the nation’s fish following Goldie in first.
Gavin Hawthorn, Group CRM Director, said: “It’s interesting to see that just as popular culture and famous faces influence what we name our children, likewise, these trends can help the nation’s pet owners select a name for their animals. It seems likely that children being allowed to name their first animal friend forms a big part of the naming process, particularly among the film and TV inspired monikers.
“However, it also seems that books and even the Royal family are also helping Brits to decide on what to call their pet. Meanwhile Charlie and Poppy scored highly across species, suggesting that cute, traditional names will always appeal when it comes to naming our pets.”
Top 10 names for dogs:
1.Poppy
2.Alfie
3.Bella
4.Charlie
5.Molly
6.Max
7.Daisy
8.Bailey
9.Ruby
10.Lola
Top 10 names for cats:
1.Charlie
2.Poppy
3.Molly
4.Bella
5.Oscar
6.Daisy
7.Tilly
8.Alfie
9.Millie
10.Smudge
Top 10 names for small animals:
1.Daisy
2.Fudge
3.Nibbles
4.Poppy
5.Rosie
6.Charlie
7.Thumper
8.Fluffy
9.George
10.Harry
Top 10 names for reptiles:
1.Spike
2.George
3.Rex
4.Charlie
5.Sid
6.Monty
7.Bob
8.Leo
9.Rango
10.Sheldon
Top 10 names for fish:
1.Goldie
2.Nemo
3.Bob
4.Bubbles
5.Fishy
6.George
7.Fred
8.Jaws
9.Dave
10.Tom
Top 10 names for horses:
1.Charlie
2.Jack
3.Rosie
4.Molly
5.Harry
6.Alfie
7.Billy
8.Poppy
9.Murphy
10.Lady
Top 10 names for birds:
1.Charlie
2.Joey
3.Billy
4.Bobby
5.George
6.Blue
7.Alfie
8.Rosie
9.Sky
10.Rio | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/britain-s-most-popular-pet-names-revealed-1-8091508 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/7ac0ac295ca290e7147ce938e3718b3e3c9757f37ef21d81e9d02f2eb38eeba1.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:48:03 | null | 2016-08-27T10:55:30 | Yiorkshire | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-entertainment%2Fleeds-festival-the-sherlocks-rock-reading-ahead-of-yorkshire-homecoming-1-8092224.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8092222.1472291816!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Leeds Festival: The Sherlocks rock Reading ahead of Yorkshire homecoming | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Yiorkshire's latest Radio 1 stars The Sherlocks proved a big hit at Reading Festival last night and are now heading home to do it all again - today they play Leeds Festival.
They top along list of big name local breaking local bands - including The Wired, Fighting Caravans and Faux Pas - who are being showcased at Leeds.
Local talent is joining the the likes of Biffy Clyro and Fall Out Boy - who played Leeds last night - Foals and Disclosure, who perform tonight, and Red Hot Chili Peppers who will close Leeds Festival this Bank Holiday weekend.
For more about Leeds Festival and tickets availability visit www.leedsfestival.com
The Sherlocks, singer songwriter Kiaran Crook, 20, brother and drummer Brandon, 23, guitarist Josh Davidson, 22, and his brother and bassist Andy, 17, recently played the biggest music festival in the world, the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.
But this is the biggest showcase weekend for the Bolton Upon Dearne indie quartet who have over 700 gigs to their name and have also just completed their first UK headline tour, selling out venues around the country, with their latest single Last Night getting lots of Radio 1 airplay.
Last year Kiaran, Brandon, Josh and Andy drew a huge number of fans before Sunday lunchtime at Reading, but a coveted evening slot on this year’s popular Festival Republic stage meant the crowds in the south were even bigger.
On a scorching summer evening the temperature in Berkshire was almost as high as the anticipation for the band of brothers’ 30 minute seven song set.
At exactly 5.45pm the lads, playing it cool as always, bounded on stage to kick off with single Last Night followed by favourites Escapade and Heart of Gold.
They continued with epic new song Candle Light, Live for the Moment and finished with Chasing Shadows as two giant beach balls flew back and forth across the arena.
Will You Be There?, which had one of its first plays at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, was another soaring highlight.
The huge Reading turn out for Yorkshire's latest Radio 1 stars The Sherlocks
Almost all the sides to the huge festival tent were drawn back meaning the Sherlocks’ sound carried beyond the tent poles. More and more joined the audience as the gig went on and by the end of the set the place was rammed.
“That was astonishing” frontman Kiaran told us as he came off stage.
“Last year was truly memorable, but this year Reading has taken it to another level. We’re seeing crowd reactions we'd only ever seen in the north before.
“We love it down here and now we're buzzing even more for Leeds.”
* The Sherlocks play The Festival Republic stage at Leeds Festival 5:45pm, Saturday August 27 and tour nationwide in September. More at thesherlocksmusic.co.uk. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-entertainment/leeds-festival-the-sherlocks-rock-reading-ahead-of-yorkshire-homecoming-1-8092224 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/6d5a8a5dda68069869824276e39c285cd3bbe4267b2704807005ff17c980018e.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:49:16 | null | 2016-08-30T16:56:52 | AFTER five successful years at the helm, Yorkshire’s first-team coach, Jason Gillespie, this week revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of this season. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fcrickettalk-end-of-an-era-as-jason-gillespie-prepares-to-exit-yorkshire-ccc-1-8096457.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8096453.1472572584!/image/image.jpg | en | null | CricketTalk: End of an era as Jason Gillespie prepares to exit Yorkshire CCC | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | AFTER five successful years at the helm, Yorkshire’s first-team coach, Jason Gillespie, this week revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of this season.
During his time at Headingley, he has overseen a period of tremendous success for the club, inheriting a team that had been relegated to Division Two of the County Championship before transforming them into an outfit capable of earning promotion back to the top tier at the first time of asking.
HHEADING HOME: Yorkshire first-team coach, Jason Gillespie. Picture: Simon Hulme
After finishing second in their first year back in Division One - pipped to the title they hadn’t won since in 2001 by Durham – they returned to the top of the tree two years in succession.
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Now, with four games remaining Yorkshire are still well-placed to make it three titles in a row and send Gillespie back home to South Australia on a perfect high.
The YP’s Chris Waters joins host Phil Harrison to discuss Gillespie’s departure, as well as reflecting on his time at the club and how his exit on Yorkshire CCC will impact on the club going forward. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/crickettalk-end-of-an-era-as-jason-gillespie-prepares-to-exit-yorkshire-ccc-1-8096457 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/490e3bb8d26a4a7cd9714935eb6305cff237a95f0fab00cc64a0928ac6eb2863.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:56 | null | 2016-08-25T11:37:15 | A hospital boss has resigned after being heavily criticised over a scandal involving bungled cancer tests in his previous job in Australia. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpathology-boss-resigns-over-australian-cancer-tests-fiasco-1-8087889.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8087888.1472205366!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Pathology boss resigns over Australian cancer tests fiasco | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | A hospital boss has resigned after being heavily criticised over a scandal involving bungled cancer tests in his previous job in Australia.
Ken Barr, general manager for pathology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, was sacked from a similar role in South Australia when the prostate cancer testing blunder affecting 52 men came to light.
Now he has resigned from his position in Leeds following publication of a report vilifying the management of his former organisation SA Pathology.
Leeds hospital chiefs said Mr Barr had told them about the issue but had expected to be cleared of blame by the report, so he was offered a six-month contract which began earlier this month.
He previously worked as executive director of Adelaide-based SA Pathology, which provides pathology services for South Australia.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that some men in the state had received false positive results because of an issue with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing kits used by SA Pathology between November 2015 and March this year.
That meant 52 men who had previously had prostate cancer received inaccurate test results, including one who underwent unnecessary radiation treatment.
It was announced in April that Mr Barr had been sacked and an independent investigation was ordered.
An SA Health spokeswoman said: “Mr Barr’s employment at SA Health was terminated for failing to advise of the systemic problem of PSA testing at SA Pathology and failing to respond in a reasonable way to the incident.”
The spokeswoman said he also “failed to appropriately manage other serious issues” including the installation of covert cameras to monitor staff at SA Pathology last year.
Following his dismissal, Mr Barr spoke out, saying he had been made a scapegoat and “sacked as a warning to everyone else”.
On August 1, a review into the cancer testing error by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare found significant flaws at SA Pathology under Mr Barr and said management, governance and accountability were “seriously deficient”.
South Australia Health Minister Jack Snelling said at the time: “It clearly shows these errors should have been detected long before they were and that when they were identified the response or lack of, by Mr Barr was incompetent and didn’t address the wellbeing of the innocent patients caught up in this.”
Asked about Mr Barr’s appointment, Leeds Teaching Hospitals announced he had resigned.
In a statement, which was agreed with Mr Barr, Dr Sally Lane, clinical director for pathology, said: “Mr Barr was interviewed in April 2016 for a post as general manager starting in August.
“He provided good references showing he was qualified to undertake the role here in Leeds and was the preferred candidate at a competitive interview.
“At the time of the interview Mr Barr was open and frank with the panel that his contract as Executive Director for SA Pathology had ended three months earlier than planned.
“He explained that an investigation was underway about how failures in reported PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test results had been handled by SA Pathology, but he expected this would exonerate his actions. On that basis the Trust offered him a six-month contract pending the publication of the report.
“The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare report on this matter has now been published and includes some criticism of SA Pathology’s governance and management.
“While Mr Barr is concerned there are inaccuracies in the report which may be open to challenge due to lack of supporting evidence, he has concluded that in the light of this criticism and in order to avoid any risk of damage to the reputation of Leeds Teaching Hospitals he should not continue his six-month contract as general manager for Pathology.
“He has therefore offered his resignation with immediate effect and this has been accepted by the trust.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:32 | null | 2016-08-17T18:23:38 | Acclaimed indie guitar rockers Sundara Karma are set to give their Leeds fans a double chance to catch their exciting live show in the next few weeks. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-entertainment%2Fit-s-double-karma-for-leeds-1-8074805.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8074803.1471454609!/image/image.jpg | en | null | It’s double Karma for Leeds | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Acclaimed indie guitar rockers Sundara Karma are set to give their Leeds fans a double chance to catch their exciting live show in the next few weeks.
The Reading band are building their fanbase with their ability to build arena sized, widescreen rock songs and are about to release new single ‘She Said’.
Previous single ‘Loveblood’ was an explosive guitar driven anthem that was Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ on Radio 1 while their ‘In New Music We Trust’ playlisted single ‘A Young Understanding’ also won them plenty of fans.
Led by charismatic frontman Oscar Lulu, Sundara Karma are crafting bright, panoramic indie rock whose bruised-heart lyrics deal with young romance and a yearning to escape small town mundanity.
They have been compared to early Bruce Springsteen and with their intense live shows are building a dedicated cult teenage fan base.
Leeds music fans can find out for themselves what all the fuss is about as Sundara Karma are heading out on an eagerly anticipated tour, which includes a headline date at the Brudenell Social Club, in Leeds, on Monday, September 26 and an appearance at the Leeds Festival, at Bramham Park on Sunday, August 28. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-entertainment/it-s-double-karma-for-leeds-1-8074805 | en | 2016-08-17T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/4e185c7537854718aa2a7e03c0ca229bea845d9330139d00c07436900c1025a8.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:03:23 | null | 2016-08-19T00:15:16 | FOR much of the night, a group of individuals beneath the lime tree at the St Lawrence ground taunted the Yorkshire pace bowler Liam Plunkett. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fliam-plunkett-silences-abusive-spectators-by-leading-yorkshire-to-royal-london-semi-finals-1-8077697.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8077694.1471562798!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Liam Plunkett silences abusive spectators by leading Yorkshire to Royal London semi-finals | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | FOR much of the night, a group of individuals beneath the lime tree at the St Lawrence ground taunted the Yorkshire pace bowler Liam Plunkett.
Their witless chanting echoed around the stands in a manner that reflected poorly on Kent and their stewarding operation, such as it was.
Yorkshire's Liam Plunkett celebrates his caught and bowled of Kent's Will Gidman at The Spitfire Ground. Picture: Adam Davy/PA.
It is not known what prompted the abuse, or why Kent did nothing to eject these people.
Plunkett simply responded in the best way possible.
For a second year running, he produced a match-winning performance at the quarter-final stage, earning Yorkshire an 11-run win and a semi-final against Surrey at Headingley on August 28.
Last year, it was Essex who felt the force of Plunkett’s power in the quarter-finals, the all-rounder scoring an unbeaten 49 from 32 balls to lead them to an unlikely par total at Chelmsford.
Yorkshire's Adam Lyth led the way with the bat for Yorkshire at Kent on Thursday. Picture: Adam Davy/PA.
He followed that up with his side’s best figures of 3-58 as Yorkshire won by 20 runs.
Last night, after Yorkshire scored 256-9 from their 50 overs, Adam Lyth top-scoring with 88 and England vice-captain Joe Root contributing 45, Plunkett returned 4-52 from 10 overs in another decisive intervention.
He began with the wicket of Sam Northeast, caught at mid-wicket to end a dangerous stand of 50 with Joe Denly for the second wicket after David Willey trapped Daniel Bell-Drummond in the second over of Kent’s reply.
After Steve Patterson got Sam Billings lbw, Plunkett followed up by removing Denly, who skied to Willey in the mid-wicket region.
Darren Stevens, playing his 500th match for Kent, and Alex Blake added 86 in a fifth-wicket stand that looked to be putting the hosts on course for victory before Willey had Blake caught behind for 50.
But the key moment of the night came with the total on 180-5 in the 37th over when Plunkett produced a remarkable catch, diving one-handed to his left, to remove Stevens for 54 off his own bowling.
Plunkett took a simpler caught-and-bowled to dismiss Will Gidman before Adil Rashid and Willey closed out the match.
Victory kept Yorkshire on course for an historic treble of County Championship, Royal London Cup and NatWest T20 Blast and delighted their one-day captain, Alex Lees.
“We knew this was going to be a real tough game,” he said.
“Kent had a home quarter-final for a reason, and I thought Adam and Joe played brilliantly with the bat. We battled really hard to get a good score, and our bowling was exceptional. The match-winning performance was Liam’s. He was brilliant.”
Before a near-capacity crowd of 6,000, who watched in glorious weather, Lyth got Yorkshire off to a flier after the visitors lost the toss.
Lyth flicked former Yorkshire pace bowler Mitch Claydon to the mid-wicket boundary and square-drove his next ball to the backward-point rope.
He also lofted Claydon for six over long-off and Lees hammered him for a straight boundary before the captain was first out to the final ball of the fifth over.
Claydon dropped short and Lees pulled down the throat of Blake on the mid-wicket rope.
Lyth and Root ticked along in seemingly effortless manner, scoring at just under five an over without the hint of risk.
Root worked the ball around unfussily and it came as a surprise when he was second out with the score on 117 in the 24th over, the victim of another catch at deep mid-wicket by Blake, this time off Charlie Hartley.
Hartley, a 22-year-old right-arm pace bowler, was playing only his fourth List A game. He completed a notable double when he followed the wicket of Root with that of Bairstow, who went for nine when he chipped to Bell-Drummond at mid-on.
Lyth looked set for his third century in the competition but flirted at one outside off stump from Coles and was caught behind.
Yorkshire lost two wickets with the score on 191 in the 39th over, bowled by Will Gidman, when Tim Bresnan picked out cover and Willey was strangled for a golden duck.
Plunkett sliced Coles to cover, Gary Ballance was run-out for 37 after a mix-up with Rashid when considering a third run, and Azeem Rafiq was bowled by Coles, who ended with 3-39.
Rashid hit a six and a four in the last over, bowled by Claydon, as Yorkshire achieved an advance of four on the total of 252-9 they made in last year’s quarter-final.
Even after Stevens’s departure, Yorkshire could never feel that they had the match won.
Coles swung productively before being smartly stumped by Bairstow off Rashid, who took the ninth wicket to have Hartley lbw.
Willey ended things by pinning James Tredwell, much to the frustration of the individuals beneath the lime tree. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/liam-plunkett-silences-abusive-spectators-by-leading-yorkshire-to-royal-london-semi-finals-1-8077697 | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/2c5b8d803bba409215fc2f1ad01091844cceb2d89812be7c370f67059718beda.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:30 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/3f2261cddedc842a145f881a7278c6e7995e491c416b2e35e05228e08db89f55.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:48:15 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/9d1d825e807f3bfda739cfa1512566d74940f7085df42c1c6dfdb879f524264a.json |
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"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-26T13:02:56 | null | 2016-08-24T20:01:18 | THERE is a fine line between wanting Yorkshire to do well but not wanting them to do so well that it cuts short a visit to Scarborough. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Fyorkshire-v-notts-seaside-air-leaves-gary-ballance-in-mood-to-play-on-1-8086935.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8086934.1472065259!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire v Notts: Seaside air leaves Gary Ballance in mood to play on | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | THERE is a fine line between wanting Yorkshire to do well but not wanting them to do so well that it cuts short a visit to Scarborough.
Such concerns must have crossed the minds of the Yorkshire crowd yesterday when the hosts were busy ripping through the Notts’ batting line-up with the ease of piranhas devouring their victims.
But after dismissing Notts for 94 on the stroke of lunch, after they had started day two on 38-2 in reply to their own first-innings 282, Yorkshire chose not to enforce the follow-on despite a lead of 188, thereby ensuring that the game could not be over inside two days, which had seemed eminently plausible.
As owners of local guest houses and hostelries no doubt turned cartwheels of joy, so too did those Yorkshire members who adore it at North Marine Road, with 84 per cent of them having voted in a recent survey conducted by the club to retain two Championship games there from next season.
With Yorkshire having to take one match away from Headingley or Scarborough due to changes to the fixture list, it can be taken as read that the decision will come down in the seaside town’s favour, but that is not to say that many of those Scarborough devotees were not a little baffled as to why Yorkshire – their bowlers fresh and their opponents fragile – opted to increase their lead in glorious sunshine.
It is the modern way, of course, not to enforce, and it is unlikely to make a jot of difference to the result, with Yorkshire set to close the gap to five points on leaders Middlesex with a win here, and Notts looking every inch like relegation material.
Yorkshire followed up with 200-4 in 61 overs in their second innings, Gary Ballance, the captain, scoring an unbeaten 75 to stretch the lead to a lofty 388.
Even with dodgy weather forecast today, Yorkshire’s fourth Championship victory of the season would seem as much of a formality as high and low tide.
Regardless of the question as to whether to enforce, that Yorkshire were even in a position to do so was tribute to a rousing recovery from 51-6 on day one.
Magnificent contributions from Andrew Hodd, Azeem Rafiq and Jack Brooks were mainly responsible for a revival completed by Yorkshire’s four-pronged pace attack of Brooks, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson, who needed just 25.5 overs on the second morning to winkle out the last eight wickets.
The tone was set – as it so often is – by the venerable Sidebottom, who belied his 38 years with a splendid exhibition of swing bowling from the Peasholm Park end to take 3-5 in 12 balls and reduce Notts to 52-5.
Michael Lumb, the former Yorkshire batsman, was drawn forward and caught behind by one that shaped away; Steven Mullaney was lbw playing across the line; and Samit Patel was caught upper-cutting high to Bresnan at first slip.
Sidebottom would have had a fourth wicket with the score on 59 but Bresnan dropped a low chance at first slip, with Brendan Taylor not then off the mark.
But it was only a temporary setback for a Yorkshire side who made equally light work of the mid-to-lower order.
Chris Read miscued an attempted pull off Brooks to cover; Brett Hutton edged Brooks low to Adam Lyth at second slip; Taylor’s luck finally ran out when he played on an attempted drive off Patterson; Luke Wood flashed in foolhardy fashion at Bresnan and was caught behind, and an innings caked in collective embarrassment ended when Luke Fletcher helped Bresnan to Jack Leaning at third slip.
That Yorkshire would bat again was betrayed by the sight of openers Lyth and Alex Lees sprinting off the ground to strap on their pads, and they safely negotiated the one over that remained before lunch.
After the break, the cricket grew steadily soporific as the 5,000 crowd watched Yorkshire increase their lead in the way of builders systematically adding bricks to a house.
Lees added 30 bricks before he was lbw to Hutton, ending a first-wicket stand of 72, and Lyth followed shortly after for 41, caught and bowled by Wood off a leading edge.
Lehmann and Ballance added 61 in 22 overs before Lehmann slogged Samit Patel straight up in the air to Wood at mid-on.
Ballance, dropped on 20 when he pulled Fletcher to a diving Tom Moores at mid-wicket, advanced to a 113-ball half-century that included eight fours, and Leaning helped him add 57 before being stumped.
Play was halted seven overs early due to bad light with swooping seagulls ready to reclaim the outfield once the cricketers had left for the evening. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/yorkshire-v-notts-seaside-air-leaves-gary-ballance-in-mood-to-play-on-1-8086935 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/c91b7cb3b9c8cc8dacde2b48a4da7c823f4d9d9e0238b6e096f9c071d4976e5a.json |
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"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-26T14:47:48 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/f51d15742909d74ae2bcd68cf8fc069cbd48a6a8052a52347a20f89c70132450.json |
[
"Graham Walker",
"Graham.Walker Jpress.Co.Uk"
] | 2016-08-26T12:51:56 | null | 2016-07-30T00:08:47 | Bon Jovi, Coldplay and U2 tribute bands plus top local acts will play Doncaster Fake Festival at Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday, August 6. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-entertainment%2Fpreview-bon-jovi-coldplay-and-u2-tributes-at-doncaster-fake-festival-1-8042060.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8042056.1469833955!/image/image.jpg | en | null | PREVIEW: Bon Jovi, Coldplay and U2 tributes at Doncaster Fake Festival | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Bon Jovi, Coldplay and U2 tribute bands plus top local acts will play Doncaster Fake Festival at Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday, August 6.
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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"Alexander Beard"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:34 | null | 2016-08-23T15:09:43 | Leeds and Wakefield’s RSPCA branch held its fund raising family fun day last Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fslideshow-it-s-a-fun-day-to-help-the-rspca-animals-1-8084327.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8084325.1471961369!/image/image.jpg | en | null | SLIDESHOW: It’s a fun day to help the RSPCA animals | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
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[
"Graham Walker",
"Graham.Walker Jpress.Co.Uk"
] | 2016-08-30T14:49:13 | null | 2016-08-30T15:06:21 | Yorkshire | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Farts-culture-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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-entertainment/yorkshire-s-strictly-ex-champs-to-give-free-dance-lessons-at-city-limits-1-8096127 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/2e666a974dbc56ce9f8353a35edd4900020e00adc500840ae5bf4d682bf79830.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:27 | null | 2016-08-24T11:58:16 | It’s the farcical comedy which leaves critics stony-faced. But now Mrs Brown’s Boys has been voted the best British sitcom of the 21st century, beating Ricky Gervais’s observational masterpiece, The Office. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmrs-brown-s-boys-voted-best-british-sitcom-of-the-21st-century-1-8085835.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8085834.1472036280!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Mrs Brown’s Boys voted best British sitcom of the 21st century | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | It’s the farcical comedy which leaves critics stony-faced. But now Mrs Brown’s Boys has been voted the best British sitcom of the 21st century, beating Ricky Gervais’s observational masterpiece, The Office.
Mrs Brown’s Boys, starring Brendan O’Carroll as the foul-mouthed Dublin widow, topped the Radio Times poll which asked readers to choose the funniest shows broadcast since 2000.
Described as “the worst comedy ever made” by one reviewer, the broad humour of O’Carroll’s creation, initially unveiled on a RTE Ireland radio series, has been labelled sexist and homophobic.
But the BBC1 show, which O’Carroll described as a reaction against the politically-correct “alternative comedy” revolution of the 80s, has become the most-watched programme on Christmas Day and even spawned a feature film.
The troupe of largely extended family members – O’Carroll’s wife Jennifer plays his fictional screen daughter – honed their characters through live stage performances, adding to the anarchic atmosphere of the television episodes, which often embrace mistakes.
O’Carroll said of the poll victory: “It vindicates the fans’ belief in the show. They have kept us on the air – it certainly wasn’t the reviewers.”
He added: “There is an audience out there that comedy forgot, that Are You Being Served? audience has been left behind. Us winning this award proves that.”
The show was rewarded with a Bafta in 2012 as critics began to accept its merits.
Radio Times readers voted from a shortlist of the 40 funniest shows broadcast since 2000, compiled by critics and experts from the British Film Institute.
When the 14,000 votes were counted, the unashamedly populist Mrs Brown’s Boys finished ahead of the understated charms of The Office, first broadcast in 2001 and widely regarded as the most influential comedy of the century.
Peter Kay has two entries in the top 20 with Car Share and his breakthrough Channel 4 sitcom Phoenix Nights
The poll suggested that the comedy audience has yet to fully embrace funny women. Miranda, the sitcom vehicle for the comedy actress Miranda Hart appears at number 8 ahead of Raised By Wolves, the loosely autobiographical Channel 4 family series written by Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline.
But the poll is dominated by male performers and writers. Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan has three entries with Count Arthur Strong, The IT Crowd and Black Books all featuring.
Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It, The Inbetweeners and Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education are other sitcoms in the list which have been expanded into feature films.
James Corden’s hit BBC romantic comedy Gavin & Stacey, co-written with Ruth Jones, remains highly regarded and makes the top ten. ITV has a one entry with Benidorm.
Best British sitcom of the 21st century:
1. Mrs Brown’s Boys
2. The Office
3. Peter Kay’s Car Share
4. Count Arthur Strong
5. The IT Crowd
6. The Thick of It
7. Gavin & Stacey
8. Miranda
9. Raised by Wolves
10.Outnumbered
11. Peep Show
12. Black Books
13. Green Wing
14. The Inbetweeners
15. Bad Education
16. Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights
17. Yonderland
18. Twenty Twelve/W1A
19. Benidorm
20. Detectorists | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/mrs-brown-s-boys-voted-best-british-sitcom-of-the-21st-century-1-8085835 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/e028cff1cc6d15b9a28a52bafd1bccd23a751a933facdd89750d574eb8de09cc.json |
[
"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-27T00:48:06 | null | 2016-08-27T00:07:09 | IT was not so much North Marine Road as Submarine Road at Scarborough cricket ground on Thursday night. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flocal-sport%2Ftim-bresnan-and-blotter-combine-to-vindicate-yorkshire-s-scarborough-tactics-1-8092010.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8092006.1472248066!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Tim Bresnan and ‘Blotter’ combine to vindicate Yorkshire’s Scarborough tactics | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | IT was not so much North Marine Road as Submarine Road at Scarborough cricket ground on Thursday night.
Yorkshire were sufficiently concerned that rain would run their hopes of a final day victory against Nottinghamshire – after they had passed up the chance to enforce the follow-on on day two - that they arranged for their “Blotter” to be brought over at 5.00 yesterday morning from their Headingley headquarters some 70 miles away.
MAGIC MOMENT: Yorkshire's Alex Lees takes a great catch to dismiss Nottinghamshire's Imran Tahir and give them victory at Scarborough. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
After two hours of blotting the saturated outfield, play was able to start on time and Yorkshire romped to a 305-run win after Notts resumed on 61-3.
Had there been an official man-of-the match, the “Blotter” would have been a strong contender, with Yorkshire’s 21-point triumph closing the gap to five points on leaders Middlesex.
If Yorkshire had not prevailed, they might have been tempted to get “blottoed” hours after calling for the “Blotter”, following their decision to bat again with a first innings lead of 188.
That decision, unanimous in the dressing room according to first team coach Jason Gillespie, was not quite so unanimous among the Yorkshire supporters, who could be heard debating it in and outside the ground for two days with all the gravitas of whether a nation should go to war.
Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan is congratulated by Ryan Sidebottom and team mates on dismissing Nottinghamshire's Tom Moores. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
But, as William Shakespeare once scribbled, ‘all’s well that ends well”, and history will remember the result first and foremost.
For Gillespie, it was vindication of Yorkshire’s approach as they made suitably light work of the division’s bottom club after recovering from a perilous 51-6 on the opening day.
“It was the right call (to bat again),” said Gillespie.
“People had a pop at us for not enforcing the follow-on, but we stick by what we believe is the best opportunity to win the game of cricket, and we were vindicated there.
“The bottom line is, it was a very important result against a very good side.
“Having been 51-6 on the first day, to win by over 300 runs, this team never ceases to amaze me.
“I can’t be any more proud of them. There are no words to describe it.”
After the torrential rain of the previous night, the “Blotter” went about its business beneath sunny skies as summer returned to North Marine Road. Technically, it did its work so well that Notts even lost a wicket before the official start time of 11, with the clock showing 10.59 when Tom Moores fell to the day’s fourth ball.
Moores, the 19-year-old son of former England head coach Peter, had played with great maturity to make 41 on the third evening.
He had not added to his overnight score – and neither had Notts – when Tim Bresnan located his edge from the Trafalgar Square end, Adam Lyth doing the rest at second slip.
Notts fell to 77-5 when Samit Patel perished after half-an-hour, adjudged caught behind off Bresnan by umpire Neil Mallender.
Patel stood his ground in echoes of Michael Lumb’s dismissal the previous evening, when he, too, felt that Mallender had wrongly given him out caught behind, and the visitors’ cause became utterly hopeless when Bresnan claimed his fifth wicket, Chris Read edging to Jake Lehmann at fourth slip.
Bresnan has never had a six-wicket haul in his distinguished career, and this was only his eighth “five-fer” in first-class cricket.
He had to content himself with career-best figures of 5-36, and his best match haul of 8-51 too, his spell of 3-9 in 31 balls during an eight-over burst yesterday morning ensuring that there would be no unexpected resistance from the visiting team.
That is not to say that they put up the white flag, however, on a day when it would probably have blown away in any case such was the strength of the south-westerly wind. As the red-and-white pin-striped deckchairs flapped in front of the Festival marquee, and as the washing hanging outside the houses at the Trafalgar Square End enjoyed a late-summer airing, Notts showed fight through Brendan Taylor and Brett Hutton.
The pair negotiated the 80 minutes remaining until lunch before Hutton fell to the third ball after the break, drawn forward by a tantalising delivery from Ryan Sidebottom from the Peasholm Park End and caught behind by wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd.
Taylor fell to the third delivery of the next over when he lobbed a short ball from Jack Brooks to cover, having resisted gamely for over two-and-a-half hours, and Brooks bowled Luke Fletcher with the next delivery to leave Notts 130-9.
Brooks wrapped it up at 2pm in his next over, Imran Tahir turning to short-leg as the pace bowler ended with 4-35, Notts all out for 146. Yorkshire left the field to a standing ovation from the 2,676 crowd, which lifted the match attendance to 15,283, a ringing endorsement for England’s finest outground. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/tim-bresnan-and-blotter-combine-to-vindicate-yorkshire-s-scarborough-tactics-1-8092010 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/35701bfaf2b44c25ed290e4d5d2953ae15ead105f1cc74fd2b974af160adf53f.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T00:48:05 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/0f1d94c09ea5899ab605c7d42e496690541bd488d0adeb20893dec0952e40099.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:58 | null | 2016-08-25T14:11:50 | It’s GCSE results day when thousands of youngsters will be finding out their grades. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fgcse-results-morley-schools-and-colleges-1-8088617.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8088615.1472130689!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE Results - Morley schools and colleges | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | It’s GCSE results day when thousands of youngsters will be finding out their grades.
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I Zabed 10 (10); H Zabir 10 (10); A Zhang 10 (9). | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/gcse-results-morley-schools-and-colleges-1-8088617 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/99399b0041381f3348c487d4cf3cc47640c0b1e021698462f71d0af5c39f3ec8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:26 | null | 2016-08-18T13:21:03 | New Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson is in contention to make his debut for Leeds United at Sheffield Wednesday following the completion of his loan switch from Italian club Torino. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fgiant-defender-jansson-aims-to-impress-at-leeds-united-1-8076422.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8076418.1471522853!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Giant defender Jansson aims to impress at Leeds United | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | New Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson is in contention to make his debut for Leeds United at Sheffield Wednesday following the completion of his loan switch from Italian club Torino.
The six foot, five Swedish international has become Garry Monk’s tenth summer signing and arrives to strengthen a defence that has let in eight goals in the first four matches.
Jansson, 25, a member of Sweden’s Euro 2016 squad, has joined on loan for the season with Leeds having an option to sign him at the end of the campaign.
He has promised to give his all in his loan spell at Elland Road.
He said: “I’m aggressive and I always give 100 per cent for the team that I play for.
“I’m going to give more than 100% for Leeds United.
“I’m also technical because I played as a striker before I became a defender five years ago. I’m quick with the ball.
“My brother was a defender when he played and they asked me to try some games as a defender. I played well and I’m happy to have made that choice.
“I learned a lot about defending during my time in Italy. I’m a much better player now than I was two years ago.”
Jansson knows new team-mate Marcus Antonsson and assistant manager Pep Clotet so all will not be unfamiliar.
He added: “I know Marcus Antonsson because he’s Swedish and I’ve played against him in Sweden. I’ve watched some of the other guys on TV and I’ve read a little bit about them.
“I know Pep well from my time with Malmo in Sweden two or three years ago – he’s a good person and a good coach. I’m looking forward to working with him again.
“I know the club has a lot of tradition – they won the league in 1992 and I know about the really good team with the likes of Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell. I’m going to learn even more in the coming days!
“I’m hoping to train with the team on Thursday and then maybe play on Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday. I need to play football regularly and I know that Leeds are a big club with big ambitions – they also have a lot of fans in Sweden, so I’m really happy to be here.
“I want to help take Leeds back to the Premier League as soon as possible.” | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/giant-defender-jansson-aims-to-impress-at-leeds-united-1-8076422 | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/37c7e62d0d336f8d52d5fc78adf0479326687031a4e5beacaa629c82fbe142bb.json |
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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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Leeds Festival 2016: What we know so far about this year’s line-up | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture-entertainment/audio-i-don-t-know-if-we-can-take-control-of-wild-leeds-festival-crowd-jokes-punk-stars-slaves-1-8086864 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/b1b5ab36b3f56e9afe4d470178a63d55a72dd0749cbef0bec13a21eabb3695b5.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:04:48 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/97ff5244c296251af59390d243ea2248bd8f74a9bbc5819b9efe4d6cc73db9ed.json |
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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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/mudbath-conditions-dominate-second-day-of-leeds-festival-1-8092983 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/5426437b229a43f72c335dba77e2add2460c707ead75cee08b4ef8bc1c57724e.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:48:55 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/eb1be47885097d910c809fbba37fcbb20ea0f9908495ce464681b0be47a36941.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:37 | 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.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8087973.1472122416!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire Ripper moved to jail after 32 years in Broadmoor | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/yorkshire-ripper-moved-to-jail-after-32-years-in-broadmoor-1-8087975 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/cb8cf64bf1addf9640c0d4c8fe3474059774cf41e8a5b02218ba621f69a081b8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:31 | null | 2016-08-24T13:11:53 | Andrea Jenkyns MP will meet the Rail Minister to discuss improving Morley’s station. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmp-to-raise-town-s-station-concerns-at-rail-meeting-1-8086003.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8086001.1472040691!/image/image.jpg | en | null | MP to raise town’s station concerns at rail meeting | null | null | www.morleyobserver.co.uk | Andrea Jenkyns MP will meet the Rail Minister to discuss improving Morley’s station.
Alack of parking options and ticket sales facilities, poor disabled access and inadequate lighting are some of the issues raised by her constituents in the town.
Morley Railway Station. (250215)
And she will meet rail minister Paul Maynard MP in September after a planned meeting with the former brief holder Claire Perry fell through as a new government, led by Theresa May, was formed.
Ms Jenkyns said: “I’m delighted that I will get the chance to meet the new Rail Minister early in his tenure to discuss Morley station.
“After receiving feedback from my constituents, the neglect given to Morley Station by the previous Labour government is still evident, and needs to be resolved.”
When the latest meeting was organised Ms Jenkyns asked her constituents what most concerned them about the station, 49 of which responded.
Thirty two per cent would like to see parking issues solved, 28 per cent want access to be looked at, 18 per cent are concerned about being able to buy tickets and another 18 per cent want the lighting to be improved.
Access to the Huddersfield-Manchester platform can only be gained by a flight of steps, while Station Road is used by motorists as a makeshift car park due to a shortage of space.
In December 2014 campaigners were disappointed when Morley missed out on a share of a Department for Transport cash pot set aside for improving disabled access at stations. On that occasion, 26 places were granted money – only four of them in the North of England. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/mp-to-raise-town-s-station-concerns-at-rail-meeting-1-8086003 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/b64c753837fa8953458a3ea3494843b32854190a48507f738abe9eb0eab68436.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:48:54 | null | 2016-08-29T15:26:16 | Another successful Leeds Festival has come and gone with some spectacular shows and more than 300 acts performing across the bank holiday weekend at | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morleyobserver.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fslideshow-leeds-festival-highlights-1-8094611.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/webimage/1.8094608.1472482015!/image/image.jpg | en | null | SLIDESHOW: Leeds Festival highlights | null | null | www.morleyobserver.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
Another successful Leeds Festival has come and gone with some spectacular shows and more than 300 acts performing across the bank holiday weekend at
Bramham Park.
Fans at the 2016 Leeds Festival.
Red Hot Chili Peppers closed the event in great style on the main stage on Sunday night while there were other headline performances from Biffy Clyro and Fall Out Boy on Friday and Disclosure and Foals on Saturday.
There were many sights and sounds to savour and plenty of mud to plough through as the weather did its worst on Saturday and on the evening before the festival kicked off. But the weather did not prevent up to 90,000 fans enjoying a stunning three days.
Here’s some of the highlights captured by photographer Ian Harber in a special slideshow of pictures from the 2016 Leeds Festival. | http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/slideshow-leeds-festival-highlights-1-8094611 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.morleyobserver.co.uk/bb467b00642c2c6e83cbea17f7231f55106950cf172022f60dff8e66566c32b7.json |
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Pergerakan tersebut terjadi seiring dengan komentar pejabat The Federal Reserve mengangkat optimisme perekonomian, tetapi juga memunculkan spekulasi penaikan suku bunga acuan paling cepat pada bulan depan.
Pidato Gubernur The Fed Janet Yellen memicu lonjakan awal di perdagangan saham di tengah pandangan ekonomi yang bullish, yang termasuk kurangnya panduan jelas kapan penaikan suku bunga dilakukan.
Indeks kemudian jatuh setelah Wakil Ketua Stanley Fischer mengatakan komentar Yellen ini konsisten dengan kemungkinan peningkatan suku bunga September. Sektor utilitas dan perusahaan telepon memimpin penurunan, sementara saham perbanka, teknologi, dan perawatan kesehatan menguat.
Indeks S&P 500 melemah 0,2% ke level 2.169,04. Adapun Dow Jones Industrial Average turun 53,01 poin atau 0,3% ke level 18.395,40. Sementara itu Nasdaq Composite Index naik 0,1%0.1 percent.
“Fischer ingin September tetap ada," ujar Mark Kepner, Managing Director and Equity Trader Themis Trading LLC, seperti dikutip dari Bloomberg, Sabtu (27/8/2016).
Lebih lanjut dia mengatakan Fischer tidak peduli dengan rendahnya pertumbuhan pada enam bulan pertama. Fischer mengatakan pertumbuhan lebih produktif dan memiliki cerita investasi.
U.S. stocks slipped in a volatile session, as remarks from Federal Reserve officials lifted optimism on the economy while also bolstering speculation interest rates could rise as soon as next month.
A speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen sparked an early surge in equities amid a bullish economic assessment, which included a lack of clear guidance on when a rate boost may come. Equities then tumbled after Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Yellen’s comments were consistent with a possible September increase, only to recover much of their losses in a final-hour rebound. Utilities and phone companies led the declines, while banks, technology and health-care shares climbed.
“Fischer wants to make September still on the table,” said Mark Kepner, managing director and equity trader at Themis Trading LLC in Chatham, New Jersey. “He mentioned he’s not concerned about the low growth we have had the first six months. He’s saying growth is more a productivity and investment story. There are light volumes, lightly staffed desks and these moves can easily happen.”
The S&P 500 Index fell 0.2 percent to 2,169.04 at 4 p.m. in New York, after rising as much as 0.7 percent. The gauge extended a monthly slide and capped its first back-to-back weekly drop in two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 53.01 points, or 0.3 percent, to 18,395.40, after wiping out a 123-point gain. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.1 percent. About 6.6 billion shares traded hands on U.S. exchanges, 3 percent below the three-month average.
Expectations for a rate increase climbed after Fischer spoke, with traders pricing in a 42 percent probability of a move next month, from 32 percent after Yellen’s remarks. Odds are now nearly 63 percent the central bank will act by December, up from 42 percent two weeks ago, based on fed fund futures data compiled by Bloomberg.
“In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation, I believe the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months,” Yellen said in the text of a speech to central bankers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. | http://market.bisnis.com/read/20160827/7/578867/bursa-as-setelah-berfluktuasi-indeks-sp-500-dan-dow-jones-ditutup-melemah-setelah-pernyataan-the-fed | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | market.bisnis.com/571bc321623e557b3e887c8cfd101ea0685a104eccdcebd8f92c0e67ba9cea97.json |
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:02 | null | 2016-08-23T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fno-evidence-crimes-assistant-state-attorney.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | No evidence of crimes by assistant state attorney | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/no-evidence-crimes-assistant-state-attorney | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/a3b5309559ccf409f2e0ee78427be3f40aeaee3eb34d21e8a06505c6d09a79e2.json |
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[] | 2016-08-26T14:46:57 | null | 2016-08-26T10:30:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fleisure%2Ffirefighters-set-fill-boots-mda.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Firefighters set to fill boots for MDA | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/leisure/firefighters-set-fill-boots-mda | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/bde82ea84e4c57c722362a59457348eeb2dec8a8eb4cc76d1af0b55317213d74.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:48:33 | null | 2016-08-23T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Farrest-stolen-property-case.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Arrest in stolen property case | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/arrest-stolen-property-case | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/33b836964c9c3945d2a09d568711b7606ce0162ddfddd1afd6e9743444b184b1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:53 | null | 2016-08-25T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Ftourism-setting-records-2016.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Tourism setting records in 2016 | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/tourism-setting-records-2016 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/f70be6496106ac6073fe3cb40e62d63e3e76aa0445233b705cfe1f4be4c051b3.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:48:01 | null | 2016-01-27T14:47:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fattempted-bank-robbery-yulee.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Attempted bank robbery in Yulee | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | A man who bank employees recognized as a customer allegedly tried and failed to rob the Yulee branch of Wells Fargo at 463743 State Road 200 on Tuesday at approximately 3:45 p.m.
According to a report from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect produced a box cutter and what appeared to be a handgun, and placed them on the counter. The suspect then stated to the teller “this is a hold-up.” He eventually picked up the box cutter and handgun and left the bank without receiving any money.
John Anthony Diamond, 58, was arrested shortly after a search by law enforcement officers found a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car in the parking lot of the shopping center at 463688 State Road 200 anchored by Anytime Fitness, Pizza Hut and the UPS Store. Deputies found Diamond inside the UPS Store. A replica flintlock-style pistol and box cutter were located inside his vehicle.
Diamond was booked into the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center on a felony charge of robbery with a weapon. | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/attempted-bank-robbery-yulee | en | 2016-01-27T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/6a1982b7dea3b4a899b1aa21d5ffe7916046b851465874657de0fccf34c18dd8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:51:38 | null | 2016-08-23T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fnowhere-stay-fernandina-and-affordable-housing.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Nowhere to stay: Fernandina and affordable housing | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/nowhere-stay-fernandina-and-affordable-housing | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/03e5cffc757b5b1f70588fa0b193f2d96049fb4d023ec0c65851f85c1c42cb80.json |
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:57 | null | 2016-08-25T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fnew-poll-state-attorney%25E2%2580%2599s-race.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | New poll on state attorney’s race | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/new-poll-state-attorney%E2%80%99s-race | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/4d23cd079ed4350dd106447c8b5b13a5342735953a5c6f389988cb93f45780d5.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:48:54 | null | 2016-08-30T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fconsumer-sentiment-drops-florida.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Consumer sentiment drops in Florida | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/consumer-sentiment-drops-florida | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/f40c9ae3a6cf1c8a002851e5dbca79d63bf5e25844c151444927bbc9ba8b3df1.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:49:03 | null | 2016-08-17T08:38:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Ffree-publications%2Fnassau-county-local-election-guide-2016.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Nassau County Local Election Guide 2016 | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | null | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/free-publications/nassau-county-local-election-guide-2016 | en | 2016-08-17T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/c354ebdd6dd73c0bacc62a647a04b511c2846767100a1e7e86585d30c911b5a9.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:48:03 | null | 2016-08-30T20:39:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fadkins-burned-slay-slayed.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Adkins burned, Slay slayed | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | Two of Nassau County’s most fiercely fought Republican campaigns were not even close, as John Drew easily held off a challenge to his tax collector position from Carlos Slay, and school board member Kathy Burns captured more than two-thirds of the primary vote over state Rep. Janet Adkins for superintendent of schools, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday night on the Supervisor of Elections Office website.
Here are unofficial returns from the Nassau County Supervisor of Elections office website as of press time:
Burns received 10,496 votes, defeating Adkins who received 4,940 votes. Burns will go on to face Libertarian Party candidate Cheryl Reynolds James in the general election.
Drew received 13,745 votes defeating small business-owner Carlos Slay who received 1,402, meaning Drew collected more than 90 percent of the vote. Drew will face write-in candidate John L. McDowell in the general election.
Justin M. Taylor received 6,175 votes, Klynt A. Farmer received 5,732 votes and Joe Zimmerman received 2,545 votes in the race for county commissioner, District 5, being vacated by Walter “Junior” Boatright. Taylor will go on to face write-in candidate Don Tanner in the general election.
The race for Ocean Highway and Port Authority member, District 1, also had three candidates competing in this year’s primary election: Robert “Bob” Sturgess won with 6,228 votes, easily defeating Pat K. Gass (3,680) and Edward T. Coop (3,304). Sturgess will go on to face Democratic candidate Coleman Carnegie Langshaw in the general election.
Voters had a choice between incumbent John A. Crawford and Boatright in the election of Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller. Crawford received 10,874 votes, defeating Boatright who received 7,839 votes.
District 1 County Commissioner Danny Leeper received 13,070 votes (70 percent) holding off a challenge from former Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Sarah Pelican (5,592), and District 3 County Commissioner Pat Edwards (11,644 votes) easily turned back a challenge from Tim Peak (5,828).
District 2 OHPA member Danny Fullwood collected 9,773 votes, defeating challenger Jimmy Dubberly (7,044).
Jonathan Petree (9,991 votes) defeated Tyrone A. Blue (7,326) for the District 5 school board seat being vacated by Burns, who ran for superintendent of Nassau County schools.
In the U.S. Senate race, Nassau County Republicans overwhelmingly chose incumbent Marco Rubio over a host of GOP challengers – Carlos Beruff, Ernie Rivera, and Dwight Mark Anthony Young; a majority of county Democrats picked Patrick Murphy over Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, Alan Grayson, Pam Keith and Reginald Luster; county Libertarians chose Paul Stanton over Augustus Invictus. The winning Republican, Democratic and Libertarian candidates from the primary election will face each other in the general election.
In the race for 4th Congressional District representative, Nassau Republicans easily chose John Rutherford over Stephen J. Kaufman, Edward “Ed” Malin, Bill McClure, Deborah Katz Pueschel, Lake Ray and Hans Tanzler. With no opposition from other parties, the candidate who wins this race will be elected to represent the district in the U.S. House.
County Republicans chose Cord Byrd over Wayne Bunk, Donnie Horner and Sheri Treadwell in the race for District 11 state representative, being vacated by Adkins, who ran for superintendent of schools. With no opposition from other parties, the candidate who wins this race will be elected.
In the race for state attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit, Republicans had to choose between incumbent Angela Corey, Melissa Nelson and Wes White, and Nelson appeared to win handily. Additionally, in the race for the circuit’s public defender, Republicans appeared to choose between Charlie Cofer over incumbent Matthew “Matt” Shirk.
All voters participated in the races for circuit judges for the 4th Judicial Circuit, Group 9, and Group 25. In the Group 9 race, Bruce R. Anderson won Nassau County over David P. Trotti. In Group 25, incumbent Mark Hulsey was leading his challenger, Gerald L. Wilkerson.
More than 20,000 voters – which is more than a third of the total number of active registered voters in Nassau County – participated in this year’s primary election.
“The turnout has been greater than the 2014 primary (election),” Supervisor of Elections Vicki Cannon said in an interview before the results were announced. “Our total turnout for the 2014 primary was 20 percent, and we ended early voting and vote-by-mail with over 20 percent this year in this election cycle. So today’s Election Day results will bring that up. I would love to say in the 50 percent (range) or greater, but it may just be in the 30s and 40s, but still higher than normal turnout.” | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/adkins-burned-slay-slayed | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/b105b7ac50da7b257df1567fe9576b6e6ca0d15aab0b6871d7a49299344b9af9.json |
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:48:44 | null | 2016-08-30T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Ftime-get-ready-big-storm-hit-thursday.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Time to get ready: Big storm to hit Thursday | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/time-get-ready-big-storm-hit-thursday | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/944af8d28b38a5b49549cc5d95dadf0fc41910f97a4a770bab674a67f26e8187.json |
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:08 | null | 2016-08-25T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Felection-spending-613k-tuesday.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Election spending at $613k as of Tuesday | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/election-spending-613k-tuesday | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/7ecf64042295a56426d4d09e006dad649bd39d59a361c1af656a88258131db41.json |
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:48:34 | null | 2016-08-30T23:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbnewsleader.com%2Fnews%2Fruis-answers-adkins-claims-slay-rants-school-board.json | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/misc/favicon.ico | en | null | Ruis answers Adkins' claims; Slay rants at school board | null | null | www.fbnewsleader.com | PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today | http://www.fbnewsleader.com/news/ruis-answers-adkins-claims-slay-rants-school-board | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.fbnewsleader.com/6765795f6461f08ad3366b34f14c3b4b0b3352576fa05b1be1fd68cb3e62051d.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:49:16 | null | 2016-08-29T11:00:53 | WOL - In light of North Carolina’s recent anti-transgender legislation, which states that single-sex bathrooms and changing facilities can be used only by | http%3A%2F%2Fwaspada.co.id%2Fwarta%2Fwhat-we-need-to-know-about-transgender-bathroom%2F.json | http://waspada.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Kamar-mandi-transgender.jpg | id | null | What We Need to Know About Transgender Bathroom | null | null | waspada.co.id | WOL – In light of North Carolina’s recent anti-transgender legislation, which states that single-sex bathrooms and changing facilities can be used only by individuals who have that sex on their birth certificates, the Georgia grocery store’s effort to include all people regardless of identity is a heart-warming sign that the laws of the land don’t necessarily reflect the total population’s opinions – especially in a state that almost passed a similar law.
The North Carolina law restricts transgender citizens from using facilities in line with the gender with which they identify, and the backlash against it continues the longstanding fight for equal, gender-neutral bathroom access, which has been a major issue for the non-binary community for years.
“I think there’s a lot of fear and misinformation. Everyone has to use the restroom,” says Olin Winn-Ritzenberg, the Education Services Coordinator at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, a New York community center that’s served as a beacon for non-binary youth and adults since 1983. “People should be able to access facilities in accordance with the gender they identify as, no matter what.”
Most anti-transgender laws, like North Carolina’s, work by attempting to regulate according to the gender assigned to a person at birth, which a transgender or intersex person might no longer identify, or pass, as. With no real proof required to enter, say, a bathroom in the middle of nowhere in North Carolina, a transgender person’s basic right to use a bathroom is monitored by fear and anxiety, especially if their transition is more visible than others’. As of now, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, and Minnesota are all pushing similar laws, despite mixed support within each state.
Olin also points out that, in his experience, a transgender person is far more likely to be fearful of public bathrooms than a cisgender person, since they’ve historically been a place of violence on the community these laws claim to be fearful of.
The more these laws take away civil rights, like the right to use a public space, the more likely it is for violence to be accepted towards those being discriminated against, since the law is no longer fully protecting them from harm.
“Equal access does not in any way legalize assault,” says Olin. “Assault and predation on anybody is a criminal offense, and everybody should be safe from that.”
Altering the signs on gendered bathrooms to say they are for all people who identify as the gender listed, as in “This restroom is for all people who identify as a man” is also a great way to avoid confusions and make everyone feel included. Katja notes that signs making the situation about all people, like Kroger’s, can help change a community’s mindset, and doesn’t single out queer customers.
Acceptance of the transgender community has been a long battle, and while more and more cisgender allies are taking up the fight, the need for corrective legislation and protection remains. (teenvogue/nia/data1)
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:49:49 | null | 2016-08-31T08:49:00 | The Fortnightly National Indigenous Newspaper – 100% Aboriginal-Owned 100% Self Funded | http%3A%2F%2Fkoorimail.com%2Fpeak-bodies-gather-in-canberra-for-opening-of-new-federal-parliament%2F.json | http://koorimail.com/wp-content/themes/Koori-Mail-2012/images/fav.png | en | null | Peak bodies gather in Canberra for opening of new Federal Parliament | null | null | koorimail.com | August 31: Peak Aboriginal organisations gathered among a ‘sea of hands’ at Parliament House, Canberra, yesterday to outline their concerns and hopes for the new Federal Government. Priorities included more funding for legal and justice services and health reforms. Among those attending were Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt (Liberal) and Labor’s Linda Burney, Patrick Dodson and Malarndirri McCarthy. | http://koorimail.com/peak-bodies-gather-in-canberra-for-opening-of-new-federal-parliament/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | koorimail.com/13f2d4a3ea5c89b51262482409eb7cf6148be7de0a6635bd6d3e193217b1e2d5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:23 | null | 2016-08-26T22:52:00 | The Fortnightly National Indigenous Newspaper – 100% Aboriginal-Owned 100% Self Funded | http%3A%2F%2Fkoorimail.com%2Fall-stars-to-be-played-in-newcastle-tickets-on-sale-today%2F.json | http://koorimail.com/wp-content/themes/Koori-Mail-2012/images/fav.png | en | null | All Stars to be played in Newcastle, tickets on sale today | null | null | koorimail.com | NEWCASTLE in the NSW Hunter Valley will host the Rugby League All Stars matches on February 10 next year. Australian Rugby League Indigenous Council chair Linda Burney said next year’s All Stars would mark an important milestone as the first time the event would be played outside of Queensland. “This year’s men’s and women’s All Stars matches were a huge success and well supported both in the lead up to the games and the games themselves,” Ms Burney said. “I have no doubt that Indigenous and non-Indigenous New South Wales fans in particular will jump at the chance to see the best male and female players line up against each other in Newcastle in February next year.” The NRL confirmed early bird NRL club member ticket prices were on sale from 1pm today, August 24, and would start at $10, with general public tickets on sale from Monday, August 29. | http://koorimail.com/all-stars-to-be-played-in-newcastle-tickets-on-sale-today/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | koorimail.com/8712fa9ec0d926bc7120dd4c658eb53c24ed3c8f0fc6c9e018990be5dfbb77b3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:39 | null | 2016-07-12T00:35:41 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fsex-education-by-adult-shops.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/sex-education-by-adult-shops | en | null | Sex Education - By Adult Shops?! | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | Will Australia’s New Sex Education Curriculum Keep Kids Out of School?
As a new sex ed curriculum is being adapted and taught in Australian schools to some parent’s dismay, a spotlight is being shined on the somewhat contentious subject matter. With research showing that students are becoming sexually active earlier on and with low rates of reported condom usage as well as unwanted sex it’s important that these students receive the right information about human sexuality at the right time and via appropriate means. But keeping kids interests can be difficult especially when they are already bombarded by sexual images on their computers, tablets, and Smartphones, giving them what may be a false set of facts and an aversion to hearing their sex ed lectured to them from what they may view as an out-of-touch teacher. While sex education is a requirement in most North American schools the curriculum varies greatly as does the teachers interpretations of the prescribed material.
Sex Ed at the Sex Shop
Take in point one educator in Minnesota that made headlines after taking her students on a field trip to a local adult sex toy store. The principal of the Gaia Democratic School in Minneapolis Starri Hedges is also the director and sex education teacher and after a lesson on safe sex she took some of her middle and high school students to local sex shop Smitten Kitten. Some of her students were as young as 11 years old and parents were understandably concerned and angered that their children were brought to a school sanctioned event where they could freely see items like sex toys on display.
The Gaia Democratic School only has about 25 students in K-12 and boasts a motto that promotes academic freedom, democratic education, and youth empowerment. Hedges has defended the field trip and the school board has stood behind her. The contested field trip took place after a lesson on safe sex and a dozen students visited the store to participate in one of their sex education workshops. The workshop was staffed by an experienced sex educator and included a frank discussion about sex.
The complaints from parents were that not only were they unaware that students went to a sex shop, but that once there their children were face to face with various adult material like vibrators, dildos, condoms, fetish gear, and DVDs that adorn the shelves of Smitten Kitten. The backlash after the initial story broke was such that city inspectors visited Smitten Kitten and gave them a citation for having sexual material on display in view of minors. The citation didn’t include any fines and only required corrective action but lawyers for Smitten Kitten still contested and the ruling was later reversed.
The city of Minneapolis has an extensively detailed sex ed policy that promotes early learning based on a belief that high school is too late to begin to learn about human sexuality. And while the parents of students from the rather progressive Gaia Democratic School should perhaps expect some forward thinking interpretation of these and other educational policies and curriculum, some have felt that the school went too far and have removed their children from classes.
The New Sex Ed Curriculum
A similar problem may soon be occurring across Australia as new and highly contested curriculum is brought into schools. Not that it’s expected that Canadian teachers and principals will be interpreting the Liberal governments curriculum as a directive to visit an adult toy store with their students, but the subject matter alone has many parents up in arms. Protests surrounding the issue have cropped up all over the country and stories like the one of the Gaia Democratic School and Smitten Kitten are serving to fan the flames of the sex ed debate as parents are promising to remove their children from schools.
But removing students from school so that they miss out on sex education can have significant, detrimental impacts. The latest national research reveals that most young people learn about sex from school and education programs rather than at home. Research has also revealed that a greater number of young people are becoming sexually active with a low level of consistent condom use as well as increased rates of unwanted sex. With so many competing messages bombarding children about sexuality misinformation is rampant and shows a definite need for a comprehensive, whole school sex ed approach.
References:
1. Canada policy on health education > http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/health.html
2. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/parents-outraged-that-school-took-preteens-to-a-sex-shop-as-part-of-sex-edu
3. http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-drops-smitten-kitten-citation/306570001/
4. http://www.gaiademocratic.org/uploads/SKpressrelease2015.pdf
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/minneapolis-private-school-principal-takes-students-to-sex-shop/
6. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/@health/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-104228.pdf
7. Victorian Australia Policy on Education – http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/social/physed/pages/aboutwhy.aspx | http://www.montrealmirror.com/sex-education-by-adult-shops | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/bf0bff2869902c53394203e2da607034a8e7048ec34472a1a4e39217854280cb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:08 | null | 2016-07-12T00:06:56 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fa-modest-but-failed-proposal.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/a-modest-but-failed-proposal | en | null | A modest but failed proposal | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | David Denby misses the target with his snippy attack on snark
by JULIET WATERS
Daniel Defoe is best known as the father of the modern novel. The son of a candlemaker, he worked hard to succeed in the literary world of 18th century London. But as an ambitious, prolific writer he had his enemies. One of them was the satirist Jonathan Swift. Though born into poverty in Dublin, Swift was related to landed gentry, and a rich uncle paid for his education at Trinity and Oxford. He was not a good student, but his talent was obvious, so he made it through. They were natural enemies, and Swift’s darkly funny novel, Gulliver’s Travels, was in part a parody of Defoe’s more earnest Robinson Crusoe.
For most of their careers, they were political antagonists. Defoe is considered one of the pioneers of liberal economic journalism. Swift was the leading pamphleteer for the Tory party, until it lost power and he moved back to Ireland.
In 1728, Defoe published The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children. He wrote about a common problem of the time, the infanticide and social neglect of illegitimate and abandoned children. He proposed the creation of orphanages that would find a social use for them.
A year later, Swift wrote A Modest Proposal. In this now classic piece of satire, he suggested that one possible solution to the excess of destitute children was for the rich to buy them and eat them for dinner.
There has always been debate among scholars about the real target of Swift’s essay. The popular interpretation is that it’s a satiric attack on the callous British gentry and a defense of Ireland’s poor. But there’s also a good argument to be made that it was, at least in part, a parody of the grand economic plan Defoe pioneered.
There’s not much about this in David Denby’s Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation. For Denby, Swift is the uncontested hero of a golden age of pure satire fuelled by nothing but a desire to afflict the rich and change society for the better. There’s no trace of snark in A Modest Proposal, Denby insists.
By “snark” Denby means “a strain of nasty, knowing abuse.” In short, insider innuendo. Much of his book is his interpretation of the history of satire and how it’s devolved into the snark that is “spreading like pinkeye through the national conversation.”
So it’s interesting to see the ways in which Swift actually fits Denby’s definition. Denby targets today’s anonymous bloggers who hide behind avatars to attack with impunity. Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels using a pseudonym. To write a series of satirical editorials, The Drapier’s Letters, he posed as a shopkeeper.
But this was typical of the age. The 18th century saw the dawn of modern publishing. It was an era seething in snark. If this isn’t common knowledge, it’s because, with rare exceptions, snark tends to fade into obscurity.
For this reason, it will always be hard to compare today’s snark level with yesterday’s. But there is one important difference. With the Internet, today’s snark is more easily published, archived and accessible. Here Denby has a point. There is vicious stuff being published and people are being hurt. Teenagers may not have the literary confidence to hold their own against cyber bullies, or the wisdom to realize that these attacks usually fade away.
But this discussion takes up about five pages of Snark. Far more of it is devoted to Denby’s snippy takedown of people whose sense of humour he considers inferior: Maureen Dowd, Tom Wolfe, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Wonkette, Gawker, Spy magazine… Most of the snark Denby attacks is a year or two old. It already feels stale and harmless. It’s hard to work up the same righteous lather Denby has clearly worked so hard to preserve.
The vague impression left, in the end, is of a book not likely to last beyond the writing it criticizes.
SNARK BY DAVID DENBY, SIMON &
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:07 | null | 2016-07-12T00:02:55 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fbombs-and-bus-uncle.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/bombs-and-bus-uncle | en | null | Bombs and Bus Uncle | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | >> An international conference at McGill deals with, among other things, the fleeting nature of privacy in the digital age
by PATRICK LEJTENYI
When the RCMP arrested 17 young Muslims in Toronto over the weekend, they told the media that investigators had been monitoring the suspects’ online chat room conversations for some time. While the content of their discussions hasn’t been revealed, the fact that they were picked up fairly easily speaks volumes about the ubiquity of technology, and how closely its use can be monitored by authorities, for better or for worse.
An international conference hosted by McGill this weekend will examine the role technology plays in our daily lives, with a focus on how it affects our notions of citizenship and discussions in the public sphere. Darin Barney, the Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship at McGill will run the 2006 Technology and Citizenship Symposium, with over 130 academics from around the world offering their thoughts on the ever-growing role technology plays in our daily lives.
World Wide Watch
In light of last weekend’s arrests, Barney says that most people are willing to trade privacy for increased security. “That’s the wager we’re asked to make,” he says. Pointing to the possible aversion of a catastrophic terrorist attack in a major metropolis is the kind of “justification that can work for middle-class, law-abiding ‘normal’ citizens, but the people who are swept up and arrested in these kinds of things tend to be relatively powerless and marginal.”
A “perfectly legitimate discussion that happens to be critical of our actions in the Mid-East,” says Barney, may be construed as possible terrorist activity. And while he is in no way condoning the use of violence, “It doesn’t mean we have to endorse what could be a long-term loss of legitimate political discussion because it may be considered an act of suspicion. We always have to keep that negative possibility in mind.”
But what’s more disturbing to Barney is the lack of citizen input into how daily technology is designed, developed and governed. “In some ways, technology is like legislation,” he says. “It represents power, and it sets limits on our permissions and prohibitions. But it’s also unlike legislation because citizens rarely get to participate in it. Even if our democratic system is terribly imperfect, there are ways citizens can engage it. But not with technology.” Ideally, he’d like to see some sort of citizen advisory committee that would alert corporations to possible hazards in the technology they develop.
“Not yet resolved!”
There are literally millions of other individuals also capable of intruding on our privacy. All they need is a camera phone.
Take Bus Uncle. The most popular YouTube clips last month, Bus Uncle—who’s since been identified, according to Wikipedia, as Roger Chan, 51—was captured by a fellow bus passenger using a camera phone as he loudly, and obscenely, berated Elvis Ho, 23, who had tapped his shoulder and asked to keep the volume down on his cell phone conversation. “I’ll fuck your mother!” Bus Uncle yells at the younger man, after telling him that, “Not yet resolved! Not yet resolved! … I face pressure. You face pressure. Why did you provoke me?” It may or may not say something about Chinese culture, but it is funny to watch. And having become a cultural catchphrase in Hong Kong, Bus Uncle’s ranting will probably become a boon for camera phone marketers.
Jacquelyn Burkell, an associate professor in the faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario, will be delivering a lecture at McGill on “Erasing Privacy: Camera Phones and the Marketing of Voyeurism.” She writes in an e-mail that advertisers are getting around legitimate questions about privacy by “making privacy concerns either invisible or irrelevant by showing how what looks like privacy violations may in fact be something entirely different … or may have few if any negative consequences.”
Regarding Bus Uncle—which she hadn’t seen when she e-mailed the Mirror—Burkell says advertisers can take advantage of potentially humiliating situations like that one by turning them into comedy. Also, they play up camera phone uses, like capturing someone committing an act of violence. “So we get two for one—camera phones make us feel good, and they do good things.”
In subsequent Hong Kong media Bus Uncle coverage, Chan was revealed as a welfare recipient living with five cats. Journalists reportedly took him out to dinner and karaoke bars after his attempts to apologize to Ho were rebuffed. | http://www.montrealmirror.com/bombs-and-bus-uncle | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/d4a765ad1672dc7f1c21e7283139730e91114933f16de4b2a7383f33e9717e1a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:51:06 | null | 2016-07-11T23:55:23 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Ffurious-at-the-incurious.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/furious-at-the-incurious | en | null | Furious at the incurious | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | >> Thought is hot, as far as TV on the Radio are concerned
MAKING WAVES: TV on the Radio
by RUPERT BOTTENBERG
They have a strong link with the great body of American poetry, especially Beat poetry,” says David Bowie about Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio, a band who’ve seen a meteoric rise in attention since their second full album, Return to Cookie Mountain, was released last fall. Like Arcade Fire, whose tune “Wake Up” was once graced by the Thin White Duke live, TVOTR’s already propulsive popularity was cemented by Bowie’s vocal contribution to “Province.”
Yes, TVOTR’s lyrics do bear the same emotionally evocative abstraction that once characterized beatnik verse, and they’re delivered in a densely layered derivation of doo-wop that attracts superlatives like “transcendental.” Add to that intricate electronics, complex grooves, shimmering sheets of guitar noise, even a thick hip hop remix of “Hours” care of El-P and an Afro-beat closer in “Things You Can Do,” and you’ve got a glorious sound that defies easy categorization. Or does it? To paraphrase some of Mr. Bowie’s older chums, it’s only rock ’n’ roll, but TVOTR like it.
Kyp Malone, the band’s big-haired, bearded bassist, guitarist and singer, has gone on record, bravely defending the band as pretentious and proud of it. “If it’s pretentious and it falls short of what it’s striving for, then I’m sorry. But without pretension, no one would do anything creative,” he told San Francisco’s Mesh Magazine.
“I’ve had arguments with people since then,” Malone informs me over a tour-bus cell phone, “who told me that the whole definition of pretentiousness is that you don’t succeed. But I don’t know, I don’t even care. I guess I’d rather strive for something. Doing something that’s totally middle of the road right now, in music or in anything, is… I’d really rather do nothing than just be in another Gang of Four rip-off band.
“I also think the bar has been set so low recently that what we’re doing… it’s not like we’re doing difficult songs. Even if you don’t get the lyrics to our songs, they’re still three-chord, four-chord songs. It’s like, if you use words in your lyrics that have more than three syllables, if you have polyrhythms, you’ve written a pretentious song.”
The pretension charge does smack of what’s often described these days as anti-intellectualism. “That’s how we got into the situation we’re in,” sighs Malone, “in foreign policy and everything.”
He’s referring less to a general sensibility than to one particularly noted anti-intellectual, a certain lame-duck American president for whom being correct never stood in the way of being right. Out of respect for Bush’s “incurious” character, the lyrics to TVOTR’s explicitly political post-Katrina protest tune “Dry Drunk Emperor” are uncharacteristically clear and to the point. Oh, and George, the tune is a free download (get your own at www.tgrec.com/bands/album.php?id=367), so it won’t add to that trillion-dollar deficit.
“I felt like it was kind of heavy-handed while I was writing it,” recalls Malone, “but we felt that the issue we were addressing was so obscene that it called for that kind of directness. There’s a lot you can do in trying to reach the sublime in writing, trying to make something accessible and universally applicable, so that people can project their own ideas onto whatever you’re writing, and make it their own. But when you’re trying to talk about a war, and the lives of thousands and thousands of people, and the lies too—it’s hard to try to talk quietly about that.”
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Saturday, March 3, 9 p.m., $22 | http://www.montrealmirror.com/furious-at-the-incurious | en | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/b3ba7c8cb1047c18cc639e789c7a941fab3f3ef06a5ed7cff23eae96600a10d2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:51:38 | null | 2016-07-12T01:24:03 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fcompersion-vs-cuckold.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/compersion-vs-cuckold | en | null | Compersion vs. cuckold | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | Dear Sasha, I was quite disconcerted with your reply to Desperate Puppy [“Cuckold Me,” Dec. 22], so much so that I feel compelled to respond. It was so very uncharacteristic of you, and not at all what I’ve “come to expect from this forum.” It makes me think that it might not have been you who wrote the reply. I believe it takes a great deal of courage and no less amount of trust to confide in your partner about your fantasies—because it can leave a person open to ridicule and seclusion. Maybe there’s more to her letter than was printed, but it seems to me that you tarred and feathered Desperate Puppy’s boyfriend and then slammed the door in his face.
Fantasizing about one’s spouse having sex with someone else is not just a guy thing. A few years ago you replied to a woman who, while having sex, continually imagined watching her man having sex with another woman. I believe she said it was the only way she could reach orgasm. It sort of changed my life. It made me feel less alone, and less like a freak. And the fact that it was a woman who wrote that let-ter…wow, how cool was that! Thank you for putting that one to print.
There’s a relevant term my wife and I came across while further exploring this particular fantasy. It’s called “compersion,” and we found it in Tristan Taormino’s book Opening Up. Yes, there could be an element of selfishness to it, but I assure you it’s NOT a macho thing. You might want to research it.
—Chris
Dear Chris, Fantasizing about one’s spouse having sex with someone else isn’t just a straight thing either. According to the name on his e-mail, Desperate Puppy is a man with a male partner. I know right? What in the world?! Like almost everyone, my feelings shift and evolve and devolve and transform from time to time; it is precisely because I write my own column that it is erratic and contradictory. Over the past 17 years, there are only a few occasions I can remember when I’ve handed over the reins.
1. Last year when I was in Montreal, after having spent the night playing a game called “Floor Vodka” with a bunch of very bad women, I paid a friend 50 dollars to answer one of the questions. Before you fire off another disillusioned missive, let me assure you that she’s an award-winning writer and generally a very reflective person. I’ll just say Governor General award and nominee and we’ll leave it at that.
2. When I publish extra long quotes or extra long letters because I’m not in a good frame of mind to write my column, polyamorist BDSM brainiac Andrea Zanin is excellent at writing my column for me. She doesn’t know it but when I was languishing with undiagnosed POF she wrote my column at least twice. The simple fact is, I’ve had my column for longer than I lived at home. I get fed up of it hanging around waiting for answers like some sort of horny teenager, especially when I have to go through times where my own horniness has been compromised. It is at times like this when I want to punch the word “compersion” in the ass.
Chris, I’ve read Tristan’s book and I think it contains a lot of really important information about exploring different relationship models. But as I understand it, compersion is not the same as fantasizing about your partner fucking someone else and wanting all the gory details to expedite your own fantasies. Compersion is often defined by polyamorists as the opposite of jealousy. One of the distinguishing qualities of compersion might be the profound relief you feel that you’re actually not exploding with jealousy at the idea of your partner having sex with someone else. While you may very well be happy for your partner, you are also happy that you aren’t feeling like you want to collapse from heartache. It’s the wondrous sensation of a truth being revealed to you that defies the one you’ve been told all your life. And it is extra awesome because you sought that truth out on your own, despite some pretty intense obstacles.
What Desperate Puppy’s boyfriend wants seems more along the lines of using his boyfriend as a lightening rod for a fantasy he has about watching him fuck someone else. He doesn’t want to be happy that his boyfriend is fucking other men. He wants to be horny that his boyfriend is fucking other people. He wants his boyfriend to fuck other people primarily for his pleasure, not Desperate Puppy’s pleasure. | http://www.montrealmirror.com/compersion-vs-cuckold | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/aea9d2d4b02e1fff4f387458e188a4afc1432d93040e7fb2e1745a21bd9f9509.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:37 | null | 2016-07-11T23:47:32 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fmarginal-characters.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/marginal-characters | en | null | Marginal characters | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | A guide to some of Canada’s lesser-known political parties
In 1993 the government of Kim Campbell, concerned about the rise of Reform and other grassroots movements, attempted to clamp down on the rise of new political partiesand to kill off some of the old ones. The result: a new Elections Act that requires candidates to pay a $1,000 deposit to run for office, and parties to run at least 50 candidates in order to be officially recognized–otherwise, donations cannot be deducted on tax returns.
As a result of these draconian measures, the Rhinoceros Party will be boycotting this election, robbing the campaign of its sense of humour. But many other smaller parties will still be on the ballot, tax-deductible donations or not. From the loopy to the revolutionary, Canada does offer a wide range of political choices–provided you’re willing to step out of the mainstream.
Canadian Action Party
Usually you might expect new political parties to be started by either a political junkie (à la Mel Hurtig) or a policy wonk (à la Preston Manning). But Paul Hellyer, leader of the new Canadian Action Party (CAP), has a pretty impressive résumé: he’s a former cabinet minister in the Trudeau, Pearson and St. Laurent (!) governments.
The 73-year-old Hellyer came out of retirement because “the Liberals are no longer Liberals. I never thought I would live to see the day. Paul Martin’s father must be rolling in his grave. Three conservative parties in this country is two more than we need.”
The main plank of CAP’s platform is a promise to beef up the Bank of Canada’s role in the economy. Hellyer would have the Central Bank create $10 billion of new money, give 50 per cent to the provinces and use the rest for federal programs. “Right now,” Hellyer says, “all new money in the economy is created by private banks–and all that money is created as debt. Whoever manufactures the money has the power.”
If this platform sounds complicated, that’s because it is. To help explain himself, Hellyer sank $270,000 of his own money to produce a comic book that explains what he’s talking about. To order one, call (416) 535-4144. Philip Preville
Green Party
Parties who come out against industry and against the very concept of economic growth are not exactly cash magnets. During the last federal election, the Green Party campaigned with $970,000–about 10 per cent of what the Liberals spent. “It’s very difficult to make money in this society if you criticize government and industry,” says Green Party leader Joan Russow, almost naïvely. “This has got to change.”
The Green Party stands for environmental and social justice, human rights, preventing armed conflict (it calls for a 50-per-cent reduction in military spending) and creating socially equitable and environmentally sound jobs. It also advocates “limits to growth” in the economy, and this, more than any other policy, makes it a very different animal from the NDP, whose funding comes in large part from private-sector unions.
While the Green Party’s strongholds are in B.C. and Ontario, Russow will be in Quebec this week to drum up some candidates. Interested people should call her at (250) 598-0071. Jacquie Charlton
Communist Party of Canada
As a gift for the Communist Party of Canada (CPC)’s 75th anniversary this year, leader Miguel Figueroa simply wishes not to be associated with some of the more hardcore musings of that other Communist party, the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). “Some people find it necessary to wear a hammer and sickle on their foreheads,” Figueroa says, “but we don’t.”
The CPC’s platform for this campaign is far more reformist than it is revolutionary. Their key issue: implementing a mandatory four-day (32-hour) workweek, with no loss of pay or benefits. He’s already prepared for the criticism. “People will say, ‘Oh, businesses won’t invest here if we do that.’ But they said the same thing when we went to the five-day workweek at the turn of the century and things went just fine.”
Figueroa says that as profits rise while total employment falls, the shorter workweek is the only answer. “The real question is: who will benefit from the fruits of labour-saving industrial technology, corporations or labour?”
With only 15 candidates across the country, the CPC will have only one candidate in Quebec. Figueroa doesn’t know who yet, but he knows where: Laurier/Ste-Marie, the riding currently held by former Communist Gilles Duceppe. Philip Preville
Canadian National Alliance
Ken Fernandez is the political junkie’s political junkie. At age 28, this recent McGill law graduate has his own political consulting company, knows the policy process inside out, leads his own nascent political party and does skilled impressions of both Jean Chrétien and Pierre Trudeau. “I even did Trudeau for Trudeau when I met him,” Fernandez says.
By his description, the Canadian National Alliance (CNA) is a group of “Trudeauite Liberals” who have banded together to promote the old man’s ideas about national unity and nationhood itself.
The CNA stands firmly against distinct society status for Quebec and sees decentralization as part of the dismantling of Canada. Some of his arguments are compelling; others, well… not so compelling. “The federal government won the 1995 referendum by only two percentage points on purpose, in order to shove distinct society down our throats,” he says. “I don’t buy the idea that the feds were surprised by the results. Chrétien has over 30 years of political experience. He had to know what was going on.” Philip Preville
Natural Law Party
Natural Law leader Neil Patterson is unsure whether or not magician Doug Henning, his star candidate in the 1993 election, will run this year. But one thing is for sure: if Natural Law ever formed a government, Patterson would be the most “intelligent” Prime Minister Canada ever had. He is, after all, a PhD in the Science of Creative Intelligence–a discipline created by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi himself.
“We believe that all human consciousness emerges from the pure, unified field of natural law,” Dr. Patterson says. “Transcendental meditation and yogic flying help tap into natural law, and their widespread application has positive effects on all surrounding human consciousness.
“These techniques have been scientifically proven to reduce crime, prevent illness and improve economic performance. These are all the responsibilities of government, and government is a phenomenon of knowledge; hence, we believe the government has an obligation to use natural law.”
I mention to Dr. Patterson that the increased use of heroin has also been proven to reduce crime. He remains impervious. “If I had told you 100 years ago that we would be able to talk on a phone across vast distances, you would have thought I should be put in a mental institution or something.” He apparently has no idea what I’m thinking right now. Philip Preville | http://www.montrealmirror.com/marginal-characters | en | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/6c6de2317c65e3cdf743d05873be7159e8cb9cbeb6afaf97a8477b6fcee2e462.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:49:30 | null | 2016-07-12T01:26:04 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fworking-for-an-adult-shop.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/working-for-an-adult-shop | en | null | Working for an adult shop | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | By Claudia Cunningham
Chris is the owner and operator of the Australian adult shop SexToys247.net.au – they sell all manner of sex toys, vibrators, dildos, dongs, anal toys, toys for men, toys for women, fetish toys, lingerie, and all of the essentials like, lubricants and condoms. If it’s sold in the adult industry then there is a good chance that they’ve sold one or many of them.
Since opening their online website in 2009 they’ve had over 5 million visitors to their website, and over 150,000 orders – they are considered one of the biggest adult stores in Australia. So, if you’ve bought a sex toy in Australia in the last 7 years then there is a good chance you have visited their website, and at least perused their range.
This expose article is about interviewing a worker from an adult shop and finding out what it’s like to work there – is it really kinky? “No, says Chris. Basically once you get over the initial giggle factor, then it’s all just products and there is nothing sexual or kinky about it. We sell products, and while those products are designed to deliver orgasms to our customers, they don’t in any way shape or form excite us when we’re working on packing or dispatching them. Upshot is that it’s very professional – maybe the best way to to explain it is that you wouldn’t expect your doctor to giggle when explaining something sexual to them!”.
SexToys247.net.au stock a vast, and I mean VAST range of toys – I’ve seen their warehouse and literally there are thousands of racks of products. They use a custom inventory management system to organise their stock, and process orders fast and without error. A complex order and prodyct barcode system match items to orders, to ensure correct delivery on orders. Their system also seamlessly integrates with their website, and also with Australia Post and TOLL Australia. Chris says, “All of this might seem like over kill for a few orders, but we’re not talking small scale, we’re making sure customers get the right products in their orders, and get them fast.” – all SexToys247 orders are sent Express Post around Australia.
If you work as a postie for Australia Post you’ve probably seen one of their parcels, but simply wouldn’t know it as Sex Toys 247 pack them in plain satchels, with no labelling, to ensure complete privacy.
Q: So what’s it like working for an adult store? – “It’s fun!”, says Chris. “We have a good time chatting and discussing and given we work in a very sexually liberated industry, no topics are taboo. You should hear some of the honest conversations our pickers and packers have! I love that they feel so comfortable at work, enough to talk about their own sex lives without fear of being judged. Our work place is 50/50 men and women, and as I said, professional but fun. We don’t stand for intolerance or joking at the expense of other people.”
Q: What are some of the best toys for men? – “Well, that’s a tricky one. We always recommend good quality silicone masturbators and cock rings, and preferably ones with a vibrating component to them. Vibrators just help make orgasms better, longer, stronger and to be honest, way more intense. Buy a vibrating masturbator or cock ring. If you’re into trying out prostate massage then LELO have released some new toys which are exceptional in quality. Also, Tenga are great.” Checkout their masturbators here, and their cock rings range.
Q: What are some of the best toys for women? – “This is tricky – women have a lot more dials and buttons to push to reach orgasm, far more than men. I tend to look at it in terms of the type of pleasure you like – self reflect on if you like g-spot stimulation, clitoral or both. For g-spot stimulation choose an internal vibrator, classic styling, with a slight curve. If you like clitoral stimulation, then choose a clitoral vibrator, and if you think you like a bit of both, then rabbit vibrators are the go, as they give a bit of everything!” Checkout their rabbit vibrators here, and clitoral vibrators here. “Of course, brand wise, we’re all recommending LELO, Svakom and Fun Factory – All good European brands, with a proven history of making top quality toys to the highest of standards. Choose from those brands and you can’t go wrong.”, says Chris.
Best toys for couples? – “We-Vibe and LELO – there aren’t many choices, but the ones there are, are excellent.”.
Q: Any thoughts on what someone would do to join the adult toy industry? – “That’s a good questions, I’d recommend contacting the suppliers, and manufacturers of the bigger brands, and see if they have opening and positions available. Shops and stores are also a good places to work, and gain a ton of product knowledge – a must in this industry. You have to know your products, and brands to get far!”
Well, there you have it .. doesn’t sound so kinky after all. It’s just another product based industry!
Brands mentioned in article:
Tenga Global Site
LELO Sweden
Svakom
Fun factory | http://www.montrealmirror.com/working-for-an-adult-shop | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/7daac5998e7d76ac4038b82a8b070df8f315598a7413c91e7dc818198fb585cd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:04 | null | 2016-07-11T23:43:12 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fliving-dread.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/living-dread | en | null | Living dread - Montreal Mirror | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | The return of punky reggae queen Ari Up
by LORRAINE CARPENTER
“When you’re in a revolution and you set the pace, it’s very easy to lose the path,” she says. With a new solo album, an impending Slits reunion and a celebrated dancehall persona on the side, Ari Up is the mistress of her domain, but as a wounded veteran of England’s punk avant-garde, she knows the rise-and-fall routine well.
The daughter of a rich German publisher, Arianna Forster was raised in a bohemian household in London, where her mother Nora entertained guests such as Joe Strummer, who gave Arianna her first guitar lesson, and Johnny Rotten, who married Nora in the midst of Sex Pistols mania.
Fusing primitive punk and dub reggae, the Slits formed when Arianna was only 14, eventually touring with the Clash, recording Peel sessions and two studio albums, Cut and Return of the Giant Slits. But the young, self-managed, all-female band was plagued by personnel, business and credibility crises, suffering a premature split in 1981.
“We were just girls trying to do this shit all on our own,” says Ari Up, adding that they were too busy “surviving crucifixions” to keep it together. “It was us against the world, basically.”
Aside from the rise of hip hop, the singer was disgusted by music in the ’80s, particularly new wave and its MTV gloss. With her husband and their young twins in tow, Ari Up escaped, not just from the dire music scenes and the depressed cities they thrived in, but from civilization altogether. For eight years, the family lived with tribes in the jungles of Borneo and Belize, a lifestyle Ari Up had thus far only explored artistically, through the Slits’ tribal rhythms and “naked female nature” photography.
“We were messing around with that whole ideology of being in touch with how a female might be when she strips down from all the conditioning of this society,” she says.
The family later relocated to a remote area of Jamaica, and finally to Kingston, where Ari Up dove dreads-first into the dancehall scene, gaining fame as a vocalist, dancer and fashion designer called Madussa.
“I think it’s shit, but they gave me that name because my hair reminded them of the Greek snake person,” she says. “Instead of Medusa, I made it Madussa, being that I’m considered crazy anyway. But it’s good to be mad in Jamaica because no one fucks with you.”
Now living with her youngest son between Kingston and Brooklyn, “world citizen” Ari Up is relieved to be back on the road with her band the True Warriors, supporting her rebel dancehall LP, More Dread Dan Dead. “My first choice would be to just constantly be on tour, and my home would be the world” she says.
After five Canadian dates, Ari Up will return to the U.K. to work on a brand new Slits EP featuring the band’s founding bassist, Tessa Pollitt. “We’re doing a new Slits with new members and a new format – we’re not doing a vintage or anything, but using the old school with the new school,” she says, forecasting a fusion of her punk and dancehall stylees.
“We’ve never accomplished our mission. We’ve become a legend now, which is good, but we’ve gotta do a little more with that legend.” | http://www.montrealmirror.com/living-dread | en | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/fde0c5903bf4fec7ee662e5a341d14d9914aa70da7ebed0e386da6489e2ad42c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:00 | null | 2016-07-12T01:08:21 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Fcuckold-me.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/cuckold-me | en | null | Cuckold me - Montreal Mirror | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | Dear Sasha, I have a problem with my boyfriend’s fantasy. I don’t know if I’m the one freaking out, but he has a thing about me having sex with another guy or even telling him when I find a man hot. In my view, this is just wrong. I wouldn’t want him to do that, but at the same time I feel selfish because I can’t fully satisfy his needs. We tried to watch porn while having sex and what turns him on is when I stare at the screen and imagine that I’m having sex with the guy from the video. It’s been a while since we’ve done anything like this and he hasn’t told me anything about doing those kinds of things. We had a couple of fights regarding this and I feel bad afterwards because I want to meet his sexual needs. I don’t know how to balance this issue. Please help me.
—Desperate Puppy
Dear Desperate, What we’ve got on our hands here is a classic cuckold fantasy. Of course there’s a jillion theories about how this one got started but let me explain what I know about it in the elegant and methodical terms, that you’ve all come to expect from this forum.
The term cuckold comes from the cuckoo bird. The female of this species has been known to lay her eggs in other cuckoos’ nests so that she can go party while someone else sees to her brood. In human terms what this boils down to is if a woman flew the coop and went out to party without protection or discretion, her husband would be known as a cuckold because he could never be certain if the kids he was raising were his own. The origins of the term are derogatory; the implication is that the man is a fool that everyone knows is a fool.
How this becomes a fetish is as easy to explain as any other weird ass thing people like to do. We do what excites us and what excites us is often something that takes us careening into a part of our brain that we don’t get to spend a lot of time in because it’s ancient and defies language and is hard to get to under mundane circumstances.
The survival of any species depends on strength and getting in there and getting the job done. I bet your boyfriend likes the idea of you fucking other guys because, in that part of his brain where he’s a great horned buck teetering on the verge of extinction, he needs to get in there after that other guy and make you his. He’s gotta fuck that guy’s semen out of the way so that his can win. He’s the man! Yee haw! (Picture him posing majestically on a cliff after he’s just flouted death one more time).
You want to satisfy your boyfriend? Tell him about all the people you fucked on the way to work—in bathrooms, back alleys and pool halls. Tell him you were positively glistening with semen and that you could barely get it all off before you got to the office. Let him know that you know what the deal is and that part of that deal is his rewarding you equally for your understanding and generosity.
Dear Sasha i was just wondering if you think it’s weird that i’m very attracted to girls with really hairy cunts it really turns me on i’ve seen it in porn movies and with usually asian women when i see a clean shaved women it dosen’t turn me on as much but i love seeing pussy bushy or not.I love to see brunnettes mostly dark haired women whith a hairy one i know women shave for hygenic reasons which is great but i would love to see a girl whith a full bush.Another thing is thongs the girl could be unattractive but if shes rocking a thong I get a nice feeling in my dick just wanted your opinion thanks.
—Andrew
Actually Andrew what I find weird is that you use no punctuation or caps that drives me fucking insane and it’s sure to drive any girl you’re trying to date hairy cunt thong or not insane as well when I’m looking online for dates and someone gets in touch with me who does this I delete their profile immediately and secretly want to kick them in the nuts for 10 minutes straight I hope that’s something you like too | http://www.montrealmirror.com/cuckold-me | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/9f3331930fa39eef47ecd7d4cdfce18562f9a81922d79854d20956addb69c773.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:35 | null | 2016-07-11T23:50:55 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montrealmirror.com%2Ftwo-eggs-overly-easy.json | http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/clubland04_4_2.jpg | en | null | Two eggs, overly easy | null | null | www.montrealmirror.com | Where the breakfast is topless and coffee is bottomless
by SARAH MUSGRAVE
To step through the door of a serveuses sexy joint is to enter a strange limbo land that hovers permanently between the night before and the morning after. From the outside, the windows are dark and impenetrable. Inside, these shadowy scoff-and-skin establishments bustle all day long with motomullets and blue-collar crews taking full advantage of slapdown food, sitdown porn and lowdown prices. There’s something distinctly Made in Quebec about the breast-fast experience, where the urge for flesh and the urge for food clash in front of topless waitresses serving bottomless cups of coffee. Perhaps the weirdest part is that when a naked woman stands before you, you feel you should be dropping cutlery instead of using it to dig into a Western omelette.
Les Princesses Super Sexy
First of all, get your banners straight: are the girls here “super sexy” or “très très sexy”? The satellite atop this boxy building competes with the semi-erect Olympic Stadium tower nearby. Within, blonde on redhead kink competes with sports on wall-mounted TVs. Three girls work peak hours: one brunette was the girl next door (no, unfortunately, the other next door) while a little blonde in stacked sandals looked like a human version of My Little Pony. We got the hottest server, with a real nice smile like it’s 1972.
Le Camionneur (“The Trucker”) breakfast provides three eggs, three meats, French toast and fèves au lard. Daily lunch specials feature spaghetti boulette or inexplicable crab quiche, start with chicken and rice soup and end with the holy dessert trinity: Jello, sugar pie or pudding chômeur. Meals are served on moulded plastic plates, just like in the hospital! Coffee is $2, beer is $2.50 – your call. 4970 Hochelaga, 255-0003; 5 a.m. to midnight weekdays, 9 p.m. weekends
Chez Lidia,
Serveuses Super Sexy
The door swings open from the street right onto the counter, where one full-on nude girl attends to customers. Her only coverings are her heavy black shoes and the elastics on her long blonde pigtails. The perkiest waitress we encountered, she giggles and jiggles between tables in the long, narrow room outfitted with mirrors to better watch her cum and go. While the owner/impresario works the grill in a lab coat, TVs feature hot birdcage scenes of leatherette women trying to break through the bars to give blowjobs to studly men – just like in real life.
While some Houellebecquian clients merely drink beer and smoke, hamburger steaks and other specials are available for lunch and dinner. Breakfast comes with a choice of white or crusty bread and fresh fruit: orange, tomato or banana. The waitress suggests bananas – they’re her favourite! 2205 Rosemont E., 723-7772, Mon. to Sat. 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Resto Bistro,
Les Courtisanes
A truly retro endroit, with cozy booth seating, soaps on TV instead of porn and atmospheric lighting from Venetian blinds playing over dark walls. The vintage waitress – M-m-m-mommy? – may have gotten a senior’s discount on her boob job. She sports white running shoes, a belt, black garter, and tats on both tits, one of which says “mon amour” (yeah, baby, that means you). Keys on a string tourniqueted around her upper arm tinkle when she moves.
All-day breakfast options include the one-egged Le Solitaire (aka Just Kill Me Now) and the McMuffin Les Courtisanes, fairly palatable if you can overlook the ashen potatoes and anaemic coffee. For full meals, check the “international” section of the menu, where a pic of an Asian nudie thoughtfully graces the list of clichéd Chinese dishes. 2533 Ste-Catherine E., 523-3170, daily 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | http://www.montrealmirror.com/two-eggs-overly-easy | en | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | www.montrealmirror.com/f532b79992dfff2ac9d87fb076f2bcaed635ac703acabe76224e8bc4a34b324a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:36 | null | 2016-08-20T11:40:33 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Findia-must-take-bold-steps-to-bolster-afghan-defense-capabilities-karzai-01733.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | India must take bold steps to bolster Afghan defense capabilities: Karzai | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Sat Aug 20 2016, 11:40 am
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said India must take bold steps to bolster the capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).
Karzai made the remarks while speaking to a group of Indian reporters in New Delhi during his visit to the country.
“India should be a lot bolder in meeting the military needs of Afghanistan. I want India to take bold steps, and put caution behind, to bolster Afghan defence capabilities,” he was quoted as saying in a report by The Indian Express newspaper.
The former Afghan President further added “India was considerate of the views of Pakistan, surprisingly, and also of the views of the US, at that time. I want India to have its own considerations, its own interests and be mindful of its own relations with Afghanistan.”
According to Karzai, India is ideally located to provide Afghanistan necessary defence equipment, military hardware and training to our army.
The current government has provided some helicopters but we would want them to do more, Karzai said, addding that “We don’t want Indian soldiers in Afghanistan. It has to b‘ ‘your equipment, our manpower’.”
The remarks by Karzai came as the top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson welcomed India’s support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), specifically with the last year’s delivery of Mi-25 gunship helicopters.
During a visit to New Delhi, Gen. Nicholson hailed India’s contributions to boost the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force by supplying Mi-25 gunships and said the U.S. is in favour of India providing greater security assistance to Afghanistan.
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[] | 2016-08-27T06:50:01 | null | 2016-08-27T11:16:33 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fpakistan-grants-2000-scholarships-to-afghan-students-official-01782.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Pakistan grants 2,000 scholarships to Afghan students: Official | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Sat Aug 27 2016, 11:16 am
A Pakistani official has said scholarships have been granted to at least 2,000 Afghan students in different colleges in the country including engineering and medical.
Abdul Qadir Baloch has informed regarding the approval of the scholarships to the Afghan students, according to local media reports in Pakistan.
Speaking to media in Pakistan, Baloch said over 7,000 Afghan students were presently studying in Pakistan on self-finance basis.
Baloch further added that over 30,000 Afghans who had completed their education in Pakistan were now serving their country at different government departments, military and multi-national companies.
In other parts of his speech, Baloch said all those who had married Afghan women could get citizenship in accordance with the government policies.
“A summary has been already moved to the prime minister for relaxing all those Afghan refugees who had properties or businesses in Pakistan,” he was quoted as saying in a report by The Daily Times newspaper.
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[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:09 | null | 2016-08-29T20:51:08 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fus-steps-up-training-of-afghan-air-force-personnel-01797.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | US steps up training of Afghan Air Force personnel | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 29 2016, 8:51 pm
The United states has stepped up training of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) personnel to help boost the air power of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) amid deteriorating security sitaution across the country.
The training of the AAF personnel comes as Afghanistan received several rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft from the United States and other allies but there are concerns regarding the lack of human resources to handle and utilize the equipment properly.
The AAF personnel are being trained at two school houses located outside Afghanistan and the United States which are being run with $11.2 billion funds of the US army, located in United Arab Emirates and Czech Republic.
Trent Morrow, a business development executive at Raytheon, a industry giant preparing to graduate the Afghan Air Force personnel, said “This is the first full-scale program of both the Czech schoolhouse and the UAE.”
“Just now, we’re hitting stride,” Morrow told Military.com during an interview at the Farnborough International Air Show in England in July.
According to the paper, to date, 87 Afghan officers have graduated from both school houses, he said. Now, 111 students are in various training phases at both locations, with another 125 scheduled to enter by the end of the year.
The schools offer both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft instruction, taught by American instructors on commercial training aircraft.
Morrow further added that the courses begin with English language training that emphasizes technical terminology, as English is the international language of aviation, Morrow said.
“In most cases, [the officers] have to learn some of the technical English in order to function, to get through just flying an aircraft,” Morrow said. “And then we progress through the general skills up through what it takes for them to graduate both rotary-wing and fixed-wing training.”
According to Morrow, the majority of the students have had no previous flight time and requirements are determined by the Afghan Air Force, as are the candidates sent to the school houses. On average, he said, officers spend between nine and 10 months in training before returning to the force.
Training continues at the schools as the fledgling air force makes historic strides. In April, U.S. officials said Afghan pilots trained in the U.S. had conducted their first-ever fixed-wing close air support missions, flying A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft purchased under a U.S. contract. In all, the Afghan Air Force will receive 20 A-29s by 2018.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:47 | null | 2016-08-12T08:35:31 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fconflicting-reports-suggest-release-of-pakistani-helicopter-crew-in-afghanistan-01680.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Conflicting reports suggest release of Pakistani helicopter crew in Afghanistan | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Fri Aug 12 2016, 8:35 am
conflicting reports have emerged regarding the release of the abducted crew members of a Pakistani helicopter which crash-landed in Logar province of Afghanistan last week.
According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the crew members, including 5 Pakistanis and a Russian national were relocated.
Geo News reported that the freed crew members were relocated to Pakistan but the Afghan authorities have not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as officials in Foreign Office of Pakistan said Thursday that that the crew of a Punjab government helicopter that crash-landed in Afghanistan last week is safe and efforts for its rescue are continuing.
“As informed by the Afghan side, the crew members are safe,” FO spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at his weekly media briefing on Thursday.
The helicopter made an emergency landing in the restive Azra district of Logar province on 4th August.
The Pakistani authorities said the helicopter crashed while it was flying to Russia for maintenance and seven crew members, including a Russian navigator, were taken hostage by a group of militants.
Both Russian and Pakistani governments have been making efforts for the release of the hostages.
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[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T15:09:25 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fafghan-intelligence-rescued-australian-aid-worker-during-a-special-raid-01793.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Afghan intelligence rescued Australian aid worker during a special raid | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 29 2016, 3:09 pm
The Australian aid worker was released during a special military operation conducted by the operatives of the Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS).
NDS said the special operation was conducted in Nangarahr province but did not elaborate further regarding the exact location.
According to NDS several people have been arrested during the operation in connection to the hostage taking of the aid worker and an investigation is underway regarding the case.
Kerry Jane Wilson was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from the vicinity of Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province four months ago.
Julie Bishop, the foreign minister of Australia, earlier thanked the Afghan authorities for securing the release of the aid worker.
“”I confirm that Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Afghanistan in April this year, has been released, and she is now safe and well. I am relieved for Kerry Jane, and her family with whom I have remained in close contact,” Bishop said.
Ms Bishop further added “I deeply appreciate the work of the authorities in Afghanistan whose support and assistance facilitated her release, as well as Australian consular staff who continue to provide assistance to Ms Wilson and her family.”
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility for the abduction of the aid worker. However, it is believed that her abductors were likely local criminals interested in making money rather than hardcore extremists such as Taliban.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:57:08 | null | 2016-08-25T20:51:58 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fafghanistan-receives-4-new-light-attack-helicopters-from-us-01776.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Afghanistan receives 4 new light attack helicopters from US | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Thu Aug 25 2016, 8:51 pm
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) received four new light attack helicopters from the United States on Thursday as efforts are underway to boost the capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).
The delivery of the four new MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters on Thursday brings the number of the total helicopters delivered to the Afghan forces to 27.
“The first 13 helicopters continue to be modified to support 2.75-inch rocket capabilities and add the improved sighting systems,” Lt. Col. Bill Ashford, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron commander quoted in a report by Dvidshub said.
“The MD-530s are flying multiple missions a day across Afghanistan,” said Ashford. “They are often engaged in providing aerial escort to convoys, providing over-watch to ANDSF operations and responding to ‘troops in contact’ situations.”
MD-530 combat missions are flown by all AAF crews. According to Col. Troy Henderson, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group commander, those Afghan pilots are making a big difference in the fight against insurgents.
“AAF MD-530 pilots are positively impacting counter-insurgency operations daily across Afghanistan,” said Henderson. “Despite being based at Kabul, MD-530 operations have expanded to support south, central and eastern Afghanistan. Today’s delivery of the final four will help support operations in northern Afghanistan.”
Henderson said the MD-530s are the right size for their mission in Afghanistan.
“The MD-530’s size enables the AAF to use their C-130s to transport where they are needed,” said Henderson. “They have great maneuverability and capable weapon systems to target a variety of enemy targets. Their presence in Afghanistan has been critical to neutralizing insurgent operations.”
The MD-530 is providing a critical air-to-ground capability, enabling Afghan pilots to engage the enemy.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:29 | null | 2016-08-16T19:32:02 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Ftaliban-execute-6-people-on-charges-of-supporting-the-government-01706.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Taliban execute 6 people on charges of supporting the government | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Tue Aug 16 2016, 7:32 pm
The Taliban militants have executed at least six people on charges of supporting the Afghan government in western Farah province of Afghanistan.
Local security officials said Tuesday the men were executed in Bakwa district on Monday, days after they were kidnapped by the militants.
According to the preliminary reports, at least five of the victims were members of the security institution while the 6th victim was an ordinary civilian.
Provincial police chief Mohammad Ghaus Maliar said they are aware of the reports regarding th execution of six peole by the Taliban militants in Bakwa district.
However the anti-government armed militant groups including the Taliban insurgents have not commented regarding the report so far.
According to reports, the main highway from where the victims were abducted has sharply deteriorated during the recent months where the
Talian insurgents are often kidnapping people on charges of working for the government.
The Taliban insurgents have also started taking hostages in other parts of the country including the northern Kunduz province where around 200 passengers were abducted by the Taliban nearly three months ago.
The passengers were abducted as they were travelling on the main highway in Kunduz but majority of them were released after they were interrogated while some others were kept as hostage and many more were executed.
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[] | 2016-08-31T12:53:40 | null | 2016-08-31T16:25:24 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fafghanistan-airlifts-fresh-fruits-to-india-as-pakistan-closes-land-route-01811.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Afghanistan airlifts fresh fruits to India as Pakistan closes land route | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Wed Aug 31 2016, 4:25 pm
Afghanistan has reached to an agreement with India to airlift trade commodities as tensions remain persistent between Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Durand Line.
Officials in Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) have said the agreement was reached with India after closure of land route by Pakistan incurred millions in loss to the Afghan traders.
Deputy ACCI Chief Khan Jan Alokozay said some commodities including fresh fruits left for India on Tuesday and the Indian government has agreed to exempt Afghanistan from taxes, specifically on fresh fruits.
This comes as the main land transit route remains blocked for the past two weeks along Durand Line located near Chaman.
The gate was closed after the Pakistani officials claimed that some of the Afghan demnstrators attacked the check post in Friendship Gate and set the Pakistani flag on fire.
Numerous attempts have been made to resolve the issue and reopen the crossing but no breakthrough has been made so far.
The NATO supplies and cross border trade activities were also suspended on 10th consecutive day on Saturday.
Earlier tensions intensified between the two neighboring countries on several occassions during the past recent months, mainly due to the establishment of gates and other installations.
The Afghan and Pakistani forces exchanged fire in Torkham earlier in June which resulted in to the closure of the gate for several days.
Both the Afghan and Pakistani forces suffered casualties during the clashes that erupted due to the construction of a gate by Pakistan which the Afghan officials called a unilateral move and against a bilateral agreement between the two nations.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:59:36 | null | 2016-08-23T09:35:30 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fexplosion-targets-afghan-nato-forces-patrol-3-policemen-wounded-01756.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Explosion targets Afghan, NATO forces patrol, 3 policemen wounded | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Tue Aug 23 2016, 9:35 am
An explosion targeted the Afghan and the NATO forces in Bagram district of northern Parwan province late on Monday evening, local officials said.
The NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission confirmed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack targeted the Afghan army vehicle during a partnered patrol.
RS further added that no Resolute Support or US soldiers were hurt in the attack.
In the meantime the local security officials in Bagram district said a suicide bomber detonated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) near a convoy of the US forces.
The officials further added that three policemen sustained injuries in the attack that took place around 6 pm local tme in Qala-e-Nasro area.
Accroding to the officials, the police forces were escorting the convoy when it came under the attack.
The anti-government armed militant groups including the Taliban insurgents have not commented regarding the report so far.
Taliban insurgents and miliants belonging to the insurgent groups are actively operating in a number of the remote districts of Parwan province, including the Bagram district.
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[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:49 | null | 2016-08-29T09:51:09 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fafghan-leaders-agree-on-key-issues-to-resolve-tensions-ceos-office-01791.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Afghan leaders agree on key issues to resolve tensions: CEO’s Office | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 29 2016, 9:51 am
The leaders of the Government of National Unity met for third time to resolve tensions as the Office of the Chief Executive (CEO) said the two leaders have reached to agreements on key points.
The latest meeting between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah was organized as the two leaders have already met for two times in the past.
The meetings were organized in a bid to ease tensions that sparked following a controversial statement delivered by CEO Abdullah earlier this month.
Abdullah made the remarks, calling President Ghani as unfit for the office, during a gathering in Kabul as he was addressing a group of young people in his office garden.
The Chief Executive said he had struggled to achieve much progress with President Ghani during the two years of their government on the issue of electoral reform.
He said President Ghani is not having time for him even in months so that he can have one-on-one meeting with him.
Abdullah insisted that “if someone does not have the patience for discussion, then they are not fit for the presidency, either.”
According to the Office of the Chief Executive, the two leaders agreed regarding electoral reforms, distribution of electronic ID cards, establishment of committee for the modification of constitution, and designation of committee members overview the implementation of the political agreement.
The Office of the CEO said further announcements will be made during the week regarding the breakthroughs achieved during the three meetings between the government leaders.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:51:44 | null | 2016-08-29T08:41:50 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fkidnapped-australian-aid-worker-released-in-afghanistan-01789.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Kidnapped Australian aid worker released in Afghanistan | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 29 2016, 8:41 am
An Australian aid worker was released four months after she went missing in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
The authorities in Australia informed regarding the release of Kerry Jane Wilson on Monday but no further details were given regarding the circumstance surrounding her release.
Julie Bishop, the foreign minister of Australia, thanked the Afghan authorities for securing the release of the aid worker.
“”I confirm that Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Afghanistan in April this year, has been released, and she is now safe and well. I am relieved for Kerry Jane, and her family with whom I have remained in close contact,” Bishop said.
Ms Bishop further added “I deeply appreciate the work of the authorities in Afghanistan whose support and assistance facilitated her release, as well as Australian consular staff who continue to provide assistance to Ms Wilson and her family.”
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility for the abduction of the aid worker. However, it is believed that her abductors were likely local criminals interested in making money rather than hardcore extremists such as Taliban.
“To protect those who remain captive or face the risk of kidnapping in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the Government will not comment on the circumstances of Kerry Jane’s release. Her family has asked for privacy,” Ms Bishop said.
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[] | 2016-08-30T04:52:30 | null | 2016-08-30T07:49:00 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fnaderi-hails-entrepreneur-for-investing-over-200m-in-kabul-trade-complex-01798.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Naderi hails entrepreneur for investing over $200m in Kabul trade complex | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Tue Aug 30 2016, 7:49 am
The Minister of Urban Development Affairs and Housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi hailed the Afghan entrepreneur Ibrahim Mohib for investing over $200 million to build a major trade complex in the capital.
Mr. Naderi called on the other Afghan entrepreneurs to follow Mr. Mohib and invest in the country in a bid to help the rebuilding and development of the country.
The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said Mr. Naderi made the remarks during a visit to the project site and welcomed the Afghan entrepreneur for the interest to invest in the urban development sector.
The complex includes over 600 residential apartments, trade center, 5 star hotel, and the head office for Afghanistan International Bank (AIB).
The major investment in the trade complex comes as efforts are underway to boost the fledging urban development and housing sector of
the country which sustained major destruction similar as other sectors during the decades of war.
Earlier Mr. Naderi informed regarding the practical launch of construction of 10,000 residential units being constructed with the support of China and an additional 1,000 units with the support of Qatar.
He was speaking during a ceremony to inaugurate the Khushal Khan housing project which consists of 312 apartments in 8 blocks with 10 stories.
Mr. Naderi encouraged the private sector to take part in the construction of the housing projects and hoped that the implementation of the projects with the private sector will help build an economic momentum in the country.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:51 | null | 2016-08-22T10:35:21 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Ftalibans-shadow-judge-arrested-in-north-of-afghanistan-01749.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Taliban’s shadow judge arrested in North of Afghanistan | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 22 2016, 10:35 am
The shadow judge of the Taliban group was arrested during an operation in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday.
According to a statement by MoI, Mohammad Nader was arrested during an opertion conducted in Shenwar district of Parwan.
The statement further added that Nader was involved in several trying several people in desert courts and issuing fatwas against the people.
The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
Parwan is among the relatively volatile provinces where the Taliban insurgents are active in a number of its remote districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
This comes as the group has intensified attacks in northern provinces during the recent months, including the restive Kunduz province.
The group briefly captured the control of key Khanabad district two days ago while the control of Qala-e-Zal was taken by the group on Sunday.
Heavy clashes still continue in parts of Kunduz province as well as the northeastern Takhar province where the group overrun Khwajah Ghar district in the early hours of Monday morning.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:26 | null | 2016-08-25T11:15:02 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fexplosion-targets-afghan-lawmaker-in-balkh-4-killed-14-wounded-01774.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Explosion targets Afghan lawmaker in Balkh, 4 killed, 14 wounded | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Thu Aug 25 2016, 11:15 am
At least four people were killed and fourteen others were wounded in an explosion in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan earlier today.
Provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Qaderi said the incident took place after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated on a roadside in Khulm district.
He said the target of the attack was lawmaker Asadullah Sharifi as he was crossing the area but there are no reports regarding his fate in the explosion.
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incidnet.
Balkh is among the relatively peaceful provinces in northern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed militant groups have recently increased to their insurgency activities.
Militants belonging to the Taliban group and other insurgent groups are active in a number of the remote districts of Balkh province.
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[] | 2016-08-29T08:51:51 | null | 2016-08-29T11:58:33 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fprotest-in-bamyan-as-ghani-visits-the-province-to-inaugurate-projects-01792.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Protest in Bamyan as Ghani visits the province to inaugurate projects | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Mon Aug 29 2016, 11:58 am
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the central Bamyan province earlier to inaugurate the Bamyan airport and Bamyan-Kabul road as scores of people staged demonstrations against the government in the city.
The demonstration was organized by the supporters of the Enlightenment Movement which was formed to protest against the change of a
major power project route which was originally supposed to go through the central provinces, including Bamyan.
Ahmad Behzad, a prominent political figure who leads the movement, has claimed that the police forces stormed the rally participants in a bid to disperse them.
He also claimed that the police forces have beaten the demonstration participants while the main roads linking the Bamyan city have been closed by the security forces.
The demonstration participants have staged numerous rallies across the country, including Kabul city to protest against the change of the route of the project from Bamyan to Salang.
The movement was hit by a deadly attack in Kabul city last week as hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Deh Mazang area, leaving scores of people dead or wounded.
The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility behind the attack.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:45 | null | 2016-08-25T21:11:39 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fghani-asks-raheel-sharif-to-act-against-culprits-of-kabul-attack-01777.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | Ghani asks Raheel Sharif to act against culprits of Kabul attack | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Thu Aug 25 2016, 9:11 pm
The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has asked the Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif to act against the culprits of Kabul attack based in Pakistan.
The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani called Gen. Sharif during the National Security Council meeting and asked him to take actions against the culprits who are based in Pakistan.
According to the ARG Palace, the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) updated the meeting regarding the attack and said reliable evidences and findings of the agency proves the attack on the American University in Kabul was coordianted from the other side of Durand Line.
President Ghani asked Gen. Sharif to take strict and practical actions against the culprits of the deadly attack, the Palace said, adding that Gen. Sharif has promised to review the issue and provide information to the Afghanistan regarding the steps to be taken.
A group of militants launched a coordianted attack on the American University in Kabul late on Wednesday evening by detonating a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) near the university compound.
The explosion paved the way for the remaining militants to enter the university compound that sparked clashes which lasted for almost nine hours.
According to the latest information, at least seven university students, a university lecturer, 3 security guards, and 3 Afghan security personnel lost their lives in the attack.
At least 9 policemen and 36 others also sustained injuries in the attack which lasted earlier on Thursday morning.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:48 | null | 2016-08-23T16:59:53 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2Fus-soldier-killed-in-an-explosion-in-helmand-province-01763.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | US soldier killed in an explosion in Helmand province | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Tue Aug 23 2016, 4:59 pm
A US soldier lost his life in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in the restive Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the US Forces for Afghanistan (USFOR-A) said.
According to a statement by USFOR-A, the soldier succumbed to his injuries during the operationss near Lashkargah city, provincial capital of Helmand province.
“On behalf of all of U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, as well as Resolute Support, our deepest sympathies go out to the families and friends of those involved,” said General John W. Nicholson, commander of USFOR-A and Resolute Support, “We are deeply saddened by this loss, but remain committed to helping our Afghan partners provide a brighter future for themselves and their children.”
The service member was killed conducting Train, Advise, Assist activities with Afghan counterparts under NATO authorities when their patrol triggered an Improvised Explosive Device. An investigation is being conducted to determine the exact circumstances of the event.
No further details were given regarding the identity of the deceased soldier, saying “U.S. Department of Defense Policy is to withhold the identity of the service member pending next-of-kin notification. We will release additional information as appropriate.”
The southern Helmand province has been witnessing growing violence during the recent weeks as the Taliban group has intensified attacks.
The growing violence forced the US forces in Afghanistan to deploy at least 100 soldiers in this province to help the Afghan forces push the Taliban militants.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:01:41 | null | 2016-08-25T10:32:10 | The largest news and information source in Afghanistan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaama.com%2F30-taliban-militants-killed-in-nangarhar-air-and-ground-raids-01773.json | http://www.khaama.com/wp-content/themes/khaama/favicon.ico | en | null | 30 Taliban militants killed in Nangarhar air and ground raids | null | null | www.khaama.com | By Khaama Press - Thu Aug 25 2016, 10:32 am
At least 30 Taliban insurgents were killed in a series of air and ground raids in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
The provincial police commandment in a statement said Thursday that the operations were conducted in the restive Haska Meena district jointly by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).
The statement further added that the dead bodies of at least 5 Taliban insurgents were left in the area and the Afghan forces confiscated a PK machine gun and 4 Ak-47 assault rifles belonging to the militants.
The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents and militants belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are actively operating in a number of its remote districts.
The joint raids agaisnt the Taliban militants in Haska Meena came as the group launched a coordinated attack on security posts in this district last week.
However the Afghan forces managed to repulse the Taliban offensive and clearance operations are still underway to clear the area from the militants presence.
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