Friday, April 26, 2013 Issue 3

TAILS were wagging thisweek as Leeds BradfordAirport opened its doors toa litter of Guide Dog pup-pies.

Five Guide Dog puppies be-tween the ages of three andeight months and their volun-teer puppy walkers were givena tour of the airport onWednesday to help get thedogs used to different environ-ments.

Guide Dogs live with puppywalkers for the first year oftheir lives and are trained to beobedient and perceptive so thatthey can stay focused any-where that a Guide Dog ownerneeds to go.

The Guide Dogs pups weretrained to work their waythrough check-in desks andhelp guide owners through se-curity checks.

Nicola Morgan, puppy train-ing manager from the LeedsGuide Dog Mobility team,said: “The thing which is oftenhardest to achieve is keepingthe pups calm in all sorts of sit-uations. in its life. There arelots of people that the pupsneed to ignore, new noises,an-nouncements, and obstaclessuch as trolleys and wheeledsuitcases,as well as differentfloor surfaces.

Tuesday was InternationalGuide Dog Day.

VACCINATION plans are to be rolledacross North Leeds for young peoplesusceptible to the measles outbreak.There has been 587 cases nationwide in thelast three months alone, and Public HealthEngland estimates 13.19% of children aged10-16 years old in Leeds are at risk.Leeds City council has announced that whileLeeds levels are low it has still seen a risefrom one case in 2012 to seven cases in thelast four months.Health officials are now setting out plans tovaccinate children between the ages of 10 to16 who have not, or only partially been vacci-nated, but this week confirmed the will takeplace in surgeries, not schools.Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation atPHE, said: “Measles is not a mild illness – it isvery unpleasant and can lead to serious com-

plications as we have seen with more than 100children in England being hospitalised so farthis year.”Dr Ian Cameron Director of public health, forLeeds, said: “We fully support the catch-upprogramme announced this week, and will beworking with NHS West Yorkshire, local GPsand PHE to make sure that anyone in Leedswho missed out on the vaccination is able tohave it as soon as possible.”The rise in measles is believed to have risenby the immunisation scare in the late 1990’sand the early 2000’s when the MMR jab wasassociated with the development of autism,now discredited.Since 2007 PHE has announced 94% of allfive year olds being fully vaccinated, a returnto the levels seen before the MMR scare.Centre director for the PHE Yorkshire andthe Humber Centre Dr Stephen Morton said:“Measles is a potentially fatal but entirely pre-

ventable disease."“Those who have not been vaccinatedshould urgently seek at least one dose ofMMR vaccination which will give them 95 percent protection against measles. A seconddose is then needed to provide almost com-plete protection.”The total cases in Yorkshire and Humberhave seen an increase in measles from 62cases in 2011, 152 cases in 2012 and 50 injust the first three months of this year.Public Health England officials said: “Casesare distributed across England with the highestnumbers of cases in the North West and NorthEast. Almost 20% of cases (108) were hospi-talised and 15 people experienced complica-tions such as pneumonia, chest infection,meningitis and gastroenteritis.”For any more information on the MMR jab ormeasles in general please go to the NHS web-site on www.NHS.UK or consult your local GP.

We meetthe peoplebehindGabbyLogan’sgown.

Find out whyLisa isdown to thelast 25 for the best jobin the world

RawdonCricketClub’s win-ning start tothe newseason

International day for puppy love

Measles vaccine planfor children at risk

WALKIES:Sophie Brown, Chief Financial Officer greets the Guide Dog puppies

by Andreas Mullings

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THE mystery surrounding alegendary lunatic asylum inMenston has been unveiledin a new book.Author Mark Davis signed

copies of West Riding PauperLunatic Asylum Through Timenear the site of the High Roydsmental institution on Wednes-day night. The book charts the history of

mental health care throughoutthe West Riding of Yorkshire aswell as providing insight intoone of Menston’s most famousbuildings.Mr Davis said: “The plan was

to create a non-academic bookfor people to see into this placethat was so clouded in mystery.It was the sort of place that leg-ends grow.”Mr Davis is one of the founder

members of the Friends of HighRoyds Memorial Garden - agroup dedicated to taking re-sponsibility for the land thatHigh Royds once stood on.Oneof the key aspects of the workthe charitable group does ismaintaining the cemetery ofBuckle Lane, where almost3,000 psychiatric patients fromHigh Royds were buried in un-marked graves.He said: “A lot of my research

for the book went from whatwent on in the hospital to themany buried at Buckle Lane.“That is where the focus

should be and I think we all feela responsibility to do what isright by them.“A lot of the remains were pa-

tients who had spent 30 yearsin High Royds were just left,often by relatives who had re-alised the stigma attached toanyone put in the asylum anddidn’t want to be cast in thesame light.”Mr Davis grew up near the

former Westwood mental defi-

ciency colony in Bradford andused to peer through the win-dows as he rode through on hischopper bike.He said: “As I gazed through

the windows I saw chained upkids aged ten or eleven. “It was a terrifying sight and

looked like hell on earth.“I started photographing High

Royds in 2008, down the emptydorms and corridors that wenton forever.“It is impossible not to be in-

spired.”The book is available in all

good book shops.

A landlord has been fined by the coun-cil for a second time after putting theirtenant’s safety in danger.Landlord Craig Parkin, from Cricketers

Lane, Yeadon, pleaded guilty to 12 offencesin Leeds Magistrates court, including aboiler in an unsafe position, putting tenantsat risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and alist of electrical and fire safety hazards. He was fined £5854.55 on April 19.Councillor Peter Gruen, executive mem-

ber for housing, neighbourhoods and sup-port services at Leeds City Council, said:“Tenants safety is paramount, and it is notacceptable that whilst paying rent they aresubject to poor living standards.”The property is on East Park Grove, East

End Park.This is the second time Mr Parkin has

been prosecuted for breaches in landlord li-censing. The first fine was in April 2011, for failing

to have a selective area licence on twoproperties, which means he was rentingwithout taking a required online course. He was found guilty and fined £1,500,

with costs awarded to the council of£2,300.54.Coun Peter Gruen said: “This is another

warning to landlords who do not respect thelaw that the council are willing to take ac-tion.“To date we have had in excess of fifty

prosecutions of landlords in the selective li-cence area for either not complying with li-cence requirements or failing to licencetheir properties.”

A CHARITY worker who has devoted his ca-reer to Epilepsy Action is celebrating his 25thanniversary with the organisation.Now chief executive of Yeadon-based national char-

ity Epilepsy Action, Philip Lee, pledges to continue towork to get rid of the stigma attached to the conditionand lower mortality rates.Mr Lee said: “I’ve met some incredible people

along the way, some of which are no longer with us asa result of their condition.“Last year around a thousand people died as a result

of epilepsy, often extremely unnecessarily.“This is as good a cause as you can get and it’s my

cause and it’s what I think is important.”Mr Lee, who started with the charity as a regional

fundraiser in 1988, accepted a gift of cufflinks frommanagement.Mr Lee took the job as marketing manager in Leeds

after the organisation encountered financial difficul-ties in the late eighties and said that although the char-ity is Yorkshire-based, the work reaches much further.He said: “Leeds is a great place with great people. It

has a good labour market and decent ancillary supportservices. It is relatively central to the UK in terms ofcommunication.“However we seek to influence national public pol-

icy, which is done Westminster, so it can present lo-gistical problems.”He added: “Meeting a young girl’s mother who said

taking her kid to school and watching her standing inthe playground on her own as no one will play withher because of her condition is the type of story thatgets me up in the morning.“We want sufferers to have the best opportunity they

can have with their lives, and to be self-advocates fortheir own condition.”

Asylum secretsunveiled in book

This year’s St George’s Day Parade bycubs and scouts will take place inHorsforth on Sunday.Everyone involved in the parade will meet

at Hall Park in Horsforth, with the paradestarting at 2.15 pm. The cubs and scouts will be joined by

Leeds City Pipe Band.Children involved in the march are ad-

vised to bring waterproof clothing.

Charity boss’s milestone

Yeadon landlordfined by council

Scouts to paradethrough Horsforth

by Shaun Moloney

MEMORIES: Author Mark Davis with his new book

by Andreas Mullings

HAPPY ANIVERSARY: Philip Lee

Produced by Leeds Trinity trainee reporters

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A FOODIE fanaticfrom Rodley has gotdown to the final 25out of a staggering600,000 applicantsfor a job eating anddrinking her wayaround Western Aus-tralia.Lisa Farrell, 26, com-munications officer atLeeds Trinity, is nowfighting it out to become“Taste Master” - a jobwhich would allow herto eat and drink herway through Australia’sbest vineyards andrestaurants.And she needs sup-port from everyone athome.The competition isbeing run by TourismAustralia, who has setup six different jobswhich they call the“best jobs in the world”.Each of the winners willbe given their chosendream job for sixmonths across Aus-tralia.Miss Farrell said: “Ithought I might as wellput in my application,but I didn’t have my

hopes too high. Foodand drink has alwaysbeen a passion of mine,so this really is mydream job. I spent sixmonths travelling roundthe world 18 monthsago, eating and drink-ing, and my favoritepart was Western Aus-tralia.“When I found out Iwas completelyshocked and I couldn’teven sleep that night. Iam absolutely elatedand will do everything Ican to try and win.”

Miss Farrell had tosubmit a 30 secondvideo where she de-scribed her previousworld tour to discovernew foods.She found out the ex-citing news just lastweek.The next step on hercampaign is to gener-ate as much support asshe can on socialmedia websites by‘telling the story’ ofLeeds food and drinkover the coming weeks.So far Miss Farrell

has said: “I am quiteoverwhelmed by thesupport everyone hasgiven me, it’s not justmy friends and family, ithas become muchwider than that. Appar-ently one of my rivals isalso from Leeds, whichis a coincidence!"Supporters can followMiss Farrell on @_lisa-farrell_ or www.face-book.com/lisafortastemaster and follow herblog onhttp://www.whereslisa.tumblr.com

3Friday, April 26, 2013

Chancellor’s new threads

GABBY Logan’s installationinto Leeds Trinity will be fit fora queen, and celebrating localtalent.Sports presenter Ms Logan, 40,officially becomes Chancellor ofLeeds Trinity University, in Hors-forth, on June 6. And to celebrate,her gown will be made by Beestoncompany Samuel Brothers, whoalso make clothes for the militaryand the Royal Family – cut from

cloth made in Pudsey and designedby a local rising talent.Managing Director Lee Dawson,45, said how important it was to useas much local source as possible forthe garment.They used doe skin material,made by local Pudsey companyHainsworth, who have been produc-ing textiles in Leeds since 1783.Mr Dawson said the importantmoment was when the gown wasfirst cut, he said: “If it is not cut cor-

rectly, it is a huge responsibility, asit is cut by hand.”Head cutter Ken Baker, 64, foundthe work on the gown challengingas he never met Ms Logan.He said: “The work was hard. Wehad to cut the garment and guessedher size from pictures.”The production of the gown cameabout through a non-profit makingorganisation called Leeds FashionWorks, who commissioned a youngdesigner Kate Duckworth.Ms Duckworth, 23, is based inLeeds and worked on the garment atLeeds Industrial Museum in ArmleyMills, said: “I have been very luckyto have the support of such highlyskilled and experienced people.”Suzy Shepherd of Leeds FashionWorks said: “This is a great way toshowcase the skills and talent in theregion by giving young graduate de-signers working with Yorkshire tex-tiles.”See Yorkshire Voice this week for afull insight in the textile businessacross Yorkshire.

By Andreas Mullings

DANNY Cipriani, fly-half for SaleSharks, has spent the night in aLeeds hospital after being hit by abus during a night out in the city.Cipriani, 25, was hit by a doubledecker bus while doing on a pubcrawl in Leeds.According to reports, the rugbyunion star was doing the Otley Runpub crawl with Sale Shark team-mates when he was injured.He was treated for concussion andhad scans and x-rays at Leeds Gen-eral Infirmary, but is expected to bedischarged this afternoon.Witnesses said the entire wind-screen of the bus was shattered inthe incident.Police attended the scene in Wood-house Lane at around 8.40pm lastnight, where a male pedestrian hadbeen “involved in a collision with abus”.The Sale Shark players were re-portedly dressed as characters fromthe Wizard of Oz.

A teenager from Potternewton hasbeen charged with the murder of sin-gle dad Jordan Stapleton.Cyrus Hanley, 19, of Miles Hill Viewappeared at Leeds Magistrates onWednesday charged with his murder.Stapleton, 21 was found with a gun-shot wound to the chest, at his homeat Beckhill Chase in Meanwood, ashis four year old son slept upstairs.The police were called to the houseat 11.45 pm on April 16, by an anony-mous call from a public phone box.Over the weekend eight people intotal were arrested in connection withthe murder.

A development company must payLeeds City Council £2m in interimcourt costs after a failed attempt to sueover the development rights of LeedsArena.In Leeds High Court on Thursday, MrJustice Supperstone said that the case“should have never been brought” byMontpellier Estates Ltd (MEL) afterthey had made allegations of deceitand procurement breaches over theending of the Council’s developmentcompetition to build the £60m venue inFebruary.Leeds City Council leader CounKeith Wakefield said: “Council taxpay-ers will be pleased to hear that we arewell on the way to recovering £2m ofpublic money”Leeds City Council handed over theoperations of the now completedarena at the beginning of the week toSMG Europe, who will operate thevenue.

Rugby star hit bydouble deckerbus on night out

Leeds Council win£2m in court costs

Teenager chargedfor murder

Food fight forLisa’s dream job

By Samantha Hepworth

ELATED: Lisa hopeful of campaign

PICTURE: Lee Dawson overseeing Gabby Logan’s gown

YUM: Lisa in Italy

4 Friday, April 26, 2013

THE RAWDON Cricket Club Chairmanhailed the performance of all-rounder GeorgeMyers as he helped lead Rawdon to victoryover Colton on the opening day of the AireWharfe league.Myers, 18, took four wickets and came up with 29

runs not out as Rawdon swept aside a lacklustreColton outfit.Rawdon got off to a shaky start, losing four wick-

ets for just 46 runs, but Myers (pictured right)along with inspirational captain Andrew Doidge(67) and Joe Loorham (65) combined to give Raw-don 233.Rawdon then stormed to victory by bowling

Colton all out for 83 – giving them the start to theseason they wanted.Chairman Lawrence Walker, 55, said: “George

was fantastic. If he continues to play like that we

shall always find ourselves competing.”Myers joined the club as a nine-year-old, gradu-

ally working his way through the various agegroups at the club before becoming a first team reg-ular for the team last season.Rawdon are in the second tier of the Aire Wharfe

League, having been relegated from the First Divi-sion in 2011.Mr Walker added: “In an effort to get ourselves

back in the First Division after three years, we tookthe decision to build from our juniors.”The number of promising young players to come

up through the ranks has some tipping Rawdon forpromotion, but Mr Walker warned not to jump thegun.He said “I would expect us to be challenging the

top teams, but after one game it’s far too early tostart setting targets without knowing the strengthsof the other teams.”Rawdon take on recently relegated Adel at home

this Saturday.

by Shaun Moloney

Rawdon off to flyerVICTORIOUS: (above) Rawdon pictured during their Aire Wharfe League Divison Two 150-run victory over Colton last Saturday

AFC HORSFORTH cameback from the dead to beatAFC Broadwater 6-2 and se-cure promotion to Division

Two of the Leeds CombinationSunday League. After a difficult first half, which

saw the team 2-0 down, Horsforthcame into the second half firing

on all cylinders with Dan Pettyscoring four goals – the first withinthe first minute. Horsforth’s manager Dan

Sheard, said: “To go into the halftime break 2-0 adrift wasn’t agreat position to be in. “At half time the team came in

extremely positive despite beingbehind. “The self-belief that we could

turn the deficit around was alwaysthere.” By the 75 minute mark Broad-

water’s spirit was broken andthree goals were scored in quicksuccession with Petty’s final goalgoing in on the 75th minute, fol-lowed by Bobby Neesam in the76th and Fred Dulwich in the77th.

Horsforth’s attention now turnsto creating more success andSheard said: “The future is brightand we look forward to movingonto a higher division. “We also are looking forward to

bringing something back into theHorsforth community in the formof brand new junior set up usingour first team squad as coaches. “We are eagerly looking to get

involved in the junior footballscene and bring another success-ful junior set up to Horsforth.”Horsforth will have another

chance of winning silverwarewhen they face Wagon Athletic inthe final of the Luty Cup on Sun-day May 5, kick off 11am.The final is being played at the

home of Farsley AFC.

YOUNG STAR: George Myers

Horsforth promoted after 6-2 winby Jon Cronshaw

GOING UP: Horsforth AFC get the job done