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2010-07-29  Teenager Arrested for Garforth Burglary

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary at the home of seventy two year old Garforth man George Turnbull, who suffered serious head injuries during the raid. The 17 year old youth was arrested on Monday night and is currently in police custody. A second suspect is being sought by the police  

2010-07-29  Selby MP Joins Fight Against Illegal Traveller Sites

Selby MP Nigel Adams met with Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities to discuss the problem of illegal traveller sites and signed an Early Day Motion pledging his support for a campaign against unauthorised sites. The motion states the problem can be tackled if retrospective planning permission is limited and councils are given stronger powers to deal with unauthorised development.  

2010-07-28  Pensioner Beaten by Burglars

Seventy two year old George Turnbull was violently attacked in his home in Oak Grove Garforth by two burglars in the early hours of Sunday morning. Neighbours spotted the intruders and called the police but they had left by the time the police arrived. Mr Turnbull is poorly but stable in hospital.  

2010-07-28  Town Beat Hartlepool in Pre-season Friendly

Garforth Town beat first division Hartlepool United 2-1 in a pre-season friendly at the Genix stadium. Chimbunka and Hotchkiss gave Town a 2-0 lead before Behan pulled one back for Hartlepool from the penalty spot late in the game 

2010-07-27  School Stunned by Untimely Death

A memorial service was held on Saturday 17th July 2010 at The Bible Believers Fellowship Church in Pickering to celebrate the life of Garforth teacher Wayne Jenkins and was attended by many students, ex-students,colleagues, friends and family. Mr Jenkins began his career at Garforth Community College in 1981 as a Youth tutor and ran several very successful Youth Clubs. He was appointed Head of Year 11 in 1983 and in 2003 became Director of the Excellence Centre and was responsible for the Aim Higher scheme.  

2010-07-27  Church Helps Out

In support of local and international organisations, St Marys Garforth PCC has donated £200 to homeless charity Simon on the Streets, £200 to international Christian charity Hope Africa and £100 to St Marys Youth Theatre Group  

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Editorial Comment

WiFi Garforth 

Project Cirrus, courtesy of the School Partnership Trust and Leeds Learning Network, is to provide broadband wireless internet access to all families with children at any one of the member schools of the Trust. They will provide 125 access points throughout the town enabling the filtered internet access currently available in local schools to be accessed at home, free of charge. Whilst there are the obvious big brother concerns about who decides what is filtered out and whether access is restricted to member schools or freely available to all local residents and businesses (who are almost certainly paying for it), the Trust and the council are to be applauded for an idea that should be hugely beneficial to the community.  

Mayoress of Garforth 

Congratulations to Garforth Councillor Andrea McKenna and her Councillor husband Jim on their appointments as Lady Mayoress and Lord Mayor respectively of the city of Leeds from next May. It is a great honour to represent our city in this way and she will not let us down. Well done councillor.  

RAF Blows Windmills Away 

The proposed wind turbines at Micklefield have been rejected by the Council because they will affect radar at nearby RAF airfields, jeopardising the lives of aircrew using them. A good decision, why risk lives unnecessarily when any other field in Leeds would be equally as suitable as the one at Hook Moor? Fortunately we have Councillors and MPs across the city who have spoken out strongly in support of building windfarms. They will no doubt be scouring their constituencies for a suitable plot of land. But don’t hold your breath.  

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