Cleckheaton, England News

Mavis and Donald Webster celebrated 60 years of wedded bliss yesterday and will enjoy a small party for family and friends over the weekend.

A rescue unit from Cleckheaton was called to the scene, in Cliffe Lane, at about 10am yesterday, along with the RSPCA and a specialist vet, after the seven-month-old foal was unable to get itself back onto its feet.

The council is the first in the country to draw up a list of conditions, including better licensing, record keeping and no longer paying cash for scrap, in an attempt to stop scrap metal thefts.

Drighlington Cycling Club's secretary, Bryan Peel, who is retiring after 55 years in the post.

The Red House story is beginning to reach local papers. The Spenborough Guardian reports many locals are against the closure: RED House - 'a cultural and educational gem' - could be lost forever under council plans to sell it off.

TESCO has been told to either start work on its long-planned replacement Cleckheaton supermarket, or shelve the plans completely.

The council could sell off the museum - which attracts more than 26,000 visitors annually - saving the authority A 116,000 over two years.

CHURCHES, TOGETHER: The Rev Roger Smith, Whitechapel church wardens Tom Pinder and Trevor Bowers, with the Rev Ian Bullock, are pleased church numbers are increasing.