BOY RACERS run the risk of having their vehicles crushed if they continue to 'harass, alarm and distress' other users of a busy car park.
Police are taking action after receiving reports of youths boozing, littering and speeding around South Elmsall's market car park, on Barnsley Road.
Officers plan to hand out Section 59 warnings to offenders – which are used to combat motorists who use their vehicles to harass, alarm or distress others and can lead to vehicles being seized and crushed.

For more on this story see tomorrow's Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week's paper:

- An autistic Kinsley lad who is coping with his mum's battle against cancer has scooped gold in a world kickboxing championship.

- South Kirkby has been branded a 'community in crisis' due to yobs blighting its streets.

- Fancy a fish dish for dinner? Why not pop up to the sewage treatment works in South Elmsall where various species have been discovered.

A £24m link road, expected to draw business and investment into the south east of Wakefield, has officially opened.
The Hemsworth-A1 link road was opened to the public on Tuesday by Wakefield Council leader Peter Box.
The route, which took 18 months to construct, runs from the Hemsworth Bypass to the A1 at Barnsdale Bar.
For the full story see tomorrow’s Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- An inquest into the death of a woman who died in a car crash in Hemsworth has opened.

- A football-mad South Kirkby lad who has battled a lifetime of ill health has been nominated as a champion child.

- South Elmsall Superdrug warehouse workers are entering their second week of strike action.

- We launch this year’s Express Christmas Toy Appeal.

All this and more in this week’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express. Visit http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle... for all the latest and breaking news.

THE death of a child will be ‘inevitable’ if young vandals continue to trespass on train tracks near South Elmsall and South Kirkby, a police officer has warned.
The grim prediction came from Sgt Andrew Roberts, of the British Transport Police (BTP), who said in the past two months there had been two serious and several more minor incidents of vandalism on train tracks in the area.

Also in this week’s paper:

- a South Kirkby man is found guilty of child sex offences.

- An emergency meeting has been called following a spate of arsons in South Kirkby.

- We launch a campaign with the Prince of Wales Hospice to help you ‘light up the life’ of a lost loved one this Christmas.

For all this and more see this week’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express. For all the latest and breaking news visit http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

South Elmsall warehouse workers could take to the picket line as early as next week after voting for all-out strike action in a dispute over working conditions.
Unite the Union hopes the decision for staff at Superdrug to down tools in the run up to Christmas will spur the company into rethinking proposed cuts to holiday pay and sick entitlement.

Also in this week's paper:

- The Prime Minister tells the Express he expects youngsters in the Hemsworth constituency to shoulder responsibility for anti-social behaviour.

- A teenager escapes a custodial sentence after stripping, stoning and kicking a seven-year-old in the Hemsworth area.

- School pupils were forced to flee and a man was hit during a motorist's rampage in South Elmsall.

- Vote for your heroes before voting closes.

THE BOYFRIEND of a former South Kirkby teacher who died suddenly has spoken of his grief at losing the woman he wanted to marry.
Emma Jayne Smith, 33, suffered an acute coronary - a sudden heart problem – after falling unwell at college.
Miss Smith, who was born and brought up in Hemsworth, had been studying accounts at Wakefield College since September.
Her boyfriend of seven years, Dennis Henderson, said he had met Miss Smith through friends.
They had wanted to get married in the next few years and hoped to have children.
For the full story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- Superdrug warehouse workers ballot for strike action over condition changes.

- The trial of a South Kirkby man accused of child sex offences.

- A South Elmsall garage supervisor tells of her robbery hammer horror.

And in sport:

-Frickley Athletic bow out of the FA Cup as Lincoln United held their nerve.

THE mum of a seven-year-old boy who was stripped, stoned and beaten in an unprovoked attack by a teenager has spoken about her son’s ‘petrifying’ ordeal.
The youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was attacked in the Hemsworth area by a
13-year-old youth, who removed his trousers and shoes, then punched and kicked him as he lay on
the floor and threw rocks at him.
The teenager – who had to be dragged away by his own friends – was found guilty of actual bodily harm at Pontefract Magistrates’ Court on Friday. He will be sentenced on Thursday, October 22.

For the full story see tomorrow’s Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- A dog-walker could barely be-leaf’ his eyes when he discovered 50 cannabis plants dumped on a Hemsworth roadside.

- An air rifle, baseball bat and Class A and B drugs were uncovered during raids in South Elmsall.

THE team of detectives who snared two gunmen after they shot a man and left him for dead in a South Kirkby street have been honoured.
Sean Neesam was blasted at point blank range with a shotgun on Wentworth Drive in November last year.
The team which tracked down his attackers and brought them to justice was highly commended at a divisional police awards ceremony.

See this week's Express for the full story.
Also in this week's paper:

- £50,000 worth of drugs has been seized by police in South Hiendley.

- Parents can find out what their children are eating at school through a social networking scheme.

- An inquest has opened into the tragic death of a schoolgirl from Upton.

- A South Kirkby couple have taken on the task of trying to keep kids off the streets.

- Find out who donned high heels to walk alongside Kimberley Walsh from Girls Aloud.

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AS YOUNG school, college and university leavers in the Express area set out to look for jobs, new figures show how unlikely they are to find employment in Wakefield’s southeast.

Wakefield Council figures reveal that Hemsworth council ward has the highest youth unemployment in the district, with 42.5 per cent of people aged between 16 and 24 claiming jobseekers’ allowance.

The South Elmsall ward comes a close second, with 40.3 per cent, and South Kirkby has the third highest youth unemployment with 39.3 per cent.

For more on this story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- The mystery behind the disappearance of South Elmsall’s market clock is solved.

- Soldiers from South Elmsall and Havercroft tell the Express their tales of war in Afghanistan.

- Upton schoolgirl Shannon Danby’s life was saved when she received blood transfusions – we take a look at the life line provided by the National Blood Service.

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A NEXT employee plummeted 40 feet to his death while trying to fix machinery at a warehouse in South Elmsall, a court has heard.
The company is facing prosecution over a charge relating to the death of Geoffrey Stray, 55, who worked as a senior maintenance technician at Next Stadium Two Warehouse on Dale Lane Industrial Estate.
For the full story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- Police inquiries mount following an assault on a teenager in Fitzwilliam.

- A Hemsworth band hopes to soon release a single after being signed to a record label.

- In a special report we take a look at the issue of mini-motorcycles and off-road bikes plaguing the streets of Wakefield’s south east.

- We list GCSE results for Hemsworth Arts and Community College, Minsthorpe Community College and St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School.

- The finalists for the Look of 2009 competition are revealed.

A DISABLED couple from Hemsworth are considering legal action after a global cruise operator banned them from travelling alone.
Wheelchair users Paul Gregory and Sheila Cox, of Lavender Court, had booked a trip around the
Mediterranean with P&O Cruises.
But they were dismayed when the operator contacted them to say they could not board the ship
unless they paid for two non-disabled people to go with them.
For the full story see tomorrow’s Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- A-level results from Minsthorpe Community College, Hemsworth Arts and Community College and St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School.

- We reveal the contestants in this year’s Baby and Toddler competition - let the voting begin!

- The Express backs campaign to bin chip pans after one fatal and another serious house fire in Upton.

For all the latest and breaking news visit http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

A £5M plan to create jobs and affordable homes in the south east of the district is expected to get underway following a successful funding bid.
Wakefield Council and other partners, who recently submitted a number of funding bids to the Homes and Communities Agency, have been told they will get a £2.4m grant.
The money will go towards much-needed family housing, for rent or low cost ownership, in South Kirkby and Kinsley.
The council plans to make up the rest of the £5m through future funding bids.

For more on this story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- An inquest has opened into the death of a Ryhill man who was killed when a stage set for Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet tour collapsed.

- Your top 60 Look of 2009 contestants are revealed this week, who do you want to see in the final?

All this and more in this week’s Express.

THE devastated mother of a ‘lovely, caring’ Upton man was ‘robbed’ when her son was killed in a road smash, a coroner’s court heard.
Karl Hall, 24, of Harewood Lane, Upton, was on his way to work when the accident happened on October 9 last year.
His red and white Honda bike collided with a green Toyota Land Cruiser at about 8.11am on Elmsall Way, South Elmsall.
See Thursday's Express for the full story.

To pay tribute to Mr Hall e-mail your comments to gemma.jimmison@ywng.co.uk

Also in this week’s paper:
- Pictures and reports from the Olympic opening of Hemsworth’s adiZone, a football gala in Upton and a scooter festival in Fitzwilliam.

- Bag yourself a FREE reusable carrier with a voucher in this week’s paper.

For all the latest and breaking news visit http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

A JUDGE has jailed two gunmen after a man was blasted with a shotgun in broad daylight on a South Kirkby street, scarring him ‘for life’.
David Magee, 26, and Stephen Lakin, 40, both of Park Estate, South Kirkby, were jailed on Monday for grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm.
The charges related to the shooting of Sean Neesam, who was blasted in the shoulder at point-blank range on Wentworth Drive, on November 13.
For the full story and reaction see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- Hemsworth library has been closed to help with the swine flu effort.

- Find out which olympic cycling star will open a Hemsworth gym next week.

- Vote for your favourite Look of 2009 candidate.

All this and more in this week’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express. For the latest and breaking news visit http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

ANGRY residents have backed Wakefield Council into a dead end by refusing to allow their street to be used as a route for cars parking at Frickley Country Park.
Wakefield Council finished building a visitors’ car park for Frickley Country Park at the end of Bradley Carr Terrace, South Elmsall, earlier this year.
But residents living along the street, which is unadopted, have refused to allow access to the car park via Bradley Carr Terrace.
Now the council has been forced to make a u-turn by blocking off the car park until further investigations into the ownership of the road and alternative options have been carried out.

For more on this story see tomorrow's Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- A teenager hopes to put Frickley Country Park on the map with a music festival.

- Swine flu in the south east - the latest

- Look of 2009 contestants revealed

FRIENDS have paid tribute to a 'lively, outgoing and beautiful' mum who was killed in a fire at her Upton home just hours after celebrating her 34th birthday.
Kaye Slammon, of Malton Road, died from smoke inhalation after a chip pan caught fire in her kitchen at around 1.10am last Thursday.
Firefighters pulled her from an upstairs bedroom and desperately tried to revive her – but she died at the scene.
For the full story and tributes see Thursday's Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week's paper:

- Yobs armed with 'knives and baseball bats' are terrorising residents in Hemsworth

- A foreign weed is threatening land and homes in South Elmsall

- Last chance to enter our Baby and Toddler 2009 competition

All this and more in this week's Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

‘ANGRY’ factory workers could lose almost £2,000 each in annual pay if costcutting plans at a South Elmsall distribution centre go ahead.
In the series of proposed changes warehouse shift workers at Superdrug, on Stadium Way, will no longer receive £2 extra per hour for working unsociable hours between 6pm and 10pm.
For the rest of the proposals and reaction to the plans see this week’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- It’s your last chance to get in the running to become the district’s top model - Look of 2009 final entry slip and details in this week’s Express.

- A cyclist from Upton is suing a utility provider after a barrier managed by the provider ‘catapulted’ him from his bike.

- A South Elmsall college is celebrating a good end to the year with a sparkling Ofsted report.

For all the latest and breaking news go to http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

A GRANDMOTHER who confronted a gang of yobs suffered a stroke after a mountain bike was thrown at her.
Lesley Mangham, 53, was at home with her husband Stephen, 53, on Nelson Street, South Hiendley, when the attack happened on Friday evening.
Mrs Mangham, who suffered cuts and bruises on her leg, had a stroke shortly afterwards.
For more on this story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- Read about the Kinsley teenager who was forced to move after he suffered a knife attack
- Find out more about the 150 neglected animals which, according to a council report, were rescued during a joint Wakefield Council and RSPCA raid in the Express area.
- Discover who won this year’s Express dad of the Year competition and read your Father’s Day messages.

For all the latest and breaking news log on to http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsalle...

A SPATE of arson attacks on allotments across the Express area have killed livestock, destroyed tools and crops and are ‘putting lives at risk’.
For more on this story see tomorrow’s Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Also in this week’s paper:

- Read about the South Kirkby man facing more than 20 charges of sexual offences against girls under 14.

- Find out about a man who was arrested in South Elmsall this week for knife crime.

- Planning permission has been delayed in Upton after evidence of Iron Age man was discovered, see this week’s paper to find out more.

- Read about the scheme which pays mums-to-be to stop smoking.
- It’s your last chance to tell your dad you love him in the pages of our paper. Find out how to get your Father’s Day message printed on page 3 of this week’s Express.

All this and more in the Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.