An end-to-end encounter needed extra time with the sides locked at 2-2 following a double from New Sharlston's Joe Colley and goals from man of the match Lee Carrington and Josh Barret for Hemsworth. Sharlston took the lead through Scott Ellam in extra ...
UK COAL has successfully applied for a public inquiry to be held over its failed to bid to seal planning permission for a new opencast mine at New Sharlston near Wakefield. Campaigners against the scheme have vowed to continue their fight against the ...
New Sharlston Welfare AFC have ignored what should happen and instead embarked on a remarkable run of success in their formative years. Since their inaugural 2011/12 season, Welfare have won promotion every year as they have scaled the Wakefield ...
UK Coal Surface Mines Ltd wants to mine 1.16m tonnes of coal and up to 100,000 tonnes of fireclay on land between Crofton, Heath, Warmfield and New Sharlston. A report prepared for a meeting of Wakefield Council's planning committee, which meets on ...
George Balaam, 65, of New Sharlston, is chairman of campaign group Stop Opencasting in Sharlston. Mr Balaam said: “There will be dust and noise and general upheaval and we don't want it. We will be strongly objecting to this planning application.
UK Coal hopes to excavate 1.18 million tonnes of coal in a 12-hours-a-day operation on 138 hectares of farmers' fields between New Sharlston, Crofton and Warmfield. The company, which held consultations at Sharlston and Crofton community centres last ...