Are they continuing all week? I might go down on Friday if so.

Does the the Yorkcourt representive or whoever get to question LCC and Barton Willmore or not?

Yes , infact it seems that anyone can stand up and question anyone as happened this afternoon

I went along today sat in the gallery and listened to the grilling that James Elston got from the Leeds Barrister, I have to say he was very good, at one point I wanted to applaud the fact that he feels passionate about keeping Rugby League in Wakefield along with the commercial and community benefits that this brings. Very Well Done James, its a shame the Barrister knew diddly squat about RL said it all.

Repeats again "no need to build Newmarket, Trinity can play at our place"

We are going to hear things we don't like. It's the nature of the beast. I wonder what assistance RW has given to LCC, as it sounds like they are following the same route: no need to build NM as we have GH.

The inspector is entitled to be critical and allow a grilling of the pro-development lobby, as the starting point for him will be: "justify why you should be allowed to build on land that has been designated for staying undeveloped".

The frustrating thing will be if the decision comes down to that there is no need because you can share elsewhere, and then RW's little input will have allowed us both to be dragged down together.

Richard Wright knows if we get this he is finished. If he pulls us down then he wins. He realises we will both have crappy grounds and both fail to reach required standards but he will still have his plot of land at GH with planning and that will be enough to give him the edge at the next franchise round.

I thank you Sandal!

"Amber is referred to as "northern gold". "

"Wear amber to attract warm, loyal, and generous people into your life; or carry amber on your person to lend logic or wit to a difficult situation."

or you can look at it as

the word yellow which can be used as an adjective meaning cowardly.

what ever

Amber similar to ginger or is that to do with the cas small gene pool

Yes, they sit everyday except Monday's.

On the bill the Friday is



John Francis - Yorkcourt's Planning expert witness.

He is the only witness scheduled in for Friday, but they have him down for 3 hours speaking & 2 hours cross examination.

So, the answer is... go in the morning for the start at 10am, if you go in the afternoon they might have gone home for the weekend!

Yes, Yorkcourt's barrister Andrew gets to cross examine Leeds City Council's representatives. Barton Willmore are not appearing in a statutory role, they are just appearing on behalf of an objector. This means that Yorkcourt (Andrew) get to ask them 'questions' as opposed to a cross examination, however, given that they are planning consultants I expect that the inspector will allow him quite a bit of leeway and this will appear more like a cross examination I expect.

This is only true of witnesses called directly by statutory parties. So in this case witnesses called by Yorkcourt, WMDC & LCC.

When it comes to us mere mortals, or the public, as I like to call us, then in our case only LCC and the inspector can ask us questions, it will not be opened up to the house. In the case of anyone objecting, then Yorkcourt, WMDC & the inspector can ask them questions.

During which I hope he tears them a new one, with liberal reference to the pro-development stance they wax lyrical about on their website.

Again, don't be too hard on Barton Willmore per say, they are just doing the job they are being paid to do by an objector. Even murderers get a barrister... if you get my point!

That said, I am fairly certain that as Andrew is 'questioning' them, and indeed they are expert hired guns, that he will not go easy on them... and I expect the inspector will let him!

Amber traffic lights mean "not ready"

Thanks IA. I'll be there at 10.00 if I can. I'd like to see what is going on.

After hearing today's news on LCC can they really afford to be in a costly wrangle with us over this. I know they have duty to their public but surely in economic time like this and today's announcement They ought to do the right thing financially and prioritise other spending areas before this.

And even more ironically, they have to make more cuts but he is still willing to spend Leeds Councils money fighting something that quite frankly should be none of his damn business.

Either that or todays announcement is a big shock and he may have rethink on opposing to save money/jobs

Seems not to mean that where I live, I must mean " put your foot down" :/

A real below the belt stunt by the Cas chairman; he is like another Ted Richardson but just in the black and yellow corner. Surely the Leeds barristers defense cannot hold up a argument about a invisible ground in glasshoughton this should just be dissmissed how can we talk about a ground that isn't even there? Quite baffling and it just shows the lack of argument the defense has ; its pathetic.

How Ironic KEith Wakefield was on look north yesterday talking about job cuts!