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Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
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Barnsley sign West Ham midfielder Kelly
Barnsley have signed West Ham United midfielder Patrick Kelly on a three-year deal. The 20-year-old, who has joined on a free transfer, spent last season on loan at Doncaster Rovers and made 30 appearances in League Two as they won the title. The Northern Ireland Under-21 international started his career with Coleraine before joining the Hammers in June 2022. "He's had a brilliant grounding at youth international level and has already tasted success in a promotion-winning team, which will stand him in good stead," Reds boss Conor Hourihane told the club website. The League One side start the new season with a trip to relegated Plymouth on Saturday. Transfers - July 2025
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Barnsley sign West Ham midfielder Kelly
Barnsley have signed West Ham United midfielder Patrick Kelly on a three-year 20-year-old, who has joined on a free transfer, spent last season on loan at Doncaster Rovers and made 30 appearances in League Two as they won the Northern Ireland Under-21 international started his career with Coleraine before joining the Hammers in June 2022."He's had a brilliant grounding at youth international level and has already tasted success in a promotion-winning team, which will stand him in good stead," Reds boss Conor Hourihane told the club website., externalThe League One side start the new season with a trip to relegated Plymouth on Saturday.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Cleverley working hard to land striker
Tom Cleverley says his squad have answered all his questions in pre-season but he admits he still wants to add a new striker to the ranks this Plymouth will start their League One campaign at home against Barnsley on Saturday and their manager insisted he is close to working out his best the identity of a number nine remains unclear despite Cleverley being hopeful of adding the final piece of the jigsaw and hit the ground running."The players are fit, they understand what I want from them and we are very close to working out what our best team is," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon after losing their final pre-season friendly 2-0 against Bristol City."I go into next week with very few questions about my team, which is the important thing."Getting a new striker remains a priority following the departures of Ryan Hardie to Wrexham and Mustapha Bundu. Argyle have signed youngsters Bim Pepple and Owen Forest forward Dale Taylor understood to be a target."It is still the case [that we want to bring a striker to the club," Cleverley said. "Conversations between the two clubs are ongoing and we are hoping. "It is never easy pre-season when clubs have got big transfers going on. Sometimes you are down the pecking order in terms of priorities, but we are working hard to make that happen."
BBC News
2 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Barnsley teen inspired to study farming after suffering stroke
A teenager who had a stroke when she was 13 said her physical recovery has been helped by her new passion for now 17, had to relearn how to walk and speak after the right side of her body was left partially spent time with horses while she was staying at a recovery centre, which she said she found "calming," and was inspired to continue working with has now begun studying agriculture at Barnsley College, with dreams of becoming a dairy farmer, and said: "My love for animals and nature has motivated me and has helped my recovery by keeping me calm." Neive, from Huddersfield, was born with an arteriovenous malformation - a tangle of blood vessels that creates irregular connections between arteries and veins - in her did not know about the condition until it led to a sudden bleed on her brain during her first week studying at Shelley College in Huddersfield."I had just finished netball and I was waiting for the bus to go home," she said."I felt really weird, something was happening."When I got on the bus, my leg went and I couldn't walk on it and my arm and hand went and I couldn't speak. I was so confused."Neive was originally treated at Calderdale Royal Hospital before being placed in an induced coma and taken to Leeds General Infirmary, where surgeons operated on the bleed. Months of gruelling rehabilitation followed, including speech therapy and mum Abi said it was an "incredibly difficult time" for the family."We never knew whether she'd ever fully recover or not," she said."She was eventually allowed to come home at weekends in a wheelchair."I had to inject her with blood thinners."It was during an extended period of therapy in Surrey that Neive said she took "comfort" from spending time with the horses at the site."I found it really calming, I just loved being around them," she said. Neive has now begun studying for her Level 2 Agriculture certificate and said: "It's a dream come true to be studying something I love so much."After missing three years of school, I was so worried I wouldn't be able to achieve it."Emily Smith, from the department at the college, said Neive was "an absolute trooper"."There are no limitations to agriculture, she's a grafter and the drive is what you need," she said."It's phenomenal where she's come from and we're so proud of her." Building up her physical strength and co-ordination on the course has been a huge boost, Neive has learned to write using her left hand instead of her right and admitted that the speed of some aspects of her recovery was "frustrating"."My speech is not back fully. It's slower. I just want to talk normally. It used to make me angry and upset but I understand it now," she life studying at the college's Wigfield Farm campus has become her "happy place," she said."It's like therapy for me, especially the cows and sheep."They're so calming and they don't talk back. Not so much the pigs," she joked."I'm proud of how far I've come. I didn't think I'd get to this position."I'm happy again." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
British mother who died of rabies from puppy scratch on holiday had 'horrendous' death, daughter reveals
The daughter of a British woman who died of rabies after she was scratched by a puppy on holiday has spoken of her mother's 'horrendous' death. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was scratched on the leg by a small stray puppy lying under her sunbed while on holiday in Morocco with her husband in February - but thought nothing of it at the time. Many months later, the grandmother-of-four started suffering from a 'horrendous' headache and was admitted to Barnsley Hospital. Within days, she could not walk, talk, sleep or swallow. She started hallucinating, and developed a fear of water. Yvonne was transferred to Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield where she was eventually diagnosed with the rare but devastating virus. She died on June 11. Her daughter Robyn Thomson, 32, has spoken of how the deathly disease that stole her mother. Neonatal nurse Robyn said: '[Mum] was the most loving person imaginable. She had the biggest heart. 'She was my best friend and the most fantastic grandparent to mine and my brother's children. 'She was a huge animal lover so for her to have died of rabies - it is just particularly horrendous. 'She will be missed so dearly.' Robyn said her mother's death was a huge shock to the whole family - especially as it took so long for her to develop symptoms. She was scratched in February - and died four months later. She said: 'She and dad were on a holiday in Morocco and they were on a private beach next to the hotel. 'There was a puppy underneath mum's sunbed and it scratched her leg. 'There was no blood and no evidence of the dog being unwell. It was such a mild scratch and it never got infected so we just thought nothing of it at the time. 'Mum came home and everything was normal. We went to Florida as a family and she went fishing with my dad. 'But in June she came down with this horrendous headache. She was in a lot of pain so went to hospital. The family later found out that it normally takes a few months for rabies symptoms to show - but the deadly disease can incubate for up to two years 'Soon, she couldn't sleep, she couldn't walk, she couldn't talk. She was hallucinating and had a fear of water. 'She couldn't swallow. She was choking on her own saliva. So doctors put her in an induced coma. 'It wasn't until over a week later that she was diagnosed with rabies. 'There's only one outcome for rabies once symptoms develop and it's death every time. So we had to turn off her life support.' The family later found out that it normally takes a few months for rabies symptoms to show - but the deadly disease can incubate for up to two years. Now, Robyn wants to spread awareness for rabies - and help stop it at the source via a charity mission in Cambodia. The mother-of-two has launched a GoFundMe and is appealing for help from the public. She said: 'This is something I need to do. If I can save even one life through this work, or spare one family from going through the pain we have experienced, then it will be turning a terrible negative into something positive. 'I'm determined to transform my grief into action - helping vaccinate dogs, support surveillance efforts, and deliver life-saving lessons in schools.'
