Slug pellet pesticide to be banned

38, of Foldings Avenue, Scholes, Cleckheaton. Stole Ciroc Vodka from Asda, Mill Street West, Dewsbury, on November 1. Ordered to pay an £20 surcharge.

23, of Brownroyd Avenue, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield. Possession of cannabis and an offensive weapon, namely a lock knife, on October 7, at Cross Church Street, Centre, Huddersfield. Jailed for six months, ordered to pay an £115 surcharge and drugs and weapon to be forfeited and destroyed. A PESTICIDE used in slug pellets is to be banned because of the danger it poses to other wildlife, the Government has announced.

The ban on the outdoor use of metaldehyde, which is used to control slugs in a range of crops and in gardens, will be introduced across Britain from spring 2020.

The move follows advice from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides and the Health and Safety Executive that metaldehyde poses an unacceptable risk to birds and mammals, the Environment Department (Defra) said.

While slugs are a top pest for gardeners and cause damage to crops including potatoes, cereals and oil seed rape, there are alternatives to using the damaging pesticide, Defra said.

Sowing seeds deeper in to the soil may prevent slugs from reaching them, while alternative pesticides containing ferric phosphate provide effective control of slugs and snails without carrying the same risks to wildlife.

47, Moorside Road, Dewsbury. Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order as failed to attend RAR office appointments on October 9 and October 17. Original requirements of rehabilitation activity requirements to continue until new end date of May 20, 2019 and fined £166. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court in Huddersfield25, of Market Street, Paddock, Huddersfield. Used violent behaviour and threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in Huddersfield on October 6. Fined £120 and ordered to pay £30 surcharge and £85 costs.