A community magazine owner’s complaint about the sale of advertising in Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council’s newsletter triggered sharp exchanges at a council meeting.

Liz Barker had expressed her concern over the council’s publication in an e-mail, which was read out to the meeting by Councillor John Suckling.

She commented: “It is disappointing to note that almost 50 per cent of the parish council newsletter contains advertisements.

“While it may seem like sour grapes coming from me, I still cannot understand why the council is in the business of selling advertising space and is in effect undercutting businesses like my own. We pay more than 25 local people to deliver our community magazines, many of whom are students and young people, and we employ two part-time employees. We also pay a courier and a back checker.”

Acting chairman Coun-cillor Peter Hill responded that the newsletter had been in existence before the Worth Valley Mag was set up.

He said: “The newsletter is subsidised by the parish council. The reason we take adverts is to keep our parish rates down.

“The newsletter comes out bi-monthly and it’s delivered by volunteers.”

Councillor Rosemary Key said that, as a body which had official Quality Parish Council status, the council was obliged to publish its own newsletter.

l The meeting was told that proposed new wind turbines for Ovenden Moor would generate more power, have a 25-year life span and create no more noise than the existing turbines.

Emma Clark and Lucy Morgan, from Eon, gave a presentation and said a formal planning application should be going in some time this summer. People could put their questions to experts at the Ovenden Moor windfarm on Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7.