A RENOWNED cricket coach who helped England Ladies to two Ashes wins and a World Cup final is taking on a new role as an ambassador for Barnsley Local Mencap.

Paul Shaw works for the England and Wales Cricket Board as head of performance for the England women’s team.

He is leaving in a few weeks to focus full-time on his own business which he set up last year, but he is taking on the additional voluntary role for Barnsley Local Mencap, based at Priory Campus.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle