A MAN is seriously ill in hospital after trouble erupted in a pub.

A fight erupted outside during a social function at the Craven Heifer pub on Blackmoorfoot Road in Crosland Moor just before 7.30pm yesterday.

A fight is then believed to have happened at the back of the pub and a short time later a 50-year-old man was found on Blackmoorfoot Road with serious head injuries.

He was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where his condition has stabilised overnight.

Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Contact Det Con Peter Usher on 01484 436610.