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  • National relay romp

    Main event of the weekend for Keighley & Craven athletes was the National 12-stage road relay championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham. The club made its debut in the Nationals after qualifyingin the top 20 of the northern round. The national championships

  • Dome contractor dropped for being too slow

    The contractor employed to build the massive dome on Bradford's new mosque in Darfield Street has been taken off the job because he is "too slow''. The contractor - who has not been named - has been dropped from the project because the dome, based on

  • Phone firm blamed for mudbath mess

    MOBILE telephone giants Orange have been attacked for churning up the only grass bridleway in Silsden and turning it into a "mudbath". Riders have also been told that the company could dig up the path and replace it with hardcore material - the worst

  • Cash bid fails

    ATTEMPTS to win a major cash boost for a village hall for the millennium have failed. The bid, by Pool-in-Wharfedale's village hall committee, was this week turned down by the 21st Century Village Hall Fund. But one of the figures behind the £70,000 scheme

  • Amateur rugby league round-up

    Queensbury 25 Keighley Albion 31 Keighley Albion showed real character following last week's semi-final disappointment when they locked horns with Queensbury for the second time in a week. This time they came away with victorious from an entertaining

  • Welded taxis on the road

    Taxi drivers in Keighley are using cars rebuilt from the bodies of two separate vehicles following serious crashes. In most cases the cars have been given MOT certificates by garages who know the cars have been 'cut and shut'. The truth only comes to

  • Couple's focussed approach

    A free marketing seminar run by Keighley Local Enter-prise Agency at Cedar House, Lawkholme Lane, has helped a local business to plan its future marketing strategy. Attendance at the seminar and customer reaction to a planned relocation has persuaded

  • Taking a bite from the Big Apple

    Keighley firm O&K Escal-ators is building on its presence in the USA with a bite of the Big Apple! The American Metros market continues to open up for O&K, with its PS-X range of heavy duty machines, aimed specifically at the passenger transportation

  • Hansen transforms Cougars

    Cougars 25 Widnes 22 AT LAST the Cougars have started to look something like a rugby team - and although they let Widnes back into the game this time they held on to victory. Their forwards really let the opposition know they were in a game, the half-backs

  • Care row threat to boy's school work

    A boy hailed as a national Child of Courage may be kept out of lessons in a row over the support he receives at school. Teenager Adam Metcalfe from Tyersal received the award for his bravery after being born with no arms. He is also a former T&A Children

  • Pool manager faces rape allegation

    THE manager of Settle Swimming Pool appeared in court this week charged with rape and making threats to kill. The offences are alleged to have happened on Tuesday. Jonathan Harkin, 39, of Stanley Street, Carnforth, appeared before Lancaster Magistrates

  • Police to clamp down on pub trouble

    Keighley Police are looking to landlords in the town centre to make it a safer place at night. They are planning to introduce a Pub Watch scheme which would provide the final link in a chain of Watches already up and running. Police have already laun-ched

  • Opinion

    An open message to those involved in desecrating the graves of two local men at Utley cemetery. You may not realise it, or accept it, but you are seriously ill and in need of treatment. You must be when you consider what you have done. You prised out

  • Engfland vest for Jo

    ILKLEY runner Jo Prowse has reached her goal - winning an England vest. The mother of four from St James' Road has been picked for England's fell running team for the home international clash in Northern Ireland this weekend. Jo, at 44, is one of the

  • Trojans beat Pool

    POOL AFC 2 BURLEY TROJANS 3 AFTER Pool's efforts on Thursday evening against Guiseley in the Wharfedale Cup, it was back down to fighting for promotion. However, in this game it was Burley Trojans who guaranteed their First Division safety with a hard-earned

  • Cruel twist of fate

    YEADON soccer player Alastair Long was gutted when his dream of playing against Manchester United was ended by an innocuous incident in Farsley Celtic's game on Saturday. Long had been set to make his debut as wicketkeeper-batsman for Bradford League

  • Headache for hospital neighbours

    THE introduction of car parking charges for visitors at Wharfedale General Hospital is bound to make nearby residents shudder. No doubt there will be those visiting the hospital who will seek places to park their vehicles outside of the hospital grounds

  • Lee Crooks on the inside

    WHAT a difference in less than a week, things were at a pretty low ebb after the performance at Featherstone, but the side really looked like a rugby team against Widnes. It seemed that almost everything came together at once, and Lee Hansen played a

  • Road protestors gather in the rain

    Drenched demonstrators bearing banners and dressed as Teletubbies marched on Haworth's precarious Brow Top Road/Hebden Road junction this week to protest against Bradford council's safety measures. Wednesday's protest, carried out in pouring rain, was

  • Mum's vital trip to school

    A major new research study has shown that children in Britain and Ireland are more likely to suffer from asthma than youngsters from almost anywhere else in the world. Asthma affects a staggering two million people in the United Kingdom. 9,500 (nine per

  • £15m superstore heralds 350 posts

    More than 1,000 new jobs could be coming to Bradford through two major developments, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today. A major shopping chain wants to build a £15 million superstore in Bradford city centre. And an international company wanting

  • Full Monty earns Bafta for Simon

    Glusburn screenwriter Simon Beaufoy stepped into the limelight this week when his smash-hit film The Full Monty scooped four major Bafta awards. The film received accolades for the Academy's Best Film and the Audience Award for the most popular film.

  • Opinion

    As politically incorrect as it may be, there must have been an added delight for some of those involved in Keighley's winning of the national town centre award. Though they may not be able to say it, we can - Keighley whopped Bradford. Friendly rivalry

  • Richard roars for Lions

    RICHARD MOORE returned home after a spectacular international debut in France. After travelling to Lyon he was seleted for the final 'Test' between Great Britain's Young Lions and France, which the Lions won 50-2. Throughout the tour he kicked a total

  • Rugby League: Steve hoping for toothless Sharks

    Steve McNamara would love to see Hull Sharks make a big Super League impact but he hopes they're not making the headlines early next week. The Bulls goalkicking loose forward makes his first return to the Boulevard tomorrow since his £130,000 move from

  • Gas firm admits transfer blunder

    A voluntary service worker has complained to gas watchdog OFGAS after a billing company took her on to its books even though she did not sign a contract giving her consent. Heather Moore, 35, was flabbergasted when a letter from British Gas arrived at

  • Lord of the Manor to fly in to save school

    Stanbury's Lord of the Manor is jetting in from the USA next month to try to save two threatened village schools. Wealthy American sapphire miner Tom Lee bought the title 'Lord of Stanbury' for £13,250 at an auction in December 1996. Now he has vowed

  • 400 babies in TB test

    Hundreds of babies in Bradford are facing tests for tuberculosis after a doctor working in Bradford Royal Infirmary's maternity unit was found to have contracted the disease. The male junior doctor, who has not been named, was admitted last weekend to

  • Soccer: Robbo hits out at Scots 'lies'

    Bradford City joint top scorer Rob Steiner is hoping to re-charge his batteries over the summer before proving much more prolific in his second full season in English football. The Swede joined the Bantams last summer and before today's trip to Crewe

  • Rugby Union

    Yorkshire Division Three Skipton 8 Leeds Corinthians 42 (Half-time 3-15) No Red complaints Yorkshire Division Three Skipton 8 Leeds Corinthians 42 Skipton can have no complaints about this defeat as the Yorkshire Silver Trophy holders demonstrated the

  • Emergency repairs at charity shop

    THE fronts of a charity shop and a community centre in Skipton are receiving emergency work to prevent them from buckling. Concrete lintels above the front windows of the SCAD shop and the Petyt Grove Community Centre, on Newmarket Street, are showing

  • Readers' letters

    SIR - For those of us with concerns at the proposed changes to educational provision in the Worth Valley what better disclosure could we have requested than Cllr Cope's letter (April 17). He openly admits the chan-ges to present arrangements (for which

  • Sutton snatch league and cup double

    Sutton duly completed the League and Cup double after a 5-0 victory over Grassington United Res at Skipton Town on Wednesday last. Sutton were always going to be too big and strong for the young Grassington side who could not cope with the more robust

  • Two Bobs on his bike

    Rob Roberts was given a second chance to launch his rugby league career after being banned for 10-matches, but not with the Cougars. Roberts had been given an immediate two-week ban by the Keighley club following his Easter Monday battle at Featherstone

  • May wins major award

    Keighley Soroptimists have chosen one of the town's Salvation Army leaders as their Woman of the Year. The women's group chose Major May Hart in recognition of her work for the community, particularly for organising a meals service for homeless young

  • Tragic youth's parents back funds plea

    The parents of a 17-year-old who died in an horrific accident today backed calls for Government ministers to release funds to make busy Tong Street in Bradford safer. Andy King, of Oddy Street, died near his home after being hit by a lorry at the junction

  • Focus on Keighley festival

    Local youngsters will be able to travel on their favourite train for the first time on the evening before the festival. Thomas the Tank Engine will pull favourite coaches Annie and Clarabel along the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on June 5. He'll

  • Top-level talks to be held

    Keighley MP Ann Cryer and Worth Valley councillor John Cope are to meet top Bradford education officials next Monday over the plans to close Oldfield School. Mrs Cryer has also written to Education Secretary David Blunkett urging the government to save

  • New Brownie pack to be launched

    A new Brownie-Guide pack is to be launched. An inaugural meeting will be held on Monday evening at Keighley New Church in Braithwaite village, when District Commissioner Angela Brae will be present with some helpers. The pack last met several years ago

  • Stations set to get cameras

    Security cameras could be provided at Keighley, Steeton and Crossflatts railway stations as part of a proposed new hi-tech million -pound surveillance system. Keighley bus station could also be linked into a control centre covering the whole of West Yorkshire

  • Rail passengers could be charged for parking

    A passport-style identification scheme could be introduced to herald a better deal for West Yorkshire rail travellers at Steeton railway station. The move is the latest twist in a long running War of the Roses at the station. The car park is being packed

  • Big day for Sarah

    KEIGHLEY actress Sarah Moffett became a household face when she appeared in Granada TV's Coronation Street as Ken Barlow's babysitter Kelly. But she's also played roles in popular stage shows including Blood Brothers and South Pacific. She comes close

  • Penny rises to her latest challenge

    Penny Roberts, the Steeton woman paralysed after a parachuting accident, needs to raise £10,000 if she is to become totally mobile again. The money is needed to buy a special powerchair which will last a lifetime and enable her to get out and about. Motability

  • Cougars roar into action for Katherine

    Keighley Cougars chairman Howard Carter has made a passionate appeal to supporters to carry the NHS organ donor card. The devout Christian went on to the Cougar Park pitch before the game against Widnes on Sunday and asked fans to pray for Katherine Ireland

  • Crash kills motorcyclist

    A Cross Hills motorcyclist died on Sunday after a collision which involved a second motorbike and a car. Patrick Hardy, 35, of Campbell Street, was riding his blue and red Honda on the A684 between Hawes and Sedbergh, when he was in collision with a Nissan

  • Tribute paid to Andrew

    Family and friends gathered on Tuesday for the funeral of Silsden schoolboy Andrew Pratt, who died on Good Friday. The 12-year-old, of Middle Way, had the muscle wasting-disease muscular dystrophy. He suffered a heart attack as doctors at Leeds General

  • Circus boss recalls schooldays

    Circus frontman Bobby Roberts thought he recognised some of the landmarks as he made his way to the site at Silsden. And as he drove past Kildwick roundabout on the Aire Valley Trunk he remembered that he used to go to the village school. Bobby, 55, has

  • Village loses thousands as dog owners turn sportsmen away

    PEOPLE who let their dogs foul a Giggleswick field could cost the local residents thousands of pounds. Giggleswick Parish Council can no longer rent out a playing field, despite paying for it to be mown 15 times a year, because it is so full of dog muck

  • Craven runners face test of endurance in London Marathon

    SUNDAY'S London Marathon will be a day to remember for at least four local people. Settle's Alan Cardus, of Mill Close, is running the 26 mile world famous event to raise money for Candlelighters, the children's cancer charity, and breast cancer research

  • Gerry stars in national advert

    FLYING high above the clouds in a jumbo jet, it's not every airline passenger who contemplates the engineering skills of the men and women who keep them aloft. But American aerospace giant Boeing is keen to pay tribute to the brains behind its success

  • Graveyard vandals 'should rot in hell'

    Vandals have smashed the gravestones of two Keighley men who were killed in tragic accidents just four days apart. A Keighley councillor this week branded the attackers as 'scum of the earth'. Vandals removed and smashed to smithereens the porcelain photograph

  • Residents party in the fast lane to celebrate traffic lull

    CONISTON Cold villagers poured out on to their normally traffic clogged street to celebrate a night free from noise, pollution and danger. As the Highways Agency closed the notorious Coniston Cold bridge on the A65 for safety surfacing and signs to be

  • Call for safer balloon measures

    New safety recommendations have been published following a balloon crash near Silsden last year in which 12 people were injured. A report into the accident, in which the 90ft balloon was dragged 100 yards across Silsden Moor, recommends the Civil Aviation

  • Tell transport chiefs what you think

    SUPPORTERS of the Wharfedale Observer's Missing Link campaign have the chance to tell transport chiefs exactly what they think during a two-day consultation next week. Hundreds of votes for the campaign - to secure a regular fast bus link to and from

  • Tribute to a 'great man'

    LEEDS Euro MP Michael McGowan has paid tribute to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, who died earlier this week. Mr McGowan spoke of his relationship with the man - a renowned anti-apartheid campaigner - who became a mentor to the likes of Archbishop Desmond

  • New heads concern

    PUPILS and staff at a Victorian Rawdon school are having to work under difficult conditions, it was claimed this week. Gary White, the new head teacher at Rawdon Littlemoor Junior and Infant School admits the present building, built in 1878, is presenting

  • Hospital car park charges

    THE introduction of car parking charges at Wharfedale General Hospital in Otley has been condemned as an unjustified cost on health. Visitors to the hospital will now have to make use of the pay-and-display machines sited in the car park and staff will

  • Fream near to reality

    A FORMER Guiseley AFC captain's dream of building a top class football coaching centre for youngsters in Aireborough is about to become a reality. Joe McPhee's bid to convert a disused warehouse at Yeadon's Moorfield industrial estate was this week given

  • Shoplifters sweep through town

    GANGS of organised shoplifters have swept through Otley, leaving some traders calling for more police presence in the town. Over three days last week, traders in Kirkgate were hit by a gang of thieves who got away with goods worth £150 in at least four

  • Public opinion wanted on hospital changes

    HEALTH chiefs are seeking public opinion over drastic changes to services provided at Wharfedale General Hospital in Otley. A three-month consultation was launched by the Leeds Health Authority last Friday to gauge reaction to proposals which would see

  • 'Save buses' fight is just the ticket!

    A Bradford MP is attempting to arrange a meeting in support of the T&A's Save Our Classic Buses campaign. Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe last night praised the Telegraph & Argus for launching a campaign to save 17 historic buses at the troubled

  • Cash crisis could shatter dancer's dream

    BALLET dancer Katherine Strange has won a place at the prestigious Northern Ballet School but cannot go unless she raises the £7,500-a-year fees. With additional living expenses of around £6,000 for the three-year course, Katherine's family are having

  • Party time at hospital

    Patients past and present were in high spirits at a children's party held by Airedale Hospital to celebrate 50 years of the NHS. People of all ages went to the party on Sunday, including four generations of one family. Sandra Barrett was born on July

  • Sutton complete double

    Craven Football League Division Four League Cup Final Sutton 5 Grassington 0 Sutton duly completed the league and cup double with this victory watched by a large crowd at Skipton Town last Wednesday. They were always going to be too big and strong for

  • Kestrel wings its way home

    A Kestrel which lost its way back home has been reunited with its owner. Stuart Auty of Westburn Avenue, Oxenhope, thought he had lost the bird for good - until he saw a photo of her in last week's Keighley News. The young kestrel had been found by bird

  • Addingham golfer in race for final place

    FIFTEEN-year-old Paul Bevington of Addingham has joined the race for a place in the final of the 1998 Daily Telegraph/Center Parcs Junior Golf Championship. Paul shot an 86 to win his qualifying round at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club on April 15 and now has

  • Young rugby players go bleep

    ILKLEY Rugby Club's junior section goes 'bleep' for the Millenium Scanner Appeal on Saturday, April 25, in a 50/50 sponsored event. They are joining forces with the Bradford Millenium Scanner Appeal, the Telegraph and Argus and (whisper it!) the Bradford

  • Yarnbury's Shield dream is over

    Yarnbury 0 Huddersfield YMCA 34 WELL, it wasn't to be. The dream that Yarnbury could bring home the Yorkshire Shield on their 125th anniversary was shattered by a Huddersfield pack of awesome strength and power. Such was the dominance of the YM pack,

  • Badminton club celebrates

    Otley Badminton Club, who currently run six league teams, have finished another reasonably successful league season as it sets out to celebrate its 40 years existence. The club merged with Bramhope and Otley Westgate Badminton Clubs in the late sixties

  • Classic final in prospect

    THE Wharfedale FA Challenge Cup should prove to be something of a classic this time out with the high flying treble chasing Guiseley Reserves taking on cup specialists Rawdon O ld Boys on what will now be a changed date for the final. The final was originally

  • Guiseley all set for final

    GUISELEY report no injury problems as they wait for Saturday's clash with Runcorn in the first leg of the UniBond President's Cup Final at Nethermoor Park. Manager Bobby Davison could afford a wry smile as he said: 'For the first time I can report no

  • Cricket: Wood turns it on to step up pace

    Anthony McGrath and Michael Vaughan both got cut off in their prime at Headingley yesterday as Yorkshire made a gallant effort to make for lost time in the rain-hit championship match against Derbyshire. The openers played some sparkling attacking shots

  • Barnoldswick retain trophy

    Craven Football Association Skipton Building Society Norman Pratt Trophy Final Barnoldswick United 3 Kelbrook 1 Barnoldswick, who say the final at Rolls-Royce on Friday went as expected with Kelbrook working hard to spoil their football, retained the

  • Town centre voted the best

    Keighley's Town Centre Management group is the best in Britain. The team was named the best in the UK during this year's Property Awards at a glittering ceremony in London this week - beating Bradford into second place. As the celebrations continued town

  • Diane gets the Full Monty!

    DIANE Osadzenko couldn't believe the bare-faced cheek of the male members of her family when they did the "Full Monty" for her 40th birthday. A fivesome made up of Diane's husband, Tony, two brothers and two nephews, decided to spice up the party at Skipton

  • Rugby Union

    Kirkby Lonsdale 7 North Ribblesdale 84 (Half-time 0-41) North Ribblesdale: Evans; Spensley, Richards, Kennedy, Hughes; Towns, Gemmell; Thwaite, Throup (capt), Heal, Capstick, Pawson (Boatwright 52), Carr, Wallbank, Kirkbride (Harrison 77). Ribb rattle

  • Call for early risers

    Oakworth Village Morris Men will rise at the ungodly hour of 4.30 in the morning next Friday to 'Dance in the Summer' as the sun rises over Cowling Pinnacle. It is an Old English custom that Cotswold Morris sides used to dance on May 1 as the sun was

  • Circus boss hits back at 'cruel" claim

    CIRCUS owners have hit back at animal rights campaigners who have branded the travelling show "cruel" and "humiliating". Bobby Roberts' Super Circus landed in Silsden on Sunday for a week-long stint in the town. But members of the Bradford Animal Protection

  • New era dawns for Skipton cinema

    THE Plaza Cinema in Skipton is to be expanded and restored to its former glory after being bought by a movie-mad entrepreneur. After nearly 80 years in the hands of the family who launched it, Charles Morris has realised his dream after first falling

  • Bats could scupper housing plan

    Planning chiefs say play-space needs to be inc-luded if a housing development is to get the go-ahead. They have also questioned whether there would be a need for the four, five and six-bedroom houses at the development on land off Aireworth Road, Keighley

  • Lampkin tightens grip on trophy

    DOUGIE LAMPKIN kept his grip on the World Trials Championship with a superb victory at Hawkstone Park in Shropshire last weekend. After sweeping through the first day's competition he found the going tough on the opening round of Day Two. He slipped to

  • Cashier accused of thefts

    A woman has described how she was 'absolutely horrified' to discover that her building society account had been 'closed'. Doreen Moore told a jury at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday that she had gone to the Keighley branch of the Britannia to update

  • Schools' future is full of hope!

    The Chief Inspector of Schools has backed Bradford's move to create a two-tier education system despite widescale closures across the authority. Chris Woodhead said standards would rise in Bradford providing the reorganisation of schools was handled efficiently

  • Stalemate in homes plan

    Plans to build houses on the site of a wool scouring mill have been put on hold because mill owners say they are being asked to hand over too much cash. Keighley area planning sub-committee heard yesterday that the proposed plans to build 40 new homes

  • Christian Viewpoint

    by Gordon Dean, of Ilkley Road Methodist newsletter Seventy per cent of people in Britain profess the faith of Christianity. Unfortunately most of these are part-time Christians, with only 10 per cent of them attending church regularly. Are you a part-timer

  • Simply Smith

    Friday, April 10, was Good Friday, and, for the people of Northern Ireland, it was also a Friday to go down in history. It was the day that the sectarian and political circle describing that unfortunate province was apparently squared. We in England,

  • Readers' letters

    We tried SIR - I write to you yet again on behalf of my husband and myself and the tenants of the flats to thank you and your staff and grateful thanks to reporter Gary Stokes for the way you have supported us and made public once again the problems we

  • Readers' letters

    SIR - A recent correspondent suggested that Cougar magic would not return until Mick O'Neill resumed his matchday DJ role. He is right of course. Mr Patel should get the business right off the pitch. Lee Crooks should, with support, get a proper Rugby

  • Dear Reader

    Cross words over crossword. That's my lame way of making light of a production difficulty we encountered in last week's issue. Without going into any finite details a wrongly positioned advertisement obliterated the answers to the previous week's crossword

  • Letters to the editor

    SIR - At Craven District Council's meeting on March 31, council members only considered the budgetary aspects of hiring Skipton's Town Hall. By failing to look at all the issues, the outcome will be detrimental to the people of Craven. Non-commercial

  • Craven through the years: 100 years ago

    FROZEN food is a fact of modern life, but in 1898 the arrival of frozen mutton on the market provided this comment from the 'mother of a family' who said that "frozen mutton is not so cheap as it appears as the dripping from it is like tallow, and not

  • Bradley denies clash

    Shaun Edwards has been handed a double vote of confidence ahead of tomorrow's voyage into the intimidating Boulevard atmosphere. After being named captain for the clash with Hull Sharks by coach Matthew Elliott, the Great Britain ace won the backing of

  • Poor start for Greens as Park grind out win

    National Division One Rosslyn Park 29 Wharfedale 14 Wharfedale got off to the worst possible start by conceding two converted tries in the first five minutes, writes Keith Lewis. Although they recovered their composure sufficiently to reduce the deficit

  • Car dealer slams import procedures

    CRAVEN'S only importer of Japanese cars is angry that new Government legislation means he has to continue using Ireland as a "back door" way to get cheap motors. John Midgley, owner of Midgley Motors on Skipton's Airedale Business Park, was hoping that

  • Vandals push roller onto car

    A cricket pitch roller pushed down a hill by a group of young people caused more than £200 damage to a local man's car. Robert Binns of Sykes Lane, Oakworth, watched in horror as a gang of young people sent the heavy concrete roller hurtling down the

  • Pyramid structure will not change

    Education bosses say pare-ntal preference of schools will continue to operate under the proposed new two-tier system. In response to Bradford council's proposals to close all middle schools in favour of a new primary-secondary education structure, some

  • School review: parents issue a plea

    Oldfield parents have stepped up their campaign to keep their children's village school open. Every Friday parents come into Oldfield First School for a few hours to help out with the campaign. To them, Friday is 'campaign day'. The huge drive comes in

  • Woman shocked by indecent exposure

    Keighley Police have issued the description of a man they want to question in connection with an indecent exposure on Saturday night. A 25-year-old woman was walking along Goulborne Street, Keighley, at 11.30pm on Saturday when a man indecently exposed

  • Cinema empire to expand

    The owner of Keighley's Picture House has bought his main local rival. Lifelong cinema buff Charles Morris this week added Skipton's Plaza to his mini-empire. The Plaza has been owned by three generations of the same family since the 1920s. Cumbria man

  • Circus blasts critics

    A circus owner has hit back at animal-rights campaigners who are urging people not to attend the show in Silsden. Moira Roberts, of the Bobby Roberts Super Circus, was responding to claims by Bradford Animal Protection Group, local residents and Bradford

  • Village sets an example

    The chairman of the Countryside Commission has given Oxenhope's village design statement his seal of approval. Richard Simmonds said people in Oxenhope had set a 'fine example' to other areas in the country, with their plans to maintain the character

  • Praise for youngsters

    These youngsters from the Lawkholme Lane Action Group did a spring clean on a grand scale this week. The group of youngsters visited All Saints church in Highfield Lane, Keighley, to clean up the yard which had filled up with litter. They had a little

  • Firm uses special materials to improve towpath

    WATERLOGGED canal towpaths in Skipton are to receive a facelift using an experimental surface. British Waterways is responding to complaints about the town's towpaths turning into a muddy quagmire in wet weather. Many walkers are said to be diverting

  • Craven man killed in double death tragedy

    A CROSS Hills man was one of two motorcyclists killed at the weekend following an accident on the A684 Thwaite Bridge, near Hawes. Patrick Hardy, 35, of Campbell Street, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 2pm on Sunday. The other motorcyclist

  • Paddy Ashdown heads for Pendle

    LOCAL Liberals are wheeling out the big guns in their battle to defend existing seats and win more in the Pendle Council elections on May 7. National Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown will be in the borough on Monday lending his support to local candidates