What I would like to know is what Richard Whiteley is going to be doing around 2014 when he's 70. No one can say, of course, least of all the 55-year-old YTV presenter, Channel 4 quiz-master, and now live entertainer. It's just that every 15 or 16 years
A couple from Oakworth are preparing for the pinnacle of marathon running on the slopes of Mount Everest. Stewart Gardner and Charlotte Roberts will tackle the gruelling run around the Himalayan mountain, describ-ed as the highest and hardest marathon
A multi-agency approach to tackling the problem of domestic violence throughout the country was launched in Bradford yesterday. A video and advice booklet is now available to police officers and community workers which offers information about the options
When mum Tasleem Ahmed took her third child, Waqar, back to the nursery attended by his older brother and sister, she admits she was shocked. The "terrapin"-style buildings at Farnham Road, Great Horton were shabby and vandalised. Little seemed to have
A defiant pensioner has vowed to go to jail rather than pay more than £500 for her neighbours' new windows. Battling 77-year-old Joyce Marshall is one of nine private home owners each faced with the £563 bill for improvements to their neighbours' Council
Seventy people took part today in a huge search for missing Jonathan Danskin. It was one of the biggest operations of its kind ever seen in the Otley area. Friends, family and local people turned out in force to comb the area for the 28-year-old who has
The mobile phone boom has helped BT create more than two hundred jobs at its Bradford call centre. Some 240 customer care workers are to be taken on at the BT Mobile call centre in Manchester Road over the next two years. The firm, which employs 120 staff
It's a hard-knock life for a little orphan these days - especially when their furry best friend fills them with fear. That's what 11-year-old Sinead Burniston discovered after winning the lead as the carrot-topped orphan Annie in a production due to open
Three children, including a baby, were dropped from a bedroom window into the arms of rescuers in a dramatic house blaze today. The youngsters were thrown to safety by their parents after fire broke out at their West Bowling terrace home shortly before
HAWORTH RESERVES have pulled out of the league due to a shortage of players the second club to pull out of Division One this season. The decision to disband the team will mean that all points involving the club will have to removed from the League table
HURDLER Anthony Gill continued his quest for athletics glory with a superb performance at the Amateur Athletic Association Indoor Championships at Birmingham last weekend. Anthony, 21, twice set new personal best times. He ran 8.22 seconds coming third
Seventeen-year-old Thomas Haughey began his professional rugby league career with Wakefield Trinity. Tom, who started playing rugby league with theCougar Cubs, had been chased by Leeds Rhinos and his home town club, before deciding to join Trinity's Super
SOCCER ace Michael Ward and England karate champion Paul Newby have teamed as soccer coaches in the Keighley area. Michael, a former member of Silsden Juniors, went on to play professional soccer with Derby County until the prospects of a Premier League
Bradford team North Avenue have been kicked out of football for the rest of the season. The West Riding County Football Association have withdrawn their affiliation until May after finding the club guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. It means
WE have all heard about the millennium bug, a problem with many computers as they try to come to terms with the transition in the date from two noughts to three. Those of us who are computer illiterate are not unduly worried! But there is another millennium
It is unfortunate for the people of Ravenscliffe that their estate yesterday found itself referred to in a national newspaper as an example of places where no-one wants to live if they can possibly avoid doing so. There are a lot of people putting a great
As we report on page 1, family and friends of Karl Griffin poured into a funeral chapel this week to say final farewells to the teenager who recently died in tragic circumstances. They invited reporter Katie Frearson along Karl, of Drill Street, Lawkholme
There is something wonderfully simple about the food voucher scheme which has been launched in this town. Instead of caring souls giving money - which may subsequently be spent on drink or drugs - the less fortunate get a voucher which will buy a meal
When soccer team mates Danny Kaye and Martin Coleman went along to training little did they know they would end up sharing a hospital ward. The two goalkeepers were training with the Steeton AFC under 15 team at Keighley's Marley Stadium in preparation
Nomads 'A' took revenge on South Craven 'A' for their 10-0 hammering earlier in the season. Dynamic Dave Adams chalked up another maximum for Nomads, beating John Lister 21-16, 21-16 and Bob Davies chipped in with a win against James Lister 15-21, 21-
A good all round team performance from Bingley Under-14's saw them beat top of the league Elland Boxers 14-0. Tries from Nicky Lister, Nicky Marcham and man of the match Alistair Beaumont sealed a fine performance. Cougar Cubs Under-11's scored nine tries
SILSDEN Under-16's fought all the way before going down 1-0 to Beeston in the quarter-final of the West Riding Under-16 County Cup. It was the team's first defeat since October 1996, and incredible record in junior football. Adam Whiteoak, Chris Simpson
SILSDEN LADIES bounced back into action with a 9-2 victory over Beverley Keys. After having four games cancelled they hit superb form with goals from Edna smith, Claire Hodgson, Celine Donohoe, Shelley Donohoe (3) and Heidi Jenson (3). Claire Hodgson
Pudsey 17, Keighley Albion 17 (Albion through on away rule) ONE hundred and twenty minutes could not separate these two teams, extra time still could not produce an outright winner so Albion went into the third round draw as the away team. The Yorkshire
Long Lee Under-7's fought back to a 2-1 victory at Gomersal after going behidn to an early goal. Jack Hainsworth equalised and Jack Pearson scored the winner. Ryan Gaughan, Craig Donaghan and Matthew Pearson, returning from illness, battled hard in midfield
St Annes Celtic reached the third round of the Senior Cup with a 2-1 win over Baildon New Inn. After a goalless first half Celtic took the lead before Peter Griffiths equalised for Baildon. Saints' winner came 10 minutes from time. In the Premier Division
Phoenix 0, Brighouse Town 0. Phoenix came away with a creditable draw against Brighouse Town. The Premier League leaders soon had Phoenix under pressure and should have taken the lead midway through the first half after Martin Crangle was penalised. Paul
LEE CROOKS has ordered his players to keep concentrating throughout Sunday's match against Doncaster Dragons -- or face his wrath. After beating amateur side, Rochdale Mayfield, 48-2 last weekend Crooks was happy with the victory, but disappointed they
Homeless people in Keighley are to be given 'meal tickets'. A Food Voucher Scheme, launched last Sunday, will enable those living on the streets of Keighley to buy a meal. Each voucher is worth £1. It allows food and non-alcoholic drinks only to be bought
A health chief is urging Mental Health Commissioners to back his call for more cash for extra hospital beds for disturbed people. Bob Allen, chief executive at Airedale NHS Trust, has written to commissioners after they rapped the Trust for keeping mentally
Damian Clough looks like any other normal and healthy two-year-old boy. Like children his own age he is into everything - climbing over bits of furniture and exploring every nook and cranny. But for parents Julie and David, every movement their son makes
Keighley's voluntary sector is vibrant, well-organised and willing to work together to help people from many walks of life. That's the view of the town's new Voluntary Services coordinator who has come to Keighley after many years 'down south'. Dr Cait
A new hospital bus service will soon be running for villagers in Cullingworth and Denholme. The new rural bus service will be funded by Leeds-based Metro and provide a direct service to the Bradford Royal Infirmary and the city's St Lukes Hospital. But
The beauty of Bront country has been demonstrated at the world's leading tourism showcase. Representatives of Bront Country Tourism (BCT) have returned from the Vakantie-beurs Exhibition at Utrecht in Holland. It was the organisation's second appearance
a call has been made for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway to increase its services. Mike Ellis, who lives in Oxenhope and serves on the parish council, wants more commuters from the village to be able to use the railway to get to work. He says bus
Grim warnings about education cuts were issued this week. Teaching jobs in South Craven are under threat and there are fears about educational services. The concerns come in the wake of swinging cuts proposed by North Yorkshire county council to help
Keighley-based Link Telecom has invested £25,000 in a refurbishment of its North Street shop. The new-look premises include an improved showroom for general customers and a private area for business customers to discuss their needs confidentially. Director
Drivers are warned they face being fined if they continue to park on double yellow lines. The warning comes after Steeton-with-Eastburn parish council heard on Wednesday that drivers are still causing problems parking on the main road outside the general
A well known former employee of the Yorkshire Electricity Board (YEB) in Keighley has died aged 84. William Narey died in Aire-dale Hospital last Saturday. Mr Narey, who was born and raised in Bingley, held the post of Senior Administrator with the YEB
A Cullingworth mother is seeing red at her daughter's latest stage role. Leonie Richmond is playing the same part that her mother Helen played seven years ago with the village's CADS drama group. They both played the title role in the same version of
A tourist centre has bucked the trend and recorded one of its highest-ever number of visitors for January. Other tourist honey-pots like Haworth's Bront Parsonage Museum and the National Trust's East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley have seen thousands fewer
Animals and archaeology are the subjects of two new photographic exhibitions at Keigh-ley's Cliffe Castle Museum. It is again hosting a display of winning entries to the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Along-side are 38 sets
Work is to start next week on repairing Ingrow tunnel. Contractors will move in on Monday to carry out the project, which is expected to take between three and five weeks. The tunnel was damaged last October when Yorkshire Water contractors working on
A 29-year-old man who lived to ski has died in a French avalanche. Mark Wilson was skiing off-piste in the Alps resort of Val d'Isere with two other men when they were swept away. Mr Wilson, who was employ-ed by London-based tour operator VIP, was buried
An irate builder threw a brick through the windscreen of a tractor injuring the driver, Skipton magistrates were told this week. The incident followed an altercation over the right of way to a Dales farm track. The court heard how the tractor driver feared
Hartley John Wood, of 2 Dale Park, Royd House Road, Long Lee, was ordered to pay £50 and put on probation for six months for stealing 15 conifer trees belonging to Stephen Graham, 14 garden shrubs belonging to Amanda Lyons, seven conifer trees belonging
A community worker has admitted that shock tactics used in the past to steer Bradford's youngsters away from drugs could have done more harm than good. Mick Chambers, of the Bradford-based West Yorkshire Drugs Prevention Team, says the 'Just Say No' approach
Denholme trekker Chris Anderson is set to cross an Egyptian desert on foot next month in aid of a national charity. Mrs Anderson, 60, of Carperley Crescent, will walk 60 miles across the desert to Mount Sinai - where Moses received the Ten Commandments
Asthma sufferer Cherry Campbell has conquered Africa's highest mountain after years of battling against the disease. Cherry, 30, who was born in Bracken Bank, Keighley, this week returned home from the six-day trek up Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. She completed
Cougars 48, Rochdale Mayfield 2 A good run out for the Cougars saw them score nine tries and defend superbly. The game could have been much higher scoring, but for a few late, loose passes that came as the Cougars cut loose. But in the end the scoreline
OAKBANK put up a fighting display before slipping to defeat in the national Goodyear Under-16 Trophy. They were beaten 5-2 by Rawlins College, Leicestershire, in an thrilling encounter at Marley on Tuesday. Rawlins did not look like a time which had just
THE search for Yorkshire's top disabled athletes was launched this week -- and Keighley's own 'golden girl' Katie Whitaker could be in the running. Yorkshire Electricity and the Federation of Disability Sports Organisations have joined forces to reward
Keighley Cougars will be without second-rowers Andrew Schick and Dave Larder tomorrow when they kick-off their Premiership campaign at home to Doncaster Dragons. Schick has still not managed to shake off a groin strain picked up two weeks ago in a friendly
with Tom Smith WHAT do you think of circuses? I don't believe you can sit on the fence with this question. Recent news involving cruelty to circus animals has highlighted the dilemmas associated with circuses. On the one hand there seems to be a market
SIR - It is reassuring to read that Silsden's new parish councillor Colin Quinn is getting down to work straight away on the town's perennial problem of dog excreta on the pavements (KN 22 Jan). I wish him luck with the issue, notwithstanding his pipping
You lovely people. Thank you very much indeed to so many of you who took the trouble - and still are - to complete the reader survey form published last week. We have quite a way to go yet before the results are fully analysed, conclusions drawn and any
The parents of Keighley teenager Karl Griffin who died last week say 'shock tactics' are needed to warn young people of the dangers of drugs. Christine and Ernie Griffin, of Drill Street, Lawkholme, this week urged youngsters tempted to 'dabble' in drugs
Keighley 16, Old Crossleyans 37 KEIGHLEY squandered two valuable league points through a lack lustre performance at Crossleyans. Lacking three key forwards in Neil Marklew, Chris Weatherill and Mark Lister, they never generated sufficient power up front
Oakworth U13s held the lead three times against table toppers Ilkley but ended up with only a share of the spoils. Although leading 1-0 at the break from a Mark Hawker glancing header at a corner, Oaks conceded an equaliser from the restart. Their goal
Bingley White Horse's small squad, which is still ravaged by injury, had to field a depleted team in t heir 4-1 defeat by Granby Phoenix. The Keighley side scored twice in each half through Tim Peters, Lee Collier, Colin Horsfield and Jonal Ali. Andrew
Rock rovers 2, Cross Hills 4 CROSS HILLS were given a real fright before clinching victory int he President's Cup. The South Craven side struck first, but the goal took 20 minutes to arrive. Bell was on hand to fire home from Lee's corner. The power of
PHOENIx FC face a date with their soccer destiny this weekend -- as they bid to reach the semi-final of the West Riding County Cup. The high flying Keighley club take on Bay Athletic in the quarter final at Marley tomorrow (Saturday) and expect a big
Two brothers accused of murdering Keighley car dealer Mark Hickman met with his love rival a week before his death, a court heard this week. On trial at Leeds Crown Court are David Deakin senior, 52, of Windy Bank, Liversedge, and his stepsons Mark Deakin
Keighley parents are to be given the sack in a bid to help their children learn about books. 'Storysacks' packed with goodies will be used to help mothers learn the importance of teaching children to read. Each sack will contain colourful books, costumes
Keighley chefs are to be encouraged to avoid putting excessive food colours in their curries. The campaign is to be launched by Bradford council following a recommendation put to its public health and protection sub-committee last month. Members also
Keighley fire service has praised the actions of residents who helped prevent a major mill fire. People living in Mill Lane, oakworth, alerted firefighters to a blaze which had been started in the derelict mill building formerly occupied by Thornton's
A parish council chairman is calling for a block on future housing development in the Aire Valley until Yorkshire Water gives assurances that sewers can cope. Under Bradford council's controversial Unitary Develop-ment Plan (UDP) - its land-use blueprint
A nationwide campaign to encourage more people to have their hearing tested has won backing from Keighley MP Ann Cryer. The campaign follows a survey which showed that only 22 per cent of people aged over 55 have had a hearing test in the past decade.
Keighley environmentalists this week spoke out against cloning in food. The backlash follows concerns over the process of genetic modification - extracting a gene, copying it and then inserting it into another organism. The worries were noted by members
Eight public meetings are being held to give Highfield residents a chance to shape a bid for £4 million regeneration cash. Local people can air their views on housing, health, crime, community safety, youth, business and the environment. They can put
Qualified management and personnel expert Helen Simms has joined the business team at Keighley College. Her brief is to deliver the best in customised business training to local public, private and voluntary sector organisations. Helen has extensive experience
Many children have had roles in the musical Oliver - but usually they've been born first. Katrina Knights' unborn baby will play a part in Sutton Amateurs' production of the popular show next month. Chorus member Katrina, 22, of Parkwood Street, Keighley
The facts about crime in Keighley and Bradford were revealed last week in the massive new Crime and Disorder Audit. The views of more than 200 local organisations and hundreds of people were published alongside a wealth of official statistics. Bradford
A man in blue stole a purse from an 80-year-old Keighley woman while chatting to her outside the town's Morrisons store. He approached the woman and asked for directions to a chemist, but after he hurried off she discovered her purse containing £10 had
A 53-year-old man has appeared in court on charges relating to building society raids. Christopher Frank Wood, a self-employed office cleaner of no fixed abode, was remanded into police custody for three days by magistrates in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
