Ian Martin handed a 2 and 1 defeat to Richard Wheatley to win the Bradford matchplay title at Keighley - and force the first tie in the T&A golfer of the year award. Baildon's Martin, who took the T&A Trophy two years ago after winning the matchplay
Loyal Odsal servant Brian Noble was today confirmed as Bradford Bulls' new head coach in succession to Matthew Elliott. It bucks the trend of overseas appointments throughout the game and will make him the only English coach in Super League when the 2001
THE RECENT fuel crisis, and the ensuing chaos as frantic shoppers cleared entire supermarket shelves, left many people wishing they could grow and produce their own food. One Menston couple were better off than most - thanks to many years' experience
FORMER pupils of a popular deputy head who died of meningitis are taking part in a fundraising walk from Ripon to Otley in aid of research into the killer bug. Fourteen sixth-form pupils from St Mary's School, Menston, hope to raise £1,000 sponsorship
HARD pressed farmers are being given help on how to apply for fresh government grants. Otley based Lower Dales Training is holding a special advice day when speakers from MAFF, Business Link and Dales and Moors Support Project will be on hand to give
SPORTS and community facilities and low cost housing are to head Otley and Wharfedale's wish list. Every effort is to be made to improve the three poorly served areas by the newly formed Community Involvement Team (CIT). The CIT, which has an annual budget
A TEENAGER who passed all his GCSEs, despite having half his brain removed after a stroke, has spoken of his determination to carry on studying. Although he is visually impaired, unable to use his left arm and able to walk only short distances, 16-year-old
A FORMER Burley-in-Wharfedale man has been elected as chairman of a prestigious medical committee. Dr Trevor Pickersgill is set to take over as the chairman of the British Medical Association's Junior Doctors' Committee. Dr Pickersgill, now a specialist
CITY councillors are to discuss the future plans of a famous Guiseley company which is controversially looking to sell its land for housing. Greenwoods Menswear has submitted an outline planning application for about 50 homes on the edge of the green
A WOMAN who was arrested and spent hours in police cells for a crime she had not committed is still fighting for an apology five years later. Otley resident Rosalyn Tucker and her father, George Barclay, have so far failed to win an explanation or an
In 1582, the Gregorian calendar was introduced. In 1868, the Bradford Observer was first issued as a daily newspaper. In 1930, the R 101 airship crashed near Beauvais, France, killing 48 passengers. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 5, 1975...
HAVING read the book, seen the film and practically worn the T-shirt, I was pleasantly surprised that the Northern Ballet Theatre's production of Bram Stoker's Dracula still sent a chill down my spine. Set to Philip Feeney's score, the bloodcurdling tale
EASTBURN is to get its new zebra crossing after months of campaigning by local residents. The crossing will be placed at the junction of Main Street and Middle Row after Bradford Council agreed to fund the £15,000 scheme. A campaign for another crossing
CROSS Hills' library building could be demolished to make way for a brand new purpose-built facility. More than 70 per cent of those questioned in a major survey about the library said they would like to see a new one built on the existing site. The library
CARS double parked on Park Street and Primrose Hill in Skipton are dangerous, claim local residents. James Siddall, of Park Street, said the problem which had been ongoing for the past eight years, needed solving before there was a serious accident. He
A SKIPTON man claims he was left holding his blood soaked dog after it was savaged by a bull terrier on the town's Greatwood Avenue last week. Bert Cornwell had been out walking Casper, his Bichon Frise, and Jack, a German Shepherd, last Wednesday when
A CHOIRMASTER, who helped steer five boys into the Choirboy of the Year competition - two into the finals - has retired after 31 years. Edward Scott, 66, former head of music at Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, became choirmaster and organist at Holy
A BEEKEEPER has spoken of his anger after a swarm he rescued was attacked by vandals. Carston Svensgaard, was called to retrieve the bees after they attached themselves to a car outside an Addingham pub - and could not be shaken off. The bees had swarmed
HOT on the heels of her fellow student, an Ilkley Grammar School pupil is creating a mosaic masterpiece at a community garden. Katy Wright, 17, right, is seeing her design come to life at Darwin Gardens Millennium Green. The mosaic, based on the theme
APPEALS for places at Skipton's two grammar schools this year were "consistent, but consistently unfair". The Ombudsman, acting on complaints from 10 sets of parents, found three cases of maladministration in the way North Yorkshire County Council conducted
MEMORIES of a historic field at the heart of Addingham could prove the latest weapon in a battle to stop developers building in the village. A resident, who does not want to be named because she is wary of attracting the wrath of people with opposing
THE organisers of a Christmas lights appeal are hoping that a generous grant will not switch off others off from contributing funds. The recent donation of £8,000 to the appeal by supermarket chain Tesco's heralded an upturn in the fortunes of Ilkley's
A WINDFALL of £100,000 may be winging its way to an Ilkley museum - but a member of its staff has publicly bemoaned the lack of funding for such facilities.. Members of the Friends of the Manor House group say they are optimistic of the Heritage Fund
VOLUNTEER youth workers should not have to pay to have their criminal records checked, an Ilkley Parish Councillor has claimed. Coun Andrew Walbank said although he recognised the need for tough checks for people working with children he did not believe
IMAGINE a tablecloth that could play music, a jacket that controls a computer, a television remote control in the arms of a sofa or light switches embedded into curtains and carpets. They are all now possible thanks to a revolutionary new electronic fabric
SIR, - I'm glad that Garnett's have pulled out of the hospital scheme. Most Otley folk thought in the first place that closing the present hospital and building another in some other place was wrong. And if they had been asked their opinions openly, by
WELCOME to a new season with the Leeds Tykes. We have already played one month of the season and currently lie in third place in National Division One. We have recruited well in the close season and we are looking to challenge again this year and hopefully
IT was a tremendous victory last week against Leeds in the Play-Offs. It was a very hard game but one that we had control of right from the start and we were deserved winners. A lot has been said about the style of football that we played but we didn't
As the team gathered in Korks Winebar on Friday evening, no one was under any illusions as to the size of the challenge we faced. The squad had been depleted even further when fullback Simon Hawkins had to withdraw with a hamstring injury sustained on
Old Otliensians...3 York RI...12 IN a very hard fought game at Chaffers' Fields both Otliensians and York RI's defences were dominant with neither attacking forces finding it easy to penetrate. RI opened the stronger and pinned Otliensians in their own
WEST PARK BRAMHOPE...3 BRIDLINGTON...17 WEST Park Bramhope finally played their first home league game of the season at The Sycamores but were eventually defeated by a bigger and stronger visiting pack. The home side had the better of the first half-hour
Otley Town ......... 0 Keighley Phoenix...6 TOWN went down to another heavy defeat at the hands of last season's champions. The worrying thing about this defeat, though, is that last week Town were awful, this week they weren't half bad. Indeed, for half-an-hour
THE 40th Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross saw a total of 245 people finishing the 40 mile course. The men's winner was Robert Jebb (Ron Hill Racing Team) from Keighley who finished in two hours 59 mins 35 secs. It was his first Three Peaks win. The Ladies title
THE Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay is one of the highlights of the fell running season for many clubs, a chance to compete as a team over majestic mountain terrain. The race covers a total distance of 24 miles and 8,400 feet of climb around the fells to the
A NEW building society manager says she is looking forward to the challenge of developing business in the area. Helen Allen has been appointed branch manager of the Skipton Building Society's Yeadon branch. She has worked for the firm in a variety of
100 years ago GENERAL election fever had gripped Craven, with the Herald producing a special supplement to mark the occasion. Unionist candidate Walter Morrison was battling it out with Fredrick Whitley-Thompson, representing the Radicals. The pair had
RESIDENTS of Coniston Cold might be forgiven for singing that Chumbawumba song which was such a massive hit in 1998. Now we realise that many readers won't have a clue who Chumbawumba were (or are) but bear with us. Their hit song went "I get knocked
IT often seems that anything that happens in social administration has to be accompanied by a row between the two major parties. Even the effect of good news, such as the half-a-million pounds which is due to be spent on the town centre of Ilkley in the
After three races in the Olympics, including winning an emotional last-ditch bronze medal in the 3,000 metres individual pursuit, it wouldn't be a surprise if Yvonne McGregor was tired. But not a bit of it, despite flying halfway round the world this
Bradford City's players are being put through another 'pre-season' slog . . . in October. Bantams bosses Chris Hutchings and Malcolm Shotton are making life extra hard on the training ground this week even though there are no Premiership games this weekend
LEEDS United chairman Peter Ridsdale is to tackle standards in Wharfedale and Aireborough schools. Mr Ridsdale has been chosen to head the new joint venture company (JVC) to be set up next year to take responsibility for the delivery of support services
CAPITAL from the sale of Burley Youth Club would not necessarily be ploughed back into future youth provision in the village. Burley Community Council has been told that money from any sale of the building will not be ring-fenced for youth services in
THE latest in a chain of restaurants which started in Burley-in-Wharfedale has opened. Cutlers on the Stray opened its doors in Harrogate for the first time on Friday - the third restaurant in the Cutlers group, which includes Cutlers Bar and Brasserie
THE history of Rawdon from ancient artefacts to the new millennium has been traced in a new book published by Aireborough and Horsforth Museum Society. The book, written by David Willcock, of Apperley Lane, Rawdon, is the first history of the village
A YOUNG boy has mustered the help of his school friends in encouraging dog-owners to clean up their acts. Joshua Holmes, a pupil at Burley Woodhead C of E Primary, grew tired of avoiding dog dirt on his school route. The problem was so bad along a pathway
A ROW has broken out over who is to blame for the collapse of talks for a new Wharfedale hospital. Last week, the health trust announced it had failed to come to an agreement with landowner Garnett over the sale of the proposed site off Pool Road, Otley
A VILLAGE has lost its battle to claim part of its neighbour's land. Tempers flared last week when the chairmen of Arthington and Bramhope parish councils argued for and against a review of their boundary. The larger Bramhope Parish Council had asked
MORRIS dancers have launched a bid to build a new maypole in Otley. And they hope it will become a focal point in the town during key festivals such as the traditional May Day. The joint bid between the town's Wayzgoose and Buttercross Belles centres
ANGRY residents are considering holding a public meeting to discuss controversial plans for flats which they claim would overshadow their properties. As reported last week, residents are upset about plans to build flats at the old St Gabriel's Boys' Home
RAIL commuters in Guiseley and Horsforth are on track for better facilities when the two busy train stations are restored to their former glory - at a cost of more than £840,000. Ambitious plans unveiled by transport chiefs this week include new waiting
TROUBLED waters have hit a campaign to build a footbridge in Burley-in-Wharfedale. Burley Bridge Association is campaigning to build a footbridge at the weir at Greenholme Farm. The group says the existing right of way across the river, the Stepping Stones
FIFTEEN suspected illegal immigrants - ten of them youngsters - are being investigated by immigration officers after being found in a truck at Leeds Bradford Airport. Flights had to be delayed at the airport after the people, believed to be Kosovo-Albanians
A DOZEN worried residents filed into Pool Village Hall to express their concerns about two proposed housing developments in the village. At Pool Parish Council's meeting on Monday evening, residents said that plans to demolish Monkman's Bistro with Beds
TOP Government schools inspector Chris Woodhead visited a rawdon school last week - and said it could be the blueprint for the ideal school. Mr Woodhead, the chief inspector of education watchdog Ofsted, said although he was not specifically visiting
A LAST-DITCH attempt to get £1.6 million lottery funding for Otley's dire sports facilities has failed. Despite spending £27,000 on the professionally prepared bid, Leeds City Council has lost its battle to improve the public facilities at Prince Henry's
AN action plan is needed to improve safety in a Bramhope playground in the light of a second critical RoSPA report, claims a village councillor. Members of Bramhope Parish Council agreed to work on a plan for better safety at The Knoll, after RoSPA inspectors
EXPANSION plans of Guiseley Football Club have been shown the red card again with a Government inspector refusing planning permission for new terracing at its Nethermoor ground. The football club, anxious to improve its facilities, had hoped to build
REVELLERS at this year's Otley Victorian Fayre are in for a treat - a specially made brew. Produced at the town's very own Briscoe's Brewery, at the Bowling Green Pub, the winter brew is set to warm the cockles in the coldest of days. Trevor Wallis, landlord
HEALTH chiefs are planning to rebuild Wharfedale Hospital on its current Otley site. Last week, the health trust announced Otley mill owner Garnett had rejected its offer for the preferred site off Pool Road. It confirmed its commitment to a new hospital
DANGEROUS drivers speeding through village streets must put the brakes on before someone is killed, say villagers. Bramhope residents told parish councillors of horrifying near misses on the quiet residential roads of the village because many motorists
It is probably not a bad idea that the Department of Education should be investigating the latest row at Oakbank School, Keighley. The head teacher and governors, having found themselves at loggerheads with some parents over the type of school blazer
Bradford firm Flexiform, a leading office storage and desk manufacturer, is launching a new marketing drive alongside its expansion plans. RDW Advertising has been appointed to oversee all Flexiform's marketing. The firm is looking to build on its traditional
A small West Yorkshire travel website firm is putting the big players in the shade. Sunmaster.co.uk, which operates from a travel agency in Roberttown, Liversedge, is topping the likes of lastminute.com, ebookers.com and expedia.com - part of the Microsoft
A firm which gives food safety advice is expanding at such a rate it has appointed a managing director as its founder becomes chairman. Adele Adams, 29, of Skipton, has become managing director of Verner Wheelock Associates, as its founder Professor Verner
THE RSPCA has backed a European scheme to label eggs produced on intensive battery farms. The European Commission wants to make it compulsory for all eggs produced or sold in the EU to bear stamps telling consumers whether they are from free range or
YORKSHIRE-BASED Pilot Theatre company's energetic production of Lord of the Flies leaves no stone unturned in its quest to uncover the rotten core at the heart of humanity. The play, a pared down version of William Golding's novel, manages to retain much
AFTER its near demise a few years ago Ilkley Film Society is now going from strength to strength. Last season was the most successful in many years and the Society nearly reached the stage of having to close its books to new members. Ilkley Film Society
PEOPLE in Earby are being asked to help compile a "heritage map" of the town and its surrounding area. The project is part of Pendle Council's "Built Heritage Strategy" - a five year plan to document buildings and any other structures across the borough
ONE of Pendle's leading engineering firms could be on the move to Barnoldswick, bringing around 300 jobs with it. When Pendle Council's West Craven committee met this week, it was revealed that Foulridge-based Weston Electrical Units Ltd was the company
A NEW leisure trust set up to take over and manage most of Pendle Council's sports and entertainment facilities is up and running. The independent charitable trust took over responsibility from Sunday October 1 and will be run by its own board of trustees
HOSPITAL staff can now report their colleagues for wrongdoing under a new "whistle blowing" policy introduced by Airedale NHS Trust. Staff are being promised full support under guidelines being brought in as a result of new NHS rules. Clinical governance
SETTLE'S new primary school will open in September 2002, it was announced this week. The news came days after Booths supermarkets revealed it would start building its foodstore on Bond Lane field in the new year. Proceeds from the sale of the land are
THE waiting is finally over and Skipton residents can look forward to Christmas safe in the knowledge that the town will be lit up to celebrate the festivities. Skipton town councillors have agreed to find £6,500 to ensure that the town's lights are at
Craven Voluntary Action has just been awarded £4,000 for a reminiscence project. The charity wants to produce a special book, recording the memories of older residents of Craven. "The idea for the project came about when we were trying to reach isolated
BOWLING clubs are being invited to hire Skipton Town Hall as an indoor venue in a bid to claw back some of the £123,530 spent on maintaining the function rooms this year. This is just one of the avenues being explored to generate more income after Craven
COUNTRYSIDE minister Elliot Morley visited Kilnsey Trout Farm on Tuesday to see an example of rural diversification at its best. Mr Morley was in Wharfedale to launch the England Rural Development Programme, which will mean £21 million of agricultural
FEARFUL Skipton pedestrians say they take their lives in their hands every time they cross the town's Brewery Lane swing bridge. Residents of Brook Street and Bright Street are calling for a pelican crossing system to prevent motorists using the bridge
ACCIDENT blackspot Coniston Cold bridge has been knocked down again - just a few weeks after the last repairs were completed. Temporary traffic lights are now back on the listed structure on the A65 after a mystery vehicle crashed into the central pillar
A 200 year old Oak tree was cut down last week to prevent any further damage being caused to neighbouring buildings by its root system. The huge tree was being cut down by a team of four, hopefully causing minimal disruption to the residents of Eastmoor
A PROJECT to provide a house in Ilkley for three young people with learning disabilities is nearing completion this week. Organisers of the Churches Together in Ilkley Millennium Project say they have made an offer on a house near the centre of Ilkley
A VOLUNTEER crimefighter has called for Bradford's new architectural liaison police officer to get out and about on the streets instead of sitting in an office. Police Constable Stephen Town will work with planners, regeneration staff and architects on
WHEN able seaman Victor Bean took part in the Korean War as gun layer on the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cockade, little did he imagine his efforts would be rewarded 50 years later. But in the year of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War
A HALF-million pound grant for town centre improvements in Ilkley has led to accusations of local councillors feathering their own political nests. The row broke out at a meeting to approve the grant over the next two years when Labour group leader Ian
AN ILKLEY woman is locked in a head-on clash with a confectionery giant over a fragrant new way to lose weight. Liz Paul, 46, managing director of The Aromacology Patch Company, on Valley Drive, recently launched a vanilla-scented patch called Crave Control
THE B&B trade at the Beggars' Arms is beginning to slacken off at this time of the year although, in all truth, with just three letting bedrooms, it is never all that busy. It is even less busy this weekend after the latest altercation over the North-South
SIR - I am writing in support of David Goldie's letter (Craven Herald, September 29). Mr Goldie has, in fact, understated the issue and, compared to the provision made by other authorities for business, the businesses of Craven are getting poor value
SIR, - Last September a former pupil of Skipton Girls' High School, Ciaran Day, was diagnosed as having cancer and began a course of treatment at the Teenage Cancer Unit at St James Hospital in Leeds. As a gesture of support for Ciaran and to acknowledge
A doctor was killed when he lost control of his car on a motorway after dropping his daughter off to begin a new term at university. Dr Paul Freeman, a doctor at Mirfield Health Centre in Doctor Lane, Mirfield, was travelling on the M42 motorway near
A man said to be "besotted with animals'' has admitted cruelty to a dog. Bingley magistrates heard Asif Javed's Doberman Rocky was found in a grossly emaciated state at his sister's Bradford home by an RSPCA inspector. The jobless 22-year-old, of Barden
Aireborough ... 6 Wakefield Cougars...25 A JITTERY and unfocused Aireborough side made the worse possible start to their game. Losing early line-outs through inaccurate throws and spilling high kicks, they gave their visitors a try and a penalty for a
HEMSWORTH 22 V ILKLEY 10 FOLLOWING their well earned victory against Dinnington in the previous week Ilkley went into this their fourth league game full of confidence. In the first half hour both sides probed each others defences but neither side scored
Eastwood...0 Guiseley...1 GUISELEY continued their Jekyll and Hyde season picking up all three points in Nottinghamshire on Tuesday night. Guiseley had the biggest share of possession and on 30 minutes Matt Daly's header was somehow pushed away by the
BRITAIN'S Sports Minister Kate Hoey was at St Mary's RC Comprehesive School on Tuesday to officially launch it as a specialist sports college. More than 250 guests from education, sport and business met the minister as she toured the school and she also
Kippax...19 Guiseley Rangers...22 WHAT a thrilling cup tie this was. Pennine League Rangers away to the co-leaders of the Yorkshire League Senior Division. The first 25 minutes saw both defences working overtime to keep the opposition at bay. The tackling
Boroughbridge...2 Ilkley...1 A DISAPPOINTING result for Ilkley at championship contenders Bororughbridge but a much improved performance that received plaudits from the watching Harrogate League Chairman. Belated Saturday morning loss of experienced players
EXETER...56 OTLEY...17 OTLEY tasted realism on Saturday when they were forced to travel to Exeter with a severely under strength side. Simon Hawkins pulled out with a hamstring he suffered in training late Thursday, while half-bnacks Andy Brown and James
A breast surgeon who was sacked for misrepresenting his medical experience is set to be stripped of his consultant status. The Royal College of Surgeons has met to consider whether Robert Phipp's accreditation should be withdrawn, so preventing him from
A pensioner today thanked the Telegraph & Argus for helping him reclaim £50,000 that a bank had persuaded him to lock away for five years. The 84-year-old widower from Eccleshill, who wishes to remain anonymous, says that a Barclays Bank financial
An inventor caught in a bitter battle with a giant food corporation today vowed: "I won't back down" Liz Paul, who developed a patch to stop chocolate cravings, was given until yesterday by Cadbury's to withdraw an advertisement which they claim infringes
IT was a case of goals-galore in the first round of the Northern Plant Hire Challenge Trophy at the weekend, with the 15-goal extravaganza at Gargrave and a 16-goal feast at Silsden setting the standard. The home side from Division One were in great form
NO 8 has proved unlucky for all three local rugby union sides, with Skipton's four-try hero Myles McDuff, Wharfedale's Tony Jackson and Ribblesdale's Mel Matafeo all ruled out of Cup action with injury. Tetley Bitter Cup action at Threshfield sees Darlington
SIR - As a 'modern man,' I must reply to Sue Ward's rather impassioned article, "Why can't fellas talk about us with more respect?" (No Frills, T&A, September 28). Is Ms Ward aware that respect must be earned? With a growing trend of young women clearly
THE B&B trade at the Beggars' Arms is beginning to slacken off at this time of the year although, in all truth, with just three letting bedrooms, it is never all that busy. It is even less busy this weekend after the latest altercation over the North-South
SMALL businesses will be given advice at a special seminar in Otley later this month. Business Link, an organisation specialising in supporting business change and new businesses, will lead the seminar on October 17. Organised by the Otley and District
OTLEY specialist paper maker Garnett has strengthened its product development team with the appointment of a development officer. Samantha Garton, 27, (pictured left) will be responsible for generating new products - either as an internal initiative or
