Having suffered three defeats in their first four league matches it could be argued that a cup tie against lower division opposition is just what the Bees need. But that is not a theory coach Matt Greenwood subscribes to as his side face a second round
Departing Bradford Bulls boss Matthew Elliott today expressed his delight at the news that Brian Noble will succeed him in the Odsal hot seat. And if he does go on to taste success, Elliott hopes his right-hand man will not have to suffer accusations
Gunnar Halle could be out of action until December after tests revealed a hairline fracture on his injured foot. Bradford City's Norwegian defender underwent a routine scan yesterday which showed the injury he suffered at West Ham on Saturday was more
Basketball star Ian McKinney was a big hit with the Yorkshire Martyrs girls' basketball team when he called in to give them some expert tips. Shana McLean, 16, Natalie Lane, 16, and Charlotte Japhet, 13, were three of the girls taking part in the masterclass
Bradford Bulls head coach-elect Brian Noble has pledged to do all in his power to help maintain the club's standing as the 'biggest in British rugby.' Noble will take over from Matthew Elliott at the end of the season on a two-year contract but will clearly
Laycock Women's Institute has carved out a lasting memorial for the new millennium. The group has installed a millennium stone at the top of Goose Eye Brow to commemorate the event. President Karen Walbank and past president Margaret Isher-wood unveiled
A lasting celebration of the new millennium was officially opened in Oxenhope at the weekend. Hundreds braved wet weather to attend the millennium green opening. Bishop of Bradford the Right Rev David Smith had the honour of opening the £70,000 project
Blow into this ...from left, Fred Scurrell (Anchor Housing), Steve Littlewood (Past Master of the Lodge) Peter Marsh (Haworth Band) Haworth Lodge has raised around £1,700 for two local causes. Over £800 has bought Thornfield Residential Home a new security
Married at St John's Parish Church, Bradshaw, Halifax, were Stephanie Nicola White and Stuart Fraser Currie. Stephanie, a student staff nurse at Bradford University, is the elder daughter of Carol and former Keighley Cougars player Brendan White, who
Friends Billy Westfall and Eric Clapperton catch up with the news back home during a visit to Las Vegas. They are pictured outside the famous Caesars Palace casino. They and family members have just returned from a fortnight's holiday in the States, which
A Keighley canine clipper has been crowned the third-best dog groomer in the country. Emma Walton, who has worked at the Look North dog grooming salon in Henry Street for seven years, was given the accolade at the British Grooming Championships held in
A tourist shrine has won a top award for its work in encouraging a love of classical literature in youngsters. The Bront Society, custodian of the world-famous Bront Parsonage Museum, at Haworth, has received the Sandford Award, especially for its multi-cultural
A scheme to keep babies and toddlers smiling has been introduced in Keighley. Bradford and Airedale Community Dental Service is encouraging parents in the Keighley area to register children aged up to two years with a family dentist as part of its Never
artists can win a share of the £3,000 fund on offer in the Watercolour of the Year Awards. The competition, run by Forward Prints, is offering 13 prizes of £100 -- plus 25 prints of the winner's painting -- to the best artists in the region. The overall
Joining in the craft-making exhibition in the Airedale Centre are Charlotte Beaumont, nine (left) of the 1st Thwaites Brow Brownies, Bethany Olsson, nine, (right) of the 3rd Oakworth pack and Sarah Beaumont, four KEIGHLEY Guide Association held a craft
Something new is brewing in Goose Eye - something guaranteed to get real ale drinkers flocking to the hamlet again. A decade after the popular Goose Eye Brewery left for new pastures, Turkey Inn landlord Harry Brisland has started to roll out the beer
David Ng Chuen - pictured above - has made the long journey from the far away isle of Mauritius to join the Keighley team at Horwath Clark Whitehill with a view to becoming a fully qualified UK chartered accountant. David joined the chartered accountants
A Bradford businessman is calling on the Government to give more support to the hard-hit textile industry. Barry Whitaker, chairman and managing director of Allertex - specialists in the supply of textile machinery and equipment - and chairman of the
Pioneering work by Keighley College with A-level students has helped one of its tutors land a prestigious national position. Ken Hargreaves, the college's A-level manager, has been appointed as an external moderator for the Government's Key Skills initiative
Keighley College has received a glowing report from independent inspectors. The Training Standards Council (TSC) has awarded the college a grade two (good provision) for quality assurance and trainee support. The award -- which is subject to formal approval
A teacher has been reprimanded after she admitted making sexually offensive comments to a class of teenagers. And she has been ordered to take down a poster in her classroom after an angry dad complained that it promotes homosexuality. Bingley Grammar
The future of numerous voluntary groups in Keighley will be placed in jeopardy if Bradford council makes proposed cuts in the voluntary sector's £6.2 million budget. That is the warning from Caroline Schwaller, chief executive of Keighley Voluntary Services
A Riddlesden resident fears demolished chicken sheds will cause a rat infestation. The sheds on the Swine Lane development site, earmarked for 400 homes, were pulled down last week. The chickens had vacated the premises some time ago but it is believed
ALBUM: Russell Watson Hey, Russell Watson can sing a bit - as good an English tenor as you'll hear at the moment. On his album The Voice, Watson continues the tenuous link between football and opera, apparently discovered by Manchester United's Martin
THEATRE: Lord of the Flies There can't be many people who have not been moved after reading William Golding's disturbing novel about schoolboys who turn savage. The full burning power of Golding's masterpiece is brought to the stage by the Yorkshire-based
THEATRE: Annie Dorian's back and she's running an orphanage in New York. Well, not exactly, there are only a few shades of the Birds of a Feather nympho in Lesley Joseph's performance. She boozes, floozes, shouts and smacks her way through this sparkling
SUTTON Amateurs will hold auditions for their spring 2001 musical Fiddler on the Roof on October 15. The society is particularly looking for male performers to fill principal roles in the dramatic show. Fiddler portrays life in an East European village
Katrina Wood is banking on wowing Keighley audiences as she travels from north to west for her latest role. The amateur actress will perform in the town for the first time as she plays the lead in the musical Oklahoma! Katrina travels the North of England
Personal Hell was the result of a national competition win for Keighley musician Arfan Shah. He spent a week working hard in a recording studio after winning the contest in FHM magazine. And now the one-man band - entitled Personal Hell - has put his
Bradford Council is seeking new investment to revitalise towns and villages under a joint heritage plan for the South Pennine area. The blueprint for the future development and management of the area has been produced by the Standing Conference of South
Bingley Show organisers look set to defy residents and traders by deciding to continue holding the show at its new venue. Its finance committee has recommended keeping the show - which this year lost £10,000 - at the Bradford & Bingley's Sports Club
Supermarket chain Asda wants to open a new superstore in Keighley with the promise of 400 new jobs. It has made an offer for Peter Black Distribution's Bradford Street site - but the project is dependent on planning approval being granted. An Asda spokesman
Britain's first state-funded Muslim secondary school looks set to be established in Bradford. The Government has indicated that Feversham College Muslim Girl's School will finally be successful in its bid to transfer into the state sector as a voluntary
An engineer who helped design Bradford's own 'Dome' today told how he helped two eccentric brothers realise their stargazing dream. John Hodgkinson, now boss of the Elliott Musgrave pattern-making firm in Bradford, was asked by the brothers who owned
An appeal has been launched to restore a memorial to six firemen who died in an explosion in 1916. Relatives of the six, who perished in a gas explosion at Low Moor Chemical Works during the First World War, were heartbroken when the memorial was defaced
Care for Bradford people with epilepsy has been awarded a top accolade by a national charity. Bradford's epilepsy service has won the overall award for most outstanding service in a special one-off honours list complied by the British Epilepsy Association
Parents are claiming a victory in their battle over the 11-plus examination for entry to Skipton's two grammar schools. North Yorkshire County Council has been rapped by the Ombudsman for the way it administered the tests, which parents claimed were unfair
Hospital bosses have hit back after an inspection team said ward conditions for mentally-ill patients were very poor. Bob Allen, chief executive at Airedale NHS Trust, described the comments from the Mental Health Act Commission's visiting team as "extremely
CROSS ROADS cyclist Robert Jebb won the gruelling Three Peaks Cyclo-cross Race last weekend. The race is rated among the toughest cyclo-cross events in the world and covers a tough 40-mile course over Penyghent, Whernside and Inglebrough. Jebb, a 25-year-old
A CB radio nut has been taken off the air by thieves who scaled 30ft up a house to steal a giant aerial. Anthony Hall said he was left "gobsmacked" after discovering the 29ft Solarcom antenna had been removed from a chimney stack on his semi-detached
Amy Clarke is anxious to prove that student life is not all about night-long drinking sessions and days in bed. So the Bradford College student is delighted that her film about college hardship is to be screened in front of hundreds of people at a UK
Keighley Town Under-15's secured a nail-biting 38-34 cup victory over Holmewood Rangers with Ben Cartledge scoring the final try in the last second, and adding the touchline conversion to secure the win. Both props were to the fore with Adam Trowers just
Crusader Under-16's romped to a 67-3 Yorkshire Cup victory over Redcar. Despite the overwhelming scoreline most of their tries came from excellent backing up and support play, rather than weak Redcar tackling. The forwards gained good first phase possession
A Sutton teenager has won second place in her class at Wembley's prestigious Horse of the Year Show. Kirsty Ahern, 14, came second on Hollyoak Tallisman in the mountain and moorland class. She qualified for the world famous competition on the five-year-old
Simon Atkin A three-try blitz in the last 15 minutes of the match allowed an improving Crusaders side to bag its first league points of the season. Before that they had flattered to deceive and in spite of their significant territorial advantage for much
Steve Wilkinson of Clayton won the Luther Fetherstone Trophy at Silsden Bowling Club at the weekend. He took the event, sponsored by SpecSavers Opticians, after holding out to beat Chris Slater (Devon) 210-19 in an exciting final. Losing semi-finalists
Jon Gwilliam ALBION defied monsoon-like conditions at Crossflatts to launch an early attack against York Acorn. Good work by Simon Kelk sent Jon Gwilliam on a diagonal run but with the line at his mercy the final ball went to ground. Albion's defence
CROSS ROADS cyclist Robert Jebb won the gruelling Three Peaks Cyclo-cross Race last weekend. The race is rated among the toughest cyclo-cross events in the world and covers a tough 40-mile course over Penyghent, Whernside and Inglebrough. Jebb, a 25-year-old
Skipton were made to fight all the way to keep their 100 per cent record against Shoulder of Mutton. The former Raiseprint side played a big part in a storming first half. Skipton opened the scoring, but Shoulder hit back with two goals only to see the
Stanbury had to fight all the way to secure victory over Royal Hotel in the Premier Division. Craig Labbett gave them the lead five minutes into the game but Royal, who are still trying to find some form this season, hit back after Carl Garge beat the
ANGLER Joel Kirkbride had to call on the help of fellow fishermen when he caught a monster pike on Wednesday. Sixteen-year-old Joel, had only just cast his line into the Lothersdale Lake when the huge fish struck. He hadn't even finished unpacking all
CROSS ROADS cyclist Robert Jebb won the gruelling Three Peaks Cyclo-cross Race last weekend. The race is rated among the toughest cyclo-cross events in the world and covers a tough 40-mile course over Penyghent, Whernside and Inglebrough. Jebb, a 25-year-old
Back-rower David Boyle has no intention of bowing out of British rugby league at the JJB Stadium tomorrow night. The 29-year-old confirmed today that he is leaving the Bulls at the end of his two-year contract but is determined that the curtain will come
Former Scotland midfield player Stuart McCall is forecasting a bright future for his country's arch-rivals England. The Bradford City captain and assistant manager, who won 40 caps for Scotland, is impressed by the number of talented young players Kevin
The appointment of "local lad" Brian Noble as Bradford Bulls' new coach will be widely welcomed around the district, especially by those who know him. He is a committed, dedicated Rugby League man through and through. His passion for the game has taken
Easier disabled access is among new facilities at Riddlesden's United Reformed church A dream came true for a Riddlesden church on Saturday as it unveiled its plush new facilities. A service of celebration and dedication was held for the "DREAM Scheme
Children from Cononley school who are taking part in the village's millennium play Cononley villagers' theatrical talents are being drawn together in a unique Millennium production. The Cononley Circle unites the village in its first ever community play
A curry-loving couple are planning some hot celebrations to mark their diamond wedding anniversary. Bill and Wyn Mead, from Upwood Park, Oxenhope, toasted 60 years of happy marriage yesterday. The couple, who say popping out for a curry is one of their
Married at St Luke's Church, East Morton, were Paula Lorraine Barnes, from East Morton, and James Joseph Donachy, of Reading.
Wedding photographer Derrick Hannam was at the other side of the camera lens on Saturday when he married accounts manager Julia Margaret Smales, both of Riddlesden, at Bradford Register Office. Peter Crossley was the best man and Maureen Crossley was
Married at Christ Church, Oakworth, were maintenance worker Jonathan Scarborough and administrator Sharon Jane Gorton. Jonathan is the elder son of Brenda Scarborough, of Highfield Road, Keighley, and Robert Preston, of Denholme. Sharon is the elder daughter
Disabled athletes from Keighley and Bradford are looking to an even brighter sporting future after £4,000 was raised at a massive birthday bash. Around 220 people were invited to the 15th birthday dinner of the Bradford Sports and Recreation Association
A sponsored ten-pin bowling event at the AMF Bowl raised over £800 for Keighley's special Olympians. While much of the country's attention has been focused on Sydney, the slightly less glamorous location of Cardiff, the venue of next year's Special Olympics
Robert McBride Ltd has achieved the prestigious Investors in People national standard. The McBride site in Bradford is part of the McBride plc, which has six sites throughout the UK. Employing 450 staff at Dudley Hill, they specialise in the manufacture
A GARAGE owner has completed his 13th charity mission to Romania and given a four-year-old girl the gift of hearing. Mick Brooks, 58, who owns Doughty Brooks garage, off Oakworth Road, Keighley, returned last week from a trip which will result in little
In 1820, Swedish singer Jenny Lind was born. In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 6, 1975...Proposals for a bus lane in Keighley Road and Manningham Lane have been put forward again by West
Real-Ale fan John Hirst and his wife Jenny were winners of Keighley brewers Timothy Taylor's first ever web site competition. John, a CAMRA member for over 20 years, worked out the correct answer and sent in the form. Timothy Taylor's finance director
Classic vehicle owners from Keighley joined hundreds of other enthusiasts on Sunday for one of the largest rallies of the year. Between 30 and 40 vintage vehicle owners from Keighley travelled to the Embsay Steam Railway for the West Yorkshire Transport
Keighley library has staged various events as part of National Children's Book Week. With staff donning fancy dress, children have found favourite characters from books and nursery rhymes behind the library counter. Organiser Mary Hatcher said White Rabbit
When tailor Henry Price first set up shop in Silsden, his stock consisted of just three collars -- and a few empty boxes to serve as window dressing. By the time of his death, he was a clothing tycoon with two mansions and a fabulous collection of antique
Diabetic children were eager to show they could lead lives as active as any of their friends. Sixteen youngsters with diabetes went on an adventure holiday to Castle Hed Field Studies Centre, at Grange-over-Sands. Ghyll scrambling, canoeing and orienteering
A new long distance footpath, which takes in some of the most panoramic landscapes around Bradford, has been launched. The 45-mile-long Bradford's Millennium Way was 18 months in the charting by volunteer members of the Bradford Countryside Service. But
Education bosses at Whitehall have stepped in to investigate a summer-long row at a Keighley school over its new school uniform policy. It is the second time within a year that the Department for Education has launched a probe into the management of 1,800
A Keighley minister has followed in the steps of tenth century pilgrims. The Rev Gordon Webb, Keighley and Worth Valley's Methodist circuit superintendent, has just returned from "The Way of St James" -- a pilgrims' trek from the Pyrenees across northern
A goodwill message is being sent to Keighley Amateurs by the original star of the show that they perform this month. Betty Jane Watson was the leading lady in the first English production of the frontier musical Oklahoma! in 1947. Keighley producer Keith
Shots were fired at a council van as the driver sat inside having his lunch. Five pellets believed to be from an air gun hit the Transit parked at playing fields in St John's Road, Utley, on Tuesday. Police say it was only through luck that nobody was
State-of-the-art security cameras could be fitted to the car park at Keighley railway station within the next five years. The cameras would be monitored 24 hours a day from a control room covering all of West Yorkshire's rail and bus stations. The news
An agency that helps people with drug and alcohol problems has pulled out of a controversial move to a new town centre base. Project 6 has decided not to buy and move into new premises on Cavendish Street following a wave of opposition from traders' and
Stringing along ..Oakbank student Ryan Taylor, 12, with some of the guitars that have been donated to the school An appeal for guitars hit the right note with Keighley News readers. Three weeks ago Oakbank School's music teacher Suzanne Brown sounded
Supermarket chain Asda is looking to open a new superstore in Keighley -- creating around 400 jobs for local people. The company has already made an offer for Peter Black Distribution's Bradford Street site -- which it feels would be an ideal location
CROSS ROADS cyclist Robert Jebb won the gruelling Three Peaks Cyclo-cross Race last weekend. The race is rated among the toughest cyclo-cross events in the world and covers a tough 40-mile course over Penyghent, Whernside and Inglebrough. Jebb, a 25-year-old
GAME: Nightmare Creatures 2 Wander around London's streets and you might bump into the odd MP, David Beckham pushing little Brooklyn.... or a zombie. It would be unfair to make any comparisons, even if Beck's haircut is as horrifying as anything found
The Manorlands hospice will benefit from a Last Night of the Proms concert next Saturday at Bradford Cathedral. Thornton Vocal Union and Skelmonthorpe Brass Band will perform pieces by Tchaikovsky, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Strauss and Handel. The band is
SIR - In David Knight's tribute to Dr Fred Kidd he mentions that Dr Kidd had been chairman of the Civic Society. I wonder if people know what Dr Kidd came no near to achieving. He always worked in the best interests of his native town and one of the causes
Personal Hell was the result of a national competition win for Keighley musician Arfan Shah. He spent a week working hard in a recording studio after winning the contest in FHM magazine. And now the one-man band - entitled Personal Hell - has put his
Since the Millennium scanner was installed in Bradford Royal Infirmary in July last year more than 3,000 patients have passed through the state-of-the-art technology. And its success is partly thanks to a large donation from the National Heart Research
A house building firm has come under fire after its failure to install street name signs on a new estate left an ambulance crew on an emergency call struggling to find an address. Robert Turasz, of Osbourne Drive, Queensbury, dialled 999 after he and
Silsden Golf Club's juniors rounded off a successful season with an appearance in the northern regional final of the Sunday Telegraph Junior Golf Championship at Eaglescliffe GC, near Stockton on Tees, last Friday. The team had qualified for the final
Computer whizzkids will soon have the latest games literally at their fingertips, thanks to a technological breakthrough. A revolutionary electronic fabric known as Softswitch has been developed by Ilkley-based company WRONZ Inc. It means people could
The owners of the home where the Bronte sisters were born are advertising it on the internet after failing to secure a British buyer for the Thornton property. Both English Heritage and the National Trust turned down the opportunity to buy the property
A teenager who dumped a puppy down a rubbish chute, thinking it was dead, has been banned from keeping animals for five years. Bradford magistrates heard how Phillip Moore panicked when the five-week-old dog, Bouncer, accidentally slipped from his grasp
Bradford Bulls boss Chris Caisley today revealed he expects to submit the club's alternative planning application for upgrading Odsal Stadium next week. He says he has been forced to act because Horsforth-based Sterling Capitol is unwilling to put pen
Terrified pensioner Fred Rhodes today told how he feared raiders would beat him with a hammer as they smashed into his barricaded bedroom three times in a week. The 86-year-old was raided while he slept alone in his Shipley home - while his wife Monica
Keighley Albion Cats 14 Barrow 42 The Cats were given an object lesson in how to compete in the top division when they were turned over by a better organised Barrow side. The Cumbrian side were rewarded with two tries in the first 10 minutes and further
Danny Horne Silsden Park Rangers 54 Hillsborough Hawks A 4. Silsden Park Rangers went top of Division Four with a resounding 54-4 home win against Hillsborough Hawks A to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. The Cobbydalers got off to a dream
ANGLER Joel Kirkbride had to call on the help of fellow fishermen when he caught a monster pike on Wednesday. Sixteen-year-old Joel, had only just cast his line into the Lothersdale Lake when the huge fish struck. He hadn't even finished unpacking all
Oakworth Under-15's beat Eccleshill 2-1 in a thrilling encounter. Oaks took the lead through Steve Davies after just two minutes after great play by Jack Simpson and Thomas Woodward. Man of the match Nicky Trowers added the second with a 30-yard strike
Keighley Victoria -- Back (from left):Darren Holmes, Lyndon A, Chris Ellis, Wayne Sykes, Paul Stewart, Aaron Hammond, John Lawrence, Mark Westfall, Peter Jones, Paul Smith, Colin Powell, Robert Morrisoe, Bob Dunn, John Hudson, Michael Anness, Ross Hudson
Phoenix manager Paul Ettenfield was so keen to get on with their match against Otley he had his team were stripped and warming-up even before the home team arrived at the ground -- but after a 6-0 victory it could become a trend. With the same starting
LOTHERSDALE sprung the surprise of the first round of the Northern Plant Hire Challenge Trophy with a 6-2 victory over Cononley. The Division Two side turned on a spectacular second half performance to trounce the Premier Division outfit, but Cononley
COUGAR coach Karl Harrison has called for the return of his 'electronic lifeline' after thieves struck at the Lawkholme Lane club. A sneak thief stole his briefcase from the entrance to the club earlier this week, and although the case and papers were
TEENAGE karate star Cain Canning has won a surprise call-up to the senior England team. Cain, 18, who has just left Holy Family School, was in his first week at Huddersfield University when he got the urgent call to join the England squad. He has joined
National grass-track racing champion Lee Complin is set to take on the rest of the world. Lee, 15, a pupil at South Craven School, won the under-16's youth category and recently took the British finals in Cornwall. The sport, which is similar to speedway
SIR - I take it from his recent letter (T&A, October 3) that Barry Wood is not a Bradford Bulls supporter. Financial issues aside, does he not realise in the past five years the Bulls have done a tremendous amount to raise the profile of this city
Closed-circuit TV cameras have had a phenomenal impact - in Keighley and around the country - in the fight against crime. In our own town centre the presence of CCTV has played a major role in identifying and apprehending offenders. Also, and perhaps
