IT was undoubtedly with the very best of intentions that the council knocked over a number of gravestones in Ghyll cemetery. Among them was the last resting place of Paul Goodall - a true hero, murdered while carrying out a mercy mission to Bosnia. It
DESPITE Government reassurances, the foot and mouth disease outbreak is not, by any stretch of the imagination, under control. Fresh outbreaks of the disease are happening in different regions every day with no sign of any end in sight. It is now three
Leon Pryce starts his comeback tonight and has immediately set his sights on a Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final berth against Warrington next month. Pryce has suffered a frustrating spell on the sidelines after a major shoulder operation in the autumn
A HOSPITAL sports and social club is being forced to play the waiting game to find out if it has a future. High Royds Sports and Social Club hopes to negotiate with developers when the land is sold off - but cannot start talks until the buyer is found
WRITER Kay Mellor will be dropping in to Yeadon this weekend to see a production of Oliver. The writer, whose television credits include Playing the Field and Band of Gold, will be the guest of Yeadon Amateur Operatic Dramatic Society president Dr Makhan
A FORMER drag artist stole flowers and wreaths from a cemetery to save poorer families money, a court was told. Former member of the Dolly Boys drag act, Sydney Walsworth, a self-employed florist, was caught stealing the arrangements on a security camera
RESIDENTS have demanded action on the 'horrendous' traffic problems which they claim will lead to someone being killed in their community. Highways officials at a public meeting attended by 19 Yeadon people last week, gave details of a possible traffic
FITNESS trainer Simon Ward will need all his powers of endurance next month when he swaps the relative cold of his native Horsforth for the heat of the Sahara Desert in memory of his mother. Mr Ward will join 600 other runners in the 16th Desert Marathon
A LEADING children's playground safety campaigner has hit out at the vandals who have damaged new play equipment in Otley's Wharfemeadows Park. Cookridge man Ian Burks, who runs the national Keep Our Children Safe Campaign, said it was a disgrace that
A VILLAGE toilet block is being promoted on the Internet as a top site for gay sex - much to the annoyance of parish councillors. The toilets, which stand in a Bramhope car park between the Fox and Hounds pub and nearby tennis courts, have frequently
CALLS are being made for the immediate closure of Otley's weekend car boot sale. Angry protesters claim the sale is ignoring the plight of farmers in the current foot and mouth disease crisis. And they say by encouraging hundreds of people into the town
Given the importance which is attached to teaching children with special needs in mainstream schools, it is vital that those schools are made as "user friendly" as possible for them. In too many cases there are problems with access and movement within
New figures show 'unacceptably wide' regional differences in economic performance, according to the Government. While incomes and exports have improved nationally over the last year, research and development investment in many areas, including Yorkshire
A call centre is ringing the bells of success after winning a health sector deal which will create 80 new jobs. Loop Customer Management, owned by Yorkshire Water's parent firm, Kelda, has secured a four-year contract with the National Blood Service (
DRAINAGE bosses are to carry out test drilling in a last ditch effort to repair pothole-ridden Cross Hills streets. Nearly all residents living in the unadopted Sandylands area of the village have agreed to pay for their streets to be resurfaced. But
WILDLIFE experts are urging people to be their eyes and ears after a spate of badger digging in South Craven. Investigations are continuing after a gang of men with dogs was spotted in the area near a badger sett. Police and RSPCA staff had to dig one
CLUES to The Folly's past have been discovered by builders working on the 17th century listed building in Settle. Built in 1675 by wealthy landowner and tanner Richard Preston as a residence, the Folly has seen plenty of comings and goings over the years
THE key people faced with the task of getting Skipton's new tourist information centre (TIC) up and running have been announced. The new manager is Sue Swales, who was born and bred in Skipton. She said she had travelled extensively and understood what
A PUB landlord is offering a £1,000 reward for the return of jewellery stolen from his home. Duncan Robb-Cummings and his wife, Jannet, returned home on Monday to find their house next to the Goat Gap Inn, Clapham, had been burgled. The thieves stole
MUTILATED frogs were left on the playground at Greatwood Community Primary School, Skipton. About 50 of the frogs were pulled from the school's pond and cut up during last weekend. They were found by headteacher John Collings when he arrived at school
THIS year will herald a new era for the 95-year-old Gisburn Races when the event is moved to the outskirts of Skipton. Skipton Races, as it will be known, will take place off Heslaker Lane, Carleton, courtesy of farmer John Howard. Gisburn Races dates
ONE of the objectors to Ilkley's proposed coach park on Middleton Avenue said he acted on the grounds that it would be dangerous. Furious parish councillors demanded to see objection letters which had persuaded Bradford Council not to go ahead with the
DOG-DIRT bins at Ilkley's Riverside Gardens are overflowing as bans on moor walking have forced pet-owners to find a new route. Fears that dog-dirt would increase in the town as Ilkley Moor is off limits due to the foot and mouth crisis have been confirmed
ANGRY head teachers in Ilkley have hit back at suggestions that teachers were to blame for a massive rise in Bradford's Council Tax. A budget agreed by the Conservative and Liberal Democrats on the hung council included £5.6 million for more than 180
SIR, - As an Otley resident who lives on the fringes of the Cambridge estate, I was extremely alarmed to see Leeds City Council's proposals for the future development of Lisker Drive (All Saints Infants) School. I am aware that this school was originally
An application to build 130 houses in Brighouse looks set to get the go-ahead at next week's planning meeting in Calderdale. The outline application to build the residential development on land to the rear of Clifton Mills in Bradford Road, Bailiff Bridge
Caroline Marler travelled to Bordeaux, France, for the European Veteran's Indoor Championships and won the women's 50-54 years 800 metres in 2-31.94. Her winning margin was three seconds - taking it easy as she had the 400 metres later the same day. She
Otley Town......0 Hemsworth......3 Otley Town entertained Hemsworth in one of their re-arranged bad weather games. With players unavailable or injured, they must have wished for more bad weather. With a team at less than full strength, Town struggled
Pool................1 Burley............1 POOL needed to win this match to put distance between themselves and third placed Burley Trojans. They would have succeeded but for the linesman. However, the keenly awaited contest between these two great local
SKIPTON.................27 OTLIENSIANS.........8 IN fine weather but on a heavy pitch at Skipton Otliensians lost to a strong home side currently league leaders in Yorkshire Three. Otliensians had to make three changes due to the unavailability of Hayward
Saracens.............7 Doncaster.........40 OTLEY Saracens played a re-arranged Merit Table game with Doncaster but were seriously weakened by the absence of a number of key players due to injury and non-availability and were always up against it. Fielding
Yarnbury Nomads.........12 Wetherby Vets...............12 Yarnbury went to Wetherby with only 14 men including seven colts. The Nomads dominated the match using a rucking game and kept possession for many cases. The scrums were even but the swirling wind
YORK...................3 BEN RHYDDING.4 Ben Rhydding Ladies emerged victorious from a thrilling encounter with old rivals York which sees the Ilkley side go through to the semi-finals of the National HA Trophy competition for the first time ever. Despite
Horsforth School......15 Benton Park...........12 THANKS to excellent defensive work and their speedy back line Horsforth were able to overcome a spirited challenge from Benton Park in the quarter-finals of the Under-13 Yorkshire Cup. Benton took the
OTLEY...................22 EXETER................31 OTLEY can count themselves a little unfortunate that they missed out on a couple of bonus points at least with the way they battled against a big, well-organised Exeter side at Cross Green on Sunday.
GUISELEY....................0 KENDAL TOWN...........0 ALTHOUGH Guiseley had the majority of possession in their game against fellow strugglers Kendal Town they were unable to make it count and their defensive attitude has started to anger the Nethermoor
A campaign to replace Saltaire's modern street signs with period ones has received a boost from an unlikely source - the Alpaca Society of America. The Alpaca Society, which produces the Official Journal of the Alpaca Owners' and Breeders' Association
An organisation set up to help youngsters get a better start in life is to fund the cost of putting up fences around gardens. The project is one of the first to be launched by the new Keighley Sure Start scheme, which has won £2.26 million of Government
Access for disabled pupils will be improved in Bradford schools thanks to a £500,000 cash boost from the Government. The money is part of a £5 million Schools Access Initiative allocation for 2001-02 and will be used to improve facilities in mainstream
Former deputy headmistress Eileen Clare may be 82 but, at the age others put their feet up, she is spearheading an aid mission to the poverty-stricken Ukraine. Miss Clare and fellow worshippers at St Mary's RC Church in Bradford's East Parade are collecting
A 28-year-old man accused of carrying out a late-night knife attack has blamed a fellow drinker for the stabbing. Simon Noble told a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday he had not attacked Paul Murphy in the street outside The Pile Bar club and suggested
Bradford schoolchildren have been warned to behave on the buses or face their services being axed. First Bradford has temporarily cut the B73 service, which takes pupils to Immanuel College, for a week after complaints of bad behaviour and vandalism.
sBradford alarm engineer Alan Davidson is still reeling after he was one of the privileged few to meet wacky pop star Michael Jackson at a celebrity wedding. Psychic Uri Geller and his wife Hanna invited Mr Davidson, pictured with a crystal given to him
A leading councillor today complained that business had gone "underground" in Bradford Council. Labour group leader Councillor Ian Greenwood is pressing for more open decision-making in Britain's fourth biggest metropolitan authority. He has also written
A former owner of a Bradford abattoir may face a prison sentence after a court heard how sheep were crammed into pens before they were slaughtered. Mohammed Mushtaq committed a catalogue of offences which breached rules on welfare and hygiene at Co-Operative
Government veterinary officials are investigating prem-ises near the Queensbury farm forced to slaughter its herd in a bid to track down the route of the foot and mouth infection. But Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food officials say the source
Test match fever could come to Bradford this summer when fans may have to go no further than Centenary Square to see England take on Australia for the Ashes. A giant screen in the square beside City Hall would show the cricket to thousands of workers
Police are hunting a sex attacker who indecently assaulted two nine-year-old girls near a Bradford park. The girls were assaulted after a man approached them as they walked along Bowling Hall Road next to Bowling Park in East Bowling. After their ordeal
A rogue firework spiralled into a father-of-two and exploded in a ball of flame setting him on fire, a court heard. Andrew Parkin had to tear at his clothes as other spectators at the pub firework display threw beer at him to try to douse the flames,
IKLEY YOUTH..........4 HORTON FC............0 The wake up call given by Lothersdale Athletic in the previous game certainly had the desired effect on the Guyson sponsored Ilkley Youth who returned to winning ways with a comfortable win over second placed
SIR - I was shocked to discover that a farm in Queensbury is the first in West Yorkshire to fall to foot and mouth disease. Shock quickly turned to thoughts of how devastating this must be for Mr Sutcliffe, his family and the effect on Bobby Green farm
DESPITE Government reassurances, the foot and mouth disease outbreak is not, by any stretch of the imagination, under control. Fresh outbreaks of the disease are happening in different regions every day with no sign of any end in sight. It is now three
100 years ago WIGGLESWORTH and Long Preston schools had to close 100 years ago this week due to an outbreak of mumps and whooping cough. A fire broke out at Slingsby's Mills in Carleton. The fire started in the cotton mixing room and ignited two large
Chris Melling's hopes of reaching snooker's main tour next season are still in the balance following the final stages of Event Three on the Challenge Tour. The 22-year-old from Keighley, ranked 21st going into the tournament at Swindon - the top 16 qualify
Leon Pryce has begun contract talks with Bradford Bulls which he hopes will secure his long term future with his hometown club. The 19-year-old's current deal runs out in December and Pryce admits it's a key moment in his career as he bids to cash in
David Hopkin has completed a whirlwind £1.5m move from Bradford City to Crystal Palace. Hopkin went straight into training with his new team-mates after agreeing a three-year deal. Negotiations were finalised in double-quick time after Hopkin played in
A YOUNG mum is hoping to help lots of other working mothers have their cake - and eat it. Vivienne Duke gave up her full time management job when she had her first child seven years ago. But when she wanted to return to work part time she found only low
A WELSH voice coach has been drafted in to ensure the cast of a Dylan Thomas play get the lilting accent spot on. Burley Millennium Theatre Group had a record number of budding thespians rushing to sign themselves up for a production of radio play Under
STREET names for a Burley-in-Wharfedale housing development are set to be mapped out at a meeting next month. Road names for the redevelopment of Scalebor Park will be confirmed by the Shipley Area Panel on April 2 - and residents are hoping they will
HAREWOOD House has decided against opening this weekend - because of the foot and mouth disease crisis. The historic house had been due to open yesterday, but trustees have decided to put back the opening probably until April 6. David Lascelles, chairman
A RESIDENTS' campaign to get a pharmacy at a new health centre in Horsforth reached a successful conclusion yesterday. Lloyds Pharmacy in Town Street has relocated to Broadgate Lane Health Centre following a concerted campaign led by town councillors
RESIDENTS in Pool-in-Wharfedale will be able to see the schemes vying for a slice of the £80,000 allocated to the village for the first time when an exhibition opens next week. The money has been given as a result of Redrow Homes' development at Swallow
WHEELS have been put in motion for the closure of five Otley primary Schools - and their amalgamation as three new ones. Necessary changes to create four one-form entry schools is expected to cost £750,000, including £200,000 for a nursery and the remodelling
'BAD things come in threes' according to an old saying - and for a Guiseley theatre company that has never been truer. The Follow Spot Theatre Company's production of the tap dance play, Stepping Out, was well into rehearsals with just weeks to go before
TOURISM in Ilkley has been hit hard by the foot and mouth crisis, with hotels and pubs reporting a slump in business. With Ilkley Moor and the surrounding countryside a no-go area, the walkers who usually converge on the town are nowhere to be seen. Colin
TRANSPORT chiefs and councillors are looking into claims that a blind man fell from a train in Guiseley as he was unaware that it had stopped short of the platform. Aireborough councillors Mike and Moira Dunn and Graham Latty promised to investigate after
A VERY rare plastic plate will take pride of place at an Otley church's fundraising auction. Personally signed and complete with self portrait by Sir James Savile, the yellow plate is just one of the lots on offer at an auction of promises on March 23
AGRICULTURE chiefs have banned the movement of livestock from parts of Aireborough and Wharfedale - but have been slow to tell farmers. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food placed much of the Bradford District, plus Hawksworth, Menston, Burley
AN assistant bank manager who suffered from depression committed suicide by hanging himself, an inquest heard yesterday. Michael Fisk was found hanging from the loft rafters with a rope around his neck at his home in Lanark Drive, Horsforth, in October
A Bradford based law firm is warning company directors they could face jail for failing to keep records. Last Cawthra Feather Solicitors cites a case where a director was jailed for three months for throwing documents away, as an example of why duties
A PARTNERSHIP has been set up to try to clear up the canal towpath after complaints about the amount of dog mess. British Waterways and Craven District Council will be working together to install more dog bins to encourage dog owners to clear up after
IN the third week of the foot and mouth crisis, it is becoming clear that it is not only farmers who are suffering hardship. The closure of all footpaths in the Yorkshire Dales National Park has devastated the tourist industry, with pubs and holiday cottages
OWNERS of a popular Sutton bakery are celebrating after a Government inspector sanctioned their caf plan. Local planning officers had ticked off Trevor and Helen Hepworth for installing seating in their newly refurbished Holme Lane Bakery. Their subsequent
MORE than £2 million will be spent on repairing and maintaining council houses in Craven. Over the next year, Craven District Council has earmarked £350,000 to modernise 18 houses and five flats at Hardy Meadows and Chapel Fold Grassington, and £330,000
CHARITY groups and organisations in the Ilkley area are celebrating after receiving a cash windfall. Ilkley Community Fund has unveiled its annual list of beneficiaries set to gain a cash grant. Several high-profile community projects have garnered their
AN Ilkley resident is warning that a Bradford Council recycling scheme could lead to unwelcome visitors in the town's gardens. Stephen Chambers, 50, of Springs Lane, took up Bradford Council's offer to buy a large plastic compost bin, at a subsidised
Cancer patients' from Ilkley receive a 'very good to excellent level of nursing support' at Airedale General Hospital according to a new report. And the Airedale Primary Care Trust (PCT), which took control of district nurses from the Airedale NHS Trust
DONNING wetsuits and flippers has made unlikely stars out of an Ilkley building society manager and one of his staff. Andrew Munro, area manager for Skipton Building Society, on The Grove, and customer adviser Anita Dale, left, had no idea what they were
STAFF, parents, governors and pupils at Addingham Primary School are delighted that the disruption caused by Bradford's schools reorganisation has not upset the high standards. The schools latest Ofsted report praises the school where 'pupils make good
A SET of public toilets in Ilkley has been named as an "active" spot for outdoor gay sex - also known as cottaging - on an internet site. The toilets, at the Riverside Gardens, are described on the website as a daytime cruising area for men over the age
QUIET as the grave. That, I think, is the clich for Beggarsdale this week: no walkers, very few day trippers, the whole Dale a-flutter with red and white tapes like the police use at crime scenes and lots of little yellow notices hanging on stiles and
IMAGINE the days when 65 to 70 railway trains passed through Hellifield junction every eight hours. Imagine the days when farmers from Gargrave sending stock to Skipton would load them onto a train. Imagine the days when even small stations were lit by
SIR - I write in response to the fiasco of the refusal to grant planning permission to allow alterations to the Devonshire Hotel, Newmarket Street. Having read the report in your paper, I find myself amazed at the decision taken by some of our 'cultured
SIR, - Craven District Council is soon to determine whether to renew planning consent for four wind turbines at Chelker Reservoir. The beautiful landscape between Draughton and Addingham is not the place for industrial structures 100ft high. We have a
Bingley's heroes from the Boer War will be honoured once more, thanks to a restoration project. An elaborate brass tablet, commissioned at the beginning of the last century, was found covered in grime and locked away in the town's library. Town centre
OTLEY RUFC have taken a giant step forward by signing up their first ever Academy players. Five 19 year-olds have signed on the dotted line committing themselves to the club for the next four years. All five are deemed to have first team potential. Club
SHERBURN WR.....1 TRINITY ... 2 Even allowing for difficult conditions in the middle of the park, Baildon Trinity made heavy weather of beating the Division One's bottom club in this West Yorkshire League game. In the first-half, Baildon comfortably contained
Yarnbury.................9 N Ribblesdale......14 YARNBURY came off second best in a game played in heavy conditions at Brownberrie Park. They cannot complain at the result as they squandered large amounts of possession and they were simply unable to turn
Ben Rhydding back in action AFTER weeks of course closure, Ben Rhydding Golf Club members played the March Medal on Sunday. The course played its full length and was wet in places. This did not deter members and excellent scores were returned in both
In the last two weeks Rosie Whiting, a year 13 student at Ilkley Grammar School and a member of Bradford Esprit Diving Club, has been selected for both senior and junior diving internationals. At the British Diving Championships held at Sheffield in February
A disabled bride-to-be is set to celebrate her big day in style, thanks to generous Telegraph & Argus readers. Joy Steele, of Heaton, had been struggling to find an affordable reception venue for her summer wedding which could cater for her wheelchair
A prison where seven inmates took their own lives between May 1999 and April 2000 is now doing a good job, according to an official report. Armley Prison at Leeds - the local prison for Bradford offenders - has been praised in the report by Sir David
Children in Bradford are suffering back pain because they do not take enough exercise and cram their bags too full. Now a physiotherapist is visiting local schools to teach pupils as young as 11 how to avoid the danger of back pain. Joanne Campion, 30
A sculptor has created a limestone lookalike which could help to save some of the most precious landscape in the country. Bill Jordan, pictured, is creating exact copies of limestone rocks which form part of rare limestone pavement at places like Malham
Ilkley....................41 Wath........................5 FOR the past few seasons this fixture was top of the table clash but now both clubs are at the foot of the league, fighting for survival at this level, how bizarre. The conditions were good and
Ilkley AFC.........3 Spa Athletic.....3 Seven games undefeated for Ilkley and a performance that prompted the Spa manager Alan Bradley to complement the home team's quality of play but it was another draw snatched from the jaws of victory. Having almost
