THE postponement of the county council elections (and by implication the general election) is welcome news. It would have been untenable to have run an election campaign while the rural community struggles to survive in the face of the foot and mouth
A woman in Australia has finally traced her childhood friend after searching for nearly half a century - and it turns out she lives around the corner from her family home in Bradford! Carol Ort may be living on the other side of the world but her old
BRITISH workers at Menwith Hill are furious after their children were barred from the centre's nursery. Around ten British employees at the American listening station have been given until June 1 to find alternative care for their children. And they say
CAMPAIGNERS behind an appeal to rebuild vital sports and community facilities have called for more effort to support their cause. Otley Town Sports and Social Club is hoping to repair and refurbish its clubhouse, which is used by hundreds of people, through
THE subject of a garden makeover shed six stones in weight - after seeing herself in the Wharfedale. Yvette Wilks and her husband Jim were featured in The Wharfedale Observer a year ago when their Otley garden was done over by Garden Invaders. The BBC
HOSPITAL patients in Leeds may still have to wait for more than four hours to be admitted onto wards, it has been revealed. And in one case at the Leeds General Infirmary, one patient in accident and emergency waited for longer than 14 hours. The Leeds
SHADOW Home Secretary Anne Widdecombe visited Adel to discuss law and order issues. Miss Widdecombe, who was in Leeds to take part in television's Question Time, took time out to meet with Adam Pritchard, prospective parliamentary candidate for Leeds
TOWN councillors have asked to see all plans together for the new Wharfedale Hospital. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust already has outline planning permission for a new hospital on the current site in Newall Carr Road, Otley. Separate planning
AN historic Guiseley building will be given a new lease of life, if a £2.5 million leisure and residential scheme is given the go-ahead. The planned restoration of the former Leeds City Tramways depot in Otley Road will create up to 50 new jobs, with
We have come a long way, fortunately, since the days when the police used to regard an altercation between man and wife as "a domestic" and hesitated to become involved. The time when a man was master in his own home, free to knock his wife or girlfriend
Solicitors and accountants have teamed up to give advice to businesses on the limited liability partnerships (LLP) legislation which comes into force tomorrow. Steve Gash, managing partner at Bradford-based accountants Clough and Company said: "As a self-employed
In 1884, Bradford won the rugby Yorkshire Challenge Cup. In 1905, a serious outbreak of Smallpox hit Bradford. In 1955, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill announced his resignation. From the Telegraph & Argus of April 5th, 1976... Mr James Callaghan
PUBS, clubs and off-licences in Barnoldswick will "band" together to combat anti-social behaviour. Barnoldswick Against Night-time Disorder - BAND for short - is a new initiative aimed at stamping out drink-related problems in the town centre. Although
A COUPLE who have provided Barlickers with their daily bread for almost 40 years will hang up their pinnies for the last time today (Friday). It will be the end of an era when Ron and Ann Sainty hand over their popular bakery and shop on Skipton Road
THE cost of building a new railway station in Cross Hills has more than doubled. And it could be years before any work on it begins. Costings compiled back in 1994 put the price of a station at around £1 million but this week North Yorkshire County Council
PERMISSION has been granted to Bentham Golf Club to start work on extending its nine hole course to 18. As part of a new application to Craven District Council's planning committee, the club has scrapped plans to extend its clubhouse, even though it had
ONE of Skipton's longest surviving family owned businesses has come to the end of the road. Four generations of Roger Waterfall's family have been trading in Skipton for more than a century, but he has now handed over the reins of Waterfall Travel. The
NEW premises for a South Craven car dealer are causing problems even before a stone has been laid. Skipton Properties has lodged plans to build a new base for Walter C Brigg's Vauxhall dealership on the Crossings Business Park near Kildwick. The firm
A MAN with kidney disease claims he was asked to wait several hours before the out of hours doctors' service would do anything to alleviate his severe pain. Darren Fielden, 33, who has had kidney disease for 19 years, had been ill for a week and had vomited
AFFORDABLE housing could soon be a reality for young people in Ilkley, in the wake of a Government inspector's decision on a controversial piece of land. Planning permission has been granted for developers Bellway Homes to build 70 flats and houses on
AN Ilkley man is feeling on top of the world after climbing the highest mountain in Africa to raise money for old people in the town. Geoff Hill, 52, of Kings Road, along with pal Roger Lomas, 50, made it to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro - which stands
A BEN Rhydding vicar had his congregation rolling in the aisles with laughter at the weekend when he was caught out by an April Fool's Day joke. The Rev Brian Gregory, of St John's Church, didn't realise anything was amiss when he couldn't find a dog
YOUTHS in Addingham are meeting on a disused railway bridge close to the village's primary school to inject drugs, police revealed this week. The bridge, which lies between Addingham Primary School and the former First School, has become an evening meeting
THE experts have been at it again and, beggar me, they are going to put Beggarsdale on the map. A very special map: one that ladies can read. Now I have to tread careful here or there will be civil war at Curmudgeon Corner. It could be a case of shooting
SIR - By the date of publication of this letter it will be known whether elections for North Yorkshire County Council are to go ahead on May 3 as intended or else postponed to a more appropriate time. As members and former members of Yorkshire Dales National
SIR, - With reference to the letters in your paper regarding the speeding problems on Bolling Road, of which I am well aware, I wonder if you could also highlight the associated problems of Wheatley Lane. As on Bolling Road, the traffic up and down this
Queensbury...................38 Guiseley Rangers........8 GUISELEY Rangers travelled to promotion contenders Queensbury last Saturday with only 13 players, but, as has happened with recent games, they didn't let themselves, or the club, down, and competed
BURLEY TROJANS.......0 BOROUGHBRIDGE.......4 BURLEY Trojans made a spectacular exit from the Senior Cup at the hands of league rivals Boroughbridge. The second-half dismissals of Jonny Lofthouse and Chris Lockwood not only contributed towards the scoreline
Yarnbury.............15 Wheatley Hills.10 YARNBURY produced a fine second-half performance to knock promotion-chasing Wheatley Hills off second spot in Yorkshire Division One. An excellent display by the home pack, playing on a beautiful pitch at the
Wharfedale and Aireborough Judo Club members had a very successful day at the Yorkshire and Humberside closed Judo Championships which were held at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford, on Sunday, March 25, winning nine medals. Adam Firth won the
GUISELEY are showing renewed spirit in the battle to beat the drop. They have picked up five points in their last three games and have extended their unbeaten run to six games as they bid to hold on to their UniBond League status. With games coming fast
The police team which snared a killer more than two decades after he struck has been honoured for its tireless pursuit of justice. Housewife Mary Gregson was sexually assaulted and strangled before her body was dumped in the Leeds- Liverpool Canal at
A speedy, 'child-friendly' system for young people in care to raise complaints has been hailed a success. Since its launch, four times as many 'looked-after' youngsters have taken the opportunity to complain about their care - but all of the complaints
The boxer shorts of an alleged rapist had the blood of his victim on them, a court heard. Jason Halliley, 30, is accused of raping his dying girlfriend, Rachel Mooney, while she was in a "progressive state of unconsciousness" after taking a drugs overdose
A new campaign to help the victims of domestic violence "stay put" in their homes starts today. Women's campaigners, the police and other agencies are launching Staying Put in the Bradford South police division, backed by a £430,000 Government grant.
Telewest Communications has held an urgent meeting with Bradford Council about a blunder which left 15,000 digital customers without a service. Contractors carrying out roadworks for the Council in Hall Ings wiped out television and telephone lines for
A woman in Australia has finally traced her childhood friend after searching for nearly half a century - and it turns out she lives around the corner from her family home in Bradford! Carol Ort may be living on the other side of the world but her old
A farmer forced to watch the bodies of his prize herd of cattle on a funeral pyre today welcomed a plan to destroy thousands of carcasses in a Bradford rendering plant. John Varley spoke out as the first sealed container rolled into Waddingtons &
Women are increasingly suffering from mouth cancer because they are drinking and smoking more, a Bradford surgeon warned today. Consultant Stephen Worrall said incidences of the disease, which is more lethal then cervical cancer, were growing fastest
Oxenhope Res.........1 Ilkley Youth..........1 Ilkley Youth travelled to Oxenhope for their final away game of the season looking to secure a victory that would see them move a step closer to a second successive title. With Smith, Beaumont, McCullough
SIR - I have never been, nor will ever be, a supporter of Bradford Council's idea of how racial harmony should be achieved. Sensible and fair-minded people do not need rules or regulations etc invented to make them agree with racial integration. How you
A NUMBER of months ago the police announced a scheme to occasionally park a patrol car in a lay-by at Guiseley in a bid to improve contact with the community. We met this news with a certain amount of incredulity, commenting it was no substitute for the
THE President of the Ilkley Moor Lions Club, John Hopwood and secretary, Jim Shelton, visited Clevedon House Preparatory School. As part of an international effort at raising awareness among young people, the Lions have sponsored a poster competition
Bradford 1 Hounslow & Ealing 0 Bradford had to change their tactics for their last National Women's League match of the season, but still came away with all three points. The game-plan alteration came about because of the absence of regular sweeper
Bradford City are giving a trial to 21-year-old Jamacian striker Kali Ongala in tonight's reserve match against Leeds United at Valley Parade (7pm). Ongala, who plays for the Jamacian league club Seba United, has been recommended to City. They hoped to
Bradford Schools under 15s will grace the Valley Parade turf as they seek national glory. The Bradford team, who booked their place in the English Schools FA Heinz Ketchup Trophy final with a 4-1 win over Cambridge Schools at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley says contract talks with seven players are being put on hold until after the Silk Cut Challenge Cup final at the end of the month. Henry Paul and Leon Pryce have been linked with moves to rugby union, while Brian
Bradford City supporters are being given the chance to sample the new facilities in the £7.5 million Sunwin Stand extension before the end of the season. The club are opening part of the upper tier of the stand, pictured behind stadium manager Allan Gilliver
EVERY voter in Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Menston, and Addingham is being urged to have their say on how Bradford Council should be managed in the future. Nearly 455,000 electors in the whole of the district are being sent a questionnaire on how top
VANDALISED businesses in Horsforth are set to receive a major boost in the fight against crime. Just a week after plans for closed circuit television cameras in the town were given the go ahead in principal, Weetwood Police told traders at a public meeting
A COUPLE made history in Yeadon when they 'staged' their own wedding. Keen members of Yeadon Amateur Operatic Society, Amanda Williams and Ben Myles (right), decided to add a touch of theatrical glamour to their big day - by tying the knot on stage at
POLICE have arrested scores of robbery and burglary suspects at the launch of the biggest crackdown on crime ever to take place in West Yorkshire. Around 200 officers working in teams carried out early-morning raids on Monday and Tuesday to launch Operation
A LOLLIPOP man who risks life and limb to get children safely across the road has had his plea for a pelican crossing backed by more 200 people. However Leeds City Council has initially poured cold water on the proposeal. William Shears, 68, leads children
John Baron reports from the latest Leeds Planning Meeting: A DERELICT former petrol station will be transformed into a residential development, it was agreed by councillors this week. Outline proposals by Consort Homes to build either flats or houses
AN ELDERLY woman was cut free from her car and airlifted to hospital after a head-on collision. Gladys Milburn, 65, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, was travelling towards Otley near Manor Park bends on the A65, when her red Ford Fiesta collided with a red Renault
HUNDREDS of concerned parents have voiced their fears over plans to reorganise primary education in Otley. More than 300 people packed into a hall at Prince Henry's Grammar School on Tuesday in the first of two meetings to discuss the proposals by Leeds
Yorkshire manufacturing exporters remain confident about prospects, ac-cording to a report. A quarterly report by courier DHL says 64 per cent of exporters expect to increase or-ders in the coming year, above the average of 62 per cent. Fears of a US
Tough times in the technology market have hit online firm Gameplay involved in talks which could lead to its break up. The company was set up by former Bradford Grammar School pupil six years ago with a £2,000 grant from the Prince's Youth Business Trust
A project helping unemployed youths has been given a make over and was officially re-launched on Tuesday. The Cellar project initially opened in Settle in December 1987 although the venue, below the town hall, has been used as a meeting place for young
A GENEROUS donation of four small oil paintings, worth up to £25,000 at auction, has been given to Giggleswick School by a former pupil. The pictures are to be auctioned at the Old Masters Pictures sale at Christie's in London on April 25, and money from
DEVELOPERS wanting to convert Carleton Mill into residential accommodation have won their battle. Craven District Council's planning committee gave the go-ahead on Monday for Novo Homes to convert the listed mill and site into a total of 77 residential
RESIDENTS in Craven have a chief inspector overseeing policing in the district again. Chief Inspector Nick Smedley has taken on the responsibility for the whole of Craven District and will co-ordinate the work of the inspectors and sergeants in Skipton
CRAVEN District Council is pulling out all the stops to help businesses facing serious financial hardship because of the foot and mouth crisis. The council will implement a rate relief scheme immediately even though it could cost it more than £100,000
PARISH councillors in Ilkley are considering taking legal action against transport bosses for failing to consult them over plans to build a coach park in the town. The row was sparked after Bradford Council withdrew a plan for two designated coach parking
CONSULTANTS charged with deciding how to spend £300,000 on traffic improvements in Ilkley have organised two events to let residents have their say. After securing Government grants for town centre improvements in Ilkley, highway bosses have engaged Leeds-based
SIGNS to keep lorry drivers out of Addingham are to be installed along the A65, after months of haggling between nearby mill bosses and the Highways Agency. Residents have long been plagued by heavy wagons - bound for the Straume (UK) Ltd textile scouring
SIR, - As parents of children who go to All Saints Infant School, Westgate Infants School and All Saints Junior School, we feel that it is important that parents and residents in Otley look at the advantages and disadvantages of the school sites. No one
A brave shopkeeper was recovering today after being pistol-whipped about the head and shoulders as he thwarted an armed robbery. Two men armed with handguns burst into the Spar Shop in Leeds Road, Birstall, as owner Peter Caton was locking up for the
The foot-and-mouth epidemic is slowing flood-defence work in the region, water watchdogs will reveal today. The impact of the crisis is due to be discussed at the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee (YRFDC) meeting in Leeds. The meeting has been
TRINITY ATH .. 2 FEATHERSTONE COLL ... 0 BAILDON Trinity kept their surge for a promotion spot going with a comfortable victory in this West Yorkshire League Division One game. Strangely, their two goals came within ten seconds of the start of the match
The foot and mouth epidemic has had a major effect on fellrunning and not surprisingly the Fell Runners Association has cancelled all races listed in its 2001 Calendar until further notice. After an interregnum of a few weeks, which has seen fellrunners
Northallerton.....3 Pool........................2 IF ever the immortal saying that football is a game of two halves was to be uttered in a post match inquest, this would be the match they were talking about. The young guns of Northallerton totally ran
Stump Cross.......3 Otley Town........1 After two good performances against Marsden Otley Town once again displayed their inconsistency with a wretched first-half display which but for a number of outstanding saves by Taylor, including one penalty save
Corinthians..........10 Old Otliensians....0 Looking to do the double over Corinthians, Otliensians were on the back foot before the start of the game with late changes in the pack causing several players to be out of their usual positions. They thus
Pudsey Firsts............2 Otliensians................4 IN this top-of-the-table clash, Otliensians knew there was still a lot to play for. Pudsey started the stronger team in the first 15 minutes and were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty flick
Ben Rhydding...2 Sheffield............3 A fixture between the league's highest scorers and an opposition with the best defensive record was always going to be an exciting encounter. Added to that was the knowledge that the winners would claim runners
MENSTON St Mary's RC School has just completed the allocation of the £4,888 awarded by the Millennium Awards for Local Groups initiative, part of the National Lottery Fund. The funds have been shared between St Mary's, Otley RUFC's junior section and
WATERLOO........15 OTLEY................19 AFTER this game the Otley team congregated in the sunshine to talk over their stirring victory. There were smiles on their faces but there was nothing to be seen of the home side, they had had their last chance
Major building work on Bradford's new state-of-the-art cancer centre has been completed, with the first patient expected at the end of May. The £5.2 million purpose-built shell is now undergoing internal refurbish- ment, with beds, carpets and medical
Residents on a congested Baildon street are cautiously celebrating after learning they are to get more parking places. People living in Aireview Crescent have been campaigning for four years to rid their street of grass verges which they are forced to
Residents today branded the filming of a new docu-drama in Undercliffe cemetery as tasteless. Yorkshire Television crews set up cameras and floodlights in the cemetery from 5pm and filmed late into the evening, much to the disgust of residents. The drama
Bradford schools will soon know who will be working with the Council to improve the education of children in the district. Bradford Council's LEA Steering Group has shortlisted two organisations from four which put in bids to run the district's education
Restrictions imposed by the foot and mouth crisis are being lifted on a number of woodland and countryside areas in Bradford. New guidelines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries has enabled Bradford Council to open a number of areas to
Ilkley.....................6 Wetherby..............1 A convincing victory for Ilkley and a splendid way to herald the new sponsorship by Booth's supermarket. Resplendently wearing the sponsors logo, Ilkley shook off a run of five drawn games to move comfortably
100 years ago THE craze for "grandmotherly legislation" came under fire from one of the Herald's columnists after a town council proposed a set of bye-laws telling the housewife how to organise her household duties. The governing body at Sunderland had
