New dad Wayne Jacobs has delivered a late injury scare ahead of Bradford City's crunch trip to Everton tomorrow. Jacobs tweaked his hamstring while jogging yesterday and admitted: "We'll have to hope that it settles down in time. "We'd finished training
Bradford Bulls' Henry Paul could kick himself into the record books in tomorrow's Silk Cut Challenge Cup final should he continue his amazing goal-kicking record. The Kiwi half-back has been successful with his last 24 attempts at goal in first-team matches
The courage and tenacity of Nicholas Killen has never been in any doubt. Nine years ago, when he was six, the Shipley youngster faced an operation which for some people could have had devastating consequences. He was found to be suffering from a rare
A leading Tory is stepping in to help a cash-strapped hospice. Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate David Senior, whose Shipley constituency includes Denholme and Cullingworth, is walking across Morecambe Bay to raise funds for Manorlands.
By Emily Rawlins, 24, who is studying for a diploma in newspaper journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism Anyone would think there was a general election on the way. The left is accusing the right of racism, while the Tories hurl back charges of political
Lord Mayor Councillor Stanley King took the controls of a Keighley and District Travel bus, and had a fare old time! The transport buff enjoyed a two-hour stint at the company's driving school in Tockwith, near Wetherby. The session was organised by K
It was all smiles at Manorlands as the hospice reaped the rewards of a very snappy fundraising idea. A Gator, the toothy mascot of fuel company Bayford Thrust, presented a cheque for £332 to Manorlands, the Sue Ryder Care home in Oxenhope. The company
A man from Long Lee has created an entire miniature village in his garden. Brian Shackleton, of Long Lee Lane, enjoys model-making and has spent the last two years creating the tiny village. It features all types of buildings. including a chemist shop
A unique Keighley company specialising in clothing for the mature person is celebrating a major expansion. Pauline May's, based in Worth Way, has opened a new concession in the Sunwin House store at Brighouse and is set to launch a second at Sale in Cheshire
The West Yorkshire Club rallied on Saturday to raise money for a local toddler who was born with a serious chromosome defect. The club, in Lord Street, Keighley, held a karaoke and raffle night and raised £660 for Scott Harrison. Scott, aged two, has
A Keighley car dealer swapped his wheels for running shoes on Sunday to run the London Marathon and raise money for the intensive care unit at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Gary Stevenson, 35, of Knaresborough, works at Sunwin Peugeot and
Bradley sub-postmaster Bill Kirkpatrick completed the London Marathon successfully on Sunday. His time of four and a half hours at his first-ever run over a full marathon distance was very respectable for, as he said himself, 'a man of my age'! Bill raised
Runner Rob Grillo is thanking his lucky stars he did not take part in the London marathon. The day before he was due to travel down to the capital, having packed all his running gear, he received a hand-delivered letter which stopped him in his tracks
Community leaders in Haworth are intensifying calls for the return of their village bobby after a street light was ripped out. They claim a light in the Gasworks car park was ripped out between last Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. They say it is
Police have struck a deal in a row over taxis parking on yellow lines in Keighley town centre. Officers will let Keighley Taxis vehicles drop off and pick up on the road outside their North Street office. The agreement averts a threatened strike by drivers
A man has told how he was clubbed over the head with a baseball bat as he walked home near a notorious Keighley Park. Yesterday, as police investigated the latest incident in the Lund Park area, a councillor stepped up her campaign for tougher police
Teenagers in Shipley will have the chance to attend a different kind of 'rave' in May - one aimed at improving their health. Youngsters are being urged to take advantage of the pioneering drive at Shipley Health Centre, which has already had success with
Tory leader William Hague was jostled by protesters today as he visited Pudsey. Mr Hague was visiting Pudsey market to talk to traders when protesters wearing William Hague masks started to abuse Mr Hague. Mr Hague's right hand man, former Olympic runner
The youngest sister of a family of seven separated at childhood has put out a birthday appeal for the last of the siblings to come forward. Kay Hodson has been on a two-year hunt for her brothers and sisters and this week was hoping the last remaining
Sir Herman Ouseley has said Bradford's youth will inspire him to achieve more for young people in his new role as a House of Lords peer. The new peer, head of a race review investigation in Brad-ford, was one of 15 people announced yesterday as the latest
A man's repeated phone calls to his ex-wife caused disruption in the hospital unit where she worked as a nurse, a court heard. Steven Darlington could not come to terms with the fact that his 12-year marriage to his wife, Linda, had ended in divorce,
A witness told a trial how he watched a gunman fire four or five times outside a Bradford caf where a man was shot dead. Mohammed Akhtar Ayaz said he saw Safdar Khan fire towards the Young Lions Caf in Lumb Lane, Bradford, as it was attacked by a mob
A former Oakenshaw pub owner has been found guilty of failing to take adequate safety precautions after two people were injured by a rogue firework at a Bonfire Night display. Two spectators had to be taken to hospital to be treated for burns after blue
CROSS ROADS A suffered a rare taste of defeat as they were knocked out of the Hebden Bridge Sunday Morning Knockout competition, last weekend. The Roadies are current holders of the title, but slipped to defeat against old rivals Hebden Royd Park A at
The Telegraph & Argus has been handed two major awards for its pioneering internet initiatives. This website was named best of the year at the prestigious BT Northern Media Awards ceremony in York. And in a rare double accolade, Digital Content Editor
A GOLF trip of a lifetime awaits amateur Robert Sunderland and Keighley professional Mike Bradley if they get through the next stage of Europe's biggest pro-am competition, the Lombard Trophy. Mr Sunderland, 64, who is now retired, plays of a handicap
Shooting Keighley Rifle and Pistol Club held its 78th annual meeting recently and members were told the club was in a good position with some superb perfrmances throughout the year. However they were told that club captain David Lee was leaving the club
Dougie Lampkin won the opening round of the World Trials Championship in Spain last weekend - when he had to contend with ice and snow. Spanish star Amos Bilbao crashed out of the trial at the fourth section when his machine plunged off a rocky section
DAVID NELSON gave Bocking an early lead against Silsden Athletic and the Cobbydale side soon found things going from bad to worse. Darren Midgley scored Bocking's second goal but Silsden managed to pull it back to 2-1 at the interval. The goal was the
ANDY THORNTON hammered home five goals at Bay Horse were crowned Division One champions after a fine win over Oddfellows 2000 The Oddfellows defence chipped in with an own goal as Bay Horse secured a 6-0 victory to take the title. New Inn (Windhill) secured
Cougars 60, Chorley Lynx 18 - Cougars got back to winning ways thanks to a powerful second half performance that completely overwhelmed the young Chorley side. After four consecutive defeats they were led superbly by Jason Ramshaw and Graeme Hallas who
Seven-year-old Sion Ekata has defeated national rivals to gain a top martial arts award. The Riddlesden youngster has just become the national under-eights Aikido champion. Sion, who has a five-year-old sister Elki, has been involved in the sport for
MOST PEOPLE are probably aware that the past month has been a very difficult period for the club as a whole. However, I feel that it would be wrong to attribute results to the off-field problems that the club is experiencing. I would rather point to the
COUGARS face a new crisis after owner Hami Patel cut their cash lifeline -- and ordered the club to stand alone. The man who saved the club in January 1998 has ploughed over £700,000 into the Cougars in just over three years and this week he told KN Sport
North Ribblesdale 24 Hull 30 NORTH Ribblesdale RU's league fixtures ended in a disappointing and somewhat controversial manner at Grove Park on Saturday, although, as with the season overall, there was much to admire in the home side's play. There is
IT would appear that the start of the Craven and District Cricket League season came too soon for some clubs, with plenty putting out scratch sides which resulted in some low scores. Three matches were wiped out by foot and mouth problems, including the
AT a time when most cricketers are thinking of hanging up their boots, Geoff Fryers comes out of retirement on Saturday in an effort to help Skipton CC in their impossible mission of staying in Division A of the Airedale and Wharfedale League. In his
SKIPTON Bulldogs have taken the lead in the Silentnight Premier Division of the Craven & District Football League after their 6-0 win over Grassington United in mid-week, although Cross Hills stay in the hunt with both teams winning their midweek
Children victims of social apartheid SIR - In response to the appeal from parents, the Ravenscliffe and Greengates Association mounted a vigorous campaign in support of the retention of schools in Bradford North and, in particular, Eccleshill Upper School
Manager Trevor Storton is hoping Bradford Park Avenue can not only win the UniBond League First Division championship tomorrow, but win it in style. Avenue made sure of promotion to the Premier Division when they beat Witton Albion 4-1 at home on Wednesday
Groundsman Dave Bedford has resigned at Bradford City. Bedford made his decision on Tuesday and will leave the club on May 15 to take over at Woodhall Hills Golf Club. He will oversee City's final two home matches against Liverpool and Middlesbrough next
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has called on the club's fans to pump up the volume tomorrow and cheer the side on to Challenge Cup final glory at Twickenham. The Bulls supporters have come under fire in some circles this season for being slow to
A Keighley woman and her friend are following in the footsteps of the Royal National Theatre by staging a Shakespearean classic. Emma Bowskill and Laura Kane are currently recruiting amateur performs for an September production of A Midsummer Night's
Parkinson's Disease has been chosen as the fundraising cause for Keighley Soroptimists over the next 12 months. Jean Brockbank, the new president, wants to raise money for sufferers of the disease during her year of office. Steeton woman Jean lost a father
A former Greenhead Grammar School pupil has married her Memphis fianc in Nashville, America. Olivia Allsworth, who lived in Thwaites Brow, moved to the USA in October 1999 to take up a position at the Morning Star International Ministries in Nashville
Tribute has been paid to long serving Sutton councillor Thomas (Tommy) Carter, who has died aged 79. Mr Carter served an amazing 39 years as a district councillor and 37 years as a parish councillor. Born in South Shields, he moved to Keighley as a child
A well-known former manager of Keighley's Co-op Food Fair supermarket has died at the age of 64. Life-long Haworth resident Gerald Bottomley spent most of his working life with the Co-op locally. His wife Sylvia - who he met when she started work at his
Two 20-year-old women from the Worth Valley are jumping for joy after their first parachute jump. Miriam Wilson and Wendy Dunstan went tandem skydiving to raise about £700 for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust. Miriam, of Haworth, and Wendy, from Stanbury
A Euro MP was attacked as he canvassed door-to-door in Keighley. Richard Corbett, 46, was punched and kicked by an irate pensioner as he and colleagues toured the Beechcliffe area. He ended up sprawled on the ground with his attacker before managing to
A special train is to run from Keighley to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Settle-Carlisle railway. The June 2 excursion will travel to Edinburgh via the East Coast Line, with a four-hour break in the Scottish capital. The return journey will be
Keighley's Bangladeshi community gathered to celebrate 30 years of Bangladesh Independence at the weekend. Around 250 people attended an event at the Bangladeshi Community Centre, in Kensington Street. Guest of honour was Shamsuddin Ahmed, who received
Nuclear protestors are planning to turn a two bases in North Yorkshire into the next Greenham Common. Sylvia Boyes, pictured, of Keighley, and Annie Rainbow, of Otley, are among those involved in a campaign to stop American radar stations at Menwith Hill
The big number change hits the burgeoning mobile phones market this weekend - and many businesses are in grave danger of being caught out, according to Keighley-based Link Telecom, one of the north's largest companies in its industry sector. Director
Joinery giant Magnet Ltd is set to join Europe's largest kitchen manufacturing group in a £134 million deal. The move follows an agreement made by parent company Enodis Plc to sell the business to Swedish company Nobia Nordisk Bygginterior AB. The sale
Residents of Keighley flats are devastated by the butchery of two pet geese. The birds, two of three kept in a pen outside a block of flats on West Lane, were discovered in a bag two weeks ago, gutted and partially plucked - being prepared for the oven
A student from Cross Roads has scooped first prize in a competition to design the front cover of this year's Keighley Gala programme. Gareth Sugden, 18, won the competition which was open to first year students on the National Diploma in Graphic Design
Keighley Community Transport is to make an official complaint about the lack of police action in the wake of two separate attacks. A senior official of the group claims than when he reported the latest act of vandalism to police they told him nothing
A pub will be hosting a beer festival next week to raise money for an outdoor rescue service that saved some of their customers nine years ago. The Turkey Inn, at Goose Eye, will host the festival between May 3 and 7, to raise funds for the Upper Wharfedale
A Glusburn man successfully completed the gruelling London Marathon on Sunday -- and then announced he was giving away his coveted race medal. Ralph Cooper and wife Carol both ran in the world-famous event to raise funds in tribute to a paralysed teenager
SIR - Residents of Keighley may not be aware of a new threat to the stability of our society which is stealthily and insidiously growing from strength to strength. I refer, of course, to the floods of contraband liquor literally flowing across the border
A teenager who lost his sight to cancer is being groomed for the Paralympics after winning a clutch of judo medals. Nicholas Killen, 15, has won medals competing against fully sighted opponents. Now Nicholas, who goes to Bradford's Temple Bank School
May Day used to be interpreted quite broadly, and was celebrated for several weeks in Keighley schools. These nursery-rhyme characters formed a feature of the National School's festivities towards the middle of the month in 1923. They were described as
The Halifax Bank, which employs 7,000 people in the region, is in talks with the Bank of Scotland over a possible £27.7 billion merger. The country's largest mortgage group has issued a joint statement with Bank of Scotland (BoS) about a 'merger of equals
A hit squad is set to blitz schools across the Bradford district in a bid to boost attendance and tackle truancy. Pupils at secondary schools who are absent without permission are being targeted by education social workers who will go into selected schools
City-centre traders have joined forces with Bradford Council to brighten up fashionable North Parade with a £35,000 lighting scheme. A string of properties and businesses along the busy shopping parade will be floodlit to highlight their architectural
A major leisure operator used a private investigator acting as a pub customer in a bid to block a licence application by a rival. Ian Gomerson, a former policeman, told Bradford licensing panel how he bought meals at the popular Walkabout pub in Leeds
OAKWORTH missed the chance to get their season off to a flying start when their first match of the season fell victim to the Foot and Mouth crisis. They faced a tough confrontation with last season's champion's Thornton but the Craven club has been asked
Britain's first Asian party political leader will be a Tory, William Hague has predicted during a visit to Bradford. Mr Hague gave an upbeat speech to an invited audience of local party supporters - including many Asians - at the city's Hilton Hotel.
AUSSIE Joel Crouch made a massive impact for Keighley on the opening weekend of the season. The Melbourne-based batter rattled up a top score of 57 after the Lawkholme Lane side's first two wickets fell for just four runs against Bankfoot. Only Lee Gordon
Bradford League Bankfoot v Keighley Keighley II v Bankfoot Aire-Wharfe League Steeton v Beckwithshaw Calverley v Silsden Harden v U. Wharfedale Illingworth II v Steeton II Silsden II v Calverley U Wharfedale II v Harden II Craven League (Saturday) Division
Top of the Pops is coming to Bradford. And in a brand new format of the show, some of the top bands from the '80s like Adam Ant and Boy George's Culture Club will be re-formed to perform at Pennington's night club. The city has been picked to host the
Detectives today launched a murder hunt after the naked and badly beaten body of a young mum was found just yards from a busy Bradford road. Officers were called to the scene half-way up Thornton Street, off Thornton Road, after a woman passer-by made
Keighley Albion 39 Cottingham Tigers 12 Albion's signed off with a super display on their last home game of the season. Cottingham Tigers had just won 10 of their previous 11 games the game was moved to Cougar Park, and what a cracker it turned out to
Liversedge 13 Silsden Park Rangers 26 Silsden Park Rangers stayed on course for the division four title with victory at Liversedge. This game looked a potential banana-skin for long periods and it was the home side who took the early lead by scoring in
THE CHAMPIONSHIP fight is still wide open with Cross Hills and Skipton Bulldogs battling it out for the honours after a hectic programme of mid-week games helped to ease the fixture backlog. Cross Hills beat Addingham 4-1 with goals from harry Peacock
A fine team performance secured the Yorkshire Plate for Silsden AFC Ladies on Sunday. Kirklees Ladies started strongly, but Silsden overcame their nerves to take the lead through Edna Smith's breakaway goal after Rachel Chapman headed the ball over the
OAKBANK pupils Jamie Chambers and Dean Cunningham ran in the Adidas Mini-Marathon over 2 kilometres. The teenagers were representing the school and were also part of a west Yorkshire Schools team selected from last year's successful English Schools Cross
Martin Wood could be out of action for weeks after suffering an injury to his knee. "I will know better how things are going to progress when I get the brace off my leg," he said.
Leeds Corinthians 10 Skipton 22 IN a game that Skipton had to win to preserve any chance of promotion, a scintillating first half-hour cemented a worthy victory over tough opponents who had the previous week beaten fellow promotion hopefuls, York RI.
NEW Earby professional Alex Scholefield could scarcely have hoped for a better start to his Ribblesdale Cricket League career after claiming a hat trick in a 7-32 return on his debut in a nine-wicket win at Oswaldtwistle Immanuel. The former Todmorden
PROMOTION for a second successive season could be the prize for Skipton RU on Saturday when they complete their Yorkshire Division Three programme with a game against Sheffield Oaks at Sandylands. The recent defeat at Malton & Norton robbed Skipton
WHARFEDALE say farewell to one of their most dedicated and able players tomorrow when flanker Paul Evans runs out at The Avenue for the final time against Camberley in their National Division Two encounter. Evans has decided to step down from rugby at
Hami Patel doesn't come from Keighley. He's not even from Yorkshire. He's from down south. Yet he has spent £700,000 of his own money on getting Keighley Cougars back on the right track. He has cleaned up the club's financial reputation and brought in
