St Helens boss Ian Millward admits the loss of Sean Long for the rest of the season is a huge blow to his side's Super League ambitions. Long suffered cruciate knee ligament damage at Huddersfield Giants on Mon-day, while half-back partner in crime Tommy
Skipper Iain Priestley is hoping Pudsey St Lawrence's batsmen can recover their form when he takes his injury-hit side less than a mile down the road to play Bradford League First Divi-sion leaders Pudsey Congs tomorrow. It is one of the biggest tests
An astonishing decision by captain David Byas robbed Yorkshire of the opportunity to seal victory over Glamorgan at Swansea yesterday. Yorkshire blasted out Glamorgan for only 104 soon after lunch and with a first innings lead of 176 and his bowlers still
Manager Jim Jefferies is planning talks with Stuart McCall's advisers next week to discuss a new one-year contract. McCall is still unsure about his Bradford City future, but Jefferies said: "Stuart's advisers put some counter proposals to us. Things
Skipper Robbie Paul has spoken of his desire to keep his deadly partnership with brother Henry in Bulls colours next season. The Kiwi internationals have been in stunning form in the club's charge to the top of Super League. But while Robbie is tied to
If Pavarotti was to appear in Bradford, it would be nice to think that he could find a hotel in the city to meet his expectations. The "Pavarotti factor" suggested by David Scougall, the member of the British Urban Regeneration Association with a special
Care assistant Lucy Menze, married Wayne Humphrey at St Denys Church, Ibstock. The bride is the only daughter of Tony and Pauline Menzel of Ibstock, Leicestershire. The groom, who works for a haulage company, is the elder son of Brian and Denise Humphrey
Kerry Hebdon, the eldest daughter of Keith and Janet Hebdon, married chartered accountant David Grady at St Andrews Church in Kildwick. The bride, who is an occupational therapist, wore a strapless fitted gown with bustle and train. David, the only son
In 1903, the first Bradford to York walk took place and was won by Len Atkinson from Bradford. In 1912, the New Lidget Green Congregational Church was opened. In 1918, Bradford tram fares were increased from 1d. to 1d. From the Telegraph & Argus of
A quick-thinking young boy saved the life of his mum when a fire broke out in their Keighley home. Ten-year-old Andrew Steele and his mum Tracey had a lucky escape when the ground floor of their Second Avenue home in Ingrow was totally destroyed by fire
A former Keighley man has bought a 25 per cent share in one of the best known and most popular restaurants in Leeds. Martin Pickles will take over the day to day running of the Flying Pizza at Roundhay and will eventually buy the entire business. The
TORY defence spokesman Ian Duncan-Smith met villagers worried about policing levels in Haworth when he visited on Monday. He accompanied Simon Cooke, Keighley's Tory candidate, to the village's former police station. The original reason for the visit
John "Two Jags" Prescott rolled into Keighley on the Prescott Xpress last week. The Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the DETR came to give a rousing speech and inspect Keighley and District Travel's new CCTV system. Stepping from coach
Ann Cryer's election campaign was given a boost this weekend by a friendly "beast". Dennis Skinner, who has been MP for Bolsover since 1970 and a Labour Party member since 1956, earned the nickname "Beast of Bolsover" for his often abrasive manner. He
A Skipton loudspeaker company is hoping to revolutionise business through a new product line. Castle Acoustics, which designs and builds speakers for hi-fi dealers around the world, is working on a new piece of equipment which uses a granite-like compound
Millions of people from across the world are set to visit a tourist spot to check out the weather. But this isn't going to rain on Haworth's parade, as the BBC has chosen the Bront homeland as one of the country's top spots and has put it on its On-Line
Bront Society officials yesterday denied accusations of secrecy over the departure of a former Parsonage Museum director. Some members of the literary society are understood to have criticised it over the handling of Mike Hill's departure in April of
A FEMALE student will be the first woman fireman to step on to the footplate in the 30 years that the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has been running weekend steam trains. Frances Hellewell, 19, recently qualified and will perform her first duty since
It's gala day and knight tomorrow as teenage damsel Michelle Tretton prepares for her coronation. And to ensure the new Keighley Gala Queen reaches the ceremony safely the Keighley News arranged for her own princely protector. Chris Pickering reprised
SIR - The most interesting section of any local newspaper is the letters page. I believe the KN has by far the best letters page in the region. Julia Silson's letter (KN 25 05 01) made me realise that, were it not for people like Fred Hirlam, expressions
A teenage church organist is flying across the pond to prove his musical skills are worthy of a world title. Robert Sudall, pictured, has reached the final of an international competition run by the American Theatre Organ Society and will compete in Indianapolis
THE date was May 19, 1943 and Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal was visiting Keighley's fund-raising Wings for Victory Week, ceremonially marking a Town Hall Square indicator at the £897,520 already contributed by midweek. By the end of the week
A derelict garage has been left littered with rubbish after travellers finally abandoned the site. Caravans and trucks appeared on the forecourt of what was Berwicks Garage in Canal Road a month ago. But a court order was obtained by the site's owners
A Bradford cricket club could be forced to close after 80 years amid fears its ground is to be sold to property developers. The Great Horton Methodist Church plays at Hollingwood Mount, Bradford, on land owned by Great Horton Methodist Church. Club committee
A strong warning that people face prison sentences for the misuse of postal votes went out to candidates and election workers across the district today. Candidates have also been warned in a letter from Bradford Council's Chief Executive Ian Stewart that
The brother of a man who jumped off a Blackpool pier said he was mystified by the tragedy. Terence McBride, 37, who was living in Blackpool, was spotted floating in the water 400 yards from the North Pier. A full-scale sea rescue operation followed but
A priest is appealing for urgent police action at a church under siege from vandals and drug users. Father Paul Brook of the Sacred Heart Church, in Old Road, Thornton, said the police failed to react when he made an emergency 999 call to them after he
Soap fans will bid a tearful farewell to Alma Halliwell this week when the Coronation Street favourite loses her controversial battle against cancer. But the Telegraph & Argus can exclusively reveal today that there will be life after Alma for actress
Families in Bradford are being duped into handing over birth certificates which are then used to obtain illegal passports. The elaborate scam is thought to be aimed at enabling illegal immigrants or asylum seekers to apply for passports or other official
Keighley Albion Cats -- Back (from left) Stuart Wilmot, Janice Shackleton, Sharon Wilmot, Jane Lancaster, Laura Ackroyd, Leanne Ludlan, Sarha Walsh, Andy MacDonald. Middle: Kyle Wilmot, Julie Cooper, Tracy Lynch, Jemma Liddon,Sara Gatenby, Naomi Thompson
JOHN AKRIGG led Silsden to a Bank Holiday weekend success. He rattled up 72 not out as they secured victory over Woodhouse on Saturday, and followed up with 59 as they picked up four points for a 'winning draw' against Illingworth on Monday. Woodhouse
GREAT HORTON clawed their way back to victory after struggling against Keighley's bowling attack. Ross Towler and Steve Reape reduced the visitors to 61 for eight and they looked down and out. However, tailender Ali rescued the innings with a defiant
GOLFERS raised over £700 for charity at the annual Keighley Lions Charity Golf Day. The bumper cash total is to be divided between the local hospital renal units and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. The competition took place at Keighley Golf Club with the
WHILE the arrival of foot and mouth in the Clitheroe district is not the kind of development Ribblesdale Cricket League officials were hoping for, news from the league this week is entirely positive, with Settle coming back into action and no other restrictions
SHOT putter Emma Shaw completed her grand slam of regional titles when she carried off the North of England championship at Cudworth on Sunday, (writes Roger Ingham). She has now won all five titles open to her in the region since August, including the
COLNE Cricket Club have been thrown out of the Craven & District Football League. The decision was taken at Wednesday's annual meeting of the league in Skipton. Member clubs supported an amendment to a proposal to give the Silentnight Premier Division
SIR - Regarding the once-famous annual Bradford Whit Monday Walk, now relegated to Spring Bank Holiday Monday. It appears that interest in this event is now at such a low ebb that I cannot see it lasting much longer. For many happy years we have been
Some of the best ideas in the world are so simple, and what's more they work. Such an example is the Walk for Friendship being planned later this summer to build on the Interfaith Millennium celebrations held last year. Simple because it involves groups
"That match at Twicken-ham" hasn't figured in the Bulls preparation but skipper Robbie Paul insists it's a big motivational factor for tomorrow's top-five showdown with St Helens. "I am looking forward to it for the obvious reason of being able to get
We're sorry the Keighley News online edition went missing last week - we suffered from computer problems in the KN office. However, we have managed to make alternative arrangements and are now back in action.
The Keighley News is causing eruptions on the holiday isle of Tenerife. Holidaymaker Mrs Val Allsworth, of Dale View Grove, Thwaites Brow, is seen catching up with the news during a visit to Mount Teidi volcano. If you have been snapped reading your Keighley
Italy's Verona, the romantic setting for Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', was the venue for the dream wedding of Keighley couple Amanda Annice Perkins and Mark Watson Taylor. Mark is a technical advisor for Crabtree Sports and Leisure in Haworth
Keighley's voluntary sector chief has returned from a week helping develop community groups in the former Soviet state of Georgia. Caroline Schwaller trained the people who run grassroots groups supporting people across the poverty-stricken country. Keighley
A Rotarian is calling on people to donate their used glasses so those less fortunate can look towards a brighter future. Anthea Goddard, pictured right, is collecting spectacles which she will take out to Swaziland on August 18 to provide thousands of
Gangrene, sores and little bites are just some of the ailments which have been cured by the magical qualities of a Haworth ointment -- according to customers worldwide. Rose & Co Apothecary, in Main Street, Haworth, has being selling the "miracle"
More than £1.3 million of European money has been earmarked for deprived areas of Keighley over the next two years. But the Objective 2 money will only come to the town if businesses and organisations promise to stump up cash too. A further £1.02 million
A Heckmondwike-based firm has come up with a winning website redesign for outdoor clothing company Regatta. By adding weather forecasts, news items and a monthly competition, brand strategy and design business Bluedoor interactive has increased visitors
The Secretary of State for Defence visited Keighley on Tuesday. Minister Geoff Hoon and Keighley's Labour candidate Ann Cryer visited Tonson Court sheltered accommodation. They met residents and discussed the issues concerning elderly people. Mr Hoon
A rescue plea by two leading local politicians to save Keighley Cougars has been backed by the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate. Last week political foes Ann Cryer (Labour) and Simon Cooke (Conservative) were united in their calls for Bradford
A leading Conservative has slammed the government's handling of the foot and mouth epidemic. Shadow spokesman for agriculture Jim Paice said Labour failed to heed warnings from the Tory party and took too long to instigate a plan of action to curb the
The Keighley News is teaming up with our sister paper the Telegraph & Argus to bring all the election results as they happen to the world. Local and general election results will appear live as they happen on the Thisis Bradford web site with photographs
A local girl has come away from Ilkley's festival of speech and drama with the Yorkshire Television Premier Award. Amy Harper, 10, who goes to St Anne's Primary School, entered the dualogue class at the Wharfedale Festival. She performed an excerpt from
A Steeton horse owner has praised the actions of two Keighley policemen after they helped to save the life of her horse. Rebecca Smith was woken in the early hours on Wednesday last week to the news that one of her horses had been involved in a terrible
Footpaths and bridleways which cut across farmland in the Keighley area will remain closed while there is still a risk of foot and mouth. Restrictions on areas of agricultural land, open grazing land and moorland, which were closed because of the threat
Election candidates are calling for an inquiry into why Keighley Town Hall was shut -- just 24 hours before postal and proxy votes had to be submitted. Keighley people looking to arrange a last minute vote on Tuesday, before the deadline at 5pm on Wednesday
A Canadian national is accused of the murder of a Keighley man. Terence James Ralph, 44, of Fairfield, Denholme, who has lived in the UK for six years, appeared before Bingley Magistrates on Tuesday, charged with the murder of Peter Hartley, 58, of Braithwaite
Plans for a new community centre have been axed at the last minute by council chiefs looking to build a new school. It follows the collapse of negotiations to buy land for a new primary school in the Highfield area of Keighley. Now education officials
Four men have been arrested after a racist gang attacked two men in the Lund Park area of Keighley. The men were attacked on Wednesday evening after a gang of up to 20 Asian youths taunted them and shouted abuse. One of the victims, Michael Thompson,
Residents who own a communal yard in Oakenshaw are angry that the land is being used by cyclists to access the Spen Valley Greenway. They claim that cyclists and horseriders using a pedestrian-only footpath to get on to the cycle route are making their
A new voice for disabled people in the city has been set up by campaigners. The Able All Steering Group aims to make sure problems affecting disabled people - for instance over housing and transport - stay near the top of the agenda. Peter Warwick, a
Conservative leader William Hague was visiting Bradford this afternoon to outline his promises for the election. The Leader of the Opposition was due to visit the city today less than a week before the country goes to the polls. He will spend time talking
Bradford parents have united to stamp out the stigma surrounding epilepsy. About 20 families have teamed up to provide mutual support and raise awareness in memory of four-year-old Liam Wilson, who died from the neurological condition last year. And they
It's used in mousetraps around the world, but now a different type of mouse is being attracted to cheese. Cheese lovers are logging on to the internet and ordering cheese from a Skipton firm - simply by clicking their computer's mouse. The Lawson family
Two people from Bradford have become mayors of their adopted home towns. Eddie Holden, 58, left Bradford four year ago for the sunnier climes of Filey and is now the seaside town's first citizen. And Valerie Leake, 59, who was a teenager when she bid
A Bradford man who suffers from an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis is to appear on Stars in Their Eyes. Tony Rodgers, who lives in Holme Wood, said appearing on the popular award-winning show was extra special because the debilitating illness, diagnosed
The jury in the trial of a man shot dead has been sent out to decide on the future of five men. The jury of seven women and five men were sent out by the Honourable Mr Justice Grigson at 3.25pm yesterday and called back in 50 minutes later to retire for
Bradford's historic Quality Victoria Hotel is on the market again, with a price tag of £2.5 million. The 60-bedroomed building opposite the city's Law Courts has played host to Prime Ministers ranging from Clement Attlee to Margaret Thatcher as well as
A father-of-one was yesterday operated on for serious facial injuries after he was beaten up by a gang of Asian youths during a racist attack. Michael Thompson, 32, from Braithwaite, and a 31-year-old man, whom police have not named, were attacked by
Yorkshire's premiere agricultural show has been cancelled over fears of foot and mouth. The Great Yorkshire Show has been axed for the first time in 50 years with yesterday's announcement coming on the day three more cases of foot and mouth were confirmed
Pigeon Racing Oxenhope Homing Society members raced their birds 180 miles from Frome in Somerset. A total of 76 birds were entered with R D Cooper taking the first, second and fourth places. J Bradley was third. Keighley West Flying Club (Frome) 1 E &
THE Hebden Royd area were easy winners of the Yorkshire Parks Inter-City event in the Aire Valley area -- registering their first win in the event. Their success was down to a team which was made up almost entirely of Cross Roads players, with just one
Bradford & District Scratch League 1st Division: Baildon 5, Bingley St Ives 3 (I Martin bt J Mountain 2 & 1, S Wright lost to M Parnaby 3 & 2, D Beever halved with A Brown, D Teece bt R Wheatley 1 up); Bradford Moor 3, Woodhall Hills 5; Northcliffe
RICHARD GODDEN showed league leaders Cowling no respect when they travelled to Haworth. Godden led the Bronte side's batting attack with 51 not out as they set a target of 174-9 and followed by taking six for 52 as Cowling were shot out for 79. Oakworth
DOUGIE LAMPKIN was beaten by a narrow margin in Round Four of the Spanish Trials Championship last weekend. He lost out to young Spanish rider Adam Raga on a tie decider, but despite the defeat Lampkin still managed to extend his lead in the championship
CHRIS MELLING won a dramatic last frame to win a place in the quarter-final of the Embassy World 8-Ball Pool Championship. The Keighley cue star beat the wizard from Oz, Quinten Hann, who was hot favourite to take the £10,000 first prize. The confident
Cougars 26, Eagles 14 - CHRIS HOGG charged in for two tries to give Cougars their first victory since a player walker-out robbed the club of its star team. Hogg, who was turning out for Keighley Albion in the National Conference second division only three
Cougars 0, Leigh 36 - COUGARS turned in a blistering second half performance to rock Northern Ford Premiership Champions Leigh in the Trans-Pennine Cup Final. After the team which took the club to the top of the NFP, and earned a place in the final, was
IT HAS been a great week for the club beginning with an outstanding performance against Sheffield Eagles. If anything the scoreline flattered them as we conceded a late try. That game was a real indication of the progress we have made in such a short
COUGARS are searching for more players to add backbone to the gutsy squad which took everything Leigh could throw at them on Wednesday night's Trans-Pennine Cup Final -- and walked away with their heads held high. Coach Steve Deakin was on a scouting
AT last a line has been drawn under the 2000/2001 Craven League soccer season, with the final league tables now completed and the individual and team honours resolved. The question of promotion and relegation is now an issue which passes to the league's
