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  • Mutual appreciation is not before time

    WHATEVER the outcome of Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008, there are some aspects of the campaign which have already had some positive effects. A short time ago Bradford Council began to look around for cultural attractions

  • Bulls kids will be all right -- McAvoy

    Scoring tries has always been part of Nathan McAvoy's life as a professional rugby league player. In 118 appearances for Salford, he crossed the whitewash 75 times. And in 72 games since joining the Bulls from his home-town club in 1998, he has scored

  • Halle makes shock waves

    Gunnar Halle was poised to join promotion-chasing Wolves on loan after rejecting City's offer of a new contract. Gareth Whalley and Andy Tod were also set to make deadline-day loan moves with Whalley returning to Crewe and the big Scot returning north

  • Farm success shows there is a future for rural economy

    AS foot and mouth gradually becomes a bad memory rather than a living nightmare, one farm is proving that there is a brighter future for the region's rural industry. Scaife Hall Farm, at Blubberhouses, near Otley provides a model for recovering agriculture

  • It's as easy as pie for the top crust entrants

    A CATERER from Menston has walked away from a national convention with an upper-crust award. Christine Naylor of Bradford Road, proudly took possession of a gold trophy for the best Added Value Product in a convention organised by the Meat and Livestock

  • New bridge takes the strain

    A TEMPORARY bridge to take traffic during the strengthening of Pool Bridge is fully operational - and traffic seems to be running smoothly. Vehicles will use the 200 tonnes Bailey Bridge across the River Wharfe until the project, costing almost £700,000

  • Boundary stone is unveiled

    PROUD Guiseley people saw the deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds unveil the town's new boundary stone this week. The stone, given to the town by RG Stone Sales at Moor Top Quarry, Guiseley, has been placed in the centre reservation of the Leeds Road gyratory

  • Bikers boost children

    BIKERS will be cheering up children in hospital this weekend when they deliver hundreds of Easter eggs. The Airedale and Wharfedale Motorcycle Club (AWMC) plans to deliver Easter eggs to the children's ward at Leeds General Infirmary, as well as three

  • Free swim makes a big splash

    YOUNGSTERS took advantage of a free swim at Otley's Chippendale Pool this week. The public pool, at Prince Henry's Grammar School, has just reopened following a major £340,000 refurbishment. Work on the pool, which was once described by a Leeds leisure

  • 'Too ill' child abuser is out

    CONVICTED child sex abuser Trevor Mellis was out and about in Otley - just 24 hours after a judge accepted he was too ill to go to prison. Former dentist, Mellis, 80, of Newstead Road, was photographed driving through busy traffic in Otley town centre

  • Summer shows hit by aftermath

    FOOT and mouth restrictions are still wreaking havoc with this summer's agricultural shows. Organisers of Arthington Show said this week that they will be going ahead without sheep and cattle because of the tough restrictions on livestock. Weeton Show

  • Pleasure boats in new blow

    PLEASURE boats at Otley will not make their traditional Easter return to the river this weekend - and possibly not for the rest of the year. The city council's leisure services department is currently negotiating with its property wing over the boating

  • Railway museum is creating stars

    The award-winning Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow, owned by the Vintage Carriages Trust, is helping to put tomorrow's film makers in the picture. The museum has provided vintage railway carriages for over 50 cinema and television productions, including

  • Footballers baldly go to raise cash

    A LOCAL football team is sure to raise a few eyebrows next time they run out on to the pitch. Their own eyebrows are one of the few places on their bodies that they have any hair left! The players from the Three Horses pub in Fell Lane bravely agreed

  • Pedal power to beat cancer

    A group of Keighley schoolgirls turned to pedal power to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Hayley Carr, 13, together with her sister Samantha, nine, and friends Sarah Quinlan and Rebecca Simpson, 13, completed 10 laps of Cliffe Castle, raising

  • Strawberry letter day for new centre

    The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor Ghazanfer and Mrs Shahnaz Khaliq, officially opened the new Strawberry Street training centre for adults with learning disabilities in Keighley. The new training centre will offer a one-stop-shop for adult

  • Wedding: Brydon - Kelly

    A Glusburn woman is heading with her new husband to Germany, where he is being posted with his regiment. Lee Brydon, who married Colleen Kelly on March 9, recently completed his infantryman's training with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The couple

  • Civic Dinner delight

    The second Keighley Civic Dinner was being hailed a success this week - with a message from the Lord Mayor of "long may it continue". The dinner, held to raise funds for the Lord Mayor's appeal which is this year supporting the Macmillan Cancer Relief

  • Owl girl watches the 'birdie'

    Oakworth girl Holly Minnikin has come face to face with the bird of prey which attacked her during a family walk. The giant European eagle owl swooped on her as she strolled across Ilkley Moor. The bird - believed to have escaped from captivity - had

  • Stone me we're off to Portugal

    These two Cononley dry stone walling experts have been plying their trade on the Continent this winter. Father and son team Trevor, left, and Michael Brennan of Low Woodside farm travelled to Portugal following enquiries by Algarve resident Martinho Silva

  • Stephanie's design is on tap

    Oxenhope schoolgirl Stephenie Heaton shone in a weather vane competition. She "rained" supreme when Yorkshire Water challenged pupils at the village primary school to design a vane. Now she has seen her vision -- which features a water tap -- turned into

  • Healthy options

    Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Industry has teamed up with Sovereign Health Care to provide a health and accident care plan. The chamber, which has 1,000 members, will be extending its range of member services with the introduction of this health plan

  • Health: Forum change could leave a 'black hole'

    A health watchdog which is facing abolition has expressed strong concerns about the formation of new patient forums. Members of Airedale Community Health Council fear that the new patient forums, which the Government wants to introduce next year, will

  • 'Let's be clear on tax'

    A Bradford-based chartered accountant says small businesses want a clear tax system in the next budget. Grant Rudloff, a partner Auker Rhodes, which is a member of the UK 200 Group of Chartered Accountants, said: "Small businesses have had interesting

  • Health: Heart patients are kept waiting

    PATIENTS in Airedale who have suffered a heart attack are not getting treatment within the recommended time, according to a new report. The report raises concerns that the Airedale NHS Trust is not administering the necessary treatment to patients who

  • On This Day

    In 1871, French radicals proclaimed that Paris was "a commune of the people". In 1912, both boats sank in the Oxford v Cambridge University boat race. In 1979, the nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania suffered a complete meltdown. From the

  • Health: Physios launch £10,000 plea

    Physiotherapists at Airedale Hospital are asking for a helping hand so they can make life happier for patients. The department has launched its Help Airedale Physiotherapists Purchase Important Equipment (HAPPIE) campaign in a bid to raise £10,000 by

  • Worldwide markets will be opened up

    Bradford's businesses will be exposed to markets across the world through the bid for European Capital of Culture status. Heather Hancock, environment director for regeneration agency Yorkshire Forward, said: "Some people may have expressed surprise when

  • Hotline for fight on drugs

    Police have started a new crack down on drugs in Keighley - and want the public to help. People in the town are being urged to call a specialist drugs hotline with any suspicions they have about drug dealing. Keighley police want information about drug

  • £20m merger to tackle new markets

    A Bradford firm has signed a merger deal to create a company with a £20 million turnover. Jessgrove Ltd, which supplies lining materials for womenswear, has amalgamated with UK Linings Ltd, a company which supplies to designer labels in the UK menswear

  • Bathroom bonanza

    Qualceram Shires plc, which has an acrylics plant and warehouse in Bradford, has announced that group turnover is up by 137 per cent. The firm, which has its head office in County Wicklow, Ireland, manufactures ceramic bathroom products. The firm, which

  • Smart fabric puts firm in forefront

    An Ilkley company is leading the way in developing smart fabric which can sense pressure and movement. Wronz EuraLab Ltd has received a grant of £280,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry to develop the high-tech material which could be used by

  • Cash for Golden Jubilee events

    Organisers of street parties and other community celebrations to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations can get help to pay for the events. Grants of up to £250 will be available from Bradford Council to organisations, schools, residential homes

  • Olympic memorabilia sold

    The Hitler Olympic Games collection of Keighley-born gymnast Marion Wharton has been sold for £2,000 to a private collector from north Leeds. Mrs Wharton, who died in 1993, competed in the 1336 Berlin Olympics and had kept everything from her sporting

  • Engines get up a head of steam

    The Worth Valley regularly echoes to the sound of steam trains. But this Easter they will be joined by a glorious cacophony of Bolinders, Listers and Fergies when members of the Aire Valley Vintage Machinery Club demonstrate their collection of stationary

  • Keighley celebrates twin town jubilee

    Keighley's twin-town group will celebrate its silver jubilee by welcoming people from the French village of Poix du Nord. The village's Mayor and Deputy Mayor and their wives will be among 30 visitors to Keighley this month. They will stay at the homes

  • Dave worked at Ground Zero

    Retired Keighley policeman Dave Howell arrived home on Sunday after spending a week helping rescue crews at Ground Zero. Mr Howell, pictured left, travelled to New York with the Christian Police Association, which had organised the trip with its American

  • Violence: Trick left wife stranded

    The tale of survivor number two has an equally happy ending. This survivor does not want to be named for the sake of her two children. She says that she came from Pakistan to Dewsbury to get married, and lived in the same house as her mother in law. "

  • Battered women tell stories of horror

    Two Asian women have stepped out of the shadows to tell their horror stories about domestic violence in a bid to help others. The duo talked exclusively to the Keighley News with a joint message to other women in the community that they no longer have

  • Royal approval

    Haworth textile firm Wyedean Weaving rolled out the red carpet yesterday for a Royal visit by the Duke of Kent. The visit to the firm's Bridgehouse Mill base was arranged by the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire's office following a Keighley News article

  • 50 Years Ago

    It was black Sunday for nearly 1,000 homes in the Pool Bank, Bramhope, Arthington and Pool area, where an electric cable fault caused a breakdown in supply that in some cases lasted more than 24 hours. The breakdown notified itself in many homes shortly

  • Thieves who put the E into Easter holidays

    THIS is not going to be a happy Easter in Beggarsdale. It started badly and, we suspect, it is going to get worse. As I reported last week, the Dale has been hit by a series of burglaries - or attempted burglaries - but, until Wednesday, we thought we

  • Debut book puts Peter alongside big names

    Ask first-time novelist Peter Johnson how it feels to see his name nestling alongside world famous authors and his eyes flash back the reply. The retired personnel worker from Burley-in-Wharfedale may be in his 68th year, but that doesn't stop him taking

  • Sports hall bid sparks parking fears

    Thornton-in-Craven primary school is planning to build a new sports hall. Acting headteacher Faye Linskey said there were currently no facilities at the school for indoor PE lessons and class two had to be ousted whenever room was needed. The school has

  • Give us our changing rooms, say footballers

    JUNIOR football teams in Earby have demanded that councillors build them new changing rooms after a "monumental cock-up" saw theirs demolished. The former community centre at Earby's North Holme estate was due to be dismantled and rebuilt on the Recreation

  • Youngsters call for new youth club

    A GROUP of young people in Bradley has approached the parish council wanting to set up a youth club, in an effort to combat vandalism in the village. Nine youngsters attended the annual parish council meeting on Tuesday offering to fundraise and be involved

  • Church launches bell appeal

    AN appeal has been launched to improve Settle's church bells. The bells of Holy Ascension Church were silent for 70 years following a doomed bid in the 1920s to make them sound as good as those at Skipton's Holy Trinity. In the intervening years a tape

  • Voluntary workers are given civic 'thank you' in Ilkley

    It was a chance for Bradford to say thank you to the selfless individuals from Ilkley who work tirelessly behind the scenes in the community. More than 70 outstanding people received a civic 'thank you' last week for their continual hard work in the area

  • Armed robber gets away with over £250,000

    AN armed robber posing as a workman held a gun to a cashier's head and demanded money from a Skipton supermarket. The man duped his way into the cash office at Morrisons at 7.20pm on Saturday and the Herald understands that he fled with more than a quarter

  • Extension bid resident labels planning system 'a mockery'

    A RESIDENT of one of Ilkley's most exclusive neighbourhoods has attacked Bradford Council's planning process after his bid to extend the property was blocked for the third time. Clive Brook, of 108 Curly Hill, Middleton, has been trying to get planning

  • Two Ilkley firms named among best employers in country

    TWO Ilkley companies have been named as some of the best to work for in the whole country. A survey conducted by The Sunday Times newspaper named Taylors of Harrogate which runs Bettys Tea Rooms and Booths Supermarkets in their top 100 companies to work

  • Brothers in nanny business to feature in TV documentary

    Two Ilkley brothers will make their television debut tonight in a fly-on-the-wall documentary about them setting up a nanny agency. Ben and Oliver Black, of Denton, took over a bankrupt nanny agency two years ago and have transformed it into a thriving

  • Churches' cross goes up for tenth year

    Ilkley churches made preparations to celebrate Easter together as they erected the traditional cross in the town. It was the tenth year that the Rev Brian Gregory (pictured above) has put the cross up on the junction of Brook Street and The Grove. The

  • Cow and Calf view helps to get culture message across

    A dramatic picture of the Cow and Calf Rocks was unveiled this week as a key part of Bradford's Capital of Culture bid. The image shows drama students holding letters spelling out the motto 'One Landscape, Many Views' from the top of the famous Ben Rhydding

  • Book reviews

    BOOK: Kings For A Day - Mainstream Publishing, £15.99 It's just two weeks to Aintree's biggest day of the year with another great story waiting to be told. There is something about the Grand National that captures the public imagination and more often

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I am writing to thank you for the excellent photograph of me and Master Liam Dixon in last week's issue. I am, however, somewhat disturbed by your reporter's sexism! Master Liam and I are the only two people on the photograph whose ages are mentioned

  • Still seething at foolish changes

    SIR - April 1 is All Fools Day. It was especially so in 1974 when the much-derided re-organisation of local government came into effect. Those affected by the changes to county council boundaries are still seething 28 years later. The areas affected were

  • Yarnbury reach the last four but pay high price

    Yarnbury 25 Acklam 12 THIS quarter-final Yorkshire Shield game was marred by an injury to Yorkshire Under-20s centre Ben Horner following a challenge from aggressive Acklam wing forward Sean Cassidy. Horner had to leave the field midway through the first-half

  • Junior soccer

    Idle Parkside 0 Guiseley U-15s 7 Guiseley Under-15s have as many as four games to make up on some of the clubs at the top of the Craven League and they are now under pressure to complete fixtures before the end of April. Some matches are being played

  • Town draw in experiment for semi-final

    Marsden 1 Otley Town 1 With a good win against the same team last week and an eye still on the forthcoming County Cup semi-final, Joe Lunn started this game on the bench. For the semi-final, Town are going to be without Andrew Redman and James Firth so

  • Vikki selected for County team

    A soccer career which blossomed in the sunshine of Florida has culminated in selection for the West Riding Under-16 women's squad. Vikki Richardson,16, of Guiseley is following a family tradition with father Andy a former Guiseley goalkeeper and brother

  • Burley Trojans' slip throws the championship race wide open

    Pannal Sports 4 Burley Trojans 1 BURLEY Trojans crashed to a shock defeat at struggling Pannal Sports to open up the Premier Division title race and give hope to the chasing pack. Both Beckwithshaw and Pool took full advantage, recording victories to

  • Boys set for mini marathon

    ALEX Davy of Rawdon and Robert Hall of Guiseley are to represent West Yorkshire in the London Mini Marathon on April 14. The boys run for the Leeds City club with Alex attending Benton Park School, Rawdon, and Robert Guiseley School. The Mini Marathon

  • Guiseley are caught out on the flanks

    Rossendale 5 Guiseley 1 The first-half of this match gave little indication of what was to follow. After taking a 1-0 interval lead Guiseley capitulated in the second-half to a team that had not won a match in their ten previous games. Ian McLean provided

  • Pool gain their revenge with a win over Sherwood

    Pool 4 Sherwood 1 AFTER a 7-1 trouncing by Sherwood last week, Pool were determined to gain revenge in this return fixture. Pool, strengthened by a couple of Second XI regulars, started briskly with J Steval and Graham running strongly up front. Steval

  • Danny is left kicking his heels

    A schoolboy who turned to Thai boxing after being bullied at school is heading for the homeland of the sport - because no one in Britain can compete with him. Talented Daniel Welsh, 15, is tipped to become a future world Thai boxing champion after clinching

  • Down Memory Lane - with Ian Dewhirst

    Trevor M Leach, of High Cote, Riddlesden, author of "Trams and Buses of Keighley in Old Photographs", has supplied these topical views of the interior and exterior of Keighley's bus booking and inquiry office when operated by the West Yorkshire Road Car

  • City bid for a better Bradford

    A plan to make Bradford a better place to live, work and meet the challenges of the 21st Century will soon be unveiled. The blueprint will take the district up to the year 2008 - when there are hopes that Bradford will be Europe's Capital of Culture.

  • Golden jubilee for brass band

    Youngsters from the National Youth Brass Band are busy tuning up for their 50th anniversary concert in Bradford. The band, which played its first concert at St George's Hall, will return to the venue on Saturday. Band spokesman Philip Biggs said: "The

  • Serco to push ahead on education reform plans

    A blueprint setting out how private sector bosses plan to raise classroom standards in Bradford has won Government approval. Leaders at Education Bradford, now run by private firm Serco, are relieved their Education Development Plan has been passed. They

  • Table Tennis: Keighley & District League

    Keith Lee took his return for the season to 22 from 24 with another treble for Nelson away at Embassy 'B' in the First Division. Firstly defeating Kevin Rowe 14-21, 21-19, 21-16 he went on to get the better of Nadim Asghar 21-17, 21-11 and Mick Czuba

  • We must find this man

    Detectives will make a nationwide televised appeal for their "most wanted" riots suspect. Officers want to trace 22-year-old Mohammed Shakeel, pictured, in connection with a violent attack that took place during the riots which devastated Bradford last

  • Rugby Union: Dealyed fuse

    Huddersfield YMCA 2nd 14, Keighley 2nd 38 - Keighley took the entire first half before they eventually become interested in this game even though the weather was excellent for a running game. The first try was scored by scrum half Martin Uren who started

  • Soccer: Keighley Athletic

    A rearranged fixture meant Keighley Athletic met strugglers Ilkley Dynamo for the second time in a week, but they were in for a much tougher test following last week's 9-1 victory. Things began well for Athletic when Bob Morrisroe capitalised on a poor

  • Soccer: Junior football

    Long Lee Under-8s ended their Keybury League campaign with a 100 per cent record, when they beat their closest rivals Menston 2-1. Two goals by Tom Marshall sealed the win and credit must go down to the whole team as they ended the season as champions

  • Soccer: County Amateurs

    For eighty minutes Phoenix and Silsden were locked in stalemate but two late goals gave the high-flying Cobbydale club the points. Although Silsden had more possession it was Phoenix who created the better chances early in the game. Jimmy Spencer headed

  • Motorsport: Matty's a future star

    At just nine-years-old Matthew Williamson is quite a veteran of Motocross, having started riding three years ago at the ripe old age of six. But according to Craig Holmes of sponsors Colin Appleyard Motorcycles his natural talent will make him a star

  • Skipton overcome nightmare start

    Skipton 30 Ripon 19 When, after 17 minutes, Ripon were leading by 12 points to nil, and had missed a simple penalty as well as having had a try disallowed, it seemed that the Nightmare on Elm Street started the previous week against Heath had returned

  • Ribb start their upwards move

    RIBB'S much delayed homecoming ended joyfully when they beat Pontefract in a spirited contest at Grove Park. Key factors were the collective enthusiasm of the side and a fine display from the combative pack. These qualities enabled the Dalesmen to get

  • Ribb ready for action

    NORTH Ribb are the only senior side in league rugby action this weekend and they face a tough tie at home to promotion-chasing Old Brodleians. But, boosted by their good win at the weekend, they could start their march up the table as they clear a backlog

  • Four off as Town sink closer to trapdoor

    ANOTHER six games postponed on Saturday due to waterlogged pitches means that the end of the season for some clubs is again turning into a hectic scramble. Clubs face evening fixtures two or three times a week - and there is even some doubt that teams

  • Ilkley AFC fall to Pool

    Ilkley 0 Pool 2 A competitive and close-fought encounter between the Booth's sponsored Ilkley and title-chasers Pool, saw the visitors shade the game to claim three points. Whatever 'a bit of nouse' is, Pool showed more of it during the middle part of

  • Craven through the years

    100 years ago THE Red Lion was packed as Skipton Castle Estate was selling off several plots of land in the town around Brougham Street. The auctioneer FW Thornton opened by remarking that it had often been said that if Skipton could induce Lord Hothfield's

  • Privacy ruling gives confusing message

    THERE are confusing messages arising from our courts over privacy. Model Naomi Campbell was branded a liar by a judge who also said that the Mirror newspaper was "fully entitled to put the record straight and publish that her denials of drug addiction

  • Goal-shy Bradford face the trapdoor

    Bradford 0, Sunderland 1 - Poor finishing could cost Bradford a chance to avoid relegation through the hockey play-offs. Bradford conceded an unfortunate goal to lose at home to Sunderland, but only have themselves to blame for not converting their many

  • Bower prepares case for defence

    Mark Bower is happy to be bullied by the older members of the defenders' union. The 21-year-old local lad has been an instant success since being thrown in at the deep end to cover for Andy Myers' hamstring injury. Four games later, he is quite rightly

  • Volcano back for Bulls side ravaged by injury

    Super League champions Bradford Bulls may have to find their third full back in as many matches tonight at home to Hull FC. Michael Withers, who played at home to Warrington three weekends ago, has undergone surgery on his long-standing groin injury,

  • Project launched to find the region's song writing talent

    The region's young song-writing talent is set to be uncovered in a series of projects across Otley, Ilkley and Pool-in-Wharfe-dale. The four new music-technology and song-writing projects, for young people aged 12 to 16, are being launched by the Otley

  • Restrictions force show to be cancelled

    ASKWITH Show has been cancelled for a second year running - because of continuing restrictions to do with the foot and mouth epidemic. Organisers of the show, which normally takes place in June, were forced to make the decision because of restrictions

  • People power is needed to boost carnival

    CARNIVAL goers are being urged to take to the streets and give generously as one of Otley's major annual events returns after a year's absence. Otley Carnival celebrates its 20th birthday this year, but this year's event will only be the 19th carnival

  • Council's silver jubilee to be marked 12 months late!

    Burley Community Council is celebrating 25 years' of serving the local community - a year after the event. Set up in 1976 as a way of giving a collective voice back to the village, the group actually reached its quarter century in 2001. But in keeping

  • Easter cross returns to the Chevin

    OTLEY'S Easter Cross has returned - after a year out because of the foot and mouth crisis. Last year, Otley Churches Together decided against erecting it on Otley Chevin as a mark of respect for farmers. Public footpaths on the Chevin were closed and

  • Blind dog saves woman's life

    A BLIND and diabetic dog probably saved a woman's life, it was revealed this week. The 15-year-old Golden Retr-iever was due to be put down on the very day she discovered the unconscious and partially clothed woman lying in a beck at Bridge End, Otley

  • Elderly to give their views on day centre plans

    OLDER people and their carers are to be asked their views about setting up a permanent day centre in Otley. People in Otley and across the area, including Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington, are to be consulted about their needs and how their

  • Big names come out to help woo back the visitors to Yorkshire

    Celebrity support for the revival of Yorkshire's tourism industry flew into one of the region's most visited landmarks this week. Television personality Richard Whiteley touched down in the gardens of Harewood House on Tuesday in a jet ranger helicopter

  • Peace protester's anger atUnited States visa block

    Otley peace campaigner Helen John has been banned from entering the United States because of her criminal record. Ms John, of The Oval, claims she is being branded a terrorist by US officials after being refused a visa to the country. She hoped to travel

  • Disused ward may be key to preventing loss of beds

    A DISUSED ward at Wharfedale Hospital, Otley, could be reopened in a bid to prevent the temporary loss of beds. Workers at the hospital feared that up to 14 beds could be lost while work on the new hospital was taking place. But at a meeting late yesterday

  • Protest urged against mast

    RESIDENTS close to a controversial telephone communications mast are being urged to protest - once again. It was believed that the One 2 One mast in the grounds of Wharfedale Farmers Auction Mart, Otley, would have to come down - after it was revealed

  • Oh yez! Bellman makes his debut

    SHOPPERS in Otley at the weekend were treated to the debut appearance of the town's new deputy bellman. After months of searching and interviews, the town council has appointed 'Bomber' Wilson to deputise for Paddy Steval. And on Saturday, Mr Wilson,

  • Court beckons as man's vital op is axed yet again

    A YEADON pensioner is due to have his case heard at the European Court of Human Rights after a vital operation was cancelled once again. Ronnie Holliday - who is in constant pain - has had three operation dates at Wharfedale Hospital, Otley, cancelled

  • A service so many folk need

    Very often, it is the people who need things most who are first to feel the fall-out of financial problems. Take, for example, Girlington Advice Centre, which ran into trouble when its main source of funding - cash from Council coffers paid to the voluntary

  • Lucy wows the judges

    A Keighley teenager returned from her Manchester music school to wow judges at a prestigious Bingley festival. Lucy McLellan won all four of her classes at the Robertshaw Festival with honours grades. Lucy, 14, of Tarn Wood, Blackhill, has been playing

  • Seven Heaven for festival youngsters

    Pupils of Keighley music teacher Maureen O'Hara were successful in the Robertshaw Festival. The seven youngsters won first prizes or trophies in either piano or electronic keyboard sections of the Bingley competition. Piano solo prizes went to Joshua

  • Guides have fun for Manorlands

    Four Guides from Oakworth have donated £65 to Manorlands. Eleven-year-olds Jor-dan Dunn, Kimberley Mayman, Charlotte Lloyd, and Louise Amirouche, 12, from the 2nd Oakworth Guides, held a fun night at the church where they meet. The girls, who all go to

  • Line dancers step out for Air Ambulance

    The £365 proceeds of a charity line-dance in Sutton are flying to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service. More than 70 people from the village and surrounding areas attended the event at St Thomas' Hall. The dance was organised by members of the Howzit Start

  • Saferider has plenty to sing about

    Keighley Community Transport and Saferider received donations totalling almost £900. The money was raised by the Holme Singers ladies choir from their annual carol concert and various events throughout last year by the small afternoon group. Stephen Shorten

  • A journey down memory lane

    A special trip down memory lane took place last Wednesday. About 60 members of Keighley Elderly Initiatives Group met to share their memories and brought along items that reminded them of the past. The people who had brought in items then gave a short

  • Search for front seat passenger

    Keighley News readers are being asked to help trace the woman pictured in the front passenger seat of the car. Her maiden name was believed to be Irene McKie, and it is understood she was married in Keighley. Niece Valerie Owens said: "She came from Stockton-on-Tees

  • Dancing through the Golden Years

    Keighley couple Harry and Florence Greenwood are celebrating 50 years of married life today. The pair, who married on March 22, 1952, just a month after Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne, met at a dance in 1946. They remain keen dancers and today

  • Son's tribute to Britain's oldest mum

    Britain's oldest woman, Nellie Bradley, from Silsden, has died aged 112. Mrs Bradley died in her sleep at The Gables rest home in Silsden, where she had been a resident for 17 years. Her funeral took place at Skipton crematorium on Wednesday. Mrs Bradley

  • Goodbye to Louise

    Children of Lay-cock Primary School bade farewell to a member of staff last Friday. Louise Wilton has for the past four years provided one-to-one support for a specific pupil at the school. She is moving to Worth Valley Primary School, in Bracken Bank

  • It's chocs away - to Romania

    A Keighley school is set to sweeten the lives of Romanian orphans this spring. The children of St Anne's School have collected almost 400 chocolate bars of all shapes and sizes to send to the children in Romania Head of St Anne's Brigida Martino said:

  • Pupils slip into roles for Grease

    Hopelessly devoted to dance are these pupils of Laycock Primary School. They brought Summer Nights to a spring day during a presentation of songs from the musical Grease. The group of children will perform the songs for a second school assembly due to

  • Old boy drops in for book day

    A former Oakbank pupil and published author inspired students as he visited the Keighley school for World Book Day. Stephen Theaker, 29, visited the school to talk to the students about writing and about his time at Oakbank. In 2000 Silver Age Books published

  • Bronte inspiration for writers

    Budding writers will hope to get inspiration from the ghosts of three of the greatest classic authors. Writing classes are to be held in the house where the three Bront sisters - Anne, Emily and Charlotte - wrote their best-sellers. The weekend course

  • Long term deals

    Bradford business leaders trying to recover money should agree long term deals instead of bankruptcy payments. A survey by R3 the Association of Business Recovery Professionals says creditors can expect 32p in the pound back from bankrupts, but 73p in

  • Centre gets a face lift

    Trainees in Keighley are using their new decorating skills to give the Muslim community centre in Emily Street a make-over using recycled materials. Several of the group are hoping to take their newly-learned skills further by becoming self-employed.

  • Ordeal for company car users

    Bradford's company car drivers are set for yet another blow in April. Accountancy firm Baker Tilly says the provision of free fuel for private mileage is set to become a tax nightmare. The chancellor's decision, which has been confirmed in the last few

  • Health: Hospital career drive

    HOSPITAL theatre staff are backing a new nationwide NHS recruitment campaign. Members of the theatre team at Airedale Hospital are keen to share their experiences to show the career paths that are available to staff in the health service. Wendy Layard

  • Business is really taking off

    Cyberes plc, which has a Bradford business leader as its chief executive, has signed a deal with Sabre, the world's largest travel marketing and distribution company. Cyberes, which re-sells published and negotiated air fares, has signed the deal it describes

  • Self-help is seen as the way forward

    The managing director of Leeds Bradford International Airport has heralded the Capital of Culture bid as an effort by Bradford to help itself without waiting for others to get it back on track. Ed Anderson said: "We are keen to support the bid by Bradford

  • Paul is 'guilty' of foul weather deed

    Partners Against Crime Week started under a cloud, as Look North weatherman Paul Hudson was charged on a spoof arrest on Tuesday. The week-long anti-crime campaign aims to tackle the fear of crime in local communities and was kick-started when Chief Inspector

  • Why victory could mean 3,000 jobs

    The leader of Bradford Council says winning Capital of Culture status could mean an extra 3,000 jobs for the district. Councillor Margaret Eaton said these are exciting times as the Bradford district makes its bid to become European Capital of Culture

  • Vandals attack graveyard

    A councillor wants surveillance cameras fitted at a cemetery where a sickening trail of grave vandalism happened on Mothers Day. Keighley Councillor Irene Ellison-Wood is to seek cash from Bradford Council to install closed circuit television at Utley

  • Award for firm with vision

    Bradford & Bingley has been acclaimed as visionary by the BT Vision 100 research and awards programme for 2002. The awards, which featured the Eden Project, the John Lewis Partnership and easyJet, aimed to identify 100 innovative UK organisations.

  • City firms back bid for Capital of Culture

    Business leaders across the district are keeping their fingers crossed that Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2008 will be successful. The bid, which is being taken to London by the city's Capital of Culture team on March 26, will be

  • Neighbour saved my life

    The victim of a savage beating by two men now serving five years in jail has told how he owes his life to his neighbour. Haworth grocer Michael Snowden was so badly beaten he was off work for five months, suffered a collapsed lung, thrombosis in a leg

  • Enthisiasts get up a head of stead

    Model railway enthusiasts made tracks to Keighley at the weekend for a club's annual exhibition. Just under 1,000 people visited Keighley Model Railway Club's exhibition at Victoria Hall during Saturday and Sunday. Members of the public enjoyed 14 layouts

  • Heads they win

    Nine men went to the pub last Thursday and came away without hair. They were helping a Silsden man who is raising money for a specialist cancer unit, and his friends. Matthew Bentley, 27, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in January and has been undergoing

  • Calling the Holy Family class of '78

    A collective 40th birthday party is being thrown for old boys and girls from Holy Family School. Patricia Choo and Jayne Reeves are organising the reunion for fellow students who left in 1978. The disco party is at the Victoria Hotel, Cavendish Street

  • Orchard idea bears fruit

    Volunteers will enjoy the fruits of their labour when a new orchard blooms in Highfield. Apple trees and berry bushes were planted on derelict land off Redcliffe Avenue as part of Highfield's £4 million regeneration. Once the trees grow to maturity they

  • Police refuse 20p help for robbed pensioner

    An elderly woman was stranded when police refused to lend her 20p for her bus fare home, after her bag was snatched in Keighley. Doris Richards, 77, of North Street, Haworth, said she got more support and advice from a young woman who was also at the

  • Violence: Message taken back to sub-continent

    TWO women working against domestic violence took their message to India. Bana Gora of Keighley's Domestic Violence Services and Sergeant Nicola Heppenstall from West Yorkshire Police spent ten days in New Delhi training other professionals. The pair were

  • Violence: I won't cry any more

    It is hard to believe the dignified woman with the big smile when she calmly tells me how she was savagely attacked and beaten, by her own husband and sisters-in-law. This woman has survived and has pledged to cry no more. She has every reason to smile

  • 25 Years Ago

    With heavy rain having caused severe flooding in various parts of the country it takes a little understanding whey the Wharfe, long recognised as one of the swiftest rising rivers in the north has not overflowed its banks or even threatened to do so.

  • Police probe kidnap report

    Detectives are investigating the alleged kidnap of a man from the Lawkholme area of Keighley. The incident took place last Tuesday, next to the Steeton roundabout on the Aire Valley Trunk Road. And officers are not ruling out a potential link to the killing

  • It's not fair blair - say 'milk bar' kids

    Two eight-year-olds have written to the Prime Minister to demand their school milk back. Melody Greenwood and Jamie Price are cousins and attend Holycroft Primary School, in Keighley. They decided to write their plea to Tony Blair after letters were sent

  • Pay a free visit to Skipton Castle

    HISTORY programmes are all the rage on television these days. How many Craven Herald readers realise that right here on their doorstep is one major chapter in the Civil War story? For Skipton Castle proudly flew the Royalist flag until almost the bitter

  • Children face long trek to school

    ANGRY parents who want their children to attend secondary school in Barnoldswick have been allocated places at a high school in Brierfield, around 10 miles away. More than half the Year Six pupils in their final year at Earby's Springfield School were

  • Leader hints at u-turn over plan to close homes

    FIRST signs of a possible U-turn have appeared in Lancashire County Council's plans to close 35 care homes, including Cravenside Home for the Elderly in Barnoldswick. When the proposals were revealed in January there was a public outcry and opposition

  • Concerns raised about council house transfer

    SUTTON and Glusburn councillors listened to a presentation on large scale voluntary transfer (LSVT) of council housing on Monday. Craven District Council's housing manager David Allison and Eric Summers from Yorkshire Housing Association attended the

  • Parents admit defeat in battle to save grammar school

    A LAST ditch attempt to save Bentham Grammar School from closure has failed. Parents working on an alternative to a take-over by Sedbergh Public School have given up the fight, saying realistically there was not enough time They had formed a committee

  • Friends bid for funding for airport train link

    A RAIL user group could bid for funds to run a Carlisle-Hellifield-Manchester Airport train service. The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line are deciding how to progress a bid after a top level meeting with rail regulators in London. Friends chairman

  • Gazette's Wedding Fair is this Sunday

    Last minute wedding jitters will not be a problem for couples visiting the Ilkley Gazette Wedding Fair. The event boasts more than 40 exhibitors and will have something to cover every angle to add that special touch to a perfect day. The Wedding Fair

  • Homeless hostel should be shut down, says residents

    EVERY day, in all types of weather, Marc Thompson has to carry his baby son wrapped only in a towel, out of his damp flat, down a flight of steps, through a wind tunnel alley to wash him in a shower shared by five households. Marc and his family are homeless

  • School braces itself for extension work

    BUILDING work to expand the Cowpasture Road site of Ilkley Grammar School is due to begin next month. "Things will never be the same again," said Peter Wood, head teacher. The first sign that things are about to change will be the increase in temporary

  • Indian slates spoil Dales landscape

    ROOFTOPS in the Dales are being spoiled forever because foreign imports are being used through a lack of local resources, a national park report says. A meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority this week heard that Hill Top Quarry, near

  • Easter bonnets will woo tourists

    ILKLEY is aiming to woo the Easter tourists by staging a big extravaganza in the town centre. The event will be held outside Ilkley Tourist Information Centre, in Station Road, at 11am on Easter Monday and is open to people of all ages. The Easter Bonnet

  • 'Babs' celebrates her 100th birthday

    RIDES out, looking round garden centres and a regular "tipple" are the secret to a long and active life, according to Carleton's Edith Alice Coates, who celebrated her 100th birthday this week. Edith, known as "Babs", was born in 1902, and has fond memories

  • Now Addingham falls victim to car key crimes

    Addingham people have been the victims for the first time of sneak-in car key thieves - despite warnings on crime prevention by the police. Thieves walked into a house in Addingham, which was unlocked, to take the car keys and steal an Audi parked outside

  • Shop suffers second break-in

    A BURGLAR used the same paving slab to break into the Craven Tuck Box twice in 10 days. Andrew Midgley, owner of the Sheep Street shop in Skipton, said he could not believe the burglar had had the cheek to pick up the same slab from outside neighbouring

  • Council may call in expert to solve school traffic problems

    A special road safety expert could be employed to help resolve traffic problems outside a village school. Parents and councillors have been campaigning for traffic calming measures to be erected near Addingham Primary School, Bolton Road, Addingham, for

  • Marquee solves lambing problem

    SPRING lambs are living it up in luxury after farmer Neil Mitton erected a 100ft maternity marquee. The Mittons faced an accommodation problem in the wake of the foot and mouth crisis. Seventy of their 100 cows calved just as the outbreak hit Settle last

  • It's party time for Alice in 100 land

    From Balfour to Blair, Alice Skaife has seen the country led by 19 different Prime Ministers as she celebrates her 100th birthday this week. A party was held on Monday for Alice by her friends in the Glen Rosa nursing home, Ilkley. The centenarian was

  • Vandals wreck bloom hopes

    Ilkley in Bloom's bid for spring floral glory has been dealt a serious blow by vandals. The group is taking urgent action after having all five of its flower boxes at the bus station attacked. The 'barrier boxes', which were attached to railings opposite

  • Hi-tech firm gets £280,000 to develop world 'first'

    AN Ilkley company has won the race to invent the world's first 'intelligent' fabric. WRONZ EuraLab Ltd, based in Little Lane, has made a major breakthrough in modern technology by designing a special 'intelligent' fabric that can detect or monitor movement

  • Cattle escape as spark causes big barn blaze

    Thirty animals had a lucky escape when a fire destroyed sections of a barn in Addingham Moorside. Four fire engines and 20 firefighters attended the blaze at Ghyll House Farm, Straight Lane, Addingham Moorside. It started in a barn at 1.30pm on Tuesday

  • Don't pre-judge schools judicial review

    SIR - In response to the letter by Mr R Johnson, Wharfedale Observer, March 14, we would like to put the record straight with regard to the impression he appears to have of the schools issue. We realise that he will not have been aware that the legal

  • Cougars: No surrender pledge

    COUGAR players have pledged there will be 'no surrender' against Hunslet on Sunday - after they hoisted the white flag in a spectacular second half collapse at Batley. After holding the Mount Pleasant side until moments before the half time hooter, they

  • Brunswick are 'singing the shoes'

    Forget Pop Idol, just head to Brunswick Warehouse! The shoe retailer has hit the right note with staff in Keighley after introducing its own company song. Originally written as a joke, the 'Brunswick chant' has become quite a hit. Staff love it so much

  • Tiller'sr boys on the band trail

    Derek Tiller has family links with both Chipperfields Circus and the Tiller Girls dance troupe. But he promises there'll be neither high kicks nor monkey business as he takes up the baton for Haworth Band. Derek, pictured right, is the amateur brass band's

  • On Screen: Wartime romance is so slushy

    Charlotte Gray Sebastian Faulks' wartime romance is the latest novel to be reduced to big-screen slush. Cate Blanchett is the Scottish heroine who falls in love with young RAF pilot Peter Gregory shortly before his plane is shot down over occupied France

  • Kings of 'Rat Pack' perform

    Three of the biggest black comedians on the stand-up circuit have united for a national tour. The Three Kings drop into St George's Hall, Bradford, tomorrow to present solo acts and "rat-pack" joint pieces. Curtis "The Don" Walker, Roy "Godfather" and

  • Review: No slipping on this Grease

    THEATRE: Grease Craig Urbani and Haley Flaherty played the two lead roles in the famous rock 'n' roll musical and they brought the two main characters to life. The songs, the acting and the special effects were brilliant, especially the part where the

  • Breen ready for top Bradford date

    Returning to a top Brad-ford venue tonight is Keighley band Breene. The punk-pop trio is playing the 1-in-12 Club with local ska band Flukeshot Frenzy. Breene is made up of Holy Family School students Kurt Wood (drummer), Eddy O'Dwyer (guitarist), and

  • The Curmudgeon

    JETSET was the first to notice. Painfully. But that was just the start of a bad day in Beggarsdale. Getting up in the early hours to make one of his regular calls to his textile suppliers in the Far East, Jetset wandered into the kitchen to make himself

  • The Curmudgeon

    THIS is not going to be a happy Easter in Beggarsdale. It started badly and, we suspect, it is going to get worse. As I reported last week, the Dale has been hit by a series of burglaries or attempted burglaries but, until Wednesday, we thought we had

  • Lesley Tate

    SEVENTY-five years ago this month, the debut appearance of a fascinating invention took place in Otley. The electric rail car, made by local electric vehicle makers, Electromobile Ltd, carried a load of passengers on the railway from Otley to Pool-in-Wharfedale

  • Manor Park road scheme unnecessary

    SIR, - I am amazed that people are still wanting to spend millions of pounds in a major roadworks exercise at Manor Park. I feel that a careful look at the evidence shows that it is unnecessary. The new road markings greatly reduced accidents initially

  • Concert night to remember!

    Singing sensation Mark Kerins will show he is a man with a big heart as well as a big voice when he appears for a prestigious home concert in Bradford next month. For he is aiming to make the Lord Mayor's Civic Ball - which raises money for charity -

  • Calls for improved transport

    Residents of the Aire Valley believe better public transport would solve congestion in the traffic-choked area. The call for better bus and rail services was a key finding of a series of consultation sessions designed to shape future transport policy.

  • Otliensians entertain Dutch side

    With games against West Park Bramhope being cancelled, Otliensians had a training session on Saturday afternoon before meeting up in the evening with old friends the Smugglers of IJmuiden from Holland, who were on tour. Arrangements for their visit had

  • Saracens complete double over Kendal

    Kendal A 13 Saracens 20 SARACENS travelled to Mint Bridge hoping to complete the double over Kendal in this second team Merit table game but the heavy pitch covered with a liberal application of sand was not conducive to running rugby. Saracens made a

  • A win for Otley's Academy

    Bradford & Bingley 17 Otley Academy 36 Otley travelled to Wagon Lane for a second time this season due to fixture congestion at home. They were able to benefit from a mix up with the Under-17s game which left them without a game and six of this team

  • Rangers need a win to avoid relegation

    Dudley Hill Eagles 34 Guiseley Rangers 32 The script for Saturday's clash at Eccleshill between the two Rangers - Victoria and Guiseley - could not have been bettered if written in Hollywood. It is a must win situation for both teams as Victoria need

  • Kelly nets four as Yew Tree hammer Hampsthwaite

    Hampsthwaite 2 Yew Tree 7 After last week's seven goal haul against lowly Pool Reserves, Yew Tree faced a resurgent Hampsthwaite side that had comfortably won their previous three games against much superior opposition. However, Yew Tree were obviously

  • Otley Wharfeside come out to win their first game in ten weeks

    Otley Wharfeside 3 Milford 1 THIS fixture marked Wharfeside's first league fixture in ten weeks, and with the rain-sodden pitch once again unplayable the fixture was played on Pool's Riverside pitch. Wharfeside appeared hungry for goals from the off with

  • Otley Ru experiment with Sunday game at Cross Green

    This week Otley RUFC experiment again by playing a Sunday game when they entertain bottom club Bracknell, who sadly already look doomed for a return to Division Two. The match will kick-off at 3 pm. Bracknell have never fared well against Otley losing

  • New care trust finally given the go-ahead

    The Government has finally given the official go-ahead for a district-wide care trust - just days before it is due to go live. The Department of Health made the announcement today, claiming the new organisation would break down the traditional barriers

  • Help centre is thrown lifeline

    A Bradford advice centre has been handed a financial lifeline which will enable it to continue helping the most vulnerable and needy people in society. Girlington Advice Centre, in Girlington Road, has been awarded £146,000 by the National Lottery's Community

  • 'Cemetery may be harmed by homes'

    Angry Bradford residents have lodged a petition against a planned housing development which they believe will drive vandals and bored youngsters into historic Undercliffe Cemetery. Bradford Council has agreed to sell the site of former Undercliffe Middle

  • University appoints Muslim chaplain

    A part-time Muslim chaplain has been appointed to look after Islamic students in Bradford. Sufyan Gent, a convert to Islam, is the first Muslim adviser for students at the university. An increasing number of students in Bradford are Muslim as the university

  • Why it's really time you got out and about

    With glorious weather forecast for the Easter weekend thousands of people are expected to descend on some of the Bradford district's main attractions. And because many restrictions on areas affected by the ravages of foot and mouth disease last year have

  • Youngsters prove they're the business

    A group of young entrepreneurs have scooped their first business awards - before even leaving school. Skadoosh, an event promotion business set-up by 12 sixth form students at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, is celebrating clinching two prestigious

  • Think twice on surgery, says medic

    Women should be made more aware of the alternatives to hysterectomies, according to a top gynaecologist. Bradford consultant Peter O'Donovan is urging women with heavy periods to research all the options available before going ahead with the radical surgery

  • Youngsters spell out city success

    Bradford schoolchildren have spelled out success for the district's Capital of Culture bid. A series of letters spelling out Bradford, followed by the numbers 2008, took pride of place in London's Leicester Square. Passers-by stopped to examine them and

  • Gareth in home bid

    Bradford is gearing up to welcome Gareth Gates back to the city, after the chart-topper revealed he is desperate to perform a home-coming gig. Gareth said he wants to perform a concert for his Bradford fans, after thousands travelled to Sheffield Arena

  • Train strike creates more travel chaos

    Bradford commuters abandoned the trains today as they faced another day of delays and cancellations as conductors and ticket staff went on strike again. Just a handful of passengers opted to let the train take the strain during rush hour at Bradford Interchange

  • Rugby League: Albion crowned by Queens

    Queensbury 'A' 18, Keighley Albion 'A' 0 - Albion produced a rather lifeless performance to remove themselves from the Shipley Trophy at Queensbury. This was to a team a division below. Both teams started steadily with defences on top. The only matter

  • Rugby Union: Scots invasion

    Junior rugby teams travelled to Scotland for a weekend tour and were piped in full regalia piped onto the bus to the strains of 'Flower of Scotland.' Once in Scotland, as well as swimming, bowling and generally having a great time both teams played two

  • Rugby Union: Keighley go close

    Keighley 26, Huddersfield YMCA 34 - League leaders Huddersfield YMCA finally came out on top in a fiercely fought match at Utley, but not before a tenacious Keighley side had stretched them to the limit. The Huddersfield side has largely been rebuilt

  • Soccer: Allinace League

    A SINGLE goal gave Three Horses the points againt Silsden Athletic. Both teams missed a host of chances before Horses got the winner. Keighley United secured a 4-3 victory over New Inn-Oaklea after a hard fought battle. Man of the match Sean Lockley scored

  • Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday

    New Inn Windhill moved above Wrose Albion after securing a 2-1 win at the weekend. Windhill were 2-0 up at half-time with goals from Richard Scanlon and man of the match Simon Matthews. Wrose put Windhill under pressure in the second half and pulled one

  • Soccer: Craven League

    Oxenhope's hopes of completing a league and cup double were dashed when they lost their cup semi-final last weekend. Recreation Reserves battled all the way and took Barrowford United into extra time before going down 7-4. A heavy pitch meant that close

  • Dars & Pool: Champs do battle

    WORLD CHAMPIONS Chris Melling and Tony David came head-to-head last week in a battle of the 'Embassy Champs' - thanks to KN Sport. Keighley cue ace, Chris Melling, was crowned 8-Ball Pool World Champion after sweeping aside the opposition last year and

  • Rugby Union: Malsis crown a super season

    On a glorious spring day, Malsis School's Under 11 rugby side won the prestigious Stonyhurst College Seven-a-Side tournament for the first time last week. The tournament attracts schools from all over Britain and Under-16 and Under-18 tournaments take

  • Athletics: Sisters set a family record

    SISTERS Lucy and Hannah Mayho have completed a family running double. Lucy, 14, and Hannah, 11, have both been crowned Bradford Cross Country champions in the same season. Lucy, a pupil at Parkside School, Cullingworth, won the intermediate title before

  • Holiday Sports

    A NEW Keighley company has been set up to promote school holiday sports camps -- and was celebrating this week even before their first events started. Partners Will Smith and Paul Ryan developed the scheme after working on multi-sports course for over

  • Cougars: Stehpo lifts team to victory

    Cougars 30, Hunslet Hawkes 22 - A vintage performance from Cougars' veteran prop Phil Stephenson set his side up for a classic victory over Hunslet. Stepho's two barnstorming tries and his crunching tackles were the difference between the two young sides

  • Wharfedale go to the wire again

    Wharfedale 22 Kendal 21 You certainly get your money's worth at Wharfedale this season. Twelve times games have ended with less than a score separating the teams at the finish, and five of these have produced a dramatic last minute and incident-fuelled

  • Ilkley Harriers

    In Saturday's Meanwood Valley Trail Race there was great packing from three of Ilkley's faster runners with Andy Wade 14th in 44:53; Tim Ashelford (running for Leeds and Bradford Tri but a second-claim Harrier) 16th in 45.28; and Mark Iley 17th in 45:

  • Scarborough end Ilkley's Shield hopes

    Ilkley 10 Scarborough 16 CONDITIONS were perfect for this Yorkshire Shield quarter-final. Ilkley were entertaining Scarborough from Yorkshire One, a league above Ilkley, so a tough encounter was anticipated and so proved. The rumoured departure of Marcus

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - A recent correspondent was complaining abut the situation in relation to litter, the state of the pavements etc. in Great Horton Road. This is a situation which is repeated all over Bradford. Indeed, the matter of the litter-strewn streets continues

  • Tough task aheadon school site

    ONE might think it was an easy enough question, but finding out just who owns All Saints Junior School in Otley seems to be everything but. Back during the public consultation meetings, held to 'discuss' the reorganisation of primary school provision

  • Down Memory Lane - with Ian Dewhirst

    This rather unusual informal view of pupils and teachers at Silsden County Primary School in the 1930s was supplied by Mr David Wright, whose mother Mary appears as one of the little girls sat on the playground. Several Union Jacks, limply held by children