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  • Transport is key to progress

    Plans for the launch of an Urban Regeneration Company to spearhead the redevelopment of Bradford are moving on apace. It is a vital development for the city and the hopes of the whole district are resting on its ability to inject the sort of drive and

  • Obituary: Edgar Lumb - Farmer

    It was a fortunate chance that brought us together some years ago in that Edgar had just been operated upon in Airedale hospital and as it was a hip operation he was thankful to be able to use the Friends of Airedale minibus to journey to the Main Road

  • Wedding: Brown - Ward

    Married at Gretna Green were John Allen Brown and Moira Ward. John - a gas service engineer - is the only son of the late Sam and Ada Brown. Moira - assistant manageress at Keighley Market Pet Stores - is the youngest daughter of the late George and Myra

  • Ga looking for new organisers

    Gloomy weather was not enough to keep the visitors away from the Cross Hills and Glusburn Gala last weekend. Despite the grey skies there was still a good turnout to watch the procession. Led by the Bradford City Pipe Band, the procession, including the

  • Town council makes history

    Keighley witnessed the rebirth of local democracy in a 'historic moment' last week - with the return of a town council. Last Thursday evening Keighley Town Hall was buzzing as a new 26-strong town council convened in the council chamber for the first

  • It's smiles better - for our Simon!

    'Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.' So said author Anthony J D'Angelo, and it cannot be denied that a gleaming row of pearly whites does not go unnoticed in today's increasingly image-conscious world. So it is not surprising

  • Thousands visit vintage show

    The crowds were out in force at Manor Farm in Cullingworth at the weekend. Visitors to the fourth Bront Vintage Gathering were treated to local trials rider Dan Clark demonstrating his talents on two wheels, cowboy posse The Arizona Rangers staging bank

  • Tobacco smuggler jailed

    A Keighley lorry driver who tried to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of tobacco into the country has been jailed for 15 months. Basil Uschakow, of Dawson Road, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court last Friday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing

  • Royal Jubilee: Cap off those celebrations

    Menswear retailer Greenwoods has turned the clock back half a century to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Some items are being sold at 1952 prices to celebrate the royal milestone. T-shirts are on offer at 60p (equivalent to 12 shillings), socks 30p a

  • Royal Jubilee: Time capsule of Leeming history

    A time capsule capturing the lives of people living in the Leeming area of Oxehope, is to be buried as residents celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. And to crown the event, they are to light a beacon bonfire on Long Causeway which crosses the Bront

  • Royal Jubilee: Ramble on for celebrations

    Local Rotarians are taking part in a major project designed to get people back into the countryside. A series of more than 20 walks is being held throughout Yorkshire on Sunday in a joint venture between Rotary and the Ramblers Association. It is also

  • Visitors queue to see funeral parlour

    Visitors were queuing at the door when a Keighley funeral home opened up to the public. The Knowle had decided to stage the open day to mark a £100,000 refurbishment at its Victoria Road premises. And the response was phenomenal. A spokesman said: "There

  • Sky's the limit for TT bike fans

    A Keighley man is reaching for the sky to take bike enthusiasts to the Isle of Man TT races. Geoff Hopkins - a director of Flykeen Airline - and company colleagues have launched an air shuttle service specifically to cater for fans of the famous annual

  • Concern at new planning proposals

    Keighley town councillors have expressed 'grave concerns' at planning proposals that will determine the landscape of the district for the next 15 years. On Wednesday Bradford Council released its Revised Planning Blueprint following a huge public consultation

  • Greenhead launches pioneering scheme

    A Keighley school is pioneering a scheme aimed at easing the path for pupils making the step up to secondary education. Students at Greenhead High School are leading the way with an innovative peer education project which could provide a model for other

  • Keighley man's mission to rebuild Twin Towers

    A Keighley engineer is spearheading plans to resurrect the World Trade Center in New York with the world's tallest building. Former head boy at Greenhead High School Raymond Crane, 56, (pictured) is the principal engineer appointed by a team which has

  • Out of Town

    Playing at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge this weekend is Dennis Rollins' Bad Bone and Co tonight and multi-talented African musician Sekou Keita and his band Jamoral tomorrow. Steve Oakes Quartet will play modern jazz on Sunday afternoon with an acoustic

  • Out on screen

    Star Wars: Attack of the Clones After the disappointment of The Phantom Menace, Star Wars fans will be heartened by the second film in the Star Wars trilogy, Attack of the Clones - for this is a great film. At two and a half hours it is shorter than the

  • HYT hits the peaks

    THEATRE: Mountain I can't say I was excited at the prospect of watching the latest production of Keighley youth theatre, HYT. But I needn't have worried, for at the very least an HYT production is always enjoyable. At the best it is very funny, imaginative

  • Partnership to breathe new life into area

    A high powered partnership will be set up to breathe new life into Airedale as the vital Bingley relief road becomes a reality. It follows concerns that outer areas will be ignored if a Government-backed Urban Regeneration Company is set up to spearhead

  • Down Memory Lane

    The occupants of this charabanc at Lille in 1920 were from Prospect Mills at Ingrow where, during that Keighley Parish Feast, worsted spinners Messrs Hey and Co treated their employees to a nine-day tour of the Great War battlefields in Belgium and France

  • Police and MP clash on drugs

    A Bradford MP has clashed with the county's police chief after he called for Britain's drugs laws to be relaxed. Marsha Singh supported a controversial report pressing for ecstasy to be reclassified as a 'softer' drug and then urged the Government to

  • It's hands on for city's culture bid

    Bradford's Capital of Culture bid was backed by its big city rival Leeds and an Eastern European delegate in a partnership sealed with a handshake yesterday. Representatives from Brno in the Czech republic met chief executive of Bradford Council Ian Stewart

  • New Rawson Quarter gets the go-ahead

    Developers have been given approval by the Government for a multi-million pound shopping scheme in the heart of Bradford city centre. A planning application by Keighley-based developers Chartback, for the £8 million Rawson Quarter, has been rubber-stamped

  • Iris is saying 'I do' at 72

    When widow Iris Kettlewell clapped eyes on bachelor David Mitchell, it was love at first sight. So the 72-year-old didn't waste any time in getting to know the retired office clerk, who arrived at Castle Villas residential home in Skipton Road, Keighley

  • Former Leeds chief linked to takeover

    Former Leeds United chairman Bill Fotherby was today linked with a takeover bid for crisis-torn Bradford City. Mr Fotherby, who is currently owner of Unibond League outfit Harrogate Town, is believed to be one of nine parties to have registered an interest

  • Even Valley Parade is at risk

    The administrators of Bradford City have admitted they can't guarantee fans will be watching first division football next season. And even Valley Parade may be lost, as the stadium could be sold as a separate entity to the club. Mike Moore, spokesman

  • Soccer: Juniors catch the championship bug

    WHILE Silsden FC's first team has been flying high in the County Cup, the club's youngest team has also been showing their skills. The Under-7s A team won their division of the Keybury Alarms League going through the season unbeaten. The team has scored

  • Golf: Keighley stroll home

    Keighley pulled off a 6-2 victory over early scratch league leaders, Ghyll Golf Club, in the latest round of matches. Mark Clarkson battled shot for shot with Andy Riley to halve their match. Nick Northrop won his match 2&1 with Mick Tattersall -

  • Cougars: Club launches scholarship

    COUGARS have launched the club's scholarship scheme which is designed to find the rugby league stars of the future. The programme takes young players with potential and aims to provide them with top quality training, fitness and advice on nutrition to

  • Cricket: Bradford Central League

    KAMAL kept the runs flowing as Riddlesden beat Hepworth/Idle in the Bradford Central League. He scored 94 as Riddlesden won by seven wickets with C Brooks claiming six victims. Crossflatts had the upperhand in their derby clash with Cross Roads. I Siddique

  • Cricket: Cowling Cup

    Oakworth swept into the second round of the Cowling Cup with an emphatic ten-wicket win at Foulridge. Seventeen-year-old Luca Moretti scored 60 not out as the Cure Hill side cruised home. Cup holders Thornton kept their aim of retaining the trophy on

  • Cricket: Craven League

    LONG LEE came close to toppling Embsay despite playing with ten men at Shires Lane. The home team pulled off a nervy two-wicket win, but if the Keighley side had turned out with a full squad it could have been a different story. Their ten men made 93

  • Aire Wharfe: Aussie gets flying start

    AUSTRALIAN Grant Lindsay has brought some sparkling form back to Steeton on his return to the club. He has already clocked up 259 runs in just three innings' and stroked his way to 87 against Collingham last weekend. He was backed up by a half century

  • Cricket: Keighley hit seventh heaven

    OFFICIALS of Keighley Cricket Club have been searching through the record books as the team's superb start to the season continues. Last weekend they clocked up another two victories to continue their 100 per cent record with seven wins from seven games

  • Cricket: Plans for evening league

    CRICKETERS are planning an 8-a-side evening league. Members of the Keighley Aissian Sports Association are planning the league iwth matches taking place on the all weather pitch at Marley Stadium on thursday evenings. "It is something new for Keighley

  • Climbing: Tom joins British team

    Fourteen-year-old Tom Bolger has been selected to join the British Junior Competition Climbing team. Tom (above), a pupil at Oakbank School, has been climbing since he was eight years of age and has enjoyed success in the British Indoor Climbing Championships

  • Another headache for Craven League officials

    CONTROVERSY is a regular companion of the JP Mewies Craven & District Cricket League and last weekend's rain-hit programme produced further headaches for the League Executive. Source of the problem was the game at Barrowford, where the home side covered

  • North Ribblesdale survive

    NORTH RIBBLESDALE RFC will be competing in Yorkshire Division One again next season. Their fate went to the wire in that the final promotion and relegation issues were only decided last weekend, the Settle club's fate hanging on the outcome of the Yorkshire

  • Keighley hot-shot takes on the world

    Keighley's Chris Melling has a famous rival bidding to deprive him of his Embassy World 8-Ball pool title at Blackpool's Hilton Hotel. Australian snooker star Quinten Hann won the event in 1999, and three years on Malta's Tony Drago wants to become only

  • Robbie can read the danger signs

    Bulls skipper Robbie Paul's big concern ahead of tonight's clash is that Wigan lost their last match at home. The Warriors were beaten 28-22 by Leeds Rhinos, and Paul said: "Teams of their stature are probably a little more dangerous when they have lost

  • Take a chance on me, says Moore

    Richard Moore is confident that he won't let Bradford Bulls down if they include him in their 17 to face Wigan at Valley Parade tonight. The 20-year-old from Utley, near keighley, said: "It has helped me a lot being on loan at Keighley Cougars and London

  • Wetherall rage at City

    David Wetherall today blasted his former club, declaring: 'It's their problem, they can deal with it'. The club's Professional Foot-ballers' Association representative has spent a frantic 24 hours glued to his telephone dealing with the fall-out from

  • Obituary: Natalie Allsopp

    A mother has spoken of the courage of her 29-year-old disabled daughter who died of cancer only two months after it was diagnosed. Nadia Allsopp and her husband, Tony, 51, an engineer, nursed their daughter Natalie, pictured right, for seven weeks at

  • Wedding: Wilkinson - Reid

    Married at St Anne's Church, Keighley, were Andrew Leon Wilkinson-Reid and Lisa Marie Wilkinson. Andrew - a customer service advisor - is the son of Andrew Sanders and Fransis Wild, of Thornton. Lisa - a dental nurse - is the eldest daughter of Kevin

  • Mayor's pledge to Denholme

    The new mayor of Denholme has pledged to work with local residents to improve village life. Councillor Anne Jay, pictured right, says Denholme's new renewal action plan will enable residents to have their say about what areas of the village can be enhanced

  • New post box is 'first class'

    Two pensioners are thrilled with a new post box which means they won't have to trek across Haworth to post their letters. Harry Beevers, 74, and his 73-year-old wife Catherine moved to Redman Garth about three years ago and were dismayed to find that

  • Frontline Aids fight

    A Keighley soldier is helping to administer desperately needed health care to Kenya's poorest people. Private Tracy Finnan, pictured right - a combat medical technician - is part of a team which is seeing at first hand the poverty in arid desert villages

  • Halal meet plan revealed

    A former car sales garage could be transformed into a halal meat butchery and distribution centre. The £250,000-plus development would also include a retail outlet selling Asian foods and spices. Behind the scheme - for the now-vacant Sunwin Peugeot site

  • Ball keeps hospital HAPPIE

    Staff at Airedale Hospital had a ball as they raised funds for vital new physio equipment. More than £4,000 was raised from a May Ball last Friday at the Hanover Hotel in Skipton. The money will go towards the Help Airedale Physiotherapists Purchase Important

  • Pub teams kick off for Sarah

    Soccer enthusiasts may be counting down to England's World Cup opener on June 2. But in Keighley, another important football fixture is looming. At Marley stadium on Thursday, the Three Horses pub side will take on landlord Jimmy Duffy and customers to

  • Royal Jubilee: Nursing home raffle

    A Cowling nursing home will be celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Cake and white elephant stalls and a raffle will be among the attractions at the June 3 event, at Langdale, in Keighley Road. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served. Anyone is welcome

  • Dukes on the march through Keighley

    The Duke of Wellington's Regiment will march into the area on Sunday to celebrate their 300th birthday. The Dukes will be marching through Keighley and surrounding areas on a 140-mile parade - known as the Havercake March. The march covers the length

  • Two more in court on murder charges

    Detectives raided two homes in Keighley yesterday morning and arrested two men in connection with the stabbing and beating to death of Qadir Ahmed. An 18-year-old man and a 23-year-old man are being questioned by murder squad detectives and other inquiries

  • Will you take the McDonald's drive-thru challenge

    Staff and pupils are hoping that fundraising goes large next Saturday as they team up with McDonald's. On June 1 the Keighley McDonald's Drive-Thru Challenge will see teachers from St Andrew's School swapping the blackboard for happy meals. The teachers

  • Your chance to party with the Queen

    Keighley News readers are being given the chance to attend a royal garden party planned as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The event, at Harewood House on July 11, is being hosted by the Queen during a two-day visit to Yorkshire and Humberside

  • Win a special Golden Jubilee prize

    To mark the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen's Golden Jubilee, Thomas's Jewellers and the Craven Herald have combined to offer readers the chance to win a limited edition commemorative prize. Worth £500, the prize is a very special rare set of three

  • Sounding out

    Paul Young came back to the limelight last year as part of an arena tour with fellow 80s popstars. Now he's back on the national circuit, playing venues including St George's Hall, Bradford, on June 12 at 7.30. The singer whose hits include Love of the

  • Cobbydale singers bid Auf Wiedersehen

    A local choir will be soon be swapping brass bands for the oompah variety. Silsden's Cobbydale Singers will perform their first concerts in foreign climes next month when they travel to Germany. The female choir will be guests of the Blumenheck choir

  • Theatre Review: Toucing tale of Bennett's lodger

    The Lady in the Van - West Yorkshire Playhouse You have probably heard the story about the old lady who lived in a shoe. For 15 years Yorkshire playwright Alan Bennett had an old lady of his own camped in a beaten up bright yellow Bedford van in his front

  • Full steam ahead for June on the Smoke Trail

    When prize-winning novelist June Oldham decided to end her teaching career and focus on writing she knew it was a life defining moment. In the 30 ensuing years the Ilkley author has had a dozen books published, most with a 'thriller' heart and aimed at

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - What a kind, generous and thoughtful thing for the managing director of Skipton Properties to do (Developer's offer keeps Harry mobile KN 17/5/02). Is this the same Skipton Properties who have half of Keighley up in arms against the inconsideration

  • 'Split up authority' call by councillors

    A pair of councillors are pushing forward plans for a split in Kirklees Council. Councillor Gordon North (Lab, Spen) and Councillor Tim Crowther (Lab, Heckmondwike) want Kirklees to be split into two separate councils, so that the Spen Valley, Batley

  • Historic-mill boss wins bar claim

    A new bar is set to open in historic Salts Mill. Managing Director Robin Silver was yesterday granted a provisional full licence to open the new venture - called the Salts Fish Bar - on the third floor of the mill building. Speaking at a licensing application

  • Nurses' fundraiser is in step with work

    They spend their days nursing cancer patients and experiencing at first hand the devastation the disease can cause. Now nine nurses who work on Ward 19 at Bradford Royal Infirmary are turning their attention to raising money to stop the disease in its

  • 'Five players? We're a laughing stock'

    As news of the dramatic cull at Bradford City sank in, the move was seen as a disastrous blow to the club. The team has been left with just five players - and no goalkeeper - with big names such as Benito Carbone and Ashley Ward given the chop. Siavash

  • Golf: Lindy leads school golfers

    Seventeen-year-old Lindy Jowitt was the only girl taking part in the district heat of a national golf competition - and led her team into the next round. The South Craven School team could now be on their way to the Belfry in September. Lindy, Chris Fell

  • Athletics: Oakbank strikes gold

    OAKBANK pupils raced away with 26 gold medals at the Bradford Schools Athletics Championships last weekend. The Keighley school took 100 students to the competition and as well as having 26 Bradford Champions in their ranks they also collected 16 silver

  • Bowls: Ready for a busy weekend

    A BUSY weekend looms for bowlers across the district, starting with the Veterans' Inter-District taking on the West Riding team today (Friday). The home team are playing on Settle's green, and have almost as far to travel as the away squad. Chris Slater

  • Basketball: Robert is aiming high

    RObert Wallbank was a tiny premature baby, but is now one of the tallest members of district's young basketball squad. The 12-year-old (above) is 5ft 11ins tall and wears size 11 shoes. He has been called for trials with the West Yorkshire County team

  • Snooker: Chris aims to retain world title

    CHRIS MELLING starts the defence of his Embassy World Pool championship this weekend. The 10-day long competition started in Blackpool yesterday (Thursday) and Chris has his sights on becoming the first champion to retain his title. "I'm going there to

  • Cougars: Kelly signs on

    FORMER Batley Bulldog Lee Kelly has joined the Cougars to add power to the club's lightweight pack. Kelly, who was an Under-23 amateur international, will add much-needed size and weight to Gary Moorby's front row. He is six feet tall and weighs in at

  • Athersmith still ahead on the fells

    AT the half-way stage of the English Intermediate Fell Racing Championship, Skipton Athletics Club's Lee Athersmith still holds onto the lead, a second place in the third round of the competition at Saddleworth Moor on Saturday keeping him ahead of the

  • Cricket boost for Settle youngsters

    CRICKET in the Settle area has received a substantial boost as a result of Settle Cricket Club completing a £2,000 sponsorship package. A £1,000 sponsorship from Kirkby Lonsdale based Border Asset Management, has been matched pound for pound under the

  • Lawn in fitness battle for Chile trip

    WHARFEDALE hooker John Lawn is involved in a race against the clock to be fit to take his place in the England Counties XV tour squad that will play three matches in Chile in June, (writes Tony Simpson). Lawn and Wharfedale team-mate Andy Hodgson have

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - I shall be paying no more council tax to Bradford Council. They have really got my back up now. Do they not realise that the Odeon/Gaumont building is hallowed ground? Bill Haley was the first to rock 'n' roll there, but the legend that Buddy Holly

  • End this party political squabbling

    Just what is going on in the corridors of power at Bradford City Hall? All the political parties concerned in the running of Britain's fourth biggest metropolitan authority are at loggerheads. No group is in overall control, and the leader was elected