The head of Government regeneration agency Yorkshire Forward has become chairman of a firm set up to lead the revival of central Bradford. Graham Hall took charge at the first shadow board meeting of Bradford's Urban Regeneration Company at the National
THANKFULLY fires are relatively infrequent in the Craven area. But floods, road accidents and rescues are not. Just this week, firefighters were needed at two serious crashes in the district. And we need to know our emergency service is just a phone call
IT seems as if trading standards officers are always having to repeat the same warnings to gullible people who get taken in by the offer of get-rich-quick schemes arriving via our letterboxes or e-mail receiving folders on computers. From a sociological
Nicky Law will order his players to make amends to the fans by beating Norwich on Saturday. Law was embarrassed for the away supporters who saw City cave in at Sheffield Wednesday. And he has been ramming home the message ever since to the squad not to
ONE of the oldest buildings in Rawdon is being systematically stripped of its Yorkshire stone - and no-one seems able to stop it. The 300-year-old Quaker Meeting House has been struck seven times in the last five years by thieves determined to strip it
A car owner faces a bill of more than £1,000 after a drunken lout jumped up and down on the roof of his new Peugeot. Teacher Richard Sells had left his Peugeot 206 parked outside his flat in Boroughgate, Otley, on Thursday last week when it was attacked
UP to 200 jobs will be created by a new low-cost airline which has chosen Leeds-Bradford Intern-ational Airport in Yeadon as its base. JET 2 will operate low-cost holiday and freight services throughout Europe from the airport. Starting its first flights
Tributes have been paid to an 81-year-old woman who died after being knocked down by a 32-tonne haulage truck in Otley town centre. Joan Babb, a well-known member of the community on the Weston Estate, was crossing Boroughgate towards the market at 11.20am
It has for some years been a cause for concern in Bradford that pupils from some ethnic minorities perform badly in schools. The lower-than-average results of Bangladeshi and Pakistani pupils have been particularly worrying, as it is these groups which
A Bradford company is set to help make time fly for international rock stars and businessmen travelling by jet. Calibre UK Ltd has acquired a 64 per cent stake in a company that makes audio-visual systems for private and corporate jets - making it a leading
Campaigners calling for a mysteriously destroyed Victorian post box in Ilkley to be restored are celebrating a dramatic U-turn by the Royal Mail. The old red letter box which stood at the corner of Grove Road and Victoria Avenue was discovered in pieces
More than 200 former Ilkley Grammar School pupils relished the chance to become 'big kids' again at an emotional reunion. A total of 210 people attended the 21st Anniversary gathering of the upper fifth and sixth form classes of 1980, 1981 and 1982 last
THE organiser of Ilkley's Complementary Medicine Festival hailed last weekend's event as the best so far. Beryl Fox, who established the event as a career move in 1988 after becoming dissatisfied with her office job in Leeds, said: "On the Sunday people
Euro influence difficult to deal with SIR, - We must all have a great deal of sympathy with Mark Rothery and indeed everyone living on and near Newall Carr Road having to live with the impact of the Heavy Goods Vehicles . The problem of HGVs is not simply
Rural fireworks claim is challenged SIR, - Your correspondent, Jane Butterworth's assertion that in rural communities fireworks are let off to celebrate almost any event is somewhat preposterous.(Gazette, October 17).) I was born in Slingsby, Ryedale,
A depressed care assistant slit his wrists then hanged himself after drinking the equivalent of over ten pints of beer, an inquest heard. Andrew Stephen Fell, 33, was found dead by family members at his home in Fairfield Place in the Dale Lane Estate,
Speed cameras on a one-mile stretch of a busy road in Cottingley have been welcomed by campaigners and residents. The six Gatso cameras will be put up along Cottingley Cliffe Road, between Cottingley Moor Road and Thorn Lane, where 22 people have been
Of all the fellrunning relays only the annual British Fell and Hill Running Championship has the unique quality of being held in a different venue every year. Last year the event was held in Snowdonia and prior to that on the Dark Peak and in Clackmannanshire
Wharfedale Rams 16 Otliensians 15 ALTHOUGH scoring two tries to one, Otliensians went out of the Powergen Junior Vase by a single point on Saturday at Threshfield. With a side showing four changes from the previous week, one being due to injury to skipper
Sandal 5 Yarnbury 19 YARNBURY provided one of the shocks of the Powergen Intermediate Cup after pulling off an incredible 19-5 victory away at North One side Sandal. Both clubs have had similar poor starts to the season. But whereas Yarnbury have managed
Menston Rangers 0 Burley Trojans 5 Trojans coasted into the quarter- finals of the Wharfedale FA Challenge Cup with a comfortable victory over Harrogate Third Division side Menston. The gulf in class was clear for all to see and it was a credit to the
England's bid to stage the 2007 Rugby World Cup includes an innovative plan to use 70 grounds throughout the country including Otley's Cross Green. Sixteen stadiums have been identified for the Rugby World Cup, while 54 others would be used for the ground-breaking
GUISELEY AFC will have to pull off a giant killing act if they are to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup. After the gutsy win against Altrincham the FA Cup fourth qualifying round draw has given Guiseley another giant killing opportunity with
New Brighton 17 Otley 22 OTLEY went confidently if not spectacularly into the fourth round of the Powergen Cup to secure a home game against Plymouth Albion on November 9. This is just four weeks before the newly-promoted club pay their first league visit
Bradford petrol stations have joined forces in a bid to beat forecourt thieves. In a joint initiative with Bradford police, 14 garages around the district are to be linked by a new pager system to give each other advanced notice if criminals are on the
Bradford schoolchildren are being urged to come up with images of how they want their district to look in future, to feature in a special calendar. Schools are joining forces with the Bradford 2008 bid team to produce a calendar for next year, using pictures
Bradford schools have been ordered to carry out extra fire drills in preparation for the series of firefighters' strikes this term. The call from Education Bradford comes as the Government wrote to 30,000 schools, suggesting they lay on night watchmen
Council officers are burning midnight oil preparing for a six-month public inquiry into a planning blueprint. More than 7,000 representations dealing with 650 issues are unresolved after a consultation exercise into the Unitary Development Plan. The plan
A Bradford Bulls star is appealing for priceless rugby shirts to be returned after a raid at his home as he played in the Super League Grand Final on Saturday. The thefts capped a terrible day for Tongan Tevita Vaikona, who suffered the triple whammy
A rescue package has been put together for inner-city Carlton Bolling College, which has been placed in Special Measures. Government inspectors rated nearly a third of the teaching at the Undercliffe comprehensive unsatisfactory. Last year, the school
A disabled teenager has been living rough on the streets after a fire in which his parents and uncle died. John Paul McDonagh (pictured), who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy, escaped from his burning home by throwing a television through his
Of all the fellrunning relays only the annual British Fell and Hill Running Championship has the unique quality of being held in a different venue every year. Last year the event was held in Snowdonia and prior to that on the Dark Peak and in Clackmannanshire
Ben Rhydding Ladies 3, Wigan Ladies 2: Ben Rhydding ladies' first team managed to claim three points from this game despite never really hitting top form. The win was down to sheer commitment and a refusal to accept anything less than full points from
Huddersfield XV 0 Ilkley 42 Under the magnificent arches of the Lockwood railway viaduct at Huddersfield Ilkley fielded a much changed side for this friendly against a Huddersfield fifteen which included some experienced gnarled old hands but little in
AFTER 27 years of providing parents with somewhere to entertain their kids during the long summer holidays, the Otley Holiday Playschemes have come to an end. Hundreds of children have been through the play schemes, going on outings, playing sport and
Bingley Swimming Club overcame a Legionnaire's Disease scare to win a gala in Holland. The club, on their recent biannual trip to Lisse, encountered the same problems that hit Shipley Pool only three months ago. Club spokesman, Robert Donovan, said: "
No player has ever retained the Benson and Hedges Championship, and Simon Bedford hopes that trend continues when he competes today at the Towers Snooker Club in Mansfield. The Bradford professional notched one of the first wins in the 13th and final
Yorkshire's Craig White today received a call from England to act as cover for the Ashes squad as the tourists moved to strengthen their squad following a spate of injuries since their arrival in Australia. The 32-year-old all-rounder has been brought
A landlady has spoken of her customers' goodwill following her and her husband's lucky escape from a blaze which destroyed their pub. Lynn Jones, landlady of the Dyneley Arms at Bramhope has told her regulars 'we will be back and possibly in six months
A HOLIDAY club for Otley schoolchildren has been scrapped - after 27 years. Organisers of the popular Otley Holiday Playschemes say increasingly tough legislation and a lack of helpers has forced them to shut the annual schemes. Left with an almost £600
A lack of broadband Internet access is holding back education and business in Burley-in-Wharfedale. That was the claim made by Burley Community Council member Dennis Warwick at the latest meeting of Burley Neighbourhood Forum. Currently, the village is
A lower 40mph speed limit between Ben Rhydding and Burley-in-Wharfedale could be introduced before Christmas - along with a decision on the £5 million Manor Park bends by-pass scheme. Adverts announcing the Highways Agency's intention to impose the new
More than 2,000 people turned out on a cold Saturday night to enjoy Ilkley Moor Lions' 26th annual Bonfire and Fireworks Display. The large audience who assembled at East Holmes Fields, Ilkley on Saturday were treated to a huge fire and a dazzling display
A car owner faces a bill of more than £1,000 after a drunken lout jumped up and down on the roof of his new Peugeot. Teacher Richard Sells had left his Peugeot 206 parked outside his flat in Boroughgate, Otley, on Thursday last week when it was attacked
A 15-year-old Yeadon girl has become the tenth victim of a serial sex attacker, who police claim could work in Aireborough. The girl was indecently assaulted by a man outside the Jug and Jar pub, on Queensway, Yeadon, at 10.30pm on Wednesday, September
The plight of little Danielle Skilbeck has touched the hearts of people across the world. This week the brave Otley youngster received a parcel from Australia from a family who had heard of her misfortune. The four-year-old, who lost parts of some of
The last pram will roll off the production line at world famous pram manufacturer Silver Cross tomorrow - marking the end of an era in Guiseley. The household name has been sold to a Lancashire company, and a spokesman for receivers Deloitte and Touche
In 1872, Japanese ambassadors visited Bradford. In 1914, Bradford City played Bradford Park Avenue in the First Division. In 1945, the United Nations was formally established. From the Telegraph & Argus of October 24th, 1977... A campaign to improve
The chairman of Leeds United Football Club is backing an Ilkley cricketer's ambitious weight loss challenge. Lifelong Leeds fan Toby Elkington, a heavyweight, 6ft 5in bowler, is aiming to shed seven stones in six months to raise money for Olicanian Cricket
YOUNGSTERS in Adding-ham may realise their dream of having their own skate park after parish councillors agreed to take the plan off the back burner. Skate park campaigner Andy Brown attended the latest meeting of the parish council in a bid to urge members
Rachel Burns finds the Conservative MP eager to seize the day BATTLING with laryngitis Ann Widdecombe still managed to entertain her audience during an hour and a half talk at the Ilkley Playhouse on Sunday. As part of the Ilkley Literature Festival Ms
An Addingham mother has welcomed the Peruvian paramedic who saved her son from dying in the jungles of South America. Mary Davies's son Andre Frayn was stricken by a blood parasite on the penultimate day of an arduous jungle challenge being filmed in
A PIONEERING technique developed by an Ilkley surgeon could be a major step to improving the lives of millions of women. Surgeon Naren Samtaney hopes that the high tech treatment will one day put an end to women having to go through major surgery to solve
Guiseley 1 North Ferriby 2 GUISELEY remain rooted at the bottom of the UniBond First Division table after Saturday's defeat by North Ferriby but in all fairness they deserved a share of the spoils. Guiseley could have expected the worst after losing 5
Patients in parts of Bradford are now almost certain to see their GP within 48 hours of asking for an appointment. Figures given to North Bradford Primary Care Trust Board show that last month, 92 per cent of people seeking an appointment were seen within
Bradford girls from Bangladeshi backgrounds have fast-improving exam results, according to new figures. Education bosses are taking heart from the news as they hope lessons learned can help other low-performing ethnic minority students. In Bradford and
The head of Government regeneration agency Yorkshire Forward has become chairman of a firm set up to lead the revival of central Bradford. Graham Hall took charge at the first shadow board meeting of Bradford's Urban Regeneration Company at the National
Two plucky pals today told how they used an umbrella and a walking stick to fight off a gang of armed robbers who struck at a Bradford bingo hall. Colleen Holian, 67, and Ann Freeman, 54, pummelled the four masked raiders as they attacked the manageress
The family of an 89-year-old widow affected by proposed old folk's homes closures has written a poignant poem pleading to keep them open. Mary McArdle's daughter Maureen does not believe they will get another home as good or as close as Broadstones at
It's just meant to scare our feathered friends but a plastic decoy proved so realistic it has even tricked twitchers into believing they have spotted a rare bird of prey. The model of a long-eared owl, pictured, was put on top of a telegraph pole by BT
Menston Rangers 0 Burley Trojans 5 Trojans coasted into the quarter- finals of the Wharfedale FA Challenge Cup with a comfortable victory over Harrogate Third Division side Menston. The gulf in class was clear for all to see and it was a credit to the
Otley Town 5 Addingham 0 Addingham came away from this tie with pride intact following a superb competent second-half display. They were 5-0 down at the break and could have been in for a real drubbing but with little chance of victory they stemmed the
Guiseley Reserves 4 Ilkley AFC 6 In the Wharfedale FA Challenge Cup the Booth's sponsored Ilkley pulled off the surprise of the first round with a deserved victory against Guiseley Reserves. It was a wonderful result for the club and a particularly happy
SIR - According to the T&A of October 14, street crime has fallen by 16 per cent since April after the Government launched its crackdown under the scheme known as Street Crime Initiative (SCI). Will the Home Secretary try telling that to the residents
100 years ago IT appeared Eastby had been "discovered" by Bradfordians and during the summer months well-to-do city folk were flooding to the breezy slopes of Eastby and Embsay crags to drink in the pure "ozone" of the area. However these visitors were
