Keighley had another poor night in the Bradford Scratch League's first division on Friday, losing 6-2 at home to Baildon. In the Third Division Skipton had a useful 7-1 win over West Bowling and are now three points ahead of Bradford at the top, with
Cougar Academy 21 Huddersfield Giants 39 - With the score at 21-24 a sparkling move down the left brought a try in the corner for James Robinson and Cougars appeared to have taken the lead for the first time. Celebrations were cut short when the linesman
Long serving members of Glusburn Cricket Club officially opened their new £220,000 pavilion last week. Joyce Riddiough, Hugh Stephenson and Richard Smith who have been connected with the club for decades performed the opening ceremony, with the building
Cullingworth's second wicket partnership all but sewed up their game at home to Long Lee. Adie Powis and Craig Ratcliffe put on 96 runs before Powis was out for 62. Ratcliffe reached 67, taking the total to 146 and the team moved along to 213-7. Chris
A top level sporting delegation, including the government's Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn, is due to visit Keighley next week. The minister, together with David Gent, Director of Sport England's Yorkshire Region and Peter Price, Chairman of the new
ALISTAIR HOULDSWORTH has been selected to play for Yorkshire in the Under-16 'Roses' clash with Lancashire at Ashton-under-Lyne on Monday. The Keighley Golf Club member is just 16 years of age but plays of a handicap of just 2.7 shots and was recently
Cougars 20, Chorleyn23 - COUGARS were left hanging on to their top of the table spot by the skin of their teeth after crashing to a third consecutive defeat. They have squandered a healthy lead and are now just one point ahead of Hunslet with Sheffield
An Utley descendant is looking to stage a reunion with her distant family. Mary Utley Bozwell, of Memphis, Tennessee, and her brother are set to make their first visit to England next summer - 400 years after their forefathers made the reverse journey
Married at Gretna Green were Jason Gregory Turner and Kim Leanne Pickles. Jason - a postman - is the only son of Alan Turner and Christine Bates, of Valley View Close, Oakworth, and Kim - trainee manageress at Clinton Cards in Keighley - is the younger
Married in a civil ceremony at the Hanover International Hotel, Skipton, were Stephen John Gridley and Anita Lorraine Drake. Stephen - a site foreman at JN Bentley in Skipton - is the youngest son of Terry and Lesley Gridley, of Heath Crescent, Bradley
Oxenhope enjoyed a day of family fun on the village's millennium green that put youngsters first. The Oxenhope Village Fete included a host of activities aimed at getting children involved. Events in the arena throughout Saturday afternoon included a
A world-famous cobbled street trodden by millions of tourists will soon be viewable to anyone around the world. A group is to be established to photograph parts of Haworth, including Main Street, to form a 3D computerised tour of the village, which will
In 1854, the paper collar was patented by one Walter Hunt. In 1976, Commisioner of Police for the Metropolis, Sir Robert Mark declared: "You cannot control a free society by force". In 1978, Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham.
Cowling Parish Council chairman Cllr John Alderson and Cllr Charlie Thornton examine one of the entries in the Cowling Amateur Gardening Competition 2003. The results were: Overall Winner: Sue Arnott. Yard, Back and Front: 1, Sue Arnott; 2, Susan Black
Road charging may be the only solution to the region's congestion problems, but exhaustive research must be carried out before it is introduced, an employers' group warned today. The Engineering Employers' Federation for Yorkshire and Humber said that
Nessfield Primary School, Keighley, is celebrating after being awarded the Silver Artsmark award this year. The award,given to the school by the Arts Council, praises the achievements in art and design, dance, drama and music and the hard work put in
Children from Exley Head playgroup have been dressing up as butterflies, bees and caterpillars as part of an end of term production. The play, called "Robin's Birthday Party" saw 48 pupils between the ages of two and four perform songs in front of parents
A Bradford new media agency has won a prestigious international award for its website design - beating off the challenge from more than 1,800 rivals. Inphi.net, based at the business innovation centre at the University of Bradford, capped another year
Pupils at a Keighley school are enjoying a new form of learning designed to enhance the power of the brain. Year three and four pupils at Worth Valley Primary School have entered the"'brain gym", in which the children spend 20 minutes at a time aiming
A Bradford sign manufacturer is focused on further growth after reporting a dramatic rise in turnover after just 18 months in the trade. SignFocus, based in Gower Street, West Bowling, was set up by friends Ray Davies and Anthony Grainger less than two
Bradford businesses have reported a welcome period of relative stability following months of fluctuating fortunes, a survey of the district's firms revealed today. The study, by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, has led to hopes that the city's economic
The chief executive of motor group giant JCT600 today spoke of his pride after the latest stage of the company's expansion. The Bradford-based dealership is celebrating after successfully opening three new showrooms in as many weeks. The new sites in
The Mayor of Keighley was on the right track when she visited railway attraction Ingrow Loco. Councillor Nancy Holdsworth visited the Railway Interpretation Centre, which is a new attraction in Keighley and was opened to the public on May 17. She said
A former Oakbank School pupil is preparing for her place at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, in Leeds. Laura Greenham, 18, said she would be living her dream when she took up her place at the prestigious college, which attracts students from
The town council has pledged its support to Keighley Beer Festival. Councillors have decided to offer some support, possibly financial or as a transport subsidy, to the event, which brings in up to £40,000 to the local economy. The festival, which is
A 55-year-old woman has told how she struggled with a robber who jumped into her car and grabbed her wristwatch and gold necklace. The attacker elbowed Yvonne Frost, of Long Lee, in the face as she hooted frantically on the car horn to attract help. But
A KEEN cyclist is to live out his dream by riding across the finish line of the Tour de France. Arnold Atkinson will ride around Paris just hours before Lance Armstrong and the pack chasing the yellow jersey enter the city for the finish of the world's
Town councillors and police are calling on Keighley shopkeepers to stop selling BB guns to children. Youngsters are using the pellet-firing guns in games of "army" in areas such as Parkwood Rise. One 10-year-old boy was allegedly left with three scars
Life is blossoming at a Keighley resource centre. Day centre clients at the Oaks, in Oakworth Road, have seen a horticultural project grow. Over 80 sunflowers nurtured from seed are now climbing to several feet high. And the colourful display, which was
Temperance Hall -- former home to Keighley's teetotallers group -- is to become a pub. JD Wetherspoon is investing £1.7 million to transform the historic town-centre site. Work should start early in October on the development, which will create 40 full
NO hue and cry accompanied the announcement that the days are numbered for Thornton-in-Craven's landmark Love Tree. Just a handful of villagers attended a public meeting where the fate of the historic village feature, thought to be at least 200 years
EXASPERATED parents are handing over thousands of pounds to encourage their grown-up children to fly the nest and take their own first steps on the property ladder. According to new research by Skipton Building Society helping 20-something children to
NEW moves are afoot for the Clarke family to wrestle back sole control of the massive Silentnight Group. A second bid has been launched by the family to take the beds and furniture giant back into private hands by buying up all the shares it does not
MEMBERS of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation helped disabled campaigner Ian Kershaw set a new record on Saturday. Ian, who has cerebral palsy, was pushed up and down Penyghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in a marathon effort which took 11 hours
THE villages of Kettlewell and Starbotton and their links to the Calendar Girls film have been preserved for posterity through the installation of new road signs. Film makers Harbour Pictures donated £3,000 to the villages as a thanks for the co-operation
PLANS to close the physical rehabilitation unit at Skipton Hospital and integrate it into a new unit at Airedale have sparked protest from its users. Airedale NHS Trust is considering moving the service from its present site to a new stroke unit, which
A PLAN of action marking the path the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority intends to follow to sustain tourism in the Dales has been set out. At next week's business meeting in Cracoe the authority will discuss the involvement it will have in the
A ROW has broken out over the tradition of hanging washing out in Skipton's back streets. In years gone by it was commonplace to see Skipton's small back streets filled with washing criss-crossing between the yards. Traditionally Monday was every family's
Sinbad and the Legend of the 7 Seas Brad Pitt romances Catherine Zeta-Jones in the latest animated adventure from Shrek studio DreamWorks. Joseph Fiennes and Michelle Pfeiffer also 'appear' in the swashbuckling retelling of the Sinbad legend. Our hero
Daredevil I was always taught that if you have nothing nice to say, you should say nothing at all. But that maxim doesn't make for the best reviews -- and it really is a public duty to inform just how bad this 'comic-book blockbuster' is. Hollywood has
There's more than a touch of danger to this year's summer thriller season at the Grand Theatre. The Leeds venue stages four plays, each running Tuesday to Saturday, to chill the blood and quicken the pulse. The CID, CIA, security services and a terrorist
THE BATS are back. Or rather, one is but when it comes to causing bother, he's a biggy. He's a sort of cross between a vampire and a fox bat, because he's causing blood to boil in a big way down Beggarsdale way. For the benefit of a new reader (fingers
SIR - Last Thursday morning Keighley sparkled. I have never seen it look so clean. The town centre was immaculate. Well done indeed to everyone concerned. All the council workers from the cleansing and gardening departments who worked extra shifts and
SIR - In your editorial (Craven Herald, July 18) you say "sadly, the turnout for the weekend was hardly spectacular" in respect of the Skipton Renaissance. Frankly, I don't find that a cause for sadness but for one of common sense. Why should we have
A land reclamation scheme at Cliffe Lane in Gomersal - delayed by 15 years of wrangling - is now under way after the land was bought by Gomersal Green Homes. The abandoned landfill site, below the remains of Roundhill Mill, will be covered with soil-making
Eight members of Otley AC made the trip to Ingleton last weekend to compete in the Ingleborough Fell Race which involves a distance of around seven miles and over 2,000 feet of climbing. In a high-class field two Bingley Harriers, Rob Jebb and Andy Peace
Traders at Shipley Indoor Market today said they were delighted their future was no longer in the hands of Bradford Council. For months the Council and landlord London & Associated Properties have been at loggerheads over rent and service charges
This choir at Horkinstone Baptist Chapel, Oxenhope, was photographed in 1906. Choirmaster Amos Dewhirst, baton in hand, sits on the right, with organist Victor Sunderland on the left. Amos Dewhirst, being a newsagent and stationer, could order his choir
Emmerdale stars are going for gold at a charity run in aid of a new heart scanner for Bradford Royal Infirmary. A team of actors from the programme will be taking part in the Yorkshire Heartbeat Run at South Leeds Stadium. The run next Wednesday is the
Union chiefs today branded the proposed Bradford Council buildings transfer "scandalous". They have called a mass meeting next week over fears for more than 3,000 jobs which would be affected by the plan. They claim there has not been enough consultation
Headteacher Margaret Rookes has waved goodbye to her pupils after 28 years of teaching. Mrs Rookes, 55, has spent 13 years at Grove House Primary, Myers Lane, Eccleshill, 12 as head teacher. She is pictured with some of the youngsters who sang a touching
A motorist who had taken ecstasy and was one and a half times over the legal drink-drive limit collided head-on with a taxi, an inquest heard. Welder Paul Brian Gilliam, 31, died at the scene of the accident in Boothtown Road, Boothtown, Halifax, after
When funnyman Sir Norman Wisdom steps on to the first tee for a celebrity golf tournament this weekend, he'll be hoping only his ball is lost in the rough. For the 88-year-old comedian is being kitted out in a pair of £5,000 diamond studded cufflinks
Primary schools regarded as the "weakest links" because of their poor performance or unpopularity face the axe, it emerged today. Education chiefs want to cut surplus school places in the system as they strive to raise classroom standards. Schools with
YORKSHIRE were crowned county fellrunning champions after a superb performance in the Inter-County Chmapionships last weekend. The Championships were held as part of the Ingleborough Fell Race on a 7-mile route straight up and down the rugged slopes of
Cougar Academy 21 Huddersfield Giants 39 - With the score at 21-24 a sparkling move down the left brought a try in the corner for James Robinson and Cougars appeared to have taken the lead for the first time. Celebrations were cut short when the linesman
Keighley had another poor night in the Bradford Scratch League's first division on Friday, losing 6-2 at home to Baildon. In the Third Division Skipton had a useful 7-1 win over West Bowling and are now three points ahead of Bradford at the top, with
LESS FOSTER clinched a thrilling victory in the Skipton Handicap final at Cononley on Sunday. The Devonshire Club bowler narrowly beat David Leeming 21-20 in a classic final match to win the title for the first time. Losing semi-finalists were David Jacques
WICKET-KEEPER Richard Wood claimed three victims as Keighley swept to an eight-wicket victory over Great Horton. He is now top of the Bradford League's wicketkeeping table and Saturday's perfromance helped Keighley shoot out the visitors for just 38 runs
A top level sporting delegation, including the government's Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn, is due to visit Keighley next week. The minister, together with David Gent, Director of Sport England's Yorkshire Region and Peter Price, Chairman of the new
CROWDS cheered as Jackie Dennis crossed the finish line in the 'Race for Life' last weekend. Jackie, from Haworth, is fighting Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma -- a form of cancer -- but was determined to take part in the money-raising event to raise funds for Airedale
OAKBANK'S athletics squad clinched victory in the Keighley & District Athletics championship held at Greenhead track. A total of seven schools took part in the event with four age groups competing at two meetings which saw Oakbank joining forces with
ALISTAIR HOULDSWORTH has been selected to play for Yorkshire in the Under-16 'Roses' clash with Lancashire at Ashton-under-Lyne on Monday. The Keighley Golf Club member is just 16 years of age but plays of a handicap of just 2.7 shots and was recently
Cougars 20 Chorley 23 - COUGARS were left hanging on to their top of the table spot by the skin of their teeth after crashing to a third consecutive defeat. They have squandered a healthy lead and are now just one point ahead of Hunslet with Sheffield
COACH Gary Moorby has called on Cougar players to bounce back from three consecutive defeats and put their season back on track with a display to be proud of. After clocking up seven consecutive victories at the start of the league season, they were beaten
EMBSAY continue to head the first division of the J P Mewies Craven & District Cricket League and hold a five-point lead over Oakworth, but they had enough anxieties during their six-run win over Bradley to underline that they cannot afford to be
THE arrival at The Avenue of Skipton pair Adam Oldfield and George Smithson may have provoked a good deal of discussion in local rugby circles, but Wharfedale have also been busy adding to their manpower in other directions. Of special interest to fans
SKIPTON'S overseas player Rob Dilger has been the subject of the match reports in recent weeks for his explosive batting performances, but this week he came up trumps with the ball by landing his first five-wicket haul of the season as the Sandylands
SIR - I would like to say "Well done" to yourself and Chief Superintendent Phil Read on your replies to the tirade by Mr Firth. I have the T&A delivered daily, and read it widely from cover to cover (perhaps with the exception of the Sports page,
ONE imagines that in 50 years time, when the future editor of the Craven Herald dips back into the archives for 2053's version of our "Craven Through The Years" column, he (or, just as likely, she) will have a quiet chuckle about our story about washing
Yorkshire could have had their match against Hampshire almost sewn up now but for Australian left-hander Simon Katich whose batting was on a different plain to that of anyone else at Scarborough yesterday. Katich, who played in one championship game for
Undercliffe skipper Martin Kellaway wants Chris Taylor to do well for the rest of the season - but not too well. The fear is that if the opener continues to score heavily for Yorkshire Seconds - he got another 150 on Wednesday - and indeed in the Specialist
Avenue head to the coast tomorrow for a pre-season friendly with an edge. The trip to Bridlington will be more than just another run-out, this is a chance to gain some measure of revenge for a defeat that ruined Avenue's season. Trevor Storton were on
The city of Bradford last night paid tribute to its Special Olympians. There was a civic reception for the area's five athletes who brought home 16 medals from the World Games in Dublin last month. Helen Burton won a gold and three bronzes and fellow
Three games in a week is not hard work - honest. Brian Noble's task for the next few days is to try and convince his players that the extra exertion of a midweek game in London is not too tiring. The Bulls could go top of Super League if they triumph
Dean Windass is promising fans a treat as City aim to launch their centenary celebrations with a bang. Nicky Law's side kick-off the four-team tournament at the Bradford & Bingley Stadium tomorrow against Irish outsiders Coleraine. Aberdeen face Swansea
The latest announcement from education chiefs in Bradford cannot fail to cause consternation and anxiety among teaching staff, governors, parents and pupils. Poorly-performing schools will have 18 months to improve or could face the axe in a bid to cut
oxenhope Under-15s have completed a league and cup double after beating Upper Wharfedale in the final of the Raleigh Hargreaves Cup. In a close fought game Upper Wharfedale reached 143 with William Armitage taking three wickets and Anthony Geraghty claiming
YORKSHIRE were crowned county fellrunning champions after a superb performance in the Inter-County Chmapionships last weekend. The Championships were held as part of the Ingleborough Fell Race on a 7-mile route straight up and down the rugged slopes of
LESS FOSTER clinched a thrilling victory in the Skipton Handicap final at Cononley on Sunday. The Devonshire Club bowler narrowly beat David Leeming 21-20 in a classic final match to win the title for the first time. Losing semi-finalists were David Jacques
WICKET-KEEPER Richard Wood claimed three victims as Keighley swept to an eight-wicket victory over Great Horton. He is now top of the Bradford League's wicketkeeping table and Saturday's perfromance helped Keighley shoot out the visitors for just 38 runs
GLUSBURN celebrated the opening of their new pavilion by reaching the Cowling Cup final for the first time since 1986. The pavilion has given the whole club a boost with both senior teams challenging at the top of their divisions while the 2nd XI are
We decided to sample the delights of Cliffe Castle for Tuesday's training session following our defeat by Chorley -- we thought a nature trail around the grounds would 'freshen' us up. Those of you familiar with Cliffy will recall that there are the one
Parkside school's rounders squads have had another successful season, with the Year-9 team crowned district champions. They beat Buttershaw in the semi-final and went on to defeat Thornton Sports College with an innings to spare in the final. "It was
CROWDS cheered as Jackie Dennis crossed the finish line in the 'Race for Life' last weekend. Jackie, from Haworth, is fighting Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma -- a form of cancer -- but was determined to take part in the money-raising event to raise funds for Airedale
OAKBANK'S athletics squad clinched victory in the Keighley & District Athletics championship held at Greenhead track. A total of seven schools took part in the event with four age groups competing at two meetings which saw Oakbank joining forces with
COACH Gary Moorby has called on Cougar players to bounce back from three consecutive defeats and put their season back on track with a display to be proud of. After clocking up seven consecutive victories at the start of the league season, they were beaten
Ernest Trolley, who died on Tuesday, July 8, aged 91 and was buried in Oakworth Cemetery on Monday, was born in Eccleshill, Bradford in 1912. He won a scholarship to Fosters Central School when he was 10. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade and served
Newlyweds Jason Patrick Little and Kirsty Elizabeth Steed had extra cause for celebration on their big day. For after the marriage ceremony at St Thomas' Parish Church, Sutton, their son Thomas Benjamin was christened. Jason is the younger son of Richard
A bridegroom revisited his roots during a honeymoon in Africa. Ryan Lee Wilkie - who spent the first eight years of his life in South Africa - stayed for four nights in the country with his bride Debra Christine Upton. They explored his hometown and old
Married at St Anne's RC Church, Keighley, were Ralph Neil Greenwood and Lisa Marie Roche. The couple both work at RN Wooler in Keighley - Ralph as a maintenance foreman and Lisa as a secretary. Ralph is the only son of Kathleen Greenwood, of Blackhill
young golfers are getting in the swing to put the greens into Greenhead High School. Students from years seven and eight at the Utley school received expert tuition from PGA pro Simon Hotham. He put the youngsters through the basics of getting the right
A new £4.5 million car dealership has celebrated its first week of opening by receiving a top award from BMW. The new Lister Park dealership in Sticker Lane, Bradford, opened seven days ago and has reported a brisk level of trade at its new location.
Fears are growing that Ilkley could be losing tourist trade to rival towns following the closure of another hotel. The Grove Hotel in the town centre has been sold to property developers - and follows in the wake of the closure of the Wheatley, the Moorview
The Drummonds chimney which towers high above Lumb Lane is one of Bradford's most distinctive landmarks. The huge white letters which proudly spell out the name of one of the city's biggest textile producers can still be seen for miles around. But the
Young chefs at Oakbank School have been currying favour with teachers to raise cash for charity. Twelve students from years nine and ten cooked up a feast of Asian treats for members of staff, with retiring head teacher John Roberts among those tucking
A growing interest in gardening has sown the seeds of success for pupils at a Keighley primary school. Green-fingered pupils at Ingrow Primary School have won a runners-up prize in a national gardening competition. The school entered the Greenfingers
Oakworth Primary School pupils celebrated getting a range of new sports equipment. They received the goods after collecting more than 50,000 Sports for Schools vouchers from United Co-op stores. The school is in the top three of voucher collectors and
A South Craven teenager has scored a hat-trick and earned three of the region's top engineering awards. Emily Cummins, 15, designed a toothpaste dispenser for people with arthritic hands. "I spent a day with my grandfather," she explained. "I was looking
Cub Scouts appalled at the state of their local park have put pen to paper to vent their disgust. Members of the 18-strong 6th Keighley (Oakworth) pack have written to the Keighley News outlining their concerns. They say that Oakworth Park is plagued
TV weatherman Paul Hudson made sure there was no slip up in the forecast last weekend - when he got married as planned! Paul, forecaster on BBC Look North, tied the knot at Almondbury Methodist Church, in Huddersfield, on Sunday. He wed Look North journalist
When it comes to their big day, most brides choose to arrive at church in a vintage white Rolls Royce. But for Helaina Merrett, from Cross Roads, there was only one way to make a stylish entrance -- in a seven tonne truck! The 19-year-old was chauffeur
Patients and staff are to stage a protest in Keighley against the proposed closure and relocation of a rehabilitation unit. Users and medical staff at the Physical Rehabilitation Suite (PRU) at Skipton Hospital are concerned about plans by Airedale NHS
A couple are throwing open the doors of their home-to-be this weekend to satisfy the curiosity of friends and colleagues. Bob and Carole Smithies have been swamped with questions about the detached pad, newly built in the grounds of their existing house
A young couple have told of their heartache following the death of their five-month-old baby from meningitis. Ethan Robinson died suddenly in Airedale Hospital after contracting meningococcal septicaemia. This week his grieving parents Martin Robinson
IMAGINE it is 1639, Charles I is on the throne and has launched an attack against the Scots because they have resisted his attempts to enforce Anglican reforms on their church. The conflicts led to the uprising of Parliament, who would not support military
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl from Skyreholme scaled the heights of Ben Nevis to raise money to help her primary school. Lois Nelson, of Ridge End Cottage, is a pupil at Burnsall School, which is in the midst of raising £20,000 towards the cost of its new classroom
POLICE have banned youngsters from playing in the grounds of Ings School at Skipton out of hours. Until now the school on Broughton Road has allowed children into the grounds on evenings and weekends, but only if they played in front of the main building
CHAMPAGNE corks popped to welcome the first occupants of a new business park that could bring more than 400 jobs to Earby. The first two units on the edge-of-town estate are now up and running, one bringing new industry and jobs and another providing
RAIL contractors have been accused of causing "catastrophic disturbance" to wildlife near Clapham and Bentham Residents living near the Lancaster to Leeds railway line claim safety work to ensure the track edge is free of vegetation breaks Network Rail's
LE Tour de Ingleton filled the village with cyclists on gala day. The fancy dress procession took on a Tour de France theme with colourful bikes and riders galore, while BMX stunt rider Jez Avery entertained the crowds on the gala field. Even Saddam Hussein
A BUS shelter in Cross Hills has got a new lease of life despite a series of misunderstandings over giving it a new lick of paint. The shelter, which is situated outside South Craven School, has been in such a poor state that residents were forced to
SIX years of misery and the stink of sewage around homes in Cross Hills looked set to end this week as contractors finally started work on a blocked drain. Householders in Holmroyd Avenue and Burnroyd Avenue have been plagued by the effect of a blocked
POLICE are hunting masked armed robbers who forced staff at McDonalds in Skipton to lie on the floor while they stole cash from the tills. An 18-year-old kitchen worker was hit in the face with what was thought to be an axe during the robbery on Sunday
THE main entrance to Sutton Clough, a popular local beauty spot, has been closed after officials condemned a footbridge. The timber bridge stretching over the beck within the entrance from Hall Drive has become rotten and public rights of way officers
VIOLENT crime in Skipton has dropped almost 10 per cent between April to July compared to the same period last year - and officers are attributing it to the fear of being banned from drinking in the town centre. Skipton Inspector Tad Nowakowski said the
Silent Cry -- West Yorkshire Playhouse As subjects go, the death of a suspect in police custody is about contentious as it gets. It is to Madani Younis' credit therefore that his play, Silent Cry, refuses to preach and approaches the subject with both
Delta Goodrem -- Innocent Eyes It's a great test of male psychology when a grown man acts like a caged beast when Celine Dion plays on the radio yet nods approvingly when Delta Goodrem strikes up. Despite the two sounding very similar, Delta gets the
Keighley bands unite tomorrow in Bradford for the latest Boardfest rock festival. Local music fans shouldn't be too concerned when they realise several of the bands are unfamiliar. This second gathering of members of Internet community Noseboard features
A world-famous thermalwear company sent cold shivers down a daughter's spine when they sent her a deepest sympathy letter. The chilling letter offering condolences on the death of her 80-year-old mum left Julie Magson seething - because her mum is alive
Firefighters praised a teenage girl who shinned down a drainpipe and rescued her sister and friend trapped in a house blaze. Toni Leigh Weston, 13, saved the lives of sister Ella Marie, 15, and Natasha Hill, 15, of Wibsey, when a first-floor flat on Little
The future of a sniffer dog used by West Yorkshire Fire Service as a weapon in the war against arson was set to be decided today. Dexter, a two-year-old black Labrador, has been sniffing around over the past nine months to find out whether fires have
A salesman who appeared in transparent tights and flashed at a woman in a gym car park was fined £900 by magistrates. Bingley Magistrates Court heard that a gym member was "appalled and disgusted" when 42-year-old Mark Hill exposed himself to her in the
A Cottingley church visited by Prince Charles is to be razed to the ground after being condemned as a dangerous building. Work will begin on Monday to demolish St Michael and All Angels Church after a sudden deterioration in the roof which caused two
oxenhope Under-15s have completed a league and cup double after beating Upper Wharfedale in the final of the Raleigh Hargreaves Cup. In a close fought game Upper Wharfedale reached 143 with William Armitage taking three wickets and Anthony Geraghty claiming
Cullingworth's second wicket partnership all but sewed up their game at home to Long Lee. Adie Powis and Craig Ratcliffe put on 96 runs before Powis was out for 62. Ratcliffe reached 67, taking the total to 146 and the team moved along to 213-7. Chris
Long serving members of Glusburn Cricket Club officially opened their new £220,000 pavilion last week. Joyce Riddiough, Hugh Stephenson and Richard Smith who have been connected with the club for decades performed the opening ceremony, with the building
GLUSBURN celebrated the opening of their new pavilion by reaching the Cowling Cup final for the first time since 1986. The pavilion has given the whole club a boost with both senior teams challenging at the top of their divisions while the 2nd XI are
Parkside school's rounders squads have had another successful season, with the Year-9 team crowned district champions. They beat Buttershaw in the semi-final and went on to defeat Thornton Sports College with an innings to spare in the final. "It was
We decided to sample the delights of Cliffe Castle for Tuesday's training session following our defeat by Chorley -- we thought a nature trail around the grounds would 'freshen' us up. Those of you familiar with Cliffy will recall that there are the one
THE return of Paul Ridgway to the Settle ranks gave the Marshfield men an immediate boost as the paceman turned in a vintage performance at Clitheroe in the Jennings Ribblesdale League. 'Rocky' Ridgway's recent injury-enforced absence, coupled with other
SKIPTON Athletics Club's rising young fell and cross-country starlet, Stuart Hunn (pictured left), won a fell set of gold, silver and bronze medals when representing England at last week's Black Forest Teenager Games at Sasbachwalden in Germany, (writes
THE Environment Agency have already completed their survey of fish stocks on the River Aire, much to the annoyance of the Skipton Angling Association, who would have liked to have witnessed the proceedings, (writes John Preston). The survey was carried
EMBSAY, defending champions in the J P Mewies Craven & District Cricket League and current leaders of Division One, face another important test tomorrow as they bid to sew up another title in record time. The Shires Lane men, unbeaten so far in 13
It has been a busy week for Ilkley Harriers. Last Wednesday they had 12 runners at the finale of the Harrogate Road League, a handicap race over a lovely undulating 9.2km course of parkland (Studley Royal), heath, and a little road. Three Harriers finished
100 years ago Hellifield and the surrounding district was looking forward to getting a gas supply for the coming winter. The Hellifield and District Gas Company had been registered, with a capital of £7,000 in £1 shares to manufacture, sell and supply
The children and young people of our area are taking the lead in raising awareness of the amount of litter and vandalism on our streets and parks. Three stories in this week's issue highlight the impassioned views of young people about the need to keep
