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  • We can bounce back - Sinnott

    Farsley Celtic will be aiming to bounce back from Tuesday's unfortunate defeat and re-establish their UniBond Division One title aspirations when mid-table Kidsgrove Athletic visit Throstle Nest tomorrow. The midweek loss cost the Celts second place in

  • Hare is eyeing a return to the ring

    James Hare has fixed his sights on a May comeback after undergoing treatment to clear up an eye complaint. The former WBF welterweight champion has been taking his time since the first loss of his pro career three months ago. But his recovery from the

  • King cannot see Havant reigning

    Havant may have won Rugby World magazine's website of the month award for April, but Bradford and Bingley want to ensure that is all they will win over the next few weeks. The clubs meet tomorrow in a Powergen Intermediate Cup tie at Wagon Lane with the

  • Eagles has not landed

    City were beaten by the clock in their bid to land Chris Eagles. Sir Alex Ferguson had agreed just before yesterday's transfer deadline to let Bryan Robson borrow the Manchester United youngster for free for the rest of the campaign. But City ran out

  • Resident's go back to school

    The Russell Street Project, in Keighley, has teamed up with a primary school to help adults keep up with the latest technology. Started in January, the adult computer classes at Denholme Primary School have proved so popular that a waiting list has now

  • Big crowd for model railway

    More than 1,000 train enthusiasts made tracks to a model railway exhibition at the weekend. People from across the country came to the town for Keighley Model Railway Club's 29th annual exhibition at Victoria Hall. Keighley town Mayor Councillor Nancy

  • Search for big pools winners

    Littlewood's football pools millionaires Tommy and Elaine McDonagh are being sought to help celebrate the company's 80th birthday. The couple, who were living in Cross Roads, at the time, scooped the £1,010,172.40p win in October, 1987. The huge windfall

  • Body of missing walker found

    A body, believed to be that of an 80-year-old walker last seen nearly a month ago, has been found in a remote moorland spot. Detectives removed the body from the moor on Wednesday, after they were alerted by a couple who were walking the Pennine Way,

  • Engineering company axes 30 jobs

    Thirty jobs are to be lost at Landis Lund, of Eastburn, it was revealed this week. The 311 workers at the machine tool manufacturer's plant were told of the redundancies at a meeting on Monday morning. Managing director Roger Coverdale said: "The redundancies

  • Proud family celebrates Child of Courage award

    A YOUNG girl from Barnoldswick is to receive an award in recognition of her bravery in coping with a malignant brain tumour. Charlotte Amos, aged 12, from Gisburn Road, was nominated by her grandma, Sonia Amos, to receive a Child of Courage award from

  • Dumping ground evokes Third World images

    BAGS filled with rubbish, permanently fixed rat traps and mounds of dog dirt are not sights you would want to see just metres away from Skipton High Street. Yet, hidden away behind the shops on Newmarket Street is a scene akin to a Third World country

  • Shop has to close as gales bring chaos to Craven

    THE battering winds over the weekend meant a miserable Mother's Day for fledgling business Eight. The delicatessen and catering shop at the junction of Swadford Street and Coach Street had to close as tiles and stone crashed down from its roof on Saturday

  • Out on screen

    Under the Tuscan Sun - An American lawyer (Diane Lane, pictured) bids farewell to her job and travels to Italy's Tuscany region. There she buys a derelict villa near the village of Cortona and create a new life for herself. While work on her new home

  • The Curmudgeon

    THERE are always lots of secrets lurking in the shadows of Beggarsdale. It is the nature of the place, as if the long shadows cast over the dale until the sun climbs over Tup Fell encourages hidden emotions and intrigues. For one secret to be revealed

  • Why Jim will take walk in his stride

    When widower Jim Anderson steps out for the Macmillan nurses' Shipley Stride he will be doing it in memory of his wife who died two years ago. Mr Anderson, 75, says that without the help of the Macmillan nurses the experience of losing his wife Margery

  • Down Memory Lane

    Mrs Joan Atha, of Greenfell Close, has supplied this portrait of Mr Howarth's class of 14 to 15-year-olds at Highfield School, one of Keighley's more recent institutions to disappear. The year is about 1962, as represented by some of the girls' hair styles

  • £1m trail on old rail line starts

    The first phase of a £1 million project to transform a defunct railway track into a leisure trail, is under way. Work has begun to waterproof Cullingworth viaduct at the start of the Great Northern Trail along the old Cullingworth to Queensbury line.

  • New HQ 'could delay fire engines'

    A new state-of-the-art fire station in Bradford could hamper fire crews' response times, a union claimed today. Bradford firefighters will move to a new multi-million-pound home in Leeds Road within a year and fire authority bosses say it will improve

  • Bottom line for young RL fans

    Bradford Bulls have thrown their weight behind a campaign to get more parents to help the environment by using real nappies. Dumping disposable nappies on landfill sites costs taxpayers in the city £800,000 a year. Now Bradford Council has joined forces

  • Ancient Buddha's visit to Bradford

    A rare and ancient Indian relic worth hundreds of thousands of pounds will go on show at a Bradford museum. The £850,000 statue - a standing figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni - will be on display at Cartwright Hall in Manningham's Lister Park. The seventh

  • Inspectors praise pupils' personal development

    School standards inspectors have said pupils' personal development at a special school is good, but warned its sixth formers needed more preparation for life. The Ofsted report for Bolling Special School, in East Bowling, showed subjects and lessons for

  • Call for exit interviews

    Education campaigners are calling for exit interviews to be introduced for teachers leaving Bradford schools to help stamp out bullying among staff. This comes after it was revealed that one in ten contacts with the Teacher Support Network - a national

  • Police focus on terrorism and trouble

    Preventing terrorism and serious disorder such as the Bradford riots are key targets for West Yorkshire Police in the coming year. A report, outlining the West Yorkshire Policing Plan for 2004-5, said that the September 11 terrorist attacks, the general

  • Golf: Club thanked for charity drive

    Silsden Golf Club's 2003 Captain Colin Gore (second from left) and President Malcolm Guy, receive a certificate of appreciation from Frances Bertram, left, and Denise Dine of the Multiple Sclerosis Society's Keighley branch. The club raised £1,070 for

  • Rugby Union: Tournament win for South Craven

    South Craven School Under-16s rugby union side went unbeaten at an annual 10-a-side tournament to lift the trophy. The team won all their four games at the invitational tournament at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Their toughest match of the

  • Rugby League: Injury halts Town game

    Underbank 14 Keighley Town 2 - (Match abandoned) Keighley match at Underbank was abandoned after Paul Scott suffered a broken leg early in the second half. Early exchanges showed it was going to be an error riddled game with the ball hard to control and

  • Golf: County call-up

    TEENAGE golfer Alistair Houldsworth has been called up for Yorkshire Under-18s to play Derbyshire boys next month. Alistair, a member of Keighley Golf Club, plays off a 2-shot handicap and hopes to keep his 100 per cent record when playing for his county

  • Soccer: County Amateurs

    Keeper Martin Foulger was the hero of a torrid first half in which Silsden faced not only third in the table but also a fierce wind. He made a string of magnificent saves as Tyersal dominated and looked to repeat their early season victory, which made

  • Letters to the Editor

    Proof that crime really does pay SIR - On the day my council tax bill dropped through my letterbox, stating, among other things an increase of 14.9 per cent in my contribution to the West Yorkshire Police Authority, how ironic it was I found myself in

  • Trust deserves praise for repairs plan

    The lock stock and barrel takeover of council houses by a housing trust was not widely welcomed in some quarters. The question was rightly asked about the long-term effects of selling off the civic silver. As the debate rolled on, one fact became clear

  • Tell-tale signs that Skipton is on the up

    THE doom-mongers have often told us that Skipton is "not what it used to be". Maybe the time has come to look a little more closely at the evidence and there's a strong case for saying that the town is showing strong signs of a vibrant, mixed economy.

  • Noble's wait to hear Great Britain fate

    Bulls coach Brian Noble won't be confirmed as Great Britain coach in the near future. Club chairman Chris Caisley has responded to a letter from the Rugby Football League seeking clarification on the Bulls' proposal for Noble to do the job on a part-time

  • Our proud history is in the balance

    A hundred years of proud sporting history hang in the balance today. The notion that tomorrow's home match against Burnley could be Bradford City's last league football match is too horrendous to contemplate but, unfortunately, that is the reality facing

  • On This Day

    In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died aged 57. In 1903, the Esholt sewage scheme was adopted. In 1973, actor and composer Noel Coward died. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 26th, 1979... This year's annual dinner of Grattan Warehouses Ltd

  • Window on Brontes

    The world of the famous Bronts has been captured on leaded windows, thanks to the inspiration of Keighley students. The two windows were unveiled at the Bront Parsonage Museum by pupils from Braithwaite special school, who spent about four months working

  • Butcher retires

    A butcher in Silsden is finally hanging up his cleavers after more than four decades as the town's meat man. After 45 years as one of Silsden's longest standing businessmen, John Smithies, of Aireville Crescent, is to sell his shop, which he runs with

  • Keighley Day weathers the storm

    The show went on, despite wind and rain marring the second annual Keighley Day celebrations at the weekend. A variety of activities arranged for the town went ahead through the bad weather, attracting residents and visitors from Leeds -- and even Canada

  • Weigh ahead! It's good news for PM

    Growing concern for responsible waste management helped a Bradford manufacturing company post a huge 103 per cent increase in turnover today. Canal Road-based PM Group Plc saw turnover grow from £3.5 million to £7.2 million for the year ending December

  • Clare signs multi-million pound record deal

    A Kildwick musician has signed a multi-million pound record deal said to be the largest ever by a UK jazz artist. Clare Teal, pictured above, has landed the major recording contract with music giant Sony, after performing at a special concert in Milton

  • Corrie goes shopping for train-mad Roy

    A heritage museum has come to the aid of Coronation Street's railway anorak Roy Cropper. His caf in the popular soap is to have a face-over and Roy has turned to the Keighley-based Vintage Carriage's Trust for help. He is to decorate his business with

  • Getting a pizza Spain

    An Italian restaurant in Keighley swapped its pizzas for paella. The special Spanish night at Villa Fiori, in North Street, was organised after the owners were approached by visiting Spanish artist Antonio Ariza Ferrari and flamenco guitarist Raphael

  • Degree of success for student's love life

    A Keighley businessman has explained how his Open University (OU) degree changed his life. Since graduating in October, Stephen Bruckshaw, 43, of Laythorpe Terrace, East Morton, has set up his own business and become engaged to a classmate. Both Stephen

  • Daugher in plea for missing father's return

    A teenage girl who last saw her father three years ago has made a desperate plea for him to make contact. Toni Jefferson, 16, last met her father, Paul, just two days before her thirteenth birthday on February 22, 2001. He turned up at her home in Wyke

  • Chloe loses fight for life

    A BABY given just a 15 per cent chance of reaching her first birthday has died two weeks before it. Chlo Leanne Bibby died in the arms of her 23-year-old mother, Leanne, at 7.30pm last Thursday, in Airedale Hospital. Leanne, of Prior Street, said: "She

  • Award planned for man defying the odds

    A disabled man, not expected to live beyond his teens, has been nominated for an award to mark his dedication to a village fund-raising event. Graham Inman (pictured), 43, who suffers from a rare condition of the nervous system, has spent 30 years helping

  • Emily to walk on wild side

    It's "safari so good" for a teenager off to do animal conservation work in Africa. Emily Johnson has the gear, the accommodation and bags of enthusiasm, all she needs now is £2,000 to pay for the trip. The 19-year-old, who is set to take her walk on the

  • She loves you Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!

    Oyez, oyez! Will you marry me? The wind and rain during Saturday's Keighley Day celebrations could not dampen the spirits of one town councillor after he proposed to his partner through Keighley's town crier. Laycock and Braithwaite councillor John Philip

  • Redundancy fears at Jobcentre

    Up to 60 jobs in Keighley could be lost after the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) announced plans to centralise its benefits service in Bradford. The Keighley News can reveal that staff at the Benefits Office, at Worth House, in Worth Way, were

  • Right turns 'ban' to speed traffic

    Right-hand turns could be banned at one of Keighley's busiest junctions. As part of plans to alleviate the town's traffic problems, buses and taxis might be the only vehicles allowed to turn right from North Street into Cavendish Street. And right turns

  • Funding row grinds hand-over to a halt

    Bradford Council was today on a collision course with the Highways Agency over who is responsible for further easing traffic congestion on a key commuter route. The Council has told the agency it is not prepared to take over the A650 between Hard Ings

  • Tenant calls for action seven years after devastating flood

    A SKIPTON man is calling on Craven Housing to repair his kitchen which was damaged during flooding around seven years ago. Dennis Goodwin said that his Greatwood Avenue home filled up with inches of water after nearby drains became blocked. He said along

  • Resident calls for action to end mindless vandalism

    A CROSS Hills resident is hoping the police can come up with answers to deal with increased vandalism. He claims that the village is under threat from mindless vandalism which is getting worse. The man did not want to be named for fear of reprisal, but

  • Jazz singer lands multi-million pound contract

    SOUTH Craven's Clare Teal has landed the biggest ever multi-million pound album deal by a UK jazz singer. Clare, who was educated at South Craven School, Cross Hills, has signed the recording contract with music production giant Sony. It plunges her into

  • Herald helps to unearth historic film footage

    HISTORIC film which has lain unseen in a Skipton garage for half a century could be restored and shown publicly once again. The Yorkshire Film Archive Trust is to examine the film of Skipton, which may date back to 1910, and, if possible, restore it so

  • A must for Beatles fans

    I. Me. Mine -- George Harrison. Originally published in a limited run of 2,000 copies in 1980, I. Me. Mine. is a combination of the so-called quiet Beatle's memoirs, and a collection of private photos. Although it is the shortest part of the book, the

  • Theatre Reviews

    Homage to Catalonia - West Yorkshire Playhouse: Since reading 1984 at school, I've always been a massive Orwell fan. Therefore I'm ashamed to admit that Homage to Catalonia is one of the few books of his I haven't yet read. What a relief then that the

  • Sounding Out: American invasion

    The first of three American guests arrives at the Bacca Pipes Folk club tonight to perform her traditional and contemporary music. Debra Cowan is said to sing with the clarity and pureness of Judy Collins or Maddy Prior but remain in a class by herself

  • Dalesfolk: Malcolm Davidson

    EARLIER this month, I sat in the bar of a Cumbrian rugby club with 100-plus English rugby union fans and watched TV as our world champions were being humiliated by the Irish - at "fortress Twickenham" of all places. Among us was a solitary Ireland fan

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - After reading of the town centre 'clampdown' on parking infringements, especially on disabled drivers, I was a little angry. After receiving a parking ticket that very same day, I am fuming! In Keighley there are very few places a disabled driver

  • Finance drives hospital decisions

    SIR - I have been following the debate on the closure of the Physical Rehabilitation Unit (PRU), and the Craven Harrogate And Rural District (Chard) PCT's plans for the future of Skipton General Hospital. There is some overlap of these two subjects. I

  • Peace but no quiet for landmark group

    With 400 staff and students from 40 countries, the peace studies department has been at the forefront of conflict resolution for three decades. These days it sets the standards others follow. When it was set up, the world had experienced a series of continuous

  • 'Vendetta' at heart of claims

    The manager of a fan club of one of the world's most famous motor racing teams has admitted some of the remarks he made to a 19-year-old employee were inappropriate. But Neil Riddell, the manager of Team McLaren Limited - a satellite company of the Formula

  • Ruth's doing a first class job!

    A mother of four who had no qualifications has attained a first class law degree after starting her studies to provide for her family when her husband was struck down with cancer. When Ruth Wood's husband was told his illness had come back after being

  • Paul charged with breath-test failure

    Former Bradford Bulls star Henry Paul has been charged with failing to give a breath test after being stopped by police. The goal-kicking half-back and centre, who played with younger brother Robbie at the Bulls for four seasons, was pulled over by officers

  • Clare to be honoured

    Controversial former Cabinet minister Clare Short is to receive an honorary degree from Bradford University this summer. Academics have made the award in recognition of her work as International Development Secretary - a post she resigned from after the

  • We can't let City die

    Leading figures from across Bradford today called for people to back the Bantams in the football club's hour of need. Bradford City goes into tomorrow's crunch match against rivals Burnley with critical survival talks still unresolved as the clock ticks

  • Cricket: Indoor cricketers claim double

    A TOTAL of 10 teams took part in Oakbank Sport Centre's indoor cricket league, keeping the summer game going throughout the winter months. Keighley-based team 'Attock' went through the campaign unbeaten to win the competition with Craven League club Foulridge

  • Rugby Union: Crusaders step up a gear

    Keighley 20 Huddersfield 10 - Keighley claimed a notable scalp with a well-earned victory over Huddersfield -- a club operating two leagues higher than the Utley side. Neither was at full strength in a game much affected by a crossfield gale-force wind

  • Archery: Renee takes county title

    ARCHER Renee Metcalfe has been crowned Yorkshire Champion - just over two years after taking up the sport. Renee, who works at Airedale Springs, Haworth, won the Yorkshire Indoor Championship at Wakefield with consistently accurate shooting. Using a high-tech

  • Climbing: Tom holds British title

    CLIMBER Tom Bolger retained his British Youth title following a successful winter season. Tom, a pupil at Oakbank School, trains on the school's climbing wall, at a specialist centre in Leeds and even has his own 'wall' set up in the cellar of the family

  • Karate: Treble gold for our champs

    THREE Keighley-based karate stars collected gold medals at the sport's national championships last weekend. Paul Newby, Cain Canning and Ben Bottomley were all crowned champions during the English Karate Championships after competing against the best

  • Soccer: Junior round-up

    A good all round team performance by Silsden Under-12s ensured Silsden reached the final of the Liam Daly Cup, to be held at Cougar Park on the 25th of April, in fine style. Silsden's hard work and excellent two touch passing game proved too much for

  • Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday League

    CROSSFLATTS clocked up their 15th consecutive league and cup victory when they beat AC Victoria last weekend. They have cruised to the championship of the Premier League with ease with an impressive 18 wins out of 19 games. Crossflatts are also in the

  • Cougars:Charge blasts Halifax

    Cougars 26, Halifax 8 - COUGARS bared their claws and ripped Halifax apart with a devastating display of attacking rugby. The ex-Super League side had no answer to the power and determination of a charged-up Keighley side which had been brought back to

  • Cougars: Danny is Arriva Cup star

    Cougar powerhouse forward Danny Ekis might not be the biggest prop in professional Rugby League - but he certainly packs a powerful punch. The 22-year-old stood head and shoulders above the rest in Sunday's clash with Halifax - shining brighter than a

  • Craven through the years

    100 years ago COUNCIL elections were taking place in Skipton with three wards up for grabs, North, South and East. The various candidates had been busy rallying support in the dying moments before the polls closed. The results were thought to be too close