CUTBACKS to the postal service in Ilkley are proving as popular as a hefty bill dropping through the letterbox. Few cared when they learned that Royal Mail was about to stamp out its second postal delivery of the day, and most were happy to open a few
Victoria Rangers' cruel luck continued to the very last with a 20-19 defeat at Queensbury ensuring they will be relegated from the Premier Division at the end of the season. The Vics took the lead after 15 minutes when young scrum half Leonard Dalladay
David Wetherall today saluted chief executive Julian Rhodes for his on-going fight to keep City alive.Rhodes is hoping to negotiate a stay of execution for the club for the rest of the sea-son and is waiting to hear posi-tive news back from the Foot-ball
In what has so far been a sea-son of returns and reunions for Mick Withers, tomorrow night's comeback match against Salford is pretty much par for the course.When With-ers makes his return after a month out - but only one game missed - due to a shoulder
THERE has been a great buzz of excitement around Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School this week. The school's first XV rugby squad have been busy preparing for the biggest day of their lives - a cup final at Twickenham. What is probably the most talented
OFF-ROAD bikers who are churning up a field in Yeadon are the target of a new clampdown by Leeds City Council. Staff from the Parkswatch department have put up warning signs on Plane Tree Hill as part of a scheme to prevent anti-social behaviour in public
DOG walkers are being urged to keep their pets under control after a lamb was savaged to death. The weeks-old lamb, belonging to Otley farmer David Lawson of Russell's Farm, was killed in an apparently frenzied attack sometime on Friday last week. Its
Otley's Safeway supermarket has been bought by Waitrose. And the food shop chain of the John Lewis Partnership, is promis-ing to create a 'state of the art' supermarket on the Westgate site. The move, part of a strategic northwards expansion by Waitrose
They were just a few small steps - but to Emma Danskin's mum they were nothing short of miraculous. The 17-year-old was seriously injured in a car crash last November and her family were warned that she would never walk again. But the determined teenager
A village is celebrating after winning its battle for conservation status. A large chunk of Menston is now set to be protected after councillors formally agreed to approve a conservation area. And an existing protected zone in Burley-in-Wharfedale has
CHARGES of arson and burglary against an Otley teenager were not proven at Leeds Youth Court last week. The 15-year-old, who was 14 when arrested and cannot be named for legal reasons, had been facing charges relating to a break-in and fire at Prince
TODAY sees the launch of a £300,000 appeal for the new Wharfedale Hospital, Otley. The £15 million state-of-the-art hospital is due to be completed in October and should be fully operational by the end of November. And although the hospital will be fully
In 1925, Ramsay McDonald opened the Labour Bazaar in Bradford.In 1933, Nazi Ger-many began its persecution of the Jews by a boycott of Jewish owned businesses.In 1983, in the cause of "world peace", 30,000 people linked hands around the US air force base
United Co-operatives, which has a string of business interests in Bradford, has announced plans for a £100 million shopping spree after unveiling a tenth successive rise in annual profits. Chief executive Peter Marks said United, which owns the Sunwin
THE ARCHBISHOP of York is to visit Ilkley for the dedication of a unique work of art in an Ilkley church. The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr David Hope will officially dedicate the huge 10ft by 8ft painting by Ilkley artist Graeme Willson at St
A village is celebrating after winning its battle for conservation status. A large chunk of Menston is now set to be protected after councillors formally agreed to approve a conservation area. And an existing protected zone in Burley-in-Wharfedale has
A Bingley campaign group which feared it would fold was granted a stay of execution at an extraordinary general meet-ing last night.Members feared the Better Bingley Campaign would close because no-one was prepared to support it.But al-though the majority
YOUNGSTERS in the Wharfedale area will have the chance in the coming week to both view world class stars in racket sports and have the opportunity to play themselves. Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club is hosting a week of events which kick off tomorrow
Just over 200 runners competed in the County Orienteering Championships last weekend which were held in the Yorkshire Wolds at Londesborough Park, near Market Weighton. A mixture of steep-sided woodland and parkland made for very fast terrain except for
Otley Saracens 72, Stockton 8 ORIGINAL opponents Manchester cancelled so Saracens arranged a fixture with Stockton and there was little in it in the opening quarter. Kris Kendra suffered an early rib in-jury and was replaced by Stewart Wilson. The visitors
Burley Trojans 1, Pateley Bridge 0 A brilliant goal from Trojans' leading scorer Chris Connolly midway through the first-half was enough to settle this close encounter played out in near hurricane conditions. It was Connolly's 22nd goal in as many games
This Saturday's fixture against Bedford is Otley's first of three consecutive home matches. They will then face Yorkshire rivals Wakefield and London Welsh which will be followed by the final fixture of the season at Manchester. The squad will no doubt
Hyde United 1, Guiseley 0 A MUCH improved second-half display saw Guiseley go close to sharing the points with league leaders Hyde United on Saturday. Phil Salt had put the home team in the lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time but it
WHARFEDALE Triangle League side Rawdon AFC made it to their third cup final when they hammered Bradford side Albion Sports Reserves 6-0 on Tuesday. The Rawdon side were playing for the right to oppose fellow Wharfedale Triangle League side Yeadon Park
OTLEY power lifter Lee Lawson is aiming high after regaining the Scottish Champion-ship in Livingstone. The 28 year-old, who has Downs Syndrome, hit back after losing his Scottish title last year. Lee is a shining light for disabled sports people with
It's still a joke, but after years of comments Bradford design student Susan Hogan is poised for a career as a Britney Spears lookalike.The 21-year-old has been snapped up by an agency and hopes to raise some extra money to see her through col-lege. "
Convicted murderer George Naylor - serving a life prison sentence for strangling a teen-age girl - is going back to court to claim his innocence for the third time.Naylor, now 58, was twice convicted by juries of murdering 18-year-old prosti-tute Maureen
It used to be plain old Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust.Then in 2002 it added the word "teach-ing" to its title when it began to offer more training for the doc-tors of tomorrow.Now in a fur-ther prestigious move the city's hospital trust has been awarded
City centre traders are fighting a bid to put shops into a major leisure development which was originally given planning per-mission for bars and restau-rants.Bradford Chamber will submit objections to planning applications by developers Asda St James
The creditors owed a total of nearly £36 million by Bradford City Football Club are expected to be offered a 'take it or leave it' deal next week which will decide the club's fate.Chief ex-ecutive Julian Rhodes - whose family is owed £12 million of the
Just over 200 runners competed in the County Orienteering Championships last weekend which were held in the Yorkshire Wolds at Londesborough Park, near Market Weighton. A mixture of steep-sided woodland and parkland made for very fast terrain except for
Ilkley 4, Beckwithshaw 1 After the previous weeks game was postponed, the Booths sponsored Ilkley AFC got back to winning ways, overcoming a potential banana skin game at home to bottom of the table side Beckwithshaw. Ilkley, having suffered a disappointing
Renee describes herself as a "smart, single woman", who has no children of her own. She says: "I have a wonderful sense of humour and a suppor-tive family".She also has shrewd business sense. Renee, from Arkansas in the United States, lists her requirements
Buxton 6 Eccleshill 1 Eccleshill United slumped to their second heavy defeat in three games in the Northern Counties East Premier Division when four late goals slanted the scoreline in favour of Buxton. The Derbyshire outfit ran away with the game in
An international squash tour-nament is the centrepiece of Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club's Easter Racquets Week, which starts tomorrow.The event, part of the Prince Grand Prix, finishes on Sunday and has attracted 14 of the world's leading 200 men.But
Avenue won their second game under new manager Carl Shutt with a second-half strike from Craig Smith that was worthy of winning any game at any level as they beat red rose rivals Ashton United for the first time at Horsfall Stadium.The boss saw his side
Mormon records are being recommended as an invaluable source of information for people wanting to trace their ancestors. Amateur geneologists are able to find a potential wealth of information in indexes compiled by the religion, which encourages its
OTLEY'S Easter Cross was hauled into place on Otley Chevin at the weekend. Dozens of people helped pull the 32ft high cross into place high above the town. The cross, made from pitch pine salvaged from the 1996 IRA bombing of Manchester City Centre, will
THE BUILDING of three new primary schools in Aireborough and Horsforth will go ahead - after planners pushed for the use of natural materials. Concerns were raised last week about plans for replacement schools Rawdon Littlemoor and Yeadon South View Juniors
In the minds of far too many people, the religion of Islam and the concept of global terrorism have become inextricably linked. All right-thinking people, especially those who live in a multicultural society such as Bradford, know that being a Muslim
A woman who survived the trauma of seeing her have-a-go-hero boyfriend stabbed to death is to use her horrific experience to support other victims of crime. Nadia Mitchell went to court and gave evidence that helped convict the killer of her boyfriend
THE rebuilding of Ilkley's Coronation Hospital could finally begin within the next 12 months, health chiefs have announced. Leaders of the Ilkley Coronation Hospital campaign group say they are delighted to have earned assurances from senior Airedale
They were just a few small steps - but to Emma Danskin's mum they were nothing short of miraculous.The 17-year-old was seriously injured in a car crash last November and her family were warned that she would never walk again.But the determined teenager
Airport stake sell-off 'a sensible idea' SIR, - The suggestion that the five West Yorkshire local authorities should sell at least part of their stake in Leeds Bradford Airport (Wharfedale, March 18) is eminently sensible. Leeds City Council, which owns
Tory pension finance policy is criticised SIR, - In criticising the approach of Government Ministers, Coun Hawkesworth (Gazette letters, March 25) conspicuously fails to attach any responsibility to the 'light touch' reactive regulatory regime put in
New guidelines to prevent vulnerable young Asian girls being forced into marriage were unveiled by the Government today. Campaigning MP Ann Cryer - who revealed up to 300 girls a year are removed from Bradford schools and flown to Pakistan to wed - has
A coroner has called for a pedestrian crossing at a set of traffic lights after a pensioner was run over and killed last year. But Bradford Council says two are already planned for the area and work is due to start soon. At an inquest yesterday, Bradford
A psychiatric patient tried to strangle a hospital worker be-cause he believed she was an SAS spy, a court heard.Geoffrey Slingsby, 42, appeared at Leeds Crown Court yesterday after he had admitted a charge of wounding with in-tent at an earlier hearing.An
Fewer than one-fifth of 18-year-olds in Bradford are going on to university, it was revealed as MPs voted on controversial student top-up fees.Prime Min-ister Tony Blair overcame a backbench revolt on variable fees to win the vote last night. An amendment
YOUNGSTERS in the Wharfedale area will have the chance in the coming week to both view world class stars in racket sports and have the opportunity to play themselves. Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club is hosting a week of events which kick off tomorrow
Ilkley 29, Beverley 54 On a perfect spring day at stacks field Beverley came with a virtually full-strength side determined to add the Yorkshire Shield to the Powergen Yorkshire two league trophy, which is already in the bag. They might well have expected
Bramhope 1, Addingham 1 Honours were even in this scrappy, untidy game played in spring like conditions. Addingham were still without Jamie Taylor, Chlebo and Simon Collins and the lack of real flair, coupled with a week without a game only added to the
The drivers who deserve hassleSIR - Unfortunately I am old enough to remember the stir caused by the film Easy Rider and the influence the movie had on motorcycles of the era. High handlebars, ex-tended forks, garish backrests - real attention-grabbers.However
FOR decades Otley people have fought tooth and nail for their Wharfedale Hospital. While communities across the country have lost their hospitals and had their patients sent to impersonal city complexes, Otley through sheer determination has managed to
