BILLY Bunter always used to have a postal order awaiting delivery. Credit controllers are all too familiar with the expression "the cheque's in the post". But disturbing evidence has come to light showing that such excuses are far more credible as the
Bradford Park Avenue head to the club with most desire to win a place in the Conference North via the play-offs tomorrow as they make the short trip to the other side of the Pennines to take on Ashton United. The Tameside club missed out on automatic
Bulls skipper Robbie Paul officially launched his testimonial season at a glitzy but light-hearted function at Odsal yesterday. The battle between rugby union and rugby league is the theme for a series of functions to be hosted by Paul and brother Henry
Workers at a major carpet manufacturing firm have called off a 24-hour strike planned for today in the hope they can settle their long-running pay dispute. Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) members on the shop floor at Shelf carpet tile manufacturer
A 47-year-old rugby player is taking part in a 60-mile run to raise money for the Personal Award for Excellence Association (PAWE). David Lewis, who is chairman of PAWE, will be running the Fellsman Hike next month . And already the postman has attracted
More than 1,000 members of Keighley's Scout movement hit the streets for their annual St George's Day parade on Sunday. The parade, which went from Gresley Road, along Cavendish Street to St Anne's Roman Catholic Church, in North Street, was staged to
A Community group has been given a major cash boost towards improving its computer suite. Barclays Bank handed over a cheque for £4,985 to the Bangladeshi Community Association (BCA), of Kensington Street, Keighley. Association development officer Abdul
A recruitment company has proved just the job for film crews -- after they asked to borrow its premises for a new television programme. Ace Personnel, of Dalton Mills, Dalton Lane, Keighley, is the new location for BBC drama "North and South". Ace recruitment
Cook Tim Gray believes his savaging by TV chef Gordon Ramsay could turn him into a media celebrity. The 21-year-old whose cooking at Bonaparte's bistro, in Silsden, made Ramsay sick, hopes his next career move will be away from the kitchen and in front
Glowing tributes have been paid to a nine-year-old girl who died this week in a road accident. And her friends will on Sunday be releasing balloons with special messages. Casey Mason was on a shopping errand on her bicycle when she was involved in an
A HIGH profile police operation starts this weekend in High Bentham to try and address the increasing problem of anti-social behaviour among young people in the town. It follows a similar successful operation in Settle recently, when underage drinkers
DOCTORS in Skipton have expressed their outrage at a decision to suspend "social" abortions to reduce waiting times for other services. GPs across the district received a letter from Craven, Harrogate and Rural (CHARD) only after a Skipton practice questioned
A pensioner who says her mother's back rotted away while she was in an Ilkley nursing home has taken the case to the health Ombudsman. Now an investigation is underway into why two care standard reports on 90-year-old Frances Hales's death failed to satisfy
The Eagles Greatest Hits is reputed to be the biggest-selling album all time and the "West Coast" supergroup is still as popular as ever. The Eagles are not available for a concert at Glusburn Institute so fans will have to make do with tribute band B'Eagles
WHETHER it was the Wrath of God, it being Easter time and all that, or a strange stroke of good luck is open to question. But the flood that flashed down the River Beggar just after the holiday cured one major problem although causing others. And now,
A 10-year-old one-legged footballer has amazed a soccer scout with his "tremendous determination". Leeds United scout Steve Wood thought Gomersal Under-11s player Liam Thomas was recovering from an injury as he watched him show off his skills at a match
The family of a 28-year-old who died while waiting for a lung transplant have urged more people to carry donor cards. Newlywed Richard James Hall, of Baildon, died of cystic fibrosis on Sunday, less than six months after he was put on the register for
A Bradford police chief has warned airgun owners to obey a new law or face a lengthy prison sentence. Owners of a particular type of airgun must now have a firearms certificate or surrender the weapon to police. Otherwise they could face at least five
A troubled housing board in Bradford has suffered its third resignation with complaints being made about outstanding repairs and extravagant spending. Tory Bradford councillor Janet Tyne resigned from the South Bradford Housing Trust in March followed
A report which says the public needed to "get moving" in order to protect themselves against cancer and heart disease and improve their quality of life has been welcomed in Bradford. It revealed that the country's "couch potato" culture is costing more
A shortage of child care and the need to get more parents back into work has led to plans for a new, purpose-built children's centre in Bradford. Bradford Council is proposing to create the centre on the site of a city primary school which closes in the
Soft wickets were the order of the day on Saturday and bowlers who were in the ascendancy in the Craven League.. At Oakworth, where Haworth nipped across the Worth Valley to take on their near neighbours the Cure Hill side batted first and struggled against
SILSDEN claimed anarrow victory against Steeton in their early-season local derby. Put into bat Silsden were in trouble at 10-4, but a 64-run stand by Matt Walker and David jackson helped Silsden recover to 124 allout. Neil Spragg made 56 in reply but
Keighley slipped to a narrow two-run defeat against Lightcliffe on the first day of a double-header weekend - and Morley delivered the second blow as they secured a seven-wicket win. Bottomley top scored with 84, but struggled to find partners with staying
Keighley 12 Malton & Norton 14 Keighley's impressive season, which saw them secure 21 victories and suffer only 10 defeats, came to a disappointing end on Saturday with a narrow defeat by Malton & Norton in the semi-final of the Yorkshire Shield
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Mary Fuller helped England win gold at the British Primary Schools Under-11 table tennis championship. Mary, a pupil at Stanbury School, travelled to Guernsey for the competition and also fought her way to the final of the individual competition
INJURIES played a major part in Keighley's Arriva Cup defeat at Barrow last weekend -- but coach Gary Moorby was furious that his side let a 20-0 lead slip through their fingers. "I have to admit I had a few sharp words with the guys after the game, we
SILSDEN were first to show among the Craven trio on the opening day of the Airedale & Wharfedale Cricket League's Division B programme last weekend and tomorrow they bid to consolidate when they visit Calverley. Division B newcomers Steeton and Skipton
Evil clerics should be condemned SIR - Why does Britain allow mad Muslim clerics, and I just don't mean the infamous Abu Hanza, to rant racist hatred against this country? These people should be deported with haste if they are illegal immigrants, or arrested
It is now quite clear that the kid glove approach to the horrendous issue of forced marriages is not working. The vast majority of parents would of course never even think of putting their daughters through such an ordeal -- a blatant breach of human
Queensbury coach Basil Richards is keeping his options open tomorrow when his side meet Dudley Hill Eagles in the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup final at Odsal Stadium (3.30 pm). The former Warrington and Huddersfield Giants forward is awaiting fitness
Mark Hobson is hungry to send Lee Swaby tumbling off the cruiserweight map. The Huddersfield-based double champion puts his British and Commonwealth belts up for grabs in a hometown show on May 27. It is old ground for Hobson against mandatory contender
Pudsey St Lawrence have been boosted in their quest to retain the leadership of the Specialist Ducting Supplies First Division. Former Yorkshire spinner Ian Fisher, now with Gloucestershire, will play for them tomorrow at Cleckheaton. "That will strengthen
Bryan Robson was presented with a Show Racism the Red Card award from Manchester United fan Lucy Hutchinson at Valley Parade yesterday. Robson and Rio Ferdinand, who received his award at Old Trafford, were inducted into the charity's Hall of Fame and
Bryan Robson will unleash the young guns as he calls for a final home fling. Robson is demanding City sign off at Valley Parade with a victory against Stoke tomorrow. And he is likely to start with teenagers Kevin Sanasy and Tom Penford to lift the tempo
The campaign against people who throw their rubbish from cars has got off to an impressive start, with 136 on-the-spot £50 fines handed out since January by the rapid-response team of enforcement officers set up by Bradford Council. The team of 13 officers
A health fund has helped kick-start a campaign by a hospice to raise £900,000 this year. Bradford's Sovereign Health Care has given £15,000 to the Sue Ryder palliative care home at Oxenhope. The hospice needs to raise almost £1 million of its £1.6 million
An alpine garden, constructed using lookalike limestone devised by a Keighley sculptor, won a gold medal at the leading flower show in the North of England. The creation took the top award at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show on its first ever display
An annual children's competition staged by the Airedale Writers' Circle is proving as popular as ever. The committee judged 401 manuscripts, from schools and individuals, in this year's contest. Judges commend all the entries -- 176 poems and 225 stories
A father has sold his schoolgirl daughter into a forced marriage in Bangladesh to pay off £15,000 gambling debts, Keighley MP Ann Cryer claimed this week. She feared the girl, thought to be aged 15, would be flown thousands of miles to become a bride
Politicians galloped to the aid of Haworth Riding for the Disabled when it feared losing one of its horses. Keighley Area Committee members took a flutter on helping the group buy 11-year-old bay gelding Chief. Committee chairman Cllr Andrew Mallinson
Prosecutors offered no evidence against former Keighley Cougars chairman Carl Metcalfe when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a sex offence. The allegation of indecency with a child was dropped and Metcalfe was returned to Full
A GRASSINGTON mother is celebrating after hearing news that her son is set to receive an MBE in recognition for services in Iraq. Diane and David Rasche, of Hebden Road, are proud that Major Mark Robinson, has been included among a list of military honours
A SNIFFER dog will be brought in to assist officers in their crackdown on violence and disorder on the streets of Skipton. During the last few weeks the town has seen an increase in offences after pub and closing times and police are now pledging a zero
RYLSTONE'S own Calendar Girls have touched down for good after completing their whistle-stop tour of the world. Between them, six of the original calendar stars have travelled as far afield as Dublin, Stockholm, Hamburg, Rome, Los Angeles, New York, Holland
Bonapartes, on Kirkgate, Silsden, was the first in a line of restaurants to fall victim to the new television series, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The Channel 4 programme features celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay trying to save failing businesses from bankruptcy
NEWS that an NHS dentist was coming to a practice in Settle saw queues formed on Saturday morning, reminiscent to scenes of rationing in wartime Britain. Even before 6am there was a long line of people waiting outside Oasis dental practice in Station
All for a Reason -- Haven Briefly touted as serious contenders in 2002, Haven's star seems to have gone out. This, their second album, will excite nobody, it's lumpy AOR treading a very well worn path. The tracks are competent and melodious but consistently
Misery -- Keighley Playhouse You might think Tim Lobley has an easy time in this week's production at Keighley Playhouse. After all, as Paul Sheldon, a writer recovering after a car accident, he spends most of the play in bed. But over one winter and
A Ukrainian handyman has lived with an English family for more than 50 years and enjoys an idyllic life with his employers. Then the police begin an investigation into whether he was involved in atrocities in Eastern Europe during the Second World War
SIR - May I pay tribute to Mollie Holmes, who passed away recently. To her many friends and family my heartfelt sympathies, we have all lost a most wonderful lady. I was privileged to know Mollie through my eleven wonderful years in Oxenhope, where Mollie
SIR - Mr Jones' comments in the Craven Herald's letters column of April 16 have prompted me to write in reply. I was amazed when reading about Mr Jones' comments on "ensuring Skipton's survival as a tourist town" that demolishing the LMS Club by the railway
An arts group have been banned from meeting at a Bradford community centre after its teacher drew a "doodle" of Adolf Hitler on the corner of a portrait. Artist Malcolm Stead claims he has been branded a fascist after bosses at the Bradford Resource Centre
Campaigners are demanding action over an eyesore footpath which they claim is unsafe to use and attracts fly-tippers. Residents have handed over a petition containing more than 50 names to housing bosses to protest about the state of the path between
Around 90 jobs are to go at a huge Bradford chemical plant as part of a multi-million-pound programme to make it more cost-effective. Ciba Bradford plant director Rodney Swailes today confirmed that the positions would be lost by the middle of next year
More than 130 motorists have been slapped with on-the-spot fines in Bradford for throwing rubbish from their cars. The £50 fines have been handed out as part of a crackdown on litter louts which was launched by Bradford Council this year. A new rapid
Women are being forced to travel out of the district for abortions after a hospital's health managers stopped the operations. Terminations at Airedale General have been suspended for six weeks as it concentrates on other operations which have to meet
Long Lee Under-12s A played host to Silsden a in an epic Liam Daley Memorial Cup final at Cougar Park this week, and secured a 5-2 victory. Silsden were first to break the deadlock and remained on top for nearly all the first half, until James Francis
Champions battled it out in the Keighley Cup Final with Cross Hills, winners of the West Lancs League Division Two taking on Silsden, Champions of the West Riding County Amateur League. The match attracted a large crowd to see who would be crowned the
Junior basketball in the Keighley area looks strong after nine pupils from local schools were successful in trials across the Bradford district. The girls Under-14s and boys Under-13s have been selected to form squads which will train under the direction
Town had this game sewn up in the first half with 34 unanswered points against Underbank. Hooker, Quinton Sneyd, got the ball rolling after plucking the ball out of the air from a kick on the last tackle, before ducking under a tackle and racing off to
ANOTHER busy weekend for local bowlers starts today when the Worth Valley's Over-60's teams begin their Yorkshire League campaign with games in the Halifax Area. Matches start at 10.30 with the local bowling scene represented by teams at Thrum Hall and
Barrow 32, Cougars 20 - PETER ROE'S Barrow side dumped Cougars out of the Arriva Cup -- after Keighley looked to have victory sewn up. They ran up a 20-0 lead with a stunning first half display, and then saw their domination swept away by the determined
TEENAGE climber Tom Bolger took the junior title in the first round The North Face Bouldering Challenge at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmngham recently. Tom, a pupil at Oakbank School, completed six 'problems' -or climbs - in just six minutes
THE 50th Three Peaks race went appropriately enough to a runner who has long had a special affinity to the mountainous challenge when Andy Peace of Bingley Harriers won the event for the fourth time on Sunday. Apart from his many wins in the hills and
SKIPTON LMS have been having their stamina put to a very searching test in recent days and it is a credit to their stamina and resolve that they are still in line for a Premiership title and Morrison Cup double after a programme of matches that would
WHARFEDALE and North Ribblesdale will probably welcome the chance to wrap up the rugby season with a light-hearted friendly at Grove Park on Sunday (3pm) after a couple of weeks which have brought little joy to either camp, (writes Tony Simpson). The
100 Years Ago CRUELTY to children was far, far worse, it seems, 100 years ago. The annual meeting of the Craven branch of the NSPCC, held in Settle, reported that a staggering 199 cases had been investigated by the local branch involving 614 children
