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  • Wilson building up an Andy lead

    Bradford teenager and 2003 Kart Champion, Andy J Wilson, extended his advantage in the Manchester & Buxton Kart Club Senior TKM Championship at the Three Sisters International race circuit near Wigan. In wet conditions Wilson took a win (from pole

  • A change is as good as a rest for Bulls

    It's been a humid week, but one thing the Bulls players won't be on Sunday is fatigued when they face Hull FC. "Everyone has been raring to go in training," confessed Bulls second-rower Jamie Peacock. And one reason, apart from the importance of the top-four

  • Big race for the number 1 spot

    Paul Henderson can nail down his place in City's team for the big kick-off. The Australian keeper, who the club hope to sign on a permanent deal, will play in goal at Shrewsbury tomorrow. And another good performance could cement his chances of starting

  • BNP councillor loses taxi job

    BNP councillor Chris Kirby has been sacked from his job as a taxi driver as a result of his political beliefs. Metro Keighley boss Stuart Hastings this week admitted firing Cllr Kirby because the firm "doesn't get involved in religion or politics". His

  • Bedside cuppas raise £4,000

    A ten-year-old boy with a brain tumour has raised more than £4,000 for charity. Daniel Wilkinson, of Monkmans Wharfe, Silsden, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in March after he was admitted to Airedale Hospital for violent vomiting. But instead

  • Super gran makes special delivery

    A super gran went from sewing machinist to midwife in just half-an-hour when she delivered her grandson on the living room floor. Julie Ferrey, of Ingrow, was staying at her daughter's house because she was overdue to give birth. In the early hours of

  • Witness plea over hit-and-run horror

    Detectives have released images from CCTV cameras to help track down witnesses to a deliberate hit-and-run attack in Keighley. Police say the man who was driven at could have died. Paramedics rushed him to Airedale General Hospital where he had emergency

  • County pays out £1,700 a week on derelict home

    FRESH calls are being made for Skipton's Burnside House to be put to community use - as it emerged that nearly £1,700 is being spent every week on its upkeep. The former children's home was gutted by fire early last year, but it has laid empty for much

  • Dales museum celebrates 35th anniversary

    A MUSEUM which started because of the enthusiasm of six men is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Upper Wharfedale Museum Society began in the early 1970s when six men decided to build a model of Grassington as it was at the time of the Tithe

  • Val says goodbye to her 'baby'

    IT started out as a weekend hobby for 11 ladies and a boy. And it peaked with a joint performance by a 50-strong orchestra and an 80-voice choir. Some "baby," as Val Baulard describes the Langcliffe Singers, a group she founded in one of the smallest

  • The Curmudgeon

    AS we all know, Owd Tom is a cunning old rogue. What we didn't know is that he is a world-class thespian. If they gave Oscars for court appearances, he would be up there on the stage in Hollywood, welly boots and all. As I reported a month or so ago,

  • Five more children at risk each week

    More than 43 children have been added to Bradford's child protection register since April. The list grew by an average of five children a week between the end of April and the end of June. The latest figures show a total of 275 children on the list of

  • Young could hold out a helping hand

    Bradford's young people could help other youngsters who are suffering the agony of self-harm, says the head of the city's Samaritans. Director of the Bradford branch Alistair Sharpe said: "I want to get through to more young people and the way to do this

  • Office block is to rise from ashes of mill

    A flagship office block will rise from the ashes of a Victorian mill which was destroyed in a huge blaze. Fire investigators believe the inferno which engulfed the mill building in Harris Street, Barkerend, Bradford, was probably started deliberately.

  • Mother's tears as judge lets her walk free

    A mother-of-four has walked free from court after being sentenced for unlawfully killing her drunken partner. Julie Harris, 34, cried with relief at being given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, for the manslaughter of Graham Carter

  • Hospital boss defends new parking fees

    Hospitals in Bradford rake in £1 million a year from parking charges, it has been revealed. But it was not a case of ripping off patients, the chief executive of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust David Jackson told the first meeting of the new Patient

  • New post aims to cut devastation of flooding

    A worker has been recruited to help flood-stricken communities limit the devastation caused. A flood action development worker has been appointed by Bradford Council to work with ten communities across the district to help them to help themselves when

  • SAVED!

    Bradford City will definitely kick off the new football season in eight days' time. After the most traumatic summer in the club's 101-year history, City last night received the long-awaited clearance from the Football League. The news effectively guarantees

  • Golf: Claire's a shooting star

    CLAIRE STARKIE has become the youngest winner of the Bradford Ladies Championship. Claire, 17, took the title at Keighley Golf Club last week with some superb golf. She was top qualifier in the strokeplay section of the competition which whitled the field

  • Cricket: Keighley CC

    Champagne cricket secured a maximum 12 points from Keighley's two weekend fixtures. The club have now moved into fourth pla ce and are showing the form and consistency of serious promotion contenders. Hartshead Moor were the visitors to Lawkholme Lane

  • Cougars: Aire-Wharfe round-up

    STEETON moved above neighbours Silsden in the Aire-Wharfe League after beating Illingworth by eight wickets. Chasing Illingworth's 181-4 the Summerhill Lane side looked in trouble when their first two wickets fell for just five runs, but Alex Howarth

  • Settle on win from Old Trafford final

    SETTLE are within one game of a place at Old Trafford in the final of the Lancashire Cup. They now face Westhoughton from St Helens in the semi-final, which will be staged at Marshfield on Sunday, August 8 (2pm). The Marshfield men beat favourites Morecambe

  • Craven through the years

    100 years ago AN unexpected obstacle to the development of a rail line between Barnoldswick and Gisburn was thrown up at an inquiry in Gisburn. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company announced that it would not let trains stop at Gisburn station

  • The high price of principles

    PRINCIPLES can be costly as motorist Lynne Mullinder found. She appeared before local magistrates on Friday for failing to buy a 70p parking ticket for the town hall car park in Skipton. She claimed that she had gone into town to get some money and intended

  • Connolly keeps his Open dream alive

    Ross Connolly made a good start to his bid to become the first home-grown winner of the Ilkley Open since Gary Henderson in 1994. The seventh seed defeated Rogan Egerton from North Wales 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the British Tour event.

  • Vanzie hoping Earl's caught off his guard

    Bobby Vanzie wants to see lightweight champion Graham Earl knocked off his perch tonight. The Bradford fighter is a frustrated spectator as Earl defends his title against Steve Murray at Bethnal Green. Vanzie is still fuming over his second controversial

  • Woodlands aim to be like Congs

    Phil Godfrey isn't underestimating the significance of a Pudsey Congs victory at home to Woodlands tomorrow in the battle of the top two in the Specialist Ducting Supplies First Division. Woodlands' league representative says: "If Congs win it will be

  • Captain's innings is Tykes' only bright spot

    Acting captain Matthew Wood continued his rich vein of form with the bat by making a commanding 89 but Yorkshire still struggled on the second day of their championship match against Derbyshire at a sweltering Derby yesterday. By the close they had reached

  • City still need your support

    At last, it seems, Bradford City fans can breathe a sigh of relief. The Football League has finally given the club the clearance it needs to kick off the 2004-05 season. The news triggers £250,000 funding from former Chief Executive Julian Rhodes, matching

  • Working on the tiniest of miracles

    Prince Charles may have dubbed nanotechnology a threat and a top-level Government committee may be calling for more stringent safeguards. But scientists at Bradford University say the comparatively new science of manipulating matter on an ultra-small

  • Visa wrangle keeps husban and wife apart

    Newlyweds are battling with immigration officials in their bid to set up home in Cross Hills. Teacher Jonathan Conyers, from Cross Hills, has been separated from his wife, Popie, since their marriage in Botswana, in August, last year. Their hopes of a

  • Railway features in BBC drama

    Two heritage railway attractions have become the latest spots in the area to be chosen as scenes for a new BBC drama series. Three Victorian carriages from the award-winning Museum of Railway Travel, at Ingrow, were chosen to be included in the television

  • A Bolt from the blue

    Young Freddie Bolt took up acting just two years ago and is already becoming a veteran of TV drama. Now Freddie, 11, of Keighley, has landed his first major role, as a cool kid in popular children's series Bernard's Watch. He is spending much of his summer

  • Nurse tied patients' buzzers out of reach

    A nurse who tied patients' call buzzers out of their reach and left them in soiled beds at their nursing home has been struck off the nursing register. John Malcolm Margison, 59, was said to have slept in the lounge, watched television and read newspapers

  • Foot clinic wins stay of execution

    PODIATRY patients in South Craven have been given more time to try to stop their service being moved to Skipton General Hospital. A total of 750 patients who used the service received a letter last month stating that the podiatry service currently operating

  • Resident calls for action to stop more flooding misery

    A BARNOLDSWICK resident is urging Pendle Council to improve a 94-year-old drainage system before planning permission is granted to build more than 50 homes in a renowned flooding zone. Ernest Spencer, of Gisburn Road, said the current system would not

  • Family team breathes new life into empty pub

    NEW life is being breathed into the Old Station Hotel at Giggleswick, which had stood empty since the previous tenant left in February. The old inn, which has a stately presence adjacent to the A65 on the outskirts of the village, has been taken over

  • Army reforms threaten Craven's regimental links

    AN historic link between Craven and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment could be severed under reforms of the British Army. The area has always been proud of its association with the regiment, which has been recruiting from the old West Riding for more

  • Referendum deferment is a 'victory for common sense'

    CRAVEN residents may have to wait until next year to see whether the area will get a new regional assembly. Last week the Government announced that the referendums on elected regional assemblies in Yorkshire and the Humber and North West would be postponed

  • Daniel helps others despite battling against illness

    WHILE undergoing gruelling treatment for a brain tumour, inspirational youngster Daniel Wilkinson has been fundraising to help others with the illness. Ten-year-old Daniel was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in March and subsequently underwent

  • Driver gets £500 court bill for parking offence

    A SKIPTON woman is in shock after receiving a £500 court bill for not paying a 70p parking ticket. Lynne Mullinder told the Herald that she went to Skipton Magistrates Court on Friday to explain herself and left bewildered when she was ordered to pay

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - As a current member of the Keighley Disabled Peoples Centre, I believe the biggest problem this charity has is apathy. Most people are under the impression that the organisation is funded by Bradford Council. Not so. I was surprised to learn that

  • Regiment could pass into oblivion

    SIR - The news announced last week will have a terminal effect on the name of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Under the plans set out by the MoD, the regiment will be amalgamated with other Yorkshire regiments and the name will pass into

  • Pupils join the push for bikes

    Children in Bingley have been using pedal power as part of a campaign to get more youngsters riding their bikes to school. About 50 children, their parents and cycling enthusiasts joined in with the Bike-it Pedalling Picnic ride along the Leeds-Liverpool

  • Five share a million to aid regeneration

    Five lucky Bradford projects are set to share more than a £1 million in European money. The EU hopes the Objective Two funding will help in the economic regeneration of the district. Each scheme will get a share of £1,185,500 - part of a £3 million pot

  • School attendance reaches 'best ever'

    Bradford schools have chalked up their best attendance records ever - but now they are being told: "You can do better." Latest figures show primary school attendance for the 2003/2004 academic year was 94.4 per cent, compared with 93.6 per cent in 2000

  • Cabbie charged on sex assault

    A private-hire driver is to appear in court after police charged him with sexually assaulting a young woman in his car. The 32-year-old Bradford man was arrested after the teenager alleged that she had been indecently assaulted in May. He was questioned

  • We Tyke away the salt in our crisps!

    It might seem an unlikely snack to indulge in as part of a health kick. But a famous Bradford company is hoping to transform the perception that crisps are always unhealthy - with the launch of a ground-breaking new unsalted variety. World-famous Seabrook

  • Bowls: Yorkshire head for county title

    Sue Finnie led a rampant Yorkshire side to victory in the County Championships on her home green at Silsden. Sue defied torrential rain to beat her rival from Dudley and District 21-8 and was backed up by Margaret Wood who won 21-15. The Yorkshire side

  • Cricket: Oxenhope lift honours

    OXENHOPE clinched the Under15s championship with a ten-wicket win over Bradley -- to complete the season unbeaten. The win gave Oxenhope a league and cup double for the second successive season. Bradley's 55-4 proved no problem for the champions as Max

  • Golf: Liam aims for national title

    Liam O'Neill has won a place in the final of the Weetabix National Junior Champion ships. The 13-year-old Keighley Golf Club member was on top form at the regional finals at Howley Hall, winning the Under-13 age group and a place in the national final

  • Cricket: Craven League round-up

    THERE were runs galore last weekend as 12 teams scored over 200 and two batsmen - both making their debuts - scored centuries. Oakworth kept up their Division One challenge despite their front line bowlers going missing en-bloc. Their batsmen just managed

  • Cougars: Searching for missing class

    Cougars 16 Whitheaven 29 - AT TIMES the difference in league position, and budgets, between these two teams was difficult to see -- but Whitehaven had the class when it was needed. They made sure of the two league points they need to continue their Super

  • Soccer: Clarets come to town

    BURNLEY FC bring a team to Keighley tomorrow, Saturday, as part of Silsden's pre-seson build up. The Cobbydale club have been moved up to the North West Counties League for the coming season and got a taste of the strength of the league whent hey were

  • Cycling: Brian takes Stallard title

    BRIAN NORTHING hit winning form in the Percy Stallard two-day stage race with an age-group victory on the final 44-mile stage. Northing, who is sponsored by legendary Irish Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, secured his age-group victory over four laps

  • Motorsport: Darren builds a 4x4 supercar

    KEIGHLEY garage owner Darren Wilson is building his own 4x4 'Supercar' to take some of the fastest off-road racers in the world. Darren, who own the KAP garage in Beecher Street, has been working on the design of a new off-road vehicle and recently raced

  • Cougars: Fighting the drop-zone battle

    COUGARS need to cash-in the points from Sunday's game against Featherstone -- if they are to keep their hopes of avoiding the drop alive. Confidence at the club is still high, despite being at the bottom of the table, and they beat Rovers 42-18 in their

  • West Craven pair lack strength in depth

    WEST Craven neighbours Earby and Barnoldswick both suffered major batting collapses in the Senior Division of the Veka Ribblesdale League last weekend, leaving their bowlers with little prospect of rescuing the position. As a consequence, both sides were

  • Clean-up campaign bearing fruit

    EFFORTS by J P Mewies Craven Cricket League officials to persuade players to clean up their act in terms of unacceptable verbals appear to be paying off. The first suspension of the season was meted out at the last Disciplinary Committee meeting when

  • Tasmanian blasts Skipton - again!

    LAST season Skipton had every reason to applaud Tasmania's rich seam of cricketing talent when they had all-rounder Rob Dilger spearheading their promotion effort, but this term their associations with the Australian state have not been just as enjoyable

  • Letters to the Editor

    Thanks for giving us a magical day Sir - Permit me to say a huge thank you to all at Bradford City Football Club for making Saturday July 24 a day to remember. Natalie and David Brooksbank were married at the Polish RC Church by Father Krychiwskij whose

  • Get real in fight to ban smoking

    The Nation's Chief Medical Officer has once again spelled out the reasons for a ban on smoking in public places. This time Sir Liam Donaldson has added evidence to his argument that such a ban could bring benefits worth billions of pounds for the economy