England's cricket team has had a fantastic couple of years under Michael Vaughan's leadership and, who knows?, we might give even the mighty Aussies a run for their money. But Britain still has a long way to go to match the Aussie sporting mentality.
Ivegate, from the wrought-iron gate at its junction with Market Street up to the point where it meets Westgate, is a street of wasted opportunity. There is so much potential for this to be one of Bradford's most attractive shopping thoroughfares. Many
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Youngsters from South Craven School had an agonising wait yesterday as they waited for the clock to strike 10am before they could receive their GCSE results. Eleven students were top of the class, achieving at least seven A* and A grades. They included
Boys came out on top at Greenhead High School yesterday, with more GCSE A grades than the girls. After months of anticipation anxious pupils gathered outside the school to receive their results. Twenty-two per cent more students gained five A* to C grades
With 55 per cent of students achieving A* to C grades at Holy Family School, there were a lot of happy faces at the school. Lydia Fiore, of Shann Park, gained an A* in history, three As, three Bs and a merit in ICT. She said: "I messed up at the end of
Students at Parkside School yesterday celebrated a dramatic set of GCSE results. The school, which has had just two years of GCSE results, has gained performing arts status. And after last week's positive results in AS-level drama, the school achieved
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schools in the Keighley district are celebrating outstanding GCSE results. Oakbank has chalked up its best-ever results and a 10th successive annual rise in standards. Fifty-one per cent of students achieved five A*-C passes, up 2 per cent on last year
A pensioner was badly injured on Tuesday after being caught in a horse stampede at a Norwegian beauty spot. Lily Davies, who is in her late seventies, was one of 15 people injured as they returned from the Briksdal glacier by horse-drawn carriage. Mrs
WORK is about to get under way to repair an historic church in South Craven. More than £95,000 has been pledged for urgent roofing work to the tower at Holy Trinity Church, Cowling, under the Repair Grants for Listed Places of Worship Scheme. The scheme
BURNSIDE residents, fearful for the safety of their children, have launched a petition. It calls for traffic calming measures to be introduced to slow down speeding drivers on the Skipton estate. The road into the estate already has a 20mph limit, but
GRASSINGTON Fire Station may be forced to close if more volunteers are not found to ensure that 24-hour cover can be maintained. At the moment the station has six full time firefighters, but in order to go out on a call four of the six need to be available
THE rain held off on Saturday as Gargrave Agricultural and Horticultural Society held its 101st annual show. This year's event was blessed with warm weather and although attendance was down on last year, it still attracted around 2,000 visitors. The fall
STOLEN and found property is to be offered for sale on the internet. The unclaimed goods, like mobile telephones, mountain bikes and even toys, can be bid for on a new auction website run by the police. And it could also help victims of crime identify
TEMPERS flared at a public meeting to discuss a controversial housing development in Earby. A heated discussion took place when disgruntled residents aired their views over plans to build up to 50 houses on Pendle Council-owned land off Bawhead Road and
A MILLIONAIRE'S dream wedding party turned into a nightmare when he woke to find his luxury marquee under three feet of water. Kildwick businessman Ali Shan had spent £35,000 on hire costs and a further £80,000 on equipment, flowers, stage and decorations
Twelfth Night -- Kirkstall Abbey Cloisters The R J Williamson Company delivers a sterling performance of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. When a shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian what follows is a hilarious tale of unrequited love, comic
SIR - With all the talk of re-doing the High Street may I propose that instead of using the money to demolish an already beautiful place it would be more beneficial to redesign the shop fronts to be more sympathetic with each other. Some are already lovely
Almost £60 million which could be used for fighting crime in the district is being swallowed up by soaring pension payments for retired officers. A total of 15.6 per cent of West Yorkshire Police's budget - nearly £1 in every £6 - was spent on pensions
An 18th century Bradford church has been saved with a cash boost from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust. St John's Church, in Rooley Lane, Bierley, one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the area, was facing closure after damage
Business owners fear they will lose trade and be forced to close if a post office shuts. Marshfields Post Office in Manchester Road, Bradford, has been threatened with the axe along with 16 others across the district as part of a major shake-up of urban
The prestigious Bradford International Market got off to a bright if rather damp start last night. Hundreds of people packed into Centenary Square for a huge fireworks display marking the beginning of the biggest outdoor market to ever come to the city
The man who helped expose the Far-Right British National Party in Bradford urged people not to be taken in by its new image of respectability. Speaking after the TV programme "From Boots to Suits" shown last night on television, Andy Sykes said: "It highlights
The controversial postal voting experiment piloted in Bradford has been branded a failure by the electoral watchdog. The Electoral Commission found reports of abuse and a lack of public confidence in the system used in the local and European elections
Despite very wet conditions 26 teams took part in the sixth annual Danny McGowan Golf Day in aid of Manorlands on Friday at Bingley St Ives. The winning team of I Bradbury, D Bairstow, M Jowett and R Sunderland scored 89 points. The organiserws would
Silsden squandered two points at home to the league's bottom club Leek with a lackluster display last weekend. the cobbydalers started the brightly, but missed the first of what was to be a hatful of chances on seven minutes when Dale Hoyle played in
WINNIE WORTLEY lived up her 'Wonder Woman' nickname when she won the Skipton Summer Doubles title with Derek Burgess of Whins Wood. Winnie, a member of Keighley Bowling Club teamed up with the gritty veteran to defeat Devon's Peter Lee and Richard Baker
Young golfer Liam O'Neill took eighth place in the Golf Foundation Weetabix Age Group Championships. Liam, a member of Keighley Golf Club, produced rounds of 80 and 76 to give a 36-hole total of 156 in the Under-13 age group. The competition was held
Oldham 31 - Cougars 20: MATT FOSTER turned in a heroic hat-trick performance for the Cougars but saw his team crsh to defeat - and relegation - at Oldham. It was a performance which summed up Keighley's season. It was full of promise but ultimately failed
BARNOLDSWICK Town were hoping that a 'nothing to lose' trip to top of the table Kirkham & Wesham might be the chance to end their poor start to the season, but instead there was only further grief for the West Close men in the shape of a 6-0 defeat
SUCCESSES and failures in the J P Mewies Craven League are starting to crystalise, with some promotion and relegation issues being settled last weekend. In the First Division, Long Lee are relegated and will be replaced in the top section by newcomers
DEFEAT for Settle at Baxenden last weekend has put champions Read back in the driving seat at the top of the Veka Ribblesdale League title race and given added impetus to tomorrow's Craven derby at Marshfield, where Earby are visitors. The Applegarth
WHARFEDALE travel to Halifax tomorrow in fairly optimistic mood after an encouraging warm-up match against Kendal at The Avenue last weekend. The Dalesmen emerged from a three-session match with a 19-14 win, the only blemish on a solid all-round display
100 Years Ago GENERAL Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, visited Skipton as part of a nationwide tour. A large crowd saw his entourage of five cars arrive in Broughton Road and the Skipton Salvation Army Band accompanied him to the Temperance Hall
None of the top teams in Super League have managed to avoid untimely bouts of away-day blues, but the Bulls certainly can't afford to come down with anything ahead of Monday's trip to Hull. And there'll be no excuse for it if they do, says chairman Chris
The Bradford Cricket League last night decided they would not be throwing a club out at the end of the season. Lightcliffe were at the forefront of a movement to reduce the number of clubs in Division Two from 15 to 14 for 2005, thereby getting rid of
Colin Todd is chasing four new players to shake up the City dressing room. Todd's plans may be on hold because of league restrictions on numbers but he has got the men in mind that he wants to beef up the Valley Parade squad. Jamie Lawrence and Dele Adebola
In 1900, the first regular long distance bus service began, between Leeds and London, and took two days. In 1965, the Beatles met Elvis Presley for the first and only time. In 1966, (Sir) Francis Chichester set off from Plymouth to sail solo around the
A Keighley College student has received one of the top five marks in the country in GCSE human physiology and health. Louise Cieciala, who was among 4,399 students nationally sitting the exam, received a letter of congratulations from the director general
The best GCSE results Oakbank has ever had were greeted with joy by head of year 11 Phil Artis. "This set of results is a testament to the kids' hard work and the teachers' hard work," he said. "Looking at the A to C results we were approaching 50 per
Former Keighley headmaster Arthur Watthey has died, aged 84. Mr Watthey was appointed head of the former Keighley Boys' Grammar School in 1958, and during his time there oversaw dramatic changes. A fire caused extensive damage in 1962, following which
A group of teenagers from Keighley are to jet off to Russia to compete in the Space Olympics. The 21 young Guide leaders and Explorer Scouts will travel to Moscow in October, to compete against other 16 and 17-year-olds from across the world in the 12th
A crime blitz on a Keighley estate has resulted in nine arrests. Police carried out a crackdown on the Braithwaite estate on Wednesday as part of an anti-crime action day. The area was specifically targeted after it was identified as one of the town's
HOLIDAYMAKERS from North Craven are due home today (Friday) after a frightening accident during an excursion to a glacier in Norway. The holidaymakers, mostly pensioners, were on a coach trip organised by Bibby's of Ingleton. They were enjoying a horse
WORK is set to begin next month on a multi-million pound development at Rolls-Royce's Bankfield site in Barnoldswick. A new factory will replace the 100-year-old mill currently used to produce components for the company's Trent family of engines. The
Hobson's Choice, a classic tale of Lancastrian life, is brought to the stage next month in this scene from Keighley Playhouse's latest production. The comedy portrays the changing relationship between Henry Horatio Hobson, a widower and boot-shop proprietor
Rising jazz star Clare Teal's previous gigs near her home town have been swift sell-outs and her latest on September 21 is likely to be no exception. The Kildwick woman, who recently signed a major recording contract with Sony and now hosts a Radio 2
THE last time I interviewed Carl Lis, we talked about his penchant for dressing up in women's clothes. At the time, this might have seemed an odd habit (no pun intended) for the leader of Craven District Council. This time, as I waited for him in the
SOMEWHERE on this planet, but most likely in London or its environs, lurks a man in late middle age who has done more to make my life a misery than Adolph Hitler, Maggie Thatcher and Tony Blair put together. He could either be living in some luxury, with
SIR -- Reading some of Mike Osbourne's comments re the regeneration and future development of Keighley, I find myself somewhat bemused (I speak as a mere "man in the street"). "World class economy", "world class community" -- what do these terms mean?
Yorkshire Water has defended its bid to relax controls on the treated sewage it discharges into the River Aire. And the Bradford-based company has promised to hold a public meeting to discuss the application with concerned residents. Conservationists
Work to carefully dismantle the Victorian stone facade at Bradford's Forster Square station has begun. Specialist contractors William Aneley, of York, says the work is on target and the first phases should be completed by the start of next week. There
Brainy 16-year-olds across Bradford have chalked up fantastic results in the GCSEs. Schools across the district have celebrated improved results and early indications showed there was a rise in the number of students gaining A* to C grades. And Bradford
Keighley's 'double' weekend did not go exactly to plan but saw them hold on to second place in Bradford League's Division Two. Gomersal were the visitors to Lawkholme Lane on Saturday in a game that was only possible due to the hard work of the Keighley
SILSDEN brought home a two wicket victory over Illingworth after a nail-biting contest. The home side batted first on a difficult wicket which was still drying out after a week of heavy rain. They struggled to 108 with Dave Senior taking four wickts for
Promotion and relegation issues were settled on Saturday as the weather again took control. In the First Division, Long are relegated and Bingley Congs will be taking their place after gaining promotion from the Second Division. Cowling II are going down
SILSDEN FC travel to Tyneside tomorrow (Saturday) as they bid to make their FA Cup dream come true. They take on Hebburn Town in the Extra Preliminary Round of the world's most famous cup competition. "Just getting a place in the competition is a big
COUGARS are playing for pride after being condemned to relegation following defeat at Oldham last weekend - and already the club is planning for the future. "I have still to set down with the chairman, Neil Spencer, but a lot of hard work has been done
THE Devonshire Carpets Craven & District Football League limped into action this week, with the weather typically unhelpful and - surprise, surprise - Skipton Bulldogs being a casualty because their Sandylands headquarters were unfit. Rather more
SILSDEN were the only Airedale & Wharfeale side from the Craven district to obtain any satisfaction from last weekend's rain-hit programme on a day when long-time Division B leaders Burley clinched promotion with a nine-wicket win over second-placed
PERHAPS the annual coach trip and night out seduced Settle into thinking that a trip to Baxenden would yield another easy seven points on their way to the Veka Ribblesdale League's Senior Division title. Whatever the cause, the Marshfield men under-performed
Sewage and rain must be separate SIR - Your report ("River Sewage Plan", August 24) applies to the River Worth as well as the Aire. I would welcome an assurance from Yorkshire Water that they do keep rainwater and sewage separate in Keighley. Where there
The arguments as to whether school exams at all levels are becoming too easy is not only boring but irrelevant. Year in and year out the same comments are trotted out as to the pros and cons of the difficulty of the tests. What is for certain is that
