The man whose views will shape Bradford's future spoke today of his vision for a first-class city, complete with a lake around historic City Hall. David Rudlin, 43, director of Manchester-based Urbed, which has won the job of drawing up a design guide
RARELY are planning meetings so entertaining or so well attended. The decision to hold the Wheatley Hotel meeting at Ilkley Playhouse was fully vindicated when more than 200 people turned up to watch the show. It was perhaps a ploy by members of the Keighley
For the second successive year, Bradford Schoolboys' Under-19s have lost to two goals in the last five minutes of their prestigious fixture against Glasgow. Andy King had given Bradford, who were managed by Graham Clifford (Thackley Acadamy) and Andy's
Australian full back Mick Withers is fit, healthy and hoping to rediscover his undoubted big-match form for the Bulls on Saturday. Last year was a miserable season for Withers, who made just six appearances for the club as he struggled to overcome a serious
THE PEOPLE of Guiseley turned out in force to vent their anger at plans to create 128 homes on the old Silver Cross site. Developers the Woodford Group and its consultants, along with ward councillors and Leeds planning officers, were left in no doubt
A NEW base for Horsforth's ambulances has been found - only two months after the town seemed set to lose its own station. WYMAS (West Yorkshire Metropoli-tan Ambulance Service) started alarm bells ringing when it confirmed in August that its lease of
AN INDEPENDENT surveyor is to look at a range of options for the future of Otley Civic Centre. The surveyor will look at the complete restoration of the building to modern standards and also the replacement of the Victorian interior with a modern one.
SEVERAL council-owned houses in Horsforth are to be given a major facelift. The ten houses in Broadgate Drive and one house in Broadgate Lane are to get new roofs and windows and be fitted with energy efficient insulation. The work has been made possible
If the Government is serious about increasing the amount of recycling across the country (and there is no reason to believe that it isn't) then it needs to look again at the way it sets targets for local authorities. The present system discourages the
Bradford's special status as one of Europe's best cities will be highlighted at a prestigious meeting in the city next week. Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, has chosen Bradford for this year's public annual meeting on Monday at the
SIXTEEN year-old junior international athlete Alistair Brownlee of Horsforth added to his numerous achievements on Sunday in the British Junior Fell Running Championships in Keswick. He became the British Champion in the colours of the England team and
Boston Spartans 2 Ilkley Reserves 2 A controversial late goal earned Boston Spartans a share of the spoils in a game in which a draw was probably the fair result. Once again Ilkley Reserves made life difficult for themselves with an indifferent first-half
Hunslet 3 Ilkley 5 'Daylight robbery' or 'smash-and-grab' were the phrases on the lips of the Hunslet players but the aim of the game is to score goals and the Booth's sponsored Ilkley scored more than the home team over the 90 minutes. Having taken a
He was politically precocious himself and when William Hague came to face with possibly the youngest member of the conservative party, he was clearly delighted. Twelve-year-old Sara Khan enjoyed a chat with the former party leader after waiting to meet
ONE of the foremost experts on popular culture launched into a blistering attack on modern broadcasting standards when he appeared at the Ilkley Literature Festival at the weekend. The author of the seminal work on the subject of popular culture, 'The
A MAJOR conservation organisation looks set to plant itself on the side of the opposition in debates on placing wind farm developments in upland areas. Planners on Ilkley Parish Council have already voiced their opposition to a plan to create a new wind
OLD headstones moved from an Ilkley churchyard may finally be laid to rest after decades of being abandoned in a corner of the town's cemetery. The headstones were moved from the grounds of All Saints Parish Church in the 1960s when Ilkley Urban District
Planning: Government is responsible SIR, - I attended the public meeting called by Coun. Graham Latty on the Silver Cross development. Many people who attended the meeting had strong feelings about the intensity of building proposed on the site, and I
A devastated horse owner who lost her two show animals in a suspected arson attack has pledged a reward of £2,000 for information leading to the culprit's capture. Jill Crowther has distributed 70 posters around Cottingley calling for people who know
SIXTEEN year-old junior international athlete Alistair Brownlee of Horsforth added to his numerous achievements on Sunday in the British Junior Fell Running Championships in Keswick. He became the British Champion in the colours of the England team and
It was with great sadness that the local sporting world heard of the death of Norman Threapleton on Friday. The 86-year-old doyen of Airedale and Wharfedale cricket will be sadly missed. His absence will be felt most at Guiseley Cricket Club where he
Otley Town 1 Tyersal 2 Otley Town were yet again disrupted by withdrawals and injuries. Peter Atkinson, Joe Lunn, and Terry Pearson were all missed. Then ten minutes into the game Paul North limped off with a groin injury and was replaced by veteran Burnley
Otley 15 Henley Hawks 9 HENLEY did not have a happy weekend in Yorkshire, their bus breaking down as they travelled up Friday, resulting in them booking into their Ilkley hotel at 12.30am, and less than pleased with an unsighted referee awarding Otley
Hundreds of pupils had to be evacuated from their school after a fire broke out in the gymnasium. The fire started just before 2.20pm yesterday at Wyke Manor School in Wilson Road, Wyke. Nobody was in the gym at the time but children were ushered out
Three sketches by Bradford-born artist David Hockney have gone on sale in a London gallery. The drawings were made more than 30 years ago in the visitors' book of one of the artist's favourite restaurants, Lous Landes, in Paris. Hockney was a regular
A Government health minister has thrown his weight behind the Telegraph & Argus campaign to end soaring levels of abuse towards NHS staff in Bradford. John Hutton, whose responsibilities include the NHS workforce, praised the drive to cut violent
A Bradford shopkeeper who bought contaminated meat from a West Yorkshire farm has been warned that he created a possible "high risk" to public health. Council officials seized 11 sheep carcasses after seeing Mumtaz Ahmed collect them from an unlicensed
A mother whose 13-year-old daughter has been skipping school for the last 18 months has been told she faces jail if she does not make her go. Bradford Magistrates Court was told that Lynne Ball's daughter, Lucy, has not attended St Joseph's College once
The man whose views will shape Bradford's future spoke today of his vision for a first-class city, complete with a lake around historic City Hall. David Rudlin, 43, director of Manchester-based Urbed, which has won the job of drawing up a design guide
Young hooligans will be banned from congregating on a Bradford estate from today in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Police are using new legislative powers for the first time in the district to impose curfews and exclusion zones in Allerton to curb
'New' Odeon can make the grade SIR - Re your full page article (T&A, October 7) on the Odeon. Now come off it, you can't be serious. I certainly do not like the architecture you portray, unless one has shares in Pilkington's or runs a window cleaning
A SECOND attempt for lottery funding to boost Otley's non existent public sports facilities is to be made. One can only hope lessons have been learned from the first time around four years ago when the bid failed miserably. Despite spending £27,000 on
The Craven and District League have had to look for a new venue for their annual dinner on Friday, October 29 - because it is 81 per cent over-subscribed! League secretary Trevor Coe said: "We were going to have it at Silsden Golf Club, but they can only
City player of the year Paul Heckingbottom could be on his way out of Sheffield Wednesday just five months after leaving Valley Parade. Heckingbottom is understood to be one of nine players deemed surplus to requirements at Hillsborough by new boss Paul
A decision is expected within the next few weeks which will give Menston and Burley their independence from Ilkley. The proposed parish council split is being considered by the Secretary of State at the moment. And is expected to be agreed without any
THE WARTIME experiences of an Otley man are to be used to help educate future generations. Ken Pollard of Burras Lane, who served with the Third King's Own Hussars in 1945, is taking part in a lottery-funded scheme that sees veterans return to the countries
THE FIRST walking wounded were treated at Otley's new Wharfedale Hospital yesterday. The £15 million hospital opened on schedule on Monday with departments gradually moving across to their new premises. Radiology and administration were the first departments
A GYM, cycle track and floodlit all weather pitch could be built at Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School. In a bid to improve sports facilities, not just for the school, but for the whole community, Prince Henry's is to make a bid for lottery cash. A
WORK on Otley's new library could be delayed following the discovery of archaeological remains dating back to the 12th century. An exploratory dig on Charles Street pay and display car park, the proposed library site, has uncovered evidence of dwellings
Ilkley B 33 Sandal Vets 19 Sandal opted to make the trip to Ilkley on the assumption that they would win, not having lost to anyone for a couple of seasons. They underestimated the current form of the home team, but still put Ilkley under pressure for
Two feudal Manors and their titles are up for sale for the first time since they were formed at the time of the Domesday Book in 1066. The Lordships of Silsden, near Keighley, and Gargrave, near Skipton, can be snapped up for around £7,500 each. They
THE Wharfedale FA has attracted a new sponsor for its Wharfedale Challenge Cup competition but the man behind the sponsorship deal is no stranger to the trophy. Phil Thompson, Sales and Marketing Director of new sponsors Resource Print Solutions of Bramley
Ben Rhydding Golf Club Juniors proved to be the surprise package at this year's Sunday Telegraph North East Regional Final, as they battled their way to finish as runners-up and earn themselves a spot at The English National Final, after a superb team
Letchworth Ladies 2 Ben Rhydding Ladies 4 True commitment both on and off the field were seen last Saturday when Ben Rhydding Ladies achieved their second successive victory away from home. In order to keep costs down the team left Ilkley at 6am to travel
Beverley 41 Ilkley 0 Beverley's awesome firepower had propelled them to the top of the league following promotion along with Ilkley from league two last season. To add to their already formidable Australian - Croatian playmaker and number 10 Tony Posa
A FORMER soap star has returned to her home area to appear in one of the classic plays of the modern age. And for Helen Weir the important issues dealt with in Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' are just as relevant today as any dealt with in modern soap operas.
A HORSE which is terrified of cows is on its way to being cured after a visit to the original Horse Whisperer. Ten-year-old Lucy has a fantastic jump and hunts with the best of them. But she has one problem - she is scared stiff of cows. But after a trip
CAMPAIGNERS trying to save Ben Rhydding's last public house were rejoicing this week as planning councillors rejected an application to turn it into housing. Spontaneous applause broke out at the meeting as the decision about the Wheatley Hotel was announced
No improvement in postal deliveries SIR, - The main headline in the Ilkley Gazette of April 1 was 'Postal switch brings late deliveries and anger'. Has anything improved in the last six months? The answer is NO for many Ilkley residents. Before the change
A Pudsey post office is celebrating winning a national award - as two of the town's other offices face the axe as part of a nationwide shutdown of urban branches. Pudsey's Church Lane Post Office has been voted the best branch in the North of England
Old Otliensians 25 Leeds Corinthians 11 Old Otliensians welcomed undefeated Leeds Corinthians to Chaffer's Fields last Saturday on what proved to be a hugely entertaining game. Corinthians came with a fantastic record of only having conceded 19 points
THE Wharfedale FA has attracted a new sponsor for its Wharfedale Challenge Cup competition but the man behind the sponsorship deal is no stranger to the trophy. Phil Thompson, Sales and Marketing Director of new sponsors Resource Print Solutions of Bramley
Spennymoor 3 Guiseley 3 FOLLOWING Friday night's superb game against league leaders Workington Guiseley travelled up to Spennymoor on Tuesday night and looked to be back on track when leading 2-0 after 24 minutes. Guiseley had to re-organise when new
Little Chelsea Groark had no idea the balloon she launched in Bradford would fly 700 miles across Europe to Slovenia. But she knew exactly what she would do with the £25 she won in the Telegraph & Argus contest. The excited eight-year-old from Holme
A crime-ridden area of Bradford is to get a £250,000 revamp. Businesses have been forced out of the Tickhill Street area of Barkerend because of persistent crime and flytipping, but now a new Asian restaurant is set to open giving the area a much needed
A vision of Bradford City as a world-leading example of a sports club at the heart of the community was painted at an innovative think tank set up to debate its future. Community leaders, Council officials and business people took part in a three-hour
Retired police inspector Brian Procter died on holiday in Tenerife only two weeks after being told he had an incurable cancer. Doctors had given him three months to live and he and his wife Corrine had wanted to make the most of their last days together
Bradford Council's highways service has a secret weapon to keep the district's roads clear - sugar-coated grit. Some forecasters are predicting Britain will be hit by one of the coldest winters in years but, thanks to scientists, the district's road chiefs
