Bradford Park Avenue can put the worry of their lowly placing in the Conference North out of their minds tomorrow when Brigg Town visit Horsfall Stadium in the FA Cup. After knocking out a team from a lower league when they beat Squires Gate 2-1 in the
Cleckheaton and Otley have an added incentive for winning their Powergen Cup third-round ties tomorrow. If both progress they will meet in an attractive, money-spinning tie at Cross Green on Saturday, November 6. However, both have to overcome difficult
Colin Todd fears that a "hidden agenda" is preventing City from loaning out players while they are in administration. The club today fired off an angry letter to the Football League after they put the block on centre half Jason Gavin's proposed one-month
Once again the Muslim Community will begin fasting. Ramadan is a very blessed and holy month for Muslims. The ninth month of the Islamic calendar is called Ramadan and it is the most meritorious month of the year for Muslims. Ramadan is one of the five
Keighley karaoke singer Mark Pearson has been told officially that he will be in the Guinness Book of Records for a second time. Mark's solo karaoke marathon during this year's Keighley Festival has been accepted for inclusion in next year's record book
Young rugby league players will soon be kitted out in new strips thanks to business support in the town. A deal has been penned between Keighley Cougar Cubs and several firms, as well as Keighley Town Council, for the junior rugby league club to get new
Mini-cameras are being used in Keighley bus shelters to trap criminals. The hidden high-tech devices are proving hugely successful in slashing vandalism. County transport body Metro introduced the units as part of an overall upgrade of its CCTV coverage
Patients and visitors to Airedale Hospital have been asked to help keep wards clean and tidy by throwing away bouquets of flowers. Melanie Hornett, director of nursing at the Steeton hospital, said that to keep bedsides clean and tidy, staff were asking
A 51-year-old nurse appeared in court on Tuesday charged with the murder of three patients at Airedale Hospital. Anne Grigg-Booth, of Henry Street, Nelson, Lancashire, is accused of killing patients aged 96, 75 and 67. She was remanded on conditional
THE parishes of Eldroth, Lawkland and Austwick have secured funding to re-introduce a lengthsman to keep the area tidy and in good repair. Lengthsmen were common at one time in villages throughout the country. They cut the roadside verges, ensured drains
A SKIPTON woman had to take cover under a farm vehicle after a bull escaped from a field while she was out cycling. The drama unfolded after Claire Gane rode out of Stirton with the intention of crossing the A65 to cycle back along the canal to Skipton
Environmentally-friendly burials are to be explored at a special conference. Calls will be made for people to consider being buried in woodland burial sites in biodegradable coffins. And workshops will be held to explore how graveyards can be turned into
Local Victoria Hall: Keighley Amateurs present Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (Monday-Saturday 7.15pm). Tickets from Reid's bookshop or phone 01535 652547. Wuthering Heights, Stanbury: jam session with all musicians welcome (Tuesday);
Clare Teal -- Don't Talk She may be from Farnhill but jazz singer Clare takes us on a bewitching tour of the world on her irresistible fourth album. You could be in London, New York or Rome, most likely in a sophisticated 1960s movie, as she proves to
I THINK it was Oscar Wilde who said that a rich man knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Cynics say every man has his price although, in these days of equal opportunity, perhaps every woman has her price too. Now Owd Tom is far from
SIR - I have had a smoke alarm fitted in my home for over 10 years, but in all that time I have never had a fire. If I follow Fire Authority thinking then my smoke alarm is as under-used as their aerial appliance. Should I therefore remove my smoke alarm
The owners of a Bingley school who want to erect an eight-foot fence to keep out thugs have asked for more time to consult with the public. The application should have been determined yesterday by the Shipley Area Planning Panel but the decision was deferred
People are being given the opportunity to have their say on how they would like to see far-reaching plans for the future of Airedale developed. Regenerational work in the Aire Valley could see the area transformed into Europe's centre of digital communications
Thousands of youngsters in the district will soon be playing a brand new card game - aimed at helping them to get to know each other and learn about Bradford's diverse history. The culture card game will be launched next month by the Diversity Exchange
Three district schools have been given £15,000 to offer pupils greener, safer and healthier ways of travelling between home and their classrooms. Cullingworth Primary, Crossflatts Primary in Bingley and Riddlesden St Mary's CoE Primary have been awarded
A company director who allowed "a river of blood" to flow from his filthy abattoir into a nearby beck has been jailed for six months. Bradford Crown Court was told how Yakub Yusuf, 49, set up sham companies to front his slaughterhouse at Shelf and would
Health chiefs want to open an out-of-hours GP clinic at Bradford Royal Infirmary to cut waiting times at the hospital's busy A&E department. The option, which is being looked at by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in partnership with the district's
Since the end of World War Two the arrival of autumn has been greeted by the start of a new season in the Keighley & District Table Tennis League. This year, with the League celebrating an unbroken sequence of 60 years, 28 teams will make up the three
Keighley Albion 24 New Earswick 23 (Yorkshire Cup 3rd round) - Albion went through to the next round of the Yorkshire Cup with a last miniute penalty goal from man of the match Keith Dixon. Earswick who took the lead with a converted try after 15 minutes
KEIGHLEY 1stXV 37 HUDDERSFIELD YMCA 25 - A scintillating performance by wing man Asa Firth paved the way for an important win which hoists Keighley into third place in the league. The former Bradford & Bingley man ran in four top class tries in a
Long Lee Under-13s A struggled to find their form an slipped to a 3-0 defeat against a strong Mavericks side. The Mavericks were 1-0 up at half time and as Long Lee went for an equaliser they were caught twice by counter attacks. R J Gaughan and James
Oxenhope's great start to the season continued with a 2-0 win over arch rivals Bronte Wanderers, with now only one defeat in their opening seven league and cup matches things are looking good with their new look young side. It was a tense start with neither
Victoria took an early lead with a goal from Anthony Woolacot with Martin Geldard scoring their second. Wrose pulled it back and went in at half time with a 3-2 lead. In an entertsining second half neither side was able to hit the net and Wrose ran out
COUGAR Academy manager Jeremy Crowther was still blazing as he arrived at the club's presentation night last Friday. Jeremy's ticket to watch the Leeds v Wigan Super League showdown had been sold to a friend by his son - and he was not happy. However,
Carly Robertson has been selected to represent English Karate in Italy later this year. She will take part in the Venice Karate Cup which is one of the top martial arts competitions in Europe. Carly, a member of the Bismillah club, won the under 5 ft
KEIGHLEY Tennis Club is gearing up to become a major force on the local sporting scene. After a superb season at junior and senior level, the club is already planning to make 2005 even better. "We are looking for new players including beginners, players
100 Years Ago RESIDENTS of Skipton and the surrounding area flocked to see one of the most gigantic exhibitions ever seen in Skipton at the time. The world famous Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show dropped into town, staging a re-enactment of the Battle of
WE can't say we have not been warned in the past about the looming pensions crisis. It has been masked in the past by the baby boom of the 50s and 60s and unsustainable rises in the stock market allowed successive governments to pretend the problem would
James Hare has voiced his concern for the future of British boxing. The domestic sport is taking a long hard look in the mirror in the wake of TV's decision to reduce their coverage. The BBC are set to pull the plug altogether on the pros while Sky have
Bulls coach Brian Noble faces a tough choice between four Grand Final-veteran Paul Anderson and in-form 22-year-old prop Richard Moore as he looks to finalise his line-up for tomorrow's showdown with Leeds Rhinos. Anderson hasn't played since mid-August
Stuart Reardon began last season as a fringe squad player at his home-town club and ended it a Harry Sunderland trophy winner. The elusive full back's crucial second-half solo try set the Bulls on the way to a 25-12 victory over Wigan and saw him named
Abbey National shareholders have backed a proposed takeover by Spain's largest bank - but the firm's board faced criticism during yesterday's Extraordinary General Meeting. At a fraught and lively gathering, in which the board was heckled, Abbey chairman
Former Keighley News journalist Anne Farrell has died, aged 70. Mrs Farrell began her journalistic career on the old Bingley Guardian before joining the KN in the early 1960s. After a three-year break due to family commitments, she returned to the KN
Bront Society members the world over are being urged to help finance the re-publication of a rare book on the life of the father of the famous authors. Society life-member Imelda Marsden spend more than ten years searching for a copy of the volume about
Angela Clarke has taken her seat as the first town or parish councillor in the country to represent the British National Party. Councillor Clarke attended her first Keighley Town Council meeting following her win in the Guard House Ward election last
Police believe that an East Yorkshire man missing from home for nearly a fortnight could be in the Keighley area. A man matching the description of 44-year-old Stephen Wright, from Beverley, was seen at Haworth Youth Hostel on Wednesday afternoon. Humberside
Insurance companies may be used to a bit of bull on the odd claim form. But even they could be excused after Haworth plumber Philip Hart was involved in a road accident. For the 56-year-old's Ford Transit van collided with a bull which had tumbled into
Paul Weller fans are expected to camp out overnight tomorrow to ensure they get tickets for the rock star's Keighley concert. The tickets will go on sale on Sunday at 7am, three hours earlier than planned, to meet the expected huge demand. Hundreds of
GORDON Prentice has put down a House of Commons motion saying Barnoldswick dentist Adam Evans has "let down his patients and public alike" for pulling out of the NHS service. In a strongly worded statement laid before the House, the MP for Pendle accuses
MORE than 1,600 homes in Wharfedale were without electricity between Tuesday and Wednesday. The villages affected included Appletreewick, Arncliffe, Bordley, Burnsall, Grassington and Kettlewell. Although some villages such as Grassington only saw an
THOUSANDS of visitors flocked to Skipton's first ever local produce festival at the weekend. Held at Skipton Auction Mart, the event has been hailed a resounding success. It was organised by North Yorkshire County Council to celebrate the very best in
SKIPTON cenotaph will be refurbished in time for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the end of World War Two next summer. A new plaque will be added containing the names of any servicemen who have died on active service since 1945. Among them will
Soulfish make a rare public appearance next month when they repeat last year's high-profile performance in aid of diabetes research. The popular Keighley soul covers band will be supported at Victoria Hall by recently-formed rock covers band Rider. Soulfish
Four women gather in the living room of a house in the middle-class Berkshire housing estate in the latest Keighley Playhouse production. They're waiting for the local "Ladies Man" who thinks he's arriving for an intimate evening while the householder's
SIR - Following recent articles relating to Skipton bus station, I would reinforce Coun Hills's views that the police still have some way to go in restoring order. On October 1, two days after Coun Hill's comments, my son and his lady friend were attacked
An award-winning scheme to help school pupils in Bradford lead healthy lives could be forced to fold next year because of a lack of funding. The project, which has just won a prestigious Excellence in Cities award, desperately needs to find another £80,000
MPs are to be lobbied for extra money to provide more police in West Yorkshire. The West Yorkshire force has record numbers of officers after recruiting more than 260 PCs last year, but still has fewer for every 100,000 people than any similar metropolitan
A giant hairy virus which was found in a cooling tower in Bradford has surprised scientists by possessing genetic machinery once thought only to belong to higher life forms, it emerged today. French researchers made the discovery after mapping the genetic
Not being a fan of the brat pack jazz/blues movement that has emerged over the last year or so, I was expecting to find last night's Katie Melua gig a bit dull. But I was pleasantly surprised. The 20-year-old darling of BBC Radio 2 was soulful, bluesy
A top television presenter today launched a major campaign to encourage the relocation of top Government jobs from London to Bradford. Kirstie Allsop, star of Channel Four show Location, Location, Location and its spin-off Relocation, Relocation, was
A burglar was captured by a have-a-go hero as he tried to rifle a Bradford pub early today. George Brankin, 51, leapt into action after he was woken by the intruder smashing his way into the Peel Park pub in Otley Road shortly before 7am. Dressed in only
An armed robber blasted off a shot after demanding cash from post office staff in a terrifying daylight raid in Bradford today. A gang of men, at least one of them brandishing a gun, burst into the post office in Beldon Lane, off Great Horton Road. No
Kings Cross 10 Cubs Under-18s 26 - The Cougars went through to the second round of the Yorkshire Cup after another solid team performance in both attack and defence. Gavin Duffy crossed for an amazing four tries with Jamie Donnelly and Chris Clough bagging
Steeton got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Heckmondwyke. After last week's disappointment, manager Paul Ettenfield got the right response as goals from veteran Mick Gillmartin and Chris Smith gave the locals a deserved victory. The second
Keighley Victgoria 2, Keighley Athletic 10 - This was a straight-forward victory for Athletic over Premier league newcomers Victoria. Steve Kernan was on great form, banging in four and new signing Rob Wall chipped in with two. Further goals from Mick
Jamie Longley gave the boys from Daisy Hill a lesson in the art of forward play on Saturday with a display of pace, deft touches and vision. The visitors had no answer to the speedy front man who, along with Dale Hoyle, ran them ragged. Silsden, oozing
CLAIRE STARKIE battled back with a stunning final round at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa. The teenage golfer from Steeton had fought her way through the qualifying rounds to reach the final of the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship
Silsden 5 Daisy Hill 0 Jamie Longley gave the boys from Daisy Hill a lesson in the art of forward play on Saturday with a display of pace, deft touches and vision to continue Silsden's good start in the North West Counties League. The visitors had no
Gargrave have made it six wins from seven starts in the Craven Football League to stay at the head of the table. Their latest win was 7-2 away to Cononley. Embsay, after a 4-1 win at Skipton Town, are in second place five points behind but with a game
NORTH Ribblesdale are the only club in rugby action this weekend as both Skipton and Wharfedale made early exits from their respective cup competitions. But Ribb are keen to have another taste of glory after their trip to Twickenham this spring. They
The long overdue legislation aimed at combating the anti-social use of fireworks is a damp squib It is yet another long on rhetoric but short on action set of regulations, designed to pacify the public with the Government trying to keep a foot in both
