THE net is tightening on a small but rather despicable set whose antics have been charted in these columns over the last few weeks. The police now have a "dispersal order" covering the centre of Skipton. The order is a new tool for the police, brought
Cleckheaton may have lost eight of their last nine league matches and occupy one of the three relegation places in National League Three North but they aren't a club in crisis, according to Sports Club director Alan Bentley. He said: "If we were in crisis
If Gareth Ellis isn't a Bull by the New Year, don't expect to see him in a Bulls shirt at all in Super League X. The club are in negotiations with Ellis and Wakefield but a deal now appears increasingly unlikely. Either way, matters will come to a head
It is reasonable to greet the Defence Secretary's announcement on the future of the Yorkshire regiments as a victory of sorts. Although the Duke of Wellington's will disappear as a regiment in its own right, at least its name, history and tradition won't
The loss of a substantial contract with the Royal Mail earlier this year knocked Bradford marketing group Real Affinity off course in its bid to return to profitability. Delivering its interim results yesterday, the company said the contract - to provide
The Shadow Home Affairs Minister has visited the multi-award-winning Museum of Rail Travel. MP Malcolm Moss, who has responsibility for tourism, was at the Ingrow museum, which is owned by the volunteer-run Vintage Carriages Trust, last Friday. Mr Moss
The show must go on! Prayers for a "miracle" were answered this week after an outbreak of chicken pox almost put an end to a nursery's nativity play. Staff and helpers at Cullingworth Pre-school, based in the village hall, had to step in during rehearsals
Senior Aircraftman Joe Beaumont is heading home for Christmas after completing a tour of duty in Iraq. Joe, a former Greenhead Grammar School pupil, said: "My family have been in my thoughts all the time I've been away. "I'm missing my wife, Natalie,
The Duke of Wellington's regimental name has been saved. It was announced yesterday that "The Dukes" has been merged with two other regiments to form a new Yorkshire regiment. By becoming the third battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, it means "The Dukes
PARENTS and teachers at a North Craven school threatened with closure are rejoicing after being given the opportunity to prove its worth. Recently governors of Langcliffe Community Primary School were told that North Yorkshire County Council had earmarked
PLANS for affordable housing in Grassington have met with a mixed response from the parish council. At an extraordinary meeting, a number of councillors expressed concerns about safety if eight homes were built on the proposed Garrs End Lane site. Coun
POLICE are hoping to crackdown on alcohol-induced violence in Skipton in the run-up to the festive season. Sgt Steve Breen has drawn up an action plan, which includes better utilisation of CCTV and the active policing of designated "no drinking" areas
THE chairman of Skipton Girls' High School's governors has called for the school to be rebuilt on a new site. John Goodfellow, who is also chief executive of Skipton Building Society, told the audience at the school's annual speech day that a new school
SOME people have all the luck. That's a common enough saying but, personally, I have my doubts: I tend to believe that people make their own luck in most of life's endeavours - which is why I respect Geoff Trigg quite a lot and envy him not a little.
SIR - Last Thursday I accidentally left a bottle of "Christmas Spirit" in the trolley after transferring my shopping into the car on Sainsbury's car park. By courtesy of your columns, may I thank the (anonymous) person who found it and handed it in, enabling
With eight days to go to Christmas Day, children in homes across Bradford will be bursting with excitement. And the 12 youngsters living at a Bradford Council home in Menston are no exception. Staff at the home do their best not to disappoint the youngsters
Campaigners have been praised for helping save the name of a centuries-old regiment. Top-brass soldiers and MPs believe the groudswell of local support for the drive to retain the Duke of Wellington regiment has kept its name alive in the overhaul of
A pool of trained interpreters could be set up under plans to boost children's literacy in the district. At a meeting of the Education Policy Partnership yesterday, members heard about work already underway to improve the speaking and comprehension skills
YOUNG table tennis star Mary Fuller is being tipped as an Olympic star of the future. Mary, 12, who was last week named as the top Under-13 player in the country is to travel to Sheffield on Monday to help support London's bid for the 2012 Olympics. Yorkshire
Cubs Under-14s 22 , Headingley Hawks 10 - Once again the Cubs gifted their visitors a six-point lead but steady organised play was rewarded when Walton latched onto Kelly's crossfield kick to score out wide and Cartledge added the conversion. Haythornthwaite
Cavendish Hotel 6 George Cullingworth 2 - GEORGE's manager had to call up veteran players, with a combined age of over 80, as an injury crisis took its toll at the club. While Cavendish deserved their win the scoreline flattered them. In the first period
After last week's encouraging performance Steeton slipped back to their old ways with a poor performance at Bay Athletic and were left to rue a couple of missed chances, the best falling to Joynal Ali. Bay took advantage of some slack defending as they
Barrowford Celtic 3 , Silsden Reserves 2 - After last week's performance, Silsden expected a comfortable day out at Barrowford. The last time the two sides met, Silsden ran out 7-2 winners and they looked set to repeat that performance when Adam Edwards
Horsforth Rangers 2 Crossflatts 2 - Crossflatts saw their run of poor form continue when they could only bring home a point from their trip to lowly Rangers. Two weeks ago Flatts lost 2-1 at home to top the table Rawdon, and followed that up with another
Oxenhope Rec 8, Skipton Bulldogs 4 - Oxenhope Recreation made easy work of beating Skipton Bulldogs. It was one way traffic in the first half and Oxenhope were 6-1 up after goals by Knaggs, Trowers, Gallagher, Davis and Dan Moriarty (2). The only Bulldogs
Silsden 2, Winsford 1 - Silsden closed the gap on their promotion rivals with a victory more comfortable than the final score suggests. Manager Andy Geary was able to name his strongest squad with Martin Bland and Gavin Finn starting in midfield but Winsford
PAUL ASHTON has returned to Cougar Park eager to show his skills back in the Keighley colours. The nippy stand-off played in the NL2 Play-off winning side of 2003 then gave up the chance of staying with the promoted Cougar side, deciding to make the moved
ANDREW Davidson will continue as Settle first team skipper, but in a reduced capacity. Davidson had intended to step down from the role due to family and increased work commitments. But his decision to carry on was finalised at the club's AGM last week
CRAVEN Minors skipper Adam Longden got the only goal of the game to give his side victory with 15 minutes left. Despite having to start with a couple of new players and making positional changes, Craven started strongly against Wharfedale in the WRCFA
FORMER Upper Wharfedale School pupil Andy Hodge took a significant step towards inclusion in Oxford's rowing team for the boat race against Cambridge next spring. He was part of the 'Cowboys' team which beat the 'Indians' in a trial race on the Thames
WHARFEDALE will look to sign off for Christmas with their ninth win in ten matches at lowly Bracknell this Saturday. Following a bad start, the Greens have become one of national league two's form teams over the last two months. This was nowhere better
It is that time of year again for hard hitting campaigns aimed at stopping drinking and driving. Millions of pounds will be spent and the best brains in marketing and public relations tapped into for the best way of driving the message home. Why bother
Avenue manager Carl Shutt is still waiting for international clearance for newly-signed Maltese international Jonathon Holland and is left with few options for tomorrow's home match against Hucknall Town. Shutt had hoped the free midweek would have meant
Cruiserweight challenger Bruce Scott was today warned: Mark Hobson is on a roll. Hobson defends both his British and Commonwealth titles at Huddersfield Leisure Centre tonight. And he is in the mood to blow away former champion Scott. Co-manager Chris
Colin Todd is looking for City to burst out of the blocks at the Galpharm tomorrow. Todd knows all about the helter-skelter nature of local derbies, having experienced the likes of Sunderland and Newcastle and Derby against Nottingham Forest. And he is
Mark Bower has vowed to give City's travelling army plenty to smile about in the West Yorkshire derby. Huddersfield are expecting a season's best 16,000 crowd at the Galpharm tomorrow, easily beating the 13,542 who saw them thump Hull in September. And
Keighley - the final frontier! A Russian cosmonaut and a colleague arrived in Keighley last week to give a series of lectures about their experiences in space. From Korolev City, near Moscow, former cosmonaut Alexander Volkov and head of international
Cash for a £50,000 pelican crossing upgrade in Cavendish Street has been granted by Keighley Area Committee. Members agreed to fund the improvements, designed to reduce town centre traffic jams, following an approach by Keighley Transport Forum. The existing
A NATURAL wetland area which will benefit the whole community is well on its way to completion in Barnoldswick. A team of six apprentices from Rolls-Royce launched the project in March to transform an area of sodden ground which was previously impassable
CRAVEN District Council's plans for large scale development of Skipton town centre are struggling to win the support of even the body set up to lead the renaissance project. At a meeting of the Skipton Renaissance Team, a body whose constitution calls
THIS could be the image that will resolve a police inquiry that has been running for three months. It is a new forensic drawing of a woman whose body was found in a Dales stream on September 20 this year. She was found by walkers on the popular Pennine
A COMMUNITY event in Skipton, aimed at bringing women from different backgrounds together, was blighted by apparent racism. A women's day was held at the town hall, but comments alleged to be from nearby stall holders and customers resulted in an official
THE police have been given new powers to stamp out anti-social behaviour in Skipton town centre as a dispersal order comes into effect today. The order is targeted against a group of around 12 male youths who have been terrorising the people of Skipton
The Pipers warm up for their rearranged Paul Weller support slot with a gig tomorrow at the Snooty Fox in Oakworth. The trio will be playing new material specially written for the Weller concert, and there will be DJs playing before and after the performance
Star Quality -- Keighley Playhouse A naive young playwright woos a famous actress to play the leading role in his first West End production. The up-and-coming director is determined to make his own mark by changing the script and asserting himself over
Local: Keighley Playhouse: Noel Coward comedy Star Quality (tonight/tomorrow 7.30pm). Phone 08451 267859/01535 604764. Out-of-town: Alhambra Theatre, Bradford: Billy Pearce, Paul Usher, Postman Pat and Faye Barker star in family pantomime Dick Whittington
The panto season begins in earnest tonight as Bradford Alhambra and Halifax's Victoria Theatre open their doors for evening performances. "Cheeky chappie" comedian Billy Pearce returns to the Alhambra to play the title role in Dick Whittington (until
WELL, here we are again: the season of good will to all men. Trouble is, at Curmudgeon Corner at least, there is not much of the stuff aimed in my direction, all thanks to the layer of aluminium that now encrusts our trusty old Aga. It is all that remains
SIR - I have maintained a neutral view of the proposals for Skipton renaissance and after seeing the exhibition I must say that my position remains unchanged. What I do know is that there is a lot of hot air, claim, sheer fantasy and scaremongering being
A depressed postman who opened and stole money from mail he was supposed to be delivering has been jailed for three months. Bradford Magistrates Court was told that 49-year-old Martin Smith admitted opening 102 items of mail and stealing a total of £110
People selling homes in the region are prepared to hang on for a higher bid because of an underlying confidence in the market, a new study revealed today. Research from the Yorkshire Bank showed a marked contrast between the north and the south of the
A pool of trained interpreters could be set up under plans to boost children's literacy in the district. At a meeting of the Education Policy Partnership yesterday, members heard about work already underway to improve the speaking and comprehension skills
A pub landlord had his licence revoked after police raided his premises on three occasions and found drugs and offensive weapons, a court heard yesterday. Bradford licensing justices, sitting at Bingley Magistrates Court, ruled Brian Pryce was unfit to
A pub landlord had his licence revoked after police raided his premises on three occasions and found drugs and offensive weapons, a court heard yesterday. Bradford licensing justices, sitting at Bingley Magistrates Court, ruled Brian Pryce was unfit to
Sutton Under-10s A team lost 2-1 away to Otley in a close game. Otley opened the scoring in the first half and were restricted to a 1- 0 lead at half time thanks to strong defending from Tom Hollindrake and Harry Tosney. Sutton equalised with a well taken
A murderer's mother has been jailed for six months for lying in a desperate bid to help him escape conviction. Sharon Shields, 41, was led weeping from the dock at Leeds Crown Court after Judge Robert Bartfield said he had no option but to lock her up
Castleford 14 Keighley 12 - Keighley Albion Cats left the pitch disappointed after they ran out of steam at Castleford. They started well and good ground was made by the Keighley forwards. Good passing interchanges and sustained pressure from Keighley
Early season table toppers Nemesis 'A' have had to postpone a couple of matches recently allowing Lothersdale 'A' and Embassy 'A' to put themselves firmly in the title frame. There was no doubting the match of the week, and probably the season so far,
Wyke A 44, Keighley Town A 30 - Work commitments meant that Town travelled to Wyke with just 12 men. Town started the game with a bang after Kazim Ahmed opened the scoring when he drove over to touch down. The score woke up the home side and they drew
Ilkley 42 Keighley 5 - There were ominous signs from the start of this derby game at Ilkley when a Keighley player knocked on straight from kick off. Thereafter things got steadily worse. There was a distinct air of lethargy throughout the Keighley ranks
Keighley Ladies 3, Bradford Ladies 1 - Keighley completed a stunning double over local rivals Bradford who struggled to come to terms with the pace of the Marley-based team. They launched an impressive opening onslaught with Maria McArdle and Shannon
A TEAM of Under-11 schoolboys from Keighley were recently invited to Glasgow to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of schools football in the city. A fixture between Glasgow and Bradford schoolboys has taken place for several years, but only in the
A team of girls from Holy Family School took part in a tag rugby tournament at Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club's Wagon Lane ground. Before the competition the girls had three training sessions from a qualified coach and came away with wins over Parkside
FORMER team mates have paid tribute to Keighley rugby legend Fred Barrett, who died recently. Mr Barrett was both a player and a coach at the club and captained the Keighley Rugby League team which reached the final of the Yorkshire Cup in 1951. He started
The mess that is our hospital trust SIR - Re the NHS Trust financial crisis, 25 years ago I was employed by the health service as a hospital porter. At that time we had six administrators, an almoner and a chief cashier. We also had two matrons (one on
100 Years Ago THE next election would be remembered as the one in which the motor car played a major role, said the Herald. Conservative candidate for the Skipton division Captain Roundell had found a car invaluable getting round to meetings during the
