USUALLY it is the European Community which gets the blame for devising regulations designed apparently to remove all the risk, and with it the fun, from life. However, there is a growing suspicion that while the pen pushers in Brussels and Strasbourg
Brad Meyers is enjoying life with his new team-mates - even though he can't understand what they are saying half the time. The softly-spoken second-rower admits he is yet to fully overcome the language barrier posed by the strong Yorkshire accents of
HE began life as the son of a builder - and it is perhaps fitting that building work will be one of the first issues to pre-occupy the Archbishop of York when he becomes a simple parish priest. The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr David Hope stunned
As Eve McGuire cuddles her baby brother she is waiting to find out if she can go ahead with the operation which will change her life. Eleven-year-old Eve, who has Treacher Collins Syndrome, is hoping that scan results will allow her to have an operation
Arthington show could be forced to close by a proposed tax levy, it is being claimed. Organisers of the event, which has an 88-year history, say it would be unable to continue in the face of the tax they describe as one of "Blair's blows to the farming
Bradford businesses that aim to help their community are to benefit from a share of £5.8 million of funding from the regional development agency. Yorkshire Forward has announced it is to pump the money into West Yorkshire Social Enterprise Link (SEL),
Homes on flood plain could leave buyers up the creek SIR, - Whatever the arguments for and against the proposed new development of 850 new homes on land to the east and north of the Cambridge Estate in Otley, one thing is certain. Potential buyers of
It's time to enter expanded performing arts festival SIR, - I am pleased to announce that the syllabus for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts 2005 (May 14-21) is out and available from the Tourist Information Centre, Grove Music and Wharfe Valley
Wath upon Dearne 25 Old Otliensians 10 OLD Otliensians travelled to Wath for the resumption of league rugby and were keen to continue where they left off before Christmas against Doncaster Phoenix. Unfortunately three late cry-offs left the team somewhat
GUISELEY, desperate to get back to winning ways after five successive defeats, were thwarted on Saturday when the gales and rain prevented any play at Nethermoor. Guiseley were due to entertain Marine in a re-arranged UniBond League game but found their
Bradford Council's budget slipped further into the red during December with the authority now expecting to overspend more than £1.53 million by the end of the financial year. That figure is £351,000 more than it calculated a month ago when it expected
A spate of burglaries in Frizinghall has led police to warn residents to take extra security measures. A total of 11 burglaries took place in December and Sam Sagar, police community support officer for Frizinghall, said most could have been prevented
A nursing sister broke down in tears as she told an inquest of her shock and distress at the sudden death of her three-year-old patient. Sister Daina Dumpnieks said she arrived at work at 7.30am to learn that Naazish Farooq had suffered a cardiac arrest
Bradford travel agents have been busy with holidaymakers wanting to change destinations after the tsunami disaster - but say many more are waiting for the right time to return to the Indian Ocean. January is a prime time for holiday bookings and agents
Ben Rhydding lls 5 Sheffield Uni Bankers 2 Ben Rhydding Seconds extended their winning run to five games with this 5-2 victory over Sheffield University Bankers on Saturday. Ben Rhydding edged the first- half under terrible weather conditions, leading
RADICAL changes have been made to Ilkley's Open Tennis Tournament for 2005. Three events will be battled out on the club's 25 courts after the Lawn Tennis Association granted Ilkley the first of a new nationwide four-week satellite series with a £25,000
THE vital league clash between Ilkley and bottom-of-the-table Yarnbury fell victim to the foul weather as the river Wharfe burst its banks and rendered the Stacks Field pitch unplayable. The water also flooded out the changing rooms. It was all hands
Bingley's Billy Foster flies out to South Africa on Saturday to begin his 23rd year as a globe-trotting professional caddie. After making his name with Seve Ballesteros, he went on to further enhance his reputation with Thomas Bjorn and Darren Clarke.
David Wetherall dismissed any play-off ambitions as "crazy" talk during City's turbulent summer. But the skipper now feels they have every chance of making the top six at the end of the season. "We aren't up there by accident and the play-offs are a very
A DEADLY combination of high winds and heavy rain left hundreds of Wharfedale homes without power - and sent the emergency services on a desperate rescue mission. Police underwater divers and helicopters and fire crews were called to Apperley Bridge at
THE CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer dropped into Otley last week - and made a keynote announcement on debt relief for countries hit by the Tsunami. Gordon Brown MP, believed by many to be the Prime Minister in waiting, was the guest of honour at the Technology
Many thousands of pounds are still coming into the Tsunami appeal with no end in sight to the fund-raising. Across the area young and old are donating what they can afford - with more than £20,000 put into collecting buckets at three supermarkets alone
A new young people's award is in memory of a Dales campaigner. The Ken Willson Award has been set up by the Yorkshire Dales Society and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. Mr Willson, pictured, former president of the Yorkshire Dales Society
Several individual Bradford schools have enjoyed commendable success in the past year, according to national GCSE figures announced today. Feversham College rightly deserves the special mention it received from School Standards Minister Steven Twigg.
Hair salons are being warned about the potential danger of asbestos in old-style hairdryers after the death of a Keighley woman. Bradford environmental health bosses are writing to hairdressers after former hairdresser, Janet Watson, 59, of Long Lee,
THE future of Low Mill in Addingham could be resolved for good today after developers, owners and planners ironed out their differences over the thorny issue of affordable housing. Bellway Homes (Yorkshire) has applied for planning permission to build
SCHOOLS, churches and other organisations in the Ilkley area have been busy organising sales, sponsored events and quizzes in a bid to raise money for the people of the tsunami horror. Money is still being collected and the number of events are mounting
PUBLIC toilets will finally return to Menston with the help of more than £4,000 from Ilkley Parish Council funds. The parish council has agreed to give £4,600 towards their reopening with the rest of the £9,200 total needed for the work being provided
BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin's decision to fight the Keighley seat at the next General Election has put Ilkley in danger of being made synonymous with extremism, says the town's current MP. Ann Cryer, who held the seat for Labour with a
THE paddling pool at the edge of Ilkley Moor has been saved from closure after Government safety officials stepped in to reassure Bradford Council. New safety guidelines published by the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group and the Institute of Sport and
The Spen Valley is aiming to be named Britain's first Fairtrade constituency through its commitment to help farmers and producers in developing countries. Sales of Fairtrade items, such as chocolate, cocoa, orange juice and coffee, ensures a better deal
What kind of weather does it take to cancel a fell race? Particularly one which describes itself as 'a tough winter challenge'. Well, more than gale force winds and driving rain and hail that closed down the Ovenden Moor wind turbines. Yorkshire Water
Otley 37 Nottingham 5 WITH three tries under their belt at half-time the game was well and truly Otleys. For all the scoring opportunities Otley set up during the third quarter they were unable to finish off and their supporters became nervously apprehensive
Nearly £2 million of ill-gotten gains were seized from villains in West Yorkshire last year as crimebusters set about wrecking their lives of luxury. Mr Bigs of the underworld are having to get used to scrimping and saving when they are released from
A community health worker has won a national nursing award for helping men in Bradford to lose weight. Men's public health facilitator Andrew Harrison is the first winner of the new Queen's Nursing Institute/Men's Health Forum award for innovation and
One of Bradford's most famous nightspots faces a battle for its future next week. The Town & Country Club on Manningham Lane, formerly known as Penningtons, is having its entertainment licence challenged by the police. Bradford Council's licensing
Controversial proposals to expand a Bradford primary school because of a housing boom would be thoroughly examined before a decision was reached, parents have been assured. The pledge has come from Bradford Council's director of education Phil Green at
A 28-year-old father who carried out two terrifying robberies has been jailed by a judge for a total of eight years. Anthony Bycroft was yesterday found guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court of carrying out an armed robbery at a shop and post office
Bradford hospital bosses have assured councillors that patients will not suffer because of ward closures at St Luke's and the hospitals' £11.3 million cash crisis. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's chief executive David Jackson and director of planning
Bradford has slipped further down the national league tables for its performance in GCSE exams. New figures out today reveal the district has fallen to 140th out of the 150 education authorities - a drop of eight places compared to last year. But the
Ilkley Blues U-11s 3 Pannal Sports A 1 The first home match of 2005 saw the visit of Pannal Sports. Ilkley had not played a competitive match in five weeks and the early signs were not good as they were outplayed by a well organised team. Matty Webb was
Vital organisation needs funding SIR - I recently heard someone say that the young ones of today are fed up with middle-aged people forever saying "it's disgusting" every other sentence. Well, not wanting to be left out, I am middle-aged and I am "absolutely
WHARFEDALE and Aireborough may not be overly blessed by celebrity visits but if this month is anything to go by it would seem they are like buses - you wait ages for one and then two come at once. Last Friday, in a sure sign that the country is about
