Year 10 pupils at Oakbank School have been experiencing business first hand and seeing the world through an entrepreneur's eye in this year's Enterprise week. The enterprise activities began when pupils took part in a Just in Time challenge, which involved
Magnet and a national DIY retailer have linked up to build brand new store units in a £6.75 million redevelopment plan. Magnet, which has its base on Keighley Road, Crossflatts, wants to redevelop its current premises and also create a new store with
Bradford Park Avenue take on the UniBond League Premier Division's "good boys" Ashton United tomorrow - desperate for a win to keep them near the top of the table. Despite having not won a league game in four outings, Avenue are still sixth although they
Bradford's Victoria Hotel is to be transformed into a city centre jewel of "understated luxury" and fine food, its new owners have pledged. The hotel, which has been re-named the Great Victoria, is undergoing a multi-million pound facelift. The hotel
Pensioners across the district are being told they can expect their winter fuel payments before Christmas -- as weather forecasters predict the harshest winter in a decade. The payment, designed to help older people pay their fuel bills, will be £200
The Craven Accordion Orchestra will be raising the roof at Haworth Baptist Church in aid of the Motor Neurone Association on Saturday, December 3. The concert starts at 7.30pm and will also feature popular local accordionist Robert Thorn and his band.
Volunteer workers will ensure Keighley should be one of only two towns in West Yorkshire to have bus services on Christmas Day. Graham Mitchell, chairman of the Keighley Bus Museum Trust (KBMT), said its drivers had kept Christmas buses running in Keighley
Disgraced businessman Gerrard Strange last Friday started a 33-month prison sentence for his part in a professional cigarette smuggling operation. The former managing director and chief executive of Bradford-based textile firm Listers has been jailed
A mother of two used a teenage boy as a drug runner from the home she has now been thrown out of, a court heard. Cocaine was discovered on November 1 during a police search of Amy Bury's house in Pentland Close, Keighley, and from where a 14-year-old
A member of Airedale's Primary Care Trust has questioned whether it is "paying lip service" to the idea of race equality in both employing and treating ethnic minorities in the NHS. Non executive director and Bradford councillor Khadim Hussain is now
Fuel prices tumbled last week in Keighley, after it was revealed they were the highest in the district. The prices dropped within hours after an investigation by the Keighley News revealed the 2p difference people were paying for their diesel and unleaded
Vandals have desecrated Cullingworth War Memorial for the second time in eight months. Youths ripped up plants and used the soil to daub letters on three sides of the memorial on Monday night. They tore off messages from the Remembrance Day wreathes and
COUNCILLORS in Sutton say residents have been let down by developers of residential care in the village. Councillors Stephen Place and Ken Hart have hit back after discovering a residential home and close care accommodation, set to be completed by summer
A JUDGE has passed a life sentence on a 26-year-old convicted killer from Skipton who attacked a man with an iron bar after his release from jail. At the end of Lee Osadzenko's trial in August the court was told that he had been given an 18-month sentence
A DALES pub reopens next week under new ownership and with new faces behind the bar. The Craven Arms at Appletreewick is now co-owned by David Aynesworth, while Ashley and Hayley Crampton provide the welcome to the historic building. The pub has been
COUNCILLORS are to be asked to support a controversial proposal to hold more farmers' markets in Skipton next year. At a meeting of Craven District Council's community services committee on Wednesday, councillors will be asked to grant permission for
WORK has started on building a new sports hall at Upper Wharfedale School, in Threshfield. Work began on digging out the foundations for the hall on Monday and it is expected to take until next summer to complete. Headteacher Phil Bennington told the
A LOLLIPOP lady who has helped children for two decades retired this week. Cheryl Allen has dedicated 20 years to assisting pupils of Sutton Community Primary School and was presented with a badge from North Yorkshire county highways at a special ceremony
A SUTTON-in-Craven business was used as a front to smuggle millions of "bootleg" cigarettes into Britain. On the surface the Greenroyd Mill business of Eurotrend Furniture UK Ltd was an import business. But the reality was that millions of cigarettes
IT has been four years of hard slog. Blood, sweat and tears have been shed along the way, but Airton man Alastair Humphreys has finally got back home after cycling an amazing 45,000 miles around the world. Familiar surroundings, home cooking and Christmas
Magnet and a national DIY retailer have linked up to build brand new store units in a £6.75 million redevelopment plan. Magnet, which has its base on Keighley Road, Crossflatts, wants to redevelop its current premises and also create a new store with
The Elevators -- Spectrum Blues Club Just a week after Mem Shannon's funk-driven New Orleans band of blues, it was back to basics with the superb guitar-led British band The Elevators. Hailing from Brighton these guys have been around for years and it
Local: Glusburn Institute: Christmas family play Signs and Blunders (tomorrow 3pm). Phone 01535 630223 or 0845 961 3000. Sutton Village Hall: Sutton Amateurs present Cinderella (Wednesday-Saturday 7.15pm, Saturday 2.15pm). Tickets from Place's Place,
The latest play to be performed at Malsis School in Cross Hills will see the lead role of Peter Pan played by a girl. Harriet Bannister of Sutton in Craven, a year eight pupil at the school was selected following auditions for the colourful production
SIR - I write to you on behalf of the Skipton Muslim Community in reference to a letter which appeared in the Craven Herald on November 4. Our delayed response was in the hope that someone would stand up for truth and refute a weak and clearly incorrect
Bradford pubs and off-licences who sell booze to youngsters will be targeted in the biggest-ever crackdown on rogue licensees. More than 600 "sting" operations are planned in Yorkshire and Humberside as part of a nationwide clampdown. Under-age volunteers
The Telegraph & Argus's South Asia quake appeal is set to receive a massive boost from a gala dinner at the Midland Hotel. Organisers of the huge charity dinner say they hope to raise around £25,000 at the event on Sunday, December 4. Bradford South
People in Cleckheaton are to have their say on plans to improve the town centre. Residents, businesses and local groups can find out more about the proposals at two exhibitions next month. The plans focus on the town centre shopping area and buildings
Bradford supermarket chain Morrisons has come bottom of a league table for promoting healthy eating for the second year running. Research for The National Consumer Council found there are twice as many supermarket price promotions for fatty and sugary
A teenage Bulls fan who had her arm broken by another supporter during the club's Grand Final triumph has been given tickets to tomorrow's Tri-Nations finale. Claire Robinson has been given the tickets by Rugby League bosses who were shocked at what happened
Bradford Council is drawing up plans to introduce an anti-bullying policy recommended by the district's young people. Bradford's Young People's Scrutiny Commission came up with suggestions to tackle bullying after it was highlighted by the Youth Commission
The colleague of murdered PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot as she went to her aid in an armed robbery last week, has laid flowers at the makeshift shrine in Morley Street. PC Teresa Milburn, who was shot in the shoulder as robbers fled the travel agent's
St Joseph's School were overall winners of the Oakbank Partnership under-nine's football competition. The finals saw the six cluster winners from Bingley, Ilkley, Greenhead, Parkside, Holy Family and Oakbank compete for the trophy playing in heavy rain
FORMER local sportsman Des Smith has been named the top amateur soccer manager across America's southern states. Des, who was born in Lothersdale, was a martial arts instructor and fought in national tournaments until his job took him around the world
David Ayrton led Nelson Nomads to an impressive victory at Lothersdale 'A' in Division One. The Silsden based Nomads stalwart earned his first full house of the season with an excellent performance that saw wins against Bob Davis 12-10, 11-6, 11-2; David
Keighley 23 Goole 10 - Keighley eased to victory in their crucial league meeting against Goole with a much improved all round effort. The return of back row forwards Rob Ellis and Peter Schofield gave the Utley men an extra dimension lacking in recent
Melisa Greaves has been crowned Yorkshire's Under-14 cyclo-cross champion. The Bronte Wheelers-Neophix rider took the title in a competition held at Oakwood School. Her older brother, Matthew, was also named best Under-16 all-rounder after gaining the
COUGARS are searching the world for new talent as coach Peter Roe races to build a team to take the club back to the top of the LHF National Leagues. Alongside new player-coach Barry Eaton he is working to identify a squad with the ability to make the
CONISTON Cold driver Peter Fawcett has won the Warton Stock Car Club Championship for the first time. The 24-year-old had competed in the Carnforth-based event, which attracts competitors from across the north of England, for several years. He finished
A FORMER Ermysted's Grammar School pupil has been recognised as one of the top amateur football managers in the USA. Skipton-born Des Smith won the prestigious adult manager/coach of the year award for the south-east region, which includes 14 states ranging
Restaurant-goers who find it hard to decide what type of food to go out for should have their lives made easier next week. A new eatery is opening on Church Street which will include a la carte Chinese and Thai menus as well as buffets offering Chinese
Building work has started on a new £10 million residential development in Crossflatts. The King Cole Mills development is on the site of the original Merrie and King Cole Mills, both of which have been demolished, and Limefield Mills, which is being retained
Otley coach Peter Clegg was not a happy man after his side were beaten 22-19 last Saturday by Pertemps Bees at Cross Green in National League One. "We sat down and we realised that the level of performance that we gave at the weekend is just not acceptable
Bradford rookies Shaun Doherty and Tasif Khan have been told to stay positive after both kicked off professional careers with draws. The young bantamweight duo, who fight out of the city's Fitness Lab gym, were disappointed not to make winning starts
The Bulls have shelved their policy of recent seasons of not playing a money-spinning festive season match, announcing that they will play Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on January 2. The game marks the start of the Bulls' preparations
Lewis Emanuel admits he is playing for his Valley Parade future. The 22-year-old is one of a dozen in the City squad who are out of contract in the summer. Emanuel knows the next six months will be crucial if he hopes to win another deal. And he intends
Alcohol abuse is a big problem in this country and if the worst fears of many are proved accurate will be an even bigger one now that extended opening hours have arrived. With drink available over the bar for longer, and in some pubs and off-licences
Bradford has been dubbed "a seedbed of enterprise and opportunity" in the latest version of the regional economic strategy by Yorkshire Forward, the regional development Agency. The document, which covers development until 2015, describes the city as
Businesses in Bradford are being invited to help shape the future of the Canal Road area at a special forum early next month. Companies are being asked to respond to planned changes in the infrastructure on Monday, December 5, at Bradford City Football
A long-forgotten biography on the early life of Patrick Bront -- father of the famous Bront sisters -- is to be re-published. Bront Society member Imelda Marsden has spearheaded the re-print of The Father of the Bronts, after a 10-year hunt for the original
Former members of Britain's armed forces have not been granted the pensions they deserve, according to a local campaigner. Ernest Cockburn, 58, has added his voice to renewed calls from the Combined Armed Forces Federation of the UK. The group says those
A woman has embarked on a gruelling triple marathon challenge to raise money for a hospice. Deborah Boland, 38, has already completed the New York Marathon. She is now gearing up for the marathons in Paris and London -- both of which take place next April
The Sangat Centre, in Keighley, which united groups last month to raise money, has presented a cheque to a charity supporting the earthquake appeal. The cheque for £859 was donated to the Save the Mothers Trust, based in Bradford, which was one of the
A surprise re-enactment of a wedding which took place 50 years ago left a golden couple lost for words at the weekend. Klara and Brian Ashton, from Haworth, had no idea what their daughters were planning at the Rendezvouz Hotel in Skipton on Saturday
A Keighley thespian is taking a break from his role as a resort manager to direct a pre-Christmas play. Steven Clark, right, who is set to spend the festive season in Florida, has returned home to direct Keighley Playhouse's production of 101 Dalmatians
Police will not tolerate alcohol-related disorder in the area -- as new licensing laws to allow pubs to open for longer come into force. Keighley officers want to crack down on binge drinkers and violent drunks as part of the Government's Alcohol Misuse
A head teacher has spoken of the bravery of the eldest son of murdered PC Sharon Beshenivsky. PC Beshenivsky, who lived in Back Shaw Lane, Hainworth, was gunned down in Bradford city centre last Friday after attending an armed robbery. Son Sam, 12, bravely
The Claus will be out in the battle of the Santas this weekend in Haworth. For the season of goodwill has turned sour following the walkout of the village's popular Mother Christmas. Now there will be two rival Santa Clauses in Haworth as Sweetie Ruttan
SCHOOLCHILDREN were reprimanded in Barnoldswick on Monday as part of a truancy sweep in the town. Education social workers and police officers joined forces to combat the war on truancy throughout Colne and West Craven. The first sweep took place on Monday
PENDLE councillors have hit out at highway budget cutbacks which will see salt bins reduced by more than a third this winter. With one of the worst winters for many years widely forecasted, Liberal Democrat councillors say the Labour-led Lancashire County
A DISTANT relative of Quaker artist and peace activist Joseph Southall was so impressed with the new gate at the Friends' Meting House, in Settle, he gifted some copyright revenue from the reproduction of one of Southall's paintings towards its cost.
LOW BENTHAM showfield has been earmarked as the best place to build a new primary school for Bentham. The plans will ultimately mean the amalgamation of both current primary schools at High and Low Bentham on a new site. North Yorkshire County Council's
CHILDREN from a South Craven school will take a trip to a land of make-believe next week. Budding actors at Malsis School, Glusburn, will take centre stage to perform J M Barrie's Peter Pan. Eight-year-old pupil Harriet Bannister, of Sutton, plays the
THE entire village of Hebden looks set to become a conservation area six years after residents first mooted the idea. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is likely to rubber stamp the conservation order when it meets on Tuesday, giving the authority
PANTO time comes to Settle with a performance of the classic Cinderella to coincide with the switching on of the town's Christmas lights tomorrow (Saturday). Theatre North is staging the professional family pantomime at the Victoria Centre at 7.30pm and
PLANS which are likely to lead to the Craven district being scrapped have been unveiled in a Government memo - just months after a similar plan for local government reform was decisively rejected at the ballot box. In the memorandum which emerged this
SURGERIES across Craven are not experiencing a shortage of flu vaccine, despite a national warning that stocks are low. Officials announced on Monday that the National Health Service had run out of the vaccine because of public alarm over bird flu. The
A SKIPTON landlord is toasting his triumph in getting the extended opening hours he originally applied for. The Commercial Inn was the first pub in the area to apply for longer opening times under the new licensing act which came into force yesterday
The Big Bang perform next Friday at the Snooty Fox, Oakworth, and promised "a few surprises". Guitarist Stan said: "The band have been hard work recently putting plenty of new material into their live set." Admission is free, the band's set begins 9pm
Celebrating ten years leading the laughter for Sutton Amateurs are Dean Harness and Philip Smith. The pair will next week don dresses to play the panto's principal comedy duo for the tenth year running. Each year one of them plays the dame while the other
SIR - I have just been watching a TV advertisement advising us to rush home and switch the heating thermostat down -- in order to save money and the environment. Good stuff! It made me think that as we approach this Christmas season, it would be wise
These Riddlesden Scouts and Wolf Cubs were celebrating the official opening of their new headquarters hut on Canal Road in 1932, the culmination of three years' hard work and the raising of £80. Standing on the right is the official opener, Major A B
A regeneration scheme which has received a string of awards has won another accolade - this time for an innovative faith project. The Faith Forum, part of Bradford's Trident scheme, was being recognised for its work in a neighbourhood awards ceremony
Round-the-world cyclist Alastair Humphreys is 29-years-old on Sunday and has already accomplished more than most. He has circled the earth, cycling 45,000 miles in four years and is finally back home in the village of Airton near Skipton. Yesterday he
A DVD filmed in Bradford was being launched today to help deter young people from becoming involved in gang culture. Understanding Gangs aims to teach teenagers in Bradford the downside to gang culture by using the examples of former gang members in American
Bradford University academics will use 21st century technology to unlock the secrets of one of the country's foremost archaeological finds. Gristhorpe Man, a 3,500-year-old skeleton preserved in an oak tree trunk, has arrived in the city from Scarborough's
Incidents requiring West Yorkshire police officers to carry guns have increased, new figures reveal. Just days after Bradford police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was murdered by a gunman, Home Office figures showed the number of armed operations authorised
Bradford's biggest indoor shopping centre has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to a major UK investment company. The Kirkgate centre, with its 65 shops, has changed hands after 17 years in the ownership of Prudential. Investment giant The Mall
Keighley Ladies 0 Leeds Met University 2 - Keighley put on a show to remember, and went out of the County Cup in style with a fighting performance. They battled to the bitter end against top club Leeds Met, and almost scored in the opening moments. Captain
Keighley Minors 2 Leeds Minors 3 Keighley pushed top team Leeds all the way in their County Minor Cup clash at Cougar Park on Wednesday. The tie was expected to be one of the toughest in the competition, with Leeds starting as favourites to take the title
Keighley Cricket Club celebrated their superb season at a presentation dinner last weekend. During the 2005 campaing both the first and second teams won promotion in the Bradford League - and they are already planning for life in the top flight. The main
Keighley Shamrocks Under-13s B came away with the points in a top of the table clash with Bingley Juniors. In a ve3ry tight game Bingley applied most of the pressure in the first half and took a 1-0 lead. Shamrocks began to find their form and Jonny Greenwood
TABLE TENNIS star Mary Fuller has been selected to join the England Under-15 team. The 13-year-old member of Oakbank Table Tennis club is to travel with the squad to train and compete in Hungary from December 4 -9. Mary recently won her first Under-18
SOUTH CRAVEN school's boys team clinched a thrilling victory in the final of the Powergen Champion Schools tournament last weekend. Playing against Castleford High School at Hull's KC Stadium before Great Britain's Tri-Nation's clash with Australia, they
HOCKEY and cricket star Hannah Ellis has been called up to play for West Yorkshire Schools. Hannah, 15, a pupil at Holy Family School, plays her club hockey with Airedale Ladies who use Oakbank School's facilities, and is one of the few players from a
CARLY ROBERTSON has picked up her karate black belt - at just 12 years of age. Carly, a pupil at Oakbank Sports College, studies with Mo Ilyas at the Bismillah Club in Haworth and recently travelled to Prague with the England team where she won her category
WHARFEDALE will need to show the same qualities they displayed at Blackheath last Saturday when they entertain a strong Waterloo side at the Avenue tomorrow (writes Mike Crowther). The Greens showed a ruthless streak in making the most of their few try-scoring
SOUTH Craven School completed the first half of what would be a memorable double last Saturday. Its year seven boys' team lifted the Yorkshire Powergen Schools Nines trophy in front of thousands of fans at Hull's KC Stadium before the Great Britain versus
Facts about our Grammar School SIR - I thought it might be helpful to address the issues raised by Malcolm Ridley (T&A, November 17). Bradford Grammar School ('boys' has never been in our title) has welcomed girls into the sixth form for more than
100 Years Ago A REPORT on the fortnightly meeting of the Skipton Board of Guardians illustrates some stark social changes over the past century. With Dickensian absurdity, the Board considered a question posed by the West Riding Asylums Committee regarding
Drink related illness is said to cost the health service £3 billion a year and to account for almost a third of hospital admissions. Another set of figures shows that at the weekends 70 per cent of admissions to accident and emergency units are caused
