Dramatic water features could run through the city centre feeding into the lake surrounding Bradford City Hall, according to a study carried out by top consultants. Research by Ove Arup concludes the lake envisaged by Will Alsop in his visionary
TO some, the prospect of media friendly tycoon Richard Branson running Addingham medical services as part of a vast conglomerate is the stuff of nightmares. The chairman of the village Parish Council, Gordon Campbell, picked Mr Branson as an example of
The Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup has been redrawn after a Central Yorkshire League club were inadvertantly left out. Jack Hampshire Memorial Trophy winners Wrenthorpe, who were also second in the Premier Division and semi-finalists in the Yorkshire
Julian Rhodes was meeting Colin Todd today to thrash out where City's season goes from here. Todd is keen to discover if he will be allowed to boost his squad during this month's transfer window. He has lost Andrew Taylor back to Middlesbrough while Lee
Chris McKenna today revealed he hit an all-time low after losing the Grand Final with Leeds but is now ready to produce his best ever form - in a Bulls shirt. The Aussie second-row has been brought to Odsal after three years at the home of their arch-rivals
HARDY swimmers and plungers braved icy waters for a traditional start to New Year's Day on Sunday. At Otley, dozens of people lined the riverbank at Wharfemeadows Park to watch around ten people jump into the Wharfe. And at Ilkley, adults and children
GUISELEY actor Kristian Tiffany has come a long way since playing the part of a tree in his primary school nativity play! There is nothing wooden about his current performance though. He is currently starring in the pantomime 'Sleeping Beauty' at the
BUS and rail passengers across Aireborough and Wharfedale have been facing an 'unwelcome New Year present' in the form of increased fares. Train ticket prices shot up by an average of 4.2 per cent on Monday, above inflation, while the Leeds area's main
A MEMBER of Menston Parish Church is to recount his experiences of exchanging letters with inmates on Death Row in America. Edmund Conybeare is a member of Lifelines, an organisation whose aim is to facilitate letter writing and build friendships with
AN Addingham resident is hoping that our readers may be able to help her solve a 91-year-old family mystery Catherine Chadwick is trying to trace the origin of a silver trophy which has been handed down for generations in her family. The hallmarked trophy
OBVIOUSLY the man who can fly a jet plane and employs high-tech gadgets such as video goggles to see the view from his remote control helicopter just has to be Mr Bond. But in Burley-in-Wharfedale the pilot with the gadgets is not James but David Bond
GARNETT'S future in Wharfedale has been plunged into doubt after planners refused to give the paper firm a "critical" quick answer. Leeds Plans Panel (West) praised the proposed mixed use, residential, leisure and business redevelopment of the Otley company's
A Bradford-based accountancy firm has advised any same sex couples to take careful consideration of their tax situation if they decide to enter a civil partnership. Howarth Clark and Whitehill said couples ought to seek professional advice when drafting
Rome, Pisa, Warsaw and Corfu are some of the new destinations that passengers will be able to fly to from Leeds-Bradford International Airport in 2006. The airport is hoping the new destinations will bring a record year of growth and expects the number
At a time when Britain's manufacturing prowess has been threatened by the Chinese market, a Shipley machinery company has increased its turnover by more than a third. Carnaud Metalbox increased its turnover to £25 million in 2005 after gaining vital footholds
BUS and rail passengers across Aireborough and Wharfedale have been facing an 'unwelcome New Year present' in the form of increased fares. Train ticket prices shot up by an average of 4.2 per cent on Monday, above inflation, while the Leeds area's main
ALTHOUGH there were several twists along the way, the annual Christmas show of the Drama Club at Ilkley Grammar School had a happy ending. The show, called Winter's Tales, was created through improvisation by the children in the Drama Club, with help
AN Addingham resident is hoping that our readers may be able to help her solve a 91-year-old family mystery Catherine Chadwick is trying to trace the origin of a silver trophy which has been handed down for generations in her family. The hallmarked trophy
AN Ilkley Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator has been recognised in the New Year's Honours List. Heather Chapman, 73, is well known for her work with Neighbourhood Watch and she has been awarded her MBE for services to the community in West Yorkshire. She
RESIDENTS of Addingham will discover this month which GP surgery has submitted the successful bid to run the new village medical centre. Three possible tenants have submitted bids to the Bradford North Airedale Primary Care Trust (PCT) to run services
A BID to win new sports and leisure facilities for Ilkley has homed in on three sites in town which could be developed. Former Ilkley Middle School land on Valley Drive, land at Ben Rhydding Sports Club, and the field beside Ashlands Primary School on
Reader asks where MP stands on party leadership issue SIR, - Readers of 'the Wharfedale' are certainly getting wide coverage of our new Member of Parliament, and he clearly has strong views on most issues. One area where he has been strangely quiet is
Quite why 442 runners should make their way on New Year's Eve to a rain lashed Penistone Hill to run six miles through mud and standing water over Haworth Moor in the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race is one of life's mysteries. Perhaps it was to see if England
HORSFORTH cricketer Tim Linley, 23, has been fast tracked into the professional game after becoming the first winner of London County Cricket Club's national Search 4 A Star for 2005 competition. As well as a trip to South Africa Tim has been awarded
Bradford PA 1 Guiseley 3 WHEN young Guiseley substiutute Tom Marsden had to take the field mid-way through the first-half of this derby game he got an immediate chance to make an impact. The 19 year-old former Sheffield Wednesday youth player came on
Bedford 42 Otley 20 ALMOST 3,000 turned out at Goldington Road and were treated to what must have been one of the most open and entertaining games in League One. Both sides made many changes ahead of Saturday's Powergen Trophy quarter-final at Cross Green
Hundreds of people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake are being re-homed thanks to money raised in Bradford. Architect Sharjeel Hassan, who is based in Mirpur, has been working around the clock to help survivors rebuild their lives and their
The father of Holly Clarke has made a batch of calendars to raise money to fight his daughter's terminal illness. Holly has been battling Batten's Disease, which leads to the progressive deterioration of the brain and nervous system, for two years and
Lives are being put at risk by a sharp rise in assaults on the district's firefighters a brigade chief warns. The alert follows an air rifle attack on a fire crew in King's Road, Idle, on New Year's Eve. Stephen Nunn, station commander at Idle and Shipley
Riddlesden Cricket Club has been stripped of its points and relegated to the fourth division of the Craven and District Cricket League following complaints of nudity. Raymond Jones, secretary and captain of visiting team Gargrave, complained to the League
Robberies in England have soared - but Bradford is bucking the trend. An annual Government study shows that, nationally, there were 168 robberies per 100,000 people in 2004-5, compared to 72 per 100,000 in 1990. In Yorkshire and Humberside, there was
Dramatic water features could run through the city centre feeding into the lake surrounding Bradford City Hall, according to a study carried out by top consultants. Research by Ove Arup concludes the lake envisaged by Will Alsop in his visionary masterplan
A man wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood and armed with a knife was alleged in court yesterday to have raped a 22-year-old woman in her bedroom 16 years ago. Martin Done, 44, of Grange Grove, Riddlesden, Keighley, has denied raping the woman as she held
Students from Ilkley Karate Club had plenty to celebrate at the recent record breaking grading examinations held at the Ben Rhydding Methodist Church in Ilkley. Twentyone students young and old (15 children and six adults) were graded by Sensei Stan Knighton
After a three week mid-season break due to poor weather and the holiday period, Ilkley AFC return to West Yorkshire League action on Saturday with a home game against Baildon Trinity Athletic (kick-off 2.15pm). Players should meet at West Holmes field
OTLEY LIBRARY is due to open this weekend - and after many years of waiting, the town will get a public facility to be proud of. Tomorrow's official opening ceremony will include top city councillors and our own town Bellman, Paddy Steval, as well as
Television commentator John Helm, from Baildon, is hitting the headlines - in India! The veteran broadcaster, who will be the official football man for FIFA's coverage of the World Cup in Germany next year, is busy jetting between England and Asia promoting
LEEDS City Council has been accused of encouraging householders to recycle less and pollute more by denying them access to a tip. Menston and Burley residents who have been using the waste tip at Ellar Ghyll, near Menston, have been told they are no longer
A YEAR of record growth is being predicted by Leeds Bradford Airport. The Yeadon airport is expecting to serve around three million passengers and lay on at least seven new scheduled services during 2006. New figures show that more than 2.6 million passengers
A DEVELOPER hoping to transform a vandal ravaged riverside mill site is vowing to fight on after being refused planning permission. Horsforth Riverside LLP hoped to build around 150 homes and enough industrial units to create 150 jobs at Riverside Mills
A TEACHER who liked his work so much he stayed at the same school for 32 years has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. Harry Pieniazek, is celebrating the anniversary of his arrival at Horsforth's New Laithes Junior School this week and
The new corporate strategy for Bradford Teaching Hospitals is ambitious. The 26-page document contains some interesting ideas aimed at making the hospital service more efficient while not reducing the level of care provided to patients. Whether it will
OBVIOUSLY the man who can fly a jet plane and employs high-tech gadgets such as video goggles to see the view from his remote control helicopter just has to be Mr Bond. But in Burley-in-Wharfedale the pilot with the gadgets is not James but David Bond
Facts and figures need to be included in traffic wrangle SIR, - I do hope that when Councillor Anne Hawkesworth intervenes in the 'war over A65 traffic jams' (Gazette, December 29, Page 4) the contestants will not limit themselves to 'words' only but
Whilst most of us were doing last minute shopping or sitting down to Christmas dinner the World's leading cyclo-cross riders assembled in Belgium for a week of high level racing. Burley-in-Wharfedale's Scott Thwaites (Merlin Development Squad) took on
OTLEY take on Bedford Blues for the second time within a week when Powergen Trophy rugby comes to Cross Green on Saturday with an eagerly anticipated quarter-final tie. The kick-off has been moved forward to 1.30pm to accommodate any extra-time, Otley
A new forum is to be created to give a voice to parents of children with special educational needs. It is hoped the new organisation will replace Bradford's Parents Link which folded last year because of a lack of funding. Parents Link was run to help
A group of young people with a vision of hope stretching to Pakistan are aiming to take a Bradford charity to new levels by creating opportunities for young people at home and abroad. The Save the Mothers Trust (SMT), which is based in Oak Lane, Manningham
More than 200 people who want construction jobs have joined a bank of workers being set up ready to take advantage of the city's jobs bonanza. A massive tailor-made workforce is being organised by Bradford Council ready to build a new-look city when construction
Campaigners who raised a 261-name petition demanding a new children's play area received a boost today. Planning officials have recommended Bradford Council's West Area Committee to support the proposal for an equipped play area off Shipley Fields Road
Four friends who went on the run in memory of a cancer victim have raised more than £14,000 in just two years. When Pudsey man Jack Good died of lymphoma four years ago his devastated wife Joy knew she had to keep things "running". She decided to get
The family of a man who died when he went missing after being refused admission to a psychiatric hospital have now waited 40 working days without an answer to their complaint about his care. Manic depressive Derek Chalmers, 55, presented himself at Lynfield
The shutdown of businesses for extended Christmas holidays helped reduce alcohol-fuelled crime in December, according to police. Officers said potentially high concentrations of drinkers on certain days were diluted this year because many revellers had
Heritage railway enthusiasts are restoring a historic engine which helped in the defeat of Nazi Germany. But in order to do the work they are having to get parts from the only place which manufactures them nowadays - China. The Keighley & Worth Valley
Health bosses say the cost of running the city's two hospitals will be slashed by £9.5 million over the next five years. It comes on top of plans to reduce the headquarters wage bill at Bradford Teaching Hospitals by £1 million during 2006 to make it
A "health tax" could be slapped on food such as crisps and fizzy drinks sold at Bradford's hospitals in a bid to improve health. Drinking water will also be made available free of charge as an alternative to sugary pop as part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Quite why 442 runners should make their way on New Year's Eve to a rain lashed Penistone Hill to run six miles through mud and standing water over Haworth Moor in the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race is one of life's mysteries. Perhaps it was to see if England
Ben Rhydding Golf Club's Neville Beards hit a hole-in-one at Ben Rhydding Golf Club to set up a double with club member Andy Nichols also bagging an ace. Neville's hole-in-one was achieved on the second hole at the tight, difficult nine hole course on
Whilst most of us were doing last minute shopping or sitting down to Christmas dinner the World's leading cyclo-cross riders assembled in Belgium for a week of high level racing. Burley-in-Wharfedale's Scott Thwaites (Merlin Development Squad) took on
Bradford and Bingley 44 Ilkley 17 This New Year's Eve fixture with neighbours Bradford and Bingley gave all the players who took part a chance to blow off the Christmas cobwebs and run off a bit of the turkey and stuffing. The Dalesmen had not played
Time to be honest with Bradford SIR - It was great to read some good news (T&A, December 29) that the government is actually doing something for the youth of Bradford - something that is long overdue. It is, however, a confusing message coming out
