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  • Hot-hatch reinvented

    On one level, Ford have made a very healthy business out of supplying ordinary cars to ordinary folk. The blue oval badge has been a staple among blue collar workers for generations, but Ford are also famous for their sports models, something that

  • The bridges that must now be built

    Dr Mohammed Iqbal, from Allerton, works in a strategic management post for a global pharmaceutical company. He served for six years as a non-executive director of what was Bradford Health Authority and served as a member of the Common Purpose Advisory

  • Bradford & Bingley to remain focused

    Bradford & Bingley must be careful not to take their eye off the ball tomorrow when the second-placed team in Nation-al League Three North face second-from-bottom New Brighton at Wagon Lane. In eight days' time, the Bees face arguably the biggest

  • Redoubt is 'must-win' for Clayton

    Clayton coach Richard Hesle-tine has targeted tomorrow's visit to Westgate Redoubt as a must-win game in the battle to escape relegation from the Pennine League Premier Division. His team are bottom but a moderate run of success could catapult them up

  • Army game means Innes cannot lose

    Former Great Britain amateur international Lee Innes will be aiming to knock his own team-mates out of the Powergen Challenge Cup this weekend. Innes, who has served with the Army for 17 years, will line up for them against West Bowling tomorrow in a

  • Tough task for Boyle's battlers

    Thackley will be pushing for their ninth league win on the bounce tomorrow when Pickering Town visit Dennyfield but it is a game head coach John Boyle says is their most difficult in that run. "No doubt about it, Pickering are one of the best in the league

  • Geary waits on injured trio

    Silsden are aiming to build on their home win last Saturday when they host St Helens Town tomorrow but the Merseyside outfit will be a much more difficult prospect than Formby. While Formby slipped to second from bottom following their 6-3 defeat at Cougar

  • Siddique desperate for crack at a title

    Nadeem Siddique has issued a "come and get me" plea - to anyone with a title. The Bradford light-welter wants to challenge himself against a better quality of opponent but so far his appeals have fallen on deaf ears. Siddique's name had been put forward

  • Hatton gives Femi food for thought

    Femi Fehintola reckons he has found the diet for success by tucking into Ricky Hatton's food regime. The Bradford super-feather is now under the wing of conditioning guru Kerry Kayes, the fitness expert who licks the Hitman into top shape before each

  • 'Result is all that counts'

    City must learn to win ugly to steer clear of trouble, Bobby Petta has warned. Bristol City visit Valley Parade tomorrow to begin a run of three matches against sides fighting for their lives in the relegation dogfight. Clashes with MK Dons and Blackpool

  • Residents to get design statement to protect area

    EXTENSIONS and changes to homes in Tranmere Park could soon be directed by residents. In an effort to keep the unique nature of the pre-1940s development, residents and councillors are forging ahead with a Neighbourhood Design Statement. And although

  • Accountant to face off against teenage genius in Countdown

    Number cruncher Michael Bowden is on 'Countdown' to becoming a TV champ. Millions of viewers tuning into the cult programme watched the NHS accountant and dad-of-two from Rawdon win eight contests in a row. Now the 43-year-old, who has been a big fan

  • Stefan takes North Pole challenge

    POLAR bears and temperatures as low as -40C await a Keighley man taking part in a gruelling race to the North Pole. Stef Hopkins, pictured, is tackling the Polar Challenge -- dubbed the toughest race in the world -- to raise funds for the rescue charity

  • Child-safe zone to expand

    A project to keep young children safe in shopping centres has proved so successful locally it is to be expanded to the rest of the country. In October 2004 Keighley's Airedale Centre was one of the first shopping precincts in the UK to become a so-called

  • Memorial garden plan for Casey's Corner

    Campaigners whose proposals to build a memorial playground were thrown out by Bradford planners are determined to build a commemorative garden instead. Supporters of the scheme pledged their support at a meeting of the Stockbridge Neighbourhood Action

  • Gas safety threat from tip

    A farmer has expressed concern after Bradford Council closed off one of his fields, telling him it contained landfill gas. Contaminated land at East Manywells Farm, Cullingworth, which lies next to the controversial Manywells tip, has now been closed

  • Deal clears way for £25m college plan

    Keighley College's move to a new £25 million campus is set to go ahead after a deal to buy the land was agreed. The college plans to move to a new purpose-built facility on Dalton Lane next to the town's train station. However the scheme has been delayed

  • Man died in street as he fled police

    A 33-year-old man died after he swallowed an "unknown substance" as he fled police. His death in Becks Road, Keighley, yesterday has sparked a probe by independent investigators. The man collapsed as he ran away from police. He was seen swallowing the

  • Village school gets another glowing report

    A VILLAGE school which was told it couldn't improve six years ago has been given another glowing report by Ofsted. Thornton-in-Craven Primary was described as a school which pupils enjoy attending and leave with high educational standards. The inspection

  • Eric plucks up courage for marriage proposal

    A VALENTINES disco held a big surprise for Lida Delbono when her childhood sweetheart dropped to one knee and proposed. Thirty-two years after their first date as teenagers, Eric Pickles proposed to Lida on stage at St Joseph's Parish Centre, Barnoldswick

  • Project is 'looking well' in new home

    PIONEER Projects, the arts charity that manages the Looking Well Healthy Living Centre in Bentham, has finally moved after three years of fundraising and a year of building work. The centre is now based in newly-refurbished premises next door to the original

  • 'You're not welcome', villagers tell cold callers

    ROGUE traders will be shown the door in Grassington after a new scheme was launched to protect householders against doorstep crime. "No cold calling" zones have been set up to deter the myriad of bogus builders, nuisance callers and high pressure doorstep

  • Residents voice concerns over new homes plan

    TRAFFIC, flooding and noise pollution were just some of the concerns highlighted about a proposed housing development at Hayfield Mills, Glusburn. Around 70 people poured into manufacturer Cirteq's canteen on Monday to discuss blueprints drawn up by the

  • Local artists get ready to throw open their studios

    TWO Craven craftspeople are hard at work in preparation for an event that attracts thousands of visitors to the Dales from all over England. Artist Hannah Chesterman and potter David Ashby are gearing up for North Yorkshire Open Studio's 2006, which gives

  • Objectors will fight to retain bypass orders

    AN inquiry begins next week into a procedure which will end the hopes of a bypass for three Craven villages who have to endure heavy traffic using the A65 between Skipton and Kendal. Among those objecting to the revocation of bypass orders is the Long

  • New website pays tribute to Craven's war victims

    A NEW website commemorating Craven men who were killed during the Great War has been awarded funding of almost £25,000. Thanks to backing from the Local Heritage Initiative Scheme, the men who gave their lives in the First World War will be immortalised

  • Judge praises courageous Post Office trio

    A JUDGE has applauded the bravery of three Post Office workers - including a Silsden woman - who tackled a would-be robber wielding a gun. Sub-postmaster Ted Sample grabbed Sam Dunning's arm after the 21-year-old barged into the post office at Ilkley

  • Share hope for troubled radio station

    TROUBLED radio station Fresh AM could soon have new owners. The station, which is based in Skipton, has never made a profit since it began broadcasting, but a share exchange offer to shareholders hopes to secure investment for the station. In its last

  • Fire station is to be upgraded to retained status

    AFTER years of dedication Grassington's firefighters are preparing for a station upgrade which sees its status boosted from voluntary to retained on March 1. Crew members, who hold down full-time jobs in the community, will be paid up to £2,500 a year

  • Retirement flats plan for former school site

    ALMOST 100 luxury retirement apartments and up to 40 new full-time jobs could come to Ben Rhydding as the former Clevedon House School site is developed. A development company this week revealed the site could become 94 'assisted living' flats for over

  • Menston pupils shine in 'The Comedy of Errors'

    THIRTY pupils from St Mary's RC School in Menston pleased audiences last week with a production of Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors'. St Mary's drama teacher Alacoque Marvin said the students have been rehearsing for the production since September

  • Councillor will not stand for re-election

    ILKLEY and Menston are going to be missing a very familiar face in the next round of local council elections in May. Audrey Brand, who has served Ilkley Parish Council for the last 16 years, has decided not to stand for re-election. Councillor Brand,

  • Letters to the Editor

    Upset by delay in providing a crossing SIR, - As a parent and resident of Yeadon, I was upset by the accident on Harrogate road by the Green Lane junction where a schoolgirl was badly injured. Thankfully she is now home from hospital. However, when I

  • Expect carnage tonight

    Carnage is promised in Keighley tonight as Random Hand play a rare home-town gig. Concert organiser Jym said carnage was the only word to describe the show at CJ's Bar. The quartet plays musical styles including skraggae, metallic and punkhop. Admission

  • It's your chance to boogie

    Theatregoers are being urged to don their glad rags and boogie on down to Little Sods's latest show. Weekend performances of the light-hearted musical Disco Inferno will include audience participation. The show features 1970s hits like I Will Survive,

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - In New Zealand we have an English paper called the International Express. In this week's edition was an article regarding a whale which was transported around the UK on a lorry in the 60s and 70s. I have a postcard album and in it is a postcard

  • Fisher gets gold from marathon series

    THE fantastic run Otley Athletic Club's Ian Fisher produced in the Nairobi Marathon has paid off with a gold medal and a share of the £10,000 prize in the Nations Challenge for Oceania and Europe. Ian, 35, ran the first leg of the Standard Chartered Bank's

  • Fisher sets new record in Liversedge Half-Marathon

    Last Sunday, half a dozen members of Otley Athletic Club took part in the demanding Liversedge Half Marathon at Robbertown. The day was wet and windy over the exposed tops of the course. Ian Fisher at first decided to go for position rather than course

  • Alistair drives in as centenary year Captain at Otley

    ALISTAIR Kirkpatrick will captain Otley Golf Club in its centenary year. He was elected to office at the club's 99th annual meeting which was attended by 150 members. After the business of the evening had been transacted Danny Spence was re-elected as

  • Win sets up Otley for double over Welsh

    Sedgley Park 7 Otley 19 WITH Sedgley Park sitting at the bottom of the league it was essential that Otley came away with a win. Park however, have been playing better of late and being in greater need than the visitors of the league points they had targetted

  • Down Memory Lane

    One of Keighley's many lost places of worship, this was Lund Park Wesleyan Chapel as seen on the front of a Souvenir Birthday Calendar compiled by its members in 1927 and photographed when, judging by the empty foreground, houses on the opposite side

  • Student office staff on top of the world!

    Bradford University has been named the best in the world for international students. The university's International Office topped a global poll measuring overseas students' views. It beat off competition from prestigious British universities such as Cambridge

  • Stirred, but not shaken, by Bond film role

    The name's Barnes. Pete Barnes. OK, it doesn't have the same ring to it as James Bond, but Pete is ready for a role in an 007 film Pete Barnes, 43, a relief pilot with Yorkshire Air Ambulance, will appear alongside new Bond Daniel Craig in the next 007

  • Special arrest days are part of crackdown

    Police in Bradford are stepping up their fight to crack down on domestic violence. West Yorkshire Police this week launched their first county-wide awareness campaign, focusing on those suspected of committing domestic violence. The hard-hitting campaign

  • Aleem, 10, names £8m 'super-centre'

    The new £8 million health super-centre in Manningham was officially named yesterday - by a schoolboy. Westbourne Green Community Health Care Centre was the name chosen for the flagship development by Westbourne Primary School pupil Aleem Akbar in a competition

  • The life and deaths of Albert laid bare

    The story of one of Britain's last hangmen, Bradford-born Albert Pierrepoint, is to hit the big screen later this year. During his career, the executioner was responsible for sending more than 450 condemned men and women to their graves. Now - more than

  • Rugby League: Junior round-up

    Cubs Under-17s 8 Staningley 14 - A gutsy performance from the magnificcent twelve was almost enough to win this match, as the Cougars played most of the game a man down. They caught the visitors out early on with man of the match Ben Carley scoring out

  • Bowls: Ready for season

    The Worth Valley Bowling Association's annual meeting was held recently at Cross Hills and it saw the re-election of all officials and two extra teams elected to the league. Holmfield Park (Halifax) joined the Saturday League and Settle entered a team

  • Rugby Union: Keighley fear drop

    Keighley 15 Bradford Salem 26 - Bradford Salem came out on top against a sometimes slip-shod Keighley side in a close game at Utley. The result keeps alive the visitors promotion hopes whilst at the same time adds to Keighley's relegation fears. Stand

  • Soccer: Junior round-up

    Keighley Shamrocks Under-7s played out a brilliant game of football against Prospect which either team could have won. The Shammies managed to score the vital goal with a minute to go to secure a 1-0 win. Scorer was Christian Galindo who was also the

  • Soccer: County Amateur League

    Steeton 3 South Bradford 1 - Steeton got back to winning ways with a hard earned victory against mid-table opposition, which would have been much more comfortable had they put their chances away. The homesters dominated from the first whistle and took

  • Soccer: Silsden get six of the best

    Silsden 6 Formby 3 - Silsden recovered from an early setback to hit six of the best in completing the double over a spirited Formby side. Silsden were without Martin Foulger in goal and the influential Tom Nettleton at the heart of the defence and Rishton

  • Cougars: Williams leads heroic show

    Halifax 38 Cougars 10 - FORWARDS Toby Williams and Phil Stephenson formed a rock-solid partnership in a heroic Cougar performance in the first round of the Northern Rail Cup. The final scoreline did nothing to reflect the performance of the young Cougar

  • Cougars: Ready for Rochdale

    COUGARS have been working on a plan to defeat Rochdale's power-packed forward line. After an impressive performance in defeat at Halifax Keighley's Director of Rugby has been drawing up a plan to avoid a head-on collision with the huge Hornets forward

  • Swift impresses in Roses clash

    SKIPTON amateur boxer Aidan Swift won on a unanimous points decision representing Yorkshire against Lancashire at Preston's Guild Hall last week. The Eastburn Boxing Club member beat his opponent from Sandygate Amateur Boxing Club as Yorkshire won the

  • Twickenham dream ends for Ermysted's

    A DOGGED second-half display in which they came within a whisker of repairing earlier failings was not quite enough to keep Ermysted's on the road to Twickenham as they went down 24-20 to Lady Manners in the quarter-finals of the Daily Mail Under-18 Vase

  • Hodge gears up for new season with trials win

    HEBDEN rower Andy Hodge made a successful start to competitive action in 2006 last Saturday when he won the final Great Britain winter assessment trials with Peter Reed (writes Mike Crowther). The pair were comfortable victors by 13 seconds on the 5km

  • Ben Rhydding Ladies win key match against Nottingham

    Ben Rhydding Ladies 3 Nottingham Highfields 1 This was a key match for the Ladies who have played some excellent hockey this season without just rewards, leaving them seventh in the league with Nottingham in fifth place. Coupled with this was the desire

  • Rhydding Vets to face Olympic hero Kerly

    Ben Rhydding Vets 3 Harleston 0 This was a marvellous performance by Ben Rhydding's veterans and was sweet revenge for several members of the squad who had lost to the same opposition in the play-offs for National League status back in 1989. This win

  • RFU top brass to visit to Stacks Field on Sunday

    Ilkley Rugby Club is honoured to have been chosen by the Chief Executive of the Rugby Football Union for a visit next Sunday morning as part of his programme of visits to grassroots rugby clubs. Francis Barron is overseeing the enormous transformation

  • Letters to the Editor

    Bring back the dog licence SIR - Given the frequency of disturbing behaviour by uncontrolled dogs, I've tried to remember why the dog licence was abandoned. Was it because administration costs outstripped its value due to high inflation? Were the system

  • Getting together

    The evidence linking cannabis to mental illness appears to be growing stronger, and there are many who think the decision to declassify the drug was hasty and ill thought out. Even now the arguments are raging about the potential hazards of using the

  • Craven through the years

    100 Years Ago THE Medical Officer of Health for Skipton drew the council's attention to the high infant mortality rate in the town. It was running at 22.0 per thousand births in 1905, well above the average. The medical officer came up with two reasons

  • Justify claims about play area or apologise

    It was always going to be a tough call. Whatever decision was made over the plan for a play area in memory of nine-year-old Casey Mason it was going to cause distress and disappointment. Keighley Area Planning Panel, using the casting vote of chairman

  • Experience shows cost will spiral

    THOSE Herald readers who live in the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park will shortly have a very special privilege withdrawn from them. No longer will they be able to apply for a special permit to park for free in the car parks run by the

  • Tepid

    AT best the attitude of Addingham Parish Council towards the creation of a recreation path between Bolton Abbey and the village could be described as 'tepid'. Initially, there was support but then that fizzled out when parish councillors declined to hold

  • Illingworth in line for a comeback

    Just one point from the last available nine has dropped Guiseley into mid-table in the UniBond Premier Division but they will be boosted for the home game against Witton Albion tomorrow. Influential skipper Jeremy Illingworth is in line for a comeback

  • Crunch time for determined Celts

    Farsley Celtic face two very important home games in the UniBond Premier Division this week, the first being tomorrow when Ilkeston Town visit Throstle Nest. The Celts are still fourth but their hopes of eroding top-club North Ferriby United's lead were

  • Beadle ready to lead the revival

    Bradford Park Avenue travel to the seaside tomorrow boosted by last week's President's Cup quarter-final win at Burscough - but under pressure to perform in the UniBond Premier Division. Seven straight league defeats have left the side too close for comfort

  • Big chance for Hobson to impress

    Mark Hobson is ready to burst on to the big stage after landing an unexpected shot at Enzo Maccarinelli. Hobson has stepped in to face the WBU cruiserweight champion after Johnny Nelson damaged his knee in training. The fight is the chief support for

  • Noble wants Bulls to finish what they've started

    Brian Noble has urged his side to quickly rediscover their killer streak. Harlequins come to Odsal tomorrow night hoping to upset the Super League champions on their home turf. The Bulls were made to work hard to win their first game at Wakefield on Sunday

  • Priorities are highlighted in blueprint for village

    A blueprint for the future of Burley-in-Wharfedale was due to be presented to councillors last night. The Burley Parish Plan, which will be a working document for the future of the village, was on the agenda at a meeting of the Shipley Area Committee.

  • Poultry classes to go ahead despite fears over bird flu

    EXOTIC pigeons and chickens should feature at Otley Show in May - despite fears of bird flu. Organisers of the event are planning to include poultry and pigeons - despite being warned that classes might have to be cancelled at the last moment. Show secretary

  • Move to preserve village's old mill

    Moves to preserve Pool-in-Wharfedale's old mill are being made by the parish council. The mill, on land belonging to the Recreation Ground Management Committee (RGMC), is a precious part of the area's history but is run down and covered in graffiti, a

  • Angry mum protests at sweets with drug name

    A nurse who has worked with the victims of drug abuse is calling for action to ban 'cannabis pastilles' after she saw them on sale in a Yeadon shop. And Trading Standards officers are appealing to shopkeepers to act responsibly in the wake of complaints

  • Failures must be addressed

    The number of trials which are cancelled or delayed because either the Crown Prosecution Service or the police are "not ready" is far from acceptable. In West Yorkshire alone, 11 per cent of trials in the year to March 2005 had to be dropped. Across England

  • 'We'll put Bradford on the world stage'

    Senior figures from Bradford business have met to discuss how they will promote the city on the world stage in Cannes next month. About 25 companies met at Victoria Hotel yesterday to gear up for the biggest property event in the world, MIPIM (Marche

  • Student wins volunteer award

    A 21-year-old student from Steeton gained a Millennium Volunteer Award for sport at the Yorkshire and Humberside awards ceremony last Thursday. Trisha Bennett, who goes to Craven College, was up against more than 100 young people who had been nominated

  • Teacher becomes parachute pupil

    A Holy Family School teacher will be hurling herself out of a plane to help a charity which supports vulnerable youngsters. Beverley Minor, above, will make the charity parachute jump tomorrow at Brigg airfield near Scunthorpe. The money will go towards

  • Carol earns praise after gun terror

    A judge has commended the courage of three post office workers -- including a Silsden woman -- who tackled a gun-wielding would-be robber. Sub-postmaster Ted Sample grabbed Sam Dunning's arm after the 21-year-old barged into the post office at Ilkley

  • Children's pet dog shot

    A gunman has shot dead a family's pet dog and seriously wounded its mother as the animals were being walked by young children. Armed response police officers and the West Yorkshire force's helicopter were called to the scene of the shooting on Monday

  • Man cleared of rape charge

    A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl over a four-year period has been cleared of all the allegations against him. It took a jury at Bradford Crown Court less than two hours to find Barry Rowen not guilty of two charges of rape, two of indecent

  • By-election called as BNP councillor quits

    British National Party Councillor Angela Clarke has quit her seat on Bradford Council Now a by-election for the seat in the Keighley West ward will be held on March 23. News of the election came as Cllr Clarke, pictured, pledged to remain a Keighley town

  • Planners say no to new housing development

    PLANNERS have rejected an outline application to build 22 further dwellings on a greenfield site at Townhead, in Settle. Craven District Council's planning committee agreed that the site was outside the defined development limit boundaries of the Local

  • Bus station needs urgent attention, says passenger

    WAITING in leaky bus shelters and trying to read vandalised and sometimes non-existent timetables is the experience of many Skipton bus station users. And Sutton-in-Craven resident Christiane Burns wants the authorities to stop dragging their heels and

  • Slimming duo shed a total of 16 stones

    SUPER slimmers from South Craven are celebrating after shedding more than 16 stones between them. When Cross Hills woman Maria Webster got married in September 2003, she weighed nearly 18 stones and walked down the aisle in a size 26 wedding dress. Two-and-a-half

  • National park end free parking for residents

    FREE car parking for people living in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is to come to an end from April. Instead, residents will be charged £30 a year - the equivalent of 58p a week - to park in any of the Dales' 11 car parks and the income will be ploughed

  • School unites to plan the Wedding of the Year

    A TEACHER'S wedding day has inspired a project that is spiralling into the event of the year. When Threshfield School teacher Liz Summers tied the knot last summer and became Mrs Duncan Roberts she never envisaged it would bring together a local community

  • Longer trains could solve overcrowding

    NEWS that the number of journeys made on the Airedale and Wharfedale rail lines topped 10 million for the first time last year has left a bitter sweet taste in the mouths of supporters. With up to 550 passengers commuting from Skipton to Leeds every day

  • Gillian's French connection has brought a 60-year friendship

    SIXTY years ago Gillian Hirst embarked on a brave journey by train and boat to war-ravaged France all by herself at the tender age of 15. Her journey was the first ever exchange visit between Ilkley Grammar School and Coutances and it happened because

  • Brave post office staff praised by judge

    A JUDGE this week applauded the immense courage of three Ilkley post office workers who tackled a would-be robber wielding a gun. Sub-postmaster Ted Sample grabbed Sam Dunning's arm after the 21-year-old barged into the post office at Ilkley railway station

  • Priorities are highlighted in blueprint for village

    A blueprint for the future of Burley-in-Wharfedale was due to be presented to councillors last night. The Burley Parish Plan, which will be a working document for the future of the village, was on the agenda at a meeting of the Shipley Area Committee.

  • Skate park lighting up for debate by council

    TOWN leaders are to debate lighting up Ilkley Skate Park after months of discussion by a police and community liaison group. Ilkley Parish Council are to examine the advantages and concerns about lighting at the East Holmes Field skate park, after initial

  • Album Reviews

    Beth Orton -- Comfort Of Strangers Ten years into her recording career Beth Orton returns to try and steal back some of the acclaim that is currently being afforded to artists like KT Tunstall. Comfort Of Strangers is a huge disappointment. The title

  • DVD Reviews

    Red Eye Horror director Wes Craven applies his mastery of tension and excitement to his first mainstream thriller. At just 80 minutes it's a sleek, twisty, edge-of-the-seat affair that leaves little time to spot the plot holes. A hotel manager flirts

  • What's On this week

    Local: Harden Congregational Church: Harden Players pantomime Snow White (tonight, tomorrow 7.30pm, 2pm). Tickets from Harden Post Office. Glusburn Institute: pantomime Peter Pan (tomorrow-Saturday, February 25). Tickets from Forget-Me-Not, Cross Hills

  • Skipton doomed to be commuter town

    SIR - Thankfully Craven District Council voted for one of two development options at their recent meeting. But it chose a watered down plan which gives the council its new offices and some housing but it fails to resolve the two major problems which remain

  • Letters to the Editor

    Pub campaign a real community effort SIR, - The fate of the Wheatley Hotel now lies in the hands of the Planning Inspectorate. We can now only hope that the community argument overcomes planning policies, whose sole aim seems to be to build on any piece

  • NHS chiefs approve Bingley hospital bid

    Plans to replace Bingley Health Centre and the town's 'outdated' hospital with a £10 million primary care centre have received a major boost. Health bosses have approved the business case for the centre, which will bring a host of healthcare services

  • Vintage Lampkin display puts him back on podium

    Dougie Lampkin got back into world indoor reckoning at Belfast on Friday night with a vintage performance that put the Silsden rider on the podium for the first time this year. His second place at the Oddsey Stadium put Montesa HRC back in the spotligh

  • Care leaves desk to sit on top of the world

    FROM sitting at his school desk to sitting on top of the world has taken young rugby star Danny Care just a matter of months. The Leeds Tykes player left Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley only last summer but is already making a name for himself

  • Parsley's Guiseley need a quick return to winning ways

    Guiseley 0 Wakefield Emley 1 Guiseley watched their hopes of a play-off place slip further away after a lacklustre performance against their old rivals. Disappointed supporters left Nethermoor uninspired after their team's second home defeat in a row.

  • West Park seal niggly 'derby' with late Barnett penalty

    Yarnbury 9 West Park Leeds 17 West Park followers were grateful for some divine intervention as fly-half Jim Barnett scored the vital points to seal a crucial away win. The tone for a niggly, dour affair was set after less than two minutes when a stamp

  • Aid worker heads back to tent city

    A Bradford aid worker is preparing to return to an area devastated by earthquake next month to start making plans for long-term reconstruction. Yousaf Razaq is a project co-ordinator for the Human Relief Foundation (HRF) based in Great Horton. He spent

  • Leaders are shown city in a nutshell

    Business, community and public sector leaders have been on a two-day whistle-stop tour of Bradford to find out more about the district. The crash course in local knowledge aims to give leaders an instant overview into how Bradford works, what are the

  • Dream Interiors conman banned

    A businessman fleeced cash from unsuspecting Bradford customers who wanted to buy dream kitchens for their homes. Akhter Ahmed Sheikh, director of kitchen design company Dream Interiors UK, took deposits from home-owners who wanted to spruce up their

  • Bosses want longer hours for bus lanes

    Bus lane operating hours on a congested route into Bradford should be extended to create a more speedy service, it is claimed. Bus companies have flagged up the need to improve journey times along the A650 Manningham Lane, especially during off-peak periods

  • 'I saw Lennie at club after alleged death'

    A Bradford taxi driver has told a jury he saw wheeler dealer Leonard Fulbirg in a snooker club four months after he was allegedly lured to his death. David Marshall said he was "a hundred per cent positive" that it was Mr Fulbirg in the 147 Snooker Club

  • Delays cause courts crisis

    Police and prosecutors have been blamed for last-minute cancellation of one in every nine trials in West Yorkshire magistrates' courts. According to a National Audit Office report, police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) errors wasted more than £55m

  • Airport sale plan divides City Hall

    Bradford Council's ruling Conservative group has backed in principle controversial plans to sell off Leeds-Bradford Airport. West Yorkshire's five councils, which jointly own the airport, are being asked to discuss the possibility of selling shares to

  • Taxpayers may fund deficit of £1.5m

    An extra £1.5 million of taxpayers' cash could be poured into the private company which runs Bradford schools to help it balance its books. An independent report revealed that Education Bradford has run up a deficit of £8.5 million since it took on the

  • A host of sport legends boost appeal

    Sporting legends were out in force at a star-studded dinner at Valley Parade to boost funds for the Lord Mayor of Bradford's Appeal. Bradford City Football Club was awash with former and present leading lights of cricket, football and both codes of rugby

  • I fought off armed gang with shovel

    A have-a-go shopkeeper has told how he beat off a gang of armed, masked raiders with a shovel. Mohammed Shaffiq, 37, hit one gunman over the head but was stabbed in the shoulder by a second man armed with a knife. Mr Shaffiq turned to the shovel - the

  • Table Tennis: Keighley & District League

    Played two, lost one, won one for Keighley & District Table Tennis League Division Two leaders Nemesis this week. First off the Wrose side visited Lothersdale 'B' who had Frazer Krischte in fine form with his full house doing for Dave Manogue 11-9

  • Rugby League: Scouts out in force

    Keighley Albion 42 Clayton 6 - Cougar scouts were out in force as Messers Roe, Hollindrake and Spencer were entertained by Albion as they kept hot on the heals of leaders Drighlington. They produced another emphatic eight-try romp at the expense of strugglers

  • Soccer: Women's football

    Kirklees 0 Keighley Ladies 4 - Keighley pulled off an impressive victory over bottom of the table side Kirklees - to hold on to their third place in the league. Captain Michelle Harrison kicked off by hammering a shot from the half way line, but although

  • Soccer: Sunday round-up

    Keighley Athletic 7 Eastwood Tavern 2 - As the score suggests the home team controlled most of the play throughout the whole 90 minutes. They scored three goals in the opening period while the Tavern side hit the back of the net once. The onslaught continued

  • Soccer: Craven League

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