The Ilkley Playhouse is appealing for new volunteers to join the team. Creative development manager Walter Swan said: “In particular, help behind the bar, serving coffee, performing front of house duties or assisting backstage, or with sound and
A group for local stamp enthusiasts has folded due to a lack of members. Members of Keighley Philatelic Society agreed to halt their activities last Thursday. Spokesman Reg Hindley, who lives in Oxenhope, explained: “The last six members agreed
Ryan Sidebottom claimed three important wickets as Yorkshire’s bowlers limited Sussex to 276-9 on the first day of their LV= Division One game at Hove. Visiting supporters may be happy with their team’s effort on what is a good batting pitch but
Ilkley Tennis Club is holding a fundraising event for Macmillan on Friday, September 27, from 10am to 4pm. There will be stalls selling gifts, jewellery, toiletries, crafts and cup-cakes. Donations for the stalls can be brought on the day.
An Ilkley woman and her dad are trekking up Ben Nevis to raise £2,000 for Dogs for the Disabled. Jo Alexander, who works as an editorial manager for a publishing company, plans to do the trek on Saturday, October 5 – and will have just eight hours
A free course to help people take control of their money starts next month. The Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Money course is for anyone and provides budgeting skills for life. Local Christians from the Ilkley area, who have been trained
A pensioner praised a lifesaving service for residents at her sheltered housing complex in Bradford. Pauline Smith says the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week emergency warden call service at the Anchor complex at St Mary’s Fold puts her at ease. And
A 23-year-old car mechanic was today imprisoned for 11 months and banned from driving for five years for his third offence of dangerous driving. Tyrone Gill, of Bardley House, Tyersal, Bradford, led police on a pursuit in an Audi A3 from Bradford
Despite dominating most of the game, Wyke Wanderers Under-Tens A could only manage a 1-1 draw at Thornhill in the Huddersfield RCD Junior League. Freddie Downes' 20-yard shot was palmed over in the first half, when Hayden Clifford
Prospect Juniors Under-16s, who last season won a Craven, Aire & Wharfe League Cup and will be playing in Division C, are seeking four new players for the new season. They play at Thornbury and train at Apperley Bridge, and anyone interested in
Steve Kittrick has been sacked by Guiseley following the club’s poor start to the Skrill North season. Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Brackley spelt the end of the long-serving manager’s tenure and former Bradford City player Mark Bower
Cleckheaton trio Megan Lockett, Olivia Hamilton and Megan Clarke are representing Yorkshire next week. They are in the white-rose team for the grand finale of the Women’s English Counties’ Championship, which runs from Monday to Friday
A teenager has been cleared of sexually assaulting a sixth form student in a Bradford alleyway. Joshua Bell, 19, of Wrigley Avenue, Bierley, Bradford, was unanimously found not guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court today. He said he may
The four finals of the Bradford Union Matchplay Championship take place this Sunday at Baildon Golf Club. In the singles semi-finals, Baildon’s James Firth takes on Andy Town of Bingley St Ives, who will face the winner of
A temporary track caused Heckmondwike Cycle Speedway Club competitors problems as they lost 84-66 at Newcastle Nomads. The new Nomads team are having to use a circuit that is shorter than the normal size and Heckmondwike found there were few opportunities
The Bradford Union ended their season after finishing fifth in the Yorkshire Inter-District Union Team Championship on Sunday. Tim Wade’s men were hoping to regain the trophy for the first time since 2007, where they won on home turf at Shipley
Eric Hawthorn annoyed his mum by using ferric chloride to etch circuit boards to feed his schoolboy fascination with electronics – especially when it splashed on to the furniture. But I bet she’s forgiven him. Radio Design, the Shipley-based
Mark Hughes of Crossgates met his match in Andy Buckley as the Chadderton player ran away with the Spen Masters final to win 21-9. Over 120 spectators watched a first-class evening of bowls as Buckley lifted the trophy for the second time to follow
Sussex's batsmen made Yorkshire's bowlers work hard for their successes in the second session of the first day at Hove and by the tea interval Ben Brown and Steve Magoffin had taken the score to 237-7 with an unbroken stand of 73 for the eighth wicket
BRADFORD LEAGUES SATURDAY Naylor: Eccleshill A 191 (22), Clayton A 143 (8); Pudsey A 191 (24), Shipley Club A 139 (6); Pudsey Littlemoor A 202 (22), Asa Briggs A 151 (8); Brighouse Sports A 162 (13), Crossgates 175 (17). Averages (top five)
Ollie Woodley starred as the nomadic Hawks team beat St George’s at picturesque Harewood House in their latest friendly fixture. The Hawks were struggling at 40-4 before Woodley (90no) and Paul Gillson (58) put on 122 for the fifth wicket (thought
Former Ashes winner Matthew Hoggard has announced he is to retire from first-class cricket at the end of this season. Hoggard, who lives in Baildon and has played Bradford League cricket for Pudsey Congs, Baildon and Bradford and Bingley, helped
Yorkshire’s bowlers took their time to find the right length and line in their vital LV= County Championship Division One match against Sussex at Hove but Andrew Gale’s men ended the session well on top with the home side on 117-5
Roberts Park will take centre stage when the 11th Saltaire Festival gets under way on Friday. The nine-day long event is expected to attract thousands of people for a programme of events including music, markets, comedy, arts and crafts, and fun
Survival rates for babies across the district are improving, but up to 70 are still dying each year, Bradford Council has revealed. The figures contained in a new report by the Council’s director of public health, Anita Parkin, and Kath Tunstall
On Sunday, September 15, a 1970s-themed event called Take 13 will be held at at Saltaire’s Caroline Street Social Club at 6pm. Featuring a yet-to-be-announced Seventies film, it is the first of five themed film screenings being held as part of Saltaire
The Bradford Trolleybus Association, is hosting a members’ film and slide evening on Friday at the Midland Hotel, Forster Square, Bradford. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and all are welcome.
Pensioner activists have called for “dementia-friendly communities” so that people with the condition feel confident enough to go out. Keighley and Bradford Pensioner Association has highlighted the problem of people with dementia feeling trapped
An afternoon ramble through the picturesque Wharfedale Valley takes place on Sunday. Participants will set off at 11.30am from Old Bridge, Stockeld Road, for the 7.5-mile walk to Addingham where there is a stop-off for a relaxing cup of tea at St Peter
A plan to tip thousands of tonnes of inert waste in a ravine on Addingham farmland could finally be determined by North Yorkshire councillors in October. The scheme, for land at Farfield Farm, Bolton Road, Addingham, was submitted to North Yorkshire
The jury has been discharged in the trial of a man accused of sexual grooming and abuse of a 13-year-old boy from the Bradford area. Adam Greenhough, 29, faces a retrial at Bradford Crown Court on March 19. Judge Peter Benson yesterday enlarged
Otley could be overrun by shuffling corpses each summer after the success of its first Zombie Apocalypse Run. More than 100 zombies and 'survivors' took part in the fiendish fundraiser, which was held on the streets of the town on August 30 and
Assistant Deputy Coroner Oliver Longstaff recorded a verdict of natural causes at an inquest yesterday into the death on April 8 this year of Hazel Alderson, aged one, of Fleece Street, Buttershaw, Bradford, who was found to have developed an infection
Hundreds of cyclists of all abilities are expected to take part in a fun-focused event. The 2013 Otley Sportive, which features three routes of different lengths through Wharfedale, takes place on Saturday. The organisers are hoping to build
Celebrity Masterchef finalist Janet Street-Porter is taking time out of the kitchen to visit a village where a 17-year-long campaign to build a bridge over the River Wharfe is at a turning point. On Saturday she will come to Burley-in-Wharfedale
Adults and children who would like to try tennis are urged to go to Ilkley Lido on Saturday, when Lido Tennis coaching restarts for the Autumn term. The price is £3 for children and £3.50 for adults and includes an LTA licensed coach, balls and
The Yorkshire leg of the Tour De France will cost Bradford Council £731,000, but is expected to bring millions of pounds into the district. For the first time since January’s announcement that the Tour would pass through Keighley, Ilkley, Haworth
Martyn Moxon believes Jonny Bairstow has already done enough to earn himself a winter Ashes tour place. Barring injury, the exciting wicketkeeper-batsman will have played the last five LV= County Championship matches of 2013 with Yorkshire after
25 years ago: A group of foster carers were demanding the right to smack children in their care after Bradford Council imposed a ban on corporal punishment. 50 years ago: Bradford councillors were calling for all bonfire stacks on corporation land
While the proposed wholesale shake-up of swimming facilities in the district is likely to be welcomed by most in Bradford, the planned changes will be bitterly disappointing for Bingley. The Council is closing a number of pools which are no longer
A picnic under a tree last summer held a special significance for Ian Butterfield. Sitting with his family at a beauty spot near Oxenhope, Ian leaned against the tree and thought about the day he planted it. “It was great to think about that
SIR – The gig I recall with most affection at St George’s Hall took place on Friday, November 3, 1978. I paid the princely sum of £2.20 to gain admittance into the upper circle. Musically, I have attended gigs just as good, but the inspired
SIR – When we asked our history master Mr Hutton at the Moravian Church School for Boys at Fulneck in Pudsey what was the point in studying history, he replied that one of the points was so as not to make the same mistake over and over again. Iain
SIR – I grew up in a household that went through periods of financial difficulty, such that at times there was little more for the (main) evening meal than bread and jam. For some time I’ve been wondering how it is that people desperately need
SIR – I am hoping to help highlight the urgent need for more foster carers across the UK. Loving and stable homes are needed for more than 7,000 children in England – with Barnardo’s Yorkshire particularly looking for carers in Bradford. As
SIR – I work on the Euroway Trading Estate, which I’m sure must be the largest industrial estate in Bradford. I travel on two buses from Thackley and have to get off at Bierley and walk a good 15 to 20 minutes to get to work, which is fine on a
SIR – For many months, we have been subjected to an orchestrated campaign which we understood was to obtain permission to film the real business and proceedings of Keighley Town Council to ensure complete transparency. Last Thursday, a clear majority
SIR – Is it not about time that our officials made balanced decisions and personally took responsibility for them? It could only be in Bradford that the Council will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds refurbishing a semi-derelict building on
Despite efforts to use electricity more efficiently, modern lifestyles depend on using even more of it, so we should make sure that it isn’t produced by burning fossil fuels. It’s clear that the demand will rise as nearly everything we do uses
Rescue divers were searching the canal at Saltaire last night after a car rolled down the banking from outside the world heritage site's United Reformed Church. People working out at a boot-camp fitness session in nearby Robert's Park heard the
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Baber Mahmood, aged 37, of Aireville Road, Frizinghall; drink-driving, £210 fine, £320 costs, licence endorsed. Mohammed Shahid, aged 28, of Tennyson Place, Barkerend; driving a dangerous
West Yorkshire will enjoy a £1bn annual economic boost from high-speed rail, a study finds today – giving the troubled HS2 project a huge boost. The analysis knocks back a key criticism of the £42.6bn scheme by concluding it will deliver bigger
A last call has gone out to people aged 90 and over living in Addingham, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley and Menston, who want to join the annual Ilkley and District Good Neighbours over-90s party, on September 28. The cut-off date to register for
A charity car boot sale will be staged at Tesco in Ilkley this month and a fundraising coffee morning in October. The store, on Springs Lane, will host another of its car boot sales on September 29. Pitches cost £10 per car, and there is space
Bulls coach Francis Cummins has warned his players to stay in shape during the off-season ahead – or face being fined. The squad will soon disperse for their end-of-season break following last weekend’s final-day home win over Huddersfield.
City could be heading for Switzerland to finally put an end to the Mark Stewart saga as the long-running episode rumbles on. The club are still fighting FIFA’s order to award Falkirk 250,000 euros (approximately £217,000) in training compensation
A former coach driver who involved his son in setting up a cannabis farm was labelled “daft” by a judge who said he did not expect to see him before a court again. Nicholas Rollings, 44, pleaded guilty to production of the drug at the home he shared
Konrad Czajka invites anyone to visit his six care homes at any time. Whether it is official inspectors, MPs and councillors or members of the public, he’s confident that visitors will discover a gold star operation – far removed from those conditions
Professionals working with babies in Keighley will update their skills at a workshop on Tuesday, September 17. The Every Baby Matters session will bring together several organisations so that staff can build links for working together more effectively
Older people in Long Lee and Thwaites Brow are being invited to an afternoon tea party. The event, at Long Lee Village Hall on Wednesday, October 2, will be free to anyone aged over 50 who lives in the area. There will be workshops and demonstrations
Cyclists from South Craven are being sought to help inspire others to get on their bikes and to do it in safety as a legacy of next year’s Tour de France. British Cycling is recruiting people to lead group bike rides in Craven. Visit goskyride.com
A daredevil stunt show planned for Bradford city centre is in jeopardy after it failed a funding bid. Escapologist Antony Britton was planning a spectacular homecoming show in Centenary Square in less than a fortnight’s time. In the stunt,
A fundraiser received a standing ovation after completing an open-air swim despite having complex disabilities. Mark Longstaff, 52, of Bradford, who has cerebral palsy, finished a 500m swim across the lake at Pugneys Country Park, near Wakefield
Something will have to give tonight as the only two clubs in either division of the Toolstation Northern Counties East League with 100 per cent records go head to head at Throstle Nest. Albion Sports will have home advantage against Thackley in
Gangs of Asian men have been sexually exploiting Muslim children from within their own communities as well as white girls, a national report has revealed. The study by the Muslim Women’s Network UK follows on from a number of high-profile cases
Detectives, hunting a robber who threw curry powder into a woman’s face, have released an e-fit image of the suspect. The man fled empty-handed when the plucky woman put up a fight as he tried to wrestle her laptop computer from her grasp.
Bingley residents eager to see plans for a new Aldi foodstore packed into a preview exhibition yesterday. The discount food retailer is riding high during tough times, with 500 UK stores and plans to open 50 every year. And the old Lilycroft Mills
Bradford Council is considering joining a new scheme to help people renovate derelict properties. The National Empty Homes Loan Fund will offer loans of up to £15,000 to owners of empty properties to help bring them back into affordable use.
People in Queensbury have reacted in anger at plans to close their village’s historic swimming pool. Queensbury Pool sits within the 19th-century Victoria Hall, which also houses other Council services such as the village library. The plan
A swimming club has given a cautious welcome to plans for four new pools, saying they would be better geared towards athletes. The new pools would have swimming lanes and moveable floors, allowing them to be sloped for general use, then flattened
A 61-year-old man appeared in court yesterday, charged with two offences of sexual assault and two of breaching a Sexual Offences Protection Order. Nigel Delaney, of Emsley Close, Bierley, appeared at Bradford Crown Court for a plea and case management
Less of our household waste is ending up in landfill – but it’s not because residents are recycling more. The amount of household waste sent to landfill by Bradford Council has been cut by more than two-thirds in three years. But the amount
Traders will tomorrow meet to discuss the impact on their businesses of work to replace Saltaire roundabout with an amended junction controlled by traffic lights. And Saltaire traders spokesman David Ford said the lengthening peak-time traffic
An autistic teenager has been devastated by thieves who invaded his safe haven and stole his prized collection of Dr Who figures. Matthew Gibson’s upset mum, Ann-Marie, said the figures – which the youngster used to create short films to post on
Young Muslims in Bradford are becoming more vulnerable to the culture of crime, drugs, and “heinous” sexual grooming, according to the Council for Mosques (CfM). The organisation’s annual report also raised concerns about “debilitating” poverty
Bingley Pool could shut in plans branded as “criminal” by the town’s swimming club which said it would fight tooth and nail to save the pool – and in turn the club. Councillors, community workers and schools are also against the proposals which
A businesswoman awarded the Winner of Winners at this year’s Telegraph & Argus Business Awards is creating new jobs as she continues to expand her venture in Bradford. Danielle Dixon, co-owner of Kinder Haven Nurseries, who also won the Woman
The new plan is based on the recommendations of a national sporting organisation, which carried out an independent study into the area’s swimming pools. Bradford Council commissioned Sport England to examine the district’s facilities and report
Four leisure centres could close – including the Richard Dunn Sports Centre at Odsal – as part of a huge Council shake-up of the district’s sports facilities. The other centres earmarked for closure are the swimming pools at Bowling, Bingley and
Hospital staff who are part of the £2 million neo-natal unit expansion at the Bradford Royal Infirmary will be abseiling down the side of one of the city’s tallest buildings to help babies in their care. Dr Sunita Seal, who is clincal lead for
Brighouse Town came out on top in last night’s derby by romping to a 5-1 win at Liversedge. Luke Gibson opened the scoring and Tom Matthews added before the break. Sedge’s Warwick Charlton pegged one back but Danny Nadiole soon restored Town
