Premier leaders Oxenhope's slim title hopes were virtually extinguished after they crashed by the odd goal in nine against Skipton Town who they beat in the cup just two weeks back. They took the opportunity to blood several youngsters and looked good
LONG-running bitter industrial disputes are rare on the streets of Ilkley but supporters of sacked Darlington strikers were spotted outside the house of a director who lives in the town. The object of their campaign, Magnet Limited managing director David
Bradford's biggest housing estate will lose its only butchers shop today - despite massive support from customers to keep it open. Mr D Discount on The Parade, Holme Wood, will shut its doors for the last time after butcher Paul Metcalfe was told by Bradford
A NORTH Craven nursery received a special present for its first birthday this week - a favourable Ofsted report. Scallywags Nursery, based in the community house at Settle High School, underwent a nursery education inspection towards the end of January
CRIME figures will rise sharply in April following changes in how police forces record offences. The purpose of the change is to make the rules governing crime recording simpler and more logical - presenting a truer picture of the extent of crime. Police
AN airbridge costing in the region of £300,000 is to be built at Leeds-Bradford International Airport at Yeadon. The airbridge which will link the airport to an aircraft is expected to be in use by May. Philip Firth, the airport's marketing manager, said
MORE than two thousand people will be asked to voice their support, objection or indifference to the Burley-in-Wharfedale footbridge scheme. The village footbridge committee has organised a questionnaire which will be delivered to every household in the
THREE raiders left empty handed after attacking a security guard at Horsforth. The men, all wearing balaclavas, and two of them carrying baseball bats, attacked the 61 year-old on the car park at the rear of Morrison's supermarket, Town Street, Horsforth
HEALTH bosses have said they want a replacement Wharfedale General Hospital up and running by July 2002. The United Leeds Teaching Hospitals' Trust has just published its new Outline Business Case for a replacement Wharfedale General Hospital. The Trust
THE deputy Town Mayor of Otley is an extremely worried man. Councillor Mike Evans fears he may be being sent into exile - like Napoleon - on the South Atlantic island of St Helena. Councillor Evans, pictured, is travelling to one of the few remaining
Ilkley B 43 Pocklington 20 AN open flowing game produced 10 tries and a victory for Ilkley thirds against Pocklington. An early try by centre Gareth Ingham was quickly cancelled out. The teams traded points throughout the first half. Ben Murgatroyd's
BNFL National Cup 3rd round: Keighley Albion 0 Beverley 36 ALBION'S cup run ended at the hands of Conference premier leaguers Beverley who gave a master-class in fast, flowing rugby and superb support play. Said coach Gary Moorby: "It's obviously disappointing
Pensioner Marion Bos-worth, will celebrate her 90th birthday tomorrow - though she has only had 22 birthdays Mrs Bosworth of Bog-thorn, Oakworth, was born on February 29, 1908 - a leap year - but has celebrated her birthday on the 28th ever since. A former
Are you a lap-top toter? Computer crime, I am told, is costing UK businesses more than £250 million a year, and certainly, we have lost a few from the office. But lap-tops are now fast becoming the main target for thieves. Even if you are insured, it
A major business conference is being held in Bradford next week to promote a top-level management development programme. An introductory conference to the Business Masters Management Development Programme has already attracted more than 100 delegates
THERE were mitigating circumstances for this defeat - there usually are - but it still leaves the Cougars without a point going into two tough away games in the next fortnight. There's been a rampant flu bug in the camp all week; three players including
Adventurers Steve and Kath Jones head for a huge unexplored gully in Borneo this weekend. On Sunday the Lothersdale couple join a 30-strong team which will attempt to descend 8,500 feet into Low's Gully in remote jungle. It is one of the world's great
The family of Bradford soldier Lee Clegg today vowed they were now convinced they would win their fight to clear his name. Hours after the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal quashed his murder conviction for shooting a Belfast joyrider and ordered a retrial
OWNERS of second homes in the Dales are being subsidised by the local full time residents to the increasing frustration of parish councils and elected representatives. Growing disquiet of the system among parish councils is echoed in the chambers of Craven
IF I choose to share the ups and downs of life with my beloved gnu, that - in the privacy of my own home - is my business. If I then applied for legal aid to take The Ilkley Gazette management to court because, as my employers, they refuse to accept my
Wharfedale soccer Royal crashed to Cookson cup quarter-final defeat against opponents from a division lower - and despite having a one-man advantage for all but the opening 20 minutes. By then Peter Callaghan had put Allerton Fleece ahead. After Nigel
MENSTON 1 WHEATLEY 1 BEFORE these two teams met last November Wheatley sat undefeated in second place with Menston third. Since then their paths have diverged wildly as Wheatley have slipped to seventh and Menston have remained close on the heels of leaders
Tockwith 1 Pool 2 POOL continued their climb up the First Division with an away win at Tockwith that represented their most workmanlike performance of the season so far. On the big, windswept pitch, Pool pressed hard in the first-half. Carl Wilson caused
Burley 21 Aireborough 22 AN experimental Aireborough side, including many from the junior teams, had a welcome win after a run of several consecutive defeats. Flanker Martin Hemsley helped himself to two tries with centre Mike Neild and lock Simon Rostron
OTLEY 7 WORCESTER 68 WORCESTER, who are favourites to win the Jewson League Division One title marked their first ever visit to Cross Green, on Saturday, by rolling Otley over with ease. They played some scintillating rugby coupled with some some powerful
SPENNYMOOR 1 GUISELEY 2 NEW manager Bobby Davison made a winning start when he took his side to his native North East on Saturday and defeated Spennymoor and followed this with a 3-0 cup win at Leigh on Tuesday. His rejuvenated squad battled hard throughout
SIR - Regarding your article in last week's edition of the Craven Herald referring to the 20 mph blanket speed limit - it is about time Coun Doyle got in the real world. How can a survey of only 500 residents of Skipton be a fair cross section about the
Addingham 2 Keighley 1 (after extra time) ADDINGHAM moved a step closer to a unique cup double with a fine victory over the league's in-form side in the Northern Plant Hire Challenge Cup. This cup is the Craven League's most prestigious trophy with more
A mature student has overcome dyslexia to be nominated for an adult learning award. Ken Hudson's determination to beat the condition has led to his nomination for Adult Learner of the Year by members of staff at the college. The 48-year-old from North
SENIOR managers from Earby's Wardle Storeys factory were given a grilling by angry residents at a sometimes stormy two-hour meeting in the town on Monday. But the company representatives expressed fresh optimism about new filtration equipment soon to
Fur flew when a teenager stormed out of his job - after he lost his head. The claws came out after the 16-year-old, who had dressed as a giant cat on a promotion exercise, was accused of losing the furry critter's head - on purpose. Crossley Hall Car
YORKSHIRE Water is planning to invest £15 million in improving supplies in North Craven. The plan, currently awaiting approval from Yorkshire Water's board of directors, is for a new 52km water main to carry supplies from Embsay water treatment works
SPENNYMOOR 1 GUISELEY 2 NEW manager Bobby Davison made a winning start when he took his side to his native North East on Saturday and defeated Spennymoor and followed this with a 3-0 cup win at Leigh on Tuesday. His rejuvenated squad battled hard throughout
The Reds knew they faced strong opponents, with visitors Stanley Rodillians strong promotion contenders in second place in the division and having already inflicted a 49-22 defeat on Skipton in an earlier encounter at Rodillians in September, and they
Keighley and Craven cyclists are campaigning for a better deal for bicycle users. Silsden resident Mike Shaw, who set up a small group of Sustrans Supporters last year, is exploring ways to develop cycle tracks in the area, improve safety for cyclists
Karate kid Zane Collins is bidding to celebrate his 12th birthday in style by becoming the youngest black belt holder in the country. Karate chiefs recommend 12 as the youngest age at which someone should try for a black belt. So when he turns 12 tomorrow
THE battle guns are out again to try and save Silsden green fields from the threat of hundreds of new homes. A new campaign was launched in the town this week, under the wing of the area's Conservatives. Although they stressed it was a non-political fight
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND pensioner Brian Clark could do nothing but sit and watch when his wife was assaulted and puppy kicked into the air in an Ilkley park. The couple from Sunset Drive, Ilkley, drove to Riverside Gardens at about 5.45pm on Saturday and Mr
Organisers of the Correena Done Appeal wish to thank Keighley people for their huge efforts to help save Correena's life. Julie Melvin, Elizabeth Taylor, Marie Rowley, Debbie Roberts and Jackie Turton - organisers of the appeal - have asked us to thank
A MAYPOLE which has mysteriously appeared in Burnsall could rekindle a feud dating back more than 200 years. Fingers of suspicion were being pointed at the neighbouring tiny hamlet of Thorpe this week, after what villagers have called an "apology for
SKIPTON RFC, the oldest rugby union club in the Yorkshire Dales, is to launch an intensive fundraising drive in a bid to win a £500,000 grant for its 125th birthday next year. The appeal follows the decision by the National Sports Lottery to reject a
disappointed Harlow Hill 3 Ilkley AFC 2 ILKLEY AFC again came away from a game empty handed when they did enough to at least earn a share of the spoils in this Division One clash at second-placed Harlow Hill. Ilkley worked their socks off and forged in
The mystery surrounding Silsden's lost roll of honour has been solved - and it wasn't missing after all. Silsden parish council appealed through the Keighley News for help in finding the missing book which contains the names of the town's servicemen and
OBJECTORS fighting against controversial plans for a wool scouring plant have described it as "an environmental timebomb". The proposal to transform a derelict mill at Addingham passed its first hurdle on Tuesday when it was debated by Bradford Council's
Pupils at Keighley's Holy Family School could soon no longer be taught tennis and netball. The school's three physical education teachers - Sue Greenwood, Paula McKillop and Dave Metcalfe - are fighting to save the school's one remaining area on which
With Tom Smith Love 'em or hate 'em they have been with us from when history was first recorded and will probably be with us until Armageddon. Since man first decided that there should be a category of person between the aristocrat and the proletariat
An apology in anticipation of some of you not being totally happy with this week's issue. For a number of reasons, which are fairly difficult to explain, we have been unable to carry all of our normal reports such as village news, sport, some diary dates
Businessman Brian Rhodes has revealed innovative proposals ahead of Chancellor Gordon Brown's March Budget which he believes could help the government better manage its over-stretched finances. Mr Rhodes, managing director of Royd Lane textile dyers Herbert
THE Ilkley Moor Fell Race on Sunday, promoted by Ilkley Harriers, was a highly successful event. The race attracted a large field of 230 runners, some from as far afield as Peterborough and Keswick. In a thrilling race, winner Greg Hull of Leeds City
COUGARS' new major investor this week issued a 'Let's get together' invitation to disgruntled shareholders. "We want your input ..this is not a showdown," declared Hami Patel. "We want to build this club into something local people can be proud of." The
When David Hopkin cruelly ended Sheffield United's promotion hopes in the final minute of last season's Wembley play-off final, Chris Wilder was as gutted as any Blades fan. The Bradford City defender had travelled down with a group of friends in the
It was never going to be easy against a Rugby Lions side who have a 100 per cent home record but after a first half mauling Wharfedale mounted a spirited revival and finished the game with their pride intact although losing 42-21, writes Keith Lewis.
MORE than two thousand people will be asked to voice their support, objection or indifference to the Burley-in-Wharfedale footbridge scheme. The village footbridge committee has organised a questionnaire which will be delivered to every household in the
A GROUP of children from pollution-ridden Belarus arrive in Settle this weekend for a four week visit which could add a year to their lives. The youngsters, all aged between seven and nine, are either orphans or from single parent or very large families
Keighley Cougars fans Terry and Ena Senior were presented with a bouquet to mark their 40th wedding anniversary during a surprise ceremony at Sunday's match. The couple, whose home is in Redcliffe Street, Keighley, rarely miss a home game and Ena in particular
A top Keighley freemason has hit out at government plans to introduce a register of names. Chief Freemason Jim Harris, chairman of the Freemasons Media Committee, says action to curb the influence of freemasons within the judicial system will put the
The boss of a Silsden textile company has denied the firm is to quit the town over a row about access to its property. Weavestyle chief executive Joel Rosenblatt's comments come after a new road layout was introduced to help vehicles gain access to the
A leading Tory councillor has blasted the need to bail out Keighley Women's Centre as 'almost moral blackmail'. Anne Hawkesworth is angry that she had to agree to hand over Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) cash - Keighley's windfall from the government
A FORMER psychiatric nurse at Burley-in-Wharfedale's Scalebor Park Hospital has condemned its planned sale as a 'criminal and insane act.' Les Welbourne, of Peel Place, has voiced his disgust to the Secretary of State for Health and urged him to create
Keighley College lecturers could take strike action before Easter against compulsory redundancies announced last year. Members of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE), which represents 90 per cent of lecturers
A MENSTON schoolgirl has been recently selected for the trip of a lifetime. Claire Leaver, a Year 12 student of St Mary's Comprehensive School, has been given the opportunity to visit a remote region of China. As part of the Yorkshire Schools Exploring
HAROLD Best this week gave his vote to the Wharfedale Observer's Missing Link campaign. The Labour MP for Leeds North-West told the Wharfedale to count on his support in the bid to secure a bus link between Otley and Menston railway station. Mr Best said
A TEN-week old baby is having to sleep in a cupboard because of lack of space at a Guiseley council house. Mother, Amanda Birch, 25, said her two-bedroom home in Queensway, was too small for herself, her husband Shane, 30, and their other two children
SOCIAL service bosses have denied wasting vital housing space for pensioners by using an Ilkley flat as offices for its staff. As part of a money saving exercise, home care staff have moved from Ilkley Town Hall into a ground floor flat at an old people's
A hero is to be acknowledged after his grave lay forgotten and neglected for more than a century. Matthew Hughes was buried in Undercliffe cemetery in 1882 with little to suggest the selfless acts of bravery that had won him his country's highest award
YOUNG skaters this week dismissed the worries of Craven councillors as "excuses" after their long-awaited dream of a wheel park in Skipton was put on hold. They were speaking after members of Craven District Council's community services committee voted
Bilton 0 Ilkley U-11s 3 ILKLEY Under-11s travelled to Bilton with a weaker side than they would have liked as Harrogate and Leeds have different half terms and so some players were away on holiday. On a small pitch the first-half was a very scrappy affair
A BEN Rhydding man has accused Yorkshire Water of forgetting to pay him his due compensation. John Marshall, of Wheatley Lane, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, said the company told him last Autumn it would look at paying him for the extensive sewerage works he
OTLIENSIANS 0 CLECKHEATON 63 AFTER their recent run of success Otliensians faced a very strong fixture with Cleckheaton riding high in North East Two. It was hoped that a full squad would be available but this was not the case as six players were unavailable
Guiseley Reserves 6 Atherton LR 0 Another convincing victory kept Guiseley Reserves on target in their quest to lift the Bolton Alliance Combination League championship as they move towards their head to head with Chorley for the title. This game is set
THE Liberal Democrats' survey of traffic in Skipton has much to commend it. Remember the last such exercise, carried out by professional consultants? Very little came out of it, save a pedestrian crossing on Gargrave Road. Now 500 local people have identified
IF I choose to share the ups and downs of life with my beloved gnu, that - in the privacy of my own home - is my business. If I then applied for legal aid to take The Ilkley Gazette management to court because, as my employers, they refuse to accept my
A GROUND-breaking project - probably the first of its kind in Britain - could bring the vastly under-used Damside car park back into life as a sports and leisure training facility. Clubs are already responding to the Continental-style, multi-sports concept
Bradford Girls Grammar School pupil, nine-year-old Heather Shutt was the surprise package of the Yorkshire Closed table tennis championship at Armley Sports Centre, Leeds. Heather who lives at Baildon won the Under-17s competition. Early on in the tournament
For the first time since the start of the Craven Football League season a full programme of scheduled matches took place, with the last two 100 per cent records in the league falling - Embsay losing 1-0 away to Keighley in the Skipton Building Society
David "Bluey'' Bairstow's spirit was in the weather which enveloped Ripon Cathedral during a moving service to celebrate his life. The strong wind howled its way into the cathedral, demanding attention, but would then ease off for a while as shafts of
LEGGY Sarah Spencer is real supermodel material with an outstanding outside leg measurement of 48 inches. The 22-year-old Ilkley lass was invited to measure up against long legged international model Michelle Norkett - dubbed Queen of the Pins because
Campaigners are preparing for the next round of the fight against massive housing development at Swine Lane, Riddlesden. Taywood Homes has submitted new plans to Bradford council. Earlier ones were thrown out following an appeal to Environment Secretary
Police in Keighley want to build on the success of their club-watch scheme by extending it to pubs. Club-watch has been such a great success since its launch in December that police would like to extend the service to pubs in the town centre. Club-watch
ALL too often we decry the youth of today. They won't do anything for themselves, they hang around on street corners making a nuisance of themselves, they think the world owes them a living....blah, blah blah. Well, pity some of the enterprising youths
SIR - Congratulations on your Opinion column of February 20, regarding the hi-jacking of popular issues by politicians. It is accepted that all parties do this, but the latest efforts of the Tory Party, posing as the saviours of Silsden's Green Fields
With just one qualifiying round remaining Dougie Lampkin is firmly on course to take the FIM world arena trials title. He scored a brilliant win in Vienna on Friday when most dangerous rival Marc Colomer slumped to fifth - copying Lampkin's off-day a
John Kain says his Keighley Cougars side will have to be on their guard against former team-mate Steve Hall when they travel to Rochdale tomorrow. The powerful prop moved from Keighley to Spotland during the close season along with Andy Eyres as Hornets
GEOFF Wilkinson was amazed when a letter from a long lost friend - who emigrated to Australia 20 years ago - landed on his mat this week. Mr Wilkinson, of Bridge Lane, Ilkley, was featured in the paper on January 15 with his diary of the town which spans
Keighley had two million-pound lottery wins this week. The news broke last night as the Keighley News went to press. The first winners are Phil and Susan Bowness who won £1.25 million on last Saturday's National Lottery. The other is Airedale Hospital
Bradford was today in the grip of National Lottery fever as thousands of people across the city were hoping for a £1 million hat-trick. Two £1 million wins in a matter of days in the district have sparked a gold rush among the city's punters hoping that
Johannesburg and Keighley may be poles apart on the map but their business communities are forging ever closer links. South African businessman Brian Clark has travelled from Johannesburg to talk to members of the Keighley business community. The first
BY a strange coincidence all three of our quota players have all figured in the same team before. Brock McDonald, Fred Sapatu and Duncan Smith were all in the same Western Australia representative side. We haven't gone out of our way to bring them together
Bradford City are set to announce their season ticket prices next month - with chairman Geoffrey Richmond pledging that any increases will be kept to "a minimum level". The Bantams have this season enjoyed their highest crowds in 68 years with 276,477
North East Division Two Roundhegians 43 North Ribblesdale 17 (Half-time 14-3) Ribb pay the price for lethargy Ribb travelled to Roundhegians with high expectations after defeating Hull in their last league match, but in a period of 30 minutes in mid-game
PROTESTORS against the plan to develop Low Mill into a wool scouring plant face an anxious three-week wait to see if Environment Minister John Prescott will step into the row. Bradford planners are happy for the proposal to go ahead and this week members
Pupils have carried out their own traffic census as part of a plea to authorities to help them prevent the street outside their Bradford school becoming a death trap. Pupils at Killinghall First School, Undercliffe, say the volume of traffic outside the
IT IS always pleasing to be of assistance. So today we can report that it was a job advert in the Craven Herald which led, if somewhat indirectly, to a slender young brunette helping to save a traditional Dales craft by taking up a career as ... a blacksmith
Andrew Steele Senior Associate with International Christian Media Commission. As much as I enjoy reading, I do not seem to get much done. In part that is because I often find it hard going since the books I choose are sometimes rather beyond me! But also
The financial engineering which has taken place to take Keighley Cougars out of administration has understandably caused some confusion and fear. Only those involved in the world of accountancy, investment and high finance can understand the in-depth
CRAVENERS were turning into an unromantic lot, according to the Herald, for the popularity of Saint Valentine was waning. The number of "love tokens" sent on the Valentine's Day just gone was considerably fewer than normal. Meanwhile, the marked increase
Keighley youngsters came up smelling of roses when they created a specially scented garden for a blind woman. The green-fingered members of Lawkholme Lane Youth Action Group planted a flower box with primulas to create a scented garden. The gift was very
Campaigners fighting plans to axe the jobs of language teachers in Bradford will present a petition signed by thousands of people at City Hall on Tuesday. More than 1,000 people have already signed the petition and protesters were in Bradford city centre
A £50 million project looks set to go ahead to bring in modern trains for the whole of Airedale and the Wharfe Valley. Both the Airedale line, which runs through Keighley, and the Wharfe Valley line, which runs through Ilkley, are scheduled to have their
Former international show-jumper Heather Kidd has been convicted of ripping off horse owners by using a substitute stallion to mate with their mares. Kidd, 30, of The Willows, Cross Roads, broke down in tears at the end of a week-long trial as the jury
A health watchdog says some nurses may be better than doctors at carrying out some hospital duties. John Godward, chief officer with Airedale Community Health Council, has spoken out over proposals to have nurses do tasks previously done by doctors. He
Riddlesden youngster Shee-na Leach is to star in a major children's television programme this summer. Sheena, 13, of Southfield Avenue, is to appear in the children's thriller, Retrace, scheduled to be screened on ITV this summer. She will play the part
A Silsden man says surveillance cameras should be used to combat crime in the town. Businessman John Lohan's call comes as Bradford council says it is going to review the effectiveness of closed-circuit cameras (CCTV) in reducing crime and the fear of
Cowling's new traffic calming measures were this week criticised as being substandard. South Craven county councillor Tim Cole rapped the new humps as appearing to be a botched job by North Yorkshire county council. He believes they are too harsh. The
A disabled teenager is to take part in a sailing adventure aboard a tall ship, the Lord Nelson. Naomi Sills, of Glen View, Harden, will join 40 others for the voyage which sails from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Amsterdam in Holland and then on to Newcastle
Muslims and Christians together can make Keighley a good place or destroy it, the Right Rev David Smith, Bishop of Bradford, told a gathering at Keighley's new Sangat Centre in Marlborough Street. Representatives of the police, probation service and many
CRIMEFIGHTERS launched a campaign in Skipton this week to fund closed circuit television in the town. Craven Crime Prevention Panel has drawn up a scheme under the name of Street Safe to cover the town centre and its main car parks - but the project can
A WHARFEDALE cats charity is reeling from an influx of young adult cats. "This is not the post-Christmas dumping of kittens, but colonies of cats being allowed to breed on farms," said Wharfe Valley Cats' Protection League press officer Graham Hoult.
