Young girls reported missing from home will be targeted in a unique scheme which aims to prevent them being led into prostitution. A pilot project in Keighley revealed 52 girls under the age of 16 were reported missing in a year - the youngest only 11
HISTORICAL experts have moved in at Otley Parish Church to start work on an £84,000 repair project. The project is being carried out as part of the £200,000 Open to All Appeal, which is intended to take the church - which has a 1,350 year history - into
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save an old Otley school building from demolition are appealing for help in their bid to establish its ownership. The Wharfe Street Action committee wants to find out as much as it can about one of the town's historical benefactors
THE people of Otley are pulling together to raise funds for an African girl's life-changing operation. Fundraising events already under way for the Grace Mbuthia Appeal, co-ordinated by Otley man Colin Claxton, of Wrenbeck Drive. Grace is a teenager in
DEVELOPERS wanting to build on Scalebor Park Hospital site have had their hopes demolished. Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire) Ltd aimed to transform this historic part of Burley-in-Wharfedale by creating 142 new homes. The company, along with site owners
TWINS Cameron and Alister Scott are over the moon after winning every football fan's dream - World Cup tickets - but their sister has been relegated to exam misery. The brothers are heading for France on June 14 to see England's opening game in Marseille
STUDENT Sarah Aynesworth and her shipmates are on their way to shattering a world record for sailing round the globe. She and other members of the crew on the 115-feet monohull, Cable and Wireless, have set sail for San Diego after spending nine days
Music fans' worst fears are about to be realised - Agadoo is back. The cringe-inducing holiday hit which stormed the charts in 1984 is enjoying a revival thanks to a television advert. And the song, which was taken to number two in the charts by West
A FINE all round team effort gave Otley Town a 62 runs victory over Highbury and made it four wins out of five games as they seek to return to the first division. Batting was never easy on a lively wicket and three of Town's top five failed to trouble
THE decision to call a temporary halt to Burley-in-Wharfedale's rapid expansion is welcome news. While the influx of new residents has been welcomed by the majority of villagers, the prospect of 100 or so houses on the Scalebor Park Hospital site caused
COUNCILLORS are to look in detail at the whole management and financial policy of Skipton Town Hall following the outcry over recent charge increases. Charity fundraisers Beryl Beresford and Brenda Heaton addressed Craven's finance and property committee
Mother-of-two Lianne Berry took drastic action during a housing row with Bradford Council - she superglued herself to a table in a council office. She became frustrated over Wyke Neighbourhood Housing Office's handling of her bid to be re-housed so she
Earby are through to the Ribblesdale Cricket League's Ramsbottom Cup Semi-Finals on Sunday, June 21, when they will play Whalley at home after beating Padiham away by 13 runs in Round Two on Sunday. In the other semi Great Harwood are at home to Cherry
ANGRY residents who petitioned councillors against approving plans for another unit on an industrial estate opposite their homes had to accept defeat this week. Members of Craven District Council's planning committee decided on Monday that plans by the
The parents of a 20-year-old Bradford girl said to be under pressure to make an arranged marriage were today beginning prison sentences after being convicted of doping her with drugs and trying to fly her to Pakistan. Shopkeeper Mohammed Bashir, 45, and
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott's instructions to his players will be simple for the visit to Warrington Wolves tomorrow night. "Control the ball and we will win the game." After heaping pressure on themselves with their poor handling against London last
THE Government may investigate a Skipton pensioner's claims that he has suffered a series of Inland Revenue blunders. Skipton and Ripon MP David Curry has told Dino Reardon, of The Grove, that he is writing to the "relevant minister" to find out if his
Shipley Glen's rock number nine - made famous by hundreds of courting couples across Bradford - is to come under the spotlight if a project looking at love and romance gets approval from the city's young people. From Monday, hundreds of questionnaires
Roadworks cause village misery SIR - It is some weeks now since the work at Mill Ing Bridge, Bradley, commenced, and I would like to begin this letter with praise for the way in which the traffic which still uses the A629 has been filtered through the
Darren Gough suffered a broken index finger on his right hand to bring an abrupt end to his return to Test cricket. And it will rule him out of Yorkshire's crucial Benson & Hedges Cup semi-final against Essex at Headingley on Tuesday. The fast bowler
THE existence of Skipton's Craven Museum is not known to almost half the local population. Skipton's self-dubbed "best kept secret" is perhaps too much of one to many Craveners and the museum's curator has said there is an "urgent need" to make the public
A terminal cancer victim has been granted her greatest wish, to have a professional portrait taken of her for her family to treasure. Brave Lynda Fox, 44, of Dawson Mount, Bierley, said it had been "a dream of day" after the Telegraph & Argus made
FORTY years' golfing is an achievement in itself, but for Barnoldswick's Marion Bateson it's more than that - she didn't start playing until she was 50! Next Tuesday (June 9) is Marion's 90th birthday and she plans to celebrate by playing 18 holes in
WORK on what is thought to be the world's oldest worsted spinning mill could start later this month after residents lost their battle to stop it being turned into a wool scouring plant. The Department of the Environment has decided not to call in the
SETTLE people do not want to lose Bond Lane field to a supermarket, the inspector heading the public inquiry into EH Booth and Co's appeal against refusal of planning permission was told. The supermarket chain, which celebrated its 150th birthday last
SIR Jimmy Savile is to visit Grassington Festival to present local group Magna Carta with six gold discs. The discs represent seven million album sales worldwide for the group, which stars Grassington couple Chris and Linda Simpson. They will be handed
Bradford's Lord Mayor Coun Tony Miller has issued a rallying call to Shipley traders saying that the regeneration of the district will make it a town for the Millennium. Coun Miller is urging traders to look positively towards the future, saying that
OTLEY'S Lord Mayor of Leeds is calling for the abolition of car parking charges at Wharfedale General Hospital. Coun Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley and Wharfedale) has called for the charges to be dropped before visitors to the hospital are involved
A DATE with destiny has been set for the people of Pool-in-Wharfedale who have the chance to shape the future of their village. A 'village appraisal' is being launched by the parish council to form a set of guidelines identifying its needs, deficiencies
A POPULAR village playground has been condemned as dangerous - and will cost almost £3,000 to make safe. Pool-in-Wharfedale Parish Council has been left to foot a considerable bill of around £2,700 to resurface the playground after safety officers said
ORGANISERS of The Flagcrackers' Weekend of Dance which begins today (Friday) have criticised a local landlord who they say will not let the morris men use his pub's facilities. Dick Taylor has organised the morris dancing weekend for more than 10 years
A former Edwardian swimming pool, familiar to generations to Bradfordians, will get a new lease of life - as a £3 million pub and nightclub. Developers have taken over the city centre Windsor Baths in Great Horton Road to make it a prominent leisure scheme
HORSFORTH Fellandale Club is to host its very first competitive event this year - 18 years after the club was founded! This will be a relay race on the Danefield estate on Otley Chevin on Wednesday, July 1, at 7.15pm - suitable for road, cross-country
RETIRED pub landlord Jack Jarvis recorded his first hole-in-one when the Golfing Society from Burley Woodhead's Hermit pub played its monthly stableford at the Fulford course near York. Jack, former landlord of the Red Lion at Burley-in-Wharfedale, holed
CITY of Bradford Esprit Diving Club and divers from the Bradford area dominated the ASA National age group championships in London and among them was Burley-in-Wharfedale's Rosie Whiting. For the Esprit divers it was time for some new hands to make their
NORTH RIGTON'S Kathleen Brakewell netted respectable results in the Albert E Sharp Sansaw Park International Horse Trials at Clive, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Brakewell (22) competed in the international CCI event on High Society Ben. Wilson finished
OTLEY Town are riding high in the Second Division of the Leeds League after last season's relegation but local rivals Pool are the team who could thwart their ambitions of another title win. The two meet this Saturday at Pool's Arthinghton Lane ground
YEADON batsman Neil Elvidge continued his good form with a magnificent knock at Keighley which set his side up for a 188 runs win. Elvidge came in to open the Yeadon innings with Jon Carey and after they had produced a solid start with Carey making 21
WE had a very tough game against the London Broncos last Friday. We have taken some stick from several areas regarding our performances lately but I thought we played really well. Our defence was magnificent all night and we had to withstand a tremendous
ILKLEY provided the shock of the round in the Waddilove Cup with a 19 run win over Skipton in which young bowler David Wigley starred for a second day running. Wigley took 4-56 as Skipton were put out for 130 in reply to Ilkley's 149 all out. This was
NOW all the fuss has died down, I thought it might be an opportune time to mention the Leeds University fine art students who pretended to go to Spain funded by a cash grant intended for their third-year exhibition. The students in question have paid
GANGS of youths are once more out roaming the streets of Guiseley and leaving a wake of destruction behind them. The latest victim of the gangs, which can number 50 and upwards, was Guiseley Infant School. Over the weekend, broken bottles, empty beer
VILLAGERS in Burton-in-Lonsdale are fearing for the future of their post office. A new sub-postmaster is needed who can provide their own premises in the village to take over from Jean Murray, whose family has run Burton Post Office for 52 years. Mrs
100 years ago TWO Bradford waggoners, who had been found asleep in charge of their horses and carts in Craven, were fined a hefty £1 each. Fred Foster was found asleep in Cowling and George Hodgson had nodded off, wrapped in rugs on the front of his cart
Chief Constable Graham Moore is to consider a possible U-turn on the closure of police bars in West Yorkshire. His predecessor Keith Hellawell decided to shut down all police bars in the county - two of which are in the Bradford division at Eccleshill
GIRLS wearing high heel shoes were sent home from Skipton's Aireville School on Monday after ignoring a dresscode warning from their headteacher. Around 30 pupils arriving back after the half-term break were sent away to change their footwear after donning
There were no shocks in the Craven Cricket League's Wynn Cup Second Round on Sunday as all four matches went their predictable ways. Last year's beaten finalists and favourites to take this year's trophy, Oakworth, entertained Second Division Skipton
THE very mention of those pre-nuptial events commonly known as stag and hen parties conjures up hedonistic images of drunken chaos, strippers and naked men tied to lamp posts. For years now, the sacrament of marriage has been preceded by another, altogether
Steeton beat Alwoodley by four wickets away in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League's Waddilove Cup Second Round on Sunday to book a quarter-final place away to Adel on Sunday, June 21, but Skipton's cup hopes were dashed when they lost by 19 runs away to Ilkley
A GROOM-TO-BE who bought a "job lot" of drugs to sell to raise cash for the wedding has begun married life behind bars. Ian Hyde, 34, of Victoria Road, Earby, had been selling cannabis to friends and was intending to deal in an ecstasy-type class A controlled
THE last time football manager Ron Atkinson became involved with a ladies' team they started fighting. But there were no fisticuffs on the field last weekend when the former Sheffield Wednesday boss took on the challenge of training Silsden and Skipton
OUTLINE planning permission has been granted this week for Glusburn's All Saint's Church to be demolished and the site used for residential development despite objections by neighbours. The building known as the "tin tabernacle" because of its bad state
