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  • Around the local golf courses

    President's Day at Ben Rhydding CLUB president Richard Gilgrass was blessed with fine weather for President's Day at Ben Rhydding Golf Club on Sunday. Seventy one players took part in ideal conditions for golf - a varied wind, beautiful fairways and perfect

  • Gloomy? Not on your Nellie!

    DAVID BEHRENS caught up with actress Jean Boht and discovered that she can't wait to travel north to appear at the Alhambra Theatre in a double bill of comedies... If Jean Boht wasn't an actress, she'd be running the Yorkshire Tourist Board. There's scarcely

  • Charity wants to stay put

    A YEADON charity is hoping Leeds planners will relent and let it stay put in its temporary accommodation. The Yeadon Charities Association was told two years ago it must be out of the building in Cemetery Road by the new millennium. But despite looking

  • Row casts black cloud over scarecrow festival

    A BLACK cloud has been cast over this year's annual Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival after complaints were made about the banning of individual collection boxes. The festival has been held throughout this week and in the past has raised thousands of pounds

  • Extended transport services hailed a success

    EXPANDED public transport has been a big success this summer, according to the Dales National Park Authority. Bus and train passengers around Craven are now being encouraged to add their transport and recreation needs to a Dales management strategy to

  • We'll fight to stop factory's closure

    Workers at a Bradford factory for disabled people today pledged to fight to the bitter end to stop any plan to close it. And their union, the GMB, is asking company bosses to withdraw proposals for a merger with Leeds. The storm blew up yesterday after

  • River life 'hit by foam pollution'

    Early indications are that the ecology of the River Worth has been seriously affected by last week's foam pollution. Officials from the Environment Agency say that samples taken from the river show that large numbers of invertebrate organisms, used as

  • Skaters aim to be champs of the ice

    Youngsters who hope to become the next Torvill and Dean aim to put Bradford on the skating map. Ice dancers Damien Holt, 18 and his partner, 17-year-old Kerry-Leanne Smith, with duo Harry Fisk, 15, and partner Stefanie Walker, 14, will compete in the

  • Make Ellie's dream come true

    A mum whose daughter is living on borrowed time is appealing to Telegraph & Argus readers to help make a dream come true - by giving the battling youngster the chance to be a bridesmaid. Louise McDonald and husband Neil were warned by doctors that

  • Guiseley Rangers put up a good fight

    Guiseley Rangers......6 West Bowling.............22 Guiseley Rangers began the season with a friendly game against West Bowling, recently promoted to the Conference League. Rangers will be playing in the First Division of the Pennine League this coming

  • South Craven A-levels

    The grounds of South Craven school were animated by the sounds of shrieks of joy and sixth formers hugging one another in the emotional turmoil their A-level results. Amid the chaos was Jimmy Christian, 18, of Long Lee, for whom it was a personal triumph

  • Massive effort needed

    CLEARLY, a massive effort is needed on behalf of everyone in Otley to improve the town's standing in the Britain in Bloom contest. At the first round of judging in the spring a noble attempt was made by a small band of residents and councillors to clear

  • Otley sign virtually a whole new team

    OTLEY RUFC will step out for their new season with virtually a whole new team. The club has so far signed 11 new players and most will be on view at Cross Green on Saturday when Otley take on Yorkshire rivals Wakefield in a friendly which starts at 2

  • Lampkin storms to fifth consecutive win

    DOUGIE Lampkin stormed to his fifth consecutive win in the British Trials Championship series on Sunday when he won the Yeadon and Guiseley Motor Club Mackenzie Trophy trial at Addingham Moorside less than a mile from his Silsden home. The multiple world

  • Sainsbury launches Otley supermarket bid

    TOP supermarket chain Sainsbury's is about to launch plans for a supermarket in the centre of Otley. A company spokeswoman revealed yesterday that a planning application was imminent and that full public consultation would be carried out. Developers working

  • Historic kiln wins lottery grant

    A GRANT of almost £200,000 in lottery funding has been secured by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for the restoration of Langcliffe Quarry's Hoffman Kiln. The national park authority revealed the news this week that they had secured a grant

  • High school records best-ever A level results

    SKIPTON Girls' High School was celebrating record A-level results with 12 students achieving four or more grade As. Headmistress Diana Chambers, said: "We are absolutely delighted with the results, we've had a really spectacular year with a dramatic upturn

  • High hopes ahead for estate

    A bid for cash to revitalise the Woodhouse and Spring Bank estate will be successful, believes ward councillor Lynne Joyce. She is backing a campaign by Bradford council officers Lynn Taylor and Jeff Bennett for money to pay a temporary community worker

  • Lack of sparkle

    WITH all the hype about the millennium, it was only time until some unscrupulous character tried to cash in on people's wish to celebrate in style. This week we report on how fake bottles of champagne are doing the rounds. They are being sold at around

  • Steeton open up a 12 point lead

    THE best of two drawn games over the Bank Holiday weekend has seen Steeton establish a 12 points lead at the top of the Airedale and Wharfedale League table above Burley. Young bowler David Wigley claimed a hat-trick for Rawdon but it was not enough to

  • Cricket: Bradford League

    Keighley were thwarted by the weather for the second week running, and had to settle for a point against second placed Lidget Green. Captain Steve Mitchell had no hesitation in asking the home side to bat on a damp strip, and soon had them in trouble

  • Motorcycle Trials: Lampkin on course for fifth title

    DOUGIE LAMPKIN stormed to a British Championship win last Sunday, on Addingham Moorside -- less than a mile from his home. He is on the verge of his fith national title ahead of Isle of man rider Steve Colley. Bingley rider Martin Crosswaite missed out

  • Table Tenis: Nichola earns Academy place

    Nichola White has earned a place at Britain's table tennis academy. Nichola, who trains at Oakbank School with the Bradford Table Tennis Development Scheme, will study full time at the boarding school from September, and will return home at weekends.

  • Cycling: Chris cracks world code

    CHRIS AKRIGG has been taking on the world in the Cycle Trials Championships. Chris, who works for Aire Valley Cycles in Keighley, has been touring Europe on the World Trials circuit. After earning promotion to the Master class section he has taken been

  • Karate: Gemma gets call to British Squad

    SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gemma Rishworth has been selected for the British Karate team. Gemma, from Cowling, is a member of the Keighley Karate Club, which meets at the town's Leisure Centre, is to take part in the three-day English International Championships

  • Rugby Union: Keighley club gets Sout African twin

    Keighley Rugby Union Club is to establish links with one of South Africa's best known clubs in an effort to improve the long-term development of young players. The Utley club also hopes the partnership with one of the strongest rugby playing nations will

  • It'll be one Hull of a game, says Steve

    Richard Sutcliffe meets loose forward Steve McNamara Steve McNamara is forecasting a fierce test for Bradford Bulls when they travel to face his hometown club Hull - but he is confident they can take a step towards clinching top spot in Super League.

  • Simply Smith

    with Tom Smith the rioters who caused mayhem in London a few weeks ago when they demonstrated "against Capitalism" are planning another, larger, event for November 30, this year. It has been timed to coincide with a World trade Conference in Seattle that

  • Letters to the editor 2

    Sir - Being a letter writer to this newspaper, I assumed nobody ever read my letters, or those of my friend Brian Hudson. Mr Galvin's hyperbolic rage at Mr Hudson proves that some people do read and digest our efforts. Mr Galvin, usually a most affable

  • Opinion

    As soon as it is legally possible the names of the companies involved in the current pollution of the River Worth will be spread across the pages of this newspaper. It is possible to do that now - but such a 'name and shame' publication might jeopardise

  • Guiseley looking for cup double in Third teams final

    GUISELEY contest their third cup final of the season when they take on Ilkley in the Airedale and Wharfedale League's Ian Chappell Third Teams Cup final at Collingham on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30th. The match which starts at 1.30 pm will be sponsored

  • Empty shops turn-off for town

    OTLEY'S future as a vibrant shopping centre could be hit by the growing number of empty shops in the town, it was claimed this week. The number of shops that are empty or whose lease is for sale has reached a total of 19 in the town centre, with one trader

  • Ilkley artists' mural magic

    ILKLEY artist Graeme Willson has just completed two enormous murals which will adorn the entrance foyer of a new Morrisons superstore in Norwich. The oil on canvas murals, which depict events and characters from the history and landscape of Norwich and

  • Fed-up tenants decide to form residents' group

    RESIDENTS on a Silsden housing estate are to form their own tenants' association in a bid to get cash to renovate their "neglected" homes. Those living in the town's Windsor Avenue and Gloucester Avenue warned housing chiefs that the estate would resemble

  • 'More damaging than the Luftwaffe'

    A businessman says pollution is threatening his livelihood. Danny Parker, owner of the Bronte Caravan Park in Halifax Road, Keighley, says the state of the River Worth is damaging his business. Mr Parker says swathes of pollution in the river flowing

  • Land Rover charity run

    OTLEY man Simon Mahony and his lovingly restored 30 year old Land Rover are taking part in a classic car run to raise money for seriously ill children. Funeral director, Mr Mahony, is doing next month's 50 mile run from York to Barton-on-Humber as part

  • Trader hits out at unfair competition

    AN angry shopkeeper in Malham has accused the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority of taking away his livelihood. Michael Orrell, who owns Gordale Gift shop, said the national park authority was "snatching away trade when times were hard" by selling

  • Time for action

    The recent spate of burglaries and vandalism against traders in Otley town centre is, if it goes unchecked, another nail in the coffin for the viability of the shopping area. Calls for closed circuit television in the town centre have reached a crescendo

  • Poor state of play in Ilkley

    ILKLEY is in a pretty poor state if traders feel obliged to buy a car park just to stop their customers shopping elsewhere. Cutting prices is one thing but surely buying a car park is a step too far. What will be the next step? Booking a taxi for customers

  • Motor Sport

    Ilkley DMC lead MANBY Showground, near Louth, in Lincolnshire, will be the venue for the fifth round of the Larkspeed Inter-club championship this weekend which at present seems to be heading into the hands of Ilkley Motor Club by virtue of their 360

  • A load of Bull

    IT goes without saying that I was very disappointed with the result of the game at Wigan. It was a very defensive game, one that could have easily finished 0-0 and it was only the goals of Andy Farrell that kept Wigan in front for a long time. It was

  • Cougars: Stepho leads battle against Vikings

    Widnes 24, Cougars 16. COUGARS had been written off even before they arrived at Vikings' re-built Auto Quest Stadium -- but came within a hair's breadth of overturning the form book. With players missing left, right and centre, and only pride left to

  • Teenager in sponsored walk bid

    A RAWDON teenager who has had half his brain removed is to go on a sponsored walk to raise money for the hospital department which helped him to recover. Mark Shaw had to have the right side of his brain taken out eight years ago after a rare virus caused

  • Resident's get say on housing estate

    RESIDENTS on an Otley housing estate are will get their say on plans for a children's playground in their community. After initial consulation with residents, revised plans are being put forward for the creation of a playground on land west of Riverdale

  • £7M plan for hospital revealed

    AN ambitious multi-million pound scheme to breathe new life into a former Ilkley hospital has been revealed. The Abbeyfield Ilkley Society is planning to pump £7.2 million into the Grove Hospital site, transforming it into a model scheme for housing the

  • Youth club appeals for help

    A GROUND-BREAKING youth club in Ilkley is appealing for people to lend a hand in joining its new project. The Warehouse Youth Club on Little Lane has set up a 'mixed abilities' night on Mondays and would like to hear from anyone who would be interested

  • Tenants say no to super janitor

    Council tenants on Bracken Bank are to be charged an extra 95p a week on their rent to pay for a new 'super caretaker'. But community leaders are calling for residents to attend a protest meeting next week to put their strong objections to Bradford councillors

  • Davison set to stay at Guiseley

    GUISELEY AFC manager Bobby Davison has announced that he is staying with the club subject to a couple of matters being ironed out with chairman Phil Rogerson. Davison said: 'I have had a chat with Phil but he has gone away on holiday now. I have more

  • Cricket: Aire-Wharfe League

    STEETON continued their domiation of Division A when they took four points from their rain-affected derby match at Silsden. After clinching the championship there was no letting up for the Summerhill side. Heavy overnight rain caused the match to be reduced

  • Cricket: Craven League

    TORRENTIAL showers took a heavy toll on Saturday's league programme with only five games going ahead. Two of the matches had a big bearing on the top of the Second Division, but there was no play in the First and Third Divisions. Leaders of the Second

  • Mark's super serve wins Wimbledon tickets

    ONE of Ilkley Tennis Club's best junior players Mark Parry went to the recent Davis Cup match as a spectator with a group from the club and came away the proud holder of the fastest serve title. Mark joined in a competition for the fastest serve at the

  • Cup thriller

    THERE was a heart-stopper of a finish in the Craven Cricket League's Wynn Cup Final at Gargrave on Sunday as Pendle Forest won the trophy for the first time by one run with Upper Wharfedale needing three off the last ball and suffering a run-out instead

  • Mystery over Outback medal fine

    AN Australian gold digger has been unable to solve a 100-year-old Ilkley mystery which he himself first brought to light. Why was an Ilkley cricket medal found lying in a pile of Australian rubbish in a dusty deserted town? Pride of place at Ilkley Cricket

  • Club celebrates its 125th birthday

    SKIPTON RFC, one of Yorkshire's oldest rugby union clubs, is celebrating its official 125th birthday in November, and is planning a season-long celebration of sporting and social events. The Skipton 125 season will include a special invitation game on

  • Two charged over election

    Two men will appear in court next month in connection with alleged incidents in Keighley during the Bradford council elections in May. Police are bringing charges after studying a report by the election's presiding officer about events at the Highfield

  • Letter from the Dales

    Teams of Dales bell-ringers are ensuring, by regular practice, that "wild bells" will greet the new Millennium. A young woman who visited Giggleswick early this century was unappreciative of the efforts of local campanologists. "O Lord, those bells!"

  • Mike Priestley North of Watford

    What do you do if you believe that your home is about to be burgled, and not for the first time? As I understand it, the law says that you may only take physical action against intruders if you are convinced that they are determined to do you harm. And

  • Paddling pool is a 'danger'

    A RUNDOWN Otley paddling pool is a danger to children and should be repaired, a councillor has claimed Councillor Graham Kirkland (Otley and Wharfedale, Lib Dem) has called for improvements to the paddling pool in Wharfemeadows Park after residents claimed

  • Successful first year for lifesaving scheme

    AN Ilkley-based scheme designed to help heart attack victims has enjoyed a successful first year. The Rotary Club of Ilkley and the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS) joined forces in September last year. The aim was to bring emergency

  • Experts could end sewer confusion

    INDEPENDENT drainage experts could be called in to finally put an end to confusion over South Craven's sewerage system. Evidence has shown that the Keighley low level sewer, which serves the majority of towns and villages in South Craven, simply cannot

  • Sewage spews into canal

    A family are demanding action to prevent raw sewage spewing from a manhole cover onto their land. Sanitary towels and toilet paper litter the field near the outflow which has even formed a channel spilling into the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. The field is

  • Song proves a success

    AN Ilkley musician's song helped inspire a dramatic late comeback at the weekend. In last week's Gazette we revealed how former Smokie star Alan Silson had recorded a song for Premiership new boys Bradford City. The song, simply titled Bradford City,

  • Councillors split over Regent cash

    THE Regent Playground Challenge has been awarded £4,000 amidst suggestions that those groups who shout the loudest got the most. The finance and general purposes committee of Skipton Town Council eventually agreed the group could have the money even though

  • Silent is golden

    The Old Silent Inn at Stanbury is toasting success in a prestigious national award. It has beaten off competition from around 450 other hostelries nationwide to take the national Pub of the Year title in a competition organised by Pimms and The Times

  • Jobs lost as computer firm goes into receivership

    THIRTY jobs have been lost at a Broughton computer business which has had to close this week. Mike Seery and Peter Terry, of KPMG Corporate Recovery, have been called in as joint receivers at Principal Distribution, which was based at Broughton Hall,

  • Biker fired up

    A Keighley man has hit out at a motorcycle dealer after his new bike broke down within an hour of him leaving the showroom. Jim Alexander, 46, of Oakbank Road, is demanding his money back from Motorcycle City in Shipley. But the company says he is simply

  • Kashmir VIPs call in

    Members of the Kashmir Legislative Assembly made the long journey to Keighley to address members of the local community. Speaker of the legislative assembly Abdul Majeed and fellow minister Mohammed Yasin addressed more than 100 members of Keighley's

  • Praise for officer over stabbing

    A police officer whose detective work led to the imprisonment for ten years of a Cullingworth man who stabbed his victim three times has been commended by West Yorkshire Police. Det Con Bill Hargreaves, 48, who has been in the force only seven years,

  • Hundreds of jobs on the way

    A prestigious new multi-million pound office park development is set to bring back hundreds of jobs on the former Ohmeda site at Steeton. The 3.75 acre area next to the former Ohmeda factory and offices is being marketed by the Keighley and Bradford offices

  • Magistrates court list

    Rajasib Ali, of 22 Prior Street, Keighley, was ordered to pay a total of £210 for driving without insurance and failing to give his name and address. Anthony James Fretwell, of 42 Mallard View, Lowertown, Oxen-hope was ordered to pay a total of £1,050

  • Council to decide on parking permits

    A new parking policy aims to meet the needs of both residents and businesses in outlying parts of Keighley and surrounding villages. Bradford council will clarify the way it issues permits to allow parking by householders, business people, shopkeepers

  • Children still being placed in B&Bs

    Social services chiefs are continuing to place children under 16 in bed and breakfast hotels nearly a year after the practice sparked public outrage. Three youngsters are living in B&Bs despite a ruling by social services bosses that the type of accommodation

  • No toilet humour here

    A grandmother is furious at the state of public toilets in Silsden. Shelagh Binns, of St John's Street, Silsden, discovered the appalling state of the town's park toilets while she was out with her six-year-old grandson. "He needed to use the toilet and

  • Worker 'told to make tea and vac'

    A woman worker at a Bradford campaigning organisation has told how she was 'demeaned, ashamed and intimidated' when she was asked to vac an office carpet, a tribunal has heard. The woman also told the Leeds hearing how she was singled out to make tea

  • Rock-it, man!

    A band that usually plays pubs and weddings has landed the gig of a lifetime. Three Men And A Bass have been asked to play at a glittering VIP reception backstage at Sir Elton John's concerts at Harewood House tomorrow and Monday. The Bradford-based group

  • An uneasy start for UniBond as FA threat hangs over them

    THE UniBond League will get underway on Saturday despite rumour and counter rumour following its refusal to accept Barrow as a member. Guiseley are set for an opening day at Leek who were relegated from the Conference after just one season but it may

  • Gardening with Adam Green

    It may still be summer outside, but it's time for gardeners to go shopping for autumn. Top of your shopping list if you're planning well ahead, should be bulbs that will provide you with much-needed colour through the long months of winter into spring

  • Hats off to Ullswater

    Mike Priestley waves his titfer goodbye on the shores of the Lake District's crown jewel It was an unpromising start to a walk. There we were, standing beside the lake as I took a map out of my backpack, when a gust of wind tugged my beloved straw hat

  • Residents urged to have say in debate

    ILKLEY and its surrounding villages should not miss out on shaping the future, a district councillor has warned. Coun Richard Wightman (Con, Rombalds) said residents should ask some 'hard questions' of Bradford Council. An important debate about the district's

  • Film remake hopes hit the buffers

    Keighley's chances of hosting a remake of the classic film The Railway Children have been shunted into the sidings. Carlton TV is negotiating with the Bluebell Railway in Sussex for locations to shoot its £2 million version of the Edith Nesbit novel.

  • Playing field project unveiled

    A major project to develop Cononley's playing fields for the new Millennium has been unveiled. The village's playing fields committee held an open meeting at the Church Centre when the £42,000 project was presented for people to see and comment on. Committee

  • You have key role in region, Asians are told

    Asian bosses and community leaders in Bradford are being urged to help shape the future of the region at a key event next month. Yorkshire Forward - the regional development agency - is canvassing the views of people from ethnic backgrounds in the district

  • Decision on factories put off for site visit

    Kirklees councillors have put off a decision on a controversial planning application to build factories on open land in Birkenshaw. Members of the Council's heavy woollen area planning sub-committee were yesterday recommended to approve the application

  • Designer clothing store for town

    A massive, new designer clothing store is about to open in Shipley - making it "the largest in town''. At least 15 jobs will be created when Clothing World, of Sticker Lane, open their store in Sunwin House, probably on Thursday, October 7. Manzoor Bahadur

  • Battling mums win school row

    Two mums have won their year-long battle to have their disabled children transported an extra few hundred yards to school. In identical, but separate, cases Kathy Allday-Scott and Marilyn Adey were told their Downs Syndrome children could not have free

  • Sarah's dressed up to the nines

    NINE is definitely a lucky number this year for Otley girl Sarah Hodnett. Shortly she will celebrate her ninth birthday - on the ninth day of the ninth month of the year nineteen-ninety-nine. And now, her parents, Heather and Neal, who own Maypole Fisheries

  • Hunt for bogus dog wardens

    CHEEKY con men are cashing in on unsuspecting dog owners out walking their pets in a Rawdon park. The bogus dog wardens have been going up to people and demanding £25 on the spot fines after claiming they have photographic evidence that their dogs have

  • Badger cub recovers after crash

    A RARE badger cub found wandering on a stretch of road which has been dubbed notoriously dangerous by wildlife experts has been nursed back to health. The young badger, christened 'Gertie' by Bradford Council's dedicated countryside staff, was found on

  • School prepares for rebirth

    WHILE many teachers and students have been enjoying a relaxed summer there has been plenty of activity at Ilkley's Clevedon House School. The school 're-launched' itself in June and announced plans for a day care nursery. Those plans have swiftly become

  • Duo take on the world

    YOUNG trials bikers from Craven have been taking on the world at a competition held in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Spain. Chris Akrigg, 22, and Chris Wright, 16, qualified last year with only 18 others from Great Britain to take part in the international

  • Rescuer joins effort to find quake survivors

    A INGLETON man is at the forefront of efforts to find survivors in the Turkish earthquake disaster. Father-of-five Phil Haigh, 50, is a member of Canis, a search and rescue voluntary organisation, which was set up to train disaster search dogs to work

  • Shops link up against criminals

    A scheme has been launched banning convicted criminals from Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre. The move - revealed in the Keighley News last week - is the latest in a series of crime-busting initiatives pioneered by the police and town-centre traders

  • Top level inquiry over appeal

    A TOP-LEVEL investigation could be launched into allegations that Leeds City Council poorly represented Pool-in-Wharfedale at a recent public inquiry Otley councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley and Wharfedale) has written to one of the council's

  • New home for elderly help group

    An Ilkley organisation which helps the elderly is about to flourish with a move to new premises. The Wharfe Valley Community Project has gained planning permission to move into The Lodge in Back Parish Ghyll Road and transform it into a centre to help

  • Guides could be the answer

    AN Ilkley-based district commissioner for the Guide Association believes the organisation has a valuable role to play in the current town debate on youth issues. Ann Peacock, of Denton Road, the district commissioner for Rombalds, says young people were

  • Holy Family A-levels

    A constant flow of students drifted in and out of Holy Family school's foyer - some chattering excitedly, others leaving in silence, clutching the brown envelopes on which their futures depend. Jennifer Nelson, 18, of Highfield, has just what she wanted

  • When will the US gun lobby hold up its hand?

    THE recent events in Atlanta where a man went berserk with a gun, shooting more than 20 people before killing himself, highlight with depressing regularity a deep malaise in modern Western civilisation. Firmly believing that a combination of unbridled

  • City aim to raise the roof

    Bradford City are hoping to increase the capacity at Valley Parade to 24,000 by the start of next season by adding a second tier to the main stand. The Bantams have instructed architects to provide detailed drawings for the new structure with a view to

  • Shark alert!

    Coach Matthew Elliott has told his Bradford Bulls side to guard against a shark attack at the Boulevard tomorrow. His Super League table-toppers are expected to be too strong for a relegation-threatened Hull Sharks side who have won only four matches

  • christian Viewpoint

    CONGRATULATIONS Sir Alex! After the spectacular treble, Manchester United's glory has now been capped with a knighthood for the manager whose name will surely be long remembered as one of the football greats! None of us who watched United's final game

  • Christian Viewpoint

    HAVE you noticed the hanging baskets in the centre of Keighley, or perhaps the roundabouts by Cliffe Castle and adjacent to High Street - they are full of colourful plants brightening the town, whether we are walking around the town or driving through

  • Letters to the editor

    SIR - Having read the article on proposed traffic control measures I must applaud Bradford Council for the inclusion of cycle ways within the proposed works. Cycle ways are never going to be popular in this country as the car rules, and this is confirmed

  • Village church faces axe

    THE future of the tiny church of St Bartholomew at East Carlton, which has served villagers for 72 years, is in the balance. Villagers were shocked when they received leaflets from the Rector of Guiseley, the Rev Graham Atherton, asking for their views

  • Craven through the years

    100 years THE tramping fraternity who made the Skipton Union Workhouse their "temporary" home had been given the short, sharp, shock treatment. No longer could they saunter into the premises and have board and lodgings graciously provided for them with

  • Thieves focus in on wheelie bins

    ILKLEY residents are not in the habit of hanging signs in their front windows which read 'I'm away, please burgle me.' However, Howard Scaife of Curly Hill, Middleton believes this would be just as effective as a wheelie bin left outside a house on the

  • Nichola proves himself an asset

    NICHOLAS Green has proved a popular asset during his short stint at Ilkley's Booths Supermarket. Mr Green, 24, suffers from spina bifida and hydrocephalus, but that has not stopped him meeting a tough challenge head-on. His mother, Susan Green, is very

  • All change at football club as season gets under way

    IT'S all change at Barnoldswick United Football Club, with promotion to a higher division, the pitch looking better than ever before and a new clubhouse taking shape. The team has started the new season playing in the West Lancs League division one and

  • Pupils celebrate great A-levels

    Keighley schools have once again achieved top-class A-level results. Many examples of outstanding individual achievement were unveiled as students learned yesterday if they had made the grade. At South Craven School the A-level pass rate - excluding general

  • Why I reported Oakbank

    Oakbank School's former finance manager has admitted that she reported the school to the authorities. Elizabeth Mitchell resigned from her post about two weeks ago amid the mysterious circumstances surrounding the Government's decision to retract Oakbank's

  • School plans are certainly different

    INNOVATION inevitably causes a few raised eyebrows and concern. By its very definition, innovaton is about something new, so people are entering the unknown. It, therefore, comes as no surprise to learn that there is some concern about the design of the

  • Crosland heads for the world championships

    Arrangements are now finalised for the IBSF (International Billiards and Snooker Federation) World Billiards Championship which is being held at Carlow in the Republic of Ireland during a ten day spell in mid-August. The competition will consist mainly

  • Cricketing legend Typhoon blasts the modern day game

    Barrie Pennett meets English bowling legend Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson, who laments the condition of the current English game, and reveals he is so despondent over its state he may switch his allegiance to Australia, where he now lives... FRANK Holmes Tyson

  • New medical centre bid supported

    ILKLEY has moved a step closer to a new £1 million 'one-stop shop' for healthcare after parish councillors gave the scheme their blessing. Members of the parish council's planning committee met on Monday evening to examine plans to convert the existing

  • Planners stay firm on Booths' bid

    PLANNERS remained defiant over the Settle supermarket saga this week, insisting that a legal agreement restricting the range of goods and services offered must stay. Officers at Craven District Council had hoped to revive negotiations with Booths, which

  • Ban on new housing remains a possibility

    Legal advice will be taken by Bradford council on whether it can ban all housing development in the Aire Valley. Councillors this week decided to call in outside consultants in the escalating row over the sewerage system serving areas including Silsden

  • Detectives renew robbery appeal

    DETECTIVES hunting robbers who pinned a 97-year-old woman to a chair while her house was ransacked have renewed their appeal for the public's help. The pair, including one who was masked, struck at the home of Nora Hinds, who is partially sighted and

  • The Curmudgeon

    IT is, perhaps, the saddest piece of paper I have ever seen, a small orange pamphlet with a picture of a farmer on the front page. It is not the normal picture one associates with bucolic goings on amongst the rustics. This agricultural type is walking

  • Council denies U-turn on dog fouling prosecutions

    CRAVEN District Council has denied it has abandoned its policy of prosecuting dog owners who allow their animals to foul in public places even though it has not brought anyone before the courts for six months. At one time, faced with a tide of complaints

  • Eyesores targeted in clean-up initiative

    BACK after the summer break, West Craven councillors showed they had done their "holiday homework". Before the July holidays, members of Pendle Council's West Craven committee were asked to come up with lists of specific areas which could benefit from

  • Man speaks after brother's death

    The death of a car enthusiast who was crushed under his vehicle should serve as a warning to all motorists, an inquest heard on Tuesday. Father-of-one Steven Spen-cer was repairing his car outside his friend's house in Keighley last month when the tragedy

  • Two apply to join

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  • Baxter's 109 no for Bramhope

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  • Cricket: Gully aims for White Rose place

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  • Pennett is the Man-of-the-Match

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  • Ilkley take the spoils at Menston

    Ilkley gained a 41 runs win in their Airedale and Wharfedale League Division B game against Menston at Denton Road on Saturday in a rain affected game. Ilkley made 162-7 in their 30 overs with opener Simon Lewis leading the run charge with a splendid

  • Frank Punchard's Punch Lines

    CHRISTIAN TYRER and David Larder appeared before the board of directors this week and appologised for their behaviour in the game against Barrow and accepted their reprimand, the matter is now closed. I would also like to state, through this column, that

  • Couple prepare to 'batter' the opposition

    OTLEY fish and chip supremos Heather and Neal Hodnett (pictured left) are celebrating after making it into the regional finals of a national competition. The Hodnetts, who took over Maypole Fisheries (formerly Ballingers) in Cross Green just a year ago

  • Eating Out

    It was one of those humid summer evenings - remember them? - and we wanted to escape from the city so we headed for Dick Hudson's high on the moors above Bingley. The views were stunning, the air perceptibly fresher, and, being a Tuesday, there was a

  • Dalesfolk: Kate Hilditch

    FOR the people of Upper Wharfedale, the Yorkshire Dales National Park has a new face. And a very pretty face it is, too, I am happy to report, writes John Sheard Meet Kate Hilditch, park ranger, a 27-year-old brunette with a lively smile and penetrating

  • Steeton grab their first title in fine style

    STEETON came smiling through a rain affected Airedale and Wharfedale League programme on Saturday having clinched the title for the first time in their 46 years in the league. It was double joy for the champions as their prolific youngc Australian batsman

  • All the golfing news

    Lady Captain's Day at Ilkley ILKLEY Golf Club held their Lady Captain's Day, with Lorna Deakin choosing a medal round to mark her day and 53 ladies enjoyed glorious weather and playing golf in perfect conditions. The winner was Marilyn Brand with a three

  • The Curmudgeon

    IT was like a scene in miniature from Jurassic Park, a horde of blood-thirsty raptors hunting down their prey with ruthless efficiency. And it has caused much soul-searching here in Beggarsdale. Fortunately, these mass killers were not genetically created

  • Craven through the years

    100 years ago: Skipton Urban Council discussed the provision of public baths and pleasure gardens in the town. Coun Swire said the canal was very dirty and the river was "shifty" and unsafe. The site identified for a public pool was an old reservoir off

  • Guiseley 'keeper sent off in home debut

    GUISELEY...................0 BISHOP AUCKLAND...3 GUISELEY witnessed all sides of the refereeing coin when their young 'keeper John Stancliffe was sent off in Tuesday night's 3-0 home defeat by Bishop Auckland. At Leek on Saturday the home 'keeper only

  • Steeton dominance continues

    STEETON continued their dominance at the top of the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League's Division A as they took four points with a winning draw in their rain-affected derby match at Silsden, scoring 142-6 and their opponents replying with 108-6. After the loss

  • Cougars: Kids go for glory

    Frank Punchard's 'Cougar kids' aim to go out with a bang when they take on top of the table side Leigh in the final home game on Sunday. After turning in an impressive display against Widnes, who are also in the top five Premiership Play-offs, the young

  • Otley businessman killed in crash

    A LEADING Yorkshire businessman from Otley has been killed on his way to horse driving trials in Northumberland. Victor Ogden, 60, of Leathley, was driving his Mercedes when it was involved in a collision with a 7.5 tonne lorry in Cramlington near Blyth

  • Couple refused help to sell home

    sad story failed to persuade members of Craven council's planning committee to lift restrictions preventing the sale of a Cowling bungalow. At the committee's meeting on Monday, Cowling parish council member Muriel Gall-agher told councillors the story

  • Couple punished for selling bootleg cigarettes

    A court has heard how a Keighley couple tried to prop up their ailing sandwich business by selling customers bootleg alcohol and tobacco. Martin Wroot, 48, was jailed for four months and his 40-year-old wife Dianne was ordered to do 150 hours of community

  • Another crash at blackspot

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  • New bridleway rules on the way

    Local horse riders have welcomed Bradford council action to improve bridleways in the countryside surrounding Keighley. Haworth and Oxenhope District Bridleways Group says it is pleased that the council is acting to open up public rights of way. But chairman

  • Missing jeweller mystery deepens

    The mystery surrounding a vanishing jeweller has deepened. the riddle remains unsolved despite sightings of Cross Hills businessman Stephen Perry in the village. As reported in the Keighley News a fortnight ago, Mr Perry, who owns a Main Street jewellery

  • How you can fight for court

    People are being urged to support an 11th hour campaign to keep the town's magistrates court open. Bradford council is urging members of the public to send in letters or petitions of support to try to keep the court in the town. The council has already

  • Lawyer faces suspension

    A Silsden solicitor has been warned he could face suspension by the Law Society. Christopher John Lynam had repeatedly failed to submit an accountants report for the period ending 28 February 1997, a hearing in London was told last Thursday. He has been

  • 'Chaos' feared as 900 bikers ride in

    Traders are predicting chaos on the streets when 900 motorbike enthusiasts clash with roadworks in Baildon. Bikers from as far afield as Sweden, Holland, Poland and America are expected in Baildon for the Harley Davison Rider Club of Great Britain's 50th

  • Second tragedy for crash family

    A father involved in a car crash that killed one of his daughters has lost his fight for life - never knowing she had died. Bevan Wright, of Wibsey, suffered severe multiple fractures to his legs and body in the head-on collision with a cement mixer.

  • Drug Mr Big on the run

    One of Bradford's biggest drug smugglers has been handed a 12-year prison sentence after being secretly taped discussing his deals. Ashiq Elahi, pictured - described by detectives as "the top man" in a major heroin pipeline from Pakistan to the UK - is