If you know your onions, then you will be well aware that the sparkling flower heads of alliums are part of the same humble family. Alliums, or ornamental onions, are the exclamation marks in a garden - tall varieties punctuate a herbaceous border beautifully
HALIFAX VANDALS 27 OTLIENSIANS 13 OTLIENSIANS once again fielded a much changed side due to injuries and other varied reasons. Lee Stenton and Chris Hayward made their first team debuts with Martin Greaves moving to full-back and Neil Birkett coming in
HEAD teacher Peter Wood has outlined many of the changes due to take place at Ilkley Grammar School as a result of the Bradford Schools reorganisation. Major building work will have to take place at the Cowpasture Road school to take an extra 480 pupils
Residents are mounting a protest against plans to open a drug detoxification centre in their neighbourhood. Eddie Chipman lives next door to The Manor, which has been bought by Pentecostal Churches to be run by Christian drug rehabilitation group Teen
One of Yorkshire's best kept secrets, sold only in the north, could soon be chewed anywhere in the world, thanks to the Internet. Midget Gems manufacturers Lion Confectionery are to enter the modern world of e.commerce - so sweets fans across Britain
A security supervisor was behind bars today in a bid to raise cash for the hospital who saved his nephew from cancer. Jeff Stolyes, 35, of Baildon, Shipley, was locked in the cell at Shipley police station to serve an eight-hour 'sentence' by police pal
HARTLEPOOL R 31 YARNBURY 28 THIS was an epic encounter for the neutral spectator as the match twisted and turned more akin to an Agatha Christie novel than a hard-fought league game. The face of chairman of rugby Allan Rigby at the end of the game displayed
Calls for an official investigation into construction firm Skipton Properties have been welcomed by Haworth Residents' Association. Members pledged support for Bradford councillor Barry Thorne's campaign for the company's building activities to be closely
A LEEDS health chief has spoken of his frustrations at the delays in closing High Royds Hospital in Menston. Speaking at Leeds Health Authority's annual general meeting at Leeds Civic Hall, Chief Executive Mike Ramsden said that the full business case
Bronte School's Working Party has welcomed Bradford council's proposals for the future of the site. These consist of moving Braithwaite special school into the ground floor, and temporarily housing Holycroft primary school on the first floor while a new
The highly-distinctive Keighley & Worth Valley Rail-way's (K&WVR) year-long timetable leaflet has gained a national award for its style and appeal. Members of the Heritage Railway Association judged the KWVR 1999 Timetable leaflet to be the best
I'M one of those people who think our national 'health experts' should be chained together in a barge, towed out to sea and scuppered in the fathomless depths for the good of society as a whole. Such a utilitarian solution to general health problems might
HAWORTH cyclist Kali Exley captured the ladies crown in the Three Peaks cycle race -- three weeks before her wedding. Kalie completed the gruelling course in 4hrs 33:03secs. Her fiance, Ian Taylor was fifth overall in a time of 3hrs 10:26. Chris Young
Ovenden 20 Silsden Park Rangers 12 (Match abandoned) Dazed Silsden Park Rangers must still be wondering what happened to them last Saturday when their match at Ovenden was abandoned early in the second half. Having trailed 16 - 0 early on, Rangers had
London Skolars 4 Keighley Albion 32 Keighley Albion made the 200 mile trip to the capital and came away with the points to make it four wins out of five. The victory took them into third place in the National Conference League Division Two. Albion's platform
Two of Bradford City's long term injured players expect to be back in action next week. Midfield player Lee Sharpe and striker Isaiah Rankin - who have not kicked a ball in anger in City's Premiership matches - will play for the reserves at Barnsley on
St Helens coach Ellery Hanley insists his sinners will become saviours when they take on surprise packet Castleford at Knowsley Road tomorrow for the right to face Bradford Bulls in the JJB Super League Grand Final. Saints, forced to lick their wounds
A record 531 youngsters turned out in Bingley Harriers' fourth annual schools cross country challenge at Myrtle Park, Bingley. Harriers press officer Alan Oates said: "With schools re-organisation going on in Bradford we did not expect to have as good
Bradford Bulls skipper Robbie Paul is confident of lifting the Super League crown next Saturday and laying their finals jinx to rest regardless of which team they have to play. St Helens and Castleford Tigers battle it out at Knowsley Road tomorrow night
SIR - I have read with interest your recent correspondence on the monarchy. Republicans have every right to argue their case, but their cause is not advanced by personal attacks on members of the Royal Family. Although no devotee of the hereditary principle
with Tom Smith THE headteacher of the school to which the Prime Minister sends his children has sparked a row likely to reach beyond the confines of education. The London Oratory School is asking parents to contribute £30 a month for the first child and
WHARFEDALE Newspapers advertising rep Kali Exley proved herself the queen of the peaks on Sunday when she won the women's Three Peaks Cyclo Cross Race taking in Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent. Kali picked up the £150 first prize as well as three
ADAM FRADLEY has been selected to join West York- shire's Under-19 soccer squad. The Oakbank school pupil will be joined in the county line-up by Liam Holdsworth. Adam plays almost non-stop football, representing Oakworth at open age on Sundays and plays
FOOTBALL mad youngster Adam Beanland had the trip of a lifetime when he was whisked off to Manchester to see his heroes take on Wimbledon. Adam, 11, from Rawdon, recently had the bottom half of one of his legs amputated after being born with foot problems
PLANS to site a bathroom fittings factory in the middle of an Ilkley residential area have been rejected. The decision was taken by the head planning officer and the chairman of the Keighley area planning sub-committee using delegated powers because of
A Keighley man who ended up jobless and destitute in the wrong country after falling asleep on a plane has won his claim for compensation - but will only receive £1,150. Stephen Rees, 40, a former lorry driver, had hoped to claim anything up to £250,000
FORMER Leeds United favourites Eddie Gray, Peter Lorimer, Terry Yorath and Bobby Davison will line up against a celebrity side led by former Barnsley manager John Hendrie at Guiseley AFC on Sunday, October 17. The match will be played in aid of Menston
FLOODLIT cricket came to Keighley last weekend -- with an 8-a-side tournament at Marley Stadium. The event was organised by Keighley Asian Sports Association and sponsored by Keighley Cricket Academy with the support of the Keighley Cricket Academy and
A RESIDENT'S audacious £1 bid to buy the soon to be redundant Addingham First School site has paid off - now village representatives are taking up his campaign. Harry Rowlinson wants the buildings converted into a community centre for the village instead
CAMBERLEY 14 OTLEY 30 RAMPANT Otley made it five league wins in five games to keep their place at the top of Jewson One. Mark Kirkby, enjoying an ew lease of life back with his home town club after an unhappy spell with Bedford, continued his record of
MICHELLE SMITH came close to taking the Yorkshire Open Championship, even though she is still just 16 years of age. Shooting in Class A, against the top marksmen, she took second place with a score of 1156 out of a possible maximum of 1,200 points. She
A HORSFORTH dad who converted dog kennels into a dream home for his daughter did not have planning permission, a planning inquiry heard this week. Company director Barry Inman fell foul of Leeds planners when they found that he did not have planning permission
TOMORROW sees the official launch of the Darwin Gardens millennium maze flag dedication scheme. Individuals, community groups and businesses have the chance to dedicate stones to be laid in their name as part of the maze. The maze is part of the plan
A couple saw a UFO in the skies above Haworth early on Saturday evening. Dolores and Jack Gillson, of Lower Brow Farm, Haworth, spied a bright white light above the parish church at about 7pm. They say the light hung motionless in the sky for several
Wet and windy Sundays are bound to be a feature of the coming autumn months so a couple of hours spent in the warm and dry of a restaurant are a welcome respite. A family lunch was in order so I thought we - husband Martin and sons aged nine and two -
Traffic lights cannot be fitted at the notorious Haworth Brow junction because they could cause more accidents, say council road experts. They say the only viable road safety measures would be better road signs, speed-reduction features and improvements
OTLEY man Craig Maud has joined that elite band the rest of us consider insane. Craig has moved on from triathlons to try his hand at iron man and not one to shirk a challenge the Otley school caretaker chose one of the hardest - the Scottish C hampionships
GUISELEY go into their FA Cup third qualifying round clash at North Ferriby on Saturday hit by injuries. Midfielder Simon Ireland broke a leg in Saturday's 2-1 away win at Worksop - a game in which central defender Steve Hook also received a dead leg
CHRISTMAS lights in Otley this year may disappoint - but next year's promise to be a whole lot better. The foundations for bigger, better and brighter festive displays will be laid this year, but it will be 2000 before people begin to see a real improvement
Three Keighley officers who dealt with a man threatening to kill himself have been recognised for their bravery. PC Philip Worsnop, PC Glyn Butterworth and PC Gareth Whelan were called to an house in Keighley in May this year where a man threatened to
Police are to get tough on parents who persist in flouting a no-parking yellow zig-zag in front of a school to drop off their children. Selfish parents face getting a fixed-penalty £20 ticket or being prosecuted for wilful obstruction outside Parkwood
The Salvation Army in Keighley is embarking on major changes in time for the new millennium. The building in High Street is currently undergoing a major £117,000 refurbishment to create an impressive new frontage and improve the facilities inside. Overlooking
Parish councillors are calling for something to be done about a derelict mill in Steeton. At the last meeting of Steeton with Eastburn parish council, Cllr John Hargreaves highlighted the run-down state of Woodlands Mill on Barrows Lane. He said local
A mother feels cheated at being forced to kit her son out in a new blazer despite concerted opposition from parents. Ann Green's 12-year-old son, currently at Haworth's Hartington Middle School, is due to go to Oakbank School next September. To mark the
Laycock residents have given the thumbs-up to a council road-safety scheme which will improve street signing in the village. Residents attending this week's neighbourhood forum meeting in Laycock Village Hall showed unanimous support for the £7,500 package
A former Keighley bus driver tried to murder a 13-year-old schoolgirl after picking her up from a stop in East Morton. The terrified girl was allegedly indecently assaulted, threatened with a screwdriver, strangled and bitten before blacking out. She
Penrith is part of that package of England known as the Lake District, but apart from it as well. Tucked up there in the top right-hand corner of Lakeland, it has easy access to Ullswater just a five-minute drive away and is the place where motorists
The barrow boy's grin and the sharp suit beneath it betrays a troubling crisis of identity. Bradley Walsh, the Cockney comic with the chirpy banter, familiar from Wheel of Fortune and the National Lottery programme, has resolved to reinvent himself. Out
THOUGHTLESS young cyclists are making pensioners' lives a misery, it has been claimed. Despite being banned from cycling around Park Grove in Yeadon, youngsters have continued to ride their bikes around the houses - some of which are sheltered housing
A prestigious scheme to create a Millennium green on a Bradford estate ran into trouble when regeneration bosses admitted local labour would not be used. Royds Community Association, which won national funding to create the green area on the Buttershaw
Members of Skipton Angling Association are worried there is an accident waiting to happen at Embsay Reservoir since life-saving equipment was taken away. Club secretary Ronnie Noble said Yorkshire Water, which owns the reservoir, has taken the lifebuoy
A Riddlesden woman has given new meaning to pedal power by raising £10,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Janine Pickard, 34, of Hospital Road, Riddlesden, rounded off her fund raising cycling season with a superb performance in last Sunday's Three Peaks
Ambulance staff in Bradford and across West Yorkshire face dealing with 1,500 calls a day over the Millennium period - three times the normal daily amount. If the predictions are correct, it will be the busiest period the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance
A car dealer has been found guilty of assaulting a solicitor after she took back a new car she had bought from him. Timothy Webster, 43, of Gillbank Road, Middleton, Ilkley - managing director of Rhydding Motors - had denied assaulting Susan Cuthbertson
Eleven people appeared in court charged with drugs offences including the former chairman of Keighley Cougars, Carl Metcalfe. The 56-year-old, of Bronte Villas, Cross Roads, Keighley, appeared at Bingley Magistrates Court yesterday with his wife Valerie
The mother of a schoolgirl who was abducted and nearly killed by a bus driver, revealed today that her daughter is still too terrified to be alone with men. Alan Higgins, 42, of Oakworth Road, Keighley, was yesterday convicted by a Bradford Crown Court
RESIDENTS have given a mixed response to a charity's plans to convert a Yeadon farmhouse into a nine-bedroom complex with support facilities for women. A representative of the charity, Caring For Life, says that if plans go ahead to convert Springfield
THE amazing riches to rags story of the town's most famous family is soon to appear in a new book by a former Ilkley Grammar School pupil. David Carpenter has charted the fortunes and misfortunes of the Middelton family who once owned much of the town
ILKLEY Literature Festival's 26th year kicks off tomorrow with one of the event's stars eagerly awaiting his return to the town. Liverpudlian poet Roger McGough is appearing at Ilkley Playhouse on Sunday to read extracts from his new book, The Way Things
Plans are afoot to stop thieves making a quick getaway through an alleyway at the back of the Cavendish Street Retail Park in Keighley. At a meeting of Keighley Town Centre Management Group, Mike Millbank, manager of the Airedale Centre, raised concerns
RANGERS 45 LITTLEBOROUGH 0 GUISELEY Rangers registered yet another win last Saturday when they entertained Littleborough in a Division One match at Nunroyd Avenue. This team from Rochdale is highly regarded and Rangers expected a close game but at the
ILKLEY MP Ann Cryer expressed both delight and seething fury during a fact-finding mission to Pakistan earlier this month. Mrs Cryer said the visit, which she paid for herself, had been something of a culture shock. "When four of my colleagues and I decided
THE Ridding Brothers, Ben and Keith, were riding high last Sunday when they won the Whiteoak Memorial Trophy at Whins Wood. Members invited a guest for the doubles competition which was well organised by Sue and Peter Finnie, and sponsored by the balti
Crusader Colts were too strong for Rotherham Colts and amassed 97 points without reply before the referee brought proceedings to a premature halt early in the second half. The forwards dominated, giving and endless upply of quick ball to the backs who
LOOK around you in any town and you will see directions telling you how to reach a given destination. Signposts informing people where to find facilities or which turning to take to reach another town leave little if any scope for getting lost, if only
Thank you very much indeed for your comments on our new-style Town Guide. As I said in the introduction, we had to accept we may not have got everything right and there may be omissions. That has proved to be correct. Before going on I must apologise
The chairman of governors at Oakbank school wants urgent action to disperse the black cloud still hanging over them following the announcement that the school had been stripped of its Sports College status. In his own words he says they want a solution
A NEW house being built around a metre away from where it should have been on the original drawings will not have to be pulled down, planners have decided. The house, on a controversial housing development in Skipton Road, Addingham, will be allowed to
A couple from Haworth have lambasted Bradford council for not finishing the work it started on the village's controversial Hebden Road. David and Joan Webster, from Hawkcliffe Farm on Hebden Road, say they have endured two years of anguish and disturbance
A GUISELEY fireman almost turned down a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace -- because it would have disrupted an amateur production at Yeadon Town Hall. Divisional Officer Gary Holmes was poised to turn down an invitation
A BURLEY-in-Wharfedale vicar would like his parishioners to start thinking about their own deaths. The Reverend Peter Sutcliffe, of St Mary's Parish Church, believes discussion about funeral wishes could make life easier to bear for the relatives left
Keighley Arts Factory, a gallery dedicated to contemporary and community art, was opened on Thursday night. Through a partnership of Keighley College, the local community, and financial support from Keighley's Single Regeneration Budget partnership board
THERE is no doubt that the march of the mobile phone cannot be halted. Whether we actually own one, whether we are for or against, there is no doubt they are here to stay - and in ever increasing numbers. But with the phones comes the need to build telecommunications
AS Mr Rowlinson and the members of the parish council have decided, the buildings of Addingham First School would make a perfect community centre for the village. Education bosses at Bradford would probably share their opinion, but that will probably
A Bramhope businessman abseiled down Kielder Dam to escape a pursuing army of rebel soldiers. David Nolan, from Breary Lane, Bramhope, general manager of Ventura Ltd's call centre in Leeds, spent a day and a half trying to flee an East European country
Keighley's leading dance promoter Saby is heading across the Atlantic for a series of gigs in New York and California. The former Greenhead School student, real-name Sabir Hussain, hopes to get a grant from Yorkshire Arts to help fund his appearances
A FURIOUS town councillor is preparing to go to prison in his fight to stop a telephone mast from going up close to his Otley home. Councillor Nigel Francis has pledged to fight to the bitter end plans by Mercury Personal Communications to put up a 15
A decision to close Ben Rhydding's only public lavatories has caught parish councillors short and increased the stench surrounding the town's facilities. The toilets in Wheatley Lane have officially been closed and the water switched off, with Bradford
PLANS for better public transport to alleviate traffic congestion around Leeds and Bradford Airport are being put together by airport chiefs. A preliminary study has been commissioned to investigate the potential for linking the airport to the national
A police investigation into allegations of 'serious financial irregularities' at Oakbank School has been dropped. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) has written to governors and the head-teacher John Roberts saying 'the police have confirmed
Plans for a station at Cross Hills are still delayed and waiting for further announcements, after a meeting of six South Craven parish councils. Representatives of Glusburn, Sutton, Kildwick, Farnhill, Cowling and Lothersdale attended the meeting at Glusburn
Ladies' Invitation Day at Otley THIRTY-TWO teams of four took part in Otley Golf Club's Ladies' Invitation day, an Am Am fourball medal with the best two scores to count, and all scores to count on the last two holes. After the torrential rain of the
ILKLEY AFC 5 BEDALE TOWN 0 ILKLEY roared through to the second round of the Harrogate League Senior Cup by beating North Yorkshire opponents Bedale Town. Bedale return this Saturday for a Premier Division fixtyure and will need to vastly improve if they
Harry Scott, founder of The Dalesman, referred to the machine on which he typed his articles as a tripewriter. When I joined the magazine in 1948, it was already a museum piece, doing little else but gather dust. The machine, a Corona, has just been presented
SPECIAL needs teacher Karen Kelly has received a special £1,600 thank you from charity lottery LottoAid. Karen, a teacher at Green Meadows School in Guiseley, is the latest winner in the country's fast growing charity lottery which guarantees one main
A couple who met at All Saints' Parish Church's youth group in Ilkley celebrated their son's baptism at the group's 20th anniversary this month. Tim Kingsman met Jackie Breese in the 1980s when they were both members of the church's Sunday Night Youth
IVOR Hughes, local antiques dealer and member of Otley & District Chamber of Trade and Commerce, gives an insight into Faience (French earthenware) and also draws comparisons between the new season in Mainland Europe and in Yorkshire. What exactly
When young Ashley of Coronation Street was agonising at the airport the other day over whether or not he dare board a plane and fly, I found myself in total sympathy with him. In fact, I went through very much the same experience at Leeds-Bradford Airport
Thornensians 8 Ilkley 0 ILKLEY went into this game full of confidence following two very narrow one point defeats against highly ranked opponents. Thornensians, relegated from North East Three, were also looking for their first league win since January
TEAM APPLEYARD clinched the British 125cc championship at Donington last weekend -- when Darren Barton raced to second place. Barton, who qualified in pole position for the fourth consecutive race, was under strict instructions from team manager Robin
CLEANSING bosses have admitted keeping the public in the dark about alternatives to large wheelie bins for their rubbish. But anyone who wants to know what sizes of bins are available may have an exhausting wait in front of them. Smaller wheelie bins
SAJID MAHMOOD, of 2 Gordon Street, Keighley, was ordered to pay £370 including £175 compensation for driving without insurance, without due care and attention and failing to stop after an accident. Mohammed Shanur Ali, of 72 Aireworth Road, Stock-bridge
Councillors were this week blasted for giving Keighley people just two days' notice of a public meeting to discuss the district's future. An administrative mix-up meant just 12 people were present to air their views about major proposals to shake-up Bradford
Keighley's MP Ann Cryer and a number of other local Members of Parliament, including Marsha Singh MP for Bradford West and Gordon Prentice, MP for Pendle, made a visit to Pakistan as part of a private fact finding mission to look at conditions at the
A 32-year-old mum who battled for three years against a disease of the pancreas has died three days after being admitted to hospital. Hairdresser Denise Atkin, of Hainworth Crag Road, Keigh-ley, died in Airedale Hospital at Steeton as a result of complications
Brave youngster Vicky Daynes has lost her fight for life - just two days before celebrating her tenth birthday. The young girl, from Silverdale Avenue in Riddle-sden, died in Airedale Hospital on Sunday after a five-year fight against Batten's Disease
The man responsible for overseeing the spending of £4 million of government cash in the Highfield area began work this week. Tony Mullin will work with community groups, businesses and local agencies to revitalise the area and improve the lives of residents
A woman found in a confused state at Bradford Interchange today made a desperate plea through police: Who am I? The mystery woman, who is believed to be called Mary, was found by security staff at 2pm yesterday wandering around the station concourse.
A cigarette advertisement is being removed from a Bradford billboard after an administrative blunder placed it alongside an advert for a cancer care charity. Workers at the Bradford branch of the charity said it was most unfortunate as smoking is one
A jealous husband was today starting a life sentence after he was found guilty of murdering his wife. Mark Goddard, 37, was found guilty by a Bradford Crown Court jury of stabbing to death former Bradford pub landlady Patricia Goddard, 44. Goddard had
One of Bradford's most prestigious shop sites could be left empty after the shock news that Dillons bookstore is to close. Bradford Council has immediately begun a hunt to find a suitable, high-class retailer to move into the coveted Market Street site
Brollywood came to rain-soaked Bradford in the shape of India's superstar actor Amitabh Bachchan, here for the end of the Bite the Mango Film Festival. Although arriving late at City Hall for a reception by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Harry Mason, the
