The battle to compete on next season's World Snooker Association Tour really hots up from today onwards with the start of the second half of the campaign. Players are qualifying at the Newport Centre in South Wales for the final stages of the Asian Masters
Goal-shy Bradford City must unlock the Premiership's meanest home defence currently to get anything from Saturday's trip to Southampton. The Saints have kept five successive clean sheets at The Dell and conceded only one goal in seven games on their own
DISABLED rail passengers are being urged to keep up the pressure on rail bosses for a crossing at Menston Station. Train operator Northern Spirit recently advised wheelchair users the best way of crossing between platforms was to catch a train to Ilkley
THE PLIGHT of village shops has been highlighted with the closure of a 50-year-old newsagents business. Menston shopkeeper Talib Hussain and wife Bushra closed the doors of Whitehouse Newsagents, Bradford Road, Menston, for the last time last Saturday
PUBLIC- spirited people are being sought to visit and support homeless individuals and families in the Bradford district. The aim is to recruit volunteers to help homeless people to settle into accommodation and break the cycle of homelessness. The council
AS the first stumbling block to a church redevelopment project is removed, it is hoped flagging enthusiasm for fundraising will be revived. The green light has now been given for architectural drawings to be produced of how the £450,000 development will
ALONGSIDE the newcomer, a veteran of the exhibition will also be hanging his works - for the 16th time. Richard Collick, 72, also of Burley-in-Wharfedale, has been a regular at the Ilkley exhibition for several years. Mr Collick, a retired architect,
AN ARTIST drawn to Wharfedale by the magic of its landscape is to exhibit the scenes he has captured of the area. Greg Learmonth, of Station Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale, is to make his debut at the British Society of Painter's Spring Exhibition, in Ilkley
MORE than half of schoolchildren walk to school, figures released this week show. But a third of all children are still travelling to school by car - even though many journeys are within easy walking distance. Primary and secondary children from Wharfedale
A NEW hotel will be built in the car park of Harry Ramsden's in Guiseley, despite local concerns about its impact on traffic congestion in the area. Councillors sitting on the Development Control Panel (West) this week approved plans for a 40-bedroom
AN appeal to raise £5,000 to refurbish well-used sports facilities has made a promising start - despite a disappointing response from the business community. Otley Town Football Club is hoping to finish a major refurbishment programme which started last
A YOUTH has been ordered to complete 180 hours of community service for injuring another teenager in a 'brutal attack' in Otley's Wharfemeadows Park. The 17-year-old from Otley, who was said to have drunk ten bottles of beer and half a bottle of Vodka
WORRIED villagers are concerned that a lifeline store in Pool-in-Wharfedale may shut after its owners submitted plans to change their shop into houses. Alan and Jennifer Wilkinson, of North View Stores, off Main Street, have asked for permission to change
PEOPLE behind an angry campaign against a major housing development in Guiseley are on the brink of an important victory. Furious Back Lane residents were so opposed to plans for houses and flats that their campaign sparked two public meetings attended
DRUG dealers are targeting children as young as 13 in a bid to lure them into a life of drug abuse and crime, angry residents claimed this week. People at a public meeting in St Margaret's Church Hall, Horsforth, on Monday said they had seen youngsters
More than half of Yorkshire's businesses are still oblivious to a new 'green' energy tax. In a regional survey by Yorkshire Electricity, more than half of those asked knew nothing about the Climate Change Levy, which will be introduced this April. Part
Managers in the district are suffering low morale and job insecurity, according to a major new survey. The Institute of Management's (IM) fourth Quality of Working Life report also reveals firm loyalty has dropped among managers. Around 5,000 senior businessmen
Saltaire-based micro technology giant Pace has followed up its partnership deal with Sega by buying out a French rival. The digital set-top box producer has paid £18.1 million for Xcom, which has markets in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and had revenues
A SET of unflattering holiday snaps provided Ilkley sandwich shop assistant Kerrie McLaughlin with all the encouragement she needed to cut out the sarnies and shed those excess pounds. The 25-year-old, of Railway Road, came back from a holiday in Zante
YES, it's that time of the year again: time for Mrs C to get some sun on her back and for me to sit, pale in the shade, and drink funny coloured drinks. And, yes again, this time we did find our paradise isle in the Windward Isles...almost. Now I have
A HOUSING developer could be asked for cash to help buy affordable houses for young families in Cowling. And money could also be handed over to give the village playgrounds a facelift. The cash is to be secured in a deal struck by Craven planners as part
WORK by a Giggleswick-born artist and writer is to be adapted into a children's television series. Carol Lawson, a former pupil of Giggleswick Primary School and Settle Girls' High School, is the author and illustrator of a series of children's books
A ROW has broken out in Giggleswick over whether or not the church clock should chime through the night. Recently, a request was put forward by Trevor Reynolds, licensee of the Harts Head Hotel, for the quarter and half hour chimes to be turned off between
DECORATORS have discovered an historic painting surrounding the stage at Settle's Victoria Hall which could be unique in Britain. Builders have nearly completed renovation work on the building, which dates back to 1853 and is thought to be the oldest
UPPER Wharfedale Brownies have made a desperate appeal for enthusiastic volunteers to help run the pack The 1st Threshfield Brownies could be described as one of the most successful groups in the area, being full to capacity with a waiting list in double
AIREDALE Hospital's chief executive has "no confidence" in an independent report about the future of primary health care in Craven. At stake is whether general practitioners and other health providers in Craven join forces with their counterparts in Harrogate
A NEW face in Ilkley is hoping to breathe fresh life into a community centre for the over-50s. Pauline Barstow, right, has just been appointed manager of the Clarke Foley Centre, on Cunliffe Road, and wants to let people in the town know how much is on
THE new Airedale Primary care Trust has inherited a 13.7 per cent increase in the cost of prescribing drugs. The Airedale Primary Care Group, which folded last October, spent about £11.5m on prescribing drugs - almost 16 per cent of the group's total
A PROPOSED £2.6 million upgrade to Airedale Hospital's x-ray department has received the go-ahead from health bosses. Members of Airedale NHS Trust board agreed a funding package that will involve replacing the ageing equipment which has been in use since
ANGRY officials at Skipton Rugby Club are furious that they could be knocked back again for lottery funding because plans for new ground floor facilities do not include a lift. After being turned down for cash on three previous occasions, the club put
A TRUST wishing to restore a part of Ilkley's heritage is appealing to townsfolk for their input into the project. The Bradford Building Preservation Trust is seeking to find a more suitable resting place for the headstones of some of Ilkley's most illustrious
ILKLEY could be set to get its very own star attraction - a cinema in the centre of town. The idea of building a movie house at Station Plaza, on Station Road, was first raised at a meeting of the town's Tourist Management Committee. And now Hypo Properties
A MOTHER and her daughter who assaulted a woman at a Christmas dinner party have both been conditionally discharged for 12 months. Bradford Crown Court was told how Raj Blezard was struck across the face and had her hair pulled at the Crescent Hotel in
CHILDREN in Ilkley could end up being taught in a 'tin shack' because of cutbacks on plans for the town's new school, campaigners fear. Contractors working for education bosses have been told to draw up new money-saving plans for the new All Saints Primary
SOMETIMES it feels like the death by a thousand cuts as, one by one, slowly but seemingly unstoppably, another Dales village institution dies. Last month it was the people of Gargrave who were mourning the loss of a shop, which had served the village
SIR - There is still a problem with wheely bins blocking the footways for pedestrians especially those with prams and young children. When I complained to the council last year I was told householders should place bins at the edge of their property, not
A man who punched a police officer during a disturbance has been ordered to pay £75 compensation. Bradford magistrates heard that the officer was punched on the side of the head as he tried to break up a fight involving Jason Woodhouse and three other
Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley hosted its second winter cross-country meeting a week ago The event was supported with tremendous enthusiasm from most of the local schools, and saw almost 200 children competing in the ten races. There were some very
ALTHOUGH staged by the Long Distance Walker's Association, Saturday's Rombald's Stride provides a local challenge that many Ilkley Harriers can't resist. The 25 miles wind across Rombalds' Moor and the Otley Chevin, and on a cold day with boggy conditions
THE Rombalds Stride is described by the organiser as a Winter Challenge but to a fellrunner the prospect of running over Baildon Moor, Rombalds Moor and The Chevin in one outing can only be one of delight. The event has taken several forms over the years
Harrogate Railway U-10's B ............. 4 Ilkley Juniors U-10-s B...1 ILKLEY came up against a well-organised Harrogate team on Saturday who proved too strong for the visitors. Ilkley made the early running, with Michael Rathmell testing the home 'keeper
Otley Tongans...104 WP Bramhope 'A'...0 TONGANS rose to the occasion again on the first team pitch and those who forsook the Italy versus France game in the clubhouse were amply rewarded with a superb display of 15-man rugby which bordered on the miraculous
ON Sunday the man they call Chocolate Leg proved he had a golden boot to match. Dan Clappison's last ditch penalty from 40 metres out sealed another crucial victory in a smash and grab raid at Birmingham. It could prove to one of the most significant
ADDINGHAM soccer fan Lee Parker had his dreams come true when he got to run out on the Elland Road pitch as mascot for Leeds United in their Premiership match against Coventry City. For Lee, 14, the chance to meet his heroes and get a behind-the-scenes
A councillor today called on Shipley's politicians to talk to police amid fears beat bobbies could be lost from the streets. Last month, the Telegraph & Argus reported how a cross-party campaign had been launched to retain Shipley and Baildon's existing
Parents and children from Barkerend have launched a campaign to turn a disused allotment into a community orchard thanks to a government scheme. Sure Start Barkerend has been awarded £2.5 million over a period of three years to help improve the lives
Bradford is set to open its seventh film festival next month with the UK premiere of a star-studded Hollywood blockbuster. The Bradford Film Festival will open on March 1 with the premiere of wartime drama Enemy At The Gates. starring Jude Law and Bob
Health workers are fighting to bridge a cultural gap which leaves many Asian women to face the trauma of breast cancer alone. The initiative to recruit more volunteer support workers follows the release of startling figures on the disease's effect within
Labour councillors were "superglued to their chairs" in a vital vote which could end 90 years of council housing in Bradford, Prime Minister Tony Blair has been told. The Community Association for Regeneration of Estates (CARE) has protested to Mr Blair
A Bradford mother-of-two is hoping that extra literacy lessons will improve the confidence and self-esteem of her children. Twins Gemma and James Layton, 12, are receiving help improving their reading skills from Reading Matters for Life. The charity
Hundreds of hospital patients and staff were left without water at Bradford Royal Infirmary after a mains supply was damaged. Nine operations were postponed yesterday after building contractors fractured the water main on Smith Lane, which runs alongside
A 'dangerous sex offender' who had been on the run in Bradford has handed himself in to police. William Anthony Knowles was seen in the city centre at around noon yesterday after arriving in the area by taxi. He escaped from his hostel in Wakefield just
SIR - With regard to the T&A article, "Row over £500,000 bill for Bulls Move". By my reckoning the true figure for the next two years is £760,000. Since 1986 when the then council took over all financial cost for Odsal in return for (I am reliably
TWO communities look set to be losing their shops in the near future. In Menston, supermarket prices and the convenience of being able to park have been blamed, while in Pool-in-Wharfedale the village's newsagent may also be closing - very likely for
100 years ago RESIDENTS of Malhamdale said a fond farewell to popular postie Tom Jowett. For 20 years and in all weathers, Mr Jowett had trudged daily between Malham and Bell Busk to deliver the mail. Whatever the conditions he would have a "laugh and
A FEW months ago an initiative was launched to try to persuade more children to walk to school. The motives behind it were twofold. Firstly to reduce congestion and fumes and secondly to try to persuade some of the flabby, lethargic youngsters of today
Bradford and district are set to have seven runners in the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Chelmsford on March 10. They qualified for selection at the Yorkshire finals at Northcliffe Playing Fields, Shipley. Normally the first eight runners
Aussie newcomer Daniel Gartner faces a fitness check today which will make or break his hopes of taking his Silk Cut Challenge Cup bow at Valley Parade this weekend. The former Manly and Northern Eagles forward suffered a toe injury in his only outing
The posts went up yesterday as Valley Parade underwent a make over in readiness for the arrival of rugby league. Bradford City's groundsman Dave Bedford, pictured, and his team of helpers were busy preparing the ground for Bradford Bulls' Silk Cut Challenge
Relegation-haunted Bradford City will not gamble on a big-money signing in a last throw of the dice to stay in the Premiership. City chairman Geoffrey Richmond today spelt out the message: We will not risk our future by trying to buy our way clear. Richmond
THE BISHOP of Leeds visited Menston to officially open a new building at St Mary's School on Friday. Bishop David Konstant spent a day at the school to open the new Hume building, and take a look around the new facilities. The building represents the
STRESSED out MPs, teachers and nurses are being offered a lifeline. A Rawdon church wants to do what it can to help people in potentially stressful jobs. It has sent out letters to schools, local government and hospitals offering support. And it has even
EDUCATION services in Leeds schools will now be run by a council owned company. It had been planned that the company formed to run education support services would include private sector partners. But after a meeting last week between Leeds City Council
A PROJECT to tidy up Beech Hill in Otley is well on the way to completion. Stone planters are now in place at the edge of the car park and a bench - dedicated to Westgate ironmonger Colin Rawlings - will be put in place next month. It has been hailed
A GENEROUS businessman has backed a campaign to help save a landmark village church to the tune of £10,000. Several years ago, St Peter's Church in Arthington was found to have serious structural faults. A survey showed that rain water had caused substantial
MILLENNIUM celebrations may be over for most of us, but villagers in Pool-in-Wharfedale are still marking the momentus occasion. Villagers and pupils from Pool School this week planted five trees of different varieties in Pool's recreation ground to commemorate
AN elderly woman had her bag snatched in broad daylight as she walked home from shopping in Otley. And in a separate incident in the town another woman was knocked to the ground by thieves who tried unsuccessfully to take her bag. The first woman was
'SPINELESS' councillors have reacted angrily to criticisms over their acceptance of the area's planning blueprint. Councillor Clive Fox (Con, Otley and Wharfedale) wants to see the Leeds Unitary Development Plan scrapped because it gives the go-ahead
A NEW, quieter state of the art police helicopter capable of Harrier Jump-Jet-style vertical takeoff is due to be unveiled tomorrow. And on-board up-to-the-minute tracking systems means there will be no hiding place for criminals. The MD 902 Explorer,
TOUGHER measures to force local authorities and developers to assess flood risk when building new houses have been published for consultation by the Government. The new draft planning guidance comes in the wake of last autumn's flooding, and aims to limit
BURGLARIES are on the increase across the area - but police insist that they are successfully cracking down on offenders. The number of burglaries between April last year and January increased in Otley, Yeadon, Rawdon and, most notably, in Horsforth.
POLLUTION experts are to take a fresh look at Otley - after doubts were expressed over recent all clear results. Monitoring of air quality will take place over the next few months from a site right in the town centre - rather than on the outskirts, as
A 'caring' Otley school is celebrating after being praised by Ofsted inspectors. National test results at St Joseph's RC Primary improved significantly last year. An increase in the number of pupils achieving higher Level 5 grades for maths, English and
REVISED plans for 44 houses at Swallow Drive in Pool-in-Wharfedale were deferred for one month to allow consultation with the parish council. The plans form the second part of Redrow Homes' development on the site and already has outline planning approval
STREET cleaning in Otley could be taken over by the town council. In a bid to clean up the town's act, councillors are to meet with officers from the city council's cleansing department later this month. And they will be looking into the possibility of
AN EYESORE derelict petrol station cannot be replaced with houses until possible pollution problems are addressed - but residents are already warning off developers. Bramhope residents complained after the Shell filling station on Leeds Road was closed
The Sure Start scheme launched in Barkerend seems to have got off to an encouraging start - so encouraging, in fact, that the Department of Education and Employment is to feature it in a Government document. But perhaps more important than the opinion
In 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded, as her pet dog hid in her skirts. In 1842, St. John's Church, Bowling, was opened. In 1908, the Wilton Street, Bradford, pianoforte works was destroyed by fire. From the Telegraph & Argus of February 8th,
Keighley-based communications specialists Link Telecom is using a £250,000 funding package to expand its business in its home town. The firm, with financial support from Yorkshire Bank, has just consolidated its operations by buying a new head office
It seems we gardeners are just not adapting to compost without peat. Despite pleas from environmentalists to conserve peat bogs, 94 per cent of composts are peat-based. Amateur gardeners used 54 per cent more peat in 1999 than they did in 1993, and in
'LET'S talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about you and me...,' with Salt 'n' Pepa's finest lyrics rolling annoyingly through my mind I set off on my latest assignment - to get the low-down on sex therapy. I can handle it, I told myself. I am a woman of
WHEN Aladdin rubs the magic lamp for the last time at the end of February it's sure to bring a tear to the eye of Mollie Thornton. For Mollie will be putting away her pantomime writing pen after producing 21 of the traditional comedy plays in Glusburn
BRAVE Barnoldswick girl Lauren Richmond will find out today whether she has won the prestigious Child of Achievement Award 2001. The awards are presented to 150 children up to the age of 16 from across the UK. These are special children who, by their
FOR those people trying to get on with their daily business, a walk down Skipton High Street on market day can be described as an endless obstacle course of shoppers and tourists. It is exactly these feelings of "pavement rage" which have led to plans
TEACHERS at Giggleswick Primary School have been celebrating this week after being named in the annual report of the Chief Inspector of Ofsted as a particularly successful school. In his report published on Tuesday, Chief Inspector Mike Tomlinson identified
PIGEON experts are to meet with council bosses to try to end the row over how to control numbers of the birds in Skipton. Banner-waving protesters gathered outside Skipton Town Hall on Saturday to voice their opposition to plans to kill the birds. Craven
ONE of Ilkley's leading community crusaders is stepping down after four years in the hot seat. Bob Tilley, of Ben Rhydding Drive, has resigned as chairman of Ilkley Civic Society due to work commitments abroad. "It's very difficult when you are travelling
A RESIDENTIAL home boss in Ilkley is hoping that past and present soccer stars will play along in a novel way to raise charity cash. Wendy Holmes, the manager of Glen Rosa, Grove Road, has contacted Leeds United in the hope that players or former players
COUNCIL housing could soon become a thing of the past in Ilkley if tenants vote to take control of their own estates. Tenants are being asked to consider whether they want to stay with Bradford Council or transfer to a self-controlled, non-profit making
PEST control officers have agreed to place anti-roosting wires on Ilkley's Winter Gardens and King's Hall complex to keep the pigeons off the buildings. And an Ilkley resident has made a plea for people to stop feeding the birds in a bid to keep them
THE boss of the Airedale National Health Service (NHS) Trust has urged Ilkley residents to help fight plans to hive of part of its functions and responsibilities to Harrogate and Bradford. Government health bosses want some health services to be more
FEARS that pupils' performances would be affected by the reorganisation of schools have been quelled this week as Ilkley Grammar School issued its first term's report. The report says the new school is doing better than ever since it amalgamated with
A WAR hero who founded a housing trust was remembered by the residents of an Ilkley sheltered housing complex. The life of fighter pilot Johnnie Johnson, who died at the age of 85 last week, was commemorated by residents at Leconfield House. The elderly
CUPS and saucers were raised in celebration at Bettys Tea Rooms in Ilkley this week after the company was ranked among the top 50 employers in the country. The famous caf, on The Grove, is part of Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, which came 12th in the
A PENSIONER who was nearly hit by an out of control vehicle after a collision on Bolling Road has demanded action to make the area safer. The women, who lives on Bolling Road but did not want give her name, was waiting for a bus on Friday morning when
SIR, - The local Conservative councillor knows perfectly well that every councillor in Leeds is against green belt development. He also knows quite well that planning law is extremely complex. He cannot have imagined in his wildest dreams that the council
Dateline: St Luscious, Windward Islands, Wednesday YES, it's that time of the year again: time for Mrs C to get some sun on her back and for me to sit, pale in the shade, and drink funny coloured drinks. And, yes again, this time we did find our paradise
SIR, - I noticed the remarks by Mr Kerr (Gazette, January 25) apropos the burning of flood debris causing more smoke than they had anticipated, but, having recognised the problem, why on earth did they insist on feeding it during the day? It is a fact
A gipsy family living in two caravans in East Bierley could be forced to vacate their own land. The Collins family applied retrospectively to Kirklees Council to use their land opposite Beck View Farm in Cliff Hollins Lane for the residential caravans
Pool...1 Hampsthwaite...3 POOL obviously went into this game thinking it would be a walkover against a team who had only won one game all season and were firmly rooted to the bottom of the table. However, Hampsthwaite had other ideas and any neutral observers
Otley Town... 0 Brighouse Town...5 OTLEY Town entertained Brighouse Town and were well beaten by a team that could prove to be top of the table at the end of the season. Brighouse and Ovenden are fighting over the top position and have yet to meet in
OTLIENSIANS have used the last two weeks without league games to give the promising younger players in the Second XV a taste of First team rugby and also to consolidate the launch of the Third XV and strengthen the Second's. Saturday's games for the First
SIX Nations rugby is alive and well after last weekends opening round of the 2001 version. The arrogance of Aussie chief executive John O'Neill in suggesting that England and France could join the Tri Nations in a new tournament was quite misplaced. There's
DOUGIE Lampkin blitzed Barcelona on Sunday night to his fifth world indoor arena championship trial success beating all the Spanish hopes with another spellbinding performance that puts him on exactly 100 points with five rounds yet to run. Lampkin swept
THE president of the Ilkley and District Motor Club, Chris Trindall, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, and his wife Ann, welcomed over 160 members and guests to the club's annual dinner dance and prize presentation at the Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley. The magnificent
Birmingham/Solihull...10 Otley...13 ALTHOUGH it took a last minute penalty from Dan Clappison to retake the lead so lately lost it was a fine team performance by Otley against a big side who relished the wet, slippery conditions that mostly prevail at
An alarming spate of arson attacks on Bradford schools is putting children's lives at risk, fire chiefs today warned. Officers have begun an urgent tour of classrooms throughout the county in a bid to halt a disturbing trend which has escalated to firebugs
Legend has it that the Reverend Patrick Bronte, father to the three famous literary sisters, frequently let blast with a flintlock pistol at the church tower opposite Haworth parsonage. He had taken to carrying this lethal weapon ever since working in
A Keighley teacher is gaining worldwide recognition for his pioneering techniques which could produce the sporting stars of the future. Tristan Wallhead, who teaches PE at the town's Oakbank Sports College, has been invited to present findings on his
Police have appealed for help in tracing a jumper and gold chain belonging to a young man who was found dead on a roof in Bradford. The body of Amrez Shaukat was found on the roof of a building in St Jude's Place, Manningham, on January 22 this year.
A frail pensioner was threatened with debt collectors after being accused of totting up a massive bill for a mobile phone she says she does not own. Cynthia Gautry returned from a stay in Bradford Royal Infirmary to find a demand from a debt collecting
Passengers will begin using a new, state-of-the-art concourse at Bradford Interchange on Sunday as the station's £2.7 million refurbishment nears completion. A year of massive disruption, in which some buses moved out of the travel centre and others switched
Bradford Abbey National workers were breathing a sigh of relief today after bosses rebuffed a £20 billion takeover bid. Lloyds TSB's offer for the mortgage bank, which could have put 9,000 jobs nationally in the balance, was rejected on the grounds that
Police are appealing for witnesses after armed robbers raided a betting shop in Bradford. Three men, one believed to be brandishing a handgun, demanded cash from staff at Ladbrokes on Allerton Road, Four Lane Ends, at about 1.45pm yesterday. After entering
The daughter of Bradford man killed in a crash in Austria has told how he was a relaxed biker, "loved by everyone". Speaking about the tragedy for the first time since it happened last June, Sarah Burgess, 18, said her father Michael Burgess did not want
Detectives were today hunting a teenage rapist who attacked a 16-year-old girl in broad daylight. The student victim was subjected to the terrifying ordeal at 9.15am yesterday as she walked through the grounds of a disused pub off Keighley Road, Manningham
