Player of the month, top of the goal charts and scorer of the winner against Lancaster, Andy Hayward is enjoying his time at Park Avenue. But the former Rotherham United player, chasing the all-time scoring record, has a bigger ambition with the club.
Bradford City Res 1, Liverpool Res 3: The Bantams cavalry is mustering and not a moment too soon. The day after the dreadful night before, City received the timeliest of boosts - from Odsal of all places. Bradford Bulls' spiritual home provided the stage
We can still get better, Brian Noble promised today. The Bulls overcame Wigan 18-4 with an imperious performance in their Super League opener, but coach Noble, above, feels there is further improvement to come for the Bulls. "I was very happy with the
Four of Burley-in-Wharfedale's oldest residents were given the chop this week after surgeons discovered they were truly rotten. The four 100-year-old oak trees near the back of St Mary's Parish Church, Cornmill Lane, were felled on Tuesday, after residents
Wharfedale Newspapers advertising staff have notched up a major award for their successful children's Christmas creation. The Ad Attack promotion, run by the Ilkley Gazette and the Wharfedale Observer, saw schoolchildren designing and drawing the adverts
WHEN an elderly resident first approached Marian Ealham about the lack of facilities for older people in Guiseley, it triggered an idea that would lead to one of the biggest annual community events in the area. Since that day in 1989, Marian has been
A RAWDON play area is 'unbelievably' unsafe, it has been claimed. Keep Our Children Safe playground campaigner Ian Burks said that he was horrified that there were stone slabs underneath a toddler's swing at Micklefield Park, behind the Aireborough Council
A LEADING playground safety campaigner has claimed that there is still a long way to go before playgrounds in Wharf-edale and Aireborough are truly safe for youngsters to use. Despite widespread improvements to a number of playgrounds in the area, including
WALKERS have joined forces with horseriders, landowners and cyclists in a bid to save green lanes across Wharfedale. They want to see the often ancient rights of way protected from potentially harmful off road vehicles. And they have formed the Yorkshire
A TEMPORARY bridge to take traffic during the strengthening of Pool Bridge was moved into place this week. The last section of the 200 tonnes temporary Bailey Bridge across the River Wharfe was pulled into place by a boat on Tuesday. Contractors will
HEALTH chiefs are confident that work on the new £14 million Wharfedale Hospital in Otley will start in May - although it is yet to get planning permission. The 9,000 square metre hospital, which will be built around a quadrangle and will be a mixture
A long-running row over eye-catching pub lights in Burley-in-Wharfedale looks set to be re-ignited. Bradford Council forced the Generous Pioneer to turn off its multi-coloured helium and strip lighting last month, after receiving repeated complaints from
THE PARENTS of 21 nursery pupils are lobbying education chiefs after their youngsters were refused places in the school of their choice. The children, who are currently attending the nursery at Westgate Infants School, will be unable to move into a reception
CONTROVERSIAL plans to turn a former retirement home for clergy into flats have been deferred - for talks between planners, the developer and residents. More than 50 people, Horsforth Civic Society, the Town Council and Aireborough MP Paul Truswell have
FOOT and mouth disease restrictions have beaten plans for livestock at Otley Show - for the second year running. With just over ten weeks remaining until the show organisers have now firmly ruled out the return of cattle and sheep because of continuing
In 1936, German troops occupied the demilitarised zone east of the river Rhine. In 1971, Swiss women were given the right to vote. In 1989, Chinese troops killed 12 Tibetan monks in the capital Lhasa. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 7th, 1977.
It has proved to be very prophetic. Pace Micro Technology announced to the City last July that its profits had ballooned by more than 61 per cent on the back of the booming demand for boxes to allow a generation of couch potatoes to tap into dozens of
She has sold more than a million books and written over 70 different novels but Jenny Oldfield still has the writing bug. It's no wonder she can smile broadly as she sits at her comfortable home in Bridge Lane, Ilkley and reflects on a career which has
LAFARGE Aggregates put its case for extending the life of Dry Rigg quarry to the North Craven public this week. The company, which extracts high quality gritstone at the Helwith Bridge site, held exhibitions in Settle and Langcliffe to explain a forthcoming
CRAVEN'S police chief has spoken out in a bid to reassure the public that Skipton is not suffering from an epidemic of hard drugs. Chief Inspector Nick Smedley says detectives have no evidence to suggest the town is awash with heroin. But he has pledged
A £4 MILLION swimming pool and fitness centre will be built in Skipton after Sports England announced this week that it would pay for half of it. The £2.2 million grant is the largest lottery award ever given in Craven and is one of the largest ever made
Plans to pull the chain on a village toilet could be halted because parish councillors are considering taking over the running of it. Addingham Parish Council is furious at the recommendation of the Bradford Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee to
Police are clamping down on speeding motorists in Ilkley after hearing concerns from residents. The campaign began in the town on Monday and will be part of a month-long operation targeting specific areas at selected times. The police initiative will
A long-running row over eye-catching pub lights in Burley-in-Wharfedale looks set to be re-ignited. Bradford Council forced the Generous Pioneer to turn off its multi-coloured helium and strip lighting last month, after receiving repeated complaints from
SIR - It was good to read the report about access on the Wharfe for canoeists. My son introduced us to the sport while working as a level 2 coach in southern France, and it has brought us many hours of pleasure. There is no better way to see wildlife
WELL, folks, it is nice to know that there are those among you who sympathise with an old codger like me and his struggles to come to terms with new technology. Or is it? Last week, I asked t'Ed for my carrier pigeon back so that I could communicate without
MANY times during the writing of this column, I have come across ordinary Dales folk who have lived through periods of great distress and anxiety, only to overcome and thrive. Never before, however, has the subject been an 11-year-old boy. And despite
SIR - Ken Lakin (Craven Herald Letters March 1) does not seem to think much of the traffic calming measures which are being put into effect in Grassington but his apparent deep concern about the waste of public money would carry more conviction if he
A motorcyclist who was killed along with his pillion passenger when his bike hit a bus was speeding, an inquest was told. Benjamin Horton, 28, was riding the Kawasaki 600cc bike in Spen Lane, Gomersal, on May 26, last year with passenger Mark Walshaw,
A soldier and two other teenagers have appeared before magistrates charged in connection with an attack on an Asian-owned Bingley takeaway last summer. Soldier Jordan Wilkinson, 19, of Preston Terrace, Crossflatts, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named
GUISELEY AFC's good form of late - they are on an eight match unbeaten league run and have recorded three successive wins - has put their chairman in something of a dilemma. His side have now forced their way back towards a promotion play-off place but
THE Dunlop/Slazenger - sponsored Junior Squash Tournament is being held at Ilkley Tennis and Squash Club this weekend and has attracted a large entry of 80 players. The great support from Dunlop/Slazenger, and the club's excellent facilities, all help
THE Dunlop/Slazenger - sponsored Junior Squash Tournament is being held at Ilkley Tennis and Squash Club this weekend and has attracted a large entry of 80 players. The great support from Dunlop/Slazenger, and the club's excellent facilities, all help
A Bradford artist is giving up-and-coming youngsters a chance by showcasing their work for free in the city. It was after having her own work on public display that Mo Rahman decided to help other artists. Now she has set up an art gallery at Woolston
Green-fingered Bradford people have received a major boost with a £50,000 National Lottery grant. The Bradford Community Environment Project has been granted the Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities Seed Award by the New Opportunities Fund. The award
Four schoolboys have been commended for their quick-thinking actions in saving the life of an elderly man. Pupils of St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School at Menston - Alex Condliffe, Daniel Pitcher, Chris Darlow and Andrew Garrity - made use of their
Thousands of lives in the region need to be saved from heart disease by matching death rates in the South, a report revealed today. And experts claim there is not enough specialised treatment for the local population, which is traditionally classed as
A "wonder gel", which began life as a hunch in a Bradford University laboratory, could be about to bring the oil barons of the world knocking on the city's door. The pioneering hydrogel, discovered by two lecturers, is believed to have more than 30 pioneering
Bradford Council is expected to seek tenders to help invest millions of pounds into its beleaguered information technology. Britain's fourth biggest metropolitan authority is set to embark on a £40 million project which would have huge implications to
Bradford Council is expected to review its constitution to bring the district's ground-breaking youth parliament into decisions. The Council's elections unit will also be involved in the ballot when the first members are elected at the end of this year
A mother's tribute to her late daughter is set to bring happiness to scores of cancer sufferers in Bradford. When Sharon Carter died aged 21 after a nine-month wait for a double lung transplant, her mother Sue, pictured, wanted to create a permanent reminder
Ilkley 17, Dinnington 13: A match of intensity, commitment and passion unfolded at Stacks Field. The pitch had recovered well from last week's quagmire. With a tricky wind blowing across the field the touch finding ability of Anthony Cadman and his opposite
IT is not difficult to appreciate the rage felt by some Otley families as they come to terms with the reorganisation of the town's primary schools. Now that the closure of two, much loved, schools is in sight, many parents are beginning to realise the
FOR some time now Skipton's Aireville Swimming Pool has been a sorry sight. Justifiable complaints have flooded in as the council poured a fortune into what has amounted to little more than patching together the crumbling building and its decrepit boiler
'BETWIXT the devil and the deep blue sea' is an expression that could aptly be applied to a whole host of situations arising in everyday life. Take the current issue of the vandalised public toilets in Addingham (see Page 7). Here we have Bradford Metropolitan
Nicky Law was today linked with the vacant manager's job at Hull City - just two months after taking over the Bantams. Strong speculation suggested the City boss was in the frame to succeed Brian Little, who was recently sacked by the ambitious Third
A world record picture price and a sale total topping £240,000 were the highlights of the year's first auction sale of Andrew Fine Arts of Ilkley. The magical moment in the art section was the highest price ever paid at an auction for a Herbert Royle
A VILLAGE is on the look out for someone to take over its day to day affairs - following the resignation of its long standing clerk. Village stalwart Janet Sunderland, 63, of St Giles Garth, Bramhope, is standing down after six years as parish council
FOUR schoolboys have been commended for their quick-thinking actions in saving the life of an elderly man. Pupils of St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School, Alex Condliffe, Daniel Pitcher, Chris Darlow and Andrew Garrity, made use of their newly-acquired
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to reverse the decision to close Otley primary schools have won the right to appeal. Parents of children of All Saints Junior School will go to the London High Court to fight Leeds City Council's reorganisation of the town's primary
A HOLIDAYMAKER from Guiseley was amazed to read about events in Otley when she bought a magazine in Thailand. Eileen Morgan was holidaying in the Thai city of Hua Hin with husband Lionel, in February, when she picked up a free English language magazine
The future of Bradford rests with its young. What happens to them as they go through their school careers will decide the sort of district this becomes. Therefore it is absolutely vital that those charged with the task of providing education in Bradford
Bradford's beleaguered manufacturing industry has shown its first signs of growth for a year. According to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, there was growth in manufacturing in February - the first time the sector had improved in 12 months
Union bosses and the Bradford-based Confederation of British Wool Textiles were today embroiled in a row over the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The CBWT, which is based in Roydsdale Way, has been branded "mean-minded" for not advising its member companies to
SUTTON residents are up in arms over a planned recycling area - literally at the bottom of their gardens. House owners at Crofters Mill have complained to the parish council that broken glass and syringes left at the site would be a danger to their children
GIGGLESWICK and Settle Brass Band celebrates 50 years of making music this month. The band was formed in 1952 when Giggleswick and Settle brass bands amalgamated, and today's musicians have a busy year planned to mark the anniversary, including a special
SKIPTON Police Station will lose its control room in May, the Herald can reveal. The control room was earmarked for closure nearly four years ago but the move has been continually delayed. From May 7, all telephone calls for Skipton officers will be answered
A RURAL pub which is popular with hikers and tourists has been given a new lease of life. The Fox and Hounds, in Starbotton, has been saved from closure by a couple from Wakefield and their young family who took over this week. The official opening was
PARLEZ vous Francais? Skiptonians are being urged to brush up on their French language skills as tentative steps are taken towards a new twinning venture. Skipton town councillors have announced that they are investigating the possibility of twinning
BENTHAM Grammar School is to close and be born again as Sedbergh Junior School. Dwindling numbers and the resignation of the head, Ruth Colman, threatened the viability of the public school founded in 1726. As pupil numbers fell to just 130, staff embarked
Ilkley will become the second place in the country to trial a new police and Neighbourhood Watch anti-crime initiative. Ten volunteers from the community will be working in partnership with the police to catch criminals by using state of the art digital
THE hospital which caters for Ilkley patients has received top marks in a recent Government survey. Airedale General Hospital, at Steeton, near Keighley, is achieving, and in some areas surpassing, national average performance levels. Performance indicators
The late, great Spike Milligan has given an Ilkley church's fund-raising campaign a literary boost. The well-loved comedian responded to a fund-raising SOS from St Margaret's Church by sending it a signed copy, early edition of his novel Puckoon. The
A full-scale capture operation is under way on Ilkley Moor after a massive European Eagle Owl terrorised walkers at the weekend. Bradford Council's Countryside Service is determined to catch the escaped bird of prey after two separate attacks were reported
A £5 million pound safety scheme to tackle the accident blackspot Manor Park bends could be submitted to the Government this spring. A report produced for Ilkley councillor and Bradford Council portfolio member for transport, Anne Hawkesworth, has revealed
Sir, - Quite a lot of window shoppers in Ilkley stop to look into estate agents' windows and many more browse the Ilkley Gazette's property sale advertisements. There's a natural curiosity to learn what other people's asking prices are. There's a way
Otley Saracens 7 Sedgeley Park A 38 SARACENS' unbeaten run of 17 games came to an end when they were well beaten by a strong and well organised Park side who they had beaten narrowly earlier in the season. They were not helped by the absence of 11 squad
Otley 19, Moseley 19: SATURDAY was a rather disappointing day for Otley, albeit they were probably relieved in the end to come away with a draw. This was a game they should have won and indeed would have won if they had managed the basics better. The
Otley Saracens 7, Sedgeley Park A 38: SARACENS' unbeaten run of 17 games came to an end when they were well beaten by a strong and well organised Park side who they had beaten narrowly earlier in the season. They were not helped by the absence of 11 squad
Guiseley 2, Ashton United 0: Guiseley extended their unbeaten run to eight games with their third successive win on Saturday. They soon cut Ashton United down to size and the winning margin could well have been doubled if leading scorer Ryan Senior had
Residents living in fear of crime have been promised action in a bid to stop young hooligans. But police and Bradford Council officers have called on the Lower Baildon community to play its part in the fight against crime and anti-social behaviour. Concerns
A former detective has been criticised by a judge after being found guilty of damaging a car during a road-rage incident. Andrew Kennedy was told his actions in throwing his bike onto the bonnet of a car were "entirely futile" and achieved nothing. District
Raising school standards in Bradford should be a moral crusade, a Government education chief claimed. Professor David Hopkins, head of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills, said schools can and should be agents
Worried police chiefs today said they are to offer exercise plans to applicants who are so unfit they are failing basic entrance tests. Senior officers are desperate to get more police on Bradford's streets to try to tackle rocketing crime. But despite
Girls from Ben Rhydding Primary School show off the soccer trophy they have won. Holding the trophy is goalkeeper Nikola Connor with left to right - Hannah Bradley, Emma Stocks, Alice Johnson, Jade Mitchell, Lucy Johnson, Felicity Avery. SP10P36G-D.
Ilkley 17 Dinnington 13 A MATCH of intensity, commitment and passion unfolded at Stacks Field. The pitch had recovered well from last week's quagmire. With a tricky wind blowing across the field the touch finding ability of Anthony Cadman and his opposite
SIR - I have just returned from Bruges, Europe's 2002 Capital of Culture, a city and people I have known well over many years, to Bradford, a city and people I am coming to know less well as each year passes. Yet, it is applying for this same respected
100 years ago SMOKE from three chimneys at the Skipton workhouse was causing a nuisance to nearby residents and a solicitor's letter to the Board of Guardians threatened legal action unless the problem was resolved. The guardians recommended an inspection
