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  • Law hands Jess his vote of confidence

    Eoin Jess will be given the chance to silence the boo-boys at Valley Parade tonight when City meets Manchester City. Nicky Law has recalled the Scot who was the target of abuse from frustrated fans at the last home game. But Law could have to do without

  • Queens of the dance floor

    The jive came alive as two Ingrow girls danced their way to trophy success at a competition in Rawtenstall. Lauren Busfield and Charlie Rawson brought home prizes in both rock 'n' roll and disco sections last weekend. Lauren, 14, and Charlie, nine, who

  • Moon's songs finally rise

    The third album to be released by Haworth performer Tim Moon is actually his first. And the second album recorded by the singer, musician and poet never saw the light of day. Such apparent oddities are nothing unusual for a man who plays more than 60

  • Wedding: Cunningham - Brown

    Married in Montego Bay, Jamaica, were Peter Cunningham and Carole Brown. Peter - who has just retired after 28 years as a fireman with the West Yorkshire brigade - is the second son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cunningham, of The Shroggs, Steeton. Carole - a

  • Bronte vintage gathering is back

    There will be horsepower of different kinds later this year when two popular fundraising events make a welcome return. The Bront Vintage Gathering and a harness racing event are to be staged at Manor Farm, Haworth Road, Cullingworth, to raise money for

  • Transport policy is off the rails

    By Laura Foster, who is studying for a BA (Hons) in media and English at Trinity and All Saints College, Horsforth Today's news is yesterday's fish and chip wrappings. Unfortunately controversy over the current state of public transport won't go away

  • Spirit rings for last orders

    Spirits of a supernatural kind have been making a ghostly appearance at an Oxenhope pub. Regulars at the Dog and Gun were enjoying the pub's traditional Monday night quiz when decidedly spooky things started happening to which they had no answer. Four

  • Blame it ont he weatherman - and fight crime

    TV weatherman Paul Hudson will be weathering a storm next week as police finally catch up with him. He'll be accused of getting his forecasts wrong during a mock trial in Keighley town centre. Keighley-born Paul will be taken into custody on March 19

  • Tourism groups sets fine example

    A group dedicated to promoting Bront country has been held up as an example of the way forward by tourism chiefs. Bradford council is citing the Bront Country Partnership as the way forward to attract tourism to the district The group, which is made up

  • Ram-raiders attack bike company

    Thieves who carried out a ram-raid on a major motorcycle dealers have left police baffled. For neither detectives nor the company involved can work out exactly how the raiders managed to drive a car up a barriered ramp and through the front door of Colin

  • Garagers crushed as tree falls

    Five garages were destroyed in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a large tree was blown down in high winds. Unfortunately for their owners, two garages, which are behind houses on Hainworth Wood Road, Keighley, had cars inside. Gary Armstrong,

  • MP attacks Indian government

    The Indian government has been slammed by Keighley MP Ann Cryer for not protecting Muslims during the country's recent race-hate crisis. She is writing to the Indian High Commission to express concern that police stood by as Hindus murdered Muslims last

  • Readers respond to tools plea

    The Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary Club is asking for continued support with its tool appeal. The 25-strong team aims to collect as many old and unwanted hand tools as possible from households and businesses in the area. They will be refurbished and

  • Cash boost for town's roads

    Keighley councillors have been given a massive vote of confidence in the shape of an extra £350,000 to spend on local roads. They are being given £450,000 for road repairs, safety schemes and street lighting over the next 12 months. The figure is more

  • Campaigner accused of underage alchohol sales

    A Silsden off-licence manager is appealing for public co-operation after being reported to Trading Standards for selling alcohol to minors. Linda Craven, of Craven's off-licence, received a letter from the Trading Standards Department saying that someone

  • Murder hunt: Man in court

    A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Keighley security guard Qadir Ahmed. Mohammed Nazim Iqbal, of Salt Street, Manningham, Bradford, appeared before Bingley magistrates on Monday and was remanded in custody for a week to appear at Bradford

  • Honey jars taken off shelves in health scare

    JARS of Chinese Honey sold in Ilkley have been taken off the shelves after a warning issued by environmental health officers. Bradford council officers have asked that all retailers across the district withdraw honey from China, including blended varieties

  • Mother Goose

    Billy gets a wigging from his old ma in this scene from Bingley Amateurs' new pantomime Mother Goose. Keighley boy Ben performs with Peter Lotherington in the family show from Wednesday to Saturday. There are daily performances at 7.15pm and a Saturday

  • Baba Yaga launch 'girlie' show

    Watch out Ken, Barbie's brought her pals around for a jam session! The faces may belong to dolls, but the rest of these women are real and they take to the stage tomorrow in Haworth. Baba Yaga, whose members include Haworth's Sarah MacHenry, is one of

  • Album reviews

    Vex Red: Start With a Strong and Persistent Desire Well, thankfully the band don't feel the need to interrupt their songs with a bit of rapping, sampling or incessant swearing. Vex Red is a band from Aldershot who were flown to America after Slipknot's

  • Down Memory Lane - with Ian Dewhirst

    THIS was Thwaites about a hundred years ago, as seen from the bottom of Thwaites Brow Road. The view is enlarged from a postcard, a medium which encouraged local producers to record subjects and scenes which would probably not be considered commercially

  • Tom's the Kiwi bike champ!

    Most people come back from holiday with a sun tan and a suitcase of dirty washing, but a Bingley schoolboy returned as a champion of New Zealand. Mountain-bike mad Tom Hooper, 14, was visiting his brother Jonathon in Palmerston on the North Island of

  • A grand gesture by Paul

    A Queensbury businessman has pledged £1,000 towards manning its police station and bringing order back to the crime-ridden village. Residents and business owners are concerned that crime is on the increase because of the lack of a police presence in the

  • Villagers win reprieve from a new estate

    Villagers fighting to stop their community being swamped by new housing schemes have won a reprieve after the latest plans were withdrawn. But Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire) is still likely to build 66 houses on the former Yorkshire Water site off Warren

  • Toddler died from brain injury in fall

    A toddler who plummeted 15ft from a window at his Pudsey home suffered "irrecoverable" injuries to his brain, an inquest was told. Two-year-old Mohammed Raees Khan died in Leeds General Infirmary on September 7 after the fall at his home in Daleside Close

  • Ailing tourist trade now hit by strikes

    Planned rail strikes at Easter are a blow to tourism promoters hoping for a boost after the foot and mouth epidemic. The stoppages are expected to hit holidaymakers and day trippers. Some 600 conductors working for Arriva Trains Northern are to stage

  • Why it's last orders for the pub of God

    Time has been called on Bradford's Christian pub, The Cock and Bottle. The pub was opened three years ago by the Reverend Robin Gamble after its owners, Enterprise Inns, agreed to accept a peppercorn rent of £1 a week for the property on Barkerend Road

  • Minister's boost for elected mayor bid

    Campaigners seeking a public referendum on an elected mayor were jubilant today after a Government minister said it was still on the cards for Bradford. But leading councillors in the city insisted a powerful first citizen to lead the district would be

  • Where is my baby's brain?

    A bereaved mother is battling for answers after discovering her tragic daughter was buried without her brain. The 33-year-old was horrified to find out about the missing organ ten years after the 18-month-old's body was buried. Her baby was rushed to

  • Table Tennis: Keighley & District League round-up

    KETH LEE was crowned Keighley Table Tennis champion after winning the singles title at the annual competition. The event started at 9.30am and finishing with the singles final at 6.00pm after an action-packed day. Lee beat Gareth Wiles 21-23, 21-16, 21

  • Rugby League: Albion continue search for elusive win

    Keighley Albion 14, Heworth 23 - Mid-table Heworth denied Albion who are still looking for their first win of the season. Thigs started brightly with Andy Parker and Ben Farrar driving deep into the visitors 22 metre area, but a dropped pass let Heworth

  • Rugby Union: Second string turn the tables

    West Leeds 2nd XV 20, Keighley 2nd XV 25 - The Crusaders' second team managed to reverse the result of the home fixture, despite being out of action for two weeks. The Leeds side are one of the best organised teams Keighley have played this season, and

  • Soccer: Silsden Ladies

    SILSDEN ladies face three crucial games as they fight to hang on to their place in the Yorkshire Ladies Premier Division. They are due to play Grimsby Town, Hull side Preston and Beverley in the league, with fixtures against Leeds United in the County

  • Soccer: Wharfedale Triangle League

    Keighley Athletic went out of the Wharfedale Triangle League Cup in a hard fought game against Park Rangers of Guiseley. After Athletic took an early lead from a Dave Ellis free kick, Rangers equalised just before half time and went in front early in

  • Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday League

    Angel reached the semi-final of the New Bridge Sunday cup after a sound win over Old House At Home. Old House were on top for the first 15 minutes but the Angel keeper made some excellent saves to keep his team in the game. When Nick Davidson scored for

  • Soccer: Craven League round-up

    Thankfully the weather relented somewhat last week, allowing most of the League programme to go ahead with only three matches falling victim to the weather. In the Silentnight Premier Division Cross Hills lost at home to Embsay. A soft pitch, which cut

  • Trials riding: Dougie goes to the palace

    Dougie Lampkin recently took time out from his hectic competition schedule to collect his MBE at Buckingham Palace The twenty five-year-old multi-World Trials Champion was presented with his MBE for services to sport by Prince Charles on behalf on the

  • Twickenham or bust for Reds

    "THIS is D-day for us. We've got to perform. We've been having good success as a club for a while now, but this is game when we have to bring it all to fruition." For a man focused on not letting the hype get to his men in the build-up to tomorrow's Powergen

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - It is very distracting to claim the lofty Capital of Culture status for our city. Bradford cannot be more famous, beautiful, powerful or rich but it can be made an honest place, facing up to its problems of its present, faithful to the glorious,

  • 'Nothing is ever straightforward'

    There was shock and disbelief among Yorkshire members around Bradford today over the news that former Yorkshire cricket captain David Byas had come out of retirement and joined up with their Roses rivals Lancashire. Some thought Yorkshire were to blame

  • Lee's plea to stay-away Bulls fans

    Lee Radford today declared his love for Valley Parade. And the Bulls forward called on the 2,000 stay-away fans to come back to watch the team maintain their 100 per-cent record at the stadium this weekend. Radford admits he would have no problem playing

  • Mind games to be decisive on travels

    Bradford Park Avenue face the first of two semi-finals in four days tomorrow when they head for Matlock Town for their showdown in the UniBond League Challenge Cup. Trevor Storton's Premier Division side take on teams from the lower tier of the UniBond

  • Twickers dream is burning brightly

    The "biggest sporting event in Skipton's history" takes place tomorrow, as the rugby side strive to get to Twickenham. The union side entertain Heath in the semi-final of the Powergen Junior Vase with a trip to the national stadium the prize on offer.

  • 'I want blood of City losers'

    Chairman Geoffrey Richmond today waged war on City's "over-paid under-achievers" and insisted: Blood may have to be spilled but we will get it right. Richmond let rip after the losses to Sheffield Wednesday and Stockport that have suddenly thrust City

  • 'Rotten' trees are given the chop

    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

  • More ought to join fight for station

    It is clearly unsatisfactory that somewhere like Queensbury, which is suffering from an increase in crime, should have no permanent police presence in the shape of a manned office where people can call in with their complaints and problems. Although the

  • Wedding: Wild - Nixon

    Married at Steeton Hall were Andrew John Wild and Andrea Nixon. Andrew - who works at S&T Glazing in Bingley - is the younger son of Michael and Lyn Wild, of Starkey Lane, Farnhill. Andrea - a senior designer at Streets Ahead hair salon in Keighley

  • Still fighting for husband's honour

    A woman whose late husband designed war-winning aircraft celebrates her 103rd birthday today. Nora Smith, who is currently an Airedale Hospital patient, fought for many years for husband Herbert's achievements to be recognised. She remains passionate

  • Motorcycling Myrtle reaches the ton

    A Keighley pensioner received an extra special card from the Queen in her post this week. On Monday Myrtle Reeves, who lives at the Regency Court Residential Home in Keighley, celebrated her 100th birthday. Born on March 4, 1902, in Tipton in the West

  • Recycling scheme packs a punch

    A local sporting hero is encouraging people to box clever by recycling their empties. Former British heavyweight boxing champion Richard Dunn is backing a recycling scheme at The Fleece pub in Cullingworth that has been a knockout with villagers. The

  • Photonics launches website

    Skipton-based Applied Photonics has launched a new website. The company, which has just signed a deal to help decommission nuclear power plants in America, has launched the interactive site in a bid to promote understanding of its laser technology. The

  • Fire crew allow blaze to rage

    New light has been shed on an historic fire brigade strike. A former Silsden fireman has spoken out about the Fire Brigade's 'strike' of 1911, after reading last week's Bygone Transport supplement. Local history enthusiast Neil Cathey, of King Street

  • You've been well and truly framed

    Two gilded picture frames have been cleaned and conserved at East Riddlesden Hall before their portraits are re-fitted and hung in the National Trust 17th century house. Conservator Jock Hopson, pictured at work above, travelled from Northampton to carry

  • Everything's coming up golden

    The children of Cononley School have planted daffodils for the Marie Curie Field of hope appeal. The daffodils were supplied by Brian Curran who is the fund organiser for the Marie Curie Field of Hope Appeal Head Glenys Lofthouse said: "Brian Curran rang

  • And the toast is . . . here's to more cash

    Youngsters at St Joseph's RC Primary School raised a toast to a delicious fundraising idea. Pupils and staff at the Ingrow school served up and enjoyed tasty treats including bacon butties and cereal bars to raise cash for Cancer Research UK. The event

  • Perfume oils will make Titanic scent

    A scent, based on perfume oils rescued from the Titanic, has been conjured up by scientists and perfumers working for a British firm. Test samples are to be released within the next few weeks to get the reaction of the Press and public. The new scent

  • Magnificent seven

    Yorkshire Co-operative boss Peter Marks today said his firm was looking forward to an even brighter future after announcing record profits. And Mr Marks is confident the company will be on site by summer to begin its £20m Southgate development. The 1.71

  • Tracing the history of Yorkshire lasses

    A major project tracing the history of Yorkshire women through the ages is launched today. Via the Internet, people will be able to access information about figures ranging from the Bront sisters to Countess de Grey. The archive - compiled using diaries

  • E-fit issued after gun raids

    Police have compiled an e-fit image of an armed robber who held up a petrol service station with a shotgun. The man struck at the Sunwin filling station in Station Road, Cross Hills, in the early hours of Saturday. Skipton police say the man brandished

  • Sue's determined to go down kicking

    SUE CHAPMAN is dying of cancer - but is determined to go out with style. Sue, from Keighley, will be kicking-off charity matches this weekend when young footballers join her campaign to help stamp out the illness. "I lost my hair last Thursday because

  • Five arrested in car theft crackdown

    Police have arrested five people from the Keighley area as part of a major crackdown on car theft. Officers swooped last Thursday as part of the Keep Yor-Keys Safe initiative - a cross border operation run by North and West Yorkshire Police to hit car

  • Doris wins time to fight eviction

    A widow facing eviction by a loan company because of spiralling debts has won at least an extra five weeks in her Keighley home. Doris Armstrong's legal team has submitted papers to a county court judge in Bradford, seeking a legal hearing to get the

  • Co-op reveals record profits

    Yorkshire Co-operatives Ltd - which has over 200 outlets across the county, including Keighley - yesterday announced record profits of £13.95 million. The figure is 18.4 per cent up on the previous year. The company, which achieved sales of £506 million

  • Eyesore car park to be flattened

    A controversial Keighley multi-storey car park is set to be demolished. The Damside building - condemned over the years as a white elephant - will close at the end of this month. And the prime site, in Oakworth Road, is likely to be sold for redevelopment

  • Rare owl attacks girl on moor

    A terrified young Oakworth girl was attacked by an owl as she walked on Ilkley Moor. Only the frantic efforts of her father prevented the huge bird grabbing the six-year-old girl. Now Bradford Council's countryside service has stepped up efforts to capture

  • Woman saved by smoke alarm as fire destroys house

    SMOKE alarms almost certainly saved the life of a Barnoldswick woman when her home was completely gutted by fire. Every room of Jack and Sheila Hoyle's home on Conway Crescent was affected by the blaze, with fire officers saying it was among the worst

  • Building demolished after council cock-up

    "A MONUMENTAL cock-up" is how Earby councillor Doris Haigh described a sequence of events that led to the demolition of a building earmarked for a new use in the town. The former community centre at Earby's North Holme estate was due to be dismantled

  • Post Office will move into institute

    KILDWICK and Farnhill Village Institute will become the centre of community life when the village's post office is relocated to the historic building in the near future. For years the post office has been run from Farnhill Stores, Newby Road, but since

  • Tenants in garden swamp row

    AN Ilkley couple have been told that there is no chance of turning the swamp at the back of their home into a useful garden because there is not enough money in the pot. But Bradford Council has been accused of overpricing a relatively simple job which

  • Ilkley to trial digital anti-crime phones

    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

  • Cast get into bad habits

    Where there's smoke there's realism in the latest production from the Utley-based Spot On! theatre group. Members of the cast have taken up smoking to ensure they create the right atmosphere for classic 1930s thriller Night Must Fall. Younger performers

  • Hang onto the Edge of your seats

    Keighley Playhouse: The Edge of Darkness It was apparent from the moment the curtains opened that this was a production with a bit of class. Applause greeted the sight of a richly-decorated Victorian sitting room complete with piano, staircase and flaming

  • A first-class idea

    A disused railway line could be turned into a safe route to school for up to 2,000 children in the Spen Valley. Sustainable transport charity Sustrans, which owns and manages the highly successful Spen Valley Greenway, has offered a £93,000 contribution

  • Army of Pop Idols on song for Robyn

    Bradford singer turned Pop Idol impresario Danny Tetley is calling on Gareth Gates' army of fans to help a young cancer sufferer. They are being urged to attend a fundraising show - set to feature a video message from the East Bowling pop star - in aid

  • Suspended sentence for former councillor

    A former Bradford Tory councillor and National Front activist today received a suspended jail sentence for indecently assaulting two young girls. A judge heard how 70-year-old Jim Merrick had habitually invited youngsters - as young as eight - to his

  • 220 jobs axed in factory shutdown

    Beds and furniture group Silentnight today announced it is closing its factory in Keighley with the loss of up to 220 jobs. The firm blamed tough market conditions in the face of recent expansion for the decision to shut the 20-year-old cabinet manufacturing

  • River Wharfe polluted for three years

    Raw sewage has been flowing into the River Wharfe for almost three years because of problems at an Otley treatment works, environment officials admitted today. Yorkshire Water has pledged to step up improvements to the Gallows Hill site after river pollution

  • Beauty queen dies at 85

    Tributes have been paid to the first Miss Shipley who has died aged 85. Betty Hoyle died, following a short illness, on Monday in Leicester, where she was visiting her daughter Gilvrie Baron. At the age of 18 she was chosen as the first Miss Shipley in

  • Ale and smarty in the tap, tap room!

    Regulars at the Black Bull Inn can enjoy a lunch time tipple and learn all about computers at the same time. For the tap room at the pub in Sutton-in-Craven, near Skipton, gets turned into a class room every Thursday. And the demand has been so overwhelming

  • Schools lead the twin set!

    A pioneering link between two distinctive schools has been heralded as a blueprint for future racial harmony. The predominately Muslim Belle Vue Girls' School and Wibsey's primarily white St Paul's Church of England Primary have forged a friendship which

  • Bulls bunch go wild for Peckinpah films

    Star players from the Bradford Bulls moseyed into town today to launch this year's spectacular Bradford Film Festival. Bulls skipper Robbie Paul, the Volcano Lesley Vainikolo and team mates dressed as cowboys to celebrate the screening of a season of

  • City planning for a cultural revolution

    A major blueprint aimed at enriching the life of residents by developing sport, leisure and culture in the Bradford district was unveiled today. It also deals with job creation, strengthening the tourism industry and halting the drift of creative entrepreneurs

  • More tears for Jodie

    Tearful mum Loraine Fyfe said goodbye to her tiny daughter for the third time after a hospital held onto the youngster's body parts. Mrs Fyfe read a poem for little Jodie Mae as a tiny white casket containing tissue samples from the baby was lowered into

  • Golf: Video coaching lifts your game

    Branshaw professional Mark Tyler has launched an indoor coaching area so that he can now provide lessons for members and non-members in all weather conditions. Mark (right) has an indoor net in his pro shop, complete with video camera to film his pupils

  • Rugby League: Cats miss out on Challenge Cup final

    Keighley Albion Cats 6, Hull Dockers 28 - The Cats were denied their place in the Challenge Cup Final by a strong defensive performance Hull Dockers. This platform meant that the Humberside team had the edge throughout. Both sides set off at a high speed

  • Soccer: Junior round-up

    Oakworth Under-7s A beat Nab Wood 6-1 after scoring five quick goals in the first half and adding a sixth in the second half. Scorers were Adam Millward (3), Daniel Meegan (2), Ryan Cox (1). Man of the match was Oliver Mitchell. Oakworth Under-9s A found

  • Soccer: Keighley & District Alliance

    THREE HORSES scored an extra-time winner after a thrill-a-minute cup clash with Silsden Athletic. The game went right to the wire as the evenly matched teams battled it out in the Premier Division Cup. The scores were level 2-2 at full time with Horses

  • Socer: County Amateurs

    Phoenix booked their place in the semi-finals of the Premier Division Cup with an emphatic victory over Otley Town. Phoenix dominated the match from the kick off, producing some excellent football on a very bumpy pitch. The early pressure paid off when

  • Cougars: Victory launches league attack

    Cougars 30, Barrow 28 - COUGARS clinched victory in a real Cougar Park thriller - the best game seen at the ground in the last two years. It wasn't the best performance by a Cougar team, but they showed real guts and determination. Their never-say-die

  • Cycling: Youth training award

    A YOUNG riders coaching course for cyclists is to take place at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre next weekend. The one-day course is being held by the British Schools Cycling Association and will include clothing, equipment, road safety, training and fitness

  • Cougars: Club set to launch youth team

    COUGARS have been given the go-ahead to run a team in the Under-19 Academy competition. After being prevented from entering the Under-17s junior academy, the club fought tooth and nail to get into the Under-19 section and have been given the go-ahead.

  • Boxing: Young Gun shows his style

    Keighley Amateur Boxing Club earned a hat-trick of victories at their charity event which was staged in association with Bradford and Bingley Rugby Club last weekend. Luke Howson scored with cleaner shots throughout a lively schoolboy contest against

  • Robbie is my biggest fan

    WORLD CHAMPION pool player Chris Melling was asked for his autograph this week -- by showbiz superstar Robbie Williams. Chris, who won the Embassy World 8-Ball Pool championship late last year has seen his career take off, but nothing could prepare him

  • Action at last for Craven soccer men

    A rapid improvement in ground conditions meant that only three matches were postponed last weekend in the Craven & District League, leaving officials hopeful that the next few weeks are water free. Results brought no significant changes in League

  • Evans back for Dalesmen at Nottingham

    WHARFEDALE visit Nottingham tomorrow hoping that they will not be called upon to emulate Houdini for a third week in succession to collect two points from their National Division Two fixture, (writes Tony Simpson). If the Greens provoked a number of raised

  • Ben Rhydding soccer girls win

    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.

  • Toast this pub recycling scheme

    Isn't it the case that the simplest ideas are the best? Take as an example the recycling scheme at the car park of The Fleece pub in Cullingworth. Landlord Barry Shaw lived in America for some years and recycling waste became second nature to him. Back