A GROUP which works for the preservation of Ilkley's heritage has increased its membership to more than 100 people as it gears up to apply for charity status. At its annual general meeting last week, Ilkley Civic Society reported that the membership had
The Sky technician described it as the best domestic boxing show he had worked on and couldn't wait to come back again. An enthusiastic capacity crowd of 1,300 packed into Huddersfield Leisure Centre confirmed to a national TV audience what West Yorkshire
Bradford Bulls' Lee Radford isn't only playing for his place at the moment - he's also playing for a new contract. The 23-year-old second-rower, who has started in four of the last five matches while Daniel Gartner has been out with a rib cartilage injury
Gary Locke is ready to help City gain without the pain after an end-of-term hernia operation. The Scottish midfielder waited until the end of his first full season at the club before going under the knife. And he revealed that he had been dogged by the
Castleford's Graham Steadman is looking for a golden hour from his team when they face the Bulls tomorrow night at The Jungle. The Tigers coach, who will be picking from a full-strength squad for the Super League clash, said: "If we can be in contention
WHARFEDALE faced their final game of the season last Saturday when they travelled to Pudsey Conservative Club to take on the Leeds One squad at both billiards and snooker. The Snooker team needed maximum points to have any chance of avoiding relegation
Two 15 year-old Skyrac athletes, Andrew Staniland and Amy Howard, made their debuts on Sunday in the Pennine Division of the National Junior Athletics League at the Princess Mary Stadium, Cleckheaton. However, because Skyrac do not have a team in this
POOL Mills First XI started their 2001 campaign with a five points to one losing draw at home to Ben Rhydding. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch that had been slightly affected by overnight rain. Mills were badly hampered by a side
OTLEY took the points in theirn opening day clash with Bardsey when Australian all-roubnder John Rudolph made an early mark. Bardsey were restricted to 162-8 with James Davies returning 3-41. Otley then knocked off the runs for the loss of only two wickets
THE Airedale and Wharfedale League season got off to a start with champions Bilton still piling up the runs. Bilton hit 203-7 thanks to useful knocks from the returning Anthony Burton (62), Miles Corrish (43) and Mick Emmerson (41) as they battled against
Baildon Trinity 1, Rothwell Town 1; In their final league game of the season, Baildon kept their supporters on a knife edge before securing the point needed to lift the West Yorkshire League Division One championship. Rothwell led for most of the game
Exeter 32, Otley 14; OTLEY used the wind intelligently in the first-half to match Exeter and it was not until the final quarter that they surrendered control. Otley had a terrible start. A turnover direct from the kick-off created an opportunity for Exeter
Park Rangers 4 Rawdon AFC 3 AN amazing fight-back aided by some mystifying decisions saw Park Rangers roar back to wrest the Wharfedale FA Sunday Challenge Cup from Rawdon's grasp. In the final played before a crowd of over 200 at Guiseley AFC's Nethermoor
OTLEY'S new Wharfedale Hospital will set the standard for community hospitals, say health trust leaders. Welcoming progress on the new £14 million hospital, trust chief executive Neil McKay said last week it was a cause for celebration for people in the
A mother has made a heartfelt appeal to the people of Burley-in-Wharfedale to help her find a statue stolen from her daughter's grave. Mavis Tordoff-Wild bought a teddy bear monument to lay on her daughter, Julie Smith's, memorial stone when she was buried
UNLESS someone with a power boat and at least ten rowing boats comes forward in the next month, more than 70 years of boating at Otley's Wharfemeadows Park could become a thing of the past. Last year, the boats did not make their usual summer appearance
DESPITE not winning a trophy, Wharfedale Music Festival poetry competition entrant Colin Woodhouse found an unusual way to have his efforts preserved permanently. Mr Woodhouse's sister-in-law embroidered his poem in cross-stitch as a long lasting reminder
A VOLUNTARY worker whose six week stint turned into 12 years has been honoured at the House of Lords. Peter Isherwood, from Guiseley, has clocked up 39 years voluntary service with young people - including 12 years with the 2168 Yeadon Air Cadets. And
COUNCILLORS have failed to come to an agreement over design disputes for the new Wharfedale Hospital. Work was due to start on the new £14 million hospital in Otley this month, but full planning permission still evades the health trust. Further talks
YOUNGSTERS from Bramhope could face a two-bus trek across Leeds if education chiefs stick to plans to send them to a North Leeds School. While most pupils of Bramhope Primary School are expected to progress to Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, some
The success of the JCT600 organisation, which in the past year increased turnover to £275 million and made record pre-tax profits of £7.15 million, is an excellent, positive story from the Bradford business world - one which, it is to be hoped, will be
In 1519, Leonardo da Vinci died aged 67. In 1965, the first satellite television programme linked nine countries and over 300 million viewers. In 1980, the South African government banned Pink Floyd's " Another Brick in the Wall". From the Telegraph &
A DESIRE to go back to doing what he does best has prompted Salterforth headteacher John Kelly to move on after 11 years. What he does best is to teach children, but in recent years he has felt overburdened by the increasingly complex and time consuming
SILSDEN Police Station could be re-opened with the help of volunteers. Members of Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council joined their counterparts from Silsden, as well as local businessmen and anti-crime partnerships last Thursday to call for the re-opening
A SETTLE elderly persons' home could be developed into an "extra care" complex. North Yorkshire County Council has begun discussions on modernising the way the elderly are cared for in the Settle area, with the focus on the Lower Greenfoot elderly persons
FAST food giants McDonalds have applied to open a £1 million restaurant on the edge of Skipton. Craven District Council's planning department has received plans to build a 60-seater restaurant on the Skipton Ford site at Airedale Business Centre, Keighley
ALL 45 appeals for admission into South Craven School, Cross Hills, have been abandoned and all children allocated a place. The news comes after the Craven Herald revealed that some parents were planning a legal challenge to the process. Now meetings
A PUB landlord has won a victory to get his licensing hours extended - despite protests from residents. Anthony Grint, licensee of The Mallard, in Church Street, Ilkley, was granted permission to open his premises later on Sundays by Bingley Magistrates
The Queen has honoured an innovative Ilkley company which started in a garage and turned into a thriving global enterprise. Brett and Bryony Harris, of Addingham Moorside, started Snugpak 25 years ago in the garage of their home in Ilkley. Now they are
SIR, - What's this, yet another delay?! What a surprise! Can Leeds City Council and Education Leeds get anything right? As during the consultation process figures were banded around about what it would cost for the various schools. We were under the impression
THE larches on the banks of my favourite river are this week lined with their first lime green buds of spring. That's good news for me, for a very personable young man in Bentham and - after his grandmother's death - I hope it is for Prince Charles too
SIR, - On April 11 (Residents' anger as new telephone mast appears) you reported on the anger felt by Manor Park residents by the sudden appearance of a 22-metre high Orange mobile phone aerial on the open hillside 300 metres south of the Little Chef.
A housewife whose best friend's son killed himself by jumping off a viaduct ended her life in a similar tragedy. Shirley Tweedale, 45, was found injured on the footpath underneath the 60ft Victorian viaduct, which crosses Mann Dam at Cleckheaton Bottoms
Hundreds of lives could be saved in the poorest parts of the Ukraine thanks to a mercy mission by members of Birstall Luddites Rotary Club. The 16-strong group of volunteers - including Rotary members from clubs in Skipton, Bingley, Airedale, Elland,
People from all walks of life will be sworn in tomorrow to help uphold the law in Bradford. Five men and six women will take their oaths to become magistrates at a special ceremony at the court. They include teachers, bankers, businessmen and council
A benefit fraudster who ripped off the state to the tune of more than £30,000 has been jailed by a judge for 28 days. Alistair Bolland, 59, who suffered from a bad back and other health problems began claiming incapacity benefit back in 1996, but a few
Bradford actor Duncan Preston has good reason to throw his weight behind the district's Capital of Culture bid. Duncan, who is one of the best known faces on television thanks to his long-term collaboration with comic Victoria Wood, says if it wasn't
A blind woman who was conned out her life savings says she has been overwhelmed by the kind offers she has received from Telegraph & Argus readers. Irene Barr was left in tears after a "calm and friendly" conwoman knocked on the door of her West Bowling
A teacher fled police and then killed himself after being arrested at Birkenshaw Middle School, an inquest heard. Father-of-two Graham Overend's body was found the day after his arrest on a river bank near the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. He had
The Anthony Nolan Trust today urged Bradford people to spare just half an hour and help save somebody's life. The plea followed a report in yesterday's Telegraph & Argus, which revealed a special bone marrow donor session will take place in Bradford
A car showroom burnt to the ground during the Bradford riots will rise again with a £4.5 million development in the city. Bosses at JCT600, owners of the Lister Park BMW dealership which was looted and set alight by rioters, said the new flagship development
SIR - I read with interest your recent article about the addition of fluoride to school milk in the Bradford area. The Dairy Council recently telephoned every Local Education Authority in England and asked about the provision of school milk. Your Bradford
Hundreds of youngsters throughout West Yorkshire are limbering up for the region's major five-a-side tournament - which this year has a World Cup twist. More than 140 teams - ranging from under-nines to under-14s - will be battling for trophies on Sunday
THE results in the Airedale and Wharfedale Bowls League were: Wednesday Afternoon Singles: Division One - Bingley Glen 150 (20), The Shipley Club A 117 (8); Mytle Park 162 (24), Rufford A 96 (4); Rawdon Park A 154 (17), Wharfemeadows A 136 (11). Division
Wetherby 0, Otley Town Reserves 3; Otley Town Reserves went to Wetherby needing only one point from three games to win the Premier Division Championship and it was obvious that a case of the nerves took hold. It took some time for Dean Wagstaff to score
Heroic describes every one of the 210 runners who completed last Sunday's Three Peaks Race run in atrocious weather including wind, rain, hail and sleet. Start line favourite was ex-Skyrac runner Simon Booth (Borrowdale) but his winning time of 3 hr 10
HALL Park kicked off their season with a 27 runs win at Guiseley where Nick Fraser's men struggled against the bowling of P Warburton (4-31) and J Holliday (4-20). They fell for 82 in reply to Park's 109 of which D Wilson made 39 and M Cully 34. There
WITH both sides keen to get their first win of the season it was to be newcomer Damien Shanahan who turned the tide for Yeadon. The powerful Aussie showed his all round talents for the Red Laners in the past but this time they were the opposition and
Trafford 1, Guiseley 4: In a match that had little at stake for both sides Guiseley punished a hapless Trafford with four good goals. Lacking prolific scorer Ryan Senior, Kevin Newhouse came in at no 9 and Danny McCartney slotted in at right-back in place
LEADING television costume designer, Brian Castle, and his make up artist wife, Christine, have come to the rescue of a theatre company. The Potato Room Players is one of only two companies in the world invited to stage the hit musical, Jolson the Musical
CAR thefts across the area have reached epidemic proportions. Despite the high profile YorKeys Campaign - aimed at persuading people to keep their house and car keys hidden - more and more cars are stolen from Wharfedale and Aireborough every week. Peter
WIND generated electricity and groceries deliveries by boat are among the everyday challenges of a former Men-ston family now living on a remote Scottish island. Jill and Nick Noble, and their children, Eilish and Caitlin, moved to the tiny island of
A PIONEERING plan which could put speed guns in the hands of Menston villagers is being held up while police look into the feasibility and safety of the scheme. Divisional commander of Keighley Police, Chief Supt Graham Sunderland, has given his backing
A TEAM of bell ringers from the United States will be treated to a slap-up fish and chip lunch during a visit to Otley. The 25 church bell ringers will also be given a civic reception with the mayor during their stay in the town this summer. The Pennsylvanian
HIGH winds put the Otley opening of a traditional circus back a day this week. Gale force winds meant Bobby Roberts Circus was unable to put up its big top for the planned first day on Monday. But by Tuesday, the winds had calmed down, the top went up
SUPPORTERS of UniB-ond soccer club Guiseley AFC have reacted to news that their team may have to move out of town by calling a crunch meeting with chairman Phil Rogerson. The majority of supporters do not want to have to travel to Keighley to watch the
RETAILERS have given the thumbs up to a new crime-busting initiative. Around 20 shopkeepers in Otley have signed up to the new Thumbprint Signature Scheme - launched in the town on Tuesday. Aimed at cutting down the number of stolen credit cards and cheques
John Pennington, President of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, writes about the burden of taxation. Been spanked lately? Now I've got your attention let me credit the above statement to a passenger on a London-bound train with whom I struck up conversation
Bradford's legal firms may soon be vying for trade with high street shops and banks. The move last month by the Law Society Council to approve in principle the idea of employed solicitors providing legal advice direct to the public could see banks and
PLANNING permission given 14 months ago for a new housing development in Cowling is now haunting councillors. In February last year, Craven District Council's planning committee gave officers delegated authority to approve an application for 25 mainly
RETIREMENT may be uppermost in the minds of most men when they reach the 65-year milestone, but for Clifford Gill, the 78-year-old president of Sutton Cricket Club, hanging up his boots is not on the agenda. As a player, he did that during his fifties
CRIMINALS beware! You have been under surveillance for the past year and helping the police with their inquiries. Closed circuit television has now been in operation for over a year in Skipton town centre and figures show that it has been effective in
ONE of the top gun dog trainers in the country has been given permission to set up his business in Carleton. This week Craven District Council's planning committee gave its blessing to plans from John Halsted for the partial change of use at Sixpenny
THE pain and anguish felt by those directly affected by the foot and mouth crisis in Craven is being broadcast in a four-part series beginning on Tuesday. Named "Silence of the Lambs", the series has been produced by Grassington's Cheeky Monkey Films
SPORTS enthusiasts in Upper Wharfedale could soon have a £645,000 state-of-the-art sports hall. Upper Wharfedale School, Threshfield, has has its bid for funding put forward to the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) by North Yorkshire County Council. Acting
A FORMER Giggleswick School teacher died after getting lost in the Arabian desert during a triathlon. Paul O'Flynn, 40, who owned a cottage in Giggleswick, was taking part in the Sultan of the Desert adventure relay race. He was running alone when he
AMBITIOUS plans to transform Skipton include the town's first traffic lights, residents only parking, and cycle and bus lanes. After six years of surveys and meetings, a comprehensive strategy has been drawn up to overhaul the town's transport system.
A NEW parish council Code of Conduct, which caused a row and resignation threats in Addingham, comes into force this weekend. It includes a new complaints procedure where accusations of councillors abusing their position can be put to The Standards Board
THE final touches are being prepared for Ilkley Carnival on Monday with the hope that all the hard work put in over the past year will pay off for the organisers. Carnival president Andrew Munro, in his second year in overall charge of the event, is keeping
SCHOOLS in Ilkley will have to fork out a massive rise in insurance premiums because of arson attacks miles away. The surge in school fires in Bradford has led to a £1 million rise in fire insurance across the district. Britain's biggest local authority
THE fat cats have been lying low for some years, no doubt digesting at their leisure the huge salaries and bonuses they made from taking over newly privatised industries. So now is the time for the plump cats to pounce, hoping to put on some extra weight
Actress Jenny Agutter will be making tracks for Haworth on Sunday. The star, famous for her role as Bobby in classic 1970 film The Railway Children, is the special guest at a sponsored walk and charity fun day in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Miss
A transport chief today hit out at rail workers who plan to strike this weekend, condemning their action as "short sighted and damaging". Metro chairman Councillor Mick Lyons said he was "dismayed" that members of the RMT union had still not reached an
"Respect is a two-way street" at one Bradford school, watchdogs said today. The Ofsted inspection at Belle Vue Boys' School has given a glowing account of the its caring ethos. The report quotes a pupil praising the atmosphere at the Heaton school, which
Angry shoppers who have struggled up stairs at a major city centre car park since January have been told they must suffer another week without a lift. The trouble began at the 440 space Westgate multi-storey car park when the lift broke down four months
We've all heard of fashion gurus Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Mary Quant - all huge names in the history of the profession. But Maudella? Your average fashion victim may not gush with delight at the name and drag out from their wardrobes a glittering
Addingham 6, Kirkby Malzeard 3; Another chapter was recorded in the history of Addingham FC as they reached the final of the Harrogate League's most prestigious cup competition in this their first season in the league. Following the superb backs to the
Ilkley Reserves 1,Sherwood 3: Having won promotion from Harrogate League Division Three some weeks ago, the Guyson sponsored Ilkley Reserves faced a dramatic winner-takes-all title clash against Harrogate based side Sherwood. In a wind affected scrappy
IN a constant fight against crime and in an attempt to keep a jump ahead of crooks, the police have to come up with new ways to tackle all sorts of fraud. The latest, launched this week in Otley, is an attempt to cut down on the amount of credit card
