Ann Cryer popped into Eastwood Primary School to do a spot of gardening with the pupils. After watching the children singing, reciting poetry and reading prose in a mini concert, the Keighley MP went out into the school's new garden armed with a fork
A leading church figure tucked into a festive feast with pupils at a Keighley school. Archdeacon of Craven Malcolm Grundy joined youngsters, staff and governors at Lees Primary School for lunch. Mr Grundy visited the school alongside the Rev Liz Cannon
Bookworms at Oakworth Primary School are enjoying a new chapter in the school's life. The school opened its new £16,000 library to the delight of eager young readers. The honour of cutting the ribbon fell to five-year-old Holly Macfadden, who was one
The Bradford & Bingley today announced it is to make about 70 permanent staff redundant after scrapping its joint venture with American mortgage giant Alltel. Shocked staff at the firm's Bingley town centre offices were today told that the joint project
The budding young gardeners of Haworth Primary School have put their training to good use. The green-fingered pupils have provided flowers for new decorative tubs at Haworth Railway Station. Members of the school's gardening club were at the station on
Thousands of fish were released into the River Aire this week as part of a major restocking programme by the Environment Agency. Over 20,000 dace were released at several locations between Skipton and Bradford, including Kildwick Bridge. Richard Atkinson
Pupils at South Craven School got a chilling display of sub-zero science when a top scientist visited the school this week. Dr Mervyn Black, a lecturer in applied physics at Salford University, near Manchester, performed a series of spectacular experiments
a traditional nativity scene returned to Keighley Market this week. The Christmas Crib, complete with a near-life-size figures, was officially opened on Tuesday. More than 70 pupils and staff from St Anne's and Holy Family schools have been involved in
The Town Council is to support moves to end almost 150 years of the name of the Keighley Police Division. The Watch Committee won the backing of the full council in a majority vote last week to give its support to Chief Superintendent Graham Sunderland
Airedale Hospital is failing to hit government targets for the treatment of coronary heart disease. The Steeton hospital trust has been unable to meet three key areas relating to the treatment of patients with CHD, the nation's biggest killer. However
Record breakers at Hothfield Junior School raised the roof to help children in need. More than 100 youngsters at the Silsden school were in fine voice when they took part in a massive attempt to break the world record for the biggest ever sing-a-long.
Trees on the Skipton Road approach to Keighley town centre have been saved -- for the time being. Bradford councillors this week approved a revised scheme aimed at cutting traffic congestion on Skipton Road and North Street. The original plans called
Extra large plates have been produced to satisfy the festive feeding habits of customers at a Keighley restaurant. Toby Carvery manager Brian Moyle commissioned the plates -- one and a half inches wider and deeper than their predecessors -- to cater for
A new celebration to toast the town was born last week when the town council named March 19 as Keighley Day. The day was chosen to mark the date Keighley was granted town council status. The first celebration will start on the weekend of March 15, leading
A SPECIALIST consultant will be employed to investigate flooding problems in the Gisburn Road area of Barnoldswick. It is the latest attempt by Pendle Council to tackle flooding after a series of incidents across West Craven. They have caused misery to
OFSTED inspectors have given Settle High School and Community College a glowing report. Governors and staff are delighted with the findings of the OFSTED team which visited the school in October. "This is a good school," reported Michael Miller, who led
SKIPTON Hospital Friends were told everything possible would be done to protect the future of Skipton Hospital at a party to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Brigadier Johnny Wardle, chairman of Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust
A ROADSIDE chef fatally stabbed a 21-year-old man with a five-inch blade as he tried to diffuse an incident outside an Addingham pub, a court was told this week. Barbados-born Leroy Mckenzie Griffith, 37, of Ridley's Fold, Addingham, is on trial for murder
CHRISTMAS has come early for nine employees of a Gargrave business - and the Father Christmas figure is none other than their boss. Business owner Jon Cawood has just spent £300,000 refurbishing and updating his Yorkshire Labels business off Eshton Road
THE village of Burnsall became a riot of colour this week, but it was nothing to do with Christmas. Instead council officials ended up with red faces when centre white lines on the road became double yellow no-parking lines at the stroke of a brush. It
BUSY Bears, the Skipton nursery at the centre of the E Coli 0157 outbreak, reopened on Monday. Only children whose tests were negative during the second round of screening were allowed to return to the nursery. Manager Michelle Cooper told the Herald:
Everything but the Girl -- Like the Deserts Miss The Rain This duo has been one of the best pop acts of the past two decades. Though rarely in the single charts, they delivered superb albums mixing catchy melodies with Tracey Thorn's sublime voice. Many
WHETHER or not this is good news, I don't know. I suspect it is - but I don't think the Innkeeper and his Lady at the Beggars' Arms would agree. Not with Christmas almost upon us, that is. But the fact of the matter is that the Crooked Inn over the tops
SIR - I am writing as a business owner and a resident of Silsden to thank the unsung heroes of our town. Namely our Mayor, Councillor Walton, and the group of willing helpers he has assembled to organise and put up the town's Christmas lights each and
A Cleckheaton artist is displaying four new paintings at Bradford's Priestley Centre for the Arts. Josie Barraclough's work will be shown until January 19. The paintings will then go to galleries in Norfolk and Cornwall. One of the pieces, titled The
A new group for Bradford pensioners has been set up to give them more power. And their message is: We're not just about cups of tea and bingo! The OAPs claim they are not being heard by local councillors or at national level and they want a stronger voice
A Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal huge Christmas challenge is more than halfway there. At the beginning of the month we asked people to spread a little Christmas cheer and help the £1million appeal. The aim is to raise £25,000
A Bradford couple branded the "neighbours from hell" have failed in their bid to overturn an anti-social behaviour order against them. And after being told that Mohammed Usman and his wife Zeenat were thinking about moving to Leeds, a judge yesterday
A planning panel could not make a decision on plans for a skateboard park in Cottingley because of an article by a barrister in a planning magazine. The Shipley Area Planning Panel ruled that permission for the skateboard park and multi-use games area
A German Shepherd dog saved his diabetic owner's life when she was on the verge of unconsciousness. Four-year-old Rommel raised the alarm when he noticed Wendy Kenward was having a hypoglycaemic attack. Her blood sugar level had fallen dangerously low
A father-of-two told today how he thought he was going to be killed when he was attacked by a gang of car-jackers outside his village home. Rugby Union player Nick Stamp (pictured), who is 6ft 3in, was set upon by four men brandishing a wooden club and
A mother and her two young children were dramatically rescued from their burning home after a suspected arson attack last night. The woman was trapped with her five-year-old son and six-year-old daughter in the second floor flat at Windhill, Shipley (
Embassy 'A' extended their lead at the top of the Keighley & District Table Tennis League First Division with a comfortable 8-2 success at Lothersdale 'A'. Peter Kirby stretched his unbeaten run to 9 with defeats of Keith Wilkinson 21-9, 21-15; David
Underbank Rangers 8 Keighley Albion 14 - Albion's first team completed a hat trick of victories over Premier Division sides this season when they beat Underbank 14-8 in the Pennine Cup last weekend. Playing at Underbank the Huddersfield side were the
Keighley 23 West Leeds 19 - After a successful run against sides in the lower half of the league, Saturday's meeting with third placed West Leeds was amore serious pointer to Keighley's true strength. In the event they claimed the points their resolute
OXENHOPE stretched their lead at the top of the Premier Division after handing out a humiliating 7-0 defeat to Skipton Bulldogs. Dogs are a shadow of their former strength and crashed to defeat after Chris smith and Shaun Bonner set the ball rolling.
KEIGHLEY PHOENIX football club has folded -- just two years after being crowned County Amateur League Champions. The club swept all before them to take the league title, but this season they have played 11 games without a win, and had pulled their second
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Adam Marsden is flying high in the high-powered world of motorsport. The pint-sized motorcycle enthusiast is already a veteran on the motocross scene after two seasons riding small automatic bikes. This year he made the step up to the Junior
PHIL STEPHENSON carried off the Player of the Year award after a tough roller-coaster season with the Cougars. The powerhouse forward was picked as the club's top player by the fans, and their decision was backed up by coach Gary Moorby. "Phil was a well
SIR - Norman Brown urges that Manningham Mills' chimney be demolished (Letters, December 6), because for him, it symbolises the industrial sweatshops of yesteryear. Obviously Mr Brown has an acute sense of social history, but equally obviously, has no
REMEMBER back in 1981, when the Skipton bypass was opened. What was the first thing those silly motorists did? They went and drove upon it. Now that the Government wants to spend some money on the road network by widening congested motorways, those who
Bradford Bulls coach Brian Noble has admitted talking to club chairman Chris Caisley and chief executive Abi Ekoku yesterday about signing Karl Pratt. The 22-year-old Great Britain international became a free agent after a lunchtime hearing of the Rugby
Vehicle-related violent crime is becoming a growing problem in Bradford and district, and one which police must make every effort to nip in the bud now. It is bad enough when a car is stolen while the owner is not there, but an increasing trend among
There has been an increase in the number of farmers returning to the sheep market after the foot and mouth crisis, according to the general man-ager of Craven Cattle Marts. Jeremy Eaton was speaking after the first cattle mart's Christmas show since the
Bradford rose 105 places in the rankings in a survey of the UK's most profitable cities and towns last year. The city went from 379th place in 2000 to 274th place in 2001 in the report compiled by financial information provider Experian. The survey of
Employers and training providers have started a new scheme to address a skills mismatch in the Bradford job market. The district's changing pattern of employment, with the decline in manufacturing and textile jobs, has led to a need for re-training among
Leeds Bradford Airport bosses today said they believed the introduction of a new low cost airline would see passenger numbers increase by a third. Managing director Ed Anderson said the airport was preparing for a rush of bookings as details of the region's
Manufacturing and services firms in the region reported their 12th consecutive monthly rise in new business for the month of November. The Purchasing Managers' Index report for Yorkshire and Humberside said businesses were reaping the benefits of rising
One of the region's biggest employers is set to open its new £6.9 million headquarters in Bradford. Yorkshire Water staff will move into the firm's ground-breaking building later this month after workmen put the finishing touches to the project. The complex
Married at Steeton Hall Hotel were Lee Paul Holmes and Sara Lisbeth Williams. Lee is the eldest son of Reuben and Lucille Holmes, of Thorncliffe Road, Keighley, and Sara is the only daughter of Alan Williams, of Ben Rhydding, and Anne Williams, of Middleway
Hundreds of businesses are unprepared for the launch of new regulations designed to improve standards in company accounts. A poll of 200 small firms carried out by Bradford-based financial advisers Grant Thornton and the CBI revealed that 60 per cent
The groom had to change carefully laid plans for a surprise honeymoon in Bali following the terrorist bomb blast in October. Instead Simon Harrison took his new bride to the magical island of Penang in Malaysia after a short stay in Kuala Lumpur. Simon
A couple who both work at Parkside Secondary School in Cullingworth have tied the knot. Site manager Neil Whitaker was married - on his 40th birthday - to science teacher Fiona Lesley Margaret Culley. The ceremony took place at Gretna Green register office
Paul Hart could have played a part in his own downfall should Andy Gray sink his former club tomorrow. Gray's form for City this season has been one of the few bright spots and the winger has been filling in manfully up front covering the injured Ashley
Avenue travel to Lancashire tomorrow to face league leaders Acrrington Stanley "with nowt to be frightened of". Bradford take on their keenest rivals in what is set to be a vital match for both sides. Avenue will return to their normal formation and team
Headingley owners Leeds CFAC are prepared to sell the cricket ground to Yorkshire - and the county club are eager to buy it just as soon as it is financially possible to do so. The coming together by two parties so often at loggerheads in the past was
Nicky Law today revealed his embarrassment at City's spectacular slide and declared: This losing run is killing me. The Bantams will equal the worst run in their history if they suffer an eighth straight defeat against Nottingham Forest tomorrow. That
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons was voted "fresh pasta retailer of the year" in the Pizza Pasta and Italian food industry awards which were announced at a food industry gala dinner in London. Judges took into account improvements made to Morrisons
Businesses in the district are getting on-line when it comes to making the most of technology. Yorkshire firms are ahead of the national average when it comes to making use of websites - and the level of use has increased in the past 12 months. Some 81
Married at Steeton Hall were Matthew Page and Rebecca Jane Sugden. Matthew is the only son of Tony and Anne Page, of Rotherham, and Rebecca is the only daughter of Malcolm and Carol Slinger, of Ridgeway Mount, Keighley. Vikki Lawton (bride's cousin) was
In 1867, Irish bombers blew open the outer wall of Clerken-well prison in a rescue bid, killing 12 people. In 1907, the liner 'Mauretania' ran aground at Liverpool. In 1929, 'Sound of Music' actor Christopher Plummer was born. From the Telegraph &
A new licensing agreement could signal a change in the fortunes of a hi-tech Bradford firm as it looks to dominate the lucrative European digital TV market. Pace Micro Technology has been awarded a licence to use the Motorola Mediacipher CA technology
Profitability among companies in the district has fallen by 24 per cent in just over two years, according to a new survey. Rising costs caused by legislation have caused the drop, according to business services firm Experian. The latest Experian report
Married at the Apostolic Church were David Paul Sugden and Terasa Michelle Kounnas. David is the only son of Phil and Mabel Sugden of Shann Lane, Keighley. He works as a sales clerk for the family business. Terasa, a third year student in teaching, is
T echnology company Systemnet is set to break through the £1 million turnover barrier next year - after just three years in business. The Thornton Road firm was set up by Jonathan Grice, a former Belle Vue Boys pupil, who recognised the need for high-quality
PUPIls have been flicking through the pages in the new library at Silsden's Hothfield School. Storyteller, performance poet and former librarian Alec Williamson opened the school's new library on Monday. From next week, the library will be open after
The next Gareth Gates or Kimberley Walsh could be created if plans for a recording studio in Heckmondwike are given the green light. A four-strong partnership called Fun Records UK has submitted an application to turn offices in High Street into a recording
Almost a quarter of Bradford's workforce is still employed in manufacturing. New figures reveal that the district remains heavily dependent upon the sector when it comes to employment. And Bradford was 85th in the new national list which reveals the numbers
Budding entrepreneurs will be learning how to make their businesses a winner tonight - thanks to the ancient martial art of judo. Business gurus John Barnes and Richard Richardson were due to kickstart Bradford University School of Management's 2002/2003
A business scheme aimed at bringing employment opportunities to Bradford today boasted creating 120 new jobs in Allerton. The new jobs will be based at the £6 million Willow Bank Care Village which will provide homes for 100 people on Bell Dean Road.
Pupils at Oakbank School have been helping a tour guide plan a heritage trail around Keighley. The two groups of year 11 girls from the Keighley school have been working with Skipton Experience tour guide Malcolm Hanson. And they have re-discovered the
A village school has been reopened by the oldest of its old boys and girls. Hannah Walmsley and Lewis Binns cut the ribbon during last Saturday's official opening of the refurbished Stanbury Primary School. The pair were chosen because they are believed
Five people - including a child - were taken to Airedale Hospital after a lorry collided with a bus. The accident happened as the single-decker Volvo bus was picking up passengers in Halifax Road, Keighley, last Friday morning. None of the injured - all
Calls from Keighley people to a crime hotline have soared, it is revealed today. Crimestoppers has received 227 calls from residents in the Keighley police division in the past seven months alone, compared to 84 in the whole of last year. Much of the
Keighley's voluntary groups will receive more than £800,000 next year under Bradford Council funding proposals. Councillors will next week decide which groups to commission to provide services for needy local people. They will share out £5.6 million in
Shopping centre bosses have been slammed as Scrooge-like after a Salvation Army Christmas carol concert hit a sour note. Band members were told they could not play at a spot in Keighley's Airedale Centre which they claim was booked back in January. Management
A ZEBRA crossing installed on a busy South Craven road after years of campaigning is "an accident waiting to happen" according to one resident. Villagers called for a zebra crossing on the busy stretch of Keighley Road, Eastburn, after locals became too
AIREDALE NHS Trust is battling to safeguard cancer services at its Steeton hospital in the face of Government pressures to centralise. Board members were asked to comment on a vision statement issued by Yorkshire Cancer Network to create centralised specialist
LOCALS have backed Settle's ambitious plans for the future and their support could bring the town its best Christmas present ever - funding totalling thousands of pounds. Well over 300 people visited Settle Chamber of Trade's exhibition at the Victoria
CHILDREN living near Ings County Primary School, Skipton, are one step closer to having somewhere safe to play ball. A £17,000 grant was awarded by Craven District Council to the Broughton Road Community Group towards building a multi-use games area in
A FIVE-year contract for grass-cutting in Craven has been extended for another year -despite complaints that the contractors' work was of poor quality. Greg Robinson, the head of operational services at Craven District Council, admitted that the work
RESIDENTS in Stirton have voiced their concerns against plans to convert Tarn House Hotel into housing. At a packed parish meeting, residents said the proposal to turn the 19th century building into seven houses went against Craven District Council's
RESPONSIBILITY for issuing fines to people parking illegally in Craven is likely to be taken out of the hands of police and transferred to Craven District Council. The council has agreed to decriminalise parking and instead of inviting the police to patrol
Nunsense -- Bingley Arts Centre What a cracker of a show Nunsense was with Bingley Little Theatre on Monday. A larger-than-usual first night audience revelled in the fun and was loathe to let the cast leave the stage. If the show was so spot-on for the
Bend It Like Beckham Move over Bridget Jones, the latest Brit flick chicks prefer exercising to eating! And that's the problem for the heroine of this delightful movie -- she'd rather be a footballer than learn to cook like her mother. Jess's parents
Next year is likely to see the first full-length album from leading Keighley band Johnny and the Poorboys. The septet will also return to festivals where their Celtic rock and roll went down a storm this year. "We are already getting invites for next
Skeletal Family - Leeds Cockpit Sixteen years since they split up, Skeletal Family returned in triumph to play to an almost full house at Leeds Cockpit. Founder members Trotwood and Stan are joined by fellow founder Spud on keyboard and sax, longest serving
SIR - I am writing to add my voice to the concern expressed by many Gargrave residents and businesses over the treatment of our postman, Bob Dewhirst. Over the years that he has looked after us, we have found him to be a very likeable and conscientious
Pupils at a Bingley school sang their hearts out at a sell-out festive concert. Beckfoot School performed Christmas Cracker, a show of music and dance featuring the school's staff band. The first half of the annual event featured non-festive music while
Bradford has the highest number of asylum seekers in the whole of the Yorkshire and Humberside area, according to new Home Office figures. At the end of July, 1,621 asylum seekers and their dependants were in National Asylum Support Service accommodation
Not a photograph of Keighley, but one which will evoke memories for several generations of Keighley people -- the School Camp at Humphrey Head, near Kents Bank on the shores of Morecambe Bay. This 'very suitable wooden building of pleasing appearance'
A Bradford children's centre which parents say has proved their 'salvation' has won high praise from Ofsted. The highly-rated Canterbury Children's Centre in Little Horton received its first inspection by the Government watchdog in October. The centre
The family of a runaway Bradford riot suspect have flown to Pakistan and brought him home to face the music. Detectives had maintained close contact with the 18-year-old's relatives, who told them they were preparing to make the 7,000 round trip to the
A bid by Bradford Urban Regeneration Company to sort out the funding shortfall surrounding the planned £200 million Broadway city centre shopping development was under way today. Members of URC's shadow board met yesterday for the first time since last
A 54-year-old binman has been killed in an accident with a dustbin wagon in Bradford. The tragedy happened at Kesteven Court, Holme Wood, at yesterday morning. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said the local man was taken to hospital but was pronounced
Rochdale Ravens 0 Albion Cats 64 - The Cats eased their way into the Challenge Cup semi finals for the third successive year after crushing a weak Rochdale side. On a bitterly cold day Keighley initially struggled to find any rhythm against a side that
Elland Boxers 4 Cubs Under-14s 58 - After a week's rest this was a good opener in the second half of the season with Cubs lying six points clear at the top of the table. It was played in freezing conditions and all players did well. Tries were shared
Oakworth Under-16s B lost 2-0 at Sandy Lane. The effort and commitment of the Oaks players could not be faulted, but they could not keep possession of the ball long enough to threaten the Sandy Lane goal. Keeper Lee Knox saved a penalty for the second
ALBERT HOTEL secured their first Alliance League victory since a group of young players got together to form the team. They beat Long Lee Victoria 2-1 after all the Albert players seemed to find their true form at the same time. Richard Borfay scored
SILSDEN are still on target to create local soccer history - by retaining the County Challenge Cup. They raced to a 7-0 victory over Huddersfield side Mount as Mick Ward led the way with two goals. They were 2-0 up at the break and turned up the head
MEMBERS of the Bismillah Karate Club have enjoyed success at the national championships -- and in black belt grading sessions. They picked up a string of medals at the SKU National Championships which were held in Manchester. Carly Robertson picked up
DARREN WILSON has taken the Northern Counties Off-Road Trials Championship with style. Darren (right) and his father-in-law Steve McInnes, who is his co-driver, swept to victory with one round of the event to spare. Driving their heavily modified Suzuki
PAUL NEWBY picked up a bronze medal at the Karate World Championships - and returned home in time to see the birth of his first baby. Paul, from Silsden, won individual bronze in Madrid and now hopes the sport will be accepted as a demonstration event
100 years ago THE Leader of the Opposition in the Commons and future Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, came to open Skipton's Liberal Club's bazaar. He was accompanied by several of the leading lights of the Liberal Party and they visited
It was always going to be a difficult birth, especially with so many people waiting in the wings to see the baby thrown out with the bath water. But thankfully the fledgling Keighley Town Council is now growing in stature and getting on with life. It
