WHEN bookseller and printer John Tasker took the bold decision to buy a special hand-driven press to publish a new periodical for Skipton he was laying the foundations for one of the country's best loved and most famous weekly newspapers. That new periodical
The big games are coming thick and fast for Bradford Salem these days. Just a week after reaching the last 16 of the Powergen Junior Vase, the Heaton club, who are third, host leaders Knottingley in a Yorkshire Division Three promotion battle tomorrow
You can't put a price on victory, but a win for Avenue tomorrow could help them on their way to £2,500. That is the balance of the Rory Prendergast transfer that will be paid if Accrington Stanley get promoted - and Saturday's opponents Vauxhall are the
Bradford City today parted company with assistant manager Ian Banks. A club statement from chairman Gordon Gibb said the decision had been made for financial reasons. It read: " The club regret to announce that it has terminated the contract of Ian Banks
In 1961, the millionth Morris Minor was produced in Britain. In 1962, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In 1979, Conrad Hilton, founder of the hotel group, died. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 3rd, 1978... If you had
A new book has been published tracing the history of an Oakworth family and charting its influence on the area. The 53-page booklet, Oakworth and the Sharps - 250 years of farming, textiles and building in the West Riding from 1750, is packed with maps
Bradford human resources firm Relay Recruitment has formed its own team of drivers to tackle problems in the haulage industry. The Salem Street recruitment business, which was founded by Steven Street and Laurence Elliot in 1996, has set up a squad of
The Keighley branch of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain has celebrated its 40th anniversary. The milestone was marked with a service at St Anne's Church, Keighley, attended by members of the local Ukrainian community. Special guests
Girls had the power to party at Christmas thanks to a Keighley crime-fighting committee. The dozen teenagers were given outfits they had worn during a fashion show at Keighley College. The cool clothes were bought for the Girl Power 3 participants by
The board of Gannett UK Ltd, the parent company of Newsquest - owners of the Keighley News - has announced that it has entered into an agreement with SMG plc for the acquisition of its publishing business for £216 million . SMG Publishing consists of
Home owners in the Aire Valley can expect the value of their property to soar when the long-awaited Bingley relief road opens next year, according to reports. The area has been identified as a hot spot for growth as the housing market across Yorkshire
A Stockbridge woman received gifts at a special event to mark her retirement after 25 years with Keighley firm Neophix. Margaret Stone, a production operative, was retiring from the West Lane-based clamps and fasteners company after a quarter of a century
A Cononley woman is among those singled out for recognition in the New Year's Honours list. Janet Wade received an MBE for her services to communities in Bradford and Craven. Mrs Wade, 61, who is president of the Bradford Diocesan Mothers' Union, said
The new Bishop of Bradford stepped out in Keighley yesterday as part of a three-day walking pilgrimage through the diocese. The Rt Rev David James invited people to join him as he walked through the area before his service of welcome tomorrow. On New
Two men received serious facial injuries after being stabbed in Silsden town centre early on New Year's Day. The men -- both local and in their early 20s -- were taken to Airedale Hospital following the incident, which happened in Kirkgate at about 3am
A couple got their engagement off to a flying start just before Christmas. Paragliding enthusiast Paul Reynard, 27, popped the question to his girlfriend Lisa Jones by trailing a 10ft banner behind him while floating 1,000ft up in the sky. Paul's head
An Utley couple have told how they escaped when their aircraft crashed during a visit to a remote region of Africa. The runway incident came just days after Carol and Ken Wood were involved in another accident at a tiny rural airstrip. Between the two
A hospital children's ward was fully staffed when a four-week-old baby suffered serious injuries it was revealed yesterday. Officials at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, also said the children on the ward were regularly supervised the night baby Humara
PROPRIETORS of an award-winning Barnoldswick off-licence have achieved a long held ambition by opening a members' bar on the premises. Alan Sagar and Penny Greenwood opened the bar in the basement of the Rainhall Drinks Company after three months' hard
ENGINEERING at Kelbrook's Dotcliffe Mill could cease in 2003 as Earby Light Engineering seeks to consolidate its operations on a single site. The company, which started life in Earby, now has its head offices at Oak Mill, Colne, but also employs around
A CRAVEN grandmother, who has dedicated a large part of her life to helping others in the local community, has been awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List. Helen Hartley - pictured - who is well-known in the area having celebrated 25 years as
A WAILING alarm that sounded for more than six hours on Christmas Day drove residents on Skipton's Burnside Estate to despair. The fire alarm at derelict Burnside House, the former children's home, activated at 9am and continued for most of the day, despite
DOUBLE the fun but twice the tantrums, tears and traumas await every family expecting twins. As more mothers delay starting a family until later in their lives there is an increasing chance of conceiving twins. IVF treatment is also becoming more common
OLD YEARS are supposed to go out with a whimper. The cartoonists portray the dog-end days of December as Old Man Time, complete with scythe, calling the year to its doom. Well, not 2002, not in Beggarsdale, not this last year at least. That went down
SIR - Re toilets at Penistone Hill. I take my nine-year-old son and Westie puppy for a walk on Penistone Hill every day. We enjoy our walk and appreciate the area. My son has learnt a lot about life recently on our walks, as the area now attracts a different
SIR - I have noted that there is yet another letter from Sandra Price (no relation to Tony Price, chairman of the Settle Chamber of Trade); in the Craven Herald. I believe I have a responsibility to answer on this occasion. I would like to offer a more
A commemorative wood raising funds for cancer research is taking shape with another 100 trees set to be planted. The 1.5 hectare Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal Commemorative Wood, at Bradford Council's St Ives Estate, Harden
In 1961, a year in which members of Keighley Little Theatre introduced a mid-summer production, decorated their foyer, discussed reading works "of a more serious and adventurous nature", and gave plays by the likes of Ibsen and Anouilk, it was appropriate
A Bradford couple who run their own Rovers Return pub in Florida got the surprise of their lives when one of the Coronation Street stars dropped in. Paul and Linda Unwin manage the homage to the ITV soap in the sun-soaked holiday resort of Kissimee, near
It may have taken 40 years but a Cairoli has got them rolling in the aisles at the Alhambra again. Four decades after the great Charlie Cairoli starred in Bradford's panto his son, Charlie Cairoli junior, has stepped into his father's oversize clown boots
Homeowners engulfed by flood waters more than two years ago say the new defences have passed their first test. The Environment Agency pumped more than £1 million into constructing a new flood wall and clearing the River Aire at Stockbridge, Keighley,
Bradford's new Bishop was today marching onwards throughout the district despite blisters, sore knees and stiff muscles. The Right Reverend David James, who officially became Bishop at the end of November, was walking the last leg of his pilgrimage to
Hospital bosses have apologised to the family of a four-week-old Keighley baby girl who suffered a head injury and broken leg when she was dropped by a disabled child. Humara Ali was injured after she was lifted from her cot at Airedale General Hospital
A television journalist who spent three weeks sharing a disease-ridden cell with murderers in Bangladesh spoke today of her relief at being back home in Bradford with her family. Zaiba Naz Malik, 33, pictured, was held in the capital Dhaka in November
Over 50 runners took part in the Silsden New Year's Day fun run organised by paul Buckley. Damien Scholes beat last year's winner Lee Athersmith with Johnnie Butler, who was winner in 1986, in third place. The event raised £75 for Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire
MEMBERS of the Seidokan Karate Club lifted the silverware at the recent Tyne and Wear Open Championships. Ben Bottomley was first in both the Under-19 mens fighting and Under-75k fighting. Donna Leeming was third in the girls' 14-17 years fighting and
Silsden 3 Brighouse Town 0 - TWINS Matthew and Martin Bland sent Silsden on their way to a 3-0 cup victory over Brighouse Town. The top of the table rivals faced each other in the West Riding County Amateur League's Premier Cup and after Silsden's ground
WHARFEDALE missed a glaring opportunity to pick up much-needed points to improve their parlous position in National Division Two when they were beaten 12-11 at The Avenue by a Harrogate side that never hinted at its lofty position in the league table.
AS one reader wrote this week to point out, Craven is either 'wet, wet, wet' or 'white, white, white' at this time of year and further dislocation of Craven & District Football League fixtures is inevitable. The reminder from the House on the Hill
WHARFEDALE have decided to fight fire with fire by naming captain Andy Hodgson at fly-half for tomorrow's visit to Stourbridge, (writes Tony Simpson). The Dalesmen can have no doubts about the seriousness of their position in National Division Two, but
SIR - Re the Red Cross ban on Christmas displays. I have lived in Bradford for 14 years among Muslims and find it is uninformed attitudes such as this that cause the horrifying problems we have to live with here. Many Asians as well as Europeans at ground
100 years ago A NEW scheme for feeding the poor children of Skipton resulted in 700 youngsters turning up at the Town Hall for a New Year's Day feed. They dined on sandwiches of pickled beef, buns and Christmas cake. "To watch the little ones do justice
Robert Molenaar could be forgiven for wincing at the painful memory of last season's FA Cup exit. City were beaten 2-0 by Walsall in Nicky Law's first game in charge. But it also proved Molenaar's final involvement of the campaign. The defender damaged
Bradford Bulls have received a massive boost with the news that Great Britain prop Stuart Fielden has signed a new five-year contract. His existing deal was due to run out at the end of this season. But that has now been torn up and replaced by a contract
Weekend jobs for youngsters who are still at school are a time-honoured and important part of education for life. Those youths and girls who take them on will arrive eventually in the world of full-time work with a good awareness of what is expected of
A Cross Hills businesswoman is to hang up her scissors after 19 years of old-fashioned customer service and personal attention in the village. Margaret Noon, owner of the Rocking Chair ladies clothes shop, has announced her retirement at the end of March
The pioneering work of a Keighley charity for young disabled people will be revealed to millions across Yorkshire in the New Year. Independent Living Keighley (ILK) is to feature on Yorkshire Television's Community Link programme on January 20 following
Vernon Young reckons he has a few aces up his sleeve when it comes to educating local businesses. For Vernon hardly misses a trick with cards - of the corporate kind. He runs PITS Picture Cards, and has turned the humble business card into a powerful
Keighley's free Christmas Day bus service was just the ticket with townsfolk. A total of 503 passengers were carried, up 7.5 per cent on last year. The annual service - covering five routes around the district - is provided by volunteers from Keighley
The Keighley Community Transport appeal has been given another boost with a donation from Merlin Court. KCT chairman Brian Hudson visited the sheltered housing complex, off South Street, to receive a cheque for over £200. Residents at the complex had
Keighley Town Council has donated £350 to the Lund Park Community Group. Councillor Mike Wilkinson who had encouraged members to give financial support to LPCG, which is campaigning to promote the positive aspects of the Lund Park area, handed over a
Braithwaite People's Association is showing the world that it is a Mickey Mouse outfit. The rodent and many of his friends from Disney's animated films stare from the walls of the BPA's headquarters. They make up a colourful mural around the walls of
A MOTHER has collected a 137-signature petition demanding more safety measures outside Glusburn Primary School. Adele Bealey, whose six-year-old daughter, Hannah, is a pupil at the school, collected the names in just five days. She presented the petition
SPENDING Christmas in the heart of the Dales could not be further from the usual surroundings of one Craven woman. For 28-year-old Louise Ambler, of Thorlby, has just returned home from Afghanistan for a Christmas break with her family. Louise went out
NINETEEN years of old-fashioned service and personal attention is to come to an end as businesswoman Margaret Noon hangs up her tape measure and scissors. Mrs Noon is retiring at the end of March and will close the Rocking Chair shop in Main Street, Cross
A DECISION to spend thousands of pounds putting up new signs outside schools is a waste of money according to one local councillor. As part of its corporate communications strategy, North Yorkshire County Council plans to spend up to £300,000 replacing
THREE couples were celebrating an extra present on Christmas Day when babies Niamh, Jack and Laurenne entered the world. Carleton woman Leanne Hickey, of Croft Terrace, was the first to give birth at Airedale Hospital at 8.54am - and was out of hospital
THE unused mill ponds in Embsay could be transformed into self-financing havens for wildlife and conservation if ambitious plans go ahead. The parish council has agreed to allow resident Simon Midgley to seek outside funding for a feasibility study to
PLANS to replace Royd Hill Nursing Home in Sutton with a purpose-built 60-bed care home with a close care unit have been submitted to Craven District Council. MMNH Limited of Cleckheaton wants to build the development on derelict land off Bridge Road,
THE parents of a baby found on the floor of an Airedale Hospital ward with a fractured skull were due to meet hospital officials yesterday (Thursday). A police investigation was launched after three-week-old Humara Ali, from Keighley, was found lying
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed Patricia Cornwell, best-selling author of the Scarpetta novels, turns her attention to the unsolved crimes of Jack the Ripper. Using forensic science techniques available today, but unheard-of in Victorian
Keighley band Blondel are the business -- that's when they're not bowling people over! The trio have been busy on the corporate entertaining circuit over the past few weeks, then played Ilkley Bowling Club on New Year's Eve. Local fans can see the band
True history, classic novels, real lives and fairytale horror are all brought to the stage in Leeds this winter and spring. More than a dozen diverse plays will be presented by West Yorkshire Playhouse, from this month until June. The Red Shoes, based
There are marital complexities both on and off stage in the latest production from Bingley Little Theatre. Don't Dress for Dinner is the French farce that in translation was a West End hit 11 years ago for Su Pollard and Simon Cadell. This "near faultless
PREMIERE of Calendar Girls film in Skipton! That is the type of headline the people of Craven hope to see in the New Year when Harbour Pictures announces the long-awaited movie's release date. The Herald is backing a campaign to have the film, based on
Hundreds of illegal flyposters advertising furniture have gone up across the Spen Valley over Christmas. And Kirklees Highways said it is costing ratepayers to remove them from lampposts and traffic light columns. According to a council spokesman, the
Police today appealed for witnesses after a man was threatened and robbed by a gang in Baildon on New Year's Eve. The 27-year-old man had parked on Northgate, near the Malt Shovel pub, at 8pm. He used a cash machine before returning to his black Vauxhall
A company which moved into a major city centre store in Broadway in June is to leave - but will not relocate in Bradford. The Home Express furnishing clearance superstore moved into the former C&A shop when Next Clearance vacated it last May. But
A former front of house manager at Bradford's Alhambra has died from cancer aged 75. Derek Rose, who worked at the Alhambra and temporarily at St George's Hall from 1975 until the late 1980s, was diagnosed with the disease the week before Christmas and
Three comprehensives have emerged as the first in the Bradford district which could be rebuilt through the controversial private finance initiative (PFI). Salt Grammar, Tong School and Buttershaw High are the subject of the "first phase" bid to the Government
Bradford City fans are almost a third of the way towards their dream of raising £10,000 to help ease their club's financial plight. Members of the Bradford City Supporters' Trust collected nearly £2,000 from fans at the home game against Stoke City on
Education chiefs told a 16-year-old boy he would be sacked from his Saturday job in a butcher's shop - unless he quit his school studies. Ben Batters, pictured, was informed he was breaking the law by working as an assistant at Ferris Butchers in Ben
A dad who found his baby son dead in his cot was sacked by bosses after taking time off to grieve. Brian Beaton, of Great Horton, Bradford, was traumatised and couldn't cope at work after finding seven-month-old Ethan dead from a form of bacterial blood
Keighley runner Helen Glover was second lady in the popular Wans Fell race at Ambleside in the Lake District. She finished the race 37th overall in a time of 28mins 55 secs. Local runner Paul Crabtree was 21st in 25:30 with Rachael sharples 51st and second
Ian Holmes (left) took revenge over Robert Hope in the Auld Lang Syne fell race. The top fell running duo have a personal battle for supremacy after Hope won the Stoop race for the second year. He set off at a cracking pace on New Year's Eve, but came
Keighley 2nd XV 56 North Ribblesdale 2nd XV 0 - Keighley dominated the game from the beginning both in the forwards and the backs. With more consistent goal kicking and the will to pass the ball rather than going for glory in the second half the score
Silsden PR 4 Keighley Albion 24 - Albion had this Halifax Cup derby clash sewn up by half time after piling up a 22-0 lead. The Keighley side has the most solid defence in the Pennine League and they soaked up everything Silsden could throw at them before
DOUGIE LAMPKIN is in action on Saturday as he tries to claim an eighth successive victory in the Embassy World Indoor Trials Championship at Sheffield. Lampkin has won the event since it was launched in 1996. Competing at Sheffield always adds extra pressure
SWIMMING legend Duncan Goodhew has launched the world's biggest swimming charity event - and invited Keighley people to take part. The 'Swimathon,' which is in its 17th year and is being sponsored by Butlins, encourages everyone from marathon swimmers
KEIGHLEY'S pool and snooker community is 'cueing up' for new year celebrations in Blackpool - when Chris Melling becomes the first local player to take part in the final qualifying stages of the Embassy World Snooker Championships. Chris, who often rubs
STEETON slipped to a 4-3 defeat in their top of the table battle with Altofts -- who took over at the top of the West Riding County Amateur League's first division. The clubs have been fighting it out for top spot throughut the first half of the season
SOCCER suffered a Christmas tragedy with the death of Liam Daly, who died of hypothermia after a festive night out with work colleagues. Liam, 30, was a founder member of Keighley Phoenix football club and continued playing with the team until it folded
NORTH Ribblesdale claimed a coveted scalp at Grove Park on Saturday when they deservedly defeated Yorkshire Division One leaders Bridlington 16-11 in a tough, sometimes brutal, encounter. Victory came courtesy of a superb first-half display that provoked
WEST Riding County FA Cup action is back to add spice to the opening soccer action of the 2003 programme, with five Craven sides in action over the weekend. At senior level, Challenge Cup holders Silsden entertain Brackenhall United tomorrow at Keighley
A state of utter confusion in national and local government circles seems to exist over just where future transportation plans are going. The target - quite simple in theory - includes reducing the number of cars on the roads, having an affordable public
