JUST for once it would be a pleasant surprise for householders in Ilkley to be greeted with the news that Council Tax will be going up in line with inflation, or even just above inflation. Obviously we wouldn't expect miracles such as Council Tax rising
Eamonn Magee has priced himself out of a showdown with Bradford's Junior Witter. The Irishman couldn't agree terms with Frank Warren to face Witter in Manchester on April 5. Witter will still head the Ricky Hatton undercard at the MEN Arena but against
Bradford's one-day professional billiards tournament was such a success that it is already set to be repeated in 2004. Organiser Brian Watson attracted three of the world's top four players - Peterborough's Mike Russell (No 1), Middlesbrough's David Causier
Andy Gray has fired himself into Scotland's Euro 2004 plans. City's top marksman has been earmarked for a call-up to Berti Vogts' squad for next month's crucial qualifier against Iceland at Hampden Park on March 29. Gray notched a goal on his debut for
Chairman Gordon Gibb hailed City's win at Coventry as their "most professional" performance he has seen. Now he wants them to show it was no one-off by beating Walsall in similar fashion at home on Saturday. City go into the weekend clash one place and
Horsforth could still be divided by the Boundary Commission, according to town council leader John Brodwell. Now Coun Brodwell is urging residents to have their say about Horsforth's future to make sure the commission is well aware of local opinion. He
LOCAL musicians are banding together for a benefit night in aid of Otley's new community and arts centre. GMC Jazz, which grew out of training sessions held five years ago at Guiseley Music Centre, and the Menston based FM Band, are due to perform at
A WORLD-FAMOUS tobacconist has hit out at the recent ban on cigarette advertising. James Barber, owner of Barber's Tobacconists on Kirkgate, Otley, says the ban on advertising brought in on St Valentine's Day will hit businesses rather than influence
A MOTHER of three young children is off to Iceland on the trip of a lifetime. Sally Fox's husband, Tim Smith, thought she needed a fresh challenge and signed her up for the trip as a Christmas surprise. So while he takes time off work to care for the
A school is urging the community to back its lottery scheme in order to fund a school minibus after its last one broke down. Guiseley School needs to raise at least £4,500 a year to hire a minibus for use by school groups and is hoping to generate the
ANGRY residents are preparing to do battle with developers over plans to build houses on a popular community space. At the end of last year residents of Wharfe Street, Otley, were furious when owners of the former Wharfe Street School cut down a well-loved
CLOSED schools in Otley, Ilkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale are being turned into houses - because of a change in planning regulations. Victims of falling numbers and educational reorganisations, the schools are being snapped up by developers in the hope
Long awaited traffic calming measures for Burley Woodhead could start to be introduced before the end of next month. Shipley Area Planning committee has approved final plans which will see a new 20mph speed limit and speed humps created along Moor Road
A boy has fulfilled his dream of designing and voicing a cartoon character for a top television series - beating off competition from more than 25,000 other entrants. Daniel Driver entered the Cartoon Network competition to design a new character for
THE driver of a roadsweeper was taken to hospital with minor injuries after his vehicle overturned and demolished a wall. The incident happened at about 10.35am on Saturday in Hawksworth Lane, near The Bradford Golf Club, Guiseley. Police received a call
VANDALS have ransacked a children's after-school club, smashing windows, throwing glue and stealing toys. Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused to the Otley Out-of-School Club in Bridge Street - in the All Saints Junior School annexe, opposite
PROBLEMS over contractor access to Addingham's proposed skate park site near the Memorial Hall could be overcome with additional spending - but the village youngsters may have to come up with the cash themselves. Addingham Parish Council chairman, Gordon
An Addingham church is hoping the village will rally around to help it solve a £4,500 heating crisis. Since the end of last week Mount Hermon Chapel has had to rely on just one ageing heater after the other half of the system was condemned as unsafe.
Bradford Council will today decide the fate of a £250,000 redevelopment scheme for Burley-in-Wharfedale's Queen's Hall. The council's Conservative Group has set aside the quarter of a million pounds needed to transform the historic building into a community
Long awaited traffic calming measures for Burley Woodhead could start to be introduced before the end of next month. Shipley Area Planning committee has approved final plans which will see a new 20mph speed limit and speed humps created along Moor Road
The search is still on for a helicopter which lurched out of control over Ilkley last weekend and hasn't been seen since. But readers shouldn't panic - the aircraft in question was a 3ft long radio-controlled model being flown by Ilkley sales co-ordinator
HOUSEHOLDERS in Ilkley face an almost ten per cent increase in Council Tax as Bradford Council today sets its budget for next year. The proposals, which will mean a 9.1 per cent rise across the district, have already been voted through by the City Hall
SIR, I am writing on behalf of my grandma, Margaret Woodhead of Buckle Lane, Menston, who worked at High Royds Hospital. She started work in 1942, joining her sister Eileen. Her late husband, Donald, his brother Harold and their father, George, all worked
Price variations reveal housing story Sir, - For many families in LS29, the value of their home represents the greatest part of their life savings. A growing nest egg for retirement, and a potential bequest. Wide differences in the reported price rise
Kirklees Council has pledged that its review of services for older people will continue to raise standards in its residential homes. The pledge follows a government announcement that it is relaxing its minimum standards for care homes. Councillor Sylvia
TWO boys from Prince Henry's Grammar Schooln will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Robbie Morris when they join up with the England Clubs Under-18 squad for this year's Four Nations competition in Scotland. Robbie Westworth and Luke Cooper are
Preston Grasshoppers 13, Otley Saracens 60 SARACENS were at full-strength when they travelled to Preston for this Northern Second XV game with several first team players having a run out after returning from injury. It was a good all-round performance
St Mary's 3, King James' 1 (after extra-time) MENSTON St Mary's RC School Under-13's beat King James' School, Huddersfield, in a thrilling West Yorkshire Cup final and now go into the last 32 of the English Schools' Trophy as West Yorkshire champions.
Pool AFC 4, Kirk Deighton 2 POOL came into the game on the back of a couple of indifferent performances. Although they took the three points they left both supporters and manager scratching their heads as to where the flowing football of a few weeks ago
Burley Trojans 1, Ilkley AFC 1 THERE was nothing to choose between these two title contenders as their encounter ended in an honourable draw at the weekend. Ilkley will undoubtedly be the happier of the two as they remain two points behind their local
LOCAL badminton pairing Zak Rastegar and Christopher Allen won the gold medal in the English Schools Badminton Association Championships. Zak, 12, of Guiseley is a pupil at Bradford Grammar School while Christopher, 12, of Ilkley, is a pupil at Ilkley
Spennymoor 2, Guiseley 1 FOLLOWING the joy of a second successive win over Rossendale Guiseley had the bitter disappointment of losing to a hotly disputed penalty at Spennymoor on Tuesday. With play out on the left touchline there was little or nobody
Blood tests are to be offered to Bradford people at high risk of diabetes. The city has been chosen by the Department of Health as one of nine pilot sites throughout the country to take part in the screening project. The aim is to speed up the diagnosis
Keighley's new police boss has settled into his desk with a mission to keep up the pressure on drug pushers and to reduce the fear of crime. Mark Whyman has arrived in the division from Bradford North with an experienced police pedigree, having been a
Children in one of the country's poorest neighbourhoods have chalked up an astounding improvement in exam scores. The change in the deprived area around Manchester Road, Bradford, follows the setting up of the Trident regeneration scheme which is pumping
Paintings by premier Bradford artist Sir William Rothenstein smashed all expectations when they went under the hammer. The collection - many on sale for the first time - raised £330,012, much more than the £209,000 estimated by Sotheby's experts. The
Members of a Bradford brass band will be hoping they are in safe hands when they take to the stage with one of the youngest conductors ever to compete in the Yorkshire Regional Brass Band competition. Michael Hannon, 26, pictured, will be seizing the
A family is celebrating winning a battle to stay in Bradford after fleeing persecution in Hungary. Peter Balogh, 44, his wife Andrea, 28, and nine-year-old son Peter junior applied to be allowed to stay after being ordered to leave the country. And special
Organisers of a scheme providing ice hockey training have been inundated with requests from schools wanting to get involved. Bradford Ice Hockey Club has landed £50,000 from Government-funded scheme Sportsmatch to develop the training, which will be launched
A Council environment chief is seeking talks with the Highways Agency to find ways of tackling motorists who throw rubbish out of car windows as they queue to get into Bradford on the M606. Leader of the Council's Liberal Democrat group Councillor Jeanette
The rock band at the centre of an American blaze disaster which killed 97 people were set to bring their show to Bradford. But the firework display which caused the tragedy at Rhode Island's Station nightclub would never have been allowed in Bradford,
A worried mum today urged the runaway driver who left her son with serious injuries to give himself up to police. Mandy Patterson made a personal appeal to the motorist who brought her ten-year-old boy home after an accident but then sped off after giving
The man charged with bringing new life to Bradford today labelled the central police station as the worst building in the city. Wil Alsop described the Tyrls police station as a "mortal sin". But he added: "Bradford has some wonderful architecture - it's
Nine-year-old Alia from Bradford has never met Ana, 11, from Portugal. But self portraits of the pair appear side-by-side in a remarkable new piece of artwork which is to be unveiled in Bradford next week. Children from schools in Bradford, Sweden and
A Big orienteering event will be staged on Ilkley Moor on Sunday when 300 runners from all over the north of England, the Midlands, and Wales, will come to Ilkley to compete in an important event organised by Airienteers - the local club for Wharfedale
LOCAL badminton pairing Zak Rastegar and Christopher Allen won the gold medal in the English Schools Badminton Association Championships. Zak, 12, of Guiseley is a pupil at Bradford Grammar School while Christopher, 12, of Ilkley, is a pupil at Ilkley
Burley Trojans 1, Ilkley AFC 1 THERE was nothing to choose between these two title contenders as their encounter ended in an honourable draw at the weekend. Ilkley will undoubtedly be the happier of the two as they remain two points behind their local
The Bulls' ground-breaking trip to Dubai is in doubt over security fears in the Middle East. Coach Brian Noble and four high-profile players were due to fly out on March 16 to promote the club and the sport in the region, but a decision on whether the
People must secure their homes to stop the increase in sneak-in burglaries in the district, according to Weetwood's newest police chief. High-powered cars are being stolen because people are ignoring police warnings to secure their property. Divisional
Rachel O'Connor reviews "Me and My Girl", at Guiseley Theatre until Saturday WHAT a show! Rarely can an audience have laughed so much at a local production. What a joy to watch this extremely talented troop led by the irrepressible Peter Whitley. The
A GROUP of retired men slink out of their homes early every Wednesday morning, hip flask in pocket. What are this bunch of retired businessmen, white collar workers and craftsmen up to? Hi Ho, Hi Ho it's off to work they go! A shovel and a pick and the
The ground on which it is proposed to build the east of Otley development is low-lying and largely flat. During heavy rain, much of it becomes waterlogged - by rain falling directly on it and because the ditches are filled by drainage from the A660 Leeds
AMBITIOUS plans to extend Otley Victorian Fayre into a four day special have raised the concerns of town councillors. The new fayre committee is looking at expanding the one day December event into four themed days and moving it forwards to the end of
THE doors have finally closed on High Royds hospital shutting away 115 years of history. The grand asylum was officially closed on Tuesday as the last five wards of patients were moved out. The staff and patients have now been transferred to The Mount
CHILDREN no longer have to walk to their village hall for lunches and games. Askwith Community Primary School now has its own hall - and at the end of last term, it was officially opened by the chairman of governors, Jan Osinski. The hall, which is attached
Veteran golfer Alan Bytheway has overcome a health handicap to get back into the swing of the game with a vengeance. After fighting his way back to health following a hip replacement and the life-threatening condition of a blood clot on the lung, the
Otley Labour MP Harold Best was last night expected to vote against the government's hardline stance against Iraq. And Horsforth and Aireborough Labour MP Paul Truswell has also put his name to an amendment saying that the case for war is as yet unproven
An air of sadness has this week surrounded Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society's production of Me and My Girl following news of the death of former secretary Mary Eggleston. She was 85. Miss Eggleston, who died at Guiseley's Ghyll Royd nursing home, was
CELEBRITY Christine Hamilton dropped in on Guiseley to open a children's nursery. Mrs Hamilton, who was accompanied by her husband, former MP Neil Hamilton, talked to children, parents and staff at the new Princess Christian Nursery in Park Road. Families
A NEW £3.5 million health centre could be built in Yeadon. The scheme, which will see the demolition and rebuilding of the run down Yeadon Health Centre, off Harper Lane, is one of several currently being discussed across Leeds. Chosen by the Leeds North
It isn't so long since we were carrying stories and readers' letters complaining about the state of the railway embankments on the approaches to Bradford. They were (and still are) a mess, strewn with litter and dumped household items. What a welcome
In 1914, Hey's Brewery, Bradford, suffered a massive fire. In 1973, Civil servants and railway workers went on strike in Britain In 1976, Post Offices ceased to open on Saturday afternoons, and Sunday postal deliveries ended. From the Telegraph &
Castles Shopfitters has invested £250,000 in new equipment. Last year the Bradford-based business revealed it was set to create 50 new jobs after it announced it was investing £1.3 million in new premises on the outskirts of the city. The firm, which
I am delighted by the fact that my office has been inundated with letters (the majority of which originate from Ilkley and Addingham!) and petitions expressing opposition to war with Iraq. I will, of course, continue to ensure that the overwhelming views
Veteran golfer Alan Bytheway has overcome a health handicap to get back into the swing of the game with a vengeance. After fighting his way back to health following a hip replacement and the life-threatening condition of a blood clot on the lung, the
CLOSED schools in Otley, Ilkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale are being turned into houses - because of a change in planning regulations. Victims of falling numbers and educational reorganisations, the schools are being snapped up by developers in the hope
NEW restrictions will apply when Ilkley swimming pool opens up at the weekend after closing for repairs for ten days. Council workers are hoping that a leaking pipe at the pool will have been repaired in time for opening on Saturday, March 1. When the
THE era of municipal housing in Ilkley has come to an end with the sell-off of the area's 400 properties this week. In a move goes against the previous tide of local government, Bradford Council has sold off all of its 25,000 properties for around £70
FAMILIES on a prestigious housing estate in Ilkley have had to move out of their new homes because of building faults, the Gazette can reveal. The CALA Homes development was built 18 months ago on the site of the former Ghyll Royd School, Grove Road,
Perhaps every running club believes that the races they organise are a little bit special. In the case of Ilkley Harriers and the Ilkley Moor Fell Race such vanity would be justified because over the years the race has established itself as a classic,
After a successful first year programme in which over 800 boys and girls from local schools were involved Otley RUFC's application for funding for the second year of the scheme has just been approved. The programme run by Otley RUFC (and formerly the
Otley 27, Exeter 29 EXETER arrived at Cross Green full of confidence, having lost to Otley only twice before, once at home back in Division Three and again last season. In addition they scored a hefty 69 points at the County ground in December. They have
A soldier has issued a heartfelt plea for "morale mail" to boost the spirits of lonely troops preparing for war in the Gulf. Sergeant Ashley Johnson penned a letter to the Telegraph & Argus asking readers to write to his team with messages of support
A kick-boxing instructor is appealing for help to raise cash so talented youngsters can compete in a European contest. Keith Priestley wants to take five young kickboxers aged between eight and 12 to the European Championships of the sport, which are
A woman died from tetanus after she tripped in the garden and severely cut her face. Sheila Creighton died from the disease which is so rare that there are only a handful of cases every year in the UK. An inquest heard yesterday that in 1999 there were
Perhaps every running club believes that the races they organise are a little bit special. In the case of Ilkley Harriers and the Ilkley Moor Fell Race such vanity would be justified because over the years the race has established itself as a classic,
Roseberry 2, Ben Rhydding 6 Ben Rhydding Ladies emerged victorious from a hard-fought encounter against a side fighting to avoid relegation. It was never going to be a pretty match to watch, as Roseberry attempted to thwart all Rhydding's attempts at
Ilkley 42, Northallerton 0 Ilkley emerged from their mini ice age with a great treat to warm up their followers at Stacks Field on Saturday. This was the first home league game since Malton and Norton's visit to Ilkley on December 21. Six tries, three
Pannal Ash U-8s 4, Ilkley Yellows U-8s 0 Two quirkily conceded goals in the fading moments of the match put a flattering gloss on the result in favour of Pannal Ash who are currently rampant in the top echelons of the league and scarcely needed such a
SIR - I was astounded to read that Hector Mildew thinks that owning your home is a privilege (Who's Counting?, February 13). My wife and I have worked hard right up to the official retiring ages of 60 and 65 respectively for this privilege. I have never
There have been many concerns about what will happen to High Royds Hospital now it has finally closed. Last year developers The Raven Group purchased the grade-two listed building for £26million and this month they put their cards on the table and revealed
