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  • Progress (not the traffic) has passed Ilkley by

    THE road humps row on the moor road through Burley Woodhead shows no signs of abating if the response on our letters page is anything to go by. One thing is certain. The issue will be on the agenda for the forthcoming months as various roadworks on the

  • Bradford is hotbed of top-class golf

    Bradford is fast becoming known as a hotbed of golf and Yorkshire selectors are picking up on that fact - five local players are in the 12-man team to take on Derbyshire in a friendly at Erewash Valley on August 16. Making his debut will be McDonalds

  • Pakistan call-up for Nazir

    Undercliffe fast bowler Jaffer Nazir could miss the last six weeks of the Bradford League season after being called up by Pakistan. Nazir has been selected in a squad of 20 to prepare for the forthcoming Test series against Bangladesh. The squad will

  • Progress will be slow but sure, says City chief

    Chairman Gordon Gibb today urged City fans to be patient with Nicky Law's new breed. Gibb is backing the much-changed Bantams for a successful First Division campaign as they unveil a host of new faces. But he also added a note of caution ahead of Saturday's

  • Cook is tasty new signing

    The Wayne Rooney of rugby league has joined Bradford Bulls. Courted by Super League and Zurich Premiership clubs alike, Matthew Cook is being hailed as one of the hottest young properties in the sport. Cook, who has represented England Schools at both

  • Singing grandfather seeks his spot in the limelight

    A TALENTED grandfather has set his sights on stardom after narrowly losing a national talent contest. Singer Eugene Levine from Bramhope beat off thousands of other singers, comedians and musicians from all over the country to get into the final of the

  • 'Brothers' bridge the cultural gap

    Unlike many siblings, Jonathan Bean and his brother are the best of friends. But while Jonathan enjoys the luxuries of life in England, his Ghanaian 'brother' Wechiga is thousands of miles away farming in the sweltering heat for just £20 a month. After

  • Game show is a big hit

    ACTOR Bernard Cribbins joined a record 131,000 crowd at Harewood's massive game show at the weekend. The actor, famous for his role in The Railway Children, as the voice of The Wombles and more recently as ageing lothario Wally Bannister in Coronation

  • Warding off the ghosts of High Royds

    Wharfedale's wish to see High Royds become a hospital again is a reality - but only on film. Filming is now under way at the 110-year-old former psychiatric hospital in Menston for a Channel Four comedy series called No Angels, which focuses on the lives

  • Sports project gets red card

    A £160,000 sports project for Pool-in-Wharfedale could be in jeopardy because a planning application for new football pitches and a pavilion has been refused. Thousands of pounds have been raised for the new sports facilities, which would benefit children

  • Residents' anger over the two-storey school plans

    FURIOUS residents have accused education chiefs of misleading them over plans for a replacement Rawdon school. They say original proposals for a new Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School were for a single storey but now have grown to a two storey building.

  • On This Day

    In 1913, aviator Samuel Cody became the first air fatality when his plane crashed at Farnborough. In 2001, the NHS took the unprecedented step of re-nationalising a private hospital, a heart hospital in London. In 1965, Dave Clark Five keyboard player

  • Message isn't waste-ed

    A pioneering project to help Bradford firms clean up their act is helping to change attitudes among business chiefs, it was claimed today. The Euro-Asian Resource Group has launched a series of seminars to help educate 200 small and medium-sized Asian

  • Future looks brighter for lighting firm

    IIn 1977, former teacher David Loxton was trawling the streets of London flogging paper lanterns from the boot of his Citroen Dyane. Plenty has changed in the ensuing 25 years, but nothing has diminished David's passion for business. Walking proudly around

  • Developers set to exchange building

    A prestigious new office development is set to open in the heart of Bradford. Metrochange House, the former offices of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority off Hall Ings, is undergoing a £1.2 million transformation. Once completed, the building

  • Hoping to make a bigger Impact

    A new start-up company is hoping to make an impact in the mobile phone business while helping find work for young unemployed people in Bradford. Impact Mobile Technology, (IMT) which advises firms on how they can cut their mobile phone costs, has set-up

  • Wanted - firms for post-war rebuilding

    Bradford firms could be perfectly placed to take advantage of opportunities arising from the rebuilding of Iraq, it was claimed today. The Bradford Chamber of Commerce has set up a register of businesses interested in taking on work in the shattered country

  • Everybody's having a party

    THE FIRST Ilkley Summer Festival has got off to a bright and lively start - and organisers are looking forward to another week of fun. Festivities began on Friday with a mass balloon release outside Ilkley Town Hall, to launch the festival in a flurry

  • Road hump issues spark health and safety fears

    CONTROVERSIAL speed bumps on a moorland road could be end up in conflict with new disability discrimination legislation, a councillor claims. A row over the recently-installed traffic calming humps at Moorland Road, Burley Woodhead, was last week ignited

  • Police have little to go on in case of the naked rambler

    POLICE have yet to decide what to do with a naked rambler in Ilkley - because they are not certain he has committed an offence. Laws designed to deal with 'flashers' cannot apply because the man, who has not been identified but is believed to come from

  • New lease of life for Jacob, 5

    A little boy who suffered a mystery childhood stroke has been fitted with special limb braces to help him live life to the full. Five-year-old Jacob Jackson suffered a debilitating stroke two weeks before his third birthday - but parents Liz and Garry

  • Crossroads win County Parks event

    THE Yorkshire County Parks Bowling Association Brotherton Cup was won by Crossroads at Shipley Club on Sunday. They overcame Pudsey Britannia A in the final winning the last game for a winning margin of 187-185. Maurice Carter, President of the Yorkshire

  • Much activity on the roads and fells for Otley athletes

    The last week saw much activity on both road and fell. On July 26 three members took part in the prestigious Snowdon International Fell Race. This covers a distance of ten miles and involves 3,300 feet of climbing. Conditions were described as humid and

  • Young James sets a record

    Young Guiseley cricketer James Finch set a record playing for Yorkshire Schools Under -14s cricket team on their South East tour. In their final tour match against Northants at Oundle School James took eight wickets for 24 runs off 17 overs. This is believed

  • Ilkley set to get another tournament

    Ilkley could have an additional tennis tournament next year - a $25,000 Association of Tennis Professionals' Challenger the week after Wimbledon. That slot was taken by Bristol this year but Bristol Lawn Tennis Club at Redland Green are digging up their

  • Guiseley looking to notch a hat-trick of Waddilove wins

    GUISELEY are lining up for their biggest challenge of the season on Sunday - a Waddilove Cup final spot against the Airedale and Wharfedale League's runaway leaders Bilton at Ilkley. That will have to be without their Australian all-rounder Chris Underwood

  • 'No room for yobs on district estates'

    Yobs will not be tolerated on the district's estates, according to the six new housing chiefs in charge of the £175 million programme to repair and improve thousands of homes. The executive directors will oversee the trusts which are now managing the

  • Armed rivals fought 'an almighty battle'

    Rival gangs fought a pitched battle when an armed mob descended on a Keighley street two years ago, a jury has heard. Guns were fired and cars rammed during the clashes which left a trail of damage in the Parson Street area of the town. Yesterday Mohammed

  • 999 caller 'left to walk home barefoot'

    An angry mum today told how she was left to walk home barefoot after being "car-jacked", because police refused to turn out to the scene. Elaine Parker, of Thornbury, said she and her boyfriend were left stranded by the roadside after thugs smashed a

  • Council lowers its targets for exams

    Bradford Council has agreed new, easier targets for its privatised education service, it was confirmed today. Education Bradford, owned by global firm Serco, only earned £8,450 of a possible £870,000 bonus in its first year, and claimed the targets were

  • Plane luxury!

    The world's largest specialist corporate aeroplane is coming into service... at Leeds-Bradford Airport. For a mere £8,500 an hour, up to 19 people can travel in total luxury in the Boeing BBJ2 737 aircraft which has 50 per cent sound proofing, a double

  • Huge blaze engulfs packaging factory

    Firefighters were tackling a huge blaze at a Bradford packaging factory today - more than 12 hours after it went up in flames. Fire crews from across the county were called to the fire at Styrene Packaging and Insulations Limited, Low Moor, at 8.25pm

  • Letters to the Editor

    SIR - With reference to your article about the city's immigrants (T&A, July 31), I was amazed to find that there was no mention of the Poles, Ukrainians, Lithuanians etc who were sent here after the war. My husband was one of them. He was a teacher

  • Hare still reluctant champion

    It took six times to get the answer right. The sentence was simple enough. "I'm the best welterweight in Britain," chanted the TV reporter. But James Hare found the words hard to get out. He may indeed be the top domestic fighter in a red-hot division

  • Awesome Fleming leads Tykes home

    New Zealand captain Matthew Fleming played Yorkshire's greatest ever floodlit innings at Headingley last night to rush them to a sensational victory by seven wickets over Warwickshire Bears. The tall left-hander powered his way to a dazzling 139 not out

  • Burley man is in the art of world firsts

    A YOUTH leader and martial arts expert from Burley-in-Wharfedale is this week hosting the first aikido world championships to be held outside the sport's native Japan. Former Ilkley parish councillor Bob Jones, of Heather Bank, has been working hard to

  • Yeadon man invents the alarm that fires blanks

    A Yeadon inventor hopes to turn crime-fighter after creating a security system that shoots blank gun cartridges to scare off potential thieves. David Auty, from Rufford Avenue, manufactured the Site Sentry after friend Stuart Petit complained about the

  • Club's tribute to cancer battler Derek

    Tributes have been paid to an inspirational runner who raised thousands for charity despite having terminal cancer. Derek Emsley, of Leslie Avenue, Yeadon, died on Monday and his friends have described the awe in which they held him. The 47-year-old was

  • High Royds plans on view

    The long awaited plans for the future of High Royds hospital in Menston have been opened to the public. The prestigious hospital site and its vast grounds stretching more than 200 acres was bought by developers The Raven Group for £26million last year

  • M&S is set to open in Guiseley

    A top high-street food and clothes store is moving to Guiseley and is set to create up to 30 jobs. Yorkshire chain-store Marks and Spencer is taking over the former Kwik Save store on Park Road, in Guiseley retail park. It has chosen the town as the location

  • Fears over town hall's future

    More than 60 Yeadon residents attended an urgent meeting to discuss the future of their town hall. Members of the Town Hall Users Group met on Monday to discuss the effect of the Boundary Commission's final recommendations on the future of Yeadon Town

  • Boost for Bradford education

    The success of Bradford College in the national league table of teacher training colleges is very encouraging. To have been named as the most improved college in the country and the best in the region, beating its Leeds rivals, is a real feather in the

  • Safety policy picks up award

    Putting safety first has netted a top business award for Bingley-based driver supply agency, Driver Hire Nationwide. The company, which provides truck, van and car drivers through its national network to businesses across the UK, beat courier groups and

  • Industrial estate in pollution boost

    Companies on a Bradford business park were today applauded for backing a £250,000 project to cut pollution in the area. The Environment Agency said the effort by businesses on the Euroway Industrial Estate had led to major environmental benefits, particularly

  • Business booming for computer firm

    A Bradford computer supplies firm today announced plans for a fresh recruitment drive after seeing its turnover grow to almost £7 million in just three years. OfficeXpress, based on the Euroway Industrial Estate, is looking to expand its sales staff of

  • Sir Ken a Safeway favourite

    Bradford supermarket giant Morrisons was today tipped to emerge from a Competition Commission inquiry into its bid for Safeway as the favourite to clinch the spoils. The commission, which is investigating the Morrisons bid along with those from rivals

  • The new-style officers who could arrest crime figures

    THE introduction of a new breed of civilian police officers could be the answer to crime in Wharfedale. Burglars targeting local homes, and the fear and annoyance caused by anti-social behaviour, has frequently led to demands for a return to more traditional

  • Skate park is rocking for its official opening

    The opening of Pipedream's new skate park off New Brook Street was quite literraly music to the ears of the town's youngsters. The official opening, which was performed by Ilkley Parish Council chairman, Councillor Kate Brown, was followed by food and

  • Minister pays tribute to work on moor

    THE stewardship of Ilkley Moor got official backing last Friday from the Government's Conservation Minister, Ben Bradshaw. Mr Bradshaw wanted to see moorland conservation at first hand after visiting the County Land and Business Association (CLA) Game

  • Boundary changes add up to an election nightmare

    RESIDENTS may be celebrating the decision not to split Ben Rhydding in half - but other changes in electoral boundaries will mean a nightmare for election organisers in Wharfedale. And among falling turn-outs for all elections, many politicians fear '

  • Firm acts after flats asbestos discovery

    A HOUSING firm is urgently removing potentially lethal asbestos which residents discovered under the floors of a multi-million pound development in Ilkley. Residents were shocked to discover the substance around pipes under the floors at Wells House,

  • Letters to the Editor

    Parks team not at fault over litter issue SIR, - Referring to former Otley Councillor Lawrence Ross's statement in the Lib Dems' 'Focus' freesheet, I find his comments disappointing and misleading. During summer weekends Wharfemeadows Park is inundated

  • Letters to the Editor

    Residents 'have ruined country road' SIR, - Your article in this week's Gazette (July 31) regarding the road humps in Burley Woodhead was excellent. My husband was born and bred in Menston and I was born and bred in Ilkley, both more than 50 years ago

  • 'Pothole ruined my car wheel'

    A motorist who claims her car wheel was buckled by a pothole in a road has been told by Bradford Council she will not receive compensation. Mrs Jean Britteon said the accident happened near the Bradford and Bingley Sports Club in Wagon Lane, Beckfoot,

  • Guiseley warm up with seven goal blast against St Helen's

    GUISELEY AFC are warming up for their new season in UniBond Division One but it is with a mixture of results. After the disappointment of a knock back by Halifax Town with two day's grace and arriving at Brodsworth only for the home club to have called

  • Dancing for life

    Dance from around the world is the theme of this year's Dance for Life project in Shipley. Children taking part in the dance summer school at the Victoria Hall in Saltaire will sample different forms of dance including Bollywood, African, street jazz

  • College's stock rises

    Bradford College has produced its best-ever showing in a national league table of teacher-training colleges. It is the most improved college in the country, and the best in this region, beating Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan Universities. The table is compiled

  • 'Take risk out of holiday sex' plea

    Young people in Bradford are being warned about catching sexually transmitted infections while on holiday abroad this summer. The drive is part of Sexual Health Week, which runs until Sunday and is focusing on the infections. Derek Simmonds, manager of

  • Museum loom still does the business!

    Bradford Industrial Museum has revived a dying art to produce specialist cloth which it supplies across the world. The cloth, used to line saddles and bridals for horses, stopped being widely produced in the 1960s when the use of shire work horses declined

  • Another developer wants golf course

    A developer has submitted a rival multi-million-pound bid for West Bowling Golf Club's scenic course and historic clubhouse. The offer comes as Leeds-based Landmark Development Ltd waits for a public inquiry into its planning application for a £110 million

  • Hardwell is first Harrier home in the Borrowdale Fell Race

    Ashley Hardwell was the first Ilkley Harrier home in Saturday's long (17m/3500ft) Borrowdale Fell Race, in 4h34; then came Jim Ryder 4h36; and Jane Leather 4h40. The next day, Jill Cooke ran in the shorter (3m/950ft) Latrigg Fell Race, and was 57th in

  • Ilkley set to stage Sunday's Waddilove Cup final

    GUISELEY are lining up for their biggest challenge of the season on Sunday - a Waddilove Cup final spot against the Airedale and Wharfedale League's runaway leaders Bilton at Ilkley. That will have to be without their Australian all-rounder Chris Underwood

  • Lynsey and Ken celebrate their Ilkley Open victories

    THE sun shone for the finals of the Ilkley Open Tennis Tourna-ment on Saturday. After a a difficult week troubled by heavy rain and persistent showers the finals were blessed with excellent weather. The men open singles were won by Ken Skupski who defeated

  • Plans for new school raise some questions

    THERE is no doubt that Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School needs to be replaced. Condemned by Government Ofsted inspectors and with outside toilets up to just four years ago, the Victorian school building is in no way suitable for modern teaching. No-one