HOW many heads were nodding in agreement as a rather formidable-looking teacher bemoaned the demise of basic English grammar on the school curriculum on Channel 4's programme 'That'll Teach 'Em'. For those who have missed the series, a class of pupils
A plastic table played a bizarre part in Farsley's victory over Mirfield on Saturday in Division One of the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League. Farsley only needed eight to win with eight wickets in hand and some 18 overs left when Mirfield's
Bradford Park Avenue 1 Hucknamm Town 2; Hucknall Town's expensively assembled squad brought home the bacon in their opening game of the season but only after being pushed from base camp to breakfast by a shadow Park Avenue squad. The Bradford side may
Yorkshire Phoenix overcame both Worcestershire Royals and the tantrums of South African fast bowler Nantie Hayward to win the bottom-of-the-table clash in Division One of the National League at Scarborough yesterday. It was Yorkshire's third consecutive
BARROW RANGERS 16 KEIGHLEY COUGARS 18; In a sensational final ten minutes, the Cougars went from despair to elation. Club captain Jason Ramshaw was dismissed in the 70th minute - allegedly for punching - and it looked a lost cause. They trailed 14-10
Cardiff City 0, Bardford City 2: They were two sublime goals that Thierry Henry would kill for. But Paul Evans was raving about the defensive heroics behind City's impressive, if unexpected, triumph in South Wales. If the locals were to be believed, the
Although the loss of greenery is always a cause for concern, on balance it is good news that Morrisons' plan to build a multi-million-pound new headquarters in Gain Lane has been approved by planning officers. Although the site was formerly designated
In 1503, Pope Alexander VI, a member of the infamous Borgia family, died aged 74. In 1967, Muhammad Ali married Belinda Boyd, the daughter of a member of the group known as "The Fruits of Islam". In 1984, civil servant Clive Pontin was charged under the
A Bradford couple are having a roaring success after interest in their custom-made exhaust business accelerated. Andy Ainsworth, pictured, and Christina Girling set up Zorstec in a former mill building just two-and-a-half years ago. Now the firm, which
A business park costing £5 million has opened in the heart of Buttershaw, Bradford. Royds Enterprise Park - which has taken two-and-a-half years to complete - already has more than a quarter of its units filled. And negotiations with Bradford South West
PUBLIC opening times at Barnoldswick Police Station have been cut by four hours a day. The front door at the station, on Fernlea Avenue, is now open for just eight hours a day, from 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday. Previously the
A DAY of rain, thunder and freak winds on Sunday almost put an end to months of planning for Barnoldswick's new gala and country fair. After considering cancelling the event at Victory Park, organisers Barnoldswick Chamber of Trade decided to press on
WINDOWS rattled in their panes, pictures fell off walls and pensioners wondered who had turned their hearing aids up to full blast when town criers from far and wide converged on Barnoldswick, writes Duncan Smith. Saturday saw the second Barnoldswick
STEETON'S Airedale Hospital has the highest standard of cleanliness and food, a national survey has found. The Department of Health inspected and reported on the patient environment and food services in hospitals across the country as part of the Clean
CRAVEN'S local hospice will benefit from the efforts of a new group launched this week in Cross Hills and Glusburn. A group of 11 women have formed a support group for Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope, which needs around £1.5 million a year to run - 60
TWO groups of Craven youngsters are leading the way with innovative ways to stamp out crime. The South Craven Youth Action Group and the THYNC project's peer education group won first and third place respectively in North Yorkshire Crimebeat awards. The
PLANS to reopen the police station in Silsden as a community contact point could cost too much, a Keighley police chief has said. Superintendent Mark Whyman told town councillors that bringing the disused building up to scratch could cost between £40,000
A PUBLIC inquiry into Bradford Council's long term plans for the development of the district is due to conclude by the end of August. But acting upon the recommendations of the inspectors' report could take at least another year. The eight-month inquiry
"I DIDN'T go out of the house for two years. I wouldn't go to the shops. I don't like crowds and I don't like to be around children I don't know - because they can be nasty." Those are the words of Cononley's Hetty Colman, who suffers from dystonia, a
SPEED tables could be installed in Giggleswick in a bid to slow traffic. Parish councillors have agreed to ask North Yorkshire County Council to install the traffic calming measures in Bankwell Road. The council had originally thought of speed humps for
SKIPTON police has announced that a joint initiative to curb nuisance attacks at Craven Bowling Club has been an overwhelming success. In May club members who train at the green behind Skipton Town Hall complained of ongoing problems and incidents during
WORK to install a crossing on the Bailey in Skipton has started a week earlier than programmed so that it will be ready for when children return to school. Contractors Raynesway were due to start work on Monday and if all goes to plan the project should
MIGHTY oaks from little Rainhall Road School acorns grow! Self-made businessman Terry Hodgkinson has been appointed new chairman of multi-million pound development agency Yorkshire Forward. Born in Skipton and educated at Rainhall Road and Barnoldswick
A CRAVEN nursing home is defending its actions to keep patient information confidential. The Herald was contacted by Rod Sibbons following the death of Dennis Carnegie, a resident at Gargrave Park Nursing Home. Mr Sibbons was upset he had not notified
LARGE chunks of masonry came crashing down onto Skipton High Street when a chimney was hit by lightning on Monday morning. Witnesses saw a blue flash before the chimney between Skipton Fashion Centre and Dollond and Aitchison exploded and chunks of masonry
GREAT creative activity often comes at great cost to the people involved. History is littered with the names of people who have done great things in vastly different fields of endeavour but are linked by one common factor. Mozart, Beethoven, van Gogh,
THIS is a confession that I thought I would never make. I have finally succumbed after fighting off the demons for years. I bitterly regret having to do what I have done but, in the end, there was no choice. There is a Rugby World Cup coming up and I
Sheep took their place alongside showjumpers at this year's Bingley Show, which proved as popular as ever with visitors. In a break from tradition, the show was held on Sunday instead of a Wednesday, to allow more people to attend and enter the competitions
When the owner of a small Keighley business was contacted by the multi-billion dollar toystore Toys "R" Us demanding he change his company's name, he thought it was a joke. The giant American toystore has threatened legal action unless Inkjets-R-Us changes
Gangsters, a meticulously planned murder and drug addicts are not the types of things you expect to be talked about within the walls of a Bradford supermarket. But for one employee these vices and the seedy underworld they exist in have been on the tip
A pensioner who vowed to starve himself to death in a protest against his treatment in prison has called off his hunger strike. Former Bingley farmer and horse breeder Norman Scarth, 77, ended his refusal to eat or drink at the private Wolds Prison on
Bradford Council is spending £50,000 a year to keep the district's "dead" heritage alive. Bradford was one of the first councils in the country to appoint a full-time memorial officer, making sure the 250,000 headstones in the city's cemeteries are safe
Former employees of a world-famous Bradford car company rubbed shoulders with enthusiasts from all over the country at a vintage reunion. Up to 40 former workers attended the Jowett Car Club reunion at Bradford Industrial Museum in Moorside Road, Eccleshill
A service was held at the weekend to mark the rededication of a monument in honour of six firefighters who died following an explosion at a Bradford munitions works during the First World War. The memorial - to commemorate the 40 people who lost their
A murder investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man's body on the Ravenscliffe estate. Detectives from Bradford North CID said the 43-year-old man's body was found by friends at a house in Rowlestone Rise, Ravenscliffe, at about
Vandals have wrecked a changing room and escaped with kit and up to 60 training balls at a girls' football club. But the youngsters at Farsley Celtic AFC have vowed: "We won't be beaten." Now they are desperately trying to battle on in a bid to be in
A Bradford mum's battle against a brain tumour has inspired friends and colleagues to set up a charity in her memory. Andrea's Gift has been created to fund local research into the condition following the death of Andrea Key in May last year. She was
Embsay from retaining the J P Mewies Craven & District Cricket League title? That was the inevitable question posed when their nearest challengers and arch-rivals Oakworth suffered a shock defeat at the hands of their derby rivals Haworth WE to leave
EDENFIELD'S steady climb from bottom place in the Senior Division of the Jennings Ribblesdale League at the end of last season continued last weekend when the Ramsbottom side collected another seven points at the expense of Earby. Their revenge win at
WHARFEDALE will not have too long to wait to gauge the strength of the fresh competition in National Division Two next season, writes Tony Simpson. The first three league games on the Greens' agenda are against sides promoted at the end of last season
SIR - The impact of the Disability Discrimination Act has been known about for years - deliberately so to allow affected businesses and utilities to plan to meet it. Three years ago, as part of ongoing improvement work, we installed the necessary ramps
100 years ago SKIPTON was deserted as, for the first time in its history, a general holiday was declared for the majority of workers. The holiday had come about as a result of a ballot of the workers in the most of the workshops and factories in the town
Farsley Celtic 1 Rossendale United 0; The Celts opened the season with a home win in a tight game against Rossendale United to hand Lee Sinnott a victorious start to his new role of manager. The former Bantam was delighted with the result because his
Bradford Bulls 36, Hull FC 22: The Bulls' march to Grand Final glory continues onwards and upwards following a thrilling second-half performance. Brian Noble's men went three points clear at the Super League summit with an eighth successive victory that
Bradford's Anthony McGrath leads Yorkshire against the Bradford League in their latest centenary match at Undercliffe tomorrow (11am). Darren Gough is also set to make his comeback for Yorkshire. Yorkshire's director of cricket Geoff Cope said: "If Darren
Nicky Law took a swipe at the critics as he hailed City's Welsh wonders. The Bantams claimed their first win of the season with a 2-0 triumph at Cardiff thanks to wonder goals from Andy Gray and Lewis Emanuel. It was the perfect response following the
Lesley Vainikolo blasted Bradford three points clear of Leeds at the top of Super League as the Bulls recorded an eighth successive victory. His stunning hat-trick of tries also propelled him to the top of the Super League scoring charts with 19 as the
A bursting sense of being at the heart of the community has been hailed as the key to the success of an unusual village post office. Heaton Post Office is thought to be the only one in the country which doubles as a pharmacy. And today, as it celebrated
A project which places Bradford management graduates as specialist advisors to local firms has helped businesses achieve profit growth. Firms taking part in the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) scheme secure an average one-off profit of £41,000 and
Sun, sea, sand and... samosas. Not the usual ingredients for a holiday in the Spanish sunshine islands. But for one Bradford family business it has certainly proved a recipe for success. The Nawaab, one of the many famous names in Bradford's curry empire
The boss of an animal by-products refinery today pledged that a new £1 million machine would help combat the problem of nasty smells in Bradford city centre. Waddington Waste Management Solutions has invested heavily in the thermal oxidiser to control
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, is to visit Bradford to discuss issues surrounding the region's business community. He will have breakfast at the Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Industry on September 12 and then talk to around 100 invited
EARBY'S beat bobby PC Bryan Pepper has been nominated for a national Community Beat Officer of the Year Award. PC Pepper has been chosen as the Pennine Division's candidate for the award due to his outstanding work in all aspects of policing the local
LOCALS and visitors have an opportunity to explore the history and heritage of St Leonard's Church, in Chapel-le-Dale, this month. The St Leonard's heritage exhibition will include a collection of watercolours by the late Rev James Wynne Williams and
HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE Post Office has been voted the best in Yorkshire and the North East of England in a nationwide awards scheme. It has beaten off competition from almost 100 short-listed entries to be voted the best rural branch in the region in the
A PLANNING application to create a car park and erect a replacement storage building at land south of Wilkinson's Garage, Kettlewell, has been deferred for a site visit. Yorkshire Dales National Park officers had recommended refusal of the plan submitted
ONE thousand swimmers created a splash at the opening of the new £3.5 million Craven Swimming Pool. Throughout Monday excited children were seen queuing out of the door with their parents waiting to claim their free swim courtesy of the Craven Herald.
SKIPTON Girls' High School twins Louise and Charlotte Cobb were not about to let one outdo the other - both achieved five grade As at A-level. Both were placed in the top five of 4,296 candidates in the country in Geography and Louise also achieved a
SIR - Renaissance means revival. As housing in Skipton is expensive and in short supply and the car parks are overflowing with visitors - does this town need reviving? No! Stick to the basics like smartening up the town and encouraging people to live,
A vicar who seeks holy inspiration from trendy ads to get people into his pews says churches should not be afraid of embracing consumer culture to boost dwindling congregations. The Reverend John Hartley, of St Luke's Church in Eccleshill, gets inspiration
Supermarket tycoon Ken Morrison is to get the green light for a new multi-million pound company headquarters in Bradford. Planning chiefs have recommended that work on the office block off Gain Lane, which will eventually house 650 workers, should be
A Bradford man charged with possessing firearms and money for terrorist purposes has been remanded in custody. James Moloney, 44, a concreter, of Napier Road, Brad-ford Moor, appeared before Bow Street magistrates in London on Saturday. He, Robert Naylor
A man died and a woman suffered serious injuries after being thrown from their vehicle in an horrific car smash in Bradford. Imran Ahmed, 21, of Rayner Avenue, Girlington, died when the Peugeot 206 car he was driving along Wakefield Road into the city
SKIPTON CC put last week's Airedale & Wharfedale defeat well and truly behind them when they completed a 10-wicket rout of Upper Wharfedale on Saturday. In sweltering conditions, Wharfedale won the toss and elected to bat, but lost opener Andrew Foulds
THERE was double delight for Skipton Athletics Club's riding starlet Stuart Hunn at the English Junior Fell Racing Championships at Sedbergh on Sunday when the fifth event of a six-race series was staged, (writes Roger Ingham). Not only did the 16-year-old
THIS season's J P Mewies Craven & District League Wynn Cup final will be staged at Bradley on Sunday, when Oakworth and Cowling will be in opposition. The form book points to a win for the Worth Valley side, but having suffered a major upset a couple
