James Hare will be on home territory for his crack at the British welterweight title. Hare's clash with champion David Barnes is still going ahead, although not at Manchester next Friday as originally expected. The full version of this story is in this
A 42-year-old double decker bus, restored during the last 12 months, was unveiled to the public at the 100th anniversary celebration of electric tramways in Keighley. The open-topped 1962 Leyland Atlantean has been painstakingly reinstated and painted
A Silsden pensioner who depends on a mobility scooter to get out and about has had his vehicle stolen from a busy street. Former Craven ward councillor Eric Dawson has been confined to his home after his Sovereign scooter was stolen from outside the Conservative
Two more Keighley men have been arrested following a police inquiry into activities within the BNP exposed by a television documentary. This week's arrests of the 47-year-old and 38-year-old Keighley men -- both for conspiracy to commit criminal damage
High-ranking officers have joined forces with ex-soldiers in the fight to maintain the historic name of their regiment which is facing the axe. Officers in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment -- named after the Iron Duke who beat Napoleon -- want the name
A 30-bed ward for the elderly at Airedale Hospital is to be closed to save cash, despite a rise in the number of emergency admissions of patients who are over 75 years old. Ward 7 is to be closed as part of the package put together by Airedale NHS Trust
A SKIPTON woman is set to hit our screens next year in racy television drama Footballers' Wives. Former Aireville School pupil Elaine Glover, 21, was delighted to get the part in the hit ITV series straight from college. Elaine will play an au pair called
COWLING could be slapped with Craven's first dispersal order in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour in the village. A group of up to 30 youths, aged 16 and under, are reportedly making the lives of residents hell and police have signed on the dotted line
A DISCOUNTsupermarket will not be built on the outskirts of Skipton. Lidl, which has chains of grocery stores throughout Europe, had hoped to set up a store on the Airedale Business Centre, off Keighley Road. The company, which was founded in Germany,
Trade Secrets -- Christmas by Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders 'Tis not quite the season to be jolly but here we have a little book to ensure it be so when it finally arrives. And to an extent it's an invaluable, pocket-sized peach offering pearls of wisdom
Storms savage Halifax next Friday in the latest musical adaptation of a classic play by the Shakespeare 4 Kidz theatre company. The Tempest recreates a storm, a shipwreck and enchanted island held under the spell of Prospero in the show aimed at junior
THIS is not exactly the longest apology in the 151-year-history of the Craven Herald but it comes pretty close. Shall we call it the first ever column I have ever written as an olive branch. Because a couple of weeks back, I gave a talk to the Settle
The hills of Bronte Country were alive with the sound of walkers and runners taking part in The Yorkshireman off road marathon. Runners from all over the UK took part in the event organised by Keighley & Craven Athletic Club. The event is over 10
Results Premier Division: Grindleton 3, Bradley 1; Skipton Town 3, Craleton 4; Skipton LMS 2 Cononley 3; Oxenhope Rec 3, Gargrave 2; Grassington Utd 2, Skipton Bulldogs 3. Division One: Barrowford Utd 0, Cowling 2; Cross Hills 4, Oxenhope 0, Waddington
Steeton went down 4-1 at Wibsey on Saturday In the Premier Division of the WR County Amateur League. The Steeton goal came from a Damion Whiteoak penalty. In Division One Keighley Shamrocks slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Marsden with Matthew Dykes on target
Keighley Athletic 4 New Variety 2 - Athletic bounced back strongly to record a comfortable victory over a useful New Variety side. Paul Goodwin headed home the opening goal from Jamie Smith's pinpoint cross at the end of the first half. After the restart
Man of the Match, Luke Rooney, inspired the Shamrocks Under-7s' defence assisted by Conner Holgate, Kieren Henry, Owen Williamson and Oliver Leeming. Stand in keeper Christopher Johnson made a string of fine saves. They went down to a 3-0 defeat by Poole
Branshaw golfers Steve Busfield and Steve Smith have reached the national finals of the Daily Mail Foursomes competition. The two Steves, who play off five and six handicaps respectively, are in the last 16 of more than 3,000 pairs who originally entered
Keighley Town 56 Calder Valley 13 - Town made it three win out of three despite starting slowly and handing over possession in the opening 10 minutes. When Town began to play well they hit devastating form and Valley couldn't cope with their pace. Town
MATT FOSTER and Jason Ramshaw are to lead a British Police team on a tour of New Zealand next month. They were invited to join the police touring party after building close links with the West Yorkshire force in Keighley through the Cougars' community
SILSDEN'S dream of a bumper FA Cup tie died amid a flurry of furious goalmouth action at Cougar Park on Wednesday night -- but hundreds of fans saw them put up an heroic performance. On Saturday a late goal earned a replay against Barrow side Holker Old
THE Kiwi has landed. Whether or not Daniel Snee proves to be the catalyst which lifts Wharfedale up the table remains to be seen but despite remaining pointless and adrift at the foot of the table, there are a lot more positives at Wharfeside Avenue this
THERE is no doubt that the Government's determination to drive through the Bill outlawing foxhunting attacks the way of life of many thousands, perhaps millions, of people. They are quite within their rights to demonstrate and protest both at the principle
Up until last week's final-round victory over St Helens, young loose forward Jamie Langley had played in every Bulls match this season. But with the squad almost back to full fitness - only Paul Anderson remains on the injured list - Langley was the unlucky
Colin Todd will cock a deaf ear to the boo boys at Swindon tomorrow. Todd can expect a rough ride from home fans on his return to the West Country with City. The full version of this story is in this evening's Telegraph & Argus, and will appear on
More than 300 visitors attended Airedale NHS Trust's second annual open evening. At the event, which incorporated the Trust Board's Annual General Meeting (AGM), patients and members of the public were given the chance to meet staff and learn about the
Help desk assistant Anne Sharp stayed super-cool when a man brandishing an axe appeared at the police station counter. Anne, who works at Keighley Police Station, remained calm, talked to the man, who was making threats, and asked him to put the axe on
Ingrow girl Charlie Rawson (pictured) goes into battle next week as one of the stars of the new 13-part Channel 5 TV series Combat Club. The 11-year-old Oakbank School student is one of six youngsters who spent the summer living in a castle while learning
Rookie police officers arrested nine people during a training initiative in Keighley. Nearly 30 Probationer Constables were gaining hands-on crime fighting experience at Alston Road in Stockbridge, Keighley, last Thursday, when they arrested motorists
THE parents of Earby man Darren Myers who died after an incident outside a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday have spoken of their misery at losing a son who was liked by everyone. Gerald and Beryl Myers, of Water Street, said they were still in
TWO trains on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle route are to be axed despite pledges no cuts would occur, say the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line. Vice president of FoSCL Pete Shaw said that the winter timetable, due to start on Monday, revealed that the
POLICE are desperately trying to identify the body of a young woman which was discovered in a stream on Penyghent near Horton-in-Ribblesdale. The body was found shortly before 11.30am on Monday by walkers on the Pennine Way. The woman was found face down
A MOTHER has called for more bridleways after an accident involving her 11-year-old daughter ended in tragedy. Cathy Barrett spoke out after her daughter, Sophie, was in collision with a car while riding her pony, Mr Chuckles, last Sunday in Cononley.
Local Bingley Arts Centre: Bingley Little Theatre presents comedy The Memory of Water (tonight/tomorrow 7.30pm). Phone 01274 432000. Arts Factory, Keighley College: Masquerade, photographs by Joan Keiter of the Venice Carnival (today-November 4). Open
Folk with a rock tinge comes to Glusburn Institute on October 23 in the shape of the Demon Barber Roadshow. The Barbers, led by Keighley singer-musician Damien Barber, perform soon after restarting their monthly residency at the Love Apple in Bradford
IT IS not particularly unusual for dear old Beggarsdale to be split by internecine suspicion, if not your actual warfare. The village already has its in-built factions: locals versus offcumdens, farmers versus office workers, rich versus poor. Some of
SIR - As a single parent in the 80s, working full time and paying for childcare, paddling my own canoe, could I possibly ask Gina Waite to sent me a form so I could apply for "back pamper pay"? J EXLEY Grant Street, Keighley. SIR - I noted with interest
SIR - Your report in the Craven Herald of September 17 of my evidence to the industrial tribunal on behalf of Margaret Falconer against North Yorkshire County Council about matters at Arncliffe School ("Parent tells of loss of confidence in school") is
Councillors have demanded a report into the implications of a Bradford Council security review which was described by one member as "building a wall around City Hall". Among the review's recommendations was that members of the public should be escorted
A schools transport boss has welcomed extra funding and new guidance to set up greener transport schemes. The Government is concerned about the number of children being driven to and from school each day - adding to rising obesity levels among children
Armed police swooped on homes across the district in a series of early morning raids today. Police vans and a number of gun-carrying officers entered and carried out a search of a small terraced house in the Whetley Hill area of Bradford in an operation
MEMBERS of Keighley Amateur Boxing Club are eagerly awaiting the start of the the start of the new season -- and prepared with the club's presentation evening. Cheif guest at St Annes Social Club was Keighley's former Junior ABA champion, Ronnie Murray
THE YORKSHIRE final of the E E Cockroft Handicap went down a treat at Cross Hills, although the wet and cold weather dampened some spirits. The club did a tremendous job to stage the event and deserve a word of thanks. For the locals both Craig Smith
Highlight of the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket League's presentation evening was the announcement of the four Young Cricketers of the Year. These inaugural awards, in the league's fiftieth year, were given for all round cricketing ability, taking account
Huddersfield 49 Keighley 12 - The concession of superior league status proved to be too much for Keighley to handle as they made a quick exit from the Powergen national Intermediate Cup. After suffering relegation last season the ambitious Huddersfield
Kieran Clarke's final race of the 2005 Think! British Superbike Championship ended in disappointment when he crashed out of the first race at Donington Park last weekend. The damage to his bike forced Clarke to sit out race two. Reflecting on his season
YOUNG martial arts stars hit the medal trail when they took part in a major competition recently. Six-year-old Joe Horsfield and Edward Houldsworth (8) won gold medals at the Strike Tae Kwon Do annual competition held at Doncaster. Clubmate Joseph Sharples
ONE of the district's sporting classics, the Three Peaks Cyclo-cross race, takes place this Sunday. The action starts at 9.30am from Helwith Bridge, where the race also finishes. Regarded by some as the world's toughest off-road cycle race, embracing
Silsden 1 Holker 2 Silsden made a desperate attempt to take their FA Cup second preliminary round replay into extra time but a combination of timely tackles and the woodwork foiled them. Silsden peppered the goal area with a series of crosses but all
Skipton are travelling on Saturday, with West Leeds, relegated with them last season, awaiting them at Blue Hill Lane. They have a new player at centre, Kier Downey, who has had the odd first team appearance for Bradford and Bingley but played more for
RIBB resume their league campaign in Yorkshire Two this weekend with an awkward trip to newly-promoted Castleford. If the Settle side are going to mount a serious promotion challenge, then this is the sort of match which must yield points. Ribb are hardly
100 Years Ago THE new Craven Association Football League was "being licked into shape" and due to begin its league fixtures in October. Meanwhile Skipton Association had played Skipton United at football and the paper had words of advice for players and
At last. Someone at the top of an organisation has had the courage to put a complex situation into plain English. That refreshing accolade -- whether we agree with the content and context or not -- goes to Professor Brian Jewell, chairman of the Airedale
