A Bradford mouth cancer expert is backing calls for a total ban on smoking in all bars and restaurants. Dr Vinod Joshi, a consultant in restorative dentistry at St Luke's Hospital in Bradford and a member of the Chief Dental Officer's advisory group
Sunday's Priestley Cup showdown between Pudsey Congs and Woodlands at Bradford & Bingley isn't the only 'knockout final' this weekend. Bingley skipper Carl Sharp reckons there is another winner-takes-all clash tomorrow when his beleaguered side visit
Bradford Park Avenue chairman Dr John Dean is urging supporters to show patience as manager Gary Brook strives to get his best starting XI fit. But he is banking on the side bouncing straight back at Matlock Town tomorrow. Avenue were missing a number
The big-money offers that have tempted local lads Stuart Reardon and Leon Pryce away from Odsal are proof the Bulls' academy system is producing top-notch talent, insists coach Brian Noble. The club yesterday announced that Reardon would follow Pryce
City today followed up their success at keeping Dean Windass by signing veteran frontman Steve Claridge until the end of the season. The 39-year-old, the third oldest outfield player in England, will not feature against Bournemouth tomorrow but he has
Dean Windass today put his faith in City and declared: "I want to be the man to get them up." The Valley Parade hitman is raring to go against Bournemouth tomorrow after the Bantams turned down an offer from Wigan. Latics manager Paul Jewell came in with
In many people's minds, the big health threat from smoking - whether it be to the smokers themselves or to those who inhale second-hand smoke - is to the lungs and heart. It is certainly true that lung and heart disease go hand in hand with smoking. But
The Mayor of Keighley is hoping to renew links with one of its twin towns after a visit there. Cllr Tony Wright spent a day in Poix-du-Nord at the end of a two-week holiday and is planning on welcoming a delegation to Keighley. He planned the visit as
A well-known Keighley pool player has died suddenly, aged 51. John Ward, who chaired the local pool league, collapsed on a train as he travelled to work in Leeds. Waiting paramedics rushed him to Leeds General Infirmary, but he was certified dead on arrival
A 34 year-old man collapsed and died while playing five-a-side football with his 13 year-old son. Paramedics battled to revive Stuart Murgatroyd, who collapsed in the indoor sports hall at Marley, Keighley, at about 6.45pm on Wednesday. His son Mark saw
"AT the end of our first year as a specialist Technology College, I am delighted to see this superb set of results," said Settle College principal Trevor Wear. "Students have, indeed, performed particularly well in the 'technology' subjects (design, science
RATHMELL horseman Bryan Procter is welcoming tips on how to prevent - or indeed, treat - saddlesoreness as he makes final preparations for his latest equine fundraising adventure. Three years ago Bryan, of Cockley Bank, travelled around the Yorkshire
A YEAR after freak weather conditions wrecked more than 20 homes in Sutton, one couple are still homeless. Residents were left devastated on August 10 last year when the River Aire rose more than 1.7 metres and a surge of water flooded the Shieling's
A "LUXURIOUS" retirement complex will replace crumbling former children's home, Burnside House, in Skipton. Craven District Council gave developers Cawder Construction the go-ahead this week to turn the Victorian building, off Carleton Road, into 39 homes
TWO notorious Skipton pests have been banned from most of the town under an interim anti-social behaviour order. Elizabeth Reynoldson, 51, and Darren (Das) Hall, 32, had an order granted against them on Wednesday after magistrates were presented a dossier
Local: Cavendish Galleries, Cavendish Street, Keighley: paintings on theme of Vacation (until September 17). Open Monday to Saturday, 10am-4pm. Out-Of-Town: Kirstall Abbey, Leeds: Leeds Shakespeare Festival with A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming
Keighley singer Rashad Khan is recording a CD of self-written songs after teaming up with performers and producers in Leeds. Rashad is one of the performers at Keighley's Love Music Hate Racism in Victoria Hall on October 29. He is a regular performer
Haworth is most famous for the Bront sisters but villagers will next weekend prove local culture didn't stop with the Victorians. They have devised a four-day arts festival incorporating one of the world's newest and most visually exciting pastimes. Parkour
SIR - I am the man who was nude (basically) in Skipton on Wednesday August 17, the second time that I have been nude in public in Skipton. I was sitting by the canal in Skipton on Saturday August 20, clothed because I was cold when I entered Skipton at
A Council has reacted with anger over Government plans to scrape back more than £500,000 handed to them in grants. Support grants for all councils the past two years have been re-calculated based on more up-to-date population figures meaning Kirklees
Lightly coloured over a photograph, this rather unexciting postcard conveys an impression of what a gracious thoroughfare Skipton Road was when still devoid of both parked and moving cars. This approach to the town centre was admired by Princess Mary
A blind woman is appealing for help after mean thieves stole her guide dog's run. The metal pen, measuring 6ft by 9ft and drilled into the concrete yard outside the front of Paula Ralph's home, was removed during the night. Guide dog Walter, a two-year-old
A Bradford mouth cancer expert is backing calls for a total ban on smoking in all bars and restaurants. Dr Vinod Joshi, a consultant in restorative dentistry at St Luke's Hospital in Bradford and a member of the Chief Dental Officer's advisory group on
Crowds will be out and about at events and attractions across the district for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Organisers of Haworth Carnival are expecting their biggest crowds at what is expected to be one of the highlights. Thousands of people are
A convicted killer could be facing life in jail after a jury found him guilty of a vicious attack with an iron bar. Lee Osadzenko, 26, hit Mark Howson with the weapon across his lower leg, fracturing it so badly that part of the bone was sticking out
The Michael Vaughans of tomorrow are being groomed in Bradford with help from Yorkshire County Cricket Club. As the fourth Test of the Ashes series against Australia got under way yesterday Bradford youngsters were enjoying a taste of the game - many
At least four in ten Bradford pupils have achieved five or more higher grade GCSE passes. It is the first time the district has hit the 40 per cent mark for at least five A* to C grades, the provisional figures reveal. And education bosses predict that
Bradford could soon have seven 24-hour superstores selling booze at all hours of the day and night. The news comes just days after one of them, Tesco's Brighouse store, was controversially granted a 24-hour off licence by Calderdale Council under new
The long trip to Millom in Cumbria proved fruitless for Crosshills on Saturday as they went down 2-1. On a perfect surface, the visitors started the game brightly and the left side was where the damage was being created as Ian Craven caused havoc time
Steeton's push for promotion to division A was dealt a blow when they were beaten by Pool last week. After being asked to bat Steeton got off to a solid start from youngsters James Procter (56) and Ajmal Patankar (35) who put on 101 for the first wicket
Keighley secured the Bradford League Second Division title with an emphatic nine-wicket win at Great Horton. The home side batted first and made a reasonable start on a good pitch progressing to 62-2. Talisman Ross Towler, a man that takes five wicket
THE search is on for players to join the Wildcats - Keighley's girls rugby league team. The club is looking for new players to give the squad a boost for the 2005-06 season. They train at Utley Playing Fields in St John's Road from 6pm on Wednesday evenings
KEIGHLEY is set to go 'Bike Crazy' when the Tour of Britain comes to town next week. The town is set to come alive to pedal-power with an action-packed programme of events leading up to the time when the professional cyclists speed through the area on
GLUSBURN never had enough runs on the board to pose Cullingworth any major problems in this year's Wynn Cup final. The south Craveners had lost three wickets reaching 42 and another went at 58. Then Omar Khatab joined Russell Newton, who was returning
EMBSAY flunked their big chance to put one hand on the First Division title when they were comprehensively beaten by their great rivals Barrowford at Shires Lane. The result puts the visitors back on top of the league and takes the title out of Embsay's
TWO Skipton swimmers have emerged in the top 10 in the country for their age group and event. They were among four Skipton Swimming Club representatives competing in the National Youth Championships, the pinnacle of the swimming calendar for the Skipton
WHARFEDALE kick off their home campaign with their final warm-up game when Cleckheaton visit the Avenue on Saturday (3pm). A squad of 22 will be given a run out, among them four new signings but Chris Malherbe and Anthony Capstick will be missing. Malherbe
Perfect running conditions favoured the Gargrave Show fell races which attracted 106 runners (writes Caroline Thompson). The races were included in both the Wharfedale Harriers and Bofra Championship points calendar with some runners being members of
A REMARKABLE set of results at the weekend has set up a thrilling end to the Veka Ribblesdale League season. With five matches to go over the next three weekends, Settle lead Clitheroe by just a point while Barnoldswick are right back in the mix, just
100 Years Ago THE Craven Football League was gearing up for its second season. Two founder members, Long Preston and Airton, had dropped out and were replaced by Niffany Rovers and Gargrave. Meanwhile Skipton Rugby Club was holding its annual meeting
THROUGHOUT the year the Herald has been documenting a steady and, for the victims, distressing series of purse snatching crimes. Usually taking place in charity shops in the town, the victims have generally been the elderly, presumably because they are
Yorkshire began brightly at Scarborough yesterday but went downhill as the weather deteriorated. At the end of another rain-hit day restricted to 33.3 overs it was Durham who continued to hold the upper hand in the Division Two championship promotion
A prominent Bradford businessman has lashed out at the national minimum wage (NMW) which he says is causing "major problems" for employers. Steven Gash, managing partner of Cleckheaton-based chartered accountants Clough & Company, slammed the fact
It was a steamy affair for a train enthusiast who made tracks from the Isle of Man to marry his sweetheart in Keighley -- the home of Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR). After tying the knot at the Church of the Nazarene in Oakworth on Saturday
New settlers -- "offcumdens" -- in Silsden are to be given a guide to speaking the local lingo. In a first for the area new residents in the town will be given a welcome pack to introduce them to the many attractions and services on offer. It will even
Prince Charles has had it sent to Highgrove, Guy Ritchie got a case for his birthday on his wife Madonna's recommendation, and Hugh Grant enjoys a tipple. So it is no surprise for the brewers at Timothy Taylor's in Keighley that "top people's" grocer
A row has broken out between musicians and a pub landlady over who pays the bill for a portable loo following this month's GuideFest outdoor rock festival. Organisers have blasted Guide Inn landlady Gill Penny for not making a charity donation from her
Airedale NHS Trust's finance director has agreed to head up a nine-month national project, leaving her number two to wrestle with a £5 million debt. But health bosses this week gave their assurances that Janet Crouch's temporary secondment would not affect
Keighley and district GCSE students have once again proved they are top of the class. Many pupils collecting their results yesterday discovered they had chalked up their hoped-for grades. And schools were delighted with the pass rates. At South Craven
A prestigious boiler-making firm could move to Keighley as part of a century-spanning galaxy-crossing new project. Steam-train engineering would be taught alongside space-age science at Keighley College in a linkup with local tourist attractions. The
THE annual community walk around the ancient boundaries of Barnoldswick will take place next weekend. On Saturday September 3, all local residents are encouraged to join in the nine mile circular guided walk, to symbolically reinforce the town's boundaries
A PUBLIC forum will be held in Earby so residents can air their concerns about anti-social behaviour and juvenile nuisance. At a meeting of Earby Parish Council, members met with Insp Richard Clare, of Colne Police, to discuss concerns over policing.
STAFF and pupils at Barnoldswick's West Craven High Technology College will bid a fond farewell to a long-serving member of staff today (Friday). PE teacher Malcolm Rochford is retiring after more than 30 years in the profession. He started at the school
A DEVELOPER could find himself having to pay costs if he appeals against building 13 affordable homes in Sutton. Craven District Council planners turned down Robert Cotterill's request to reduce the number of affordable homes at the former W and JR Thompson
THIS year's Burnsall Feast Sports welcomed not one but two special visitors on Saturday. The Duke of Devonshire's son, the Marquess of Hartington, attended and bravely took on the classic fell race. He came a very respectable 41st out of 95 runners. And
SKIPTON'S own Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story has come true for the winners of Whitakers chocolate competition. Like the factory in the Roald Dahl classic, the Skipton chocolate empire slipped six gold tickets into bags of mis-shapes, which were
A 23-YEAR-OLD was left upset and distressed after an incident in Skipton which police are treating as an attempted abduction. The woman, who is not from Skipton but is currently living and working in the town, was walking along Newmarket Street when the
A MOOR, once the subject of a six-year legal battle over ownership in the 1980s, is again under the spotlight. English Nature, the guardian of the English countryside, claims that Ickornshaw Moor at Cowling - nicknamed the working man's grouse moor -
A SKIPTON teenager may not be able to take up her place at a prestigious musical theatre college because of the high tuition fees. Emma Tillotson, of Lytham Gardens, travelled the country to take part in auditions for some of the most respected musical
SKIPTON Chamber of Trade is calling on Craven District Council to investigate an alternative proposal for the development of the town. The chamber is backing an option put forward by Sebastian Fattorini, of Skipton Castle, who is a member of the Skipton
JUST off the High Street in Skipton, tucked away in a quiet part of town, is a haven for anyone wanting to find alternative health care, quite literally from A to Z. Craven Clinic was established in 1993 by Sue Asquith, a homeopath who wanted to set up
SIR - We were horrified to read the article in the Keighley News where it has been proposed to relocate the fountain that has been in Devonshire Park since the park opened in 1888. The park has been a conservation area for many years and this monument
Bright-eyed Kateryna Pemberton is enjoying a new lease of life beside her new baby sister after undergoing a potentially life-saving operation. The brave eight-year-old has been relishing her new-found freedom since a drastic operation to straighten her
Workers at a Bradford laundry staged a one-day strike yesterday in a long-running battle over pay. About 80 staff at Initial Textile Services in Lidget Green took the action after five months of talks failed to settle the pay row. Three-quarters had voted
A woman was rescued by firefighters after she became trapped in a first-floor flat by a fierce blaze. Another woman reportedly leapt from a window clutching her baby boy before helping three other young children, believed to be pre-school age, to escape
A 'historic' row has erupted over Bradford Council's handling of plans for a new reception area at its Grade I listed City Hall headquarters. Members of the authority's influential regulatory and appeals committee are angry at the lack of information
A father-of-two collapsed and died while playing a five-a-side game of football with his 13-year-old son. Paramedics battled to revive 34-year-old Stuart Murgatroyd, whose passion was football, after he was taken ill at an indoor sports hall where he
Silsden 1 Newcastle Town 3 Silsden showed Newcastle Town too much respect, and gifted them two early goals. That hurdle was just to much despite a spirited second half reply. The visitors took the lead after only five minutes when Silsden failed to clear
HALIFAX TOWN FC are moving to Keighley - to train at Marley coaching centre. The state-of-the-art all weather pitch and indoor facilities have attracted the Nationwide Conference side which plays at The Shay. The soccer centre, which last year had £1
The Worth Valley team found the going tough in their latest Federation district match against Preston, although the reputations of some players remains intact despite the severe mauling. In the home leg at Cross Hills the fast green caught out the locals
Superb weather and Cowling's ground in super condition, together with a large crowd and an absorbing game were all the ingredients of this year's final between Cullingworth and Glusburn. The South Craveners lost three wickets reaching 42 and another at
Glusburn's second string have gained promotion to Division Three and Cononley 2nds will go up to Division Four as the season reaches boiling point. There are also new leaders at the top of Division One after the top two locked horns at Shires Lane. Visitors
Swinton 46, Cougars 0 - Long-serving Cougar fans are used to seeing one-sided scorelines - but they are not used to seeing their own team on the receiving end. Players, coaches and fans try find some positive point from even the most depressing afternoon
TEENAGE rugby league star Tim Bibby has been crowned Cougar Scholarship's 'Top Gun.' Tim, who was captain of the Cougar Cubs Under-16s, was presented with the Eddie Andrews Trophy by first teamcoach Gary Moorby. The winner of the award is guaranteed a
HOLY FAMILY girls travelled to Cariff yesterday to compete in the final of the Powergen Schools Championship. The team set off from Cougar Park at lunch time and were staying in Cardiff on Thursday and Friday nights thanks to an £800 grant from Keighley
FURIOUS Cougar coach, Gary Moorby apologised to fans who travelled to Swinton - and saw their team crushed 46-0. "Our performance was embarrassing and totally unaccep;table. We owe an aplology to the people who travelled to Swinton to support us. "After
ANDY Hodge will start the quest to win his first World Rowing Championship gold medal in Japan next week. The rower from Hebden is part of the Great Britain men's coxless four team which is highly fancied to do well in the championships which begin in
Let this genuine asylum seeker stay SIR - I have read the T&A report (August 16) on the Kurdish asylum seeker Warger Mirza. I am dismayed that he is still being treated in such an appalling manner. I have followed his case from the beginning and it
Adam Cairns, the new Airedale NHS trust chief executive, has stated that there is no basis for the closure of Airedale Hospital or the accident and emergency department. Ian Rutter, chief executive of Airedale and North Bradford PCT, has also categorically
