Anti-smoking campaigners have reacted with dismay after the Government pledged to push ahead with its partial smoking ban in enclosed public places. Groups including the British Medical Association, the British Heart Foundation and Action on Smoking
Gomersal and Cleckheaton Football Club's under-sevens, also known as the Falcons, have soared to another title. The youngsters from the Keybury League made it three victories in as many events when they won the prestigious Leeds United Tournament at the
BRAMHOPE is preparing to clash swords with Leeds over a prominent wall that started life as old dry stone but ended up made of modern red brick. Parish and ward councillors have been trying for months to find out why new flats off Leeds Road, on the old
A SUCCESSFUL school left reeling after being refused funding to bring its buildings up to scratch has been hit with a fresh health and safety blow. Electricians testing Prince Henry's Grammar School have condemned the electrics in three areas - the Newall
LANDOWNERS could scupper a plan to create a new pathway on the former railway line between Addingham and Bolton Abbey. One of the main owners of the land over which the path would cross is refusing to negotiate with the Millennium charity Sustrans, said
ONE of Ilkley's most prolific authors has brought out a new book about the First World War. In the run up to Remembrance Day on November 11, Neil Hanson tells the story of three of the unknown soldiers whose plight touched the hearts of nations. Of all
SPECIAL measures have been brought in by the postal service to prevent damage to people's mail in the run-up to Bonfire Night. People trying to post letters at the postboxes outside Ilkley Post Office on Station Road, have been confronted by an attachment
The appalling weather conditions on Saturday night certainly hit the attendance at the 29th annual Bonfire and Fireworks Display organised by the Ilkley Moor Lions Club at the East Holmes Fields. Event-goers numbered hundreds instead of the usual thousands
FEARS over the future of Addingham's medical services have been raised by the forthcoming loss of the practice nurse at the surgery of Doctor Eugene Raubitschek. This latest worrying development, coupled with the long delays over the promised medical
SHOCK and concern has greeted the news that the 541 home High Royds redevelopment has changed hands at the last minute. Workmen only began moving equipment onto the former Menston hospital site last Thursday but it has now emerged that the Raven Group
THE spiralling costs of a Bradford Council scheme designed to save money have been labelled a 'scandal' by an Ilkley parish councillor. A £1.2 billion plan to put the running of buildings such as Ilkley's Manor House Museum, Town Hall, swimming pool and
Bradford needs the equivalent of a new town to meet its future housing needs, a controversial study has calculated. But campaigners warned today that the building of more than 30,000 new homes, as suggested in a draft regional planning blueprint, would
ANGRY residents of Valley Drive, Ilkley, this week blamed Bradford Council for flooding which has affected their homes twice in the last 12 months. A blockage at a culvert where Backstone Beck flows under Valley Drive sent water flooding across the road
With the end of the 2005 track and field season, a great many local athletes' performances have been rewarded with inclusion in the Top 10 of the UKA's Eastern Region Ranking Lists. Leeds City AC feature prominently in the lists but there are also representations
Old Otliensians 25 Halifax Vandals 7 A sixth consecutive league victory saw Old Otliensians maintain a commanding lead at the head of Yorkshire League Division Four. Having had a free Saturday players were eager to get back into action but found bottom
Harlow Hill 1 Burley Trojans 3 BURLEY Trojans showed their resilience as they bounced back from last week's disappointment and an indifferent first-half showing to eventually overcome a dogged Harlow Hill side who played most of the second-half with ten
IT may have seemed a backward step for rising young soccer star Danny Forrest when his club Bradford City loaned him out to Conference side Halifax Town. However, Forrest has no regrets at all with his loan switch to The Shay. The City striker has played
Otley 24 Doncaster 16 OTLEY swept into the top half of the league with a win that proved to be less than their hard endeavours deserved. They were once again so much in command by dint of the superiority of their forwards that the result should have been
Car parking could be given a radical overhaul in an effort to transform the fortunes of a town. Campaigners say businesses are suffering from the the continuing problems of a lack of proper parking facilities, and want concerted action for change. This
The Government has been urged to make sure Bradford does not shoulder the costs of tackling traffic congestion caused by the Bingley Relief road. And a solution to problems on the A650 Saltaire roundabout look as far away as ever with no agreement in
A group of 22 workers have been made redundant from one of Otley's biggest employers. The job losses took place last week at Garnett's paper mill, which gave notice it would be making redundancies more than 90 days ago. Some of the former employees will
These children survived the South Asian earthquake - but it has cost them their limbs. Thousands of children like them are waking up in hospitals across the disaster-struck region without arms and legs - the price they have paid for living through the
Anti-smoking campaigners have reacted with dismay after the Government pledged to push ahead with its partial smoking ban in enclosed public places. Groups including the British Medical Association, the British Heart Foundation and Action on Smoking and
Three teenage bullies who subjected a woman with learning difficulties to a terrifying ordeal in a flat have been locked up by a judge. The 25-year-old victim, who was described as a vulnerable woman, was punched and hit with various items including part
Alderley Edge 2 Ben Rhydding Firsts 4 BEN Rhydding men's first team travelled to Cheshire boosted by the knowledge that Alderley Edge's Australian Olympic bronze medallist was sidelined with a broken leg. Nonetheless, Alderley began brightly and Rhydding
Harlow Hill 1 Burley Trojans 3 BURLEY Trojans showed their resilience as they bounced back from last week's disappointment and an indifferent first-half showing to eventually overcome a dogged Harlow Hill side who played most of the second-half with ten
Ilkley 17 Selby 16 A thoroughly wet end to the week had left Stacks Field looking a touch bedraggled. A fair proportion of the large crowd had enjoyed some wonderful hospitality and chose the shelter of the corporate conservatory to watch this spellbinding
What is left for councillors to do? SIR - I remember the time when Bradford city was a proud centre of industry. It was run by a City Council which was responsible with the Corporation for the production and supply of electricity and gas, for reservoirs
IT'S about time a plea was made for more sensible local government. A few short years ago, Tony Blair's 'New Labour' Government announced a drive to try to modernise local authorities, sweeping away structures and management systems which had grown up
Bradford Park Avenue lost their unbeaten UniBond League home record after a woeful defensive display against second-placed Frickley Athletic at Horsfall Stadium last night. The earlier torrential rain did little harm to the playing surface and Avenue
City, looking for their first win in the FA Cup for six years, have slashed the prices of tickets for the first-round tie at home to Tranmere Rovers on Sunday, November 6 (3pm). After the embarrassment of being kicked out of the competition by lowly Rushden
Being recalled to the Great Britain squad marked the end of the most difficult time in Leon Pryce's career. After being overlooked for international selection two years ago due to an ongoing court case that could have seen him jailed, and then missing
ON reading the publicity for Grove and Rawdon Theatre Company's production of "Seussical the Musical" over the past few weeks you may well have fallen into one of two camps. There will be those of you with children or grandchildren who will immediately
A FORMER psychiatric hospital ward is to play host to a long-running sports and social club as it patiently awaits its new home. High Royds Sports and Social Club is about to move into what was once Ward Ten of High Royds Hospital -- and latterly a training
SHOCK and concern has greeted the news that the 541 home High Royds redevelopment has changed hands at the last minute. Workmen only began moving equipment onto the former Menston hospital site last Thursday but it has now emerged that the Raven Group
WORK is well underway on the demolition of Otley's closed auction mart. Demolition work started earlier this month on the former Bridge End auction mart and is expected to take a few more weeks -- though council planners still have to give formal consent
AN Otley woman is celebrating after her Fell pony was named a champion at the prestigious Horse of the Year Show. An enthusiastic crowd saw Quarryhouse Jasper win the Balanced Horse Feed Mountain and Moorland Working Hunter Pony of the Year at the premier
TWENTY-TWO workers have been made redundant from one of Otley's biggest employers -- and some of them will have to wait up to six months before receiving all of their redundancy pay. The job losses are at Garnett's paper mill, which blames the delay in
The Government at last stopped dithering over its plans to restrict smoking in England's bars and restaurants, as we and many others have been urging it to do. Unfortunately, though, it decided to follow dither with a wholly uncceptable fudge. After all
High street bank Abbey will not say whether a new round of job cuts will effect its Bradford operations, where it employs about 1,200 people at its call centre and branches. The bank has hinted that a fresh round of redundancies are likely over the next
A pilot project has been launched to help older Bradford workers find jobs. The Leeds-based Fair Play Project has been given nearly £1.5 million to pioneer the initiative in Yorkshire and promote the unique contribution the over 50s make to the labour
A major initiative is to be launched in Bradford to persuade more young people to become entrepreneurs. A series of events is planned to coincide with Enterprise Week, which begins on November 14. The move comes as figures reveal contrasting levels of
WORK has begun on the Burley-in-Wharfedale phase of an £8.5 million project to improve the water supply pipes throughout the Ilkley area. The work is taking place in the Back Lane and Southfield Road areas, where a total of 600 metres of water pipe will
Bus changes may confuse users of the 'W' service SIR, - In the face of shifting populations and a long term decline in bus use, I welcome Metro's serious look at bus services in the Wharfe Valley (Wharfedale Observer, October 20). However, the changes
Advice for older readers around Hallowe'en time SIR, - A knock at the door on Halloween or Guy Fawkes Night is an annoyance for most people, but generally these callers turn out to be completely harmless. However, we at Help the Aged are concerned that
OTLEY Athletic Club's Ian Fisher was the first non-African runner to finish the Nairobi Marathon, part of the Greatest Race on Earth series. Ian finished third in the Nations Overall Challenge to Kenya's Muge Edward who finished in 02.18.23 and Zimbabwe's
Hornsea 11 Aireborough 19 Delaying the kick-off for an extra 15 minutes with Aireborough stuck in severe traffic left the away side's prior preparation to a dismal nothing. However, this still didn't prevent the gallant Aireborough side from finishing
Ilkeston Town 0 Guiseley 1 DESPITE having lost the services of Roy Stamer, Craig Smith and Chris Coupe in recent weeks Guiseley kept on the play-off trail with a hard-earned victory at Ilkeston on Saturday. Since then manager Neil Parsley has signed midfielder
Huge costs for agency foster carers is one reason for a potential £7 million overspend in Kirklees social services, says the council leader. Councillor Kath Pinnock wants people to lobby the Government for more money for social care by signing an online
Bradford's Police Community Supp-ort Officers are taking part in a new drive to clean up Manningham. The officers will be visiting homes and businesses in the area to hand out leaflets about a community clean-up and warning people that they could end
Motorists will be given a personal message to watch their speed if Bradford Council's Executive gives the go-ahead to £1.5 million road safety proposals. The Council's executive will meet on Tuesday to consider the Casualty Reduction Programme, a list
Pharmacists in Bradford have signed up to help promote exercise as a way of improving people's physical and mental health. They will display posters and leaflets to encourage people to make exercise part of their everyday life. It is part of a joint project
A multicultural women's volunteer group is set to take Bradford by storm - starting with a launch party this weekend. Future for Women was set up earlier this year to bring together Bradford women of all cultures. And within months of conception, the
Plans to build a new city academy on the site of a failing school could be dropped because it is too close to a large chemical works. The Telegraph & Argus can reveal the Government wants to close Wyke Manor School in Bradford and replace it with
A private partner could be brought in to share ownership of Leeds Bradford Airport in return for funding. The option is recommended in a private consultants' report into the airport's future commissioned by Leeds Council. Top-level talks about the plan
It is better value to make movies in Bradford than in London, according to new research. A study commissioned by the regional screen agency, Screen Yorkshire, and carried out by Richard Johns, producer of the Calcium Kid starring Orlando Bloom, found
Three doormen have been arrested in connection with the death of a man outside a Bradford nightclub. Police are investigating the suspicious death of the man, who has not yet been named, that took place outside Revolution in the West End area of Bradford
A grieving mum today spoke of the sudden and harrowing loss of her baby son to meningitis. Heather Holmes said she has been left feeling numb over the death of eight-month-old Joshua Ellis Holmes, and shocked at how quickly the infection had taken hold
Ilkley Under-7s were invited to take part in a friendly six-a-side tournament at Leeds United's Training Academy at Thorp Arch against various teams from around the Yorkshire district. Ilkley were initially overawed by the facilities on offer and were
Kellingley Welfare 1 Ilkley AFC 4 Ilkley continued their good run of form by beating Kellingley Welfare in the rain on Saturday afternoon, in a game that was packed with incident. Martin Jones returned to replace Dave Bainbridge in goal, and Martin Taylor
The evidence is incontrovertible - no-one can seriously dispute that climate change is happening. The only debate is whether the dramatic changes we are seeing around us are simply cyclical or the result of the damage we are doing. But that debate itself
