After going a long way to securing their future in the North West Counties top tier with back-to-back league victories, Silsden turn their attentions to the League Cup tomorrow and a trip to Flixton. "I think we have returned to a solid defence at long
Young Bradford City forward Kevin Sanasy could be making his second Farsley Celtic debut at Prescot Cables tomorrow in the FA Trophy third qualifying round after signing on loan. Celts manager Lee Sinnott swooped to sign the player this week to further
Guiseley could have striker Simon Parke back from injury for tomorrow's FA Trophy tie at home to Kendal Town and that would be a timely boost for the club. Manager Neil Parsley has been negotiating with a forward to add to his squad for some weeks but
Bradford Park Avenue are likely to have new faces in their line-up tomorrow when they face Ilkeston Town at Horsfall Stadium. After losing their last two at home to Frickley and Radcliffe Borough, Gary Brook's men are desperate to put on a winning show
Yorkshire, back in the First Division of the County Cham-pionship, face a tough start to their programme next season. They open up with a visit to holders Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, beginning on April 19. And Yorkshire should soon know if they have
Lesley Vainikolo will be fit and firing for the World Club Challenge showdown with Wests Tigers at the Galpharm on February 4. The giant winger is recovering well from an operation to repair a micro fracture on his right knee - a procedure that involves
The options proposed by the Government for the policing of this part of the country following an enforced scrapping of the West Yorkshire Police Force are both far from acceptable. There are obvious major operational hurdles in the way of combining the
It is imperative for the sake of the future economy of this area to capture some of the commuter wealth of Leeds and indeed Bradford. One way this can be done is through restoring and regenerating town centre buildings -- such as the magnificent Royal
The next stage in turning an old rail route into a leisure trail has been launched. A planning application has been submitted to Bradford Council to transform the Thornton to Queensbury section of the Great Northern Railway into a path for cyclists, walkers
A daughter was shocked to receive a 'flu vaccination saves lives' letter addressed to her mother who had died over 40 years ago. Margaret Healey, of Westburn Avenue, Keighley, had the letter passed on to her by cousin Alan Midgley, who lives near her
"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them", were the words which brought a 94-year-old war veteran and young uniformed cadets together at the Garden of Remembrance service, at 11am, in the Town Hall Square, Keighley, yesterday
Keighley College principal David Gates is leaving to take up a prestigious new post running Doncaster College. Deputy principal Chris Moore will take over temporarily at Keighley when Mr Gates departs in January. A new permanent principal is expected
Keighley MP Ann Cryer was among 49 Labour rebels who dealt Tony Blair his first ever House of Commons defeat on Wednesday, voting against the Government's proposed terror legislation. The measure, to hold terror suspects for up to 90 days without charge
A motorcycling enthusiast has invited bikers from across Europe to commemorate an accident that nearly killed him 40 years ago. Earl Parker, of Eastburn, and his brother Reginald were catapulted across a junction, over an 8ft wall and into a cemetery
A £65 million plan to create hundreds of homes and jobs and breathe new life into the Worth Valley can be revealed today. The scheme at Grove Mills, Ingrow -- unveiled by Skipton Properties -- will involve around 300 plus apartments and more than 50 homes
A PUBLIC meeting will be in held in Barnoldswick to discuss the possibility of introducing a residents only parking scheme in the Commercial Street and Robert Street area of the town. But it will only go ahead with the backing of residents. Those interested
THE new NHS dental team that has been set up in Barnoldswick certainly has a novel touch - and it's a female touch at that! Each one of the nine-strong team is a woman, with six being recruited locally, to back up three Polish dentists. Together, the
BARNOLDSWICK'S fireworks fantasia shrugged off the heavy rain and went off with a bang on Sunday, attracting more than 7,000 people. The event, which was held at Victory Park, also featured fire juggling, a fun fair and live music by up-and-coming soul
SETTLE Town Council has insisted it be kept totally involved in any future decisions regarding the redevelopment plans for the town hall. Plans to transform the building into a rural service centre were given the go-ahead in principle at a meeting of
ERMYSTED'S Grammar School is a good school with an outstanding sixth form, according to Ofsted inspectors. The Government watchdogs descended on the Skipton secondary school last month and have delivered a glowing report, praising the leadership, quality
PATIENTS and officials have hit out at plans to axe Airedale Hospital's gynaecology ward. It is understood the hospital's gynaecology unit could be swallowed up by a new admissions ward. Two patients, who were both recently treated on ward 20, spoke out
AIRTON man Alastair Humphreys who has spent the last four years cycling 45,000 miles around the world is back in England. The 28-year-old zoology graduate and teacher rode out from the Airton home of his parents David and Jenny in September 2001 and was
Mem Shannon -- Spectrum Blues Club House band Blues Breakdown opened Friday's show in their usual way with a couple of rousing up-beat songs. They now have a much broader range of material to perform, including a great arrangement of Midnight Hour. Slide
Keighley's Vizion youth cafe is starting regular rock nights with a four-band concert tomorrow. Random Hand return to their hometown with ska/metal after touring heavily across the UK. Susskind drop in from Skipton with "awesome music and stunning vocals
SIR - We refer to the recent letters in the Craven Herald from Mr Harrison (a Draughton resident) who we must thank for highlighting the road safety issues, and Inspector Chris Charlton regarding the A65 and A59 in the vicinity of Draughton village published
An 87-year-old wheelchair-bound widow says she was told to wait five years for an access ramp or pay for it herself. Marjorie Field says she is a prisoner in her own home until the work is completed. Bradford Council and Bradford Community Housing Trust
A Bradford GP is collecting unwanted crutches, walking frames and wheelchairs to help survivors of the South Asia earthquake get back to health. Many of the victims of the earthquake have not only suffered broken bones but have had limbs amputated. And
Bradford Council was facing the loss of another of its most senior officers today. Kersten England, the authority's policy and performance director, has accepted a role with the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber. Her departure comes after
More than 2,000 people packed York Minster to celebrate the life of former Countdown host Richard Whiteley. His co-host Carol Vorderman led the tributes to Bradford-born Mr Whiteley, who died aged 61 in June following a heart operation. Miss Vorderman
The leader of a £7 million heroin gang was arrested in his Bradford offices in a national drugs bust, a jury was told. It is alleged that Khalid Malik was at the head of a conspiracy to distribute and sell the drug in West Yorkshire. A jury was told yesterday
West Yorkshire Police could become part of a huge new regional force under a massive Government reorganisation. The Home Office today revealed that the force is being given just two options under the national restructuring programme. Under the plans,
KeighleyAlbion 20 Brighouse Rangers 8 - STEVE CULLEN turned on the style to score all four tries as Albion stopped Brighouse in their tracks. Rangers would have gone clear at the top of the table if they had won, but were denied the opportunity by an
Northwich 12 Keighley 10 Keighley visited uncharted waters on their trip to Cheshire club Northwich in round three of the Powergen National Intermediate Cup. Heavy overnight rain rendered the first team pitch unplayable and the game was switched to an
Tingley Bulls 2 AC Victoria 2 - (4-2 to Victoria after extra time) In and even hard fought game honours were even after 90 minutes with the score at 2-2. AC Victoria opened the scoring only for the Buylls to level the scores by half time. The second half
Lower Hopton Res 3 Steeton Res 1 - Despite putting in a much improved performance Steeton Reserves came away from their encounter with Lower Hopton without a point. Despite a bright start for the locals they were punished for defensive mistakes as Hopton
Steeton 6 Keighley Shamrocks 0 - Steeton's super striker Stewart Airdrie played a key role of the Summerhill Lane side's demolition of local rivals Shammies in their second round County Cup game. Steeton got off to a flying start after their first attack
COCA-COLA Division One high-flyers Huddersfield Town are to take on Silsden at Cougar Park on Tuesday. First team players Lee Fowler and Martin McIntosh, who are returning from injury, could be in the line-up of the Huddersfield side, and Silsden manager
COUGARS have been handed a £20,000 donation - to launch a team development fighting fund. The mystery benefactor has asked not to be named, but chairman Neil Spencer said: "The money has come from a lifelong supporter and the aim is to launch a fund to
NORTH Ribblesdale and Skipton are upset at having lost considerable sums of money last weekend when both their scheduled opponents cancelled at short notice. Ribb were looking forward to an intriguing Powergen Junior Vase third-round tie at home to unbeaten
100 years ago SKIPTON folk saw their dream of getting a library in the town fading. There had been no official announcement from the Public Free Library Committee as to the progress of the scheme by which the town would secure £3,000 from Andrew Carnegie
THERE are plenty of indications that Tesco's plans to extend its Skipton store look like getting short shrift when the council's planning committee meets on Monday. We can see why Tesco wants to carry out improvements. The company is hugely successful
Holders Birkenshaw start their defence of the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup with a preliminary-round tie against Wyke at East Bierley. Birky may be struggling in Pennine League Division One this season but with the carrot of a final at Odsal Stadium
Bradford & Bingley are looking for include some loan signings to bolster their squad for tomorrow's re-arranged Powergen National Trophy fifth-round tie at home to Exeter (1.45). Bees head coach Geoff Wappett said: "We will be without centre Stuart
The Northern Counties East Premier Division takes a break this weekend as the clubs are involved in the second round of the League Cup and, of the three local sides, Eccleshill United have the sternest challenge. Ray Price's men are involved in an all-Premier
Donovan Smillie follows the old adage that the bigger they come, the harder they fall. And Bradford's English middleweight champion is confident of sending challenger Steve Bendall crashing when they meet in Coventry on December 10. Home-town favourite
Colin Todd sends City into the heat of another Yorkshire derby tomorrow aiming to signal a charge up the table. Fifth-placed Barnsley come to Valley Parade two points above City after a five-match unbeaten run which earned Andy Ritchie the League One
A Shipley design group is set to branch into the worldwide interior design market. The Robinson Design Group takes on more than 1,000 projects a year in the UK and overseas, principally in China. Now the company, which employs 120 people at its base at
A group of 22 Scouts and Guides from Keighley and South Craven have achieved outstanding marks in an international science competition. The youngsters were competing in the International Space Olympics in Korolev, near Moscow, on a trip organised by Keighley
St Stephen's Church at Steeton is bidding a sad farewell to its vicar, who has given three years of devoted service. Rev Martyn Pinnock and his wife Dottie will leave for America at the end of this month, when the vicar will become the priest in charge
No one had expected the devastation wrought by the floods which hit the region almost exactly five years ago. The eyes of the nation turned to the Aire Valley when the Rivers Aire and Worth burst their banks, deluging villages with millions of gallons
Ambitious plans to convert a former school into a sports and arts facility have received the unanimous support of Keighley Town Council. The town council has thrown its weight behind the steering group, which has taken up the baton of renovating the former
A PIVOTAL moment in the campaign to see the Skipton to Colne railway line reopened took place on Friday when two MPs normally on opposite sides of the fence expressed solidarity for the cause. Members of pressure group Selrap - the Skipton East Lancashire
PARENTS who have campaigned for years for a safer route for their children to walk to school in Skipton are celebrating after it was agreed two crossings will be installed. Puffin crossings will be introduced on Water Street and Mill Bridge in the New
A DAIRY farm in Storiths which diversified to provide a caf and model railway 16 years ago has had its efforts recognised. Buffers Coffee Shop, at Back O Th' Hill Farm, was opened by Keith and Pam Blackburn in 1989 when the future of dairy farming looked
DOZENS of concerned residents attended a meeting in Grassington to find out more about the road works on the B6265 at Tyke Hill. Known locally as Tile Kiln Hill, the road between Skipton and Grassington has subsided in three places just south of Rylstone
AN eight part series charting the life of Upper Wharfedale over a year airs on Yorkshire Television next week. Filmed by Grassington-based Cheeky Monkey Films, The Real Emmerdale is an observational documentary which follows the lives of a number of Dales
A GRANDMOTHER had to pull her grandchild to safety after a runaway double decker bus headed towards her car in the car park behind Skipton Town Hall. Julie Middleton was at the back of her Vauxhall Zafira strapping her two-year-old grandson, Thomas, into
CRAVEN councillors have reiterated their support against plans to close one of the district's smallest schools. North Yorkshire County Council announced last week that it would go ahead and begin consultations with parents and the community about the
SKIPTON'S proposed new, larger Tesco store looks set to be knocked back by Craven District Council. Council officers have recommended the application be refused amid a barrage of opposition from residents, the town council and civic society. The supermarket
Thud -- Terry Pratchett Straight-as-a-die copper Sam Vimes tries to keep two warring factions apart in the latest adventure for the Ankh Morpork Watch. The enemies are dwarves and trolls and Sam's officers include a vampire, werewolf and imp as well as
Bananarama -- Drama After a lengthy absence Bananarama return and it's very much the same formula that made the girls such a successful group in the 80s. Opening track Move In My Direction soon puts young pretenders like Girls Aloud firmly in their place
Local: West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth: Gilbert and Sullivan's operator Patience (Tuesday-Saturday 7.30pm, Saturday 2.15pm). Tickets from Haworth Tourist Information Centre. Bingley Arts Centre: Bingley Amateurs in light-hearted Cole Porter musical
Sutton Amateurs this month return to their roots with the first pantomime written entirely by their current members. A writing team led by producer Philip Smith decided they could devise Cinderella just as well as the professionals. This year's panto
SIR - As the Royal British Legion once again undertakes this year's Poppy Appeal, I am writing to ask your readers for their continued support for this very worthy cause. This year is, of course, a significant anniversary, marking the 60th anniversary
Here are some of the 130 youngsters of Laycock, Braithwaite, Holme House, Goose Eye, Newsholme and Black Hill who attended a children's treat in the Laycock Institute on January 1, 1930. Although only the second of its kind, this was billed as "a highly-appreciated
A 19th century church is losing its pews in a bid to stay open seven days a week. The doors at St John's Church in Cleckheaton are currently locked every day bar Sundays and it is the nearby church hall that attracts the community. But in a bid to revitalise
The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi will visit Bradford next week to speak to students during the district's peace festival. Rajmohan Gandhi has chosen to come to the city as part of his peace tour of the United Kingdom. And his visit will form part of the
The Bishop of Bradford helped pupils celebrate the launch of their new school. The Right Reverend David James was special guest at the official opening of Westminster CofE Primary School in Undercliffe yesterday. The school opened this term to replace
Pharmacists are helping in the fight against mouth cancer by making people more aware of signs and symptoms to look out for. Mouth cancer kills one person every five hours in the UK and as part of national Mouth Cancer Awareness Week, which runs all next
A man has told a jury he killed his bullying stepfather after suffering years of mental abuse. Darren Gregson, 30, said he must have lost his temper and snapped when he knifed Mark Berry seven times in the chest. Gregson told Leeds Crown Court yesterday
Dedicated volunteers are cleaning up the district to boost civic pride. The initiative started with two recruits but after an article appeared in the Telegraph & Argus eight more volunteers have signed up for operation clean-up, sweeping up and maintaining
Bradford could become a Muslim 'beacon centre' serving as a model for smaller mosques and cultural centres in a bid to tackle the extremism that led to the July 7 bombings. And international scholars will travel to the city to talk to people who work
It wasn't jewellery, a romantic meal for two or even a weekend away that Tim Sander bought his loved one for her 35th birthday. It was a visit to a crisp factory - because the lady loves... er... Nik Naks. Primary school teacher Natasha Mills got the
Lothersdale 'A' had the edge over their 'C' team this week in their Keighley & District Table Tennis League Division One clash. Keith Wilkinson was on song for the winners with a treble, although it took a monumental effort to overcome the challenge
Cougar Cubs Under-15s 26 Slaithwaite 12 - A very lethargic performance from the Cubs saw them struggle in the early part of the game. They missed tackle after tackle until Josh Ireland crashed through to score ten minutes into the game and repeated the
Keighley Ladies 2 Ossett 1 - OSSETT were eager for revenge after losing to Keighley in the County Cup last month - but they could not stop the home side's victory romp. They have now clocked up six consecutive wins and welcomed back midfielders Frances
Silsden 3 Atherton LR 0 - Tom Appelbee followed up his brace of goals with a stunning display of pace, tenacity and tight ball control that had the opposition mesmerised. The opening goal came after the speedy winger out-paced Gary Kelly to cross from
THAI BOXER Lance Hall won his first fight with a blistering display at one of the country's top competitions for the sport. Lance, from Keighley, took just 1 minute 23 seconds to end the contest against a fighter from the Kings Cobra Gym in Durham. He
KARATE World Champion Paul Newby is to take his first step on the road to the boxing big time with his first professional fight this weekend. Newby stunned the martial arts world when he decided to turn his back on karate after taking the world title
SOUTH Craven School's year seven boys and year seven girls' rugby league teams have won themselves the chance of a lifetime. They have both qualified for the Yorkshire Powergen Schools finals and will play in curtain-raisers before tri-nations games later
RIDDLESDEN Cricket Club are using solicitors to appeal against a decision by the Craven League to dock them points which has seen them relegated to division four. The club were asked to attend a disciplinary meeting after the league received a complaint
NEARLY two years since badly breaking his right leg at Bracknell, there is light at the end of the tunnel for Wharfedale's Andy Hodgson (writes Mike Crowther). Few players have spent more time on the treatment table than the former Greens' skipper. The
Please support the Poppy Appeal SIR - As the Royal British Legion once again undertake this year's Poppy Appeal, I am writing to ask readers for their continued support for this cause. This year is, if course, a significant anniversary marking the 60th
