Bradford MP and Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe will be in West Yorkshire on Monday to tell key players in the region how employment relations can help the region's economy. Mr Sutcliffe will be giving the opening address at an event
A Bradford manufacturer of seasonings and mixes has bought a food company based in Chesterfield. Family-run Gordon Rhodes & Sons, based in Chase Way, off the M606, has merged with Supreme Food Ingredients Limited. "Supreme is a small company which
Businesses are to get the low-down on ambitious plans for reviving the Bradford Canal. The multi-million pound project to form a five kilometre stretch between Bradford and Shipley will be explained at a forum aimed at companies operating in the Canal
A trailblazing packaging company has been nominated for 16 awards in the "Oscars" of the print industry. The OPM Group in Keighley, which also has a print factory in Bradford, is competing for the top prizes in the European Flexographic Technical Association
Just keep winning - that's the order for Bradford Salem as they bid to continue their push for promotion. The Yorkshire One outfit head to struggling Huddersfield YMCA tomorrow knowing they have to maintain a victorious run during the closing stages of
Ricky Hatton has ducked out of a long-awaited mega-fight with Junior Witter. Hatton was offered the clash with his Bradford light-welterweight arch-rival for his American debut in May after intended opponent Juan Lazcano broke a finger in training. But
It is perhaps not surprising that determined smokers are blatantly flouting the ban on smoking in and around Bradford Royal Infirmary. What is so very disappointing, though, is that they are being allowed to get away with it. It was a welcome move when
A tea dance organiser is desperate to get a bus to drop his fellow dancers off outside Victoria Hall. Deryck Feather, of Hainworth in Keighley, holds a monthly tea dance at the hall and many of the elderly people who come to the dances have told him they
Bradford MP and Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe will be in West Yorkshire on Monday to tell key players in the region how employment relations can help the region's economy. Mr Sutcliffe will be giving the opening address at an event in
A mystery woman, her little dog and a man are picking up litter in Silsden for free and more and more people in the town would like to thank them for the job they do. It is thought the woman lives in Tufton Street and early Sunday and Monday mornings
This year's Keighley Gala Queen will be surrounded by a bigger bouquet than ever before. Organisers have for the first time recruited a "petal" to serve alongside the traditional rosebud. Oakbank School student Abigail Williams, from Oakworth, was on
Businesses are to get the low-down on ambitious plans for reviving the Bradford Canal. The multi-million pound project to form a five kilometre stretch between Bradford and Shipley will be explained at a forum aimed at companies operating in the Canal
Keighley Vocal Union has gone on the record to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Two new CDs will be on sale tomorrow during the choir's birthday concert. A new 16-page booklet outlining the choir's history will also be available at the performance, in
There was order in the court as students from Greenhead High School took part in a mock magistrates' trial competition and cross-examined their way to second place. The group of 12 year nine pupils took on the different roles of magistrates, lawyers and
The defection of Cllr Rose Thompson has caused the town council "embarrassment on a national scale", says Deputy mayor Cllr Graham Mitchell. Cllr Mitchell said: "She could and should have waited until mid-May before making such an explosive political
Lottery grants totalling over £26,000 have been awarded to local groups. Half a dozen organisations share the cash, announced this week. Throughout Yorkshire and the Humber, 203 grants -- totalling £885,646 -- have been given in the latest round of the
A chemical company has sought to reassure angry residents that storing extra chemicals will not endanger their safety. A packed public meeting at Cross Hills last week heard company representatives from Airedale Chemicals defend their application to store
Smokers who drop their cig ends on Keighley's streets face an on-the-spot £50 fine. Bradford Council warns it is getting tough to stub out the litter menace. And to help smokers avoid a ticket, it is offering people free pocked-sized containers -- shaped
Sacked mayoress Rose Thompson was last night set to defiantly attend her first council meeting since her shock defection to the British National Party. Despite numerous calls to resign, the Keighley town councillor was due to attend the general purposes
A BITTER dispute between Barnoldswick town councillors got personal this week, with one accusing others of operating a "clique". The row comes after a group of councillors voted against using a former school building on Rainhall Road as the town council's
A SELSIDE resident and local councillor has voiced his concern as another vehicle was added to the road traffic accident statistics. Coun Wilf Fenten said he was concerned that with spring on the way the number of cars and motorbikes would increase on
DESPITE being a heavy smoker for most of her life, Skipton woman Edna Ridd celebrates her 100th birthday tomorrow (Saturday). Mrs Ridd told the Herald she never thought she would make her century, but that working hard throughout her life had stood her
SKIPTON-based Craven College will soon be training the pilots of the future. The college's aviation academy at Leeds-Bradford Airport already runs courses for students hoping to embark on careers as cabin crew or in air traffic control and passenger service
HAZARDOUS chemicals do not belong where people live was the message from more than 100 residents who packed out a public meeting. South Craven residents crammed into St Peter's Church Hall, Cross Hills, last Thursday to hear why the village's Airedale
A WOMAN was left injured and shaken after a man pounced on her on a Skipton street. The 26-year-old woman was walking home along Upper Sackville Street at 10.10pm on Friday. She had nearly reached the recreation ground at the top of the hill when a man
THE cobwebs have been dusted off a long-forgotten scheme to address traffic congestion and pedestrian safety in Skipton's Caroline Square. Next weekend the county council's highways department will hold a mini exhibition on a £150,000 scheme, which is
The future of folk clubs in West Yorkshire is addressed in the latest issue of regional folk magazine Tykes' News. Well-known figures on the local scene discuss how to arrest the decline in attendance at some clubs. The debate centres on the quality of
A grandmother who described ovarian cancer as a "time-bomb in her body" is trying to raise the profile of the disease. Jean Boucher, 69, of Glen Road in Baildon, and her husband Des had just started a new life in Australia a mass on her ovary was discovered
A hi-tech computer system used in the hunt for the killers of PC Sharon Beshenivsky could be costing lives on the region's roads, an expert has warned. Steve Thornton, chairman of West Yorkshire Road Safety Strategy Group, told the government's Transport
A councillor kicked off Bradford Council for not attending a single meeting for six months has hit out at the system he says is open to abuse. Khadam Hussain was elected for the Conservatives in City ward two years ago. But earlier this week he was sacked
Health bosses have given a cash-strapped healthy living centre a stay of execution by providing stop-gap funding. Caf West in Allerton had feared it would have to close its doors when its funding runs out on March 31. But Bradford South and West Primary
Blind and deaf sportswoman Mandy Schofield is searching for a sponsor to help her mount a bid for a place in the 2012 Parlaympics. The 32-year-old horse rider, who just missed out last year on a squad place for the 2008 Beijing parlaympics, is struggling
The grieving mother of a Bradford soldier killed in Iraq today spoke of her anger at the Prime Minister's response to her demands for answers. Pauline Hickey says she has been searching for justice since her son Sergeant Christian Hickey, 30, died in
A football tournament encouraged children from different backgrounds to get to know one another. Khalil Hussain, a learning mentor at Springwood Primary School in Wood Street, Manningham, Bradford, decided to set up a contest with eight teams from eight
Community leaders say more than £100,000 and six years of hard work have gone to waste after plans for a flagship cricket ground were scrapped. Bradford Council, which has set up a steering group to run the board of regeneration company Regen 2000, has
Half of Bradford's Roman Catholic churches could close following a crisis review by the diocese caused by declining congregations and crumbling buildings. Under the proposals, revealed exclusively to the Telegraph & Argus by the Bishop of Leeds, the
Patients and visitors to Bradford Royal Infirmary are blatantly flouting a smoking ban at the hospital. The ban in and around the hospital came into force on January 1 but the message does not seem to be getting across. Despite large signs warning of
SO Keighley Cougars came through their Challenge Cup test against Bradford amateurs West Bowling without too much fuss. And that win should give them some confidence looking ahead to Sunday's visit of neighbours Halifax -- as well as for the next round
IT WILL be far from an easy ride for a host of Keighley competitors this weekend as the British Bike Trial Championship gets underway at Addingham Moorside. BikeTrial -- the fastest growing area of mountain biking in the UK -- is said to be the ultimate
DREAMS of Challenge Cup glory will be on the backburner this weekend as Cougars play host to West Yorkshire rivals Halifax on Sunday, kick-off 3pm. Peter Roe's side return to Northern Rail Cup action after their comprehensive 34-0 win over amateur side
THE proposed expansion of national one to 16 teams could be given the green light today (Friday). RFU council members are expected to vote on the matter at a meeting this afternoon. Wharfedale president John Spencer, who will speak at the full council
Gritting teams' superb example SIR - As yet another batch of 'double-inflation' council tax bills hits our doormats it is tempting to paint all the Council's operations with the same depressing brush of ill-managed inefficiency. But one service at least
100 Years Ago JOHN Green, Skipton Rugby Club's captain, was selected to play for England in the international against Scotland. A series of outstanding displays for the Yorkshire county team had earned him the honour. The Yorkshire Evening Post had commented
WE were somewhat surprised at an announcement that there was to be a public consultation exercise on Skipton traffic measures next Friday (we can hear the groans all round from readers - "Oh no, not another one!"). It transpires that this is not a new
Keighley salon Streets Ahead has been nominated for the Learning and Skills Council's prestigious Apprenticeship Awards. The company was nominated, by Keighley College, in the Employer of the Year category. Carol Coulton, manager of the college's In2Work
A Haworth family business received an unusual visitor last Thursday afternoon. The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Rev David James, toured Airedale Springs Ltd on Ebor Lane. It was the second of several visits the Bishop is making this year to companies
A woman has started her new career as an ingenious virtual personal assistant Sarah Standeven, 53, of Silsden, has plenty of secretarial knowledge and experience of being a PA, and when she was made redundant last year she did some research and found
The Coventry boxing crowd will swear by Khurram Hussain. The unbeaten Bradford light-middleweight chalked up the most impressive win of his fledgling career over another fighter who had never previously tasted defeat. Dinner-show opponent Joe McCluskey
Avenue travel to Leek Town tomorrow for their first-ever visit to Harrison Park. The game is arguably the club's most important in recent years as the battle to avoid relegation from the Northern Premier League hots up. The defeat to high-flying Marine
David Wetherall is urging City to pump up the feel-good factor surrounding new investment talk with a first home win in 2006. With a potential money man waiting in the wings, Wetherall believes it is vital the team can deliver against Oldham tomorrow.
There's no half measures for rookie Bull Adam Watene, who makes his Super League debut tonight - in the fierce Knowsley Road cauldron. The Cook Islander prop has been restricted to Senior Academy duty since joining the champions from Castleford Tigers
Keighley's answer to comic duo Morecambe and Wise -- Marsden and Rundle -- are about to embark on the creation of their 50th pantomime. The two 79 year-olds, a creative twosome since lads in their teens, have already decided on the version -- Babes in
A Bradford manufacturer of seasonings and mixes has bought a food company based in Chesterfield. Family-run Gordon Rhodes & Sons, based in Chase Way, off the M606, has merged with Supreme Food Ingredients Limited. "Supreme is a small company which
A man who beat prostate cancer is now counselling patients who are going through the same ordeal. Brian Thurling survived the deadly disease, which kills 10,000 men a year, and a further two years of incontinence problems. As a result of his experiences
The only way is Fairtrade for Keighley Woodcraft Folk, who were out in force in Sainsbury's supermarket on Saturday to convert shoppers to their way of thinking. Seven Elfins (aged 6-9) from the group worked hard to promote Fairtrade, handing out samples
A Haworth pub landlord has hit back at objections to his second application in four months to extend his licence. Opening hours were extended last November at the King's Arms, at the top of Main Street, despite objections from neighbours. Now the licensee
Councillors next week will discuss the best ways of spending a £1.62 million windfall. The Government cash is to support new and existing projects and businesses in the district. It was awarded under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme
Links between the local district authority and parish councils are being further strengthened. A special charter, which will help parish and town councils seeking quality status, is set to be approved by Bradford Council's executive. The tailor-made charter
MP Ann Cryer is urging the Government to show courage and make forced marriage a new criminal offence. Whitehall is due to make an announcement on whether it will outlaw the practice within the next few weeks. Meanwhile, the Home Office and Foreign and
Thieves took gardening equipment belonging to the Friends of Oakworth Park on Wednesday night. The raiders forced their way into a storage building in the park and took goods worth over £1,100. The items -- two hedge trimmers, two strimmers and a chain
The people of a small French town, where Keighley brewery drayman Pte Arthur Poulter won his Victoria Cross in the First World War, are looking to twin with a town in the district in his honour. The Mayor of Erquinghem-Lys, a town near Lille, is urging
Could this be the face of the new Steven Spielberg? Peter Clarke, pictured left, from Haworth, is the budding young film-maker in town and his Second World War film "The List" has just premiered at a special night event held at Haworth Youth Hostel. A
AT the grand old age of 21, ancient Benji must be the oldest dog in Barnoldswick. Despite his grey hairs the elderly Lakeland terrier, who is an incredible 147 in doggie years, has boundless energy and enjoys at least one walk a day. And just a few years
A COUNTRY hotel which started life as a farm shop has just seen the completion of a £1 million investment. The final stage of the redevelopment at the Coniston Hotel and restaurant has now been carried out, with the opening of a large residential and
DESPITE strong local opposition and many lengthy delays, Grassington's long-awaited affordable housing development could be under way in a matter of weeks. Negotiations between the contractor and Home Housing are in their final stages and construction
TOP name DJs and club nights are arriving in Skipton through its newest nightspot. Exclusive late evening music venue Rooder will open next month. The club, which is a converted top floor room at the Rendezvous Hotel on Keighley Road, will be run by Charlie
AN Addingham dancer is helping to breathe new life in to historic Glusburn Institute. Qualified dance teacher Mel Hadfield starts her new street jazz classes at the venue today (Friday) for children aged from six. Miss Hadfield, who is mum to one-year-old
AS a youngster Raymond Wilkinson would do anything to duck out of his school PE lessons. But fast forward more than seven decades and the Skipton grandfather, who turns 80 next month, visits the gym three times a week for a workout of cardiovascular exercise
HOTHFIELD Terrace residents in Skipton are calling for measures to stop speeding traffic damaging parked cars and putting pedestrians in danger. Dino Reardon, who has lived on the street 12 years, said Hothfield Terrace was wide enough for two cars, but
COUNCIL officers could take matters into their own hands regarding a landowner who has allegedly flouted an enforcement order for more than two decades. Planners agreed on Monday enough was enough with regard to land owner Stephen Cuthbert who, it was
A NEW strategy was launched this week which aims to increase the number of Craven residents who take part in regular sport and active recreation by five per cent by 2010. The goal is part of the "Craven on the Move" five-year strategy put together by
A SCHOOL has won its fight to keep a "wendy house" that fell foul of planning rules. The children's timber playhouse was under threat of demolition after a neighbour found its location at Gargrave Primary School offensive. But Craven District Council's
A CARLETON woman will tackle a 200-kilometre horse trek across a remote part of Central Mongolia this summer to raise funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust. Kathryn Stickney is aiming to raise at least £3,000 for the charity, which provides lifesaving donors
TESCO has not given up on its plans to build a Skipton supermarket twice as big as the existing store. The retailing giant had its plans to demolish the Craven Street outlet and put a larger replacement store in its place, along with a new car park, knocked
You to Me Are Everything -- Debbie Chase To be honest I wasn't expecting much from this novel from Keighley Town Council deputy clerk Debbie Spink. Almost every self-published novel I've ever seen has been dreadful, from its slapdash punctuation to its
Local Aireville School, Skipton: Keighley Vocal Union centenary concert with guests (tomorrow). Phone 01724 561579. Bingley Arts Centre: Bingley Amateurs in pantomime Goldilocks and the Three Bears (tonight/tomorrow 7.15pm, tomorrow 2pm). Phone 01274
Former Emmerdale star Amy Nuttall plays the title role as the classic musical My Fair Lady comes to Bradford Alhambra. She plays Eliza Doolittle following the release of her first album and touring the country in Phantom of the Opera. Amy shares the role
SIR - I was very interested in the letter from Frank Morris in The Keighley News re non meat eaters,with all due respect I did not know shoeing horses for years gave you extra knowledge of food requirements. I have been doing heavy manual work for many
SIR - That North Yorkshire residents want to step up recycling comes as no surprise (Craven Herald article February 24). Furthermore the target to recycle 50 per cent of waste by 2010 will meet legal obligations. There is also an obligation to consult
Aspiring actors will be getting tips about the highs and the lows of the profession at a series of workshops co-run by Full Monty actor Steve Huison. The six-week course, which will be held on Saturdays, is the first workshop of its kind to be run by
Suicide calls to a children's charity have soared over the past year with many of the desperate cries for help coming from Bradford area. Childline this week revealed it has seen a 14 per cent UK increase in tragic young callers threatening to take their
Bradford Council is set to bring in financial experts to investigate a possible sell-off of Leeds-Bradford Airport. Bradford is one of five councils in West Yorkshire which jointly own the airport. By selling off its 40 per cent share, the Council could
A researcher of international acclaim has reassured Bradford patients taking part in clinical trials their safety is of paramount importance. It comes in the wake of the dramatic health problems suffered by six men who agreed to test a new drug designed
A new-born lamb can claim to be the luckiest 'baa' none after its life was spared at an abattoir. The lamb was unexpectedly born among a flock of 50 sheep that had been taken for slaughter. Under strict Government rules, all animals taken to the abattoir
Three Bradford University students charged under the Terrorism Act have been remanded in custody after their bail applications were refused by a District Judge. Aitzaz Zafar, 19, Usman Malik, 20, and Awaab Iqbal, 19, have all been charged with possessing
With superb Cheltenham Festival action taking centre stage this week, it's back to more basic racing fayre on Saturday. The jumps meeting at Wetherby is high on the agenda for local racegoers, with seven races on the card. The action begins at 2.15 with
TWO former Keighley Cougars trainees will be going head to head this weekend in the inaugural match of a different kind of university challenge. Ten years of sport at the University of Lincoln will be celebrated when Andrew Parkinson and Adam Keating
A SPLASHING time was had by the pupils of Parkside School as they swam to success in a recent tournament. The Bingley Swimming Club Schools Gala was held last month with dozens of swimmers -- from all over the Keighley district, as well as Bingley and
NEARLY 250 brave athletes gathered from all corners of the UK last weekend to take part in the annual Wuthering Hike/Haworth Hobble. Organised by Keighley and Craven Athletics Club, runners from as far afield as Scotland and the south coast slogged it
Two long-standing members and a former professional of Keighley Golf Club have died within days or each other recently. Richard Emery was the club professional in the 1970s before moving to Sheringham Golf Club, Norfolk. He was well respected in local
The latest results from the Craven League Premier Division: Carleton 3 Skipton LMS 6, Cononley 1 Grassington 3, Gargrave 0 Bronte Wanderers 3, Oxenhope 2 Waddington 1. Division One: Skipton LMS Res 1 Bradley 3, Hellifield 5 Barrowford 1, Embsay Res 2
BARNOLDSWICK structural engineer Anthony Ayrton won the Craven and District Motor Club trial at Cowling Cragg last Saturday. Skipton quantity surveyor Boyd Webster was runner-up with Trawden teenage trialler Luke Kay in overall third place. Colne's John
FOUR Craven athletes helped Yorkshire to medal success in the UK Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships last Saturday (writes Roger Ingham). Having finished the county's top senior runner in the English championships last month, Matthew Watson helped
CHRIS Malherbe believes Wharfedale will bounce back to form at home to Blackheath tomorrow (writes Mike Crowther). The centre has performed well for England Counties and the Barabarians this week but he is itching to get the Greens' last performance out
It is highly unlikely that Rose Thompson has the faintest idea of what she has done by defecting to the British National Party. The damage she has caused to this town by her betrayal of electors -- for that is what it is -- is incalculable. That said,
Philip Greenwood is an artist from Undercliffe, but now lives in London with his partner Anne and their ten-year-old son The Bradford city centre regeneration scheme is both welcome and well overdue, but I sincerely hope that some of the mistakes of
AS VOLVO'S medium range, the S40, has got bigger and bolder and so have the engines. It feels much bigger than a car that sits on the new Ford Focus chassis, and good road composure, ride comfort, and handling have been enriched by two sharp, five-cylinder
