If you want to find a shining light regarding specialist sports colleges then look no further than St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Menston. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Tessa Jowell certainly doesn't need any convincing of their
Silsden took a beating at home to NWC Division One leaders Skelmersdale last night. The visitors opened the scoring in the seventh minute and despite an equaliser before the quarter hour, Jamie Longley rising well to head home a cross from James Gill,
Colin Todd has insisted there was no rift with Steve Claridge. The striker was today tying up a loan deal with City's League One rivals Walsall ahead of the teatime deadline - but he will not be allowed to play against the Bantams at the Bescot on Saturday
Luckless Paul Deacon has suffered a relapse and undergone further surgery in a desperate bid to cure his facial injury. And the Bulls scrum half is likely to miss the clash with Wigan tomorrow night as the player and club wait to see if the operation
A LINK-UP between Wharfedale family doctors within different local health trust areas has been abandoned. GP practices in the Ilkley area were recently involved in negotiations with practices in Otley over the formation of local Practice Based Commissioning
It's less than a year since he was elected to the Houses of Parliament but Greg Mulholland has already been appointed Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Schools. And he has entered the arena in his new role during what he describes as interesting times
HOUSING plans for the site of demolished Otley primary school Thomas Chippendale Primary are moving closer to approval. Developer Lovell Partnerships Ltd revealed its scheme last year for a small housing estate of 50 flats and houses at the site of the
STUDENTS had the chance to 'gunge' their teacher as part of RAG Week festivities at Guiseley School last week. The sixth form committee organised a variety of different events for Raise and Give (RAG) Week, which ran from Monday to Friday last week. Activities
Business are to get the lowdown on ambitious plans for the rejuvenation of Bradford's historic canal. The multi-million-pound project to transform a five kilometre stretch between Bradford and Shipley will be explained at a forum tonight aimed at companies
A conference is being held to help business in West Yorkshire to understand the potential of the region's green infrastructure. The conference is being organised by the Countryside Agency and Pennine Prospects and is aimed at urban and rural regeneration
Bradford-based supermarket chain Morrisons has posted an annual loss for the first time in its history. The company's preliminary results for the 12 month period up to January 29 this year showed a loss of £312.9 million. The extra expenses were incurred
A WOMAN from Menston is going to test her endurance levels this year when she runs in three marathons to raise money for a children's cancer charity. Nicky Dewhirst, 30, of Menston, will tackle the challenge of running in the London Marathon in April,
A YOUNG artist followed in the footsteps of a long line of VIPs and television stars to do the official opening of a prestigious Ilkley art exhibition. Seven-year-old Edward Simpson, whose grandfather, Leslie Simpson, organises the event, took over from
IT was a Wharfedale reunion for an Ilkley woman and her French friend who met on the first Ilkley Grammar School exchange with France 60 years ago. Gillian Hirst, 75, of Kings Road, Ilkley, met Nicole Kayser, 72, of Rueil-Malmaison, France, when as a
THE future of the former Little Chef restaurant at Manor Park bends has still not been resolved despite the building being acquired by a local businessman. The buyer, who is said to own other restaurants in the county, has not made up his mind whether
TEARAWAYS as young as ten have been terrorising residents of an Ilkley street, leaving their victims terrified of their antics. Residents of Dean Street, off Leeds Road, have been plagued with foul language, vandalism, noise, urinating and other problems
A TOTAL of 240 juniors, ranging in age from 6 to 20 years, competed in the Ilkla Moor Baht 'at Races on Ilkley Moor on Sunday. Top junior fell runners competed for points in their respective age categories in the first race in the series of the junior
YOUNG striker Danny Forrest fired Rawdon AFC into the Wm Machell Wharfedale Sunday Challengev Cup final with a brace of goals on Sunday. The 17 year-old Guiseley striker netted both goals in Rawdon's 2-1 win over Shipley Town and he and fellow Rawdon
OTLEY RUFC have no relegation fears this season after the Rugby Football Union Council supported a resolution submitted by First Division Rugby to increase the size of National League One next season. The resolution read: "That with effect in season 2006
Leeds United Ladies 2 Liverpool 0 IT was like going back ten years when the Women's FA Cup semi-final was staged at Guiseley AFC's Nethermoor Park ground on Sunday. A crowd of around 1200 people packed into the ground and gave great vocal support to the
A reformed prisoner has said working for a not-for-profit company after ten years of unemployment has changed his life. Keith Forgie, 51, whose last conviction was for armed robbery, had spent 26 years in and out of prison and when he was released ten
Tom and Millie Pughe, have been selected to represent Yorkshire, this weekend at Edinburgh, involving matches against the Home Counties, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Tom will be playing in the U-13 boys event, while Millie will be in the U-13 girls. Both
BURLEY-in-Wharfedale soccer coach Mark Smitheringale was this week confirmed as manager at UniBond League club Clitheroe. The 41 year-old former Peterborough United player, who appeared in an FA Vase Final with Stamford, was assistant to previous incumbent
Car-sharing will not save time SIR - Does the Government think a possible eight-minute reduction in the time it takes to clear the M606/M62 East junction is really going to persuade more people to car-share? As someone who has car-shared in the past,
THE WRITING has been on the wall for a while but it now seems undeniable that NHS dentistry across the country is fast approaching a state of crisis. Dentists in Otley and Aireborough had warned last year that the introduction of the new national contract
Young Alex Brown's stock continued to rise as he bagged two tries in another positive performance for the Cougars. Peter Roe's side may have gone down 32-16 to their loftier rivals in the Northern Rail Cup but they were level until the hour mark and gave
A WOMAN from Menston is going to test her endurance levels this year when she runs in three marathons to raise money for a children's cancer charity. Nicky Dewhirst, 30, of Menston, will tackle the challenge of running in the London Marathon in April,
A YOUNG artist followed in the footsteps of a long line of VIPs and television stars to do the official opening of a prestigious Ilkley art exhibition. Seven-year-old Edward Simpson, whose grandfather, Leslie Simpson, organises the event, took over from
A STEADY stream of people visited Menston Primary School last Wednesday to express their views about two future village housing developments to a team of consultants. Menston Community Association chairman Peter Ward said between 80 to 100 villagers turned
GUISELEY residents fed up with rail passengers parking outside their homes are to meet with city council officials to discuss solutions. People living near the railway station have been complaining for years about the number of rail users leaving their
RESIDENTS close to Otley Garnett's paper mill fear redevelopment plans for the site will mean traffic gridlock for the town. With the paper company's major residential, office and hotel scheme expected to be given outline approval today, residents fear
A PARKING area in Otley will not become rich pickings for traffic wardens . It was feared that parking was to be stopped on Manchester Square - opposite Otley Civic Centre - after a traffic warden was seen noting car registration numbers. Sue Cliff, a
A DEVASTATING new survey of the area's National Health Service dentists has revealed that half could quit the NHS from next month. Otley MP Greg Mulholland commissioned the research to gauge the full extent of concerns amongst dentists in Leeds North
Bradford has major drugs problems. Drugs abuse is to blame for the collapse of families and for a great deal of the city's crime as well as ruining health and wasting young lives. Much is being done to tackle the crisis, both medically and through the
AN ESTATES strategy which could seal the fate of Ilkley's Coronation Hospital is still being worked on by health trust bosses. A report to Airedale Primary Care Trust (PCT) board this week said the revised estates strategy is currently being undertaken
WHILE the warmer weather has eluded gardeners, hard-working Wharfedale and Aireborough In Bloom volunteers are preparing to spring into action. The judges for the new-look regional Yorkshire in Bloom contest have announced the dates they will visit local
A LINK-UP between Wharfedale family doctors within different local health trust areas has been abandoned. GP practices in the Ilkley area were recently involved in negotiations with practices in Otley over the formation of local Practice Based Commissioning
An established male voice choir is in danger of folding because it desperately needs a conductor - and it is inviting both men and women to apply for the post. The Burley Probus Male Voice Choir was founded 21 years ago and plays a valuable role in the
Patient raps wastage in NHS services SIR, Regarding the current problems of the NHS regarding both finances and waiting lists. Firstly, waiting lists. In May 2004, my GP made an appointment for me to see a chest consultant. I waited 13 weeks. A CT scan
Burscough 3 Guiseley 2 THIS scoreline flattered Guiseley who only managed to pull a couple of goals back in the dying minutes of the game. At a windswept Victoria Park Paul Gedman and Tony Gray proved a handful for Guiseley netting all three of the Linnets
YOUNG Danny Care, who has been catapulted to the forefront of international rugby sevens, emerged from the Commonwealth Games with a silver medal. The young Leeds Tykes player was in the England squad which lost out to New Zealand in the final as they
Otley Athletic Club's Caroline Marler won the World Masters Indoor Pentathlon Championship for women aged 55 and over in Linz, Austria. She won easily, by about 350 points from the second placed athlete. Her points total was 4350, which was the highest
An award-winning project to reintegrate convicted Bradford rioters into the community is getting the Royal seal of approval. The achievements of West Yorkshire Probation's scheme, which has got seven out of ten rioters into jobs, are being recognised.
Hospital staff have more chance of being harassed or abused by patients in Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital than at Airedale General Hospital, at Steeton, a watchdog reports. With 33 per cent of staff reporting abuse, Bradford Teaching
A high-performance sports car which crashed into a tree killing a 26-year-old Ilkley woman could have been doing more than 50 mph, according to an police accident investigator. PC Mark Lingard had initially declined to give a speed for Scott Dry's TVR
Three canine companions who elicit a joyful response from nursing home residents are part of a national programme to encourage the use of animals in therapy. Pets as Therapy (PAT) volunteer Jane Thrower, from Eldwick, has been visiting vulnerable groups
Tough decisions must be made to prevent "increasing segregation" between white and Asian communities in Bradford, Britain's race chief has warned. Sir Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial and Equality (CRE), said "mistrust and fracture
A safe-house project for Bradford drug users is warning it might have to abandon the city's addicts if it wants to survive. The Agape Project runs two houses for 21 young men, offering the district's only supported housing project specifically for drug
The private company which runs Bradford schools is to receive more than £670,000 despite missing more than half its targets. And Education Bradford could receive almost all of its maximum £1 million bonus while achieving less than 50 per cent of its goals
A consultant who advised that a drug containing penicillin be prescribed to tragic mum Teresa Innes was not told she had a severe allergy, an inquest heard yesterday. John Griffith, a consultant surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary, told the coroner he
Asian women from all walks of life came together yesterday to mark their achievements and inspire each other. Stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza and novelist Preethi Nair joined delegates at the Women SPEAK Conference at the Cedar Court Hotel on Rooley Lane
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 may have doubled the number of baby deaths in Bradford in the year of the disaster, a researcher claimed today. Analysis of health statistics in areas where "black rain" clouds passed over - including Bradford -
A TOTAL of 240 juniors, ranging in age from 6 to 20 years, competed in the Ilkla Moor Baht 'at Races on Ilkley Moor on Sunday. Top junior fell runners competed for points in their respective age categories in the first race in the series of the junior
Barwick 0 Ilkley AFC 3 Ilkley AFC put in their best performance of the season so far as they crushed Barwick 3-0 in a game that could very easily have seen the home side lose by a much greater margin. Ilkley's movement off the ball and quick passing was
Sheffield Bankers 3 Ben Rhydding 1 IT was a weekend of mixed fortunes for Ben Rhydding men's first team. On Saturday, they travelled to league leaders Sheffield Bankers and in a fast, flowing, high quality match Bankers always had the edge and their Dutch
New Ilkley Rugby Football Club sponsor, Relay Recruitment has celebrated its association with the Stacks Field club by presenting specially commissioned training shirts to the First XV squad. Relay recruitment Managing Director Steven Street joined the
