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  • Tottie dreaming of the Arctic Circle

    Bradford rally driver Barry Tottie kicks off his campaign to win his class next week in the world's largest rally series - the Hankook tyres 205/RWD Challenge. Tottie will be joined by co-driver Holly Bailey at Wilbarston Airfield. The pair are relishing

  • Louise aiming for double-top glory

    Bradford darts ace Louise Simmons knows she is in a Catch 22 situation. She wants sponsorship to help her enter more tournaments but feels that her lack of competitive opportunities are preventing her from becoming better known so she can attract backing

  • New-look Avenue are deep in mire

    In one of the boldest moves made by a semi-professional club, Avenue threw seven new players into the relegation dogfight at Horsfall Stadium last night. And fans turned up at the ground to learn that three of the club's contracted stalwarts were no longer

  • Todd keen to keep hold of Wilbraham

    Colin Todd is waiting for the OK from MK to keep Aaron Wilbraham. Todd wants to hang on to the on-loan Milton Keynes Dons striker until the end of the season. Wilbraham's month at Valley Parade is up after Saturday's clash with Scunthorpe and the City

  • 'Just call me Mr Versatile'

    Stanley Gene hopes he can show his versatility to the Bradford Bulls fans in Saturday's big Powergen Challenge Cup tie against Hull FC. Much of what the Papua New Guinean Test star did last Friday night in the Super League against Wigan was shrouded in

  • Volunteers asked to haul Easter cross on to Chevin

    VOLUNTEERS are needed to help haul Otley's Easter Cross into place on Saturday. At least 40 people are needed to pull the 32ft high cross into place at Surprise View where it will stay throughout Easter. Helpers from Otley churches are due to meet at

  • Woman single-handedly rows across the Atlantic

    The daughter of a former Burley-in-Wharfedale Methodist minister is getting used to being on solid ground after single-handedly rowing across the Atlantic. Roz Savage, who is believed to be the first British woman to have achieved the feat, braved atrocious

  • High quality crystal polished piece by piece

    OTLEY'S grimy chandeliers have been restored to their former glittering glory - after an expert wash and brush up. Just three weeks ago, the town council had drawn a blank in finding a firm willing to take on the delicate job of cleaning the two Waterford

  • Worthington aims to open up again!

    A textile firm has sold its former finishing plant for more than £1 million as part of moves to revive the company's operations. The Worthington Group has agreed contracts for the sale of the empty property in Tunwell Street, Eccleshill, and is planning

  • Guard's attacker is jailed

    A man has been jailed for six years four years after he was involved in tying up a security guard and stealing thousands of pounds of computer equipment from a factory. Two masked raiders punched the 38-year-old guard and tied him to a chair with electrical

  • Watchdog slams council's handling of buildings contract

    OFFICIALS in charge of a £1.2 billion plan to put the running of Ilkley's public buildings into private hands has been slammed by watchdogs. The scheme - involving buildings such as the Manor House Museum, Town Hall, swimming pool, White Wells and public

  • Couple's 'vision' is to help the blind in Nepal earn a living

    BLIND Nepali people could learn essential skills and help to break down a tragic social stigma with the help of a new charity set up by two Ilkley residents. Ron and Sue Ainsley, of Ilkley Healing Centre, hope they will not only give people new hope of

  • Letters to the Editor

    Evidence can change planners' views SIR, - Contrary to Addingham Parish Council's chairman, Gordon Campbell's view, planners can be persuaded to change their mind. When the first draft of the traffic lights scheme was issued it contained no provision

  • Guiseley gain well-earned win over Matlock

    Guiseley 1 Matlock 0 Guiseley ended a punishing schedule of four games in eight days with a welcome single goal victory against a Matlock Town team still harbouring an outside chance of making the play-offs. In truth, this was a scrappy affair more reminiscent

  • Shuttleworth roars back to action in an Otley win

    Pertemps Bees 12 Otley 33 IAN Shuttleworth came off the bench to replace Rob Whatmuff to find that his after a 100 yard scoring run his hamstring was fully recovered. Whatmuff left the field to be patched up and Shuttleworth came off the bench after a

  • Paws for thought as DVD takes off!

    A Bradford youth group has secured a contract with a national software distributor after creating an interactive DVD game for youth work. Social enterprise group 'e:merge', which helps young people to develop by providing education, training and sporting

  • Family angry over respite unit switch

    A mother has hit out at the standard of service provided by a care trust after claiming her family was given no notice that a vital respite unit was to close. Kathleen Tristram, 61, contacted the T & A after learning the Reevy Road Respite Centre,

  • Academy backers' names stay secret

    A senior Government official has refused to give the names of mystery backers behind a bid to create a new city academy in Bradford. Bradford councillors claim they are being kept in the dark over plans to close struggling Rhodesway School in Allerton

  • Some grading joy for Ilkley karate students

    Students from Ilkley Karate Club had plenty to celebrate at the recent grading examinations held at the Ben Rhydding Methodist Church in Ilkley. Seventeen students young and old (10 children and seven adults) were graded by Sensei Stan Knighton (8th Dan

  • Ben Rhydding Ladies Seconds seek second

    Sunderland 2 B Rhydding Ladies lls 0 Ben Rhydding Ladies Seconds made the long journey to Sunderland on Sunday for a re-arranged fixture, still harbouring slim hopes of winning the North League (East Division). These hopes were effectively crushed in

  • Richard picked for Roses battle at Sedgley Park

    Ilkley Rugby Club player Richard Rhodes has been selected to play for Yorkshire Under-15s against Lancashire at Sedgley Park on Wednesday, April 19. Richard, who plays second row, has played in the Inter-District tournament in the West Yorkshire colours

  • Riverside development

    SO a major redevelopment of Otley's riverside, whatever the final details may turn out to be, now looks certain. There is, as Leeds planners have noted since the housing, office and leisure plans for Garnett's 15-acre plot were first floated, a great

  • Out of control

    THE Ilkley area isn't known for being a place where people are afraid to set foot out doors for fear of out-of-control youths. Although most people expect that a certain level of crime and anti-social behaviour sadly exists in every community, from deprived

  • Askwith praises Bingley runners

    Bingley Harriers paid tribute to a man who is spreading the word about the highs and lows of fell running at their annual dinner. Richard Askwith, who was named as the 2005 best new writer in the British Sports Publishing Awards for his popular book Feet

  • Hood is appointed new Bulls chairman

    The Bulls have confirmed Peter Hood as their new chairman - ending imminent hope the world club champions could attract a big-money backer. When Chris Caisley announced his decision to step down before Christmas, he maintained the Bulls needed a sugar

  • New plaque honours serviceman killed in Falklands War

    A GUISELEY serviceman who was killed in the Falklands War has been honoured with the unveiling of a new plaque. Sub Lieutenant Richard Emly was on board HMS Sheffield in the South Atlantic when the ship was hit by an Exocet missile fired from an Argentinian

  • Show to get a new home for its centenary celebrations

    POOL-in-Wharfedale is prep-aring to host Arthington Show as it celebrates its Centenary year. The 2006 Arthington, Bramhope, Pool & District Horticultural & Agricultural Society Show will take place off Castley Lane, by Pool bridge, on Sunday,

  • Church in late kick-off for its Sunday services

    A CHURCH has moved its traditional Sunday morning worship to the afternoon -- to make way for football and supermarket shopping. In a bid to move with the times and attract those otherwise tied up on Sunday mornings, the New Life Community Church in Yeadon

  • Do juries need the full facts?

    Trial by jury is an ancient British tradition that has been adopted by many countries across the world and which has served justice in this country for many, many years. That is not to say, however, that decisions reached by juries are always welcomed

  • Rachel's family are devastated by fatal crash trial verdict

    The devastated family of a woman killed in an horrific car crash wept yesterday as the driver was cleared of causing her death by dangerous driving. The parents and sister of twenty-six-year-old Rachel Scantlebury said they 'hated' Ilkley businessman

  • Letters to the Editor

    Understanding needed in care of elderly SIR, - Tony Robinson and Channel 4 are to be congratulated for tackling the important issue of care for older people, in his programme 'Me and My Mum' aired this week. Care at the end of life is a very sensitive

  • Low entry for limited club stableford at Horsforth

    HORSFORTH: There was a low entry of 28 for the Limited Club Stableford on Tuesday as 18 ladies were playing in an Alliance at Leeds Golf Club. Results: Division One - Silver Division 0 to 20 handicap - 1, A Croft (16) - 32 points. Division Two, Bronze

  • Caroline makes it triple gold in world championships

    Otley Athletic Club's Caroline Marler shows off the three gold medals she won in the World Masters Indoor Championship for women aged 55 and over in Linz, Austria. Her major achievement was winning the pentahlon for women aged 55 and over. She won easily

  • It's joy for Aireborough as they seal their second promotion

    Bramley Phoenix 10 Aireborough 22 Sealing their second promotion in as many years Aireborough have now cemented their climb up the Yorkshire League system once again as they battled it out in a scrappy Leeds derby with fourth placed Bramley. With the

  • Good... but could still be better

    Bradford remains in the worst 20 education authorities in the country for the performance of 14-year-olds, new figures reveal. The district has dropped three places and is now ranked 17th from the bottom in national league tables published today. The

  • Guide dog owners asked to fundraise

    Bradford's guide dog users are being encouraged to help raise money for the charity that provides them with their 'eyes'. The Bradford fundraising branch of the Guide Dogs for the Blind is hoping the 29 blind people in Bradford who use guide dogs will

  • Poo-dunnit drive may go on TV

    Television cameras may dish the dirt on thoughtless pet owners in a campaign cracking down on dog mess. A production company will film activists behind 'Poo-Dunnit?', a hard-hitting poster drive aimed at shaming dog walkers into clearing up after their

  • District gets share of low-cost homes

    Bradford is set to share in a £44.6million Government housing windfall for West Yorkshire. The cash will be ploughed into affordable housing - both to rent and to buy. The Housing Corporation, a Government agency, today announced the investment which

  • 62 schools ban visits

    The number of Bradford schools which have been told to ban visitors because of winter vomiting has now risen to 62. Another 14 premises were added to the restricted list in the last 24 hours in order to prevent the spread of the bug. It means thousands

  • Old milestones win better protection

    A campaign has been launched to protect neglected milestones in the Bradford district, some 250 years old. The five-year-old Milestone Society Yorkshire Region has been granted £12,000 by English Heritage to kick-start the project. It will fund a website

  • Back to Burma

    A former Army intelligence officer has returned to Burma where his work helped to prosecute scores of Japanese war criminals after the Second World War. Ron Wolfenden had spent two years in Burma - now called Myanmar - gathering intelligence, working

  • Child rapist snared by text messages

    A rapist whose attacks wrecked his young victims' lives has been jailed for 12 years after he was snared by text-messages. Ian Waddingham had denied a string of sex offences against a total of three girls but was found guilty following a trial earlier

  • Mum rages at death crash verdict

    The devastated family of a young woman killed in a horrific car crash sobbed yesterday as the driver was handed a fine and a driving ban. Scott Dry was cleared of causing 26-year-old Rachel Scantlebury's death by dangerous driving. But the jury found

  • Caroline makes it triple gold in world championships

    Otley Athletic Club's Caroline Marler shows off the three gold medals she won in the World Masters Indoor Championship for women aged 55 and over in Linz, Austria. Her major achievement was winning the pentahlon for women aged 55 and over. She won easily

  • Ilkley A maul Tigers

    Ilkley A 31 Tigers A 0 With the roads into Ilkley and the town centre gridlocked it looked as though it was going to be all one-way traffic as Ilkley took on Sheffield Tigers at Stacks Field on Saturday. Because of the appalling traffic situation, Sheffield

  • Rhydding Ladies cling to National League status

    Liverpool 3 B Rhydding 3 Ben Rhydding Ladies clung on to their National League status by sharing the spoils with Liverpool. There were fundamental adaptations made to the previously victorious team. Injury prevented Kate Richardson from assuming her midfield

  • Letters to the Editor

    Let's speak out to save the Odeon SIR - In a recent T&A article, Maud Marshall said regeneration is about so much more than bricks and mortar. I have to say, she could have fooled me. Ever since setting foot in our city she seems to have been totally

  • Tottie dreaming of the Arctic Circle

    Bradford rally driver Barry Tottie kicks off his campaign to win his class next week in the world's largest rally series - the Hankook tyres 205/RWD Challenge. Tottie will be joined by co-driver Holly Bailey at Wilbarston Airfield. The pair are

  • Louise aiming for double-top glory

    Bradford darts ace Louise Simmons knows she is in a Catch 22 situation. She wants sponsorship to help her enter more tournaments but feels that her lack of competitive opportunities are preventing her from becoming better known so she can attract backing

  • New-look Avenue are deep in mire

    In one of the boldest moves made by a semi-professional club, Avenue threw seven new players into the relegation dogfight at Horsfall Stadium last night. And fans turned up at the ground to learn that three of the club's contracted stalwarts were no

  • "People are very accepting of me..."

    In1988 Sue Perkins walked onto a stage for a bet to perform her first stand-up routine. She was interrupted by a hunched figure in a cerise boiler suit, a girl called Mel Giedroyc. Mel and Sue became one of the country's top female comedy double

  • Todd keen to keep hold of Wilbraham

    Colin Todd is waiting for the OK from MK to keep Aaron Wilbraham. Todd wants to hang on to the on-loan Milton Keynes Dons striker until the end of the season. Wilbraham's month at Valley Parade is up after Saturday's clash with Scunthorpe and the

  • I just go with the flow...

    The acoustic revolution sweeping through British music couldn't have come at a better time for singer Lou Rhodes. After a decade fronting million-selling drum 'n' bass outfit Lamb, she'd reached a crossroads in her life in 2004 from which she figured

  • Hood is appointed new Bulls chairman

    The Bulls have confirmed Peter Hood as their new chairman - ending imminent hope the world club champions could attract a big-money backer. When Chris Caisley announced his decision to step down before Christmas, he maintained the Bulls needed a sugar

  • `Just call me Mr Versatile'

    Stanley Gene hopes he can show his versatility to the Bradford Bulls fans in Saturday's big Powergen Challenge Cup tie against Hull FC. Much of what the Papua New Guinean Test star did last Friday night in the Super League against Wigan was shrouded

  • Light that emerged out of the shadows

    Borrowed Light is the fourth novel to be published from the pen of Bradford's Joolz Denby, but it is one that she never thought would hit the bookshelves. The performance poet and artist actually wrote the novel before last year's Billie Morgan, which

  • Family angry over respite unit switch

    A mother has hit out at the standard of service provided by a care trust after claiming her family was given no notice that a vital respite unit was to close. Kathleen Tristram, 61, contacted the T & A after learning the Reevy Road Respite Centre,

  • John's brief to get the nuts and bolts in place

    Crime writing is a very broad church these days. Psychological thrillers, serial killer gore-fests, suburban lives blighted by dark secrets, it all gets filed on the rapidly expanding and ever-popular crime shelves in the bookstores. At the heart

  • A family business, executed so well

    Next month, the movie The Last Hangman is due to be released starring Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint, that jolly chap from Bradford who excelled at hanging convicted murderers efficiently and cleanly. Hanging was not about choking to death; the

  • Poo-dunnit drive may go on TV

    Television cameras may dish the dirt on thoughtless pet owners in a campaign cracking down on dog mess. A production company will film activists behind 'Poo-Dunnit?', a hard-hitting poster drive aimed at shaming dog walkers into clearing up after their

  • District gets share of low-cost homes

    Bradford is set to share in a £44.6million Government housing windfall for West Yorkshire. The cash will be ploughed into affordable housing - both to rent and to buy. The Housing Corporation, a Government agency, today announced the investment

  • A dramatist at the top of his game

    Next week Tom Priestley, son of the late J B Priestley, will be in Bradford to launch a book of his father's writings about the theatre. The great man's stock as a novelist may have sunk out of sight, but his reputation as a playwright and broadcaster

  • 62 schools ban visits

    The number of Bradford schools which have been told to ban visitors because of winter vomiting has now risen to 62. Another 14 premises were added to the restricted list in the last 24 hours in order to prevent the spread of the bug. It means thousands

  • Old milestones win better protection

    A campaign has been launched to protect neglected milestones in the Bradford district, some 250 years old. The five-year-old Milestone Society Yorkshire Region has been granted £12,000 by English Heritage to kick-start the project. It will fund a website

  • History that does Thornton proud

    The railway link between Bradford and Thornton was opened to passenger traffic in October, 1878 as the first stage of a route to Keighley. The Bradford Observer of October 15 reported that although there was a lot of interest in the occasion and booking

  • Back to Burma

    A former Army intelligence officer has returned to Burma where his work helped to prosecute scores of Japanese war criminals after the Second World War. Ron Wolfenden had spent two years in Burma - now called Myanmar - gathering intelligence, working

  • Child rapist snared by text messages

    A rapist whose attacks wrecked his young victims' lives has been jailed for 12 years after he was snared by text-messages. Ian Waddingham had denied a string of sex offences against a total of three girls but was found guilty following a trial earlier

  • Academy backers' names stay secret

    A senior Government official has refused to give the names of mystery backers behind a bid to create a new city academy in Bradford. Bradford councillors claim they are being kept in the dark over plans to close struggling Rhodesway School in Allerton

  • Mum rages at death crash verdict

    The devastated family of a young woman killed in a horrific car crash sobbed yesterday as the driver was handed a fine and a driving ban. Scott Dry was cleared of causing 26-year-old Rachel Scantlebury's death by dangerous driving. But the jury