Investment in Bradford's fast developing city centre is approaching the £2 billion mark, the company spearheading its renaissance announced today. The news comes just six months after Bradford Centre Regeneration (BCR) valued the city's regeneration
Let's get one thing straight. When you hear about Chevrolets, forget about those macho sports cars and chunky jeeps from America. Think, instead, of rather more run-of-the-mill models. I know it's not easy. Chevrolet conjures upimages of interesting
A man who started his company from his bedroom has started to change the face of school websites throughout Keighley and the UK. Sean Gilligan, 27, born in Keighley, started his business Webanywhere two and half years ago. He now employs 15 staff and
A research institute dedicated to sparking a digital revolution in the Aire Valley is set to become reality. The Advanced Digital Institute (ADI) can finally start hiring experts to help technology businesses turn their brainwaves into saleable products
Bradford & Bingley play a pivotal match tomorrow as they bid to gain promotion from National League Three North. The leaders are at fourth-placed Tynedale, who have won nine successive home matches since surprisingly losing 16-14 against Darlington
Liversedge missed the chance to return to the top of the Northern Counties East Premier Division after a rare defeat in midweek but they are still clear second and will expect to throw down the gauntlet once more tomorrow. Leaders Buxton have games in
Of the small group of clubs chasing the two promotion places to the Conference North, Farsley Celtic had the best midweek and they are currently second in the UniBond Premier Division. Only the title winners go up automatically but The Celts are now just
Guiseley have one thing in mind tomorrow - beating promotion-chasing Marine at Nethermoor to improve their own placing in the UniBond Premier Division. "I was talking to my counterpart at Frickley during the week about something else and he dropped into
When Jay Sobers was thrown into the fray late in the second half against Gateshead on Wednesday, Avenue had given debuts to an astonishing seven players in one game. But manager Phil Sharpe knew desperate measures were necessary and the wholesale changes
Junior Witter's promoter is desperate to stage the biggest fight of his career in England. Feverish negotiations are underway for Witter's world-title clash with American DeMarcus Corley after the WBC confirmed light-welter champion Floyd Mayweather had
Donovan Ricketts, described as the best keeper in League One by his manager, today claimed: I can still do much better. Few would argue with Colin Todd's boast that City have the division's top stopper in their ranks. In his first full season in England
A major investment in Bradford's business community was announced today with the merger of two city law firms. From May 1, Schofield Sweeney and Sampson Horner will join forces with a staff of 65 and turnover of £4 million. Schofield Sweeney has just
The time has come again to dig out your walking boots and help raise money for Manorlands. People are invited to take part in a sponsored moorlands walk that has been organised as part of the Keighley Manorlands Challenge 2006 and will take place on Sunday
Two brothers who have suffered repeated vandalism to their land are convinced that someone has a vendetta against them. Jack and Gary Bennett have owned the land, at Castle Mills, Becks Road, Keighley, for six years and in the last three weeks problems
Plans for a wind turbine on Haworth Moor have been condemned by critics who said it would amount to "visual pollution". Keyland Developments, the firm responsible for disposing of Yorkshire Water's surplus assets, has applied to build the structure at
A Skipton Building Society employee who stole more than £10,000 from its staff association has been given a suspended prison sentence. Bradford Crown Court heard last Friday that 23-year-old Craig Davey, who was treasurer of the association's account,
A star in the making is set to make his TV debut next week when he appears on a new children's television show broadcast nationwide. Thirteen-year-old Callam Bradley, a student at Greenhead High School, Utley, was one of 12 children picked from throughout
CHEWING gum, cigarette ends, crisp packets and fish and chip boxes are scarring Skipton, according to U3A member Alan Brown. Mr Brown is a member of the group, which promotes learning and activity in older people, and over the last six years he and a
BUS travel in Barnoldswick and Earby is set for a mini-revolution with £200,000 in improvements. The funding has come from Lancashire County Council, which is hoping to get more passengers on to West Craven's buses, and contributions from several house-building
AFTER less than a year in business, Britain's only amputee driving instructor has won an award as the entrepreneur of the year. Despite losing his right arm in a motorcycle accident 30 years ago, Gareth Almond is able to expertly drive and teach in both
FEWER than two per cent of Barnoldswick residents voted in its first parish poll in a decade, with some commentators branding the exercise an "expensive farce". The poll attracted a 1.09 per cent turnout and every vote cost more than £20 each, prompting
ANOTHER leg-stretching charity event has been organised by Skipton Rotary Club - but it could be the last if uptake does not improve on last year. The 2005 Craven Community Walk - or rather two walks of five and 10 miles - was the brainchild of the Rotarians
SKIPTON'S pioneering eco-friendly woodland burial site is continuing to strive to provide the "good funeral". The Tarn Moor Memorial Woodland, situated off the B6265 Grassington Road, opened in November 2002 and offers a green alternative to the conventional
A HOLE-IN-ONE is said to be the highlight of most golfers' careers but it usually is rewarded with nothing more than a round of drinks. But Cononley golfer Ian Kaye chose the perfect moment for his hole-in-one - it earned him a holiday in Mauritius and
HALF of the 72 police officers working in Craven will become bobbies on the beat from next month. The move comes as North Yorkshire Police adopts Neighbourhood Policing. In Craven, there will be a community police officer allocated to each Craven District
PLANS for a new £1.5 million bus station in Skipton have been sidelined for the next two years. Craven Area Committee members were left reeling when it emerged no council funding was available due to overspending. Councillors heard that a new prioritisation
A MAN who was left everything in his dead wife's will has strongly denied a High Court legal claim that the will was forged. The only son of Kettlewell woman Linda Cartledge, who died of cancer on October 3 2003, is disputing her will which cuts him out
The Morning After Quiet, retiring and shy are three words you would most definitely not use to describe local band The Morning After. Their livewire performance at the New Variety Club was a heady mix of indie, punk and rock from down the ages, incorporating
Local: Sutton Village Hall: Sutton Amateurs present musical Carousel (Wednesday-Saturday 7.15pm). Tickets from Place's Place, Sutton. Bingley Arts Centre: Bingley Little Theatre presents play Dolly West's Kitchen (tonight-tomorrow 7.30pm). Phone 01274
Sir - with reference to Ray Garner's letter, he is correct to say the Town Council resembles Trumpton. Cllr Mitchell said that Rose Thompson's defection has caused embarrassment on a national scale, frankly it should not have. If Keighley Town Council
SIR - I write regarding the local government elections in Settle in May. The future economic regeneration of our town has never been more critical than it is today in 2006; Settle over the decades has struggled through momentous change, the loss of local
Several generations of memories will be evoked by this view of the Humphrey Head Camp, near Kents Bank on Morecambe Bay, opened by a Keighley Cinderella Club in 1909 and taken over by the Keighley Education Committee in 1922. This photograph illustrated
New powers enabling parish and town councils to clamp down on people who blight the environment, could flop because of lack of funding, councillors claim. Parish councillors expect to have to slap an extra charge on Council Tax payers to meet the costs
Britain would have "much more leverage" in international politics if it ditched the nuclear weapons it uses to protect itself from attack, according to a Bradford academic. Dr Shaun Gregory, a leading authority on nuclear weapons issues, told an influential
After four decades of living in a silent world a mum-of-two can now hear her mother's and children's voices for the first time. Susan Matthews had been profoundly deaf since birth, communicating with family and friends by lip-reading. What little muffled
The premiere of an opera about the Bronte family as children - written by youngsters from four Bradford schools - has been staged in the church where their father was the vicar. Curtain-up on the first performance of The Wind on the Moor took place yesterday
Keighley Ladies 4 Tadcaster 0 Keighley Ladies swept to a comfortable victory over Tadcaster who had beaten them three times previously. Keighley were desperate for victory to hold on to third place after losing to Sheffield two weeks ago. Tadcaster were
Albert Hotel 1 Silsden Town 3 - Town scored the only goal of an even first half, and soon after the re-start they went further ahead. Albert fought back to reduce the arrears to a single goal and pressed hard for a winner,only to conc ede a penalty in
Kirkburton 1 Steeton 0 - Steeton created sufficient chances to have won the game in the first 25 minutes, but were caught by a sucker punch with 15 minutes to go. Manager Paul Ettenfield was left scratching his head, trying to understand how his side
Trafford 1 Silsden 2 - Silsden gained revenge for their FA cup defeat at Trafford in a game of fluid movement and sharp passing. The Cobbydalers were indebted to Martin Foulger who pulled off a series of good saves in a game which was dominated by the
SILSDEN Juniors Football Club are set to get England's World Cup campaign off to a flying start - with 'Big Screen' celebrations for their opening game. David Beckham and Wayne Rooney will be kicking off in England's opening game against Paraguay at 2pm
Cougars 28, Oldham 32 - NEW rules cost Cougars as Oldham scrambled a last minute winner - after the final hooter had sounded. Changes to rugby league rules this season mean the game continues after the final hooter, until the next breakdown in play. With
Cougars go into Sunday's Challenge Cup clash at Featherstone with plenty of old scores to settle - and the weight of history sitting on their shoulders. Director of Rugby Peter Roe was coach at Featherstone from 1999 to 2002 when he left to take over
The latest local league and cup results Craven Cup quarter-final Cononley 4 Skipton LMS 7 (aet) Craven League Cup semi-finals: Premier Division - Gargrave 1 Oxenhope 3; Division One - Skipton LMS Res 1 Clitheroe Lions 3, Craven College OB 3 Oxenhope Rec
ANDY Hodge stroked Molesey Boat Club to an impressive third place in the Head of the River Race last Saturday which featured over 400 eight-man teams from across the UK and Europe. A strong Leander team, featuring Hodge's three Great Britain world championship
A FOOTBALL festival is set to kick-start fundraising efforts to install floodlights at Barnoldswick Town's ground. The Silentnight Beds World Cup Soccer Sixes will take place at the club's Victory Park complex on Saturday May 20. The club have received
TWO Craven teenagers are set to gain England under-16 rugby union honours. Jacob Rowan, from Cononley, is in the full England squad for matches against Wales and Italy. And Tom Cokell, from Long Preston, has been chosen to captain the England A side in
PROMOTION or relegation may not be an issue for Wharfedale but the Greens could be in for an exciting end to the season (writes Mike Crowther). With four games to go, coach John Lawn insists there is still plenty to play for, starting with tomorrow's
100 Years Ago THE Craven Bank, founded in Settle in 1791 and with its head office in Skipton High Street, announced it was to proposing to merge with the Liverpool Bank, which came as something of a shock to shareholders. The Craven Bank had £3 million
IT is a very depressing week of news for residents in all parts of "our area". If you live in south Craven, there is the news that the county council has given up all hope of solving the chronic problems of the Kildwick railway crossing which leaves Cross
Keighley specialist printing firm OPM has swept the board in the print industry's European 'Oscars'. The company, based at Speedprint House in Cross Roads, received a record 11 EFTA awards. OPM, which specialises in trial packaging for cosmetics and healthcare
A prime industrial unit at Keighley's £12 million Airedale Park industrial development has been sold for £1.4 million. Fourfold Mouldings, an injection moulding company formerly based in Silsden, has bought the 34,500 sq ft industrial unit from Ilkley
There were a lot of positives in the midweek defeat at promotion-chasing Salford City and Silsden could have four of the six regulars who missed that game back for tomorrow's home fixture. Congleton Town are the visitors in the North West Counties Division
New Bulls chairman Peter Hood claims it will be very difficult for the club to find a 'sugar daddy'. His predecessor Chris Caisley has often been quoted about the need for a Roman Abramovich-style of investor for the Bulls. But 58-year-old Hood, who has
As the Telegraph & Argus has highlighted many times with its Bin It for Bradford campaign, litter is a huge problem that blights many of Bradford's communities. There are also many efforts being made to combat the scourge of dumping rubbish and to
A Keighley rugby league 'great' this week celebrated his diamond wedding. Len Ward, one of just 11 members of Keighley Cougars' "hall of fame", married his wife Eileen on March 30, 1946. Len, who also played for Yorkshire, met Eileen at a dance at the
A 44-year-old Haworth man has made his first appearance before a crown court judge following an alleged shooting in Brighouse earlier this month. Allan Morrison, of Cold Street, has been charged with attempting to murder a 52-year-old Halifax man, who
Five men appeared in court on Monday accused of the murder of Keighley police officer Sharon Beshenivsky. Two of the men had appeared before a judge at a previous hearing accused of murdering the 38-year-old officer, who was shot in Morley Street, Bradford
Newly elected Keighley West Ward councillor Angela Sinfield has promised that tackling anti-social behaviour is top of her to-do list, after snatching the seat from the British National Party. Cllr Sinfield, 43, took back the Bradford Council seat for
An "entrepreneur in drugs" who was caught with thousands of pounds worth of cocaine and cannabis has been jailed for eight years. Bradford Crown Court was told last Thursday that Luke Longbottom was a mid-level dealer who was caught in possession of around
Former Oxenhope man Hugh Bottomley has died aged 83. He was born in the village and lived there until the 1950s. Mr Bottomley had a great love of the outdoors, which began when he joined the New Church Rambling Club. He was a keen cyclist, hill walker
civilian staff at Keighley Police Station took part in a national strike on Tuesday to protest at what they saw as broken promises over pension provision. The one-day walkout, which involved police community support officers, administration staff and
More than £20,000 of high-tech equipment has been stolen from Keighley schools in the past three months. Thieves have targeted computer-linked overhead projectors in 22 attacks on 12 different schools. They have returned to some schools to rip more of
Prime Minister Tony Blair has praised the pioneering links between a Keighley school and one in Indonesia and revealed he wanted 1,000 like it. He was visiting the Pondok Pesantren Darunnajah, an Islamic boarding school which is twinned with the Holy
The mum of a little boy who has to wear a custom-made helmet for 23 hours a day is aiming to raise awareness of his condition. Aaron Brunt, of Cliffe Terrace, Denholme, must wear the helmet to correct the shape of his head, which at one stage was as wide
Talks have been held between Keighley College and other colleges about a possible merger it was revealed today. The news came as the college learned it would be branded "inadequate" by education watchdog Ofsted. A troubleshooter will be drafted in to
THIRTY four jobs are hanging in the balance at Langcliffe following news that the paper mill could close. John Roberts Holdings Ltd, who own the former corn mill and cotton spinning mill, have this week announced the possibility of the redundancies, blaming
GARGRAVE'S NHS dental surgery may close if a deal is not agreed between the dentist and the Primary Care Trust. Local residents are furious that their local service may be lost because it says targets set by the NHS are impossible to achieve. They have
AFFORDABLE housing topped the agenda at last Thursday's Airedale and South Craven Area Forum. Craven District Council officers told the meeting that 1,440 affordable homes - sold to local people below market value - were needed across the district over
WOMEN who stripped for a calendar have struck again and removed their gear for yet another - their third. The new publication, secretly shot near Skipton, contains new nude images of the six WI members, whose campaign inspired a block-busting movie and
AIREVILLE School in Skipton has said a warm "G'day" to new FUNdamental Development Coach, Kate Poat. Kate, who hails from western Australia, has joined the Craven School Sports Partnership team. Based at Aireville, she will be coaching local primary schools
CRAVEN people from a host of local government professions stayed off work on Tuesday in protest over pensions. Council workers, teaching assistants, dinner ladies and emergency services support staff were among the Unison members who went on strike demanding
RESIDENTS and councillors in South Craven have been left to "fester" in a traffic nightmare by the county council. They have been campaigning to bridge the Kildwick level crossing to combat the knock-on effects of the barrier being down for up to 50 minutes
THE new head of Sutton Community Primary School has made an "energetic and determined" start in addressing long standing weaknesses, Ofsted inspectors concluded. The praise came after officers re-visited the school earlier this month after an appeal against
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Midler teams up with producer Barry Manilow for a disappointingly short album of ten covers in a soft jazz style. The orchestration is fantastic -- very romantic1940s-sounding -- and Midler is a lot less strident
Pink Floyd tribute band Off The Wall, which play St George's Hall in Bradford tonight, certainly get around. Earlier this month they played to 10,000 people in a Lisbon arena and last week impressed fans in Denmark. The band -- who have members living
Tim Burton's movie Edward Scissorhands has been transformed into a ballet by acclaimed Swan Lake reinterpreter Matthew Bourne. The "magical" adaptation of the touching and witty Gothic fairytale is performed at Bradford Alhambra on May 2-6. The family
Bingley Jazz Festival will not be held this year, organisers have confirmed. The announcement dashes hopes of the event credited with putting Bingley back on the jazz map from enjoying a third outing since its revival in 2004. But festival promoters said
Dietician Lucy Taylor is striding out to help people living with cancer in Bradford. The 29-year-old, who works at St Luke's Hospital, is one of only three specialist MacMillan dieticians in Yorkshire. Lucy's friends and family will sponsor her on the
West Yorkshire Police Authority members will today discuss whether to take High Court action in a bid to defy Government plans to merge the force with three others. They will consider whether they should seek a judicial review of Home Secretary Charles
The fruits of a community's labour take centre stage next week as a national gardens award is launched in Ravenscliffe. Volunteers have transformed the area around a new £1.8million community centre. Now the Royal Horticultural Society is to help put
A Bradford chef who bought a false British passport to live illegally in the UK for more than ten years will be sent back to Pakistan after he leaves prison. Nasir Mahmood, 32, who had worked as a chef since coming to England in 1995, claimed to have
A giant virus found in a Bradford cooling tower and stored in a Shipley scientist's freezer for years has sparked a global debate on the origins of life. Researchers have just finished mapping the genetic blueprint of "Mimivirus" and the results have
Bradford sixth-form students could have exam deadlines extended and receive extra marks because of the chaos caused by the winter vomiting bug. More than half the secondary schools in the district are now banning visitors in an attempt to stop the sickness
Investment in Bradford's fast developing city centre is approaching the £2 billion mark, the company spearheading its renaissance announced today. The news comes just six months after Bradford Centre Regeneration (BCR) valued the city's regeneration at
Keighley's own Michael Jordans are being encouraged to give it their best shot at two free basketball trials. Bradford Council's Sport and Leisure Service has teamed up with Keighley Wildcats, Bradford Maroons and Bradford Dragons to offer trials for
A takeaway food shop was so overrun with rats that staff had to work round 'copious amounts' of droppings. In one of the worst cases ever seen by Bradford environmental health officers, they found food left out for the rats to crawl over, leaving trails
Castleford Panthers 12 Keighley Cats 18 - Keighley's first match back after several cancelled matches due to bad weather proved to be as tough as expected. The opening minutes were fast and furious. A delayed pass from Laura Ackroyd to Sara Gatenby saw
With a full house at home against Embassy B, Peter Wood took his tally to 17 wins from a possible 23 for Nelson Nomads in the Keighley & District Table Tennis League First Division. He was made to work hard by both Neil Foley 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-
Silsden Golf Club failed in their bid to reach the next round of the Daily Mail competition when they lost to 5-3 to Bingley St Ives. It was all action in the recent Individual Stableford competition with the top four finishers in Division One all scoring
Cubs Under-16s 22, York Acorn 30 - The Cubs Yorkshire League Division One play-off hopes were dealt a severe blow after they went down to York. Illness and injuries to key players could not explain a lethargic start that allowed York to score three quick
The bowling season begins on Sunday with preliminary rounds in the Hebden Royd's Sunday Morning Knockout event - and it could prove a soggy start for all teams without a bye. No draw details are available yet, but Round One is on the following Sunday
Keighley 13 Selby 0 - Keighley overcame struggling Selby in a dour contest. The first half was pointless in every sense of the word as the visitors looked jittery in the face of relegation and Keighley's attempts to play expansive rugby collapsed in a
Cowling ended a successful season with a 5-0 victory against Horsforth Greens. The game was played on a very sticky pitch, but Cowling made light of the conditions serving up some delightful football, the passing and movement was the best they have produced
Gargrave 1 Oxenhope 3 - Oxenhope played their wayinto their third League Cup Final in three years - but they left it late. With only a minute of normal time left they looked to be on their way out of the competition, but clawed their way back to force
The finals of Keighley's own FA Cup finals are getting close, with the first if the competitions due to take place in April. The first of the District Cup finals will be the Keighley FA Sunday Cup which is to take place on Sunday, April 23, at Cougar
KEIGHLEY darter Louise Simmonds has been crowned Gibraltar ladies champion - and won a place in the World Masters competition to be played later this year. Louise, 34, who is a member of the mixed and ladies teams at The Star public house on North Street
Council in need of quality control SIR The article on contracting out Council services (T&A, March 24) reflects the two opposing viewpoints clearly. The devil is, as always, in the detail. The specification of the services required, the evaluation
There's no room for complacency over the defeat of the British National Party candidate in last week's by-election. The fact is that 1,216 people in our midst exercised their democratic right and voted for the BNP, which makes no secret of its far-right
Dr Paul Seeley is a professional musician from Heaton, Bradford. He shares his thoughts on the recent announcement that St George's Hall is to be revamped and expanded. As a professional pianist and conductor who has performed at St George's Hall and
