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Stories for 17 January 1998

Ilkley Business

Firms 'ignore' free cash offer

Innovative Bradford companies are ignoring the chance of picking up free cash to help launch new products.  more...

Steven Frazer: Business Sense

Earlier this year Debonair Holdings became the first UK company to have its ordinary shares quoted on EASDAQ, the new pan European stock market, raising over £28 million.  more...

Ilkley News

Young to aid festival

ILKLEY Literature Festival has turned to the young to ensure its continued success - Amy Young to be precise! Amy, 23, who hails from Norwich, is in for a busy 12 months as she organises Beyond the Ilkley 25 - the Festival's youth venture. She has been appointed as outreach and marketing co-ordinator. The Festival has Lottery funding to organise projects aimed at securing an audience for the next 25 years. Amy's task is to improve the accessibility of literature to young people, helped by the Art Council's Arts for Everyone scheme. A recent English and Media graduate from the University of Leeds, Amy said: The outreach adventure, whilst recognising and building upon the achievements of the past 25 years, aims to encourage fresh talent - the writers of our future - so that we can look forward to another successful 25 years. The 12 month programme of workshops, performances, publications and exhibitions, starting in April, will explore everything from journalism, script writing and song lyrics, to poetry, comedy and the Internet. Amy said: Forthcoming projects include PopTV, involving pop video artists and performance poets such as Atomic Lip; a new visual arts magazine written by young people; and a fashion week combining local journalistic and designing talent. There is also a First Novel Award for young (18-30) previously unpublished writers, as well as the annual Ilkley poetry and short story competitions. Amy hopes participants will develop creative reading and writing skills in interesting and innovative ways, and produce their work for public viewing in the Autumn. She said: We don't want young people to be intimidated by literature. We want them to explore their own interests - we are certainly not going to dictate what is and is not good literature. Festival director David Porter is already counting down to the official launch on March 29 at Ilkley's Craiglands Hotel. It is a fantastic achievement for a small Yorkshire Dales town to host one of the most prestigious literary events in the country. Famous names from Auden to Zephaniah have appeared at the Festival over the years and we want to mark this achievement with a special programme, he said. l If you would like to become involved in any of the outreach projects, or would like further information about the 25th Ilkley Literature Festival, you can contact Amy on (01943) 601210. A free Festival brochure will be available in mid-February.ILKLEY Literature Festival has turned to the young to ensure its continued success - Amy Young to be precise! Amy, 23, who hails from Norwich, is in for a busy 12 months as she organises Beyond the Ilkley 25 - the Festival's youth venture. She has been appointed as outreach and marketing co-ordinator. The Festival has Lottery funding to organise projects aimed at securing an audience for the next 25 years. Amy's task is to improve the accessibility of literature to young people, helped by the Art Council's Arts for Everyone scheme. A recent English and Media graduate from the University of Leeds, Amy said: The outreach adventure, whilst recognising and building upon the achievements of the past 25 years, aims to encourage fresh talent - the writers of our future - so that we can look forward to another successful 25 years. The 12 month programme of workshops, performances, publications and exhibitions, starting in April, will explore everything from journalism, script writing and song lyrics, to poetry, comedy and the Internet. Amy said: Forthcoming projects include PopTV, involving pop video artists and performance poets such as Atomic Lip; a new visual arts magazine written by young people; and a fashion week combining local journalistic and designing talent. There is also a First Novel Award for young (18-30) previously unpublished writers, as well as the annual Ilkley poetry and short story competitions. Amy hopes participants will develop creative reading and writing skills in interesting and innovative ways, and produce their work for public viewing in the Autumn. She said: We don't want young people to be intimidated by literature. We want them to explore their own interests - we are certainly not going to dictate what is and is not good literature. Festival director David Porter is already counting down to the official launch on March 29 at Ilkley's Craiglands Hotel. It is a fantastic achievement for a small Yorkshire Dales town to host one of the most prestigious literary events in the country. Famous names from Auden to Zephaniah have appeared at the Festival over the years and we want to mark this achievement with a special programme, he said. l If you would like to become involved in any of the outreach projects, or would like further information about the 25th Ilkley Literature Festival, you can contact Amy on (01943) 601210. A free Festival brochure will be available in mid-February.   more...

Literature Festival jubilee

ILKLEY Literature Festival's jubilee celebrations should prove to be a real Carry On.  more...

Cut the claptrap

I ALWAYS get depressed in the new year when I find out that, yet again, I have been omitted from the honours list. Perhaps it was just an oversight, or maybe they dont have a category for services to common sense and plain speaking.  more...

Pensioners scoop cash boost

A GROUP of Ilkley pensioners has scooped a Help the Aged Millennium award of nearly £3,000 to help disabled people.  more...

Memories are important

IN many ways Ilkley is a unique town. The setting, in the tranquil lower Wharfe Valley, is God given, but the way the town has evolved over the years owes more to the activities of the people living here.  more...

School chiefs get their sums wrong

EDUCATION bosses have been slammed for getting their sums wrong in a review which could result in schools in Ilkley being closed.  more...

Ilkley Sport

Seven goal romp for Addingham

Addingham 7  more...

Otley share the spoils

WHARFEDALE 15  more...

Ilkley get a hammering

Leodiensians 51  more...

Keighley Business

Double glazing firm launches rescue bid

Ambitious Keighley businessman Alan Rees has mounted a rescue bid to help save one of the country's biggest regional double-glazing firms - and at the same time double the size of his own company.  more...

Make mine a triple

Three long-serving employees of award-winning Timothy Taylor's brewery were rewarded at a special ceremony at the brewery's Albert Hotel on Tuesday.  more...

Bounce this Czech scam

Local businesses are being warned to be alert after one company boss received what looked like a genuine invoice for £370.  more...

Romanians get Building Society Uniforms

Medical staff at a Romanian cottage hospital are to be kitted out with new uniforms - thanks to Skipton Building Society.  more...

Big turn out for small business

Despite the worst weather of the winter so far, a good selection of local businesses turned out for a meeting of Keighley Small Business Club last Thursday.  more...

Free start-up help

Keighley's would-be entrepreneurs are being offered the free advice they might need to convince them to take the first steps into business.  more...

£3 million bedding bid

Silentnight Holdings is in discussions with Spring Ram Corporation with a view to buying the Rest Assured bedding business.  more...

Textile firms £40 million profit

Courtalds Textiles, which has the Weavestyle factory at Silsden, expects pre-tax profits for 1997 to be around £40 million.  more...

Keighley News

Town rallies round cancer sufferer

Keighley cancer sufferer Correena Done became a grandma this week during her final battle to beat the disease.  more...

Town honours deserter at last

Private Henry MacDonald will finally be honoured by his home town tomorrow.  more...

Public questioned on footpaths

The future of Keighley's footpaths rest with the area's inhabitants.  more...

Village takes offence at signs

Illegal road signs are 'cluttering up' Cullingworth and putting drivers' safety at risk.  more...

Hospital beds fears

Frail and vulnerable pensioners will be put at risk if beds set aside for them are moved from Bingley to Airedale.  more...

Village ready for dump extension

Proposals to dump more rubbish at a controversial quarry were expected to be given the go-ahead yesterday.  more...

Tourist brochure launched

Keighley hits the tourist trail again this week with the latest brochure selling the area.  more...

mp takes 'open door' into villages

Keighley MP Ann Cryer plans to take her Saturday morning surgery to more local communities.  more...

police used cs gas to quell disturbance

Two people were sentenced for their part in a disturbance in Silsden's main street.  more...

Japanese sorry not enough

The apology by the Japanese for wartime atrocities does not go far enough, say local veterans.  more...

Village church to close

A Glusburn church built at the turn of the century is to close later this month.  more...

Health bosses accused of negativity

Health chiefs panicked and became hysterical over merger proposals with Bradford, says the head of the local patients' watchdog.  more...

Silsden brays at donkey jibe

A high-ranking politician has admitted branding Silsden's local councillors as 'donkeys' in an interview conducted by the BBC's Panorama programme.  more...

Man knifed sister in law to death

A man who stabbed his sister-in-law to death in front of her three children has been sent to Rampton top-security hospital for an indefinite period.  more...

Letters to the Editor

SIR - Who is Barry Thorne trying to convince when he says that those who wanted to object to the proposals to build a sports area in Victoria Park "should have done so earlier"? (Keighley News, January 9.)  more...

By the Editor

The claim of hospital dietician Kath Jones that it is really hard in this world to do something that's unique is food for thought. So, as we report on page three, with husband Steve and a team of adventurers Kath is off to attempt to conquer the Place of the Dead.  more...

Police chief's pledge over beat bobbies

Community constables will not disappear from the streets of Keighley.  more...

Entering Place of the Dead

An intrepid couple are set to be among the first people to conquer a huge fissure in the Earth's surface.  more...

Simply smith

I take up the editor's editorial comment in last week's Keighley News concerning policing in the area. His view that 'the confidence of many in this police division has been rocked' really does echo around Keighley and its outlying towns and villages.  more...

Grandad wins award

The grandchildren of a Silsden man were so impressed with his courage after he suffered a stroke that they nominated him for a special award.  more...

Christian Viewpoint

By Steve Tunsstall, Trinity Baptist URC and secre3tary of Central Keighley churches Together.  more...

Norman sails into history

The name of Keighley will sail into history - aboard the replica of Captain Cook's ship End-eavour.  more...

the 30-year-old father who fought and beat cancer four years ago has been struck down by the disease

Richard Bell has died after a three month battle against cancer and will be buried today at Utley cemetery.  more...

Keighley Sport

Karate champs take on the world

KARATE champs Paul Newby and Amjid Hussain are to represent England.  more...

Aussie Brock flies in

AUSSIE signing Brock McDonald flew into Britain this week ready to boost Keighley's push for Division One honours.  more...

Soccer round-up

MANY clubs managed to play despite a week of torrential rain which left other pitches unfit.  more...

Junior soccer

WITH three regular players out of the side Silsden Under-15's got off to a sluggish start against rampant Bolton woods who hammered home two goals in three minutes.  more...

Rugby League round-up

Despite heavy conditions good open rugby was played between Queensbury and Worth Village A.  more...

Junior rugby union

KEIGHLEY Colts started brightly despite having only 14 men - and ran out 20-7 winners over Bradford Salem.  more...

Girl cricketers launch training scheme

OAKBANK School is launching its development scheme for girl cricketers next month.  more...

Plain speaking John Kain

I KNOW all our fans will give a real Cougar welcome to our new Aussie import.  more...

Boxers in big time quest

TWO of Keighley Boxing Club's brightest prospects have brought in the New Year with champion style.  more...

International runners line up for cross country

International runners Stevie Green, Andy Peace and Alfie Atkinson are expected to line up in tomorrow's major cross country event at Greenhead.  more...

Caretaker gives cyclists a lift

BRONTE School pupils have designed their own cycling club outfits - and found a sponsor to buy the new equipment.  more...

Union boys back on top

Keighley hoisted themselves back to the top of the league with a convincing 44-7 win over visitors Ashington.  more...

Adam's county call up

ADAM LUCCOCK has got the call to join Yorkshire's Under-17's rugby union squad.  more...

Robbo's World Chmpionship ride

MATTHEW ROBINSON has been selected to ride for England in the World Cyclo-Cross Championships to be held in Denmark next month.  more...

Otley Business

Firms 'ignore' free cash offer

Innovative Bradford companies are ignoring the chance of picking up free cash to help launch new products.  more...

Steven Frazer: Business Sense

Earlier this year Debonair Holdings became the first UK company to have its ordinary shares quoted on EASDAQ, the new pan European stock market, raising over £28 million.  more...

Otley News

Literature Festival jubilee

ILKLEY Literature Festival's jubilee celebrations should prove to be a real Carry On.  more...

Cut the claptrap

I ALWAYS get depressed in the new year when I find out that, yet again, I have been omitted from the honours list. Perhaps it was just an oversight, or maybe they don't have a category for services to common sense and plain speaking.  more...

Mother's promise

THIS week we are carrying a story about the mother of an Otley man who died at the age of 22 from a heroin overdose.  more...

Grieving mum in drug fight

THE mother of an Otley man who died at the age of 22 from a heroin overdose is appearing on an educational video being used in every school in West Yorkshire.  more...

The china syndrome

EVERY ornament in Audrey Holmes's tidy living room has its proper place - and it's stuck there, literally.  more...

Shopping easier for disabled

SHOPPING could be made easier for disabled people in a scooter scheme designed to make Otley more accessible.  more...

Otley Sport

Guiseley Trophy chances blown away

TELFORD UNITED 3  more...

Otley share the spoils

WHARFEDALE 15  more...

Top award for Jon Clay

THE C A Rhodes Memorial for 1997 is to be made to Horsforth's Jonathan Clay as a special recognition of his racing achievements over many years and his administrative expertise.  more...

Skipton News

Butcher aimes for the funny bone!

A BARLICK butcher made his own views on the latest beef scare known this week - much to the amusement of his customers and other passers-by.  more...

Craven Through the Years

100 Years Ago: A WOULD-BE thief ransacked Skipton Parish Church in the search for cash, reported the Herald. The culprit attempted to gain entry via an external wall but eventually succeeded by forcing the wire netting protecting the Birtwhistle Memorial Window and removing a pane of glass. Once inside, the offender turned his attentions to the collecting box and prised off the lid. Fortunately the box had been emptied a few days before so his efforts proved fruitless. Undeterred, the would-be thief ransacked the vestry but again left empty handed.  more...

SKIPTON MP David Curry explains why he signed a letter in the Independent which was critical of Cons

I fought my first general election in 1955 at the age of 11. I cycled round the polling stations in Ripon collecting teller's slips to check off the vote against our central register.  more...

Grassington's royal seal of approval

GRASSINGTON'S ambitious millennium project has received the royal seal of approval.  more...

You see all sorts when you're out walking a dog

Something you see too much of is litter, but on Sunday I came across something I've never seen in West Craven before. On the disused railway line behind Earby's old station yard was a scattering of empty beer cans - nothing unusual in that - and beside them two used hypodermic syringes, just lying next to the footpath.  more...

Criticism of Airedale unfounded

WE are disappointed by the comments of Peter Putwain, chairman of the Community Health Council, who accuses Airedale National Health Trust of over-reacting to a proposed merger with Bradford.  more...

Residents call for an end to years of flood misery

URGENT investigations are to be carried out into a washed out area of Skipton.  more...

Strong action required

A RECORD crowd was at Threshfield on Saturday - complete with parking chaos in the village - as Wharfedale took on their downstream rivals, Otley, on Saturday.  more...

GPs forced to suspend waiting lists

PATIENTS under the care of a Skipton health centre could have their operations delayed indefinitely because of lack of funds.  more...

Transport boss denies manslaughter charges

A LORRY crash which ended in the deaths of six people at Sowerby Bridge more than four years ago was caused by the gross negligence of a transport manager, a court has heard.  more...

Task force set up to spearhead millenium plans

A TASK force has been formed to try to co-ordinate Skipton's plans for the new millennium.  more...

Village unites to celebrate 100 years of learning at local school

A VILLAGE school celebrated a century at the heart of the community on Saturday.  more...

Pendle's going green to the core

PENDLE Council is going "green" to the core, with environmental concerns set to underpin everything it does and how it does it.  more...

Pub loses battle to keep new plastic windows

A NORTH Craven pub has been ordered to remove plastic windows installed without planning permission.  more...

Tour de John!

MOST people would be thinking of taking things easy after their 50th birthday but energetic John Garwell is preparing to cycle up an Alp or two! His dream of rubbing shoulders with Tour de France stars has come true thanks to a birthday surprise from wife Cathy. On July 23, John will head for the French Alps to attempt the toughest stage of the Tour de France. In just 10 hours, he will cover 118 miles of the steepest ascents, including the Col du Galibier. John, of Belmont Wharf, Skipton, has harboured a desire to take part in the race since childhood, and it has been made possible thanks to Graham Baxter Sporting Tours of Pool-in-Wharfedale, which organises fundraising trips. John will be riding for local charities.  more...

Skipton Sport

Humdinger of a game at Threshfield

It was a humdinger of a contest at Threshfield where a record league attendance of around 1,500 turned out in the January sunshine to see the Greens come near to erasing the memory of a disappointing 27-11 reverse at Cross Green earlier this season, writes Keith Lewis.  more...

Farewell to top golfer

SKIPTON Golf Club's presentation night was tinged with regret as the club bade farewell to its top player, Ben Mallinson.  more...

Third County Title

Karen Slater, of Kelbrook, claimed her third county title in the mud at Hull on Sunday to bring the curtain down on her club, Keighley Hill Runners, in style - for from this week the Hill Runners will disband and members will join the new Keighley and Craven AC.  more...

D isappointment for N orth Ribblesdale

There must be something in the air at Darlington that disagrees with the Dalesmen, writes Trevor Graveson.  more...

Skipton comes away pointless

For the second time this season the Reds dominated a game against their Humberside rivals only to come away without the points, writes Andy Rhodes.  more...

  
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