ARRIVA'S woes have been well documented in these pages and elsewhere. The question is: has public confidence in the company broken down so completely that they should lose their franchise to operate trains in this area. The franchise system for running
The Bees are hoping to obtain permission to play a 26-year-old Tongan student in tomorrow's Intermediate Cup fourth tie north at Leos tomorrow. John Wesley Alofi, who is taking a degree at Bradford University has been training with the Bees and could
A close-fought old-fashioned cup tie is in prospect when Birkenshaw face old rivals Clayton in the opening round of the 'Jack Senior Memorial' Bradford Cup at East Bierley. Despite their shock cup exit last season, Clayton usually dominate the competition
Wayne Jacobs is geared up for a bruising work-out against Gary Megson's Baggies tomorrow. Jacobs is well qualified to judge the West Brom boss. They were team-mates at Sheffield Wednesday when the defender kicked off his career and Megson was briefly
Bulls scrum-half Paul Deacon has been handed the daunting task of lifting Great Britain in the decisive Ashes Test tomorrow. Deacon is one of six players from the Grand Final-winning Bulls side who will do battle with Australia in the third and final
It's a harsh fact of life that, try as they might, councils can never please everybody all of the time. The provision of council services is so personal in the way it affects every member of the local community that it would be impossible ever to do it
Dance and drumming to the beats of Africa are Stanbury School pupils. Music-ian and performer Raymond Takalani Otto, from Soweto, spent a day teaching children about culture in South Africa. Raymond began with an introduction into life in South Africa
Bradford's ailing textile industry could be about to enjoy new success in the far-flung market of Mongolia. On his first UK visit outside London, the Mongolian ambassador met business leaders at the offices of Bradford Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Action Man and Barbie were on hand to serve customers at a Silsden building society on Friday. They were joined by other toys at the Skipton Building Society branch to raise money for Children in Need. The five members of staff dressed-up as toys, such
Staff at Manorlands raised their glasses in a toast to Timothy Taylor's this week on hearing the brewery had raised over £12,000 for the hospice. Timothy Taylor's launched a fundraising drive in January through their managed and tenanted houses, to raise
A lorry driver was shaken after a Keighley road collapsed beneath his truck. Paul Whitworth, a driver for Manchester company AK Worthington, had driven all the way across the Pennines to deliver a palette to a Heber Street warehouse on Wednesday afternoon
Santa Claus kicked off this year's Christmas celebrations in Keighley by leading a parade through the town centre. His arrival will be followed next Thursday by Keighley's other VIP guest, Bob the Builder, to turn on the Christmas lights. Santa rode up
Cliffe Castle nursery has been saved from closure following a massive public campaign sparked by the Keighley News. A rescue package securing the future of the popular facility was accepted by councillors on Monday. The decision follows a three-month
They are used to going underground, overground and wombling free. But when the Wombles left Wimbledon Common to come collecting at Keighley's Airedale Centre they were shown the door. HSBC branch manager Peter Helliwell and financial planning advisor
Battling grandmother Dorothy Cook, 87, is recovering from a head injury after challenging an intruder who snatched her bag. Mrs Cook was knocked unconscious after the 6ft tall robber pushed her to the floor. The man had entered the living room of her
Police have recovered another guns cache from a house in Keighley. Officers seized a rifle and a pistol after searching a property at Bradford Road, Stockbridge, on Wednesday night. Crack cocaine and heroin with a street value of about £3,000 was also
Part of Keighley was sealed off yesterday and homes were evacuated when a hand grenade was discovered in a house. Roads were closed to traffic and several householders moved out as police and bomb disposal teams swooped to investigate. The alert was sparked
A NEW stained glass window at St Peter's Church in Stainforth will be a lasting tribute to today's village community. The window, designed to commemorate the millennium, celebrates the parish's people, church, and surroundings. It was consecrated this
SIXTIES band The Troggs were in Skipton to help a 50th birthday "bash" go smoothly. The band had big hits with "Wild Thing" and "Love is All Around" - which was back at the top of the charts 30 years later when Wet, Wet, Wet had a major hit with the song
AS foot and mouth disease swept through Craven, another silent killer had already permeated the area's watercourses, reaping havoc on one of the Dales resident species. Crayfish plague, a fungus known as Aphanomyces astaci, was the culprit, possibly brought
COURAGEOUS youngsters from across the district were recognised for their bravery whilst dealing with difficult circumstances. The Rotary Club of Skipton presented their third annual Children of Courage awards to four very special individuals and a whole
YOU may have seen him dressed in bowler hat, long white coat and brown gaiters running the terrier races at Broughton Game Show - trying to keep control of dozens of snarling, snapping, feisty little dogs often more interested in scrapping than running
Traders in Cleckheaton could soon welcome a new beat bobby to keep the town crime-free. The replacement will take over from PC Penny Ayers, who maintained law and order for over six years. She left at the end of September to pursue other career interests
A community tapestry that is the work of hundreds of pairs of Heaton hands has been judged the best in Britain. The tapestry, which is 53ft long, was created for the Millennium and has already been seen and admired by thousands in Bradford. But proud
Children from Asian backgrounds are four times more likely to be born deaf than white youngsters, says a report. And a new project is being started in Bradford by the National Deaf Children's Society to address the issues facing parents of deaf children
Two Bradford celebrity lookalikes, pictured here, have won an all-expenses-paid trip to rub shoulders with the rich and famous in the gambling capital of Europe. Matthew Middleton, who is a dead ringer for Manchester United's midfield general David Beckham
A brave Gomersal youngster who was born with a skull deformity has undergone her 17th major operation at the age of nine. Lindsey Ackroyd was born with a deformity called craniosynotosis, or premature fusing of the skull bones. The youngster underwent
Part of Keighley was sealed off yesterday and homes evacuated when a hand grenade was discovered in a house. Roads were closed and residents moved as police and bomb disposal teams investigated. The alert was sparked at 10.13am when a resident returning
A teenage rioter was today beginning the longest sentence handed out so far to anyone involved in the shocking violence which erupted in the city last July. Shazad Ashraf was sent to a young offenders institution for five years after a judge
Keighley Juniors made a great start in the North West Division Two of the National Junior League at Lytham St. Annes. Playing at the impressive Ansdell Arena the Keighley boys drew with Preston 'A' but won their other matches against Formby, Fylde, Lancaster
Wharfedale Under-11s 19 Keighley Under-11s 33 Wharfedale at home are never easy to beat but Keighley U-11's went to Wharfeside Avenue confident from a good showing and victory the previous week against Ilkley, who they also only narrowly lost to at Baildon
Keighley 2nd XV 19 Leodensians 2nd XV 15 Keighley had to work hard to come out top against a well organised Leos side. Dependable goal kicker Duncan Grant gave Keighley the start they wanted with his first penalty. Matthew Lockwood to the sin bin for
Leodensians 25 Keighley 15 Keighley surrendered valuable league points in their second visit to the Leeds side in three weeks, with an untidy and lack lustre performance. The team's lamentable away from home form is a cause of great concern. Whilst it
Silsden Under-14s A outplayed Oakworth with Tom Bradford scoring bother the Cobbydale side's goals. Chris Page had his best game of the season in midfield and Bradford got his first from the penalty spot before adding the second with a diving header.
WHILE other teams were involved in Keighley Cup action Phoenix slipped to defeat at the hands of Hemsworth. Phoenix are finding the going tough this season and are fourth from bottom of the Premir Division table after suffering eight defeats in 12 games
Cougars 22, Huddersfield Giants 30 HUDDERSFIELD hooker Adam Hayes sealed victory for the Giants with a try in the last seconds of Friday night's pre-season friendly at Cougar Park. A crowd of 1,275 turned out to welcome professional rugby back to Cougar
OAKBANK based table tennis players helped Yorkshire junior teams to keep their unbeaten record in the recent County Junior Championships. The Oakbank club had four out of the 10 places in two county teams and provided the backbone of some superb performances
CRAVEN soccer action tomorrow again sees teams on the knockout trail, with first round ties in the Devonshire Carpets Cup competitions. Skipton Bulldogs, holders of the Premier title, take on Embsay in what is traditionally a close match, while Cross
IT is far too early to talk of serious concerns at Wharfedale, especially with five teams below them in the National Division One league table, but no-one can doubt that after the defeat at home to Newbury last weekend, the Greens travel to Waterloo tomorrow
100 years ago A WAR of the Roses rugby match brought the crowds flocking to Skipton. Some 1,400 spectators turned out to watch the game between Yorkshire and Lancashire, described as a "festival day in the annals of rugby football at Skipton." Before
The Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Reverend David Smith, made a personal telephone call to every single farming family in the Dales which suffered the slaughter of its livestock because of foot-and-mouth disease. This is revealed in a tribute to Bishop David
The two sides of football's bitter TV cash row were this afternoon on the point of agreeing to call off the threatened players' strike. A news conference was taking place in Manchester when it was expected that a general settlement would be announced
In 1876, Spanish composer Manuel de Falla was born. In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was executed for murdering his wife by poisoning, and dismembering her body. In 1956, the Suez crisis caused petrol rationing in the UK. From the Telegraph & Argus
Darran Flavell is looking forward to the hurly-burly of family life, when he moves into his new home in Cullingworth in the new year. He will be able to enjoy joining his wife Jacqueline, 39, and three children Georga, seven, Jacob, four, and 18 month-old
Mice were let loose in Airedale Hospital on Friday as trainees raised money for Children in Need. Characters like Minnie Mouse were joined by pirates and people in pyjamas on a tour of the wards. The two dozen teenagers, who attend vocational courses
A fireman took time off from fighting blazes to tackle a steeper challenge. Colin Greenwood, who has worked at Keighley Fire Station for 23 years, fulfilled a personal ambition by climbing 18,000 feet up Mount Everest. Before he took on the highest peak
It was up, up and away for a £100,000 appeal to improve the facilities and care for cancer patients at Airedale Hospital. The Sarah McKie Memorial Fund was officially launched at the Valley Parade football ground in Bradford with the unleashing of 1,000
A local actor who is no stranger to Casualty will be carrying out an operation of a different kind today. Ian Bleasdale, known to millions as paramedic Josh Griffiths in the popular BBC hospital series Casualty, will officially open Airedale Hospital's
Keighley's police commander has vowed that the crackdown on drugs in the town will be maintained. Chief Supt Graham Sunderland was speaking this week after arrests were made and a quantity of class A drugs recovered following raids on two addresses in
Keighley & District Travel has scooped a top award in the UK bus Oscars. The company has received a rose bowl after finishing joint runner-up in the Bus Industry Awards operator of the year category. The winner was Trent & Barton Buses, with K
A HOUSING needs survey is to be undertaken in Grassington. The action was agreed by the village's parish council after hearing from local rural housing enabler, Mary Russell. Her role is to assess the housing needs of Craven's rural villages, with particular
ROADWORKS on the Cavendish Street and Broughton Road junction in Skipton have been causing traffic chaos. And the situation does not look like improving before Christmas. Long tailbacks and delays caused many people to be late for work on Friday, as they
THE war of words raging over the rabbits infesting Aireville Park, Skipton, took a sinister turn this week when it was revealed that rabbits can spread a potentially fatal microbe, E coli 0157. This was the food poisoning bug which killed 22 pensioners
THE fall in the number of visitors to the district due to foot and mouth disease had a big impact on revenue from the council's car parks. But there are growing signs that visitors are beginning to flood back and the hole in the council's budget is likely
CRAVEN took another step on the road to becoming foot and mouth disease free this week, when the area around Skipton and Settle was removed from "infected area status". It remains a "high risk" area, the next stage down being "at risk" and finally once
Craven's famous limestone pavements have been saved for future generations thanks to a quarry company agreeing to relinquish its rights. Hanson, the owners of two of the three last remaining sites in England with permission to quarry limestone pavement
A 22-year-old Skipton woman died after being injected with at least six times more than the required dose of diamorphine to treat a migraine, an inquest was told this week. Jill Griffiths, of Belgrave Street, died on October 13 2000 after receiving what
EMERGENCY services were put on full alert yesterday (Thursday) after an anthrax scare at Skipton Building Society. The alarm was raised after powder was found in an envelope sent to a member of staff at home, but opened at work. The powder was later declared
Wild Africa This £19:99 hardback, which accompanies the TV series currently being shown on BBC1, is packed full of glossy photographs and interesting facts. Wild Africa is a raw and beautiful place, and this book only emphasises the spectacular history
The "Good Old Days" of music hall are recalled by a man as he spends his last days in an old folks' home. And as he struggles to regain his identity as an entertainer he dwells on how he was influenced by the various women in his life. The life and times
An amateur dramatic group will next month take audiences inside a world not far removed from its own. Keighley Playhouse is staging the comedy Trivial Pursuits which is set behind the curtains of a fictional operatic society. Frank Vickery's play is set
Meet the Mother Goose who in real life is the goose's uncle. Philip Smith dons a dress to play the title role in this year's traditional family panto from Sutton Amateurs. Playing the role of the goose his character befriends in the show is Philip's 10
Children in Need day was marked by the usual outbreak of madness, fun and generosity as locals dug deep for the good cause. Teachers submitted themselves to all sorts of indignities, workers gave up their time and students took time out to rustle coins
SIR - Thank you for publishing the Remembrance Sunday photograph of the temporary blade being attached to the War Memorial soldier's empty bayonet handle, and for placing on record the reason for its permanent removal as a safety precaution. For years
SIR - With reference to your article about recycling waste in Craven. It is now 25 years since Dr David Hyslop retired from practice and Len Dutton from teaching and started collecting waste paper and card in Settle, taking it to John Roberts' paper mill
He might not be a Pop Idol, but Danny Tetley is proving he's got star quality. The 21-year-old failed to win over the judges on the hit TV series, but he has now become a firm favourite with fans of Channel Four's Big Breakfast show. Danny, of Windhill
THIS early postcard conveys a sense of the spaciousness and comparative calm of turn-of-the-century North Street, which had been widened and substantially rebuilt during the 1890s. The Mechanics' Institute clock-tower dominates the skyline. The lamps
Proposals to merge two hospital trusts are not part of "a conspiracy" to centralise services in Bradford, a meeting of Airedale Community Health Council was told. Attempts were also made to quell fears that a merger of Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust and
A damning report on complaints to Bradford Council shows only 29 per cent of people were satisfied about the way they were dealt with. The authority is in bottom place with Oldham and Trafford in a league table of nine metropolitan authorities. The national
Bradford's £25 million Vicar Lane leisure scheme is finally set to open on December 14 - five years after the first blueprints went on the drawing board. Since then three would-be developers have pulled out but J J Gallagher, which also developed Thornbury's
The head of governors at a Bradford school - branded the fifth worst in the country for truancy - claims "everything possible is being done" to curb the problem. The problems at Carlton Bolling College, in Undercliffe, emerged in the national league tables
A great grandmother, knocked unconscious after being robbed for the second time in two months, is too terrified to return to her home. Dorothy Cook, pictured, was left in a pool of blood following her struggle with the thief who smashed open the door
A Cleckheaton company which was burgled eight weeks ago has been hit again by raiders who stole all its tools. Elite Systems GB Ltd in Bedford Street, which manufactures portable accommodation, was targeted between 9pm on Tuesday and 7.50am on Wednesday
The brother of a man stabbed to death after a row with a neighbour today questioned why his mentally-ill killer was released from police custody less than 24 hours before the attack. Saleem Dad, of Hollingwood, Brad-ford, said he felt "bitter" that nothing
A mother-of-one with a penicillin allergy who was left in a coma after she was mistakenly given the drug at Bradford Royal Infirmary has been moved from the intensive care department. Teresa Innes, of Evans Towers, Bradford, has been transferred to a
West Bowling's Steve Moriarty and John Bullock shot a nine-under-par 50 to win the Bradford Winter Alliance event at Woodhall Hills, played over 15 holes. Branshaw assistant professional Simon Jowitt and club member Steve Busfield (6) led the local challenge
Heysham Atoms 1 Keighley Albion Cats 82 The Cats completed their round robin section of the Challenge Cup with this mauling of a seriously outclassed Heysham side. The Atoms are firmly rooted to the bottom of Division 2 and on this evidence it is not
Dewsbury Moor 30 Keighley Albion 10 EARLY lack of discipline cost Albion as they handed the advantage to Moor. Julian Yarrow took advcantage to set up Steve McNamara in for a try after just nine minutes. From the kick off Moor scored again with a long
STATISTICS go out of the window when the cup takes over from league action and Shoulder of Mutton turned the tables on Midland when they met in the FA Sunday Cup. Midland had only conceded five goals this season when they met Shoulder of Mutton who have
Premier Division side Regent Victoria won a one sided game against Old House At Home, but paid tribute to the losing side. Once again Old House refused to give up, despite suffering an 18-0 defeat. They kept Regent to five in the first half but with twenty
Bronte Wanderers took advantage of other clubs having District Cup commitments to make ground in the league campaign. They took maximum points from their encounter with Skipton Town despite the Town side taking an early lead. Bronte quickly got to grips
Keighley Juniors made a great start in the North West Division Two of the National Junior League at Lytham St. Annes. Playing at the impressive Ansdell Arena the Keighley boys drew with Preston 'A' but won their other matches against Formby, Fylde, Lancaster
Third placed Robert Jebb with second placed Ian Taylor after Sunday's cyclo-cross race at Myrtle Park, Bingley.
CHRIS MEEHAN of South Craven School and Keighley Crusaders produced a dazzling display of rugby last weekend. Playing on Saturday for Leeds Tykes Academy side against London Wasps he scored all 16 points in the Tykes' total. His tally included a drop
STEVE DEAKIN went on his first spying mission of the season when he watched Dewsbury Rams during their pre-season contest at Batley on Wednesday evening. With the start of the marathon season just two weeks away, and with Keighley heading for an opening
A swimming record dating back 21 years finally fell by the wayside at Aireville Pool recently when Skipton Amateur Swimming Club held their winter gala. Fourteen-year-old Jamie Harrison wasn't born when Philip Gill swam the Men's Open Medley in 1min 44.08secs
SKIPTON take another step on the path to Twickenham tomorrow in the RFU Junior Cup, but the challenge facing them in Round Four has changed dramatically since the beginning of the week, (writes Tony Simpson). Since their 28-11 win over Eagle in the previous
