AS our stories about the dangers of dog faeces in public areas of the town demonstrate, the knock-on effects of the foot and mouth epidemic have far-reaching consequences. Banned from the moors to prevent the spread of foot and mouth, more dog owners
Fans of speedway nostalgia are in for a treat tomorrow afternoon at Odsal. More than 20 riders will be taking part in a ride round the track before a plaque is unveiled in tribute to the Black Prince - former Halifax and Bradford rider Arthur Forrest,
THE current production of Sheridan's classic comedy proves once again that Ilkley Playhouse, not least in its sense of audience, can rival the professional theatre. Essentially a performance piece, The Rivals makes huge demands on the company, not only
A WOMAN is claiming motorists are using her driveway as a convenient public tip. Sue Stell, of Burley Woodhead, said passing drivers on the narrow Moor Road were pulling into her gateway - and leaving their rubbish behind. She said: "It is a nightmare
AN amazing £25,000 has been raised for breast cancer care in Otley and Wharfedale. The appeal, launched last year by Otley Lion Hasmukh Shah, reached its target last week - with a donation by the same company that started it off. John and Joan Glendinning
STAFF at the Ilkley branch of the Skipton Building Society on The Grove will be helping to raise funds for the Marie Curie Cancer charity throughout March. The spring Daffodil Campaign will receive a boost with a TableTop and Houshold Sale at Christchurch
WEETWOOD Police's new Divisional Commander Francis Habgood has only been in the job a few months, but this week he tells reporter JOHN BARON that there is too much crime in the area - and details his plans to fight the criminals that blight our communities
VILLAGE chiefs are urging residents to travel by bus in a bid to secure better public transport. Members of Bramhope Parish Council are trying to secure a new minibus service, or extending the 'bendy bus' service from Leeds - but say villagers must abandon
FIVE Otley primary schools could be closed and 'replaced' with three new ones by September next year. And the changes will mean teachers having to reapply for their own jobs - or for new ones at the amalgamated schools. Councillors were yesterday (Wednesday
TOP Tory Archie Norman has thrown his weight behind opposition to mast plans in Aireborough. Mr Norman, the shadow secretary of state for the environment, took time out from the Conservative conference in Harrogate to meet residents opposed to a mast
THE disruption caused by foot and mouth disease has reached far beyond those connected with farming. The effort to stop the spread of the virus in the area has not only involved restrictions on farmers and those connected with livestock - but has also
A WIFE who fell to her death on a flight of stairs had been drinking heavily following the death of her premature baby son, an inquest heard. Kathleen Jean Mitchell, 44, of Park Buildings, Pool-in-Wharfedale, was found dead at the foot of the stairs by
OTLEY Show may not go ahead - if the foot and mouth crisis continues to spread. Organisers are still forging ahead planning the event - a short 11 weeks away - but will make a final decision at the end of the month. Janet Raw, secretary of Wharfedale
VANDALISM at Bradley's public loos is costing a pretty penny. Constant damage has seen a third of Craven's toilet maintenance budget going down the pan. And a lack of use of the loos means they could face the threat of closure. Since the toilets were
A WEIGHT limit preventing heavy goods vehicles travelling over Giggleswick's Penny Bridge is to be removed to the anger of villagers. The proposal to strengthen the bridge, on Station Road, and remove the weight restriction was put out to public consultation
GIGGLESWICK and Settle Brass Band is launching a fundraising initiative to help buy new instruments and uniforms. And the campaign got off to a good start after Railtrack agreed to sponsor the band to the tune of £2,000 over the coming year. Bandmaster
SKIPTON'S police inspector Peter Lambert was determined to retire on his own terms. He has been in "civvies", carrying out light duties, since being injured in a cycle accident 14 months ago, but returned to full uniformed duties this week for the last
THE first outbreak of foot and mouth disease in North Yorkshire means Skipton and Grassington are now in an exclusion zone. The confirmed case at Raygill House Farm, Hawes, means that over 100 farms or smallholdings as well as common land are facing tighter
POLICE are hunting a small group of youths who apparently tried to derail a train in Skipton. The youngsters, aged between 13 and 15, were seen putting a 13-kilogramme gas canister on the quarry railway line behind Upper Sackville Street last Thursday
Skipton's long-awaited traffic survey will finally be launched later this month. Funding of £30,000 has been set aside for the town's traffic strategy, and questionnaires are to be sent out to each householder on March 19. They been designed to find out
A FED-UP resident is threatening to take photographs of dog-walkers who allow their pets to foul a pathway. Margaret Nelson, of Thwaites Avenue, in Ilkley, said she was prepared to get 'snap happy' in a bid to stamp out the filthy problem. She said: "
ART lovers are expected to descend upon Ilkley in their droves this weekend for the town's hugely successful annual exhibition. Artists are adding the finishing touches to their displays as they prepare for the British Society of Painter's spring exhibition
THE owner of an Ilkley shop is to be prosecuted for selling alcohol to youngsters under the age of 18, parish councillors have been told. Parish Councillor Audrey Brand said police officers enrolled children to make three test purchases in the town to
CHILDREN could be at risk from serious health problems as foot-and-mouth restrictions lead to more dog mess being left on the town's parks and riverside walks. Since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which has resulted in the closure of Ilkley Moor
SIR - It is time to come out of the closet. Time to take a deep breath and attempt to explain, with due brevity if possible, why anyone, let alone a practising GP, should agree with Craven PCG (and the internationally respected Kings Fund) that a liaison
Bradford's first anger management group for men is to be formed under a £1 million Healthy Living project on two housing estates. And the diets of people in Holme Wood and Bierley will also be under the spotlight during the next five years. As part of
UP and coming young cricket star Joe Sayers has returned from the warmth of South Africa to the snowy, icy wastes of Yorkshire after a tour in which his personal highlight was a knock of 93. Sixteen year-old Joe, regarded in many circles as a future captain
GREAT PRESTON...... 2 TRINITY RES..............3 BAILDON Trinity Reserves surprised the league leaders Great Preston with a classy performance and no mean grit. Baildon went ahead in the first-half through striker Matthew Nunn. However, by the interval
Ilkley Vets..............29 Bramley Vets..........17 ILKLEY Veterans resumed their season after a two month lay-off with an unconvincing win over a determined Bramley side. Although Ilkley were dealt a blow with the withdrawal of Bryett, Keighley and
Warrington..2 B Rhydding..2 UNLIKE last weekend Ben Rhydding started this game superbly, creating a number of chances with some fantastic team hockey which cut Warrington to shreds. With short corner after short corner Ben Rhydding just couldn't score
OTLEY RUFC, out of action last Saturday, have switched this weekend's National Division Two clash with Exeter from Saturday to Sunday. It is vital that Otley win this game as Exeter are currently just three points adrift of Otley but have played three
LINCOLN UNITED......3 GUISELEY.................1 THERE is an air of gloom and doom around Nethermoor these days and supporters are suffering a touch of deja vu. They look back at last season when the team was in a perilous position and ended up being
A pair of supermarket workers spoke today of their ordeal after being robbed at gunpoint by armed raiders. Later editions of yesterday's Telegraph & Argus reported how a gang of four masked robbers struck at the Day and Nite Stores on Bradford Road
Schools Minister Estelle Morris is meeting head teachers and governors in Bradford today after signalling her support for plans to raise educational standards. In a letter confirming approval of the Action Plan produced in response to last year's critical
A proposed housing scheme could herald the final curtain for Shipley's failed cinema, less than two years after it was re-vamped amid a blaze of publicity. Shipley-based Oak Tree Developments is asking Bradford Council for permission to knock down the
More than a quarter of surplus teachers have been offered permanent jobs following Bradford Council's budget approval last week. But councillors are still concerned that cash put aside this year to pay for those who do not find jobs does not address the
A knife-wielding robber got more than he bargained for after targeting an elderly shopkeeper with heart problems. When the attacker burst into Annie Smedley's Bradford store demanding the takings, the 64-year-old grandmother reached for a crowbar she
SKIPTON resume their Yorkshire Three title campaign tomorrow when they entertain Old Otliensians at Sandylands. The Reds are in buoyant mood after their fine victory at Ripon last weekend in the quarter-final of the Yorkshire Shield, but they must beware
WITH only two months of the season remaining, last Saturday's frost-bound cancellation of the Roundhegians game gave North Ribblesdale a chance to reflect on matters to date and to gather themselves for the final batch of four league games. Certainly
SIR - Much has been made of the National Lottery grants windfalls to restore some of Britain's parks to something like their previous glory. While it might seem churlish to be critical of such a gesture, especially with regard to the £3,220,000 donated
THE creation of 400 new jobs in Horsforth will give the town a boost once plans for a new business park are finally rubber-stamped. But the price of new jobs could be considerable with residents living in the streets surrounding the Low Lane area of the
IT was all quiet in the Dales this weekend as the public by and large heeded pleas to forego their normal country walks. Country pubs were noticeably quieter and the streets of Grassington, Settle and Ingleton were relatively peaceful. Of course, the
PLANS to convert Carleton's 140 year-old cotton mill into 51 new apartments have been put on hold by Craven planners this week. The application seeks permission to turn the mill's engine house and loading bay buildings into eight new units - some designed
THE fight against breast cancer is to be brought to the streets of Skipton. Women aged between 50 and 64 will be invited for breast screening at a new mobile screening unit which will be located in the town until May. It will then go around the area on
A VILLAGE campaign to save the former First School in Addingham received a blow this week as Bradford Council put the site up for sale. Villagers and parish councillors, who want to see the now-redundant school, on Chapel Street, converted into a civic
A ROW has broken out in Addingham between parish councillors and the village's primary school over the safety of children on a busy road. Councillors say Bolton Road is a danger spot made worse on a morning by parents parking their cars outside the school
COUNTRYSIDE Service officers have received top marks from an Ilkley Parish Councillor after braving the bad weather to complete much-needed jobs on Ilkley Moor. Councillor Patricia Stevenson had reeled off a list which needed doing at a meeting at the
TWO anglers reeled in more than they bargained for when they unearthed a 1939-45 war shell in the River Wharfe at Ilkley. The anglers were fishing near to Manor Park bends when they stumbled upon the 14-inch long artillery shell last Friday afternoon.
RESIDENTS in Addingham were hoping for peaceful streets after bosses at a nearby mill agreed to pay for signs to keep lorries out of the village. But the gesture of goodwill has fallen flat now that the Highways Agency has more than trebled the cost of
A U-TURN by transport bosses on a plan to provide Ilkley with its own tourist coach park has provoked fury among parish councillors and traders. The £2,200 plan, which would have provided two designated coach parking bays on Middleton Avenue, has been
SIR, - Through your columns, mayI take this opportunity to encourage my fellow residents to take action against Shell UK in leaving their former petrol station in Bramhope in such a disgraceful and dangerous condition. What can I do? Well, do as I have
MA Spouse, her back bent even deeper than usual, shuffled through the door behind the bar at the Beggarsdale Arms with the gallon jug of bitter clutched to her chest like a baby. She was expecting trouble. She filled the pint pots for Tom and John Bull
SIR, - I am surprised that you believe that your readers are not interested in politics, since in your latest issue you consigned the news item about the proposed increase in Council Tax to the bottom of page eight? Surely it should have been the lead
Farmers were on red alert today after West Yorkshire's first case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed in Queensbury. And the implementation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of a 10km exclusion zone around Bobby Green Farm in Queensbury
With the fells out of bounds due to foot and mouth disease for the foreseeable future, Skyrac's runners are moving onto the roads. Sunday's Norton 9, north of Doncaster, took 358 runners along country lanes and through pretty villages. Even road races
The cold weather affected local football once again and the pitch at the Old Showfield Ground was frozen and rutted in places and proved too dangerous for Otley Town to play. On Saturday Town are due to entertain Hemsworth in the West Riding County Amateur
The wintry weather put paid to both Burley Trojans' teams' chances of continuing their recent good form at the weekend. The first teams Senior Cup quarter- final against Boroughbridge fell victim on Friday night with The Rec still covered by a three inch
Yarnbury............12 Aireborough..........17 IN a hastily arranged game composite teams from both clubs gave an enthusiastic display watched by an appreciate crowd. With errors abounding due to the snow-covered pitch this was never to be a spectacle
AIREBOROUGH will meet Wakefield Cougars in the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Silver Trophy on Saturday, March 24. Cougars defeated Stanley Rodillians 28-11 in their third round game on Saturday. In the other semi-final, played on Saturday, Marist defeated
With a suitable game not coming available until very late in the week Otliensians first XV had a week off prior to their league game this coming Saturday at Skipton. Skipton came out best in the early season league and Tetley Vase encounters and are currently
The stop-start football season stopped again on Saturday, when Ilkley AFC's game at Wetherby was postponed as a precaution against the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the region. With all Harrogate and District football games being postponed for the
SEVERAL Aireborough and Wharfedale Judo Club members were successful in winning medals at the West Yorkshire Judo Championships, which were held on Sunday, March 4, in the Sports Hall at Leeds University. In the girl's event, Sara Firth won a gold medal
FORMER Yorkshire and England spin bowler Geoff Cope has gone back to his roots. Geoff, from Guiseley, has been appointed President of the Dales Council Cricket League - the league in which he started his cricketing career as an 11 year-old. His first
THE West Riding County FA has backed the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) restrictions suggested to help combat the spread of foot and mouth disease. All affiliated leagues and District FA's have been instructed to follow the guidelines
Pupils are playing a major role in helping residents decide how £14 million will be spent regenerating their neighbourhood. Children at Holybrook Primary School, Greengates, Bradford, have built a 3D model of the area, featuring all 1,500 houses, their
Families have emerged as the main winner in the Budget but Bradford business leaders have reacted with disappointment to the Chancellor's caution. There were increases in family credits, the threshold of the lowest rate of income tax and more cash for
A little boy who was brought back to life at his birth has died suddenly at his home. Two-year-old William Clarkson was found by his father Richard in his cot, where he had died following an epileptic fit. William, who would have been three years old
Bradford Lord Mayor Stanley King - who is also Lord of the Manor in his village of Heaton - will see the first copies of his new book roll off the press today. Having the book printed is the culmination of a 40-year voyage of discovery for Councillor
The trial of a police officer accused of wounding a man was abruptly halted yesterday when the jury was discharged. PC Erroll Bogle is alleged to have attacked 32-year-old Tom Wright after he caught him having sex with his girlfriend in October 1999.
Bradford Film Festival has paid tribute to one of the industry's most venerated ambassadors. Lord Attenborough arrived at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television yesterday as the guest of honour at this year's festival. Lord Attenborough
Angela Vento certainly IS an embarrassment to West Yorkshire Police - but not in the way its officers described. As a rookie officer at Bradford Central police station, Mrs Vento, holding down a job and single-handedly caring for three children after
The farming family at the centre of West Yorkshire's first case of foot and mouth disease have told of their devastation at losing a lifetime's work. Joan Sutcliffe spoke as her son Richard's entire stock of 135 calves and cows and 7,000 hens were being
Ripon 18 Skipton 22 SKIPTON are not very good at running down the clock. In recent decades they've prayed for the bell to save them further punishment more times than they care to remember. Now they are dancing round the ring again as they did in the
WITH the foot and mouth outbreak becoming firmly established in most areas of the country, it is no surprise to find that all the angling clubs in our area have banned fishing on their waters until further notice. It may be possible for anglers to fish
DEFENDING Craven & District Football League champions Skipton Bulldogs moved an important step forward in the defence of their title last weekend when they moved into third place in the table with a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Clitheroe United.
WHARFEDALE finally called off their scheduled National Division Two game against Camberley at The Avenueon Saturday after a losing battle against the foot and mouth epidemic. "We just could not take the risk, it seems to be getting worse round here,"
Bradford Ladies were relieved to go home with three vital English National League Division One points from a tense 1-0 victory against Aldridge in Staffordshire. Most of the play was confined between the shooting circles, neither team creating many goal-scoring
Cougars crashed to their first league defeat of the season, and probably had only themselves to blame. The Cougar faithful would probably want to blame referee Nick Oddy but this was definitely their worst performance of the season. Perhaps they were
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond today urged Stan Collymore to reconsider his decision to quit football little more than a month after leaving the club. Richmond, who allowed Collymore to join Spanish club Real Oviedo in January as part of a cost-cutting
Bradford Bulls are locked in a major row with their chief sponsor Skylark over money due for the second year of their deal with the Challenge Cup holders. Bulls chairman Chris Caisley confirmed today: "We are lawfully entitled to substantial monies and
A couple who run a popular farm park fear the foot and mouth disease crisis could force them out of business. Denise and James Wainhouse have turned St Leonard's Farm Park at Esholt into a top tourist attraction, visited by thousands of families and school
A HORSFORTH college will soon have a state-of-the-art £5 million library and computing centre. In what will be the biggest building project on the Brownberrie Lane campus since Trinity and All Saints College was built in 1966, the new centre is expected
A NEWSAGENT is hoping to swap papers and sweets for the bright lights of Nashville. By day, Rosie Clegg sells sweets, cigarettes and papers at Clegg's Newsagents in Harrogate Road, Rawdon. But by night Rosie, 42, pictured right, slips into her jeans,
MAJOR £4.5 million plans to boost arts and sports facilities in Aireborough have been revealed. The planned sports and arts centre at Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge, will be open to the community as well as pupils. And it will feature a theatre
A FORMER van driver from Burley-in-Wharfedale has received tens of thousands of pounds in compensation after he lost an eye in a horrific three- vehicle pile-up. He won the cash from French car company Renault UK and an Otley garage in an out of court
AN ambitious £360,000 scheme will repair and strengthen the crumbling Pool Bridge on the A658 - one of the main arteries into Wharfedale from Harrogate. A spokeswoman for Leeds City Council said that current proposals are to close the Grade II listed
A COMMUNITY plan which was supposed to feature issues of concern identified by Horsofrth residents has been dismissed as 'rubbish' by a city councillor, writes John Baron. Coun Chris Townsley (Lib Dem, Horsforth, pictured right) said that a draft community
It might seem a little strange to members of the older generations that people should need the help of a special project to learn how to eat cheaply but healthily. That was one of the basic skills that mothers used to pass down to daughters. However,
In 1870, Dr. Burnett, the Vicar of Bradford, died. In 1872, the Shipley, Idle and Eccleshill railway opened for goods traffic. In 1952, a 41-year-old man was kept alive for 80 minutes by the use of an artificial heart. From the Telegraph & Argus of
A pensions expert is urging businesses to start building up information on legislation coming into force this year. Brian Hallam, pictured, of Bradford company Chartered Financial Management Ltd, said the stakeholder pensions scheme had benefits. He said
One of Yorkshire's best-known double glazing firms has given away £10,000 worth of products as part of celebrations marking its new opening. Diamond Seal, which went into administrative receivership last April, has been given a new lease of life by Bradford-based
A construction company is heading into its tenth year with a doubling in annual turnover. Stainforth Construction Ltd, of Stott Hill, Bradford, announced it had won £8 million of contracts, taking its turnover to £20 million. The record levels make the
TOWN councillors who thought they would collect £24,000 from the sale of Barnoldswick's old town hall look set to be disappointed. They have accused Pendle Council of reneging on a promise made three years ago to pass on half the proceeds when the building
ONE of Craven's most striking millennium projects is nearing completion and meeting with widespread approval. Villagers at Thornton-in-Craven formed their own millennium committee to think up a way to mark the momentous occasion. They came up with various
A BRIDGE over Kildwick's problem level crossing may never be built, it was claimed this week. A row has erupted after a preferred route for the bridge was dismissed because it would mean opening up the area for more houses. Now Glusburn district councillor
VISITORS to the Quaker Meeting House in Airton will be taken back 300 years to discover wealthy linen maker William Ellis opening the building. William and his wife, Alice, were leading Quakers and helped the movement thrive in the late 17th century,
