The final round of fixtures has arrived for the UniBond clubs and all have accepted the league stance to steer clear of FA Cup Final day so play tonight. Bradford Park Avenue end their rollercoaster first campaign in the Premier Division with a home meeting
Bradford Bulls prop Paul Anderson will have an extra surge of adrenalin when he steps on to the field tonight at The Jungle against Castleford Tigers. For the 31-year-old will be playing against his home-town club, although he has never featured for the
Zaf Shah has touched the podium, seen the track, entered the stadium and is now desperate to fulfil his Commonwealth Games dream. The Bradford athlete, running for Pakistan in this summer's Manchester festivities, had an early taste of glory at a recent
The Bulls will change their pre-match warm-up tonight at Castleford in a bid to avoid leaking early points. "We want to spark it up a bit . . . make it a bit more intense to try and prevent those errors," said Bulls' assistant coach Darrel Shelford. "
CONSERVATIVES were celebrating this morning after snatching control of two wards in Wharfedale and Aireborough from Labour. In one of the highest turnouts in the Leeds City Council area, at more than 40 per cent, the Otley and Wharfedale ward went to
So there it is. The voters of Bradford have had their democratic say. A few seats have changed hands but there have been no big upsets to hit the national headlines. Yet despite the absence of any major upheavals, it is too early to declare "As you were
Over 50s in Keighley were put through their paces at Fitness First. In a bid to promote fitness for older people the gym held an open day for all those over the age of 50. The day began with a seminar on osteoporosis, after which they were shown around
Married at Normanby Hall, North Lincolnshire, were Richard C Smith and Helen M Brooke. Richard, a website design manager, is the eldest son of Mrs Jackie Smith, of Scunthorpe, and the late Graham Smith. Helen - an account supervisor and a former student
Sue Ryder hospice Manorlands is holding its annual 'Teddy Bears Picnic'. The event - in the grounds of the hospice - is to be held on Saturday, May 25 from 1.30-4.30pm. Chris Bown, fundraiser for Manorlands, and students from Keighley College studying
Children in Laycock are campaigning to get a play area in the village. Eleven year-olds India Carter, who attends South Craven School, and her friend Charlotte Buxton, from Our Lady of Victories School, are fed up with inadequate play facilities in the
A ground-breaking initiative which will breath new life into a defunct police station was launched in Haworth on Wednesday. The former town police station in Changegate has been converted into a community contact point, bringing police, volunteers and
A Lothersdale girl is to take part in the Great North Run to raise money for charity in October. Emily Durham, who is running the race with her friend Jenny Baxter, will donate the proceeds from the half marathon to the Liz Dawn Cancer Appeal. Emily,
Talented young performers are taking centre stage in Cullingworth to raise cash for Manorlands. Students with the KC Dance School will be showcasing their talents in public for the first time tonight and tomorrow at Cullingworth Village Hall. Cash raised
In 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli was born. In 1841, New Zealand was proclaimed as a separate colony. In 1917, the first US warships arrived in Britain. From the Telegraph & Argus of May 3rd, 1977... The old disused public library in Main Street, Bingley
Lees Primary School is to have one less for lunch now that a cook has left. Dinner lady Maureen Gruszczynska is leaving the school after nine years service in the kitchen. But cooking was not the only talent that Maureen brought to the school. She also
students from Keighley yomped away with the honours in a gruelling Royal Marine challenge. Oakbank School took the top team and individual prizes in the contest, at Thornton Sports College, in Bradford. Eight Oakbank pupils went head to head against teams
A Keighley school has received a glowing report from Ofsted. Inspectors who visited Lees Primary School in February have praised the school for what they describe as "very good" improvements since its last inspection in November 1995. In the report, the
Long Lee Primary School has been given a prestigious School Achievement Award. The accolade, which is given to less than a third of schools in Britain, is a Government award set up to recognise improved standards of pupils and reward the hard work of
staff and pupils at Glusburn Primary School are over the moon after receiving two top awards. The school recently received the prestigious Investors in People Award, which recognises the school's commitment to the development of staff. Then, out of the
Actress Jenny Agutter will be making tracks for Haworth on Sunday. She is the special guest at a sponsored Railway Children walk and charity fun day in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Miss Agutter - who has a cousin with the disease - is due to start
Young evacuees arrive in Haworth to escape the devastation of German bombs. This week's scene was a "dress rehearsal" for a re-enactment being staged as part of Haworth's hugely popular 1940s Weekend. Now in its eighth year, the weekend - organised by
A 78-year-old war widow has won a legal battle to keep her Keighley home which she faced losing to a loan company. A county court judge has ruled that he is to throw out a legal order in which Doris Armstrong's house, in Braithwaite Walk, could be taken
THE number of chef's specials at Airedale Hospital is to increase in a bid to offer patients a greater choice at meal times. From June the hospital trust is to provide two chef's specials for patients instead of the one currently offered. The special
A lack of trained specialist nurses and cash for expensive drugs could hamper plans to improve treatment for heart attack victims. Medics at Airedale Hospital have drawn up plans to ensure people who have suffered a heart attack receive vital drugs as
Keighley's world-famous steam railway has welcomed aboard its youngest member. The latest recruit to the 4,800-strong society is little Alex Taylor, who is just six months old. He is following on the footplate of his older brother Niall who, at two, is
A lack of funds could leave a new £1 million scanner at Airedale Hospital virtually unused. Health chiefs at Airedale NHS Trust say that unless more funds are forthcoming the hospitals new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner will lie idle for most
THE Liberal Democrats were in celebratory mood following the district council elections yesterday (Thursday). They took nine seats on the Craven District Council, nearly doubling their previous tally. Following an electoral review, the number of Craven
There were no surprises in Wharfedale in the Bradford Council elections with all three Conservatives easily retaining their seats. In Ilkley Ward, Bradford's environmental chief, Anne Hawkesworth, had almost 2,000 votes to spare over her nearest rival
Keighley's youth theatre HYT will be scaling new heights this month with its new production Mountain. Written and directed by artistic director Jon Crossley, the 101st show by HYT tackles what pushes climbers to the boundaries of human endurance and why
SHOW: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Adapted from the film musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers proved popular when it came to Bradford this week. The show tells the tale of the Pontipee brothers and their quest for love. Eldest brother Adam decides
Top local blues singer/songwriter Emily Druce will kick off the first date of her first national tour tomorrow night in Haworth. Emily will be promoting her new CD New Day with the gig at Parkside Social Club in Butt Lane. The guitarist and singer, who
Meatloaf is the latest big star to join rock royalty for a season of open-air gigs in Millennium Square, Leeds. The singer of huge hits such as Dead Ringer for Love and I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) plays on July 25. Canadian rocker Bryan
The glare from Elton John's glasses is blamed for a cup final defeat when Bingley Little Theatre perform Elton John's Glasses from May 13-18 at the Arts Centre. The play is set in the unfurnished flat of a fanatical supporter of Watford FC. Day after
Talented young Asian actors in Keighley are being offered the chance to take part in a theatre workshop. Red Ladder Theatre Company is seeking Asians up to the age of 25 to take part in its fourth Asian Theatre School in Bradford. The school - run in
Discworld comes to Skipton this month in a stage adaptation of a novel by best-selling fantasy writer Terry Pratchett. Maskerade is a comedy starring Pratchett's popular creations, the madcap witches Granny Weatherwax and Granny Ogg. Skipton Little Theatre's
After 20 years of ploughing his own unique musical furrow, Don Gaudiosi is still searching for those gold sounds. And the mainstay of Keighley band Hush will be hoping that the band's new single, Streets of Gold, will encourage local music lovers to part
SIR - I am writing to say thank you to Tom Smith for his brilliant article on bullying. I really appreciated the straightforward way in which he wrote about this subject. I was a pupil at two schools in Keighley and I was bullied all the way through.
The Second World War brought many hardships - and it was not just food and essential items that were rationed. An illustrated talk at Red House Museum in Gomersal on Sunday will take a look at how people coped fashionwise during the war years. As part
Mike Bamford has set off to drive a bus 1,250 miles to take aid to the Ukraine. The 56-year-old, of Eldwick, pictured, is one of 16 volunteers taking part in the 14-day trip to the deprived city of Uzghorod. During the trip he will be taking it in turns
Saltaire-based Pace Micro Technology could receive a huge boost if calls for the Government to provide free digital set-top boxes are taken up, the firm said today. The idea has been mooted by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which
The tradition of crowning a May Queen was observed for many years in a number of local schools, none more enthusiastically than in the infants' department of Keighley National School at the bottom of West Lane. This constituted an annual social occasion
Worried Lesley Shepherd plunged over the edge after months of spiralling debts made her life a misery. But her decision to leap off a 150ft building was all in a good cause - to raise cash for the charity that helped her put her life back in order, Christians
Keighley -- Opening Weekend, Saturday 4BBB: 1 D Plumb and T Petty 64, 2 ME Chapman and PI Wood 64, 3 G Brown and W Holder 64, 4 M Yeates and R Sarah 65, 5 R Newton and M Harrison 65. The evening social event started with a drive off by the Captain, Mike
FELL RUNNERS battled against terrible conditions in Sunday's Three Peaks Race. Favourite for the event was ex-Skyrac runner Simon Booth (Borrowdale), but his winning time of 3 hrs 10 min 43 sec was 18 minutes slower than when he won the last race two
The track and field season got off to a good start for the Bingley junior teams at Cleckheaton. The boys' team of 15-20 year olds took second place with 211 points behind a Bolton team which scored 240. In joint third place were Spenborough and Rotherham
Head teachers have rejected "unrealistic" Government ass-essment targets which demand that Bradford children must achieve the biggest improvements in the country. New targets announced today by the Department for Education and Skills for ten- and 11-year-olds
Highfield Bowling Club is hoping to attract new members of all ages following a £10,000 face-lift. The club on Highfield Lane opened its new-look pavilion on Sunday after an extensive refurbishment over the winter. Project Manager, Jim Cormican, said:
Tens of thousands of rail users today faced travel chaos because of a fresh strike over pay. Arriva Trains Northern said it was planning to run 55 per cent of its 1,400 services across northern England despite the 48-hour walkout by members of the Rail
Hemsworth 25 Keighley 16 Keighley ended their season with a disappointing defeat at Hemsworth. They were forced to make nine changes from the side which began Wednesday's Yorkshire Shield semi-final and with some players playing their third game in four
Keighley 2nd XV 15 Otley 3rd XV 5 After the disappointment of the senior side's exit from the Yorkshire Shield, the 'A' team provided some consolation with a well earned victory over Otley in the semi-final of the Sulzer-Roteq Aire Wharfe Cup. They will
RIDDLESDEN held out for a draw as runs galore were scored at Adwalton in the Bradford Central League last weekend. The home side raced to 315-6 with opener Pete Bennett batting through the innings for 152 and S Jackson adding 95 later in the innings.
HAWORTH secured a six-run victory over Long Lee to set the early pace after two weeks of the Division One season. The Worth Valley side made the short journey to Long Lee and were restricted to 130. Jamie Rowell scored 36 and Adrian Ratcliffe clocked
JONAL ALI turned on a sparkling display of footwork to score Skipton's first goal in their Keighley Alliance League Cup semi-final clash with Shoulder of Mutton. He beat two defenders before unleashing a shot which hit the back of the net following a
Boltmakers Arms over-ran a depleted Baildon New Inn side with the club only able to field nine men. They managed to keep the score down to 4-0 at half time, but then the floodgates opened as the extra men took their toll. The overwhelmed Baildon side
STEVE BARKER flew in from Ireland and clinched the West Riding County Trophy for Steeton with a thrilling late goal. The electricity worker has been one of the main ingredients in the Summerhill side's spectacular season and he pulled the winner out of
POOL world champion Chris Melling brings the Embassy World Pool Roadshow to Yorkshire this weekend. Melling, who was crowned Eight Ball champion almost 12 months ago has been touring the country and on Sunday evening will be at the Leeds Sports Bar on
SKIPTON will be earnestly hoping that their first day in Section B of the Airedale & Wharfedale League is a foretaste of things to come. Their seven-wicket win over Ilkley at Sandylands was their first since August, 2000 and included a top bowling
HIGH-POINT of the Craven football knockout season is reached tonight when Skipton LMS face Rimington in the final of the Slater Marchant Cup at Barnoldswick United (6.30) The name of 'Skipton LMS' has appeared on the trophy only once before when they
SIR - It is obvious by the use of the term "joyriders" in some of your reports that your reporters have not yet been a victim of car crime. My car was stolen on Sunday, April 21 at about 3.30pm from Smith Lane, behind the BRI. (It is a red Vauxhall Astra
Holders Baildon face a tricky start to their defence of the Priestley Cup tomorrow. Division Two high-fliers Morley will be looking for the upset of the round as they entertain the Division One strugglers at Scatchard Lane. Baildon have lost their opening
Eight members of the Bradford Olympic Wrestling Club came back from the English National Championships in Croydon laden with medals. The club, based at Jimmy's Fitness Centre in Shipley, is celebrating two golds, three silver and two bronze medals. Katie
Lee Sharpe could stay in the First Division with Grimsby - providing he agrees to a massive pay cut. Sharpe, one of six players released by City at the end of their contracts, is wanted by the Mariners. But Grimsby boss Paul Groves would have to persuade
There were no surprises in Wharfedale in the Bradford Council elections with all three Conservatives easily retaining their seats. In Ilkley Ward, Bradford's environmental chief, Anne Hawkesworth, had almost 2,000 votes to spare over her nearest rival
A Keighley girl is set to cross the Atlantic for World Youth Day. Clare Martins, pictured right, who attends The Holy Family RC School, will join 30 others from the diocese of Leeds when she travels to the celebrations in Canada in July. World Youth Day
A former head green keeper at Keighley Golf Club has died at the age of 84, following a long illness. Sam Bailes died on April 11 in a Burnley nursing home following a long fight against motor neurone disease. Mr Bailes became a familiar face to the Keighley
Married on Margarita Island, Venezuela, were John Christopher Warrington and Marie Jayne Vaughan. John - who works for Cardinal shopfitters - is the younger son of Pauline Carr, of Baildon. Marie - a sales negotiator with McManus & Poole estate agents
Married at the Oakwood Hall Hotel in Bingley were James Edwin Jordan and Helen Claire Shackleton. James is the elder son of Roger and Anne Jordan, of Cullingworth, and Helen is the younger daughter of Roland and Lynne Shackleton, of Shipley. The bride
Pupils had a pharaoh time at Lees Primary School. Year Five -- nine and ten-year-olds -- dressed up and enjoyed an Egyptian banquet as part of their studies on the history of ancient Egypt. Teacher Liz Hustwick said: "The banquet is of food that the Egyptians
Big-hearted Bradford firm Atkinson's Kitchens & Bedrooms has put up a kitchen makeover prize in aid of the Marie Curie Hospice. The prize will see one lucky person win replacement kitchen doors. Matt Dobbins, Atkinson's marketing director, said: "
Steeton Primary School is the first school in the Keighley area to achieve Education Bradford's Healthy School Award. Staff and pupils are delighted with the award, which recognises their commitment to health education. Accredited by the National Healthy
Businesses in Bradford are being invited to get the most out of the Commonwealth Games by joining the event's international on-line matching service. The club is being modelled on the highly successful Business Club Australia, formed for the 2000 Sydney
Parents at a Keighley Catholic primary school cooked up a treat as a thank you to staff. They prepared and served a meal for around 60 teachers and other staff at St Anne's, in North Street. And the children handed over bouquets of flowers, plus cards
TV weatherman Paul Hudson waxed lyrical about Breast Cancer Research on Saturday. Paul, the BBC Look North weatherman, had his chest waxed to raise money for the charity at the official opening of beauty salon The Beauty Rooms, in Low Street, Keighley
A pub landlord who confronted a pair of masked armed raiders told this week how he feared he would bleed to death following a vicious assault. Graham Overend, who has been hailed a hero by friends, said he decided to act when he realised a shot fired
An outstanding Keighley scholar and published author has died aged 44, after a long illness. The brilliant career of Michael Camille began at primary school but it was at Oakbank School that his creative and academic flair blossomed. Former Oakbank head
Skipton Properties is at the centre of another planning wrangle. The construction company is already facing a bill that could run into millions to pull down unauthorised building work at Long Lee. Now the firm is embroiled in an almost identical feud
It was a close shave but nine Silsden men have raised more than £1,000 for a specialist cancer unit. A group of friends decided to do a sponsored head shave to raise funds for the unit at Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, after Matthew Bentley, 27, was diagnosed
Airedale Hospital is looking to recruit German doctors in a bid to bring its clinical teams up to strength. Consultants from the Steeton hospital attended a job fair in Berlin to assess the level of interest from German doctors. Unlike the UK, Germany
Controversial clampers struck in Haworth yesterday, leaving a dozen blind people and a mentally ill man stranded. The first incident happened when a Keighley Community Transport minibus was put in irons in the Changegate car park, when driver John Fitton
Young mother Tracey Bradley, who died tragically in her Keighley home, was at the forefront of an anti-drugs campaign in Spain. Tracey, 28, went on national Spanish television to warn youngster about the dangers -- after successful rehabilitation treatment
CONSERVATIVES were celebrating this morning after snatching control of two wards in Wharfedale and Aireborough from Labour. In one of the highest turnouts in the Leeds City Council area, at more than 40 per cent, the Otley and Wharfedale ward went to
ALBUM: Glenn Lewis - World Outside My Window Glenn Lewis's debut album World Outside my Window has drawn the Canadian singer a huge amount of publicity, and almost endless comparisons to Stevie Wonder, who is in fact a self confessed fan of Lewis's work
"You don't have to be luvvie!" says the backstage team at Bradford's Priestley Centre. It is looking for volunteers to help build stage scenery, however basic their woodworking skills. "Previous experience is not necessary but if you have done it before
Keighley Picture House - Panic Room Imagine you are a multi-millionaire who wants to make sure that no one else gets their hands on your cash or, more importantly, you. The solution for some Americans is to build a hi-tech hideout - a "Panic Room" - to
Oscar nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, above, star of movies including The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off and In The Name Of The Father, will be appearing at West Yorkshire Playhouse in the poignant play Scaramouche Jones. He plays Scaramouche the Clown
SHOW: Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd had very good reasons for turning into the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. When he was a plain old barber he was cheated out of his wife by the local judge and his sidekick. Sweeney was framed, and transported to Australia
Bradford's new look John Street Market will be renamed the Oastler shopping centre after one of York-shire's famous sons. Some 100 people put names forward for the complex, which has had a £4.5 million facelift, after the Telegraph & Argus invited
A housing chief today admitted callers were left hanging on the line too long or their queries never answered as they sought telephone advice. Geraldine Howley, Bradford Council's director of housing, said officers were now bringing in specialist teams
A health chief today urged Bradford's ethnic minorities to join a bone marrow donation register to help leukaemia sufferers across the world. Manoj Joshi, chairman of the Bradford Health Equality Action Team, said there was still a shortage of volunteers
Members of a fledgling wheelchair basketball team are to achieve their dream of taking part in a play-offs competition after people rallied to their appeal for funds. One generous benefactor even sent a cheque for £1,000 so that the young players could
Former Keighley actor Peter Mayhew has seen his dream come true by landing a part in the latest episode of the Star Wars saga - three years after the Telegraph & Argus predicted it. Giant Peter, who played the loveable "walking carpet" Chewbacca in
The organisers of an arts weekend at the Priestley Centre are making an 11th hour plea for a comedian to take part in the line-up. The Priestley Arts Weekend, which kicks off tonight, is being organised by a group of Bradford University students keen
Firefighters revealed today that they are dealing with up to 40 deliberate car blazes a week. The vehicles, many of which are stolen, are being dumped and torched in a wave of arson attacks that has caused the city's fire crews to be called out 598 times
Bradford Council was in limbo today with Tories and Labour groups scoring exactly the same number of seats at the polls. Neither party has control with 38 seats each and again all eyes turned to the Lib Dems - and leader Jeanette Sunderland - to see which
SILSDEN came unstuck on the opening day of the Aire-Wharfe League season. Tong Park set a target of 189-9 with Mark Akrigg top wicket taker, picking up five for 51. Silsden batsmen struggled to find their early season form and wickets fell at regular
KEIGHLEY grabbed a six-wicket win at Bowling Old Lane to take their place among the early front runners in the table. Captain Richard Robinson took 4-29 as Old Lane were restricted to 142-9. Although they got the Lawkholme side off to a bright start both
An excellent double save by Tom Allmark early in the first half kept Oaks Under-9s in a hard fought game and laid the foundation for a 3-0 win over Shipley. Matt Moore scored first after good work on the right from Joe Mitchell and Tom Hudson. Captain
Last details of promotion and relegation were settled in the league programme last weekend - but cup competitions still have some way to go. Skipton Bulldogs, champions of the Silentnight Premier Division ended their league campaign with a 7-0 victory
AFTER their County Trophy winning performance last week Steeton came down to earth with a bump - and now must get three points from their last two games to make certain of promotion. During their 20-game unbeaten run in mid-season they had looked to be
Riders at Aireview Equestrian Centre started the season with some excellent results. Sandra Robertson qualified for the Horse of the Year Show at the BSPS winter championships. Samatha Airey took fifth place at the Horse of the Year Show qualifier and
Rivals Silsden and Steeton meet tonight in the final of the Keighley Cup. The clash of the 'big two' should see some of the classiest football in years as the two West Riding County Amateur teams meet in a battle to decide which is the top local outfit
A young karting champ from Silsden has made a blistering start to the big time. Ben Brittain took the chequered flag in the first race of the British Championships Junior Intermediate TKM series in Cumbria. The 15-year-old from Bradley Avenue, who is
New faces have joined the Cougar squad this week -- and could be in the line-up at Gateshead on Sunday. Peter Leeming and Chris Hartley, both utility players, and both from last season's Halifax Blue Sox Under-21 team have started training with the Cougars
STEETON lifted the first West Riding FA Trophy to reach the Keighley area since the 1960s on Friday. They won the County Trophy with a 3-2 victory over Hunsworth thanks to a late goal. The win has set the area up for a buymper soccer season with Silsden
SPORT is being given a massive boost across the district with the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay due to come through Keighley on Friday, July 5. The town is also going to be one of the few across the country where the futuristic baton will spend some time
WHARFEDALE'S hopes of putting their name on this season's Yorkshire Cup received a useful boost on Wednesday when they were drawn at home in the semi-final against North Two East side Cleckheaton. The tie will be played on Tuesday under floodlights with
YORKSHIRE will make their first senior Rugby Union County Championship appearance at The Avenue tomorrow when they entertain Durham in the first match of this season's competition, (writes Tony Simpson). The White Rose men will be defending the title
A recent draft strategy for the future of regeneration in Keighley was rightly described by representatives on the area panel as the worst they had ever seen. What impact those headlines had on those involved in the preparation of that report is not known
