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Bradford & District | Archive | 2003 | November

Stories for 14 November 2003

Bingley,Bradford,Shipley,Spen Valley News

School is awarded top marks

Parkside School at Cullingworth, near Bingley, has won a ringing endorsement from watchdog Ofsted after just three years in business. more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

`Bright future' for takeover company

The chief executive of Bradford-based transport engineering company Syltone Plc today said it had a bright future after the board recommended acceptance of a takeover deal. more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Man blasted to death in an alley

Police have begun a murder hunt after a 37-year-old man was shot dead in an alleyway last night. more...

Totally animated!

The next Wallace and Gromit could be created in Bradford as four of the country's hottest young animators make their way to the city. more...

Houses plan `would bring Asian ghetto'

Building houses for large Asian families in Manningham will lead to the area becoming an "Asian ghetto", a resident has warned. more...

Gareth lights up the city

Pop Idol Gareth Gates delighted hundreds of his home town fans yesterday as he switched on this year's Christmas lights in the city. more...

Packed lorry leaves with aid for Africa

Poverty-stricken African children can look forward to a brighter new year thanks to the generosity of Bradford fundraisers. more...

Teenagers get Bulls' help to tackle future

Youngsters on a Bradford estate are being given the chance of a better future thanks to a project involving the Bradford Bulls. more...

Youngsters restore ruined nature trail

A nature trail scattered with rubbish has been blitzed by tidy-minded youngsters. more...

Blood doctor wins tribunal

A Bradford doctor specialising in blood disorders has been awarded more then £12,000 for having to work longer hours than agreed in his contract. more...

`We eat too much salt' warning

Bradford dieticians have welcomed a drive to cut the amount of salt in food after a Government minister labelled it the "hidden killer". more...

`Yobs will not drive me out'

A pensioner vowed today not to be driven from his home where fireraisers set his front door alight. more...

Don't bring home Nemo

Aquarium bosses in Bradford today warned: "Forget Nemo fish for Christmas." more...

Housing hell for mother of three

A mum-of-three is heartbroken because her dream home has become a "house of horrors". more...

Outdoors could be even greater

A council is carrying out a review of all its open spaces in a bid to improve opportunities for outdoor recreation. more...

'This dust bowl is horrible'

A former cancer patient claims her health is being blighted by dust from a Bradford Council car park. more...

On This Day

In 1889, India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was born. more...

Foiling the sneak-in robbers

It is disturbing to think that as we go about our everyday lives there are thieves watching and waiting for us to give them an opportunity to commit a crime. more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Raging Bull is still bent on revenge

Bulls prop Paul Anderson is still fuming about Great Britain's defeat in the first Think! Road Safety Test and cannot wait to have another crack at the Kangaroos tomorrow. more...

Robson on three-man City short-list

Bryan Robson is definitely on City's short-list to take over. more...

Gray's focus turns to men in orange

Andy Gray has banished the uncertainty surrounding City to the back of his mind to focus on international glory with Scotland. more...

Cleck hoping dream doesn't turn to ashes

Cleckheaton, semi-finalists two seasons ago, have again showed the importance to them of the Powergen Intermediate Cup. more...

Storton in swoop for centre back

Bradford Park Avenue are to unveil a new signing tomorrow as they make the trip to Merseyside to take on Marine needing points to battle their way back up the UniBond Premier Division table. more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Features

Emma is Sutton's panto queen

Emma Waters is 13 and she's already landed the title role in four Sutton Amateurs pantomimes. more...

Theatre Reviews

A View From the Bridge -- West Yorkshire Playhouse more...

Ocean of talent to hit town

Like many Keighley men Roger Nowell likes to have a drink with his mates down the pub. more...

Keighley,Bronte Country News

Simply healthy eating message

There's a horrible stodgy mass of information in the public domain about what is good for you to eat and what will eventually turn you into an unhealthy, obese, human time bomb. more...

Down Memory Lane

These children from the "Scholarship Class", at Highfield Junior School, Keighley, were photographed outside Busby's stores, in Bradford, in the summer of 1949. more...

Letters to the Editor

SIR - I am writing to say there is nowhere for young people like me to go in Stockbridge. more...

Sex predator jailed

A 24-year-old man who "groomed" a 13-year-old girl before having sex has been jailed for 15 months. more...

Liz is town's Swaziland ambassador

Keighley has found its very own ambassador in the campaign to twin the town with Manzini, in Swaziland -- thanks to an amazing coincidence. more...

Slippery slope to Christmas

There'll be fun in the snow in Keighley this Christmas, whatever the weather! more...

Naming ceremony is a first

A five-month-old baby girl has become the first person in Keighley to have her birth celebrated with a naming ceremony. more...

Lukasz brushes up his English - and an old bus

An East European student has been polishing up his English while helping to restore a vintage double-decker bus. more...

Great Wall walkers raise £20,000

A Steeton man has just returned from the trip of a lifetime to the Great Wall of China. more...

Campaign targers teenage drinkers

Trading standards officers have teamed up with police to crack down on shops selling age-restricted products to children. more...

It's horseplay at the barber's shop

AN Oakworth barber hopes children will be galloping down to his new shop after it was specially fitted with a rare breed. more...

Emma misses title by a hair's breadth

A dog groomer was judged the second best in the country at the British Grooming Championships. more...

What Ramadan means to Abdullah

The holy month of Ramadan is being celebrated by the Muslim community. Here nine-year-old Abdullah Saleem, pictured, tells what it means to him. more...

Surprise for 'Lollipop sue'

A lollipop lady has celebrated an amazing 25 years in the role. more...

Portraits are a big draw with pupils

Young artists at Parkwood School, Keighley, proved themselves to be head and shoulders above anyone else during a week-long arts programme. more...

Children from Hothfield School, Silsden, take a look at the Keighley News with sub-editor Ralph Badham during a visit the newspaper office in North Street on Monday. The pupils are members of an Expressive Writers Club at the school and were keen to learn about journalism and how a newspaper is produced more...

Harry Potter creates European liniks

A primary school welcomed teachers from across Europe last Thursday to celebrate Comenius Week. more...

Pupils are well versed

Pupils at Aire View Infants School, Silsden, enjoyed a visit from poet Ian Bland, who spent the morning with them. more...

Romantic wedding

Keighley born Mark Rowland and his bride Sian Jones celebrated their wedding in romantic Sorrento -- by reading the Keighley News. more...

Wedding: Heath - Kennedy

A couple both employed by the RAF are on cloud nine. more...

Explosive taste of new beer

Beer drinkers will soon have reason to cheer with the introduction of a new food menu and commissioned ale made especially for them. more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Sport

Cougars: Cleggy weighs in

COUGARS have pulled off a big signing as they prepare for the 2004 season -- 18½-stone forward Jason Clegg has agreed terms with the club. more...

Table Tennis: Coach takes top award

SALLY SHUTT has been named one of Britain's top table tennis coaches. more...

Badminton: Matt lifts Open title

COACHING sessions at the Keighley Kobras badminton club paid big dividends at the recent Harrogate Open Tournament. more...

Athletics: Long Lee celebrate success

Pupils from Long Lee Primary School came out top in a Sportshall Athletics Festival held at Greenhead High School recently. They took the title after tough competition from St Mary's, Parkwood, Eastwood, St Andrew's, Victoria and Guardhouse schools. They went forward to finals at Oakbank School where they shared second place. more...

Soccer: County Amateur League

SILSDEN came out second best in their top of the table clash with Brighouse Town. more...

Soccer: Alliance League round-up

New Variety Club 7 Three Horses 1 - Variety Club confirmed their determination to battle it out for the league title with their tenth victory of the campaign. more...

Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday League

Sandy Lane played out a 1-1 draw with Wrose Albion in the Wharfedale Sunday League. more...

Soccer: Junior round-up

Sutton Rascals Under-9s A team slipped to a 3-2 defeat in their top of the table clash at Bolton Woods. The home team dominated the first half but the Rascals were leading 1-0 at the break through a Max Bell goal. Immediately after half time Sutton scored but Woods were far from finished and fought back strongly to secure victory. Eddie Evans was again impressive for the Rascals. more...

Soccer: Ladies football round-up

KEIGHLEY Ladies saw their challenge at the top of Division One West in the Yorkshire and Humberside league falter. more...

Rugby Union: Crusaders scrape home

Dinnington 18 more...

Rugby Union: Second string outclassed

Keighley 2nd XV 7 Otley 2nd/3rd XV 31 - Keighley had the opportunity to reverse the defeat they suffered against Otley four weeks previously, but they were given a lesson in all areas of the game by a much stronger and quicker side, and lost by 24 points. more...

Rugby League: Albion's cup agony

Keighley Albion 12 Queens 13 - Keighley Albion were missing six regular first team players when they went out of the Tetley's Yorkshire County Cup by a single point. more...

Table Tennis: Keighley & District League

Neil Foley hit top form for the first time this season in the Keighley & District Table Tennis League Division One encounter between Ilkley Road A and visitors Red Rose B. Confidently taking the first 11-8, 11-2, 11-9 against Peter Wood, the Roader added to his tally with the defeat of David Ayrton 11-8, 3-11, 12-10, 11-3 before polishing off Michael Wrigley 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 to firmly put his team in the ascendancy. However both Wood and Ayrton hit back strongly for Rose with defeats of both Geoff Bartlett and Roy Towler with Wood's encounter with Towler being a real topsy turvy game that saw the Lancastrian finally triumph 10-12, 5-11, 11-1, 11-4, 11-2. Both Bartlett and Towler then got the better of the luckless Wrigley before Foley and Bartlett took their opportunities in the doubles to clinch a 6-4 win for the Riddlesden team with the defeat of Wood and Ayrton 11-4, 14-12, 11-6. more...

Motorsport: Lampkin aims to regain title

Dougie Lampkin is preparing for the start of the World Indoor Trials Championship -- just weeks after collecting his latest outdoor crown. more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

Security warning as sneak-ins rise

Almost a third of burglaries in the Spen Valley and Birstall are sneak-in crimes, leading police to issue new warnings to householders. more...

Skipton,The Dales Features

The Curmudgeon

IF modern science would invent the right gadget, I would write the following word in a whisper. I don't wish to offend people of delicate sensibilities and this a time of the year when such can become very delicate indeed. more...

Skipton,The Dales News

Craven through the years

100 years ago more...

Take confrontation out of building

SIR - The development of The Tannery in Embsay appears to be another of these projects which will run and run in your paper for many years. more...

New civic centre could rise on Skipton car park site

PROPOSALS are being drawn up to build a new five-storey headquarters for Craven District Council and other local services on the western end of Skipton's Coach Street car park. more...

Concern over plans for new hotel and leisure centre

NEW plans for a major development on unique low-level wetland in Hellifield could have a negative impact on migrating birds and rare species, an RSPB spokesman told the Herald. more...

90-year-old killed in road accident

A 90-YEAR-OLD Skipton man died in a car crash on the A65 at Draughton earlier this week. more...

MP returns to the forefront with Shadow Cabinet post

DAVID Curry stepped back into the front rank of politics - and told the Craven Herald that his new role would cost him £12,500 a year. more...

Zebra is to be turned into pelican

EASTBURN has been awarded £20,000 for the conversion of a Main Street zebra crossing into a pelican crossing. more...

Craven remembers its war victims

HELEN Guy, widow of Marine captain Philip Guy, laid a wreath at the Remembrance Day parade in Skipton. more...

Rower poses for fundraising calendar

LOCAL rower and Olympic hopeful Andrew Hodge could just have the answer when you start your Christmas present shopping. more...

Head blames Government for cash crisis

THE headmaster of Skipton's Aireville School thanked teachers and staff for weathering a funding crisis following Government cuts. more...

Susan homes in on Skipton loft

A SEVEN-month-old pigeon loves Skipton so much that it keeps returning to the town. more...

Quarry poses safety threat without extension, park told

TARMAC Northern Ltd has cleared the first hurdle for permission to extend its Arcow Quarry at Helwith Bridge on the grounds of public safety. more...

Valued school pupils achieve good results

INGLETON Middle School has received a glowing Ofsted report which judges it to be "a good and effective school with some excellent features." more...

Police officer retires after 30 years on the front line

THIRTY years ago Dot Phillips' former employer said she would not last longer than six months in the police force. more...

School spearheads plan for new multi-use games area

A WINDFALL of £73,000 has been earmarked for Silsden to create a state-of-the-art multi-use games area. more...

Fed-up residents threaten to take road action

A DESPERATE plea has gone out from residents of Cringles Park, near Silsden, to the town council to act before a serious accident occurs. more...

Vandals put wheel park project in doubt

CONTINUED acts of mindless vandalism could affect the future construction of a wheel park in Cowling. more...

Fundraisers hit out at council `prudes'

CHARITY fundraisers have labelled county council bosses "prudes" after they pulled the plug on a saucy calendar. more...

Calls for action over abuse of disabled parking

A BARNOLDSWICK man is campaigning to stop designated disabled parking bays from being misused. more...

Ambitious new plans for sports centre

AMBITIOUS plans have been revealed to develop the leisure facilities at West Craven Sports Centre, in Barnoldswick. more...

Nursing home announces closure plans

GARGRAVE Park Nursing Home has told its staff and residents that it is to close. more...

New civic centre looks just the ticket

THIS paper has over the years criticised Craven District Council for its lack of vision. more...

Skipton,The Dales Sport

LMS sound warning to title rivals

SKIPTON LMS sent out a warning to their Devonshire Carpets Craven & District League Premier Division title rivals when they extended their unbeaten record with a 4-1 home win over defending champions Oxenhope Recreation on Saturday. more...

Dalesmen's home record ends

AN old-fashioned try-less scoreline, more typical perhaps of the visitors' glory days of old, but if the drop goal and two penalties which brought them their victory came not from the boot of Sam Doble and the visitors lacked the quality of players of yore like Webster, Finlan, Mcfadyean and the rest, Moseley on the day, much against their tremulous expectation, were still merited winners. more...

Pack power not enough for North Ribb

NORTH Ribblesdale's 10-5 defeat at Heath was a very disappointing result for the Settle men, who, although travelling with a severely depleted side, dominated the forward exchanges, taking five strikes against the head in the scrum and subjecting Heath to countless lineout turnovers. more...

Spen Valley,Bradford,Bingley,Shipley News

Security warning as sneak-ins rise

Almost a third of burglaries in the Spen Valley and Birstall are sneak-in crimes, leading police to issue new warnings to householders. more...

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