ONCE again the way Bradford Council's asset management team looks set to deal with the district's public buildings has come under fire from parish and town councillors, including those from Ilkley and Addingham. In many ways the local authority has its
Cleckheaton's Christopher Butler has been selected for the Great Britain under-18 roller hockey squad. The 17-year-old former Whitcliffe Mount pupil came through the final trial at Inline UK at Rotherham. Now after matches against the Welsh under-18s
Keighley's Andy Rhodes goes into this Sunday's 51st Bradford Open Championship at Bingley St Ives full of confidence after lifting the title in sweltering conditions last year. Rhodes stunned players and spectators at the Hawksworth course with a brilliant
Bradford Park Avenue 0, Wigan Athletic 4: Avenue were outclassed by a sprightly Wigan side in a tiring run-out at a sparsely attended Horsfall Stadium. Only 309 fans turned out to see the youngsters from the Division One side put on a sharp and enthusiastic
Brian Noble may recall Alex Wilkinson from his loan spell at Hull if injuries hit the Bulls this weekend. The Challenge Cup winners face three games in a week without four international stars and may need the extra body if fresh injuries are picked up
Michael McHugh has a European incentive to make a winning return to City this weekend. McHugh's Coleraine side face the Bantams in the opening game of the centenary tournament on Saturday. It will be an extra special occasion for the Irishman, who was
ONE of Otley's biggest employers would consider cutting its ties with the town because of repeated vandalism, it was claimed this week. Specialist paper makers Garnett's says summer spells disaster for the company as gangs of youths target the riverside
PROTESTERS demanding an Otley lorry ban are to march through the town. The march, which is due to take place in October, will set off from Newall Carr oad and finish in the town centre. Organisers hope hundreds of Otley people will join the march as well
With their luminous yellow jackets, the famous signs and a penchant for any type of extreme weather, lollipop men and women are an icon of modern times. But Leeds City Council is facing a crisis because there is a shortage of people volunteering for crossing
Perfect weather made the 86th Arthington Show a fantastic event, according to organisers. Hundreds of people flocked to Sunday's show, which was lacking cattle and sheep for the third year running. Show jumping classes kicked off bright and early and
Tributes have been paid to the man described as 'Mr Horsforth', John Brodwell who died last week aged 58. The West Yorkshire deputy coroner was found in the bathroom of his home by his cleaner last Thursday morning. Colleagues and friends from numerous
A YOUNG cerebral palsy sufferer is looking forward to joining other Burley-in-Wharfedale youngsters in mainstream education this September. Five-year-old Joshua Hartley, of Manse Crescent, will be able to meet other village children - some of them for
ANGRY residents claim traffic will be a nightmare if plans to build a replacement Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School go ahead. Education Leeds is pressing ahead with its plan to build a new school on land it owns off the A65 New Road Side and this week
An Otley pub landlady is lucky to be alive after sitting yards away from a terrorist bomb blast in a Spanish holiday resort. Margaret Marston, of The Bay Horse pub, on Boroughgate, was caught in the explosion which happened in Alicante on Tuesday. The
Work on Otley's new hospital has started again following the suspected arson attack which caused an estimated £1million damage. But experts are still unable to determine whether or not its opening will be delayed. Construction teams have returned to the
The draft guidelines urging Bradford schools to make more use of Asian pupils' mother tongues rather than insisting that lessons should be in English are well-meant. Those behind the proposals say that all languages should be valued and all pupils treated
In 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young arrived at the Great Salt Lake in Utah. In 1883, Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, drowned in the rapids above Niagara Falls. In 1948, Soviet forces blockaded West Berlin, and so began
Leading vehicle leasing firm Zenith has announced record profits after seeing sales rise more than 20 per cent to £35 million. The Calverley-based company, which has a fleet of 10,000 cars it leases out to large firms, saw profit before tax rise to £1.8
With their luminous yellow jackets, the famous signs and a penchant for any type of extreme weather, lollipop men and women are an icon of modern times. But Leeds City Council is facing a crisis because there is a shortage of people volunteering for crossing
YOUNG skateboarders descended on the riverside this week en masse to try out Ilkley's new skatepark. Fundraising group Pipedream was delighted to see crowds of children and teenagers enjoying the new facilities - which it pledged to have ready in time
A CHURCH in Ilkley is considering a deal with a telecommunication company to place a mast on or in its tower. The idea is likely to provoke a strong response from residents who fear dangerous emissions from masts or the visual impact the structure may
AN OUTBREAK of a fatal dog virus is killing pets in Ilkley - and could be linked to animals brought into town by travellers. Vets are advising owners of unvaccinated puppies in particular to be on their guard for the parvo virus, or canine distemper,
AN ILLEGAL abattoir near Ilkley has been shut down under emergency powers following a raid by Council and police officers. Harrogate magistrates backed a request for an emergency prohibition order banning all animal slaughtering at Upper Austby Farm,
Thank you for 22 extra years SIR - Through your pages I would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff who cared for my mother at Wharfedale General Hospital 22 and a half years ago. Let me explain; a week after the 70th birthday of Mrs E M Noble (
A pub has proved it can knock spots off others when it comes to fundraising. A 12-hour dominoes marathon at Bingley's Old White Horse raised more than £1,000 for Manorlands. David Gott, a fundraiser for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice received the cheque
COOKRIDGE HALL: On a day of two great tournaments Tiger, Ernie, Sergio and the rest down at Royal St George's in Kent, took second billing to an event in north-west Leeds. The Cookridge Hall Seniors' Mixed Open attracted entries from as far away as Workington
IN the Airedale and Wharfedale League Second Teams section Green Lane gained a seven wickets win over Ilkley who had made 207-8. Phil Sant with 63 and A Brosnan with 42 shared a third wicket stand of 69 for Ilkley as the veteran Tommy Powell, claimed
MENSTON regained second place as they chase Bilton in the Division A title hunt. Gary Thompson made 59 as Menston made 223-4 against Green Lane with Richard Taylor (49 no) and Grant Bell (55 no) also making useful contributions. Lane held on at 192-9
A MAGNIFICENT bowling display by Yeadon saw them gain a valuable victory over high riding Baildon on Saturday. Grant Soames' side skittled Baildon for just 91 runs in 31.5 overs and took advantage of Idle losing to narrow the gap to just one point. Yeadon
GUISELEY and Bilton will battle it out in the Waddilove Cup final at Ilkley on Sunday August 10, after their semi-final success on Sunday. With a superb century from Aussie Chris Underwood an understrength Guiseley racked up a score of 203-6. Opener Mark
Three men have been locked up for their part in scenes of "vicious and sustained violence" in Shipley town centre. Bradford Crown Court heard how an incident inside Lloyd's Bar spilled out into the market square where two victims were punched and kicked
A skateboarding evangelist will be "hanging out" with Bradford teenagers to encourage them to find God. Andy Milne, 28, born and bred in Bradford, hopes to create a youth church called Sorted. This will be the first of its kind in the district - a church
A £1 million counterfeit ring, selling poor-quality copies of top films, has been smashed after raids on two markets in Bradford. Police and trading standards officers, backed up by industry watchdogs, seized a haul of 30,000 items, which included CDs
When Miles Ackroyd rounded a bend in the road and his takeaway vindaloo fell off the seat it wasn't quite the disaster he first thought. For the Skipton inventor it was not so much a valet problem as an inspiration! And now two years on after the spill
Children who don't have a good grasp of English should be encouraged to speak their own language in the classroom, according to a new draft policy for Bradford schools, unveiled today. Education chiefs said the proposals - which suggest teachers should
A self-employed air conditioning engineer who had indecent images of children on his computer has been given a community rehabilitation order and made to attend a sex offender programme. Michael John Manley, 49, last month pleaded guilty at Dewsbury Magistrates
IN the Airedale and Wharfedale League Second Teams section Green Lane gained a seven wickets win over Ilkley who had made 207-8. Phil Sant with 63 and A Brosnan with 42 shared a third wicket stand of 69 for Ilkley as the veteran Tommy Powell, claimed
YOUNG golfers from Ben Rhydding Golf Club have shocked the local golfing fraternity by winning the Bradford Junior Team Championship for a second successive year. Bruce Fowler, from the Ben Rhydding Club, commented: "It is a superb effortb from our little
A traditional Wharfedale community is set to increase by a third due to major planned housing developments. But councillors fear that Menston will lose out. With more than 600 homes planned and 2,000 new residents expected to enter the village there are
FIRST ever discretionary charging at Otley Carnival raised more than £400. Increased costs, particularly in public liability insurance, meant organisers decided to ask people to pay to enter last month's carnival. And despite concerns that people would
OTLEY shoppers will be able to park free for four hours at the town's new Sainsbury's supermarket. Two new pedestrian crossings and changes to road junctions have also been made conditions of the planning permission for the new Bondgate store. Conditional
A parishioner has been banned from saying prayers 'to protect the congregation' after speaking out over the War on Iraq. Mark Jepson and his family feel they have been forced to leave St Margaret's Church in Horsforth after 17 years after he openly criticised
COUNCIL workers have been staging a clean-up operation after a large group of travellers who had evaded a police blockade to set up camp right in the heart of Ilkley, departed suddenly. The 20-vehicle strong group stayed for just 48 hours but they sparked
A DRAFT consultation document over the future of Ilkley's Coronation Hospital is being made available to Ilkley people. As consultation meetings began this week over the content of the document - which gives three options for the hospital's future - hospital
THE FIRST of four meetings which could help decide the fate of the Coronation Hospital went with a whimper, rather than a bang, in Addingham this week. More members of Airedale Primary Care Trust (PCT) than concerned locals turned out for the event at
Make your views known on hospital SIR,- Twelve months ago the Airedale NHS Trust proposed the closure of the Coronation Hospital in order to balance the books. This would have resulted in the withdrawal of services and any local people in need of help
The extremist British National Party is to field a candidate at a forthcoming by-election in Heckmondwike Today, main political groups united to urge voters to reject BNP candidate David Exley in the vote, on Thursday, August 14. Kirklees Council's Labour
Eight members of Otley AC made the trip to Ingleton last weekend to compete in the Ingleborough Fell Race which involves a distance of around seven miles and over 2,000 feet of climbing. In a high-class field two Bingley Harriers, Rob Jebb and Andy Peace
YOUNG hockey star Will Musgrave from Burley-in-Wharfedale has just returned from Poland where he helped England Under-18s win the second European Nations Cup. Will and his teammates played in Gniezno in Poland in a tournament consisting of two pools.
Guiseley AFC are pleased to be able to announce that they have signed a new sponsorship deal for the coming season with options for subsequent years. Libra Demolition Limited of Leeds have agreed to become the club's main sponsor and their logo will be
Ilkley has come top of the class in tackling traffic congestion on the school run. The town is a blueprint for the rest of the country after measures to beat transport problems proved a major success. The introduction of the popular American-style Yellow
A businessman accused of attempted murder has denied being involved in beatings which ended with a 48-year-old man being left for dead in a country road. Waheed Akhtar, 46, told a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday that he was a victim himself, and
A scheme to cut speed on a notorious stretch of road dubbed a death-trap ground to a halt because of police objections, a councillor claimed today. In the past 18 months, seven lives have been lost in accidents on Woodhall Road in Calverley. Last Friday
To her friends in New Jersey, Anne Brearley was a loving nurse who cared for her patients. But the spinster who left Bradford for the USA in her twenties, was a true woman of substance. For Anne had amassed a personal fortune of $750,000 through dabbling
Health bosses are to offer NHS-funded IVF treatment in Bradford for the first time. The three Bradford Primary Care Trusts, which commission services for their patients from the district's hospitals, have allocated funding for a one-year pilot scheme
YOUNG hockey star Will Musgrave from Burley-in-Wharfedale has just returned from Poland where he helped England Under-18s win the second European Nations Cup. Will and his teammates played in Gniezno in Poland in a tournament consisting of two pools.
It has been a busy week for Ilkley Harriers. Last Wednesday they had 12 runners at the finale of the Harrogate Road League, a handicap race over a lovely undulating 9.2km course of parkland (Studley Royal), heath, and a little road. Three Harriers finished
MENSTON regained second place as they chase Bilton in the Division A title hunt. Gary Thompson made 59 as Menston made 223-4 against Green Lane with Richard Taylor (49 no) and Grant Bell (55 no) also making useful contributions. Lane held on at 192-9
THEY are all gearing up for a great time at the annual Ilkley Open Tennis Tournament which commences on Monday. Spectators will enjoy free entry to see some top class tennis at the Stourton Road club. Max Greaves, 7, of Ilkley, and Thomas Hewitt,5, of
GUISELEY and Bilton will battle it out in the Waddilove Cup final at Ilkley on Sunday August 10, after their semi-final success on Sunday. With a superb century from Aussie Chris Underwood an understrength Guiseley racked up a score of 203-6. Opener Mark
SIR - Re Emma Clayton's feature on the perceived threat to call-centre jobs. Setting aside the apparently irresistible economics of moving such work to India, we should perhaps stand back for a moment and view this trend for its role in the global equalisation
HORSFORTH lost one of its best-known residents this week - and his death will be keenly felt across the township. John Brodwell was a Horsfordian through and through, totally committed to the town through his tireless community work, enthusiasm and drive
