Bradford & District | Archive | 2003 | September


Stories for 4 September 2003

Bingley,Bradford,Shipley,Spen Valley News

'Let's save our post offices!'

A councillor is calling on people in the district to spearhead a nationwide campaign to stop the closure of small post offices.  more...

Fighting-fit Noble in red-hot form

Eldwick's Craig Noble has won the European Fire Fighters' Triathlon Championship.   more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Furniture search leads to new import venture

A businessman who was so frustrated he couldn't find Chinese furniture for his new home has set up his own firm to import it from the Far East.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

SIR - Travelling down Oak Lane from Listers Mill to the park gates, I was appalled by the litter and rubbish lying around.  more...

Asylum family deported as appeal fails

Campaigners have failed in a last-minute bid to save an asylum-seeking Russian family from deportation.  more...

True Brit - the great citizenship debate

Proposals to teach immigrants English on their arrival to the country have been hailed as a "celebration" of British citizenship - and likened to taking a driving test.   more...

Police biker dies in crash

A police motorcyclist died when he came off his machine on the Chain Bar roundabout off the M62 yesterday.  more...

Tragedy forces top cleric to leave city

The Archdeacon of Bradford, the Venerable Guy Wilkinson, is leaving the city after a double family tragedy.  more...

Worried man killed himself

Medical problems preyed on the mind of Philip Roger Dean so much that he decided to end it all, an inquest heard.  more...

Residents rally to boost garden fund

Baildon residents have rallied round to boost a community garden project fund-raising appeal which has now reached its half-way mark of £6,600.  more...

City's top job still in limbo

Leading Bradford councillors have failed to reach a decision on whether to go ahead with the appointment of a chief executive who could end up earning more than Prime Minister Tony Blair.  more...

Murder suspect traced to Jamaica

Detectives hunting the killer of Bradford cabbie Mohammed Basharat have traced to Jamaica a man they want to interview.  more...

Review: Make a date with Calendar girls!

If you like warm, feel-good Sunday evening TV you'll love Calendar Girls.  more...

Youngster shot in face in park

A teenager who was shot in the face as he played in a park faces an agonising wait while doctors decide how the air gun pellet can be removed.  more...

Jail for man who smashed up car

A drunken 28-year-old who racially abused a takeaway driver and then trashed the car he was using has been jailed for a total of 15 months.  more...

New blitz on car criminals

Dozens of homes and businesses were raided as a new specialist police squad targeted West Yorkshire's £20 million underworld trade in stolen cars.  more...

Asylum seeker attacked prostitutes

An asylum seeker punched two prostitutes in a telephone box, a court heard.  more...

Gardeners reap rich pickings

Awards have been scooped across the district in this year's Yorkshire in Bloom Competition.  more...

Man jailed for £18,000 dole fraud

A greedy businessman who cheated the benefits system out of £18,000 was today beginning a  more...

Mill streets set to get parking meters

The first parking meters are expected to be installed in historic Little Germany on streets originally designed for horse-drawn transport.  more...

Gran's mercy mission

A veteran fundraiser hopes to help scores of homeless children with her 20th mercy mission to Bosnia.  more...

MP Ann to wed at Commons

MP Ann Cryer will marry her long-term fiance John Hammersley, pictured above, in a low-key ceremony at Westminster this weekend.  more...

On This Day

In 1530, Russian Tsar Ivan  more...

Values to be shared by us all

At last it seems that Home Secretary David Blunkett has hit on an imaginative approach to the issue of the integration of immigrants into the wider community. The recommendations in Sir Bernard Crick's report to the Home Office should be widely welcomed.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Summerbee is a Bantam

City this afternoon signed winger Nicky Summerbee on a two-year deal.  more...

Team bonding trip is fresh start for City

City are set to rip it up and start again with a second pre-season.  more...

Hoggard back to his England best

Matthew Hoggard yesterday sent a blunt message to the England selectors that he is back to full fitness and form by recording career-best figures of seven for 49 in Yorkshire's championship match against Somerset at Headingley.  more...

Vanzie happy to switch channels

Bobby Vanzie has cut his losses with boxing guru Frank Warren.  more...

Lacklustre Avenue hit a spot of bother

Avenue 0, Worksop Town 1: A 13th-minute penalty proved unlucky for Avenue as visitors Worksop Town netted the goal that separated the sides from the spot and bagged all three points from a dour game.  more...

United make a point!

Eccleshill United 0, Sheffield 0: A competitive and enjoyable encounter that produced no goals will not have the   more...

Hot-shot Henry is Guiseley's top gunner

Gateshead 1, Guiseley 5: Guiseley had to come from a goal down but ran out easy winners as the problems mount for the Tynesiders, who were knocked out of the FA Cup at minnows Liversedge on Saturday.  more...

Rugby Union: Cleckheaton are Benton promotion!

Cleckheaton know they probably won't have former England international scrum half Scott Benton all season.  more...

Ilkley,Otley News

Letters to the Editor

Broadband decision will benefit many  more...

Ilkley joy at double `bloom' success

ILKLEY has blossomed over the rest of the region to take two coveted Yorkshire in Bloom first prizes.  more...

Call for crusade against TV sex

TOWN leaders are calling for a crusade against television programmes they claim are eroding moral values.  more...

Festival chief defends week late fireworks display

ILKLEY Summer Festival organiser Councillor Anne Hawkesworth has stood by her decision to hold an `end of festival' firework display - a week after the event.  more...

Councillor warns of dangers in glue sniffing at Cow and Calf

RECKLESS youngsters in Ilkley are dicing with death in their quest for a cheap thrill, the Gazette can reveal.  more...

Campaign chief urges public to make their point

FOUR public consultation meetings to debate the future of Ilkley's Coronation Hospital have been unveiled.  more...

MP set to marry at Westminster

ILKLEY MP Ann Cryer will marry her long-term fiance, John Hammersley, at a low-key ceremony in Westminster this weekend.  more...

Harry gets personal and offers Ilkley on a plate

PROUD Ilkley ex-pats living in the Antipodes could drive off with a unique personalised car registration plate.  more...

Head teacher takes over

A NEW head teacher has taken over at an independent preparatory school in Ilkley.  more...

Unearthly guest gives town practice some real spirit

A FAMILY run Ilkley dental practice will celebrate its 100th anniversary tomorrow - and could be joined by a guest from the other side of the grave.  more...

New pup brings more Whimsies

A CLASSICALLY trained Ilkley artist is enjoying a new wave of success with a completely different breed of paintings.  more...

Nurse arrested in probe into hospital deaths

IT has been revealed that a nurse at Airedale General Hospital has been arrested on suspicion of killing an elderly patient.  more...

Mother of two is Askwith's vicar

SUE Wharton was a mother of two and a part-time sales rep when she realised her vocation lay within the church.  more...

It's all typically tropical at Caribbean fun day

BERMUDA shorts were the fashion accessory of choice in Burley-in-Wharfedale last weekend as the village underwent a Caribbean-flavoured transformation.  more...

Planning chief is opposing big scheme for High Royds site

Plans for a major redevelopment of the former High Royds Hospital site have been branded an over development by a councillor.   more...

Glue bags highlight the danger to youngsters

THE shocking discovery of discarded glue bags at an Ilkley beauty spot raises the frightening spectre of youngsters hazarding their lives in search of cheap thrills.  more...

Ilkley,Otley Sport

Ilkley pick up four points from two taxing games

THERE were two taxing away games in three days for the Booth's sponsored Ilkley AFC who remain unbeaten in the long quest to retain the Harrogate Premier League title.   more...

Ilkley test mettle against Harrogate

Ilkley's preparations for the new season were tested to the full on Saturday when they entertained Harrogate's reserve squad, many of whom will be pushing for first team places in the National League Two side.  more...

All-rounder Phillips leads Bilton to championship

IT was perhaps fitting that Bilton's Australian overseas player Stephen Phillips took top billing as the side was crowned Airedale and Whardedale League champions on Saturday.  more...

Debutants do well for Dynamo

FIVE players made their debuts for a new look Ilkley Dynamo team in the first league match of the season. They defeated Horsforth by 4-0 with Michael Bloom notching a hat-trick on his debut for the club.  more...

Harrogate LEAGUE ROUND UP

Trojans Reserves share goal feast   more...

Trojans hit six of the best against Addingham

Burley Trojans 6, Addingham 1  more...

Ilkley Harriers mixed team finishes 22nd in 60-mile Leeds Country Way Relay

A mixed team from Ilkley Harriers was 22nd overall, out of 35, in 9h03 for the 60-odd miles of the Leeds Country Way Relay last Sunday.   more...

Otley,Ilkley News

Difficult decision

THE people of Rawdon have to make a very difficult decision - whether to back the building of a new primary school on a controversial site, or to very possibly lose the chance of the school being built.   more...

Letters to the Editor

Commission has not followed guidelines  more...

Absolutely gutted

ANGRY councillors have called for greater police presence in Otley after yet another devastating fire in the town.  more...

Rawdon may miss out on school

A RAWDON school governor claims the community is in danger of losing out on a new school.  more...

We've all done blooming well

Otley, Hawksworth and Guiseley have all picked up top prizes in this year's Yorkshire in Bloom competition.  more...

Work's `too little, too late' in rocky road to street repairs

A MULTI-MILLION pound strategy to repair roads in and around Leeds is being hailed as `too little too late'.  more...

Scientist reveals his sadness over Dr Kelly's death

THE death of Dr David Kelly might have been avoided if the BBC had apologised at the outset, according to a friend of the weapons inspector.  more...

Getting set to make a splash at new club

MEMBERS of the area's newest fitness club will step back in time to the building's industrial past.  more...

Mother of two is Askwith's vicar

SUE Wharton was a mother of two and a part-time sales rep when she realised her vocation lay within the church.  more...

Campaigners' boundary fight is taken to the ombudsman

BATTLING residents are going to the ombudsman in their fight to keep Aireborough together.  more...

Murky starts fails to dampen the enthusiasm at Bramhope's show

Despite a murky start to the day, threatening weather finally lifted for a glorious 58th annual show in the village of Bramhope.  more...

Hundreds watch as industrial history goes up in flames

HUNDREDS of people watched one of Otley's last remaining industrial buildings go up in flames last week.  more...

Wedding plans may help restore chapel

A Bramhope hotel could soon be using an historic chapel as part of elaborate wedding packages.  more...

Tunnel vision was such a drain on cash and life

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Speed bumps row rumbles on as councillors have their say

CONTROVERSIAL speed bumps on a moorland road conform to national regulations and could help cut accidents, it has been claimed.   more...

Planning chief is opposing big scheme for High Royds site

Plans for a major redevelopment of the former High Royds Hospital site have been branded an over development by a councillor.   more...

Some truly great music - and that's not all, folks!

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Otley,Ilkley Sport

Crook are arrested as cup hero Ryan cops hat-trick

Crook Town 2, Guiseley 3  more...

International star sets up a new karate club

A NEW karate club has been set up in Burley-in-Wharfedale by England and Great Britain international Paul Newby.  more...

Otley set to unleash new signings

OTLEY RUFC are all set to unleash some of their nine new signings when they take on National League Division One moneybags Worcester at Cross Green on Saturday (3 pm).  more...

The prolific Phillips leads Bilton to championship

IT was perhaps fitting that Bilton's Australian overseas player Stephen Phillips took top billing as the side was crowned Airedale and Whardedale League champions on Saturday.  more...

Trojans hit six of the best against Addingham

Burley Trojans 6, Addingham 1  more...

Yeadon look to have blown it

YEADON look to have blown any chance they had of retaining their Divisioin One status when they lost to basement rivals Idle on Saturday.  more...

Harrogate LEAGUE ROUND UP

Trojans Reserves share goal feast with Pool  more...

Young athletes help Leeds City to a superb fifth place in National finals in Birmingham

Four local young athletes helped their club, Leeds City AC, to a superb fifth place in the boys' national final of the UK Athletics Young Athletes League at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.   more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

Elderly in fear of rowdy gangs

Angry elderly residents in a Shipley housing complex say they are being terrorised by rowdy gangs.  more...

Spen Valley,Bradford,Bingley,Shipley News

Warehouse in flames

A big fire ripped through the top two floors of a warehouse in Liversedge early today.  more...

  
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