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Stories for 23 July 2004

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

City's a winner for Yorkshire Forward

Bradford has played a central role in helping Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, to turn in its best annual performance in creating jobs and attracting investment.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Keeping alive our walking tradition  more...

Stop this racket!

A `boom-box' car with a blaring sound system has been seized by police in the first operation of its kind in Bradford.  more...

We're gonna swim for it!

Two Bradford sisters are attempting to break three world swimming records.  more...

What a lot you raised!

The Telegraph & Argus Save Our City Appeal auction has been hailed a massive success after raising more than £6,000 towards the Bantams' fight for survival.  more...

McFly to headline Party in the Park

Chart topping boy-band sensation McFly are set to make this year's Party in the Park a huge success - obviously!  more...

Referendum delay caused by voting fears

A lack of confidence in the postal voting system led to the postponement of the referendum on regional government, John Prescott has admitted.  more...

Workers' outrage at `freeze' on pensions

Workers at a threatened Bradford car parts manufacturer have reacted with anger and dismay to news that their pensions are in jeopardy.  more...

`Ladders' help fish to scale weirs

Fish might not be able to ride bicycles but they could soon be climbing ladders in a scheme to attract migrating sea fish back to the River Aire.   more...

Dean will move on as mission is over

The man brought in to solve Bradford Cathedral's debt saga after the flop of its millennium Life Force attraction is to quit his job now that his work is done.   more...

Firm pulls out of contract bid

One of the three companies bidding for a contract to take over the management of Bradford Council buildings, land and services has pulled out of the contest.  more...

`Patients must have the right to die at home'

A leading cancer care specialist in Bradford has welcomed calls by MPs to give terminally ill patients the right to choose to die at home.  more...

Yobs are wrecking our new play area

Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters.  more...

Crime fears delay leisure trail start

Worries about crime led councillors to postpone a decision on a leisure trail on a former railway.  more...

Modest Yvonne is great role model

A former alcoholic who has helped thousands of people through the Bradford drugs service she pioneered has been shortlisted for the Yorkshire Woman of the Year award.  more...

Blitz on rogue agents

Bradford estate agents have welcomed tough new plans to tackle rogue traders.  more...

Welcome assembly decision

The campaign for a referendum on the idea of a regional assembly has been cynical and one-sided. As a policy which does not have the full backing of the whole Government it has clearly been driven through by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, whose baby it has been from the very start.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Stalwart Jacobs is proud of being a Bantam

Wayne Jacobs would not swap the last ten years for anything.  more...

England trip may be no-go for Pryce

Karl Pryce may not be able to tour Australasia with the England Academy team after all.  more...

Yorkshire crash to humiliating defeat

Yorkshire took only 100 minutes this morning to crash to a ten-wicket defeat in less than two-and-a-half days in the championship game against Somerset at Scarborough.  more...

Clubs get chance to avoid the axe

The Bradford League, whose management committee proposed to vote a club out of Division Two at the end of the season, are letting clubs come up with alternative ideas.  more...

Beating Congs was not a fluke

Baildon are bidding for a second successive big scalp in the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League.  more...

Miserable time for Great Horton

It's a massive weekend for Great Horton, who are in danger of being left stranded at the foot of the table.  more...

Hutton leading Rawdon to safety

All-rounder Matthew Hutton will be hoping to further boost Rawdon's bid to avoid relegation from Division A in tomorrow's clash with title-chasing North Leeds.  more...

Ilkley,Otley Sport

Ross jetting in for Ilkley Open

Florida-based Ross Conn-olly is returning to his home-town club next week to play in the British Tour event at Ilkley.  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Features

Billy's back for panto

Billy Pearce is back at the Alhambra for the sixth time -- but this is his first outing as Dick Whittington.  more...

Goth rockers ready to rumble

Skeletal Family appears at Bradford rock club Rio's tomorrow as one of six bands in the Malediction Festival.  more...

Album reviews

Beverley Knight -- Affirmation  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country News

BNP revelations should make us work harder

The BBC undercover film which exposed the tactics of the far-right British National Party should be a goad for soul searching.  more...

Letters to the Editor

SIR - Today was July 16, and all I have heard on the news, in the town centre, and while at work today are continuous put-downs of Asians.  more...

Jail wedding pair's wait still not over

A couple who married behind prison bars have told of their heartbreak at having to wait another nine months before they can truly become husband and wife.  more...

Duke of Wellington's face the axe

Ex-members of the Dukes -- known as Yorkshire's warriors -- have hit out at Government plans to axe a 300-year-old army regiment which recruits in Keighley.  more...

Rombald on the move?

Giant Rombald could be on the move. The famous statue -- which has been in Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre for more than 35 years -- may be given a new home.  more...

Police station used as drug den

A former police station in Silsden is being used as an illegal drugs den, it has been claimed.  more...

Fashion show hits the headlines

It is not only becoming more fashionable to read the Keighley News -- but once you've read it, you wear it.  more...

Cancer campaigner leaves lasting legacy

A former Haworth woman who spearheaded a fund to save the lives of fellow council workers has lost her battle against cancer.  more...

Pharmacist struck off

A pharmacist who forged prescriptions worth more than £100,000 at his Keighley shop -- using GPs' signatures and the details of customers, including one who was dead -- has been struck off the register.  more...

Sex case doctor spared prison

A doctor who indecently assaulted a woman while on bail for an earlier sex attack has been spared jail -- for the time being.  more...

Ken's got a dozen reasons to smile

A 43-year-old Silsden man who lost nearly 12-and-a-half stone in less than a year reached the finals of Slimming World's Man of the Year 2004 competition.   more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Sport

Athletics: Woodcock strikes African gold

ATHLETICS coach John Woodcock celebrated his birthday this week deep in the heart of Africa -- with the news that one of the athletes he is coaching is off to the Olympics.   more...

Cougars: Bramald ready for debut

NEW signing Matt Bramald is set to make his debut for Cougars against Whitehaven this week -- as the club fights off the threat of relegation.  more...

Ironman test for Simon

SUPER-FIT athlete Simon Hassell is set to take on the rest of the world this weekend -- in one of the toughest sporting events.  more...

Motorsport: Bike racer sets new lap record

TEAM APPLEYARD racer Ashley Beech set a new lap record at Mallory Park last weekend.  more...

Soccer: Silsden launch pre-season campaign

Silsden football club start their pre-season matches tomorrow (Saturday) with a visit to Unibond side Clitheroe.   more...

Cricket: Craven League round-up

Cowling moved into fourth spot in the Craven League after a narrow eight-run victory at Bradley.  more...

Cricket: Cowling Cup round-up

It was all systems go for the Cowling Cup sem-finals with clubs determined to beat the poor weather that had wrecked the previous day's league programme.  more...

Cricket: Keighley Cup

KEIGHLEY CUP cricket reaches the semi-final stage on Sunday -- with two classic contests in prospect.  more...

Cricket: Aire-Wharfe round-up

DANIEL SENIOR ripped through the Ilkley early order batsmen as Silsden maintained their climb up Division B.  more...

Bowls: Jamie scrapes home

JAMIE CUNNINGHAM scrambled to victory in the Skipton Sunday Handicap after a tremendous fight back by Les Foster.  more...

Golf: Around the clubs

Branshaw - Bradford Charities 4BBB Qualifier: 1 Richard Buxton and David Steele 61, 2 Paul Hollindrake and Mick Anderson 62, 3 Richard Chester and Lee Sharpe 62, 4 Steve Collier and Joe Marshall 63.  more...

Cricket: Junior round-up

OXENHOPE Under-15s have one hand on the league title after beating Upper Wharfedale by 128 runs.  more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

Funfair owner pulls down rusting `glide'

The owner of a historic fairground ride began to demolish it yesterday after its protection as a listed building was lifted.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Features

The Curmudgeon

IT is always hard to see a full-grown man cry. When that man is Ben the Bucket, one-time quarry shot firer as hard as the rock he pulverised, it comes as a downright shock.  more...

Skipton,The Dales News

Craven through the years

100 years ago  more...

Renaissance projects are a farce

SIR - It is becoming much clearer now that the so-called Renaissance Market Town Projects are turning into a complete farce.  more...

Man devastated as wife is denied entry to UK

A CROSS Hills man who was expecting to be reunited with his African wife was told by immigration officials that she would not be able to enter the country without a visa.   more...

Skeletons traced back to the Iron Age

SIX skeletons discovered on a housing development site have been found to date from the Iron Age.   more...

Stacey looks to education to tackle anti-social behaviour

PREVENTION and education will be the main tools employed by Craven's new anti-social behaviour co-ordinator.  more...

Officers speak of Craven's largest ever drugs haul

A CRAVEN police officer has told of the moment when he and his colleagues found drugs, worth at least £1 million, in a caravan at Bentham.  more...

Angel staff pay tribute to a 'great friend'

A WELL-KNOWN Upper Wharfedale businessman has died at Airedale General Hospital after battling with cancer.   more...

Shop celebrates 34 years in business

FOR 34 years Mo Metcalfe has catered for the clothing needs of her loyal customers.  more...

Historic collection goes online

HUNDREDS of historic photographs of Skipton are now available online.   more...

Renaissance vision is a 'farce' says councillor

MISGIVINGS about ideas the Settle Renaissance team is nurturing have been sounded by a Giggleswick councillor.  more...

TV cameras put calendar team in the spotlight

TWO Barnoldswick women who became local celebrities after producing a saucy calendar are to star in a television documentary.   more...

When will they learn?

ONCE again accusations are flying about the lack of consultation over health services.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Sport

Settle still have hat trick in their sights

SETTLE march on. Another weekend league and cup double extends their impressive winning run and has even the most wary supporter wondering just how far they can go on the three campaigns they are currently embarked upon.  more...

North Ribb back in Twickenham trail

NORTH Ribblesdale have been given the chance to make amends for last season's bitter disappointment in the Powergen Junior Vase final at Twickenham by being seeded into the same competition again next season.  more...

Weekend cricket programme

RIBBLESDALE League leaders Read face an interesting challenge tomorrow when they take on Earby at The Applegarth.  more...

Rain again tilts title balance

VARIABLE weather conditions continue to impact on the J P Mewies Craven Cricket League, with washed out matches tightening the competition at the top of the Division One table.  more...

Neighbours steal a march

STEETON and Silsden were the only teams in Division B of the Airedale & Wharfedale League to obtain maximum points from a rain-hit programme last weekend, while Skipton did not bowl a ball against Illingworth and Upper Wharfedale had a free day in the fixture list.  more...

  
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