POOR old parish councils. Their members give their time for free in the interests of their community and what do they get back? Writs, brickbats and a mountain of red tape. Three of the larger parish councils in Craven find themselves enmeshed in an uncomfortable
Bradford Park Avenue face their final pre-season friendly tomorrow when they journey to Pontefract Collieries of the Northern Counties East League and it will be a full-scale match for the Conference North outfit. "I might mix the side up a bit from recent
Relegation-threatened Bankfoot have suffered a blow ahead of their Special-ist Ducting Supplies Division One match at Pudsey St Lawrence. Fourth-from-bottom Bankfoot were hoping to have Yorkshire and England's Anthony Mc-Grath available, but he is injured
City may have a new face in the side lining up against Hartlepool tomorrow - a goalkeeper. City have taken Middlesbrough's 19-year-old youth international Ross Turnbull as cover. Jamaican international Donovan Ricketts has still not received clearance
Last Sunday's defeat at Hull was the lowest point in Bulls coach Brian Noble's coaching career, eclipsing even the heart-breaking 19-18 loss to St Helens in the 2002 Grand Final. "It was the most disappointed I've been since I've been at the club," admitted
Frostbite and massive weight loss was not enough to dampen the spirits of Tim Sander, who took part in the first English expedition to successfully circumnavigate Norway. Tim, of Denholme Road, Oxenhope, teamed up with Clive Woodman, from Plymouth, for
The Nomads, one of Keighley's best-loved bands of the past four decades, is re-forming to play in honour of a former member. Malcolm Nixon's brother and sister will also revive their stage acts as part of the benefit concert in Haworth on September 2.
Keighley library is to be ceremonially re-opened later this month, exactly 100 years after it first opened its doors to the town's readers. The official re-opening will be performed by the Duke of Devonshire, whose great grandfather was the main dignitary
A CROSS Hills woman is suing a parish council after being injured climbing over a gate at Sutton Park. Claire Viccary, 21, of South View, claims she was left unconscious when she fell after catching her shoe buckle between spikes on top of the gate at
COWLING is one step closer to receiving a new state-of-the-art village hall, as blueprints for the build were submitted this week. Craven District Council received planning applications on behalf of Cavalier Marketing Ltd to demolish Acre Mill in the
LEARNER drivers in Skipton are facing a three-month wait to take their practical driving test. The rise in demand for tests, a low pass rate and a shortage of examiners have been mooted as the reasons by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). This week Yorkshire
A CROSS Hills man will finally be able to start a new life with his African bride after immigration officials threatened to keep them apart. Popie Conyers, from Botswana, arrived in the UK to live with her husband, Jonathan, two weeks ago, only to be
MAJOR development work which could spark the biggest changes to Skipton town centre since the castle was built were discussed at a meeting of the council. So sensitive were the discussions on how to deal with millions of pounds worth of council-owned
Emma Brown -- Clare Boylan I read Clare Boylan's Charlotte Bront pastiche straight after my first-ever read of Jane Eyre and one moved seamlessly into another. The modern-day author has created a spellbinding story that expands upon a two-chapter opening
Dozens of actors will be joined on stage by computer-generated images when Miss Saigon is staged at Bradford Alhambra. The cutting-edge animation is being used to recreate two major sequences from the original version of the hit musical. Following a two-year
At last. Someone has finally had the nous to start sensible discussions about burying the hatchets between town and parish councils and Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Whatever the behind-the-scenes reasoning, the opening peace talks must be taken
SIR- Reading the article regarding Lynne Mullinder's £500 bill for a parking offence (Craven Herald July 30) struck a chord with me, as I am sure it did other readers. On a number of occasions I have found myself short of change and following a quick
An aid worker from Bradford who was working in China has been killed in a car crash. Today friends of Veronica Schmitt paid tribute to her and spoke of their "devastating loss". Miss Schmitt, 64, who was born and brought up in Little Horton, Bradford,
Drivers travelling into Bradford over the August Bank Holiday weekend will face major diversions around the International Market site. The market will be one of the largest events ever held in the city, stretching from Drewton Road to Hall Ings, and from
Bradford City Football Club is going back to its finest moment for the inspiration behind its new kit. The Bantams will soon unveil the design for the club's new strip after ditching an agreement with Italian sportswear firm Diadora. The club has signed
Couples could soon be tying the knot at Bradford Bulls' Odsal Stadium. The club has applied to City Hall for a licence to use the stadium as a venue for civil marriage ceremonies. Emma Hudson, conference and banqueting manager at the Bulls, said the decision
STEETON Under-17s travelled to Oxenhope knowing that the Keighley Cup 2000 League title was already theirs after challengers Upper Wharfedale had been beaten by Oakworth. Oxenhope needed to win to take second place but things looked grim after they scored
BRIAN POTTS comfortably beat Garry Foster in the final of the Valley Handicap at Silsden Playing Fields last weekend. Potts, the 'Oxenhope International' pulled off a 21-16 victory over the Cross Roads member who had reached his second Vally final without
COUGAR chairman Neil Spencer calls on the district to get behind the club. Colin Farrar and myself have been getting some digs from a number of quarters -- mainly because we are bottom of LHF National League 1. Over the years we have been at the top -
THE Cowling Cup final takes place at Glusburn on Sunday and has all the makings of a needle match as the top two in the Fourth Division do battle. Haworth Road have a three point advantage over Pendle Forest, the pair having met twice, with one victory
Brother and sister Isaac and Claudia Pye, from Cross Hills, have taken top honours in one of the North of England's leading equestrian events. They had to win club events to reach the All-British Riding Club championships which were held at Hollingworth
A BUMPER crowd saw Silsden take on Burnley at Cougar Park as they prepare to take their place in the North West Counties League. With Burnley's 1st XI squad enjoying their pre-season in Austria and Germany, the First Division club send a youth team to
COUGARS face an uphill battle as they struggle to rebuild confidence for Sunday's clash with Leigh. Last week's game at Featherstone had been identified as one of the matches they could be expected to win, but they crashed to a humiliating 58-16 defeat
ROSSLYN Park, have been reinstated into National Division Two after an appeal to the rugby union forcing a rethink of next season's fixture list. Last week it was announced that in the wake of Wakefield's demise, Wharfedale and other clubs in National
You're looking great, Bradford! Sir - I have just returned to America from a three-week holiday in Bradford. It's two years since my last visit. It was lovely to experience the positive attitude to almost everything. I loved the new road at Bankfoot replacing
Robert Atkinson will be hoping his relegation-threatened Otley side can stop the rot tomorrow with victory at rock-bottom Hall Park in Division A. Otley have lost their last three games and are just three points clear of second-from-bottom Menston with
Michael Symes, who once starred in the most lethal strike-force in youth football with Wayne Rooney, hopes to resurrect his fledgling career with a big game at Hartlepool tomorrow - cheered on by 1,000 travelling fans. Rooney and Symes terrorised defences
The International Market due to occupy much of the centre of Bradford over the August Bank Holiday weekend is a terrific coup for the city. The event takes place in a different European city every year and Bradford had to beat off some tough opposition
Those who thought unscrupulous politicians were a modern phenomena are being urged to think again after an Utley woman made a surprising discovery whilst researching her degree. Lynn Macgill, of Greenhead Lane, recently uncovered an agreement by Cliffe
Local artists can follow in the footsteps of a Keighley woman in displaying paintings at Cliffe Castle Museum. Olga Scatchard has taken up the first slot in a new series of two-month-long exhibitions in the museum's foyer gallery space. Her vibrantly-coloured
A Keighley family living in Vietnam has offered its support to a Silsden boy with a brain tumour. When Steve and Shirley Hewitt read about Daniel Wilkinson's battle with a brain tumour in last week's Internet version of the Keighley News, they wanted
The fight is on to save two Keighley post offices from closure. Angry residents and businesses hit out this week after controversial plans to close the post offices were revealed. Guard House Post Office, at West Lane, and Ingrow Post Office, at Ingrow
Keighley Conservatives were today searching for a new parliamentary candidate after the sudden resignation of Robert Collinson. Mr Collinson's decision to step down as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Keighley ward, which also covers Ilkley
Giant Rombald now looks set to stay put. Public consultation over relocating the 12ft-high statue had favoured a move from its present home in Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre. But centre manager Susan Mendoza -- speaking for the first time on the
A call has been made for a public inquiry into a number of hospital deaths being investigated by police. Lawyers acting for the son of an 81-year-old whose death at Airedale General Hospital at Steeton near Keighley is being investigated are appealing
Yorkshire Water officials were grilled by councillors over major works being carried out in West Craven. Representatives from the company were asked to attend a meeting of the West Craven Committee to answer concerns about the extensive work being undertaken
RESIDENTS in Gargrave have been speaking out against plans to erect skate equipment on the village's middle green. More than 30 people attended a meeting of Gargrave Parish Council to voice their objections. Last month parish councillors agreed to look
POLICE in Craven are keen that the rise in temperature will not be mirrored in the number of sneak-in burglaries. Two incidents occurred over the weekend. A police dog was used after a woman discovered an intruder in her home in Embsay. He fled across
PLANS have been submitted to restore historic Hellifield Peel back to its original state and once again make it a residential property. An application has been submitted by Leeds architect Francis Shaw to carry out repairs, reconstruction and some alterations
LITTLE Maisy and Ruby Jolly have been dubbed the "Miracle Twins" after the odds were stacked against their survival. The duo, who celebrate their first birthday on August 29, have been through more trauma than most experience in a lifetime. For they suffered
Off the Wall isn't the only top band with musicians from Keighley playing at the Piece Hall, Halifax, tomorrow. Laika Dog, fronted by Tony Wright, has been invited to play support for the popular Pink Floyd tribute band during its open-air performance
REGULAR readers with long memories will recall that Owd Tom and Maggots Money-Grubber are not the best of mates, not since the Maggot banned Tom from fishing the stretch of the Beggar which he acquired along with the Old Vicarage. So when they were seen
A new crackdown on yobs who cause a nuisance with fireworks begins tomorrow. Labour MP for Bradford South Gerry Sutcliffe, the Consumer Minister, will unveil the rules in a bid to improve safety and tackle anti-social behaviour ahead of the fireworks
Bradford music star Bob Hardy will make a triumphant homecoming when his chart-topping band Franz Ferdinand play in the city. The Mercury Music Prize nominees will perform at St George's Hall on Thursday, October 21, as part of a hectic schedule of gigs
Huge reductions in robberies and burglaries have earned Bradford's crime-fighters praise from the Government. In the three months to the end of June there was a 55 per cent cut in burglaries across the Bradford district, while robberies were down by 53
For more than 160 years, generations of pupils at a Bradford school have grown up without anywhere to play - but that could be about to change. Youngsters at St Luke's Church of England Primary School, Eccleshill, may finally be about to see their dream
The Telegraph & Argus is today urging readers to voice their objections to the proposed closure of the city centre's main post office. Politcians, business groups and shoppers have all reacted angrily to the suggestion that the Exchange post office
Blind golfer Malcolm Elrick from Crossflatts has been selected to represent England against Scotland in the Auld Enemies Cup later this month. Elrick, a group communications analyst for Bradford & Bingley, came fourth in the British Blind Open Championship
Keighley's fate is now in their own hands after they moved into second place in the Bradford League Second Division after an emphatic victory over Windhill at the weekend. Batting first, Windhill struggled to get to grips with the Keighley bowling which
Featherstone 54, Cougars 16 - COUGARS totally dominated the first three minutes of their clash with Featherstone and showed a spark of life in the dying moments -- but in the 70 minutes between they were simply dreadful. Only a hardy bunch of faithful
CRAIG WHITE edged Oakworth into the final of the Keighley Cup with an impressive late innings. Oakworth batted first in the thrilling contest and opener W Fradley scored 44, but Oxenhope bowlers were on top for most of the rest of the innings. Wickets
COWLING pulled off a surprise three-wicket victory over third placed Oakworth last weekend. Oakworth built a first wicket stand of 53 but then collapsed to 128-9 before Tim Walsh 24no and Jeff Inman 20no defiantly took the score to 171-9. Martyn Dalby
The Keighley Post Office road relay team showed they certainly know their way around the streets of Keighley when they won the Worth Valley Relay Trophy - for the fifth year. In 2003 they won comfortably but this year they were pressed by a good Sportscamps
NORTH Ribblesdale have secured a boost for the season with the news that hooker James Ogden is joining the club from Wharfedale and a centre from New Zealand has put pen to paper. Ogden, who lives at Austwick, started his playing career with Ribblesdale
SETTLE'S morale as they bid to reach the Lancashire Cup final on Sunday has been given a boost by the capture of inspirational pro Robin Morris for another season. Settle has certainly been hogging the sporting limelight this season, what with the rugby
100 years ago THOSE involved with creating a purpose-built cattle market in Skipton identified their preferred site. They decided that the market should be located at Spring Gardens on Otley Road, which had the advantage of good drainage. The total costs
