For something that was made on a budget of just £4,000 and edited on laptops "in various bedrooms across three continents" Karan Kandhari's debut feature film hasn't done too badly. Bye Bye Miss Goodnight won the Best Cinematography Award at this year's
CHOCOLATE (cert 12A, 159mins) in Hindi with English subtitles. It is a shame when film-makers and publicists fool the public into believing that their next film is a masterpiece. I have to admit that I am one of those who are misled to believe that
This London taxi will be promoting Bradford's £1.5 billion re-birth as it travels around the capital. Three cabs displaying Bradford Centre Regeneration's Birth of a New City slogan will be on the streets of London in the next two weeks with the aim
THAT dreaded word which should strike fear into the heart of any Craven resident has raised itself once more: reorganisation. Reorganisation, usually accompanied by its close relatives "efficiency" and "modernisation", to Craven folk means closing down
Yorkshire's spinners failed to exploit helpful conditions at Northampton yesterday, so putting their side in danger of falling at the last hurdle in their bid to complete the championship season without being beaten. The inexperienced Mark Lawson and
Junior Witter will gladly put everything on the line against Colin Lynes next month. Witter is preparing to face the Essex fighter on October 21 for his first defence of the British light-welterweight title he won three-and-a-half years ago. Whether or
Colin Todd admits City should be doing better. But he is not too concerned ahead of tomorrow's trip to Swindon, one of his former clubs. City have won three, drawn three and lost three from the first nine league games to sit seven points behind leaders
Colin Todd admits City should be doing better. But he is not too concerned ahead of tomorrow's trip to Swindon, one of his former clubs. City have won three, drawn three and lost three from the first nine league games to sit seven points behind leaders
Action is to be taken to stop yobs terrorising residents on the streets of Braithwaite and Guard House. Local agencies are uniting to find lasting solutions for anti-social behaviour in various parts of the estate. Keighley Anti-Crime Partnership plans
In an overwhelming display of community spirit, the people of Keighley have come together to ensure a memorial play area will be built in the town. Keighley Town Council unanimously agreed to provide £2,500 to cover the insurance and maintenance costs
Two callous burglars who raided the home of a 93-year-old woman and stole money to buy drugs have both been jailed for 18 months. Benjamin Tillotson, 30, and Phillip Smith, 27, broke into the pensioner's home in Silsden while she was eating her Sunday
A new allotments officer has been given a helping hand to get around the area's 480 plots -- a bus pass! He will receive free travel around Keighley thanks to a unique link-up between Keighley Town Council and a bus company. Lee Senior, who took up his
After retiring from working at Airedale Hospital in June, Sandra Carter could have been forgiven for putting her feet up and enjoying the easy life. Instead she sets out for China this weekend, intent on walking 80 miles of the Great Wall of China in
author Lesley Horton will be pitted against the crime writing kingpins with her fourth book next year. The publishers Orion believe the writer of gritty urban thrillers has the strength to take on the country's leading novelists. They plan to launch The
If at first you don't succeed, try again. That was the opinion of the proud parents of little Olivia Faye Mortimer, who came top of the tots in this year's Baby of the Year contest. It was the second time Laura Booth and Lee Mortimer, of Prince Street
A BNP councillor has been accused of racially aggravated disorderly conduct. Angela Clarke, 36, of Bankfield Drive, Keighley, denied the offence when she appeared at Bingley Court on Tuesday. She was joined in the dock by co-accused Paul O'Gara, 41, of
RESIDENTS of Austwick parish have proved that small is beautiful when it comes to getting on the information superhighway. With assistance from a Defra grant, the parish has brought affordable, high-speed broadband access to more than 500 residents and
CONONLEY'S Institute could be sold off and its facilities moved to the village's Church Centre. The suggestion came at Cononley Parish Council last week when members discussed the village's dilemma of not being able to meet the running costs of its two
CRAVEN College is raising its trowels, paintbrushes and chisels to toast its new construction centre. The Skipton-based college has kicked off its new term by offering work-based learning courses in painting and decorating, trowel trade and carpentry
AN Ofsted inspection at a South Craven school has severely criticised its leadership and management - but praised the standard of teaching. Sutton Community Primary's head teacher Phil Sant left before the inspector's report was made public but the school
SKIPTON'S biggest bonfire and fireworks display has had cold water poured on it. The event is organised by Craven District Round Table and is its biggest fundraiser of the year. It has been lighting up the sky above Skipton Auction Mart for several years
SIR Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles is being performed by Theatre North, Settle's professional theatre company, in a new adaptation by Martin Lewton. While remaining faithful to the novel, this new version
FOUR Skipton schoolgirls have picked up a top engineering award for an invention inspired by their visually impaired classmate. Emma Dixon, Robyn Lavery and Emma Walker, all aged 13, and 12-year-old Rebecca Hartley are members of Skipton Girls' High School's
Little Me has lots of admirers -- and in Keighley all nine will be played by the same actor. Keighley Amateurs favourite Peter Whitley has to be a quick-change artist when the comedy musical is staged next month. He will woo the spectacularly accident-prone
Local: St Mark's Church, Utley: ladies choir Opus 44 (tomorrow 7pm). Phone 01535 607007 or on the door. Glusburn Institute: Auld Alliance concert with French and Scots singers (tomorrow 7.30pm). Phone 01535 631166. Keighley Arts Factory, Keighley College
SIR - We live in Eldroth, the middle of good farming country and the garden frequently suffers from rabbit invasion. We try to control these by two means: 1) the good old shotgun and 2) a humane rabbit trap. Over the last two months we have scarcely seen
The picturesque hamlet of Braithwaite was an obvious favourite with Edwardian postcard photographers, who usually attracted the attention of curious locals. Notoriously, prior to the opening of the Braithwaite-Laycock bypass in 1938, buses used to squeeze
Eco-friendly wind turbines will light up high-rise blocks in Bradford from next week. And a lookalike 'Del Boy' from TV hit series Only Fools and Horses will join scores of residents from Stuart, Tudor, Bollingbroke, Hapsburg and Windsor Courts to watch
A new police contact and volunteer point has been opened for people in Ravenscliffe. The contact point at the Gateway Centre, in Thackery Road, was launched yesterday to offer help and advice to people in the neighbourhood. Residents can meet a Neighbourhood
Volunteers are needed to offer life saving care in the Great Horton area. Thanks to donations from 11 local businesses, funding has been put in place for the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS) to train a team of Community First Responders
A Bradford roofer lied about being a member of two trade organisations, a court heard. Bradford magistrates were told that Glen Lambert, 47, of Airedale Roofing and Guttering had claimed he was a member of both the Guild of Master Craftsman and the National
A concert is to be held in memory of popular Bradford musician Patrick Sherry. Mr Sherry, lead singer with the up-and-coming Bradford band Bad Beat Review, died in July after an acrobatic leap on stage went tragically wrong. The concert is being organised
A teacher with 30 years' experience whose classroom control was so poor that pupils' behaviour deteriorated to the point of violence has been banned from teaching. Helena Gill, a former teacher at St Andrew's Church of England School, Keighley, will have
Tributes were today paid after the death of a Bradford matron who pioneered the early transfer home of mothers and babies. Gwen Clayton, known as Gwennie, worked at St Luke's Maternity Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary Maternity Unit for 19 years
Tragic Aimee Wellock was threatened, bullied and assaulted at school "on an almost daily basis" a court has heard. Aimee, 15, who collapsed and died while running away from a violent teenage gang, felt let down by her teachers at Parkside School in Cullingworth
Reckless driving by young men in 'souped-up' cars is costing lives on Bradford's roads, safety experts warned today. New figures from the West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership show that, while the numbers of people killed in road accidents has
Cowling Under-10s beat Guiseley 2-0 after a hard fought game. Scorers were Jason Hough and Josh Wood with George Sellars named man of the match. Keighley Shamrocks opened their season with an 8-4 victory at Albion Sports. The home side took the lead before
The Premier Division of the Craven League looks to be developing into a three horse race although it is early in the season. Already a third of the games have been completed and Skipton LMS lead by two points from last season's league and cup winners
Steeton A.F.C. 1 Lower Hopton 2 - Steeton suffered their second defeat of the season, losing to a well organised Lower Hopton side containing many new faces from their encounter two weeks earlier, when the Summerhill Lane side ran out comfortable 4-1
AS the leagues wind down Cross Hills have clinched the Aire-Wharfe Division One title, crushing Knaresborough in the final match. In the same association Oxenhope have retained the Wednesday League title after some good efforts, but missed out in the
Keighley 11 Oldham 5 Keighley progressed into the second round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup with a hard earned victory over visitors Oldham - at the same time notching their first win of the season. It was a close call, but Keighley's staying power
The Craven Cricket League side gave an exceptional account of themselves against a Nidderdale League side at Pateley Bridge on Monday. They were going well before being hit by hurricane Milburn and whirlwind Ray in the final 10 overs of the game. Craven
Rounding off his season Brian Northing (Team Stephen Roce) finished third in the North Lancs Road Club's 44-mile road race held over four laps of the testing Bashall Eaves circuit near Clitheroe. A leading group of six formed at the end of the second
Near perfect conditions for long distance running saw records fall in the Yorkshireman off road Marathon a tough marathon this Sunday. The 26.3-mile route crosses bleak moorland between Haworth, Hebden Bridge and Denholme with 4,000ft of climbing. Almost
GIGGLESWICK School started out on the road to Twickenham with a 29-5 win over local rivals Ermysted's on Wednesday in the under-18 Daily Mail competition. Two tries from David Fortune and one each from Oliver Lancaster, Stuart Illingworth and Ian Jenkinson
JOHN Lawn wants Wharfedale to show a more ruthless and more disciplined approach when his side take on Halifax in the Yorkshire derby at the Avenue tomorrow. The Greens only had themselves to blame for not gaining their second win of the season at Orrell
The ten-year programme to rejuvenate Lister's Mill will be a catalyst for the wider regeneration of Manningham, according to the man leading the project. Simon Gawthorpe, managing director of Urban Splash Yorkshire which is renovating the vast former
100 Years Ago MR Dewhurst, of Whinfield, Skipton, gave £600 to the library fund, taking its total to £1,700. The town had to match a £3,000 gift from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and the Craven Herald called upon people to avoid the stigma
When it comes to our local landscape, achieving a balance between protection and progression often poses a major problem. Over the years this area has witnessed countless situations where the desires of developers to transform historic properties or build
Their current coach Craig Busby and his predecessor Robin Kay may have contrasting styles but the end result has been much the same - Bradford Salem keep on winning. The Heaton club were promoted under Kay's no-nonsense approach last season. But, having
It is welcome news, in a way, that the Government appears to be shifting its ground at least slightly over the controversial new drinking laws by announcing that there will be a review of the Licensing Act three months after it comes into force. However
A former Keighley man has died in a road accident in America. This week tribute was paid to John Riley, who was 51. And it has been announced that a "celebration of his life" will be held in Keighley next week. Mr Riley (pictured) lived in Michegan and
Keighley's assistant town clerk has written a novel based on traumatic events in a family's life. Debbie Spink has based her story on life-changing decisions she and her mother made in past decades. She begins the book, You to Me Are Everything, with
A Stanbury man who wore a 1-12th scale replica of the Angel of the North for the Great North Run achieved his aim of "getting noticed". George Bingham was cheered on for the entire 13-mile charity race by thousands of people in the crowd. During his gruelling
Anti-racism campaigns held in Keighley during the run-up to the General Election are being adopted as a national blueprint. Trade Union Congress members at their national conference have agreed the Hope Not Hate venture should be used by others as a model
He might have cataracts and rheumatism but at 175 years old it's anything but a dog's life for a pampered Corgie from Sutton. Jip celebrated his 25th birthday -- his age in human terms is 175 -- last Thursday and incredulous owners Marilyn and John Regan
Airedale Hospital has been warned by the boss of the NHS that a hit squad will be sent in unless it slashes crippling debts. Airedale NHS Trust has been ordered by the NHS to take "urgent action" to slash its £3.2 million deficit. Sir Nigel Crisp, chief
POLICE will be working with youngsters in West Craven as part of a countywide Crimestoppers campaign against knife crime. This week, Lancashire Crimestoppers have been targeting young people with a new interactive campaign - Game Over for Knives. The
A LOLLIPOP lady of 20 years was left devastated after having her stick taken off her because she was confusing motorists. Margaret Lund, of Cross Hills, is dedicated to helping children cross a road with traffic lights opposite Glusburn School every morning
PLANS to build Craven's first joint base for emergency services in Settle have moved forward. Speaking to residents at Monday's Mid-Craven and Ribblesdale forum, North Yorkshire Police Authority member Jean Anderson told residents an agreement had been
POLICE are pleased with the response to a renewed appeal to help identify an oriental woman found dead at Horton-in-Ribblesdale a year ago. Officers returned to the area near the stream on Penyghent where the body was discovered and visited the village
POLICE are opposing plans to extend the opening hours of two of Skipton's night spots, including the town's only club. Bliss, on Keighley Road, has applied to the council to serve customers until 3am Sunday to Friday and 4am on a Saturday and several
A GREEN-FINGERED Cross Hills man has come up smelling of roses after scooping a top prize at Harrogate's prestigious flower show. Derek Lund won the title of best novice in Great Britain in the single-spike gladioli section - a flower he had grown for
THE winning entries in the Skipton in Bloom competition have been unveiled. Householders and businesses were invited to spruce up their gardens and hanging baskets to impress the judges. There were 45 entries in total, which was up on last year, and an
FEARS that North Yorkshire Police could be submerged into a new "super force" have been raised in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. The report claimed that forces with more than 4,000 officers tended to perform best. North Yorkshire
The Mission -- Victoria Hall A barely half full Vic Hall witnessed the band open their triumphant set with Crystal Ocean, a song that was merely a b-side from the band's eighties heyday. Serpent's Kiss, the debut single from 1985 followed before Mr Hus
Annie Get Your Gun -- Bradford Alhambra The tale of sharpshooter Annie Oakley's prickly romance with Wild West Show star Frank Butler is one of the cowboy classics of American musical theatre. It's a lively and light-hearted story with some of Irving
Montauk Island are cementing their comeback by releasing a five-track CD of new songs. The band, now a five-piece, is playing both new material and revamped songs by the original Montauk line-up. Founder members Richard Byrnes and Steve Rhodes, the singer
OVER the years, I have met scores of artists and a stimulating bunch they are. They can be passionate or withdrawn, driven or laid back, committed to the edge of craziness or lethargic to the point of laziness, hilariously funny or sunk into self-isolation
SIR -- Did you see the football game on Wednesday night, September 7? The England team was so bad, in fact garbage. This England team is over-rated and over-paid. England played really badly and now the fans are blaming the manager, Sven Goren Eriksen
Plans for an early review of the controversial new drinking laws have been welcomed. Ministers have come under fire from police, judges and health chiefs for relaxing opening hours for pubs, bars and nightclubs. Critics claim guidelines work in favour
Missed bin collections accounted for two thirds of all complaints against Bradford Council last year. And Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the politician in charge of overseeing the authority's waste management services, admitted it was an 'annus horibilis
Bradford community leaders today refuted claims by the head of the Commission for Racial Equality that the district's residents are in danger of becoming segregated. Trevor Phillips has claimed the number of people of Pakistani heritage in Bradford 'ghetto
Bradford is set to receive millions of pounds to help pay jobless teenagers who sign a contract agreeing to go back into education and training. The district has one of the highest rates of school leavers who are not in education, employment or training
Premier Division Eastwood Tavern 0 AC Victoria 3 - AC Victoria were held by Tavern until the last 15mins of the first half, when Tony Cooper, D Moriarty and A Lonsdale scored with P O'Neil instrumental in all three goals. Free scoring Vic couldn't add
Milnthorpe 1 Cross Hills 2 - ALTHOUGH it is only six weeks into the season Cross Hills are already involved in 'six-pointer' clashes. The game against Cumbrian side Milnthorpe was a 'must win' game as the hosts were playing on the back of a 5-1 win over
Silsden 0 Salford City 1 - SILSDEN seem to have lost the spark that brought them promotion thanks to a flurry of top performances at the end of last season. Although most of the players should be nearing their peak with a season of experience under their
The 2005 UAJCL Presentation Night was a resounding success with almost 300 people attending. League Chairman David Atkinson welcomed the honoured guests from Yorkshire CCC Richard Pyrah and Andrew Gale and thanked Sponsors CartaSport Leisure, Ian Dyson
The curtain closed on Keighley's epic season with a winning draw against Esholt at Lawkholme Lane on Saturday. Keighley batted first on this cool September day and a series of steady partnerships took them to 205 off their 50 over allocation. Richard
Young Keighley bowlers have won Ten-Pin Bowling's summer junior scratch tour. During the competition the team, based at Keighley's AMF Bowl, travelled to other bowling alleys across the north to take on their youth academies. They beat teams from Burnley
MELISSA HOULDSWORTH is aiming for a place in Yorkshire's girls football team. Melissa, 15, is a pupil at Oakbank School and is aiming to make it to the top in the world of girls football. She plays with the Silsden Ladies open age team and is now through
KEIGHLEY-based bikers have taken the new sport of cycle trials by storm. Local riders have picked up two gold medals and two silvers in the British championship this year, and are preparing for even tougher competiton in the years to come. Chris Akrigg
OFTEN Daleyesque in distance if not in direction off the tee, 18-year-old Gavin Stocker, a former junior captain and the fourth generation of his family to play at Ghyll, broke the record for the Tudor course at Ghyll on Sunday. One of the youngest in
CRAVEN racing driver Jonathan Mounsey has won the British Automobile Racing Club's Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship for the first time. The electrical contractor, who lives in Eldroth near Settle, secured the 2005 title in his extensively modified
No wonder there's so much flytipping SIR - I rang Bradford Council on September 12 to ask when I could have an old TV set picked up from outside my home. I was told there was a new rule about TVs and they don't pick them up now. The lady said if I rang
