Audi are on something of a roll at the moment. Their discreetly elegant style is proving a winner among people who traditionally shop among the Mercedes-Benz and BMW dealerships, and Audi has expanded its range considerably in recent years. In 1996
Bradford Dudley Hill begin the defence of their LHF Healthplan National League Three title tomorrow with an old face at the helm. The champions will be coached by Kelvin Lockett as they head to newcomers Featherstone Lions on the opening day. He was
Dewsbury legend Barry Eaton returns to the Ram Stadium tonight looking to repeat his memorable heroics this time for the Cou-gars. The Keighley player-coach proved the heartbeat of Neil Kelly's Dewsbury side between 1995 and 2000, eventually leading
Bradford Park Avenue go into tonight's match against Ossett Town at Horsfall Stadium with a confident, determined air about them. After Wednesday night's astonishing 8-0 win over bottom club Runcorn, Avenue are now looking to gather momentum as they
Despite the wet spring, the SDS Bradford League have decided to go ahead with the start of the season as scheduled tomorrow. Some clubs' officials and groundsmen have talked about the possibility of the whole Division One programme there are no Division
City's exciting youngsters may have to be patient as the Bantams look to extend their unbeaten run to five against Doncaster Rovers at Valley Parade tomorrow. And those worried about being left out, after making that important first-team breakthrough
Brian Noble refused to discuss the Wigan job last night, preferring to extol a "fantastic game of rugby league" after his heroic Bulls side snatched a dramatic last-gasp victory against arch-rivals Leeds. Teenager Brett Ferres dived over in the dying
More than £2.5 million is being ploughed into a world-leading centre of industrial scientific research at Bradford University. The investment will keep the university at the forefront of micro and nanotechnology a specialist area of science which deals
Bradford's high-profile race relations officer aims to strengthen community links and fight hate crime in his new role. Inspector Mark Leighton, 45, was appointed as Bradford's Community and Race Relations Officer last month, taking over from Inspector
A redevelopment scheme for Bradford's transport interchange is being given high priority by the company spearheading the city's rebirth. The £100 million scheme, which includes prime quality office space and a multi-storey car park, is in a programme
The daughter of a former health boss who had to stand down because of a long battle against Parkinson's Disease is to take on the challenge of a life time to raise money for the charity which helps fellow sufferers. Susie Wolstenholme will take up the
One of Bradford's foremost rockers is picking up his bass and heading back onstage after almost two decades out of the spotlight. In the early 1980s Stuart Morrow, 40, formed Bradford group New Model Army alongside Justin Sullivan and Robb Heaton. But
One of the biggest planning applications Keighley has ever seen will be ruled on by councillors next week. The proposed redevelopment of the huge Grove Mills site is seen as a key part of the Airedale Masterplan which has been drawn up to regenerate
A railway enthusiast is planning the train trip of a lifetime from Skipton to China. Tim Calow hopes to complete the epic rail journey more than 5,000 miles in two and a half weeks at a cost of about £2,000. The 45-year-old's goal is to reach the
Fans of Bradford's pop idol Gareth Gates today reacted with dismay after he was sacked by his record company. The future of the 21-year-old former Bradford Cathedral choirboy's recording career has been plunged into doubt after he was ditched by bosses
A passenger in a taxi was killed when it was hit by a stolen car last night. The man was among seven people in a Toyota people carrier taxi which was travelling in Legrams Lane, Lidget Green, Bradford, when it was struck by the stolen Skoda Octavia shortly
A prolific teenage criminal has been locked up by a judge after admitting a string of offences. Duane Bellamy, who has just turned 18, was on Monday sentenced for his part in two burglaries and asked for another 32 offences to be taken into consideration
The current deputy mayor, Councillor Graham Mitchell, has been elected Mayor of Keighley for 2006/07. The nominations and elections also saw Cllr David Petyt elected to be deputy mayor for the same period. Two people were nominated for the post of mayor
A summer in Africa working alongside game park wardens has helped a Silsden girl achieve the coveted Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Rachael Jackson, 18, of Low Woodside Farm in Silsden, was presented with the award by Prince Phillip, at St James Palace
A quick stop off at Morrisons turned into disaster for a Keighley charity when computer equipment worth around £12,000 was stolen from the back of a van. Altogether 18 laptops and one projector belonging to the Russell Street Project, Russell Street,
A fifties love story with a twist is about to be filmed in Keighley, and the director is calling on anyone interested to become an extra. The film, called "Private Life", will be shot in various locations throughout Keighley, including Dalton Mill, the
An armed robber escaped with a "substantial" amount of cash from a building society yesterday morning. The raider -- wielding what was believed to be a handgun -- struck at about 10.30am, at the Skipton Building Society in Kirkgate, Silsden. He approached
A Keighley allotment project has a new weapon in its battle against garden pests -- frogs! The New Shoots Horticultural Project -- based at Upper Hird Street -- has a pond full of the amphibians after spawn was put there a couple of years ago. And now
A teacher who appeared before magistrates charged with drink-driving was found to be over the limit again later that day while driving home. A tearful Elaine Day, 51, of Best Lane, Oxenhope, pleaded guilty to both drink-driving offences at Skipton Magistrates
A 20ft-high wooden wall built in the heart of historic Haworth has been branded a "monstrosity". Parish councillors claim the recently constructed wall along Rawdon Road is also a danger to children. Developer JS Bramley built the 20ft-high, timber-frame
A public inquiry into a supermarket plan which could radically alter the commercial face of Keighley is to be held outside the town. Bradford Council says an appeal by supermarket giant Asda could not be debated locally, because the town lacked a suitable
THE arrival of helicopters and heavy machinery in the heart of Barnoldswick has sparked rumours and controversy among locals. Several earthmovers, dumper trucks and bulldozers started work on a field close to Roundell Road and Vicarage Road at noon last
NEWS that funding has finally been secured for the refurbishment of Barnoldswick's former Rainhall Road school building has been welcomed by the councillors who voted against using it for their accommodation. Last Tuesday, West Craven Together learned
A SPECIAL party will be held in Settle on Monday when Lower Greenfoot resident Gertie Forster celebrates her 100th birthday. Mrs Forster, who lived on her own until 16 months ago, moved to Lower Greenfoot care home in December 2004. She was born in Great
SETTLE Town Council and the town's market traders may subsidise parking fees which are being re-introduced for coach firms. When foot and mouth hit the area in 2001, Craven District Council agreed to suspend coach parking charges in all its pay and display
FEARS of job cuts and a reduction to vital services in the Yorkshire Dales National Park have been allayed following a government announcement that extra funding has been secured for the next two years. National Park Authority members were shaping up
IT may lie in a "socio-economically disadvantaged area" - but Skipton's Greatwood School offers those pupils who pass through its doors "outstanding" personal development according to its latest Ofsted inspection. Government inspectors were highly impressed
A BUS service set to be slashed in Silsden will leave pensioners and school children stranded, town councillors warned last week. A heated debate broke out as they discussed the decision to stop the 713 Keighley and District bus service. More than 1,000
A PARISH council is charging people a "ludicrous" fee of £2,000 to obtain material under the Freedom of Information Act. Anyone requesting information from Cowling Parish Council, which they cannot access independently, must produce the cash before any
A SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD woman is once again sleeping rough on the streets of Skipton after she was evicted from her home. Catherine Hull, along with dog, Ben, was ordered out of a one-bedroom flat at the town's Aireview House earlier this week. She only
From Finland comes Flylow to promote their debut album at Keighley's Easter Sunday Eggs-Travaganza. Hometown bands Exoterik and The Aftermath play support at the 7.30pm concert at the New Variety Club on Russell Street. Organiser John Gow said Flylow
SIR - I am on record over the last two years in raising grave concerns about Craven District Council's failure to solve the bus station issue. At the last full council meeting on April 4, I brought the matter up again by means of a member's question to
Keighley Kobras have enjoyed an impressive season in the North Yorkshire Youth Badminton League. More than 15 junior players hve represented the club in either the Under-12s or Over-14s teams. The season in November with the Under-12s beating Harrogate
Keighley Albion 50 Siddal A 16 - Keighley Albion eased themselves into third place in the table after a comfortable victory over a spirited Siddal A side who were still in the game at the half time break. Albion hit the ground running and had racked up
Silsden Ladies 4 Farsley Celtic Ladies 1 - Silsden Ladies took on Farsley Celtic on a pitch that resembled a freshly ploughed field, in near blizzard conditions. Both teams found that the state of the pitch was going to mean that fluid passing moves was
Oxenhope's battle to retain their league title remained on track with two victories away from home last week. They faced Carleton on a difficult pitch in a match of contrasting styles. Carleton adopted a long ball game an Oxenhope continued with their
Steeton 2 Kirkburton 3 - Steeton played the return fixture against their Huddersfield based opponents, but once again found themselves pointless in a lack-lustre performance that sees them slipping down the league, despite promising so much earlier in
GYMNAST Becky Shires has earned a place in the Sports Acrobatics national championships - after picking up a silver medal in the Yorkshire championships. Becky, 12, a pupil at Bingley Grammar School, is a member of the Wakefield Gymnastics Club, and this
The latest scores from the Craven football scene Northern Plant Hire Trophy Semi-final: Pendle Athletic 1 Grassington United 2 Morrison Cup quarter-final: Skipton Town 3 Gargrave 0 Craven League Premier Division: Embsay 1 Oxenhope Rec 3, Skipton LMS 4
THE Craven and District Cricket League have agreed a structure of four divisions of 12 teams and a fifth division of 14 teams for the 2007 season. Division Four currently contains 13 teams but, at Monday night's league meeting, Keighley Tech College announced
BARLICK boss Lee Boyer is going on the offensive in a bid to haul his side out of the relegation mire. He is set to go with three men up front for tomorrow's clash at home to mid-table Fulwood Amateurs when nothing less than a win is required. "We're
AND so our representatives on the North Yorkshire Police Authority have voted to back the merger of all four Yorkshire forces into one. Thanks very much! They did not have the guts to resist the Home Secretary's insistence on riding roughshod over public
An attack on tragic teenager Aimee Wellock did lead to her death moments later, a senior Home Office scientist said this week. The claim contradicts the conclusion of three senior judges who ruled that the attack on Aimee was not directly responsible
Lottery grants totalling over £25,000 have been awarded to local groups. Six organisations in the Keighley and South Craven areas are among 220 across Yorkshire and the Humber to share in a £900,000-plus windfall from the Awards for All scheme. The small
A Keighley man is heading for the start line of the world's toughest race. Stef Hopkins, right, and fellow competitors in the Sony Polar Challenge this week completed six days of High Arctic training. Now the teams have begun the 65-mile trek to the start
SHE may be one of the smallest border collies you'll ever see in Yorkshire, but she's top dog as far as dog handler and trainer Andy Colau is concerned. Five-year-old mountain rescue and search dog Tara has just passed her final assessment in the highest
TUCKED away in a shed in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales a South African-born sculptor has been experimenting with new techniques - and the results have been turning heads. Mike Davies arrived at Kilnsey Trout Farm five years ago to manage the fishery
NORTH Yorkshire has gone out on a limb by supporting the creation of a regional police force amalgamating all four Yorkshire forces into one. The measure has been opposed by the West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside forces but North Yorkshire
HQ in Skipton was in party mood on Friday for its official launch. The centre is a newly converted space at Skipton Connexions Centre on Belmont Bridge and will provide advice on education, training and employment opportunities for young people. They
POLICE are hoping the busy Easter weekend will not give purse thieves ammunition to continue their crime spree in Skipton town centre. Last year there were more than 70 pickpocket offences in the town and with 30 victims so far this year, 2006 looks set
A BUS driver has warned that cyclists could be killed trying to navigate the roadworks at Tile Kiln Hill (Tyke Hill) near Rylstone. Eileen Clark, who drives school buses on the Skipton to Grassington road, said cyclists were now being diverted onto the
AS Malham is gearing up for another busy summer, visitors will find spending a penny a little harder. The toilets in the centre of the village were closed on April 1, leaving just the facilities in the national park car park. The closure has outraged
AN armed robber stole money from the Skipton Building Society in Silsden yesterday (Thursday) morning. Police said no shots were fired and no one was hurt in the incident, which took place shortly before 10.30am. They said the robber - a man armed with
A DOG lover has been left emotionally and financially drained after a faulty x-ray machine led a Skipton vet to wrongly diagnose her Dalmatian as suffering from a tumour. Dawn Catherall, of Kildwick, said she was left devastated when vet Tony Turnbull
Carousel -- Sutton Amateurs Sutton Amateurs bring all the fantasy and whimsy of Carousel to life in their latest offering. Peter Moon shows both swagger and vulnerability in the main role of Billy Bigelow the violent, self-loathing carnival barker, who
Paul Riswell and Annie Raines -- Spectrum Blues Club Straight into their usual upbeat start, house band Blues Breakdown, gave us a rocking version of Walking Blues followed by classics from Muddy Waters and B B King, the latter giving lead guitarist,
Local: Cliffe Castle Museum: Bront sisters sculptures (until April 23). Phone 01535 618231. Bingley Arts Centre: youth theatre Kaleidoscope in musical Dracula Spectacula (Thursday-Saturday 7.30pm). phone 01274 772675. Out-of-town: Alhambra, Bradford:
Cecily Harrington wins £20,000 in a lottery at the beginning of Keighley Playhouse's latest production. She has always longed for adventure and plans to rent out her flat while she goes off to see the world. Instead, she falls in love with American man
SIR - A Big Thank You to Ernest Thomas, who -- after almost three years of tireless commitment as shop manager at the Local Produce Shop in Keighley -- has reluctantly hung up his overalls. Voluntary staff and all his regular customers will miss his ready
Here in the 1920s are the impressive shop windows of drapers, costumiers and furriers Keighley and Wilkins Ltd, occupying the Cross end of North Street and round the corner into Low Street. This well-known firm had been started in 1890 by John Keighley
Old Crossleyans 10 Keighley 12 - Keighley went in to this game high on confidence after four straight league wins. By the same token Crocs had secured the runners-up spot and were looking to maintain an unbeaten home record in the league for the season
FOOTBALLERS have helped push Airedale Hospital's Childrens Unit Appeal through the £100,000 barrier. Crossflatts football club held a sportsman's dinner at the Bankfield Hotel with Norman Hunter as chief guest and donated part of the proceeds from an
Silsden 2 Abbey Hey 1 - Twins, Matthew and Martin Bland starred at both ends of this pulsating match which ended with the Cobbydalers leapfrogging the visitors in the league table. Defender Martin, outstanding in the air as usual had already made two
THE cricket season gets underway tomorrow (Saturday) when Keighley CC start their campaign back in the top flight of the Bradford League. They play Farsley at home in the opening match and travel to their ground on Sunday. The 2nd XI are away to Lightcliffe
TEAMS are needed to play in a summer charity football tournament. The BCA Charity League is being planned to run from May through to September with games on the artificial pitch at Marley each Monday evening from 7.30-8.30pm. The seven-a-side Open Age
BOXERS Simon Wheeter and Antony Smith put on an impressive performance at Rotherham recently. Wheeter was named 'Boxer of the Night' after a stunning victory over Tom Stringwell of the promoting Malthouse club. He put on a classy display of top class
RICARDO FALCONI is in training for next weekend's London Marathon - and is holding a bumper fundraising concert tomorrow night. The 22-year-old Steeton footballer has been following a training programme produced by the marathon organisers and should now
WOMEN are getting in shape for summer, and aiming to help the fight against breast cancer, by stepping up their fitness training. Trainer John Fearnley has been holding his 'women only' coaching sessions over the last year and they are going from strength
Sheffield Eagles 44 Cougars 12- COUGARS crashed to defeat as hopes of a bright start to the league campaign were ripped to shreds by Sheffield Eagles. Sheffield had made it through to the play-off stages of the Northern Rail Cup, but thanks to two wins
COUGARS launch their Easter double-header campaign at Dewsbury tonight with the players and coaching staff desperate to put last Friday's defeat at Sheffield behind them. The Rams are among the early-season favourites to take the the National League Two
JOHN Lawn hailed his side for playing their best rugby of the season despite some awful conditions in their 17-13 win over third-placed Esher last Saturday. The Avenue was battered by wind, rain, hail and sleet before the skies finally cleared yet Dale
RIBBLESDALE League clubs have voted in favour of delaying the start of the season by a week due to the recent bad weather (writes Mike Crowther). The decision was made at a league meeting on Monday at which Settle were also given permission to postpone
100 Years Ago THE end of the Craven Bank was sealed at a meeting in Skipton when shareholders unanimously agreed an amalgamation with the Liverpool Bank. Chairman Walter Morrison said the merger of the Skipton-based bank with its larger rival would be
Bradford Council has once again done itself no favours by staging a public inquiry into a major plan for Keighley in Bradford City Hall. Its justification? The council says Keighley Town Hall simply does not have the space to accomodate such a long-running
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