Until January 8 The new millennium cross is on top of the Chevin to celebrate the birth of Christ. New Year's Eve Otley Parish Church will be open at 11pm and again at 11.30pm so that those who wish can join a combined millennium Service of Witness at
HORSFORTH residents are being urged to back a campaign to stop on-street parking which could lead to a stretch of road becoming a death-trap for motorists. Councillors Brian Cleasby and Chris Townsley (both Lib Dem, Horsforth) claim that office workers
THE parents of a 24-year-old man who collapsed and died at work just five days before Christmas have spoken of the heartache of losing their son. Helen and Dennis Oliver say they are numb with loss after their popular son, Martin, suddenly collapsed while
ON a Boxing Day morning with frost on the course, members braved the conditions in a better ball stableford for the traditional bottle of whisky which was needed to warm them up after the torrential downpour for the last few hours. Winners were: 1, M
ENVIRONMENT experts say they are doing all they can to establish the true state of overloaded sewers in the Aire Valley, despite being branded "toothless" by a local campaigner. The Environment Agency is carrying out a survey into the state of the Keighley
PARENTS of Bradley children who attend the three Skipton secondary schools are worried that their children will be forced to wait nearly two hours for a bus back home following timetable changes. Two school buses to Bradley will be cut back to one double
nightmare fall Yeadon-Guiseley District Motor Club member Dougie Lampkin survived a nighgtmare fall whilst taking part in the last indoor trial of the year. Lampkin , the current world champion indoors and out, fell 20ft into a tank of water as he tried
OTLEY Golf Club has new caterers in Phillip and Carolyn Gill. They have moved from the Spite Inn where they have catered since 1990, becoming tenants in 1995. Phillip has been a chef all his working life and has worked for many leading establishments
Skyrac athletes FOLLOWING the release of the British Junior Athletics rankings for 1999 Yeadon-based Skyrac AC were delighted to discover that four of their athletes are in the top 20 in the UK. Highest ranked was Andrew Robinson in the Under-15 boys.
THERE was a controversial end to Boxing Day's Chevin Chase when Leeds City runner Greg Hull took a wrong turn close to the finish and then although he could still have clinched second place failed to go through the finish and was unplaced. The race which
MARRIEDS 4 POOL SINGLES 6 THE annual Boxing Day 'grudge' match between the married and single players of Pool AFC took place on Monday. The opeing exchanges were very competitive with some rather late challenges from the ever eager Ingle and Evans. Against
WHARFEDALE 33 OTLEY 8 WHARFEDALE completed a double over Otley with this Jewson One Boxing Day win. This win was once again based on the Green Machine's unquenchable spirit in which flanker Russell Buckroyd was outstanding. His try after 56 minutes killed
EMLEY 1 GUISELEY 1 AFTER dominating this Boxing Day Monday clash at the Welfare Ground Guiseley almost paid the penalty for missing a catalogue of chances. They went behind to a late strike from Jamie Robshaw and it was ironic that Guiseley's leading
SANTA came after all. And nearly sent Jetset off to a drying out centre convinced that he was suffering from alcoholic delusions. I mean, have you ever seen a man in a red coat and white beard driving a JCB? As I reported last week, the goal posts of
ILKLEY U-10S YELLOWS 1 HARROGATE HORNETS 1 HARROGATE created the early pressure on a very cold but sunny morning and were unlucky not to take the lead when they twice shot wide after breaking through the Ilkley defence. Ilkley started to come into the
Daredevils seeking the best way to shake off the millennium hangover need go no further than Ilkley Moor. The plunge pool inside White Wells Cottage will be open for the traditional New Year's dip for those brave enough to jump in. The three foot deep
Skipton's historic charms are unveiled in a new book launched for the millennium. Skipton 2000, The Millennium Walk has been compiled by Craven Herald editor Ian Lockwood as an accompaniment to a true millennium walk round the town. Both projects were
ADDINGHAM'S Chris Hunter will be spending the new millennium helping thousands of refugees who have spent Christmas cowering in cellars as the world above them was flattened by bombs. The former Ilkley Grammar School pupil, 30, is spearheading a humanitarian
DOCTORS and nurses have been kept busy around Craven in the battle to fight off colds and flu before the millennium celebrations begin. Practice manager Jenny Hutchinson at Fisher Medical Centre, Skipton, said the surgery had been treating between 50
Yorkshire Division Three Skipton 46 Baildon 17 SKIPTON completed their first league double of the season over neighbours Baildon with a display which began in workmanlike fashion and ended with the home side completely overwhelming the visitors writes
RESIDENTS in North Yorkshire face a 5.1 per cent rise in their council tax bill next year. Senior members of the county council have approved the authority's spending plans for the coming year. The corporate policy committee agreed a draft budget which
GLUSBURN residents are concerned that future development of their village may be taken out of the hands of local councils and given to the new Yorkshire-wide panels. Environment secretary John Prescott has set up regional planning panels to come up with
ONE of Britain's rarest freshwater mussels has been found in the River Wharfe following an Environment Agency survey. The fine-lined pea mussel (Pisidium tenuilineatum) which is usually less than two millimetres long, was thought to be confined mainly
FOR most of us New Year's resolutions - made in the wake of the party season - to get fit and healthy are forgotten before we even reach the gym. It is only our minds which have a work out planning punishing get-fit-quick regimes which evaporate with
AS Ilkley prepares to party and welcome in the 21st century, it will be time for both celebration and reflection. A giant party takes place at All Saints Church on December 31, with the Bishop of Bradford among the revellers. The Right Reverend David
A SPECIAL constable from Craven has once again scooped a county-wide award. SC Peter Nixon has been awarded the Glenn Goodman Trophy for his continued enthusiasm and creativity in the field of community safety. The award was created in North Yorkshire
OTLEY grandparents Morris and Eileen Armstrong are living proof that it pays to exercise. Morris, 76, and Eileen, 73, who were jogging long before it became fashionable, have been coaching young swimmers for more than 20 years and run up Otley Chevin
THE year 2000 is just a few days away - and Wharfedale and Aireborough people are getting ready to celebrate in style. A host of events are planned to help celebrate the start of the third millennium. Highlight of the celebrations in Otley will be the
A DANGEROUS Otley footpath, which was ankle deep in slippery leaves and treacherous to walk on, has finally been swept - thanks to the efforts of a city councillor. Coun Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley) has managed to get the path on Church Lane swept
MILLENNIUM candles could spell disaster if used carelessly, a leading firefighter has warned. Sub-Officer Chris Clarke, of Rawdon Fire Station, fears there will be an increase in fires during the New Year celebrations because of the number of households
OTLEY is about to face its biggest development upheaval since the building of the bypass. The Observer can reveal that housing giant Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire) is about to submit a planning application for homes linked to a new East of Otley relief
A 70-year-old disabled man who was attacked because he asked a youth to stop vandalising a telephone box has forgiven his teenage attacker - because it's Christmas. Pensioner Billy, who has two artificial hips, is almost crippled by arthritis and had
in Priestley Cup YEADON, who were beaten finalists in last season's Bradford Cricket League Sovereign Healthcare Priestley Cup have been drawn against Second Division side Hartshead Moor in the 2000 competition. Newly promoted Yeadon will be looking to
OTLEY is about to face the biggest upheaval since the building of the bypass - and possibly within living memory. The construction of the second half of the bypass - the East of Otley Relief Road - is something we've all known about and have expected
AN Addingham man has thrown his weight behind a truly oar-some challenge to raise funds for charity. James Parker, the former British rowing record holder, has given his backing to Marie Curie's energetic attempt to fund its new £5.2 m hospice. It is
A SINKING boat which has been left on the canal in Skipton is a danger to youngsters, it is claimed. Skipton resident Georgina Stodart, whose friend Dina Casper reported the matter back in October, says the boat has already been targeted by vandals who
ILKLEY shoppers will still not be tempted to brave Bradford City centre despite a Government crime-busting award, a councillor has claimed. Bradford has become one of the first local authorities in the country to be awarded 'Beacon' status by the Government
AT a time when many in the farming community are facing severe hardship, five enterprising farmers from the Dales have got together to sell their lamb direct to customers. The five are Bill Cowperthwaite and Malcolm Campbell, both of Malham, Albert Mitton
PLANS for a new play area in Barnoldswick's Valley Gardens have met with the broad approval of town councillors. They put up £10,000 towards the project and were asked for their comments before the plans go to Pendle Council's West Craven committee for
THE end of the year is always a fairly quiet news time. Staple sources of news have packed up for the season and most people are more concerned with taking stock and saving their energies for New Year. Craven appears to have been in the grip of a particularly
BARNOLDSWICK'S most promising athlete for many years has been honoured with the presentation of the Dennis Bamber Youth Achievement Trophy. Lee McCash's rise to the top in cross-country and, more recently, track events, has been almost meteoric. Over
NOSTRADAMUS has predicted great things for Ilkley in the year 2000 - unless the world comes to an end. The late French astrologer and physician supposedly made a direct reference to the town in one of his rhyming quatrains, according to professor James
AN Ilkley company that provided lights for the Millennium Dome is also illuminating the town's parish church. All Saints Parish Church on The Grove is lit up with five new floodlights donated and installed by N G Bailey of Denton Hall, Ilkley. The ancient
100 years ago The birth of the New Year had been eagerly awaited by a large gathering of townspeople at the top of Skipton High Street. The old year died to the strains of hymn music and the new one ushered in with lively arias. The church bells rang
(half-time: 6-3) Record crowd sees Wharfedale end with a flourish Wharfedale 33 Otley 8 IN their last action of the 20th ventury, Yorkshire neighbours Otley and Wharfedale produced a block-busting game of rugby and a unique experience for a record crowd
ILKLEY'S reputation as a UFO hotspot may lead to millennium mania or simply a large hangover, it has been claimed. Russ Kellett, of the Bradford-based UFO Research Network, has warned of the dangers of roaming the moors in search of guests from outer
A DREAM of having a new care centre in Craven for cancer sufferers has taken a major step forward thanks to an appeal in the Herald. Manorlands Hospice, based in Oxenhope, wants to open a centre in or around Skipton to help care for people in the Dales
VERY rare freshwater mussels have been found in the River Wharfe. The fine lined pea mussels, one of the rarest in the country, have been found at several places in the river between Grassington and Tadcaster. And although the exact location has not been
A SWISS 'Santa Claus' has found two little girls who wrote him a letter he has treasured for more than 50 years - thanks to his daughter who lives in Burley-in-Wharfedale. Retired postal worker Hermann von Aarburg asked Magrit Salter to trace the girls
