Jamie Lawrence wants to go back to London. Bradford City's Balham-born midfielder has told manager Jim Jefferies he is looking for a move back to his southern roots. Lawrence, 31 yesterday, is recovering from an operation on Tuesday to have a broken bone
Coach Brian Noble insists he is not afraid to change a winning formula as the Bulls look to clinch their fifth Silk Challenge Cup semi-final berth in the last six years at Wakefield on Sunday. Their free-flowing style has already seen them rattle up 122
One of Haworth's biggest employers is feeling the squeeze as it tries to keep deliveries running. Bront Foods deals with 350 tonnes of chilled meat each week at its premises behind the damaged mill. The only way in and out is through an archway in the
THE owner of a Haworth mill badly damaged by a blaze had recently applied for a fire safety certificate, it was confirmed this week. Bridgehouse Mill owner Chris James had applied for the certificate following a routine check by local fire officers. He
Successful students of all ages have achieved qualifications after completing a computer skills course at Keighley Local Enterprise Agency (KLEA). The course was held as part of the Government's UK On Line computer skills initiative, and covered word-processing
A Keighley businessman who lost his two daughters in the Hillsborough disaster has reacted angrily to the news that a former policeman has a won a £330,000 payout for stress. Trevor Hicks, chief executive of England Worthside and chairman of the Hillsborough
Two of Bradford's leading accountancy firms have merged to form one of the city's largest practices. Naylor Wintersgill has teamed up with Woodward Richardson and Co. Staff from Woodward Richardson will relocate from offices in Great Horton Road to join
Bus enthusiasts have hit out at vandals who attacked heritage vehicles at the weekend. Intruders broke a security window at the Keighley Bus Museum Trust garage on Saturday afternoon and targeted five buses. First aid kits and emergency fire extinguishers
Fears have eased over meat supplies at local butchers' shops. The relaxation of Government rules banning the transportation of live animals has seen stocks replenished at many outlets. Michael Ward, pictured, who runs Stables butchers in the town, says
People throughout the district are being called to prayer as the foot and mouth crisis continues to decimate large parts of the countryside. Churches in the Bradford Diocese are backing the lead by the Archbishop of Canterbury for a call to prayer by
Keighley's regeneration manager is to take the reins of regeneration schemes across the whole of Bradford district. In her high-powered new role, Roz Hall will be the council's link with Keighley's two SRB programmes as well as a host of future initiatives
head teacher Lynda Godden A mother has raised concerns about a sex education lesson given to her daughter at Eastwood Primary School, in Keighley. The woman says her nine-year-old daughter was left distressed after the suggestion that she should study
Market traders in Keighley are outraged following the revelation that Wm Morrisons Ltd has denied them access to proposed redevelopment plans that are on display in the supermarket staff room. The proposed redevelopment of Keighley Market and Morrisons
Renewed pleas have been made for safety measures at a notorious Keighley park. The move follows another attack at Lund Park, in which a man was pushed to the ground and robbed. Keighley MP Ann Cryer said this week she was determined that no part of the
Tickets for the European premiere of Blow Dry in Keighley went on sale on Wednesday -- and most were snapped up within hours. As the Keighley News went to press yesterday afternoon, just 18 tickets for Thursday's glittering event at The Picture House,
Police were today criticised by a neighbourhood watch co-ordinator for failing to keep the streets of Eccleshill safe. David Gambles, co-ordinator for the Bridgegate Way area of Eccleshill, said not enough was being done by officers to ensure people were
IN May 1951, these 28 pupils from Eastwood Secondary Modern School, together with headmaster A Binns and three teachers, travelled to London by coach for a week at the Festival of Britain. Here they are in Kensington Gardens at the Peter Pan statue, '
Mum Christine Hafeez has found a job after 24 years on the dole thanks to a Bradford regeneration scheme. Mrs Hafeez, from Little Horton, has got a job making Halal ready-meals at Medina Foods factory in Park Road, run by brothers Salim and Sohail Jelani
Battling villagers who have fought for seven years for the closure of a controversial landfill site have won a partial victory in their bid to have the site closed. Residents of Cullingworth spoke against an application to extend Manywells Quarry for
Strict rules over the use of Council e-mail will be drawn up after a leading member was found to have broken the spirit of his national code of conduct. The Council's standards committee - chaired by the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Smith
Large swathes of North Yorkshire have been declared an infected area by MAFF, following the confirmed case of foot and mouth at Raygill House Farm near Hawes, on Wednesday. Livestock movements have been banned in a zone to the west of Skipton, Ripon and
Life for the residents of Bradford's Buttershaw estate has improved dramatically since the successful conclusion of Operation Lambretta. For years they were forced to watch an army of addicts troop in to buy crack and heroin from the gang. Det Sgt Snow
After years of dealing heroin and crack, the gang "brought Buttershaw to its knees" with 15-year-olds being chauffeured in by parents to score their next fix. And as well as its devastating effect on the estate - regarded by addicts as Bradford's "epicentre
Today Anthony Bigmore woke up to his first day of a seven year sentence. It will have been a stark contrast to the life he led as the 'general' behind the Buttershaw drugs operation, netting thousands of pounds from the misery of others. The 31-year-old
The detectives who eventually brought the Buttershaw drugs gang to justice admitted its dealing had "brought the estate to its knees." Over the seven-day surveillance operation code-named Lambretta, they watched its members carry out 725 drug deals -
Stainland Stags 26 Silsden Park Rangers 0 Silsden Park Rangers were beaten 26-0 by Division Four title rivals Stainland Stags in a closer fought game than the scoreline suggests. They contained the Stags well in the first half with Tobi Hooper and Danny
VICTORIES for Paddy downing and Paul Doust were the highlights of Friday's charity boxing night at Victoria Hall. Keighley Boxing Club and the Lions Club joined forces to promote the 'sporting evening' which attracted boxers from Humberside and Merseyside
Silsden-born football coach Maurice Tillotson is dreaming of World Cup glory -- but he can be forgiven if he has little sypathy for Sven Goran Eriksson. Whatever the challenges England present to the genial Swede, they are tiny compared to the tasks confronting
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Keith Shackleton has been selected to play rugby for Yorkshire later this month. Keith, a pupil at Oakbank School, is a full back and is captain of the Keighley and Craven Under-13 schools team. He will line up for the White Rose team
WEDNESDAY night's result against Rochdale Hornets was very disappointing, not only for the fans, but for the players and myself. It was doubly disappointing because of the manner of our performance and the fact that it was our first league defeat of the
REFEREE Nick Oddy was escorted from the field by security men after Cougars suffered their first league defeat of the season on Wednesday night. Oddy, who angered the crowd with a string of bizarre decisions had abuse hurled at him as he left the pitch
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping as Dougie Lampkin won his fifth world indoor championship with victory in Italy last week. The Silsden rider clinched the title despite finishing second in front of 3,500 motorsport fans at Bolzano in the Italian Alps. Steve
Many management gurus advocate seeking out and employing people who can generate more eccentric ideas. This is on the basis that one day one of their ideas will make a fortune. It is a process to be commended, and history tells us it works. Sadly, we
Former Bradford Park Avenue player Malcolm Cook is turning traditional coaching concepts on their head by promoting a new way of developing soccer skills. At the core of his Freeflow coaching and training system is the idea that modern British players
Odsal reject Justin Brooker will be out to prove his Bulls doubters wrong when he bids to take on the role of Silk Cut Challenge Cup giant killer for Wakefield Trinity at Belle Vue on Sunday. The Aussie centre is looking to rebuild his career after the
Forget any thoughts about earning a trip to Twickenham - tomorrow's game is more important. That's the message from former Bradford skipper Alan Bentley to the Cleckheaton players before their top-of-the-table York-shire Division One match at home to
Dean Windass cannot play for his new club Middlesbrough until details of his £1million transfer from Bradford City have been resolved. The Premier League will not register the transfer until they are happy about a clause reported to be in the deal under
The police are to be congratulated on their success in bringing to court the gang responsible for such large-scale drugs dealing that they were said to have "brought Buttershaw to its knees". Their seven-day surveillance operation, following months of
Keybury Security Systems has completed the £10,000, second phase installation of security cameras at Airedale General Hospital. A total of 11 cameras have now been installed at the hospital giving staff the ability to target specific areas. David Lalor
In 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte married his love Josephine. In 1881, statesman and union leader Ernest Bevin was born. In 1990, poll tax protest in South London erupts into violence. From the Telegraph & Argus of March 9th, 1976... Radio broadcasts of
regeneration chiefs are trying to find new homes for businesses hit by the Bridgehouse Mill blaze. Officers are working with bosses to find either temporary or long-term premises as near as possible to Haworth. Efforts are being spearheaded by Cllr Simon
Keighley's churches have joined forces to serve up Lent lunches to the public. Simple meals of soup, a roll, cheese and tea or coffee are on offer every Friday during the period (noon-1.30pm) at the Salvation Army Citadel. A different church each week
Council bosses have renewed pleas for the public to be vigilant in a bid to help curb the spread of foot and mouth disease. Large sections of the moors around Keighley and Haworth have already been closed as the crisis has deepened. Now Bradford Council
Parents and teachers at Cullingworth Primary School are calling on Bradford's education chiefs to give them a new school. People involved with the school are becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress over the redevelopment of the current
A television crew from the top BBC children's programme Blue Peter has been filming at the Bront Parsonage Museum. Blue Peter was filming to coincide with the launch of a new Bront exhibition entitled Scribble Mania at the Parsonage. The exhibition focuses
A Glusburn woman is concerned that young people in the Keighley area are accessing misleading Internet addresses containing explicit pornographic material. Julie Taylor, 41, a mature student in creative therapy at Bradford University, said her 15-year-old
The number's up for a Cross Roads family - and it's 24! The arrival a fortnight ago of little Adam Pedley has completed an amazing sequence of coincidences. Dad Colin was born on June 24 (1968), mum Tracey on November 24 (1969) and older sister Danielle
Staff at Airedale Hospital will be enjoying Comic Relief this year by sponsoring the chief executive of the Airedale NHS Trust to do their jobs. Chief executive Bob Allen is being sponsored a minimum of five pounds to perform duties such as washing dishes
SIR - I note comments from Bradford Council spokesman "that Blackhill and Tarn Lane is a country lane". This may be so according to the map, but in reality it is a very busy road. The road is like a race track at all times of day and the wide grass verges
Concern over Bradford's rail chaos deepened today as a councillor claimed up to 90 passengers had been crammed into individual carriages at the height of disruption this week. Councillor Ann Ozolins, of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority, has
Church leaders will have to go back to the drawing board after fresh plans for a new place of worship and housing to replace Bingley Methodist Church on Mornington Road were rejected. Members of Shipley Area Planning Panel turned down the proposal to
A pair of students today appealed for big-hearted Telegraph & Argus readers to help them get to Africa where they plan to spend almost four months teaching English to youngsters. Louise Westman, 17, and 18-year-old Rebecca Holliday, pictured, are
A middle-aged grandmother told today of her terrifying ordeal at the hands of masked raiders who attacked her with a CS gas-type spray in her own home. Detectives have launched a hunt for the burglars who are believed to have sprayed the gas through the
The district's most deprived areas are set to benefit from £2.6m for hundreds of extra childcare places. The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative, run by Bradford Council's Early Years and Childcare Unit, is to develop 430 new childcare places in the district
A new date has been fixed for the trial of a police officer accused of attacking a man he allegedly caught having sex with his girlfriend. Erroll Bogle, a policeman for 14 years, is alleged to have wounded Tom Wright during an incident in October, 1999
Community spirit has shone through in a campaign which has given a welcome boost to worthy causes. Baildon's Round Tablers' Fix-It campaign has been praised by Shipley's MP Chris Leslie, who said it had helped boost to community spirit in Baildon. Baildon
Pop heartthrob Ronan Keating and Conservative leader William Hague are helping an Ilkley writer produce a children's storybook. Jenny Oldfield, who has written a string of best-selling children's titles, has been signed up by WH Smith for an unusual project
Music and drama competitions which cultivate new talent can strengthen Bradford's bid to become European Capital of Culture, say the organisers of a long-running performing arts event. The team behind the Robertshaw Festival of Music Speech and Drama,
Bradford Council has been warned to improve its food hygiene and fire safety - or face the prospect of prosecution. The authority has been told that its gigantic City Hall faces a number of problems that need action to put right. Health and safety issues
Parts of a 200-year-old mill which would have been familiar to the Bronte family are being demolished to make it safe after a huge fire. More than half of Bridgehouse Mill in Haworth, a Listed Grade Two former cotton mill, was gutted when fire tore through
Queensbury farmer Richard Sutcliffe was today preparing to burn his cattle herd after they had to be slaughtered in the foot and mouth epidemic. Mr Sutcliffe has seen all 140 cows and calves slaughtered under the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture
Another photographic hoax in the style of the Cottingley Fairies has puzzled its owner and intrigued an expert. Showing another pair of mysterious mythical creatures, the photograph was given to Maureen Bend by an elderly friend from Guiseley. But she
Anthony Bigmore, 31, of Merchants Court, East Bowling, Bradford, was jailed for seven years after admitting being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. Philip Jacklin, 41, of Welburn Mount, Buttershaw, was jailed for six years after admitting
Ten drug-dealers who brought a Bradford estate to its knees were today starting a total of almost 50 years in jail for running a 'business' which saw more than 700 deals in one week alone. Heading the Buttershaw-based gang was 31-year-old Anthony 'Biggy
ONLY seven matches survived last weekend's wintery conditions causing more heartache to clubs who are hoping to complete the season in April. "It now looks as if the finishing line will be put back until mid-May although the league committee is to review
It's been a week of incredible highs and despairing lows for Oakworth in the First Division of the Keighley & District Table Tennis League. Things looked bleak for the team skippered by Ben Lowe following a whitewash at Ukrainian 'A' who had Steve
MEMBERS of the Seidokan Karate Club were crowned English team champions last weekend. Six members of the local club took part in the Men's Open team championship and picked up gold medals. The team was: Paul Newby, Craig Burke, Cain Canning, Damian Howden
Cougars 20, Rochdale 23 - FANS left Cougar Park after their side's first league defeat of the season shaking their heads in disbelief. Referee Nick Oddy proved that the age of the incompetent official is not dead with an abject display, but the performance
SIXTEEN teams are to fight out the Keighley Cup 2001 -- the competition designed to find the top club within the Keighley district. Once again the popular competition is being supported by the Keighley News and the first round draw was made at Keighley
DOZENS of sightings have been reported of a bird which was once rare in the district. Keighley Angling Club asked members to report details of the gooseander population on rivers, canals and reservoirs in the area, and calls came flooding in. "My phone
SIR - I am writing to register my concern over recent decisions taken by Bradford's planning committee. Last week saw them reject an application to build a modern office building near Croft Street primarily because the building's facade was not stone
