What a day! Ilkley Carnival on Bank holiday Monday surpassed itself this year, and for all the right reasons. The event was a lighthearted and thoroughly enjoyable oasis in a sea of seriousness that has been lapping our feet this year. The carnival will
A bizarre second frame was the main talking point of the Derek Seabrook Bradford Snooker Pairs final at Lilycroft WMC. Holders Wayne Cooper and Kevin Firth (Chapel Green Libs) had taken the first frame 74-17, Firth making a break of 48, when he laid a
East Bowling Unity will be bidding to win their second major title in four days tonight. They meet Selby side Hounds in the final of the coveted West Riding County Sunday Cup at Woodlesford. After beating Albion Sports 3-1 on Sunday in the Bradford Sunday
Bulls chairman Chris Caisley says the club needs average gates of around 15,000 to remain among the elite in the British game. The Bulls supremo was highly critical of the stay-away fans after a crowd of 9,663 - the club's lowest in Super League for two
AS Leeds Bradford International Airport celebrated the historic visit of Nelson Mandela last week, it also reached an important landmark - 25 years of package holiday flights from Yeadon. Before 1976, most flights at the airport were scheduled passenger
It's ten years this week since Guiseley Football Club's FA Vase triumph in a replay in front of thousands of fans at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground. It took Guiseley AFC two attempts to win the FA Vase - but in doing so they provided many happy
POSITIVE attitudes and good leadership were picked out for special mention by Ofsted inspectors at Rawdon's St Peter's C of E Primary school. The Government inspectors also praised the school's good relationship with parents and pupils' high standards
A RAWDON primary school - formerly criticised for having serious weaknesses - has been given a glowing report from Government inspectors. It turned out to be a double boost, for the inspectors visited in the same week that Rawdon Littlemoor learned it
THE BID to set up a parish council for Aireborough has been revived by the area's community involvement team. Aireborough CIT has called two public meetings to discuss residents' views on forming the area's own council, and is to set up a new petition
AN OTLEY surgeon is looking for approval to use locally raised money to buy vital medical equipment for a Leeds hospital. But while the £16,000 machine, used in the treatment of breast cancer patients, will be at Chapel Allerton Hospital it will benefit
A BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE man was feeling literally on top of the world after trekking to the Everest Base Camp for charity. Graham Smith, 50, raised an astonishing £15,000 for the NSPCC after taking on the 16-day trek through Nepal. Mr Smith, a company
THE focal point of Yeadon could be in line for a revamp in a bid to regenerate the town centre and boost trade. Yeadon Town Hall Square has been spotlighted by Aireborough Community Involvement Team for work to improve the area's appearance and encourage
AN OTLEY peace campaigner is to stand as a candidate in next month's General Election - in Prime Minister Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituency. Midwife Helen John, who later this month is due to appear in court accused of attempting to break into the
CONTROVERSIAL plans to close primary schools in Otley have been given the go-ahead. Yesterday, Leeds councillors backed proposals to merge five of the town's infant and junior schools into three. Council leader Councillor Brian Walker said it had been
A pair of Bradford builders are celebrating after having their firm named Franchisee of the Year. Danny Barber and Darrel Weston, partners in Red Jack Construction, received the award from parent firm, the Freedom Group of Companies. Red Jack was praised
A Bradford law firm has recovered more than £4 million in personal injury damages for its clients in the last 15 months. Last Cawthra Feather's eight-strong personal injury litigation team is urging anyone who has suffered from an accident to get in touch
THE future of Low Bentham Playgroup is under serious threat. The group is said to be in a dire financial situation with the number of parents using it falling to dangerously low levels. Assistant play leader Kay Sharples said last September the playgroup
TWENTY-FIVE people showing early signs of bowel cancer have been treated by the Clear Cancer Campaign's clinics within 18 months. The Rotary Club of Skipton has raised more than £117,000 for the campaign, enough to run the only dedicated bowel cancer
A TOTAL of 156 riders and drivers were prosecuted for speeding last month, including one biker stopped for allegedly doing 144mph on Settle bypass. The action follows the launch of an anti-speeding campaign, codenamed Operation Toyko, on the district's
AN Ilkley councillor has revealed that local authority savings of £500,000-a-year from introducing wheelie bins have been completely wiped out by the cost of dumping extra rubbish. Conservative Councillor Martin Smith said he warned the ruling Labour
ONE of the victims of Ilkley's housing crisis has added her support to the building of new affordable homes for young people in the town. Mum Sara Meekley and her partner, Sean Dowker, were forced to spend their nights on a sofa bed in the kitchen of
A HOMELESS man has gone back to a pitch selling the Big Issue weeks after starting a new job at a top Ilkley hotel. David Denton, general manager of the Craiglands Hotel, was so impressed with Mark Moakes' attitude, as he bought a copy of the magazine
THE Highways Agency has been blasted after removing signs advertising Ilkley Carnival - leading organisers to believe they had been stolen. Rumours of subterfuge were rife after 23 signs vanished without trace, placed between Addingham and Otley, days
I DON'T believe the setting up of a countryside watch scheme should lead to punch-ups. If anything, it is supposed to stop that sort of thing. But as I reported last week, a mini crime wave has got tempers flaring in Beggarsdale. It happened at the Institute
A massive public consultation exercise is being set up in a bid to give people across the district a say on a vital planning blueprint. Council chiefs say it is a key opportunity for residents to have input on proposals which will affect their lives for
PRELIMINARY round ties were played in the Waddilove and Birtwhistle Cups on Sunday. Rawdon overwhelmed Division C side Upper Wharfedale hammering 321-6 off their 45 overs after losing opener Craig Walsh for three. Kenrick Marshall plundered 72 and Bruce
Bilton's D Wetherspoon and Miles Corish each notched a century against Rawdon as their side totalled 237-2. Rawdon hung on at 102-9 despite the efforts of their former opening pair Craig Hitchenor and Darren Murray. Guiseley engineered a 34 runs win over
Baildon Trinity..........1 Barwick Rangers.......1 (Barwick win 4-3 on pens) In a poor first-half to this West Yorkshire Division One League Cup final at Whitkirk, it was Barwick who made most of the attacking play. Their efforts were rewarded when Baildon
Horsforth Harrier Howard Roberts completed the Paris Marathon in 2 hours 57 minutes, an excellent time for a Super Vet (men 50 years of age and above). However Howard was clearly not content with this and was only using his run in Paris as a warm up,
Aireborough ..... 31 Sheffield Medics 21 IN the first of their outstanding league games Aireborough finally overcame a lively student team at Nunroyd Park. Struggling throughout with the opposition's mobile backs who constantly stretched their defence
WHARFEDALE.............8 OTLIENSIANS............23 Otliensians deservedly won this semi-final of the Aire-Wharfe Cup and go on to meet Bramley Phoenix on their own ground at Chaffers Field, Pool Road, Otley, tonight, Thursday (6.45 pm). Otliensians won
THE finals of the Monteith Cup were played on the green at Yeadon Park Bowling Club on Sunday, May 6, when a large crowd saw the first husband and wife final. Debbie Kirkbright took the trophy after beating husband David 21-17. Ben Brown and Mark Cunningham
Rawdon AFC..........3 Shoulder...............3 (Rawdon won 5-4 on penalties) ON a brilliant sunny May Day Monday and with the largest Sunday Cup Final crowd for many years, the spectators were treated to a very exciting Wharfedale FA Sunday Cup Final
A leading councillor is calling for the boundaries of Calder-dale and Kirklees to be altered to help to ease traffic congestion on a busy road. Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield), chairman of Kirklees Environment and Transport-ation Management Board, wants
A shortage of UK childminders is looming - but not in Bradford, which is bucking the national trend. New research findings point to growing numbers of childminders leaving the job due to low pay and low status. But in Bradford, thanks to a successful
An army of caring Council workers could dramatically swell the ranks of volunteers taking part in the Bradford Cares initiative. Bradford Council, which employs 23,000 staff, could become a major partner of the project which the Telegraph & Argus
Cafe bosses are asking rail chiefs to step up security at a busy railway station after suffering their second burglary in two months. Stephen Greener, who runs Ruth's Whistle Stop at Shipley Station with his wife Ruth, says he fears they may eventually
Creditors of the defunct Life Force project will meet next week - but the debt administra has warned there is little hope for any of them getting back the money they are owed. The faith centre's two management companies, St Peter's House Trading Ltd and
Former Bradford Lady Mayoress Iris Coughlin has died at the age of 79. Mrs Coughlin, who served in the civic office with her husband Danny in 1981-1982, died from a blood clot in her lung. She had been ill since December and had spent the last two weeks
A judge has ordered a teenage sex offender to steer clear of young girls, saying they should be protected from "serious harm". Police today welcomed the court ruling which means that Alan Range, 18, must not follow, attempt to contact or invite girls
Labour today named three seats in the district as being among its national battle grounds. Supporters have been told by their national party that their votes can make a difference in volatile Bradford West, and the key marginal seats of Shipley and Keighley
SKIPTON Bulldogs clinched the Craven & District League Silentnight Premier Division title on Tuesday night in the manner of champions, a 10-0 victory over neighbours Skipton LMS making them impregnable at the top of the table. While it is still mathematically
IAN Wildman collected his fifth Craven FA Cup winners medal when he lifted the Slater Marchant trophy after Ingleton's 2-0 win over Barnoldswick Park Rovers at Settle United on Friday. The North Lancashire League side were seeking to retain the trophy
SIR - Over the last few weeks moaners, groaners and miseries from all quarters seem to have been queueing up to kick Bradford in the proverbials. The sad thing is that the majority seem to be Bradfordians all too keen to fall on a sword. The worst ones
FAR too often, people are heard complaining about 'troublesome' youths and living in fear of teenage gangs. But if a survey of young people in Aireborough by a Trinity and All Saints College student is accurate, then teenagers are also intimidated by
AND they're off. There's a whiff of gunsmoke in the air and all eyes are focused on June 7. Sadly it will be all over bar the cheering when Skipton's general election result is declared on the day following the poll (the rural sprawl of the constituency
Northcliffe go into the first match of the Bradford Scratch League season at home to Bradford Moor tomorrow night overwhelming favourites to retain their crown. And they will make their intentions clear from the off by fielding their strongest side -
Co-manager Danny Walker is optimistic that Bradford Boys under-15s can beat Swindon in the English Schools Heinz Ketchup Trophy final despite being held 1-1 in the first leg at Valley Parade last night. Walker, who runs the team with Bob Wood, is banking
David Wetherall is getting sick and tired of stories that he will be Bradford City's next big-name departure. The injured centre-half has been persistently linked with Everton as a replacement for Richard Gough and the rumours are likely to run right
TRAFFIC islands and street lights have been called for to improve safety on Bramhope's roads. Bramhope Parish Council have been in discussions with the Highways Agency over the building of an extra pedestrian refuge on the busy A660 Leeds Road. The parish
A FAR reaching survey of Aireborough's young people has revealed many live in fear of crime - both from adults and from older peers. The six-week study also revealed more than 70 per cent own a mobile telephone. They believed Aireborough lacked good sport
TWO community campaigns in Pool-in-Wharfedale have suffered blows this week. The parish council had hoped to get the 747 bus service, which provides a link between Otley and Pool on an evening and Sundays, extended to during the daytime. But a letter
A HELICOPTER ambulance flew into an Otley school yesterday after a girl hurt her leg in a games lesson. Teachers at Prince Henry's Grammar School called for an ambulance after the 11-year-old fell and injured her knee in PE class at around 11.30am - and
THE tight-knit community of Burley-in-Wharfedale was left reeling on Sunday after the death of a 25-year-old motor-cyclist. Allun Rockett, who lived with his parents, Robert and Sheila, at Aireville Terrace, was killed on Sunday when his motorbike collided
Many Bradford people were upset by the last Unitary Development Plan, which identified those areas and sites considered to be suitable for development either for industry or for housing. The general feeling was that the plan sacrificed far too much of
In 1847, gunpowder was used to demolish Baildon Church. In 1911, the Bradford Royal Institution for the Blind held its Jubilee. In 1915, following the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German demonstrations were held in Bradford. From the Telegraph &
Confidence among the region's manufacturers has fallen sharply in the last few months. A recent national survey of manufacturing firms by the CBI found that every region reported declining confidence. In the North West, a fall in both total and export
Yorkshire Water is reintroducing apprenticeship schemes at sites across the region - more than ten years after phasing them out. From September, the Bradford-based firm will be taking on 14 apprentices, aged between 16 and 19, for its clean water and
MARY Russell certainly has her work cut out for her over the next few months. She has just been appointed Craven's rural housing enabler - a part time post funded by the Countryside Agency and Craven District Council. And that is in addition to her existing
A YOUNG craftsman from Barnoldswick is keeping traditional skills alive in the ancient art of stonemasonry. Shaun Bradley runs his own monumental masons business from a unit on the Crownest Industrial Estate. Much of his time is spent using machines to
A HIGH profile campaign was launched in West Craven this week to "Keep Kids Sober". Throughout the year, but especially in the summer, a problem has been identified with youths drinking in the streets and causing trouble. Although the drinking itself
THE lack of community policing in smaller villages continues to worry local councils in South Craven. Both Silsden Town Council and Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council have raised concerns about the new POP (problem orientated policing) teams. Replacing
THE John Stanley Bell Memorial Pool in Hothfield Street, Silsden, was officially opened on Sunday by Mr Bell's widow, Audrey. Guests included the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Coun Stanley King and Mrs Barbara Ball, and the newly elected Mayor
A FATHER has called for tougher sentences after his daughter was "left for dead" by a 17-year-old Skipton motorist. Richard Lord, landlord at The Gamecock at Austwick, told the Herald how the youth, who cannot be named under the law, had walked away from
SKIPTON'S Little Theatre might only need 70 people for a full house but recent productions have failed to raise even this much support from local residents. Skipton Players, who moved into the purpose built theatre in the 1960s, have learnt that no matter
A DALES farmer has exchanged fish scales for musical scales with the launch of his first album. Fish farmer and pianist Jonathan Jowett, who lives in Upper Wharfedale and records his own music under the name Jonny Absolute, is hoping for his big break
THE 'do not resuscitate' sticker has been ripped off Skipton's Aireville Pool in a bid to give it one last lease of life. Members of the pool staff claim that there is still life in Aireville Pool and have joined forces to rejuvenate it in time for the
THE campaign to persuade the public that the countryside remains open for business had mixed results on a Bank Holiday weekend of ideal weather. While Skipton was busy, in the Dales visitor numbers were below what might have been expected before the foot
A FORMER Addingham man has won more than £18,000 in a claim for unfair dismissal after he lost his job in last year's autumn floods. Cliff Dennis, who worked at the Bradford and Bingley Sports Club for 11 years, was made redundant after the board of directors
A TOP television artist is appealing to Ilkley Gazette readers to help him find the perfect place to set up his easel in the town. Alan Hydes - star of Yorkshire Television's Blooming Art and In the Frame - will be visiting Ilkley in June to film a show
MORE than 300 people gave their views on traffic problems in Ilkley as part of a public consultation at the town's annual carnival. Consultants Oscar Faber - charged with the task of helping highway bosses spend £300,000 on town centre improvements -
A ROYAL Artillery parachutist was left with a broken leg after a dramatic fall from the sky at Ilkley Carnival on Monday afternoon. Gunner Pete Law was the last of six soldiers to touch down on land in the main arena after a spectacular parachuting display
SIR,- I find it absolutely amazing that our local politicians supported, and are disappointed, that Sainsbury's have withdrawn from their proposed supermarket in Otley town centre. They claimed it would be a benefit to Otley, by creating jobs and increasing
SKIPTON man Clarence Deakin, now 82, took a trip down memory lane to write about life in the town's Albert Street where he was born and brought up. His memories are reproduced here. I WAS born and raised in Albert Street, Skipton, now known as Albert
SIR - You have published letters of support for local doctor, Tom White, who has been the subject of an investigation by North Yorkshire Police following the sudden death of our 22-year-old daughter, Jill, as a result of treatment for a migraine attack
SIR, - Once again Mr Dundas has filled your columns with a load of inaccurate and unsustainable (one of his party's favourite words) rubbish. I presume he has done it in the knowledge that only a low minority of readers can take the time to follow the
The father of a woman violently raped while she was unconscious said today he was distressed by the short jail term handed down to her attacker. Paul Mooney's 27-year-old daughter Rachel was raped by her long-term boyfriend while she was unconscious after
BURLEY TROJANS.........0 TOCKWITH.....................3 The pressure of life at the top proved too much for Trojans as they crashed to a shock home defeat in their final league match. Needing a win to put the pressure back on to Kirkby Malzeard and Boroughbridge
Horsforth's Will Davis Four-ball SIXTEEN qualifying couples were required from the 78 pairs who entered the Will Davis four-ball, better-ball at Horsforth Golf Club to go on to play in the match play competition for the trophy. Qualifiers were - 1, A
CHORLEY...........1 GUISELEY..........1 MORE significant for Guiseley than the point they gained from this game may be the fact that it marked the return to action of Simon Phillips. The defender has been missing for 18 months following a cruciate injury
Young vandals in Shipley are putting patients' recovery at risk, a psychiatric nurse has warned. John Keaveny works at Somerset House in Manor Lane, a mental health resource centre. He says repeated vandalism is harming patients with mental health problems
Outspoken television presenter Janet Street Porter, pictured, is to make her first public appearance as president of the Burley Bridge Association this month. The Sunday newspaper editor, who has campaigned for rambler's rights, will lead a march through
A Bradford churchman is heading a project to build a youth centre in an African village in a bid to improve the people's health. Pastor Derek Carver, who ministers to the Chellow Fellowship in Heaton, an offshoot of the Sunbridge Road Mission, flew to
Three closed circuit television systems designed to reduce city centre crime are to be installed in Bradford thanks to a £750,000 funding package from the Home Office. The money will be spent on cameras and communication systems for the Little Germany
Bradford youngsters needing urgent dental treatment under general anaesthetic are being taxied to Airedale General Hospital, health chiefs revealed today. And negotiations are taking place to increase theatre time at the city's hospitals to cut waiting
An 11th-hour payment of outstanding money by the Bradford Bulls' shirt sponsor Skylark to the Super League club has stopped legal action against it. A Bulls spokesman confirmed its solicitors had received a cheque from the solicitors of Brendan Larkin
The polls may indicate his party is in for a battering, but top Tory Michael Portillo oozed confidence as he re-fuelled for the election campaign with fish and chips at Harry Ramsden's. As the Conservatives' bandwagon rolled into the district on the first
Four Bradford University students are counting down to success after convincing a TV star to appear in their first film. The quartet were facing a conundrum about how to give their final year movie project an extra spark of star quality when they hit
Emmerdale star Clive Hornby - who plays Jack Sugden - helped to launch a cancer charity bumper raffle in Bradford. The actor signed autographs before the launch of a grand raffle at the Cancer Research Campaign's shop in Ivegate. He said: "I hope people
Schools across the district were today poised on the edge of a new era as councillors selected an outside partner to take over the day-to-day running of education services. The executive committee unanimously approved Serco QAA as its preferred partner
North Ribblesdale 13 Wharfedale 29 THERE was a time when sheer hard work and tenacity often allowed less-talented teams to win matches against the odds. Law changes whch allow one side to monopolise the ball supply have tended to do away with that scenario
JUST in case Skipton were entertaining any misconceptions about the size of the task facing them to survive in Division A of the Airedale & Wharfedale Cricket League after their creditable showing on the opening day, they were given a sharp reminder
WITH the notable exception of Denholme's Rod Taylor, who lashed a splendid 120no at Glusburn, batsmen were once again on the receiving end of some rough treatment in the Craven League as bowlers held sway. Competition for the top-performance award was
CRAVEN's Ribblesdale League trio suffered a humbling experience at the weekend when all three sides were beaten twice in a disappointing whitewash. Coming so soon after the up-beat mood which launched the start of another campaign, the six-match series
100 years ago THE Dales Railway between Skipton and Threshfield was making a steady progress and would hopefully be ready in time for the next season's holidaymakers. According to the Herald there had already been signs that some villages along the line
