WHOOPS! It seems that Addingham residents may have been indirectly responsible for the disappearance of the Ilkley Carnival advertising signs. In their attempt to have signs advertising a tyre company removed from next to the highway they contacted Highway
Wayne Cooper (The Clubhouse In Cue Gardens) has just won his fourth Bradford Championship in five seasons, but admits this one meant more than any of the others. The 22-year-old from West Bowling defeated Bradford team-mate Matthew Holt 4-1 in the final
Andy Riley could not have wished for a tougher start to his first year as Bradford team captain. He goes into his opening match against York at Northcliffe on Sunday minus at least ten players who would almost certainly have started the match. The Brabazon
Bradford Boys' Under-15s will share the English Schools' Heinz Ketchup Trophy with Swindon after the two-legged final ended 2-2 on aggregate. After drawing the first leg 1-1 at Valley Parade last week, Bradford put in a superb effort to earn another 1
AN INQUISITIVE mind led a young Burley-in-Wharfedale boy to be paired up with another nine-year-old on the other side of the world. William Selby put his hand up for a Christian Aid project aimed at comparing lifestyles of children from rich and poor
ANOTHER of Wharfedale's popular agricultural shows has been cancelled because of the foot and mouth crisis. Weeton Show, which was due to be held on Sunday, July 28, has been postponed this year because the show committee said they did not want to be
THE future of council houses in Otley, Horsforth and Aireborough could be put in the hands of an area panel covering the whole of North Leeds. Under Leeds City Council's Going Local scheme, the city will be divided into five or more management areas -
LIBERAL Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was quizzed over his party's stance on Menwith Hill listening station and the 'Son of Star Wars' missile defence system during his brief appearance at Leeds-Bradford Airport. Mr Kennedy, who was joined by Harrogate
AN era will end on Saturday when a mobile butcher who has served Wharfedale's villages for almost four decades hangs up his apron and jets off for a new life in Spain - as a security guard. For more than 36 years, George Johnson has driven his van around
AN MP was involved in a dramatic chase through the streets of Yeadon after a woman had her handbag stolen at a public meeting. Paul Truswell, the MP for Aireborough and Horsforth, several city councillors and council officials were involved in the incident
Batley-based Inter-net designers Red Planet has become part of IP Industries in a deal being hailed as a 'union of strengths.' The firm, which started up in Batley two years ago and has a 14-strong workforce, has effectively 'merged' with its new, Leeds
A Bradford firm specialising in the ancient art of bookbinding is making a big splash in modern America. Stephen Conway Bookbinders' original design for an edition of The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare has been snapped up for $4,480 by the trustee
STEETON'S Airedale Hospital has gained international recognition from UNICEF for its work promoting breast feeding. The NHS trust has been awarded a certificate of commitment from the Baby Friendly Initiative, organised by the United Nations Children's
A TEN-year-old Sutton boy has proved he is one of the best young accordian players in Britain. Tom Hardaker, who attends Sutton County Primary School, was placed first in the under 11s Musette Solo class and third in the Elementary Solo class in the British
CAMPAIGNERS for a better rail service in Gargrave will once again be able to catch trains to Carlisle from Monday. Last May, there was public outcry in the village when the 9.47am Leeds to Carlisle train was converted to a Glasgow express service. This
FAKE signs claiming that public rights of way onto Ingleborough summit were open could have been "disastrous", claimed county councillor David Ireton. He said four or five fake footpath open signs had been posted around the area. Coun Ireton thanked vigilant
A BAND of protesters will take to the streets of Ilkley tomorrow morning in a bid to slow down speeding motorists. Members of Ilkley Community Against Speeding (ICAS) will line the pavements of Bolling Road between 7.30am and 9.30am, armed with placards
FURIOUS day trippers at Ilkley's Cow and Calf rocks turned on youths blatantly ignoring foot and mouth disease restrictions. Passers-by were outraged by a gang of youths who frolicked on the rocks on Saturday - ignoring cordons and warning signs telling
TOURISTS are leaving Ilkley with a bad smell in their noses after cleansing bosses failed to deliver their promise to reopen vandal-hit toilets. The delay in the work has led to fears that the toilets will be closed for good, giving frustrated visitors
John Sheard attempts to put flesh on bones of the candidates standing for the Skipton and Ripon seat in the General Election THERE will be many a soundbite between here and June 7 but I doubt any will better this: "How do you think the British public
People in Bingley and surrounding villages are being urged to let their creative streak run wild to put ideas for the future of the town into a huge melting pot. Places are now available for a series of consultation workshops organised by Shipley Area
Bingley is becoming a better place to shop, with improved parking facilities and attractive surroundings bringing in more business, according to new traders. The latest shopkeepers to set up in the town say the attempts to clean it up have made it more
BIRTWHISTLE Cup holders Guiseley enjoyed their romp in the sun on Sunday amassing 281-6 against Pool Mills who although outplayed were impressed with the sporting attitude of their opponents. David Ross hit a fine 92 for Guiseley while skipper Nick Fraser
IT was a case of runs in the sun in the Airedale and Wharfedale League with Addingham ammassing the day's top score of 284-5 against Bolton Villas in a match that produced two century makers. Sean Atkinson hit 110 for Addingham and Micky Birts replied
Station Wanderers......1 Fairweather...................3 SURPRISE winners of the Wharfedale Triangle League Cup competition last season Horsforth Fairweather this year came to the Crag Road United ground as favourites but faced a side which had provided
Ilkley Tennis and Squash Club will benefit from a newly developed coaching aid that has been donated to the club. Edmund Raczkowski, Managing Director of TeacherBoards based in Skipton, was particularly pleased to support the tennis coaching programme
ONE hundred and eighty-two members of Horsforth Golf Club played on Saturday in the May Medal, Peace Trophy Qualifier and the Unisys Qualifier. Medal: Division One - 1, A Payne (9), 66 nett; 2, G Thompson (12), 67; 3, D Oates (10), 70. Division Two -
The second competition in the Airedale and Wharfedale Crown Green Bowls Association calendar took place on Sunday in absolutely perfect conditions. The Frank Mitchell Trophy was held, as it is every year, at West Bradford Bowling Club. Twentysix entrants
WADDILOVE cup holders Burley easily negotiated their first round hurdle in defence of the trophy. They wiped out Skipton's 107 in 25 overs with a half-century from David Brook. Richard Harrison and Nick Brook had each claimed 3-21 returns as Skipton were
OTLIENSIANS..................20 BRAMLEY PHOENIX......13 Otliensians won the Sulzer Aire-Wharfe Cup with a performance full of character. They scored a try, a drop goal and four penalties to a goal and two penalties in a tension laden match. Trailing 3
A local newspaper has to stick up for the town or city in which it's based and promote its best interests. Apart from anything else, it makes sound commercial common sense. A newspaper which is part of a confident, proud community is more likely to remain
Bradford's top curry chefs have the chance to prove they are the hottest in the land in a national cooking competition. They will have the opportunity to compete against the country's best in the contest supported by the Telegraph & Argus. The Chartered
A woman found her fiance hanging by a dog chain in their Pool-in-Wharfedale home. Leeds Coroners' Court yesterday heard how former rugby league star 29-year-old Steven John Foster hanged himself from a stair banister of the house on Church Close last
An eight-year-old Bradford schoolgirl is making her television debut next week, starring in a new drama. Sally Garrod, of Fagley, is in Tina Takes a Break, a drama-documentary about a family's struggle on a poverty-stricken housing estate in Leeds. Sally
A specially-equipped police vehicle hit the streets of Bradford yesterday to catch street robbers on camera. The pro-active patrols aim to help reassure the public in problem areas of the city and at the same time disrupt the activities of robbers. Officers
Britain's leading performance writer Joolz Denby is gearing up for her literature festival appearance in Bradford. The 46-year-old, who has lived in Bradford since she was 19, will be performing excerpts from her prose and poetry at the Reading the City
The two companies running the failed Life Force project - Bradford's answer to the faith zone in the Millennium Dome - have been officially wound up by a liquidator. St Peter's House Trading Ltd and St Peter's House Bradford Ltd were set up to manage
l The letter from Mr Khan apologising for the "yob" behaviour of some young Asian men, published in last Saturday's T&A, struck a chord with many readers. Here is a selection of their letters. SIR - Mr Khan's views echo those of a lot of Asian people
100 years ago CONCERN was raised about the timing of elementary school holidays in Skipton, with parents, pupils and even teachers arguing that they were at the wrong end of the summer. The holidays were taken at the latter end of August, after the fine
Bulls full back Stuart Spruce may hang up his boots after undergoing a second shoulder reconstruction. The former Great Britain tourist missed last month's Challenge Cup final after sustaining the injury at Hull a week earlier and the club had already
Gary Walsh saw a specialist today after ruling himself out of Bradford City's last Premiership game. The keeper, voted player's player of the year, is still having trouble with the knee injury that forced him to quit at Leeds during the pre-match warm-up
A WHARFEDALE man has been appointed High Sheriff of West Yorkshire and is about to undertake his first engagements. John Stoddart-Scott farms at Creskeld Hall, Arthington and has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society
A SPECIAL group is to be set up to oversee the spending of up to £1 million in Otley. The group, which will include members of Otley Town Partnership, will work with regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward, over the next four years. And its aim
ANGRY parents are calling for a meeting with highways chiefs over concerns about the safety of their children crossing busy Bradford Road in Guiseley. Parents from both Guiseley School and Tranmere Park Primary School have written to city council highways
TELEVISION presenter Janet Street-Porter headed a crowd of 200 people campaigning for a bridge to allow walkers across the river in Burley-in-Wharfedale. People turned out in their droves to show their support for the campaign, organised by Burley Bridge
A brave youngster has been put forward for a national young hero award. Martin Scott, 12, was born with kidney failure and had to have operations before and after he was born. He had a successful kidney transplant in October 1994, but that has now started
PARENTS campaigning to get their children sent to their local school have received a major boost this week - but have warned that their fight to change 'unjust' school admission policies will go on. Maureen Hancox and a group of other parents in the Newlaithes
TOURIST officers have come under fire after a walker looking for a map of Otley Chevin drew a blank. John Morgan, of St Richard's Road, was first met with confused looks when he asked for the newly published orienteering map at the tourist office in Otley
LUCKY students from Rawdon's Benton Park School are about to set off on a trip of a lifetime. The six teenagers have spent the last 18 months planning the month-long trip to Peru. And now the 15 to 17-year-olds are counting the days before July 13 when
A PEACE campaigner facing jail for breaking into Menwith Hill listening station is to relaunch a protest camp outside its gates. Otley's Helen John, who is fighting Tony Blair's Sedgefield seat in the General Election, is to re-establish a peace camp
It is a real pleasure today to be able to report some good-news stories about Bingley. For so long, it seems, the reports coming out of that town have been of decline as shops have closed, causing shoppers to stay away, leading to more shops closing,
A Bradford software solutions supplier has signed a major contract with one of the UK's largest eye treatment chains. GLS Software, based in Greengates, will provide its computer management system, ClinicMaster, to laser correction firm Maxivision's 26
A FORMER Silentnight Beds worker who clocked up 42 years with the firm before his employment was terminated has been left wondering "Where the heart is?" The beds company, which has just begun a £6 million sponsorship of the ITV drama of that name, ended
IT takes a brave woman to sit in Barnoldswick Town Square and have all her hair shaved off. But it takes a far braver one to face up to cancer, and that's why Helena Garner will lose her shoulder-length locks in support of her sister, Linda Mallaburn.
A DETAILED history of Hellifield has been compiled by Herald correspondent Ken Leak. Mr Leak, who was brought up in the village and has a long-standing interest in local history, has written the book, entitled Hellifield - A Journey Into the Past. He
THE 130-year-old Skipton Properties Band may have to fold if it cannot find new members and a rehearsal room. President Antony Davies said the band now only had a core of seven or eight members and could no longer represent the town in competitions around
POLICE launched a major inquiry after a man's body was found in Settle in the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) morning. Father-of-four Craig Iveson had serious head injuries, and was found on the pavement outside the Royal Oak at 2.50am. Aged 31, Mr
THE death knell sounded for more than 22,000 Dales animals this week as foot and mouth struck Craven's farming community. Everyday life has been thrown into chaos with eight farms to date being confirmed as infected premises and 30 more holdings classed
A BENCH that was once renowned as a hotspot for courting couples has fallen into disrepair - and now an Ilkley resident has called for its restoration The 'love sea't, by the Old Bridge, was so popular, it featured on a postcard of the town about 100
VILLAGERS in Addingham could have unwittingly caused the removal of signs billing Ilkley Carnival, it was claimed this week. Lexa Robinson, chairman of Ilkley Parish Council, claimed several villagers had written letters of complaint to the Highways Agency
PARISH councillors in Ilkley are demanding that the town be allowed to keep its second fire engine at the station on Little Lane. But the loss of the appliance looked increasingly likely this week after a sub-committee of West Yorkshire Fire Authority
SIR, - I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Naylor for his regular contributions to your Letter's Page. Mr Naylor continuously reminds us of how much more hard work there is to do if we are to begin to establish a fairer society here in the UK
THE LESSON this week, kiddywinks, is on the subject of mendacity. For those of you who have trouble with long words, here are some clues as to what it involves: fibs, whoppers, porkies or simple downright lies. Now I would not like the cynics out there
Sir, - Excellent though it is, I doubt that the Lord Chancellor is a regular reader of the Ilkley Gazette. So he probably missed Barbara Cussons' prediction that he's expecting a large donation from me. I'm flattered that anyone should think of such an
Councillor Mohan Sokhal today became the first Asian councillor to be elected to the office of Mayor of Kirklees. Coun Sokhal has been a member of the Council since 1989 and took over as mayor at the annual meeting yesterday. His election as deputy mayor
HOPING to carry on from last week's sterling effort, Pool Mills won the toss and elected to bat on what looked and proved to be a good pitch. Ian Goodings and Keith Wilkinson set off at a fair rate in their efforts to post a good total for the home side
RESULTS in the PC Sports Airedale Junior Cricket League were: UNDER-17s Rawdon 101-8 (G Parker 24, W Milner 21); *Alwoodley 67. (C Mundy 3-16, J Wilkinson 2-11). Rawdon won by 34 runs. Adel 107-4 (D King 46 n.o., T James 34); *Calverley 63-6 (J Lee 26
A SUPERB innings of 80 by Guiseley's Chris Thompson led the Airedale and Wharfedale League to a two wickets win over the Huddersfield JCA in the Joe Lumb Competition. Huddersfield made 173-8 with Otley's James Davies producing the best bowling return
FOLLOWING their defeat at Baildon on Saturday Yeadon hit back with a battling performance against Hanging Heaton on Sunday lsoing by just ten runs. At Baildon Yeadon batted first and were dismissed for 144. Damon Gormley batted superbly as he constructed
All three Skyrac AC league track and field teams were in action last weekend with varying degrees of success. Pick of the trio was the Northern Women's team who contested the Northern League Division Two East at York's Huntington Stadium, finally finishing
Otley Under-13s finished off their long season with a fine victory over Beverley in the Yorkshire Plate final by 38-0. Right from the first whistle Otley put Beverley under considerable pressure, resulting in an early score that set the scene for the
On the hottest Sunday of the year most sections of Otley Cycle Club headed for Coxwold in the Easingwold area, for the Annual Cyclists Church Service in the Parish Church of Coxwold. Under the steady gaze of the White Horse of Kilburn, the many cyclists
A devastated Baildon newsagent has been forced to shut his shop again after it was wrecked by a stolen car - just weeks after he opened the shop following last October's floods. The newsagents, formerly known as the Greenery, was rammed by a red Vauxhall
A campaign has begun to help disabled youngsters who desperately need play equipment. Thousands of pounds are needed to provide a climbing frame and slide for children with learning disabilities at Greenfield School in Idle. The 53 pupils currently have
A visit to a war-torn African country has prompted the Bishop of Bradford to organise a crucial meeting to provide aid for the ravaged community. The trip made by the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Smith, his wife Mary, and the Diocese's
A three-day celebration to mark the past, present and future of health services in Bradford has begun. Representatives from professional and voluntary organisations gathered at Bradford Health Authority headquarters yesterday to see more than 90 examples
A little-known back-bencher has been given the job of overseeing redevelopment in the Bradford district. Tory Andrew Mallinson, who has been on Bradford Council for just a year, has been handed the council's economic portfolio. He replaces Councillor
West Yorkshire's black and Asian population is 25 times more likely to be the target of racist incidents than whites, new figures have revealed. And in Bradford, almost one in every 100 ethnic minority residents recorded a hate crime last year while the
Returning to education can be daunting, but for many people it can be the opportunity for a new life. There are so many courses to choose from that the most daunting thing can be picking the right one. As part of National Adult Learners' Week, the Telegraph
A former worker for Bradford Racial Equality Council has pleaded guilty to stealing more than £9,000. Saleem Sharif, 37, of Ramsden Road, Rotherham, admitted seven counts of theft from the Equality Council, totalling £6,550, and from another company,
Britain's biggest greeting cards company will this month offer 100 new vacancies to job hunters across the district. And Hallmark expects to relocate hundreds of workers to the Bradford area from its premises in Henley and Bath which will close. The company
A quest has started to find the owner of an Indian soldier's Second World War service record which was accidently left behind in Bradford College library. The document details a fascinating account of Qalandar Shah's war service from his call-up in 1941
Seven families are to be told their loved ones' body parts have been stored in Bradford hospitals following their deaths. Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust carried out an audit of 200 organs and tissue samples kept in storage after the outcry over the Alder
HOW sad that mobile butcher George Johnson has retired after more than 36 years of serving five Wharfedale villages - it's yet another sign of things changing, and not for the better. George has earned his rest, there's no two ways about that, and one
