Bradford Park Avenue face one of their most testing fixtures of the UniBond Premier Division season tomorrow when they journey to former Conference side Altrincham. They will be hampered by the loss of two of their stalwarts through suspension. Keeper
Robert Molenaar is licking his lips at the prospect of an uncompromising Yorkshire derby against Sheffield United tomorrow. Bramall Lane will be no place for the faint-hearted - and that's just what the big Dutchman wants. He was as stung as any of his
A crowd of more than 500 witnessed another thriller between these two sides in the Alliance Championship qualifying final. Two weeks ago they met at Odsal in the Bulls' last game of the regular season and the hosts came out winners 28-24. This clash was
Mobile phones might well be a terrific nuisance when people use them indiscreetly in public places, or when they ring at inopportune moments, but they have been a tremendous boon. They have revolutionised communications and improved personal safety and
Joshua Cormican takes time out to catch up with the Keighley headlines before he climbs the CN Tower in Canada. Joshua, 13, from Ingrow, was spending a fortnight in Canada with his mum Barbara. They visited relatives Ken and Esther Brooks, in Burlington
A couple who courted on a bicycle made for two are to celebrate 60 years of marriage next weekend . Frank and Olive Holdsworth met in Haworth, where Frank was born and brought up, and used to enjoy going to the Picture House there together. They also
Alison May Shuttleworth was 40 minutes late for her wedding due to traffic hold-ups in Cottingley. But husband-to-be Richard William Stevens had faith she would eventually make it to the wedding. Alison, only daughter of Graham and Pam Shuttleworth, of
International sanctions on Afghanistan and Pakistan are mainly to blame for the drug gang wars on the streets of Keighley. The claim has been made by local businessman Sabir Hussain. Mr Hussain - also known as Saby in the world of hip-hop music - spoke
Keighley Sea Cadets should discover early next year if they are still officially shipshape. The unit has undergone its annual inspection, by Commander S Watts from the Sea Cadets area headquarters. The inspection was held last Thursday evening at the
A landlord has told how his wife battled for 15 minutes to save the life of pub regular. Rachel Suri, an ex-nurse, gave 28 year-old Paul Elliott the kiss of life after he collapsed in the Black Bull at Sutton on Sunday. Her husband, Chris Suri, said:
A man and woman from Keighley appeared in court this week charged with assaulting and neglecting a 15-year-old girl from Birmingham who died of a suspected drugs overdose. Jane Thomas, 25, and Akiu Miah, 24, both of Sandywood Street, Keighley, are accused
Members of a local gym are used to working up a sweat for charity. Christine Daley, 43, and Kelly Thompson, 21, who are both members of the No 7 Health Club, Keighley, set themselves the task of walking Ben Nevis last year and raised over £1,700 for the
A judge expressed his disappointment after a jury failed to reach a verdict over a policeman charged with theft. The jury were discharged on Wednesday after they failed to reach a verdict in the case of PC Peter Sharpe, who was accused of stealing a video
Legendary salvage diver Keith Jessop's story of how he recovered £44 million worth of bullion is to be shown throughout Russia on television. This week RTL, the Russian State television and radio station, filmed an interview with Keith to mark the 20th
A woman threatened two South Craven shopkeepers with a knife yesterday. She first went into a shop on Main Street, Sutton, at around 11am and demanded money from a female member of staff. When the assistant refused she left. About 15 minutes later she
Police resource levels in Keighley are at rock bottom, says an inspector. Many officers are still off duty after being injured in the Bradford riots and others are tied up preventing further trouble. Now the manpower shortages have led to the temporary
Family members paid tribute this week to Yasser Hussain Nazir. Relatives expressed their sorrow at the horrific murder of the 16-year-old. Asian community leaders also expressed their shock at his death and called for an end to the gang violence in Keighley
The slaying of an Asian youth from Keighley could be linked to a gang war which recently spilled out onto the streets of the town. Yasser Hussain Nazir, 16, from Chats-worth Street, Keighley, was shot in the head on Wednesday afternoon as he waited in
SIR - As a former resident of Keighley, perhaps you may have some readers who can help me. In the 60s I used to attend the Keighley Secondary Technical School, which I believe is no more. Each year group photographs of the classes were taken. At the time
Kirklees UNISON has launched a campaign to stop the closure of three old people's homes. They are Eddercliffe Grange, Liversedge, Lydgate House, Batley, and Hartley Manor, in Bradley, Huddersfield. The planned closures follow the shutting down of Castle
Community leaders today called on friends of a graffiti artist to shop the vandal causing thousands of pounds of damage etching his 'tag' on store windows. And police are stepping up efforts to catch the vandal, calling on anyone who recognises his 'signature
A convicted sex offender has dropped his appeal against a court order banning him from having contact with children. The lifetime restriction was imposed on 56-year-old Anthony Suddick, formerly known as Battles, after police became concerned about his
An education authority has changed its 11-plus examination following an opposition campaign by parents. North Yorkshire County Council's method of selecting pupils to attend the two grammar schools in Skipton was criticised by both parents and the Ombudsman
Council bosses whose departments are in danger of exceeding their budgets by a total of more than £1.5 million will have to explain how they will put them back on track. The actions they will outline to the executive committee next week could include
A Bradford professor is set to discover "once and for all" whether mobile phones are bad for your health. Professor Peter Excell, of Bradford University, is to launch a major international research project to investigate whether radiation from mobile
Police are probing a possible link between a spate of ram raids in Bradford. After five reported incidents in less than two weeks, police said there were similarities which linked some of the raids. One of the main targets has been the Forster Square
Train travellers across Bradford were facing an all too familiar warning today: "Be prepared for more delays." Railtrack has warned passengers heading in and out of Leeds station that tests on new signalling equipment will affect services travelling through
A much improved Silsden under 8's had an excellent win of 7-0 over Undercliffe. Goal scorerer were Sam Baldwin 3, Stephen Lee, Jack Smith 2, and Bradley Fay. Man of the Match was David Paley. Silsden under 11A drew 2-2 with Shipley under 11A . Arley Barnes
Police were today questioning two men over the shotgun murder of a 16-year-old boy in a quiet Bradford road. Yasser Hussain Nazir was shot in the head at close range as he drove his white Vauxhall Astra car out of a petrol station in Haworth Road, Heaton
CRAVEN & District Football League action began last week with matches in the lower divisions and this week sees a full programme of games, referees permitting. Already five officials scheduled to handle matches have called off and league officials
MORLEY'S one-wicket victory summed up a frustrating season for Keighley's young team. Once again the game had looked to be in the bag as Keighley bowlers swept through the home side's batting attack, but a stubborn last wicket partnership cost Keighley
KEIGHLEY Albion had hoped to stage tomorrow's first home game at Cougar Park, but their plans have been thrown into disarray. "We are having to search the area looking for another ground to use," said coach keith Reeves. Albion travelled to Humberside
Michelle Smith has been selected for the England Ladies shooting team. The 18-year-old enjoyed an incredible week of success at the National Smallbore Rifle Association's Bisley meeting, beating a string of top competitors including members of Great Britain's
As the recommendations of the Bradford Race Review continue to be debated - with few signs of real action as yet - a considerable number of ordinary people are getting on with the job. This week we report on a remarkable journey of discovery being made
Salts will be trying to bridge a 30-year gap when they play Lightcliffe in tomorrow's promotion showdown at the Playing Fields (12.30). Not since 1971 have they been in the Bradford League First Division, but they have a wonderful chance to clinch a place
Bradford Bulls head to Warrington on Sunday bidding to avoid an unfortunate hat-trick - and scrum half Robbie Paul is convinced they can. The Bulls have been beaten on their last two visits to Wilderspool - 42-32 in 2000 and 18-14 last month. Paul said
Jim Jefferies today touted City duo Eoin Jess and Gary Locke for Scotland - while dismissing his own international claims. Both players have been in cracking early-season form for the Bantams and Jefferies is urging the Scottish camp to take a closer
Married at St Mary's Church, Nun Monkton, near York, were Ashley Gawthorp and Anna Maclellan. Ashley, an IT consultant, is the only son of Peter and Pauline Gawthorp of Silsden. Anna a PR director, is the only daughter of Hunter and Marlene Maclellan
In 1940, hundreds of German bombers attacked London heralding the start of the blitz. In 1978, The Who drummer Keith Moon died of an overdose of prescribed drugs. In 1986, Bishop Desmond Tutu was enthroned as Archbishop of Capetown. From the Telegraph
David Philip Hull, elder son of Philip and Paula Hull of Braithwaite Village, married Joanne Lesley Head, elder daughter of John and Lesley Head of Hainworth, on August 26. David is a building and stone works contractor and Joanne is an accounts manager
Kim Wendy Crabtree, elder daughter of Dianne Marren and Brian Crabtree of Keighley, married Michael Taylor, younger son of Anne and Ronnie Taylor, of Cottingley. Wendy, secretary of Home-Start Morecambe and Lancaster, wed Michael, manager of Asda in Fullwood
Romance is certainly not fiction for an Oakworth newlywed couple who work at the British Library in Wetherby. Sarah Jane Wood, only daughter of Brian and Linda Wood, of Keighley, married Adam Craig Ripley, only son of Geoff and Margaret Ripley, of Batley
From a distance the team hammering and riveting away on the railway track look like any other group of workmen. Over the loud pounding and drilling there is the ripple of laughter as mates dressed in Day -Glo tangerine tops have a crack at each other's
Frances Hellewell, 19, is a unique member of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for two reasons. Not only is she the first fully qualified female fireperson to work at the railway, but Frances and her father Nick, 51, are also the first parent-child
Bradford-based transport engineering group Syltone is vowing to forge ahead to regain lost profits - despite a climate of continuing economic gloom. The company, which employs 250 people in the city at Syltone UK and Drum International, has seen its pre-tax
Keighley Show continued to bloom last weekend, despite the foot and mouth crisis. Agricultural sections of the show had to be cancelled but the horticultural classes were moved to Oakbank Recreation Centre. Trophies were awarded on Saturday for a number
A group of Keighley women hope to dispel a few myths on a pioneering expedition to Pakistan. Noreen Akhtar a development worker at Keighley Voluntary Services, who is leading the three-week trip with Shabana Sarwar a youth worker at Keighley Asian Women
Keighley is to have its first Town Crier for over 60 years - but he could remain silent unless a new bell is found for him to ring. The original Town Crier bells - used until the 1860s - are at the Cliffe Castle Museum but are now too fragile to use.
Women in Bingley are fundraising for a number of projects aimed at helping the needy in the Bradford district. The Mothers' Union at All Saints Church is collecting personal items for women and children who use the district's women's refuge. Goods can
THIS sporty example of motor-car advertising at the Skipton Road entrance to Cliffe Castle includes a couple of interesting details. The headlamps are fitted with a dimming device introduced during the Second World War blackout, while the ornamental gates
Workers at Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons are celebrating after receiving some early Christmas cheer. The 3,410 staff at the city's four stores have been told that they will get a three-day break over the festive period as a reward for all
A country estate once owned by the Bradford politician and industrialist William Edward Forster is up for sale. And the asking price for the Victorian riverside mansion, set in grounds covering almost eight acres off Leather Bank at Burley-in-Wharfedale
Thirteen-year-old Robert Brown has lost his long and brave fight against leukaemia. The teenager died with his family around him after battling the blood disorder for more than nine years. Today his mum Lesley Cooper, pictured with Robert, paid tribute
The first person to be jailed after the Bradford riots has lost his appeal against the sentence. Aftab Wahid, 24, of Dorset Street, Little Horton, Bradford, was handed a 28-day prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour before the
High-powered Bradford Vision has taken a major step towards creating an action plan aimed at uniting the district. The organisation has now become a limited company and received a preliminary list of projects already being worked on which its members
AIREDALE Hockey Club is searching for new recruits. The club which trains on the new all-weather pitch at Oakbank are hoping to build on their performances of last season with a strengthened second mens team and ladies section. The ladies have strengthened
With novels tucked safely under their arms, Bradford's bookworms packed into Bradford's Pictureville Cinema to meet the creator of the hugely-popular novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Louis de Bernieres, pictured, who wrote the book he lovingly refers
Keighley Juniors go through to the semi-finals of the Wharfedale football league's Cookson Cup after a battle against Sandy Lane. There was no score in the first leg played in mid-week and only one goal separated the sides following the second leg. Silsden
WILSDEN VILLAGE suffered a baptism of fire on their first day in the league. They had to face last season's runners-up Midland and held their own for the first 15 minute, and then the goal avalanche began. By the time the final whistle put them out of
OVENDEN A 46 SILSDEN PARK RANGERS 16 A vastly understrength Silsden Park Rangers were defeated on the opening day of the season, by Ovenden A 46-16.Silsden were lacking at least as many as they were fielding and only turned out twelve as injurys and work
KEIGHLEY CRUSADERS 6 NORTH RIBBLESDALE 25 Even allowing for the absence of a handful of first team contenders, this was a disappointing performance by a Crusaders side which had acquitted itself well with a victory and a draw in pre-season "friendlies
TREVOR HARGREAVES won the Valley Merit title at Bradshaw Park after surviving a day to remember at the Halifax venue. He trailed 14-20 in Round One before fighting he way back to victory and in the final he was 14-19 down to Roy Sanderson of Oakworth,
Keighley Young Muslims CC have won promotion sfter clinching the league championshilp. The team is back (from left): G Ahmed, N Khan, M Alim S Ulhassan, A Mahmood, P Khan. Front: N Malik (capt), K Kamran, N Kamal, G Nawaz, Q Khan.
ALEX HAWORTH lifted Steeton clear of the relegation zone with a bumper batting performance. After last year's successful campaign the Summerhill side have been dicing with the drop throughout the summer, but on Saturday they rediscovered their form. Howarth
MICHAEL SCARBOROUGH led Oakworth to the championship with a savage beating of Bradley -- the only team to taken points off them. Scarborough took 5-24 as Bradley were shot out for 68 and then scored 50 not out as they took the title. Second placed Embsay
YOUNG CRUSADERS are celebrating the 30th anniversay of Keighley rugby union club's junior section. Most of the district's junior football clubs and the rugby league junior sections weren't even dreamt of when the Union club set up the Bantams. It was
PLANS to turn Keighley into one of the top sporting towns in Britain took a step forward -- when a sports consortium was set up on Wedneday evening. Representatives of dozens of sporting clubs and organisations throughout the district attended a meeting
Bingley Harriers athletes completed a convincing team win in this years Ben Nevis fell race lsat weekend. In wet misty conditions Andy Peace was first to reach the summit, but faded on the descent leaving the way open for local man Danny Rogers (Lochaber
SISTERS Shelley and Celine Donohoe have joined the Premiership -- and signed for Leeds United. The stars of Silsden Ladies football team were snapped up by the Premiership club's ladies team. Last season they helped the Silsden team earn promotion to
ON-OFF plans to re-launch the Cougars were in the balance yesterday after a week of talks -- and one agreement. On Tuesday a three-man consortium led by former director Neil Spencer though they had finalised plans to set up Cougars 2001 Ltd, but by early
SIR - As a life-long supporter of the Labour Party, I would like to protest at the disgraceful attack by the Bradford Labour Party on the integrity of Ann Cryer MP , whose honesty and probity are beyond reproach. One understands that only 15 of the 42
