LETTING off very loud fireworks on the streets of a quiet town in the middle of the night is an act bound to irritate more people than it could ever hope to impress. There is no excuse for such annoying behaviour, but it has become all too common over
He started it in the Northern Ford Premiership but could end it in Polynesia - Richard Moore is having the season of his life. And not even the return of Paul Anderson from his broken arm can keep the youngster down. The Bulls prop, who is to Anderson
Bradford Park Avenue 0, Hucknall Town 3: Lapses in concentration, schoolboy errors and indiscipline left Avenue on the wrong end of a 3-0 drubbing last night. The disjointed home side were out-scored, although not necessarily out-played, by an unbeaten
Craig White completely dominated Yorkshire's batting in a glorious exhibition of sumptuous strokeplay on the first day of the Championship match against Leicestershire at the Scarborough Cricket Festival yesterday. While wickets crashed around him, White
Tom Kearney will go under the knife four days before his 21st birthday. Surgeon Steve Bollen plans to carry out a knee construction operation on October 3 which will rule out the highly-rated midfielder until next season. But Gary Walsh faces another
AN Otley woman is seeking to raise the profile of a lesser known cancer - after falling victim to it herself. Mavis Procter was first diagnosed with kidney cancer at the end of 1997. She had a kidney removed four years ago, but is now back undergoing
AN Ilkley building firm has won a £2.9m contract to expand and refurbish the terminal at Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yeadon. Quarmby Construction will design and build the new undercover facilities, which will focus on the creation of a massive
An indignant pensioner from Otley who wants to receive digital television has been told he cannot because of a lack of signal. Jack Higman from Whiteley Croft Road considered getting a set top box but was told Otley does not receive the signal needed.
ONE of the best days of summer brought out the crowds to Norwood Show on Sunday. Children and adults had a great day out at the village's traditional annual show and sports day held at Norwood Social Hall. With the golden jubilee as its theme, there were
A celebration of village life in Burley-in-Wharfedale will feature a world famous tapestry as its centrepiece. St Mary's Parish Church is preparing to display the Heaton Millennium Tapestry as part of its weekend long Celebration of Community. The result
When Betty and Douglas Waye first met at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, they never imagined that in 2002 they would be celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. But the happy couple is celebrating today after reaching the milestone, and family
A BLISTERING attack has been made on Otley's much-heralded £963,000 bus package. Promises of 'yellow' school buses, hopper buses and improvements to services throughout Otley and the surrounding villages have been vastly overblown, it has been claimed
Action to curb dangerous driving by private hire taxi drivers by threatening them with the loss of their licences must be applauded. Everyone has had some kind of bad experience on the roads with drivers cutting them up, jumping lights or whizzing past
In 1847, American outlaw Jesse James was born. In 1922, Aviator James Doolittle flew across the USA coast to coast in 21 hours 19 minutes. In 1980, the world's longest road tunnel, 10 miles, was opened in Switzerland. From the Telegraph & Argus of
A DAY centre for the elderly in Ben Rhydding could be closed down and its services moved to Ilkley's former Grove Convalescent Hospital. Bradford Council is considering relocating services from Moor Court, on Fieldway, as part of a re-organisation of
Ladies' toilets spoil tourist image SIR, - Imagine the scene - a lovely sunny day with children playing happily on the swings and slides. Mums relaxing having a coffee from the pleasant caf nearby, the river sparkling in the sunshine. People feeding the
Rawdon Golf Club member Matt Marston set a new course record when he hit a superb 64 to beat the previous record of 65 set 12 years ago by Andrew Coverdale. Matt and Andrew are pictured prior to teeing off for a round at Rawdon on Saturday.
With the end of the track and field season just four weeks away there was good news for Skyrac AC as they learned of the final team and individual positions in the 2002 West Yorkshire Track and Field League. These are a result of the seven meetings that
Guiseley CC Under-12s won the Gordon Bowers Competition for the first time in their history with a 30 run win over Pudsey St Lawrence in front of a large crowd at Undercliffe CC. The competition is played in teams of eight batting in pairs for four overs
IT has been a complete turnaround for High Royds based Crompark Cricket Club. After seeing their two sides relegated from their respective Dales Council League divisions last season they have each emerged as champions this time round. The first team are
Otley 6 Rotherham 53 LAST year's League One champions made the start they hoped for when they passed the half century at Cross Green on Sunday gaining their bonus point before half-time. They had six new faces on view, some necessary because of injury
Maine Road 1 Guiseley 2 GUISELEY finally broke their duck and notched their first win of the season on Saturday and what a vital victory it was for the club. It guaranteed a £1,000 pay day from the FA Cup fund and put them into the next round at home
Minicab drivers who race from job to job, putting lives at risk, were warned today they will lose their livelihoods. The warning came after Bradford councillor the Reverend Paul Flowers called for action to curb some private hire drivers whom he accused
Gareth Gates will bridge the gap between classical and pop music when he performs at the CBBC Proms in the Park. He will be accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and perform songs from musicals as well as a singing a duet with Will Young, who
SKIPTON's survival hopes in Division B of the Airedale & Wharfedale League have been hanging by a thread for a while now, but the Sandylands men kept their chances alive going into the last two games of the season with a fine win over promotion contenders
A game is taking place at Ben Rhydding Cricket Club on Sunday between a Ben Rhydding Chairman's XI and a Local clubs Invitation XI in memory of Nick Sheard. The game has come about through some of his many friends outside Ben Rhydding CC asking to play
Beckwithshaw 0 Burley Trojans 2 A depleted Trojans' side emerged victorious from their tough looking trip to title contenders Beckwithshaw. Centre-half Stuart Dibb struck twice within five minutes deep in the second-half to seal the points and make it
Bradford Salem 14 Ilkley 43 On an afternoon better suited to cricket Ilkley got their new campaign off to a satisfying start. Old rivals Salem were now one league below Ilkley and as such Ilkley would have been disappointed with anything but a comprehensive
SIR - At the invitation of the contractors, my husband and I watched with sadness from the Alhambra theatre as Provincial House was reduced to dust and rubble. My husband was involved from the very beginning - first as a security officer while it was
Bradford go all out for the double this Sunday when they play in golf's Inter-District team Championships at Cleveland. The big guns have been brought out for the day with West Bradford's Darryl Berry, on plus two, leading an impressive line-up. He joins
Stuart Fielden is calling on old adversary Barrie McDermott to clean up his act for their Battle of the Props. The Great Britain team-mates are set to lock horns again as the Rhinos enforcer returns from a four-match suspension for the vital Friday clash
A teenager from Guiseley hit all the right notes when he took his music GCSE this year. But not only did fourteen year old Adam Csenki take the exam two years early, he also got one of the top five marks in the country. In a letter from the Assessment
Parish councillors in Pool-in-Wharfedale have told the Boundary Commission they are disgusted with the prospect of the village being moved into a ward with Cookridge. They have said that they will continue to put pressure on the commission to keep Pool
NURSERY children have been celebrating their green-fingered skills after competing to grow the tallest sunflower. Youngsters at Esscroft Private Nursery, Burley-in-Wharfedale, have grown their own sunflowers from seeds, in a competition to raise money
AN Otley woman is gracing newsagents shelves - after winning a national modelling competition. Chloe Ewart, 24, not only won Marie Claire women's magazine's competition, but will also become the face of High Street shop The Body Shop. And in the October
The police are appealing for witnesses to a bungled ram-raid on a shop in the heart of Burley-in-Wharfedale. The front windows of the Leeds Co-op Village Store in Station Road, formerly Leeson's, were smashed in by a group of masked men driving a silver
A youngster recovering from meningitis has had all her fingers and thumbs removed. Four-year-old Danielle Skil-beck, who has already had both of her lower legs amputated, also had both knee joints removed this week. Danielle, from Otley, has been in hospital
A TASK force of community-minded volunteers has been set up to clean up Yeadon. In a bid to make the town look more presentable and work towards its first ever entry into the Yorkshire in Bloom contest, Project Yeadon has been formed. The volunteers will
A 16-year-old from Guiseley will be calling the notes when he takes over as choir master at Bingley Parish Church. Talented Christopher Bentley, who will also be the church's organist, has also just achieved grade eight in five different instruments and
TWO of the best days of what has been a disappointing summer brought out the crowds to two Wharfedale shows at the weekend. The organisers of both Bramhope Show and Norwood Show proclaimed their respective events a smash hit, with bumper crowds at both
Bradford Chamber of Commerce & Industry started a new era last night when its new offices in the heart of Little Germany, Bradford, were officially opened. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Richard Wightman, opened Devere House at a reception
DIVISIONAL managers of three hospitals - including Ilkley's threatened Coronation Hospital - are carrying a full review of services as the debate about the hospital's future goes on. Airedale NHS Trust - which met yesterday - says it has started consultations
PEOPLE behind a youth skate park project say they are willing to hear out Ilkley residents' concerns over new plans to build the park on a tennis court. Community group Pipedream - which wants to provide a safe place for young skateboarders and in-line
Ilkley tax payers are being asked to shoulder part of a £7.5 million policing bill for the Bradford riots. The full cost of last summer's outbreak of disorder in the city is documented in the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, Graham Moore's, annual
Schools across the Ilkley area seem to have escaped the knock-on effects of a massive teacher and staff vetting backlog. At the time of going to press most pupils in the area were expected to have started, or be about to start, the new term as planned
An Ilkley businessman has lodged an official complaint of sex discrimination against the town's swimming pool. Financial adviser Rod Fotherby says he has been forced to take the action after six years of complaining fruitlessly about the unfairness of
TOWN councillors in Keighley have caused outrage in Ilkley by suggesting that the town should be split into two separate electoral wards in the forthcoming review of electoral boundaries. If the Government's Boundary Commission accepts the proposal, Addingham
Only a bypass will cure traffic ills SIR, - I read with interest the report in the Ilkley Gazette of July 25, detailing 'a major project aimed at ending Ilkley's traffic headache'. The writer is quite right that the plans for dealing with Denton Bridge
Spen Valley residents are being asked to do their bit for the environment by recycling their Yellow Pages telephone books - but not in their green wheeled bins. Local editions of Yellow Pages are being updated this month and old books can be recycled
Police have launched a manhunt for a sex attacker who has struck at least four times within a five-mile radius. His victims, who include a 13-year-old girl, only escaped because they bravely fought back or the pervert was confronted by passers-by. But
Beckwithshaw 0 Burley Trojans 2 A depleted Trojans' side emerged victorious from their tough looking trip to title contenders Beckwithshaw. Centre-half Stuart Dibb struck twice within five minutes deep in the second-half to seal the points and make it
Otley Town 0 Silsden 3 Otley Town having started this season's campaign with a draw at Hemsworth and a win at home to Storthes Hall, were unfortunately considerably under strength for this big game. With so many players missing through injury and one
Guiseley veteran athlete Tony Bowman was well pleased with his medal haul in the European Masters Athletics Championships held in Potsdam. The 65 year-old former probation officer defied a stomach muscle injury to pick up two golds and two silvers. He
SATURDAY provided relegation threatened Yeadon's finest hour. They gave high riding Pudsey St Lawrence a real slap in the face and boosted their survival hopes with a breathtaking victory. Yeadon were so short of players last week that they were unable
Maine Road 1 Guiseley 2 GUISELEY finally broke their duck and notched their first win of the season on Saturday and what a vital victory it was for the club. It guaranteed a £1,000 pay day from the FA Cup fund and put them into the next round at home
More than 300 new workers in Bradford schools are starting the new term without the stringent checks from the Criminal Records Bureau. A Government U-turn means new employees can take classes, at head teachers' discretion, as long as their names are not
A new bus service in Bradford could provide a convenient service to help people get to work, the doctor's or go shopping. Metro has put in an £631,500 bid to the Government's Urban Bus Challenge for the scheme, which is called Little Horton Community
Normandy veteran Stanley Teale fought a war for his country - but he claims he is still unable to get an allowance from the Department of Social Security to buy himself a cooker. Mr Teale, 80, has had a heart bypass operation and suffered strokes and
An illegal camp set up by travellers on a city centre car park has grown three-fold as Bradford Council prepares to evict them. The travellers, who have been accused of "cocking a snook" at the law, set up a camp in Simes Street car park on August 11
Ten-year-old Elizabeth Wade, of Silsden, waited all summer to see her pop hero Gareth Gates at the Party in the Park in Bingley on Sunday. But by the time he appeared on stage at Myrtle Park, Elizabeth was nursing a broken arm in hospital. The Keighley
An inquiry in the wake of a string of suicides by mental health patients in Airedale aims to avert further tragedies. The report comes after five suicides on a nearby railway line by in-patients at Airedale General Hospital, near Keighley, in the past
The execution-style killing of a Bradford man in Holland was thought to be a drugs-related 'hit', detectives revealed today. When David Royle was gunned down in Amsterdam last year, Dutch police admitted they had no idea as to the motive. The 37-year-old
A new building is slowly emerging at Hepworth and Idle Cricket Club. Members of the club, which enjoys more than a 100 years of history, decided that they could not wait until they had raised enough money for a new clubhouse. So instead, they have been
Bradford's most senior judge has strongly defended the length of sentences handed out to last summer's rioters. And the Honourable Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick (pictured), has criticised inaccuracies put forward by some campaigners who
BARNOLDSWICK hopes of carrying off the Jennings Ribblesdale League Senior Division title for the first time since 1992 will hinge on matches on the last day of the season tomorrow, but the smart money is on Read to carry off the trophy. The Victory Park
SKIPTON launch their Yorkshire Division Two league programme at Sandylands tomorrow when they entertain Beverley, one of the two relegated sides the Reds will face in their opening two matches. Skipton go into action with a handful of new faces in their
WHARFEDALE travel to Kendal in National Division Two tomorrow looking to ratchet up the effort level, improve their sense of collective responsibility and develop the consistency factor shown during last Saturday's defeat by Sedgley Park at The Avenue
Harlow Hill 2 Addingham 0 Addingham travelled to Harrogate for this Division One clash with their weakest squad for many years. Smithson, T Marriot, Galasso, Kernick and Barrow were all absent for various reasons and there combined absence was all too
Keen to get back to winning ways after a narrow reversal of fortune in mid-week, Ilkley's Harrogate Premier League game with Northallerton was postponed on Saturday because their opponents pitch was needed for a Northern League cup game. Despite this
TRAFFIC through Otley this week was an absolute nightmare as motorists struggled with clashing roadworks and diversions. While work to replace gas mains at Billams Hill was just halfway through its eight-week schedule, a decision was made to close the
