DESPITE optimism in some quarters there seems to be a real fear that the building work at Ilkley Grammar School may not be completed in time for a smooth opening in September. Of course, all building projects suffer from delays and hiccups, but there
It took Michael Vaughan, the world's top batsman in 2002, only seven balls to come down to earth with a bump on his seasonal debut for Yorkshire at the Rose Bowl yesterday. Vaughan played back to that old war-horse Wasim Akram - Hampshire's overseas replacement
Brian Noble today warned his men of the dangers of complacency after their big Challenge Cup final win. The Bulls, who have had just two training sessions since the victory over Leeds, face a potentially tricky trip to the JJB Stadium to face a Wigan
SIX members of the same family will all be Coming to the Cabaret at Otley Civic Centre next week for Otley Little Theatre's next show. Featuring songs from all the great musicals including Sweet Charity, Saturday Night Fever and Cats, the show opens on
MORE people will be able to receive the therapeutic benefits of donkeys - thanks to a new £30,000 lorry. The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust Centre at Eccup has just taken delivery of a mobile unit which it will use to take two donkeys and a cart to special
A RE-SCHEDULED bus time table is causing punctuality problems for workers travelling from Otley to Ilkley. To guarantee arriving at work in Ilkley for 9am passengers making the short journey from Otley will have to catch the bus at around 7.20 am. This
A FED up Horsforth man has struck on an ingenious way of stopping Yorkshire Stone thieves in their tracks. After eight garden walls in Cragg Avenue were targeted by determined crooks in just four months, Don Vick decided enough was enough. Wary that the
Otley's Farmers' Market is celebrating a landmark after bringing thousands of people into the town during its first year. The popular monthly market was set up last May by the Otley Town Partnership to attract people to the town and to give a boost to
A teacher from Wharfedale has decided to continue her voluntary work in China - despite being based near an area infected by the deadly Sars virus. Veronica Schmitt, who only flew to the country to begin a two year contract with VSO in February, is based
Councillors are urging Leeds City Council to keep its promise and put up traffic signals at a dangerous junction. Bramhope Parish Counc-illors are pressing the city council over its two year wait to get traffic lights built at Carlton crossroads, where
A group of Pool-in-Wharfedale teenagers have spoken out against bus cuts which have left them unable to get to college. The group of 'A' level students are headed by Nikki Dyer, 16, from Pool Bank New Road, who is disgusted with the way the cuts have
A low-cost airline has announced plans to fly to two new destinations from Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yeadon. Jet2 is launching a new twice weekly flight to Faro in Portugal's Algarve and a service to the Czech Republic's capital Prague four
Bradford supermarket chain Morrisons' bid for Safeway would provide "a good geographical fit" according to union bosses. Brian Revell, T&G national organiser for food and agriculture, said he understood the benefits of a Morrisons deal but felt one
In 1707, the Act of Union between England and Scotland was proclaimed. In 1916, the Alhambra and Empire theatres, Bradford, amalgamated. In 1968, Legoland theme park opened in Denmark. From the Telegraph & Argus of May 1st, 1978... About 400 trade
Addingham 4, Dalton 3 Addingham's final game of a dramatic season was one that pretty much summed up their entire campaign. With three games left they knew they had to win all three to overhaul Harlow Hill who had finished their season. Emphatic wins
After 49 years the Three Peaks Race produced another surprise with the first father and son winners when David Walker (Clayton-le-Moors) came home in 3.06.27 last Sunday to follow the victories of his father Harry Walker in 1978, 1979 and 1981. The Three
RETURNING Aussie all-rounder Chris Underwood helped Guiseley pull off a shock victory on the opening day of the Airedale and Wharfedale League season. Guiseley, who only just avoided relegation last season pulled off victory over champions Adel under
BURLEY'S Waddilove Cup hopes for the season ended on Sunday with a preliminary round defeat by Bilton. Burley failed by just seven runs to match the Bilton score of 179-5 which came in the main from opener Miles Corish with 44, Imran Younis Malik with
Ilkley 3,Tockwith 1 A wonderful and deserved victory for the Booth's sponsored Ilkley FC as the team overcame a determined challenge from Tockwith to win the Harrogate League Challenge Cup at Boroughbridge on Saturday evening. The game typified Ilkley's
AS the first company in the North to concentrate on job opportunities for the over 45s opens its doors in Wharfedale, it appears even the business world has acknowledged the growing trend of working 'pensioners'. Encore Recruitment run by Jeni Cropper
One of Wharfedale's most historic buildings will throw its doors open to the public on two days this year. Farfield Friends Meeting House, between Addingham and Bolton Abbey, was built in 1689, making it one of the earliest Quaker buildings. Owned by
A FORMER pupil of All Saints' Infant School has come up with an unusual way of preserving his memories of the old school building and his childhood days there. Julian Richards, 44, was horrified when he heard the school was to be pulled down. He attended
CANCER sufferer Jane Tomlinson came to Addingham to receive a donation from supporters in the village on Tuesday evening. Jane, who recently completed a marathon bike ride from John O'Groats to Lands End for charity, arrived at The Fleece Inn in Addingham
BUILDING work at Ilkley Grammar School is behind schedule and now the contractors are planning to work extra hours to catch up. The school needs extra accommodation to house 1,5000 pupils from September when the former Middle School site in Valley Road
MEDICAL services in Addingham are to be catapulted into the 21st century with the announcement of the building of a new state-of-the-art health centre in the village. Instead of a single permanent doctor in the village surgery, there will be at least
Store entrance is 'last thing needed' SIR, - The last thing the residents of Gay Lane need is a supermarket entrance. I reiterate: we do not need another supermarket, we need houses and flats, no more greenfield sites. Gay Lane is part of the main road
Yorkshire Water has warned that some Bradford households could experience discolouration to water from Monday because of improvement work. Customers in Bradford, Pudsey and Drighlington could suffer problems owing to work at the water treatment works
In Division C Pool Mills recovered from a poor start to post 170 all out against Colton. This total looked rather better than it should have, as it included a generous contribution of no less than 40 extras gifted by the Colton bowlers. Opener Mark Wilkinson
YEADON'S patched up bowling attack was rolling along quite nicely at Baildon on Saturday. That is until Mushtaq Ahmed and Tom Atkinson produced a record breaking eighth wicket stand of 146 for the home side. Baildon lost opener Simon Davies without scoring
Plymouth Albion 50, Otley 13 BEFORE a crowd of almost 3,000 Otley played out their last National Division One game of the season. The massive crowd turned out to witness home club Plymouth Albion's last game at Beacon Park before they move to their new
A schoolgirl born with a rare genetic disorder is another step closer to being able to swim with her friends. Fundraisers trying to collect £100,000 to send nine-year-old Eve McGuire to New York for specialist surgery are on the homeward stretch, as their
May Day was being greeted in the traditional way in Otley today - at sunrise on the Chevin. The town's Morris side, the Buttercross Belles, planned a traditional dance at Surprise View. The Buttercross Belles, who also celebrate their 11th anniversary
An ultra-modern 1,000-seat restaurant has been opened in Bradford by a man who started his first curry house in the city 40 years ago. Mohammed Latif, owner of the world-famous Kashmir in Bradford city centre, has opened Anams restaurant in Great Horton
A collection of photographs by Bradford-born artist David Hockney are set to fetch around £25,000 at an auction at Sotheby's. The ten photos will go under the hammer at the renowned London auctioneers on May 22 and Hockney enthusiasts are expected to
A Bradford dad-of-two was blinded when a bungee cord he was using to tie up a deckchair sprang open and hit him in the eye. The accident happened when Dennis Goldsmith, 34, was tidying up the garage at his home in Tyersal Lane. He had just used the hooked
Doctors and teachers are returning to work in Baghdad - bankrolled by the people of Bradford. The Human Relief Foundation charity is sponsoring two hospitals and five schools in Iraq as it struggles to get back to normal. Around £250,000 has already been
SIR - I am writing in response to the report "Leisure trail plan on track" (T&A, April 24). Jeff McQuillan, the Great Northern Trail Forum chairman, says the only concerns about the proposed leisure trail "came from landowners along the route". He
It is understandable that businesses want to provide best value and have a cost-effective system. But the truth is that there are dozens of people who have been affected by First Leeds' bus cuts, and they are being stranded, especially in Pool-in-Wharfedale
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, nine goalkeepers, abandoned matches, ridiculous sending-offs, a few dodgy penalties and their highest ever finish since re-forming. We look back at an eventful year in the life of Bradford Park Avenue. You can say what you
Gareth Evans, a 23-year-old shift manager at McDonalds, won the Hawksworth Trophy at Bradford Golf Club after a dramatic sudden-death play-off with Richard Oddy. Northcliffe's Evans, last year's best amateur in the Bradford Open Championship, appreciated
Andy Myers and Aidan Davison head the list of players being pushed out the City exit door. Gus Uhlenbeek will also be on his way after rejecting a new one-year deal. But the club hope to persuade Claus Jorgensen to stay on and have not given up on Peter
BURLEY'S Waddilove Cup hopes for the season ended on Sunday with a preliminary round defeat by Bilton. Burley failed by just seven runs to match the Bilton score of 179-5 which came in the main from opener Miles Corish with 44, Imran Younis Malik with
A chief fire officer believes that the Government's modernisation plans will improve the district's service. But some firefighters fear that they could mean the closure of Wharfedale's fire stations when the Government publishes its draft Integrated Risk
AS the first company in the North to concentrate on job opportunities for the over 45s opens its doors in Wharfedale, it appears even the business world has acknowledged the growing trend of working 'pensioners'. Encore Recruitment run by Jeni Cropper
More than 40 puppy walkers from across the region took their dogs for a grand outing to Harewood House. The Big Puppy Day out was held on Tuesday for puppy walkers and their 20 guide dog puppies. The walkers are volunteers who devote their time to rearing
A terminally ill runner has been described as an 'inspiration' by his fellow competitors after he took on a major charity challenge. Chairman of Aireborough Skyrac Athletics Club, Graham Breeze, has praised Derek Emsley's attempt to run the London Marathon
Policing across Horsforth, Whar-fedale and Aireborough will not suffer in any way if Horsforth's police station is shut down completely, say police chiefs. The future of the offices and houses that make up the police complex is under review as part of
Youngsters at The Whartons School enjoyed the spellbinding tale of Charlotte's Web this week. All of the 213 pupils at the school saw the Scottish-based M and M theatre company perform the E B White story in Otley on Tuesday. The popular children's story
An £8million proposal to build an executive aviation centre at booming Leeds Bradford International Airp-ort has been altered because aircraft were unable to fit inside. The approval of the plan comes the same week that a low-cost airline announced two
Crime initiatives do work. It has been proved in recent years that if the police focus resources on certain areas which are notorious for high levels of criminal activity a big dint can be made in the number of offences committed. There are no surprises
Bradford University today called on the district's companies to employ its graduates to prevent a brain drain. The university has joined forces with colleges across the county - under the umbrella organisation Yorkshire Universities - to ensure students
Turnover and profit levels at United Co-operatives have soared, according to the firm's first set of post-merger results. The company was formed last year after Bradford-based Yorkshire Co-operatives Ltd was given the go-ahead to merge with United Northwest
In Division C Olicanians got off to a good start with an emphatic win over neighbours Ben Rhydding. Olicanians made 181-9 after a poor start in which they lost their first four wickets for just 23 runs. Then P Hall (55) and Richard Machell, a new signing
THE two relegated sides met on the opening day in Division B with Rawdon defeating Burley by four wickets. Kenrick Marshall bagged a superb 6-40 off 25 overs as Burley were restricted to 128-9 with only opener Chris Wheeler making any real impression
Ben Rhydding 3, Rover Oxford 3 Ben Rhydding Ladies ultimately missed out on a deserved victory in this fixture, but not before they had come back from seeming defeat after being 3-0 down just 20 minutes into the match. Despite a strong start in this National
A chief fire officer believes that the Government's modernisation plans will improve the district's service. But some firefighters fear that they could mean the closure of Wharfedale's fire stations when the Government publishes its draft Integrated Risk
SUNNY weather in the Easter holidays may have led to parking and litter problems close to Ilkley's riverside. Residents of Denton Road have complained to Ilkley parish councillors about motorists parking cars and vans on a grassy verge close to the football
IT'S 'official' - Ilkley people are among the most honest in the country. When a national newspaper set up a trap to snare the light-fingered among us, Ilkley came out top for honesty. The daily newspaper left a box of donations outside charity shops
A host of exciting events have now been confirmed for Ilkley's first Summer Festival. Planned to launch on Yorkshire Day, August 1, the three-week event has attracted everything from an outdoor musical concert on The Grove to an orienteering day on Ilkley
Panel's reasons are still unknown SIR, - With regard to the Bolling Road/Springs Lane road safety improvements, and as a resident of the central portion of Bolling Road, which suffers the fastest traffic, I have been interested to read the report (Gazette
Police are to target crime hotspots in the Keighley division to purge the streets of robbers and burglars. The Nab Wood area of Shipley, Shipley Fields at Frizinghall and the Knowle Park district of Keighley have been pinpointed by detectives as places
Boroughbridge Res 2, Burley Trojans 3 BURLEY Trojans brought the curtain down on a disappointing season with a morale boosting win at Boroughbridge. With nothing to play for other than pride manager Chris Worts fielded an experimental side with players
After 49 years the Three Peaks Race produced another surprise with the first father and son winners when David Walker (Clayton-le-Moors) came home in 3.06.27 last Sunday to follow the victories of his father Harry Walker in 1978, 1979 and 1981. The Three
THE two relegated sides met on the opening day in Division B with Rawdon defeating Burley by four wickets. Kenrick Marshall bagged a superb 6-40 off 25 overs as Burley were restricted to 128-9 with only opener Chris Wheeler making any real impression
RETURNING Aussie all-rounder Chris Underwood helped Guiseley pull off a shock victory on the opening day of the Airedale and Wharfedale League season. Guiseley, who only just avoided relegation last season pulled off victory over champions Adel under
Leek Town 1, Guiseley 0 Guiseley signed off their season with a dismal performance at Leek Town on Saturday and left manager Neil Parsley vowing to find at least four new players. He knows after two successive poor starts to a season that he needs a good
YOUNG Bradford City striker Danny Forrest crowned a superb season by making a substitute appearance for England Under-19s. The Burley-in-Wharfedale 18 year-old has made a big impact since making his first team debut for City this season. He scored in
BURLEY'S Waddilove Cup hopes for the season ended on Sunday with a preliminary round defeat by Bilton. Burley failed by just seven runs to match the Bilton score of 179-5 which came in the main from opener Miles Corish with 44, Imran Younis Malik with
A racing punter who won nearly £3,000 after placing a bet in a Shipley bookmakers could miss the chance to turn the winnings into a £210,000 bonanza on Saturday - unless he or she comes forward before 6pm today. The mystery customer won £2,838 at the
An amazing £30,000 was raised at the glittering ball at which the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal reached its £1 million goal. About 400 guests dressed in their best black tie outfits attended the glitzy Celebration Ball at
A mother killed in a car crash which put her daughter in hospital was today described as a "soft, beautiful, kind human being," by her devastated family. Matloob Bi, 48, was a passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier which crashed into a lamppost on Friday
It's enough to make style-conscious women in Bradford swoon. On Saturday, one of the world's most respected names in shoes is coming to Bradford. But the man who has put designer shoes on famous names like Nicole Kidman and J-Lo. For Jimmy Choo is coming
Thousands of postal votes flooding in to City Hall were being stringently examined by election officials today amid widespread claims the system is being abused. Returning Officer Ian Stewart has been in meetings with police for the past two days after
An incurable cancer sufferer was left to bleed to death by a surgeon during an operation which should never have been carried out, a jury was told. Consultant urological surgeon Hurais Ramis Syed, 48, has gone on trial at Leeds Crown Court, charged with
