THEY may be putting a brave 'business as usual' face on it, but the resignation of their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Robert Collinson is a severe blow for local Conservative Party supporters. Quite apart from the idle speculation of why Mr Collinson
Two days to go to the big kick-off and City boss Colin Todd is urging his senior players to set an example. Todd says squad morale is high as his players prepare to begin life in Coca-Cola League One at unfashionable Hartlepool on Saturday. "The camaraderie
A chastened and apologetic Karl Pratt returns from a three-match suspension against Warring-ton on Sunday knowing that any repeat of the behaviour that saw him sent off against Wakefield could cost him his job. Pratt ran 15 metres to punch Wildcats wing
MP HAROLD Best has taken up the fight to get more NHS dentists for the Otley area to the House of Commons. Responding to growing concerns from his constituents, Mr Best is pressing Health Secretary John Reid to look into the "deteriorating" dental health
COUNCIL homes across Aireborough, Horsforth and Otley are to receive a massive cash boost. The money has become available thanks to the Audit Commission awarding a two-star rating to Leeds North West Homes (LNWH), which manages local authority owned housing
The proposal to close the Exchange Post Office in Bank Street is preposterous. It is impossible to believe that a single Bradford person who is asked about it during the so-called consultation will be in favour of it. Yet given the Post Office's insistence
In moving to Ilkley the Archbishop of York is relinquishing one of the most powerful positions in the Church of England - and all the trappings that go with it. The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr David Hope is swapping the magnificent Bishopthorpe
THE DAY of judgment comes for Ilkley tomorrow in the long-awaited national Britain in Bloom competition. Britain in Bloom judges Peter Holman and Clive Addison are expected to arrive in Ilkley by train tomorrow morning to be shown around Ilkley's attractions
'Temporary bollards constitute another hazard on the Bends' SIR, - I am writing to report a hazard which exists at the above location adjacent to The Little Chef restaurant on the A65(T) Coutances Lane at Manor Bends For several months ' temporary bollards
GUISELEY Rangers ARLC senior team's welcome rise from the ashes saw a squad of 20 players assemble to take on the Leeds Akademicals at Nunroyd last Saturday. In Mediterranean conditions players of both sides contributed to a thrilling encounter. Rangers
Leeds City AC made sure of the 2004 North of England Division One title with a convincing display of all round strength in depth at Blackpool's Stanley Park Arena. As has been the case throughout the season, the Leeds senior team contained a number of
ANOTHER sparkling century from former Buckinghamshire Minor Counties player Bruce Percy saw Rawdon maintain their form and move further away from the relegation zone. Percy, who honed his skills at the nearby Woodhouse Grove School, has been a key figure
A Bradford-based charity that produces audio magazines for blind and partially-sighted people nationwide is to add another title to its list - this time for the Gujerati community. The new audio-magazine from Bradford Talking Magazines will follow the
A new campaign to get more children playing out across the district has been launched in Bradford. Experts want to see better parks, safer streets with better lighting and less crime to promote the great outdoors. They see this as a way to combat rising
A new bus link to Leeds-Bradford Airport from the district's railway stations is on the cards for this autumn after companies told transport chiefs they were keen to operate it. A number of firms have submitted tenders to the West Yorkshire Passenger
Bradford Council's social services department spent £137.2 million in the year up to April 2004. The annual report just published shows almost £55 million was spent on services to older people - the largest slice of expenditure. As reported in November
A Bradford housing trust has declared war on nuisance neighbours after it evicted a tenant who let youths abuse her flat and scrawl graffiti over communal walls. Bradford West City Community Housing Trust enforced the eviction warrant against a tenant
The four big medical killers in Bradford will be targeted after a £1.5 million research windfall. The cash announced by health minister Lord Warner gives an immediate lump sum and a further £170,000 a year for three years. Dr John Wright, director of
Water bills for households in the district will rise by an average of £36 from £243 to £279 over the next five years, under draft proposals announced by regulator Ofwat today. The increase, the equivalent of 14.8 per cent, is less than the £50 rise that
ANOTHER sparkling century from former Buckinghamshire Minor Counties player Bruce Percy saw Rawdon maintain their form and move further away from the relegation zone. Percy, who honed his skills at the nearby Woodhouse Grove School, has been a key figure
First Teams Division A FOLLIFOOT V RAWDON Follifoot.- B Smart c - b Rock 0, P Miller c - b Rock 8, M Halmshaw c - b Wilkinson 92, B Waterman c - b Longley 0, N Walker c - b Longley 6, N Grainger b Longley 0, P Angove c - b Hughes 22, D Moss-Blundell c
Burley Trojans have appointed former Reserve team manager Gary Shankland as first team boss for the coming season. It sees a return to the hotseat for Shankland who was at the helm five years ago when he guided the first team into the Harrogate Premier
TWO long-serving members of the Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket league Management Committee have decided to step down and will call it a day at the AGM in November. League President Ian Chappell has been a member of the Management Committee for
the crowds turned out for the finals of the Ilkley Open Tennis Tournament on a scorching Saturday but the real buzz of urging on a local or a top name player was missing. The Ilkley tournament is obviously standing at a crossroads with supporters asking
What a carry-on at the turnstiles Sir - After queuing at Valley Parade on Saturday July 24, we were told by turnstile operators that our sons, aged two and six, had to go through the child/OAP turnstile alone and my husband and I had to go through the
Halifax-Huddersfield have ended any hopes Bradford had of lifting the Yorkshire Inter-District Union Golf Championship. Bradford's shock 21-15 defeat at Meltham didn't come as such a surprise to captain Tim Wade, though. "The course required local knowledge
Liam Kearns started a voyage into the unknown today. The teenager from Wyke flew out from Manchester Airport to start a four-year soccer scholarship at South Carolina-Spartanburg University. "My mates are all jealous of me," admitted the former Rastrick
The match may have been billed as a pre-season friendly but this was as keen a contest as any Leeds-Bradford derby in any sport. Bradford Park Avenue won a fair and entertaining game 1-0 but Farsley Celtic had their chances, hitting the post and having
A WELL-KNOWN Wharfedale resident and published poet, Mary Booth, celebrates her 100th birthday this weekend. Mary (maiden name Ramsden) will spend the day with friends and family at the residential home, Hollycroft, in Ilkley. And although she will receive
IMPROVEMENTS to roads, rubbish collection and public safety should be seen before the end of the year. With the official launch last week of Leeds City Council's new area committees, councillors are looking forward to getting to grips delivering services
OPPOSITION is growing to plans to permanently redirect quarry lorries past an Otley primary school. In an attempt to appease the town's lorry protesters, quarry operator Hanson has said it is trying a different route through the town centre. But the route
LITTLE Miles Bradbourne is a true fighter. He's overcome the medical odds to walk unaided. The 19-month-old from Pool-in-Wharfedale suffer from a rare genetic condition. Miles was diagnosed with MPS 1 Hunter Syndrome eight months ago after suffering a
The family of a Guiseley woman who died in a tragic motorboat accident in Malaysia may have to wait a year to find out the circumstances of her death. Joanna Stillwell, 23, of Bradford Road, died when she was hit by a motor-boat while snorkelling off
A GRIEVING mother has slammed the 'mindless yobs' who wrecked a memorial to her daughter exactly one year after her death. Philippa Collins was killed in a car crash in Bradford on August 3, 2003. After her funeral her parents, David and Anne, set up
AFTER years of speculation the police have confirmed that their station in Horsforth is to be sold - but only when a new base in town has been found. And in a connected development, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS) has been told its
Digital television set top box manufacturer Pace was bullish today after broadcasting giant BSkyB announced its commitment to increase customer numbers subscribing to pay TV. BSkyB yesterday unveiled a new long-term operating target of reaching ten million
chairman Brian Mann has defended Ilkley parish Council's financial management. He said that the £106,00 being carried over into this financial year is "a legitimately-held reserve for specific purposes". And he pledged that anything later deemed a surplus
MOTORCYCLISTS have been seen damaging stone walls on Addingham Moorside so they can ride their machines along the footpaths. The problem was reported to a recent meeting of Addingham Parish Council. Parish Councillor Stanley Flesher said that when the
More than 100 parishes approached the Archbishop of York to become their new vicar before he was finally selected by the residents of a Bradford Diocese. Dr David Hope shocked the Church of England this week by announcing he was giving up his huge salary
Organisers of Ilkley Literature Festival are cooking up a literary feast with the help of celebrity chefs, award-winning playwrights, comedians, scientists and poets. This year's big names include celebrity TV chef Jamie Oliver and award-winning Yorkshire
'Ramblers are being selfish by forcing bridge on villagers' SIR, - In an article about Burley Bridge in a recent Ilkley Gazette, Keith Wadd, who it appears is vice-chairman of West Yorkshire Ramblers, makes some rather insulting and pompous comments.
First Teams Division A FOLLIFOOT V RAWDON Follifoot.- B Smart c - b Rock 0, P Miller c - b Rock 8, M Halmshaw c - b Wilkinson 92, B Waterman c - b Longley 0, N Walker c - b Longley 6, N Grainger b Longley 0, P Angove c - b Hughes 22, D Moss-Blundell c
ANOTHER superb batting performance from Burley sees them forging ahead with their promotion bid and they now lie eight points clear of second-placed Tomg Park. Burley posted a big 306-5 against Steeton with some solid batting all round. Ian Normington
TWO long-serving members of the Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket league Management Committee have decided to step down and will call it a day at the AGM in November. League President Ian Chappell has been a member of the Management Committee for
Guiseley 0, Huddersfield Town 2 AFTER defeats by Ossett Albion, York City and Goole Town Guiseley gave a battling performance to hold an experienced Hudders-field Town side to 2-0 on Tuesday. Town manager Peter Jackson brought a strong side which included
A community association has been awarded a Lotto windfall to develop projects in South Bradford. Royds Community Association will receive £223,626 from the Big Lottery Fund. The cash will be used to set up community initiatives in the deprived area of
The vicar of an historic church in Bingley today hit back at claims that proposals to modernise the building were being kept from the public. And Canon Derek Jackson stressed residents would have opportunity to give opinions on ideas for 16th century
Bradford has been pencilled in for a share of £80 million worth of new investment. Yorkshire Forward and the West Yorkshire Economic Partnership have agreed on the most important funding priorities for the district over the next five years. They say the
High-tech cashpoint raiders hid surveillance equipment in a bicycle pannier to drain bank accounts in Brighouse. Thieves are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to get access to customers' accounts through cashpoints. But police said today that
Bradford's biggest and busiest city centre post office is set to be axed. MPs, leading councillors and business leaders were today gearing up for battle to save the Exchange post office in Bank Street. Bradford North MP Terry Rooney said he was astounded
Students from the Ilkley's Premier Karate Club based at the Ben Rhydding Methodist Church were in top form once again at the second Wharfedale Kata Championships 2004 held at Aireborough Leisure Centre in Guiseley. Clubs from Baildon, Otley, Harrogate
Leeds City AC made sure of the 2004 North of England Division One title with a convincing display of all round strength in depth at Blackpool's Stanley Park Arena. As has been the case throughout the season, the Leeds senior team contained a number of
ANOTHER superb batting performance from Burley sees them forging ahead with their promotion bid and they now lie eight points clear of second-placed Tomg Park. Burley posted a big 306-5 against Steeton with some solid batting all round. Ian Normington
FOR anyone who has had to watch their window frames crumbling around them as they waited in vain for a council repair team to arrive, this week's news from Leeds North West Homes (LNWH) must be like an early Christmas present. An extra £67 million, by
