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Bingley,Bradford,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Pride of place for lost plaque

Bingley's heroes from the Boer War will be honoured once more, thanks to a restoration project.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Boost for jobs

A call centre is ringing the bells of success after winning a health sector deal which will create 80 new jobs.  more...

Fears for regional variation

New figures show `unacceptably wide' regional differences in economic performance, according to the Government.  more...

Jail threat for poor records

A Bradford based law firm is warning company directors they could face jail for failing to keep records.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

SIR - I was shocked to discover that a farm in Queensbury is the first in West Yorkshire to fall to foot and mouth disease. Shock quickly turned to thoughts of how devastating this must be for Mr Sutcliffe, his family and the effect on Bobby Green farm for the foreseeable future.  more...

Pub firework party ended in horror

A rogue firework spiralled into a father-of-two and exploded in a ball of flame setting him on fire, a court heard.  more...

Girls, 9, in sex attack at park

Police are hunting a sex attacker who indecently assaulted two nine-year-old girls near a Bradford park.  more...

Stone me!

A sculptor has created a limestone lookalike which could help to save some of the most precious landscape in the country.  more...

City is delighted to be put to the Test!

Test match fever could come to Bradford this summer when fans may have to go no further than Centenary Square to see England take on Australia for the Ashes.  more...

Source of disease remains a mystery

Government veterinary officials are investigating prem-ises near the Queensbury farm forced to slaughter its herd in a bid to track down the route of the foot and mouth infection.  more...

Abattoir owner in prison warning

A former owner of a Bradford abattoir may face a prison sentence after a court heard how sheep were crammed into pens before they were slaughtered.  more...

Row over `secret' City Hall decisions

A leading councillor today complained that business had gone "underground" in Bradford Council.  more...

Pupils learn why school can be a pain

Children in Bradford are suffering back pain because they do not take enough exercise and cram their bags too full.  more...

I met Wacko Jacko at Uri's `wedding'

sBradford alarm engineer Alan Davidson is still reeling after he was one of the privileged few to meet wacky pop star Michael Jackson at a celebrity wedding.  more...

School bus axed after vandalism

Bradford schoolchildren have been warned to behave on the buses or face their services being axed.  more...

Man denies part in knife attack

A 28-year-old man accused of carrying out a late-night knife attack has blamed a fellow drinker for the stabbing.  more...

Eileen spearheads aid convoy - at 82

Former deputy headmistress Eileen Clare may be 82 but, at the age others put their feet up, she is spearheading an aid mission to the poverty-stricken Ukraine.  more...

Access all areas with cash grant

Access for disabled pupils will be improved in Bradford schools thanks to a £500,000 cash boost from the Government.  more...

Garden fences will keep children safe

An organisation set up to help youngsters get a better start in life is to fund the cost of putting up fences around gardens.   more...

Prison was `rocked to the core by suicides'

A prison where seven inmates took their own lives between May 1999 and April 2000 is now doing a good job, according to an official report.  more...

Joyful end to bride's plight

A disabled bride-to-be is set to celebrate her big day in style, thanks to generous Telegraph & Argus readers.  more...

Helping to make a difference

Given the importance which is attached to teaching children with special needs in mainstream schools, it is vital that those schools are made as "user friendly" as possible for them. In too many cases there are problems with access and movement within the buildings which make life difficult.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Hopkin goes to Palace

David Hopkin has completed a whirlwind £1.5m move from Bradford City to Crystal Palace.   more...

Pryce is planning to agree long-term deal

Leon Pryce has begun contract talks with Bradford Bulls which he hopes will secure his long term future with his hometown club.  more...

Leon won't give up on cup challenge

Leon Pryce starts his comeback tonight and has immediately set his sights on a Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final berth against Warrington next month.  more...

Melling's bid for Tour still in balance

Chris Melling's hopes of reaching snooker's main tour next season are still in the balance following the final stages of Event Three on the Challenge Tour.  more...

Ilkley,Otley News

Wind turbines just don't do the job

SIR, - Craven District Council is soon to determine whether to renew planning consent for four wind turbines at Chelker Reservoir. The beautiful landscape between Draughton and Addingham is not the place for industrial structures 100ft high.  more...

Town's toilets are on gay sex website

A SET of public toilets in Ilkley has been named as an "active" spot for outdoor gay  more...

School's delight at beating disruption

STAFF, parents, governors and pupils at Addingham Primary School are delighted that the disruption caused by Bradford's schools reorganisation has not upset the high standards.  more...

Head teachers hit back at Council Tax increase claims

ANGRY head teachers in Ilkley have hit back at suggestions that teachers were to blame for a massive rise in Bradford's Council Tax.  more...

Brimming bins bring disgust

DOG-DIRT bins at Ilkley's Riverside Gardens are overflowing as bans on moor walking have forced pet-owners to find a new route.  more...

Building society pair find nationwide poster fame

DONNING wetsuits and flippers has made unlikely stars out of an Ilkley building society   more...

Report says cancer patients are NOT treated like cattle

Cancer patients' from Ilkley receive a `very good to excellent level of nursing   more...

One of the `Notorious Ilkley Five' reveals protest reasons

ONE of the objectors to Ilkley's   more...

Rat ruins council compost bin bid

AN Ilkley resident is warning that a Bradford Council recycling scheme could lead to unwelcome visitors in the town's gardens.  more...

Ilkley organisations to benefit from community cash awards

CHARITY groups and organisations in the Ilkley area are celebrating after receiving a cash windfall.  more...

Not under control

DESPITE Government reassurances, the foot and mouth disease outbreak is not, by any stretch of the imagination, under control. Fresh outbreaks of the disease are happening in different regions every day with no sign of any end in sight.  more...

Ilkley,Otley Sport

Casual defending by Ilkley

Ilkley AFC.........3   more...

Ilkley hammer Wath

Ilkley....................41  more...

Ilkley Youth heading for another title

IKLEY YOUTH..........4   more...

Otley,Ilkley News

Knock-on effect

DESPITE Government reassurances, the foot and mouth disease outbreak is not, by any stretch of the imagination, under control. Fresh outbreaks of the disease are happening in different regions every day with no sign of any end in sight.  more...

School plan will cause traffic chaos

SIR, - As an Otley resident who lives on the fringes of the Cambridge estate, I was extremely alarmed to see Leeds City Council's proposals for the future development of Lisker Drive (All Saints Infants) School.  more...

Car boot sale storm

CALLS are being made for the immediate closure of Otley's weekend car boot sale.  more...

Hanged man had been depressed

AN assistant bank manager who suffered from depression committed suicide by hanging himself, an inquest heard yesterday.  more...

Farmers slow to learn of movement ban

AGRICULTURE chiefs have banned the movement of livestock from parts of Aireborough and Wharfedale - but have been slow to tell farmers.  more...

Sir Jim's plate is star of auction

A VERY rare plastic plate will take pride of place at an Otley church's fundraising auction.  more...

Village loo on gay website

A VILLAGE toilet block is being promoted on the Internet as a top site for gay sex - much to the annoyance of parish councillors.  more...

Rail probe after blind man falls at station

TRANSPORT chiefs and councillors are looking into claims that a blind man fell from a train in Guiseley as he was unaware that it had stopped short of the platform.  more...

Campaigner rails at park vandals

A LEADING children's playground safety campaigner has hit out at the vandals who have damaged new play equipment in Otley's Wharfemeadows Park.  more...

Tourism takes a battering in Ilkley

TOURISM in Ilkley has been hit hard by the foot and mouth crisis, with hotels and pubs reporting a slump in business.  more...

Cast carries on despite disasters

`BAD things come in threes' according to an old saying - and for a Guiseley theatre company that has never been truer.  more...

Moves begin to reorganise schools at cost of £750,000

WHEELS have been put in motion for the closure of five Otley primary Schools - and their amalgamation as three new ones.  more...

Fitness trainer tackles desert marathon run

FITNESS trainer Simon Ward will need all his powers of endurance next month when he swaps the relative cold of his native Horsforth for the heat of the Sahara Desert in memory of his mother.  more...

Fight for safety measures

RESIDENTS have demanded action on the `horrendous' traffic problems which they claim will lead to someone being killed in their community.  more...

Villagers to get chance to see schemes vying for cash

RESIDENTS in Pool-in-Wharfedale will be able to see the schemes vying for a slice of the £80,000 allocated to the village for the first time when an exhibition opens next week.  more...

Campaign pays off as pharmacy is opened

A RESIDENTS' campaign to get a pharmacy at a new health centre in Horsforth reached a successful conclusion yesterday.  more...

Wreath robber spared

A FORMER drag artist stole flowers and wreaths from a cemetery to save poorer families money, a court was told.  more...

Harewood House delays re-opening

HAREWOOD House has decided against opening this weekend - because of the foot and mouth disease crisis.  more...

Writer joins audience

WRITER Kay Mellor will be dropping in to Yeadon this weekend to see a production of Oliver.  more...

Village waits on new street names

STREET names for a Burley-in-Wharfedale housing development are set to be mapped out at a meeting next month.  more...

Theatre group gets its accents spot on

A WELSH voice coach has been drafted in to ensure the cast of a Dylan Thomas play get the lilting accent spot on.  more...

Job-share response amazes innovative young mother

A YOUNG mum is hoping to help lots of other working mothers have their cake - and eat it.  more...

Hospital club is forced to play a waiting game

A HOSPITAL sports and social club is being forced to play the waiting game to find out if it has a future.  more...

Otley,Ilkley Sport

Guiseley are in the mire

GUISELEY....................0  more...

Exeter spoil Otley's fun

OTLEY...................22  more...

International honours for diver Rosie

In the last two weeks Rosie Whiting, a year 13 student at Ilkley Grammar School and a member of Bradford Esprit Diving Club, has been selected for both senior and junior diving internationals.  more...

Horsforth in finals day

Horsforth School......15  more...

Ben Rhydding Ladies win a thriller

YORK...................3  more...

Around the local golf courses

Ben Rhydding  more...

Yarnbury Nomads draw with Wetherby

Yarnbury Nomads.........12  more...

Otley Saracens were up against it

Saracens.............7 Doncaster.........40  more...

Otliensians lose to top-of-table

SKIPTON.................27  more...

Yarnbury second best

Yarnbury.................9  more...

Honours even in derby

Pool................1  more...

Town can take heart after defeat

Otley Town......0  more...

Spectacular strike for Trinity

SHERBURN WR.....1 TRINITY ... 2  more...

Three gold medals for Caroline in Europe

Caroline Marler travelled to Bordeaux, France, for the European Veteran's Indoor Championships and won the women's 50-54 years 800 metres in 2-31.94.  more...

Otley sign up young stars of future

OTLEY RUFC have taken a giant step forward by signing up their first ever Academy players.  more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

Well, Yank you for the street sign!

A campaign to replace Saltaire's modern street signs with period ones has received a boost from an unlikely source - the Alpaca Society of America.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Features

Dalesfolk: Derek Soames

IMAGINE the days when 65 to 70 railway trains passed through Hellifield junction every eight hours. Imagine the days when farmers from Gargrave sending stock to Skipton would load them onto a train.  more...

The Curmudgeon

QUIET as the grave. That, I think, is the cliché for Beggarsdale this week: no walkers, very few day trippers, the whole Dale a-flutter with red and white tapes like the police use at crime scenes and lots of little yellow notices hanging on stiles and gates.  more...

Skipton,The Dales News

Craven through the years

100 years ago  more...

Pub arguments are just laughable

SIR - I write in response to the fiasco of the refusal to grant planning permission to allow alterations to the Devonshire Hotel, Newmarket Street.   more...

Races are set to return to Skipton after 70 years

THIS year will herald a new era for the 95-year-old Gisburn Races when the event is moved to the outskirts of Skipton.  more...

Council to spend £2m on house improvements

MORE than £2 million will be spent on repairing and maintaining council houses in Craven.  more...

Bakery couple win cafe appeal

OWNERS of a popular Sutton bakery are celebrating after a Government inspector sanctioned their café plan.  more...

Tourism decimated by foot and mouth crisis

IN the third week of the foot and mouth crisis, it is becoming clear that it is not only farmers who are suffering hardship.  more...

Mutilated frogs found in school playground

MUTILATED frogs were left on the playground at Greatwood Community Primary School, Skipton.  more...

Publican offers reward after jewellery theft

A PUB landlord is offering a £1,000 reward for the return of jewellery stolen from his home.  more...

Revived tourist centre reveals management line-up

THE key people faced with the task of getting Skipton's new tourist information centre (TIC) up and running have been announced.  more...

United effort to clean up canal towpath

A PARTNERSHIP has been set up to try to clear up the canal towpath after complaints about the amount of dog mess.  more...

Restoration work uncovers building's historic past

CLUES to The Folly's past have been discovered by builders working on the 17th century listed building in Settle.  more...

Police hunt badger baiters after spate of incidents

WILDLIFE experts are urging people to be their eyes and ears after a spate of badger digging in South Craven.  more...

Residents meet MP in road battle

DRAINAGE bosses are to carry out test drilling in a last ditch effort to repair pothole-ridden Cross Hills streets.  more...

Graveyard damage is not justified

IT was undoubtedly with the very best of intentions that the council knocked over a number of gravestones in Ghyll cemetery. Among them was the last resting place of Paul Goodall - a true hero, murdered while carrying out a mercy mission to Bosnia.  more...

Spen Valley,Bradford,Bingley,Shipley News

Plan for homes set for approval

An application to build 130 houses in Brighouse looks set to get the go-ahead at next week's planning meeting in Calderdale.  more...

  
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