Bradford & District | Archive | 2002 | February
Campaigners fear a green space in Bingley will be blighted by the construction of the town's relief road. more...
Bradford & Bingley Estate Agents' HOME report has highlighted a continuing supply shortage in the district, it has been revealed. more...
SIR - The Education Reorganisation section of the Council are about to put forward a proposal to build a replacement school for St Philip's, Girlington, on West Park recreation ground. more...
Schools are threatening to lock up unruly pupils in a pioneering crackdown in Bradford. more...
A blaze which ripped through part of a Bradford mill complex is being treated as arson, police confirmed today. more...
Football fans are being given help in learning to know their offside from their origami thanks to special training at Bradford College. more...
Proposals for shopping in the £25m Vicar Lane Leisure Exchange have been thrown out in the face of opposition from city centre businesses. more...
Detectives today re-released photographs of nine suspects who have yet to be identified in poster campaigns following last July's riots in Bradford. more...
A Sunday league footballer was branded a `coward' by a Crown Court judge for breaking an opponent's jaw when he punched him from behind during a match. more...
Ambitious plans to transform Bradford's Priestley Centre into a professionally-run multi-purpose arts centre have been revealed. more...
It will be the end of an era when florist John Gribbin sells his last bunch of blooms and shuts up shop as John Street Market's longest serving stall holder. more...
A businessman is offering a cash reward to help catch the killer of Bradford auto-electrician Brian Hardwick. more...
A couple have been banned from keeping animals for ten years after a court heard how dead guinea pigs were found inside hutches at their home. more...
A vicious knife attack on a Keighley bus driver is to be reconstructed in a crime documentary to highlight the benefits of CCTV. more...
Detectives probing the murder of car dealer Philip Smith revealed today that they had already traced a number of witnesses as they turned their inquiry towards his friends and associates. more...
In 1908, during a violent storm in Bradford, a funeral hearse was overturned at Bradford Moor. more...
The introduction of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) by some Bradford schools appears to be a very useful weapon in the battle to curb the activities of some of the most unruly pupils. Their apparent success in disciplining three 14 and 15-year-old pupils at Laisterdyke High School for stealing and selling school computer equipment suggests that they could become effective in dealing with this type of problem. more...
Danny Cadamarteri today hooked up with hometown club City and declared: This is the clean slate that I need. more...
Lee Sharpe is winning the race to play at Gillingham tomorrow. more...
Wibsey will be looking for improvement when they take on Knaresborough in a top-of-the-table clash. more...
Danny Cadamarteri was keen to put to the record straight as he dodged the lunchtime downpour in the Sunwin Stand entrance. more...
Exciting rugby is promised in the semi finals of the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup. more...
Nicky Law today poured cold water on reports that Portsmouth centre-half Carl Tiler could be on his way to City. more...
SIR, - The Countryside Service Surgery held on February 2 was not part of the formal statutory consultation on the Countryside and Rights of Way Act. more...
A police chief pledged this week that a new initiative to move the division's police officers to Shipley would not mark the end of Ilkley Police station. more...
When Ilkley Amateur Oper-atic Society present The Sound of Music at the Kings Hall Ilkley next week the younger members of the society will be playing a big part. more...
THE secretary of Ilkley Golf Club Arthur Hatfield has died suddenly aged 64. more...
Children are at risk of burning themselves on newly installed central heating pipes in Ilkley's council houses, according to residents. more...
DOMINOES-mad John Mawson followed up his 48-hour non-stop charity marathon with another game - of darts. more...
THE official adoption of Ilkley's Design Statement may come too late to save historic former woodland in Middleton being built upon. more...
THE needs of old people in the Ilkley area are to be assessed by a part-time worker funded by the charity Age Concern. more...
TOILETS in Ilkley's Riverside Gardens, dubbed the most vandalised in the whole district, could soon be replaced by a superloo. more...
AS we report in this week's Gazette, the forthcoming Ilkley Design Statement may not have been produced in time to save former woodland on Curly Hill being built over. more...
Helperby 5, Addingham 2: Addingham paid the price for one of their worst displays this season as they were well beaten in this league cup quarter final clash. more...
"Look darling, there's a strange man at the window." more...
From Hell more...
Foul deeds are afoot in a Victorian household during the latest Keighley Playhouse production. more...
ALBUM: Working Class Heroes more...
Sutton man Chris Blackie will sing about alpine flowers while helping his stage children escape from the Nazis next week. more...
q The Big Bang performs its hard-edged 60s covers at the Coniston pub, Idle, tomorrow. more...
Keighley bands are uniting to play a concert in the town as an alternative to the Queen's Golden Jubilee. more...
The recent heart rending cries from the children at St Andrew's School to end the violence on our streets have fallen on deaf ears - or have they? more...
March 4 marks the fortieth anniversary of the dramatic fire which gutted what was arguably Keighley's most impressive building, the Mechanics' Institute at the top of Cavendish Street. more...
SIR - I have returned from an inspiring meeting of Keighley Pride. more...
Keighley people must stand together and come forward with information to root out the town's criminals. more...
New witnesses have been traced and useful information gleaned following the murder of 24-year-old Qadir Ahmed. more...
A man has been charged with murdering security guard Qadir Ahmed. more...
l Yasser Hussain Nazir, 16, died after being shot on September 5, 2001 -- 14 people have been arrested in connection with this incident and police are pursuing inquiries. more...
Doctors are warning that a batch of bad heroin in Keighley is posing a potentially fatal risk to people injecting the drug. more...
Special lighting to deter drug addicts could be extended to more public toilets in Keighley. more...
An electricity fault which has caused chaos in the Airedale Centre, Keighley, regularly plunging shops into darkness, was being mended this week. more...
A judge is to decide the fate of a Keighley widow who faces losing her home after building up a £39,000 debt on a £1,600 loan from a finance company. more...
Keighley writer Lesley Horton will see her first novel published this summer by leading publisher Orion. more...
Utley student Victoria Bowskill blames her dad for her passionate crush on all things Japanese. more...
A 21-year-old machine-setter who admitted trying to sell Ecstasy tablets in a Keighley nightclub has been jailed for two years. more...
SIR - I am reasonably comfortable with the `multicultural society' this Island has developed over the last century. more...
SIR - It was very sad and depressing to learn that a town such as Keighley was once again in the national news for another violent murder which involved Muslim youths. more...
"These recent killings have not been random. While I'm certainly not condoning what is going on and there is always a potential for bystanders to get caught up, I do not believe there is a major threat to ordinary people in Keighley," she said. more...
SIR - I write to you as a septuagarian, brought up and educated in the town, who spent some 30 years away from Keighley before returning `from whence I came', some seven years ago. more...
A man who claims the most running he ever used to do was from pub to pub if it was raining is taking on the challenge of a lifetime -- this year's Flora London Marathon. more...
An award-winning Keighley museum has been hailed as the latest attraction to help boost Bradford's Capital of Culture bid. The BBC has been filming at the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow -- owned by the Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT) -- for a programme examining the work of renowned artist JMW Turner. more...
Townfield is the most popular name among Keighley News readers for the new public area outside the town centre post office. more...
Townfield House or not Townfield House? That is the question prompted by a local historian's concerns. more...
Members of Keighley's Asian community have welcomed Ann Cryer's call to stop families extending their children's holidays into term time. more...
Peace campaigner Sylvia Boyes, 58, has been fined a total of £300 after being found guilty of two offences of breach of the peace. more...
A bid is being launched to extend the conservation area in Haworth. more...
The opening of Keighley bus station prompted a local woman to recall her family's connection with a historic pub in the area. more...
Ex-fireman Tom Shuttleworth and wife Mary stepped a rung back in time on Saturday when they arrived for their golden wedding celebration. more...
PLANS are being draw up for a major renovation of Keighley's Greenhead Track - to provide athletics facilities fit for the 21st century. more...
COUGARS head into Sunday's re-scheduled game against Gateshead with team spirit at an all-time high after coming close to beating second placed Whitehaven last weekend. more...
FOOTBALLER Rachelle Houldsworth has been selected for England - and is to play in two friendly games against France next month. more...
SAPPER Simon Hedley from Keighley has produced an impressive performance at an army ski championships in the French Alps. more...
DARTS champion Gary Thompson is set to take on the best in the world. more...
Whitehaven 14, Cougars 10 - THE look of total frustration on the faces of Cougar players as the final hooter sounded at Whitehaven told a story of abject disappointment. more...
PRIMARY school children are preparing for their own Mini-Commonwealth Games, which will be part of Keighley Festival. more...
A brief respite from the weather allowed a number of matches to be completed in the League last week, although looking at this week's forecast it is back to the rains again. more...
SILSDEN pulled off a nail-biting 1-0 victory over Horsforth St Margarets to book their place in the semi-final of the County Cup. more...
League leaders Keighley Juniors over-ran fourth placed Baildon New Inn. more...
Oakworth Under-13s were beaten for the first time this season when they went down to Sandy Lane in the Leeds United Millennium Cup. more...
PLANS are being drawn up to launch an Under-18 league -- and bridge the gap between junior soccer and open age teams. more...
Playing for the first time in weeks against a physical Thackley Commercial on a very heavy pitch, Keighley Athletic slipped to a 5-3 defeat. more...
Wakefield Cougars 13, Keighley 23 - Keighley eased into the last eight of the Yorkshire Shield competition with a good performance against an experienced but ageing Wakefield side more...
Keighley 2nd 19, Brodleians 2nd 27 - Keighley had four new players in their team, but put up a spirited performance Brods who had put 50 points passed them earlier in the season. more...
Keighley Albion 66, Birkenshaw 0 - Albion consolidated their third place in the Premier Division with a comfortable win over Birkenshan -- and kept a clean sheet. more...
Keighley Albion 6, Milford Marlins 42 - A scond half blitz wrecked Albion's hopes of lifting the gloom on a disappointing season. more...
NEWLY formed Long Lee Cricket Club 3rd XI have secured major sponsorship courtesy of Skipton Properties Ltd. more...
KEIGHLEY Cricket Club is looking forward to a superb season in 2002, members were told at the club's annual meeting. more...
Bandits, sandstorms and a nine hour jungle trek in the dark did not stop two intrepid trekkers from having the adventure of a lifetime. more...
Chris Ingham reviews the Pirates of Penzance at Yeadon Town Hall. more...
Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society's recent appeal for `nuns' to appear on stage as part of the Society's production of The Sound of Music proved very fruitful. more...
NOW that the foot and mouth crisis appears to be over, plans to stage farmers' markets in Otley have come to the fore again. more...
SIR, - Please allow me to respond to Mrs V Burland's letter in the Wharfedale Observer, February 14. more...
FARMERS will return to Otley's auction mart tomorrow - a year after it was closed because of the foot and mouth crisis. more...
BRINGING trains back to Otley will be considered as part of a £75,000 study into public transport. more...
ARMED police and trained host-age negotiators were brought into Otley as three people were held at a house. more...
TWO small hurdles remain before £500,000 flood defences can go ahead at Castley, near Pool-in-Wharfedale. more...
TOP cook Antony Worrall Thompson has sent his good wishes to backers of Otley's farmers' markets. more...
THE DOCTOR of a Yeadon pensioner who was turned away from his sought-after operation after seeking treatment abroad, has voiced concern about local surgery provision. more...
This week marks a year since the foot and mouth epidemic was discovered in Britain leading to wide spread devastation in the district. more...
CAMPAIGNERS trying to get a footbridge across the River Wharfe at Burley-in-Wharfedale are celebrating their sixth anniversary. more...
CANOEISTS are calling for better access to the river - and they are hoping MP Harold Best will come on board. more...
OLDER people are being warned to be on their guard after a St Valentine's Day theft which left an elderly woman conned out of £200. more...
THE FIRST Village Design Statement in the Leeds area has gone on sale to residents of Bramhope. more...
AN ingenious way to let emergency services know medical and family details in a crisis has been launched in Otley by the Neighbourhood Watch group. more...
LIGHTS at a Burley-in-Wharfedale public house which earned it the nickname the `Burley Illuminations' have finally been turned off. more...
The oldest resident in Burley Woodhead has died at the age of 87. more...
NEW school buildings to replace ageing classrooms have moved closer to reality after winning council backing. more...
GENERATIONS of Menston people are celebrating the rescue of a popular green `play area' from housing. more...
A TEENAGER who is fighting bravely against cancer wants his friends to visit him more...
Guiseley 2, Radcliffe Borough 1:THIS was a superb performance and result for Guiseley who have now gone six league games without defeat as Neil Parsley's men battle for a promotion play-off place. more...
Aireborough Olympic Gymnastic Club is holding a display to commemorate its 25th anniversary. more...
THE Otley RUFC first team squad had to content themselves with a vigorous workout on Saturday when Moseley failed to appear for their re-arranged National Division One clash. more...
West Leeds 14, Yarnbury 19:YARNBURY extended their unbeaten run to 15 games and moved into the quarter-finals of the Yorkshire Shield with an under-par performance at West Leeds on Saturday. Against a committed and well-prepared home side the Horsforth outfit came away with a 19-15 victory in what turned out to be a very close and tense derby match. more...
OTLEY brothers Sam and Oliver Webster are to run for the City of Leeds in the Seven Cities Indoor Athletics Meeting in Dortmund, Germany, on March 16. The pair, who run for Bingley Harriers, will compete against teams from Leeds; twin city Dortmund as well as teams from Sweden, Holland, Poland and Yugoslavia. Sam,12, is a pupil at St Mary's School, Menston, while Oliver, 9, is a pupil at St Joseph's School, Otley. Both are keen all round sportsmen. and have enjoyed success in triathlons, swimming and cycling as well as running. They are also keen soccer players. more...
Burley Trojans 4, Kirkby Malzeard 3: A stunning goal from captain Nick Quaife 13 minutes from time gave Trojans three points in a pulsating encounter with a young Kirkby Malzeard side to consolidate their position at the top of the table. more...
Pool Reserves 5, Yew Tree 1: After last week's convincing 6-3 victory at home to basement boys Red Arrows, Yew Tree were forced to step up a class to face the strongly fancied Pool Reserves. more...
Otley Saracens 62, New Brighton 12: WITH the non-arrival of first team opponents Moseley there was some debate about switching the Saracens' game to Cross Green but in the event the game went on at Pool Road. more...
Leeds Corinthians 10, Old Otliensians 8: Otliensians travelled to Corinthians for their twice postponed Yorkshire League Three game and were looking to move back into the leading pack. Despite several late changes, Otliensians made an excellent start with good scrummaging and clean line-out ball from Richard L Smith. more...
HORSFORTH GOLF CLUB: Only the men have been able to play competitions lately, the ladies being hit by course closures and bad weather. The Men's February stableford was entered by 80 members and played over 16 holes. more...
HISTORY programmes are all the rage on television these days. more...
WHARFEDALE go into their derby game against Harrogate at The Avenue tomorrow (2.30) fervently hoping that the size of the challenge will produce another inspired performance of the sort that Orrell and Plymouth were able to generate, (writes Tony Simpson). more...
SKIPTON were saying farewell to their Kiwi flanker Ria Rauputu today after their failure to persuade him to stay on at Sandylands. more...
FRED Trueman will be guest of honour at the Coulthurst Craven Sports Centre on Sunday. more...
Hundreds of jobs could be created in a £20m scheme to build offices, over 100 new homes and a nursery in Brighouse. more...
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