Bradford & District | Archive | 2002 | July
Bikers who gather at a pub near Bingley have launched a campaign to raise cash for a woman who was paralysed from the waist down when she was injured in motorcycle crash. more...
Bradford's business leaders have hit back at the latest Arriva conductors' train strike. more...
Gareth Gates is coming home! Bradford's Pop Idol is returning next weekend for a special free concert in the city centre. more...
Multi-million pound improvements to Odsal's infamous tip are set to go ahead, despite the collapse of the £60 million scheme to redevelop the site. more...
A multi-million pound secure unit for mentally ill patients who have committed offences will go ahead in Bradford sooner than planned. more...
Cash bonuses, awarded for being one of the country's top hospitals, will be spent on running new wards and theatres in Bradford. more...
A young man has gone on trial accused of taking part in last summer's disturbances on a Bradford estate. more...
Brave widow Jo Pollard, whose husband Michael was killed during an aid mission to eastern Europe, has spoken of her battle against Alzheimer's disease. more...
A teenage cancer patient from Bradford has presented the ward she was treated on with a fridge-freezer to improve the lives of her fellow patients. more...
Do you think you have the looks, style and personality to reach the very top in the modelling world? more...
A `hit squad' is out on the streets of Manningham, Girlington and Heaton in a bid to divert youngsters away from crime and into sport and leisure. more...
Bradford pensioners hit by bogus callers are to be surveyed by researchers hoping to discover how to stamp out the crime. more...
Rugby legend Trevor Foster will be immortalised in Odsal where a street is to be named after him. more...
A woman from Otley is to feature in a glossy fashion magazine after her strong looks and personality caught its staff's eye. more...
Bradford police are an arresting force behind the district's Capital of Culture campaign. more...
In 1894, novelist Aldous Huxley was born. more...
Our exclusive report today revealing that Yorkshire Forward has pledged to come up with money so that the tip at Odsal can at last be made safe is welcome news on a variety of fronts. It will cost around £7 million to have the contamination removed from the tip, which has been a thorn in the side of the Council in its attempts to regenerate the Odsal site for more than 30 years. more...
Prop Stuart Fielden has welcomed the return of hooker James Lowes to the Bulls line-up for their clash with Castleford at Valley Parade. more...
Eoin Jess was today expected to complete his switch to Nottingham Forest. more...
Mark Shipman will put the disappointment of a last-placed finish behind him today as he dives for Commonwealth glory. more...
Gordon Watson is thrilled to bits to be facing Bradford City for the first time since leaving under a cloud. more...
Brian Noble today spoke of his admiration for the job fellow coach Graham Steadman is doing at Castleford. more...
Cleckheaton's James Stansfield will be gunning for the wicket of Tariq Aziz, as the relegation strugglers welcome the title challengers. more...
Keighley businesses are being given the opportunity to become part of a ground-breaking youth initiative, while at the same time increasing their marketing profile and successfully managing "proof of age" issues -- without needing to invest a penny. more...
Flags Hotel, at Cullingworth, has completed the acquisition of the Three Sisters Hotel, in Haworth. The deal brings the two neighbouring flagship Brontë Country hotels under the same ownership. more...
Skipton Building Society has appointed Sally Morgan, pictured, as manager at its flagship branch in High Street, Skipton. more...
Graded graders make finer timber, according to timber firm CR Taylor. more...
Two well known surveyors have joined forces and opened a new commercial practice in the town. more...
Sainsbury's employees in Keighley are guaranteed a taste of their own products following the opening of a new staff restaurant. more...
A charity golf day organised by Lee Clayton, of Advanced Stairlift Services, in Keighley, raised £3,720 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service. more...
Keighley-based chartered accountants Clough & Company has appointed Martin Clark, pictured, as IT administrator. more...
Men from Keighley and South Craven are being sought to join Me and My Girl. more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds more...
Keighley rock fans drank the place dry when the Undecided staged their comeback gig last week. more...
Five Minutes Plays more...
Half the nation, it seems, is hooked on Channel 4's Big Brother 3. more...
These children and parents from the Hainworth Road district of Woodhouse are grouped round their roadside stall in aid of the Spitfire-Hurricane Fund on the last Saturday in September, 1940. more...
SIR - I have never had a high regard for the policies of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. more...
Traffic chaos sparked by the closure of a busy Keighley road has left motorists seeing red. more...
Keighley's police chief has vowed to continue the war on hard drug dealers following the launch of a major blitz last week. more...
This year's Keighley Gala could be the last unless the event gets more support. more...
Rail museum bosses were stunned when they received a speeding ticket from police. more...
A row has broken out between Keighley Town Council and Bradford Metropolitan Council over the use of Keighley's civic regalia. more...
Angry parents in Cross Roads and Haworth are fighting council plans to take away their children's free bus passes. more...
A Government report has cleared Bradford Council of mishandling the allocation of school places in the Keighley area. more...
A 16-year-old from Keighley who devotes his spare time to volunteer work in the community has won a special youth award. more...
Keighley Town Crier Mike Walton has plenty to shout about. more...
Youngsters created a splash at Keighley Leisure Pool as the "Invasion of the Inflatables" came to town. more...
A Keighley project for people with mental health problems has appointed a new member to its team. more...
A guide dog has been learning the ropes by leading a walking bus to school in Silsden. more...
Firefighters were called to extinguish a car fire on Sunday night. The car was found between Becks Road and West Lane, Keighley, behind St Andrew's School. more...
Bus bosses and police have joined forces in a new crime-busting initiative focused on catching criminals red-handed. more...
Plans have been unveiled for new flood warning facilities in Silsden. more...
Detectives are hunting armed robbers who held shop assistants at gunpoint during a raid on a Keighley shop. more...
Judging has taken place on Keighley's entry in Yorkshire in Bloom. more...
The Oxenhope village fete was a giant-sized success. more...
The work of Keighley Domestic Violence Service has won praise from the Home Secretary in the House of Commons. more...
Keighley police are warning young people to avoid using their mobiles when alone in a public place. The message comes following a street robbery in Keighley this week where a teenager was attacked and had his phone snatched. more...
Robert McLarnon, of West Bank Close, appeared before Bingley magistrates on Tuesday facing two charges, of possession of heroin and possession of cannabis. more...
A Steeton motorcyclist died after his machine was involved in a collision with a car near Blackburn. more...
The Mayor of Keighley is calling on highways chiefs to axe their plans and save the trees in Skipton Road. more...
A plumber who indecently assaulted a 12-year-old girl while working in her bedroom has been given an 84-day jail sentence. more...
Hundreds of personal alarms have been given to Keighley people through the town's Neighbourhood Forums. more...
Golf enthusiasts in the district are urged to pick up their clubs and enjoy a round to raise much-needed cash for the Bradford Lord Mayor's Appeal. more...
A charity concert hit a high note as music lovers paid tribute to a "gentle giant" of show business. more...
The annual community cricket match in Keighley has notched up £1,000 for charity. more...
A teenage driver who fled his car after a crash, leaving an elderly widow injured and trapped in her smoke-filled vehicle, has been convicted for his part in the smash. more...
Explorer Scouts from the Keighley area took to the water to raise cash for a hospice. more...
An international scheme will begin in Keighley next month, which offers a unique opportunity for volunteers to live and work with another young person from a developing country. more...
Raising the roof at Exley Head Methodist Church, Keighley, were these talented young musicians. more...
A Golden Jubilee party staged by the Friendly Inn, Stanbury, raised £436 for the Manorlands hospice. more...
Young wrongdoers are being steered away from a life of crime by a trail-blazing new project in Keighley. more...
This year's Keighley Children's Festival kicked off last Friday with activities for the under fives. more...
A disabled man from Keighley who feared he would become confined to his own home is celebrating after Bradford council agreed to install him a ramp. more...
Schoolboy Jimmy Cooney has sailed through a maths exam - four years early. more...
Painting by numbers was the order of the day as accounting staff gave a Keighley community centre a new lick of paint. more...
A new web site has been launched promoting Brontëland. more...
This was the scene as hundreds of mourners including family, friends and colleagues gathered for the funeral on Friday of popular Oxenhope farmer and college lecturer David Mytum. more...
For 17 years he was speaker secretary, during which time the variety and quality of the speakers said much for his hard work, discernment and powers of persuasion. more...
A Keighley couple who were engaged within four months of meeting each other celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary yesterday. more...
Married at Keighley New Church were civil engineer Peter Roy Bailey and special needs assistant Lisa Ann Cromack. more...
A couple married by the Mayor of Sorrento, in the San Francesco cloisters, are the Perfect match. more...
A couple who met while both were studying at the University of York were married at St Joseph's RC Church, Ingrow. more...
Airedale Hospital has one of the highest Caesarean birth rates in the north, according to a report just published. more...
A cramped and outdated police station has been transformed thanks to a £500,000 refurbishment project. more...
Keighley Air Cadets spread their wings on a week-long visit to a Royal Air Force base. more...
Two Keighley soldiers were among those deployed to help maintain the peace at the annual Drumcree Parade in Northern Ireland. more...
Work is to start within weeks on major roof repairs to an historic Keighley church. more...
Peace campaigners Sylvia Boyes, of Keighley, and Olivia Agate from Skipton are to face trial at York Crown Court following their alleged attempt to damage the nuclear defence base at Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. more...
Peace campaigners Sylvia Boyes, of Keighley, and Olivia Agate from Skipton are to face trial at York Crown Court following their alleged attempt to damage the nuclear defence base at Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. more...
Sixth form students at Oakbank School, Keighley, are working to design and decorate a brand new common room. more...
Children at a Keighley primary school have conquered a dream. more...
Children from Aire View Infant School, at Silsden, wowed parents with their performance of The Dream Maker. more...
Eighty pupils from primary schools pitted their wits against the forces of nature at South Craven School. more...
It was hubble, bubble toil and trouble at Glusburn Primary School. more...
Villagers in Cullingworth expressed their anger at a lack of action over the restoration of a controversial waste tip that was closed eight months ago. more...
Residents in Cullingworth face several more months of delays as Yorkshire Water carries out mains work. more...
Police are promising to crack down on car tax dodgers in Denholme. more...
St Stephen's Church in Steeton has welcomed its first full time vicar in 30 years. more...
Judging for the Cowling Amateur Gardener's Competition, which was started by the parish council five years ago, has now been completed thanks to the expert help provided by Keighley News editor Malcolm Hoddy and Vivienne Mason of the Craven Herald. more...
Crowds turned out in force on Sunday for Oldfield Gala. more...
Community leaders in Haworth say time is against them in a bid to buy a former school building for the village. more...
Glusburn Park could be the first in the area to provide play equipment for disabled children. more...
KEIGHLEY will be watching Sunday's Heavy Woollen Cricket Cup semi-final between Baildon and Undercliffe with more interest than most. more...
KEIGHLEY Cougars coach Gary Moorby was left with the unenviable task of lifting his team this weekend after suffering one of their heaviest defeats of the season at Featherstone. more...
Concentrating on his snooker career has done nothing to harm Chris Melling's pool form. more...
Bingley Harrier Ian Holmes turned the clock back five years by repeating his 1997 win in the Oldfield Gala fell race on Sunday. more...
Keighley and Craven AC's Will Smith proved sharper over Sharphaw as fell running returned to the popular Stirton, near Skipton, venue after last year's foot and mouth-enforced break. more...
Airedale 1st XI (v Carleton, home): A Hayes, M Cox, P Loftus, T Cox, C Alvey, P Feather, N Ahad, M Feather, M Quinlan, M Allcock, J Pollard. Res: S Aslam, T Crossley. more...
Teams from Nessfield School led the way in a Keighley Schools netball tournament staged at Oakbank and organised as part of the Millennium Project. more...
Long Lee under-8s extended their successful season by clinching the Idle six-a-side tournament. more...
Featherstone 66 more...
It's one of the biggest Saturdays in the flat racing calendar - with the £750,000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes the highlight of a superb card at Ascot, coupled with yet another chance to win a massive Scoop6 pot. more...
As anticipated there were some close games in the Cookson Cup quarter-finals and I was right in three out of four predictions! more...
KEIGHLEY'S Scratch team again battled with appalling weather conditions on Friday evening at Bingley St Ives. more...
West Riding County FA Challenge Cup winners Silsden will virtually have home advantage when they meet East Bowling Unity in the annual Charity Shield. more...
Cowling have been accepted into the Pennine Amateur Rugby League for the coming season. more...
The weather played a big part in proceedings last week, with several Craven League matches failing to reach a conclusion. more...
DIVISION ONE more...
Keighley were left bitterly frustrated as the chance of vital points towards promotion from Division Two were dashed by the rain. more...
The first ever Under 11s Cricket Cup Final at Oakworth on Sunday afternoon was a great advert for the sport. more...
SILSDEN picked up five points in a rain-affected Division B match at Ilkley. more...
Stars from the world of sport and entertainment turned out in force at Northcliffe Golf Club, Shipley, to raise cash for Bradford Park Avenue. more...
SOMETIMES, the burden of confidentiality lies heavily on the shoulders of Cousin Kate, the postmistress. As one of the focal members of a small community, she knows more than most what is going on in Beggarsdale - but her official position means she has to keep it secret. more...
100 years ago more...
SIR - Just as predicted - it happened! more...
CRAVEN residents will be handed a second "green" wheelie bin in a quarter of a million pound scheme to double the district's recycling rates. more...
FOUR community groups in Craven have been granted funding totalling almost £14,000. more...
A COMPANY has been fined £7,500 after an employee lost the tip of his finger in an industrial accident at its Skipton factory. more...
A CONISTON Cold farm has opened its gates to horse riding enthusiasts with the launch of a new venture to fight back following the foot and mouth crisis. more...
THE impact of last year's foot and mouth epidemic has been described as a "crisis which became a disaster" by the chairman of the Lessons to be Learned inquiry. more...
A CRACKDOWN on troublemakers in Skipton's pubs has been hailed a success making the town a "safe" place to drink . more...
ONE of the most eagerly awaited weekly services in Craven, put together by a band of dedicated volunteers, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. more...
THE new headteacher of Upper Wharfedale School, Threshfield, knows he has a hard task ahead of him - following in the footsteps of the late and much respected Roger Kennedy. more...
AN ambitious campaign to raise £100,000 for a specially equipped boat to carry disabled people on pleasure cruises needs the support of the whole district if it is to be a success. more...
TWENTY-FIVE homes are to be built on fields opposite Ingfield Lane, Settle, despite fears over road safety. more...
PLANS have been unveiled to stop cars speeding past Bradley School, endangering the lives of young pupils. more...
THE Environment Agency has applied to install equipment in Silsden that will improve flood warnings for the area. more...
BARNOLDSWICK'S Cravenside Home for the Elderly has been saved from the threat of closure, but others across the county still face an uncertain future. more...
MOST people's idea of a relaxing summer holiday involves lounging on a beach with nothing more strenuous to tackle than rubbing in a bit of sun tan oil or turning the pages of a good book. more...
OF all the spectacular sights seen on Skipton's High Street over the decades, few can have been as impressive as Saturday's military parade by the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. more...
LANCASHIRE County Council seems hell-bent on closing or selling off the majority of its care homes for the elderly, come what may. more...
WHARFEDALE stalwart John Lawn has dropped a pre-season bombshell at The Avenue by announcing that he will play for Wakefield next season, (writes Tony Simpson). more...
THERE are people in the Jennings Ribblesdale League who will tell you that the current system used to get some semblance of order and fairness out of rain affected games is as good as it can be, but spectators and players alike were left to ponder the absurdity of it all during Settle's home game with Cherry Tree at Marshfield on Saturday. more...
A series of events organised by a former cancer patient have raised nearly £2,000 for the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal. more...
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