Bradford & District | Archive | 2004 | April
The Bingley relief road has scooped an accolade for the excellence of its civil engineering. more...
A fast-growing technology company based in the Aire Valley is set to move into its new headquarters and create more than 100 new jobs. more...
You can keep your chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies, wins against Leeds and St Helens is what this Easter is all about for the Bradford Bulls. more...
The former secretary of hi-tech firm Filtronic today revealed why he has left the company to focus on the expansion of his successful law business. more...
Last year a group of mums and babies from Bradford appeared on a Department of Health calendar to promote breastfeeding nationally. They were pictured at feeding time, accompanied by their partners, families and friends, to show the importance of supporting breastfeeding mothers. more...
Street cleaners have been put in fear of their lives after being shot at with air rifles as they go about their work. more...
aising teaching standards at a failing school must be the priority if it is to improve, according to a schools chief. more...
A massive traffic calming zone is set to be created in Bradford despite fears that it will slow down ambulance crews responding to 999 calls. more...
He has been one of the main attractions at Bradford's Industrial Museum for 30 years and now he's treading the boards in theatres across the country. more...
A massive traffic calming zone is set to be created in Bradford despite fears that it will slow down ambulance crews responding to 999 calls. more...
Raising teaching standards at a failing school must be the priority if it is to improve, according to a schools chief. more...
A vital advice service for homeless young people faces closure unless thousands of pounds can be found to save it. more...
An inquest into how an 18-year-old man was killed after stealing a motorbike has been adjourned to hear evidence from his passenger, currently serving a prison sentence. more...
Police in Keighley are pressing ahead with controversial proposal to move out of the town centre. more...
The Bingley relief road has scooped an accolade for the excellence of its civil engineering. more...
A businessman has pledged to help clean up a park after witnessing a duck being killed more...
Real ale campaigners have called time on a property dealer's offer to sell them a historic city centre pub. more...
A fundraising event to help a cancer charity has been given a boost. more...
An ancient Easter ritual caught up with the ways of the modern world today because of health and safety. more...
An all-weather football pitch, designed to encourage more woman and girls and disabled people into the sport, has been completed. more...
A teacher stranded in West Yorkshire because of an armed rebellion on Haiti where she works with slum children is to defy Foreign Office advice and return to the Caribbean. more...
In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida, naming it after the Spanish for `Easter Day', Pascua Florida. more...
The people who do their best to keep our streets clean and tidy make an important contribution to the community. They deserve respect and gratitude for the work they do. Without them, Bradford would disappear under an ocean of litter thanks to the thoughtlessness and irresponsibility of others. more...
You can keep your chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies, wins against Leeds and St Helens is what this Easter is all about for the Bradford Bulls. more...
Bryan Robson was today urged to get realistic and blood his youngsters in readiness for life in Division Two next season. more...
Two tries in the space of three minutes shortly after half-time killed off the Bulls senior academy side as they slumped to their first defeat of the season at home to Leeds last night. more...
Bryan Robson was today urged to get realistic and blood his youngsters in readiness for life in Division Two next season. more...
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Since going down 28-20 on May 10, 2002, the Bulls have posted seven straight wins against their arch-rivals from Headingley. more...
The Bradford and Leeds Universities' Centre of Cricket Excellence team have suffered trials and tribulations both on and off the field in their build-up to the opening match of the season against Yorkshire at Headingley, starting on Saturday. more...
Richard Wheatley and Darryl Berry will play on the televised Europro Tour this summer after coming through the pre-qualifying competition at Forest Pines. more...
School Sport more...
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The Bradford and Leeds Universities' Centre of Cricket Excellence team have suffered trials and tribulations both on and off the field in their build-up to the opening match of the season against Yorkshire at Headingley, starting on Saturday. more...
James Taggart and Robert Anderson have made history at Bradford Grammar School. more...
A RADICAL new trust scheme could put Ilkley Moor back into the hands of the local community. more...
To outside observers they were living in splendour in a mansion. more...
AN ILKLEY councillor is mustering rural parish councils in a war against Government planning edicts she fears could impose wind farms on the countryside. more...
RED tape has put paid to an Ilkley man's ideal job as a school crossing patrol man - but the lollipop will be kept within the family. more...
Campaigners who have pulled out all the stops to get village green status for Burley House Field say they have been left with a great sense of injustice by the way the case has been handled. more...
CAMPAIGNING Ilkley people have won their bid for council action against drivers speeding past the gates of Ilkley Grammar School. more...
CLUBS and organisations in the Ilkley Parish have gained a total of £16,880 from parish precept awards. more...
Detailed proposals for a bridge over the River Wharfe were unveiled to the general public at an open forum meeting in Burley. more...
Ilkley 20, Beverley 16 more...
Addingham 0, Ilkley 4 more...
Harold Styans Res 5, Trojans Reserves 1 more...
Yorkshire's Marcus Berrett won the BSPA Ilkley Open squash tournament, collecting the BSPA Grand Prix title in the process. more...
Ilkley Karate Club students were in top form for the third year running at the Wharfedale Children's Kumite Championships 2004 at the weekend. more...
IF we can't be bothered to vote, do we deserve to live in a democratic country? There are millions of oppressed people in the world whose dream is to be allowed the privilege of electing the people who run their lives. more...
Congratulations to all those involved in the long campaign to secure improved lighting at Lund Park, in Keighley. more...
SIR - The hazards of travelling around the town in a scooter (the pavement one) are unimaginable until one has to do it. more...
Police in Keighley are pressing ahead with controversial proposal to move out of the town centre. more...
Heartless vandals who almost burned down a church are to be targeted with a new zero tolerance approach by police and residents. more...
Say au revoiahhhh! more...
Two churches in Steeton added donkeys to their congregations on Sunday. more...
Three Rotarians gave chase when a thief stole a member's handbag. more...
Residents near Oakworth train station could have been forgiven for thinking there had been a serious incident near their homes this week. more...
Worshippers at Keighley's biggest mosque have spoken out against terrorism and pledged to weed out any wrongdoers. more...
A motorcycling curate is leading an army of bikers battling to save their scrambling sport, which is under threat from a proposed lay-by closure. more...
A hospice has been forced to install CCTV cameras to stop callous thieves. more...
A pensioner has been forced to spend her life-savings on cancer drugs and hospital care because she has been refused the treatment on the NHS. more...
It wasn't planned that days after signing the biggest record deal in jazz history, Clare Teal, the former South Craven School pupil, would be singing to her family and friends in a fund-raising church concert. more...
A master plan is to be drawn up for the future development of Airedale. more...
Residents in Cullingworth hailed the opening of their new police and community contact point last Friday. more...
COUGARS face a tough Easter double-header starting with Friday night's Arriva Cup clash with Hunslet Hawks -- which could decide whether they make it into the competition's knock-out stage. more...
SILSDEN FC have been celebrating one of the best week's in the club's history -- even though they have yet to win a trophy this season. more...
Keighley Cricket Club is to be among the first in the country to benefit from a £9.4 million government boost for the sport. more...
Dougie Lampkin is back on world championship form after taking top spot following the first round in Northern Ireland last weekend. more...
Cougars 14, Rochdale 14 - A PENALTY two minutes from time earned Keighley a point they just about deserved. more...
Andy Holden scored with a free kick in the first half and a thunderous volley in the second half to ensure Silsden kept their grip on the County Cup. This will be their third consecutive final. more...
BINGLEY TOWN scraped through into the semi-final of the Jeff Hall Cup with a 1-0 victory over Keighley United. more...
Oxenhope Recreation booked their fourth cup final in as many years with a convincing 2-0 win over arch rivals Bronte Wanderers. more...
A pioneering football tournament involving children from seven Keighley primary schools took place last week. more...
Sutton Rascals Under-9s A team played their last game of the season away to Sandy Lane and unfortunately they finished with a defeat after what has been a successful season. Sandy Lane opened the scoring early in the first half although Sutton were soon on level terms with a well-taken goal from Matthew Wiseman. Daniel Mather played well in goal although he was unable to prevent a further two goals for Sandy Lane making the final score 3-1. William Storrie was named man of the match. more...
SPORTS club throughout the countryhave been asked to help track down a thief with a Yorkshire accent. more...
Keighley 14 Goole 13 - Keighley's chances of a promotion play off spot received a boost when they overcame third placed Goole in an absorbing, red bloodied contest at Utley. more...
Keighley Town 46 Odsal Sedbergh 0 - Keighley Town demolished Odsal Sedbergh with an eight try blitz. more...
THE COUGAR Community coaching programme reached its claimax with the Champion Schools Festival at Cougar Park recently. more...
Mick Demain is the new secretary of the Worth Valley League which starts its summer season on Saturday. more...
Keighley Cats travelled to Hull to face the mighty Dockers with just 11 players, including new signing Carrie Weir facing a baptism of fire in her first match. more...
A golf trip of a lifetime awaits amateur Andrew Greenwood and his Keighley PGA professional Andy Rhodes if they can come through the next stage of Europe's biggest pro-am competition, the Lombard Trophy. more...
AUSSIE A-Grade cricketer Stephen Nicholls is set to give Keighley CC a boost as they bid for promotion to the top flight in the Bradford League. more...
Skipton Little Theatre hosts the regional premiere of John Godber play Fly Me to the Moon on April 20-24 at 7.30pm. more...
Guys and Dolls -- St Thomas' Hall more...
Tara Flynn --Geraldine O'Neill Geraldine O'Neill's first novel is a sparkling, seductive tale which will capture most imaginations. more...
Your Mission -- should you choose to accept it -- is to see a top goth-rock band in your home town. more...
Lulu -- Back On Track more...
Only eight schools make it to the Daily Mail Schools' finals day at Twickenham from a thousand who enter. more...
A 79-YEAR-old Otley woman is demanding answers after being forced to wait 16 hours on a hospital trolley. more...
To outside observers they were living in splendour in a mansion. more...
THE BUILDERS packed up their tools and left the Otley Courthouse this week - but not before ceremonially handing over the keys. more...
A Wharfedale businessman literally found himself on the right track when he went to Platform One offices at Menston Station to seek help for a career change after being made redundant. more...
POLICE have recovered a stolen lorry during a search of a travellers' convoy which has set up camp in Horsforth. more...
Detailed proposals for a bridge over the River Wharfe were unveiled to the general public at an open forum meeting in Burley. more...
THE RETURN of trains to Otley may be more than just a pipe dream. more...
Skateboarders in Shipley now have plenty to amuse them through the Easter holidays. more...
WE don't see much of Council Kev these days, not since he got promoted and bought himself a posh house on the outskirts of Mar'ton, a property more in fitting with his new job as deputy assistant acting head of the policy and co-ordination department. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago, the much respected Campaign to Protect Rural England came out with a report saying that Skipton was one of the top 10 market towns in England when it came to the things that made life worth living for its residents. more...
100 Years Ago more...
SIR - It was a joy to read that there is a possibility to ban motor vehicles from Settle Market Place (Craven Herald March 26). more...
An all-weather football pitch, designed to encourage more woman and girls and disabled people into the sport, has been completed. more...
CRAVEN District Council is urging residents and businesses to stamp out dog fouling in public places. more...
POLICE have vowed to "get tough" on daredevil bikers as the death toll for motorcyclists in the area has doubled in the last 10 years. more...
FOR some stay-at-home mothers once the children start at school it can be hard to find things to fill your time. more...
A PLAN to turn Cononley's former ice cream factory into 34 houses has been turned down by Craven District Council for the third time. more...
A BARNOLDSWICK woman has scooped the title of Feature Writer of the Year at this year's British Press Awards. more...
TEMPERS flared at a meeting to discuss a new housing development in Kelbrook this week. more...
THINK of the word "renaissance" and many folk would struggle to suppress a giggle (or perhaps stifle a yawn). more...
WHARFEDALE delay finalising their team to face Harrogate at The Avenue tomorrow until they make a final assessment of the damage sustained in a red-blooded game at Nuneaton last weekend, (writes Tony Simpson). more...
NORTH Ribblesdale's seemingly boundless supplies of adrenalin finally ran out at Bradford Salem last Saturday, where a defeat at Shay Lane and a surprise win for Ilkley over Yorkshire Two leaders Beverley dealt the Settle club's promotion hopes a mighty blow. more...
THE Devonshire Carpets Craven Football League programme offers wall-to-wall action over Easter week, with a mix of league and cup matches to delight the palate. more...
WHEN 14-year-old Skipton Angling Association member James Rushton set out last Monday to fish Embsay Reservoir, little did he realise that he would end up catching the biggest recorded brown trout from the association's waters for exactly 60 years, (writes John Preston). more...
WHARFEDALE were required to show plenty of spirit and tenacity in the face of major injury setbacks at Nuneaton, but despite falling behind 27-0 at the interval, they earned plenty of credits with a resolute second-half performance despite losing 39-17. Nuneaton opened the scoring with Peacock landing a ninth-minute penalty. more...
Official-response times to cars dumped in the Spen Valley are to be reduced from 15 days to four days as a new scheme gets under way this week. more...
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