Bradford & District | Archive | 2005 | October
Jobs could be lost as Bradford's economy faces further difficulties in the coming months, Bradford Chamber of Commerce has warned in its latest quarterly survey. more...
Majority's wishes just don't count more...
Around two parents a day are being fined in Bradford for failing to send their children to school. more...
Hundreds of Bradford relatives of victims of Saturday's devastating earthquake are flying out to help in any way they can. more...
A Bradford councillor is pressing for an urgent investigation into NHS dentistry in the district. more...
A new campaign has started to tackle racist and homophobic hate crimes in Bradford. more...
A morning watching one of the bloodiest gangster films in history may not seem a likely way for senior churchmen to pick up tips on storytelling. more...
St Helens Rugby League Club has apologised to a Bradford Bulls fan and his young son who say they were threatened by rival supporters at last week's crunch Grand Final eliminator. more...
A vast air dome will light up the night sky tonight for the first time in Centenary Square as Bradford leads four other cities at the launch of a £5million year-long arts festival. more...
The widow of Shipley soldier Sergeant Steve Roberts said today she is "confident" that the investigation into his death is being carried out adequately. more...
One of Bradford Council's top highway engineers - who had a passion for motorcycling - has been killed in a road accident. more...
Lecturers are set to strike again at Bradford College over pay. more...
Keighley is turning the clock back to celebrate 700 years of market trading in the town. more...
Regulars at a Bradford pub have raised a bumper amount of cash for cancer patients for the seventh year in succession. more...
After the July 7 bombings there has been an inevitable increase in race-hate incidents because of a lack of understanding by many people of the difference between fundamentalists or those who twist religious texts to suit their political agenda and genuine believers in a peaceful, civilised faith which has brought great benefits to the wider world. more...
Mick Withers is determined to put last year's nightmare behind him when the Bulls face Leeds Rhinos in a Grand Final rematch at Old Trafford on Saturday. more...
City are hurting but not more...
Bradford City reserves 1 more...
Aspiring Olympians from the City of Bradford Swimming Club are packing their bags as they embark on a week's training in Hungary. more...
Ilkley traffic lights turn more...
TWO helicopters were called to rescue a man who was trapped for four hours between rocks at Ilkley Moor. more...
A TRAFFIC-calming roundabout in Ilkley could be causing accidents instead of stopping them, parish leaders fear. more...
AN Ilkley schoolgirl was launched on to the glittering stage of movie stardom yesterday when she was officially unveiled as one of the four leading actors in a forthcoming blockbuster film. more...
A LEEDS United fan staged an autograph-seeking vigil outside the club's Elland Road ground as part of his tribute to a well-known Ilkley man who died tragically earlier this year. more...
THE four war memorials in Wharfedale are to get a spruce up hopefully in time for the Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday, November 13. more...
DRUG users, vandals and other offenders could find themselves barred from a night out in Ilkley as licensees get tough on town centre troublemakers. more...
Festival headliner Maya Angelou at the King's Hall on Wednesday, October 5 more...
A certain amount of discipline is needed faced with the bewildering variety of events on offer at the LitFest - or Feast as my keyboard keeps wanting to type. This week it has been music, poetry, history and geology. more...
IT is welcome news that Bradford Council is to spend money on sprucing up the war memorials in the district. It is only a year ago that Addingham's war memorial on Main Street had to be restored after a vandal attack. more...
Old Crossleyans 30 more...
Sandy Lane 0 more...
Burley Trojans 3 more...
Ilkley B 14 more...
BEN Rhydding Golf Club's junior team had a glorious triumph at the North East Regional finals of the Sunday Telegraph Junior Team Golf Championship. more...
Ilkley Harriers more...
Ben Rhydding Ladies 1 more...
Local people have been urged to try Keighley Amateurs' latest musical even if they haven't heard of it. more...
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Buy one -- get one free! That's the offer from the reformed Montauk Island as they play host to Bon-Rourkie at all performances more...
The Decorator -- Keighley Playhouse more...
The Big Bang/Soulfish -- Victoria Hall more...
From the tone of an exchange of letters between MP Ann Cryer and Bradford Council leader Margaret Eaton it is clear there is no love lost between the two in the debate over the future of Keighley College. more...
This Austrian Cedes-Stoll trackless was photographed at Lees -- the school can just be glimpsed at the far left. more...
SIR - The college has planned for a new campus in the town, with the site being at the top of Dalton Lane. This will be a landmark building and will have 21st century facilities for our future learners and employers. more...
A Keighley man was last night leading a rescue team in an 11th hour bid to find survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan. more...
Politicians, community leaders and clergy gathered this week to express sympathy for the victims of the Pakistan earthquake. more...
A former Keighley man is on his first rescue mission with his specialist sniffer dog Rocky. more...
A 22-year-old Keighley woman, who was sacked by her boss via text message, has been awarded £6,800 in compensation. more...
The porcelain thrones in a Keighley pub are fit for a king and queen. more...
College bosses have struck a deal with a Keighley business to buy its land occupying the site of their proposed £24 million campus. more...
Nine suspected drug dealers were arrested on Wednesday in a series of police operations across Keighley. more...
Cash raised at a charity concert in Keighley is being creamed off by the local authority. more...
A hospice is stepping up security measures after a spate of thefts of its charity boxes. more...
Two of the world famous Calendar Girls visited Airedale hospital to unveil a new garden for patients of the cancer ward. more...
COUGAR coach Gary Moorby was sacked after a meeting with club officials - and Chairman Neil Spencer has offered to sell the club. more...
COUGAR coach Gary Moorby was sacked after a meeting with club officials - and Chairman Neil Spencer has offered to sell the club. more...
Junior footballer Christian Paulat-Brigg has been snapped up by a professional club. more...
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Ben Tate has become one of the youngest British Ju-Jitsu champions. more...
A good all round team performance saw Cowling Under-10s through to a 4-1 victory at Skipton, with all the players contributing. The scorers were Jacob Hough (2), George Sellers and Luke Allsop with one each. After a terrific performance Daniel Brigg was named man of the match. more...
Silsden 0 Ramsbottom 0 - After a run of narrow defeats Silsden went some way to rebuild their confidence when they held the Lancashire side to a goalless draw. more...
Steeton 3 Marsden 0: Steeton maintained their push for promotion with a comfortable home win against struggling Marsden, who put up a spirited effort against the Summerhill Lane side. more...
Haslingden St Mary's 4 Cross Hills 1 - Six weeks ago Cross Hills hosted this fixture and were comprehensively beaten 6-1 by a much fitter and more confident side - and Haslingden must have been looking forward to heaping more of the same on the men from South Craven. more...
Bronte Wanderers 5 more...
Premier Division: Bingley Harvester 1 Three Horses 5 - Three Horses won for the first time this season with goals from their man of the match and Jamie Rowell (2), Steve Perryman, C Smith and B. White. more...
Bradford Salem 9 Keighley 13 - Keighley maintained their good form with a well merited victory over neighbours Bradford Salem, full back Matthew Cox's second half try proving decisive in a close and hard fought match. more...
Silsden Park Rangers 24 Liversedge 16 - Silsden Park Rangers continued their impressive start to the season with a hard fought victory over Liversedge. more...
Carl White was ultimately the difference between the two teams as title hopefuls Embassy `A' and Nemesis battled it out in the Keighley & District Table Tennis League. more...
Cubs Under-15s 54 Guiesley 14 - For the third week in a row the Under-15's put more than half a century of points on the score board, but they didn't have things all their own way in the early stages as it was the visitors from Guiseley who scored the first try before a Cawood try and Cartledge goal put the Cubs ahead. more...
HEALTH bosses have said they will be carrying on with changes to services at Otley Wharfedale Hospital. Despite protestations from senior consultants and MP Greg Mulholland, the health trust said this week that orthopaedic surgery would be moving from Otley to Chapel Allerton. more...
Housing developments `a more...
A SUPERMARKET attack involving a 19 -year-old autistic man has sparked an inquiry by Leeds Social Services. more...
ORTHOPAEDIC surgery is to end at Otley's Wharfedale Hospital, despite pleas from consultants and the area's MP. more...
PARISH councillors past and present have gathered in Arthington to bid farewell to clerk Tom Kennedy. more...
Hopes of setting up a permanent community radio in Otley have been dashed after an application for a full-time licence was turned down. more...
A MAJOR redevelopment of the former Silver Cross site in Guiseley looks set to be approved in the near future after planners decided the scheme was "almost there." more...
AIREBOROUGH'S MP is urging Leeds planners to throw out a scheme to build 200 homes and offices on a Guiseley factory site. more...
WATER supplies across Otley and Menston are to benefit from a major £1 million investment. more...
Just over two decades ago the future looked bleak for Otley Mills with the end of more than 200 years of textile activity. more...
A VIRTUALLY blind pensioner is poised to overcome the odds and perform on the Guiseley Theatre stage later this month. more...
Aireborough 23 more...
Guiseley 0 more...
Burley Trojans 3 more...
Bramley 3 more...
West Park 19 more...
Otley Athletic Club more...
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