Bradford & District | Archive | 2005 | February
An icon in the fight against apartheid in South Africa is to head a list of key speakers at this year's Yorkshire International Business Convention. more...
So difficult for us to donate blood more...
A former Bradford publican convicted of drugs charges in Thailand has won his appeal against a six-year jail sentence. more...
Two Bradford companies which conned job-hunters out of their cash have been wound up in the High Court following a Government investigation. more...
A woman left in a wheelchair after she was knocked down and "left for dead" by a driver with no licence is furious a court has allowed him to get back behind the wheel. more...
Naked radio presenters on the side of buses would not have upset many Bradford residents, a poll has revealed. more...
Police have identified the 52-year-old man crushed to death at a Bradford timber yard. more...
A group of friends who formed a charity to help a boy who suffers from a life-threatening blood disorder have 30,000 reasons to celebrate on their first birthday. more...
A farmer who kept his land and animals in a disgusting and run-down state has been ordered to serve a 160 hour community punishment order. more...
Police have hailed a city centre blitz on litter louts a success after issuing on-the-spot fines and making several arrests for other crimes. more...
Bradford Council has criticised a report which says it has one the worst recycling records in the UK. more...
The Alhambra pantomime, Dick Whittington, made more than £1 million and is the theatre's most successful yet. more...
Soldiers from Bradford are to undergo training in a tropical jungle to learn technical skills which they can take onto the battlefield. more...
A campaigner against male violence is heading for Australasia to research prevention techniques for the young. more...
The need to recycle is one of the pressing issues of our time. It is vital for a whole range of reasons, not the least of which are the high cost of burying waste at in-fill sites and the rapidly dwindling number of such sites still available. more...
Winger Ben Muirhead has turned down an offer of a two-year contract at Valley Parade - and manager Colin Todd is furious with the player and his agent. more...
This weekend may only be round two of the Engage Super League but there is no doubting the importance of Bradford Bulls' visit to Widnes Vikings on Sunday. more...
Junior Witter is hopeful of salvaging his Commonwealth light-welterweight title bout against Lovemore N'Dou despite the South African's insistence that he is heading home. more...
West Bowling's recent revival in for-tunes will be put to the test tomorrow when they meet Hull Dockers in the second round of the Powergen Chall-enge Cup at the Bankfoot Oval (1.30pm). more...
Lovemore N'dou has sneered at Junior Witter's impressive knock-out haul. more...
There can be no greater motivation for a match than when the clubs competing are separated by an entire division and Avenue are hoping to turn that to their advantage tomorrow. more...
Paul Weller/The Pipers -- Victoria Hall, Keighley more...
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Leading performers from the West End musical Kiss Me Kate are in Bradford next month. more...
John Otway will soon head off on a world tour in a chartered Boeing 767 full of fans including Keighley News record reviewer Graham Scaife. more...
Town centres are the shop window of any area. That is why the importance of re-invigorating the centre of Keighley cannot be overstressed. more...
SIR - Sadly, I was one of the many who attended the funeral of George McConville, formerly of Silsden. more...
Free bus and rail passes worth £800 each will be handed out to the first occupants of a new town centre apartment block. more...
After 113 years, Silsden-based Airedale Beagles held their last hare course yesterday as the hunting ban finally came into effect. more...
A former Greenhead High School pupil has been presented with an MBE for her services to humanity. more...
The tragic final year in the life of one of the country's greatest authors is being told through letters, manuscripts and photographs. more...
Two Keighley men are set to climb one of the world's highest mountains as they bid to raise money for a cancer relief charity. more...
It's not just MP Ann Cryer who has been representing Keighley in Westminster. more...
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett made his return to front-line politics with a visit to Keighley to pronounce the BNP was not a political option. more...
The expertise of Keighley drugs advice workers will help addicts in northern Italy, thanks to a study visit. more...
Following its temporary move to a new base, Keighley Bus Museum Trust's calendar of events will start in April. more...
A shopkeeper was flabbergasted when he opened his mail to find an apology from a shoplifter. more...
AFTER disappointing performance in at heir pre-season games Cougars lit the touchpaper on their 2005 campaign - and set off like a rocket. more...
COUGARS were red-hot on a ice cold opening day of the season - and came within one point of pulling off the shock of the first round of the Northern Rail Cup. more...
DOUGIE LAMPKIN took trials riding to Russia on Valentines weekend with the Indoor World Championship taking place in St Petersburg. more...
KEIGHLEY ALBION booked their place in the final of the Halifax Cup with a stunning victory over Halifax Irish. more...
Keighley Cats 6, Bradford Thunderbirds 34 - Bradford Thunderbirds lived up to their name and scored within 10 minutes of the kick-off against Keighley Albion Cats. This woke Keighley with a start and made them roll up their sleeves an produce some hard work. Tackling was led by Sarah Cartwright who seemed to relish her new position of second row. Angie Pickard led Keighley's attack and made good ground. more...
Keighley 21 more...
Cougar Cubs Under-14s 0 Odsal Sedbergh 18 - For the second week running the half time score was 0-0 at Utley, but unlike last week the Cubs lost the plot midway through the second period when Odsal prop Jordan Preistley intercepted near his own line and showed tremendous pace and stamina as he sprinted the length of the field to touch down. Marshall added the extra two points with an excellent kick from the left flank. more...
Keighley swimmer Emma Hurtley finished third in the Women's 800m Freestyle in the Yorkshire Championships at Leeds International Pool, to claim her first county medal. more...
Tyersal 4, Steeton 3 - Steeton desperately needed a win against Tyersal to help keep their Premiership status alive. more...
STEETON FC are gearing up for the club's centenary celebrations and have been digging into the archives. more...
Oxenhope 3 Grindleton 2 - Oxenhope's pitch was like a mud bath but due to being behind in the number of games played both teams decided to go ahead with the game. more...
Keighley Athletic 9 Three Horses 0 - Athletic were on cloud nine as they overshaddowed Three Horses. more...
Silsden Under-10s B were in fine form to sec ure a 2-1 victory over local rivals Sutton Under-10s B. Silsden opened the scoring with a goal from Jed Cooper only for Sutton to equalise before half time. Silsden's midfield dominated the start of the second half with man of the match Mark Smith leading the way. Sam Conway scored the winning goal for Silsden with some fine support work from Luke Wilson and Kyle Todd. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to boxing stalwart Fred McGlynn who died this week. more...
KEIGHLEY'S sporting community was saddened this week by the death of former footballer Roy Sutcliffe. more...
A planning application to build 23 houses on a former school site has been deferred - because councillors want to see more houses built on the land. more...
IMAGINE this: you are an 80-year-old Craven lady, Gargrave born and bred, and you have just travelled from Skipton to London by train for the very first time in your life. more...
SOMETIMES it can be quite fascinating to follow a sizzling row back to its roots. As often as not, it is started by some seemingly innocent remark that sparks an unexpected powder keg lurking in the mind of the listener. more...
100 Years Ago more...
SIR - I would like to respond on behalf of myself, my partner and several people I have spoken to, regarding the testing of taxi drivers. more...
EMOTIONS ran high as Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt held its final day of fox hunting. more...
A MULTI-million pound home furnishings empire which started life as a Skipton market stall has been sold by its founder. more...
POLICE hoping to solve the mystery of a woman whose body was found in a Dales stream five months ago will make a national plea on BBC 1's Crimewatch UK on Wednesday. more...
A BUSINESSMAN was flabbergasted when he opened his mail to find an apology from a shoplifter. more...
THE mother of schoolgirl Rochelle Cauvet, who drowned in Stainforth Beck four years ago, burst into tears when she heard that vandals had snapped a tree planted in memory of her daughter. more...
PLANS to transform an historic Skipton mill received a mixed reception from two of the town's bodies this week. more...
DETAILED plans have been lodged for an ambitious 126-acre rural environmental centre at Hellifield. more...
BARNOLDSWICK'S Victory Park is set to undergo a £600,000 transformation. more...
A BARNOLDSWICK teenager was dramatically rescued from his burning home on Sunday. more...
WHEN we called Margaret Brothers to fix up a picture to illustrate our latest `Dales Folk' article she sounded quite horrified. more...
SKIPTON Swimming Club is bucking the usual trend which sees talented swimmers move from small, local clubs to bigger, city-based ones. more...
WHARFEDALE bid to complete their second double of the season at home to Stourbridge tomorrow, but must do so without skipper Andy Baggett (writes Mike Crowther). more...
Craven FA Minors 2 Bradford FA Minors 1 more...
ALTHOUGH cross-country has dominated the local winter athletics scene, some athletes have had opportunity to impress in more explosive events, one of these being Cononley's Harriett Pickles (writes Roger Ingham). more...
About 30 followers, many in red waistcoats and green knickerbockers, gathered yesterday to mark the last official hare hunt. more...
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