Bradford & District | Archive | 2005 | May
Anti-speeding group annoy more...
CHILDREN in Ilkley are to benefit from thousands of pounds worth of play facilities as more council cash generated from new housing comes home to the town. more...
PARISH councillors have agreed a controversial proposal to give an extra £5,000 pounds funding to the Ilkley Summer Festival. more...
THE North Ridge of Mount Everest is universally acknowledged as the most difficult and dangerous route up the world's highest mountain. It is sometimes known as `Death Ridge'. more...
PLANS for mobile phone masts in Menston and Ilkley are being opposed by Ilkley parish council planners. more...
A PLAN to create a cycle, horse and footpath using the line of the former railway from Bolton Abbey to Addingham could have hit the buffers before it has gathered steam. more...
The 99th Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts brought hundreds of top-class performers to Ilkley last week. more...
ADDINGHAM is in contention for a prize in this year's Yorkshire in Bloom competition - but 2004 national winner Ilkley has two rivals to beat to take top place again this year. more...
A CHURCH is drawing close to completing an ambitious £640,000 scheme to rebuild its parish hall. more...
ACCORDING to Addingham Parish Council chairman, Gordon Campbell, the Airedale Primary Care Trust has so far come up with nine different plans for the new village medical centre. Such a claim might lead to the observation that the draughtsman's costs alone could have paid for at least one community nurse for a year. more...
THIS year, Ilkley RFC's Under-13s ventured abroad for the first time to compete in the Tourni de Bocage at St Lo in Normandy in an international tournament which attracts teams from across northern France and others from the South of England. more...
BAD weather conditions again hit the Airedale and Wharfedale League's Waddilove Cup competition. Again some results had to be decided by a bowl out or on the faster run rate. more...
Ilkley Rugby Club held their annual Players' Dinner on Friday evening in the clubhouse. Turned into a splendid dining room for the evening the club provided an excellent venue with luxury catering layed on by Pauline and Elaine and their crew. more...
BAD weather once again hit the Airedale and Wharfedale League programme and only four games were completed throughout the three divisions. more...
Ilkley Harriers have had another action-packed week. This started close to home at Esholt for the second race in the Harrogate Road League, staged by Dragons RC. A total of 70 Harriers were out, helping Ilkley to third team overall and retaining their leads in the ladies and lady vets team competitions, and with the male vets team now a close second overall. more...
It's autumn at Glusburn Institute next Wednesday in the shape of a bittersweet comedy by leading playwright John Godber. more...
Performing at Victoria Hall on June 11 is leading Irish singer Dominic Kirwan as part of a 15-day national tour. more...
Churchill -- The Hollywood Years more...
Out of town: more...
Sir - I was saddened to read of John Hulse's death in the Keighley News today and my deepest sympathies go to Mr Hulse's family. more...
This group of members of the Keighley and District Chamber of Trade in the early l960s includes -- sitting second and third from the left -- two Mayors of the late Borough. more...
A 51-year-old school teacher is facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to a series of indecent assault charges. more...
Keighley's new £4 million police headquarters will open next month. more...
Pupils at a junior and infants school are wearing hats at playtimes in a bid to protect themselves from the sun's ultra-violet rays, which can cause skin cancer. more...
Restoring Keighley Railway Station and developing a hotel and leisure complex in North Street have been revealed as the top projects to lead the regeneration of Airedale. more...
A new art exhibition, designed by students from Keighley College, has been launched at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. more...
A top-level director in Leeds has been appointed the new chief executive of Airedale NHS Trust. more...
THE leadership of Keighley Town Council has passed to former deputy mayor Councillor Tony Wright. more...
Head teacher Helen Wilson's closely-guarded secret of a retirement present dropped out of the skies at her school last week. more...
Little Dorrit -- believed to be the smallest house in England -- has been sold. more...
Gala bosses fear this year's procession could be short of marchers following a shortage of interest. more...
Elsie Hollingsworth took a trip down memory lane when a defunct rail track was re-opened as a new country trail. more...
FRIENDS Mary Fuller and Carly Robertson have been called up to represent England -- at different sports. more...
RUGBY players from South Craven School made it a local `double' in the girls national finals of the Powergen Champions Schools rugby league competition this week. more...
PUB group J D Wetherspoons have given their backing to Keighley Rugby Union Club. more...
KEIGHLEY Tennis Club, one of the oldest in Yorkshire, is pushing the boat out to top their success of 2004. more...
Cougars 12 Swinton Lions 30 - THERE is nothing mediocre about Paul Ashton, he is either inspirational or has a nightmare. more...
RAIN wrecked Cullingworth's hopes of victory after they dismissed Foulridge for just 57. more...
Several Cowling Cup ties had to be put back to this Sunday when the weather again took its toll. more...
Rain halted Keighley's attempt to continue their promotion campaign at Manningham Mills on Saturday. more...
Silsden 1st XI were thankful for the rain after struggling to a total of 114 after losing their first three wickets for just eight runs. more...
GREAME WILSON picked up the Arthur Bairstow Classic title at Keighley Bowling Club on Friday. more...
Bracken Ghyll - The Rabbits team has started the league season well with two wins, 2-1 away to Fulneck and 3-0 at home to Halifax, and a narrow defeat 2-1 away to Halifax. more...
OAKWORTH Under-17s secured an eight-wicket win over Airedale in a game given added spice by the presence of former Oaks, Paul Quinlan and Josh Lewis in the Airedale team. more...
THERE can be few more pressing issues for parents than the education and welfare of their children. more...
Antiquated law to blame for inspector's decision more...
THE owners of the Garnett's mill site in Otley have unveiled plans which could see it transformed into a retirement village, offices, a small hotel and houses. more...
AS AGE gaps go you don't get much bigger. more...
AFTER sitting boarded up for nearly three years a pub between Bramhope and Pool-in-Wharfe-dale could soon re-open. more...
GOVERNORS have blasted Education Leeds over a shake-up in special needs education in Aireborough. more...
Threatened Yeadon Carnival looks set to be saved after a last-minute rescue attempt by a former Mayor of Otley. more...
IN BLOOM groups from Wharfedale and Aireborough have scored four top three spots in the competition's Spring Judging. more...
LORD Patrick Carter, chairman of Sport England, has praised the work of the St Mary's School Sport Partnership on a recent visit to the Menston school. more...
RECORD entries and thousands of visitors made Otley Show on Saturday a rip-roaring success. more...
Aireborough 24 more...
HORSFORTH soccer referee Jon Moss has been promoted to the National List of Football League Referees. He successfully came through his interview and from next season will be officiating in the Football League. more...
BAD weather conditions again hit the Airedale and Wharfedale League's Waddilove Cup competition. Again some results had to be decided by a bowl out or on the faster run rate. more...
BAD weather once again hit the Airedale and Wharfedale League programme and only four games were completed throughout the three divisions. more...
Following the hectic county championships weekend, things settled down somewhat before next week's North of England U-20 Championships. Nevertheless, there was some significant action from local athletes around the country. more...
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