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Bracken Ghyll Golf Club
BRACKEN Ghyll Addingham Golf Club played its January Medal in very wet and blustery conditions with over half the entry deciding to opt for the shelter of the clubhouse. The winner was the new Club Captain Robert Stead who returned 90 (15) 75 in Division
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Soccer: Craven League
ONLY seven matches ssurvived as waterlogged pitches again took their toll -- bringing the total number of lost matches to 103. With the season well past the half way stage there have only been two weeks when the league has been able to stage a full programme
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Councillors hit back in housing storm
TWO councillors who became embroiled in a 'houses only for the rich' rumpus on the Ilkley College site have hit back at accusations of elitism. The Gazette reported exclusively last week that Councillors Anne Hawkesworth and Martin Smith had privately
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Surgery set to buy car park
A new health centre is set to be built on almost half of Keighley's run-down Scott Street car park. No parking places would be lost because the sale of the land would pay for improvements to the rest of the site. Ling House Surgery has outgrown its current
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'Chill-out zone' for Council workers
Angry Bradford Council workers will be helped to "cool it" by a pioneering City Hall mediation service. At the moment there are only a handful of local authority workplace mediation schemes across the country. The bid to defuse staff clashes follows criticism
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Residents want urgent traffic calming
RESIDENTS of East Carlton are calling for urgent measures to curb speeding motorists through the village - which is being used as a rat run. East Carlton villager Roy Dalby, who is a churchwarden at St Bartholomew's Church, has contacted Leeds City Councillor
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Cash problems will not stop extension
DESPITE the looming cash problems for Burley-in-Wharfedale's village green extension, its creator is determined to press ahead. In last week's edition, we revealed how the grand plans to double the size of the existing green may have to be scaled down
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Burley millennium beakers stir up interest abroad
BURLEY-in-Wharfedale residents have been urged to snap up millennium beakers which are causing interest as far away as South Africa and Canada. The village millennium committee has been hard at work for many months, planning schemes to celebrate the new
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Town to benefit from transport triumph
THE Wharfedale Observer's campaign for better bus links is to become a reality. Otley Town Council has almost completed a deal with Metro to improve public transport in the area - and councillors have decided to back our Missing Link appeal by including
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Cougars: Woody off to flyer
Cougars 20, Leigh 20 cougars got 1999 underway with a tough highly combative and thoroughly absorbing warm-up game. Despite indications the final scoreline which suggested a 'very friendly' pre-season encounter, this was no throw it about light weight
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Mark wins title for fourth time
MARK Andrews has been selected as Skipton Financial Services' financial adviser of the year. He's no stranger to the award - this will be the fourth time has won it since arriving in 1992. His previous winning years were in 1994, 1995, 1997 and now 1998
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Mavis gets a hot reception
RECEPTIONISTS everywhere may be trembling as they read of the latest addition to their ranks - Mavis. This particular practitioner of the art of answering the telephone, the front line for many businesses, will not be a welcome sight for many receptionists
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Trust launches community course
A Community Trust which is being set up to work alongside the Keighley Cougars is to launch a Community Sports Leader course next week. The Trust, which is still to be officially launched has a limited number of places available to coaches and teachers
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Millennium moments 1
People are being invited to take part in a 'journey' from Calcutta to boost a church millennium appeal fund. An illustrated talk by Charlie Bhowmick taking his audience part way round the world is the latest event for the Keighley Shared Parish Church
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Japanese culture, anyone?
Families are sought to host a group of Japanese students who are to visit Keighley. Ten pupils aged 11-13 from the island of Kyushu are coming in July and will spend a week at Oakbank School. The exchange came after head-teacher John Roberts visited Japan
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Liz leading Yorkshire tennis into the millennium
RAWDON'S Liz Wilson is the new President of the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Association and she is helping to re-organise the body in preparation for the challenge of the new millennium. As recommended by the LTA, power has been devolved from a large executive
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Mitchell to captain Otley CC first X1
OTLEY Cricket Club have apppinted Andrew Mitchell to captain their first X1 in the 1999 season. Andrew, grandson of former Yorkshire cricketer and coach Arthur Mitchell, started his career as a junior with the Otley club. The slow bowler then left the
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NOTTINGHAM 38
OTLEY 10 OTLEY'S inability to perform away from home shone through in this game at Nottingham where they missed the influnece of Samoan Lafaele Filipo up front and the tackling of centre Mark Billington. Otley's previous safe handling at the line-out
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Hartlepool job is paper talk - Davison
GUISELEY manager Bobby Davison this week played down talk of him moving on in the managerial world with his name being linked with the vacant Hartlepool job. He said: 'It is paper talk, I have not been approached by Hartlepool.' Davison's name is one
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Simply Smith
with Tom Smith WHAT is evident from the contents of page ten of the Keighley News is that everyone who has thought seriously about an issue sees that issue from a very personal perspective. Consequently, one reader's opinion, more often than not, differs
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Dear Reader
An advance warning about a readers' survey which will be carried in next week's paper. It is being carried because we will shortly be able to benefit from the full significance of the £3 million plus work which has been going on at our press hall in Bradford
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Bold move
THE decision by the ruling Labour Group on Otley Town Council to put £17,000 into a deal with Metro to dramatically improve bus services in the area is a bold one. It is, in fact, a daring decision, for it adds 14 per cent to the six per cent rate precept
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Coaching: Premier Centre
OAKBANK Sports College is set to become 'centre of excellence' -- training coaches to develop Britain's sporting stars of the future. The college has been named as one of only three Premier Coaching Centres in the district by the National Coaching Foundation
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Prisoner hanged himself
A teenager who thought he might be HIV positive hung himself in Doncaster Prison - three days after being locked up for armed robbery. Warehouseman Mark Hutton, from Keighley, was found in July hanging from a window handle at the prison. He was on remand
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Archaeologist to keep an eye on housing site
A NEW housing development is set to give a facelift to a section of canal front in Skipton. The imminent demolition of the old Craven Herald printing hall, to the rear of High Street, will make way for a row of three-bedroom cottages. There is a chance
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Group denies gift will affect college stance
A PRESERVATION group has denied being compromised by a £2,000 donation to one of its major projects from the developer wanting to build houses on the Ilkley College campus site. Crest Homes handed over the money to sponsor the Ilkley Video 2000, a millennium
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Tenants launch DIY community groups
Skip loads of rubbish were collected in a do-it-yourself clean-up campaign on a Keighley housing estate. Armed with brushes and shovels, residents of the Nashville Terrace estate spent the weekend clearing garbage. Housing association Brunel provided
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Teenager held woman at knifepoint
A TEENAGER who carried out a terrifying knifepoint robbery at the home of an 87-year-old stroke victim has been locked up for four years. Christopher Scaife, 18, put a knife to widow Annie Thornton's chest and forced her back into her Silsden home after
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Opinion
Some years ago a university professor created a huge outcry when he made predictions about the future. One of them was that as human beings continued to devolve over the years they would have no use for legs and the limbs would gradually change shape
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Soccer: Keighley Alliance
CHRIS BROOKS opened the scoring for Grapes in their 4-2 victory over Brown Cow. Darren Carter followed up with a second first half goal and shortly after the break they went further ahead. Brown Cow pulled the score back to 3-2 before the home team settled
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Weightlifting: Dave powers way to gold
DAVID ATKINSON has taken the world of weight lifting by storm, winning the Yorkshire & North East Junior Powerlifting championship at Gateshead last weekend. David, 19, beat last year's British junior champion on his way to the title, while taking
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Bus driver accused
A Keighley bus driver has appeared before magistrates in connection with an incident on Sunday involving a 13-year-old girl. Alan Higgins, 41, of Oakworth Road, is accused of attempted murder, kidnapping, indecent assault, and attempting to choke or suffocate
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Walking back to happiness
Keighley people are being urged to walk their way to health in the first campaign of its kind in the country. The town has been chosen to pilot a new initiative by the British Heart Foundation and the Countryside Commission. And this week, in another
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New Bronte exhibition to open
An exhibition shedding new light on the Bront sisters opens next month at Haworth's Parsonage Museum. The Business of a Woman's Life, in the Bonnell Room, marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charlotte Bront's novel Shirley. It opens on Saturday
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Funeral on hold after US shooting
A grieving Skipton father has had to postpone his daughter's funeral after she was shot dead by her American husband. Tragic Melanie Edwards was gunned down along with her two-year-old daughter Carli Fay in California last year. Their bodies were this
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Rugby League: Injuries take toll on Cats
NICOLA ELLISON dislocated her shoulder within the first two minutes of the Cats' enounter with Hunslet Hawkettes. The Keighley side, already weakened by injury, illness and work commitments, had to work overtime to prevent Hunslet taking advantage of
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Rugby League: Amateur round-up
New Earswick All Blacks16 Keighley Albion 10 Albion threw away another glorious chance to kick-start their National Conference campaign when basic mistakes were severly punished. They have come close to winning several games in their inaugural season
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Soccer: Junior round-up extra
A below par performance from Long Lee Under-8's A handed Menston a 3-0 win. Defenders Ben Smith and Arley Barnes kept the visitors at bay, but despite numerous chances for Long Lee, the visitors held out to win. Long Lee Under-8's B beat menston B 2-0
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Soccer: Junior football round-up
Long Lee Under-12's B lost by the odd goal in three at home to Cowling as both teams struggled against a strong wind. Cowling took the lead in the second half before man of the match Thomas Abberton equalised for the home side, only for Cowling to snatch
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Soccer: Wharfedale League
ROBERT FLEMMING rescued Rosse with a later Cookson Cup winner after JPL led three times. Goals from Neil Shann, Leighton Shackleton (2) put JPL in with a chance, but Steve Burows, John Walker and Fraser Miller equalised before Flemming's winner. In the
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Marvellous display by All-Stars
Eccleshill United 5 All-Stars U-13's 4 This was another marvellous display by a re-vitalised Addingham All-Stars Under-13 team. Eccleshill, currently second in the league, soon had the All-Stars on the defensive. Goalkeeper Tom Smith made some great saves
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'Low key approach is key to glory'
In recent weeks the nation has been waking up to the fact that Bradford City are serious contenders for automatic promotion to the Premiership. However captain Stuart McCall insists his team-mates will not let the publicity go to their heads as they look
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Soccer: Phoenix goal romp
Phoenix 6, Cross Hills 1 PHOENIX eased their way into the semi-final of the Keighley Cup with a 6-1 win over Cross Hills -- but the South Craven side were left boiling with anger. A tight match was expected between the two high-flying clubs, but Cross
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"Soccer cliubs being ripped off by council"
Ilkley AFC and local rivals Pool were bitterly disappointed when their Harrogate League Division One fixture was called off 20 minutes before kick-off at Denton Road on Saturday. Knaresborough official Mr. J. Cooper deemed the ground at West Holmes field
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Brothers 'met with love rival before death'
Two brothers accused of murdering a car dealer met with his love rival a week before his death, a court heard. Car mechanic Stephen Wilson told Leeds Crown Court he saw Mark Deakin and his brother David visit Richard Mears to have a tyre repaired. The
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Little Voice star to appear at cinema
A STAR organist who played for the current hit film Little Voice is coming to Skipton's Plaza Cinema to inaugurate its new organ. 'Queen of the Keys' Frieda Hall, who accompanies Lancashire actress Jane Horrocks in the movie, will tinkle the ivories of
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Thieving locum struck off
Pharmacists should be able to warn colleagues about stealing locums they have employ-ed, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society heard on Tuesday. Gary Flather, chairman of its Statutory Committee, made the observation while striking off a 46-year-old woman
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Young burglars spotted
Two youths who attempted to break into a house by kicking in the front door fled when they spotted the occupier looking out of an upstairs window. The incident happened at about 12.15pm on Tuesday in Skipton Road, Utley. The first youth is described as
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Muslim leader asks for pride
Keighley's Muslim community celebrated an important religious event this week. Eid-ul-Fitr marked the end of Ramadan. And on Tuesday families gathered for a day of celebrations. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year in which fasting from dawn
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Royal approval for Angela
Former Keighley College student Angela McConville has been presented with a top engineering award by The Princess Royal. Angela was presented with the prestigious Mary George Memorial Prize from the Institute of Incorporated Engineers, along with a silver
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Villages consider their identities
Controversial plans to change South Craven parish boundaries have sparked anger. Proposals to merge the Cowling electoral ward with Cononley and Lothersdale were rejected at a Craven council meeting on Tuesday. The merger idea - to form a single two-member
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Upgrade work starts
Work is to start next week on a long-awaited scheme to upgrade cramped St Joseph's School. Builders will move in on Monday to begin the £750,000 extensions and alterations to the Queens Road, Ingrow, school. Government approval for the project was given
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Girl recovering from meningitis
An 11-year-old girl is recovering from meningococcal meningitis in Airedale Hospital. She was rushed into hospital after becoming ill at Sutton County Primary School. Her parents and a close friend have been given antibiotics as a precaution. Families
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Mixed response to streaming
First and primary school youngsters in Keighley and South Craven could soon be separated by academic ability. Last week, Ofsted inspectors recommended to the Government that talented children should be put in different 'sets' from less able students for
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Poor state of school causing concern
Governors at Crossflatts First School believe neighbouring Ryshworth Middle School is in 'very poor condition'. They say the outside fabric of Ryshworth, which is at the centre of an asbestos scare, is putting children and staff at risk. Pupils at Crossflatts
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Man jailed after 'horrific' attack
A teenager who carried out a terrifying knifepoint robbery at the home of an 87-year-old stroke victim has been locked up for four years. Christopher Scaife, 18, put a knife to widow Anne Thornton's chest and forced her back into her Silsden home after
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Man walks free in shooting case
A man cleared last year of trying to murder two people has walked free from court after a judge threw out the remaining charge against him. Veljko Cerovic had been due to go on trial at Sheffield Crown Court, accused of causing a woman grievous bodily
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Pedestrians cross over road to hell
Pedestrians and cyclists claim crossing the Aire Valley Trunk road is like playing the death-defying game Russian Roulette. Keighley & Craven Sustrans Supporters Group is calling on the Highways Agency to build an underpass or footbridge near the
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Policeman charged
A Riddlesden policeman appeared in court on Saturday charged with making threats to kill. Francis Herbert Wright, 47, of Coles Way, was charged with making threats to members of the West Yorkshire Police Occupational Health Unit at Keighley between Jan-uary
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Changes drive residents round the bend
TRAFFIC calming measures and road improvements aimed at making life safer for residents on a busy rat-run have left them with a whole new set of problems. They claim since the safety measures were introduced at Queensway in Guiseley and Yeadon there is
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Hospital waiting lists still on the rise
HEALTH chiefs have admitted they face an uphill struggle to meet hospital waiting list targets. Latest figures show waiting lists for non-urgent hospital operations in December rose for the second month running by 273 to 12,519 people from the Bradford
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Will power!
By David Behrens Behind the velvet curtain of London's theatreland, the cloak-and-dagger act is as old as time itself. Only the faces have changed. Along the streets that now accommodate Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, once strode Marlowe,
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Building society to create 600 new jobs
MORE than 600 jobs are to be created in and around Skipton thanks to the rapid expansion of the town's own building society. The town's business community has welcomed the news with open arms, knowing the increase in Skipton's daytime population will
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Motorists deny pensioner run of town
A YEADON pensioner who uses an invalid chair to get about is experiencing problems in the town's busy High Street. Robert Whitehead, 76, of Albert Square, says he has experienced difficulty in moving around the town in his electric scooter because motorists
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School aims to keep at the top of the class
ONE of the district's top-performing schools has been boosted with the opening of a new purpose-built teaching block. Dignitaries gathered for the opening of Benton Park's £450,000 building by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Graham Kirkland, at a
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Pupils given chance to restore reputation
PUPILS blamed for causing problems in Otley town centre during their lunch breaks are to get a chance to restore their reputations in a new business-led competition. Otley's Chamber of Trade and Commerce is launching a shield and a cash prize to reward
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Miracle man needs help with marathon effort
TODAY the Wharfedale Observer appeals to our readers to support a remarkable young man once given just a two per cent chance of surviving cancer and who is now training for the London Marathon. Andrew Shippey, of Lisker Drive, Otley, has beaten all the
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Syringes found on playing fields
TWO hypodermic syringes believed to have been used by drugs takers were found on a Guiseley soccer pitch minutes before two football teams of under-11s kicked off. The syringes were spotted by referee Fred Watson during a routine check of the council-owned
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Pub regulars mark war hero's courage
ADDINGHAM pub regulars have paid tribute to the courage shown by a war hero affectionately known as Heapy. John Marsland Heap, former landlord of The Fleece, died 20 years ago but two of his friends have made sure he won't be forgotten. Ernest Gardner
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Millennium moments 2
New moves to win a pardon for soldiers executed in the First World War are welcomed by the family of a Keighley victim. Private Henry MacDonald was shot for desertion on November 4, 1916. He had left his station to return home to see his pregnant wife
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'I'm so lucky to be alive!'
A businessman had to be pulled to safety through his shop window after a car embedded itself in the front of the building. Mohammed Afzal was enjoying a tea break when the black BMW smashed into the Imran Halal Meat Shop in Toller Lane, Bradford, yesterday
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Pupil contracts meningitis
THE family and a close friend of a Sutton school pupil have been given a course of antibiotics after health officials confirmed that she had contracted meningitis. The 11-year-old child, who has not been named, was sent home from Sutton County Primary
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Trojans bandwagon keeps on rolling
Trojans 4 Wetherby 1 THE Trojans bandwagon rolls on after an emphatic victory over Wetherby put them into the draw for the quarter-finals of the Intermediate Cup. Despite a couple of late withdrawals which meant a re-shuffle Trojans were soon into their
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Technology used to fight bullies
A NEW technological way of dealing with bullying in schools is being supported by Ilkley Rotary Club. Philip Chinque, the vocational committee chairman of the club has endorsed a new initiative aimed at helping to cope with the social problem - using
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All day and all of the night
A business chief is going for an all-out bid to make Bradford a true 24-hour city. Fazal Hussain, chairman of Bradford's Asian Business For-um and the Trades' Association of Asian restaurant owners, is taking the lead with his nightclub. He has submitted
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Craven's schools face cash crisis
A BUDGET crisis faced by North Yorkshire's education chiefs could mean larger class sizes in Craven's schools and job losses for more than 200 teachers. The prediction comes from Craven District and North Yorkshire county councillor Robert Heseltine,
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League win for Aireborough
Aireborough 29 Marist 10 IN a re-arranged league game at Nunroyd Park, Aireborough continued their winning form in an open game which belied the heavy conditions. Playing with a strong wind, they took time to settle but soon established forward superiority
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Superb win for Otliensians
MOORTOWN 14 OTLIENSIANS 19 TWO changes again had to be made by Otliensians with Mark Stevens coming in for Richard Smith and Andy Cooper replacing Simon Dykes but this did not deter Otliensians from seeking victory on a very heavy pitch at Moortown. Otliensians
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Battling Yarnbury defeated
Yarnbury 10 Old Brodleians 18 YARNBURY continued their recent good form with a battling performance away from home against a side two leagues above. Despite atrocious conditions both sides attempted to play open rugby and put on an entertaining spectacle
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Town out of another cup
Littletown 4 Otley Town 2 A SECOND cup exit, this time it was the League Cup, has made the start to the New year rather disappointing for Otley Town. No complaints, though, about this defeat against a side who were quickly out of the blocks and had Town
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Davison double gives Guiseley victory
LANCASTER 1 GUISELEY 3 A DOUBLE strike from player-manager Bobby Davison - taking his tally to four goals in four games since his return after a 19 match injury absence - saw Guiseley to victory at Lancaster City on Saturday. The former Leeds United front
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Christian Viewpoint
by Kathleen Miller, of St Andrew's Church, Keighley HAVE you a bible? Most people have. It is a good present for a baby at baptism, an heirloom to be passed down the family. Do you read it?Not really, it is so long and hard to understand. It is long -
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Readers' Letters
SIR - So Mr Prescott has to decide whether there has to be a public inquiry as to a shopping centre to be built at Haworth. May I remind him that Haworth gets thousands of visitors from all over the world to see the place and soak up the atmosphere of
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Ilkley Harriers
TEN Ilkley Harriers enjoyed an excellent day's racing at Howarth on Sunday, competing in the 16th Soreen Stanbury Splash. Bingley's Ian Holmes won the race for the fourth time in 45.18, a minute outside his own record for the course. First Ilkley finisher
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Girls peek into Popworld
Three teenage girls are on track for a chart-topping record deal. Known as Deja Vu, the girls have spent the last few months writing songs. Now they want to follow in the footsteps of all-girl bands All Saints, B*witched and Eternal by clinching a deal
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Bulls on song!
Bradford Bulls stars Robbie and Henry Paul proved they know how to handle a microphone as well as a rugby ball by taking to the stage to perform their latest record. The Kiwi brothers gave their first public performance of a re-worked version of the song
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Developers scrap foodstore plans
PLANS for a major foodstore in Silsden have been scrapped after developers were told it could sound the death knell for small shops in the town. Silsden-based Novo Homes wanted to build the new store on land known as Tunnacliffe's Yard (an abandoned timber
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Don't come back
IF you dump another crisp packet out of the car window as you admire the beauty of Ilkley moor, then please do not bother to come back. If we were to produce a top ten of favourite 'moans' in Ilkley, you would find litter, toilets and dog fouling battling
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Paedophile problem in perspective
The news that police in Bradford are keeping 100 dangerous paedophiles, rapists and killers under secret surveillance is bound to send a shudder of alarm through the district's parents - especially as these targets are said to be "just the tip of the
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Ben Rhydding Ladies draw
Ben Rhydding Ladies 3 Chester 3 THIS final preparation match for Ben Rhydding Ladies before their Northern Premier League fixtures begin again was always going to be a tough one and began at an alarming pace. Ben Rhydding were quite surprised to net so
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Complaints bombshell by staff
Official grievances have been received by Bradford Council from six members of staff working on a troubled training scheme. The complaints have been submitted to the authority by public services union, GMB, on behalf of its members. The staff have complained
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Man killed on railway
AN inquest was opened and adjourned this week into the death of a man hit by a train near Steeton and Silsden Railway Station. Michael John Clarke, 28, of Ruskin Avenue, Skipton, died following the accident last Thursday night at an area of track known
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Grove firm accused of axing trees
THE owners of Ilkley's Grove Hospital site were accused this week of wanton tree felling and have been reported to planning officers. Trees on the site are protected as the land falls within an official conservation area. Several trees are also protected
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'We won't kiss and tell': Lecturers keep mum on sex life 'secrets'
Defiant lecturers have rejected plans to make them disclose details about their love lives. Bradford University has drawn up a draft code of conduct that would force lecturers to tell their bosses if they form relationships with another member of staff
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Chernobyl children need a home
TWO small boys who visited Settle thanks to the Friends of Chernobyl's Children desperately need families to stay with this year if they are to join in a return visit in the spring. Nine-year-olds Vanya and Vladik, both from Belarus where the effects
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Rugby League: Junior round-up
Keighley Albion Under-16's beat Odsal Sedbergh 30-8 with Andy Broughton tackling and running strongly in the opening stages. Richard Dibbins drove in strongly near the line and gave Danny Holland an easy try. Odsal rallied again and although the Albion
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Rugby Union: Top of table clash
KEIGHLEY's clash with top of the table side Darlington Mowden Park was called off last week because of a frozen pitch. The match has been re-arranged for this weekend with the Utley side fielding a near full-strength side against the runaway leaders.
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Skjyrac girls win county title
THE last two weeks have seen three very important cross-country meetings for Skyrac AC's athletes. Firstly, in the Yorkshire Championships at Rotherham. The Under-17 girls were outstanding, taking the county team title with tremendous performances from
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Soccer: West Riding dump lancs
Lancs FA 1, West Riding FA 2 West Riding dumped Lancashire Under-18's out of the Northern Counties Youth Cup in a superb 'Roses' clash. The Yorkshire outfit, captained by Jonathan Lonsdale of Cross Hills backed up by Andrew Holden of Silsden FC, pulled
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Bid for Pigeon 'Miss World'
LUCKY the super pigeon has been selected to represent Britain in the sport's 'World Championships' this weekend. The Oxenhope bird is taking part in pigeon racing's 'Miss World' at Blackpool this weekend and had been pampered throughout the week to make
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Rain has last word
Yet again the weather had the last word in the Craven Football League programme with only seven matches surviving the rain, bringing the total of matches lost to the weather this season to 103. Indeed in the 20th week of the season there have only been
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Spending cuts in schools feared
SCHOOLS in Ilkley and Addingham fear education cuts of more than £1.2 million are being considered by Bradford Council to balance its books - after the leak of a document. The school library service, welfare benefit clothing grants, specialist ethnic
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Organic markets to be tested
A new Farmers' Market could be set up in Keighley offering locally-grown produce inc-luding organic food. Local producers have teamed up with West Yorkshire Organic Group to run several of the markets across the district. Cllr Malcolm Slater, who represents
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Dangermen told: You are being watched!
Bradford's 100 most dangerous sex offenders, rapists and killers are under secret surveillance by the authorities, it has been revealed. Police, probation officers and social services have identified the district's 150 most dangerous offenders - paedophiles
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Dangerous trees are felled
TREES lining the busy A629 at Farnhill have been chopped down because they were dangerous. The 27 Manchester poplars were felled last week after being deemed in a dangerous state by tree experts. Area councillor Joan Ibbotson told the Herald that swift
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Why Straw's adoption views make sense
By Mike Priestley It's hardly surprising that Home Secretary Jack Straw has met with some opposition to his call for struggling teenage single mothers to give up their children for adoption. We've spent too many years being brainwashed by well-meaning
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Men accused of rape
Two men have gone on trial accused of raping a Bradford prostitute after they picked her up in the city's red light district. The 30-year-old woman said she agreed to have sex with Mark Dore for £15. But after being driven to his antiques shop in South
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Locals save sports facility
COMMUNITY spirit has come to the rescue in Bentham to save the town's sporting facilities. There were fears that the town would lose its playing fields after it emerged that committee numbers had dwindled and there was a real danger of there being nobody
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Children reveal their dream for millennium green
ORGANISERS of the project to create a millennium green as a legacy for the community of Otley submit the bid for lottery money to the Countryside Commission this weekend. The project - to provide an open green space for everyone in the town to mark the
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The Curmudgeon
THE innkeeper is not, in normal circumstances, a man to fret unduly over matters of international politics. In his younger days as a merchant seaman, he saw a lot of the world and realises that, most of the time it is in a pretty sad state and there's
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Craven through the years
100 years ago BOLTON Abbey's walks and trails, were causing some consternation. A Herald reader had written to the paper complaining about the state of the footpath from Hambleton to Halton East and down from Halton East to Draughton Lane End. He said
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Table tennis: Rescue act saves J&J
Johnson & Johnson pulled off a spectacular rescue act, after falling 56 points behind to the Outsiders. Mark Deacon demolished Derek Stanforth 21-7, 21-15 and things really looked bleak for the J&J team. John Pullen came to their rescue in dramatic
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Richmond glory bid!
Geoffrey Richmond today pledged to see Bradford City established as a Premiership club playing in an all-seater 29,000 capacity stadium at Valley Parade. Those are his twin aims as he celebrates five years as City chairman this weekend. He said: "It is
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Setback for Wharfedale
National Division One Birmingham and Solihull 27 Wharfedale 12 Wharfedale's hopes of building on their recent run of form took a nose-dive in the Midlands where they were out-muscled by the home pack and failed to score a try for the sixth time in 17
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Millennium project will end grumbles about road
ADDINGHAM Civic Society's major millennium project has been warmly welcomed by those who will be most affected by it. The society has revealed its plan to drag George Street into the next century and end the grumbles of villagers who have to negotiate
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New cafe, new jobs
A new bakery and cafe is to open in Keighley town centre creating around 20 jobs. Baker's Oven will occupy the area in the Airedale Shopping Centre formerly home to the Three Cooks, which closed suddenly last month. Baker's Oven - part of Greggs plc -
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Native Americans wed - in halifax
It was surely the first time the question has been asked at Halifax Register Office: Do you, Crow Thunder, take you, Grey Wolf? But When Grey Wolf and Crow Thunder tied the knot they did so in a style more in keeping with the plains of North America than
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Magistrates court lists
MICHAEL ANTHONY FRANCIS BLAND, of 3 Spring Bank Rise, Spring Bank, Keighley, was held in court for a day for stealing two cans of lager. David Charles Stead, of 35 Malsis Road, Knowle Park, Keighley, was ordered to pay £110, for using threatening behaviour
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Effort to keep old coins gathers pace
The Silsden Treasure could become a star attraction for the new millennium at Keighley's Cliffe Castle Mus-eum. Crusading Keighley councillor Barry Thorne has pledged to launch a fundraising bid to make sure the 27 Celtic coins get pride of place in the
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Work going well on brown-field sites
Work on 24 new homes in the centre of Keighley should be ready earlier than expected because extra cash has been found. Low-rent housing projects are underway in the former Rob Roys nightclub on North Street and on Chapel Lane opposite Keighley bus depot
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Housing bid likely to fail
A historic mill between Cross Roads and Oakworth could be restored with the proceeds of selling nearby green-belt land. But the proposal to build up to 25 houses on a one-hectare site next to Vale Mills is expected to be rejected by Bradford councillors
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Village worried about waste tip
Villagers are stepping up their fight against plans for a giant waste tip. More than 60 Denholme residents converged on the Mech-anics Institute for a special public meeting. They were unanimous in opposing plans for the tip at Buck Park Quarry. Humberside
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Jobs to go as mill closes
A historic Keighley mill is set to close with the loss of up to 150 jobs. British Mohair Spinners has announced its plans to move out of its Grove Mill site at Ingrow. Managing director Richard Stork yesterday told the Keighley News that some workers
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Southerners take to Taylor's Dark Mild
Timothy Taylor is toasting success in the annual North-amptonshire Beer Festival. The Keighley brewery's Dark Mild was voted top tipple at the festival, which featured more than 70 ales. This week members of the Northamptonshire Campaign for Real Ale
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Holy Family close to target
Holy Family School could soon be given the go-ahead to build five new language classrooms. The Keighley school hopes to extend the Ryan Block building by adding a third floor which would house the new classrooms. Plans have been drawn up by Bradford architects
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Village proposes new school site
Cullingworth First School governors have demanded a new building before it becomes a primary school. In a report to Bradford council's resources and buildings sub-committee, which met on Wednesday, governors claim the present site is 'inadequate and structurally
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4mph drink-driver fails in licence appeal
A motorist dubbed the 'slowest drink-driver in history' has failed in his bid to get his licence back. Tony Ackroyd, 25, was found to be just over twice the limit after he was caught trundling along the pavement on a 4mph motorised invalid vehicle in
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Dylan aims for a career in global crises
Dylan Roberts says he wants to make a difference in the world. So he's going to Africa. Richard Brugger meets a man with a mission Dylan, 25, is determined to bring some relief to the suffering people of Africa. He has joined an aid agency and by August
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Traffic schemes on the horizon
A proposed £750,000 package of traffic improvements to Keighley town centre will next week move one step closer to reality. Bradford council's high-powered transportation committee is expected to call for detailed plans to be drawn up by its road engineers
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May date for election
Elections for Haworth's first ever parish council could take place in May. A report produced by Bradford council's area coordinator Patrick Lawton was welcomed and supported by members of the council's community development committee on Wednesday. The
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Gnus for daring diners at local inn
EXOTIC fare is making the gnus at a Giggleswick pub. For the latest addition to the menu at the Hart's Head has captured the imagination of locals and visitors - gnu. The meat from this African water buffalo-type animal is imported from South Africa and
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Children raising cash for scanner
CHILDREN from Bramhope Primary School became the first youngsters to try out the new medical scanners they raised funds to help buy. The pupils were joined by Andrew Pearson, managing director of West Park-based financial company Pearson Jones and Co
