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Jim is our man,says Wetherall
Daft - that's how David Wetherall describes talk of City manager Jim Jefferies facing the chop. Wetherall feels the frustration of the club's recent results as much as anybody. But he dismisses suggestions that a change at the top would be the answer.
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Bairstow back for desperate Avenue
Midfielder Scott Bairstow is set to make a belated comeback for Bradford Park Avenue tomorrow in their UniBond Premier Division clash with Droylsden at Horsfall Stadium. Bairstow, a former-Bradford City Youth who was with Avenue when they won promotion
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Jefferies: I'll get through
Jim Jefferies will draw on his experience to see him through one of the stickiest patches of his managerial career. The City boss has not been given a deadline by chairman Geoffrey Richmond - but knows that the three games in the next week, starting with
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On This Day
In 1883, the Birkshall Gas Works in Bradford were opened. In 1965, the four members of The Beatles were presented with MBE's at Buckingham Palace. In 1984, in California, a two-week-old baby had its heart replaced with the heart of a young baboon. From
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Valena's 'smiles' ahead
A Cross Hills woman has proved you can go far with a champion smile. When Valena Turnbull, 39, entered a brightest smile competition in Woman's Own magazine she never dreamt she would be picked as a winner. "I only entered because the competition was
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Our Mark's a rising star
The manager of television's newest rising star is the landlady at an Eastburn pub. Rosie Lee, who along with husband Clive runs The White Bear, is the guiding hand behind the winner of BBC music talent show 'Star for a Night', Mark Kerins. The Lees first
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Rail stalwart quits
Keighley's world-famous steam heritage railway has been rocked by shock allegations from a stalwart member. Chris Ogilvie announced he was quitting following "spiteful, hurtful and offensive" comments about him in a staff magazine. Mr Ogilvie launched
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'A new estate would swamp this village'
A proposed housing estate of almost 300 homes will swamp Eldwick, a campaigner has claimed. Graham Franz, one of the organisers behind Eldwick's Village Design Statement, said an application for 273 houses off Warren Lane would mean a drain on the village's
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Town waits for a triple trade boost
Shipley is holding its breath for a massive injection of cash into the town with three new developments. A designer clothing and music shop is set to open in Wellcroft tomorrow and could be followed by a cafe bar at the same site next year. And national
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Naz leads the way in cancer care liaison
A pioneering post launched in Bradford to help cancer patients from the Asian population has been so successful it is attracting interest nationwide. The ethnic minorities liaison officer role, funded by Macmillan Cancer Relief, could be implemented in
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Jobseekers will find ANDIE very handy
Banking giant Abbey National has given its backing to a project getting disabled people into work which was launched yesterday. Disability @ Work is the product of a partnership made up of the bank, Bradford Council, Bradford NHS Hospitals Trust and the
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Couple raise £25,000 for cancer fight
A leading cancer charity has said a special thank- you to a Bradford couple whose fundraising efforts have netted thousands of pounds for research into the disease. Wendy and Boyd Midgley, of Clayton, have been officially declared the most successful
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A key role for family in fight against drugs
The key role families can play in helping relatives beat addictions was first revealed in research by the Bridge Project. And with the help of a £161,000 Lottery grant, the drug support service in Manor Row has been able to employ two full-time and one
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Support The Rebel with a great cause
The Priestley Centre is performing a lost work by JB Priestley - written when he was a teenager - as a one-off fundraiser. The play, called The Rebel, was discovered as a hand-written manuscript in the archives at the Little Germany theatre. It was initially
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Rugby League: Albion search for first win
Millom 30 Keighley Albion 10 Albion are still desperately searching for their first win of the season after crashing to the newly-relegated Cumbrian side. Kris Kirk and Sam Broadley making good early runs while Craig Morphett and Jon Gwilliam worked hard
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Just the ticket for cleaning up streets
Uniformed "street wardens" are to patrol Bradford city centre in a new drive to make it a clean, crime-free zone. Ten wardens will work closely alongside the police and Bradford Council in the £255,000 government-funded scheme which was announced today
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Labour Party closes offices after vandalism
Vandalism and pro-Taliban graffiti has forced Keighley's Labour party office to close its doors to the public. Windows at the back of MP Ann Cryer's office in Devonshire Street have been smashed, bonfires lit in the garden, fireworks set off and dustbins
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£150,000 winners!
A team of lucky workers from Bradford are looking forward to a pain-free Christmas after scooping £153,374 on the National Lottery. The 17-strong group at aluminium recycling firm Alenoy Ltd struck gold, for the first time in five years, in Wednesday
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Rugby Union: Ilkley take revenge
Ilkley 11 Keighley 3 Keighley could have few complaints over the merit of Ilkley's success in this league meeting, following the Utley side's triumph against the same side the previous week in a significantly less relevant cup tie. The home side created
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Soccer: Posties suffer defeat
Keighley postmen put up a brave fight before going down 3-2 to Morley after extra time in the 'Posties' FA Cup'. The Leeds side went 2-0 up before Jason Turner pulled a goal back and Dave Cole equalised, forcing the match into extra time. They hit the
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Soccer: Wharfedale Sunday League
Jamie Longley led the way as 42 goals were scored in just three league games last weekend. District Cup commitments led to the reduced league programme with Silsden beating JPL Victoria 19-1 as Longley hit a hot goal-scoring streak with 10. It was 10-
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Cycling: Ian collects world medal haul
IAN GEORGE collected three medals at the World Masters cycling championships - after just a few months riding the oval track. The Cross Hills-based bike mechanic hit top form in the championships which were held at the Manchester Velodrome -- which will
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Rugby League: Call to help save Rangers
YOUNG rugby players launched a 'save our club' campaign this week as the future of Silsden Park Rangers hung in the balance. The 80-year-old rugby league club is teetering on the brink of collapse after a string of senior players decided to hang up their
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Rugby Union: Derby date is back ontrack
Keighlians face a derby clash with Skipton tomorrow -- for the first time since 1979. It will be the first time the clubs have met under the new league structure which gives added edge to a fixture which was at one time among the most fiercely contested
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Soccer: County call for Oakbank boys
TIM HIRD and Paul McGuinness have been selected for the West Riding Under-18 soccer team. Tim, from Exley Head and Paul, from Ingrow, are both pupils at Oakbank Sports College and made the county team following trials across the region. They both play
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Cougars: Dan is to be new captain
DANNY FEARON is to be captain of the new Cougar team. The 21-year-old, formerly with Huddersfield Giants and Halifax signed on Wednesday evening and has been given a tremendous vote of confidence by coach Steve Deakin. "He has over 20 Super League games
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Athletics: Fell Champions
ATHLETES continued the district's race to the top with both the Bingley Harriers and the Keighley & Craven club tasting success at the weekend. A team from the Bingley club continued their domination of the fell racing scene by winning the Fell Runners
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Guscott is a winner at Wharfedale
JEREMY Guscott behaved like the consummate celebrity at Wharfedale RFC last Sunday when he called in at The Avenue on his Tetley's Trek around the UK to raise funds for leukaemia research. In return, the Dalesmen responded in the best possible way, not
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Craven cup soccer programme full of interest
CRAVEN & District Football League action tomorrow continues in the knockout front with first and second round action in the Northern Plant Hire Cup. Top game is the visit of Silentnight Premiership leaders Oxenhope Recreation to defending champions
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Dalesmen still confident despite Orrell reverse
WHARFEDALE will go into another testing National Division Two league game against Stourbridge at The Avenue tomorrow with no baggage from last week's defeat at Orrell, (writes Tony Simpson). Despite a 44-16 scoreline, director of rugby Michael Harrison
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - In response to the report "Community group in plea to police" (T&A, October 12). How dare Inspector Cawthorne tell us we have "sporadic ongoing problems to do with bad lighting". The last three reported incidents have taken place in broad daylight
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Area at forefront in fight against crime
The fight against crime and anti-social behaviour cannot be won by the police alone. It is a community and education responsibility. But first and foremost it is a matter for parents to deal with. In other parts of the world this issue has been looked
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Why Bulls switched world clash: Caisley
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley today explained why their World Club Championship clash against the Newcastle Knights will not be played at Valley Parade. The contest has instead been pencilled in for the McAlpine Stadium, which has undersoil heating
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Crossflatts girls in harriers win
Eleven girls from Crossflatts Primary School in Bingley were triumphant in a sports competition. The nine, ten and 11-year-olds from the school in Crossflatts near Bingley won the Year Five and Year Six team awards for the Bingley Harriers Winter Sports
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Otley top clash with Worcester survives
Australia's opening tour match on Sunday against a National League XV at Leicester has already led to the postponement of two National League One matches involving Yorkshire clubs. Rotherham's clash at Rugby tomorrow - the South Yorkshire club provide
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Hare set to make title bid
James Hare has been lined up for a bill-heading crack at the welterweight Commonwealth belt. Hare, from Roberttown, is set to face uncompromising Australian Julian Holland for the title at Barnsley's Metrodome Leisure Centre. The date is still being finalised
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Deacon in GB starting line-up
Scrum half Paul Deacon is the only Bradford Bulls player to start for Great Britain tonight in their international against France at Agen. There were six members of the Grand Final-winning line-up in the squad of 20, and three are on the bench - props
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Important role of the wardens
In an ideal world, the streets of Bradford and other cities would be kept crime-free by an abundance of police officers on high-profile patrols, reassuring the public and scaring off the ne'er-do-wells. Unfortunately, though, successive governments have
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Environmental help is to be streamlined
High level environmental advice will soon be available to businesses in Yorkshire. Business in the Environment (BiE) is setting up a network to offer quick support to companies trying to lessen their environmental impact while staying profitable. The
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Interview problem
Nearly nine out of ten employers in the region would like to employ more disabled people. A poll carried by disability care charity Leonard Cheshire has shown that most firms in Yorkshire regard disabled employees as an asset - but are failing to attract
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Law firm's advice to join forces
A Bradford law firm is urging local employers and trades unions to join forces when it comes to health and safety. Joan Pettingill, employment law expert with Last Cawthra Feather, says co-operation with employee representatives is important when firms
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It's just a capital idea!
A pearly king and queen have helped launch a new daily service to London from Leeds Bradford International Airport. The 38 new flights a week have been put on by BA's subsidiary CitiExpress after strong demand from businesses in the region. Due to start
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A major move
One of the region's leading audio-visual companies has moved its entire operation to Bradford. Amplitude Audio Visual Services and its printing and graphics firm, Vision, have become the first tenants to move into a new industrial site at Odsal. The business
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Brewers campaign to cut tax
Brewers in Keighley are calling for a reduction in ale tax to help in the battle against the beer-making giants of the industry. Charles Dent, boss of award winning Keighley brewery Timothy Taylor, and micro-brewer Jack Atkinson, who runs Goose Eye brewery
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Airedale tests new cancer treatment
Airedale Hospital is taking part in a major new drug trial which doctors hope will increase survival chances for breast cancer sufferers. The Steeton hospital is involved in testing a new type of chemotherapy, which involves a drug called Taxotere. Taxotere
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Police hunt cash-machine robbers
A 54-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint shortly after making a withdrawal from a town-centre cash machine. The man was confronted by two youths - one wielding a knife - as he walked along Oakworth Road, Keighley, on Sunday evening. He handed over £40
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Can he fix it - Yes he can!
Bob the Builder is going to fix it for Keighley. The popular children's TV character is switching on the town's Christmas lights. He will flick the switch in Town Hall Square on November 29, at 7pm. Youngsters will have the chance to meet Bob when he
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Man held in murder hunt
A 40-year-old man from Keighley has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of teenager Yasser Hussain Nazir, pictured. The man has been questioned by detectives and has been bailed to appear at a police station at a later date. Yasser, 16, of Chatsworth
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Vandals attack MP's office
Vandalism and pro-Taliban graffiti has forced Keighley's Labour Party office to close its doors to the public. Rear windows of the Devonshire Street office -- MP Ann Cryer's Keighley base -- have been smashed, bonfires lit in the garden, fireworks set
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Letters to the Editor
Sir - Whilst out shopping in Keighley, an Asian gentleman came and offered to help with my trolley. There was nothing he could do. I thanked the person and was pleased that the good Samaritan was alive and well in Keighley. Whilst I don't condone acts
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Phone site plans for fire towers
Fire chiefs have given the go-ahead for three of its fire training towers to be used as mobile phone base stations. And in a bid to allay public fears over health, fire chiefs say that phone companies will have to prove there is no local objection before
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Down Memory Lane with Ian Dewhirst
The Queen's Coronation at the beginning of June, 1953, was celebrated with street parties and neighbourhood events. The residents of Eelholme and Clock View Streets organised a fancy dress competition and procession round Beechcliffe and Utley, finishing
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Wheel help you shop, say the scooter squad
Bradford shoppers should expect wheelie fast customer service at the new Asda Wal-Mart Superstore. The extended store has enlisted the help of two scooters to help customer service staff called Go-Getters get around. The 90,000 sq ft Pudsey store is now
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Foster parents may get 'pay' increase
Pay rises to attract more local foster parents are proposed in an action plan to slash more than £4.5 million from Bradford Council's Social Services budget. Drastic action to prune a huge predicted overspend will be considered by the Executive Committee
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Anniversary of Enigma celebrated
The 60th anniversary of the capture of a Nazi Enigma coding machine which helped defeat the German Navy will be held on Sunday in the town which helped pay for one of the British warships involved. During Navy Week in 1941, people in Horsforth raised
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Same date, time and church.Only it's 50 years later...
A couple are to mark 50 golden years of marriage by re-creating their wedding day at the same church, on the same date and same time. Bill and Doris Robinson are to renew their wedding vows during a special service tomorrow at Baildon's St John's Church
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Danny's a local pop idol
A Bradford singer is getting used to life in the limelight after taking his next step towards pop stardom. Danny Tetley, 21, of Windhill, Shipley, is through to the last 75 contestants of ITV's Pop Idol show, which was entered by more than 10,000 pop
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Steam fan who blew his top at magazine
Members of the world-famous heritage railway in Keighley have got all steamed up over an article in their own staff magazine. Chris Ogilvie, who has overseen the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway's highly-acclaimed website for the past five years, threatened
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Accused 'had knife injury'
A man accused of stabbing a former prostitute 43 times, had a cut on his forehead which was probably caused by a knife, a court heard. Forensic pathologist, Professor Christopher Mallory, said his first opinion when he was shown a photograph of the partially-healed
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Rail 'chaos' high on agenda
Fed up passengers were tonight due to discuss the performance of Arriva Trains Northern following the announcement of its revised timetable and replacement of services with buses. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has fined the company £2 million for
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Thugs post lit firework through letterbox
A woman told today how she was nearly blinded after thugs posted a lighted firework through her letterbox. Angela Hussey was settling down to watch television when she heard a rattle at her front door in Boltby Lane, Buttershaw. As she got up from the
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Golf: Captain scrapes home in 'Ryder' cup
Captain Jonathan Whitley's team scraped the narrowest of victories against President John Dickinson's players in Riddlesden Golf Club's own Ryder Cup-style competition at the weekend. The two teams of 24 fought it out to the very last match before the
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Rugby: Cross-code challenge is a hit
Cougar Cubs 32 Bantams 6 Rugby Union and League players faced each other in a cross-code competition last weekend -- which would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. Keighley Bantams Under-14's invited Cougar Cubs to play in a bridge-building game
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Rugby League: Junior round-up
Brighouse Town 18 Kly Town Under-15s 24 Town Under-15s pulled off a thrill-a-minute victory over Brighouse who benefited from some recent defections from premier division outfit Elland Boxers. Town established their dominance with an early try and survived
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Three die in road smash
Three people were killed and two children left fighting for their lives by a head-on smash in Bradford last night. A silver Ford Focus, containing three local men, was overtaking a line of traffic when it was in collision with a green Rover car travelling
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Rugby Union: Colts on points rampage
KEIGHLEY COLTS turned on the style against local rivals Bradford & Bingley. Although the game was competitive in the forwards the Bees backs had no answer to the pace and creativity of the Keighley backs. Up front Matthew Green, Darren Green and James
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Soccer: Junior round-up
Long Lee Under-15s B pulled off a 6-21 victory at Cowling with goals from Matthew Harrison (2) followed by Danny Sylvester, Michael Smith, Matthew Langford and Michael Donohoe. Goalkeeper Danny Edwards also saved a second half penalty and Joseph Flaherty
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Soccer: Keighley & District Alliance
Steven Buckley hammered home a hat-trick as New Inn raced to a 13-1 victory over Royal Oak. However, Buckley's contribution was overshadowed by Rye Bailey who slotted four with D Armstrong and M Kilroy adding two each. New Inn scored six in the first
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Soccer: Craven League
Most clubs were involved in district cup games allowing Cowling Reserves to step up to second place in Division Three. They claimed their fifth win in six matches with a 3-1 victory at Pendle Athletic. Cowling played confidently and took a 2-0 interval
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Soccer: County Amateurs
MARTIN BLAND slotted the two goals which gave Silsden a vital victory over Littletown. The Cobbydale club stayed level on points with top clubs Brighouse Town and Hemsworth after collecting the points with their 2-1 victory at the Keighley Road ground
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Soccer: Shammies pull of a cup surprise
SHAMROCKS dumped Keighley Cup kings Phoenix out of the competition at the first hurdle. After coming close in previous seasons Shammies pulled off the shock of the competition with a 5-1 victory. Former Phoenix striker Paul Driver piled on the agony for
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Rugby Union: South Craven students join district squad
Four South Craven students have been selected for the Bradford Schools Rugby Union squad. Jack Wright, Sam Burke, Tom Wareing and Richard Parker, all aged 14, have been selected for the team after trials earlier this month. They all play for the school
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Rugby Union: Honours for Wayne
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Wayne Fradley has been selected to play for Yorkshire State Schools at Under-18's level. Wayne, from Oakworth, is a pupil at Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton and captain's the school's 1st XV. He also plays the XIII-a-side code, playing
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Skipton renew rugby rivalries with the neighbours
A lot of water has flowed under Kildwick Bridge since Keighley and Skipton last faced each other at first-team level. The fortunes of the two clubs have also ebbed and flowed during the period since December 1, 1979, when the two old rivals met at Sandylands
