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Better the devil?
WHAT now for the residents of Low Mill village? It seems rather ironic that, having fought so hard to establish a wool scouring plant on the site, the company Straume UK is pulling out less than three years after opening. But the ups and downs of the
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Cougars snap up former Bulls forward
Keighley Cougars have signed Hunslet's former Bradford Bulls forward Mick Banks as the build-up to the new Northern Ford Premiership season gathers pace. And the Cougars are hoping to make two or three other signings before the new campaign begins on
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Bulls five are squad 'tips'
Chris Caisley was expecting Great Britain coach David Waite to name five Bradford Bulls players in his squad of 17 today for Sunday's first Guinness Test at the McAlpine Stadium. The Bulls chairman feels that Paul Anderson, Stuart Fielden, Leon Pryce,
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Ward gets lift from Dutch visit
Ashley Ward will not need an ankle operation. That was the good news from the City striker's visit to Dutch specialist Nick van Dijk. Ward, troubled with the injury since September 2, was sent to Amsterdam to see the Ajax club doctor who is an expert
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Young Offenders Panels seeking new members
COMMUNITY minded people in Wharfedale and Aireborough are being asked to help beat youth crime by joining new panels. The Youth Offender Panels will work with young offenders and their families. And their aim will be to make young offenders take responsibility
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Traders in new call for security cameras
TRADERS in Otley are calling for security cameras to be installed - before the town becomes known as a soft target. Jonathan Rutter, president of the town's chamber of trade and commerce, fears the installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV
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Kitchen staff praised for wheelie good meals
Kitchen staff at High Royds Hospital in Menston have received praise for the culinary delights they produce for Aireborough Meals on Wheels. Christine Law-Green, Project Leader for the Aireborough branch of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, which provides
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Commuter calls for action in continuing rail chaos
A FED-UP Menston commuter has called on fellow passengers to voice their frustration at continuing rail problems. Train operator Arriva Trains Northern recently cut back services all over the region - including the beleaguered Wharfedale Line trains.
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Students take to the catwalk
FASHION students are putting in some catwalk practice before showing off their own designs. The 15 to 17 year olds from Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School will be putting on a fashion show at the school on Wednesday, November 14. And to make sure they
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Woman stabbed in shop raids
A KNIFEMAN stabbed a woman in the hand and attacked two other shopkeepers in two raids on Horsforth shops. No-one was seriously injured in the robberies, but police are keen to trace the man, who struck twice within ten minutes in Horsforth on Monday.
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Guiseley DIY giant will move to new premises at mill
DIY giant Arnold Laver's is to relocate to new premises in Guiseley, we can reveal. The timber and DIY chain announced yesterday it is to create a new call-collect centre in Springhead Mills, off Otley Road. News of the 22,000 square foot development
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Youths jailed after Otley racist attack
A POLICEMAN'S son and another youth were jailed after a court heard how a gang threatened and shouted racial abuse at two Asian takeaway owners. The owners of Otley's Monsoon takeaway, on Boroughgate, Alean and Shilbley Choudhury, were said to be in fear
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£34m deal is on
Car dealership Dixon Motors Plc has announced plans for a £34 million sale and leaseback of property. The deal will involve 17 of its freehold and long leasehold properties and is due to be completed by January 26 next year. A company spokesman said the
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Jim dedicates his life to helping others
THE threat and fear of war has loomed large across the world since the terrorist atrocities in the United States, on September 11. The day - many claim as having changed the world - shattered complacent beliefs in peace and evoked a sense of unease. The
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Battle lines drawn as developer launches new bid to build flats
A DEVELOPMENT company has launched a new appeal to be allowed to build a block of eight flats in Middleton, Ilkley. Micklegate Special Developments Limited has also submitted a fresh application to planners in a 'twin track' approach to getting its own
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Corrie star in Addingham
CORONATION Street star Danny Cunningham will be in Addingham this Sunday to open a new showroom dedicated to stone tiles. The actor - better known as Jimmy Sykes in the popular soap - will cut the ribbon at Plan-it-Earth, on Main Street, at 1pm. Cunningham
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Frustrated home buyer threatens to camp out
A FRUSTRATED new house buyer has threatened to camp out on the doorstep of a development company until his new home is completed. Paul Heptonstall is angry and frustrated over the delays in building his new home on the site of the former Ilkley College
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Celebrate at flower group meeting
MEMBERS of the Ilkley Flower Show Society will be celebrating at their forthcoming annual general meeting. Last year the meeting was surrounded by an air of doom and gloom because the lack of members put the existence of the annual event under threat.
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New-style meeting will force Ilkley issues into the open
A NEW-STYLE public meeting in Ilkley aims to get people talking about issues of concern in the town. Ilkley Parish Council has joined forces with the Keighley Area Panel to create the Ilkley Open Meeting - which will encourage debate and feedback through
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'We're moving out' says controversial village firm
A £4 MILLION wool scouring plant which opened two years ago at Low Mill, Addingham, after fierce opposition from residents, is to relocate. Straume (UK) Ltd told the Gazette this week it would be moving its business to somewhere 'south of Bradford' in
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Why Horsforth needs police parity
Sir, - In reply to the letter 'Seeking headlines' your newspaper of November 1, no wonder the Tories are in disarray when they have to rely on misinformed, second-hand information. Councillor Fox did not even attend the meeting of the Police Forum, so
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Re-opening rail line makes good sense
SIR - I was interested in your article in the Craven Herald (November 2) regarding the campaign to re-open the railway line between Skipton and Colne. You will be aware that last year, the Colne bypass project lost out on funding to the Heysham/M6 link
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Woods and moor are poles apart
Sir, - Where are they now? The self-proclaimed protectors of our unsullied moor appeared outraged at the appearance of a few harmless if colourful pieces of wood. How is it then that a deafening silence prevails over the works of an apparently deranged
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Sisters fly in for mum
Two women have flown thousand of miles to be with their mother for her birthday. Mary Milner, of Mayfield Place, Wyke, celebrated her birthday yesterday with her children. Sisters Ann Murray and Patricia Georgeson felt it was important to be together
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Annie's back at long last!
Buffalo Bill's wild west circus is coming to Bingley - nearly a century after it was first in town. Members of Bingley Amateur Operatic Society were amazed to discover that gun-shooter Annie Oakley had appeared in both Bradford and Keighley back in 1903
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Brave Trojans run out of steam
Burley Trojans 2 Upper Armley OB 4 BURLEY Trojans approached this County Trophy fixture with some trepidation missing four key players against opponents who are unbeaten in their own league this season and who recently netted 17 times in one match. Trojans
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Town sink to low level but go through
Whinmoor 2 Otley Town 4 Otley Town travelled to Whinmoor in this West Riding County Challenge Cup second round game and produced their worst performance so far this season. The home team were a very poor outfit and the Otley side seemed to sink to their
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I think we have come a long way this season - Parsley
DISAPPOINTED but not downhearted. That was Guiseley AFC manager Neil Parsley after his side's exit from the Umbro FA Trophy on Tuesday night at Stafford Rangers following their battling 0-0 draw at Nethermoor on Saturday. Parsley had just witnessed his
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Victory in fight to save school
Villagers are celebrating a victory in their battle to stop one of Bradford's oldest school buildings being consigned to the history books. The former Sandal Primary School in Green Road, Baildon, has been declared a Grade II-listed building by the Government's
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City cancel pitch deal after attacks
Bradford City Football Club has cancelled a contract hiring a college pitch to train nine and ten year olds after fireworks were flung towards them as they played. The players were training on an all-weather pitch at Dixon's City Technology College when
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Race relations: 'We need urgent results'
High-powered Bradford Vision wants results within six months after tackling the damning Ouseley Report on the district's race relations. Paul Smith, chairman of Vision's executive, told a special Council scrutiny committee last night that they recognised
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Science and culture are perfect partners
Bradford's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008 has received European support at a major conference in the city. Representatives from across Europe have gathered at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television for the two-day Two Cultures
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Biological weapons regulation 'too lax'
A Bradford lecturer has unravelled the secrets of biological warfare with a book calling for more stringent rules on development of the weapons. Dr Simon Whitby says regulation of biological weapons is too lax and will relay his fears at a United Nations
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - Bary Malik is right to describe the Asian arsonists who tried to burn a church in Girlington as un-Islamic. I would direct the attention of these young idiots to sura v.82-85 of the Holy Koran, which describes Christians as "nearest among them"
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From the archives of the Craven Herald
100 years ago IT appears Craven residents 100 years ago could teach today's locals a few things about partying. Two events were held a century ago this week - Kirkby Malham Parochial Dance and Ingleton Football Club's social evening - and the dancing
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Craven must stay calm
DISTURBANCES across West Yorkshire involving Asian youths are worrying. An arson attack on a church and violent scenes in some towns by out of control youths pledging their support for Osama Bin Laden cannot be dismissed as typical 'Mischief Night' pranks
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Wetherall 'back in the fold'
David Wetherall has promised not to let the Southampton transfer talk affect his performances for Bradford City. Struggling Saints pulled the plug on a £1.25 million move for Wetherall as well as a possible deal with Nottingham Forest skipper Chris Bart-Williams
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Council launches probe into crashes on Bends
THE root cause of motor accidents on the notorious Manor Park Bends, near Burley-in-Wharfedale, is to be investigated by Ilkley Parish Council. Coun Brian Mann appealed to his colleagues to implement a three-point strategy to establish why so many accidents
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Planners will probe 'Las Vegas' pub lighting
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched to see if multi-coloured fluorescent lights introduced at a Burley-in-Wharfedale pub have breached planning regulations. A row has erupted in the village after the Generous Pioneer pub, on Ilkley Road, rigged up more
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Civic Dinner guests told of council's new role
IF Ilkley Parish Council goes ahead and levies a small general rate, the money raised will be used to help local causes. This was the message from Coun Michael Gibbons, parish council chairman, at the revived annual Civic Dinner, held at the King's Hall
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Aireborough celebrates 70 years of work in airborne business
AS AVIATION in Yeadon celebrates its 70th anniversary, a leading light in the local light aircraft industry has looked back on Aireborough's airborne heritage. Since its humble beginnings in October 1931, Yeadon Airfield has gone through wartime bomber
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Pool's light anger
THE ILLUMINATION of a Pool-in-Wharfedale housing estate is not proving popular with the residents, a councillor has claimed. Leeds City Council plans to put up 16 new street lamps to add extra light to the streets of the Park Estate. But while some residents
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Students get first-hand lesson in caring for the environment
LUCKY science students from Otley are being given the chance to work alongside real professionals. The students from Prince Henry's Grammar School will work closely with a professor from the University of Leeds on a project looking at how recycled waste
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Town all set to dance to the tunes of Wharfedale FM
ORGANISERS of Otley's first radio station are urging people to send in their requests and dedications. And to set the ball rolling, The Wharfedale Observer asked several up-standing members of the community for their top three records of all time. And
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Terrified young mum is too frightened to leave home
A YOUNG mother of two is at her wits end after suffering abuse and vandalism on a Yeadon housing estate. Carol Thompson, 21, her husband, Kenneth, 24, and their two young children, Georgina, two, and Ben, six months, are desperate to be re-housed to their
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Document must be balanced
The proposal to transfer 27,000 Bradford Council homes from the control of the local authority to a Community Housing Trust has been deeply divisive. Some tenants, whose views are largely represented by the Defend Council Housing Campaign, see the move
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On This Day
In 1893, an errand boy was killed at the Exchange Station, Bradford, whilst carrying an oxygen cylinder. In 1942, Operation Torch saw four divisions of Allied troops land on the coast of French North Africa. In 1989, Douglas Wilder became the first black
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Why Leslie and Margaret eat, sleep and drink art
IT'S fair to say that Ilkley couple Leslie and Margaret Simpson live for their art. The husband and wife team are well known in the town for organising numerous art exhibitions each year at the King's Hall/Winter Gardens. As they admit, the logistics
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Campaigner to go ahead with Menwith 'demo'
OTLEY peace campaigner Helen John says she will press ahead with a planned all-women demonstration at Menwith Hill. Ms John, vice chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), plans to stage a demonstration outside the base on December 12 next
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Council launches probe into crashes on Bends
THE root cause of motor accidents on the notorious Manor Park Bends, near Burley-in-Wharfedale, is to be investigated by Ilkley Parish Council. Coun Brian Mann appealed to his colleagues to implement a three-point strategy to establish why so many accidents
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Resident fights planning refusal
A DATE has been set for an Ilkley resident to appeal against planners who turned down his scheme to build a detached house in the grounds of his own home. Jim Boddy, of Homewood, Curly Hill, Middleton, will tell a Department of the Environment planning
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Firework vandals target hut
IRRESPONSIBLE vandals smashed the window of a wooden scout hut - by strapping a huge firework to it and setting it alight. Young tearaways - who attached the rocket with tape - blew a large hole in the window, at Addingham Scout Hut. Marilyn Doherty,
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Ilkley's lucky 13th Larkspeed title
British autotest champion David Mosey made the best individual performance in the final round of the Larkspeed Inter-club team championship at sunny Melbourne on Sunday to round off the series for Ilkley Motor Club. First run under the Shell banner in
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Excellent Saracens gain Merit Table victory
Fylde A 6 Otley Saracens 52 SARACENS produced a good team performance to win this Merit table game at Lytham and record their sixth consecutive win during which they have scored 320 points and only conceded two tries. Otley made the early running and
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Pool fend off the battling Bulldogs
Pool 2 Skipton Bulldogs 1 AFTER crashing out of the League Challenge Cup last week Pool returned to Cup action against an unknown quantity in Skipton Bulldogs. It was an evenly contested opening half, with both teams probing. Pool, had the clearer chances
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Thornton hammers Trinity into next round
Baildon Trinity Athletic 3 St Andrews 2 Baildon Trinity Athletic played hosts to Halifax based side, St Andrews in the County Challenge Cup. Baildon started brightly and went one up after just ten minutes after a well struck shot by Richard Walker was
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Bronze medal for Burley's Scott Thwaites
LOCAL riders competed in the British Schools' Cycling Association National Hill Climb Championships which took place on a wet and foggy Oliver's Mount Circuit in Scarborough. In the under-10s event Otley's Oliver Webster, representing St Joseph's RC Primary
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Defensive failings let Otley down in cup
Henley Hawks 48 Otley 30 Otley were unceremoniously dumped out of the Senior Cup by a side they had destroyed earlier in the season when racking up 55 points. They welcomed back Simon Binns and Phil Greaves but lost the services of scrum-half Andy Brown
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Parsley's brave warriors bow out of FA Trophy
Stafford 4 Guiseley 2 AFTER one of the most pulsating 0-0 draws viewed in a long time of football watching, Guiseley had to replay their FA Trophy game with Stafford Rangers on Tuesday night. The problems mounted for manager Neil Parsley when his injury
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Under the hammer for virtual auction
A cattle market is to hold its first auction since the foot and mouth crisis - but without live animals. The first video sale in the Yorkshire region is being held at Skipton auction mart. Farmers will view cattle and bulls on a screen in the auction
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Document drafts plans for transfer of housing
A 100-page draft document has been drawn up about proposals by Bradford Council to transfer its housing stock to community housing trusts. It will form the basis of a publication to be sent out to tenants telling them what they can expect from their new
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Carolyn's counting on thrills
Martial artist Carolyn Dean, pictured, who swapped her accountancy job to become a stunt girl, is hoping to qualify at one of the top action academies in the world. Carolyn, who got her first taste of armed combat at The Royal Armories in Leeds, has been
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'Long-term view vital'
Tough exam targets for Bradford pupils are unlikely to be met next summer, according to the boss of the schools watchdog Ofsted. Mike Tomlinson, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, said he believes the district will flunk its GCSE target requiring
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'Drugs bungle' leaves mum in coma
A mother-of-one with a penicillin allergy is in a coma after she is believed to have been mistakenly given the drug at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Teresa Innes is thought to have suffered a massive reaction when she was put on a drip containing penicillin
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Wheatley provide a brave fight
Wheatley 0 Crown Celtic 2 Facing a team who put eight past them a month ago and with just 11 men available at kick-off it looked like a daunting Sunday morning for Wheatley. A first home defeat of the season was the outcome but only after a very closely
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Worrying spin-off effects of CCTV
EFFORTS are being made to have security cameras installed in Otley. Currently, Otley's crime figures are relatively low compared to places like Horsforth where burglary, robbery and vandalism are fairly commonplace. Horsforth, which doesn't have a police
