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Chemists the latest to feel draught
BRITAIN'S supermarkets have changed the face of Britain's high streets irrevocably. As the greengrocers, newsagents and corner shops have withered and died, so the supermarkets have grown and prospered. Where once they sold tins of beans and packets of
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Storton goes to Town on defence
Bradford Park Avenue 4, Ossett Town 5: Never in the field of football conflict have so many goals been met with such little enthusiasm by so few. Playing in their first game of 2003, Avenue were dumped out of the UniBond Challenge Cup by lower league
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Back at the Sharp end with Yorkshire
Kevin Sharp, whose appointment as Yorkshire's batting coach will be confirmed later today, is "thrilled to bits" to be returning to his native county. The former Bradford and Bingley and Farsley batsman, who lives at Sandy Lane, will finish his job as
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Hape: Just watch me go
Shontayne Hape is promising an explosive start to the most important rugby season of his life. The Kiwi youngster will pull on a Bulls shirt for the first time tomorrow in the friendly at Castleford and is determined to give the fans something to cheer
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Chorus leads the way in The Pied Piper
Rachel O'Connor reviews The Pied Piper of Hamlin at Yeadon Town Hall. THE great panto tradition is alive and well at Yeadon with Yeadon Charities Association pulling off another success with The Pied Piper of Hamlin. Although this was the 65th annual
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Elizabeth, 71, has pedal power in cycle trek across Cuba
CYCLING pensioner Elizabeth Loy is half way through a gruelling 200 mile bike ride through Cuba. Mrs Loy, 71, started the charity bike ride on Saturday to raise money for deaf children. Along with her 37 year old daughter, Cathryn Armstrong, who lives
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Tuscan duo call on local builders
A family are appealing for Wharfedale builders to help them finish their Tuscan holiday villas before their first guests arrive. Richard Turnbull, his wife Sarah Fraser and three-year-old Gregory swapped life in Otley last May for an 18th century Tuscan
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Jonathan's our hero as he fights off woman's mugger
A 15-year-old schoolboy has been hailed a hero after tackling a mugger. Jonathan Dale saw an elderly woman being robbed on his way home from school in Guiseley on Wednesday last week. But instead of turning a blind eye, Jonathan, a pupil at Guiseley School
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Bishop speaks to pupils
St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School in Menston hosted a special visit by Bishop Arthur Roche last week. The Bishop held two assemblies on his visit, speaking to senior pupils in preparation of Lent entitled 'Join Me On The Journey Of Lent,' as part
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Signs of hope for education
Bradford schools have produced a mixed bag of individual results in the latest secondary-schools league tables. However, in line with the recent Ofsted report on the performance of the LEA the overall impression is encouraging. It is possible to prove
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On This Day
In 1571, Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London. In 1931, Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova died aged 45. In 1973, US president Richard Nixon declared that an agreement had been reached to end the war in Vietnam. From the Telegraph &
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'Our offer's the best' says Sir Ken
Sir Ken Morrison hit back at Tesco over its claims that consumers would benefit most if it were to enter the bidding war for Safeway. And he has vowed to continue to fight to take over Safeway. Morrisons began the battle for grocery chain Safeway, with
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Path opens after 20-year wait
KLONDYKE residents can finally walk in safety to visit their neighbours in Salterforth after a new footpath was opened this week. Parish councillors and local residents have been campaigning for more than 20 years for the footpath and are delighted to
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Burnley may use new sports pitch
WEST Craven's first floodlit all-weather pitch is nearing completion and the bookings are already coming in. The pitch has been created at the Rolls-Royce sports grounds, next to a new purpose-built pavilion and changing rooms opened less than two years
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Parents return to school to help with children's education
PARENTS in Glusburn and Cowling are going back to school themselves - to learn more about their children's education. A new scheme is being piloted at the two village primary schools which aims to bring teachers and parents closer together and encourage
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Skate park's fate rests in local hands
SETTLE landowners willing to sell a small patch of land could make teenagers' dreams come true. Enthusiastic skaters have lift-off with their appeal for a skate park in Settle after the town council pledged £5,000 to the scheme, which is backed by Settle
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Friends club together to buy their favourite pub
"WE liked it so much we bought the business!" A group of friends who love to holiday at Ribblehead have leapt at the chance to buy their favourite pub, The Station Inn. The southerners have formed a partnership to buy the isolated inn, which stands next
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Wetherspoons reveal new ideas for historic pub
THE battle over the future of the historic Devonshire pub in Skipton took a step forward when architects sought support for their latest plans. JD Wetherspoon plc has been trying to win over residents and planners since 2000. The 18th century grade two
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Residents want road action
RESIDENTS of sheltered housing at Laurel Croft, Embsay, want action to alleviate ongoing parking problems along their road. They are investigating the possibility of changing the status of the road to make it unadopted. This would transfer the ownership
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Transfer of council houses is a step closer
CRAVEN District Council took an important step this week towards transferring its housing stock to Craven Housing, a newly formed subsidiary of the Yorkshire Housing Group. The council agreed to proceed with the proposal to transfer the stock having agreed
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Skipton's Christmas lights face uncertain future
SKIPTON faces a Christmas blackout after the town's chamber of trade abdicated responsibility for organising the festive lights. It has asked Skipton Town Council to take over the job again - three years after the council refused to carry on and handed
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Lois undertakes peak challenge
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl from Skyreholme is preparing to scale the heights of Ben Nevis to raise money to help her primary school. Lois Nelson, of Ridge End Cottage, is a pupil at Burnsall School, which has launched an appeal to raise £20,000 to build an
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No takers for headship of successful school
ONE of Craven's most successful primary schools is struggling to appoint a new headteacher. Cracoe and Rylstone District County Primary School, which achieved flawless results in the recent year six national attainment tests, has advertised in two national
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The man who's been a knockout for 30 years
An operating theatre with three-inch tall surgeons and fake blood was a surprisingly fitting tribute to an Otley anaesthetist celebrating 30 years in the business. Quenton Robinson, Consultant Anaesthetist at Wharfedale Hospital, last week celebrated
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Grammar School delighted with its performance rating
Ilkley Grammar School expects to be identified yet again as one of the top performing comprehensive schools nationally after the publication of the latest perform-ance tables Seventy-three per cent of their students achieved five or more A* - C grades
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'Skatepark could be a honey pot for anti-social behaviour'
Addingham's bid to create a skateboarding park has run into another major snag - with police branding its proposed location as 'unsafe'. The scheme received its second body blow within two months when Problem Orientated Police officer PC Stuart Hudson
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Tourist spot may be given makeover
A NEGLECTED beauty spot could be given a makeover to attract tourists and residents to a cherished part of Ilkley. Proposals to maintain and improve the wildlife and prehistoric carved rocks in Panorama Wood were outlined to parish councillors this week
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Reprieve for Ilkley over council's grant aid
RESIDENTS of Ilkley will not have to fork out for running their own parish council this year, the Gazette can reveal. Parish council and City Hall bosses have been in a wrangle since it was announced that grants for parish and town councils are to be
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Police tax rise is far too high
SIR - The Craven Herald of January 17 carried an article in which it was suggested that most Craven folk don't care how much we pay for our police service. On the contrary, I think we care very much, but I suspect we can do little or nothing about it,
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Letters to the Editor
Reasons for teacher's resignation SIR, - I refer to your report regarding my resignation from Ilkley Grammar School. I feel I owe it to the community to explain some of the background to the circumstances. My decision was not taken lightly and was based
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Growing tribute to loved ones
Families have remembered relatives and friends by planting trees at a commemorative wood. A total of 93 oak, birch and rowan trees were planted at the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can...Commemorative Wood at the St Ives estate at Harden near Bingley
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Aireborough on the up after a poor start to their season
Aireborough 27 Adwick le Street 5 Aireborough dominated this Yorkshire Division Five game against the fifth placed team in their division from start to finish to record a fourth straight league win after a poor start to the season. Aireborough have made
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Otley beaten but unbowed at Sixways
Worcester 61 Otley 12 OTLEY suffered the fate of every team to visit Sixways this season but the crowd of almost 2,500 rose to applaud when they left the field for their part in a highly entertaining match. They tackled like demons and used every opportunity
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Hunter to aid fund for developing young stars
TWICE B & H Masters Snooker champion Paul Hunter has not forgotten his roots and he is to appear at Guiseley Theatre on Thursday, January 30, in a special snooker night to help raise funds so that local youngsters can follow his path. The 24 year-old
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Stunner for Parsley as Airdrie goes back
Guiseley AFC have been stunned by the recall of on loan midfielder Stewart Airdrie to Hednesford. The Silsden-raised former Bradford City reserve arrived at Nethermoor Park for a second spell from the former Conference Club initially on loan but with
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Village centre 'now looks like car park'
Angry Baildon residents claim the heart of the village has been ripped out after flags were replaced with black bitumen road surfacing. Residents say the village centre now resembles a car park or an industrial estate after the flags outside shops on
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School's new head takes charge at 28
A new headteacher is breaking records - and could be the youngest in the country at 28. Simon Camby has been appointed as head at Menston Primary School, with responsibility for 360 pupils. Beryl Powell, chairman of Bradford Primary Head Teachers' Association
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Job's 'too hot' for fire engine drivers
The stresses of violence, abuse and motorists' attitudes are being blamed for a drop in the number of firefighters becoming engine drivers. Firefighters willing to undergo professional driver training and get behind the wheel of a ten-tonne engine are
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Now trial delayed by a broken tooth
A major drugs trial has been further delayed because the main prosecution witness broke a tooth eating his dinner. Gary Padgett, a self-confessed drugs courier, was due to continue giving evidence at Bradford Crown Court yesterday but Judge Peter Benson
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Calls for action to cut rat-run traffic
Action is being demanded on a street where morning peak traffic levels have shot up by 41 per cent since Bradford's guided bus scheme started running. Drivers are breaking the law and cutting through access-only Netherlands Avenue to avoid the Manchester
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Schools: We're on the rise!
Bradford today produced its best-ever showing in secondary school league tables. The district is beginning to climb away from its position near the bottom of the national league. The latest table of GCSE results, released today, now place it 133rd out
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Earby CC stalwart heading for Read
EARBY Cricket Club suffered a seismic shock last week at the annual meeting when club stalwart and secretary Keith Crabtree confirmed his decision to leave the club after 50 years of dedicated service. The 63-year-old started as the club scorer as a 12
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Ben Rhydding Ladies hammer in eight goals
Blackburn 0 Ben Rhydding Ladies 8 Ben Rhydding Ladies travelled to Blackburn and enjoyed a confidence-boosting victory against their old rivals in this final friendly fixture before the league re-starts on February 1. Typically a hard-fought encounter
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Ilkley give cup holders a fright
Ilkley AFC 1 St Margaret's 2 We escaped from jail and we didn't deserve to," said Horsforth manager Thompson as his side scored the winning goal in the final minute of extra-time of a thrilling Wharfedale Challenge Cup semi-final. Fine words of consolation
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - I agree with Edwina Grisag (Letters, January 10) that it is very sad that Mr Rob O'Hagan has felt it necessary to resign as head of Rhodesway School after a harsh and I felt very impatient Ofsted report. I have two boys at the school and since Mr
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Making headlines for right reasons
Teenage boys often make newspaper headlines for all the wrong reasons, so it makes a refreshing change to be able to report on the good deeds of one such lad. A 15-year-old Guiseley School pupil has made his family proud this week after standing up to
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Craven through the years
100 years ago A slater from Skipton was tried at the town hall on a charge of wilful damage to Harry Greenwood's confectionery stall. The prosecutor told the court that the defendant had purchased two pennyworth of sweets and then went round the side
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Let's skate over these negative objections
FOR many years our newspaper, like many others, has carried a popular 'Across the Years' column featuring news from our pages from 25 to 125 years ago. It might be just as interesting to carry items which might feature on our pages many years in the future
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On-song Aidan aims to be No1
Aidan Davison is back to his best form - thanks to Gary Walsh. City boss Nicky Law believes the return from injury of Walsh has seen Davison step up a gear to hang on to the keeper's jersey. Walsh, who was on the bench against Rotherham, plays his first
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Row over dam walks may end in compromise
A ROW between walkers and model boat enthusiasts looks to have been settled. Walkers and nearby residents thought decades long access to Larkfield Dam and Billing at Rawdon was to be stopped after fences went up. But following a meeting last week between
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Caf is set to hit the right notes
Lessons for budding disc jockeys and the chance to surf the Internet attracted dozens of young people to a Burley-in-Wharfedale church at the weekend. Around 50 people in total visited the Methodist Church in Main Street to try their hand at everything
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Post Office cutbacks lead to end of era for Jackie
It will be a sad day for a Guiseley postmistress when her business closes in a month due to Post Office cutbacks. Jackie Edmunds has run Town Gate Post Office for 15 years and when the Post Office undertook a review of its branches last year she opted
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Secondary schools celebrate as top performers in the district
SECONDARY schools in Wharfe-dale, Aireborough and Horsforth are amongst the best performers in Leeds and Bradford. The secondary school perform-ance tables, published today, cover more aspects of each school's performance than ever before. And all head
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Number's up as Dave decides to call it a day
When long-term friends Stan Harman and Dave Robson started bingo calling for Otley's pensioners they made a pact that if one left, so would the other. So when Stan died on Christmas Eve, former community policeman Dave decided it was time to give up his
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Charity cyclist avoids hot spot
The possibility of war with Iraq has forced an Otley fundraiser to change his 6,000 mile travel plans. Martin McKeown left his job as a teacher in Japan and decided that the return journey home would be one to remember. Martin, from Caxton Road, had hoped
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Transport problems need CITs to unite
COMMUNITY Involvement Teams in Horsforth, Aireborough and Wharfedale are being urged to work together to solve transport problems. The vice chairman of the Horsforth and Cookridge CIT, Councillor Brian Cleasby, made the plea as he spelt out his view that
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Head teacher at just 28, Simon could be the youngest one
A new school headteacher is breaking records and could be the youngest in the country at the age of just 28. Simon Camby has been appointed the new head teacher at Menston Primary School and he might be a record breaker. He said: "I think I probably could
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Honour for WRVS workers
MEALS on Wheels volunteers in Barnoldswick had their efforts officially recognised this week. The Barnoldswick Branch of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service started running a Meals on Wheels service in 1962 and did so continuously until just before Christmas
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Residents still concerned over bridge replacement
THE "notorious" Bradley swing bridge is being replaced with an automatic system - but residents are not happy. More than 70 of them attended a public meeting on Tuesday to express their concerns over the replacement of the Ings Lane bridge, on which work
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Resident wants action on postbox vandalism
A CROSS Hills woman is calling for action to prevent vandals removing mail from a postbox and destroying the contents. Margaret Lund, of Ryeland Avenue, says that she is continually picking up the remains of sodden letters that have been removed from
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More good news as village scoops the lottery
TOSSIDE has won the lottery, scooping a £181,000 grant towards its new village hall. It's the second piece of good news for the village, with planning permission granted for the new hall just last week. The success of the project is down to the enthusiasm
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Historic finds at The Folly
SHOES dating back 250 years have been discovered bricked up in Settle's historic Folly. One shoe and a boot were uncovered during work on the building, which also revealed a beehive oven and fire hole that experts believe are part of an even older house
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Water firm fined £19,000 for polluting village beck
WATER company United Utilities has been fined £19,000 for polluting Clapham Beck. The firm, formerly North West Water, was also ordered to pay costs of £1,256 by Skipton magistrates after pleading guilty to discharging sewage from Clapham Waste Water
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Business wins grant to expand its meal range
KILNSEY Park has won a grant for £26,000. Owners Anthony and Vanessa Roberts will use the money to market and expand their range of ready meals, focusing specifically on branded local game products. Fifty per cent of the grant came from the Rural Enterprise
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Deregulation could sound death knell of local pharmacies
THE future of the few remaining independent chemists dotted across Craven could be in jeopardy if the Government agrees to scrap the limit on the number of pharmacies allowed to handle prescriptions. The Office of Fair Trading recommended the limits be
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Taxi driver left shaken after weekend attack
ANOTHER taxi driver is recovering after being attacked and robbed in Skipton in the early hours of Sunday morning. This is the second Skipton taxi driver to be attacked in two weeks but police say there is nothing to link the two incidents. At about 3.25am
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Grammar schools achieve 'average' results for added value
NEW tables for secondary schools assess the progress they have made with the pupils. Instead of raw exam results, which are bound to show a selective school at the top of the table, new "value added" measures are intended to give recognition for the work
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New festival company to be set up this week
A NEW company to run Ilkley's planned sport and culture festival should be established within the next week. Bradford district councillor Chris Greaves - a chartered accountant - has been chosen to keep an eye on the finances of the new organisation.
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Firm tests nuclear weapons and educates our children
SERCO Group Plc, Education Bradford's parent company, was formed out of the former RCA cinema group's UK subsidiary. Older readers will remember the black and white image of the transmitter beaming out signals before the start of the film at the local
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It's back to Burley
Children at a Burley-in-Wharfe-dale school have been giving a warm welcome to their new head teacher. Julie Speight took over in charge of Burley & Woodhead C of E Primary on January 6, succeeding former head Sue Adsett who had spent nine years in
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Vicar is saying farewell to Burley
The Vicar of St Mary's Parish Church is leaving Burley-in-Wharfedale after serving the village for more than nine years. The Reverend Peter Sut-cliffe is moving on to take up a new position as priest-in-charge of St Andrew's Church, Yeadon. Mr Sutcliffe
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Head teacher at just 28, Simon may be the youngest in the country
A new school head teacher is breaking records and could be the youngest in the country at just 28 years of age. Simon Camby has been appointed the new head teacher at Menston Primary School and he might be a record breaker. He said: "I think I probably
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Letters to the Editor
There's a price to pay for modernisation SIR, - The firefighters are set to dominate the headlines again, with the Government using its pay claim to make more cuts in services and levels of safety under the title of modernisation. Please don't let us
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Hard work pays off as hotel is awarded a Michelin star
DINING out in Craven reached a new high this week with news that the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey has become the first restaurant in the district to be awarded a Michelin star. The hotel's Burlington Restaurant met the stringent criteria set
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The Curmudgeon
IT so happens that the Curmudgeoness is a voracious reader. She devours books like some people devour chocolates. We have to go to Mar'ton every week, whether we need to shop or not, to re-stock her pile of far from light reading: up to six books, often
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Pub waits to hear of licence bid
A pub will learn next week if its entertainment licence is to be renewed. Lillibets, in Leeds Road, Liversedge, applied to Kirklees Licensing and Safety Committee to grant the licence, which includes music and dancing. The pub wants the licence to run
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Guiseley's McIntosh picked for training with select squad of trials riders
THE Auto Cycle Union has selected 13 young British trials riders for the national training programme and they will all receive a level of tuition and support comparable with that accorded by the Spanish Federation to their young riders. Five girls, headed
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Youngsters give medal winning performances at indoor event
In the North Of England AA Indoor 2003 Championships at Sport City, Manchester, at the weekend two medals were won by Horsforth's Andrew Staniland (Leeds City AC), who consolidated upon his silver medal in the under-17 men's pentathlon the week before
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Otliensians go down after a promising first-half
Hemsworth 27 Otliensians 6 Otliensians enjoyed a good first-half at second-placed Hemsworth.They led 6-0 at the break with a drop goal and a penalty by fly-half Ian Chaplin. The second-half was unfortunately a different story when the home side ran in
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Ilkley give cup holders Saints a real fright
Ilkley AFC 1 St Margaret's 2 "We escaped from jail and we didn't deserve to," said Horsforth manager Thompson as his side scored the winning goal in the final minute of extra-time of a thrilling Wharfedale Challenge Cup semi-final. Fine words of consolation
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Trojans edge it over Bramhope in a shoot out
Bramhope 3 Burley Trojans 3 Trojans won 2-1 on penalties BURLEY Trojans kept up their recent good form by booking a place in the semi-finals of the Harrogate and District Senior Cup - but not before they had been given a real scare by Bramhope. A Chris
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Guiseley give the league's top side a real scare
Guiseley 2 Alfreton Town 2 LEAGUE leaders Alfreton arrived at Nethermoor on Saturday on the back of a 25 match unbeaten run that very nearly came to an end. A hard working Guiseley side as ever lacked only the killer instinct in front of goal whichwould
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MPs want UN ruling before war with Iraq
Five West Yorkshire MPs rebelled against the Government in a debate over Iraq last night. The Labour MPs - Ann Cryer (Keighley), Marsha Singh ( Bradford West), Mike Wood, (Spen Valley) Harold Best (North West Leeds) and Alice Mahon (Halifax) - were among
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Council 'dragging its heels' over footpaths
A leading walkers' group today accused Bradford Council of 'dragging its heels' over improvements to footpaths in the district. Ramblers Association chief executive Nick Barrett condemned Bradford's record as it emerged the Council is still well down
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Justice, DIY style
Crime victim David Asher turned DIY lawyer when police refused to take action against a teenage burglar. And the computer programmer, who had never entered a courtroom before, was today celebrating his successful prosecution after almost two years of
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Walker answers Ribblesdale SOS
ON a day when going in at the deep end is the norm, North Ribblesdale have followed suit by asking veteran John Walker to make his season debut in a tough re-arranged Yorkshire One league game at Huddersfield YMCA. Walker has given yoeman service to the
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LMS de-railed by double whammy
SKIPTON LMS will have had some dark days in their long association with the Craven & District League, but few of them will have matched the double whammy that struck them last weekend. At first-team level, their home game against Cononley should have
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Newcomer Wade goes in at deep end for Wharfedale
WHARFEDALE will have a newcomer making his debut against Launceston at The Avenue tomorrow and rarely can a player have been thrown in at a deeper end, (writes Tony Simpson). No 8 Ben Wade, originally of Morley, Yorkshire, the North and England Under
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Grammar School snatch victory
Two tries in the last seven minutes saw Ilkley Grammar School Under-12s go through to the fourth round of the Yorkshire Schools Cup on Wednesday. They defeated South Craven School 26-15 having trailed 15-7 with just minutes remaining.
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Youngsters give medal winning performances at indoor event
In the North Of England AA Indoor 2003 Championships at Sport City, Manchester, at the weekend two medals were won by Horsforth's Andrew Staniland (Leeds City AC), who consolidated upon his silver medal in the under-17 men's pentathlon the week before
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It's a fine farewell as Ben Rhydding Shine for Gledhill
Ben Rhydding 5 Southport 2 Marc Gledhill is, or was, to the Rhydding Hockey Club what John Eales was to the Wallabies, what David Beckham is to Man United and what Sir Vivien Richards was to the all-conquering West Indies cricket side of the 1980s. In
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Ilkley Reserves beat Trojans in derby game
Ilkley Reserves 4 Trojans Reserves 2 Having been beaten by Burley in their opening game of the season Ilkley Reserves sought to atone for their earlier disappointment in this derby game. With neither side having played for a month due to the recent poor
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Trojans edge it over Bramhope in a shoot out
Bramhope 3 Burley Trojans 3 (Trojans won 2-1 on penalties) BURLEY Trojans kept up their recent good form by booking a place in the semi-finals of the Harrogate and District Senior Cup - but not before they had been given a real scare by Bramhope. A Chris
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Hunter to aid fund for developing young stars
TWICE B & H Masters Snooker champion Paul Hunter has not forgotten his roots and he is to appear at Guiseley Theatre on Thursday, January 30, in a special snooker night to help raise funds so that local youngsters can follow his path. The 24 year-old
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Ilkley lose out in fiercely fought tussle at Keighley
Keighley 27 Ilkley 20 Another close encounter ended in heartbreak for Ilkley as they succumbed to an up front battering from a resurgent Keighley pack. According to the Keighley sages this was as hard a match as Keighley have played this season. A season
