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Somebody out there has been listening
ALL too often so-called 'consultation' exercises turn out to be anything but, with the issues already cut and dried and authorities merely going through the public motions. Protesters find that their objections fall upon deaf ears; their reasons belittled
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Parker in dreamland!
Rob Parker today admitted playing in Cardiff this weekend "would be a dream come true". The 21-year-old converted prop never imagined the 2003 season would see him feature in every game and then get a chance to play in a Challenge Cup final. But strong
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Revamp may bring down curtain on group's shows
AN amateur dramatics group in Burley-in-Wharfedale fears it might have to cancel all of its 2003 shows due to the £277,000 revamp of the Queen's Hall. Burley Millennium Theatre Group usually holds three to four performances a year in the historic building
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Otley Show is back in full flow
CATTLE and sheep will be making a triumphant return to Otley Show next month. With just three weeks to go before the North's first agricultural show of the year, hopes are high that the crowds will return in their thousands. And after last year, when
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Public's views wanted on airport expansion issue
Towns and villages surrounding Leeds Bradford International Airport are being left out of the expansion consultation process, according to a community forum. Neil Hunt, secretary of the Leeds Bradford Airport Community Forum, wants people in Otley and
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These are the faces of enormous courage
ON a sunny afternoon, sitting at his home, it is difficult to believe 46-year-old Derek Emsley has terminal cancer. Tanned and smiling, he looks the picture of health. "If I'd had a pound for every time someone has said how well I look, I'd be a rich
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Annie set to walk the Great Wall of China
A recording of Sting's Fields of Gold has put Annie Pratt well on the way to the Great Wall of China. Annie, 41, of Billing View, Rawdon, is due to join a ten day charity trek along the Great Wall of China. Before she goes in October, she needs to raise
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Major treat as mum gets card from Iraq
HE may have been thousands of miles away in Iraq - but Major Chris Townend still found time to remember his mum on Mother's Day. Major Townend, of Menston but now based in Germany, is serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps and has been in Iraq since
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Young firebugs are blamed for spate of arson attacks
FIREBUGS as young as nine years old are being blamed for a series of arson attacks in Otley. In the last two months, firefighters have been called out 11 times to the old Tannery in Gay Lane and up to 20 times at other fires across the town. Traders have
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Architect offers solution to
A slightly amended plan for Otley's proposed Sainsbury's store could be the answer to any traffic problems, it has been claimed. In the light of the recent fire at the Old Tannery in Gay Lane, which abuts the proposed store site in Bondgate, a plan has
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On This Day
In 1792, the French national anthem La Marseillaise was composed by Captain Rouget de Lisle. In 1866, the secret society, the Ku Klux Klan, was formed in the southern USA. In 1970, China launched its first space satellite which broadcast the song The
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Call to 'shop' fire culprits amid fears for moors
LIVES are being put at risk by arsonists who are deliberately starting grass fires. This stark warning is being issued by fire chiefs who are concerned about the massive number of incidents over the last few weeks. During March alone, the West Yorkshire
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Skateboarders are warned: Behave or be arrested
Ilkley Police have issued a stark warning to the town's skateboarders - 'behave or be arrested'. Sergeant Esther Hobbs says she has been forced to adopt a tougher approach after receiving two complaints from residents outraged at anti-social behaviour
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Couple all smiles after 60 years
WHEN Ilkley couple John and Jenny Lambert met in 1939 at the age of 17 they could hardly have known that theirs was a union set to last. On Monday, this week, the couple celebrated their Diamond Wedding, marking an incredible 60 years of marriage. John
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140 entrants ensure village flower show is a success
THERE were 140 exhibits on display at Addingham Allotments and Gardens Association's 22nd spring flower show. The event was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday, and the award for the best exhibit went to a traditional spring flower arrangement by Judith
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Myra, 91 has top titfer
Easter was a scorcher in Ilkley as residents enjoyed the freak conditions. At Glen Rosa/Kitwood House there was an Easter bonnet contest - and there's a sunny smile from 91-year-old Myra Goodall, who was judged the winner.
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Delight for families as new swim rule sunk
NEW safety rules which stopped many families from swimming together have been abandoned after protests from parents. The tighter rules at Ilkley's pool insisted that all children under the age of four had to have one-to-one supervision by an adult. But
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Letters to the Editor
Why women are watching Menwith SIR - Gordon Bradley boobs again. Nearly everything he states is speculative and inaccurate. Firstly, I did not contradict myself. Fibre-optic cables carry information transmitted out of Menwith Hill. Internal communications
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Letters to the Editor
Public kept in the dark over EU policies SIR, - I was most surprised to read the letter headed 'Prescott's folly' from Timothy Kirkhope in the Ilkley Gazette (April 10). Surely, as an MEP he is aware that these regional governments are EU policy and will
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A semi-final disappointment for insipid Burley Trojans
Burley Trojans 1, Harold Styans 3 Trojans season continued in decline as they turned in an insipid performance to hand their Senior Cup semi-final to Harold Styans. For the third season in a row Trojans have faded alarmingly during the latter stages to
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Tribute to hero of the Gulf
Family, friends and fellow Gulf heroes gathered to pay their respects to the first soldier to be killed in action in Iraq - Sergeant Steven Roberts of Shipley. Soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment gathered at St Wilfred's Church, in Harrogate, for
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Bank sails to the rescue
The business community has come to the rescue of a charity desperate for cash to give boat trips to disabled youngsters. Skipton and Craven Action for Disability (SCAD) thought its dreams of a new boat for the disabled were destined to fail when a £100,000
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Sky-high stunt is a world record
Bradford's own answer to Harry Houdini has set yet another world record - 160ft above a city centre. Illusionist and escapologist Shahid Malik broke free from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a burning rope. And he did it while dangling
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Ilkley brush aside Salem's challenge
Bradford Salem 16, Ilkley A 35 Ilkley's second string featuring a few senior squad players who were qualified for the Sulzer Aire-Wharfe Cup brushed aside a determined Bradford Salem first team after allowing them to come back into the game in the third
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Ilkley's young prop forward to take Kiwi apprenticeship
Fred Matthews, an 18 stone 18 year-old from Ilkley rugby club will depart for a winter in New Zealand. He will be looked after by former Ilkley players Boris Mitchell and Jimi Carr, both of whom are playing rugby at senior level in the country of the
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Public must report these fire raisers
OTLEY is suffering from a -spate of vicious arson attacks- and it seems unless those responsible are caught red-handed there is little anyone can do. Even when they are seen, it is not everyone who is willing to give evidence - after all, who wants to
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Painter grabs the winner for Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue 3, Burscough 2: Bradford Park Avenue finally got their three points from the visit of Burscough at the second attempt last night and have guaranteed themselves at least seventh place in the UniBond Premier Division. The match was
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Bantams set to get £60,000 richer!
City are heading for a £60,000 TV windfall from the final game of the season. Sky will wait until after the weekend before announcing which two First Division matches they will cover live on May 4. But there is a strong likelihood the Bantams will be
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Call to 'shop' fire culprits amid fears for moors
LIVES are being put at risk by arsonists who are deliberately starting grass fires. This stark warning is being issued by fire chiefs who are concerned about the massive number of incidents over the last few weeks. During March alone, the West Yorkshire
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Walking the dales for a baby ambulance
A POOL-IN-WHARFEDALE mother is walking 100 miles to raise money for a special care baby ambulance. Mother of three Anne-Marie Holds-worth first set out on the staged trek across the Yorkshire Dales in June last year. Along with her sister, Fiona Martin
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New report is just the ticket for railway bid
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to restore rail links to Otley have welcomed a report calling for the reopening of many of the area's disused lines. The influential Countryside Agency listed the Arthington to Otley and Menston route as one of 20 that could be re-opened
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Festival's vital role in city life
There was some concern expressed last year, after Bradford Festival had come "under new management", that it didn't match some of the previous ones in size and scope. Even allowing for the fact that some of the criticism came from loyal supporters of
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Why war's good for the city's pub trade
Bradford drinkers discussing the war over a pint has helped bolster the profits of a major pubs chain. Britain's second-biggest pubs owner Punch Taverns - which owns some 45 pubs across Bradford - today said world crises meant more people went to the
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Otley Show is back in full flow
CATTLE and sheep will be making a triumphant return to Otley Show next month. With just three weeks to go before the North's first agricultural show of the year, hopes are high that the crowds will return in their thousands. And after last year, when
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England swings in big weekend
A VERY English weekend in Ilkley saw hundreds of people have a fun time - and brought in much-needed money to help deserving causes. Organised by charity group Avid Events, two days of hectic activity were staged to coincide with the run-up to St George's
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Buildings 'not good enough' for award
NOT one of Ilkley's newest buildings has been deemed fit to receive the 2003 Design Award proffered by Ilkley Civic Society. At the awards ceremony to be held tonight at Church House, Ilkley, only one award will be presented - the Conservation Award which
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Skateboarders are asked to help nab herb thieves
SKATEBOARDERS are joining forces with Ilkley In Bloom to protect plants from thieves. The teenagers, who congregate in the centre of the town, have been asked to report anything suspicious as they practise their skills near the scene of previous thefts
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Rubbish dumpers ruin beauty spot
The former Lord Mayor of Bradford today made an impassioned plea for rubbish dumpers to stop blighting a beauty spot. Stanley King, who also holds the title of Lord of the Manor of Heaton, appealed for people to report dumpers depositing waste illegally
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Yeadon hang on for a point
ON the opening day of the Bradford Cricket League season an understrength Yeadon managed to hang on for a point against Undercliffe. With their overseas player Indian Laxmi Shukla not yet arrived and opening bowler Chris Henry on his travels Yeadon were
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Otley unable to break a solid Wakefield defence
Otley 10, Wakefield 14 THIS game was a battle for tenth spot in Division One as both teams had made sure of their survival. Although losing, Otley's bonus point kept them ahead by virtue of a better points difference but all that went down the plug-hole
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Tame stuff as Guiseley sign off with home loss
Guiseley 0, Farsley Celtic 1 THIS must have been the most tepid derby atmosphere ever. It was served up before a Bank Holiday crowd of 227 who were expecting something more from Guiseley's last home game of the season. Any impetus they had disappeared
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Jobs-for-addicts scheme success
A new scheme aimed at getting former drug users back to work has been hailed a success. Progress2work - a Government initiative pioneered in Bradford - has been running in the district for 12 months. So far, 140 people have taken part in the programme
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Hall inspired play for theatre group
It will begin with a ghost walk and develop into a dramatic re-enactment of a 17th century witch trial. The unusual production, which is the work of the Keighley-based Inner Space theatre company, is about to start a tour of historic buildings and schools
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Rhinos chaplain has Bulls flock!
Heaven's above! A Bradford vicar is praying his split loyalties don't get in the way when the Bulls take on the Rhinos in the Challenge Cup final on Saturday. While many parishioners at St Paul's Church in Birkenshaw also worship at the temple of Odsal
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Lee dances home in top ballet show
A Bradford man who only learned to dance at the age of 20 has returned to Yorkshire to play a leading role in a renowned national ballet. Lee Smikle lived in Allerton and was a student at Bradford & Ilkley College until he realised dance was his passion
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A healthy future
This is what a new £7.4million extension to Bradford Royal Infirmary will look like when the prefabricated sections are slotted together. Clad in York Stone to fit in with its surroundings, the three-storey building is believed to be the UK's biggest
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Our best festival yet!
At least 200 events involving more than 350 professional artistes, 130 performing companies, 80 community groups, 40 schools and hundreds of children.... This year's Bradford International Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with more
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Lawyer's assistant has gun pointed at head
A man trying to serve legal documents at a house in Bradford had a gun pointed at his head after a heated row broke out last night. The man, who works for a firm of Bradford solicitors, had earlier been to the house, in Park Drive, Heaton, to try to serve
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They can go and take a ride!
A shocked couple today told how they stumbled across plans to put a major new cycle route across their garden. Now Christine and Adrian Naylor fear they could soon have dozens of cyclists rolling by the bedroom windows of their dream bungalow. The couple's
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Scaiff beats off the challenge of Hull to win the Guiseley Gallop
"Ready, Teddy, Go!" was the command at Sunday's Guiseley Gallop because starter John Forsyth set the runners off whilst dressed in full teddy boy regalia (had he come straight to the start from the previous evening's Charity Ball)? Race organiser Peter
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Addingham seek second place
Addingham 9, Hampsthwaite 2 Addingham's 6-2 win on Tuesday night had also been a good result for Hampsthwaite as it meant there was no chance of them being relegated. Addingham's charity to Hampsthwaite though ended there as they put them to the sword
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A semi-final disappointment for insipid Burley Trojans
Burley Trojans 1, Harold Styans 3 Trojans season continued in decline as they turned in an insipid performance to hand their Senior Cup semi-final to Harold Styans. For the third season in a row Trojans have faded alarmingly during the latter stages to
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Ilkley keep their title hopes alive
Ilkley 2 , Tockwith 0 A rehearsal of Saturday's Harrogate Senior League Challenge Cup final saw Ilkley gain a deserved victory over Tockwith, to keep their league title hopes afloat. The commitment shown by Ilkley players was positive throughout as they
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Tame stuff as Guiseley sign off with home loss
Guiseley 0, Farsley Celtic 1 THIS must have been the most tepid derby atmosphere ever. It was served up before a Bank Holiday crowd of 227 who were expecting something more from Guiseley's last home game of the season. Any impetus they had disappeared
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - After reading the report by Olwen Vasey (T&A, April 17) regarding the possibility of election fraud by postal voting, I find it impossible to believe that most people voting by proxy can fulfil their true obligation by law. The only way to guarantee