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Superb Summer Festival
THE ORGANISERS of Ilkley's first ever Summer Festival must be congratulated on implementing, for the most part, a good idea extremely well - and to massive popular success. But the decision to reschedule a firework display on The Grove, following its
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Bees put in spirited trophy performance
Bees coach Andy Bemrose confessed to being well satisfied after losing 33-15 to Otley - his side putting in a fine performance against opposition three divisions higher. He said: "Both sides were missing a player or two, but having said that I am quite
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Mackenzie's auction offers a real treat
AN auction of works by eminently collectible and quitessentially northern artist Mackenzie Thorpe is being held in Wharfedale on Sunday. Thorpe's prints, pastels and sculpture recall with nostalgia the wonder of childhood, dignity through labour and family
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No grumbles about art!
MORE than 1,000 original paintings will be unveiled at the British Society of Painters' Autumn Exhibition in Ilkley next month. Among the 179 artists taking place in the September 13 to September 21 event will be Ilkley-based singing star and comedian
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Is this the most average place in the country?
Ordinary people go about their typical lives in their average house before going to a common job - that's a day in the life of your 'average' Jo Bloggs in Aireborough. The revelation, which came from a survey commissioned by BBC Online, showed that out
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Relief for allotment holders after 60 years of holding on
After 60 years of holding on, allotment holders in Guiseley are set to get some relief - with the planned installation of a toilet. In the traditionally male preserve of working the land the time honoured custom has always been to last all day or to go
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Neighbours say village is 'like Beirut'
Building work has made an upmarket area of Menston feel more like Beirut, according to a disgruntled resident. Meg Pugh is opposing a neighbour's plan to build a detached house in their garden at Victoria Avenue. The property, which will front onto Westbourne
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Results that must improve
The absence of any improvement in the results for 11-year-olds in Bradford's schools is very disappointing. Given the emphasis which has been placed on bettering the performance of all the district's schools since the Council brought in Education Bradford
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On This Day
In 1850, Wagner's "Lohengrin" was first performed. In 1963, Peter, Paul and Mary performed "Blowin' In The Wind" before a Civil Rights meeting in Washington. In 1964, The Beatles featured on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. From the Telegraph & Argus
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Firm's bin lock is a wheelie good idea
Runaway wheelie bins could be a thing of the past thanks to a bright idea brought to reality by a Keighley firm. Plastics firm Fourfold Moldings has developed the new product designed to keep the bins safely under lock and key. And the Silsden business
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Summer festival ends with plenty of hope and glory
THE FUTURE of the Ilkley Summer Festival is already in the making - less than a week after the first successful event ended. Dancing in the street at the Festival Finale for All on Sunday brought the inaugural three-week event to a festive conclusion.
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Police blitz on untaxed vehicles
A week-long operation to tackle the problem of unlicensed and abandoned vehicles is under way in the Spen Valley. Road traffic officers from Heckmondwike are literally clamping down on untaxed vehicles with help from the DVLA and Kirklees Council. Many
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Skyrac decathlete Roger gains an England vest
DESPITE his training being severely restricted due to working on an oil rig Skyrac athlete Roger Hunter has been selected to represent England in the punishing decathlon event. The 27-year-old Shell drill engineer is now back on terra firma but has had
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Just five games left to preserve Division One status
YEADON have just five games remaining in which to preserve their Bradford League Division One status but things do not look too hopeful for them at the moment. Saturday's clash at Idle could go a long way to deciding their fate as Idle are third from
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Harden look set for drop to Division C
AFTER just one season in Division B Harden look set for a return to Division C. They slipped to the bottom of the table after their defeat by Calverley. Brian Wilson was Calverley's hero with a 5-17 return off 18 overs, 13 of them maidens. Harden are
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Black belt Adam is judo's rising star
NINE years of dedicated training with his local judo club have brought their rewards for 16 year-old rising star Adam Firth. The Guiseley School pupil has become the Airedale and Wharfedale Judo Club's youngest ever black belt holder and he has also represented
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Mixed fortunes as Guiseley win at home then lose away
Guiseley 3, Workington 1 ALTHOUGH they have made their best start to the season for some years Guiseley would be disappointed to lose at Belper on Bank Holiday Monday after notching a fine home win on Saturday. Guiseley condemned a poor Workington side
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David rigs up an oar-fully good design
A teenage design whizz from Baildon is heading to Germany on an all-expenses paid fact-finding mission after winning a competition. David Hird won first prize in the Wharfedale Audi Young Designer of the Year competition after designing a quick-release
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'Lost' walkers given cash to keep going
A new country walks group called Wherethe'ellarewe? has been awarded £3,512 from the National Lottery. The Keighley-based organisation promotes physical activity and health through country walking and the money will keep it going for the next year. Treasurer
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'We're still without evidence'
A senior police officer has expressed his frustration at the lack of evidence linking claims that Asian men are involved in illegal sex with white girls in their early teens. Keighley Police divisional commander Superintendent Mark Whyman said few girls
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Couple in mercy trip for deaf
A Bradford medical couple are taking their skills to Bangladesh to tackle deafness. Ear, nose and throat surgeon Antony Tucker and his wife Dr Sheila Webb are going to the developing country for two weeks of surgery and training. Travelling as part of
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'Don't do business with this company' says watchdog
Rogue traders based in Bradford are the first to be named and shamed by West Yorkshire Trading Standards as part of a new clampdown. Quality Plastics has caused misery for at least eight families in Bradford, mostly elderly people who tend to be more
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Going, going gone! TV pub sale agreed
Bradford Council has accepted an offer for one of Britain's best known pubs. Director of asset management Linda Carmichael confirmed today an offer had been accepted for Emmerdale local the Woolpack at Esholt, and it was now going through the legal processes
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Mum's anguish after burglar attacks boy
A worried mother has vowed never to leave her son alone at home again after he was assaulted by an intruder. Football-mad Ryan Brook, 13, is now too scared to stay by himself in the four-bedroom family home in the First Street area of Low Moor. At about
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Skyrac decathlete Roger gains an England vest for the Home international in Wales
DESPITE his training being severely restricted due to working on an oil rig Skyrac athlete Roger Hunter has been selected to represent England in the punishing decathlon event. The 27-year-old Shell drill engineer is now back on terra firma but has had
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Ilkley Ladies play Bisque Bogey on prize day
ILKLEY: The Ladies section's Sally Ognall and Peggy Crabtree chose a 'Bisque Bogey' competition for their Prize day, The winner in the Silver Division was Rosie Sunderland with plus six. Runner-up was Gill Bean with plus four and third was Dottie Cartwright
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Menston Rangers are off to a flyer against Falcons
Menston Rangers 4, Thirsk Falcons Reserves 2 A superb second-half comeback saw Menston Rangers earn a victory in their first game in the Harrogate and Distict League Division Two. Although both teams had been promoted at the end of last season, Thirsk
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Ilkley club seeks new members
ILKLEY Badminton Club hopes to welcome new members when its new season begins in September. The group meets up after its summer break on Monday, Sep-tember 8, and would like to hear from anybody interested in, and with some experience of play-ing, the
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Collingham are relegated as Bilton push for title
DESPITE Steve Booth claiming seven wickets Collingham became the first team to be relegated from Division A. Collingham, who had been given a boost by having ten of the 12 points deducted by the league management committee reinstated, fell to a 23 run
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Addingham find a week is a long time in football
Addingham 3, Kirby Malzeard 1 A week is, as the cliche says, a long time in football, and from Addingham's perspective this, their first week as a Premier Division side, has been a very long and eventful week. Last Saturday on the opening weekend they
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Letters to the Editor
SIR - With reference to letters from Pauline Collins and Mike Tomkinson ("Stone throwers must be stopped" and "not so minor.") I would like to point out that the actions of the few mindless youths who were throwing "waterbombs" and stones were strongly
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Tykes set to chase big total for victory
Yorkshire were sufficiently competitive to stop Glamorgan running away with the championship match at Colwyn Bay yesterday but they will have to bat wondrously well today if they are to achieve the victory they so badly need to stay in with a chance of
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Pace aces could face cut in overs
Pudsey Congs have the most lethal bowler in the Bradford League in their overseas star Naveed Rana ul-Hassan. But, in a classic example of unselfishness, their club captain Matthew Doidge is backing a potential rule change that could see the Pakistani
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Tykes swoop to land Aussie Test star
Yorkshire have signed Australian Test batsman Damien Martyn for the remainder of the season and he is expected to make his debut in the championship match against Somerset at Headingley next Wednesday. Yorkshire lose Indian left-hander Yuvraj Singh after
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'Overseas players costing us dear'
Lightcliffe skipper Paul Ramsden wants overseas players banned from Division Two of the Bradford Cricket League. He feels there would be better matches in the division if clubs spent more money on equipment instead. At a captains' meeting at Pudsey Congs
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Lights, camera, action... Otley's film buffs get ready to keep cinematic traditions alive in town
THE new season of Otley Film Society events has been announced with a wide variety of movies on offer. The society, which was formed in 1999 to replace the long tradition of cinema in Otley, offers the chance to see entertaining and unusual films from
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Volunteer is pelted in yob stone attack
A Horsforth man was pelted with stones as he tried to scare away vandals from his charity minibus. John Hardcastle, co-ordinator and volunteer driver for the Horsforth Minibus Trust Fund took verbal abuse and was threatened with violence. And it later
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Group devastated by about-turn
AN about turn by two major organisations means that the broadband Internet revolution will reach Burley-in-Wharfedale this autumn. But this change of heart has devastated a not-for-profit community group which has spent £5,000 on equipment and collected
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Snails set to slug it out!
YOUNGSTERS are feeding up their pet snails in the run up to Norwood Show. The annual village show at Norwood Social Hall will feature a fattest snail competition and the rush is on to come up with the largest specimen. The event, due to take place on
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Trust moves to quell fears over knee and hip ops
HEALTH chiefs have sought to reassure councillors that hip and knee replacement surgery will be available at the new £15 million Otley Wharfedale Hospital. Otley town councillors had written to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust looking for reassurances
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Fell runner Jo has a spicy surprise
A FUND-RAISING fell runner from Ilkley got more than she bargained for when she popped in to one of her favourite Indian restaurants. Jo Prowse, currently undertaking a 500-mile trek on the Continent in a bid to raise £50,000 for St James's Hospital,
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Mum was left rotting in a nursing home - why?
AN Addingham woman is demanding answers a year after her mother was rushed to hospital from an Ilkley nursing home suffering from gangrene. Eileen Furbank, 71, was stunned when a doctor found rotting flesh on the back of her 90-year-old mother, Frances
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Hundreds flock to growers' big day
GREEN-FINGERED enthusiasts flocked to the 2003 Addingham Allotments and Gardens Association Annual Show last weekend. Held in the Memorial Hall, the event proved to be very popular with the number of entries up from last year's 215 to 320, and 54 exhibitors
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1,000th stone marks completion of maze
THE final and 1,000th stone has finally been put in place at the Darwin Gardens Millennium Maze in Ilkley, after three years of work. Volunteers who have helped out on the project, including maze designer John Haigh, met for the official laying of the
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Seven-year battle to alter barn nears end
A SEVEN-YEAR debate over the conversion of a green belt barn into a house could be at an end - after the plan gained the support of 180 people. The owners of the small stone barn at Churn Milk Hall Lathe, Skipton Road, Ilkley, have been seeking permission
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Salon to fight shutters refusal
AN Ilkley beauty salon has launched an appeal after being told to remove its protective shutters - despite being targeted by burglars. Sarah Oakley and Rachael Skirrow, owners of Rouge, in Chantry Drive, are contesting Bradford Council's decision to refuse
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Broadband about-turn costly for villagers
AN about-turn by two major organisations means that the broadband Internet revolution will reach Addingham and Burley-in-Wharfedale this autumn. But this change of heart has devastated a not-for-profit community group which has spent £5,000 on equipment
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Letters to the Editor
'Takeover is unsubstantiated nonsense' SIR, - How long are the people of Yeadon to be misled by the Yeadon Town Hall Users Group? How long is this group going to trot out the unsubstantiated nonsense that Yeadon Town Hall is to be taken over by Otley
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Letters to the Editor
Obsession with examination results SIR, - Why is it that our nation is so obsessed each and every year with the education tables and examination grades in particular? It is a known fact that Einstein failed his German polytechnic entrance examinations
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Cinema ordeal of disabled daughter
A furious Bingley mother today spoke of her disgust after her disabled daughter was left helpless in a Bradford cinema while the building was evacuated. Pamela Topliss was left upset and angry after being stranded for 20 minutes with her wheelchair-bound
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A late strike denies the Trojans
Burley Trojans 1, Ilkley AFC 1 A scrambled Simon Tweddle goal two minutes from time saved a point for champions Ilkley and denied Trojans a derby victory. On balance neither side could have any complaint about sharing the spoils. Ilkley may have dominated
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An honourable defeat for a battling Town
Otley Town 0 , Silsden 1 This game was billed internally as a very special game. The first league game of the new season, new coaching staff in charge, several players making their first team appearances under the new regime - all against last year's
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Black and Gray provide colour as North Leeds take silverware
NORTH Leeds lifted the Ian Chappell Cup beating Collingham in a close game at Collingham on Monday. Batting first the Roundhay side notched a challenging score of 221-6. The foundation for this score was laid by openers Chris Langford and Matthew Hall
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Collingham are relegated as Bilton push for title
DESPITE Steve Booth claiming seven wickets Collingham became the first team to be relegated from Division A. Collingham, who had been given a boost by having ten of the 12 points deducted by the league management committee reinstated, fell to a 23 run
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Otley warm up in style with 42 points
Otley 42, Mowden Park 0 IN the first of two warm-up games Otley nilled National League Three side Darlington Mowden Park and ran in six tries which were all converted by Simon Binns. There were five new faces in the side. Props Justin Wring and Kris Fullman
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Schools 'fail to improve'
Huge efforts to drive up standards in Bradford schools have failed to achieve any improvement in results for 11-year-olds, new figures show. The scores in Key Stage 2 tests taken by primary pupils in May are exactly the same as a year ago. In Science,
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Vanished cricketers 'may be in Bradford'
Three Indian women cricketers who disappeared on a tour of England could be in the Bradford area, say police. Five players of the team from Jalandhar in the Punjab vanished two weeks ago just three days after arriving in Britain. Police in India, who
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It's all uphill for Ian after cancer!
Brave Ian Gough has tackled England's highest mountain to raise money - just seven months after he was diagnosed with cancer. The dad climbed 3,206ft high Scafell Pike on Sunday - and for good measure he also ascended Helvellyn, which is just 88ft lower
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Nurse held over death of patient
Detectives were today leading a major hospital inquiry after a nurse was arrested on suspicion of killing an elderly patient. It is understood officers are examining the circumstances surrounding a number of deaths at Airedale General Hospital after bosses
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Hard work sees Ilkley RUFC all set for the new campaign
AS they prepare for a new season Ilkley RUFC can look back on last season when Anthony Cadman skippered the First XV with authority and enthusiasm. Richard Midgeley became club coach mid-way through the season and responded very positively to the challenge
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Floodlit bowls gets underway with singles
THE Airedale and Wharfedale Bowls Association Singles Merits programme continues with the introduction of the floodlit section on Monday and Tuesday, September 8 and 9. Preliminary round games are to be played at Guiseley, Farsley and Pudsey Ltd, commencing
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A late strike denies the Trojans
Burley Trojans 1, Ilkley AFC 1 A scrambled Simon Tweddle goal two minutes from time saved a point for champions Ilkley and denied Trojans a derby victory. On balance neither side could have any complaint about sharing the spoils. Ilkley may have dominated
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Harden look set for drop to Division C
AFTER just one season in Division B Harden look set for a return to Division C. They slipped to the bottom of the table after their defeat by Calverley. Brian Wilson was Calverley's hero with a 5-17 return off 18 overs, 13 of them maidens. Harden are
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Statistics just average themselves out
There is certainly nothing wrong with being average, and the residents of Aireborough can count themselves lucky that they are not claiming the title of worst ward in Britain. In fact, average is a good thing, because in this case, it does not mean dull
