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Victory so crucial for go-ahead Salem
Bradford Salem's players won't need any extra motivation before their Yorkshire Division Two clash at Pocklington tomorrow. Second-placed Salem visit a club who are only a place below, and if Pocklington triumph, the sides will only be separated by points
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Noble rewards in-form Ferres
Loose forward Brett Ferres has been named in Brian Noble's 20-man squad to face London Broncos on Sunday, replacing Matt Cook as the only change from the squad that defeated Wigan last Friday night. Ferres has been brought in as cover for Lee Radford,
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Wilko's on a winning run
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson has never lost a derby game - and does not want that to change against Huddersfield tomorrow. City's on-loan winger is set for his Valley Parade debut in the highly-charged atmosphere of a West Yorkshire showdown. But battles for
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Loop's still in top 100 firms to work for
A Bradford call centre has won praise for its commitment to "work-life balance" after being named one of the best companies in the UK to work for. Loop Customer Management, based in Thornbury, has been named in the Sunday Times' "100 best companies to
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Obituary: Florence Clarkson
One of the last surviving members of a well-known Silsden family has died, aged 87. Florence Clarkson died at Airedale Hospital last Thursday of a blood disorder she had battled against all her life. Miss Clarkson, whose blood was incapable of clotting
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Dimbleby takes to moors for TV series
Question Time presenter David Dimbleby was in Haworth this week filming a major new BBC series. A Picture of Britain is a six-part series, examining six different regions in the UK. Its aim is to explore how the area's landscape has influenced arts and
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Woman faces £7,000 hospital bill
A pensioner fears having to shell out about £7,000 for a hospital bill while on holiday, despite paying for insurance cover. Mavis Uttley, 74, of Bell Isle, Haworth, claims to have been "thrown out on the street" from the clinic in Benidorm. She had spent
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Council refuses to make u-turn on taxi tests
A THIRTY-strong army of taxi drivers descended on Craven District Council in a last ditch attempt to get members to change their minds about bringing in an additional driving test. But councillors could not be persuaded and instead voted to bring in an
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Church challenges its £1,000 a month electricity bill
A CRAVEN church has been billed £1,000 a month for using an electric storage heater and lights one day a week. It is one of a number of problems with energy suppliers reported to the Herald after our article last week. Lothersdale Church uses the heater
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Council offices should be knocked down, says report
THE Skipton headquarters of Craven District Council have serious structural problems and it would be cheaper to knock them down and rebuild elsewhere, according to a report released this week. Council leader Carl Lis said that while the Granville Street
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Need for low-cost homes threatens RAFA club's future
THE future of Skipton's Royal Air Forces Association branch is in doubt as it waits to find out whether the land under its clubhouse will be used for affordable homes. The branch has been based on Moorview Way for more than half a century. Now it wishes
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What's on - this Week
Local: Silsden Methodist Church: Cobbydale Singers and Eastburn Junior and Infant School Choir (tomorrow 7.30 pm). Phone 01535 652672 or on door. Skipton Town Hall: Little Saods youth theatre in musical Les Miserables (tonight/tomorrow 7.15pm, tomorrow
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Power bills are a source of worry
SIR - The editor is right when he highlights the problems people may encounter when they try to change their utility supply. Craven Citizen's Advice Bureau sees many clients who have had similar difficulties. We are always happy to try and help people
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School thrilled after hitting funds target
Generous businesses and individuals who pledged cash to a Bingley school's specialist status bid have been praised after the target was reached with just days to spare. Bingley Grammar School has applied to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES
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Bobbies are catching up in numbers
A Government funding boost is helping West Yorkshire Police close the gap on other forces for the numbers of officers. Although West Yorkshire has record numbers of police officers, it has lagged behind similar Metropolitan forces for the percentage of
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Sound move as accents preserved on website
Three Bradfordians are featured in a pioneering online archive showing how accents and dialects have changed since the 1950s. A British Library website went on line this week, containing more than 650 sound recordings of English accents and dialects.
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Former vice gang member is locked up
A former member of a vice gang who took over a pensioner's home to run a drugs and prostitution racket has been jailed after he admitted burgling a neighbour's flat. Anthony Brown, 30, was made the subject of a five-year anti-social behaviour order (ASBO
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Police hail litter blitz a success
Police have defended a decision to launch a crackdown on litterbugs in Bradford after it was revealed they handed out just six on-the-spot fines in a fortnight. More than 30 officers hit the streets armed with £50 fixed-penalty notices to issue to anyone
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Brave Emma comes home
Sixteen months ago teenager Emma Danskin almost died following a horrific car crash. Since then she has been close to death several times, but today the brave 18-year-old was finally coming home from hospital. The car in which Emma was travelling ploughed
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Two in three street lights are defective
Tens of thousands of Bradford street lights are defective or need replacing according to a new report. Police officers and anti-crime groups say the Council study, which shows a shocking two out of three are 'not fit for purpose', is worrying and have
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Vicious gang beat victims 'for kicks'
A gang which carried out more than 200 offences in a "vicious and prolific" crime wave has been jailed for a total of nearly 35 years. The gang members' escalating violence culminated in a vicious attack on an off-duty police officer who confronted them
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Cricket: Juniors serve up a tasty dish
YOUTH cricket is set to serve up a mouthwatering clash in the Upper Airedale Junior League Under-11s Cup. Title holders Cononley face last year's league champions Earby in the first round of the 2005 competition. At Under-13 level the Procter Homes sponsored
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Rugby League: Junior round-up
Cougar Cubs Under-13s braved the weather and made the trip to Newshome, Huddersfield for a tough grudge match. Third placed Newshome were hoping to close the gap on second placed Cubs. Newshome scored early in the game and put the Cubs under pressure.
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Rugby Union: Crusaders discover gold blend
Keighley 2nd XV 42, Yarnbury 2nd XV 10 - This was a game where the Keighley side was packed with experience and youth and the blend was just too strong for the visiting side. Keighley soon were camped on the Yarnbury line, and from a five yard scrum Mark
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Athletics: Kellet leads fell charge
LLOYD KELLETT defied icy conditions to take sixth place in the Ilkley Moor Fell Race for the Keighley & Craven Athletic Club. The race takes in a tough circuit of Ilkley Moor and snow made parts of the course trecherous. Top runners were two to three
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Motorsport: Dougie is climibing back
DOUGIE LAMPKIN was back on the podium after putting in a great display in the latest round of the Indoor World Championship. The Silsden rider took third place in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, and is happy with the way development of the new fourstroke
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Soccer: Keighley Alliance
VARIETY CLUB are clear at the top of the Keighley & Aire Valley Alliance League with Stanbury Park Rangers and Keighley Athletic fighting it out for second spot. The race for the title in Division One is a far closer affair with Keighley United on
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Cougars: Fosters 100th celebration
Cougars 38, LondonSkolars 10 - VICTORY-STARVED Cougar fans were at last served up something to celebrate - and were given four reasons to rejoice. Fans favourite Matt Foster scored his 100th try for the club, wingers Andy Robinson and Matt Bramald both
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Cougars: Planning a Russian party
COUGARS are planning a massive Keighley welcome for the visiting Russian team when they hit town next week. The club is to give away thousands of tickets to local schoolchildren - and have called for advice from Chelsea FC's Russian chairman, Roman Abramovich
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Skipton academy set up to get youngsters in the swing
SKIPTON Golf Club is to step up its coaching programme for youngsters. It has formed an academy to introduce under-11s to the game and provide them with subsidised coaching. A series of lessons has been planned, the first beginning this month, taken by
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Mark is latest success story at Upper Wharfedale
UPPER Wharfedale School pupil Mark Simpson has been selected for the under-16 North of England rugby union development squad. The 16-year-old from Grassington joined the squad for training last Saturday in preparation for a match against the Midlands
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Hodge lined up as Oxford strokeman
ANDY Hodge is set to play a key role in the Oxford Blue Boat following this week's announcement of the crews for the annual boat race. The Hebden rower has been pencilled in as the likely strokeman for Oxford for the race on March 27. The former Upper
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Letters to the Editor
Have we become a nation of wimps? SIR - The recent short snowfall resulted in more than 100 Bradford schools closing their doors. I will admit to being a schoolboy back in the winter of 1962-63, when snow lay all about from December to March, yet my school
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Craven through the years
100 years ago THE annual general meeting of the Yorkshire Dales Railway, which ran between Skipton and Grassington, was held at the Black Horse, Skipton, with Sir Walter Morrison in the chair. He said prospects for the railway, which had opened in 1902
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Safety purge on public transport is welcomed
News that police, bus and rail chiefs in the region are joining forces to crack down on crime will be welcomed by the district's many public transport users. Incidents of vandalism, rowdiness and violence on trains and railway platforms have been well
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Disc zone disaster for Barlick traders
IT wasn't so long ago that the traders of Pendle used to enjoy teasing their Craven rivals by underlining the "parking free" policy operating on the other side of the border. It still is free, but Pendle's advantage has been compromised by the introduction
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New signings will boost safety push
There could be late changes to the Avenue squad that travels to Worcester City in the Conference North tomorrow as Bradford boss Carl Shutt works on three deals that could bring fresh quality to the club. Avenue are in need of an injection of class players
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Witter has stamina to go the distance
Oscar De La Hoya may have been selling Junior Witter short when he hailed him as the next Naseem Hamed. De La Hoya snapped up Witter for a three-fight deal with his Golden Boy organisation on the back of his win over Lovemore N'Dou. The former six-weight
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Please let there be more light
Good street lighting is vitally important not only to road safety but also to security. It helps to reduce crime and the fear of crime. Without effective street lights criminals are much less likely to be spotted as they go about their business. People
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Bronte farm to be saved
The farm where the Rev Patrick Bront lived before the birth of his three famous author daughters could be protected. Kirklees Council has made an application to have Thornbush Farm, High Town, Liversedge, listed because of its historical significance.
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Hannah's 100th serenaded by choir
Hannah Stow was delighted with a special performance from the Steeton Male Voice Choir to mark her 100th birthday. The centenarian was serenaded at the Laurel Bank Nursing Home, in Wilsden, by the choir, of which her son Eric is a member. Nursing home
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Couple put village on the map
A Micklethwaite couple have written a history of the village following research they have carried out over the past 20 years. Gerald and Sheila Young talked to residents who had lived in the village, between East Morton and Crossflatts, as far back as
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Damart backs base camp bid
Thermals specialist Damart is warming to its latest challenge. The company -- which has its warehouse at Steeton -- is helping to kit out an intrepid explorer bound for Everest Base Camp. The expedition is the latest in a series of fundraising adventures
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Plans for Keighley arena
A £50,000 donation will be used to kick-start a project to improve an area of Keighley that could eventually become an open-air arena. Supermarket giant Morrisons has presented the money to Keighley Town Centre Assoc-iation to launch the plans to improve
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Electronic prescription is a first
A Keighley surgery will be the first in the country to provide a revolutionary electronic prescription service. Ling House Medical Centre and its Co-operative Group Pharmacy, in Scott Street, is the first GP surgery and chemist in England to use the Electronic
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Practice pioneers latest NHS system
Patients at a district medical centre have become the first in the country to benefit from a streamlined prescription service. The ten-doctor-strong Ling House practice in Keighley has been chosen by the NHS to pilot the system of transmitting prescription
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Looking to the hills
Television presenter David Dimbleby visited Bronte Country this week, to film a programme exploring how the literary sisters' writing was influenced by the moors around Haworth. A Picture of Britain is a six-part BBC1 series examining six regions of the
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Taxi CCTV trial prompted by fear of attacks
A feasibility study is being carried out into whether CCTV cameras in taxi cabs will cut the number of attacks on drivers. If proved successful it could mean cameras being installed in taxis across the district. The details of the study have been revealed
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Angry traders call Traders call for disc parking to be scrapped
BARNOLDSWICK Chamber of Trade members turned out in force at two meetings this week calling for the town's disc parking scheme to be scrapped. Spokeswoman for the Chamber, Lisa Ward Johnson, said the disc parking scheme introduced last autumn into three
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Planners allay fears over affordable housing survey
RESIDENTS in Tosside have voiced their concern over rumours that affordable housing is to be built in the village without proper consultation. Parish councillor Barbara Houghton, who sits on the Ribblebanks Parish Council for Wigglesworth, Rathmell and
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Festival is a victim of its own success
GRASSINGTON Parish Council has voiced its concerns about the size of the village's Dickensian Festival. Each year the festival, held in the run-up to Christmas, brings thousands of visitors to the village which helps to boost trade during the quieter
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Guess Hugh's coming to town
Hugh Cornwell is best known as frontman for punk band The Stranglers but he subsequently forged a successful solo career. The singer last year wrote his autobiography and has now released a new single and embarked on a national tour. He appears on Wednesday
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Ready to take a bite out of Big Apple
Three very different couples face crucial moments in their lives while staying in the same room of a New York hotel. Their three stories are portrayed in three "richly comic" short plays by Neil Simon during Keighley Playhouse's next production. Plaza
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The Curmudgeon
OH dearie, dearie, dearie, dearie me. They're at it again. Two months of spine-sapping boredom, lies, promises, more lies, pamphlets, even more lies, pledges, pontification, preaching, obfuscation, back-stabbing and, of course, even more lies. It is now
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Letters to the Editor
Sir - As "southerners" and relative newcomers to Keighley, I have to say how impressed we have been by the efforts of the road and even pavement gritters during the recent spell of bad weather. The "mini-gritter and snow plough" seen clearing pavements
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Public inquiry call on green belt axe
A public inquiry has been demanded into the way a planning document outlining Bradford's ten year development policy has been drawn up. The deputy leader of Bradford Council's Liberal Democrat group, Councillor David Ward, said the planning inspector
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Sport stars turning to band aid
Bradford sports stars will be wearing a new fashion accessory to help raise cash for cancer research. A new red wristband featuring the slogan 'Live Each Day' has been designed for high-flying Bradford Ladies Hockey club. The fashion items are being sold
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'Dig deep for Lord Mayor's charities'
The Lord Mayor of Bradford has pleaded for more support for her charity appeal after only £23,000 has been raised during her year of office. She said people had rightly been focussing their generosity on the Asian tsunami appeal since Boxing Day. But
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Dad's agony at long wait for hip surgery
An arthritis patient has been forced to wait 13 months in pain for an operation cancelled three times by a Bradford hospital. Osteo-arthritis sufferer Peter Gregory has twice been told at the last minute that the operation on his hip could not go ahead
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'You're two minutes too late for £50,000'
A two-minute wait in a City Hall queue has cost a Bradford community centre £50,000. The Khidmat Centre, run by the Council for Mosques, had applied for a Council grant to run training courses for young people in Horton Grange. But its bid was rejected
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Table Tennis: Keighley & District League
All eyes were on the relegation battle between Airedale Terriers and Lothersdale 'B' who occupy the bottom two places in Division One. Although separated from the teams above by an insurmountable margin, with only one team being relegated this match was
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Soccer: Junior round-up
Silsden Under-16s A go for cup glory tonight (Friday) when they meet Sandy Lane in the semi-final of the West Riding FA Junior Cup. The Cobbydale club's senior side's have made the FA Woodlesford headquarters their second home in recent years and the
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Soccer: County Amateurs
Steeton Reserves continued their good run of form with a fine 4-3 victory over Westbrook in the County Amateur League. The game wasn't as close as the scoreline suggests with Steeton in command for most of the game. Westbrook changed pitches at the last
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Soccer: Silsden win cup match
FOLLOWING a weekend ban on all council pitches being used over the weekend following mid-week snow the Bradford Sunday Alliance League was restricted to matches played on private pitches . One game to go ahead was the twice postponed Intermediate Cup
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Soccer: Craven League
Skipton Bulldogs 2, Oxenhope 5 - Oxenhope Rec moved ominously into second place in the Craven Premier League and now have leaders Gargrave firmly in their sights. Oxenhope started brightly and took the lead when veteran striker Simon Knaggs headed home
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George rewarded for 50 years of dedication to grassroots football
A STALWART of Craven's football circuit has been awarded a medal for 50 years of service to the beautiful game. George Saunders, 85, of Roughaw Close in Skipton, has served on various committees in different guises since 1947 and was commended for that
