Stories for 7 June 2002

Bingley,Bradford,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Reward offered for trailer's return

A young rider is offering a reward of £400 for information leading to the safe return of his stolen horsebox.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

A boost for Ciba

Bradford-based Ciba Speciality Chemicals has received a financial boost from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).  more...

Naks are set to join forces

Two of the biggest banks have joined forces in Bradford by opening a centre which will handle £2 billion turnover a year.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

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Old soldier beats knife hitcher

A 70-year-old Korean War veteran today told how he fought-off a hitch-hiker who tried to steal his car armed with a 15-inch kitchen knife.  more...

They've got it taped!

Thousands of spectators are heading for Bradford city centre tonight to see the city's festival off to a sticky start.  more...

Regeneration group running out of cash

A group responsible for a £9.7 million scheme to breathe new life into troubled Manningham has spent almost all its funding - with three years still to go.  more...

`Serious bids' for crisis-hit Bantams

The administrators in charge of Bradford City today revealed they have identified a handful of "serious" bids for the crisis-torn club.  more...

I feared something terrible, says mum of death crash biker

The mother of a biker who died on a trip to the TT Races today told how she asked him not to go because she feared something terrible was going to happen.  more...

£20m Co-op scheme to start

A multi-million pound scheme to redevelop land surrounding Sunwin House is expected to begin in the autumn.  more...

Robbie makes his debut... on stage!

He's a rugby league world champion, rap music star, artist, pub landlord and pin-up for thousands of young fans.  more...

Petrol bomber, 17, gets the maximum

A teenager who threw a petrol bomb at police has become the first person to get the maximum sentence in a youth court for his part in last summer's Bradford riots.  more...

Booked for next year!

Organisers of the Bradford Book Festival have hailed the event a great success and are already looking for funding for next year's event.  more...

Medics get to the heart of the matter

Three specialist nurses have been appointed to help patients with heart failure in Bradford - which has the highest death rate in the region.  more...

£29,000 help for troubled young people

A new project to capitalise on young people's skills and help them stay out of trouble is being set up in a Bradford village.  more...

Joys of travel are captured in oil paintings

Five original paintings by the Bradford-born artist Richard Eurich are included in the showpiece sale of the Shell Advertising Art Collection at Sotheby's in London.  more...

Mums go back into classroom

Mums and grannies are learning hi-tech computer skills in the classroom next door to their children in a pioneering initiative at a Bradford primary school.  more...

On This Day

In 1712, Philadelphia banned the import of slaves.  more...

A hopeful sign for all City fans

These are far from happy times for Bradford City, but there is light in the darkness. It is surely not only the club's active supporters but a great many other Bradfordians, too, who must have been heartened at the reassurance from the Football League that it was "very confident" that the club would not be expelled from the league and that it would survive.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

`Serious bids' for crisis-hit Bantams

The administrators in charge of Bradford City today revealed they have identified a handful of "serious" bids for the crisis-torn club.  more...

Axed City ace eyes new job at Town

Northampton Town manager Kevan Broadhurst has renewed his interest in former Bantams player Claus Jorgensen and is set to take a further look at the player.  more...

Congs a Premier League outfit

The Bradford League First Division is becoming like the soccer Premiership, with elite clubs dominating the sport, a club official claimed today.  more...

Ilkley,Otley Sport

Ilkley Juniors sign off with a victory over New Longton

Ilkley U-11s 3  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Features

Laughs all the way to the bank

Keighley Playhouse is finishing its season in the same way it started: in a torrent of laughter.  more...

Sounding Out: Hush concert raises £1,500

The recent charity gig at Victoria Hall by Keighley rock band Hush raised £1,500.  more...

Album Reviews

Rob Dougan - `Furious Angels'  more...

Hockney leads museum cash bid

Bradford artist David Hockney is spearheading a campaign for more government cash for regional museums and galleries.  more...

Musical Brontes hit the stage

MUSICAL BRONTES: Poetry and prose written by the Brontë sisters will be performed in Haworth this weekend accompanied by music from an orchestra.  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country News

Girl of courage earns reward

It took a courageous schoolgirl, a victim of a serious indecent assault, to step forward to highlight a glaring inadequacy in the law concerning identity parades.  more...

Down Memory Lane

A clue to the apparent mystery as to what this motor-bus from Commercial Cars Ltd of London is doing at Steeton Top appears on the paper stuck in its second window from the left, which says Dorothy.  more...

Letters to the Editor

SIR - On Sunday, June 2, we attended a Jubilee street party which was held in Crossroads. I would like to offer my family's gratitude to all those who organised and helped make it a lovely event.   more...

ID parade win for sex attack victim

The teenage victim of a serious sex attack has won her fight to change identity parade laws.  more...

Glenys meets the Queen

An ardent royalist had her dreams come true but created a stir when she touched the Queen at the weekend.  more...

Co-op store plan for eysore site

A £1 million Co-op store is set to transform a run-down Keighley site.  more...

Jessica's Twin Towers hope

A Denholme woman who helped out in the aftermath of September 11 is pinning her hopes on raising enough cash to send a local youngster on a dream holiday to the States.  more...

Bride to be is found dead

Villagers in Cullingworth have expressed their shock and sadness at the death of a club steward who was to marry this summer.  more...

Jubilee: Four enjoy Palace concert

Four lucky people from the Keighley area were wowed at the weekend by the Party at the Palace.  more...

Jubilee: Celebrating the Jubilee in style

Keighley's new gala queen Victoria McGuiness was was crowned queen on Saturday at a fun event in Town Hall Square, organised by Keighley Gala Committee, Keighley Lions and Keighley Amateur Operatic Society.  more...

Jubilee: Weatherman sees gold at end of rainbow

Local schoolchildren joined forces with Look North weatherman Paul Hudson in a massive fundraiser at Marks and Spencer for the golden jubilee.  more...

Jubilee: Children meet queens at the double

Over 450 children enjoyed meeting not one, but two queens at their Jubilee Party.  more...

Jubilee: Children party in style

Children at Kiddicare Nursery in Keighley, right, enjoyed a Jubilee celebration on Wednesday.  more...

Jubilee: Thanksgiving service

MORE than 60 people attended a thanksgiving service at Keighley Shared Church on Monday evening to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

Jubilee: Stepping Stones enjoy party

The children from Stepping Stones playgroup celebrated the jubilee in colourful style, left.  more...

Jubilee: Cullingworth celebrations

Villagers in Cullingworth flooded out onto the streets to enjoy the community's jubilee celebrations. In excess of 500 people enjoyed a street party in Station Road, which was cordoned off especially and decked out in red, white and blue.  more...

Jubilee: Haworth memories

The memories of residents at a Haworth nursing home have been put in print to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

Jubilee: We're having a party

It was party time at Cougar Park on Monday.  more...

Jubiulee: Highfell party

Residents of Highfell Rise, Keighley, were thrilled when a very majestic guest arrived at their street party on Saturday.  more...

Jubilee: Ittehaad joins the party

Young and old mixed together at the Ittehaad Community Association on Satur-day to celebrate the Jubilee.  more...

Jubilee: Lions entertain pensioners

Keighley Lions Club held its senior citizens party on Sunday afternoon at Victoria Hall.  more...

TT treat for golden couple

Bill and Nancy Hedley reached the finish line hours after starting their married life - but 50 years later they are still in the race.   more...

Edith hopes for World Cup gift

A Steeton pensioner is hoping for a big present from the England football team when she celebrates her 90th birthday today.  more...

Golden memories of holiday romance

A Silsden couple are celebrating a 50-year romance that was sparked when they met on a seaside holiday.  more...

Marriage started on right note

If it weren't for a note slipped inside a random coat pocket, Joyce and Stanley Minney of Long Lee would not have celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 31.  more...

Wedding: Southam - Southam

Married at Our Lady of Victories church were Sarah Jayne Southam and Martin Stuart Oliver Southam.  more...

Wedding: Fielding - Schofield

At St. Mary the Virgin, Canon Bruce Grainger married Joanne Rachel Schofield and Ian Fielding.  more...

Wedding: Thompson - Balderstone

Married at St Andrew's Church, Kildwick, were Peter Thompson and Fiona Balderson.  more...

Wedding: Dcikinson - Monkhouse

Angela Monkhouse married Alistair Michael Dickinson at Skipton Baptist Church .  more...

Wedding: Farr - Robinson

Married in the grounds of the Sheraton Sandkey Hotel, on Clearwater Beach in Florida, were Claire Robinson and Neil Robert Farr.  more...

Wedding: McNeil - Robinson

Married at the Blacksmith's Workshop at Gretna Green were Roz Robinson and Michael McNeil.  more...

Wedding: Garbutt - Marshall

MARRIED at St John's Church in Cullingworth were Sue Marshall and Paul Keith Garbutt.  more...

Wedding: Allsop - Turner

The marriage took place at St Michael's Parish Church, Haworth, of Dawn Michelle Turner and David Gary Allsopp.  more...

Return of Keighley's Mayor

Keighley saw the return of a Town Mayor last week, for the first time in three decades.  more...

Hilda celebrates century in style

Hilda Dawson, pictured above, celebrated her 100th birthday on Wednesday.   more...

Teenagers help baby unit

Members of a teenage community action group presented £3,000 worth of equipment to Airedale General Hospital's special care baby unit last Friday.  more...

Glusburn greets French twins

Glusburn's bid to twin with the French village of Sailly sur la Lys is taking giant strides forward.  more...

Fell Rescue team toast Turkey

A fell rescue team is toasting the success of a Keighley beer festival.  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Sport

Cougars: Olly signs loan deal

SUPER LEAGUE winger Olly Marns is set to join the Cougars from Halifax Blue Sox, and will go straight into the side for this weekend's clash with Hull Kingston Rovers.  more...

Cricket: Vandals attack Long Lee club

Vandals have attacked Long Lee cricket club causing damage estimated at over £1,500.  more...

Motorsport: Matt fights for bike win

MOTORCYCLE racer Matt Horne enjoyed a bumper Jubilee weekend when he took part in the SuperSport 600 competition at Mallory park.  more...

Athletics: Parkside athletes run for county

THREE Parkside School Atheletes have been selected for the county.  more...

Soccer: Girls team gets flying start

KEIGHLEY LADIES football club got off to a flying start with over 40 girls turning up for the first training session.  more...

Athletics: Medal haul in Commonwealth stadium

Keighley-based athletes brought home a string of medals when the North of England Junior championships were held at the new Commonwealth Games stadium in Manchester.  more...

Cricket: Spin twins strike

SPIN TWINS Richard Robinson and Australian Joel Crouch put Keighley back on the winning trail as they dismissed Morley for 101.  more...

Cricket: Aire-Wharfe League

SILSDEN swept to a six-wicket victory in their derby clash with Skipton.  more...

Cricket: Wynn Cup

Haworth encountered few problems seeing off out of form Long Lee to move into the third round of the Wynn Cup.  more...

Cricket: Airedalle team picture

Airedale CC -- Back (from left): Paul Quinlan, Malcolm Quinlan, Ben Heap Paul Feather, Giles Wilmore, Phil Loftus Trevor Cox. Front: Nick Ahad, Akram Javed, Matthew Cox capt, Mark Allcock, Mick Feather.   more...

Cricket: Craven League

Oakworth moved into second place in the league after securing a six-wicket victory over Thornton.  more...

Bowls: One-point agony in Merit final

CHRIS SLATER came close to creating history when he reached the final of the Yorkshire Merit competition at Spen Victoria last week.  more...

Cougars: Push Oldham to the limit

Cougars 32, Oldham 34 - GARY MOORBY'S young side kicked away the chance to pull off their own version of the Great Escape when they opted to kick a late penalty -- when a converted try would have given them victory over Oldham.  more...

Badminton: Joanne leads success

JOANNE MYERSCOUGH helped the Under-14 A badminton team lead Bradford to double success at the Yorkshire Inter-Area Championship.  more...

Golf: Keighley grab derby win

Bradford District Scratch League, 1st Division: Keighley 4, Bingley St Ives 4 (N Northrop lost to R Wheatley 2 down, M Tattersall bt J Marlow 4 & 3, M Clarkson bt A Brown 2 & 1, S Murray lost to J Mountain 1 down); Ghyll 7, Woodhall Hills 1; Northcliffe 4, West Bradford 4. No match - Bradford Moor.  more...

Cricket: Weather blow for youth cricketers

The Craven area Under-17's cricket team was in a strong position in their match against Bradford Central on Sunday when rain struck and the game was abandoned.  more...

Cricket: Pavilion memorial to stalwart

AIREDALE Cricket Club members are to rededicate their pavilion in memory of David Mills who died in February.  more...

Otley,Ilkley News

Teenagers act as makeshift midwives

TEENAGE sisters delivered a foal single-handedly after learning their midwifery skills just days before.  more...

Friends turn out for school's 30th birthday

PAST and present pupils, teachers and friends of an Otley school turned out for its 30th birthday party.  more...

Otley,Ilkley Sport

Chile Bound

OTLEY RUFC's winger Mark Kirkby and scrum-half Andy Brown have been named in the first ever England Counties squad for their tour to Chile at the end of June.  more...

Shipley,Bradford,Bingley,Spen Valley News

New clues could nail killer driver

Detectives spoke today of their hope of catching a hit-and-run killer after new leads emerged a year on from a war veteran's death.   more...

Skipton,The Dales News

Craven through the years

100 years ago  more...

Ermysted's and the mystery of sex

SIR - I missed Peter Whitaker's memories of the Barlick branch of the railway, but Owen Oliver's letter May 24) brought back memories of that time.  more...

Show wins licence to bring back livestock

CATTLE and sheep are set to return to two of Craven's agricultural shows this year.  more...

Newlyweds reunited after immigration blunder

NEWLY-weds forced thousands of miles apart by an immigration blunder were back in each other's arms this week.   more...

'Lack of support' forces trader to shut up shop

A SKIPTON businessman who has battled for three years to keep his shop running has been forced to give in.  more...

Car jackers force man from vehicle

CAR jackers in Skipton rammed a Mercedes car forcing the driver to stop before trying to steal it.  more...

Health chiefs urge thoughtful spending

THE Government's investment in the health service needs to be used wisely to meet increasing targets, Airedale Hospital's board members have been warned.  more...

Headmaster praises school

GEOFFREY Boult celebrated his first speech day as headmaster of Giggleswick School.  more...

Complete novices transform garden

GARDENING is hard work at the best of times, but when you are called upon to transform a barren landscape into a stunning communal garden - and it's not even your own - then a pat on the back is deserved.  more...

Bursars take the strain off heads

A SCHEME designed to help head teachers cope with some of the administrative work in running the school is being piloted in three Craven schools.  more...

Next jubilee can't come fast enough

WELL, it's all over bar the shouting. And, as we predicted in this column just six weeks ago, when it came to the crunch, Craven pulled out all the stops.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Sport

Weekend cricket fixtures

JP Mewies Craven & District League  more...

Thornton and Embsay make Wynn Cup progress

THORNTON, who dumped holders Oakworth out of the J P Mewies Craven League's Wynn Cup in dramatic style in the first round, enjoyed an easier passage into the third round at Bradley.   more...

Barnoldswick dominate Applegarth derby

BARNOLDSWICK maintained their grip on the senior division of the Jennings Ribblesdale League at the weekend when they claimed maximum points against arch-rivals Earby on Saturday in a game which never really lived up to its competitive billing.  more...

Spen Valley,Bradford,Bingley,Shipley News

Bed-bound Sue's plea to health profession

A bedridden ME sufferer today called on the health profession to take the disabling illness more seriously.  more...

  
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