Stories for 3 February 2006

Keighley,Bronte Country Features

Triumph for vocal union after town show sell-out

Keighley Shared Church was filled on Saturday as 65 members of Keighley Vocal Union presented their first centenary concert.  more...

A taste of Boyzone, Blondie and Sinatra from tribute acts

Blondie tribute band Once More Into The Bleach performs at Glusburn Institute on March 4.  more...

What's On this week

Local:  more...

Theatre reviews

Cinderella -- Keighley Amateurs  more...

Album reviews

Belle and Sebastian -- The Life Pursuit   more...

Dvd review

Pride and Prejudice  more...

Book review

Velocity -- Dean Koontz  more...

Keighley,Bronte Country News

Council must put builders' money where the plan is

Most right minded people believe that money set aside by builders for community facilities when granted planning permission will be spent on that development.   more...

Down Memory Lane

Post-war uniforms at Keighley Girls' Grammar School are illustrated in this informal snapshot of Form 3D taken in March of 1946.   more...

Letters to the Editor

SIR - Many local residents will remember the time when a visit to Haworth was mainly to the Church and Brontë Museum.   more...

BNP duo to face new race hate trial

British National Party  more...

For Euan's sake back this appeal

A nine-month-old baby boy who captured the hearts of all who looked after him at Airedale Hospital has died.  more...

Megastars in Bronte film mystery

Two of Hollywood's biggest stars are rumoured to be set to film a new version of the Brontë classic Wuthering Heights.  more...

Supremo will lead battle of the bulge

The fight against fat will be taken to another level in Keighley this spring as local agencies unite.  more...

Six-year-old foils abduction bid

A six-year-girl who fought off an attempted abduction has been recognised for her quick thinking and bravery.   more...

Greenhead is on the up

Greenhead High School has been awarded specialist school status.  more...

Recycle firm boss returns after probe

The general manager of a troubled recycling firm is back in charge after being suspended on full pay while allegations against him were investigated.  more...

Welcome to Tenerife ... er Tel Aviv!

Pub landlady Diane Bell and her partner are hoping it will be second time lucky when they jet-off to the holiday isle of Tenerife.  more...

Health Trust still in the red

Finances at Airedale Primary Care Trust have improved by £400,000 in the last month.  more...

Tent city brings home scale of quake

We had the first frost of the winter today.   more...

Keighley,Bronte Country Sport

Cougars: Season launch success

COUGARS go into Sunday's clash with Bradford Bulls determined to put on an impressive show for fans heading back to the club.  more...

Rugby Union: Teen team are the champs

KEIGHLEY Rugby Union Under-17s clinched the Yorkshire First Division Championship with a classy display last weekend.  more...

Boxing: Local fighters on 'Roses' bill

TWO members of the area's newest boxing club have been selected to fight for Yorkshire in their county clash with Lancashire.  more...

Motorsport: Lampkin defies injury

Dougie Lampkin recorded his best result to date in the World indoor series.  more...

Rugby Union: Fightback comes too late

Keighley 20 Pontefract 24 - Keighley's disappointing season continued with a narrow defeat against visitors Pontefract.   more...

Rugby League: Town grab first league win

Drighlington 24 Keighley Albion 14 - Albion travelled to Drighlington in the hope of achieving a league double over last season's champions but it was not to be.  more...

Table Tennis: Keighley & District League

In Division One of the Keighley & District Table Tennis League Peter Holbrook single handedly saved Ukrainian `B' from a whitewashing away to Lothersdale `A'. The Ukrainian number one won all his games with comparative ease, although Keith Wilkinson did his best to stem the tide, going down 11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10. The home team fared far better against Holbrook's team-mates Jerry Harkawy and Stef Szczur who failed to register with Bob Davis being particularly impressive against Szczur 11-5, 14-12, 11-5 and David Adams doing likewise against Harkawy 11-3, 11-7, 13-11. Adams and Wilkinson then teamed up in the doubles to defeat Holbrook and Harkawy 15-13, 11-3, 11-8 as the Lothersdale boys sealed a 7-3 victory.  more...

Rugby League: Junior round-up

Cubs Under-17s 22 Siddal 28 - TIM Bibby signed off for the Cubs in the Under-17 cup clash before starting with Huddersfield Giants.  more...

Soccer: Late goal hits Silsden

Newcastle Town 3 Silsden 2 - Had any spectators left the game on the hour mark and picked up the Sunday papers they would have thought there had been a printers' error in the match result.   more...

Soccer: Barker double puts Steeton through

Dudley Hill 2  more...

Soccer: Extra-time thriller

Clitheroe 2  more...

Soccer: Sunday round-up

Keighley Athletic 9 Keighley Victoria 2 - Athletic raced away in a one-sided contest that left Victoria picking the ball out of their net with monotonous regularity.  more...

Soccer: Junior round-up

Cowling Under-10s got back to winning ways today with a 5-0 victory over a plucky Shipley Jaguars team. Playing their best football for some weeks, they turned in a useful performance. Scorers were Jacob Hough (2), Liam Daffern, Luke Allsop and Jordan Hough. Man of the match was Jamie Richardson who gave a solid performance.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Features

School with a window on the world

Ingleton Middle School has achieved singular success and distinction in promoting international links.  more...

Skipton,The Dales News

Across The Years

100 Years Ago  more...

National Park holds out olive branch

SIR - I refer to the Leader article in last week's Craven Herald and the article on the "uproar" at Grassington regarding the use of A-boards.  more...

New option for town omits multi-storey car park

PROPOSALS for a multi-storey car park on Skipton's Cavendish Street and development around the canal basin could be scrapped as plans for the town are dramatically slashed.  more...

Skipton Developments - A Statement from Craven District Council

THE full text of Craven District Council's statement on the latest twist in the plans to develop Skipton town centre.  more...

Two local youth hostels face the axe

TWO Craven youth hostels are to be closed as part of a radical overhaul by the Youth Hostel Association.  more...

Meteorologist poser over Craven's odd weather

NOW here's a poser for meteorologists out there. Is this picture captured by Herald photographer Stephen Garnett this week an example of hoar frost or rime ice?  more...

Protestors will fight on despite closure setback

SENIOR bosses at North Yorkshire County Council have gone along with recommendations from education officials to close Langcliffe School.  more...

Hospital gets ready for complete smoking ban

THE clock is ticking for smokers at Steeton's Airedale Hospital as they have just five weeks to stub out their cigarettes.  more...

Chris finds the right track with music project

A SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN man is helping to find the next pop idol as part of a project aimed at keeping youngsters away from railways.  more...

Future looks bleak for Craven's red squirrels

THE survival of wild red squirrels at Kilnsey Park looks bleak after the Government announced only two areas in Yorkshire Dales National Park would be protected from their grey rivals.  more...

Jobs will be lost as park faces funding freeze

JOBS will have to cut because of an imminent funding freeze at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, it was revealed on Tuesday.  more...

Joanna swaps jumbos for narrowboat project

BIG has always been beautiful in Joanna Gregory's world of work.  more...

Firm reveals plans to build homes on mill site

GLUSBURN'S largest employer is in talks to give up part of its site for housing.  more...

Community welcomes long-awaited playground

ALMOST 10 years after Settle parents living near Townhead petitioned the town council to provide somewhere for their children to play, their plea has come to fruition.  more...

New tourism officer helps to put district on the map

THE drive to bring people, pennies and prosperity to West Craven has been stepped up a gear with the appointment of Jennene Stubbs.  more...

Road repairs finally under way after 20-year wait

A TWENTY-year fight over a Barnoldswick "battlefield" is almost over.   more...

Writing is on the wall for smokers

THERE has always been something incongruous about the sight of patients often in dressing gowns puffing on cigarettes at the entrance to Airedale Hospital. Now even this modicum of relief for patients determined to thwart the surgeons' best efforts is to be removed.  more...

Skipton,The Dales Sport

Skipton football club merger talks could reopen

SKIPTON Bulldogs committee member John Beck has spoken of his desire to form a united Skipton side to compete at a higher level (writes Mike Crowther).  more...

Accrington Stanley begin training at Rolls-Royce

NATIONWIDE Conference leaders Accrington Stanley have made the Rolls-Royce Leisure complex their new training base.  more...

Pinder inspires Skipton to team gold

A BRILLIANT title-winning triumph in the under-13 boys' race was the highlight for Skipton Athletics Club at last Saturday's North of England Cross-Country Championships at Blackburn's Witton Park (writes Roger Ingham).  more...

Gold medal champ to join Skipton Swimming Club celebrations

OLYMPIC gold medalist Adrian Moorhouse will be the special guest speaker at Skipton Swimming Club's centenary ball in September.  more...

Craven League football results

The latest league and cup results from the Craven League   more...

  
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