http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blogs/ Community Blog List Syndication Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:02:30 +0000 matt.palmer@bradford.gov.uk (Wharfedale Community Discussion Forum) IP.Blog 60 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1278-night-vision-serves-watkins-well-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ Night vision serves Watkins well
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Team-mate Eddie Winslow of Menston finished third, a further four minutes adrift. Joe Woodley of Guiseley did well to come third on the junior men's course (M18) – and first under-16 – behind Bristol winner Adam Potter and Simon Bradbury of South...]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:33 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1278-night-vision-serves-watkins-well-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1277-otley-town-council-to-get-update-on-fire-station-closure-plan-advertiser-series/ Otley town council to get update on fire station closure plan
Advertiser Series
They will be replaced by five new bases, including one at Menston. The council will also discuss the likely impact of the Government's proposed changes to the benefits system, and specifically the Disabled Living Allowance, when it meets at St Joseph's...]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:34:18 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1277-otley-town-council-to-get-update-on-fire-station-closure-plan-advertiser-series/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1276-leeds-fire-crews-back-op-fund-for-girl-yorkshire-evening-post/ Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds fire crews back op fund for girl
Yorkshire Evening Post
Seven-year-old Eve, of Menston is unable to walk after being born with quadraplegic cerebral palsy, which affects her legs and arms. The Ireland Wood Primary School Pupil is hoping to have a £45000 operation in the United States in the summer that...]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:54 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1276-leeds-fire-crews-back-op-fund-for-girl-yorkshire-evening-post/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1275-council-criticised-over-housing-plans-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ Council criticised over housing plans
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
At yesterday's unveiling of Leeds City Council's own LDF, Coun Richard Lewis, executive member for city development, said it was “crazy” Bradford had not talked to Leeds when drawing up controversial plans for up to 900 homes in Menston in its core...]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:24:31 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1275-council-criticised-over-housing-plans-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1274-green-belt-targeted-as-demand-for-homes-set-to-soar-yorkshire-post/ Yorkshire Post
Green belt targeted as demand for homes set to soar
Yorkshire Post
Bradford estimates it needs an extra 45500 homes up to 2028 and its blueprint has suggested significant housing development at Holme Wood and Menston – raising concerns city boundaries between Leeds and Bradford could be merged.

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Wharfedale Observer
Michael Crookes, from Burley-in-Wharfedale, is believed to have fallen ill behind the wheel as he was driving along the A660 Otley bypass at about 4.35pm last Friday. His 4x4 Toyota Hilux, which was travelling in the direction of Ilkley, ...
Fraudster told to sell house to...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:16 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/4/entry-1271-crash-driver-thought-to-have-been-taken-ill-at-wheel-wharfedale-observer/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1273-tv-boost-for-otley-teenagers-anti-drink-drive-campaign-wharfedale-observer/ TV boost for Otley teenager's anti-drink-drive campaign
Wharfedale Observer
She told the breakfast show how much she missed her brother, who was a pupil at St Mary's School, Menston. “I think about him all the time and it's weird that I'm never, ever going to see him again,” the teenager said. “I really want this to change...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:09:55 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1273-tv-boost-for-otley-teenagers-anti-drink-drive-campaign-wharfedale-observer/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1272-raf-jet-exercise-sounded-like-an-empty-skip-falling-from-the-sky-wharfedale-observer/ RAF jet exercise sounded like an 'empty skip falling from the sky'
Wharfedale Observer
Several loud overhead booms or bangs took residents in Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Menston by surprise on Thursday. The incidents, one of which was described by Pool resident Bernard Mitchinson as “a noise as loud as an empty skip falling from the...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:29:40 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1272-raf-jet-exercise-sounded-like-an-empty-skip-falling-from-the-sky-wharfedale-observer/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1270-councillor-calls-for-investment-in-bradford-roads-to-cope-with-population-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ Councillor calls for investment in Bradford roads to cope with population
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
“I travel from Menston to Bradford and there is no way you can do it in less than an hour in a car. If you are going by bus, it is exactly the same route. You can speed up buses using bus routes but there has got to be enough on a certain...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:55:56 +0000 http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/5/entry-1270-councillor-calls-for-investment-in-bradford-roads-to-cope-with-population-bradford-telegraph-and-argus/ http://www.wharfedaleforums.com/blog/4/entry-1269-crash-driver-thought-to-have-taken-ill-at-wheel-wharfedale-observer/ Crash driver thought to have taken ill at wheel
Wharfedale Observer
Michael Crookes, from Burley-in-Wharfedale, is believed to have fallen ill behind the wheel as he was driving along the A660 Otley bypass at about 4.35pm last Friday. His 4x4 Toyota Hilux, which was travelling in the direction of Ilkley, ...

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