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T & A 181th July 2008



T & A 18th July 2008



T & A 11th July 2008




T & A 11th March 2008

T & A 11th March 2008
Rapist Diver jailed for five years" - T & A 20th February 2008

T & A 15th December 2007


Landmark spire in place
By Kathie Griffiths T & A 23.11.2007

The spire is craned into place

A pioneering project to build a community brick by brick has taken delivery of its landmark. A lorry arrived at the site of the Cottingley Cornerstone Project yesterday loaded with a 40ft church spire on its back. It took a mammoth effort on the ground and a monster-sized crane to hoist the five-ton spire into place on top of what will be the new St Michael's and All Angels Church. As the spire was fixed into position and topped with a cross, it was met with cheers and applause by onlookers. "This really is the icing on the cake for us. We've been waiting to see the spire go up, it makes an impressive statement," said congregation member Andrew Clarke. It was also a relief for Chris Spivey, who was one of the team at Laisterdyke-based Microfabrications who spent nine days building the fibreglass spire. "It's just great to see it up there. It's a massive relief and a weight off of our minds," he said. It was also cause for celebration for the Cornerstone Community Centre's new manager Zoe Marston, who took up the role on Monday. She said: "It's so exciting. The spire going on says it all. It says the project's here and we're proud of it." Although wintry weather has been hampering progress, the scheme is only a few weeks behind schedule and building should be finished by the summer. "June 2008 is the date we're sticking to. It's all going well although we still need more funds and are working on that," Zoe said. The project has a budget of £9 million. The community complex will cost about £4.5m and still needs another £500,000. "Fundraising is on-going, we've got lots of ideas and there's an outstanding lottery bid we're waiting to hear about," she said. The project has had royal approval from Prince Charles who was so impressed when he visited the site in 2002 he made a donation from his personal charity. Zoe said: "We'll be e-mailing photos of the spire straight to him. We keep all our backers up to date with progress." As well as a church the project will also include 55 homes and a community complex which will include a function hall, an IT suite, GP surgery, pre-school nursery, elderly daycare, youth rooms, respite care for young disabled people, an arts and crafts room and meeting spaces.

Zoe's ready for a princely role! - T & A 10th November 2007

Hole-in-wall burglars in garage raid - T & A 5th November 2007

Brian re-lives 1952 cave find - T & A 5th November 2007


T & A 26th October 2007


T & A 26th October 2007


Unveiling of notice board by Cllr Margaret Eaton in memory of John Yeadon(1924-2004)- 7th October 2007


T & A 30th August 2007

Scheme is on the Rise - T & A 8th June 2007




T & A 21/5/2007

Butcher’s in E.coli scare given all clear - T & A 15/5/2007
Butcher puzzled as nine hit by stomach bug - T & A 10/5/2007
Stomach bug forces shop closure - BBC News 10/5/2007


T & A 3/4/2007


T & A 3/1/2007

Target 18th January 2007


T & A 5/12/2006

Report in T & A 18.11.2006 re Cottingley Hall. You will need Acrobat Reader to access this file.

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T & A 2/11/2006

Excerpt from St. Michael's November 2006 magazine
Cornerstone Centre
An exciting step forward
All has been quiet on the Littlelands site over the summer months but things are now in full swing again.
Mid-October saw the signing of all the legal documents for the Scheme. If they had been piled one on top of one another, they would have been over four feet high ! The vicar ended up signing her name over three hundred times. As you can imagine, a lot of time and effort went into co-ordinating everything. It was like a military operation.
It all means that the builder, J S Bramleys, has total control of the site and will be building full-time for the next 18 to 20 months. We are praying for a mild winter, so that nothing can slow the progress towards the completion of the Centre in early Summer, 2008. As yet, we don't have a definite date for when the new St. Michael's will be opened. This should become clearer in the next few months.
All told, this is the beginning of the end after over four years' work. The concrete, bricks and mortar will start to take shape into the Cornerstone Centre. We still need funds. We have applied to the Big Lottery for £500,000. But please keep fund raising in any way you can: every penny counts.




T & A 9/10/2006

T & A 26/9/2006

T&A 27/7/2006
T&A 27/7/2006



T&A 26/7/2006

Cricket club left 'stunned' by firm - T & A 25/7/2006


Swimmer's Channel Triumph - Yorkshire Post 22/7/2006






Wildlife could find home under Relief Road - T & A 17/6/2006










Kirsti's dad honoured with pub fundraiser - T & A 19/4/2006



T & A 28th March 2006


T & A 24th March 2006


T & A 24th March 2006


T & A 27th February



Grandmother praises yoga for supple life at 90 years young - Yorkshire Post 7/2/2006
Daunting battle is facing IT firm Exa - T & A 7/2/2006


T & A 7th February 2006










T & A 11/1/2006






Cottingley back in the picture - Yorkshire Post 5/1/2006


For 2005 and older stories (including the visit of Prince Charles) turn to Press Cuttings to end 2005


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