A five-man team has been set up by West Yorkshire Police to investigate the activities of bogus officials. Ashley Broadley spoke to the daughter of a pensioner who was a victim of a con man. Mary Atkins is not eating, sleeping and has lost her voice.
David Behrens joins the cast of Los Angeles Without A Map on location in Bradford It had never happened before, so far as anyone on the set could remember - and it'll be a long time before it happens again. An assistant director explained the problem.
A massive anti-burglary blitz, which thieves have dubbed unfair because it is so effective, has started on a Bradford estate. In the first project of its kind in West Yorkshire, officers from Odsal have joined forces with Bradford Council to mark around
Showbiz starlet Alex Cooke is following in the footsteps of his cousin - Spice Girl Mel B. The young actor has just landed his biggest television role and hopes to go on to be as big a household name as his famous relation. Alex, 13, of Grove Road, Menston
The last place you would probably expect to find maggots is a hospital but at Bradford Royal Infirmary they are becoming a regular fixture. Maggots are being used to eat dead tissue and clean up wounds on selected patients in treatment first used in the
Five men were today being questioned by police and Trading Stand-ards officers after an undercover raid on a popular Bradford market. Officers seized £25,000 worth of counterfeit designer clothes in yesterday's swoop on Cannon Mills, as part of a new
A house was badly damaged today when a runaway digger smashed into it from a building site. The front of the house in Cheddington Grove, Allerton, Bradford, was demolished when the yellow earth-mover slipped out of control and rolled down the hill. It
The Bradford-based West Yorkshire Euro Info Centre has appointed a new expert to help businesses chase markets in Europe. Jill Kenning has been recruited as a European business officer to help local companies link up with agents, distributors or joint
A growing Bradford label firm has invested £500,000 setting up a support unit to carry out work for advertising and design agencies. The Label Makers set up the unit after seeing a rise in orders from the agencies. "Agencies are playing a more significant
Rugby Union: Cleckheaton 19, Keighley 15 By Bill Marshall. Passion is a crucial factor in sport, and Cleckheaton had more of it in this North East Division Two derby than Keighley. "We wanted it more," said experienced home scrum half Ian Gatenby. "The
Paul Jewell writes: I am very disappointed at the result. We were not playing great, but we battled away with a lot of hard work. Ipswich's substitutions and our two sendings off changed the game. I don't blame the referee's decisions for us losing. It
Ipswich Town 2, Bradford City 1 Match Comment by Richard Sutcliffe. Just before half past four on Saturday afternoon, Portman Road seemed a wonderful place to be for Bradford City. On a ground where they have often left dejected after a disappointing
An Ilkley player is to be cited after Bradford Salem centre Steve Brown had his jaw broken in three places during Saturday's York-shire Division One derby at Stack's Field. "There was a melee in the second half and that is when the injury happened," said
Eddie Youds has called for match officials to be made professional after Bradford City had two players sent off as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Ipswich Town. Nigel Pepper and Youds were both dismissed late in the second half after receiving two yellow
Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has strongly rejected claims that he is hell bent on leading a breakaway of Super League clubs. The split between Super League Europe, of which Caisley is also chairman, and the Rugby Football League came to a head over the
A variety show to be staged this week is expected to raise £5,000 for a Bradford toddler in need of vital surgery. Little Fezan Hussain, of West Bowling, suffers from Poland's Disease, which prevents the full development of his limbs. Since he was born
It's happened. He's arrived, a little later than scheduled after having us all on tenterhooks for about a fortnight. Samuel, our first grandchild. I can now appreciate Margaret Thatcher's triumphant glee when she told the world "We are a grandmother!"
Bus driver Bob Newitt has paid tribute to specialist medical staff in Bradford who used pioneering surgery to help him hear again after he was deafened in a bomb explosion. Mr Newitt has lived in a world of silence since the IRA blast two years ago but
Angry neighbours say they are growing increasingly resentful over plans to turn Odsal stadium into a £200 million Superdome. A group living on the edge of the development say they have spent years of uncertainty waiting for something to happen following
Bradford firemen saved a baby girl's life after her parents found her choking in her cot. Dad Roger Yousas rushed baby Kennedy to nearby Odsal fire station after she stopped breathing. Quick thinking fire fighters used resuscitation equipment to revive
Detectives launched a murder inquiry today after the body of a man was found in a Bradford courtyard. Police have so far been unable to identify the man, who is Afro-Caribbean. The body was discovered by a passer-by at 7.30am in Jinnah Court, off Lumb
RL Challenge Cup: Keighley Cougars 66, Saddleworth Rangers 16. A much-improved second half display saw Keighley Cougars ease into the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. John Kain's side ran in 11 tries against the National Conference League's bottom club
Eccleshill police have revealed a breakdown of crime statistics in the division and admitted concerns about a rise in burglaries in Bradford Moor and Thornbury. Inspector David Wormald, the division's sector commander, said he was far from happy with
A new service to support witnesses at Bradford Magistrates' Court was launched today. A team of ten volunteers are now on hand to provide emotional and practical support to witnesses, victims and their families before, during and after hearings. Co-ordinator
