Patients will face longer waits for non urgent hospital treatment in Bradford following a £1 million cut in GPs' budgets, doctors warned today. Bradford Health Authority bosses are ploughing the cash from fundholding family doctors into emergency care
Bradford is the heroin capital of Yorkshire, according to figures in the study. The drug is available for as little as £2 a wrap although heavy users are likely to need far more to get a hit, forcing them into crime to pay for the habit. About a quarter
Steve was only 14 when he started using heroin. He had been expelled from school in Bradford and at first started using small amounts of the drug. Within weeks he was hooked. More than a year later he had a £60-a-day habit paid for by stealing, not just
Beleaguered health services are failing to stem the tide of Bradford's soaring drugs problem, a shock study reveals today. The biggest-ever investigation into the menace swamping the city was being unveiled by Bradford Community Health Council. And it
The Telegraph & Argus is giving managers of small firms in Bradford a unique chance to gain top-level management skills by winning a free place on a pioneering course. The T&A and Bradford Breakthrough are offering a free place, worth £11,000,
Otley face one of the stiffest tests of their season tomorrow - at home to Jewson National League One leaders Worcester. The Midlanders, who are full-time professionals, have won 17 of their 19 matches, scoring the most points (704) and conceding the
Radio Four boss James Boyle has come under fire from Bradfordians for not employing enough ethnic minority or disabled people. More than 50 listeners gathered for the latest leg of his nationwide "meet the people" tour which arrived in the city last night
A three-year scheme to transform a neglected beauty spot into the green lungs of west Bradford is under way. Pitty Beck Valley, near Allerton estate, has suffered from hooligans breaking dry- stone walls, damaging trees and using the area as an unofficial
Workers facing a smoking ban at their Bradford firm have turned to hypnotherapy to help them give up the evil weed. Kind-hearted bosses at A E Goetze - the former Hepworth & Grandage factory off Wakefield Road - knew it would be hard for some staff
In a little corner of South Kensington, they gathered yesterday to celebrate Bradford. The Director's Suite at London's Science Museum was the setting for the launch of the Fourth Bradford Film Festival, which over the next month will bring the world's
Bradford's first long awaited "people power" action plan - drawn up after a record breaking consultation exercise - was unveiled today. Its radical aims for the coming year include a bid to cut the use of heroin by young people under the age of 25. Action
Families on a Cleckheaton estate have threatened to barricade themselves into their homes as the row over plans to improve their flats gains momentum. Mother-of-four Karen Dawson, 29, has told the Telegraph & Argus that she will stop at nothing to
The Bishop of Bradford was making his first speech at one of the city's mosques today in a bid to show solidarity with Muslims over Iraq. As the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan began a weekend of talks with Saddam Hussein, the Right Reverend David Smith
Babies born addicted to heroin are among the countless innocent victims of the rising tide of drug use sweeping Bradford. The Bradford Community Health Council study was partly prompted by a Telegraph & Argus report about increasing numbers of babies
Bulls second-row pair Sonny Nickle and Bernard Dywer launch their bids for Challenge Cup spots tomorrow. The former St Helens duo missed the fourth round tie at Rochdale through injury but coach Matthew Elliott gives them a chance to force their way into
Darren Lehmann is now expected to miss only the first two championship matches at Headingley at most when he rejoins Yorkshire this season. The Australian left-hander said today that he was looking forward to the challenge of helping Yorkshire win a title
Top scorer Edinho is the only injury worry as Bradford City look to bounce back from two consecutive defeats with victory over revitalised Oxford United. City were left heartbroken by Steve Bull's stoppage time winner on Wednesday after dominating large
Children's standards in the 'three Rs' are in for a big boost in Bradford this summer with the start of a revolutionary new £200,000 computer programme. Five clusters of 58 schools will go "on-line" with the highly-rated Successmaker, which has had stunning
The mother of a young woman who died after suffering from anorexia and bulimia has been invited to take a behind-the-scenes look at a special centre for people with eating disorders. Margaret Tate, of Wrose, Shipley, launched the Suzy Tate Memorial Fund
A community centre manager has called for the reintroduction of a curfew on a Bradford estate - two years after it became the first in Britain. Steve Bellaby, manager of the Odsal Community Centre, said the drastic action was needed to curb teenage yobs
