Brave widow Jo Pollard was today facing the possibility of having to testify for a second time against the three men responsible for killing her church pastor husband. Mrs Pollard, 56, from Baildon spent several hours giving evidence against the men after
West Yorkshire was today named one of the animal cruelty blackspots in the country by the RSPCA. Prosecutions in the West Yorkshire and Craven area increased from 70 in 1996 to 123 last year, new figures released today by the charity reveal. Cases in
The peace and tranquillity of the fells above Keighley were rocked last night as a wooden shed was blown to smithereens - in the name of art. The blast shook the earth and a cloud of thick black smoke ballooned 60 feet into the air as five cameras captured
A teenager who ran a protection racket at a Bradford fun pub when he was just 15 has been sentenced to three and a half years in a young offenders institute. Sheffield Crown Court heard how Yasser Khan was the ringleader of a gang of Asian youths who
A Bradford organisation with an international reputation has broken with tradition after 114 years and appointed its first woman president. Doctor Veronica Bell has become the president of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Dr Bell, 54, is the founder
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott has launched a stinging attack on Hull fans following Sunday's Super League clash at the Boulevard. He claims some of his players were hit with missiles including cigarette lighters and coins as the game reached a
Bradford City are preparing for a Pompey invasion at Valley Parade on Sunday. All 3,686 tickets in the visitors' sections were snapped up yesterday, leaving thousands of Portsmouth fans disappointed to be missing the last match of the season which will
Former Coronation Street star Ken Morley is backing the Telegraph & Argus appeal to keep a collection of vintage buses in Bradford. The actor, who starred as supermarket boss Reg Holdsworth, said he would be delighted to support the appeal to keep
More than 100 residents were evacuated from their homes last night after a cache of dangerous devices was discovered at a house in Bradford. Bomb-squad officers armed in protective suits were called in and police cordoned off streets during the tense
Parents in the Emmerdale village of Esholt fear Bradford's schools shake-up will leave their children facing hour-long treks to school. With no school in the tourist village, children already face a mile-and-a-half walk to Baildon's Tong Park First School
There are just 612 days until the year 2000, business leaders were told today. The reminder came at a national Millennium road show staged by the Church of England at Bradford Cathedral. Its aim was to inform local industries of what the Church plans
A Bradford company accused of forcing one of its Asian employees to change his name to an English one has denied the allegation. And other Asian employees at ISA Wholesale told a tribunal they had not been forced to change their names. Sales staff at
Bradford pensioner Joe Wilson took to the skies today for his first ever plane journey ... at the age of 97. The former coal man, who bounced back from having pneumonia last year, said his first-time flight to see family in Sussex was one of his best
If you keep saying the stock market is getting peaky, you'll be right one day. Equally, if you keep saying the wool market is going to bounce up from yet another low point one day, without falling back again, you could also be right. I get them both wrong
East Bowling Unity ended Albion Sports' long unbeaten run in the Sunday Alliance Senior Cup competition, which stretches back to 1995 and includes two wins. Unity were the last team to beat Albion, but the latter started better in this final, Milton Brown
Cricket: Chris Silverwood upstaged Darren Gough at Headingley yesterday as Yorkshire went top of the Britannic Assurance Championship table by defeating Derbyshire by 111 runs. Chasing a 322 target, Derbyshire were toppled in mid-afternoon for 210 with
Bradford and Bingley have defended their decision to allow cricket chairman Neil Hartley, above, to play for Bradford League First Division rivals Pudsey Congs only the day before playing a match winning innings of 56 as Congs won by 15 runs at Wagon
