A Bradford teenager who won more than £1,000 in a race discrimination case is helping to launch a pioneering "rights card". The credit card-sized card, being piloted in the north of England, was being unveiled today by the youngest member of the Commission
Ambitious £4m plans have been unveiled to expand a middle school in inner-city Bradford into a state-of-the art secondary with the latest in computer technology. Laisterdyke Middle is seeking to cater for pupils aged 11 to 18 with new blocks of classrooms
Members of a religious order were today praying for a teenager who is fighting for his life after being buried alive. Jed Christie was pulled from the bottom of a 25ft trench in Yeadon after being trapped for more than 12 hours on Friday night and Saturday
Bradford is bidding to play a key role in national proposals to boost job skills and opportunities using state-of-the-art technology. The Government plans to set up Britain's first University for Industry as a new kind of partnership between the public
An investigation was launched today by Bradford Social Services into the death of a 16-year-old boy in a joyriding accident. James Petty died when the car he had stolen shunted a taxi and careered into a lamppost. He had recently been released from custody
Bradford has recently played host to the DTI's Biotechnology Means Business (BMB) Roadshow. This was one of a series of events designed to highlight the various applications of biotechnology, and the ways in which these can help industrial sectors. The
Joss Overend wishes he could take the Jenny Lane pitch around with him - and no wonder. The Farsley left arm pace bowler shattered Baildon's batting line-up with seven for 33 in a superb 14 over spell as the Bradford League First Division leaders crashed
Yorkshire slow left-arm bowler Ian Fisher was the inspiration as last season's beaten finalists East Bierley into the third round of the Priestley Cup at the expense of Windhill. But holders Pudsey St Lawrence are out, beaten at home by local rivals Farsley
Popular Aussie centre Danny Peacock , pictured, has become the third Bulls player to be ruled out for the rest of the season. As revealed first in Saturday's Yorkshire Sports Peacock had exploratory surgery 24 hours after limping off during the second-half
Bradford City this afternoon completed the signing of former Valley Parade hero Stuart McCall. The Scottish international has agreed the most lucrative contract in the club's history. McCall contacted the Bantams today to agree terms and will be introduced
Bradford students about to sit their GCSE and A-level exams are under greater stress than ever before, according to a top educational psychologist. But help and advice is at hand, as Chris Hewitt reports. Alan said he was finding it impossible to revise
Ian Lewis speaks to the men behind the production of Les Miserables which comes to Bradford next month. The "greatest show on earth" is on its way to Bradford with the city's theatre-goers promised a production up to West End and Broadway standards. Les
Do you quake at the knees when you go to see the doctor? I don't mean due to a physical ailment - but because your GP is so good-looking that you are prone to swoon at the very sight of him? With a host of handsome TV doctors played by actors chosen for
David Behrens meets Sixties Yorkshire pools winner Viv Nicholson, whose life story is now being told in a stage musical. Viv Nicholson has been widowed three times and divorced twice. She was pregnant at 16, homeless at 17, a battered wife at 39. She
History sometimes happens when you're not looking - how otherwise do you explain the disappearance of Kirkgate Market and the Mechanics' Institute in Bradford just a quarter of a century ago? There were protests, certainly, but they seemed to come entirely
A sitcom written, produced and directed by ordinary Bradford people is about to have its first airing on cable television. Isobel Fox discovers community broadcasting at its most grass roots level. Grandpa Bert's flatulence has landed him a ban from the
Campaigning residents worried about homes being built on the site of an old reservoir have welcomed a Council move to get developers to look at their concerns. Bradford Council has drawn up a draft planning brief for the land at the former Baildon Bank
Forty years ago today the Clean Air Act came into operation. What did it mean for northern industrial cities like Bradford? Jim Greenhalf reports. Northerners are thought of as dour and gritty perhaps because from the Industrial Revolution to the mid-Twentieth
The plight of Bradford's young homeless will be brought to ministers' attention following an awareness campaign in the city. Members of Bradford Nightstop, which provides emergency accommodation for people between 16 and 25, collected more than 300 signatures
A family is devastated after receiving a bill from a nursing home - addressed to a relative who died almost two years ago. Eric Hammond died of lung cancer after spending two months at the Birkenshaw nursing home. Mr Hammond received his care free because
Schoolgirls around Bradford were in mourning today after Geri Halliwell sensationally quit the Spice Girls. Eyes filled up with tears as the fans worried about whether the chart-topping group would continue. But they said they were confident the girl
A company which cleans double glazing frames has thrown opens its doors for business after securing a £12,500 start-up grant. Fernlee Industries Limited set up shop in Fernlee House, Prospect Street, Eccleshill, after the Royds' Community Association
Keighley Cougars 22, Whitehaven Warriors 18 By Richard Sutcliffe. Keighley Cougars again made their fans sweat with a tense final quarter before clinching what could prove to be a crucial victory. In recent weeks, Lee Crooks' men have developed a habit
