As the Government announces new tests for four and five year olds, education reporter Lyn Barton looks at the implications for Bradford. 'DON'T PANIC' is the message to parents over plans announced by the government to test the abilities of every youngster
Jim Greenhalf previews Bite the Mango, Bradford's fourth Asian and African Film Festival, which runs from Friday, September 11 to Saturday, September 19, at Pictureville and the Priestley Centre for the Arts AN ANNUAL film festival has become a popular
Next year is the 21st anniversary of Bradford amateur dramatic company Drama Unlimited. They are celebrating by staging what they believe to be Yorkshire's biggest amateur pantomime at St George's Hall. Jim Greenhalf reports. WHEN THE curtain goes up
Police found soft-nosed and hollow-point bullets when they raided a pub run by former British middleweight boxing champion Frank Grant, a court heard. The 15 bullets, and several bullet adapters, were in a plastic bag inside a locked office at the Round
A father claims his family is in constant danger of being killed every time they enter or leave his bungalow home in Cowling. Reginald Lund is calling on North Yorkshire County Council highways chiefs to put down 'no parking' restrictions near his home
Every police officer in the Keighley division will be receiving special training as part of a hard-hitting crackdown on domestic violence. And, as a new strategy is launched in the division next week, officers are set to step up efforts to cut down repeated
Guiseley-based pram and push-chair specialist Silver Cross is getting a boost with a £4 million re-financing package after months of fears for its future. The company is being turned around by new managing director Harry Moore - the former general manager
Taxi drivers are set to begin talks with Kirklees Council to discuss moves to make all cabs accessible to disabled passengers. Representatives from both private hire and hackney carriage associations are to meet council officers to decide how to implement
The boss of a Baildon lighting company was among 229 people killed when a Swiss airliner crashed into the sea off Canada, it emerged today. Norman Scoular, 45, was chief executive Sylvania Lighting International in Otley Road, Charlestown, and chief operating
Cricket: Craig White just had time to complete his century today before Yorkshire declared and set Surrey a target of 300 in a minimum of 88 overs. And Chris Silverwood then shook Surrey with a double blast which got rid of both openers with only 11 on
Bradford City have engaged TV soccer pundit Jimmy Hill to be their expert witness in the Gordon Watson compensation trial next month. The case has been set to start on Monday, October 19 and is set to last for ten days. Watson was out of action for 18
Tongan ace Tevita Vaikona is struggling to figure in the Bulls drive for Super League Grand Final glory at Old Trafford next month after breaking a hand. The club's top try scorer sustained the injury in Monday's clash with Castleford but did not initially
The passing of the August 31 deadline for signing the deal to develop the Vicar Lane site, with no completion announced, is cause for concern. There have been several delays already over this prestigious scheme, so it is hardly surprising that people
Your guide to what's on, where. Week beginning September 5 SATURDAY BOWLS Talbot Trophy, Raikes Hall Hotel, Blackpool - Fifth round draw includes: Billy Munro (Audenshaw) v Tom Davis (Ilkley), Gary Beeley (Hyde) vTony Throup (Cleckheaton). CRICKET NatWest
Non-League: Bradford Park Avenue have called on the experience of former Scunthorpe manager Bill Green to give them a boost after a slow start to the season. Green, who lead the Irons into the Third Division play-offs in 1992 and made 493 League appearances
Sales reps for a company selling outside wall coatings are told to 'scare' elderly people into buying their products, according to a former worker. Ex-salesman Ben Bridgestock claims training at Midland Coatings Co Ltd included making householders believe
Hundreds of young people from all over Britain will bop until they drop at a Bradford church tomorrow night. The event, The Rock, will - for one night only - turn the Abundant Life Church, in Wapping Road, Bradford, into a nightclub for youngsters. Those
Angry families have sent a "hands off our street" message to Bradford Council. Residents in the city's close-knit Hutton Street say they want to keep their paving stones. But the council aims to tear them up and lay a bitumen-type surface. Now the families
Alison Shannon gave birth to a bouncing baby daughter - thanks to a medic shouting instructions down a phone line. Grace was born weighing 6lb 12oz on her mother's bedroom floor at Yeadon. Father Mark had alerted the emergency services but little Grace
Many years ago, I was lucky enough to hear the Black Dyke Mills Band play in Bradford Cathedral. Although I cannot recall what they played, I remember leaving that ancient interior thinking what a wonderful concert venue it was for music that was intimate
It's a far cry from a humble Bradford pub to the Royal Albert Hall - but evergreen entertainer John Otway (pictured left) has included both on his latest tour. His itinerary takes him to MacRory's Bar in Easby Road next week and visits the most prestigious
Campaigners fighting against proposed housing developments in Addingham take to the streets tomorrow for a 'Walk for Safer Roads'. The walk, organised by the Addingham Community First group, begins at the Malt Kiln car park at 10.30am and proceeds along
A powerful plea for a piece of Bingley's heritage to be left intact fell on deaf ears as plans to demolish some of the town's best loved buildings got the go-ahead. Protestor Christine Guirao, of Stockbridge, Keighley, is angry about the Bradford &
The £6 million sale of Bradford's Vicar Lane car park to leisure developers has hit 11th-hour hurdles. The Telegraph & Argus can exclusively reveal that the August 31 deadline for signing up the deal has passed without completion. It could now be
Bradford is leading the way with help for firms at the cutting edge of research and development. Many of Bradford's large and small hi-tech firms are being helped by a team from the Bradford-based West Yorkshire Euro Info Centre which is part of Bradford
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has outlined his determination to cut Bradford City's annual wage bill by £500,000. And he revealed that the aim is not just to save money, but to provide scope for more new signings. Richmond says that City have
Ambitious skippers Chris Pickles and David Jay are locked in a head to head battle for the Bradford League Second Division Championship. With three matches to go, Cleckheaton and Brighouse are assured of promotion, but that is not enough for Pickles and
Vivaldi gave us The Four Seasons, but between them Bradford Theatres (The Alhambra and St George's Hall), West Yorkshire Playhouse, and Bingley Little Theatre have got three cracking seasons coming up. Space doesn't permit a list of every show, but at
David Smith won celebrity status when he was stood up in front of millions on TV's Blind Date - but a second chance at love is set to make him a star again. The 28-year-old has spoken exclusively about how London Weekend Television took pity on him and
Pregnant Penny Roberts, paralysed in a 14,000 foot skydiving accident, is celebrating victory today in her battle to win the right to keep her baby. Bradford Council social services chiefs have thrashed out an agreement between Miss Roberts and the father
Maria Melton and her husband Michael were flabbergasted when they got home from work and found a deep trench had appeared less than 5 feet from their house. And they say that, within hours, their rockery and patio had moved away from the side wall of
A Bradford businessman who says he spent £5,000 converting a shop into a caf, only to have his plans turned down, is to take legal advice. Leo Dooley, of East Bowling, says he has evidence on tape of a Bradford Council planning officer telling him he
Intrepid export director Nick Eastwood is pushing ahead with a major exhibition in Russia despite the country's economic crisis. Mr Eastwood is in charge of exports at Shipley textile firm S Jerome, which has had its exports hit by the strength of the
Bus chiefs have lifted a final warning on union official Mohammed Taj after he voiced concern following the death of a schoolboy who suffered an asthma attack on a bus. Mr Taj, secretary of the bus crews' branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union
