Campaigners for jailed Bradford mum Zoora Shah are launching a last-ditch effort to pile pressure on the Government to get her released from prison. Home Secretary Jack Straw is expected to rule in February how much longer she must stay in prison. She
The Keighley area is in the running for a new call centre which could create up to 400 jobs. A major UK firm is looking at a site in the area along with a second in another part of the country. A spokesman for Bradford & District Training & Enterprise
A campaign to improve bus links in the Otley area has stepped up a gear. Otley Town Council has almost completed a deal with Metro to improve public transport, including a better bus service to Menston railway station. The Labour-controlled Council is
Residents and civic campaigners are furious over the design of the proposed shops complex on the former Savoy Cinema site in Cleckheaton. They say the plain single-storey building, with its artificial slate roof, sandstone walls and artificial stone copings
A frail widow who gave evidence against the policeman who stole part of her life savings while giving her crime-prevention advice has been praised for her bravery by Bradford's Lord Mayor. And Councillor Tony Miller says he hopes Doris Midwood's courage
Hundreds of tenants have thrown away £1.9 million - because they want to stay with Bradford Council. The families in Thorpe Edge and Idle village were the first in the district to get the chance to opt out to a new landlord but today they declared: "We
Hundreds of key players are to be asked about plans to merge Bradford Chamber of Commerce with the district's Training & Enterprise Council. More than a thousand companies and civic and community leaders are to be consulted on the proposal which has
A visionary plan to improve equal opportunities in Bradford was launched last night. The Equal Opportunities Committee of Bradford & District Training & Enterprise Council unveiled an ambitious 32-page local strategy document. The TEC will lead
Snooker: Two former runners-up in the English Amateur Snooker Championships failed to make it past the Yorkshire Regional stage last Sunday at The Clubhouse In Cue Gardens. Host club member Craig Butler, who lost in last year's final to Exeter's Tim Bailey
When Bradford City travel to Birmingham City this weekend for their promotion showdown, it heralds the start of what could prove to be a crucial four weeks for Paul Jewell's men. The Sky cameras will be at St Andrews to capture what should be a fascinating
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond believes Bradford City have seen the worst of their Valley Parade pitch with the surface improving markedly in the last week. Despite City winning 11 of their last 12 home games, the poor state of the pitch has been causing
At last, an acronym that fits my lifestyle. It's a long time since I was a FIT - Financially Independent Twentysomething - and I've ceased to qualify as a DINK - Dual Income No Kids. But I certainly fit the bill of the latest acronym to surface - TINS
Illegal flyposting is on the increase in and around Otley, according to traders who say they've had enough of signs and posters littering the streets. Planning notices and adverts for car boot and jumble sales are among the worst offenders singled out
A doctors' surgery which was set up in Keighley at the end of the 19th century is looking to start the new Millennium in a state-of-the-art health centre. Bradford Council has agreed that part of Scott Street car park, the biggest in Keighley, can be
Major proposals for shopping, leisure and hotels in Bradford city centre have forced the Council to draw up guidelines for developers - ahead of its major strategy due to be published in the spring. The Council's regeneration committee was told last night
Major improvements in care for hospital patients across Bradford are being signalled in a series of reviews which could shake up key services. Health chiefs claim the initiatives bringing together top specialists from Bradford and Airedale will mean the
A six-year-old boy with a rare brain condition, which means he is the height of a toddler, could walk for the first time with the help of a special frame. Matthew Rayner is battling two brain disorders and doctors have just discovered the main bone is
Budding broadcasters are being urged to take to the airwaves at this year's Shipley festival. Organisers of the town's Community Radio Project are hoping to build on the success of last year's Shipley Corner programmes aired in November and December by
Health chiefs have hailed the success of a plan to cope with winter pressures which prevented a crisis in hospital services at Christmas. Health authority chiefs and bosses at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital at meetings yesterday praised
Attempts to ensure the future of Wilsden village hall will be discussed to-night as it faces a £15,000 shortfall. The hall, the focal point of village life with a large range of activities from a play school to youth club, has been under threat since
Teenagers and children in Idle face the closure of their youth clubs because of budget cuts - and leaders are now appealing to Home Secretary Jack Straw to intervene. Staff at City Bradford YMCA say the clubs are among pioneering projects planned and
Bradford's biggest bus company said today it was continuing to look at joining forces with the police to combat a trouble-spot in the city. A gang of youths has been ambushing buses in Barkerend Road and hurling bricks and fruit at windows. The latest
A police chief is acting to ease fears about 'loss of bobbies' in Craven. At a full meeting of Craven Council, North Yorkshire Chief Constable David Kenworthy said the district-wide police boundary review would be followed by better police cover and improved
In-line skaters and skateboarders have been urged to contact Ilkley Parish Council with their suggestions for a special skating area to be constructed in Ilkley. Following a Parish Council meeting in November, Ilkley Parish Clerk Miggy Bailey said many
Village leaders have been left stony-faced by building work at the front of a historic landmark. Yorkshire stone went missing last autumn from the Mechanics Institute in Main Road, Denholme. But Bradford Council workmen have replaced it with concrete
Athletics: England will be represented by Bingley Harriers in Sunday's European Clubs Cross Country Championships in Lisbon. The Harriers earned this distinction after a tremendous team performance in the National at Roundhay Park, Leeds, last March.
Boxing: Bradford's Ben Thewliss triumphed in the Yorkshire and Humberside ABA Championships to take the 36kgs title in Mexborough. Thewliss, who trains at the Karmand Centre in Barkerend Road, defeated Bridlington's Kyle Simpson to take the title on a
Bradford Bulls are hoping for a crowd of up to 8,000 on Saturday when their fans get the first chance to take a look at their revamped side. The squad were arriving back from a week long training camp in Lanzarote today and the six major close season
It is a sorry state of affairs when an organisation working to keep youngsters away from crime and steer them into positive pursuits has to go cap in hand to the Home Secretary to help it stay in business because its local authority cannot afford to.
There has been a lot of coverage in the media lately about the launch of the Euro and the setting up of a central European Bank although it could be several years before UK actually joins. In the longer term it could mean cheaper mortgages as their interest
Lawyers are working on an application to declare dead a Keighley barber who has been missing for more than seven years. Turner & Wall solicitors of Keighley confirmed they were preparing to apply to court for leave to "swear to death" bull-fighting
Car dealer Mark Hickman - who was bludgeoned to death in a country lane - may have been one of Yorkshire's biggest heroin dealers, a court heard. Hickman, whose body was found last February in Bridge Lane, Shelf, supplied heroin by the kilogram, David
West Yorkshire comes out as one of Britain's worst areas for recorded crime in detailed statistics from the Audit Commission today. But crime in the county is down from 135,000 per 1,000 population to less than 115 in 1994/5. The figures come only a day
Members of a troubled pension scheme face six more months on tenterhooks before they discover how their retirement plans are affected. Hundreds of people were shocked at Christmas when it was announced that Lister's Pension Scheme had a shortfall of £2
An employment scheme for disabled people has come up trumps - after hitting serious problems several years ago. The Industrial Services Group was set up in April 1997 following the disbanding of ISCO 5, a joint venture which Bradford Council ran in partnership
