NHS dental treatment in Skipton is in crisis with residents finding it increasingly difficult to find a dentist ready to treat them. Three Skipton practices have opted to treat private cases only, leaving just two in the town which are prepared to take
A detective who has vowed to continue the war on drugs in Keighley fears there could be a killer batch of heroin on the streets. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Bradley's warning comes as toxicologists test the blood of two Keighley men police suspect
A union was today lobbying Kirklees Council over a proposal to allow private companies to help run 20 of the district's schools. West End Middle and Whitcliffe Road First and Nursery schools in Cleckheaton, Carlinghow Princess Royal Junior and Infants
A 22-year-old Bradford man has been charged with the murder of Wibsey pensioner Amy Shepherd after a four-and-a-half-year police investigation. The man, who has not yet been named, was charged at Bradford Central police station and will appear in court
Bradford firms are being given a chance to bring in big new deals from across the Atlantic. The Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has organised a major event to help firms find orders from the Caribbean and Central America. The Showcase Seminar, to be
Non-League: Bradford Park Avenue manager Trevor Storton has recalled striker Dean Pritchard and midfielder Paul Hand into his squad for tomorrow's home meeting with mid-table Belper Town in the UniBond League Division One. Avenue are currently 17th but
Coach Lee Crooks expects fans to flock to Cougar Park on Sunday for the Challenge Cup clash with Rochdale Mayfield and help give his side the perfect start to the new season. Cougars have strengthened their squad during the close season with the capture
Suntan oil makes way for wintergreen tomorrow when Bradford Bulls finally kick-off the 1999 season at Odsal. Only hours before Matthew Elliott's men arrived back last night from a week-long training camp in Lanzarote their opponents Huddersfield were
Bradford City's leading marksman Lee Mills will miss their tough Division One clash at Sheffield United on February 19 after receiving his second one-match ban of the season from the FA's disciplinary committee. FA spokesman Steve Double said Mills was
It is a shame, but hardly a surprise, that the orange-badge parking system for disabled drivers is being abused in Shipley. It is no doubt being abused, too, in most other places. But it is in Shipley that traffic warden Anthony Hirst has decided that
It happened a century ago in the same year as the outbreak of the Boer War. While the Dutch Boers were fighting the British army for the sovereignty of South Africa, a little village in Bradford was having its very own battle for independence. But by
A bid to open a pioneering "One Stop Shop", bringing Bradford Council services direct to people in the heart of Manningham, is likely to win approval. The new joint service Manningham Centre would house a wide range of essential Council and other services
With only 11 months to go before the dawn of the 21st century, it looks like most major hotels across Bradford will not be staging any gala events to mark the Millennium. Nearly all of the hotel bosses have not decided yet whether they will be open at
Children as young as 14 will help stamp out the spread of drug-related crime in Bradford's inner city. Starting today a team of young people will go out in to the community to spread the anti-drug message as part of the Manningham Peer Education Project
A couple who had been smoking heroin saw a body lying in a road, but left it there, fearing it was a trap. Leeds Crown Court heard that Waseem Raja and Nicola Lewis fell asleep after taking the drugs 200 yards from where Keighley car dealer Mark Hickman's
A major West Yorkshire company will have to pay out more than £16,000 after a court heard how drums containing dangerous chemicals were found on farmland near Queensbury. Investigators from the Environment Agency discovered that many of the drums at Clayton
It must be one of the most unlikely rehearsal rooms in Bradford. But the battered caravan, huddled in undergrowth, which Lianne Hall calls home is the place where The Hiphuggers make a lot of their music. And the van, part of a thriving encampment on
It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it. "Must be the Essex girl within me," says Linda Clark as she contemplates another six months of watching four men taking their clothes off every night (twice nightly on Fridays and Saturdays). For the last
A councillor is demanding a pelican crossing to help hundreds of children cross a busy road where a lollipop woman was involved in an accident with a car. Worth Valley Councillor Kris Hopkins wants the project to be part of Bradford Council plans to spend
Residents have voiced concerns that criminals driven out of Leeds city centre could now be targeting the Wharfe Valley and Aireborough. Increased levels of car crime in the Weetwood police division, thought to be caused by thieves forced out of Leeds
A parish council is gearing up to fight plans for a Dales-style village as time runs out for objections to the £20 million development on the site of the former Middleton Hospital, near Ilkley. Harrogate Council's chief planner said all objections had
A traffic warden is seeing red over motorists abusing the orange badge scheme which gives parking concessions to disabled and blind people. Now, after a string of complaints, Shipley traffic warden Anthony Hirst is launching a campaign to get people parking
Parents and governors fighting to save their village school from the axe are taking their battle to Westminster. Members of Tong Park First School Action Committee are hoping their meeting with Education and Employment Minister Estelle Morris will result
Amateur Rugby League: Clayton are determined to kick start their season when Conference outfit Oulton Raiders visit the Delph in the second round of the BNFL National Cup. The Villagers are having a harrowing season by their high standards with more matches
Rugby Union: Baildon have retained former skipper Gary Strauss in their squad for tomorrow's Thwaites Yorkshire Division Three derby against Old Modernians at Jenny Lane. "He played No 8 last week in our club fixture at home to an Old Brodleians XV,"
David O'Leary has been boosted ahead of Leeds United's second visit to the south coast in a week with the return of four first-choice players. United travel to Southampton looking to continue the form which saw them demolish Portsmouth with a 5-1 victory
Bargains and booby prizes are waiting for motorists looking to buy a second-hand car. And the consumer has very few rights under the law if something goes wrong. West Yorkshire Trading Standards officer Bruce McKay said the second-hand car market was
Plucky Jordan Anderson was invited to tea by the Lord Mayor - to say thanks for taking part in a charity show despite breaking his foot. The Wrose four-year-old, a member of Bradford's Stage 84 theatre company, sprang to fame in November after breaking
Parents who flout road safety rules when they drop off their children at school may face a fine or even a day in court. Police have warned they are getting tough with careless drivers who block up roads outside schools in the morning and after school.
Devastated tower block residents in Thorpe Edge say the decision to stick with Brad-ford Council has lost the estate £4 million - not £1.9 million. The Telegraph & Argus reported yesterday how hundreds of tenants rejected the chance to opt out of
Young Bethany Peacock-Wood is the latest in a production line of budding young stars from an Idle arts school to appear in the BBC's hospital drama, Casualty. Bethany has become the seventh pupil from the Stage 84 School of Performing Arts in Idle to
A Haworth car park owner says his subscriptions to a tourism group should not be used to fund a bus service. Ted Evans told a meeting of the Keighley and Haworth Tourism Management Group: "My business is car parks and I do not want to discourage cars
