Fugitive Cleckheaton woman Kerry Page - who failed to appear at her trial in Kenya - has returned to Britain, her lawyer claimed today. A warrant was issued for the 29-year-old's arrest in May last year after she disappeared from Kenya, where she faced
Bingley people have been asked to come up with ideas to provide additional car parking space in the town. Bradford Council Transportation Engineer John Firby has revealed he is looking at using the area behind the Arts Centre. He said: "There is a shortage
Keighley Cougars 48, Rochdale Mayfield 2; by Keith Reeves. Keighley Cougars at last got into their attacking stride with a nine-try victory over amateurs Mayfield. There could have been many more, but for a few late handling errors by the cavalier Cougars
Paul Jewell writes: I am very disappointed with the result because I felt we played very well. Most of our players were outstanding and I really feel I couldn't have asked any more of them. We have to take encouragement from that. I told them after the
Skipper Stuart McCall believes Bradford City have no reason to be downhearted following their heart-breaking defeat against promotion rivals Birmingham City. The Bantams produced one of their best displays of the season in front of the Sky Television
Bringing together Bradford's key business organisations is considered a dream come true. The groups involved, and the firms they were set up to help, have been wanting it for years. The proposed merger of Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Bradford &
A ward councillor claims grass verges churned up by parked cars are turning some of Otley's main housing areas into eyesores. The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley and Wharfedale) is calling on the City Council to take urgent
Airedale Hospital has had its knuckles rapped by a watchdog for keeping mentally ill patients in seclusion for too long. According to the Mental Health Commissioners, there were 56 episodes of seclusion lasting between 15 minutes and 64 hours between
A Bradford vicar has issued a call for people to give up "recreational" shopping for Lent - because it is against the Christian faith. The Reverend Andii Bowsher, vicar of St Augustine's Church, Undercliffe - and former shelf stacker - is urging his flock
Emergency rescue vehicles which carry vital life-saving equipment could be phased out of West Yorkshire by the end of the year. Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe has joined Fire Brigade Union officials in condemning the plans to save £500,000 by the West
Bradford Council came under fire today from a national charity over its charges for social services care. Mencap - which campaigns for people with learning disabilities - says disabled people in Bradford are among the most deprived in Britain. The broadside
Run-down Cleckheaton bus station could be in line for a major revamp - or it may be moved altogether, a transport chief has revealed. One option being considered is moving the station in Dewsbury Road to another part of the town but as yet no locations
A community council member has issued an urgent appeal for storage space. Tom Sumner, from Burley Community Council, is desperate to find a home for the growing amount of equipment used in a variety of village schemes. He said: "Since its formation in
Behind the velvet curtain of London's theatreland, the cloak-and-dagger act is as old as time itself. Only the faces have changed. Along the streets that now accommodate Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, once strode Marlowe, Bacon and a young
Murderer George Naylor, right, was today convicted of the brutal killing of Bradford prostitute Maureen Stepan - for the second time. And the judge recommended he should not be released for at least 20 years. Naylor, 54, of Alva Terrace, Shipley, bowed
Angry residents are set to vent their feelings on parish representatives today over their decision to vote in favour of developing a controversial housing site. A piece of land in Sutton, known locally as Alvic Field, has been bought by housing firm Britannia
Developers who have bought part of Keighley's historic Royal Arcade plan to transform it into flats and an Edwardian-style shopping centre. Kingfisher Developments revealed its plans during the opening of its new Cameronian Court housing complex, also
An emergency search was going on today for a man who fled police by wading into the River Wharfe at Otley. A team of officers who spent hours scouring the two-mile stretch of river between the weir at Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale yesterday were continuing
Two brothers had their cars stolen on the same day in a series of coincidences described by police as less likely than winning the lottery. Stephen Howard's H-reg VW Jetta was stolen from Tropical World at Roundhay Park in Leeds and dumped 12 miles away
Councillors may seek High Court action - with the threat of jail - to stop a company allegedly flouting planning laws and spoiling life for residents. Bradford Council says Northern Developments (UK) Ltd is continuing to use The Yard on Baildon's Butterfields
A 23-year-old-man stabbed his best friend to death because he believed he was having sex with his girlfriend, a court heard today. Richard Sykes appeared at Bradford Crown Court charged with murder, which he denied. But he has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter
A recent court case may lead to businesses finding temporary planning permission is actually permanent. In the case of I'm Your Man Limited v The Secretary of State for the Environment (1998) the court ruled that temporary planning permission was actually
A Bradford Asian business organisation has launched a membership drive to help push it forward. Bradford Asian Business Association has drawn up a list of activities - including an awards evening - which will help firms in the district bring in new contracts
Rugby Union: Bradford & Bingley 23, Chester 20; by Bill Marshall. Richard Thomas is ambitious in his rugby - he was with Allied Dunbar Premiership Two club Wakefield at the start of the season. But for the moment the 19-year-old prop is happy to help
Bradford Bulls 20, Huddersfield Giants 8; by Nigel Askham. The Bulls have often have been accused of not having enough strike power, but Henry Paul looks ready to change all that. The club's star close-season recruit didn't boss the game by any means,
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley is more determined than ever to see his club end their Challenge Cup drought. Despite lifting the Super League in 1997 Caisley knows for many fans a win at Wembley is still the ultimate and he is hoping some "overdue
Birmingham City 2 Bradford City 1; Match report by Richard Sutcliffe. Anyone who doubts that football can be cruellest game of all should have seen the faces of the Bradford City players as they trooped dejectedly off St Andrews after the final whistle
There has to be deep concern about plans by the Fire and Civil Defence Authority to decommission the four emergency rescue vehicles which currently operate in West Yorkshire. These vehicles, one of which is based at Idle, are packed with specialist rescue
It's hardly surprising that Home Secretary Jack Straw has met with some opposition to his call for struggling teenage single mothers to give up their children for adoption. We've spent too many years being brainwashed by well-meaning but sadly misguided
Yorkshire Television came under fire today for encouraging couples to join the race to make babies in time for the year 2000. In a project called Birth Race 2000 they will screen special sex programmes in early April to get people in the mood and filming
A series of souvenir plates depicting Wilsden landmarks has prompted more than a storm in a teacup among angry villagers who have branded them "amateurish." The porcelain plates are advertised in glossy leaflets sent to homes in the area by Kent company
'We're being kept in dark' - Tenants Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe is to hold crisis talks with Bradford Council as the wrangle over Bierley's £22 million pound regeneration scheme continues. The Labour MP is to form a working party made up of residents
Addingham's Bracken Ghyll Golf Club could soon become an 18-hole course, if members get their way. The decision was taken following a ballot of members. Ninety per cent responded, with 82 per cent voting in favour. The ballot of members was the culmination
Police say George Naylor is the closest they have ever come to a serial killer. Officers who worked on the Maureen Stepan murder case describe the scrap man as a cunning and calculating monster who preyed on young women. They describe him as a manipulative
