Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be... an MoT tester. Truth is, Colin Gold can't quite decide which way his life is headed. On the one hand, he has built a successful showbusiness career on the back of a single TV appearance, playing and singing to packed
Public views are being sought on plans for Skipton's new swimming pool unveiled by Craven District Council last night. Outline designs have been produced for a new pool and health facility to replace the 35-year-old building in Aireville Park. Construction
The wife of one of the men accused of murdering Keighley car dealer Mark Hickman broke down in tears as she described how she and her husband had argued on the night of Mr Hickman's death. Leeds Crown Court heard how David Deakin, 26, left his home in
A crisis-hit operatic society is dedicating its latest show to the memory of the much-loved musical director who died this week. Aireborough Gilbert and Sullivan Society's conductor Hedley Teale, who had suffered stomach problems since Christmas, died
A hat-trick deal has made Pace Micro Technology the country's only supplier of digital set-top boxes to the main cable broadcast companies. The Saltaire business has just added Britain's biggest cable network, Telewest, to its list of customers, with
Rugby Union: Baildon coach Malcolm Lightowler can see the Yorkshire Division Three title being decided on a hectic last day of the league season. And the fixture computer has obligingly paired together the four leading contenders on April 17. Second-placed
Non-League Soccer: Bradford Park Avenue and Guiseley both have tough ties in the fourth round of the FA Umbro Trophy tomorrow. Avenue travel to Wales to face UniBond Premier side Colwyn Bay with striker Chris Brandon available after suspension, Phil Sharpe
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott is hoping the club's decision to release Andy Hodgson does not come back to haunt him in Super League IV. Hodgson lines up for his new club Wakefield Trinity in Sun-day's warm-up game at Odsal eager to prove that he
Paul Jewell is calling on his Bradford City side to re-launch their promotion charge tomorrow in the crucial Division One home clash against Watford. And he believes the Valley Parade crowd have a huge part to play. Second-placed City have an opportunity
It is disappointing that Neighbourhood Watch schemes, which are working so well in many of the more affluent areas of the Bradford district, are lagging so far behind in the inner cities and on the estates. Neighbourhood Watch does work. It does act as
A national advertising company has been labelled "a waste of money" by three Bradford tradesmen who paid out hundreds of pounds to boost business. Each paid £600 to Oxford-based Scoot UK Ltd hoping they would attract extra work. But they claim they got
The decision by two supermarket giants to slash the price of a loaf of bread down to 8p is expected to start a major price-cutting war. T&A reporter Olufunmi Majekodunmi walked the shopping aisles to see what you can get for less than £5. A TIN OF
An investigation has been launched after a man died when shelving collapsed at a Bradford store. Mr Manzoor Arif, 47, died in intensive care at Bradford Royal Infirmary four days after the incident at NH Hardware in Leeds Road. Today police and Environmental
Eight months of city-centre disruption starts in Bradford this month with a £1.6 million water mains replacement scheme. Eight kilometres of old water mains, buried under the heart of Bradford, will be replaced - with another three kilometres abandoned
A ward councillor has branded the sponsorship of the Newlands Community Calendar a "cynical ploy" to encourage people to take out personal credit. Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (Idle, Lib Dem) has questioned the decision to allow the calendar to be sponsored
More than a quarter of a million West Yorkshire households help the police tackle crime through Neighbourhood Watch schemes. While some areas boast dozens of schemes, others have just a handful of members. Why are some places less well represented than
A Kenyan teenager was returning home today after a successful life-changing operation made possible by an Otley couple. Colin and Ann Claxton, of Wrenbeck Drive, raised £17,000 in 12 months for Grace Mbuthia, 16, to have an operation not available to
From rags to Richard and Judy - Terrorvision have finally made it to the big time. The Bradford four-piece have sold out and they're proud of it. "We're the first ones to admit it. If you can't beat them, join them," grinned guitarist Mark Yates. Terrorvision
Scores of people are being asked to help police mount a huge search for missing Guiseley man Jonathan Danskin. Family, friends and locals will join the police in scouring the countryside this weekend. Police are baffled by the disappearance of the 28-
Parish councillors in Ilkley have narrowly voted to allow members of the public to attend planning meetings. Councillor Kate Brown (Con, Menston) wanted to stop the press and public being excluded, saying the Council had "nothing to hide". And her motion
The town centres of Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Birstall, and Mirfield have been earmarked for improvements worth thousands of pounds. Kirklees Council has set aside £25,000 to boost landscaping features in the district's town centres to make them more
A care assistant who molested two sisters while baby-sitting has been jailed for four years. Stuart McGregor, 33, of Shipley, was convicted of eight charges of indecent assault against the girls over a two-year period starting in 1993. The mother of the
The mother of a killer who knifed his best friend has spoken of her heartbreaking decision to hand him over to the police. Richard Sykes, 23, was found guilty of the manslaughter of his pal whom he stabbed after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs. And
When Stephen Wright was given the chance to move south of the border last summer, it offered the full back the chance to realise his ambition of playing in English football The 27-year-old defender had spent all his career in Scotland with Aberdeen and
Scrubland next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Skipton, once used to store caravans, is to be developed for housing. Craven councillors on the economic and development committee have agreed to allow 25 houses to be built on the plot off Broughton Grove
Receivers have revealed that an agricultural company which went bust as a victim of the slump in farming owed £298,230 to the bank. Stock and machinery belonging to Peter White, of Elslack, near Skipton, has been sold at auction and the land and buildings
Bendy buses are likely to be back on the streets of Bradford more than 20 years after they first went on trial. The first articulated buses are likely to be bought by First Bradford before next March - but they are so long that architects have had to
A tenant has demanded a public apology after a housing chief slated her for attacking a Council estate. Linda Jowett, of Norbury Road, Ravenscliffe, says she was publicly humiliated at a meeting of the housing services sub-committee after she presented
An offender who flouted an electronic tagging order and curfew has been jailed for four months. Bradford magistrates heard how 22-year-old Amam Ullah Khan took the tagging device off his leg and threw it away. But the move was spotted by staff at the
Government officials will be asked this month to approve a multi-million pound action plan to breath new life into deprived Manningham and Girlington. The long-awaited £9 million Single Regeneration Budget programme is expected to swing into action within
Gipsies have taken over the site of a £1 million retail development. About 15 caravans parked on the site near Bolton Junction yesterday, formerly a Morrisons supermarket. Bradford Council has confirmed the travellers are from the group forced to leave
Female followers of fashion in Keighley are to strut the catwalk next month in an international costume parade. Women are being urged to come forward to take part in the colourful display or lend a traditional outfit from another country to someone else
