The speed of motorists heading into Glusburn and Cross Hills has actually increased despite mobile speed camera sites and other measures being introduced. New figures released this week show that traffic travelling west along Keighley Road averages 45
Parents are being targeted in a bid to combat truancy after a special conference in Keighley. A working group has been set up to encourage parents to help in the battle to cut back on non-school attendance in the town, where Greenhead Grammar had one
Bradford's Racial Equality Council is being investigated over allegations of financial irregularities. A team of auditors swooped at the offices in Oak Avenue and retrieved accounts and records. Today Director Ishtiaq Ahmed said he was baffled by the
Keighley mums are pleased with the Chancellor's Budget. And they were particularly surprised by the increase in child benefit, said Gina Thompson, who helps run the Children's Society caf where mothers gathered earlier today. She said: "They were very
Bradford-based Morrisons is fighting its corner in the supermarket price war by promising to cut £100 million off prices in its stores. The firm is following its current Price Mission promotion - which has already cut hundreds of prices in its 96 stores
Motor Sport: World motor cycle trials champion Dougie Lampkin went down in Madrid to former world No 1 Marc Colomer in the penultimate round of the FIM World Cup Arena Trial Championship after winning the qualifying heats. The 23-year-old from Silsden
Bradford City 0, Sunderland 1; Match Report, by Richard Sutcliffe. Bradford City were given a lesson in what it takes to get out of the First Division when Sunderland ended the Bantams' three-month unbeaten home record. Niall Quinn was the hero for the
Members of the Royal College of Nursing no doubt had the best of intentions when they called, at their conference in Harrogate, for school nurses to be allowed to prescribe the morning-after pill and other contraceptives. Teenage pregnancy and single-parenthood
Thousands of Bradford families were today given a boost by Chancellor Gordon Brown's family-friendly Budget. Organisations working with poor families across the city have welcomed the new measures as "worthwhile steps in the right direction". Under the
A ten-year-old boy was today back with his family after his disappearance sparked a massive police hunt. Qaiser Shafiq was finally reunited with his relieved parents yesterday afternoon - 23 hours after failing to return home from school. The youngster
A car dumped by joyriders careered down a street and smashed through her garden fence, narrowly missing a woman's bedroom, a court heard. Doreen Britton, 63, who lives at the bottom of Hallwood Green in Ravenscliffe, was woken by a loud bang at 4.50am
The company which developed the award-winning McAlpine Stadium could fail to get past the starting line in its bid to provide a world class Odsal Stadium, it has been revealed. It is understood Alfred McAlpine Special Projects is not on the list of companies
A mum whose daughter died while she was taking the pill today angrily attacked a call to allow school nurses to prescribe the morning after pill and other contraceptives. The Royal College of Nursing yesterday called for all secondary schools to have
The friends of Bradford Good Samaritan mum Janine Dolecki said today her killer should be locked away for life. Stephen Tillet, 31, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a 10-2 majority at Leeds Crown Court yesterday. But friend
The boss of an Otley car dealership has promised to meet residents and councillors on a regular basis to discuss traffic problems. Mike Massingberd, chief executive of Massingberd of Otley, pledged to have regular meetings with members of the town council
TV gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh's theatrical past will be revealed at the official opening of the new-look Ilkley Playhouse. The star of BBC's Ground Force - a former Ilkley resident - will be in town on Sunday when Mr Titchmarsh, a one-time Playhouse
The new police chief for North Kirklees has promised tackling racial harassment will be a top priority for his officers. Ilkley-born Superintendent Adam Briggs, 37, is the new commander of the Dewsbury sub division which includes Cleckheaton, Liversedge
A claim that schools are failing ethnic minority pupils is not true for Bradford, according to one of the city's education chiefs. Diana Cavanagh, Chairman of Education for the district, was speaking after a report from the Office for Standards in Education
Education officers are preparing a wide-ranging action package to cut the number of youngsters expelled from the district's schools. The plan will mainly target Bradford's first schools where the number of children expelled rose from just one in 1993-
Bradford Bulls will come head-to-head with three players they tried to sign as they bid to move within one step of a Wembley return against Warrington at Odsal on Sunday. Aussie back-rower Simon Gillies, newly-converted loose forward Jon Roper and speedy
Paul Jewell has issued a rallying call to his Bradford City side to put last night's disappointing defeat at home to Sunderland behind them and go all out to clinch second place in the First Division. The Bantams boss admitted that the Wearsiders are
The great Len Shackleton, of Bradford Park Avenue, was often referred to as the Clown Prince of Soccer. His skill on the field often revealed a genuine wit. But whether Shack would ever have made it on the stage is open to debate. One local soccer hero
Bradford City's Supporter of the Year has been cleared of allegations that he provoked visiting fans at a match last year. Simon Lea was said to have shoulder-charged several Barnsley fans and taunted them by chanting the scoreline in their faces following
A West Yorkshire Coroner is to write to Drugs Tsar Keith Hellawell about the scourge of crack cocaine. Assistant Deputy Coroner James Turnbull made his comments at an Bradford inquest into the death of a 26-year-old man who died only a month after being
