Pensioners in Idle have won their year long battle to get a bus service to take them up the village High Street - but say there is no way of getting back down again. Members of the Idle and Thackley Community Council have been trying for more than a year
A troupe of majorettes have had their fundraising project destroyed by a girl who stole a sponsor sheet and started collecting the money for herself. The Greatwood and Horseclose Mavericks were so delighted when they were chosen to perform in this year's
Traders are rooting for Ilkley's Britain in Bloom bid by offering to spruce up their shops with tubs of flowers. And members of the committee spearheading the drive are organising blackspot blitzes on May 22 and 23 to improve the appearance of the town
Child abuse in churches is to be confronted during a seminar for community workers in the Spen Valley. Advice about how to protect children from sexual attack while in church will be given at Birstall Community Church next month in a bid to safeguard
An experienced boatmaster had a lucky escape after slipping and falling into the Leeds-Liverpool canal this morning. John Webster had been in the canal for up to an hour when he was spotted by a passer-by who raised the alarm. The drama started shortly
For actress Pat Kirkwood, the invitation for a night out in London was nothing unusual. She was 27, at the peak of her career and was well used to hitting the West End. But on a fateful night in October, 1948 a chance meeting with Prince Philip was to
Yorkshire Cricket Development Officer Ian Dews, who is captain of York, stepped into the YCB XI team to help make up numbers in their NatWest Trophy first round match against the Gloucester-shire CB XI at Cheltenham yesterday - and helped them through
Bradford Bulls have received good news about forward Steve McNamara who was placed on report during Monday's thrilling 18-18 draw at Castleford. The rugby league authorities have decided that McNamara has no case to answer over an alleged high tackle
The Church of England's idea of distributing candles to thousands of households throughout the diocese, to be lit to commemorate the Millennium, is an appealing one. That changeover to the year 2000 will be a very special moment for a great many people
William Brown used to eat bulls' eyes. We used to cut them up in science classes - a messy business regarded as essential to our knowledge of biology. It was the first time I had noticed the north/south divide. Young Brown, anti-hero of the Just William
Keighley is to launch its first ever park and ride scheme in a bid to attract more people into the town centre and cut traffic congestion, it was revealed today. Thousands of shoppers, tourists and rail passengers could use the bus service with town centre
Sixty-five jobs are being lost at a Bradford engineering firm, it was announced today. Switchgear & Instrumentation Ltd, based at Ripley Road, East Bowling, has told all of its 360 staff about the imminent redundancies and workers will find out who
Defiant gardeners have won their battle to stay on their "poison" allotments. The gardeners prepared for a dig-in after being given notices to quit by the end of the year by Bradford Council. Experts say the ground in Frizinghall is contaminated with
As part of our continuing search for the Best School Community Project, Simon Ashberry highlights a new initiative that has been launched at Hanson Upper School to build better community links SCHOOLS ARE a focal point in any community. But what actually
A Bradford mother-of-triplets who is taking part in a trek to the South Pole has signed a five-figure book deal with other team members to write about the expedition. Ann Daniels, 33, leaves in six months for the trip with a team of women attempting to
A Bradford group is racing ahead with plans to complete a major environment scheme by the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Members of the Black Mountain Millennium Green Trust want to transform an area of semi-waste land in built-up Little Horton
It's as American as a Presidential impeachment, but it has taken the British to turn Happy Days into a success on stage. The nostalgic Seventies sitcom which, to judge from the opening night crowd in Bradford, is still beloved by just about everyone,
A teenager has lost his fight for life after being left for dead on a roadside. Today police officers joined the family of Stuart Lister in appealing for information about his final hours. And devastated relatives paid tribute to the "lively" teenager
Singers are raising the roof to help a Yeadon girl who is fighting leukaemia realise her dream of swimming with dolphins. Marie Thompson, 15, is undergoing chemotherapy at St James's Hospital in Leeds. But when that's over, she aims to fly to America
A showbusiness legend today spoke out to deny rumours of an affair with Prince Philip which have dogged her for more than 50 years. Actress Pat Kirkwood says her life was turned into a "nightmare" by accusations that she enjoyed a fling with the Prince
Motor Sport: World indoor and outdoor motor cycle trials champion Dougie Lampkin won the international arena trial at Oveido, Spain from Spaniards Marc Colomer and Marcel Justribo. The Silsden double champion missed the Scottish Six Days trial at Fort
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Shane Collins quickly got to grips with the Aire-Wharfe, cracking an undefeated century for Silsden at Hall Park. The Aussie's 105 included 13 fours and a six, and set Silsden on their way to 272-8 with Andrew Pullan hitting a sparkling
Paul Jewell will ensure his Bradford City side are fully focused for Sunday's promotion decider at Wolves by taking the players away to a secret hideaway. The Bantams know that victory at Molineux will secure a place in the Premiership regardless of how
A Church scheme to distribute Millennium candles has been criticised by a Bradford fire safety officer. Several thousand candles have been ordered from congregations in the diocese, which in turn will be given to each household in the parish. But community
Governors at an historic Bradford school have rejected plans to rename it after its most famous pupil - writer JB Priestley - after some other old boys objected. The proposal to rename Belle Vue Boys School the JB Priestley School would have overturned
Smokers are to be targeted in a £1million initiative, the biggest-ever effort in the Bradford district to tackle death and illness caused by tobacco. Nicotine replacement therapy will be available free for the first time to people from deprived areas
A grieving dad who is keeping nightly vigils after thieves looted the grave of his baby son has been able to pass on names to police after his plight was highlighted in the Telegraph & Argus. Trevor Tiler, 47, was left sickened after vandals stole
A 46-year-old man has gone on trial, accused of raping a woman in her own home. A jury heard that because the woman feared William Leatham might beat her or her children, she eventually submitted to sex. Leatham, living at a hostel in Leeds, was said
