While most of us basked in the summer sun, David Wilford was thinking of snow, ice skaters and carol singers. For the past four years, David, of Hollings Street, Cottingley, has painted romantic Victorian Christmas scenes in oil which are bought by card
Critics, even the most pig-headed ones, are easily swayed. There they were last week, sardine-canned into a cinema in Leeds, laughing into their sleeves as Mike Myers put on his frilly shirt for a second time and once more saved the world. Yet two years
A major new scheme which would radically alter Skipton town centre is being considered by Craven Council. Described as a "vision for the future", it involves redeveloping the Town Hall site and creating a multi-tiered car park at the rear. All Council
Campaigners are celebrating after a parish council for Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury got the go-ahead. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's Department of the Environment has approved the plan. It now requires a rubber-stamping order to go before
Ilkley shopkeepers are hitting back at crime by setting up their own scheme in conjunction with the police. Eleven town-centre retailers are launching Ilkley Shopwatch, a linked paging system enabling information about criminals to be passed quickly among
A transplant patient and the father who gave her a new lease of life by donating one of his kidneys, have offered their help to others in similar situations. Vivienne Baker, 27, of Baildon, whose story was highlighted by the Telegraph & Argus last
An eagle-eyed postman has been praised after his quick-thinking stopped a major Bingley business going up in flames. Arsonists poured petrol through the letterbox of Beton Machinery Sales Ltd in Whitley Street at around 4.50am today. They had also attempted
Thousands of revellers across Bradford will miss out on a giant Millennium Eve bash. There will be NO official event to mark the dawn of the year 2000, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today. Bradford Council has ditched plans for an open-air party
Gary Walsh believes Bradford City's intensive training in the coming week will help them arrest their decline in which they have lost three successive games. The 31-year-old goalkeeper has received rave reviews in the opening five games of the campaign
Leeds prop Barrie McDermott is relishing another battle with the Bulls but says any animosity on the field will not be carried off it. The Headingley powerhouse is determined to help the Rhinos into second spot with victory tonight but admits a healthy
Michael Withers took a gamble coming to England but he admits it's paying off handsomely. The 23-year-old Aussie was an established first grade player with Balmain Tigers in the toughest competition in the world. But he left it all behind to continue
Courtroom proceedings, as anyone who's spent much time in one will tell you, score low on entertainment value. The hours may be short (they seldom sit before 10.30 and they've risen by four) but the passages of intense, mind-wandering tedium are plenty
A review of the entire agriculture sector has been welcomed by Wharfedale farmers as the Government tries to tackle the crisis gripping British farming. A sheep cull was among the proposals "under consideration", Agriculture Minister Nick Brown said after
A mother is considering legal action against a firm which sacked her teenage son after a week - then took more than half his wage. Martin Hefferman expected £142 in his pay packet from Sheibarg Manufacturing and Trading Co Ltd - but £81 was taken as "
Bride-to-be Debbie Metcalfe was so touched by a little girl's dream of being a bridesmaid that she has offered her a special place at her wedding. Nursery nurse Debbie and her fiance Andy Stillings already plan to have seven bridesmaids at their wedding
A pioneering project could be launched in Bradford aimed at keeping women fitter and healthier in middle and old age. The Pennell Initiative on women's health plans to pilot a three-month scheme in the city which would offer a health and lifestyle consultation
A Bradford pensioner has raised thousands of pounds through a sponsored run he organised himself in memory of his wife who shared his passion for long walks. Peter Sawaryn, 71, lost his wife, Elisabeth, to cancer in April and organised a sponsored half-marathon
Former Smokie guitarist Alan Silson is launching a solo career. The Ilkley-based performer has set up his own record label since he left the chart-topping band. And now he is recruiting musicians to put together his own band. He would like to model himself
A Silsden man is asking the Lord Chancellor to reopen the inquest on his mother, claiming police should have gone deeper into the circumstances of her death. Janet Thornton, 54, a mother of six, of Denby Road, Keighley, died in February 1997, after a
A former German prisoner of war spoke today of his undying gratitude to a family who took him into their Otley home after the Second World War. Incredibly, Wilhelm Hamel was extended the hand of friendship by John Ingrouille - who was blown up by a German
The derelict site of a former school is set to be transformed into a skate area and playground for a housing estate with no outdoor play facilities. The former Royds primary school, which lies at the heart of Heckmondwike's Dale Lane estate, has been
Local cricket: Lightcliffe must pursue their Bradford League Second Division promotion ambitions without their star batsman. Indian A teamer Mohammed Kaif - one of two players in the league to reach 1,000 runs this season - has had to return to India
Rugby Union: Howard Greenwood hopes to make the leap from "the most hated man at Wagon Lane" to one of the most popular players at Bradford and Bingley this season. The 33-year-old moved from neighbours West Park Bramhope during the close season to boost
Intense local pride and Great Britain tour spots go on the line as the Bulls and Rhinos lock horns at a packed Odsal tonight. The two deadly rivals have already had three titanic struggles this season, with the Rhinos 2-1 ahead in the series, but the
There are currently some terrible conflicts taking place in various parts of the world. Hatred seems to be widespread as people wage war on others because of their racial origins, religious beliefs or the borders within which they were born. With enmity
An elderly Bradford couple are being threatened with legal action over a £10 debt after they took up the offer of a "free" membership. The Wyke pensioners, who have asked not to be named, received a telephone call saying they had won the membership at
A new woodland is set to be created in Otley to create a lasting legacy and celebrate the new Millennium. Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley & Wharfedale) has given £3,000 from his ward-based initiative funding to set up a Millennium Woodland
A massive campaign to raise millions of pounds so that youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds can receive a public school education is due to be launched by Bradford Grammar School later this month. The campaign is to be spearheaded by world-famous
Spanish police investigating the murder of former Keighley woman Yvonne O'Brien have been given information by officers in Britain. Police in High Wycombe, leading the British side of the investigation into the murder of the 44-year-old divorcee in Majorca
Michael Vaughan's marathon innings ended when he had made 153 today as Yorkshire charged to 355 for nine to pick up maximum batting bonus points in the championship match against Kent. Vaughan, who batted all day yesterday for an unbeaten 133 out of 290
A memorial stone to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Russian convoys of the Second World War has been donated by a Bradford man. Former submariner Thomas Topham MBE, of Montserrat Road, Tong, donated the three-ton, 7ft-high Yorkshire
A Council help-line has been swamped by thousands of calls about rubbish collections since the controversial new wheelie-bin system was brought in. And complaints about council house repairs have also come flooding in to Council offices. A "warts and
