In the noisiest, unfriendliest part of London, a little oasis is forever Yorkshire. The traffic noise from outside belies the simulated moorland tranquillity in the quaintly-named Soho Laundry. It isn't a real laundry; it's a room where actors rehearse
A Millennium project to pave an Addingham street is still on track for completion next year with a third of the cash already raised. Addingham Civic Society chairman Don Barrett says they will need almost £9,000 to complete the George Street project by
Bradford textile firms have been warned to look out for a new European Union ruling which could catch them off their guard. Little publicity has been given to a new directive which will be outlined in the EU Journal next month. The regulation covers the
Dentist Camillus Adjei has always done his best to explain in detail to patients how teeth could be repaired. Over the years he has used the latest technology to help private patients understand what the end result of cosmetic dentistry would be before
Holiday giant Lunn Poly is one of a growing number of top-notch firms calling on the services of Harden company ICR Group. The firm is helping Lunn Poly set up a direct holiday sales call centre in Glasgow along with senior managers from the holiday company
Firms facing a rise in the number of visits from Inland Revenue inspectors are being given a helping hand from Bradford's tax doctor. Accountants Horwath Clark Whitehill, which has offices in Bradford, Keighley and Leeds, have set up a team offering a
Customer care is top of the agenda for the new managing director of transport company First Bradford. Andy Campbell, pictured, has taken over the top post after 30 years service in the industry. He has vowed to focus on benefits to customers and is already
A Bingley firm at the leading edge of the design of television equipment could double its workforce within three years now it has been taken over by a global US group. Eldon Technology, which is already the largest electronics design house of its kind
FA Cup: Bradford Park Avenue 2, Skelmersdale 1. Close season signing Mark Hancock scored his first goal for the club to snatch FA Cup victory for Park Avenue at Horsfall Stadium. It was Avenue's sixth straight win and it maintained their 100 per cent
Bradford & Bingley gained some consolation for their disappointing season when they beat Bradford League Division One rivals Undercliffe in yesterday's Yorkshire Champions Trophy final at Liversedge. The winning margin was 28 runs, but for most of
Yorkshire's five wicket win over Kent on Saturday was their eighth and best win of the season, and it pushed them to within one point of second placed Leicestershire in the PPP Championship table. Now they will be going all out to beat Glamorgan at Headingley
Yorkshire Phoenix ended a run of seven consecutive defeats in the CGU National League by thrashing Leicestershire Foxes by seven wickets at North Marine Road yesterday to give themselves a chance of staving off relegation into Division Two. So firmly
Skipper Stuart McCall says the mood in the Bradford City camp is 'buoyant' as they prepare for their big televised clash with Spurs next weekend. The 35-year-old made a welcome return after injury to the City side as a half-time substitute in the defeat
Rugby Union: Keighley 10, North Ribblesdale 10. The Crusaders' first match of the season was dominated by a catalogue of errors on a hot and gruelling afternoon. The visitors crossed for two tries to Keighley's one, but the Crusaders had a conversion
Thwaites North One: Bradford & Bingley 25, Wigton 16; by Bill Marshall. Bradford & Bingley produced a sunshine performance as they kicked off their Thwaites North Division One campaign with a fine win. But on a day when temperatures on the pitch
The highlight of a recent walk in a part of the Dales I had not explored for years was hearing the mewing call of a buzzard and seeing no less than five birds in flight. A pair had nested in a wooded gill. Four of the birds, after circling with noisy
A man was due before Bradford magistrates today, charged with the murder of a six-month-old boy. The child was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary on Tuesday with serious injuries. He died on Thursday. The 22-year-old man, from the Eccleshill area, was
Two brothers accused of causing waste asbestos to be dumped on land at Menston today asked a judge to stay the proceedings. Andrew and Neil Medley face six charges - brought by the environment agency - of contravening the environmental protection act
From tomorrow primary school children across the country will sit down to a "numeracy hour" lesson every day. Will this create real benefits for our children or just an increased workload for their teachers? Drew Kendell looks at one Bradford school where
A young mother dropped her three children from the bedroom window of her blazing home in a dramatic rescue. The woman was taken to hospital with a broken wrist and back injuries after helping to save her three young children from their home. Joanne Lyndley
A father-of-two may seek to claim a life insurance policy on the wife he was cleared of murdering seven years ago, it has been revealed. Keith Hall, 44, of Pudsey, was acquitted of killing his 39-year-old wife Patricia in March 1994 after the trial judge
The mother of a young boy who tells about his life on a Bradford council estate in a shock TV documentary to be screened tonight has accused programme makers of giving a distorted portrayal of him. In the BBC programme Eyes of a Child, seven-year-old
Detailed plans were drawn up by Bradford Council to hold a massive Millennium party in Centenary Square, Bradford, it was revealed today. Entertainers were provisionally booked and it was proposed to have video-links to other cities during the celebration
Heritage railway bosses are to give details of their application for £600,000 in lottery cash to a parish council in a bid to win its support. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway members are to give a presentation to Oxenhope Parish Council at its meeting
A survey to discover whether people in Craven would like to see a direct bus service to Harrogate is about to be launched. Tony Cope, a business studies graduate, has found out that there are a lot of people in Harrogate who have expressed an interest
Former Keighley woman Yvonne O'Brien may have been murdered by a German, it was revealed this afternoon. Police believe she may have been silenced by the sex killer because of her involvement in a social security fraud. Police on the holiday island of
Councillors are calling for a new gipsy policy in Kirklees after travellers set up camp on a Mirfield playing field. The town's ward councillors claim the Council failed to cope with travellers who parked on Battyeford Playing Fields and are demanding
A bid has been launched to sell alcohol at Salts Mill, the hub of an empire whose founder banned pubs from historic Saltaire. Mill bosses also hope to launch a 'Salts Millennium' Champagne. It is widely thought that the model mill village was a 'dry'
Forty thousand sun-kissed revellers accepted an invitation to party in the park and were greeted by glorious sunshine and soaring temperatures. Among the bands performing at the two-day extravaganza in Bingley's Myrtle Park were 1970s tribute bands ABBA
A 22-year-old investigation into the brutal murder of a Bradford housewife was re-opened today after a DNA breakthrough. Mary Gregson, 38, was sexually assaulted and strangled as she walked to work along the towpath of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in August
In the 1970s the Polish Parliament debated pollution in the Baltic, which was then reaching crisis proportions. The Governing party proposed a resolution condemning West Germany for the pollution flowing through its rivers. The "Opposition" parties proposed
At Pace Micro Technology's annual general meeting, the chairman referred to the continued growth in turnover from digital TV set top boxes, "albeit at lower margins than previously achieved". Apart from the UK, business for Pace is coming from the USA
Bradford law firm Gordons Wright & Wright has won a prestigious award from the Law Society. The firm, based in Piccadilly, has is one of only 50 in the UK to be awarded the Law Society's Lexcel quality mark out of 8,700 law firms. The Lexcel award
Bradford League: A second successive defeat for leaders Hanging Heaton has thrown the Division One title race wide open. With just three games to go they lead Baildon by just three points and they are showing signs of losing a championship which looked
Yorkshire paceman Chris Silverwood was today named in the England A tour party for the winter trip to Bangladesh and New Zealand. Silverwood said after hearing of his selection: "I was disappointed not to have been included in the England party for South
Bradford City striker Dean Saunders was one of the heroes as Wales scored a battling 2-1 win over Belarus in their Euro 2000 qualifier in Minsk. Saunders, playing his 70th international, netted his side's 42nd minute equaliser in their first match under
Bradford Bulls are considering switching to Friday night for home matches next season after shattering the Super League crowd record in the pulsating derby win over Leeds Rhinos. The Odsal attendance of 24,020 surpassed all expectations and chairman Chris
People living on the Delph Hill estate, Bradford, have a right to be concerned about tonight's TV documentary which uses interviews with children to paint a picture of life there. The makers of Eyes of a Child wanted to show the impact that growing up
Bradford's Priestley Centre is doubling up as a conference venue for firms throughout the north. The centre, in Chapel Street, underwent a £550,000 refurbishment after it was ravaged by fire two years ago and is now being marketed as a conference centre
It's a tragic reflection on the decline of civilisation as we know it that the Oxo Family has been declared redundant. Apparently it no longer represents British life because families no longer eat together. They don't sit round a table. They graze while
A grieving mother whose son died after heart surgery is campaigning for the Government to set up an independent support group for patients' relatives. Margaret MacRae, whose 13-year-old son David died in February at Harefield Hospital, London, will meet
