A judge has halted a court case against two brothers accused of causing waste asbestos to be dumped on land at Menston. Judge John Cockroft blamed a lack of liaison between the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency for him not being able
A village hall standing in a century-old time warp could need as much as £100,000 spent on it to make it fit for the new Millennium. Cowling village hall has hardly been altered structurally in the 110 years since it was built, originally as a Liberal
A Keighley woman has been appointed to control the purse strings of the National Lottery Charities Board in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Elaine Appelbee will chair her first committee meeting today in Leeds deciding which of 70 groups will get a share
A staff nurse at a psychiatric hospital in Menston has gone on trial accused of a string of sex offences against female patients. A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard that Mark Brittain, 36, of The Oval, Otley, used his position at High Royds Hospital to
Youngsters could be growing their own organic food to serve in a community caf if their lottery bid is approved. Members of the Rastrick Youth Forum, which works with around 250 young people on the Field Lane estate, are hoping to secure £190,000 to buy
The murder of Mary Gregson was once again the main topic of conversation in the pubs and streets of her home town last night. Even though it is 22 years since the housewife and mother was strangled, residents were still asking the same question - why?
Angling: Geoff Scollick won the second round of the Calder League with a fine net of quality roach for 13-1-0. Drawn below Cooper Bridge he waggler fished hemp to the far side on his way to victory in the 80 pegger. The scales could not split Norman Thewlis
Cycling: It was a busy weekend for East Bradford CC fast man Steve Brown, who competed twice in the Seacroft Wheelers ten mile time trials in North Yorkshire between Dishforth and Boroughbridge. Riding his trike he clocked 23-58 for the ten miles then
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott believes he may have unearthed another Aussie gem in the form of Jason Brooker. Brooker, a star performer for Western Suburbs this season, has agreed a two-year deal at Odsal starting next season as a replacement on
Newcastle United Reserves 1, Bradford City Reserves 0. Plenty of good football, but no end product - that summed up Bradford City's performance as they slid to their first defeat in the FA Premier Reserve League at Newcastle United last night. Up to the
Dennis Boland and Tony Eden from Bradford first knew something was wrong with them when they started stumbling for no apparent reason. But the harsh reality for both of them was not confirmed for two years in Dennis's case and six for Tony. Both had to
Baildon dancer Michelle Hassan took the plunge when she fell in love and married Mexican high diver Fito Gutierrez. Here the couple tell Isobel Fox how language differences and continental divides did nothing to tear their love apart. A TELEPHONE ringing
Chips is lovely black long-haired guinea pig. She is about 15 months old although her present young owner has only had her for about six months. I had seen her once or twice in the past few months to clip her nails. A few weeks ago I saw her again in
Would you know what to do if someone near you, say in the street, fell to the ground and started to have a fit? Or would you have to stand and watch, helplessly? I came across just this a few days ago, and watched a passer-by trying to push a pen into
Remember the death of Princess Diana just two years ago? At that time, when we as a nation had cried at every tiny remembrance- at the Elton John song, the card on the coffin bearing the word "mummy", at the sight of all the people who had flocked to
Labour councillors have voted for a 16-strong all-party executive to take key decisions on Bradford Council. The new system would also have councillors from all parties serving on scrutiny committees and a new standard board which would be set up to ensure
A Bradford man voted at two polling stations during elections - using the name of two electors not even in the area at the time, a court heard. But suspicions were aroused when Arshad Mahmood, 35, was recognised by the presiding officer at the polling
A disabled woman has told how Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam came to her rescue after her wheelchair was stolen. The Cabinet minister renowned for her Irish peace efforts swung into action when Julie Nolan, 36, had her wheelchair stolen at a Robbie
A knifeman robbed a lone pensioner in her own home after he turned up with a young child and asked to use the phone. The 85-year-old, from Pool-in-Wharfedale, allowed the man into the house because she saw the youngster and assumed it was a genuine request
The Bradford & Bingley is to lose one of its top executives in the crucial months before it converts to a bank. John Smith, the firm's finance director, is to take early retirement as the company moves from a building society to a bank. Mr Smith,
Hundreds of children will miss up to a week of lessons because building work linked to the controversial Bradford schools shake-up has not been finished on time. The problems have been caused by delays in putting temporary classrooms in former first schools
Sunday Alliance: Gulvinder Singh, Ventus's new signing from Peel Park Rangers, is proving a big hit in his first season in Premier football. He grabbed his side's goal in their midweek draw with Wibsey and hit a hat-trick in Sunday's 5-1 win over Victoria
Yorkshire fast bowler Chris Silverwood said he was pleased "still to have a foot in the England door" after hearing he had been chosen for the A team tour of Bangladesh and New Zealand which starts next month. But Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker with
Striker Isaiah Rankin faces another lay-off after limping out of Bradford City's reserve match at Newcastle United last night with a recurrence of his hamstring injury. Rankin, who was City's record signing when he joined them from Arsenal just over 12
Bradford Bulls' battle for supremacy with deadly rivals Leeds Rhinos has developed into a war of words over who has the best supporters. Leeds Rhinos have spelled out their determination to finish top of the attendance charts this season, despite losing
It is hard to disagree with those people who are criticising the way Bradford Council has handled the latest stages of the transition from a three-tier education system to a two-tier one. Hundreds of children are missing the first week of school because
Doris And Jimmy Williams are every inch the devoted couple and it is easy to see why they are adored by their army of nephews, nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces, 61 in total to be precise. And why, though the couple themselves are childless, they
When Hildred Helm set out on a holiday to The Gambia in February 1997, little did she realise the chain of events which were about to be set in motion. Since then she has made 14 visits to the country armed with aid to help local school children gain
There are a lot of people of my generation, men and woman now in their 50s and 60s, who got where they are today from very ordinary, often hard-up working-class backgrounds because they went to a grammar school. I don't necessarily mean an independent
Allan Dixon is hoping for promotion at Bradford's Motorworld - six months after he felt he was on the scrapheap after failing to get a job despite sending off 327 applications. He was made redundant at the age of 48 a year ago from the Bradford engineering
Mongolian circus bosses are furious that a ban by many local Councils on animal performances will prevent them from providing an authentic show for Bradford circus fans. The Mongolian State Circus, renowned for its fantastic horse performances and stunts
Boys at Bradford Grammar School have welcomed new classmates - girls! The school has gone co-educational with the admission of 22 new girls aged from 11 to 13. And there was another major change in the classroom - the uniform has changed colour from brown
Struggling Bradford businesses are calling for action on prostitution, which they claim has reached an all-time high in one of the city's red-light areas. Firms in the Thornton Road and City Road areas say the number of women selling sex on the street
