Dog owners are being urged to be extra vigilant by keeping their animals under control when walking in the Yorkshire Dales as the lambing season starts. Farmers are within their rights to shoot dogs which are seen chasing livestock, a Yorkshire Dales
Airedale NHS Trust has been given an extra £200,000 by Bradford and North Yorkshire Health Authorities to help cope with a backlog of operations caused by the winter flu epidemic. Staff have been working overtime at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton,
Space-age technology is being employed to blast the traditional flat cap into the 21st century. The humble cloth cap, sported by Yorkshiremen for decades, has been subtly updated by manufacturers who are coating them with non-stick water-repellent Teflon
A health minister has urged more members of Bradford's Asian community to become organ donors to avert a future crisis. More than half of the people in the city awaiting life-saving organ transplants are from ethnic communities and the situation is worsening
Organisers of a local produce market have accused Bradford Council of failing to support farmers after turning down their grant application. B-FIT has been organising the markets in Bradford and Keighley and educating farmers and growers on how to run
A teenager fears her A-level dreams will be shattered - because of funding problems in Bradford schools. Queensbury Upper School pupil Lynsey Asquith has been told the school may cut courses because of a £200,000 deficit which must be cleared within three
Grattan League: West Park and Rafters - the bottom two clubs in Division Two - are out of the league. West Park have been kicked out as they failed to fulfil three successive fixtures before last weekend. "They have had no contact with the league over
A Bradford man believes he is baldly going where no writer has gone before. Comic Mahmud Khan, 55, of Heaton, Bradford, has written what he reckons is the first book of Asian humour to be published in the UK. The book, called In Praise of Baldness, is
TV licence dodgers in Bradford were today given a blunt "there's no escape" warning as detection officers continue their patrols. So far this year more than 400 people have been caught watching the box illegally in the Bradford postcode area. And more
Children's lives have been at risk from live electric cables on a busy Wharfedale road, a senior councillor has claimed Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley & Wharfedale) said that the central refuge on the Otley bypass, close to Leeds Road
A Bradford-born Rabbi who sparked controversy when he produced a condom during a sermon was due to mount a legal challenge today after he was sacked from his prestigious job in Berlin's burgeoning Jewish community. Walter Rothschild, who celebrated his
Sunday Alliance: Oakenshaw, in the lower reaches with games in hand, moved up three places in the Premier Division with a 2-1 win over Victoria Rangers. After leading through Dean Worrell's goal Oakenshaw let in an equaliser by Stewart Pickard after 55
Bradford and Bingley's plans to be among England's elite clubs by the year 2006 have met a mixed response from fans. Former fifth team skipper Colin Bosworth says: "We are about ten years too late. By the time we get there all the top clubs will be run
Otley Rugby Union Club secretary Marc Lawrence is calling on the town's citizens to back the first team in greater numbers next season. The club won promotion from Jewson National League One to Allied Dunbar Premiership two - the national second division
Dean Saunders has pinpointed his former team-mate Dwight Yorke as the main danger when Bradford City entertain Manchester United on Saturday. The Bantams stage their most glamorous game of the season when the Premiership leaders and European Cup holders
Albion Sports skipper Richard Clarke has been cleared to lead his team in the FA Sunday Cup final next month. Clarke, whose 88th minute goal sealed a 1-0 semi-final win over Grosvenor Park on Sunday, won an appeal against a five-week ban yesterday. A
Bradford City have signed QPR's Nigerian goalkeeper Ademola Bankole on loan for the rest of the season. The 30-year-old, 6ft 3in tall and known as George, will act as cover during the last nine matches as City battle for Premiership survival. Bankole,
Bradford Bulls are looking to take a 10,000-strong army of fans to Headingley on Saturday to cheer them into the Challenge Cup final at Murrayfield. The club reported brisk business yesterday when tickets for the semi-final clash with Warrington Wolves
If enough attention is focused on one particular area of criminal activity, the effort is not wasted. That has been proved in recent years in those parts of Bradford where the police have raised the profile of their activities. As a result, crime levels
Bradford's star sportsman Bobby Vanzie took up boxing when he was ten to fight back against school bullies. Now, at the age of 26, he is Commonwealth and British lightweight title holder and a household name. But he is also a devoted family man and during
As landlady of a busy bar, Susan Newby thrived on the social scene and loved to be at the hub of the customers' chat. Twenty years on she lives alone in a care home and is confined to a wheelchair. But Susan is determined not to let multiple sclerosis
As a boy Michael Coatesworth hated learning and spent most of his time playing truant from school. But after an accident which left him partially paralysed and wheelchair bound for the rest of his life, Bradford born Michael suddenly found he had a passion
Willie is a middle-aged Jack Russell. He was neutered five or six years ago so quite why he has taken to wandering off is a mystery. It was soon clear from his owner's story how much anxiety Willie's behaviour was causing. Even with a microchip and a
How much do you know about your health? Try your knowledge on the following questions. 1 Which is the false statement? Smoking steeply raises your risks of developing the following diseases: a) Chronic bronchitis; b) lung cancer; c) kidney and bladder
Spring is in the air. This is always a good sign. The darkness and coldness of February can get depressing especially with the nightmare of Valentine's Day thrown in to make the month especially tragic. It is lovely to think of the days getting brighter
The present Government has scrapped the married couple's allowance. Now William Hague has said that the Tories will restore it if and when they regain office, to help to support families. That's very encouraging and will no doubt win his party a few votes
Bradford's brass band heritage has helped it score a rare treat - a visit from royalty. For the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines is visiting the city on Saturday - one of only three stops on a short tour. The band were given the 'royal' status by HM
A trail-blazing campaign to cut arson attacks on vehicles in the Bradford district has been hailed a success. The Vehicle Crime Partnership was launched last November by West Yorkshire Police, Fire Service and Bradford Council. Latest figures show the
A former social club steward has gone on trial accused of stealing over £23,000 in nine months. David Charnock, 45, was suspended from his job at the St Anne's Catholic Social Centre in Keighley after an auditor's investigation found alleged discrepancies
Hard-up families said to be coping with conditions "worse than animals" could get a multi million pound boost to end the heartbreak. Ambitious proposals to breathe new life into deprived communities in Barkerend and Leeds Road today received approval.
A 15-year-old girl said she feared she was going to die after masked burglars held her family at knife-point. Nasma Ghani said she was suffering sleepless nights after two men burst into her home in Aberdeen Place, Lidget Green, Bradford, as her 42-year-old
A new business chief is in the firing line over his attack on 'building brick' signs welcoming visitors to Bradford City Centre. Bradford Chamber of Trade president Jim Griffin sparked controversy from city centre managers within days of taking office
