Graham, Robin and Tony are tripping over each other's feet in the delicately proportioned dressing room of the Theatre Royal, Stoke on Trent. There are fewer than 15 minutes to curtain-up; costumes to be pulled on, make-up to be applied. But it's all
A bid to get people to live in Bradford city centre has turned sour after residents complained all-night clubs were creating a nightmare with noise. The first clubs to get 24-hour licences for people to dance round-the-clock will apply for their entertainment
Councillors have agreed a £25,000 feasibility study into redevelopment opportunities after a survey of Craven District Council buildings revealed they are not up to scratch. Local architects Bowman Riley completed an assessment of Council assets and presented
A theatre group for people with learning disabilities is staging a groundbreaking adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men. Bradford-based mind the...gap has put together a new production which features an actor with learning disabilities playing
Children could be using the contaminated grounds of a former tuberculosis sanatorium as a playground, parish councillors fear. They are worried that curious children could be putting themselves in danger by roaming around the site of the old Middleton
Gas, electricity and water companies must improve the quality of their roadworks, says Kirklees Council. The authority is to serve notices on all utility companies except cable company ntl demanding higher standards after one in five roadworks were deemed
Work will start a year early on the long-awaited Bingley Relief Road. The surprise development - announced by Transport Minister Lord Whitty - means diggers could be on site by the end of the year. And the new £60 million dual carriageway should open
They will appear from nowhere and land upon dozens of sites across the Bradford district. As from September, dozens of mobile classrooms will be brought in to offer the temporary accommodation that schools across the Bradford district will need to cope
Isaiah Rankin has suffered a frustrating 12 months but is hoping his loan spell with Birmingham City will help kick-start his career. The 21-year-old is halfway through a month's loan with the St Andrews club after starting just two Bantams games in 1999
Wayne Jacobs' contract may run out this summer but the left back says he remains as committed to Bradford City as at any time in his six years at Valley Parade. The defender who was 31 yesterday returned to the Bantams side for the first time in three
Former British Lion John Bentley is tipping England to win the inaugural Six Nations Championship, which starts tomorrow. The 33-year-old Cleckheaton-born player, who is now director of coaching with his local club, feels France and Wales will be the
Neville Southall has revealed how his love of playing football is behind him joining Bradford City at an age when most players have long since retired. The 41-year-old Welsh legend today trained with his team-mates for the first time and is set to take
The new row over licensing hours in central Bradford has thrown into sharp relief a problem which taxes all authorities wanting to encourage a livelier city centre. There is a need to persuade more people to want to live in our towns and cities, to keep
Road tolls for motorists and levies for employers could be on the way if traffic-clogged cities like Bradford cannot persuade more people to leave their cars at home. OLWEN VASEY reports. THOUSANDS OF people across the district own cars and love using
The writing is literally on the wall at the Bront Parsonage Museum. But hidden scribblings unearthed at the former Bront home in Haworth were made a century after the literary sisters - of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights fame - died. For builders who
Plans to turn a derelict shop in Bingley into a traditional ale and wine house have been approved - despite planning officers recommendations for refusal. The move to refurbish the former Waremart building in Main Street into a J D Wetherspoon pub was
Cabbies in Bradford face more fare dodgers than ever before, a drivers' association said today. The cabbies' representative group spoke out in the wake of the Stuart Lister tragedy. Stuart, 18, from Steeton, died when he allegedly jumped from a cab after
Church leaders have warned that many Bradford City fans could face a moral dilemma about attending the Bantams' crunch Good Friday clash with Derby. The club has already agreed to put back the original 3pm kick-off time by an hour after outcry that it
A dozen old people's homes have been improved at the expense of Keighley's Ingrow Green, according to a report due to go before Bradford Council. The Bracken Bank home is now likely to close because the Council does not have enough cash left for vital
Bradford's much-vaunted and desperately needed schools reorganisation has descended into farce. Almost a year after the move from three-tier to two-tier schools was finally approved, the Council is still £47 million short of the funds it needs to make
Long-standing Bradford car dealership Albert Farnell has been bought out by the Sunwin Motor Group for an undisclosed sum. Sunwin Motors is part of the Bradford-based Yorkshire Co-operatives group and has had its eye on the Farnell group, which has dealerships
England scrum-half Paul Deacon will miss the launch of the Bulls Challenge Cup and Super League campaigns after a freak training accident. The talented 20-year-old is having his foot pinned after an incident in the weights room at their training camp
Arsenal have handed veteran full-backs Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn a timely boost ahead of the sell-out clash with Bradford City. Manager Arsene Wenger has told the long-serving duo he wants to retain them for an additional 12 months when their contracts
Bradford Park Avenue will be hoping for a win from tomorrow's visit to struggling Manchester outfit Flixton after last week's postponement cost them fourth place in UniBond Division One. Manager Trevor Storton has swooped to sign keeper Matt Baker from
Keighley Cougars face their stiffest test of the season to date when they face unbeaten leaders Dewsbury Rams at Cougar Park tonight. The visitors have won all five of their Northern Ford Premiership encounters, but Keighley coach Karl Harrison believes
Pensioner Peter Butterworth is searching in vain for workmen who charged him £1,800 to resurface his driveway. The 69-year-old from Sandy Lane agreed to have the work done in December 1998 after a doorstep visit from Hargreaves and Son. "This chap came
A teenage drug addict who was involved in a terrifying series of armed raids with a sub-machine gun has been locked up for 12 years. Rashid Ashraf, 19, was said to come from a decent and supportive family, but between June 1998 and February last year
Councillors on a new scrutiny committee want to hear 'from the horse's mouth' about plans to privatise city centre management. Organisations will be invited to a meeting of the Economic Scrutiny Committee to give their frank views on the radical proposal
A businessman was left hanging on the telephone after being told he was making too many calls. Jonathan Howell, of Moss Carr Road, Long Lee, Keighley, was speechless when Yorkshire Cable said he was no longer entitled to use its service because he was
A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of taking part in an armed robbery for the second time in three years. A jury at Bradford Crown Court took less than an hour to find Brendan Murphy, 33, of Fencote Crescent, Fagley, Bradford, guilty
A popular childcare club has been saved from the axe after coming up trumps on the National Lottery. Redundancy packages had been arranged for the carers at Kidzone in Holme Wood, Bradford, as the cash-starved group prepared to fold in May. But the service
