Rosie Whiting shot straight from her last A level exam to the ASA National Diving Championships in South-ampton. Whiting, pictured in mid-dive, opened proceedings with a 21-point personal best score on her 3m optional dives, winning the preliminary. She
Bradford Bulls have clinched the signing of The Volcano - after beating off a late bid from former coach Matthew Elliott. The Bulls can unveil New Zealand winger Lesley Vainikolo as their first big-money buy for next season. A signed contract arrived
In 1643, during the civil war, Bradford was taken by the Royalist Army. In 1954, all goods came off rationing in the UK. In 1976, 20-year-old Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg became the youngest ever men's singles winner at Wimbledon. From the Telegraph
Celebrations are underway at a Bradford company after it landed a £12 million Government contract. Supplies Team, Europe's largest distributor of electronic office supplies, beat off intense rivalry to win the tender with the Department of Works and Pensions
More than a million pounds will be spent to secure the renaissance of Bingley town centre when the relief road opens in autumn 2003. As work started in earnest on the biggest civil engineering project the district has seen, residents of Bingley and traders
A chaperone on a school bus has been handed a video camera to catch yobs on film firing an air rifle at frightened youngsters. The move comes after an incident in which a pellet fired by a gang of youths at the bus narrowly missed disabled youngster Stuart
One of the oldest women in the country has died at a Guiseley nursing home aged 109. Florence Rawlings, above, who married in 1912, the year the Titanic sank, died at Ghyll Royd Nursing Home on Saturday. A Ghyll Royd spokesman said Mrs Rawlings was thought
A sea of rubbish littered Peel Park after Bradford Festival's Mela. But the team undertaking the clear-up operation promises the Undercliffe park will soon be cleaner than it was before last weekend's event. If last year's clear up is anything to go by
A village school founded 125 years ago is being doubled in size to turn its Victorian buildings into a 21st century learning centre. Original buildings at Sandy Lane Primary School dating from 1876 will still be used for lessons. But seven new classrooms
A day-old calf was one of the latest victims in the foot and mouth epidemic which has swept into the Keighley area. It was culled among a herd of 131 dairy cattle at Lower Heights Farm, Silsden. Vets from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural
Developers of the planned £200 million Broadway shopping complex said today they were in detailed negotiations with a national retailer over a major department store in the scheme. The business consortium planning the vast scheme at the bottom end of
The foods, dancing and cultures of several contrasting cultures were sampled by youngsters at a multi-cultural day. Each pupil at Poplars Farm Primary School in Bradford, including Paminder Kaur, 14, Joanna Wooley, eight, and Bilal Hassen, seven, pictured
Bradford Council has won a High Court victory in its battle to quell the turf war between private hire and taxi drivers. Two judges sitting at the High Court in London have ruled that private hire drivers cannot go into taxi ranks even to drop passengers
Home Secretary David Blunkett has slapped a ban on a planned National Front march in Bradford. His decision was announced on Wednesday afternoon, after representations from Bradford Council and West Yorkshire Police. The NF had said it would march in
A Bradford businessman is to be freed after spending two-and-a-half years in a Dominican Republic jail on money laundering charges. Precious metal trader Asaf Darr, 46, pictured, and two Dutch colleagues were jailed in November 1999 after they were found
SIR - We are the residents of Queens Court, adjoining the bungalow and land between Victoria Avenue and Fernhill Road. We note that Anchor Homes' proposal for a three-storey development of 24 two-bedroomed flats under a pitched roof would be close to
The Bees have been drawn at Old Brodleians in a first-round derby in next season's Yorkshire Cup. Matches will again be split over two nights with the Hipperholme contest being on Tuesday, April 16. The following evening Cleckheaton are at home to Hull
Steve Bollen lists his sporting pastimes as rock climbing and snowboarding. "I like doing anything with adrenaline," he said. "I've always been very keen on sport but never particularly good." What he does do well is mend knees and ankles. And as orthopaedic
Dutch striker Michel Evans will be given the chance to stake a claim with Bradford City. The 24-year-old has been invited to join the Ban-tams for a pre-season trial after his contract ran out at VVV Venlo. Evans was recommended to City boss Jim Jefferies
Thirteen-year-old Paul Harrison is proving to be a hot-shot in the sport of target archery. Paul, who attends Parkside School, Cullingworth, has already won a place in the Yorkshire squad and his ambition is to win England honours. He represented the
Bulls coach Brian Noble is fac-ing up to his first real injury crisis of the season as they pre-pare for Friday night's top-four tussle with revitalised Hull. Daniel Gartner, Michael Withers, Stuart Fielden and Shane Rigon have joined Mike Forshaw on
To most of us, a taxi is a taxi and so long as it gets us home, the distinction between a Hackney Carriage and a Private Hire Vehicle is not something we bother ourselves with too closely. However, for the men and women at the sharp end of the trade,
A salary survey of Yorkshire's construction industry has found evidence of pay growth above the rate of inflation for job such as project managers, site engineers and quantity surveyors. Research by the Northern recruitment consultancy found that in the
An exhibition at Bagshaw Museum in Batley is to take an unusual look at objects found in the garden, particularly allotment sheds. Real Estate is the creation of photographer Anna Baker and writer Pat Borthwick. There are photographs of sheds accompanied
Teenagers and their teachers in Bradford have their work cut out to meet stiff Government targets for 14-year-olds, education bosses admitted today. New national targets - set for Key Stage 3 pupils for the first time - were unveiled as part of a £428
The head-teacher of a pupil who died of suspected meningitis today paid tribute to "a lovely boy". Angela Jeffery, head-teacher at Clayton Village Primary School, said the whole school was in shock. She described how the six-year-old pupil, who has not
A police officer attacked his partner's lover after stumbling in on the pair as they were having sex, a court has heard. Hull Crown Court was told yesterday that West Yorkshire officer Erroll Bogle, 42, hit Tom Wright after seeing him kneeling over his
One of Bradford's 'super caretakers' could be jailed for not paying his Council Tax after being prosecuted by his own employer. Ian Jackson, a Bradford Council neighbourhood warden, faces 25 days in jail unless he starts making regular payments within
A group of Bradford twirlers are jumping for joy after being awarded a £300 grant. Tong School pupils Kirsty Gaunt, 14, her sister Jody, 12, and Carly Brook, 14, pictured, will be putting the cash towards new tracksuits and attending an international
