A"forgotten" area at the heart of Bradford's shopping centre is to win a £3 million facelift. The streets around the Oastler and Kirkgate centres, the rejuvenated Rawson Market area and Godwin Street will all be revamped. And an extra £2 million
The revelation that the club seem likely to lose striker Ashley Scothern, after they rescued the player's career following his release from Barnsley, has left Carl Shutt annoyed. Shutt believes his man was 'tapped up' by Leigh RMI in an illegal approach
Attleborough, Catford Bridge, Finedon and Hawkhurst Moor all have something in common. So do Pagham, Norbury, Wrotham and Wirksworth. No, it's not a list of the backdrops from Midsomer Murders. Nor obscure golf clubs where I've been drummed out for leaving
Andy Lynch will make his Bulls debut in the pre-season friendly at Dewsbury on Sunday, but new signing Ryan Hudson may have to sit it out after tweaking his hamstring in training. Former Castleford Tigers pack man Lynch will be joined by regular first-teamers
The news that an extra £5 million is to be put into the overhaul of Bradford's shopping centre is very welcome indeed. It is widely accepted that Bradford needs to build on its core of shops and attract more stores to help the regeneration of the city
Bradford Council's most senior member in charge of education has promised Bradford's youth parliament it will be taken seriously. Councillor Dale Smith, the authority's executive member for education, has promised that recommendations the parliament makes
A man has gone on trial accused of demolishing and altering agricultural buildings at a historic Bradford hall. Anthony James Gribbin, 26, the owner of the grade II* Leventhorpe Hall in Thornton Road, has denied demolishing a cart shed, partially demolishing
A mother pleaded with ambulance workers to save her life after dousing herself in white spirit and setting herself on fire at her home in Heaton, an inquest heard yesterday. Manaz Tariq, 23, told ambulance workers "Help me, I'm burning, I'm dying," as
A "forgotten" area at the heart of Bradford's shopping centre is to win a £3 million facelift. The streets around the Oastler and Kirkgate centres, the rejuvenated Rawson Market area and Godwin Street will all be revamped. And an extra £2 million is expected
A model for the future Bradford Sir - The Asian Youth and Cultural Organisation (Bradford) deserves public congratulations for raising nearly £1,200 for the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami victims at their dinner event last Saturday. The function,
The cricket pavilion at Bradford and Bingley, severely damaged by fire last April, is to be rebuilt. "We have just got the go-ahead from the insurance company and work should start next week," said Bradford and Bingley Sports Club chairman Steve Oddy.
Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell is refusing to contemplate the threat of administration which would throw the club's season into turmoil. Chairman Gerald Krasner has confirmed the club are heading towards such a dire prospect after Sebastien Sainsbury pulled
City will turn their sights elsewhere after missing out on Luke Beckett. Colin Todd had identified Beckett, a prolific lower-league scorer, as his top loan target to replace Zema Abbey. But Huddersfield swooped for the Sheffield United striker after Peter
A parish councillor feared missing in Sri Lanka has returned home after helping with the aid effort on the island. Colin Pickles, of South Street, Gargrave, near Skipton, travelled out to Sri Lanka on December 19 to spend a month on holiday there. When
Health minister John Hutton was at pains yesterday to reassure patients they would not lose out because of Bradford hospitals' £11.3 million debt. While visiting Shipley, the minister, whose responsibilities include primary care and NHS information technology
Firefighters are to nominate a man for a bravery award after he rescued a resident trapped in his blazing first-floor flat. Bradford rescue crews feared the occupant was still trapped by the ferocious fire when they were called to the block of flats in
A pregnant mother of three and her disabled husband, from Ravenscliffe, say they are being terrorised by thugs who repeatedly pelt their home with bricks, eggs and paint. The couple say there have been dozens of separate attacks on their semi over the
The country's chief nursing officer, whose job is to clean up hospitals and fight the MRSA superbug, said in a visit to Bradford that more resources were being put into cleaning wards. Christine Beasley was in the city on Thursday to speak at a conference
A highly-skilled paediatric nurse left her post because she felt she was a police suspect after the sudden death of her three-year-old patient. Sister Sheila Sutton was nursing Naazish Farooq on a one-to-one basis on the night the little girl died from
House prices in Bingley saw the biggest rise in West Yorkshire and one of the highest in the UK in 2004, a new survey revealed today. The survey found the town was the 27th fastest-growing hotspot in the UK, with prices increasing on average by 37 per
A driver involved in a hit-and-run accident which led to the death of a Bradford taxi driver has admitted three driving offences. Kevin Isaac, 39, of Kings Road, Bramhope, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with an accident on
Detectives have released an e-fit of a sex attacker who raped a young woman in a city centre car park. The 24-year-old victim was walking in Sunbridge Road when she was grabbed by the man and dragged down Paradise Street to the car park, where she was
Long-serving vicar Donald Brown is making a special turnout for his last ever wedding - for the daughter of the first couple he married nearly 40 years ago. Canon Brown, 76, is coming out of retirement to take part in the ceremony at Holy Trinity, Low
