The launch of a new advertising campaign will put Skipton Building Society on the nation's television screens for the first time in over 15 years. The adverts will promote the Society's brand, which includes the new strapline "mutual matters", which
A manufacturing firm employing 170 people has been sold in a £12 million deal. Cold Drawn Products, which has premises in Low Moor and Scholes, has been taken over by internationally renowned Belgian firm Bekaert. Cold Drawn Products (CDP), which employs
Ruth Bell loves a good chat. "A lot of my customers say I don't ever shut up, " laughs the hair stylist. "I love meeting all the different people. I like to tell them what I've been doing, and find out what they've been up to." Ruth, 21, is one
Eccleshill United under-14s thrashed Weston Lane 14-1 in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League Cup. Adil Mirza and Curtis Braybrook grabbed hat-tricks with the other goalscorers being goalkeeper Asher Holdsworth (2), Ben Binns (2), Michael Binns, James
It was a nail-biter but the UniBond League Challenge Cup, the flagship knockout competition of the Northern Premier League, is now in residence at Throstle Nest for the next 12 months. If everyone at Farsley gets their way the trophy cabinet will soon
Upbeat Brian Noble believes the Bulls can negotiate their horror Powergen Challenge Cup match-up - and Steve McNamara could yet stay at the club. Having spent much of yesterday counselling his assistant about Hull FC's advances, Noble's problems worsened
Jack Tordoff today revealed his sadness at severing sponsorship links with City. His JCT600 car dealership will part company with the club in the summer to end nine years of financial backing. Tordoff reluctantly pulled the plug on one of the longest-running
A Bradford teenager who caused the death of an elderly woman by dangerous driving when he ploughed into her on a level crossing was spared from prison last autumn after a forgiving and merciful appeal from her daughter, who said in a letter to the court
The launch of a new advertising campaign will put Skipton Building Society on the nation's television screens for the first time in over 15 years. The adverts will promote the Society's brand, which includes the new strapline "mutual matters", which was
A manufacturing firm employing 170 people has been sold in a £12 million deal. Cold Drawn Products, which has premises in Low Moor and Scholes, has been taken over by internationally renowned Belgian firm Bekaert. Cold Drawn Products (CDP), which employs
A motor mechanic faces a life sentence for knifing to death a company boss. Gavin Hogg, 34, was yesterday convicted of murdering David Burrows, 36, outside his M & B Haulage depot in Ravensthorpe on September 14. Hogg was also found guilty of wounding
A bureaucratic delay almost caused the 11th-hour collapse of an Arctic adventurer's marathon charity bid. From snow shoes to protective face mask, Mark Clifford had everything in place for Saturday's gruelling North Pole Marathon - except his passport
Bradford has now officially entered the race to secure one of a new breed of Las Vegas-style casinos. Formal proposals for a new casino with up to 150 slot machines have been put forward by Council chiefs. The Casino Advisory Panel yesterday confirmed
A cash injection by Bradford Council and a series of difficult savings measures will enable a Bradford health trust to balance its books by the end of the financial year. Bradford District Care Trust is almost £3 million in the red but the deteriorating
Bradford Cathedral has gone in to battle to stop the development of a block of apartments which it claims would dwarf the historic building. It has lodged a strong objection to the development, which would have green wall panels. The building would stand
Voters will have to choose between 118 candidates contesting seats in 32 Bradford Council wards when they go to the polls next month. The ruling Conservative group is defending 15 seats, Labour nine, Liberal Democrats five, British National Party two
Women breast cancer patients have been telling of their experiences in Bradford in the wake of a highly-critical BBC Panorama programme which alleged many had not received the best available treatment. Many applaud the programme for highlighting concerns
Eliza Doolittle and her 150-strong entourage rolled into Bradford last night for a "bloomin' marvellous", month-long run of My Fair Lady. Sir Cameron Mackintosh's smash-hit production opened at the Alhambra - the only Yorkshire venue to host the show
An award-winning international trade adviser says the secret to her success is putting 150 per cent into her work. Gill Greaves, 48, who lives in Gomersal and works at the Batley Business and Technology Centre, was named Best International Trade Adviser
Police in Bradford are using hi-tech computers to pick up suspects who pretend they are someone else. Officers in the district have been issued with pocket-sized BlackBerry computers which can instantly download digital mugshots of people on police systems
A 15-year-old boy has admitted the murder of the "perfect match" kidney donor of a burns victim. The youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was yesterday due to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court. But, when the case was called, he admitted
Bradford Council's Conser-vative group was last night ordered to keep its former regeneration boss Councillor Simon Cooke on the back benches. Opposition groups backed a motion of no confidence in him just hours after he stepped down as a member of the
Road safety campaigners have reacted with fury after a convicted killer driver escaped jail again despite driving while banned at up to 80mph when pursued by police. Uzair Khan had only served seven months of a two-year ban imposed last September for
Panorama probe way off the mark SIR - I know that many of your readers will have seen the Panorama investigation into Breast Cancer Services in Bradford on Sunday night. Many elements of the programme are highly contentious and deliberately misleading
This week's columnist is a 20-year-old student Lucy-Anne Bottomley, from Nab Wood, currently on a gap year. She will be starting at Trinity and All Saints College in Horsforth in September to study journalism. In the week that showed anti-social behaviour
