Women have been given the vote in Idle. Members of the village's cricket club - launched at the turn of the century - have decided to allow the fairer sex to become full members and have a say in its running. And the news has been given a warm welcome
Bradford city centre is being given a sprinkling of fairy dust for the premiere of Fairytale - A True Story. And it is all systems go to ensure the city pulls on its glad rags in time for the West End-style launch tomorrow. Bradfordians are being invited
Methodist ministers are considering taking lessons in self defence after a female colleague was attacked. Bradford deacon Sue Pearson suffered a broken jaw when she was hit in the face after she responded to call from a woman involved in a domestic argument
Brave widow Jo Pollard was today preparing to deal with a wave of grief as three young men responsible for her husband's death begin a total of 24 years behind bars. Mrs Pollard, whose church pastor husband Michael died after the couple were attacked
The Telegraph & Argus is today launching an appeal to bring the famous Cottingley Fairies photographs home to Bradford. Just 24 hours before the British premiere of a film based on the famous hoax, we have joined forces with Amateur Photographer magazine
A Bradford direct marketing firm has invested £2 million in its future by moving to new headquarters. Lexicon Marketing Services has moved from offices in Campus Road in the Listerhills Science Park, Bradford, to the new offices in Shipley and is taking
Coach Matthew Elliott has warned that Challenge Cup places are up for grabs as the Bulls take a well earned break from the training ground tomorrow. After a busy conditioning schedule which started in November and included a recent trip to Lanzarote Elliott
Nearly 200 children from First Schools in the Bingley area took part in Bingley Swimming Club's School's Gala, sponsored by the Bradford and Bingley Building Society. Sixteen First Schools took part in this gala at Shipley Swimming Pool, the winners receiving
Bradford City may launch a bid to bring a loan player to Valley Parade to boost their depleted squad ahead of next weekend's visit to high-flying Middlesbrough. The Bantams will be badly hit by injuries and suspension for one of their toughest trips of
Work is going ahead in lower Manningham to rebuild a sense of community in the heart of bedsitter land. Mike Priestley visits a once-proud district which is fighting back after years of decline. The stately, stone-cleaned Victorian houses gleam in the
An elderly couple who had every window in their home smashed are still waiting to be re-housed, three weeks after the Telegraph & Argus highlighted their plight. Andrew and Flo Knowles, who suffered a campaign of terror from a gang of youths, had
Parents and relatives of drug users in Bradford are set to get new help through a pioneering support service. A special hot-line manned by parents of drug users will open next week to offer a sympathetic ear and advice to people worried about a relative
A former lager lout who begged magistrates to bar him from every pub in the district for life, has been banned from just two of them - for six months. David Fawcett had asked Pudsey Magistrates for a lifetime ban from every bar in Aireborough when he
A crime-busting scheme has kept burglars at bay from 323 homes on three Bradford estates. The scheme has been so successful that the remaining 577 homes on the estates could be fitted with the hi-tech security devices sooner than planned. The term 'safe
The rules governing tax relief for travel and subsistence payments to employees will change on April 6, 1998. It is important for employers to understand this and the fact that the related National Insurance rules will also change to bring the tax and
Any football supporter will tell you how frustrating it can be meeting two friends who support the team who, just a few minutes or hours earlier, thrashed your favourites. In the face of some gentle taunting, all you can do is stand there grimacing while
The mother of a four-year-old Down's Syndrome boy has accused Bradford education chiefs of playing games with her son's future. Val Lightowler has been fighting to get her son, Joshua, into a mainstream school which he should have started at the beginning
Voluntary organisations from across the region will learn next week whether or not they are to receive vital cash funding for the year ahead. West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee's Grants to Voluntary Bodies sub-committee has received 29 requests for
Drug addicts who break the law to feed their habit will be targeted in a new project being launched in Bradford. The Newlands Partnership, which covers the Thorpe Edge, Ravenscliffe, Fagley, Bradford Moor and Greengates estates, has approved a £21,000
