A radical set of "green" measures is being put forward as part of Bingley's controversial relief road scheme. Bradford Council transport officials are recommending that it should reaffirm its support for the road to be built as soon as possible. But their
Libraries across the district may open on Sundays for the first time in their history. The move, believed to be the first of its kind in West Yorkshire, comes as an increasing numbers of shops open for business. Today, chairman of the Council's leisure
If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. Or words to that effect. This time it's the Sydney futures market, though it could well be a number of other things of interest to my peculiar trade. Everyone - well, mainly the brokers standing to gain most clearly
Bradford City will continue their cut-price admission offer when they play Port Vale at Valley Parade tonight. Season ticket holders are being encouraged to bring a friend to the match for £5 for adults, £2.50 for senior citizens and £1 for juniors under
Bradford City manager Paul Jewell has called on his players to show a ruthless streak in front of goal when they play relegation-threatened Port Vale at Valley Parade tonight. Since beating Reading 4-1 at home four weeks ago, City have scored only three
Specialist consultants may be appointed for the first time to boost Bradford's chances of attracting National Lottery money for works of art in Centenary Square and other parts of the city. The Council's bid for Lottery funds to promote public art failed
Angry residents are demanding three gaping holes near their Bradford homes are filled in before someone gets injured. They say the hazards, which straddle the pavement and part of the road in Baxandall Street, West Bowling, are accidents waiting to happen
Jazz musician Gordon Tetley is making a comeback at the grand old age of 71. The veteran band leader has been a familiar figure on the Bradford music scene since the 1950s. But he has been unable to perform for the past three years because of illness.
Bradford University is to share in a £2.5 million new computer network which will be one of the most advanced in the world. It is joining forces with universities in Huddersfield, Leeds, Hull, Sheffield and York to create the Yorkshire and Humberside
The most crucial consultation exercise ever undertaken in Bradford on the running of the district's schools has attracted more than 18,000 responses. The final postbags have yet to be counted but a further 2,000 replies are expected on the schools' review
Margaret Baldwin will enjoy a 100th birthday bash with a difference tomorrow after a last minute discovery - she is a year too young. The great-grandma from Brad-ford will have to put the champagne on ice for another 12 months after a mix-up over her
Bus bosses have launched an investigation amid reports a boy rode alongside the driver on a Bradford bus which narrowly avoided a crash. Mother Haley Binns, 22, said she was shocked to see the boy when she boarded the 845 Bradford Traveller hopper-bus
The mother of a young girl raped four times before she was 14 has attacked the seven-year jail term given to her attacker. Paedophile George Bates, 47, was sentenced yesterday at Bradford Crown Court for 15 offences carried out on the girl between 1988
Quebecor Printing's hopes of a grand transatlantic alliance with UK rivals Watmoughs were dashed after the group agreed a £250 million deal with Investcorp. Watmoughs, which was founded in Bradford but has its headquarters in London, repelled the Canadian
Crown 96 lost three of their first four league games in Division 1A, and looked to be heading for a season of struggle, but they've turned it round in great style and now look forward to a League Cup semi-final. They are also top of their division after
Move over Del Boy! Would-be actors, set designers and camera operators are being sought to "star" in a Bradford charity's very own sitcom. The Clear Vision project wants volunteers of all ages who live in or near the Newlands area of the district to help
Bradford's annual beer festival looks set to be a lock-out after moving out of the city to Saltaire, the village where pubs were once banned. Organisers are busy rolling out the barrels at the Victoria Hall in preparation for the Great Bradford Beer Exhibition
