Farmers across the district lit up the skies last night as part of a national campaign to save the countryside. A series of beacons are being lit in the run up to a massive rally in London on Sunday when thousands of people will object to Government proposals
Bosses of small to medium firms in the Bradford district were last night urged to send managers on a pioneering business course which will give their businesses a boost. Judith Donovan, chairman of Bradford & District Training & Enterprise Council
A businessman is boosting our magical fairy appeal - with help from his customers. Bingley-based Graham Cockroft has just set up a new business called the Double Glazing Clinic. And he is the latest person to agree to help the Cottingley Cameras Appeal
Bradford Paratrooper Lee Clegg was today granted a retrial in a dramatic courtroom ruling which gave him a fresh chance to clear his name. His conviction for the murder of a teenage girl shot dead when troops opened fire on a stolen car in West Belfast
Fifteen passengers on board a light aircraft were treated for shock today after their plane was spun round by high winds. The plane was taxiing down the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport when gales pulled it off course. The twin-engined aircraft ended
The district's youngest millionaire Louise Hall told today how she won the jackpot - with a ticket hidden in a toilet roll. The 20-year-old Airedale General Hospital student radiographer from Crossflatts near Bingley was watching football on television
The taxation of travel and subsistence expenses paid to employees, effective from April 6 this year has been reformed. The Inland Revenue has agreed that normal commuting costs need not be deducted from journeys between home and a temporary place of employment
Paul Jewell is urging his Bradford City forward line to follow legendary hitman Ian Rush's example when they face Sheffield United tomorrow. The City boss says Rush was a tremendous influence on his career when the pair were in the same Liverpool squad
Eddie Youds and Jamie Lawrence are the two main injury worries for Bradford City as they prepare for tomorrow's clash with Sheffield United. City boss Paul Jewell is hoping to close the three-point gap on the Division One play-off positions when his side
A Bradford MP has branded Eccleshill dairy bosses "bully boys" after they were accused of poaching a milkman's trade. Bradford North Labour MP Terry Rooney said Associate Co-operative Creameries was guilty of predatory pricing amid claims that it has
Police officers are now able to view scenes of crime - from the comfort of their office. Top-of-the-range technology is being used for the first time in West Yorkshire for police briefings at Bradford Central. Officers coming on duty will be given the
Why did the tomato blush? It saw the salad dressing. Does this joke tickle your tonsils? Or is it the type of worn-out gag in a cracker that makes you groan on Christmas Day? Staff at Shipley Asda have been coming up with their own ribticklers after supermarket
Hundreds listened in silence as the sister of a seven-year-old struck down by a brain tumour gave a moving tribute to her brother. Family, friends and residents from the Canterbury estate filed into St Oswald's Church, in Smiddles Lane, to pay their respects
A mum and daughter died today when fire swept through their Bradford home. The tragedy is the second devastating blow to the family after the woman's husband was paralysed in a car crash in January. Rose Adams, 38, and her 18-year-old daughter Joanne
Growing Bradford textile dyehouse computer controls specialist Beacon Controls has won a series of prestigious contracts which will help push its turnover to £5 million this year. The firm, based at the Listerhills Science Park in Campus Road, has won
There may be only five second round ties tomorrow in the Yorkshire Cup, but the pairing of Cleckheaton and Bradford and Bingley sums up what the competition is all about. In mid-table two divisions below the Bees, Cleckheaton, who are at full-strength
Champions Bradford Bulls get an early indication of their ability to stay among the big guns in tomorrow's Challenge Cup showdown at Castleford. Victory over the much-fancied Tigers would not only help them take a significant step on the road to a third
Bradford's biggest ever crime busting scheme is poised to swing into action next month ready for radical changes in the law which will involve the Council for the first time in law and order. And the first step towards implementing the Home Secretary's
Work colleagues of a young dad who died from a suspected heart attack have organised a concert in aid of his family. Players from Bradford Bulls and Bradford City are expected at the event in memory of Nigel Smith who was prop forward for Queensbury A
A junior football club's secretary has quit after 15 years over the controversial sacking of a goalkeeper. Reserve team goalie Darren Egerton, 16, was thrown out of Sandy Lane Juniors when he refused to play for the A side. His team-mates also walked
