In 1948 thousands of people in Bradford were struck down by often lethal infectious diseases. Health Reporter Mike Waites looks at the difference 50 years of the NHS has made to tackling diseases which were once common At the dawn of the National Health
A Bradford Indian restaurant has korma up with a rice little earner. The Nawaab in Manor Row is spicing up cuisine in a holiday hot spot where its curries are flavour of the month. For the restaurant, which once provided food for the late Diana, Princess
Bradford Council's internal auditors have been pulled out of a full-scale investigation at a crisis-hit training centre. The probe cannot proceed following a meeting of the regeneration committee last night. Tory councillors successfully moved the whole
Bradford Council has been fined £1,500 for breaching health and safety regulations after a caretaker plummeted to his death from a library roof. It is only the second time in 20 years that the Council has been convicted of breaching the regulations. John
Calling all poets! Interchange Bradford Writers' Network needs you for its biggest ever literary celebration as part of Bradford Festival. The group is staging a Day of a Hundred Poets at the Love Apple Caf in Great Horton Road, Bradford, from 1pm on
Mum Kirsty Porter used mind-over-matter when she gave birth to her first baby. Kirsty, 30, a hypnotherapist, used hypnosis to give birth to 9lb 3oz India and says she would do it again. "If we are blessed with another child I would do it again. It was
A Shipley-based charity today launched an emergency appeal in a bid to help thousands of people hit by devastating flooding in Romania. Dr Kathy Tedd, co-director of Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire, is calling on Telegraph & Argus readers to help relief
Alam Khan finds out what Dubstar and the Spice Girls have in common... Few people know that the Spice Girls once supported Dubstar at a record industry event. While the famous five of Posh, Baby, Ginger, Scary and Sporty have gone on to greater things
A new access guide has been launched for the disabled in Bradford. Telegraph & Argus reporter Heather Bishop accompanied Peter Ratcliffe to test it out A trip into Bradford for 24-year-old Peter Ratcliffe has to be planned with the precision of a
If you want to cheat on your other half and be sure of getting away with it, then you'd better move to Spain. Because there, cheating is celebrated as an art form. From the moment they start school, children begin to devise ways of foxing their teachers
Two mothers whose premature babies died have helped to raise thousands of pounds for this year's Lord Mayor's appeal. Sara Brook and Michaela Mitchell say their own personal tragedies inspired them to do all they can to help boost the appeal for the Special
The industrial tribunal of a sacked trainee policewoman was dramatically halted over the disputed right to interview a crucial witness. The 31-year-old woman, who cannot legally be named, claims sexual discrimination at Bradford Central Police Station
A mum-of-two has lost her fight against cancer five days after the birth of her first grandchild. The funeral was being held today of Josie Smith, 39, of Wibsey Park Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, who died on Sunday. Her family have paid tribute to her fight
Angry parents have hit out at education chiefs for failing to provide proper consultation over plans to close a Bradford special school. More than 50 people attended a public meeting last night in a bid to persuade the Local Education Authority to ditch
Keeping the city centre spic and span will be "neigh" problem for Bradford's new team of litter busters. For councillors have awarded a key cleansing contract to four work horses from Bradford Industrial Museum. Gentle giants Norman and William, both
Undercover police are targeting "drugs shops" on Bradford estates in a bid to stamp out the latest drugs menace facing communities. In raids yesterday they seized drugs from three houses allegedly used as heroin and cannabis "shops" on the Sutton estate
Litigation can be a risky business, for there can be no guarantee of the final outcome in any legal action. This is true of cases heard in the highest courts in Europe as well as those at the relatively low level of the VAT tribunal. A recent case illustrates
A firm which was started by a Bradford man who was made redundant twice has just completed a contract worth £360,000 for an international company. Greg Langley, 31, chairman of the AA Group, started the company in March, 1996, from his home in Idle, Bradford
Bradford and Bingley play York in a re-arranged North Division Two match at Clifton Park tomorrow, with both sides aware that they are drinking at the last-chance saloon. Both teams are in mid-table with eight points, and any realistic chance of promotion
Bradford City new boy Stephen Wright wants to resurrect his international career, five years after he played for Scotland. The 26-year-old right back who has signed a two year contract believes his move to Valley Parade could help him to win back his
James Lowes is hoping to silence the Headingley boo boys and maintain his impressive record against the Leeds Rhinos in tomorrow's crunch Super League derby. The Bulls hooker has run the gauntlet of the vociferous south stand crowd since he turned his
Writers have dedicated a new book to the memory of "an exceptional young man" who died from an accidental drugs overdose. Shaken Not Stirred was launched by The Be Sober Come Wednesday group, a Bingley-based group of writers with experience of alcoholism
Militant housing campaigners in Sandy Lane are preparing to welcome their neighbours on a new luxury housing development - and say it will not be a case of 'them and us'. So keen are they to unite the village that 16 residents have placed written objections
It's never too late to learn - that's the message from Bradford & Ilkley Community College today as it launches its new adult-education programme for the coming year. And there's a whole range of courses catering for every taste, from academic writing
The leader of an anti-euthanasia organisation has attacked the sentence handed down by a judge to a woman who helped her mother to die. Dr Peggy Norris, chairman of Alert, hit out after Gillian Jennison, a 52-year-old university lecturer of Alma Terrace
