The families of four marine divers who died when a barge sank in the South China Sea have claimed their employers hampered an inquest by withholding vital information. The claims came after verdicts of misadventure were recorded against the deaths of
A special unit dedicated to overseeing the care and education of children up to the age of eight is likely to be created. Councillors were expected to give the go-ahead to the scheme today which will oversee things like the creation of pre and after-school
A sacked fire-fighter has denied allegations that a woman was raped at Ilkley station. Retained firefighter Paul Chapman says there is no truth of rumours of misconduct, and says morale has been damaged by the claims. He said he had been dismissed because
Campaigners fighting to stop tipping in a quarry near their homes are at the mercy of Calderdale Council's solicitors. The legal experts are scrutinising planning legislation to resolve a legal wrangle about a proposal to dump 40,000 tonnes of building
Bruce Percy skied a catch to midwicket off Mark Thomas to finish the Aire-Wharfe season 18 short of 1000 runs for the season. But the Rawdon skipper, who will nevertheless finished top of the batting averages for the second year running, is more upset
Goalkeeper Gary Walsh says Bradford City have the belief to turn their season around after the 2-1 Worthington Cup second round first leg win over Halifax at The Shay, last night. Darren Moore and Peter Beagrie grabbed a goal apiece in a victory Walsh
The shape of family life has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. There are now far fewer stay-at-home mothers than there used to be. For many people working patterns have changed. The previously standard nine-to-five job is increasingly being
West Yorkshire's textile industry has been given a hand to boost its hi-tech expertise and become more environmentally friendly. And former textile mills in Dewsbury will be turned into offices and industrial units with a £60,000 grant. Two Bradford textile
Sometimes a simple problem produces truly alarming symptoms. Molly, who is an 18-month-old brindle boxer, spent an exuberant sunny afternoon last week playing in the garden and around the pond, and then came in to the house when her owner called her for
Imagine waking up tomorrow with a slight weakness in your feet. By around ten o'clock you can't move your legs. By early afternoon on the following day, you can't move your body or your arms. In another 24 hours, you start to find it difficult to breathe
Teenagers are suspected of starting a fire which destroyed about £10,000 worth of hay in a barn at Hawkcliffe Farm, Steeton. Police are investigating the blaze which tore through the roof of the barn, wrecking almost 1,500 bales. Farmer David Thompson
Environmental campaigners are backing a fight to stop a large housing estate being built in north Otley. The Wharfedale Environmental Trust, or WET, has added its voice to that of residents surrounding the proposed 4.9 hectare greenbelt site between Meagill
A Bradford holidaymaker has died after a daredevil holiday stunt went tragically wrong. Andrew Race, 33, from Baildon, died in the early hours of yesterday in Leeds General Infirmary, where he was transferred from Marmaris State Hospital in Turkey. He
People in Idle are being urged to shop vandals who are smashing up the village public toilets. A local councillor warned today that the toilets - built for £30,000 in 1982 after a major local campaign - may be forced to shut down if problems continue.
Detectives have re-opened the inquiry into the murder of Bradford pensioner Amy Shepherd. The 86-year-old was found dead in a pool of blood at her Wibsey home four years ago. She had been strangled, stabbed and sexually assaulted. The murder has been
It was a goal worthy of winning any game. Peter Beagrie, who at one stage last season seemed destined never to score for Bradford City, produced the sort of strike which must be among the contenders for any Goal of the Season competition. Beagrie's third
'Great God, this is an awful place' wrote the explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott after first sighting the South Pole. We used to feel a bit the same way about Horsfall Playing Fields; but unlike Scott and the Pole, we weren't so keen to get there. School
A businessman told how he stared in disbelief as a friend leapt to his defence and killed a man he was arguing with. Ali Shah, 32, claimed he almost caught victim Raz Patel in his arms as he slumped forward after being repeatedly smashed on the head with
The boyfriend of Rachel Barraclough has told a murder trial how he had sex with another girl the day she was killed. Carl Hughes took to the witness stand today on the third day of the trial in which his father Stephen Hughes, 46, has denied murdering
Funding for the proposed £200 million Superdome is still not finalised - although the developer's contract with Bradford Council runs out at the end of the year. Now Council leader Ian Greenwood will have talks in London with merchant bankers who are
