A booming business exhibition has taken on an international flavour. Keighley Business Forum's One Stop Business Exhibition had links this year with the US and Europe. The event, the biggest of its kind in the area, attracted 90 stands to a marquee on
Voluntary groups bidding for more than £1million worth of Council grant cash will be given clearer guidelines, it has been revealed. The move follows a major row last year when many organisations missed out when a new points system was launched. More
A grandmother nicknamed Sporty Spice by family and friends because of her love of running is bringing some cheer to a youngster with leukaemia. Margaret Waterhouse, 51, of Empsall Row, Brighouse, is taking part in a half marathon on Sunday, starting at
Health chiefs in the Bradford district were awarded rises below national increases in pay, new reports reveal. Accounts published by three NHS trusts in the district show pay packages for the year 1997-98 were limited following a series of rows about
A leading clergyman claims failure to demolish Bingley's Mornington Road Methodist Church will jeopardise the future of Methodism in the town. Peter Whittaker, chairman of the West Yorkshire Methodist circuit, said: "Mornington Road has been sapping the
Bradford City boss Paul Jewell believes lapses in concentration are costing his side dear this season. The defensive errors mean that Bantams travel to West Brom on Sunday in 21st position after an indifferent start to their league campaign which has
As far as Rawson Market is concerned, Bradford Council seems to have dug itself a great big hole that it is now virtually unable to get out of - at least until the end of the year. The Chamber of Trade has pulled no punches in its letter to Council leader
There are a large number of pensioners today who find themselves in the position of owning their own home which can often be worth a considerable amount of money, but yet find it difficult to make ends meet because of inadequate pension provision. Their
I'm tired of hearing about Ally McBeal and Bridget Jones. And fed up of the whole "Successful and Single Thirty-Somethings With Man Trouble" phenomenon which surrounds them. So their men let them down, never phone and take them for granted. So they have
A popular pub landlady who lived life to the full has died following a severe asthma attack. Margaret Crawshaw, 44, was found slumped on a settee at The Spotted House pub, Keighley Road, Manningham, Bradford, where she had been the licensee for two years
Police were called to a Bradford school when a naked man was seen in the playground. The incident happened at about 2pm yesterday at Woodside Middle School when the man was spotted taking his clothes off by staff watching security monitors. But the headmaster
Bradford's Peace Museum is staging its first major exhibition at the Royal Armouries in Leeds this month. Jim Greenhalf looks at what will be on offer. Work by Paul Nash, Britain's greatest artist of the 1914-18 War, and the father of Bradford-born artist
Ambitious plans to transform a down-at-heel shopping parade into a Parisian-style boulevard have been revealed by Cottingley Community Association. Its members have drawn up a scheme that could cost up to £70,000 and are waiting to hear this month whether
One of the country's top rally racers has appeared in court on a drink-driving charge. Rachael Simmonite, who races with her sister, Stephanie, appeared before Skipton Magistrates' Court yesterday after an incident in Coniston Cold, Skipton, on July 5
Ilkley-based pop band Gomez have scooped one of the music industry's most prestigious awards. The band won the Mercury Music Prize for best album of the year last night, beating established rivals including The Verve, Robbie Williams, Catatonia. The five-piece
Urgent action was today promised to stop a crisis hit shopping area from becoming a "ghost town." The pledge came from Councillor Dave Green following a bitter attack from Bradford Chamber of Trade about the major delays hitting the redevelopment of historic
Bradford supermarket chain Morrisons is planning to develop 100 stores by the end of next year - when it celebrates its Centenary. The company also says it will create 2,400 jobs next year as it opens more supermarkets. By the end of this year the firm
Great Britain prop Brian McDermott faces a late battle to prove his fitness in time for Sunday's Super League visit to Wigan. McDermott has played on despite restricted training recently but was rested for the win over Warrington last weekend in the hope
Bradford sisters Stephanie and Rachel Simmonite finished an overall ninth in the Sony Manx International Rally - the final round of the Mobil One RAC British Rally Championship - but it was not enough to land them their fourth consecutive ladies title
Residents living with a catalogue of problems on their £25million housing estate have taken their fight for action to the Deputy Prime Minister. Members of Apperley Bridge Development Residents' Association, or ABDRA, have sent Secretary of State for
Governors are appealing to Education Secretary David Blunkett to overturn a decision to move their school to a new site. They are angry Bradford Council is pressing ahead with plans to transfer the Church First School in Thornton to the Leaventhorpe Middle
