A war hero, who worked as a drayman for a Keighley brewery before joining the army to fight in the First World War, has been honoured by a small town in France. Eighty years after Private Arthur Poulter won the Victoria Cross for his heroism in rescuing
A grandmother is preparing for a gruelling 150-kilometre trek in the Sahara in memory of her father and mother-in-law who both died of cancer. Lynn Cawood, 47, will face searing temperatures by day and chilly nights sleeping in a tent after walking for
A fund in memory of a woman who was the longest-living heart and lung transplant patient has been launched in the garden where she loved to walk. Transplant patients from across the district gathered yesterday in the garden of Jo Hatton's home in Oakworth
Over the course of a year a whole range of reports land on my desk. Some, for example those dealing with labour market data or industry trends, are quite clearly of direct relevance to business. Others seem at first glance to be less so, but on closer
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley 15, Northern 51. Northern coach John Curry doesn't believe in giving his side ten marks out of ten. "That's perfection," he said. But he did give his team "91/2 out of ten for the last 30 minutes" of their third round
Dunfermline's assistant manager Dick Campbell is predicting Edinho will become a firm favourite with fans at East End Park. Edinho, on loan from Bradford City, set up the Pars' equalising goal for Andy Tod against Dundee United before Scott McCulloch's
Paul Jewell comments: A win is a win. We didn't play great but it will do. It was a scrappy game. But I am just glad we have got another difficult game out of the way. Once again we are talking about referee's decisions after a match. Last week at Norwich
Bradford has an "image problem" which a lot of people are working very hard to overcome, with some success. Their efforts will not have been helped by the arrival of around 25 travellers' caravans plus cars, vans, lorries and horses on the city centre's
Geoff Boycott's reputation is in tatters after the French judge upheld his conviction for assaulting Margaret Moore. And the reputation of Yorkshire people isn't looking too good, either. As an ambassador for his county, Boycott has left a lot to be desired
Leisure charges across the district are expected to increase - mainly because income at an outdoor pool was thousands of pounds below target. People will pay more for activities including sport, swimming and keeping fit after takings at Ilkley Lido were
Families fighting for an improved crossing where a teenager almost died in an accident are set to see their hopes turn to reality. Rebekah Ferrey, then 14, lay in a coma for almost three months after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver on a zebra
Angry motorists faced parking chaos today after a group of travellers moved on to one of Bradford's busiest car parks. About 25 caravans moved on to two car parks in George Street in the city centre yesterday afternoon. They arrived in vans and cars and
A major expansion in services for 10,000 patients has been unveiled by a Bradford family doctor. A total of £250,000 has been invested in the new Clarendon Medical Centre, an extension to the GP practice run by Dr Bindu and her team in Alice Street, off
Hundreds of new jobs have been created in Keighley since a regeneration package was launched two and a half years ago. A progress report on Single Regeneration Budget activity has shown that £17.9 million of investment has been created as well as 470
Members of the Salvation Army are recruiting local organisations to bring some Christmas cheer to poor and lonely people in Keighley. Groups including the Rotary Club of Keighley, the Senior Health Awareness project (SHAPE) and anti-drugs agency Project
A machinery firm has announced plans to relocate its Skipton dealership because the town is thought to be "inconvenient". Gibson Machinery Sales Ltd, distributors of agricultural and grounds care equipment, will split the two divisions into new separate
Campaigners have won the latest round in their nine-year struggle to regain public access to a woodland footpath in Guiseley. They are celebrating the result of a public inquiry held on September 16 into the path, which runs through woodland alongside
A controversial children's home shut down after a catalogue of complaints from local residents is to re-open after a £100,000 refit. The Hawksworth Drive home in Menston has been closed since January. It had been dogged by complaints from people in the
A memorial fund set up in memory of tragic Shipley drama student Jenson Marriott has reached £15,000 in just six months. The Jenson Marriott Memorial Scholarship Fund for Actors was launched in April to help struggling black actors following 21-year-old
A Bradford restaurateur and father-of-six was found dismembered in remote woodland, murder squad detectives revealed today. A severed leg and intestines of Nissar Ahmed, 34, of West Bowling, were found in plastic bags by an off-duty policewoman walking
The struggling engineering industry was given a boost today with the launch of a £3.5 million training scheme by Keighley College. The college has set up a dedicated engineering unit at its Harold Brown Building in Keighley which includes large workshops
Bradford Bulls will go derby crazy at Odsal in the opening weeks of the 1999 Super League campaign. They kick-off their programme with a showdown against Challenge Cup holders Sheffield Eagles on Sunday, March 7 - four weeks earlier than last season to
Bradford City 3, Swindon Town 0; by Richard Sutcliffe, at Valley Parade. The smile on Paul Jewell's face after his Bradford City side had moved into fifth place of the First Division said it all. In the past eight days, the Bantams had played three of
Bradford City's rising stars Isaiah Rankin and Andy O'Brien will receive top recognition when the Football League's Under 21 squad to face their Italian counterparts is named tomorrow. The Bantams duo are among 16 players selected by England Under 21
November is "tupping time" on our hill farms. At what a friend calls the fag-end of the year, the seeds of another generation of sheep are implanted in the ewes. They will carry their lambs through a long, cold winter and deliver them next April. On my
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley says he fears for the future of sport in the city if councillors kick plans to build a giant football stand into touch. Mr Caisley was speaking after it was revealed Council officials were against the Valley Parade
Police are to launch their biggest-ever crackdown on crime in Bradford's city centre over the Christmas period. The blitz will start on Wednesday and involve uniformed and plain-clothed officers, some who will be drafted in from other divisions. Chief
Disabled children at an Idle school will soon be able to spend a penny in modern toilet blocks thanks to a cash injection of £130,000. Councillors are set to approve the scheme to replace toilets at Greenfield Special School described as "undignified
Girl power has been given a boost from an unlikely source - the Office for Standards in Education. The head of research for the government watchdog announced at a conference that girls schools perform better than boys schools in almost every way. The
Millions of pounds spent on doing up council homes on the Canterbury estate have not been shared out fairly, residents have complained. Now 150 people living on the estate in Little Horton have signed a protest petition and handed it in to Bradford Council
Health chiefs are calling for reassurances that changes in mental health services will not mean a drop in standards. Beds for those suffering from addictions and eating disorders have been cut at High Royds Hospital at Menston, according to Colin Perry
