Two Bradford men were being questioned today in connection with the death of Bradford restaurant owner Nissar Ahmed. The men, aged 41 and 44, are being held at Dewsbury Police Station after their arrest yesterday afternoon. Zahid Iqbal, 30, of Brooklyn
Crime figures for Wharfedale have fallen again despite a new recording methods which should have sent them soaring by ten per cent. The chief police officer for the Keighley division, Supt Steve Priestley, told Wharfedale Police Community Forum last night
Shipley actor and Coronation Street legend Bryan Mosley is to film his soap exit within the next few days. It is understood Mr Mosley's character, Alf Roberts, will pass away peacefully in an armchair at his step-daughter Gail Platt's house on New Year's
The Methodist minister who has spearheaded the campaign to demolish one of Bingley's most prominent landmarks, the church in Mornington Road, is to leave the area next year. The Reverend David Johnson will take up a new post in Hull in August after an
A man who tried to hire a hitman to break his former wife's legs and cause her brain damage was trapped in a police "sting", a jury was told. An undercover policeman told Bradford Crown Court that he was offered £2,000 by Yamritlall Futhee to carry out
Motor Sport: Robin Luscombe misses Sunday's annual Northern Experts Championship Trial at Wildboarclough, south of Buxton, after selling his Yamaha sidecar outfit. "I will ride Hamilton Yamaha next year in championship events. That will be the last of
Manager Paul Jewell believes the choice of his players for representative teams is a tribute to Bradford City's successful season. Last week midfield player Gareth Whalley was in the Republic of Ireland squad for the European Championship qualifier in
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott today backed popular Aussie centre Danny Peacock to make a full recovery from a career threatening knee injury. Peacock needed complex surgery after sustaining cruciate ligament damage against London Broncos at the
The return of the conductor to certain bus routes in Bradford is A Good Thing, according to your memories of travel in years gone by. Having a crew of two certainly made for added protection on late night journeys. Former driver Mr K Robinson, of Bramley
A plan to put advertisements on wheelie bins in Ilkley has been slammed as "horrific" by councillors. Bradford Council wants to begin a year-long trial of the revenue-raising ads. City cleansing officer Alan Baff will recommend Friday's waste management
Shops and businesses stepping back in time for Otley Victorian Fayre are being urged to take part in fancy dress and window competitions. Organisers hope more town centre people than ever will dress up and decorate windows on Friday, December 11. But
A Bradford pensioner recovering at home after a hip replacement had his savings of more than £400 stolen by a woman he befriended in hospital. Albert Bland, 67, is today struggling to pay his bills after Carol Turpin rifled through his belongings and
A camera the width of a pinhead could see Bradford become the European centre of a revolutionary approach to treating chronic back problems. The micro endoscope was part of £250,000 of state-of-the-art medical equipment unveiled at the launch yesterday
A parliamentary football team led by Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe was taking to the field in Hungary today, looking to avenge one of English soccer's most embarrassing defeats. The match marks the 45th anniversary of Hungary's crushing 6-3 victory over
British beef may not be banned in Europe any more, but it still could be some time before children at school in the district are tucking into it. Education chiefs say Monday's announcement from Brussels will be taken in the context of an ongoing consultation
A £5.4 billion programme to repair and renovate crumbling schools announced today by Education Secretary David Blunkett has been welcomed by Bradford education leaders. Mr Blunkett said the new cash will be spent over the next three years to bring schools
Bradford Council's former leader John Ryan clashed publicly with his successor for the first time today when he claimed Bradford was dragging its heels organising a new-look council. But Councillor Ian Greenwood, who beat him to the top job last May,
Residents are to be consulted over traffic calming proposals for two Skipton accident blackspots. Plans including cycle lanes for Broughton Road and cutting out school buses on the four-school Gargrave Road were considered by North Yorkshire County Council
An antique locomotive, famous world-wide for its starring role in The Railway Children, will steam along the tracks of a heritage railway again after 20 years in the doldrums. The Green Dragon, which featured in the classic film shot around Keighley,
Yorkshire Water came under fresh criticism today as it unveiled new plans to alter its abstraction methods from the River Wharfe. The company has announced its intention to give up a three-year licence granted in 1996 following the previous year's drought
Two large housing estates in the Spen Valley have been earmarked for improvements worth £4.5 million next year by housing chiefs at Kirklees Council. Tomorrow the Council's housing management committee is being asked to approve the Foldings estate in
As part of my work I became involved in advising many businesses from outside my firm's normal client base on VAT matters. I also provide VAT services to other firms of accountants throughout West Yorkshire and beyond. Now and again, I come across weird
A Brighouse copier servicing company is moving to Bradford - to benefit from Bradford Council-run training opportunities. ABS UK Limited will open at premises on the Euroway Estate next month after being attracted by the city's added prestige and call-centre
World motor cycle trials champion Dougie Lampkin moved on from Spain to Italy last Friday after winning the international arena trial at Castelon ahead of Spanish ace Mark Colomer. Lampkin motored to Barcelona with Steve Colley, who didn't take part in
Amateur Rugby League: Bright spark Mick Sigston illuminated Undercliffe's Rhodes Booth Ramsbottom Bradford Cup first round win over Dudley Hill Eagles at Parry Lane on Friday night. After only 15 minutes the floodlights failed but the Undercliffe scrum
Guiseley booked their place in the third round of the FA Umbro Trophy, and another battle with Chorley, when they beat Bishop Auckland 3-1 in last night's second round replay at Nethermoor. The home side took the lead after 48 minutes when Andy Williams
Work on Bradford City's new £2.5million Kop stand kicks off at Valley Parade next week. Part of the terracing will disappear and the roof will be lifted off. It means that Saturday's home game with Queens Park Rangers will be the last this season where
Education authorities in Bradford are right not to rush back to beef for school meals, even though Europe has now declared it safe enough to be exported. If they did, they would risk upsetting many parents who presently lack the confidence shown by Brussels
Photographs of the Lake District - a region loved by Jo Hatton, the longest lived heart and lung transplant patient until she died this summer - are to be sold by her husband to raise cash towards her memorial fund. Phil Hatton, 54, and Jo, who died aged
Bradford's latest mega-musical was already a hit yesterday - seven months before it opens. Theatregoers began queuing around the block as tickets for the smash hit Oliver! went on sale. And at special preview for party bookers, the applause went on almost
Two men have been praised at an inquest for their bravery in trying to save a Bradford migraine sufferer who fell into the murky depths of a reservoir. PC Adrian Newman and firefighter Darren Mitchell pulled out 30-year-old Stephen Kaye after he had fallen
Lawyers of a sacked Bradford trainee policewoman have won the right to privately interview a crucial witness in her industrial tribunal case against West Yorkshire Police. A Home Office standing order states that officers are only allowed to be interviewed
Former Bradford policeman and hereditary peer Lord Calverley today said the Government faced an uphill struggle in its bid to end the voting rights of hereditary peers. Lord Calverley - once Detective Constable Rodney Muff, 52 - made his comments after
Aled Jones may be long in the tooth these days by choirboy standards - but he's got a lot of catching up to do to match Louis Flower. The 89-year-old has been a chorister at St John's Church in Clayton since the end of the First World War. He started
