A major project designed to inspire true community spirit in Bradford was officially launched today. Shipley-based C2M (Centenary to Millennium) was the only successful bidder in the whole of Yorkshire to win a Millennium Award. And now the half a million
The launch of a triple New Year celebration to mark the end of Ilkley Literature Festival's 25th year was announced today. A photographic exhibition, history of the festival and a specially-commissioned play are to be staged in Ilkley next month to celebrate
A woman whose daughter and granddaughter were murdered by her daughter's husband in America has spoken of the agonising wait she faces in her battle to bring their bodies back to Bradford. Jacqui Melvin, 50, of Cottingley, has still not heard from American
Bradford firms are being given a chance to boost their exports by joining a trade mission to the Netherlands and Belgium. Business Link Bradford & District is offering "huge opportunities" to firms at an event in the New Year which will sign people
Your guide to what's on and where, for the week beginning December 26. Boxing Day ATHLETICS Chevin Chase. CRICKET Fourth Test: England v Australia (Melbourne, finishes Wednesday). HORSE RACING Wetherby, Sedgefield, Ayr, Market Rasen, Hereford, Huntingdon
Bradford Bulls are ready to rally around the family of former Great Britain forward Roy Powell who collapsed and died during a training session with his new club Rochdale Hornets on Sunday. Powell, 33, who had 31/2 years at Odsal and spells with Leeds
Bolton 0, Bradford City 0; by Richard Sutcliffe, in Bolton. It may not have been a classic. It may not have been the Boxing Day feast many were predicting. But Bradford City's performance in this hard-fought clash again confirmed that Paul Jewell's men
Paul Jewell writes: It was always going to be a hard game because Tranmere have done well away from home. The pitch was also very heavy which makes it difficult. It was never going to be a classic. It was all about getting the result and that is what
Bradford City 2, Tranmere Rovers 0; by Richard Sutcliffe, at Valley Parade. Bradford City's deadly duo of Lee Mills and Robbie Blake struck again to earn a victory which could see Paul Jewell toasting his first anniversary as manager with champagne next
It is usually The Samaritans who have members of the community approaching them to seek help. At the moment, though, it is The Samaritans themselves who are having to ask for help from the community to enable them to fully meet the demands on their organisation
His first Christmas came early for Copper the young boxer when his owners accidentally left the door to the living room open. They somehow forgot to shut it when they went out visiting friends just before Christmas. It was not long before he and Wilfred
I dread this time of the year for three very good reasons. First of all we are subjected to the perennial end-of-year reviews which only go to prove two things. How quickly time flies and how stupid we all are. We get to examine the cock-ups of world
The end of the year only three days away! How did it all gallop past so fast? Come to think of it, never mind just this last year - where did the last quarter of a century go? I was plunged into reflective mood the weekend before Christmas when my wife
A councillor has called for greater security at schools shut for holidays after vandals twice set fire to the same school in under a week. Firefighters were called to Delf Hill Middle School in Common Road just after 6pm last night to deal with a blaze
Andrew Smith had the best possible present for Christmas - the news that a gruelling, 11-month ordeal to lengthen his legs was over. Ten-year-old Andrew, from Wibsey, Bradford, spent most of this year with 25 metal pins in his legs - inserted during a
An appeal has been launched by The Samaritans' Bradford Branch to find people willing to lend a listening ear. Their lines, which are open 24-hours-a-day all through the year, are working flat out through the festive period. And organisers say they would
The Yorkshire Dales National Park has secured £1 million worth of funding for various projects. The cash, from a variety of Government pots, means the authority can press on with schemes as diverse as rural traffic management in Wharfedale, a facelift
Campaigners are calling for a school which is facing the axe under Bradford Council's education shake-up to become a heritage centre. Haworth Combined Residents' Action Group - which is fighting to set up a parish council centred on the town - want the
Villagers in Burley-in-Wharfedale are being offered the chance to buy specially made china mugs commemorating the new Millennium. Burley Community Council will be selling the limited edition £5 mugs from January. Meanwhile the Council has taken delivery
The parents of a boy who suffered horrific injuries in a road accident are making a claim for damages against the driver who knocked him down. Pamela and Tony Speight, of Lowood Lane, Fieldhead, Birstall, say their six-year-old son Thomas is entitled
Shipley actor and Coronation Street legend Bryan Mosley is spending the festive season surrounded by his family and friends - and away from the telly. Millions of viewers will be watching on New Year's Day when Mr Mosley's character Alf Roberts is killed
Police have issued a picture of the man they want to question in connection with a shooting at a Bradford pub in which a woman was seriously injured. Detectives have launched a nationwide hunt for Stephen Flaherty, 39, who they say they want to interview
Your only experience of the Euro to date may be that dreadful man in the television advert who seems to spend the majority of his time bullying his workforce. Research has shown that despite this advertisement, or possibly because of it, the vast majority
Paul Jewell has praised teenage defender Andy O'Brien for his part in ensuring Bradford City ended the year on a high note. Yesterday's 2-0 win over Tranmere means City have taken 13 points from their last five games to climb to fourth. And City's improved
Non-League: Stocksbridge PS 2, Bradford Park Avenue 2. Avenue completed a good Christmas by taking their fourth point from the two holiday fixtures but it took an injury time equaliser from Dave Blair to ensure they got their just reward at Stocksbridge
After five years with the debilitating disease ME, 26-year-old Katie Thorp can see light at the end of the tunnel. Her inspiration has been the relaxing craft of cross stitch - and she told Jan Winter how she is all set to launch her own business thanks
Gill Penny is setting up her own brewing business - for tea! With 20 years of experience in natural medicine, she is utterly convinced of the benefits of Kombucha tea and plans to start to brew it in large quantities in Haworth in the New Year. Her willpower
It may be hard work pulling up sprouts in frost-bitten fields, but for land girls Prue, Stella and Ag there are compensations - a healthy supply of good-looking lads from the farms and the forces. Anna Friel, Catherine McCormack and Rachel Weisz play
Last week I looked back at how medicine has changed over the years, vastly for the better. Now to look forward at advances that are just over the horizon - that may even be in place before 2000. Some of them may not seem to be such great steps forward
We all want to be at home for the festive season. But some desperate youngsters in Bradford are still sleeping rough. Sarah Walsh met one family who offer teenagers in crisis a bed for the night. JANET AND DONALD Peers find that their busy, comfortable
Teenager Adam Metcalfe is looking forward to a New Year with two new arms. The 14-year-old, who was born without arms, will be getting one of the latest electronic limbs as well as a mechanical arm to help him cope with everyday tasks. His father David
