The Prime Minister's office, said one of its spokesmen, was "moving towards a 'yes' position". Mike McCarthy put down the phone and scratched his head. "What the heck does that mean?" BBC North's journeyman reporter, recently deposed as its anchorman
A blueprint for Haworth, due to be unveiled tomorrow, hails it as having a vibrant and exciting future. Twelve months in the making, the report - A Vision for Haworth - highlights the problems and potential of the famous Bronte village. The report has
A clean-up campaigner is calling for litter bugs to be shamed into changing their ways. Ilkley resident Frazer Irwin, of Deaconess Court, is backing parish councillor Audrey Brand's Millennium litter campaign. He believes forcing fly-tippers and litter
Health chiefs in Kirklees and Calderdale are supporting a national campaign to prevent young men committing suicide. Calderdale and Kirklees Health Authority's area has the eighth worst record for suicides among men and women out of the hundred such authorities
Shipley traders have insisted that trade is on the up despite the closure of two town centre businesses this week. Shipley Polar Ford has closed the doors of its Saltaire Road showrooms and transferred operations to its larger Bradford premises making
Most businesses know that the collection and use of personal data in the form of computerised records has to comply with the Data Protection Act. A new Act, the Data Protection Act 1998, is due to come into force in the middle of this year. It will extend
Taking the trouble to provide tailor-made equipment has won Bradford firm Wrapid a contract with a specialist food manufacturer. Wrapid, on Toftshaw Lane, has won a major deal with La Mexicana in Aylesbury which makes flour tortillas, tortilla chips,
Rugby Union: Baildon 13, Leeds Corinthians 5. Baildon kept themselves in the hunt for a promotion place from Yorkshire Division Three with this victory on an extraordinary afternoon. For starters, referee Howard Coffey did not set off from Rotherham until
Bradford City are back in second place in the First Division after a 1-0 home win over West Brom. Wayne Jacobs' second goal of the season, in the third minute, enabled City to leapfrog into second place after a surprise defeat for Bolton. Bolton, seen
Wakefield Trinity 8, Bradford Bulls 26; by Nigel Askham at Belle Vue. Hands up those who still think winter rugby is a good idea. Certainly not anyone who was at Belle Vue yesterday as the conditions dominated and, in truth, completely ruined this Challenge
Music-mad Vinay Mistry is going back to school to learn how to become a star of the airwaves. The Thornton Grammar School pupil was one of only eight teenagers chosen from thousands in the region to win a place at the Galaxy Radio Academy for aspiring
Police and councillors are urging Braithwaite residents to help get an innovative anti-burglary initiative off the ground. The rallying call was made at the estate's neighbourhood forum as residents clamoured for more action to tackle crime and anti-social
A Bradford training group which has created hundreds of jobs over the last ten years is to close. The Morrison Trust, which was started by supermarket boss Ken Morrison in 1988, has put 100 people on the road to self-employment. The Morrison Trust, based
Bradford & Ilkley Community College is to officially become Bradford College after a sweeping consultation exercise. Nearly 800 questionnaires were sent out to schools, businesses and other local organisations canvassing their opinions for a new title
The best of the brass bands battled at St George's Hall last night in the finals of the Yorkshire Regional Brass Band championships. And life almost imitated art when colliery band Carlton Main Frickley, based near Pontefract, swept to the title in a
Persistence has rewarded organisers of Skipton Gala who confirmed this week that a huge mock battle by the Sealed Knot Society will be taking place in the town this summer. But no member of the royal family will be available to open the event. In December
Village campaigners have vowed to oppose the closure of a popular day care centre for the elderly. Heather Court in Menston caters for more than 30 pensioners every day who enjoy using the centre for socialising, lunch and services such as chiropody and
Time-wasters who fail to turn up for hospital and doctors' appointments are being targeted in a new campaign launched today. In hospitals in Bradford and Airedale alone last year an estimated £600,000 was wasted as nearly 12,000 patients - almost one
The man behind the controversial failed Superdome plan, John Garside, is believed to be linked with a fresh bid to redevelop Odsal Stadium. His grandiose £200 million Superdome scheme failed to get off the ground to meet the Council's final deadline last
Bradford City 1, West Brom 0; by Richard Sutcliffe, at Valley Parade. As Bradford City continue their battle for an automatic promotion place, it is points and not performances which have become vitally important. The Bantams are just one of four in-form
Skipper Stuart McCall believes the narrow victory over West Brom will set Bradford City up for what he believes will be a 'crucial fortnight' for the Bantams' automatic promotion hopes. Wayne Jacobs' deflected goal after just two minutes was enough to
Forget dreams of Wembley and prepare for the launch of Super League - that will be Matthew Elliott's message this week despite the Bulls landing a plum Silk Cut Challenge Cup quarter-final tie with Warring-ton Wolves at Odsal. The tie of the sixth round
It is encouraging to see the level of interest being shown again in the development of the Odsal stadium site. It is right that it should be so. This is a prime site with existing outline permission for a reasonable level of out-of-town retailing. Similar
Are a growing number of the present generation of young people thick or gullible as far as drugs are concerned? Or do they have the death wish? It seems that however much they see around them of the disastrous effects of drugs, however often they are
A man leapt from a first floor window during a fire at his home in Pudsey last night - then rescued his sister using a ladder. Carl Harrison and his sister Michelle were asleep upstairs when fire broke out in the lounge of their semi-detached house in
Thousands of Yorkshire Building Society savers were promised a cash boost today as the firm unveiled a plan to push up interest rates for many of them. The Bradford-based building society plans to take £30 million out of this year's profits to pay for
A teenager whose lifetime ambition was to star in the musical Cats is about to achieve his dream. Ryan Thackray, 19, of Windhill Old Road, Thackley, has landed a place in the long-running musical at the Drury Lane Theatre in London, 13 years after achieving
People living in a Bradford road are mystified after spotting their street lights were on - during the day. Despite complaints to Bradford Council, residents say more than 20 lights have been on continuously in Allerton Road for three weeks. They are
