Harry Ramsden's fish empire plans to wipe out a £1.9 million loss announced today by opening 100 "Harry's huts" - creating 1,000 jobs. The Guiseley-based firm admits it has made a mistake by opening too many large-scale restaurants and is changing tack
A disabled man's letter about the inspirational view from his home has won him a piece of work from a Yorkshire artist. Alex Wood, 69, fell in love with the scenery from Heights Lane, Heckmondwike, when he first set eyes on it 33 years ago. He even built
Staff and students at Shipley College are bidding to block plans to introduce pay-and-display parking in Saltaire. Bradford Council plan to turn the Caroline Street and Exhibition Road public car parks into pay-and-display facilities to make parking easier
Fears were growing this afternoon for the safety of a 10-year-old Bradford boy who failed to return home from school last night. Qaiser Shafiq was last seen by friends outside Heaton Middle School yesterday afternoon. But he failed to arrive at his home
A boss who believes customer service and teamwork are the key to success has seen his firm grow five-fold in the past ten years. Pat McCann set up his tipper hire business ten years ago and now has a growing fleet of distinctive painted wagons bearing
Athletics: Yorkshire's men returned from Sunday's Inter-Counties Stafford 20 Mile Road Race with a set of gold medals. Stockport's Bashir Hussain won the individual title in 1hr 45min 39sec. He was a minute clear of Leeds City's Sean Winstanley, the ex-Bingley
Bradford City's push for the Premiership may have taken many in football by surprise this season - but Sunderland defender Paul Butler is not one of them. The 26-year-old who joined the Wearsiders in a £1 million deal from Bury is expected to line up
Coach Matthew Elliott has paid tribute to the 12,000 Bradford Bulls fans who braved driving rain to keep the club on top of the attendance charts on the opening weekend of the Super League campaign. The Bulls were 3,000 up on their nearest rivals Wigan
Like the capacity crowd set to pour into Valley Parade for tonight's top-of-the-table showdown, Sunderland boss Peter Reid is relishing his side's visit to Bradford City. The crunch clash brings together two of the form sides in the First Division with
Paul Jewell will put his close friendship with Sunderland boss Peter Reid aside for 90 minutes tonight as Bradford City look to bounce back into the automatic promotion places. The Bantams boss is quick to praise his counterpart ahead of the top-of-the-table
Michael Maloney has mixed memories of Yorkshire. On the plus side, he got to play Hamlet. But while he was on stage, someone stripped the wheels off his car. "When I stepped out of the theatre, it was standing on bricks," he fumes, fully a year after
Mum Brigid Oates had tried to give up smoking many times over the years but was always tempted to begin again. It was when her son was diagnosed with asthma that she was finally prompted to stop and stay stopped. Now not only is Richard, aged ten, feeling
Sunday is Mother's Day. And, over the years, mothering has changed beyond recognition. Today's mothers could not imagine having to bath seven kids in a tin bath in front of an open fire, or scrub clothes clean on a wooden washboard. And the mums who raised
When teenager Alan Smith scored his first goal with Leeds United, one of the first things he did was ring his mum. England's youngest player Michael Owen is building a house around the corner from his mother. But how much do mums influence their sons'
Do you often lose your keys, or forget where you have put your glasses? Or, meeting someone you have met before, find you are suddenly at a loss for his or her name? Have you gone out to a shop for something, and when you got there, forgotten what it
Parents of the Bradford Bulls junior cheerleading squad have started a campaign to reinstate their senior counterparts, the Bullettes. Their action comes after it was revealed yesterday that the contract for the Bradford Bulls cheerleaders has not been
Work has started on a 2,000-seat auditorium at a Bradford Church which will be finished in time for a big party on New Year's Eve. Exactly a year after a fundraising day brought in an incredible £600,000, the Abundant Life Church cut the first sod of
A disgraced former fireman convicted of sex offences involving young children was today branded a "monster, who has dragged the reputation of the brigade in to the gutter". Malcolm Vickers is starting a 27-month prison sentence following his conviction
People across Bradford who are fed up of living with rubbish and rats have formed a new group aimed at tackling the problem. Last week the Telegraph & Argus told how residents living near the university were complaining of rats running around where
Youngsters at Malsis School, Glusburn, have beaten schools across the country for a fundraising trophy. Pupils at the preparatory school launched swimming events last year to raise money for the National Asthma Campaign and have been told they have won
Child victims of domestic violence could be thrown a helpline if health bosses agree to finance a £47,000 project. The Awakens scheme is part of at two pronged initiative by Keighley Domestic Violence Forum to combat violence in the home. The lives of
Traders in Otley are breathing a sigh of relief after a Government inspector rejected proposals to build a huge shopping complex on the outskirts of Leeds. It had been feared that the town centre would lose trade if plans to build major stores on 50 acres
Homes in East Morton are coming close to being washed away, say their owners. Recent downpours have put houses in Elm Grove at risk from flooding. Leeds-based Tay Homes - which has started building 35 houses on land next to Street Lane - has been criticised
Yorkshire batsman Michael Vaughan completed his excellent winter's work as captain of the England A team by guiding them to a 46-run victory against the President's XI in Cape Town. It enabled his team to complete their trip to Southern Africa unbeaten
It has become increasingly clear in recent years that the gap between the Premiership and the Football League has become a yawning chasm. But if there is one club who can bridge that great divide, then it must be First Division leaders Sunderland. No
A huge industry has been built up around one small word - "stress" - which is often taken to mean all sorts of things. Recently, though, even those who have owned up to making a good living out of this broad perception of stress have admitted that perhaps
Red Sky Coven are the perfect antidote to the irony-obsessed 1990s. The acoustic cabaret act are celebrating ten years of passion, poetry and humour with a short UK tour which kicks off in West Yorkshire next week. The trio, who feature Bradford-based
British humour doesn't always travel too well. And Liverpudlian comedian Craig Charles is racking his brains for ways of adapting his act for Norway, Canada and Australia, just three of the places he will be touring soon. "I'll have to do 'A funny thing
On Mother's Day last year, Penny Roberts was pregnant - and alone. Three years after suffering horrendous spinal injuries in a sky-diving accident, she was paralysed from the chest down. Twelve months ago, suffering morning sickness, she had little idea
Flint the Border collie puppy had so many ticks attached to her skin that I lost count. Most dogs that come to the surgery with ticks have one or two. Often the owner worries that the rapidly swelling lump is some sort of tumour, or sometimes it is the
It is the day we mothers have been looking forward to for months and months. In the galaxy of all-important dates it is easy to get confused, but I am not talking about... a) All Fool's Day, when our beloveds will perform tricks on us such as waking us
Anyone who still believes the old stereotype of the over-50s as a generation going downhill fast to their dotage should have a look at the findings of a new survey published the other day. It shows that the over-50s - and particularly the retired over
Campaigners aim to set up a parish council to provide a new voice for Rawdon. Members of the local Conservative party are keen to canvas local residents to see how much support there is for a new body. A Rawdon Parish Council would be able to oppose planning
Celtic gold coins - dubbed the Silsden Treasure - have been sent to the British Museum to be valued by experts. The 27 coins, unearthed by metal detector enthusiast Jeff Walbank last summer, are expected to fetch between £10,00 and £15,000. But Mr Walbank
People today urged Bradford Council to "get a move on" after would-be developers staged a major exhibition of their multi-million pound dreams for Odsal Stadium. Members of the public said they were tired of waiting in vain for five years for John Garside's
Fury erupted today as hard-up Bradford Council prepared to appoint a £25,000-a-year "stressbuster" for its 23,000 workers. The move comes just a week after the authority decided to increase Council Tax by 6.3 per cent and axe £3 million from its budget
A man was starting a six year prison sentence today after admitting the manslaughter of Bradford mother of two Janine Dolecki. Stephen Tillet, 31, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a majority of 10-2 at Leeds Crown Court. Mrs
