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  • Seriously ill woman gets bed at last

    A hospital bed has been found for a 20-year-old woman who was fighting serious illness at home because there were not enough nurses at a special hospital unit. Katherine Ireland, of Cononley, near Skipton, who suffers from cystic fibrosis and is awaiting

  • Further delay over hospital site fate

    Ilkley residents anxious to discover the fate of the former Middleton Hospital site will have to wait even longer for a decision because a public inquiry into its future has over- run. Parish councillor Kate Brown told a planning committee meeting the

  • Retail park's new stores are named

    Developers have revealed the names of High Street retailers to be based at a new £36 million shopping development at the Centre 27 complex in Birstall. London-based Grantchester Retail Parks is building nine non-food units, covering a total of more than

  • Teens in plan to aid peers

    Young volunteers could soon be helping advise other teenagers on issues such as drug and alcohol abuse thanks to a pioneering training scheme. And Shipley's youth officers believe the teenagers, who are all doing regular voluntary work at Baildon youth

  • £100,000 road safety package

    Two dozen highway maintenance, lighting improvement and traffic calming schemes are set to get the green light. The package of proposals include providing parking spaces and footpaths, verge hardening, traffic calming and street lighting at locations

  • Fury at rape case payout

    An MP has stepped in after the mother of a Bradford schoolgirl raped at knifepoint received a compensation payout which did not give her a penny for her emotional suffering. Today Bradford West MP Marsha Singh said he would be taking up the issue and

  • Hill Hire rivals trail behind

    Bradford-based Hill Hire aims to stay ahead of competitors with a programme of major investment in equipment. The firm, which hires trucks and lorries, has added another 1,100 trucks and trailers to its fleet - including a new lightweight range offering

  • Bulls get the fever over Warriors clash

    Bradford Bulls glamour Super League clash with title favourites Wigan has been bowled an inswinging yorker. The crunch showdown at Odsal had been scheduled for live coverage by Sky Sports on Sunday, May 23 but a clash with the cricket World Cup duel between

  • Beagrie aims to face the Canaries

    Bradford City star Peter Beagrie is desperate to face Norwich on Saturday, but admits that if he feels the slightest reaction to his calf injury then he will rule himself out. The wideman has missed the last three games due to two tears in his calf muscle

  • Projects deserve praise

    Drugs use is a major community nightmare which seems to resist outside intervention. If it is to be tackled successfully, much of the will and the effort must come from the community itself. For that reason, two initiatives on which we report today are

  • Your Personal Finance, by Alan Mills

    Since unit trusts and investment trusts were allowed to be used Personal Equity Plans, or PEPs, became very attractive. Sadly, they are no longer available after April 5 and investment managers are all trying to attract your money. Some offer discounts

  • Helen Mead's husband bites back!

    Over the years, Helen Mead's husband, Andrew, has been subjected to much criticism from his wife on this page. Today we turn her column over to him so that he can get his own back. SINCE MY WIFE started to write this column in 1994, I have suffered -

  • Cancer blow hits mother of tragic family

    A brave family which has battled against the odds is facing fresh anguish. Courageous mum Diane Metcalfe, 34, who has brought up five children including son Adam who was born with no arms, has already beaten cancer once. But now the disease has returned

  • Breast care team add homely touch

    A charity has launched an appeal to equip a flagship hospital unit in Bradford which is set to transform the care of hundreds of women with breast disease. The unit, converted at a cost of £50,000 from a disused ward at St Luke's Hospital, will open later

  • Heart op woman's musical tribute for Jo

    A charity set up by heart transplant patient Jo Hatton is to be boosted by a memorial album. The CD is being planned by singer Jacquie Wright, who herself had a heart transplant in 1993. Jo, of Oakworth Road, Keighley, died last year aged 45 after living

  • Bottom of the class again at key stages

    Bradford is still languishing at the bottom of the class according to national league tables for education released today. Out of 36 metropolitan councils the city comes below average in a series of performance indicators compiled by local government

  • Church leaders join drugs fight

    Sightings of drug dealing in the shadow of Bradford Cathedral has prompted Church leaders to hold talks on how they can help the fight against drugs. Clergy and lay people from all the parishes will be urged to actively support initiatives which help

  • Thugs kick victim in spray attack

    A 71-year-old Bradford man was recovering at home today after burglars sprayed him in the face with a CS gas-type liquid. William Wright, from West Bowling, was sprayed with the noxious substance, hit over the head by his attackers and kicked. The two

  • Theatre Review: Intimate Exchanges, West Yorkshire Playhouse

    If Alan Ayckbourn had not been a dramatist he could have made a fortune as an electrician. His conception of Intimate Exchanges, a cycle of eight plays in 31 scenes, is a veritable Christmas tree of a circuit, connecting as it does the lives of the same

  • Now it's round two for stadium projects

    Six would-be developers of multi-million pound schemes for Odsal Stadium will go forward to the next round after councillors decided not to shortlist the bidders last night. The decision by the Council's regeneration committee came after discussions behind

  • Blaze rescue with a JCB

    A man trapped in a burning pub was plucked to safety by workmen using the bucket of a mechanical digger. The four builders sprang into action when they smelled burning as they drank at the Wuthering Heights Inn, Stanbury, last night. They tried to reach

  • Woman killed in car smash

    A woman was killed in a two-car collision near Otley this morning. She was freed by firefighters from her Vauxhall Nova and taken to Leeds Infirmary, but her injuries proved fatal. The woman, aged around 30, has not been named. The driver of a Volkswagen

  • A multi-million business on the cards

    A CD-Rom the size and shape of a credit card is set to turn a small Bradford firm into a multi-million pound business. HDC Associates has won the exclusive UK rights to market the Magi Card and has already attracted interest from big name firms such as

  • Green is all go to lead Bingley's title chase

    Athletics: Bingley Harriers will be defending their men's team title in the National Cross- Country Championships at Newark on Saturday. Leading the assault over the nine-mile course will be Steve Green, Colin Moore and Mick Hawkins. Green is in superb

  • Fans inflamed over Phoenix

    Telegraph & Argus readers have given a thumbs down to Yorkshire's new name of Phoenix which they will carry in this season's new National League. And callers to our Phoenix hotline have been equally damning about the new orange kit the players will

  • Bantams say Blake stays

    Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has vehemently denied that Robbie Blake is leaving Valley Parade - despite speculation that Aston Villa are set to table a £3 million offer for the striker. The 22-year-old has been a major factor in City's Division

  • Silver Cross axes 40 more

    Almost a third of the workforce at Guiseley-based pram and pushchair specialist Silver Cross is to axed, it has been revealed. Chairman and managing director Harry Moore spoke to employees on the shop floor of the Otley Road factory to tell them of the

  • School's £200,000 language scheme

    Cash pledges totalling £100,000 have been made by pupils, staff and businesses in a bid to help a school win language college status. Holy Family School, Keighley, is now preparing to submit its application to education bosses at Whitehall. It expects

  • Public given say in homes dispute

    A major public consultation is planned for controversial plans to build more than 100 homes north of Otley. A planning brief for land at Rumplecroft will come under the scrutiny of residents before Leeds City Council chiefs decide whether to approve the

  • Offering hope when the chips are down

    Mums on a Bradford estate who founded a group to help heroin addicts and their families are setting up their own drop-in centre - in a fish and chip shop. If plans are approved by councillors next Wednesday, User Friendly will transform the former takeaway

  • Charities' £500,000 lottery joy

    Nine Bradford organisations are celebrating today after being awarded a slice of almost £500,000 in National Lottery cash. The main beneficiaries were the Beacon Enterprises Community Workshop in Buttershaw with £75,120 and Bradford based Mosaic with

  • Improved chances

    A drive to improve the school results of young people in care has dramatically cut the numbers excluded from classes, it has emerged. Teenagers in the care of the local authority are still more likely to be expelled from school than their peers - but

  • Stress therapy hits right note

    Sit back, listen to music and let your cares drift away. That's just the tonic for stressed out city centre workers, according to a group of Bradford therapists. Health reporter Mike Waites went along to investigate. STRESSED WORKERS in Bradford can ease

  • Mum who shook baby walks free

    A teenage mum who caused severe brain damage to her six-week-old son has walked from court after a judge took pity on her. The youngster is expected to suffer mental and physical disability for the rest of his life, but Judge Geoffrey Kamil decided the