A group of disabled children are set to go on holiday, despite a vandal attack which threatened to ruin the plans. Vandals destroyed £3,000 worth of outdoor equipment in the raid at the Chapel Grange School in Rhodesway, Allerton, Bradford. But the holiday
Otley's renowned Easter cross will be taken down from the Chevin for the last time this Saturday. The symbol of the Christian celebration, which has been hauled into place by volunteers for the past 31 years, is to be replaced with a new cross for the
Parish councillors in Addingham have admitted being slow off the mark in promoting the idea of a village design statement to influence new developments. At the annual parish meeting, one resident pointed out that other villages in the Bradford district
Readers are deeply divided over proposals for the biggest shake-up in City Hall for decades. Questionnaires returned to the Telegraph & Argus after our series about the options facing City Hall showed a majority of only one in favour of a leader and
Yorkshire Building Society boss David Anderson today made a rallying call to his rivals at the Bradford & Bingley to keep up the fight for mutuality. The Bradford-based building society chief executive was speaking after his society won the overwhelming
Athletics: Bradford Airedale's Richard Findlow came out on top of a frantic sprint finish to win the Wakefield City Centre 10km by a second from Gateshead's Alan Buckley. The super quick course, on which Kenyan Luka Cherono set the fastest 10km time in
Bradford Bulls will look to try to recapture the high standards they set in the Challenge Cup rout of Warrington last month when the sides go head-to-head again in Super League at Wilderspool on Sunday. Since their 52-16 cup romp against the Wolves the
Bradford City's leading scorer Lee Mills has set his sights on on the Premiership and does not intend letting sentiment get in the way when he faces his old club Port Vale tonight. Mills, pictured, has scored 23 league and cup goals since joining the
Manager Paul Jewell today rounded on Bradford City's critics. Pundits and commentators have been highly critical of some of City's recent performances, suggesting they have been lucky to win, but Jewell refutes their criticisms. And Alan Ball fired more
It is no wonder that an eyesore house in Eccleshill, which has stood empty for more than three years, has brought complaints from people living nearby. As its appearance has deteriorated, the value of their properties has been adversely affected. Now
Betty Hargraves hardly conforms to the traditional image of a sufferer of Parkinson's disease. She is a volunteer with meals on wheels, is an active member of Wrose Luncheon Club, square dances, attends yoga, is a regular churchgoer and walks up to five
To many people the Women's Institute conjures up images of twin set-clad ladies baking buns. It has even been saddled with the "Jam and Jerusalem" tag. But as Charles Heslett found out the organisation is far removed from its stuffy public image - with
The first glimmers of Spring sunshine have turned our thoughts to the perfect tan. But the tricky question is how to achieve that sun-kissed look before the summer. The sunbed has always seemed an easier and more reliable alternative for that year-round
Sometimes the letters in the British Medical Journal give me the shivers. Just two weeks ago, all the consultant neurologists in the Institute of Neurological Sciences at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital wrote to complain about the way budgets for
Mobile Phones - You see them everywhere...in shops and on street corners, in parks and in cars, in restaurants and on trains. And now university campuses are swarming with people with mobile phones. I can understand executive-types having them - a briefcase
Even when I was young I didn't much care to go up ladders. It's a dislike which has grown with age. The thought of having to paint the upstairs windows of the house every couple of years, spending many long hours juggling with a paint can and brush while
Yorkshire Water wants to raise its prices for the next five years despite recommendations from industry watchdog OFWAT that it should cut them. The proposed price increases are outlined in a draft strategic business plan for the years 2000-2005 which
A bid to build Bradford's first Kashmir community centre on the site of a former warehouse faces being turned down. Officers recommend Bradford Council's planning committee to turn down a planning application for the multi-thousand pound development on
Two brothers illegally used teenage boys to remove potentially fatal asbestos from a Yeadon building, a court heard. Neil and Andrew Medley, former directors of Guiseley-based Medleys Ltd, pleaded guilty to allowing their firm to employ the three boys
Four mums have joined forces to raise cash to revitalise a run-down children's playground in Skipton. And they hope to recruit youngsters to take part in a sponsored Spring clean to kick-start the initiative. Spearheading the Regent Playground Challenge
Councillors are to scrutinise a report which spells out the future of Haworth as a working village and not a Bronte theme park. Bradford leisure services committee is to debate the document, A Vision For Haworth, when members meet at Lees First School
Worshippers at a Gomersal church are considering a radical proposal to help raise an estimated £200,000 to revamp the Grade II listed building. Members of Gomersal Methodist Church in West Lane - known locally as the Pork Pie Chapel because of its circular
Two pupils have been expelled from a prestigious Bradford district school after allegedly selling drugs. Bingley Grammar School has revealed that a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, described as a promising A-level student, were expelled last term after
Cycling: Former West Yorkshire junior road race champion Tom Barras, who lives at Steeton and now rides for North East club Middridge CRT, scored his first win of 1999 in the Hartlepool CC Australian Pursuit. The field was split into three groups according
Bradford Sunday Alliance: Oakenshaw's bid to become the second Alliance side to win the West Riding County Sunday Cup in three seasons was ended at Fleet Lane where they lost 3-1 to Selby-based Hounds'. They were left reflecting on what might have been
She started as a schoolgirl, helping out with the wardrobe behind the scenes at the Alhambra. It turned out to be a stepping stone to an exciting career which would lead to her dressing stars including Riverdance supremo Michael Flatley, Just Good Friends
One in 20 of the dogs and cats presented to a large veterinary clinic as emergencies had head injuries, a recent survey revealed. Of these many were kittens. Most had been crushed, stepped on or had fallen. Jasmine was one of those kittens who just had
Entries are coming in thick and fast for the 191st Otley Show on Saturday, May 22. Show secretary Janet Raw says planning for the agricultural show - usually the first one held in the country - is getting hectic as the countdown begins in earnest. And
The Attorney General has been asked to intervene in a case of an arsonist who received a 'lenient' sentence, after a vigorous campaign by his victim and her family. The Crown Prosecution Service in Bradford has backed mum Rachel Harrison, whose former
New Customs boss Frank Ferguson today dismissed claims that known drug smugglers were walking unchallenged through Leeds -Bradford Airport. And he warned criminals tempted to smuggle drugs, bootleg cigarettes and child pornography into the county that
An estate agent has promised to clear up his son's house after neighbours complained it had stood as an eyesore for more than three years. Jack Midgley, of Midgley's Estate Agents, said he would clear up building debris and prune overgrown plants after
