Rookie police officer Tony Wilkinson is set to join the ranks of fictional crime-fighters such as Inspector Morse - and his creator is real life Chief Inspector Ron Johnson, of Craven. He has drawn on 30 years of experience in the force to make his debut
Victims of domestic violence will have instant access to a mobile phone thanks to a new partnership. Keighley Police and the Crime Prevention Community Fund have shelled out nearly £700 to pay for four Safelink mobile phones and line rental for a year
Campaigners for Yeadon Town Hall say community groups will be out of pocket if cash claims are refused by city council chiefs. The sudden closure of the hall last December because of faulty wiring forced many organisations to cancel events. Concerns for
Highways bosses are keeping mum about back-street routes drivers could use to avoid the closure of a trunk road, amid fears of gridlock. Major disruption is expected in Brighouse from June 7 when a bridge carrying the A641 Huddersfield Road is demolished
Sunday Alliance: Ventus United made a successful first appearance in the Alliance Senior Cup final with a 2-1 extra time win over holders East Bowling Unity. The game had been only a minute away from penalties when Dale Hoyle turned to hit a spectacular
Angling: A field of 96 contested the fourth round of the teams of four Alliance League on the Huddersfield Broad Canal around Brighouse. With most of the roach and skimmers occupied with spawning it was odd big fish that made all the framing catches.
Cycling: Generally better known for his abilities against the watch, Gethin Butler, the new boy in the Team Men's Health pulled off an outstanding win in the East Riding of Yorkshire Classic Two Day at the weekend. The race started with a 3.3 mile time
The tragic victory of the carpet-baggers over the future of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society casts a shadow over the whole community, not just in Bradford district but right across the country. Yet again simple greed has won the day. Those
Sally Dickens is just one of the lads at Idle fire station and that's the way she likes it. The 24-year-old, who has been a firefighter for more than two years, said she is not given special treatment because she is a woman. But she still has to fight
The fight was shocking, especially coming without warning. The two spaniels and the labrador had lived together for three years. They had occasionally growled but never fought before. On the morning of the fight their owner heard a noise from the direction
Sometimes a reader's letter is like a punch in the face. I've received one from a 59-year old Bradford schoolteacher who has just been given the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. She had recently been getting forgetful and finding it difficult to control
In the past there have always been dream jobs that people have hankered after. In the Fifties, everyone wanted to be a secretary; in the Sixties, a model like Twiggy; in the Seventies, an air hostess or a Charlie's Angel; in the Eighties, a tycoon; and
Prince Charles has highlighted Salts Mill as a shining example of regeneration at a major national conference. In a 25-minute speech to 800 delegates at a meeting in Swindon, he showed slides of the Saltaire mill and spoke of it as a success story. "There
A couple have been left heartbroken after precious photographs of their late son were stolen while they visited his grave. Ann Devine and her husband, Dennis, had gone to lay flowers on their son Lee's grave at Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, to mark
Senior police and Bradford Council chiefs will hold top-level talks about tightening security around the city to foil bomb attacks by racists. The meeting is a response to a bomb threat targeting Bradford and claiming to be from the extreme right-wing
Bradford Bulls star Brian McDermott, pictured - convicted of thumping a teenager in a street incident - has been ordered to do more work with the public by magistrates and his club. The 29-year-old Great Britain rugby league player was given an 80-hour
A mother fears her son may never walk again after falling on to overhead railway cables carrying 25,000 volts of electricity. Fifteen-year-old John Walker, of Westroyd Crescent, Shipley, suffered burns and possible spinal injuries after falling from the
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will face higher mortgage rates after the vote to turn the Bradford & Bingley into a bank. And they were the ones who voted in droves against the move by Irish carpetbagger Stephen Major, who successfully forced
A former Bradford builder has been beaten to death in France and his dismembered body dumped in woods. And French police said today that Graham Anderson's 15-year-old son and 22-year-old step son have been charged with his murder. The body of unemployed
Athletics: For various reasons Bingley Harriers couldn't field their top 12 runners in Saturday's Nike National 12 Stage Relay at Sutton Park in the Midlands and finished outside the medals in sixth place. Richard Nerurkar has still not competed due to
Yorkshire reserve wicketkeeper and second team captain Colin Chapman is expected to announce his retirement from first-class cricket shortly. The 27-year-old Bradford-born player misses York-shire's opening Second XI championship match of the season against
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley says the club has no intention of losing the Paul brothers at the end of their current contracts. The Odsal supremo says more top class players are on the long term agenda although he denied rumours circulating yesterday
Bradford City have appealed to the Football League to switch their vital Premiership promotion match against Oxford to Sunday so that main rivals Ipswich do not have an unfair advantage. Ipswich play at Birmingham on Sunday in front of Sky TV cameras
When Bradford City defender Ashley Westwood felt his hamstrings tighten in training he expected traditional treatment on the injured area would sort the problem out. Instead the player was sent to see chiropractor Jackie Beer, who set to work on his lower
It's a packed night at the Raggalds Inn. The car park, on the windswept moors above Queensbury, is choc-a-bloc. Inside, everyone's eyes are glued to the stage, where Darren Rivers is under the spotlight, belting out songs. But they are not just any songs
This page, as regular readers hopefully will have noticed, has a double purpose. It attempts to encourage the over-50s to think young, keep active and stay involved. This isn't hard, because many over-50s - plus over-60s, over-70s, over-80s and even some
A wagging tail was all the thanks terrier Pepe could muster when he was rescued after four days stuck in an underground cave. But caving fan Neil Griffin wanted no more reward for his rescue staged after he read the Telegraph & Argus story about Pepe's
Families living on Swain House estate, Bradford, who say they have to wait years for repairs, could soon be in line for a better deal. A new group has been set up to champion the cause of run-down smaller estates which have watched millions of pounds
A cabbie has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting a woman passenger he picked up after a wedding celebration. The 28-year-old woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was collected along with some friends after they had attended a
Deserving organisations across Bradford district were celebrating today after scooping more than a million pounds of lottery cash. The cash bonanza - totalling £1.3 million - has given a much-needed boost to 14 groups in the area. The biggest award was
