Two hundred hauliers attended a public meeting in Skipton last night to protest at Budget increases in diesel prices and road tax. And Skipton MP David Curry gave his backing to Craven hauliers and pledged to help fight for their cause in Parliament.
A 40-foot high wall collapsed in Ilkley town centre sending masonry thundering into buildings below. Tons of stone crashed through roofs, wrecking a number of outbuildings and damaging bank computer equipment. Stones were hurled into the street, and a
Partially-sighted bowlers, who have been forced to travel 25 miles to play, have been offered a site closer to home. Members of the newly-formed Spen Valley Flat Green Bowling Club have been given fresh hope after Kirklees Council offered them land to
A headteacher is to protest to the Advertising Standards Authority over a billboard poster near his school which he says sends out the wrong message on drugs. He is worried because the poster is only yards away from his school and is also situated on
Non-League Soccer: Battling Stalybridge Celtic broke Guiseley's hearts in last night's UniBond League Challenge Cup final when they struck a winner eight minutes from time to lift the trophy 2-1. The Cheshire side, who came into the UniBond last term
London Broncos captain Shaun Edwards ended the "will he, won't he" saga by announcing he will play in Saturday's Silk Cut Challenge Cup final against Leeds Rhinos. The veteran former Bulls scrum half has not played for four weeks after breaking his thumb
What goes on in the minds of some of the so-called creative people in the advertising industry too often appears to have little connection with reality or common sense. It requires a disturbing lack of imagination and sense of responsibility to come up
There's another Bank Holiday in the offing, with all its traditional pleasures - sitting in traffic, standing in queues and spending too much. After that we get into the holiday season proper, which involves pretty much the same thing with the added delights
Bradford Council is setting new standards for staff development by gaining Investors in People status for almost a third of its workforce. As a result there are more Council staff working for Investors in People (IIP) recognised services than any other
Dads in Bradford are being urged to turn over a new leaf and brush up their storytelling skills to improve their children's reading in a pioneering scheme. The 'Dads and Reading' project is to be piloted in the district - one of only seven education authorities
Health chiefs in Bradford are facing pressure to fork out big bonuses for staff forced to work over the Millennium holidays. Ministers have refused to come up with extra money to finance deals they say must be made locally. Junior doctors have already
Bradford police have been praised by safety experts after two men caught firing rocket fireworks from a car in a city street were fined hundreds of pounds. PC David Hardcastle told Bradford magistrates how he saw a projectile come out of the window of
Prince Charles has given the Royal seal of approval to a scheme to create a Millennium garden in Ilkley. And best-selling author Jilly Cooper, who was educated in Ilkley, has promised to "move heaven and earth" to perform the official opening of the Darwin
Head teachers have got their sums wrong over schools spending, according to the district's education chief. In a letter to parents, Bradford Council Education Committee chairman Councillor Jim Flood, admits the service is underfunded but he disputes the
A wave of 3,000 redundancies at Co-op stores through Britain will not affect Bradford, it has been revealed. A radical shake-up within the Co-operative Retail Society has meant the closure of all ten Homeworld furniture stores and the 46 Living department
The Foreign Office is to apply for permits to visit the sons of a former Bradford builder who have been charged with his murder. Graham Anderson was beaten to death and his dismembered body dumped in woods in France where he had been living for nine years
Young people will be encouraged to become volunteers thanks to a multi-thousand pound lottery windfall. Keighley Voluntary Services has won £104,000 from the National Lottery to finance the scheme, which will be run from its Volunteer Bureau and charity
Tributes to the work of retiring councillors were paid at the final meeting of Otley Town Council. The current Labour-controlled body came to the end of its four-year term this week with elections being held next Thursday. A number of councillors, including
Saltaire residents will be turning on the style next week when television cameras descend on the historic village. It has been chosen to feature on a new lifestyle programme called Style Street that aims to bring a snapshot of the lives of villagers and
Union boss David Matthews today vowed to fight to keep as many Bradford & Bingley staff jobs as possible following the vote to turn it into a bank. Mr Matthews, general secretary of the Union for Bradford & Bingley Staff, is to hold talks with
Motor Sport: World motorcycle trials champion Dougie Lampkin floored the opposition for the fourth consecutive time when he won the British round at Douglas in the Isle of Man. Lampkin has now eight event wins and stands on maximum championship points
Rugby League: Dudley Hill capped a memorable season as they celebrated their return to the National Conference Premier Division at the first attempt. After clinching promotion a week ago with victory over Featherstone Lions they duly completed a double
Yorkshire captain David Byas has been awarded a benefit season with the county next year. The 35-year-old from Kilham, near Driffield, made his York-shire debut in 1986, was awarded his cap five years later. Byas, who became skipper at the start of the
of dynamo Dwyer Bulls second-rower Bernard Dwyer is set to miss the next three weeks with a recurrence of the knee trouble which kept him on the sidelines several times last season. The former Great Britain forward limped off at Warrington recently and
City have vehemently denied a report in a national newspaper that the players have organised a premature promotion party on Sunday. City would be promoted if they beat Oxford on Saturday and Ipswich lose at Birmingham, but managing director Shaun Harvey
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond today urged Bradford City to turn up the heat on Ipswich despite failing to get the home match with Oxford switched to Sunday. It means City will have to wait 24 hours to find out whether they are promoted this weekend - if
Detectives from across the globe will gather in America next week to hear how police in Bradford are tackling Internet crime. Organisers of the law enforcement conference in Washington DC have invited Detective Superintendent Stuart Hyde, from Bradford
Casualty nurses in Bradford are being handed a specialist role caring for patients with minor injuries in a major new initiative to speed up treatment. Six staff are being trained to become accident and emergency nurse practitioners at Bradford Royal
A Bradford man has told how he lived under a false name for 28 years in fear of the outside world discovering he was an illegal immigrant. Mohammed Shafiq, 41, of Heaton, was brought to Britain as a youngster by his uncle who told the authorities he was
