The Prince of Wales has donated a star prize to an auction being held at a charity ball in Bolton Abbey. The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust June ball is being held at the Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel on June 25. Prince Charles has contributed
A grieving girlfriend today begged the public to help police solve the riddle of her teenage fiance's death. Sarah Marklew, 14, joined Stuart Lister's mum Christine in making a heartfelt plea for information about how the 18-year-old was left for dead
Major financial backing is being sought by bosses at Guiseley pram firm Silver Cross in a bid to stop the company from going under. Managing director Harry Moore and sales marketing director Sara Bird have spent the last few days in emergency meetings
A 27-year-old man who fell 30 feet from a roof as he tried to evade police has died in hospital. The Bradford man, not yet named, suffered serious head injuries after falling from the third-storey roof of a flat in Granville Road, Frizinghall. He was
Planners are recommending the demolition of a landmark Bingley church - but they are also advising councillors to refuse current plans for its replacement. Bradford Council planning officers have backed proposals to demolish Grade II-listed Mornington
Stars of TV soap Emmerdale today backed a campaign for a memorial to Bradford's Victoria Cross heroes. The soaps big guns Malandra Burrows, Paul Loughran, and Chris Chittell, got fell in for the Bradford Parachute Regiment Association's appeal. PRA member
Athletics: Despite it being only the second week in May, the Yorkshire track and field championships is already upon us and will beheld over the weekend at Princess Mary's, Cleckheaton. Athletes are looking for early signs of form in what will be a busy
Bradford City's plans to throw open Valley Parade for a live big screen showing of Sunday's crucial Division One promotion showdown at Wolves have been blocked by Sky. A crowd of up to 10,000 was predicted after chairman Geoffrey Richmond announced he
Skinflints who forced their way into Ilkley Carnival without paying a penny have been labelled "despicable". More than 18,000 people attended the town's annual Bank Holiday party - the vast majority boosting the coffers of Ilkley-based charities as they
Families are hoping for a breakthrough after fighting for years to get their luxury estate completed. Residents at Tenterfields, Apperley Bridge, have suffered since sewage poured out of the beck, running through the development. And they say areas which
The public is being urged to write to the Home Secretary over proposals to axe the heavy rescue tender at Idle fire station. The call to contact Jack Straw has come from union representatives and West Yorkshire Fire Authority, which today admitted the
Bradford Council has decided to appoint a new supremo to oversee the district's massive schools shake-up. But today, the head teacher of a school earmarked for closure said he feared the appointment may be too late to help thousands of pupils and displaced
Fears over a crisis shortage of family doctors in inner-city Bradford have prompted health chiefs to launch a recruitment drive to find more young GPs. A total of £300,000 will be spent each year for the next three years under Bradford's pioneering Health
Traders have blamed the collapse of a wall of an Ilkley bank for denting their takings. Tons of masonry and Yorkshire stone crashed through outbuildings at Lloyds Bank last week. Emergency crews launched an immediate operation while shocked bystanders
Traders in Cleckheaton were celebrating today following an announcement that Asda plans to sell land earmarked for a new superstore. The Leeds-based supermarket chain wants to put land next to the Chain Bar roundabout on the market, complete with permission
With house prices much higher than they were a decade ago, more and more people are finding themselves in the position of having a potential liability for Inheritance Tax. But in many cases, tax can be avoided completely. From April, the amount that can
Golf: A mixture of youth and experience proved the perfect recipe in the Bradford 36-hole foursomes championship at West Bowling. Shipley veteran Paul Crosby turned the clock back ten years to win the trophy for the second time, this time partnering 19
Snooker: The semi-finals of the Bradford Billiards Championship will be played on Sunday at Lidget Green Conservative Club (7.45pm). Richard Lodge will meet Alan Firth and Paul Devitt takes on Brian Mullane in the 500up games. The final will be at Lilycroft
Former Bradford Northern coach and general manager Albert Fearnley has died at his home at Lowestoft aged 75. Fearnley, who played a big part in Northern's re-emergence as a major force in rugby league following their re-formation in 1964, occupied several
Bradford Bulls prop Paul Anderson will sit out the next two matches after being sent off in a highly charged ending to Monday's derby at Castleford. The 19st forward was dismissed during the 18-18 Super League draw with his hometown club after flattening
Sheffield United boss Steve Bruce has told Ipswich to expect no favours when they meet at Portman Road on Sunday. Ipswich need to win to have any chance of pipping Bradford City for the second automatic promotion place. But Bruce, who spent three years
The shake-up in Bradford schools as they revert to a two-stage system was never going to be easy. We have accepted that from the start. The upheaval is necessary to bring Bradford into line with most of the rest of the country and with the National Curriculum
My hair is crying out for a cut. And a style. And a wash, come to that. But of those three things, the only one it's likley to benefit from in the near future is the third. Why? Quite simply it's too expensive. At around £25 a time, my hair is lucky if
Thousands of youngsters are set to enjoy a fun-packed summer with the launch of the first ever Keighley Children's Festival. Aimed at boosting trade by attracting more families into the town centre during the summer holidays, the festival will feature
A new £1.3 million cafe has been hailed as a sign of growing business confidence in Bradford. Up to 50 new jobs will be created when the 700 capacity 90-seat Chicago Rock Caf opens on June 11 in Great Horton Road near the Alhambra Theatre. It is the latest
A teenage driver who crashed his car, killing a close friend, had been reaching for a cigarette as he lost control, a court was told. Bradford magistrates heard that 18-year-old Paul O'Connor, of Tisma Drive, Bierley, Bradford, died last December after
The parents of a teenage girl who needs a heart transplant say her health is deteriorating fast. From a disco-dancing, fun-loving 17-year-old at Christmas, Vicky Hutchinson has developed the breathlessness of a pensioner and needs a wheelchair to get
Health chiefs are within days of coming up with the best site for a new Wharfedale General Hospital. A specially chosen group of health representatives has spent the last few weeks placing in order of importance the requirements for the chosen site -
City-centre pubs are preparing for their busiest-ever Sunday with thousands of football fans expected to gather for the televised crunch clash between Bradford City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. City had hoped to stage a free screening of the game at Valley
A father has paid tribute to his sports mad son who has died from multiple sclerosis, aged 24. Keith Johnson said his son James played cricket for the first and second teams of Cleckheaton Cricket Club as a teenager and was a real all-rounder. The former
Bradford today became one of the first places in the country to be targeted in a tough new campaign against TV licence dodgers - Target Zero. TV licence officers were "blitzing" known licence dodgers all over the district. They have already been sent
