Controversial Millennium proposals in Gargrave for a 50 metre-long bridge across the River Aire and a car park and picnic area have been met with a storm of protest. Around 300 placard-waving residents met on Middle Green at the site of the planned bridge
Mystery surrounding the death of teenager Stuart Lister deepened today after police released video footage of him running across a road. Stuart was caught on Keighley town centre CCTV cameras leaving Oscar's nightclub at 1am. Within half an hour, the
Campaigners are launching a bid to improve day-to-cay day care and services for older people in Otley. The town's umbrella group for older people wants to see a big increase in the number of social services-run day centres and more organised support for
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A town centre manager hired to boost trade and tourism in Cleckheaton has been removed from his post after just eight months in the job. David Adams was told to quit by the town's chamber of commerce which was unhappy with his progress. But Mr Adams said
Bradford's Lord Mayor is to get a street named after him - and the Council is looking for other community VIPs to be honoured under a new scheme. A new access road to the Aldi supermarket of Briggate at Shipley, it to be named "Tony Miller Approach" as
The man behind Bradford's controversial schools shake-up was ousted as Labour suffered an election night mauling. Councillor Jim Flood, the education chairman, lost to the Tories by 532 votes after previously holding a majority of 898 in 1995. He was
Yorkshire skipper David Byas has warned India that they should expect no easy ride in their World Cup warm-up match at St George's Road, Harrogate, on Sunday. After beating Worcestershire at New Road on Monday to go top of Division One of the National
Amateur Rugby League: Queensbury A have one hurdle to cross to achieve an unbeaten record for this season when they meet West Bowling A in the Pennine Shipley Trophy final at Parry Lane tonight (7pm). Queensbury have easily won the Division Five championship
Salford coach Andy Gregory knew nothing but success as a dynamic scrum-half with Widnes, Warrington and Wigan. But he been wearing the look of the condemned man for months at the Willows as he struggles to put together a side to compete in Super League
Scott Naylor still has a soft spot for Salford but it won't stop him from helping to drive them further into the dirt at Odsal on Sunday. The combative centre spent five years at the Willows and was concerned enough for the plight of his former colleagues
Plenty of people will share the concerns felt by Bradford North MP Terry Rooney about lenient and inconsistent sentencing of paedophiles. There seems to many to be neither common sense nor justice in putting a man on probation for two years for three
Her name was Rhoda Rogers and she did the striptease. "She was gorgeous," recalls the young comedian who lurked in the wings while she took her clothes off. "I kept trying to get a furtive glimpse of her boobs and her bum." The comic's name was Jimmy
Rich Hall traverses the Atlantic like a latter-day David Frost, shaking off jet-lag like a dog just in from the rain. Last week he was in America, filing reports for the Eleven O'Clock Show on Channel Four; the week before, it was Australia. This weekend
Last weekend, my watch stopped mysteriously. Its hands froze, and for two hours or so, time appeared to stand still. Then, just as mysteriously, it started again. I glanced down at it during a screening of Forces of Nature, a new romantic comedy starring
Residential home owner Mary Coulton was fuming after hiring a car from a Bradford firm. The 59-year-old from Shipley said she rented a Ford estate from Bierley-based AJ Car Hire for a week from March 31 - and has been trying to get back the balance of
A charity worker spoke today of the plight facing the Kosovar refugee families he has met in Albania. John Sargent, 44, campaigns manager for Oxfam in Bradford, has been posted to Albania for three weeks as the charity's press officer. Speaking from the
A dossier of soft sentencing for child abusers in Bradford is to be used in a sweeping Government review of sex crimes. Home Secretary Jack Straw has pledged to include a file given to him by Bradford MP Terry Rooney in the wide-reaching examination.
Union representatives say a High Court ruling over pensions for injured firefighters could lead to a flood of claims. Mr Justice Burton has ruled that two firefighters based at Pudsey and Idle should have been able to retire on a pension when ill health
A new effort is being launched by hospital specialists in Bradford to persuade more people to become organ donors. Staff in the kidney unit at St Luke's Hospital will host its first evening for Asian patients and their families next month amid increasing
Joe Pasquale pulls on his second pair of underpants. "Those acrobats are getting younger every year," he complains. It's panto time and Pasquale is in his dressing room at the Alhambra Theatre. The day's matinee is ten minutes away. Christmas is over;
Cross Hills twins Paul and Daniel Hinchcliffe struck just the right note in their bid to become the best accordion players in the country. The pair brought home the award for best advanced duet from the British Accordion Championships in Scarborough.
Pint-sized pensioner John Ingram was today praised for his bravery after he fought off a burglar by thumping him with his walking stick. The intruder tricked his way into his home in Weller Close, West Bowling, Bradford, and assaulted him. And Mr Ingram
Yorkshire Bank's popular mortgage has helped push up the firm's profits in the first six months of the year. The company, whose chief executive is John Wright, pictured, has a number of branches in Bradford. It saw its pre-tax profits rise by 4.8 per
Bradford League: Baildon captain Mick Emmerson believes his new-look side is stronger than when they finished runners up in the Secure Trust Bank Bradford League First Division last season. But Emmerson also acknowledges that they face one of their biggest
Odsal starlet Leon Pryce is handed his first senior start of the season as Bradford Bulls try to cover the loss of tough tackling centre Danny Peacock against basement outfit Salford Reds at home on Sunday. The 17-year-old has made a big impression from
Desperate City fans who have bought tickets for the home sections at Molineux have been warned by police that they will be thrown out of the ground if caught. City's allocation of 3,000 tickets for Sunday's crunch clash sold out within hours. The game
Former Valley Parade favourite Dean Richards is hoping Bradford City win a place in the Premiership - providing it is not at the expense of his current club Wolves. The Bradford-born 24-year-old is set to face the Bantams in Sunday's crunch clash at Molineux
Forget wing backs and Christmas tree formations. The Flat Back Four are hoping it is their traditional line-up which will take them up Bradford's pop music league table. Despite their name, the Bradford band actually have five members since recruiting
Support for Bradford City is at a high ahead of this weekend's crunch match, with fans flocking to deck themselves in the claret and amber club kit. Staff at the club shop at Valley Parade estimate they have sold 2,000 new strips since it was unveiled
A Bradford estate's new £400,000 community centre could be open in time to host a May Day celebration next year. Residents of Woodside have worked for three-and-a-half years on various schemes for the centre. And building work on Fenwick Drive is now
Staff at a dozen middle and upper schools in the Odsal area are being trained to act as drugs co-ordinators as part of a pioneering partnership with police. The training sessions, the first of which takes place later this month, will equip them with specialist
Drug addict Allen Duffy got his wish yesterday when a judge jailed him for three years. The 26-year-old crack cocaine user - who had admitted various offences including theft, burglary and dangerous driving - wanted a long sentence so he could be sent
Young victims of domestic violence will be helped to overcome their trauma, thanks to a massive cash boost. The Keighley Domestic Violence Forum is to use the £94,000 it has been given by Bradford Health Authority to set up therapeutic programmes for
