Judging is now underway for our prestigious Bradford's Best awards. We've had a fantastic response from Telegraph & Argus readers following our appeal for you to suggest your nominations for the district's unsung heroes. In each of our ten categories
Many local clubs and charities are a little better off this week thanks to donations from the Skipton Charities Gala Committee. Over £2,000 has been given out to 20 groups from the proceeds of this year's centenary Skipton gala. The beneficiaries included
Villagers have launched a petition calling for a zebra crossing following a fatal road accident. Pedestrian Ada Fennell, 79, died after she was involved in an accident with a car in Main Road, Eastburn, on Wednesday morning. Residents have been campaigning
Unreliable bus services are leaving a small Wharfedale village cut off and isolated, it has been claimed. Councillor Graham Kirkland (Otley & Wharfedale, Lib Dem) said he has received many complaints that buses to and from Pool-in-Wharfedale are unreliable
A heartbroken mother wept as she paid tribute to her teenage son killed in a road accident just weeks after starting university. Janet Raw was speaking after her son James, 18, died in a bus accident when he was returning to Lancaster University from
Steve Guppy could be forgiven for having his head in the clouds when he arrives in Bradford tomorrow after an unprecedented period in the life of the Leicester winger. But despite earning his first cap for England, helping his side into the fourth round
Robbie Blake has revealed how a chat with boss Paul Jewell has helped him put months of contract wrangling behind him and earn a place in the City side. The 23-year-old was instrumental in City's promotion success last term but after turning down three
Skipper Stuart McCall is calling on Bradford City to end their home hoodoo when they entertain high-flying Leicester City tomorrow. The Bantams' form at Valley Parade played a large part in their promotion success last term, but this time around they
The traditional perception of a vicar is of someone who is there for troubled members of the community to turn to: a tower of strength, a pillar of wisdom, offering comfort in times of difficulty and spiritual certainty in times of doubt. But vicars have
At 53, Charlie Landsborough has served one of the longest apprenticeships of any current performer. He's one of the rising stars of the British Country Music scene - and yet for four decades he was a virtual unknown outside his native Merseyside. "I was
In the foyer of the Alhambra Theatre some time ago, David Bintley surveyed the arriving audience. The look of them, he liked. The fact that he could almost count their numbers on the fingers of one hand, he did not. Bradford, he admits now, is both a
A new exhibition aimed at Bradford City fans has kicked off at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. And the first instalment of the exhibition features the passion and loyalty of fans who supported the team which this season won promotion
A former detective turned calendar pin-up today vowed to return and climb the cliff where he suffered horrific hand injuries in a freak accident. The fingers of Dave Musgrove's left hand were sliced off below the second knuckles and the tip of his thumb
Residents have formed a working party in a bid to raise almost £100,000 to buy their village post office. They aim to set up an industrial and provident society - similar to a friendly society - to help raise the cash to buy the Kildwick and Farnhill
The widow and family of a man who died of a stroke have pledged to carry on his work with the Sea Cadets in his memory. Father-of-two William Trevor Smith collapsed suddenly at his home in Thornton, last Wednesday. He was rushed to Bradford Royal Infirmary
Pensioner power has forced social services chiefs to postpone the planned closure of a popular day centre in Bradford. Elderly people have put together a 106-signature petition protesting about the withdrawal of funding for the day centre at Greenhill
Nearly 700 protest letters opposing an industrial development have been rendered useless after planning applications were changed. Residents who wrote to Bradford Council objecting to the development of open land in Cross Lane, Birkenshaw, have been told
It's been dubbed the £15m pop flop: the National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield has called in the receivers only seven months after it opened. And it isn't the only northern museum with problems - yet Bradford, so often the poor relation of the
A school may be allowed to build a multi-million pound extension in the Green Belt - because of the importance of the schools review. Planning officers admit the major extension at Thornton Grammar School is inappropriate on Green Belt land. But Bradford
It was a day of disaster on a scale seen only once every hundred years as massive floods devastated Wharfedale. An elderly couple desperately called for help as their caravan was swept down the River Wharfe like a toy while a group of walkers, stranded
A shopkeeper who scared an armed robber with a box of Maltesers said today she "just saw red". Corner shop owner Rosemary Harding, 54, hit a man with a box of the lightweight sweets after seeing him threatening 23-year-old shop assistant Lisa Brewer with
Parishes are being asked whether they would be willing to lose their vicar in a bid to cope with a national shortage of clergy. The Bradford Diocese wants to see more congregations working together rather than relying on their vicar to do all the running
Angry villagers are demanding action over a faulty sewer pipe which they believe to be a public health risk. The residents in the Turf Lane area of Cullingworth are worried that unless action is taken young children and pets could be at risk from infection
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley tend to play better when the chips are down - so there is a real danger of complacency tomorrow! The Bees, who are fourth in Thwaites North Division One even though they have won four games out of five, are at home to
Bradford Park Avenue face a real six-pointer in the UniBond First Division tomorrow when they travel to unbeaten Burscough. Avenue are seventh but a win at Victoria Park, a ground where they have never lost at, would see them level on points with Burscough
Former Valley Parade star Ian Ormondroyd believes City should use Leicester as their inspiration as they battle to establish their place among English football's elite. The 35-year-old played for both the Bantams and the Foxes in his 13-year career and
Bradford-trained boxer Derek Roche makes the second defence of his British welterweight title at Coventry Leisure Centre tonight. His challenger is London-based Glaswegian Scott Dixon and Roche - who is known as 'The Rebel' - is hoping to preserve his
Ooberman have still got stars in their eyes. But they'd better get used to it if the clamour they've already caused on the music scene is anything to go by. Originally from Buttershaw, the band have enjoyed a rapid rise in the past 18 months. They were
Bradford couple Julie and Kevin Hodgson are hopping mad after paying £3,800 to have the outside of their house weather-proofed. They signed up for the work with Batley-based Weather-Bloc after a doorstep rep called at their home in School Green. Mrs Hodgson
A pensioner who was run over by an 82-year-old in his invalid carriage says he should not go to jail, even though it has emerged he is a convicted murderer John Jeeves swore at 71-year-old Annie Gledhill, of Bradford, calling her an "old bitch", before
Security is to be reviewed at a Bradford school after an arsonist started three fires, leading to over a thousand pupils being evacuated. The blazes, started at lunchtime yesterday, caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds at Yorkshire Martyrs School
A second ultra hi-tech centre of learning has been unveiled as part of a £3.4 million programme to put the district's schools at the cutting edge of education. Greenhead High School in Keighley will now become a City Learning Centre and is in line for
