This week, ITV presents This Is Personal, the first fictionalised account of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. T&A television writer David Behrens meets the people who have made a drama out of a tragedy. DICK HOLLAND'S paunch is fighting for space
Bradford is heading for traffic gridlock as increasing numbers of commuters bring the city grinding to a halt. New Government statistics show booming car usage is slowing the city centre down - with peak-hour traffic flows falling from an average of 21.3
One of Otley's most distinctive shops looks set to be snapped up by a potential buyer - but it will not be used as a retail outlet. The former Manor House China shop, in Manor Square, will be turned into office space if the potential buyer's planning
Amateur Rugby League: Birkenshaw produced a rousing performance to win 12-8 at Seaton Pack Horse in the first round of the BNFL National Cup. The visitors found the Cumbrian outfit a handful in the early stages when they were starved of possession. But
Bradford Bulls are in talks with World Club champions Melbourne Storm over a link-up which they hope will help close the gap on the Australian game. Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has revealed he had positive discussions with Storm managing director John
Former Celtic strike ace Jorge Cadete has emerged as a target for Bradford City as Paul Jewell looks to boost his side's chances of Premiership survival. The 31-year-old, who enjoyed a sensational 13 months in Scotland in 1996/97 when he grabbed 38 goals
Police are hunting two men after a suspected arson attack on a Bradford night- club. They are keeping an open mind on whether it could be linked to Saturday's fire attack on Bradford Cathedral. Officers at Bradford Central CID appealed for witnesses who
A paramedic who risked her own life to help a teenager after he was buried alive in a trench has received a top award. Lesley Gordon and Brighouse-based Pam Saveall - who helped treat another teenager whose hand was dragged into a mincing machine at a
Mark Sherry's bid to get a job befitting his name has hit a hiccup. The would-be publican was delighted to land a place on a course to train people to go into the licensed trade - but now the free sessions could be called off because only Mark has enrolled
Firms are already lining up to move into the new £11 million Centre for Media and Creative Industries planned for Little Horton. The new centre will be one of the flagships of the £50 million New Deal regeneration programme announced yesterday. The idea
Vital repair work to safeguard the future of a Wharfedale church will start in spring, following a huge fundraising effort by villagers and parishioners. Refurbishment to St Peter's Church building in Arthington, together with improvements to the boundary
The newly-formed Gargrave Civic Society has had to delay its inaugural 2000 meeting. Members had been due to get together later this month, but due to the complexities of adopting a suitable constitution, the executive committee has decided to postpone
Voluntary groups in Keighley have been warned their buildings may not meet new rules on access for disabled people. Experts in disability rights and community buildings have teamed up to help groups meet the latest standards. The Disability Discrimination
The firm bidding for MTL - the group which runs the Northern Spirit rail franchise - said today it will press ahead with plans to introduce new electric trains on its Airedale and Wharfedale lines. A spokesman for Sunderland-based bus group Arriva, which
A Gomersal filling station is expected to remain closed for at least a month after fire destroyed an office and storeroom and caused smoke damage to stock worth around £100,000. The blaze on Sunday night at the Sunwin Food and Wines filling station in
Shipley is set for a jobs boost after plans to complete the re-development of a former factory site got the go-ahead, it was revealed today. The bid to build a two-storey office block on the canalside site off Salts Mill Road has been welcomed by community
Children as young as nine and ten are playing truant around Bradford city centre, a police clampdown has revealed. Youngsters felt the long arm of the law when teams of police officers stopped unaccompanied children found wandering around the city centre
The world's top woman snooker player today threw down the gauntlet to a "sexist" social club. World Number One Kelly Fisher challenged any male member at Silsden's Sunnybank Social Club to do battle on the baize. The strife-torn club has banned women
Keighley Albion crashed to a bad defeat when they should have been pushing for a top-four spot in National Conference Division Two . They fell 16-15 at home to strugglers New Earswick which has left them with a lot of do if they are to make the top four
Graham Jarvis ended Dougie Lampkin's winning trials streak in a dramatic tie-breaker finale before 6,000 fanatical French spectators. Silsden rider Lampkin won the first stage of the Toulouse event from Marcel Justribo, with Jarvis and Steve Colley making
T&A Soccer Reporter David Markham asks whether signing Stan Collymore would be good for Bradford City SUPPORTERS' leaders are divided about the wisdom of Bradford City's efforts to sign Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore. Simon Settle, secretary of
Bulls' Australian signing Brad Mackay reports exclusively for T&A readers from the squad's training camp in Lanzarote ST HELENS' emphatic defeat by Melbourne Storm was not what the British game needed. After we finished our training on Saturday we
Anyone walking around the centre of Bradford cannot fail to notice that even during term time there is no shortage of school-age children around. That perception is confirmed by a disturbing police report today. In a two-day crackdown on truancy, police
It was only to be expected that some of the stars of Hepolite Scar, the motor trials track near Bolton Woods, should be members of the family who gave it its name. William Hepworth formed E Hepworth and Son in 1907 with his brother George Edwin and their
Detectives hunting the killer of Mary Gregson have received 30 calls from members of the public naming several new suspects. A reconstruction of the Shipley housewife's last steps before her murder in 1977 was featured on the BBC's Crimewatch UK programme
A desperate council tenant has told how she is forced to live in only one room of her home after being victim to a spate of burglaries. Susan Wood said she has moved all her possessions into the front room of her Bradford property in a bid to protect
Two police officers have been rewarded for their part in tracing a hit-and-run drink driver who mounted the pavement and killed a Bradford woman. Ian Ward twice crashed his car into a wall before striking 43-year-old Gwen Hickey and her husband Ronald
Internationally-acclaimed poet Tony Harrison reads from his eighth and latest volume of poetry at Salts Mill - with tributes to the man who brought new life to the mill. What is bound to give special poignancy to the reading on Friday, February 4 is that
A jury was expected to retire today to consider its verdict on a man accused of murdering a Bradford club-goer. The jury at Newcastle Crown Court was to be sent out to consider whether Michael George is guilty of murdering 33-year-old David Leach outside
