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  • 'Iceman' Mark plunges into a new challenge

    The famous White Wells Spa Cottage is set to re-open in April following the appointment of Ilkley's very own 'iceman' as one of its new tenants, it was revealed today. Meanwhile, the possibility of setting up a Friends of White Wells organisation to raise

  • Support us, don't rob us, say bosses

    Bradford's electronic giants today demanded cash backing for Yorkshire - instead of investment for foreign firms robbing the area of vital resources. The heads of booming hi-tech firms Pace and Filtronic say vital scarce resources are being taken from

  • Fury as Euro MP calls for delay to road

    Euro MP Diana Wallis has caused outrage by calling for work on the Bingley relief road to be halted. The MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber acted after the Government announced last week that it was bringing its start date forward and Professor Richard

  • Hay dealing with injury worries

    Coach Colin Hay has injury and suspension problems as Bradford & Bingley look for revenge in tomorrow's league match against Hull Ionians at home tomorrow. The Bees will be without two second row forwards, suspended Mark Heap and the injured Barry

  • Elliott says Bulls can learn from last year

    Coach Matthew Elliott has pledged that Bradford Bulls will learn from last season's mistakes and be an even stronger force in Super League V. The Bulls suffered Grand Final heartbreak last October when they were pipped 8-6 by St Helens in the closing

  • Avenue ready to put cup exit behind them

    Bradford Park Avenue's tremendous unbeaten home run in the UniBond Division One will come under the finest scrutiny tomorrow. Visitors Chorley were only relegated from the Premier last May and are currently ninth despite last week's shock home defeat

  • Vanzie wants world title by the traditional route

    Bradford's Bobby Vanzie is determined to join some of boxing's greatest names by winning a coveted Lonsdale Belt outright. The 25-year-old lightweight will get the third notch he needs if he successfully defends his British and Commonwealth titles against

  • Film Review: Topsy-Turvey

    Given that his previous work has been balanced largely on the cutting edge of hard, human reality, Mike Leigh's latest choice of subject is a mighty surprise. Sir William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan were light entertainment's kings of kitsch

  • Theatre: Why Alf and Warren will never part

    Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries and Leo McKern had all said no. The BBC was getting worried. Only four days remained before rehearsals began for a new sitcom, and still there was no leading man. Warren Mitchell was next on the list. He didn't think the

  • Nick Oldham: Rights and Wrongs

    A Bradford firefighter is battling for compensation from a holiday company after a winter break turned into a stay on a building site. Anthony Gibbons and his wife paid more than £600 to JMC Holidays for a week in an apartment in Tenerife so that she

  • 'Pilot' of school shake-up leaving

    Plans to shake-up the top tier of Bradford Council's managers during the crucial stages of the schools reorganisation were today slated. And it has been revealed that a key senior officer in Bradford's education shake-up is leaving the authority for a

  • Rents up, jobs axed in crisis

    Housing chiefs are drawing up a drastic action plan to meet a shock £1.7 million deficit on the books. Management jobs will be axed to save £1.1 million in a bid to put the housing revenue account in the black. And tenants face a £1 a week rent increase

  • Board saves Aids charity

    A Bradford charity supporting HIV/Aids patients has been saved from closure after a new board was elected. Pennine Aids Link seemed doomed to close in January after failing to win a £52,000 grant from Bradford Council's voluntary grants scheme. But under

  • Chaos fear after 'yes' to school extension

    A school extension which residents fear could lead to traffic chaos has been recommended for approval. Plans to expand Queensbury Upper School to accommodate an extra 600 pupils in September under the schools reorganisation will lead to gridlock in Queensbury

  • Internet for all at libraries

    North Yorkshire Council is introducing free Internet access at all its libraries, including those at Cowling and Cross Hills. Visitors will be able to surf the web for periods of up to an hour at a time free of charge. County libraries chief Ray de Graff

  • High quality water soon to be on tap

    Homes in Silsden and Addingham will soon enjoy higher quality tap water thanks to a £2 million investment by Yorkshire Water. The water company is closing down two elderly treatment works and from September water will be piped to 4,000 homes in the two

  • We sure dig your website, say USA fans

    Green-fingered Dave Thompson has made a name for himself on the other side of the Atlantic - as the Internet's answer to Alan Titchmarsh. Dave, 37, a keen amateur gardener from Yeadon, set up a gardening website just three weeks ago and is gathering a

  • Drugs-aid pioneers go on the Internet

    A pioneering Kirklees group which helps criminals kick their drug habits has set up a national support service via the Internet. It is hoped the move, which has won the backing of the Government's drug Tzar, Keith Hellawell, will have a marked impact

  • Tragedy of 'CJD death' student

    A student has died of suspected new variant CJD, the human form of BSE. Andrew John Carter, 27, died just five months after doctors told his family it was "clinically probable" he had the new variant strain of the incurable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

  • Wilcock is ready to join cup fray

    Two mouth-watering encounters are in prospect in tomorrow's semi-finals of the RBR Bradford Cup. Holders Clayton make the short journey to neighbours Queensbury in a game that is bound to be fiercely contested. Bury are back on song after being in the

  • Wigan are the bookies' choice

    Bradford Bulls are only second favourites to finish top of Super League this season despite finishing five points clear of the pack last term. Matthew Elliott's men are a 100-30 shot with bookmakers William Hill to be on top of the table at the end of

  • Jorge may face Villa

    Bradford City look set to finally get their man when Jorge Cadete wings in to Valley Parade this weekend to complete his switch to the Premiership. And the Portuguese striker could go straight into the squad for next week's clash with Aston Villa if he

  • Stay out of Bingley's business

    The announcement that a green-minded Yorkshire & Humber Member of the European Parliament is trying to hold up the start of work on the Bingley relief road for yet another environmental assessment will cause widespread irritation and even anger in

  • Rock: Five Lost souls

    Things just haven't quite gone for Paradise Lost. But, like that brand of Irish stout, they're not bitter. The band, who are based in Bradford and Halifax, were hotly tipped last year to cross over from being phenomenally successful in the alternative

  • Step into the TV future

    From this weekend, Bradford plays host to the biggest Millennium exhibition outside the Dome. T&A television writer David Behrens lifts the lid on BBC FutureWorld. SOME DAY soon, it will no longer matter if the phone rings when EastEnders is on. By

  • Police budget '£1.6m short'

    A multi-million pound shopping list has been drawn up for vital repairs, refurbishment and replacements for policing in Bradford. But the improvement programme, outlined in West Yorkshire Police Authority's annual budget, falls far short of what its chiefs

  • Watchdogs call for residential drug centre

    Health watchdogs in Bradford are pushing for a residential drug detox centre to be set up in the district. Members of Bradford Community Health Council voted unanimously in favour of the creation of a rehabilitation centre for the city's drug addicts

  • You're just a coward, says attack victim

    A robber targeting vulnerable people has been branded a coward by one of his wheelchair-bound victims. Jacqueline Appleton-Killip, 54, was approached by the man in Manchester Road on Monday night. He grabbed the handbag on her lap but the strap was wrapped

  • Help offered to former pupils of blaze victim

    Students at the former school of a teacher who perished in a house fire will be offered counselling to come to terms with her death. Sian Russ, 42, died in a fire at her home in Daisy Hill Lane on Wednesday night. Today, students at Belle Vue Boys' School

  • Court fund set up to hit street troublemakers

    Troublemakers in private houses will be in the firing line as Bradford Council puts aside tens of thousands of pounds to pay the costs of taking them to court. The Council plans to use its new powers to obtain anti-social behaviour orders which result

  • Remploy saved from merger

    Unions were celebrating after plans to merge a Bradford factory for disabled people with one in Leeds were shelved. But Steve Morris, Yorkshire region organiser for the GMB, said the battle would continue to improve conditions at the Remploy factory in

  • Traffic alert over Sikh celebrations

    Businesses and residents are being consulted about plans to stage a major Sikh procession which will involve closing city centre streets. Bradford's Sikh community is planning to mark its Vaisakhi celebrations with two processions this year. The annual