Police took a break from a golf tournament - to arrest an alleged drug dealer who parked outside the club where they were playing. Officers from Bradford's Toller Lane division were taking part in a social event at Headley Golf Club in Thornton. With
A Keighley social club has broken with 34 years of tradition by allowing women to become members for the first time. St Anne's Social Club in Spring Gardens Lane this week welcomed Liz O'Brien as its first female member after the committee voted in favour
A big-hearted couple have launched a massive fundraising drive to give a disabled youngster more independence. Keith and Pauline Blythe vowed to help after reading Telegraph & Argus reports about their friends Paul and Carol Finch's daughter Hayley
An East Morton woman spoke today of her hopes for an emotional reunion with her father who is caught up in Zimbabwe's bloody land invasion. Lynne McMillan told of her father's growing anxiety about the situation in Zimbabwe - which has so far resulted
A babysitter given a home by a Bradford brother and sister was held prisoner for six weeks, tortured and forced to carry out sex acts on strangers, a court heard. Donna Burns was described as like a 'frightened animal' when she was freed by police who
A crackdown on underage youngsters working milk delivery rounds is being staged across Kirkless, a council enforcer today warned. It is believed more than 100 children are employed on early-morning rounds across the district, placing their health, welfare
Leeds United boss David O'Leary fears emotion could ultimately prove his side's downfall in tonight's tension-packed conclusion of what has been a tragic and tumultuous UEFA Cup semi-final. Just two weeks ago the world reverberated to the sickening news
Bradford Bulls are inviting their fans to give them a big send off ahead of the Challenge Cup final. The club are holding a free Open Day at Odsal on Monday from 12 to 4pm - just five days before their showdown with Leeds Rhinos at Murrayfield. The club
l Hi-tech firm Cisco, which has a partnership with Bradford company Pace Micro Technology headed by Malcolm Miller, pictured, has launched an e-efficiency campaign. It is aimed at helping growing businesses take hold of the benefits of the Internet in
Hundreds of Bradford pupils are set to jump on to the internet bandwagon at a new learning centre. The facility will go on-line in September 2001 when the City Challenge College opens at its new campus at North Avenue, Manningham. It will be used by students
A vicar is literally giving money away - in the hope it will go forth and multiply in aid of church funds. The Reverend Graham Buttanshaw, vicar of All Saints Church in Otley, is offering the children of All Saints Junior School £2 each, and praying they
Youth workers have vowed not to give in to arsonists who are targeting a Bradford community centre and dumping burning cars on its doorstep. The YMCA base in Dorset Street, Little Horton, Bradford, has been plagued by vandals in recent weeks. In the latest
People struggling with benefit and debt problems will soon be given a helping hand by GP surgeries in Bradford. One of the biggest Health Action Zone projects in Bradford is set to install advice workers in practices across the city by the end of the
Radical proposals to bring in a private company to help run the district's schools have cleared their first hurdle. But at a stormy pre-election meeting of Bradford Council's executive committee yesterday, opposition councillors slammed the plans, their
A Skipton businessman has made an audacious bid to merge with Britain's eighth largest building society. Peter Gregory approached the Chelsea Building Society with a proposal to merge with his new venture, the Totalise Internet company. But the move has
Businesses in Otley have been thanked for their support of the town's citizens advice service. The CAB launched a campaign to keep it open and many companies and organisations rallied around to raise more than £5,000. At a special civic reception at Otley
Transport Minister Keith Hill has been urged to give the go-ahead for a direct rail link to Leeds-Bradford Airport. A high-powered delegation to London - including Bradford Council leader Ian Greenwood and chairman of the Airport Committee Councillor
A crackdown on underage youngsters working milk delivery rounds is being staged across Kirkless, a council enforcer today warned. It is believed more than 100 children are employed on early-morning rounds across the district, placing their health, welfare
A building society which funds mortgages to bring derelict buildings back to life has been praised for the value its mortgages provide for customers. Research by Network Data shows that as the Ecology, based in Cross Hills near Keighley, has grown from
Bradford City fans are being urged to fly the flag for the Bantams in tomorrow's crunch clash with Derby County at Valley Parade. Paul Jewell's men are facing their most vital game of the season with anything but victory unthinkable if they are to retain
Transport Minister Keith Hill has been urged to give the go-ahead for a direct rail link to Leeds-Bradford Airport. A high-powered delegation to London - including Bradford Council leader Ian Greenwood and chairman of the Airport Committee Councillor
SHIPLEY: Shoppers are celebrating following the introduction of a new Sunday bus service. First Bradford has agreed to introduce a connection for customers to Morrisons supermarket at Five Lane Ends and Shipley. It is expected to come into effect in the
A Wyke woman is celebrating being cuddled by her 11-year-old daughter after overcoming illness and shedding more than three stone. One year ago, Gillian Ward, 35, weighed 14 st 7lb after a series of operations to remove ovarian cysts and was at the lowest
Wilsden's biggest eyesore, the derelict Methodist church, is to undergo a major facelift after being bought by a builder. Noel McGurgh, 38, who specialises in barn conversions, bought the Grade II-listed building for £50,000 from Graham Hall who had owned
Residents say they cannot be bought by over-the-odds offers for their homes. They have vowed not to sell their houses just so they can be demolished to provide access to a prime development site in Addingham. Michael Driver, of Bark Lane, says he was
A depressed man who went to his former girlfriend's home in the middle of the night and terrified her babysitter by poking a shotgun through a letter box has been jailed for two years. Bradford Crown Court heard how Mark Hanson took the weapon and ammunition
Taxi passengers in Bradford are set to be told how to get a better deal from their ride, courtesy of a new information leaflet. The City Council is to offer an action plan spelling out the kind of services on offer and how to complain if they are not
Intrepid polar explorer Ann Daniels, who conquered both North and South poles, is set to take on a new challenge - an Easter camping trip with her children. The mother of triplets is set to spend the holidays around the camp fire eating Easter eggs rather
It was like a scene from the movie Reservoir Dogs. As the nervous players of Galatasary flew into Leeds Bradford airport, there in close attendance was an 11-strong team of anti-terrorist officers, who wouldn't have looked out of place in a Quentin Tarantino
