Three brothers who believed they had been spread across two continents after a family break-up 40 years ago have been reunited on the Internet. They found each other through a lost persons website and then made the amazing discovery they had all attended
A calendar picturing women who stripped for charity has taken the United States by storm. Within three weeks of the launch of the American version of the Rylstone and District Women's Institute Calendar, it has sold 100,000 copies - selling a fifth more
Worried villagers have pledged to call in the police to alleviate problems with rat-running traffic passing through their community on Otley Show day. Pool Parish councillor Jo Mallinson said residents of Old Pool Bank were besieged with heavy traffic
Overhead cables brought down by a lorry on to a new school crossing have led to fears over children's safety. Telephone wires near Ashlands Primary School in Dean Street, Ilkley, were ripped down as a lorry made a delivery to a near-by abattoir. The driver
It is a nice, bright idea to have City Centre Rangers strolling around the place in special uniforms to make Bradford more user-friendly. Chris Bland seems an ideal choice to be the first of these mobile representatives, a sort of greeter and trouble-shooter
User-friendly' is a phrase which is now firmly part of the language. It usually refers to anything which can be handled, operated or listened to without a PhD in some obscure science or an associated subject. It sprang to mind the other day when I was
Hundreds of people have joined a campaign against charging disabled people for essential care services. Protesters from Mencap, the charity for people with learning disabilities, staged a city centre demonstration and won support from shoppers in Bradford
A rugby club is hoping it will be third time lucky in its bid for sports lottery cash after winning an appeal against a grant refusal. Skipton Rugby Union Club had bid for £442,000 towards a £700,000 revamp of facilities. In January the club was refused
A Methodist minister from Bradford is hoping to create church unity - by urging his colleagues to join a trade union. The Reverend Paul Flowers, Superintendent Minister for Bradford and Great Horton, warns that as self-employed workers clergy are vulnerable
Anti-racist campaigners in Bradford are re-launching a group to defend asylum seekers and refugees due to fears about the way they are portrayed. The Bradford Immigration and Asylum Support and Advice Network (BIASAN) will be reformed at a meeting next
An organisation set up by the parents of children who had their hearts removed by doctors at Bristol Royal Infirmary after their death has received a complaint about one of Bradford's hospitals, it was revealed today. The National Committee relating to
A former nurse who cared for cancer patients has labelled a hospital clinic "a cattle market" after going there for treatment. Former Macmillan Nurse Ann Wherrett said she was horrified when she visited the oncology clinic at Steeton's Airedale Hospital
Film producer Lord Puttnam hops aboard a space-age "chariot" to play Robot Wars with pupils from Bradford schools. The award-winning producer of Chariots of Fire revelled in the pupils' high-tech wizadry and said later: "I had a marvellous time riding
Two vandals aged just ten have been arrested and cautioned after throwing bricks at a passing train, smashing a window and showering shocked passengers with glass. One man, a 49-year-old from Nab Wood, suffered a two-and-a-half inch gash to his forehead
The chairman of the Better Bingley Campaign, Philip Smith, is due to resign at a crunch meeting tonight. Ill-health and frustration at the pace of change in the town are two of the reasons cited for his departure. Robert Sutcliffe has spoken to townsfolk
A seven-year-old girl whose intelligent mind is trapped inside a severely disabled body due to a hospital bungle during her birth has been awarded £3 million damages. Twins Hannah and Jennie Haines were born at Airedale General Hospital in Steeton in
Former Bradford City manager Chris Kamara believes Stuart McCall will be the key man as the Bantams look to escape relegation this weekend. City go into Sunday's final game of the season against Liverpool knowing they must better whatever result Wimbledon
The mother of missing Bradford woman Donna Daniel has won the right to see documents which would help to solve the mystery of her disappearance. Felicia Daniel, landlady of the Queens Pub in Manningham, successfully applied for the right to see the documents
Liberal Democrat and Tory groups on turbulent Bradford Council want to shelve plans for private partners to deliver education in the district. The newly powerful groups - which now have more joint seats than Labour on the hung Council - say the controversial
More than 100 Council workers were today being bussed to their offices after being instructed to quit Bradford's main city centre car park. The workers, who have permits for Vicar Lane, are leaving their vehicles on a temporary car park provided by the
Bradford bikers are being urged to help put the brakes on criminals stealing high performance motorbikes - including using baby monitors to keep them safe. In the last few months motorbikes with a total value of more than £100,000 have been stolen from
