The Bradford 36-hole strokeplay championship, washed out at Bingley St Ives two weeks ago, has been saved. It will now be staged at Northcliffe on Sunday, August 13 after an emergency meeting of the championship committee decided to re-arrange the calendar
RARE bird of prey the Red Kite has returned to Wharfedale. As part of a nationwide project to reintroduce the Red Kite, 20 of the birds have been released from the Harewood Estate. The birds will join the very first kites to be released in the area at
A lack of youth facilities, erosion of the greenbelt and a poor police presence were just some of the issues raised at a meeting of a new community group. The Aireborough Community Forum, set up by Leeds City Council, will give residents the chance to
Business and financial advisers Grant Thornton are giving owner-managers a chance to tell Prime Minister Tony Blair how his Government can help them thrive. The firm, which has offices in Eldon Place, Bradford, is organising a national Owners Day campaign
A LATE-NIGHT caf bar in Ilkley has been given the go-ahead by councillors who had been worried about the effects of noisy twilight revellers. The night venue, proposed for Brook Street, still needs permission from Bingley Magistrates Court for late licensing
A Bradford man has been cleared of murdering his wife and daughter in a blaze which wrecked their home. Widower Chowdry Majid Ali today said he was relieved after being cleared of setting fire to his home, and sparking the fatal blaze. The prosecution
There were tears and cheers at four schools last week as pupils and staff packed up their books for the last time. Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, and Addingham middle schools closed on Friday as part of the changes throughout Bradford from a three to a
Bradford City are hoping to sign Sunderland's right-sided midfield player Nicky Summerbee in a £1.5 million deal. The fee has been agreed with their North East Premiership rivals and now City are waiting to meet the player and his agent. Chairman Geoffrey
The idea of a customer charter for rail passengers, as proposed by Arriva if it wins the new northern rail franchise to run the trains locally, sounds attractive enough on the face of it. However, the promise of a cash refund if any trains are more than
In 1924, Thieves raided 30 offices in the Swan Arcade, Market Street, Bradford. In 1944, a group of German generals attempted to kill Adolf Hitler. In 1968, Jane Asher announced that her engagement to Beatle Paul McCartney was off. From the Telegraph
SIR, - In reply to L. Errington's letter in your July 13 edition, concerning an 'officious encounter' at Darwin Gardens Millennium Green: the Trustees are not aware of the identity of the individual concerned, and obviously cannot accept responsibility
The unassuming terrace house that spawned the myth of the Cottingley Fairies is up for sale. It was at Cottingley Beck, at the bottom of the garden behind the house in Main Street, where Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffiths faked photographs
Pensioners have appealed for help to rid their estate of yobs who are making their lives a misery. Residents of Shipley's Wycliffe Gardens have asked Bradford Council to install security doors at their flats in Saltaire Road after drunken youths and drug
IT was fun and games for all ages on Weston Water at Otley Sailing Club's Regatta. The weather, apart from a cold northerly wind in the morning, was warm and sunny with a nice light wind. The Le Mans start had the crews racing down the slipway, jumping
A massive one in six people in Bradford are dissatisfied with their GP's surgery staff. Health service performance figures published last week revealed the district's patient satisfaction rating was the sixth worst in the country. And Bradford GPs' leader
Action needed to clean up our city SIR - Now we have guns on the streets of Bradford! Does that surprise us? No, because it will go with everything else we have got. To name but a few... Drugs which are rife, burglaries, cars stolen and burned out, muggings
IT seems to be common opinion these days that community sprit in our towns and villages has long since died. The spirit that bound communities together during troubled times like the Second World War and the sense of neighbourliness and belonging is now
100 years ago A LOCAL publican entered a lion's den to win a wager of £10. The event took place in Halesowen, Worcestershire, where the man entered the cage and sang "Alice where art thou?" to a presumably bemused lion before making a speedy escape. The
