In 1878, the Alexander Hotel, in Great Horton Road, was opened. In 1909, the Bradford Banking Company and the City & Midland Bank amalgamated. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Amunsden reached the South Pole. From the Telegraph & Argus of December
A leading Yorkshire businessman has thrown his weight behind the anti-euro campaign group, Business for Stirling. John Hornby, chairman and chief executive of direct marketing firm the Lettershop Group, said: "Britain is a global trading nation and we
A scheme which guides disadvantaged people into the workplace has helped a teenager land a job at a Bradford car dealership. The Work-Able programme provided Imran Zamir Khan, 19, with help in literacy and numeracy, as well as developing his social skills
Up to 250 jobs are set to be created by American company Alltel Mortgage Solutions Ltd at its new European base in Bingley. The company moved into the Bradford & Bingley's offices in Main Street in the summer and hopes to create the extra jobs in
A blueprint for life in historic Saltaire over the next decade will be delivered to hundreds of villagers from today. The Saltaire Draft Management Plan has been drawn up in support of the village's bid to become a World Heritage Site and a summary is
Unemployed Alison Shaw went to the Jobcentre looking for the career of her dreams. But the 23-year-old decided to fulfil the dreams of hundreds of children instead and spread festive cheer as Mother Christmas! Fun-loving Alison, of Wilsden, saw the unusual
Bradford has become embroiled in its own Falkland Islands conflict. But this time the war of words is with the colony's own sheep farmers. According to the islands' sole newspaper, the Penguin News, Falkland business leaders are proposing to market and
Travelling to London? Don't bank on it... Yesterday's howling winds and lashing rain truly divided the north from the south. Those commuters hoping to head to the capital - whether to work, shop or play - were out of luck. The M1 - a nightmare journey
The parents of a student who plunged from the eighth floor of a hotel are still trying to find out why he died a year after his death. The body of Hamzah Akhtar, 18, was found on the ground by the Britannia Hotel in Birmingham in November 1999, yet there
Bradford had their best weekend of the season so far with two classy performances. On Saturday three National League points were a must if they were to go into the Christ-mas break on a high, and they got them by beating Hounslow and Ealing 3-1. Three
Bingley Harriers' crack fell racing squad won the Calderdale Way Relay over 50 miles. The 12-strong team beat nearly 100 teams in the Halifax Harriers promotion in which runners competed in pairs over six sections of rain-soaked bridleways and harsh moorland
Bradford Bulls are already cashing in on their move to Valley Parade. Season ticket sales are ahead of target and the club have already netted £35,000 from selling all their 26 player sponsorships in record time. Chairman Chris Caisley is delighted with
Striker Robbie Blake is pushing for a place in Bradford City's starting line-up at Newcastle United on Saturday as he relaunches his Valley Parade career. Blake returned to City three weeks ago after a three-month loan spell at Nottingham Forest. He has
"Stand up to bullies and they will leave you alone" is the old maxim, and there are many cases where such tactics can prevail. So the new advice from Education Secretary David Blunkett which suggests that victims should confront their attacker verbally
Workers laid off from a Bradford car centre have joined forces to go it alone. The four employees from Appleyard Rover in Canal Road learned they faced redundancy last month when parent company Lancaster announced it was closing the site. The service
A Birstall pensioner who was lonely and depressed after the death of her husband killed herself, an inquest heard. Brenda Clafton, 62, of King's Court, was found dead in the first-floor flat of her sheltered accommodation by a warden. She had a plastic
A petrol station boss has been convicted of illegally hoarding petrol during the fuel crisis to give out to friends and relatives. Ishfaq Hussain Shah, 27, of Masham Place, Bradford, the franchisee of the Save Service Station on Commercial Street, Shipley
Funds are being sought to employ the first specialist drug and alcohol worker in rural Craven. The decision was being announced today at a conference attended by organisations involved in the battle against drug and alcohol abuse. The decision comes as
Ilkley could soon be set to reclaim its rock'n'roll heritage as plans take off to turn the Kings Hall into a hotbed of concert activity. Following Irish band Ash's triumphant sell-out gig at the venue last Thursday, rock groups are said to be looking
A Bradford school has amassed a mountain of rubbish after binmen failed to empty bins for four weeks. Staff at Thackley Primary School, in Town Lane, Thackley, say that if the bags are not removed soon they will pose a health and fire hazard to pupils
Bradford's support group for rape victims today denounced a sexually provocative poster campaign as irresponsible. And Bradford Rape Crisis, while pulling short of condoning law-breaking, says it can understand why vigilantes have attacked some of the
The parents of a teenager forced to leave school after years of victimisation today backed the Government's new anti-bullying drive. Kimberley Gordon, 16, left Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College last Friday after her parents decided she was too frightened
Even if Bradford panto bosses had a magic lamp, they could not wish for a better start to the festive season. The city's panto spectacular Aladdin, which opens tomorrow at the Alhambra, is on course to be the most successful on record with audiences already
Bradford Council leader Councillor Margaret Eaton today called for the Government to give more money to the district's five policing divisions to help police stamp out gun law in the district. Coun Eaton today also gave her backing to the Telegraph &
Some of the world's top police dogs have arrived in Bradford to learn the latest in canine crime-fighting techniques. The dogs and their handlers have travelled from as far away as America, Finland, Norway, and Denmark to take part in a prestigious police
SIR - Could anyone out there tell me what we are celebrating in a week or so? Could it be ... Christ-mas? Could it be I'm out of touch? Could it be I don't live in the real world? Has anyone out there seen any sign of this festive season? I have. I happened
