Kathryn Leng is hoping her involvement with the Bradford-Leeds University Centre of Excellence side will help her to win her place back in the England Ladies' team. The 27-year-old all-rounder, who plays for Wakefield Ladies, is disappointed at being
Yorkshire Water has won an award from the British Safety Council (BSC) for its below average accident rate. Staff from the company, receiving its third award from the Council, joined 1,000 other guests at the National Safety Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor
A survey by the GMB union has shown that women make up more than half the workforce in many areas of Yorkshire and the Humberside. In Bradford, the west of the district produced the best result with 54.4 per cent of workers women. Next was Shipley with
Dent Steel Services is to receive a £950,000 insurance payout as a result of the receivership of the Cammell Laird ship builder. The Bradford company supplied Cammell Laird with more than £3 million worth of steel last year and had a global contract with
A fundraising event in aid of a trust set up in memory of a Brighouse schoolgirl is to be attended by TV funnyman Jack Dee. The Laura Crane Trust, set up in October 1996 following the death of Brighouse High School pupil Laura Crane, 17, has enrolled
Ideas about police work in the new Millennium have won Shipley officer Brian Watson a top award and cash prize. PC Watson took first place in the Queen's Gold Medal Competition with a 4,500-word essay on challenges facing police today, which left him
Bradford Bulls were celebrating today after clinching a new deal with their teenage sensation Leon Pryce. The 19-year-old winger, pictured with Bulls chief executive Abi Ekoku, has turned his back on lucrative offers from rugby union to remain with the
Bradford musician and conductor Rino Grice wants the district to have its own major orchestra as part of its bid to become European Capital of Culture. He wants a symphony orchestra on the scale of the famous Halle Orchestra, to showcase local talent
A senior councillor has complained that he is unable to get a list of decisions made in private by Bradford Council officers. And at yesterday's executive committee meeting it was admitted there may be a flaw in the system for Britain's modernised councils
A Bradford policeman was today awaiting a crucial medical treatment for his eight-year-old daughter, hoping it will 'buy some time' in his hunt for a life-saving bone marrow donor. Little Alice Maddocks, who has a rare bone marrow disorder, was due to
Outdoor workers are being targeted by Bradford doctors in a bid to drive down spiralling rates of skin cancer. And employers are being reminded they could face health and safety penalties if they fail to safeguard the lives of their staff by not issuing
Pensioners Anne Jordan and Kathleen Bailey took to the skies above Bradford and Keighley like born aviators. After a quick rendering of "Amy Johnson flew in an Aeroplane" the two residents of Hanover Housing sheltered homes strapped themselves in the
A Parliamentary candidate has complained to police that he suffered threats and bribe attempts to persuade him against standing in the General Election. Imran Hussain, pictured, said he had received several anonymous telephone calls warning that he and
SIR - The undersigned organisations support the Government's continuing efforts to control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Until the disease is eradicated, these controls must remain a priority. All our organisations want the countryside to return to normal
Defending champions Guiseley went down to their first defeat of the season at Steeton, the team they pipped to the Aire-Wharfe League title last season. On a day when bowling dominated, this was a high scoring encounter with Barry McCormick giving Guiseley
What a difference a year makes! Cowling, who would have been relegated last season if the First Division had not been extended, now sit proudly on top of the Craven League table. They were at home to Sutton and made 166 for four, skipper Steve Mitchell
Stuart McCall is considering his Bradford City future after being offered a new one-year contract worth almost 60 per cent less than his current deal. McCall, who defied injury to play in City's last Premiership match of the season at Coventry on Saturday
It is hardly surprising that the people running their businesses in council-owned premises in Tong Street are feeling beleaguered. They are trying to make a living for themselves and provide the services that residents in the area need, yet at the same
In 1498, Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach the 'Indies'. In 1863, American frontiersman Kit Carson died. In 1960, the Isreali government announced the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. From the Telegraph & Argus
The daughter of former Denholme mayor John Hanson has made his last wish come true by getting his book about the village he loved put into print. Elaine Ward said her father had always hoped that his work, Denholme Through The Ages, could be professionally
Detectives have recruited mounted police in their bid to investigate a number of attacks and robberies in a Keighley park. Yesterday two mounted officers were patrolling Lund Park, where residents have been the victims of a spate of assaults and attempted
Businesses in Tong Street, Bradford, claim that repeated break-ins and lack of security have left them feeling they are in 'No Man's Land.' Several businesses, which lease their premises from Bradford Council, have broken into or suffered attempted break-ins
Thousands of people taking holidays abroad will miss their right to vote by post because of new Government procedures. A decision to lift restrictions for postal votes and extend the deadline for applications until just six working days before polling
Bradford may be known as the curry capital of the north, but the popular Asian meal could soon be beaten into second place by the humble pizza. Perfect Pizza is the first national pizza chain to offer halal pizzas, and has chosen Bradford to try out its
Their families feared the age gap was too great and even the British and Tunisian governments tried to keep them apart. But the bond between 52-year-old Bradford grandmother Veronica Garcia and her husband Mohammed Solah Tarkhani, 27, refused to be broken
The district's farmers fear that they could be on the verge of another foot and mouth crisis as more cases are discovered in North Yorkshire. The latest to be confirmed was this morning in Gargrave, a few miles from Skipton. More than 200 Ministry of
