Hospital bosses, MPs and police were today queuing up to back the T&A's campaign to end violence and abuse towards hospital staff. Their support comes after shocking new figures revealing the soaring level of abuse suffered by hospital staff at the
Anthony McGrath's international career lay in ruins today after he was left out of England's controversial one-day tour of Zimbabwe. "My future in the international game does not look too good," admitted McGrath. Michael Vaughan will lead England in Zimbabwe
Paul Anderson could make a shock return to the Bulls line-up for Saturday's Grand Final qualifier against Leeds Rhinos. Anderson - the heaviest player in Super League - hasn't played for seven weeks since undergoing knee surgery and only returned to full
Danny Forrest is set for a shock call-up to the bench against Accrington at Valley Parade tonight. The England under-19 striker has not kicked a ball this season after injuring his back during the summer. But Colin Todd will throw him straight into the
MP Chris Leslie faces a battle at the next General Election after it emerged Shipley is on a hit-list of seats being targeted by pro-hunt campaigners. Huntsmen and women are being urged to support candidates - mainly Tories - who will repeal a hunting
A heavy drinking session ended with one of a group of young friends collapsing in a spa bath after mixing drugs and alcohol, an inquest was told. Christopher Hoar, 29, and the rest of the group had been drinking in The Old Hall pub, Haworth, before buying
Lorry driver Peter Benson is furious after getting 15 speed-camera fines - for a car he sold in June. The mystery summonses first left him baffled, then angry, as they were delivered one after the other to his home in Tyersal. They all relate to his former
The campaign to save Bradford's Bank Street post office and a host of sub post-offices across the district today entered its final - and crucial - phase. A hefty protest dossier compiled by Telegraph & Argus readers is on the desks of the decision-making
On Saturday morning Stuart Gadd kissed his wife Paula goodbye - not knowing it would be the last time he would see her alive. Bradford teacher Paula, an experienced caver and climber, died a few hours later while potholing, plunging 70 feet to her death
Flash floods which brought chaos to homes and businesses across the district were caused by "inadequate" maintenance of rivers, drains and sewers, councillors will be told today. An independent report into the flooding which left parts of the Aire Valley
A private hire firm is piloting a 'spy in the cab' scheme which could lead to cameras in taxis across the Bradford district. Metro Keighley is installing digital security cameras in around 15 of its cars to see if they deter drunken behaviour and assaults
A woman has been arrested in connection with the tragic death of a seven-day-old baby at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Police were called to BRI on Wednesday, September 22, after the infant's death was reported, but no details were released until the police
Coach Steve McNamara looks likely to stick with the side that thrashed Wakefield en route to the Grand Final when his side takes on Leeds Rhinos in the season finale at Headingley tonight (7.30). Scrum half Chris Bridge, who suffered a shin and ankle
Spen Ex A may have been relegated from the Naylor Premier League but they certainly put up a fight in their last game at newly-crowned champions Brighouse Sports. Spen Ex registered five winners on the tricky green, the best of which was Peter Howarth's
It was a positive night for the two local clubs in the UniBond Premier as both managed important victories to lift them into the top half of the table. Guiseley's 3-1 win at Wakefield & Emley was arguably the best result after the club had gone five
The flash floods which swamped large tracts of the Aire Valley in November were a disaster waiting to happen, according to an independent report on them by Professor Richard Ashley of Sheffield University. Yet he makes it clear that they could largely
Bradford engineering workers who face losing all or part of their pensions were due to take to the streets of Brighton today. Current and former employees of Federal Mogul (formerly Turner and Newall) were protesting outside the Labour Party conference
Campaigners are calling for a mill - believed to be one of the oldest in Yorkshire - to be saved from destruction. They want Grove Mills at Ingrow, near Keighley, to be preserved as part of the town's industrial heritage. A new survey of the site, by
Asylum seeker families and teenage mums needing support in Bradford and Shipley are set to benefit from a £5.05m Government funding boost over the next two years. Home-Start, the UK's leading family support charity, has been awarded the cash to develop
May the Odeon outcry continue SIR - How good it was to read that the Odeon building is at last being cleaned up, with the weeds and trees being removed. But on the same day I receive a letter from the chairman of Yorkshire Forward, the Government agency
