A leading pub chain with a string of outlets across the district has called time on smokers by announcing plans for a total ban on smoking in its pubs. The ban will come into effect in May next year and will see smoking outlawed in all 650 branches
Tyersal crashed out of the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup when they were beaten 7-5 by Huddersfield League side Meltham Athletic. Striker Andy Carlton, who scored four times against Hartshead in an earlier round, repeated the scoring feat against
Darren Holloway has been knocked out of City's plans until March with a torn calf. The right back, who was taken off just before half-time on Saturday, had his fears confirmed by a scan. He could be out of action for up to six weeks. Colin Todd said:
The new DVD featuring TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp, designed to enlighten senior civil servants as to the benefits of relocating to the Bradford district, is timely. The Government has been claiming that it wants more of its departments to decentralise
Yobbish behaviour is to be tackled as part of a far-reaching plan to make Keighley a better place to live. Anti-social behaviour was identified by residents as one of their major concerns. Now a think-tank drawing up a blueprint for future action has
Bradford heart patients can now receive life-saving treatment in the city without having to travel to Leeds. Until now patients requiring an angioplasty, which stretches narrowings in coronary arteries, have had to make a 20 mile round trip to the Yorkshire
A respected trade union leader and anti-racism campaigner died of a rare heart infection. Her brother Frank Devlin, the brother of activist Liz Devlin, said his sister had died from a rare heart infection. Mr Devlin said doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary
A leading pub chain with a string of outlets across the district has called time on smokers by announcing plans for a total ban on smoking in its pubs. The ban will come into effect in May next year and will see smoking outlawed in all 650 branches across
An angry dad claims his dyslexic daughter's education is suffering after special one-to-one support sessions were scrapped at a cash-strapped school. Ellen Wigglesworth, 13, is a pupil at Parkside School, in Cullingworth - which has debts of £1 million
Movers and shakers on the Bradford property scene today saw for the first time the showbiz techniques being used to woo hundreds of house-hunting civil servants to the district. They watched a preview of a new film starring TV property expert Kirstie
What about closure for the victims? SIR - I write to express my outrage at the Home Office's decision to allow Peter Sutcliffe, the 'Yorkshire Ripper', to 'achieve closure' by visiting the place in Arneside where his late father's ashes were scattered
A gritty performance in the last half-hour of ordinary time and the resulting extra-time saw Albion Sports through to the FA Sunday Cup quarter-finals after a 4-2 win over Swindon visitors Greyhound FC. Albion almost got off to a flier when James Nestor
In the Woodhouse Cup, Bradford A beat Doncaster A 6-1 with wins from Ihor Lewyk, Chris Wright, Peter Gayson and Graham Redmond. Three games were drawn and one defaulted. Bradford Central were held 4-4 by Huddersfield A. Peter Rooney, Andrew Butterworth
Eccleshill United will be aiming to register a quick-fire double in the Northern Counties East Premier Division tonight and reclaim a few local bragging rights in the process. Saturday's 2-1 win at Maltby Main gave United a psychological edge over the
Ryan Hudson's suspension for an alleged doping offence has dealt the Bulls' Super League X campaign a second hammer blow inside 24 hours. Coming hard on the heels of news that star Kiwi centre Shontayne Hape faces six months on the sidelines with a knee
Specialist Keighley printer OPM Group is bucking the downward trend in the industry by investing £1 million in a state-of-the-art new press. The firm has invested in the new label and packaging press which it said would significantly expand capacity and
The regeneration of a Bradford graveyard has suffered a setback after vandals carried out "an act of senseless destruction" and smashed some of its historic headstones. Volunteers have been working hard to restore the Victorian cemetery, at Heaton Baptist
A baptist minister in Haworth has come up with a novel way to bring people flocking to church. The Reverend Chris Upton is planning to turn his West Lane church into a cinema as part of the village's Fairtrade Fortnight celebrations. The celebrations
A teenager who has repeatedly broken the terms of his anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) has been made the subject of a six-month detention and training order. Fifteen-year-old Luke Patchett, who was part of a gang known as the "Dynamic Crew," was made
A convicted killer who masterminded a big drug-dealing operation was today back behind bars. Police who raided Keith Liburd's home in Great Horton, Bradford, found bundles of banknotes totalling more than £22,000. They also discovered packs of crack cocaine
A 20-year-old driver has been warned by a judge that he will be jailed after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of a talented Bradford student in a crash 17 months ago. Joseph Robinson admitted causing death by careless driving while under the influence
Up to 270 manufacturing workers are to lose their jobs at one of Bradford's leading hi-tech firms, it was announced today. Filtronic Comtek, the Saltaire firm which makes components for all the world's leading mobile telephone companies, is to lay-off
