It says something about the state of this country that when it's reported that John Prescott's office is considering plans to up the council tax of houses simply because they enjoy a pleasant view, you're inclined to believe it. This is the same Prescott
City will pocket around £80,000 from the FA Cup even if they lose to Barnsley in round two. But chairman Julian Rhodes is hoping they can keep the ball rolling and draw a money-spinning clash with Premiership opposition. Last week's win over Tranmere
A leading head teacher has been headhunted to reverse the fortunes of a struggling school. John Patterson will leave Bingley Grammar after eight years to become principal of a new Academy in Kent which will replace a previously failing school. Mr Patterson
A church minister says the streets around his church look like a "war zone" and urgent action is needed to stop the rot. Tim Mills has been the minister at Pollard Park Evangelical Church, on Heap Lane, Barkerend, for the past seven-and-a-half years and
Part of a £600 million Government fund could be used to help in the massive task of replacing Bradford's 30,000 ageing street lights. Transport minister Karen Buck announced the scheme earlier this week which will allow local authorities to finance major
A heartbroken Bradford mother will be hanging a second star on the Telegraph & Argus Christmas Star Appeal tree next month to remember her son who died just weeks ago. Barbara Buck has suffered a harrowing three years in which her husband, mother
A Bradford man who hunted down his wife and slit her throat in front of her terrified friends has been jailed for life. Rachel Linder, 39, was slain by husband Mohammed Kemp after years of horrific abuse at his hands. She had tried to escape his brutality
Time we English received parity SIR - Scotsman Alistair Darling has scrapped Leeds Super Tram, but a similar tram system, at similar cost, goes ahead in Edinburgh. Where's Darling's constituency? Edinburgh! Another prime example of anti-Englishness by
Skipper Jamie Peacock revealed Great Britain will use the Bulls' incredible turnaround this season as inspiration as they look to keep their Gillette Tri-Nations dream alive against New Zealand tonight. "We have to draw on the aspects of Bradford's season
It is in some ways disappointing that West Park Developments, which was planning to build apartments in Little Germany, has pulled out after planning differences with Bradford Council. Postponement of any project, particularly one on a prestigious site
A hospital boss has pledged that gynaecological treatment will not be axed in his radical plans to streamline services. Adam Cairns, Airedale NHS Trust's chief executive, said there was no plan to absorb it in a new system of admissions and aftercare.
Lisa Rendell just can't stop smiling since scooping the latest roll-over jackpot in the Telegraph & Argus Buy it in Bradford draw, It prize - which includes £1,100 cash - has come at just the right time for the 32-year-old mother of Long Lee Lane,
A charity shop in Bradford city centre is having to divert funds from helping those in need to pay for damage caused by burglars. The Marie Curie Cancer shop on Ivegate has been broken into three times in the past 12 months. And the money to cover the
A developer has quit Bradford after claiming he suffered a "planning nightmare" over his bid to build apartments in historic Little Germany. Riz Haq, who is now working on £25 million-worth of residential developments in Huddersfield, said he paid around
A Bradford GP jailed for child porn offences has been banned from working by medical watchdogs. Dr Simon Watson, jailed for two years at Leeds Crown Court in April, was struck off the medical register until further notice by the General Medical Council
A court has heard how the lives of two Bradford BNP members were devastated after they were shown on TV hurling racist abuse at a nightclub doorman. Stephen Barkham and Richard O'Grady, both now 24, were caught on camera during undercover filming for
