The case against a transport manager accused of the manslaughter of six people killed when a lorry careered out of control down a hill seems set to collapse. The judge, Mr Justice Hooper, told the jury at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday - the tenth day
High-profile Bradford Congress will be extended - to include religious communities for the first time since it was set up four years ago. It will also include a further-education representative as part of a shake-up. The image of "secrecy" in the organisation
West Yorkshire Fire Service could become a victim of its own success and lose Government funding. After seven years of budget reductions fire chiefs were looking forward to some much-needed breathing space with the promise of an increase in spending limits
Teachers in Bradford have mounted a fightback after their school was pilloried for failing its children two years ago. All Saints CE First School in Little Horton was one of only eight schools in Bradford to fail their Ofsted report after an inspection
A pioneering Bradford firm is raising more than £1 million to help its ambitious expansion plans. Advance Digital Communications has published its prospectus for a share issue on the OFEX facility - a way for small firms to raise extra cash on the Stock
Bradford City were today looking to contact the man who they hope will become the club's assistant manager in the near future. New boss Paul Jewell is searching for an experienced number two after former Liverpool star Jan Molby sensationally turned down
Education Secretary David Blunkett was today urged to launch an immediate inquiry into Bradford's budget plans for schools in the forthcoming year. David Hart, general secretary of the National Association of Headteachers, claims schools are to be short-changed
Thousands of poll tax debtors across the district were given the strong message from Bradford Council today: "You must pay up." The Council has called off bailiffs due to take furniture from more than 2,100 houses today after floods of calls from distraught
Developers Bryant Homes have promised firm action against Sandy Lane residents who have occupied one of their green field housing sites. Fifty-two people in Sandy Lane have vowed to carry on fighting the controversial planning battle even though permission
Foster carers from across Bradford were today being honoured at a special civic reception to recognise their efforts. MIKE WAITES spoke to two couples who have welcomed hundreds of youngsters into their homes When Joan Dixon and her husband Michael began
Residents of West Yorkshire are more likely to become a victim of crime than people living in London, it was revealed today. And almost a quarter of 999 callers to West Yorkshire Police are kept hanging on the telephone longer than the force's 15-second
A scheme set up to give schoolchildren in Bradford a healthy start to the day is helping to reduce truancy levels. The early morning Breakfast Club at Delph Hill estate is proving a hit with youngsters and their parents. And Kath Chappell, head teacher
Train services in Bradford and West Yorkshire have been branded as "pathetic" by a rail users watchdog - for the second time in two weeks. In its annual report published today, the Railway Development Society says that after two years of improved time-keeping
Bingley's famous Five Rise Locks are being well and truly put on the map for tourists. Following years of grumbling that the locks, one of the town's most well-known landmarks, were inadequately signposted, a new set of brown and white tourism signs have
Fury erupted today as it emerged that work starting on Odsal Superdome has been put back to mid-summer. National Superdome boss John Garside has told Bradford Council it will be necessary yet again to delay the start date of the £200 million project because
Peter Delaney of Baildon is taking over as the junior organiser for the Bradford Union of Golf Clubs following the death of Peter Morris last month. He will be assisted by Ralph Anderson of Northcliffe. The change was announced at the 67th annual meeting
Keighley Cougars will work within a strict financial budget as the club looks to put 15 months of financial uncertainty behind it, according to coach John Kain. Chairman Howard Carter officially announced yesterday that the board had been handed back
Rugby League will seek to push back the boundaries with a unique Super League roadshow this summer. Super League clubs last night decided to scrap a three-week break in domestic fixtures from July 3-26 and instead take the game to virgin territory. The
Rock on Tommy! Top comedians Cannon and Ball are giving a free show to help build a £1 million church extension. The born-again Christians are swapping glittering venues like the London Palladium to perform in a humble Bradford church. The comedy stars
A banned driver who led police on a three-mile chase at speeds of more than 100mph has been jailed for 19 months. Bradford Crown Court heard that Dennis Hamilton, 30, was already serving a two-year disqualification when police officers spotted him driving
Jacob Stewart's Action Man toys sparked a real-life emergency rescue when they parachuted into danger from a perilous clifftop - and became stuck. After two days wedged 40ft up on a rocky outcrop in Baildon, firemen were called into action. Jacob's mother
Bradford & District Training & Enterprise Council is to review how it operates after the sudden departure of business director Paul Mitchell. Mr Mitchell, 45, left the TEC's Mercury House headquarters in Manchester Road, Bradford, to "pursue other
