A railway link closed to passenger services 40 years ago is in line to reopen again. A passenger platform is set to be built beside the line, which was axed to passenger trains. It will be the first leg of a plan to open up the Skipton to Swinden line
A handful of pupils from Keighley's Holy Family School are getting the opportunity to don barrister's wigs and gowns and take part in a staged trial as part of the Citizenship Founda-tion's national mock trial competition. The group of year 11 students
A mother has spoken of her relief at the prison sentence given to her son who stabbed his wife to death after she admitted having an affair. Hilda Stewart said she had feared Andrew Stewart, 36, would have been given longer than the four and a half year
A trainspotter's business is steaming ahead thanks to the popularity of railway memorabilia. Former computer engineer Stephen Cliff can re-create any cast-iron railway engine name plate, from the famous Flying Scotsman to the mighty Mallard. Since the
A young woman's dream of being able to walk again could come true, thanks to the skill of a German doctor. Becky Yeadon, 23, suffers from a rare disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - a genetic condition which affects the formation of collagen, the
Veteran Conservative Councillor Stanley King will become Lord Mayor of Bradford next year - ending a bitter ten-year feud in City Hall. The controlling Labour group has done a dramatic U-turn by agreeing to allow a Tory councillor to become Bradford's
Angling: The weekend's top event proved an anti-climax as most of the 210 field on the Ouse above York struggled on a clear river. Kevin Moore (Aireborough) drew the fancied roots above the Nidd Mouth and made no mistake with a classy display of big fish
Bradford Sunday Alliance League: After several near misses Queensbury finally got their first Premier Division win when they upset fellow strugglers Wibsey WMC 6-1, the win enabling 'Bury to move off bottom place. Veteran Bob Mason, debutising for brother
Liverpool 3, Bradford City 1; David Markham reports form Anfield. For eight glorious minutes Bradford City's Liverpool-born manager Paul Jewell must have wondered whether he was going to make a fairytale return to Anfield, where he began his career nearly
Like station cook Maggie in the TV series London's Burning - which returns to our screens in the New Year - Ann Turner does not simply rustle up meals for fire crews. She also takes on the role of mum, agony aunt and, above all, friend. Helen Mead joined
When most women - with the exception, perhaps, of Charlie Dimmock - would struggle to knock down a garden wall, Holly Bennett thinks nothing of flattening the odd tower block. Aged 20, the petite blonde does not comply with the stereotypical image of
With only two months to go to the start of a new Millennium, I wonder if there is a living thing in the Dales that might have been alive 1,000 years ago? Maybe one of our churchyard yews or an ancient oak at Bolton Abbey was a sapling before the Normans
This week bald men everywhere will have been walking around with smiles of eager anticipation on their faces. What will have cheered them up is news that a new anti-balding pill is coming on to the market. At least, that's what we're supposed to believe
Safety and medical experts today reinforced calls for parents to keep balloons away from young children. Their comments came after the Telegraph & Argus revealed yesterday how Bradford couple Nadeem and Shahnaz Butt were suing the importers of one
Epileptic parents Penny and Stephen Greenwood were today thrown a lifeline in the battle to keep their baby. The Bradford couple fear the child could be taken away from them after Social Services bosses announced they would have to go through an assessment
Chip shop owners Eric and Christian Bowers were stunned when they got a £2,000 gas bill. It was about ten times the usual quarterly amount, but when they complained that it was wrong British Gas agreed - and said it should be £27,000. Now the couple,
Officials from the Home Office were in Bradford today judging Bradford's bid to become one of Tony Blair's prestigious model councils. The Council has been shortlisted for Beacon status on the basis of its community safety initiatives. If it is chosen
Plans for a computer recycling centre bringing vital jobs and training to Bradford could be scrapped because a lack of cash. Organisers today appealed for business leaders to save the Manningham-based community project by coming up with £10,000 of donations
A ground-breaking strategy to help stamp out age discrimination in the workplace is set to win Bradford Council backing. The policy document, thought to be the first of its kind in the country, is being hailed as a major boost to both elderly and young
The sign on the boarding house door didn't mince its words. "No Irish, no niggers," it read. "That'll be us, then," thought the two strangers on the doorstep. And off they walked together. The year was 1961, the place Liverpool. The little B&B in
Councillors were today considering a report which shows the number of people hurt in road accidents has reached record levels in West Bradford. The report's author Ken Scarlett, the head of Bradford Council's transportation and planning services, examined
Employers could be faced with costly compensation claims if they ignore stress in the workplace, a leading employment lawyer has warned. Liz Henry, head of the employment law team at solicitors Last Cawthra Feather, which has an office in Wells Walk,
Planners have backed a minister's bid to turn his barn into a youth centre, despite protests from his neighbours. The Reverend John Nockels, of Harden Congregational Church, is attempting to use the barn next to his house for a weekly youth club. People
Grattan League: Mail Coach delivered the goods in style by inflicting the first defeat of the campaign on visiting Premier Division title chasing Lexicon. Scott Taylor opened the scoring for the home side, but second-placed Lexicon were level by the break
Odsal favourite Paul Medley has announced his retirement as a player after a 15-year career. Medley, 33, helped Dewsbury to the Northern Ford Premier-ship Grand Final at the end of last season and had considered another season with the Rams, but admits
I am sure that when the board of directors sacked our last manager, they thought that would be the last anyone heard of him. Then along popped his namesake (well nearly) and the name of his favourite food (well mine anyway!), namely Camara and Berger,
Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier is backing Bradford City to survive in the Premier-ship because of their fighting spirit. Houllier was full of praise for City, despite their 3-1 defeat at Anfield last night. He said: "I thought they played well. I understand
As Bradford heads towards the new Millennium, it is good news that its politicians have decided to end a decade-long feud. The nomination of Councillor Stanley King as the next Lord Mayor will see a Conservative holding the district's highest civic office
Jeanette Reynolds counts herself lucky to be a mum. Despite having a painful disease, which can cause infertility, for seven years before it was diagnosed, she has two children. The 31-year-old from Wrose, Bradford, was diagnosed with endometriosis six
One in six couples experience fertility problems. And some eventually try IVF, which in Bradford has to be paid for at a cost of between £1,300 and £1,400 a cycle. If you're lucky, it will work. But only 33 per cent of those couples achieve a pregnancy
Khan walked across my consulting room table, stretched her elegant tail straight up and curled the tip slightly forward as she showed off the lovely dark brown leopard spots that cover her light brown body. She is a 12-month-old, brown tabby-spotted Bengal
I've spent my whole adult life as a doctor trying to stop people from smoking. I admit that I'm a fanatic anti-smoker. That's because I have seen so many people die early and horribly purely because of their habit. In the last year I've had to help several
As I'm always complaining that I haven't time to do anything with such a busy life, what better excuse could there possibly be than to remedy that by hogging a whole hour to myself? When the clocks went back on Saturday night I rubbed my hands in glee
Normally, I'm not at all in favour of sneaky photographs of celebrities taken with long lenses. They're a terrible invasion of privacy. However, I must admit to having been cheered up by pictures published last weekend which showed Sir Paul McCartney
Former Superdome boss John Garside is spearheading a £1 billion development on the site of the new Wembley Stadium. He has been appointed Director of Property for Wembley PLC, a job created for him by the major company. The man whose £200 million plan
Bradford City footballer Ashley Westwood, pictured, has been banned from driving for 56 days for speeding in a sports car after he finished training. The defender - who can earn as much as a quarter of a million pounds a year - told the city's magistrates
An employee at Bradford's Racial Equality Council has been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing. The REC said information had also been passed to the police following the decision. The hearing began after a team of auditors swooped on the offices
Police have condemned the theft of hundreds of Remembrance Day poppies. The were stolen from a Volkswagen Polo parked outside its owner's house in Bennett Street, Skipton, just hours before they were due to go on sale. Chief Inspector Ron Johnson, of
A family have spoken of their terror after a four-year-old girl's dress was set alight by a firework stuffed through their letterbox. The Asian family, who will not be named for fear of reprisals, say they have been the victims of an 18-month hate campaign
Ousted Council leader John Ryan has been given a key community role in Bradford's re-organised Council. In a shock result at last night's Labour group meeting, he snapped up the chairmanship of Bradford North Area Panel - beating former chairman Bob Sowman
A Bradford restaurant is literally making its customers sing for their supper with a unique spin on karaoke. The Shabab, in Thornton Road, has come up with Yorkshire's first Curry-oke. After, or indeed during, a slap-up meal, customers who feel the urge
