A brewery which has made a name for itself by giving wacky titles to its beers has launched a Christmas appeal - for ideas. The Goose Eye brewery in Ingrow, near Keighley, has already conjured up a host of off-beat names. They include No Eye Deer, Wonky
Schoolchildren have decided not to send Christmas cards this year and to give Romanian orphans the money they save as a result. Pupils at Birkenshaw CE First and Nursery School helped the Orphan Aid Association with purchases of soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond has predicted that Bradford City will survive in the Premiership. Richmond confidently forecasts that the current bottom three - Watford, Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County - will go down with City surviving by three points
Having received an early Christmas present, a booklet published just 50 years ago about the black-marble clergyman in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, I took the first opportunity of visiting Cowan Bridge and followed field paths to Tunstall Church. This
Bradford's Racial Equality Council is to mount a legal challenge to a decision to cut its funding. The Commission for Racial Equality withdrew funding from the organisation in the midst of a police probe over alleged financial irregularities at the council
A Wibsey man has made an impassioned plea for the return of a special wheelchair he believes has been stolen from St Luke's Hospital. Edward Miller and his family donated the wheelchair to St Luke's after the death of his father, also named Edward. Mr
Christmas could be a lonely celebration for the one Christian pupil at Atlas Primary School, but it isn't. The school in Lincoln Close takes care to ensure that all faiths and their festivals are understood by all pupils. "It is really important. It is
A nativity angel had a miracle escape when she was knocked under a car and dragged 20 yards down the road. Six-year-old Francesca Eberharter was walking with her family to Pudsey Parish Church when a passing car skidded out of control and mounted the
Visitors turned back the clock in more ways than one when they travelled on a newly opened line into the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. They donned Victorian dress to travel to Grassington for a Dickensian Festival which attracted people from across the
More than 30 firefighters spent several hours tackling a blaze at a Guiseley health studio last night. Fire officers were today inspecting the Karisma Health & Dance Studio in Oxford Street after it was hit by the blaze. Five fire engines from Shipley
A woman who gave up her studies to look after her partner during his battle against cancer has won a college's top prize. Karen Armstrong, 38, of Grassing-ton, whose 30-year-old partner Mark Armstrong lost his ten week fight against the disease, has scooped
A big-hearted chef is giving up his first free Christmas Day in years to help send a young leukaemia sufferer on a dream trip to Disney World. Andy Cartwright, executive chef at Baildon's Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel and Country Club, had been looking
A Bingley school has won high praise from government inspectors who labelled it a good school for pupils to learn and grow up in. Beckfoot Grammar School in Wagon Lane was applauded for having significant strengths and for continually working to raise
A Kosovan refugee who was blind for three years has been given the gift of sight by a Bradford eye doctor. Doctors held little hope of being able to help 50-year-old Qelebije Rrafshi, who was brought to Bradford with refugees from her war-torn homeland
Non-League: Ossett Town 3, Park Avenue 1. Park Avenue's penultimate game of the Millennium turned into a damp squib as they tumbled to a 3-1 defeat at Division One newcomers Ossett Town. The third placed visitors could have gone through the 40 point barrier
Rugby Union: Tynedale 27, Bradford & Bingley 9. Bradford & Bingley's hopes of putting a spanner in the works of Tynedale's Thwaites North Division One promotion hopes failed to materialise in the snow at Corbridge on Saturday. After absorbing
Bradford's top ice skating prospect Lucy Moulds has moved a step closer to her dream of appearing in the Olympics. The 15-year-old from Shelf, who attends Rastrick High School, has been called up for the British junior squad for next year. She will attend
The festive season descended on Valley Parade with a sprinkling of Santa hats along with Christmas carols as the pre-match entertainment. This obviously inspired the Bantams to produce a Christmas present to all their fans. With the exception of the first
Bradford City 2, Newcastle Utd 0; Richard Sutcliffe reports from Valley Parade. When Bradford City trooped off the field at half-time, anyone predicting a 2-0 triumph come the final whistle would have been laughed out of Valley Parade. The Bantams had
A small sign of the turn-around in Bradford Council emerges today with the announcement of the award of Beacon status - an honour which has been bestowed by the Government on 42 councils out of almost 300 which applied. Bradford's was granted for its
The so-called season of goodwill might seem an odd time for the Government to launch a major debate on how we should react to the growing number of beggars on the streets. But then, I suppose no time is a good time to push this emotive issue to a high
When Santa's out looking for chimneys to clamber down this Christmas, he should find the one at historic Salts Mill without too much difficulty. Not only is the stone-built 226-foot chimney one of the largest around, but this year it is being floodlit
A bid to win £25 million for one of Bradford's most needy areas has been welcomed. Barkerend is one of only three areas in the Yorkshire and Humberside region to be invited to bid for a slice of the £280 million Single Regeneration Budget available for
Conservation experts have been called in to investigate after the road collapsed in the heart of Thornton's historic village centre. A six-metre drop has been left by the incident, forcing Bradford Council highways officials to cordon off the area with
Bradford residents looking to get away for the Millennium are flocking back to travel agents following price reductions of more than 50 per cent. Travel agents across the city say people are taking advantage of cheap deals offered to tempt people to travel
Bradford Council was today named as one of the first Beacon Councils. The Government announcement means the Council will be a centre of excellence for community safety. Almost 300 councils applied for the status and the 42 successful ones were named by
