David Behrens meets the man behind Lily Savage PAUL O'GRADY emerges from his dressing room in a loose robe and pink fluffy slippers. Nothing else. A cigarette hangs from his bottom lip, as if hinged there. He is a major stage and television star, but
Two Bradford teenagers have been arrested as investigations continue into the murder of a pizza restaurant owner. Police say an 18-year-old from East Bowling and another youth have been bailed to appear at Brixton police station in June. Detective Inspector
The Queen and Queen Mother - both members of the Women's Institute - have been presented with copies of a saucy alternative WI calendar. Tricia Stewart and Angela Baker, of Cracoe, near Skipton, who with nine other women appear naked in the calendar,
Parents are asking Bradford Council planners to refuse planning permission for houses on an area where their children play. The Council's property services group is seeking outline permission for the plot - once the site of demolished Wesley Place Primary
Myths, legends and storybook characters have been given a new lease of life by Gillian Baverstock - the daughter of children's author Enid Blyton. Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Medusa, Tom Thumb and the Pied Piper are among the characters who will appear
Campaigners battling for the right to ride their horses across a new golf course have enlisted the help of a pantomime filly. Members of the Thackley, Esholt and District Bridleway Association are campaigning for bridleway status to be granted to a route
High-flying Shipley electronics giant Filtronic, whose workforce has soared from just 800 to a staggering 2,950 worldwide in just 18 months, is planning to create another 400 new jobs. The firm's success story, led by multi-millionaire Professor David
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley will meet Otley tomorrow for the inaugural Granville Clark Memorial Trophy. Family and friends of the flanker, who played for both clubs before his death from cancer at the age of 36 in 1993, will gather at Wagon Lane
Cricket: New Australian signing Greg Blewett suffered the second failure of his debut match with Yorkshire when he departed in the second over of the day in the PPP Championship clash against Gloucestershire today. Having established a comfortable first
Manager Paul Jewell has pledged not to be forced into drastic changes when his Bradford City side travel to QPR tomorrow. The Bantams boss knows that victory is paramount at Loftus Road with promotion rivals Ipswich being three points clear and only three
It is hardly surprising that eyebrows have been raised at news of the overnight stay at an Ilkley hotel by 18 members of the shadow board preparing the bid for funding for Little Horton. There can hardly be a bigger contrast than between the deprived
Even if you didn't go to the Alhambra Studio recently, you may have seen the publicity for Parv Bancil's comic cautionary tale about dreams of stardom - Bollywood or Bust...Innit! It was performed by the same team that packed out the Studio Theatre with
Newcomers Ooberman are ahead of schedule on their quest to become Bradford's latest pop sensations. The five-piece had not been expecting to make a dent on the Top 40 until later this year. But their new single Blossoms Falling has caused such a stir
A campaign is being launched to teach young people how to be good parents. The Odsal Residents' Association and Odsal Community Centre in Crawford Avenue, want to run the course for single parents in the Odsal area of Bradford. They have submitted a bid
A group which stayed overnight at a luxury hotel to organise an anti-poverty plan could have held their meeting in a business centre near their base - for just £65. And part of the money paid for the rooms at Carlisle Business Centre would have been used
Poet Joolz has landed a £50,000 book deal after winning a national competition for new crime writing. The Bradford-based writer has signed up with the publishing giant HarperCollins. Joolz, 44, won the Crime Writers' Association New Writing Competition
Headteachers say they are optimistic that parents will back them in their bid to secure better funding for the district's schools. On Wednesday a letter from headteachers arrived at the home of every secondary school pupil, calling on parents to lobby
A massive marquee will be the setting for the crucial vote on the future of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The marquee, which has cost the building society £40,000 to hire and put up, has taken 50 people a week to sort out in time for Monday's
A Bradford mum fears her children could be badly hurt after council workmen took down her garden fence. Susannah Bruce claims she has been waiting nearly two years for a new one round the front of her council house in Fagley. And the mother of three has
Businesses in Bradford are being urged to help fight crime in the city by making the most of closed-circuit television security. Police are carrying out an audit of the city's CCTV systems to build up a database of the resources available. The review
A carer accused of assaulting a pensioner sobbed in the witness box as she denied hurting the 80-year-old woman. Jacqueline Wright told the jury at Doncaster Crown Court yesterday she had never lost her temper with or struck Betty Sunderland, of Cullingworth
It's D-day in Bradford next week when councillors vote on massive schemes which will change the face of the district. Bradford Council's regeneration committee will take decisions next Wednesday which could result in massive investment and hundreds of
Members of Otley Chamber of Trade are calling for action to improve the town's market. A meeting heard that the situation was nearing crisis point and the market is suffering from competition from supermarkets and the trend of 24-hour shopping. Member
A community group is to take control of a former centre for elderly people after growing too big for its own building. Fieldhead Community Association is waiting to hear if a bid for European funding has been successful after striking a deal with Kirklees
A prestigious school where two boys were expelled for allegedly selling drugs has rejected a study which says too many pupils are excluded for substance misuse. The report from the charity Standing Conference on Drug Abuse (SCODA) claims schools act too
Bradford League: Pace bowler Peter Graham, now in his 23rd Secure Trust Bank Bradford League season, is relishing the visit to a club who mount a strong challenge to Bradford & Bingley's championship crown. Rain prevented Pudsey Congs starting their
Non-League Soccer: Bradford Park Avenue will be desperate to put the disappointment of Wednesday's County Cup final defeat behind them when they travel to Belper Town in the UniBond Division One tomorrow. The Derbyshire club, locked in mid-table, have
QPR midfielder George Kulcsar lines up against his former City team-mates tomorrow determined to put a huge dent in their bid for automatic promotion. The 31-year-old would dearly love to see the Bantams earn a place in the Premiership, but tomorrow he
A town with one foot in the Premiership by the time tomorrow's games are over - that appears to be the mood among the people of Ipswich ahead of this weekend's vital fixtures. George Burley's men are three points clear of City following their midweek
For Bradford City supporters, the mention of the name Queens Park Rangers will invariably lead to minds being cast back to May 1997. The Bantams entertained the Londoners on the final day of a difficult season knowing that only victory would ensure First
The Bulls must overcome life without the Paul brothers as they set out on their revenge mission against Halifax at Odsal tonight. Popular skipper Robbie is on international duty with brother Henry, playing for New Zealand in today's Anzac Test in Sydney
"I don't know how much I ought to bang on about this," says Alan Dossor, relaxing between slurps of wine. Clearly, he is on his hobbyhorse. "I'll bang on about it for a bit," he decides, and proceeds to take an ample bite from the hand that has, for some
Tom Welles is a pretty normal guy. He works as a surveillance specialist from his clapboard house in Pennsylvania, which he shares with his wife and baby daughter Cindy. There's no glamour, no veneer of tough-guy machismo. When he's away on a job they
William F Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is the subject of the exhibition of the summer at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Buffalo Bill's Wild West is being billed as a world premiere. Among the 250 items on display are items from private collections
A new escort agency has started in Bradford - run by the man who took money from new recruits in his last business and gave them no work. Last week Rights and Wrongs told how Chris Osborne had run the City Escorts agency from a bedsit in the city, visiting
Angry bosses at High Royds Hospital have demanded a public apology after they received stinging criticism from a Leeds health chief. Robert Cooper, finance chief at Leeds Health Authority, says in the Health Service Journal there is a lack of financial
Education Minister David Blunkett is to be urged to support a call for a doomed Oakworth school campus to be retained as a green lung in the community. Keighley MP Ann Cryer told campaigners battling to stop the Bronte Middle School site being swallowed
The rest of the world has much to learn from the pioneering interfaith work carried out in Bradford, according to the Archbishop of York. Looking back at the end of a three-day visit to the Bradford Diocese, Dr David Hope said he had taken away with him
Family doctors in Bradford could get new rules on prescribing antibiotics amid fears of growing resistance by illness bugs to treatments. Bosses at Bradford Health Authority are drawing up guidelines for GPs as part of work focused on improving health
The campaign to raise £50,000 to bring a 150-year-old letter written by Charlotte Bronte, pictured, home to Haworth, is being backed by Bradford Council. The Council's lottery group has agreed to lobby the national heritage lottery in support of the Bronte
Hospital waiting lists in the Bradford district have plummeted to their lowest levels this decade. Delighted health chiefs today praised hard-working hospital staff in Bradford and Airedale who achieved one of the biggest reductions in in-patient waiting
