Labour councillors last night voted through the biggest City Hall shake-up for a century - which could cost Council Tax payers £1 million in allowances for members. The proposals were condemned by the leader of the Council's Tory Group Councillor Margaret
The family of a woman stabbed to death by her mentally ill brother-in-law are to seek compensation from the Health Trust which has been accused of failing to help them. Mahroof Bibi was stabbed in front of her three children at her Keighley home in 1996
Overnight rain and murky morning weather meant there was no play before lunch in Yorkshire's final County Championship match of the season against title-winners Surrey today. There was an autumnal look to the deserted ground and the skies were so gloomy
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has pledged to make new offers to the four first team squad members whose contracts expire at the end of the season. Forwards Steve McNamara, Bernard Dwyer, Brian McDermott and Warren Jowitt are all reaching the end
Bradford City 1, Reading 1; David Markham reports from Valley Parade. Bradford City must show a huge improvement on this sorry show if they are to progress to the third round of the Worthington Cup. Even though manager Paul Jewell was forced to play a
Mention of Carroll Levis - the Canadian talent scout who I featured in the story of Jimmy Judge, the Bradford street singer - raised a few questions, not least of which was: who was Carroll Levis? Older readers will need no reminding. In the 1950s the
As Bradford awaits Government meetings in the city to discuss forced marriages, reporter Marianne Sumner speaks to a reformed bounty hunter who once returned runaway brides to their parents but now claims to have turned over a new leaf. A BOUNTY hunter
Work on the first phase of a major scheme to rejuvenate Keighley town centre - including a £2m project to revamp the bus station - is set to be approved. The radical changes are designed to make using the town centre safer and more pleasant for pedestrians
Small community groups across Bradford and district are celebrating today after more than £50,000 was awarded to support Millennium celebrations in the area. The first Millennium Festival Awards for All funding programme will finance a variety of arts
A karate expert punched and kicked a man into submission after he wrapped a noose around her neck in a late-night attack. The 29-year-old woman left her attacker bleeding and battered when she retaliated after the assault. She had been walking along Park
A mum-to-be is waiting to discover whether she will continue an amazing family tradition by giving birth to twin girls. Bradford sisters Tracey, Janet and Wendy Haigh already have twin girls and are waiting to find out whether their pregnant sister, Sharon
Roger Tempest has picked up another award for his work in turning farm buildings into luxury office space. Mr Tempest, of Broughton Hall, near Skipton, has landed the top award in the Country Landowners' Association Farm and Country Buildings award. The
Multi-million pound proposals for a Sainsbury's supermarket in Otley have been given a mixed response by residents. Hundreds of people attended a three-day public consultation exercise and exhibition at Otley Civic Centre to view the plans for the proposed
Police chiefs have vowed to continue the fight against drugs in the Ilkley area after fears from residents. One householder told Wharfedale Police Community Forum yesterday that a gang of glue-sniffing schoolchildren had been spotted in the town centre
Charlotte Bronte's novel Shirley is to become the centrepiece of a campaign to attract tourists and visitors to the Spen Valley. A guide to "Shirley Country" is to be published next month to encourage people to hunt out the local landmarks featured in
A transplant patient today criticised rules which mean she could face having to pay for the vital medication she needs to stay alive. Last month the Telegraph & Argus reported how Vivienne Baker, 27, was recovering well after receiving one of her
A university student who was dying of a brain tumour fulfilled his life-long dream to make a daring bungee jump. Robert Ross, 20, of Woodside Avenue, Cottingley, achieved his ambition during a world-wide holiday with his parents and brother just months
The sister of murdered housewife Mary Gregson today broke a 22-year silence in a bid to help bring the killer to justice. And Judith Sykes who has lived with the heartache of not knowing why her sister was brutally murdered told how she felt sorry for
Local Cricket: Accurate bowling by Mick Scott secured Skipton's return to Division A of the Aire-Wharfe League at the first attempt. Scott took five for 35 - his sixth five-wicket haul of the season - as Ilkley were skittled out for 99, their lowest score
Amateur Rugby League: Barnstorming prop forward Andy Redmond proved virtually unstoppable - scoring two tries and having two disallowed - as Birkenshaw went top of the Pennine Division One after winning 28-14 at Worth Village Celtic. Birky led 14-10 at
Bradford City boss Paul Jewell delivered a broadside to his players after last night's disappointing 1-1 Worthington Cup draw with Reading at the Bradford & Bingley Stadium. A bitterly disappointed Bantams chief revealed: "What I have said will remain
Council taxpayers are likely to react strongly to news that the latest proposals for reorganising the Council will lead to increased payments to leading councillors and could even cause the overall bill to double. There are bound to be angry accusations
New jobs have been created for a quarter of the unemployed youngsters in Manningham and Girlington. The announcement comes after high-profile clashes between members of the Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities in Lumb Lane and Green Lane forced police
The Bishop of Bradford has agreed to be the district's watchdog on integrity and corruption in the new-look Council. The Council has become one of the first in Britain to invite a top clergyman to chair its standards committee. And today the move was
The brother of Majorca murder victim Yvonne O'Brien has spoken of his heartache at the delay in holding his sister's funeral. Philip Graham, 46, pictured, from Keighley, still does not know when he can make arrangements to bury Yvonne on the sunshine
City-centre shoppers could get a prestigious new market AND a vast Asian shopping centre. The major schemes would see John Street market undergo a multi-million pound facelift, taking in tenants from Rawson Market. And the derelict site of the half-demolished
Bradford hospital chiefs have been criticised after chopping down trees to make way for a marquee. Six flowering cherry trees between 6ft and 9ft tall were taken down at Bradford Royal Infirmary last week so the marquee could be erected to house a forthcoming
Special arrangements for 130 households to have their wheelie bins collected from their back doors will be stopped. The residents in Little Horton will be told the bins must be collected from the front - like other households - or at arranged collection
