A Jacobean mansion owned by Morrison's supermarket director Chris Blundell has gone on the market for a cool £1.5 million. Seventeenth century Kildwick Hall, an eight-bedroom mansion, near Skipton, with panoramic views across the Aire Valley, was restored
A councillor is calling for an investigation into why raw sewage keeps spewing out of a manhole cover on to farmland. Councillor Martin Leathley (Lab, Keighley North), chairman of Bradford Council's public health and protection committee, is due to hold
Snooker: World champion Stephen Hendry set up a crucial clash with old rival Steve Davis after ending Stephen Lee's interest in the Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup in Croydon. Hendry's first match in Group B since Sunday saw him defeat Grand Prix champion
Simon Bell's record-breaking 63 round Northcliffe last month has had an added bonus. The 15-year-old flies out to the United States on Sunday to take part in the Daily Telegraph junior golfer of the year competition. After a chance to get acclimatised
Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale today vowed to "leave no stone unturned" across the continent in the club's quest to bring in a new striker. Ridsdale and manager David O'Leary are determined to pull out all the stops over the next few weeks to bring in
The return of the prolific partnership which helped power Bradford City into the Premier-ship has given Bantams fans an extra spring in their step this week, despite three successive defeats. Lee Mills and Robbie Blake were undoubtedly the catalyst for
Michael Vaughan and nightwatchman Ian Fisher rapidly shaped an unbroken half-century stand for Yorkshire when they resumed their first innings on ten for one at North Marine Road today. The batsman already out was the luckless Matthew Wood who lost his
The decision by West Yorkshire police to begin recruiting again is good news on several fronts. The two-year freeze, forced by a shortage of cash, has put a stop on some important plans. Among these is a move towards meeting the Home Secretary's target
A day trip to Flamingoland as part of a "good neighbour" scheme ended in a row when three women and eight children were left behind. The trip has caused a lot of anger from residents and the representative who was in charge has now resigned after a barrage
A mother who said a dummy almost choked her baby son to death has been told they are returning to the shelves. Superdrug withdrew its own-brand baby soothers following the complaint from Caroline Hustwick of Mount Street, Eccleshill, Bradford. She said
Major companies are already lined up to move into the majority of multi-millionaire Eddie Healey's Bradford city centre leisure scheme, his company said today. Mr Healey, who is about to sell his stake in the giant Meadowhall shopping centre, is also
Bradford Council today backed an all-out to drive to cut the number of children in road accidents. It comes as the accident toll rises across the county, despite attempts to promote the message that youngsters must take care. The district's latest figures
A speeding motorist who crashed into a Bradford cyclist, killing him outright, has been jailed for 18 months. Bradford Crown Court heard how 47-year-old David Isles, from Bradford, was thrown 20ft into the air after being struck by a Vauxhall Corsa on
Parents at the Bradford Christian School have paid into a fighting fund to defend the school's right to smack their children. The new law outlawing corporal punishment in private schools came into effect yesterday. But the Bradford Christian School, founded
An Addingham resident has launched a bid to preserve the village first school buildings as a community centre. Harry Rowlinson has offered Bradford Council £1 for the Chapel Street buildings which will become redundant under the school reorganisation
A company chairman has called on rail bosses to improve the marketing of the year-old Skipton to London service, which passes through Keighley. Michael Parkinson, a member of Keighley Business Forum and chairman of Airedale Springs at Haworth, has called
Members of a group for disabled people are attempting to improve access across Otley. The Otley Disabilities Advice Group is campaigning for wheelchair access to Gallows Hill nature park. Several roadside kerbs in the town centre are to be levelled to
A plan to build 90 houses on the former Ilkley College site has received no objections in the first week of public consultation. The extensive and detailed plans went on show in a special room at Ilkley Town Hall last week and a Bradford Council spokesman
Congestion in a street choked by school traffic could be eased with the building of a footpath for children. Kirklees Council is drawing up a plan to create a path to Scholes First and Nursery School to encourage parents not to park in Old Popplewell
A rower with only one year's experience is planning his biggest adventure yet - rowing across the Atlantic in a plywood boat. Andrew Montague, 18, of Church Court, Riddlesden, is hoping to raise £200,000 for charity when he races across 2,900 miles of
A former Keighley woman tortured and murdered in Majorca knew her killer, island police believe. Today, as police stepped up the hunt for the murderer of Yvonne O'Brien, whose mutilated body was found at her apartment, her devastated brother Philip Graham
Bradford City winger Lee Sharpe is to undergo a scan on his injured ankle after his planned recovery fell behind schedule. The former England international damaged ligaments during City's final pre-season game at home to Barnsley after landing awkwardly
Leeds Rhinos are calling on their fans to help the boost the Odsal gate as much as possible tomorrow night even though it may mean them losing the Super League record crowd of 21,666 to their arch rivals. Chief Executive Gary Hetherington says a large
"We've proved we are the most consistent side in Super League, now let's prove we're the best." That is the message from Bulls coach Matthew Elliott as the countdown to tomorrow's battle with arch enemy Leeds Rhinos at Odsal continues. The Bulls have
How far will they go? There's a debate raging over whether Marks & Spencer - still eager to win back customers after sluggish sales - is poised to ditch its ultra-sensible adverts and try the sexy route to selling. The company has brought in a new
A Home Office minister will visit Bradford to look at crime reduction schemes in the district. Charles Clarke - who visited the area as a minister in the Department for Education during Bradford's education shake-up - will meet youngsters in Girlington
Race relations workers in Bradford today welcomed the decision by West Yorkshire Police to end a two-year recruitment freeze. The surprise move to take on 60 more officers is seen as the first step in the battle to meet tough new Government targets for
A Bradford girl had to fight for her life after lapsing into a coma just weeks after a bone marrow transplant which could now be at risk. Munibah Akram had been recovering well from her transplant operation when her relatives said she had an allergic
A third Bradford nightclub has been given permission to dance round the clock, despite strong objections. Juice nightclub in Cheapside can now stay open until 6am on Saturdays and 8am on Sundays. Owner David Thornes said: "I am delighted and think it
