Prom night for most teenage girls is a great evening of glitz and glamour. And Emma Danskin attended her school prom last night at the start of a fantastic weekend which her family feared she would never see. The student at St Mary's Roman Cath-olic comprehensive
The entertainments group that owns the TV rights to Enid Blyton's creations as well as another tots' favourite, the Mr Men, is pushing ahead with plans to make two new children's programmes about them. Chorion revealed it wanted to base the new shows
Caretaker Peter Laycock was so moved by a Bingley teenager's heart-felt plea for help that he inspired youngsters at his school to bring in clothes and toys for African orphans. And he's done such a good job at rallying support he's been inundated with
A 'foot soldier' in a trafficking gang is behind bars today after he was caught with £19,000 of cocaine in his car. Dean Wall, 26, of Arkwright Street, Tyersal, Bradford, was arrested as part of an investigation by the National Crime Squad into drug trafficking
The victim of the first woman in the Bradford area to be sentenced to part-time prison has condemned the judgement. Mother-of-five, Julie Garnett, 39, says the 11 weekends in prison facing 24-year-old Tamla Templeton, of West Bank Close, Keighley, was
The chief executive of the NHS and the Department of Health, Sir Nigel Crisp, visited Bradford yesterday. His tour included a look at the new £4 million forensic unit at Lynfield Mount Hospital in Daisy Hill, which has just started taking its first patients
Two Bradford footballing heroes killed on the bloody battlefields of the First World War are to be remembered when a new exhibition opens this weekend. Bradford City captain Jimmy Speirs, who scored the winning goal in the 1911 FA Cup Final, and Bradford
The man fronting the Bradford City steering committee said the club was "gradually going in the right direction" after another long day of talks at Valley Parade. Jim Brown, who is a member of the five-strong board which has offered to help run the crisis-torn
A mum whose four-year-old son died the day after being sent home from hospital wept as she told an inquest her pleas had been ignored. Little Zeshan Ali Hussain was seen by two doctors after his desperate parents rushed him to Bradford Royal Infirmary
Veteran prop Phil Stephenson is available for Keighley Cougars' vital clash with Halifax after escaping further punishment for the high tackle that saw him red-carded against Doncaster. An RFL tribunal ruled his sending-off was sufficient punishment in
Colin Todd has insisted that City's pre-season show must go on. Todd's threadbare squad returned to training two days ago and are due to kick off their warm-up programme at non-league Harrogate Town on Friday. The new manager has seen troop numbers slashed
Iestyn Harris is set to face Wakefield next Sunday after the Rugby Football League cleared the former Leeds star to play. The Bulls paraded Harris on Thursday but the RFL did not process his registration immediately because of a complaint by Leeds. The
Born-and-bred Bradfordians often complain that too many decisions about the city are taken by people who either don't live here or have moved here only recently to take up a specific job. The feeling, rightly or wrongly, is that truly local people are
Controversial plans allowing universities to charge Brad-ford students up to £3,000 a year have been rubber-stamped by the Government. The Higher Education Bill ,which will introduce 'top-up' fees from 2006 and has been opposed by the University of Bradford
The search is under way for local talent to have its say on the rebirth of Bradford city centre. The team behind the development wants professionals with experience of living and working in the city to help them breathe new life into it. Bradford Centre
A council tax protester who refused to pay in full because he claimed the police were "as much use as a chocolate fireguard" has been jailed for 14 days. Richard North, 53, a scientist, political commentator and parliamentary resear-cher, refused to pay
Motorists who are so impatient... Sir - Mrs Gill is right to be concerned about traffic in Wibsey (T&A June 29), especially the inconsiderate behaviour of drivers at all junctions and crossings. Councillor Green and I have had several meetings with
