An off-licence chain has been given a renewed drinks licence despite supplying an under-age teenager who later died in a road accident. John Knowles objected to the renewal of the licence for the Drinks Cabin in Pudsey Market Place after his 14-year-old
Police have recovered bedclothes stolen by a masked man who raped a teenager in her Scholes home. The duvet, pillow and sheets were found locally but police will not reveal the exact location. The bedclothes were today being examined by forensic experts
Responses from parents during the public consultation exercise earlier this year have overwhelmingly backed the two-tier option. More than 74,000 questionnaires were circulated to parents and just under a third were returned. Of these, 8,854 backed the
The agonising task of choosing schools for closure under the proposed new two-tier system will be finalised over the next two weeks. The fate of most first and middle schools will be revealed on March 31. Although middle schools would be abolished in
Middle School heads and parents today declared the proposals a two-tier education system - a sad day for Bradford. The news of the proposals, though expected, still came as a shock to Middle School heads who believe a change to two-tier will cause years
Dolly, the world-famous cloned sheep, has been shorn. I know this because the Press last week was full of it. A knitted sweater-type garment is the result. It is shown in pictures, modelled by a 13-year-old girl called Holly (coincidentally rhyming with
A Bradford management programme called Business Masters has got off to a flying start after its launch last month. The organisers of the programme, which is supported by the Telegraph & Argus, have allocated an extra 25 places to its assessment stage
Queensbury recently signed Gary Shaw from Hudsons, and he wasted no time opening his account as Bury claimed three points with a 5-2 win at East Ward. The result put paid to any lingering First Division title hopes for East Ward as Shaw grabbed two, but
Bradford's Sunday football league have launched an appeal for new clubs following the resignation of no fewer than nine teams during the season. Lack of funds and shortage of players are the main reasons why the number of Sunday football teams is declining
Midfield player Shaun Murray who has been linked with a move to Third Division Cardiff today insisted that he does not want to leave Bradford City. Murray, 27, who joined City from Scarborough in a £100,000 deal almost four years ago, said: "If the club
Tributes have been paid to former Bradford City chairman David Simpson who has died suddenly at his home at the village of Silkstone, near Barnsley, aged 59. His death yesterday comes just five months after his younger daughter Elizabeth tragically died
Dog-trainer Linda Spencer-Nicholson is demanding a clean-up after broken glass slashed open the paw of her prized Border Collie - days after he was filmed for a television show. Mrs Spencer-Nicholson's pet needed five stitches in his back paw because
Full Monty star Steve Huison has been stripping off again - this time to try on his "Oscars" suit at a Shipley clothes shop. The actor, who lives in Shipley, will be sipping champagne with other cast from the blockbuster movie at the most famous awards
Yorkshire Bank is to close one of Bradford's oldest branches and sell the landmark building. Over the next three months the bank is to close its North Parade branch - one of the original Yorkshire Penny Bank branches. The bank's personal and business
The Telegraph & Argus has tracked down one of Rita Johnson's Yorkshire Terriers which were given new homes while she was in hospital recovering from a heart attack. Benjamin, nine, and Tinie, 12, were taken away by Bradford Social Services when Miss
In 1969, the first purpose-built middle school opened in Bradford - one of only two in the whole country. The £163,000 Delf Hill Middle School was regarded as an experimental school, bridging the gap between the child-based approach of primary schools
Middle schools in Bradford are to be scrapped under radical proposals unveiled today by district education chiefs. The authority's school review team, responsible for the biggest shake-up in education in 30 years, today published its recommendations to
Health chiefs have unveiled their vision of a £4.2 million 'superclinic' to be built in Little Horton. Building work could start as early as July on the new health centre at Horton Park Avenue which would be a flagship facility for Bradford. Bosses at
