Rights and Wrongs has been flooded with calls from readers who paid money to two companies which have now ceased trading. As reported last Friday and on Wednesday, thousands of pounds were paid in advance to Yorkshire Homecare Ltd and Greenacres Original
A man linked to a company under investigation by police over allegations that he has duped Bradford restaurants in a £32,000 nationwide scam has been charged with fraud. The charge comes after a combined 'sting' operation by trading standards officials
Bradford tipplers can toast some of the cheapest beer and lager prices in the country, the Campaign for Real Ale revealed today. Nationally the price of a pint of beer went up by 4.3 per cent last year to 1.71p, and lager jumped by 4.5 per cent to £1.87
Young Bradford City players could soon be pirouetting and jiving as part of their weekly training. The club's apprentices will be working with a team of nine professional contemporary dancers and choreographers as part of a new National Lottery-funded
All of the Bradford district's 180,000 households are to get wheelie bins in a shake-up of council cleansing services. Old-style dustbins will be dumped and replaced with the modern wheelie bins which people will push out onto the streets. The first families
A Bradford firm which has grown since it started twelve years ago in the founder's garage at home is expanding again. Autoelectro, on Leeds Road, sprang out of the alternator repair business which was set up in the garage of the West Bowling home of the
Matthew Elliott says his Bradford Bulls side are fit and raring to go ahead of tomorrow night's crunch clash with London Broncos. The Bulls have not played for two weeks since the confidence-boosting 33-22 win over Leeds Rhinos at Headingley and last
Stuart McCall is rated only 50-50 for Bradford City's first friendly against league opposition at Hartlepool United tomorrow. The former Scottish international was substituted just 30 minutes into his first game for the club since returning from Rangers
Simon Ashberry talks to a band whose new album represents a thrash metal style with a difference. So black metal isn't necessarily all about doom and gloom. Birstall four-piece Thine are about to release their debut album. But although it has been recorded
In America, which has more psychiatrists per square foot than any other country screwed up about money, sex, and death, Godzilla's marketing tag is 'Size does matter'. However, this is less a dig at American manhood than a statement of intent at the blockbuster
Pensioners Ken and Florence Hainsworth are demanding action from Bradford Council to repair faults in their home. Mr Hainsworth, 73, who is partially-sighted, and his disabled wife say they are virtual prisoners in their house in Roseberry Avenue, Windhill
Two streets in Bradford have been branded "the worst in the city" after demands for a clean-up have been ignored. One resident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said he challenges anyone to find any streets as bad as Hustler Street and
Two Bradford schools are celebrating a remarkable turnaround in standards after being told by Government inspectors they no longer require special measures. Holmefield First School and Undercliffe Middle School were given tough new targets and ordered
A massive crime prevention blitz has seen burglary cut by more than 80 per cent on a Bradford estate. Just eight burglaries have taken place on the Parkside estate in West Bowling during the last six months, compared to 46 the year before. The scheme
Saltaire comic Jayne Tunnicliffe is aiming to tickle the nation's funny bone by bringing a clutch of new characters to TV. The 31-year-old has been signed up to appear in BBC2's Friday night Comedy Nation series - due to be screened later this year or
A school has been forced to axe extra curricular music lessons because it can no longer afford to hire out instruments and pay for tuition. The move, expected to take effect from September, will signal the end of school concerts at Eccleshill North Middle
A lorry driver's death has prompted calls for safety improvements at a Bradford junction. The driver died when his truck smashed into a tree following a collision with a hopper bus. The tragedy led to calls today, from residents living along the road,
Have you heard the news? Everyone is talking about it - you know, recession. It's the topic of the moment. Everyone's looking for answers. When will it start? How damaging will it be? You only have to pick up the papers this week to see the headlines
Idle are preparing for a crunch clash tomorrow against Second Division leaders Brighouse, knowing the outcome will be of crucial importance to their promotion hopes. The perception among many people in the Bradford League is that the top three clubs -
Willie Ross plays the father of Sue in the late Andrea Dunbar's play Rita, Sue and Bob Too, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Jim Greenhalf reports. Willie Ross is a drunk in the play of Rita, Sue and Bob Too. He was a drunk too in the film version of
More famous for its stray horse population these days, the Fagley Estate was once the prestigious venue for its very own horse show. The revelation has come after Vera Smith, 88, of Pullen Avenue, Eccleshill, was clearing out her garage and discovered
A three-year campaign to prevent the creation of a landfill site at Shelf has ended in disappointment after a Government planning inspector gave it the go-ahead. The original application, which was turned down by Calderdale Council three years ago, was
Quick-thinking neighbours are to be honoured by the Fire Service after their brave actions helped to save two terrified teenagers from a blaze at their home. Phil Edmondson and Sean Whitford leapt into action after they heard shouts for help from neighbours
