Doctors are considering axing a branch surgery which has served a community for decades. Residents are now being urged to have their say about plans to close the surgery in Granby Lane, Riddlesden, which opens just three times a week. Staff at Holycroft
Pupils are rallying to support their teacher who is running the London Marathon in aid of ChildLine. Alison Crane, who teaches at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, is running 25 to 35 miles a week in preparation for her gruelling challenge. Youngsters
An electrician described as "fit as a fiddle" may have died from the adult version of cot death, which strikes around 200 people in England each year. His heartbroken partner, Sue Beevers, described how she and her daughter battled to resuscitate 37-year-old
One of the few good things about a recession is that when times are hard there are always businesses for sale - often at bargain prices. One good way of buying a business is through a management buy-in or buyout. This market boomed throughout the '90s
Angling: With the Ouse carrying around a foot of extra water a good contest could have been expected for the final round of the Yorkshire Winter League, but a heavy overnight frost and gale force arctic winds put paid to any hopes of a grand finale. Colin
Sunday Alliance: Wibsey WMC regained the First Division top spot from Milestone after a comprehensive 5-2 win over their major rivals. Manager Steff Garside's tactics of hitting Milestone on the break proved decisive, just as it had done in their earlier
The external auditors' report on Bradford's council-housing repairs makes alarming reading. It describes a policy in disarray and an organisation so badly run that even the Council leader admits that every tenant he speaks to has a horror story to tell
Jean Carter feared she was going mad one summer seven years ago when a series of health problems suddenly hit her. She suffered panic attacks in confined spaces, felt a strange sensation in her throat, was full of energy and dramatically lost half a stone
A conference aimed at highlighting the gaps in support for recovering drug addicts is to be held in Bradford later this month. The event, organised by the Bradford-based drug self help group Academy of Addiction & Recovery, includes guest speakers
Four Bradford schools named and shamed as 'failing' were being praised in Parliament today. A Bingley school is also set to be lauded by Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead. T&A Education Reporter Lyn Barton looks at the schools and what each
Technology developed for computer games and the smash-hit film Toy Story could benefit hospital patients in Bradford in a new research project using 3D images. Scientists at Bradford Royal Infirmary are researching how the images could be used to treat
Two airline stewardesses told how they endured sexual suggestive remarks as two off-duty policemen and a pub landlord pal got drunk on a transatlantic flight. Paula Baigent described how the three men got progressively rowdier on the Britannia Airways
South Craven householders have given their seal of approval to the building of more than 20 new houses in Sutton. Members of Sutton parish council upheld their decision to approve the construction of 25 homes on Alvic Field, Holme Lane. But it was a close
A family business built up over 27 years is being forced to close because of roadworks which have lasted more than a year. Paul Howarth blames the ruin of his industrial saws business on the £6 million project to repair crumbling Hebden Road between Cross
Ilkley is in danger of missing out hosting a lucrative UFO exhibition due to a combination of apathy and more tempting offers from elsewhere, a ufologist has warned. Members of the International UFO Research Network had put out a call for venues in Ilkley
Couples in the Bradford district forced to turn to neighbouring health authorities for IVF treatment received fresh hope today with the predicted end to postcode prescribing. Health Secretary Frank Dobson has signalled his intention to end the current
The Bradford & Bingley Building Society is spending £500,000 on a mailshot to urge its members to fight the threat from carpetbaggers. The society, based at Crossflatts, Bingley, is having to spend £5 million to fight off carpetbaggers wanting to
Bradford's housing repair service was today branded "totally unacceptable." And Council leader Ian Greenwood admitted its serious failings as a damning report on the service was published by auditors. The Council's external auditors KPMG highlighted major
A growing Keighley firm is saving thousands of pounds following an environmental once-over. Oakworth firm S A Labels has already saved £5,000 thanks to the environmental audit carried out by Bradford Business & Environmental Forum. The forum, which
Athletics: The Puma Cell 10km Road Race at Dewsbury produced the fastest time for the distance in Britain this year when Mark Hudspith led home the 1,000 athletes in 29min 22sec. The Morpeth runner was at the head of a group of 25 as they approached the
Hot shots Lee Mills and Robbie Blake can become Bradford City's best pair of strikers in the modern era. Strikers 'hunt' in pairs nowadays and, with 16 matches still to go, Mills and Blake have already scored 30 league goals between them. The fact that
Bradford City defender Andy O'Brien will tonight make his debut for the England Under 21 side in their friendly clash with France. The teenager, pictured right, has been selected in the starting line-up by manager Peter Taylor after being called up in
Bradford Bulls will start their bid for Wembley glory on Sunday with a noon kick-off to avoid a clash with deadly rivals Leeds Rhinos. But the decision has already upset some junior clubs in the area who are playing out of the city on Sunday morning and
A memorial service is to be held for the family and friends of a Bradford man swept away by high seas in Lanzarote. Brian Johnson, 45, will be remembered at a service at St Theresa's Church in Queensbury on February 22 where he was a member of the congregation
A man plunged to his death from the eighth floor of a Bradford city car park today. The 64-year-old man fell 60ft onto the roof of a shop below the NCP car park in Hall Ings, before landing on the ground. The incident happened at 10.30am and witnesses
A couple born on the same day in the same hospital ward were today celebrating their 30th birthdays together. Carpet salesman Stephen Boothroyd met his sweetheart Susan Spencer when he dropped into her salon, The Flat Top, in Idle for a haircut. After
Villagers have received a major boost in their fight for action on a Mirfield road they branded a death trap. Residents in Upper Hopton want rumble strips, a weight restriction, bigger and better signs warning drivers of a sharp bend in Hollin Hall Lane
