What I would like to know is what Richard Whiteley is going to be doing around 2014 when he's 70. No one can say, of course, least of all the 55-year-old YTV presenter, Channel 4 quiz-master, and now live entertainer. It's just that every 15 or 16 years
Hell hath no fury like a cellist scorned. In the case of Jacqueline du Pr, the brilliant musician who swung with the Sixties, the scorn could hardly be more hurtful, since the ire that has fuelled this new and controversial film biography has come from
David Behrens comes face to face with The Fonz. THE YOUNG MAN in the powder blue McGregor golf jacket sat nervously astride his motorcycle, trying desperately to look as if he knew what he was doing. It was 1974. He'd come straight out of repertory theatre
An investigation is being called for into why Steeton parish council allegedly sold land to developers without consulting the public. The demand was made at yesterday's meeting of Bradford Council's Keighley area Town and Country Planning sub-committee
Planning chiefs have vowed to protect the Grade II-listed building at Menston's High Royds Hospital if it is chosen as the future site for Wharfedale Hospital. A public consultation showed opinions were fiercely divided between proposed sites in Otley
Bradford's Lord Mayor, Coun Tony Miller, is asking townsfolk to dream up ideas for a permanent memorial to the man who played his counterpart in Coronation Street. A statue or plaque honouring Shipley actor Bryan Mosley - known to millions as Alf Roberts
Bradford's small firms are being given a hand to save hundreds of pounds a year in energy costs. Bradford Energy Management Agency has won cash to fund a five-week course for 30 firms in the district. The agency is running the course under the Standards
Non-League: Bradford Park Avenue are back in league action tomorrow for the first time in 14 days when they travel to fifth placed Eastwood Town in the UniBond Division One. Skipper Wayne Benn will be the main doubt after he was stretchered off in the
Property owners wanting to rent out their homes are being warned to do their homework before they accept tenants. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says too many would-be landlords don't take basic precautions beforehand - and can find themselves
Gas had been pouring from a cooker for several hours before a devastating blast which killed a 57-year-old woman, an inquest was told. The force of the blast tore off the roof and destroyed the walls of the first-floor flat in Thornton, Bradford, and
Experts from Rampton high security mental hospital are to look into problems in Bradford's low-secure psychiatric unit. Inspectors were severely critical of the Kestrel Unit at Lynfield Mount Hospital after visiting patients. The Telegraph & Argus
A Bradford family devastated by the death of their fun-loving mother want to name a star in her memory. Janice Hardstaff (nee Lyons) was only 41 when she died on Sunday, leaving her husband Peter and four children - Andrew, 23, Alan, 21, Lindsay, 19 and
A couple travelling on a transatlantic flight allegedly carrying a drunk pair of policemen and a landlord described the journey as a "flight from hell". But it wasn't the alleged drunks who bothered passenger Robert Rabjohn, Manchester Crown Court heard
An angry exchange at a Council meeting exploded into a public row today. At the meeting on Tuesday, deputy leader Councillor Mohammed Ajeeb accused Liberal Democrat councillors of "innuendoes, half-truths and making up figures". His retort followed a
A man accused of murdering Keighley car dealer Mark Hickman told police he had never met the victim and had never been to the spot where his body was found, a court heard. A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard transcripts of Mark Deakin's interviews with
Green-fingered gardeners in Bradford have today won national recognition for a scheme to improve health of Bangladeshi women. The Gardening for Health project set up more than two years ago has involved about 30 women from the Bangladeshi community in
A 52-year-old woman who has kept a dog since she was seven was yesterday banned from looking after any animal for ten years. Lesley McCann was prosecuted by the RSPCA after an inspector visited her home in Westminster Terrace, Undercliffe, and found her
Bradford North MP Terry Rooney told today how he had been threatened by families when he tried to re-home girls who had run away. "I was told I wouldn't get re-elected and 'We know where you live', that sort of thing. I took no notice of it," he said.
Slick rockers Daisycutter certainly don't let the grass grow under their feet. The Bradford four-piece underwent a radical transformation when they ditched their old name and image of being a covers band. Known for years as Mr Mak, they decided to change
Some local amateur theatrical groups find that recruiting young people is more difficult than in the past, and yet dance and drama groups in the Bradford District have an estimated 2,000 youngsters on their books. This calculation is not mine but Gordon
Ambitious plans to improve sports facilities in Otley have won the backing of city council planning bosses. The proposals - which include extending the sports hall and swimming pool at Prince Henry's Grammar School - are the subject of a £1.6m lottery
A councillor has questioned the ability of a sewer to cope with more waste when hundreds of new homes are built in the Aire Valley. Tory Councillor Eric Dawson wants Bradford Council to put the brakes on allowing 280 homes to be constructed in the villages
An Ilkley parish councillor is urging people to blitz litter in the district. And Audrey Brand says an anti-litter campaign will be far from dull and could embrace a variety of schools and youth organisations. She told fellow parish councillors at a meeting
Four members of a family and their friend are gearing up for a 600km charity bike ride across Mexico in aid of a cancer charity. The gruelling two-week trip - covering around 372 miles - will include riding over mountain ranges, across tropical farmlands
A leading head teacher has accused Bradford's education authority of a chronic misuse of public funds. The unprecedented attack was made by John Patterson, head of Bingley Grammar ,which was named as one of the country's 66 outstanding secondary schools
A daughter has condemned thieves who terrified her stroke victim father during a raid at his home. Pensioner Edward Lowther, 79, who is paralysed down his right side and cannot speak, confronted the burglars while he was alone in the house at Canterbury
Amateur Rugby League: Undercliffe have a golden opportunity to put one over on their bogey team Clayton in tomorrow's Pennine League Premier Division derby at Rawdon Meadows. The Villagers have won both previous meetings this season - by a staggering
Rugby Union: With their lead at the top of the Thwaites North Division Two cut to two points, Bradford and Bingley know how important victory over West Park Bramhope is tomorrow. Beaten 12-8 at Vale of Lune last Saturday, the Bees will be hoping to set
Bradford Bulls coach Matthew Elliott will hold back some big guns when his side set off on the road to Wembley on Sunday. Centre Danny Peacock and forwards Paul Anderson, David Boyle and Mike Forshaw have been excluded from Elliott's 18-man squad for
Bradford City's teenage star Gareth Grant is set to go on loan to Halifax Town. The two clubs have agreed to the move and were trying to push the month-long deal through in time for the 18-year-old to make his home debut tomorrow against Southend. City
Craig White is on track to be fully fit to bowl for Yorkshire by the start of the new season, cricket chairman Bob Platt told the county's West district members at a meeting at Cleckheaton last night. White topped the national averages last season by
Ipswich Town manager George Burley believes Bradford City will be the side doing the worrying tomorrow. The Bantams produced their worst display of the season to crash to a 3-0 defeat when the two sides met in September. It was the low point of City's
As a member of the Leicester City squad which won promotion to the Premiership just three years ago, Jamie Lawrence is in a great position of being able to assess Bradford City's hopes for the rest of the season. And as the Bantams prepare for their crucial
Influential skipper Stuart McCall has called on Bradford City fans to "pump up the volume" at Valley Parade and help power the club's promotion bid. The Bantams entertain fourth placed Ipswich Town in a vital clash tomorrow knowing that another home victory
It's unfortunate that the chairman of Bradford's Education Committee, Councillor Jim Flood, seems to be willing to dismiss so lightly comments by the head of Bingley Grammar on the state of funding for schools tied to the local authority. It is quite
Wyke residents face repair bills running into thousands of pounds today after a mystery tyre slasher damaged their cars. Tyres were punctured on 15 cars in Garden Field, East Croft, Oakenshaw Court, and Wyke Crescent, between Wednesday and yesterday.
Warring neighbours ended up in court over a barking dog, blamed for causing ill health and sleepless nights. Geoffrey Hannam, who claimed the barking had brought on a heart condition, eventually tried to hit Charlie the mongrel with a piece of wood. Bradford
A young mother today told of her relief after the father of her son admitted an arson charge. Rachel Harrison rescued her son Jordan, then four, and escaped death by minutes during the arson attack at her Queensbury maisonette one night in March 1997.
Health services across Bradford faced huge pressures over the Christmas holidays amid panic over a sudden upsurge in flu cases. T&A Health Reporter Mike Waites examines the new NHS Direct service, launched in April, which it is hoped will ease workloads
A grieving mother whose daughter and granddaughter were gunned down in America three months ago has spoken of her anguish at still being unable to lay them to rest. Jacqui Melvin, 50, from Cottingley, says she cannot understand the reason behind the seemingly
The husband of a senior Labour councillor may be reprimanded following an alleged assault in a public toilet, it emerged today. Bradford West Constituency Labour Party set up an official inquiry, following a complaint about an alleged scuffle in the Saati
