An organisation planning to improve facilities at a monument in Sutton is pinning its hopes on grants to help pay for the cost. Sutton Conservation Group has already drawn up a scheme for improvements at Lund's Tower, the monument which stands on the
Two new consultants in general medicine are being taken on at Airedale General Hospital in a bid to slash waiting lists for people suffering from heart and lung complaints and diabetes. Bradford Health Authority has agreed to fund the posts, expected
Members of the Burley-in-Wharfedale Bridge Association say momentum is building to transform a dream into reality. They have crossed several potential hurdles in the pursuit of a £250,000 scheme to end the village's 'isolation' on one side of the River
An Addingham wool processing plant is being called on to take action to stop smells spreading into the village. Ian Wilson, of Old Lane, is appealing to bosses at Low Mill Wool Processing to show some neighbourly goodwill by stopping the problem. And
Shipley's former Unit 4 cinema has a new name - thanks to Telegraph & Argus readers. The new owners of the 88-year-old building were offering a year's free tickets for two for the best name people could think of. And Jean Cliffe of Crag Road, Shipley
Premiership Reserves: Everton 2, Bradford City 2. Bradford City Reserves twice came from behind against Everton to earn a point thanks to a double strike by Robbie Blake. The 23-year-old bagged the brace just a week after coming off the transfer list
Bradford League: Idle have lifted the Second Division championship with four matches still to play. They beat Esholt by eight wickets while nearest rivals Great Horton lost at home to Lightcliffe by five wickets. The results mean that Idle, who have 109
Yorkshire were overwhelmed by the response to their Trials Day for young Asian cricketers at Headingley yesterday. The trials were a concerted attempt by the county to refute the charge that Yorkshire is in any way racist and youngsters do not get a chance
Paul Jewell has vowed not to be panicked into entering the transfer market despite Bradford City slipping to three Premiership defeats in a week. And the City boss has also hit out at newspaper speculation linking him with a host of names with the latest
Bradford Bulls have taken to the skies to boost their bid to set a new Super League crowd record at Odsal on Friday. They chartered a light aircraft to circle Bradford to promote their big Odsal showdown with deadly rivals Leeds Rhinos. Bulls are determined
Here's a bit of a mystery: is there a park bench in Bradford dedicated to the memory of the man who wrote It's a Long Way to Tipperary? And if there is - why? Mrs Clare Smith, of West Bowling, was on holiday in Ireland recently and a man there recognised
A war of words has broken out over claims that variety legend Pat Kirkwood hated George Formby, the ukulele-strumming 1940s film star. Fresh from her battle over suggestions that she was once the mistress of the Duke of Edinburgh, she is now waging war
Police in West Yorkshire today launched their first recruiting campaign in more than two years. Chief constable Graham Moore said an extra 60 officers will be taken on to bolster front-line policing. The new jobs, which will increase the force's staff
Hundreds of people have backed a campaigning couple who face being evicted from their village home because of Bradford's schools shake-up. Alwyne Clapham, caretaker at Baildon's Belmont Middle School, is set to lose his job and the home he shares in the
As the country prepares to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Oliver Cromwell, one of the first statues ever erected of him will stare down from Bradford's City Hall. And as Bradfordians walk past his figure perched on top of City Hall among
A charity which provides advice and friendship to the elderly is to close after more than 40 years because of a lack of volunteers. The centre at Piccadilly, Bradford, is used by the Bradford Association for the Elderly but the lease expires next July
A lifelong Bradford Bulls fan is to have his ashes scattered at the club's Odsal pitch after dying from a brain haemorrhage. The family of 36-year-old Martin Dyson, who died a week ago, will make a pilgrimage to the ground to pay their final respects.
Officials from the Environment Agency are continuing an investigation after lethal chemicals, including cyanide, were found on the site of a former electro-plating works. And it has been revealed that a magistrate living in Bingley was the main shareholder
Couples hoping to join the Millennium baby boom have been told they're off target - by up to two months! While doctors and nurses in Bradford are bracing themselves for a rush on maternity beds early in the New Year, their counterparts at Airedale Hospital
Motor Sport: Spanish Montesa team rider Jose-Manuel Alcaraz snatched the coveted FIM European Trials Champion title in a last-ditch bid at Krakow, Poland, from compatriot Adam Raga, with Belgian youngster Freddy Crosset grabbing third spot in the title
Yorkshire were without both their new England tourist Gavin Hamilton and left-arm swing bowler Paul Hutchison for the top-of-the-table championship clash with Kent at North Marine Road today. Chris Silverwood got Yorkshire off to a great start after Kent
The fact that Bradford Bulls have clinched top place in Super League will take nothing away from the intensity of Friday's clash against Leeds Rhinos at Odsal. That's the view of prop Paul Anderson who said: "It is still a local derby and it is going
It is a great shame that the Bradford Association for the Elderly has decided to close after more than 40 years. The reason is an all-too-familiar one these days: a shortage of volunteers. Like many other organisations, the association cannot find enough
Firefighters across Bradford are turning into photographers in a bid to save lives. They will be armed with Polaroid cameras which they will take with them to the scenes of road accidents. And the photographs will be sent to hospital with casualties to
A chemical company's decision to axe the job of a manager who has built up vital bridges with the community sparked a major row today. An MP called for a review at the highest level after the decision by the Ciba chemical company to get rid of community
Samantha Storr never knew her brother Matthew because he died from meningitis four years before she was born. Now the 15-year-old has touched the hearts of those around her by raising money to help prevent more deaths from the disease and spare other
Tough new measures are expected to be brought in by Bradford Council in a bid to tackle fire risks in the district's pubs and clubs. Licensees are likely to be required to produce certificates proving that their curtains and drapes and decorations are
University bosses have hit back at claims that they cannot guarantee the quality of degrees taken at Bradford. The move follows criticism from an education watchdog that some universities did not take "corporate responsibility" for the quality control
