Home Office Minister Charles Clarke was in Bradford today to see how the district's Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership is being put into practice. Reporter Joanne Earp spoke to him. PEOPLE POWER will be Bradford's biggest weapon in the fight against
A committee formed to protect and support council house tenants in Ilkley is celebrating success on the eve of its first birthday. Ilkley Housing Tenants' Association (IHTA) is claiming substantial gains in its bid to have a voice at City Hall in Bradford
Conservationists fear a derelict windmill will crumble after its roof was removed by council workers. Residents fighting to save an 18th century windmill, which stands in the grounds of St Saviour's Junior School in Birstall, were shocked to hear that
Motor Sport: Reigning champion Dougie Lampkin won his 15th world trials championship qualifier at Biasca, Switzerland, leading fellow Brits Graham Jarvis and Steve Colley in a podium clean-sweep. Lampkin followed that with another win on Sunday but Colley
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott will demand one more top performance at St Helens on Friday before giving his squad a well-earned break ahead of the play-offs. His men are already assured of a home tie in the second week of the play-offs on Sunday, September
Bradford City are meeting French striker Bruno Rodriguez today as the Bantams bid to end their Premiership goals drought. The 26-year-old Paris St Germain star claims that agreement has already been reached between his club and City with Bantams chairman
A pub is so popular that some 'regulars' are refusing to heed last orders - even from beyond the grave. Medium Julia Windsor quickly realised the spirits on offer at the Mallard Inn in Church Street, Ilkley, were not all in bottles. Julia, of Rossendale
A man is to seek damages from West Yorkshire Police after he was allegedly injured with CS spray in Shipley last year. Anthony McLaughlin, of Bolton Woods, Bradford, will apply through the civil courts after a trial collapsed yesterday when the Crown
A harrowing TV documentary claimed to show a child's perspective on life on Bradford's Delph Hill estate. Youngsters as small as six were seen fighting in the street, committing acts of vandalism and talking about heroin dealing at home in a show that
Angry residents, upset about security charges on their estate, have taken their complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman. Tenants in Thorpe Edge say they are the only estate in Bradford to have been levied with the charge - an extra £3 a week - for
Councillors are calling on highway bosses to target a busy main road through two villages in a bid to bring relief from heavy traffic. The demand follows the news that the A65 is to be made top priority by North Yorkshire County Council in its five- year
Keighley's younger generation have a chance to plot their own futures this month. They are being asked for their views as part of Bradford Council's 20/20 Vision series of consultation events in which people are given a say on the district's future. Keighley
A former psychiatric patient broke down in tears as she told how she 'wanted to die' and cut her wrists with a razor blade after she was allegedly raped by a staff nurse. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is one of three female patients
Police who have re-opened the 22-year-old investigation into a mother's brutal murder today announced they are extending their inquiries worldwide. Officers plan to e-mail details around the globe in the hope that the Internet appeal will produce fresh
Education chiefs today released a damning list of class closures at new primary schools across Bradford - but the Telegraph & Argus can reveal it does not show the full extent of the crisis. Bradford Council said up to 15 schools could be affected
Two 13-year-olds had abortions in the first year of Bradford's abortion clinic, it has been revealed. The schoolgirls were among 18 girls under the age of 15 to have pregnancies terminated at the Lilac Clinic at a city hospital in the year up to March
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Mick Scott's six-wicket spell helped put Skipton on top of the Aire-Wharfe Division B table with one match to go. But with four teams still in with a chance of promotion and Skipton facing a tough trip to in-form Ilkley this weekend
Amateur Rugby League: Queensbury's teenage scrum half Carl Smith gave a sparkling performance in his side's 31-14 success at reigning Pennine Premier champions Park Amateurs. With the sides locked at 2-2 after 21 minutes evergreen stand-off Martin Potts
Yorkshire have rejected moves to take championship cricket back to Harrogate and Sheffield next season, despite the county club's members urging such action in a resolution which was passed at the annual meeting in March. Yorkshire had formed a sub committee
Non-League: Guiseley breached a barrier last night by claiming their first home victory of the new season when a Simon Parke hat-trick saw them take all the points with a 3-1 UniBond Premier League win over Spennymoor United. The Nethermoor faithful have
There is bound to be both shock and sadness at the revelation that two 13-year-old schoolgirls were among the 465 women who had pregnancies terminated at the Lilac Clinic run by Bradford Hospitals in the year to March. The total included 18 girls under
There was an evocative letter in the T&A earlier this week from Councillor Stanley King, on a subject which changed the face of Bradford more surely - and in a shorter time - than two world wars, a General Strike or the Industrial Revolution. Sodium
Hundreds of Bradford Council building staff are likely to get £250 extra in their pay packets after a four-month dispute over working hours. The £100,000 payment is part of a £1 million-plus bill the council faces after unions representing local authority
The vodka is ready, the flags are flying and Bradford's Polish Club is prepared for tonight's big match clash. But when the whistle blows it will not just be the Polish community shouting for success in the European qualifying rounds. A corner of the
A £200,000 scheme for major roof repairs at a massive Bradford wholesale market is expected to get off the ground soon. Bradford Council is about to go out to tender for the work at St James' market in Wakefield Road. Stallholders say they have waited
Bradford TEC chairman Howard Bell will urge Yorkshire Forward to allow the district to have its own Learning & Skills Council at a major meeting tomorrow night. Mr Bell is one of a number of people who have been lobbying the Regional Development Agency
A national organisation campaigning to protect Britain's green fields will tonight extend its fight to Bradford. The Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England wants to stop the erosion of the Green Belt and halt further ribbon development along Airedale
A grandmother is furious after vandals stole a bench bought in memory of her parents and husband. Maureen Burn, of Thornbury, Bradford, bought the £200 bench as a tribute to her parents who died in 1993. She and her husband had a plaque fitted to the
