Craven YMCA residents stormed Skipton police station armed with brushes and polish to shine the officers' shoes. It was the launch of the shoe-shine campaign to raise money for the millions of street children throughout the world. The six youngsters stopped
Parents and carers of young people with special needs in Keighley are being invited to an open day to find out about further education options for their children. The Post School Provision Convention will be held on Tuesday, November 16 at Branshaw School
Forgotten soldiers missed off war memorials will be officially remembered for the first time this year. Nearly 100 names of men who died during this century's two world wars are to be added to memorials in Birstall and Batley after they were unearthed
Former Keighley MP Gary Waller's hopes of making a political comeback have been dashed. He failed to reach the final short list in the hotly-contested battle to choose the Tories' prospective candidate for Shipley at the next election. He had decided
Bradford's British lightweight champion Bobby Vanzie steps into the national spotlight again when he defends his crown later this month. Vanzie takes on Londoner Stephen Smith in his own back yard on November 29. The fight gets second billing on the Stevie
Snooker: Simon Bedford has admitted that a lack of dedication has held back his career. The 23-year-old from Bradford, who reached the first round proper of last year's World Championships by winning an astonishing nine qualifying matches, says: "I didn't
Golf: The first junior coaching sessions for Bradford's potential future champions have been voted a great success. Shay Grange Golf Centre are hosting the sessions for current members of the Bradford junior team or those on the fringe with assistant
Bradford City are banking on their newly found positive approach to boost their chances of Premiership survival. The change of policy was decided at a meeting of the management and coaching staff last month when, to use manager Paul Jewell's words, 'we
Steve McNamara's departure yesterday has caused the biggest stir around Odsal since the departure of Paul Newlove pre-Super League. Back in 1995 Newlove's financial demands paved the way for his departure to St Helens and yesterday it was McNamara packing
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott has revealed club captain Steve McNamara was offered a path into coaching in a bid to keep him at Odsal. But he says neither the club nor McNamara are to blame for his departure after he failed to agree new terms and puts it
Bradford needs to recruit more nurses. It especially needs to recruit more Asian nurses so that the hospitals' workforce can better reflect the racial and cultural mix of the patients in the district's hospitals. However, many young Asian women appear
Men are going to lag behind women in the workplace of the future. Why? Because they don't touch each other enough. By this, I don't mean groping fellow workers behind the filing cabinet - although it would certainly spice up the office gossip - but the
Licensees across the Bradford district have reacted angrily to recommendations that happy hours in pubs should be scrapped, branding the proposals "another nail in the brewing industry's coffin". A report out yesterday after research by the Home Office
A fire authority chief who became embroiled in a controversy when he was accused of trying to "gag" his officers, has been promoted. Phil Toase will become the new Chief Fire Officer for West Yorkshire when Jim Manuel retires at the end of December after
A ten-year-old Ilkley girl has been praised for going to her dad's aid after he suffered an asthma attack at the wheel of his car. Timothy Wrathmell collapsed on the pavement unable to breathe after pulling over to the side of the road. He indicated to
Big reductions in levels of a chemical blamed for changing the sex of fish have been recorded in the River Aire by environment watchdogs. There has been about a 90 per cent drop in alkylphenolethoxylate found in the river south of Keighley's Marley sewage
Asian schoolgirls are finding out what it is like to work as a nurse in a pilot scheme aimed at boosting recruitment for Bradford hospitals. Twelve pupils from the Belle Vue Girls' School in Bradford are spending two hours a week for four months alongside
A brave newsagent had to tackle a knife-wielding drug addict when the 23-year-old tried to rob his Silsden store, a court heard. Michael Kershaw had only just opened up his premises in Kirkgate last February when the terrifying raid took place. Prosecutor
Residents have spoken out over plans for a bonfire built on land earmarked as a wildlife habitat and public leisure area. The site - the Railway Terrace Reserve, Low Moor - was transformed by a £90,000 Government grant to Bradford Council in 1993 from
A Bradford-based Yorkshire design consortium is taking the strain to come up with plans to make a special brew - using a new non-drip teapot. Design Yorkshire wants to create a robust, stylish, affordable teapot which pours perfectly and doesn't drip.
A businessman is demanding compensation from one of Britain's biggest mobile phone companies over an evening calls crisis believed to be hitting thousands of users. Frustrated customers who are unable to make or receive calls believe it is because of
Rules for Bradford's new-look Council were today described as a recipe for secrecy - only three weeks after Labour leader Councillor Ian Greenwood promised openness. Opposition groups have hit out at recommendations which would give three Labour councillors
A campaign to get Otley police station open all hours has been given enthusiastic backing. More than a hundred people have already given their support to the campaign launched just two weeks ago by Otley Conservatives. Some 3,500 newsletters have been
A hotel with some of the finest views across the Wharfe Valley has been sold for more than £3 million. The 61-bedroom Craiglands Hotel in Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, has been bought by entrepreneur Mike Chawla, who already owns hotels in Manchester and Hartlepool
Up to 20 jobs are to be axed at a Shipley textile firm, it has been revealed. Workers at S Jerome and Sons, a subsidiary of the Worthington Group which took it over last year, have been told there will be between 15 and 20 redundancies. John Taylor, chief
Murder squad detectives have questioned a man and a woman about the death of a three-month-old baby. The pair were arrested at an address in the Barkerend area of Bradford early yesterday. Police said a 29-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were taken
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond is calling for a large turnout of Bradford City fans as the Bantams look for their second home win in a row against Coventry on Saturday. City are concerned that up to 1,000 tickets remain unsold and Richmond said: "It is an
Bradford's school budgets crisis took a new turn today as education bosses told Ilkley Grammar it could lose control of its financial affairs. The warning came after Bradford Council announced it is to pour an extra £1 million into schools to help boost
A Bradford businessman is to spend more than £7 million developing the city's EuroCam Technology Park, which has been left largely untouched for 11 years. Millionaire Brendan Larkin has had plans drawn up to develop four acres of the eight-acre site as
One of Bradford's oldest amateur dramatic companies has had to cancel a themed gala night later this month, due to lack of public interest. Only 185 tickets out of a possible 1,500 have been sold for the six performances of Bradford Players' production
A service to help the over-50s prepare themselves for a safe and secure retirement has been launched in Bradford. Keep in Control is a pilot project for older people, offering free independent advice on home maintenance and house repairs. Funded by the
Teachers are under stress, morale is low and there are fewer graduates than ever before who want to enter the profession. Education Reporter Lyn Barton investigates the situation in Bradford's classrooms. BRADFORD'S TEACHERS are in the firing line - blamed
Dozens of dog owners have fallen foul of a new campaign to clean up footpaths and grass verges. A Bradford Council crackdown on dog fouling across the district has caught almost 40 owners breaking the law in only two and a half weeks. Irresponsible dog
Proposals for a new £3 million teaching block at a Baildon school were being considered by councillors today. But prospective parents and pupils, students, staff, governors and Parent Teacher Association members from Salt Grammar School have already looked
A family who were evacuated after a gas explosion near their home today called for action to prevent future disaster. The Telegraph & Argus reported on Monday how heavy winds in Esholt had caused an electricity cable to short-circuit, sending a jolt
Otley's Victorian Fayre could disappear if there is not more investment by traders, the chairman of the event committee has warned. Richard Katkowski, who took over the helm of the committee two years ago, said that apathy and a lack of financial backing
