Angry theatre bosses have given comic Freddie Starr the heave-ho after he pulled the plug on a Bradford show for the third time. The unpredictable comedian was said to be in hiding today after his promoter gave staff at Bradford's St George's Hall just
Police have welcomed the launch of Skipton's first youth drop-in centre and alcohol-free bar. The cellar bar, beneath the YMCA at Pinder House, Keighley Road, has been decorated in bold colours and houses an upholstered bar and matching chairs and cushions
Simon Cook is Keighley's new Conservative candidate for the next general election. He was elected from a shortlist of three nominees and will be trying to oust current Keighley MP Ann Cryer. Simon has been a council member since 1995 and currently represents
A man reading while on the toilet and a rastafarian leafing through love poetry are among the images in a Kirklees Council poster campaign to promote books. The Authority has teamed up with library book suppliers Books for Students to commission six photographs
A former scoutmaster has successfully appealed against his conviction for possessing an indecent image of two naked boys. Colin Gaines, 46, who was in charge of the 11th Keighley Scouts in the early 1980s, was fined £1,000 after being found guilty of
A Council road safety chief was due in court today, charged with drink-driving. Councillor Adrian Longthorn immediately resigned from his position as chairman of the Bradford Council's Highways Sub-committee after he was arrested by police following a
Despite winning the fourth and final round of the Yorkshire Cyclo-Cross Association points competition at Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, Chris Young (Team Marie Curie) was unable to defend his Yorkshire title. Young was the author of his own downfall, having
Grattan League Round-up: Baildon went to the top of the Second Division after 17-1 triumph against a severely depleted Smiling Mule Reserves. Smiling Mule began the match with only nine players and their problems worsened after five minutes when they
Keighley Cougars have added to their pack strength by signing 21-year-old powerhouse prop Michael Slicker. The youngster made his top flight debut alongside new player-coach Karl Harrison as a teenager at Halifax and, although he has had some injury setbacks
Taken together, two reports before Bradford Council's Economic Strategy Sub-Committee today make for mixed reading. The TEC's Regional Household Survey and the Employer Survey between them point to a pool of people who remain out of work partly because
Christine and Peter Nias met as volunteers - but little did they know how, decades later, such work would shape their adult lives. The couple, who have been married for 26 years, got together as they mucked in to help clean out Stratford Canal on a National
When Victoria Kittsen went to see a psychologist because of her depression, she was told she wasn't ill, she was just bored. Now, four years later, the 30-year-old has a degree in Combined Studies - as well as being mum to five young children. Isobel
Charlie's country walk ended in disaster. He is a male liver and white English springer spaniel. Even at ten he is still a pup at heart, lively and noisy but never aggressive with other dogs, still less people. Whether the two dogs he met misread his
I'm just home from an international conference on bronchitis. It isn't a disease that catches the headlines. People don't look on it as a threat to life. Yet it is fifth in the list of killer diseases world-wide. And bronchitis cases and deaths are rising
A Bradford bakery is set to increase production five-fold - to meet the public's hunger for speciality bread. Carriages Continental Breads has moved production to a new bakery in West Bowling, Bradford, amid plans to sell bread in delicatessens across
A covenant protecting the use of a patch of land in Glusburn is to be investigated with a view to building a new play area. Members of Glusburn Parish Council have been looking for a new site for the playground in the village and think they have come
As a national children's helpline today revealed bullying to be the most reported problem, Bradford Council said it was doing everything possible to "beat the bullies". The natiowide statistics were released as ChildLine - the telephone service for children
A bold project to breathe new life into three of Bradford's most deprived estates has received a £500,000 cash injection. The money, secured from European development funds, is being hailed as a great boost to community projects in Fagley, Bradford Moor
Companies across Bradford predict a jobs boom next year - but a survey published today shows hundreds of people are choosing to stay on state benefits because the pay offered is too low. The surveys, being considered by councillors tonight also showed
It may be winter, but staff at a pub in Cullingworth will be asking regulars to don their Bermuda shorts and shades for a fundraising beach party. Staff at the Fleece Inn, Cullingworth Gate, will be encouraging regulars to dress up in their best summer
Police have arrested a seventh man in connection with the kidnap of 14-month-old Daniel Grimshaw. Six men in their 20s and 30s were arrested in dawn raids yesterday. Later a seventh Bradford man, aged 18, was detained. All the men were today being questioned
Plans to create a home for vulnerable women in Yeadon have been given the go-ahead, despite widespread opposition from residents. More than 40 letters of objection and a petition with 165 names on were received against plans by charity Caring For Life
Customers might think staff at Betty's Caf in Ilkley have little to learn about making a cuppa. But there were plenty of tips being served up by Japanese teamaster Mutsumi Yamagiwa, who performed a traditional "cha-no-yu" - or Japanese Tea Ceremony. Mrs
Organisations across the Shipley district are celebrating the Millennium with cash boosts. Fifteen groups covering everywhere from Baildon and Burley to Bolton Woods and Wilsden are going into the new century several hundred pounds better off thanks to
Angling: Roach were conspicuous by their absence for the penultimate round of the Calder League. Simon Foster (Bradford No1) got the tactics spot on by targeting chub from the off from peg 42 at Cooper Bridge. Legered bread brought him ten chub scaling
The match between Bradford & District Senior Cup holders Albion Sports and Alliance Premier champions East Bowling Unity produced the expected cracker in Sunday's third round. Both sides were well matched, but a strong finish in the last ten minutes
Bradford Bulls were back in training yesterday just six weeks after their Grand Final defeat by St Helens at Old Trafford with Matthew Elliott pledging he would do all in his power to go one better in Super League V. Elliott and his coaching team were
Manager Paul Jewell is convinced that Bradford City are beginning to 'believe in ourselves as a club.' Although City are fourth from the bottom of the Premiership table, Jewell takes great encouragement from the last four performances, a home win against
Business adviser Tony Hurlow used to be Mr Grumpy until he began to change the way he ate. Tired and short tempered all the time, a simple change of diet made the world of difference. Isobel Fox reports. TONY HURLOW likes chocolate, and lots of it. But
In 1891 up to 600 Bradfordians, lured by the promise of a better life, emigrated to Brazil where they were decimated by poverty, disease and other depredations. Yesterday, the T&A broke the storey of how this scandal was uncovered by Pudsey woman
The news that the Prime Minister and his wife, Cherie, are expecting their fourth child in May has prompted a flood of congratulations and made lots of people round the world say how wonderful it is. Attitudes towards this pregnancy make me realise that
There's some misunderstanding about older people and employment. A view widely held by people in their middle years and above is that they shouldn't be discriminated against in their workplace or in the jobs market because of the number of years they
An MP has hit back at claims that a vital petition opposing the closure of a school 'disappeared' after it was given to him. Shipley member Chris Leslie was handed the 1,100-name document in the summer of 1998. It called on him to help fight the closure
Brainy youngsters are being challenged to put their science and technology skills to the test by designing and building a robot or video. If they succeed, they could find themselves starring in the BBC's popular Robot Wars programme or helping to launch
Traffic calming measures introduced to stop rat-running on a Menston road have given residents the hump. Speed ramps placed along Leathley Avenue and Leathley Road by Bradford Council earlier this year were intended to curb speeding and discourage drivers
Bradford's new drug co-ordinator has met a patients' watchdog group to discuss its concerns about drug services in the area. Alison Richards, co-ordinator of Bradford's Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT), has now reassured members of Bradford Community
A top-level probe was demanded today after a leaflet was published making serious allegations against Labour members and officers employed by the authority. The anonymously written publication called The Bradford Whistle Blower - and marked "first Issue
A 15-year-old boy told an investigative journalist that he had supplied illegal drugs to other youngsters and even a teacher at his own school. A jury at Bradford Crown Court heard that the teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, made the
Operations at Bradford's main hospital were cancelled yesterday because five operating theatre staff were off sick. Little Oliver Dunn was one of four patients who had surgery postponed after staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary phoned in sick. It was the
