Big-hearted bosses of a Bradford travel agency have responded to a Telegraph & Argus appeal to help a three-year-old visit his Disney heroes. Little Callum Kenny is fighting a spinal tumour and must have seven bouts of debilitating chemotherapy. To
Railways in the Craven district have steamed ahead of their rivals by clinching three out of seven national awards. The Stoneacre box on the Yorkshire Dales Railway, midway between Embsay and Bolton Abbey, has won the Westinghouse Signalling prize in
Green campaigners in Wharfedale are convinced a secret motorway is planned for the valley. The Wharfedale Environmental Trust, a group that aims to protect the area from unwanted developments, believes the Wharfe Valley will soon be blighted with its
The Bishop of Bradford will celebrate the new Millennium in Ilkley. It has been confirmed this week that the Right Reverend David Smith will be in the town to mark the year 2000. He has accepted an invitation from the Ilkley Parish Church Millennium committee
Magistrates have slapped an 18-month driving ban on a former council road safety chief who drove after drinking almost twice the legal alcohol limit. Councillor Adrian Longthorn - who immediately resigned as chairman of Bradford Council's Highways Sub
More than 100 people packed into Wilsden Primary School last night to express their fears over housing developments. A special Neighbourhood Forum was convened to hear Bradford chief planner Chris Hughes debate the forthcoming review of the city's Unitary
Amateur Rugby League: Wyke nearly pulled off the shock of the season, only losing out 28-21 in extra time at Queensbury in the first round of the RBR Bradford Cup. Both sides exchanged early penalties before Queensbury posted the opening try from ex-Wigan
Fans will get their first chance to see the new-look Keighley Cougars in action when they take on Widnes in a friendly on Sunday, December 12. The Cougar Park, which kick-off at 3pm, will be the side's main warm-up ahead of the start of the Northern Ford
Bradford City are predicting a bumper crowd for their FA Premier Reserves League clash with Manchester United at Valley Parade tomorrow. The European champions are expected to field an experienced team which could include such men as strikers Teddy Sheringham
Well done Sunwin Travel, for coming to the aid of young Callum Kenny and his family with the offer of a two-week holiday in Florida - including a five-day pass to Disneyworld. Now Callum will be able to enjoy every youngster's dream of a visit to the
Workers at BT call centres have complained about humiliating and oppressive working conditions. In the past four or five years Bradford has become one of the most popular areas of the country for these operations. Is there any evidence of workers being
There was much relief among Bradford's shopkeepers that the latest plan for a big supermarket in the city centre had been put back - or at least put on a back burner. But the general trend of things is towards the large and the out-of-town and if it continues
The trial of a schoolboy accused of supplying drugs to an investigative journalist from a Sunday newspaper was unexpectedly halted. Judge Alistair McCallum agreed to a defence submission that the jury dealing with the 16-year-old's case should be discharged
Bradford Council was today hoping for an extra £17.5 million to spend - but even if it gets the funds, the next year's budget will be at a standstill. City Finance Officer Steve Morris says the council will need to increase its budget by that amount in
Building work has started on a £400,000 community centre which will provide a much-needed facility and focal point for residents on a Bradford estate. The new Woodside Village Centre off Fenwick Drive, Woodside, is set to take seven months to build. It
Services for elderly people in Bradford are being starved of funds, Age Concern warned today as the Government unveiled social services performance tables. The statistics, part of a national review of the performance of the country's 150 social services
Thousands of people have been logging on to a Masonic website showing exclusive footage from a Bradford Freemasons meeting. And Bradford businessman Keith Madeley, chairman of the Freemasons' media committee, reckons more than 40,000 people have visited
Even when Johnathan Dove was battling a killer disease, cocooned in an isolation unit, he was planning his next artistic project. With chemotherapy tubes snaking from his body, surrounded by a plastic dome, his mind focused on how he would construct the
The final walk to work of murdered Shipley housewife Mary Gregson will be recreated tomorrow as the appeal for information goes nationwide. Television crews from Crimewatch UK will be returning to the Leeds Liverpool canal towpath where she was attack-ed
Six men were due to appear in court today charged with the kidnapping of Bradford toddler Daniel Grimshaw. But detectives have still not been able to trace the 14-month-old boy or his father Murhzar Mahmood who is being sought in connection with his disappearance
Baildon's David Jefferies has put the icing on the cake of his great season by winning the Superbike class in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. Riding his V&M Racing Yamaha R1, he won a closely-fought battle with World Superbike rider Andy Hoffman
Yorkshire CC members who want a return of championship cricket to two of the outgrounds have expressed their anger that the county club persuaded Harrogate CC chairman Brian Haines not to petition for a special meeting on the issue. Yorkshire today admitted
Black people are twice as likely per head of population to be stopped and searched than whites or Asians in the Toller Lane Police division in Bradford, official figures show. Divisional commander Chief Superintendent Phil Read today defended his officers
A coroner has told of his regret that no prosecution is to follow the death of a pensioner. Bradford Coroner's Court heard how Edwin Norford died 13 months after being attacked. The 70-year-old was taken unconscious to Bradford Royal Infirmary after the
Fifteen to 17-year-olds in Bradford are set to start getting the new meningitis vaccine this week - but it will not protect them against all strains of the disease. Babies will be the next section of the community to get the new group C meningococcal
Planners are being asked to approve a Muslim family burial plot on land next to a house in Sandbeds, Keighley. Mohammed Bashir, of North Queens Street, Keighley, has put in a planning application for the site next to a house which he owns in Bradford
Administrators of a pension fund used by thousands of Bradford Council workers have been criticised for dealing in shares of a company involved in animal research. Campaigners fighting to close Huntingdon Life Sciences in Cambridge have appealed to members
Two new railway stations could be created in Bradford if plans by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority get the go-ahead. Apperley Bridge on the Airedale line and Low Moor on the Caldervale line have been selected from 31 potential sites for
Pensioners in Shipley town centre are to lobby councillors over a controversial nightclub plan which they fear will shatter their peace and quiet. Baildon businessman Steven Halliday's plan to open a new nightclub in Market Street has been put on hold
Bradford health chiefs have revealed how they plan to cut illness and death rates and reduce accidents among residents. Key areas of concern include coronary heart disease, mental health, cancer and diabetes. Details are published in Bradford Health Authority's
