A councillor wants council tax payers in Craven and the rest of North Yorkshire to have a chance to say how they want money spent on services. County Councillor Beth Graham is calling for an alternative North Yorkshire budget to be drawn up and the public
A heritage steam line estimates it will have carried almost 13,000 people on its Santa Specials by the time the last train steams along the Keighley and Worth Valley line on Friday. But no sooner will the volunteers have emptied the last coach than it
Campaigners fighting plans to build houses on the historic Wharfe Street school site in Otley have accused developers of flying in the face of democracy. Residents from the Wharfe Street Action Group (WSAG) said that developers PH Plasterers were being
Residents say they fear the urban wildlife of Ilkley could soon disappear as developers seek to cover spare land with houses. They believe small animals from woodland and moor could soon find their traditional pathways and routes blocked by housing developments
Thornbury will help light up the sky for the Millennium as part of a national network of beacons. A chain of the 12ft high towers will be created on New Year's Eve to link villages, towns and cities throughout the country - and one of the beacons will
Protesters fighting a massive waste tip on their doorstep have been dealt a shattering blow after a shock Council U-turn. Residents were jubilant when Bradford Council threw out the scheme to turn Buck Park Quarry in Denholme into a landfill site in July
Motor Sport: Dougie Lampkin may have won three world indoor and three world outdoor trials crowns, but his ambitions for next year remain sky high. The 23-year-old from Silsden said: "1999 has been brilliant - I couldn't have wished for more. "Everything
West Bowling are convinced that they came away with the rough end of the stick following their 22-13 defeat at Wath Brow Hornets in the second round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup. Coach Glenn Barraclough is not a player to criticise officials, but his
Bradford City are ready to offer 34-year-old winger Peter Beagrie a new two-year contract. Chairman Geoffrey Richmond today confirmed that City will be having discussions with the player in the next ten days with a view to extending his contract which
Roadside car sales seem to be cropping up all over the district. There are second-hand vehicles with price tags on them sitting on grass verges, in lay-bys and on plots of spare land everywhere. Sometimes they are parked on the road itself, where they
There was a sombre mood in the Great Moot Hall of Braedthforth. Actually it wasn't that great and it wasn't really a hall - it was more of a back bar in the Tongueless Boar's Head. But the Moot - Aldermen, Councilmen and Scribes - were oblivious to their
A bank employee has won a case of unfair dismissal after browsing pornographic websites on the Internet at work. An employment tribunal in Leeds found that the Halifax Bank had failed to follow its own disciplinary procedures when it sacked Chris Hemingway
Two men who carried out a £20,000 cash box robbery outside a travel agency, have each been jailed for four-and-a-half years. One of the men, Steven Barker, 21, also received a further 18 months in prison after he admitted a series of offences including
A Bradford councillor is demanding immediate action to clamp down on unauthorised car sales on roadside verges. Coun Allan Hillary (Lib Dem, Bolton) has written to Eccleshill police commander Chief Superintendent Dave Collins to make a formal complaint
When Denise Wells first gave birth over 21 years ago, disposable nappies were still in their infancy. This time round - after 18 years of trying for the baby she and husband Gary thought they would never see - there will be no need for nappy-washing trips
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society today put the fact that it has broken through the £10 billion asset barrier down to being a low-cost mutual building society. The Yorkshire, which employs 750 people at its Rooley Lane headquarters and 1,750 nationally
The teenage mother of a 14-month-old baby boy snatched from his pushchair has told how she wanted to fly to Pakistan in a bid to get him back. Amy Grimshaw has said she considered the desperate measure as she faces the start of the new Millennium without
TV gardener Charlie Dimmock will be bringing all things horticultural to Bradford next spring. A stage version of her BBC series Ground Force is one of the highlights of the new season of theatre in the city. Charlie and colleague Peter Seabrook will
A special early-hours bus service for Millennium revellers has been unveiled by transport chiefs. Passengers heading into Bradford city centre from around the district will pay a standard £2 fare for each of the outward and return journeys, running until
A family whose controversial lifestyle was featured in a TV programme has ditched plans to move to a Bradford estate after vigilantes smashed up their new home and threatened to burn it down. Susan Caroll, Paul Grant and their four children were due to
Leeds United Reserves 2, Bradford City Reserves 3. Teenage striker Andrew Patterson scored a superb stoppage-time winner to crown a great Bradford City fightback in the FA Premier Reserve League at Elland Road. City, who trailed 2-0 at half-time yesterday
Bulls coach Matthew Elliott has stressed he will not be taking any risks in selecting his side for the Boxing Day tussle with old foes Leeds Rhinos at Headingley. Paul Deacon, Bernard Dwyer, Scott Naylor and Stuart Fielden are all doubts. But Elliott
Bradford City will play Chelsea at Valley Parade on Saturday, January 8, following the postponement of two FA Cup replays last night. The ties between Gillingham and Walsall and Oxford and Nottingham Forest were called off because of frost and immediately
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond today branded the Government's Football Task Force 'a total waste of time and money'. He made his attack as the body headed by former Conservative minister David Mellor published its recommendations. The Task Force
Fifty firefighters spent four hours tackling a fierce blaze which ripped through the roof of a Bradford mill today. Flames could be seen from half a mile away as the fire raged at Macart Textile Machinery in Great Horton. A passer-by used his mobile phone
Shepherds have been given a glimmer of hope this Christmas following a disastrous year. Farmers are being told by the Bradford-based British Wool Marketing Board to expect a slight improvement in the price of wool next year. This comes after the board
Children at a village school are getting involved in their community's plans to mark the Millennium. Pupils from Thornton-in-Craven Primary School have made a 'totaliser' to keep tabs on fundraising for the village's Millennium projects. A Millennium
As the people of West Yorkshire prepare to celebrate Christmas and the dawn of a new Millennium, soldiers from across the county will be aiming to keep the peace in trouble-spots around the world. In Kosovo, more than 7,000 sailors from Britain will be
A shocked homeowner found the value of his house plummeted after a new estate was built nearby. Now Bradford Council has agreed to pay him thousands of pounds after being rapped by the Local Government Ombudsman. The owner, who does not want to be named
A security service for burglary victims has been hailed a success after smashing targets for its first month. The SPEED scheme - Securing Property, Effectively, Economically and Daily - was started at the beginning of December. The project is a registered
In these days of spiralling wage demands, tantrums and driving bans, professional players could learn a lot from a true Bradford footballing hero. And more than 80 years after a player-turned-soldier was gunned down at the Somme, a memorial is set to
An obsessed stalker who harassed a terrified postwoman for five months has been jailed and ordered to stay away from her. Stuart Dearing, 25, exposed himself to the woman, showed her a pornographic picture and forced her to seek refuge in factories to
