A caretaker had shouted at a disabled man to get out of a skip only hours before a Cleckheaton man was fatally crushed, a court heard. Carl Tolson told Leeds Crown Court he had seen a one-armed employee of Easy Moss Products in Dewsbury standing in a
The Euro-MP who caused a storm by calling for the Bingley relief road to be delayed has hit back at her critics. Diana Wallis, Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber, was slated for becoming involved in the long-running saga. She caused outrage
Clayton cruised into the final of the RBR Bradford Cup with a 32-0 win over lacklustre Queensbury. In the local showpiece final Clayton will meet Birkenshaw who won the other semi-final 10-6 against Undercliffe. Clayton pulled off a masterstroke by switching
Bradford's Bobby Vanzie is being lined up for a world title challenge later this year. His managers Tommy Gilmour and Jack Doughty opened talks for him to take on IBO lightweight champion Michael Ayers just hours after his successful British and Commonwealth
Bradford City are heading for their fifth sell-out in six matches as supporters back their Premiership survival battle. There are only a few hundred tickets left for Saturday's match against FA Cup semi-finalists Aston Villa and chairman Geoffrey Richmond
On the face of it, it is very good news for Bradford and district that the local authority has set the lowest council tax increase in its history. The budget, which was being rubber-stamped today by the Council's Executive, includes an increase of just
Bradford's newly modernised Council was considering its first budget today. Proposals include the lowest Council Tax rise ever and an extra £5 million for schools. City Hall Reporter Olwen Vasey looks at how it would be achieved. A MASSIVE boost for schools
Shoplifters hunting easy pickings in Bingley were today warned to steer clear - or face the consequences. Shopkeepers have joined forces with the police to create a Shopwatch scheme - following on from the success of the town's Pubwatch scheme. Bingley
Bradford is leading the way in the battle against drugs, the UK's anti-drugs co-ordinator proclaimed in the city last night. Keith Hellawell, former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, told Bradford student pharmacists that initiatives launched in the
Youth workers have been forced to call time on an alcohol-free bar's Friday night sessions - because of drunken teenagers. The Cellar Bar and drop-in centre beneath the YMCA in Skipton was opened last autumn to give 14 to 17-year-olds a place to hang
A district-wide hunt has started for volunteers willing to support victims of crime during the aftermath of their ordeals. Keighley and District Victim Support is hoping to recruit at least 15 new volunteers during the current national Victim Support
Superstitious stage folk always tell each other to break a leg for good luck but it is not meant to be taken literally. Yet that's what Samantha Hill from Menston did when she took a short break from rehearsals with the Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society
A champion sausage maker is expanding his award-winning butcher's shop in Ilkley. The £150,000 project is the second extension to David Lishman butchers in Leeds Road in the last three years. The neighbouring building - a butcher's shop itself 50 years
A Millennium bash which was booked 22 years before the event has raised £2,281 for charity. The New Year's Eve party at Ian Clough Hall, Baildon, was booked by 71-year-old resident John Metcalfe in 1978. The party plans hit trouble last year when the
A woman poisoned by a convicted killer is living in fear after being told he is free to wander the streets around her home. Bradford victim Jane Potts fled the city when she learned killer Andrew White - her former boyfriend - was to be released from
Keighley Albion produced a much-improved performance against promotion-chasing Waterhead in National Conference Division Two but lost 24-17. Indiscipline cost Albion dearly and coach Gary Moorby lamented: "Waterhead's first three tries came directly from
Motor Sport: Dougie Lampkin failed to qualify for the final run-off in the fifth round of the World Indoor Trials Championship in Bremen. The Silsden rider's performance dismayed the 5,000 Germans who packed the Bremen Sporthalle. Dougie joined the spectators
Bradford Bulls are reporting an excellent take-up for tickets to Sunday's West Yorkshire Challenge Cup derby at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Chairman Chris Caisley was bitterly disappointed with the turn-out of only 6,500 for the fourth round clash with
Rumours abounded about mill dams in the not-too-long-ago. If you were a young angler, there would be some old hand who would spin yarns about the truly gigantic fish, for which the record book would have to be reprinted, which inhabited such-and-such
An inquest was halted after two members of a jury admitted knowing a West Yorkshire dentist found hanging in a police cell. Coroner Roger Whittaker decided to discharge the jury and adjourn the hearing into the death of 42-year-old Graham Cocking after
A taxi driver has suffered a terrifying attack by a passenger wearing a knuckle-duster. Mohammed Suleman needed 11 stitches in face and head wounds, and was left with a black eye and severe bruising. The father-of-five is the main wage earner for his
A man has died after being rushed to hospital from a police cell. The 54-year-old local man, who has not been named, was arrested last night by police at Toller Lane after being found by officers apparently drunk in the road. He was taken to Toller Lane
A grieving dad today paid tribute to his wife, who died within days of her father's death. Dozens of mourners are expected to pack into a chapel tomorrow for popular school dinner lady Maxine Armstrong's funeral. The 46-year-old mother-of-two, of Oxenhope
Rat-running motorists are putting children's lives at risk, residents claimed today. Retired fireman Geoff Wyness says drivers are using Apperley Road, Idle, Bradford, as a shortcut to avoid long queues at Greengates traffic lights. But police dispute
Children as young as four are to be targeted in a bid to help steer them away from a life of crime. Youngsters in Bradford Moor - which suffers the highest crime, has the most drug users and more families on benefit than anywhere else in the district
A couple fighting for compensation after their daughter was left brain damaged by a balloon are taking their fight to the High Court. Nadeem and Shahnaz Butt are awaiting a date for the hearing of their case. They claim importers, ITI(UK), did not have
