America may have Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson but Bradford's Reuben Malek reckons he can slam dunk with the best of them. At 19, he has just won a place at one of the United State's renowned basketball training colleges and his ambition is to play
Feedback on a day care centre threatened with closure, and the future of services for senior citizens in Menston will be discussed at a special meeting. Residents will have the chance to consult representatives from Bradford Social Services about the
Traders who successfully fought for a cash machine have been told their village is to lose its only bank. Members of the Birstall Chamber of Trade say business could be hit after Barclays closes its branch in Market Place on Friday, April 7. Vice-chairman
A £25,000 scheme to help pedestrians safely cross a dangerous road has been branded as "too little, too late" by worried residents. The scheme, to help pedestrians cross the Aire Valley trunk road between Silsden and Steeton, will include road markings
Grattan Cup and League Round-up: Holders Woodend Rangers crashed out of this season's League Cup 8-6 in an amazing quarter-final thriller at First Division leaders Bierley United. United's goalscoring hero was Robert Harrison who got four. Their other
Two of the top local semi-professional sides are in action at home tonight. Guiseley have a rearranged UniBond Premier Division clash with in-form Hyde United while Eccleshill United face Pontefract Collieries in the quarter-finals of the Northern Counties
Bradford Bulls have their sights on setting another Super League attendance record. Bulls, who attracted the competition's biggest ever crowd of 24,020 to Odsal for their clash with Leeds Rhinos last September, want to break the 20,000 barrier for their
Goalkeeper Matt Clarke returned to light training yesterday and may be part of Bradford City's squad to face Leeds this weekend. The 26-year-old summer signing has been out with injury since being carried off against Watford in late January. Aidan Davison
Bradford City have turned down three loan moves for out-of-favour striker Lee Mills amid strong speculation that last season's top scorer is set to leave Valley Parade. Chairman Geoffrey Richmond has confirmed that Wolves, Huddersfield and Walsall have
The idea of having outside assessors look at the ways individual schools address the problem of drugs abuse is a good one. Those involved in anti-drugs health education can sometimes be too close to the project to be able to assess its merits objectively
Losing a loved one is one of the worst things in the world. And Peter Horne thought his world had ended when his wife Janey lost her fight against cancer. But then he was persuaded to go dancing and his life changed. Now he has a spring in his step -
Christine North just oozes success. At 46, she runs her own business, has a list of qualifications as long as your arm, a beautiful house and enviable figure. In her spare time Christine North runs to keep fit, teaches aerobics in Yeadon, and socialises
A letter in the T&A last week (Herbal remedies can be very effective, March 1) took me to task about a recent article in which I doubted the effectiveness of alternative health therapies. I'm sorry Mr Bailey is so angry, but I do not withdraw my article
That Prime Minister of ours is a right little flatterer, isn't he? Especially when he wants something. And what he wants now is for older people to become leading members of an "Experience Corps" of volunteers, giving up more of their time to help others
A Bradford family was left without water after a pipe burst - despite the home undergoing 16 weeks of renovation. David and Maureen Bradbury, their daughter Lynn and two grandsons were unable to shower and had to refill their toilet with water from the
An angry Bradford householder has condemned a phone company's policy of charging a £70 reconnection fee when wires are cut by burglars. Jacqui Roebuck, 59, persuaded BT to waive the payment after she complained it was unfair. But she is furious that the
A schools anti-drugs initiative has become so popular organisers are having to send out a plea for extra volunteers to keep it going. The Bradford Schools Drugs Prevention Initiative (BSDPI) was launched in 1994 by West Yorkshire Police, Bradford Council
A woman who shed more than five stones in 14 months is celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a low-fat pancake recipe. Two years ago, Jayne Mellor, 28, from Low Moor in Bradford weighed nearly 16 stones. She was so fed up with her weight and not being able
One of the city's biggest ever policing operations - and the largest ever at the Valley Parade soccer ground - will be mounted this weekend for the Bradford City and Leeds United clash. More than 200 police officers and upwards of 100 stewards will monitor
Newsagent Kamal Tack is kicking up a stink over a gas leak which she says is making her ill. The leak from valves in a gas main next to her shop was first reported seven weeks ago but it has not been solved. Mrs Tack, who runs School Green Stores in Thornton
Councillors have teamed up to tackle unadopted streets. Oxenhope parish councillors Reg Hindley and Derek Allen and Worth Valley Labour councillor John Cope are drawing up a scheme to tackle the problem of private roads that never been registered by local
An armed robber escaped with more than £700 in cash from a Haworth coffee house. The man, who was wielding a pistol, struck at the Main Street premises at around 6.25pm on Sunday. He pushed an assistant into a back room and threatened him with the gun
Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of Ilkley postmaster David Todd. His wife Sylvia told police officers she last saw her 51-year-old husband on Friday, February 11 at 8.15am as he went downstairs to open the shop. She has not seen or heard from
New jobs could be created in a joint venture announced today by the Bradford & Bingley and American hi-tech mortgage group ALLTEL. The new company, ALLTELL Mortgage Solutions Ltd, will get off the ground later this year and be based in Bingley. It
A grandmother was today clinging to life 6,000 miles away from her Bradford home in a Tokyo hospital. Janet Rylance collapsed as she was heading home from an emotional visit to relatives in Australia. Today Japanese doctors gave her only a 50 per cent
Boxing: The controversy surrounding Bobby Vanzie's successful British and Commonwealth title defence refuses to die. Supporters of his defeated opponent Stephen Smith inundated the sport's top paper Boxing News with letters demanding a re-match with the
Sunday Alliance League and cup action: First Division leaders Fairweather Green produced their best result of the season to beat County Cup semi-finalists Bolton Woods 3-0 in the quarter-final of the Alliance Senior League Cup. Fairweather harassed the
Cycling: National Road Race champion John Tanner (Pro Vision) made a successful start to the new road-racing season, winning the 66-mile Dave Shakespeare Memorial Road Race near Rotherham. Tanner, from Doncaster, out-sprinted Hamish Haynes and Will Wright
Bingley-born John Bosomworth has been likened to 007 agent James Bond. In an action-packed life that reads like a novel, he has run his own business, served as a magistrate, spent a spell behind bars, worked as an arms dealer, shot guns for his country
Jimmy's owners brought him to see me because they noticed he was walking uncomfortably and they could see that one of his claws was growing into his pad. He was 16 years old, a short-haired tabby cat who had been handsome once but was now looking decidedly
The days are getting brighter but for me there is a dark cloud on the horizon. This week I take the first exam of the course I'm on. Now, there are some of you who probably think that student life is one big party with endless late nights of caffeine-fuelled
A passenger train collides with a tanker containing sulphuric acid, leaving six people dead and more than half a dozen others seriously injured: thankfully these sort of incidents are few and far between but it is crucial that the emergency services are
Passengers were left confused and bewildered when a major part of Bradford Interchange was closed for refurbishment. Most of the bus services departing from the Interchange changed stands as contractors moved in for a £1.7 million refurbishment which
