Disabled access to police stations in West Yorkshire is among the worst in the country according to new figures out today. The Audit Commission report showed that at the end of 1998/99 none of the force's 51 buildings open to the public were accessible
A family butcher's business, which started in a small parade of Keighley shops more than a century ago has gone global. Since Chris Battle, his wife Barbara and daughters sold their shop - Jack Scaife Butchers in Keighley Market - and switched to selling
An angry man has claimed he has suffered two months of stress and worry because of 'bureaucratic bungling' by Yorkshire Electricity. Wes Kennedy, of St Richard's Road, Otley, said his home had always been supplied by British Gas - until a letter arrived
Plans to build an office on Green Belt land in the picturesque village of Harden have been attacked. The ICR Group, which claims to be the biggest employer in the village, wants to add 49 jobs to its current 26. It provides cutting edge services to support
Welcome to Issue One of our brand new Bantams fanzine page - written entirely by City fans for City fans. We hope you'll enjoy the news, views and sheer fun every Thursday in your T&A. Our contributors - all Valley Parade season ticket holders - aim
Players entering this weekend's Telegraph & Argus Snooker Challenge will have the carrot of a frame against Steve Davis to look forward to. The winner of Sunday's event at The Clubhouse In Cue Gardens (11am) faces the six-times world champion a week
Golf: Former Bradford Open champion Paul Thomas is putting himself up for sale on the eve of turning professional. The 27-year-old West Bradford member makes his first steps on the pro circuit next week when he takes part in the Tamsel event at Portal
Chairman Chris Caisley believes Bradford Bulls could have taken 12,000 fans to Halifax for this weekend's crunch quarter-final clash if The Shay did not have a limited capacity. Ten thousand fans look set to pack into the Blue Sox's ground on Sunday with
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has dismissed rumours that Kiwi star Hen-ry Paul is about to agree a lucrative contract with the English Rugby Union. It is believed that Twickenham officials want to secure him for the international side once his
Goalkeeper Aidan Davison today sprang a major surprise by rejecting Bradford City's offer of a new contract. The decision left Paul Jewell with a potential goalkeeping problem for Sunday's Premiership match against Leeds United, but the City manager is
So we ARE on the same planet. We DO worry about the same things and get upset for the same reasons. What a load of bunkum. New research has discovered that the notion - popularised in the best-selling book Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus -
Leeds United fans who have illegally bought tickets in areas reserved for Bradford City supporters at Sunday's match can expect to be thrown out of the ground or even arrested as the clubs operate a 'Zero Tolerance policy'. The chairmen of both clubs
A hundred years ago you could arrive at the doctor's in the same vehicle which might eventually take you to your grave. Bradford museum worker Diane Charlton is putting the finishing touches to one such ambulance/hearse after a two-month restoration.
Victoria Hall was officially opened on November 21, 1872. The Institute, as it was known in those days, was built by Sir Titus Salt as a place of recreation, education and entertainment for the people of Saltaire, his model industrial village. It was
Putting the spirit back into depressed neighbourhoods is the task facing Claire Fitton. She is spearheading the new Human Neighbourhood Project which aims to revitalise inner city communities. Bradford is one of three cities chosen to pilot the project
Volunteers have launched a £40,000 appeal to make their theatre accessible to people with physical disabilities. The idea is the brainchild of Maralyn Adey, who helps to run speech, drama and movement classes for youngsters with special needs. The popular
The BBC has picked Bradford to launch its biggest-ever trawl for new talent. From today, aspiring TV presenters will be able to book their places at star-making local auditions. The best will be invited to London for further screen tests. The corporation
Growing hi-tech firm Pace Micro Technology has bought a company which will put it ahead of the game in developing the home of the future. And Mike Hafferty, the boss of Vegastream, is predicting that the two firms' technological expertise will help moves
Teenager Jennifer Robertson is back at lessons after sharing the limelight with some of the top pop artists in the country. Jenny, 17, a pupil at Skipton Girls' High School, beat off hundreds of other hopefuls to perform at the Voices of Promise concert
The owners of Ilkley's Myddelton Lodge have put the 13th century spiritual retreat up for sale. It is expected to trigger a rush of international interest in what the agents describe as 'an almost unique opportunity.' The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds
Public fury over the closure of a road bridge has led to promises by Railtrack and Council bosses to hold an emergency public meeting. Residents at a packed Bradford Council meeting for Oakenshaw residents last night vented anger at Railtrack and highways
Residents of a quiet Cullingworth cul-de-sac have vowed to renew protests after Shipley planners backed a move to turn it into a car park. As part of proposals for a new secondary school, Bradford Council's education department wants to build five two-storey
A multi-million pound package of road schemes aimed at easing road chaos was unveiled in Bradford today. But police said elements of the £12.8 million plans - including spy cameras on bus routes - were unmanageable. While the Council said new CCTV cameras
Gameplay.com, the online games retailer started by former Bradford man Dylan Wilk, has made major strides in its bid to become the biggest European player in its field. It recently bought Computec Media, Germany's largest online games magazine publisher
Skipton Building Society bosses and carpetbaggers are expecting massive support for a ground-breaking resolution being put at its annual meeting next month. But the two sides want a huge vote in favour of the resolution for completely opposite reasons
Bradford's First XI stayed on course for a top-three spot in the English National Hockey League Division One with a convincing 5-0 victory over Woking, their biggest winning margin so far this season. Bradford began by missing a chance in the opening
Predictably, the Council's proposed two-year transport package is something of a curate's egg - good in parts. First, the good news. It is right that school entrances need to be made safer, and inconsiderate parkers prevented from adding to the dangers
A controversial school for problem pupils will be shut down early despite objections from its head teacher and the board of governors. Councillors have also brushed aside objections from two other members of staff and six parents over the closure of Ellar
Bradford's fight to become the cultural capital of Europe received a big boost from Government culture supremo Chris Smith. Mr Smith, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, praised the huge developments undertaken in the city as he dropped in
A judge has warned drug dealers they should not regard Skipton as a "safe haven" for their operations. Sentencing a local teenager for drugs offences, Judge Roger Scott said the market town was not normally associated with the obtaining of "crack" cocaine
Property owners in Low Moor are at the end of their tether after cellars flooded for the second time in a week. Residents of St Mark's Place and St Mark's Terrace woke up yesterday to find water gushing into cellars and lapping at their doorsteps. It
Concerns have been expressed in reports and letters in the Telegraph & Argus about the fact no-one has been prosecuted following investigations into the Bonfire Night disturbances in Bradford last year. We invited Chief Superintendent Simon Willsher
A social club president who had been accused of pilfering thousands of pounds from the coffers today spoke of his relief after the charges were dropped. Stephen Cawson, 44, of Cobden Street, Allerton, says he endured a year of misery after being stripped
Generous Bradford folk have rallied around the family of a grandmother fighting for her life in a Tokyo hospital. The family of Janet Rylance, 55, of Wibsey, issued a desperate plea for help in Monday's Telegraph & Argus, after the mother-of-six collapsed
