Staff at the Shipley branch of Wilkinson's are celebrating after scooping a top award. The store won a competition by the firm to find its best Christmas shop. Stores were judged on seasonal atmosphere, trading style, and Christmas displays. Store manager
In 1922, the Irish Free State was declared. In 1923, the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand visited Bradford. From the Telegraph & Argus of December 6, 1975... Past and present Wilsden parishioners have been taking full advantage of Welcome
A SKIPTON couple have found themselves at the heart of a row after they took over a pub in Burnley. John and Sally Hillary have just taken over as managers at the fully refurbished pub on Manchester Road, formerly The Bull and Butcher. The problem is
A champion dog breeder has offered a £20,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of thieves who stole seven of his pedigree puppies. Dominic Clark and his wife Elaine are so keen to have the baby English Bull Terriers returned they have hung a giant
A drunk kerb-crawler who killed a Heckmondwike teacher by ploughing into her in his car has been jailed for eight years. Alan Jackson, 39, pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving after Angela Ovington
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Stanley King, has supped a civic pint in the famous pub which leading councillors never knew they owned. The Woolpack Pub in Esholt - formerly used in TV soap Emmerdale - appeared on the first list ever drawn up
Bradford people had to collect their own mail today after an unofficial walkout by sorting office staff for the second day. Workers at Royal Mail's central sorting office staged the strike in a row over working arrangements and picketed the front of the
The campaigning parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence will be in Bradford on Saturday to pick up a prestigious accolade. Neville and Doreen Lawrence have been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Bradford for their work in race relations
This is the stunning new £60 million stadium development set to rise from the ground at Odsal. The 26-000 seater stadium will replace the current home of the Bradford Bulls - and become the biggest rugby league-only stadium in Britain. Horsforth-based
Clayton had a try disallowed straight from the kick-off against Leeds Metropolitan University and knew it wasn't going to be their day. The Villagers eventually went down 20-10 in the first round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup against a well drilled outfit
Bradford Bulls coach Brian Noble coach has confirmed that three-quarter Nathan McAvoy is set to be sidelined for six months. The England international, underwent a reconstruction of his left knee a fortnight ago, and is expected to miss the first three
Stan Collymore will not face a late-night curfew after being attacked in a nightclub. But the Bradford City striker has been warned to be a bit more choosy in where he goes for a drink. Bantams boss Jim Jefferies had a chat with Collymore yesterday and
The latest plans unveiled today for a £60 million redevelopment of Odsal stadium should give cause for optimism to everyone who has the future of Bradford at heart. All those who have taken a close look at the detail of Sterling Capitol's 26,000-seater
A Bradford based insurance brokers has headed north of the border for its latest expansion push. TL Dallas Group, which has its head office in Low Moor, has set up a new unit in Falkirk, Scotland. The new office will deal mainly with credit insurance,
A sports safety equipment specialist from Dewsbury has helped prepare a Bradford school for an energetic new future. Thornton Grammar School was recently awarded the coveted specialist sports college status. As a result of its successful bid, the school
Kelda Group plc, the owners of Yorkshire Water, has insisted the company's still on course for a successful 2001 despite announcing a multi-million pound fall in profits yesterday. The figures for the six month period to the end of September showed a
Two more men have fallen victim to a gang which brutally attacked and robbed four men in a cheap cigarette scam. Both men were robbed of cash and locked in the boots of their cars but only one was assaulted. They had also been given the contact name and
A shopkeeper fears he and his family could lose their home if a last-ditch bid to save their business is dashed by planners. Father-of-four Mohammed Aslam shut up shop in July after Bradford Council turned down his plans to convert the Shipley newsagents
Who says dogs are not just for Christmas? Certainly not the toy manufacturers which are storming the market with electronic puppies this month. And the owners of the award-winning store Conways Toymaster in Keighley would agree with them. The new steel
The chairman of Bradford Inner City Licensees Association has shocked members by handing in his resignation. David Haigh, who has held the post for eight years, cited growing apathy among licensees and increased police involvement among his reasons for
Crisis-hit education chiefs in Bradford will have to ask permission if they want to spend more than £1,000 at a time, from now on. And a new finance watchdog is being brought in to keep a tight rein on spending. The tough measures were voted in by Liberal
Hopes were high today that plans to make Odsal Stadium a world class development will finally go ahead after years of drama, delay and false promises. The eight-year saga may at last come to an end with the £60 million scheme unveiled today by developers
SIR - On Saturday, December 2 at 2.55pm, my mother and her sister, who are aged 84 and 91, were on the 521, Dewsbury to Bradford bus. My mother had two carrier bags on the floor and her black handbag on her knee. She got off the bus at the Sheridan Street
