The Bulls received a welcome break from the monotony of training when they were put through their paces at the West Yorkshire Fire Service's Birkenshaw training complex yesterday. The squad undertook drills used to test the suitability of would-be firefighters
Yet again travellers have moved illegally on to sites in Bradford, creating problems for people who live nearby, deterring customers from visiting local businesses and making a mess of the areas they occupy, and nobody seems able to act swiftly and decisively
In 1906, the Corporation baths in Thornton, Bradford were opened. In 1913, the Bradford Tramway was extended to Bailiff Bridge. In 1966, Golda Meir became the first woman Prime Minister of Israel. >From the Telegraph & Argus of March 17th, 1979
Toytown hero Noddy is all set for a new adventure in China - helping to teach his young fans English. But the Eastern adventure has come as no surprise to his creator Enid Blyton's Ilkey-based daughter Gillian Baverstock who says the much-loved character
Violent and abusive patients will be barred from hospital treatment under a tough new policy put before health bosses today. Members of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust were asked to adopt the hardline stance at a board meeting held at Bradford Royal
Tonight's visit of Alfreton Town in the UniBond Premier Division could be the last in charge for caretaker manager Carl Serrant as Avenue close in on a replacement for Trevor Storton. Former Newcastle United star Serrant has been in the hot seat for the
Rail user groups today welcomed a suggestion in Parliament that more services should be run on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines to tackle overcrowding during rush hour. Transport Minister Kim Howells said valuable lessons could be learnt from Japan,
New measures to stop fraudulent voting have been promised in a last-gasp bid to rescue plans for all-postal ballots in Bradford. The Government attempted to settle a damaging row with the House of Lords by insisting everybody must have their vote witnessed
A police chief has urged the Iraqi community to help them find an immigration seeker wanted in connection with the brutal killing of a young father. Police hunting the killer of 27-year-old salesman Mohammed Basier have put out an all-ports alert for
How traffic could be kept moving SIR - Re the Bingley Relief Road and the consequent "gridlock". After the completion of the M6, in the mid-Sixties the knock-on consequences, from Spaghetti Junction on the main road into Birmingham were horrendous. Birmingham
