Our columnist this week is a 20-year-old student from Thornton Robert Wooller I wish people would lay off Charles Kennedy about his drink problem. ITV news investigated him over it, which lead to his resignation, and they have conveniently forgotten
A cracking try from 16-year-old hooker Louis Jordan saw Clayton to a 20-16 success against Leeds Metropolitan University in the preliminary round of the Powergen Challenge Cup at Lidget Green. The Villagers' poor league form meant they started as underdogs
Excited Donovan Ricketts today roared: Bring on Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen. The City keeper is thrilled by the prospect of pitting his skills against the Premiership's finest at Wembley in June. Both Ricketts and Valley Parade team-mate Damion Stewart
The large number of people wishing to pay their respects at the funeral today of Sharon Beshenivsky is a measure of the huge impact her murder had far beyond Bradford. People wanted to be there partly because she was a vivacious young woman, so well-thought-of
Firms in Bradford are being warned not to neglect health and safety in the workplace. A survey of 300 companies found most are more interested in making improvements this year, putting health and safety to the bottom of the list. But the Health and Safety
A Bradford-based accountancy firm has claimed that business optimism in the UK has fallen below the EU average for the first time in four years. The research, carried out by Grant Thornton in its 2006 International Business Owners Survey, spoke to 7,000
A women's group who would have marked their 47th anniversary in Shipley this summer have been forced to close. The Shipley Townswomen's Guild started in 1959 and at one time could fill coaches with members. Now, they say, the group can just fill a minibus
Violence against NHS staff was in the spotlight yesterday as it was announced that the police may be given new powers. As part of the Government's Respect Action Plan, Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, is considering a new offence of obstructing
Girls as young as 13 are accessing contraception services in Bradford, including injections and implants. The news comes weeks after the T&A revealed that the morning-after pill was to be given free to girls as young as 13 in a bid to slash the number
Sir Bob Geldof has inspired gap-year student Frances Paterson to swap her life for one in Kenya. Frances, 18, from Yeadon will spend four months in the capital Nairobi, working with an aid charity. "I've seen all the campaigns and TV shows, and now I
Can I be a victim of hate crime? SIR - It heartened me to see the independent think tank Civitas receive cross-party support from Mr Davies and Mrs Cryer about their assertion that political correctness has a negative effect on Britain. Just a pity that
Mickleover had little to offer in the way of resistance as Liversedge marched through to the Northern Counties East League Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable victory. It was not a landslide win for the home side but they came close to doubling their
One young Yorkshire player who has not been short of challenges this winter is 17-year-old Academy wicketkeeper-batsman Greg Wood from Netherthong, near Holmfirth. Wood spent November and December in Bangladesh playing for England in the Under-19s Tri-Nations
Rugby union convert Ryan Atkins bids to press on for a Super League debut after impressing during the Bulls' pre-season friendlies. The centre, 20, caught the eye against Warrington and Dewsbury with some dangerous running and powerful defence. Now he
Research by a Bradford financial advisory body has claimed that the Alternative Investment Market has enjoyed another year of record growth. Grant Thornton researchers say that in 2005, the AIM raised more revenue than the past five years combined. The
Sales at Morrisons supermarkets grew over the Christmas period, according to a trading statement released by the Bradford-based retailer today. Figures released to the stock market just beat expectations by showing total sales for the six weeks ending
Animal charities and vets have urged MPs to outlaw the practice of docking the tails of dogs for cosmetic reasons. Under existing law only a vet can dock tails for either health or cosmetic reasons with any lay person carrying out the procedure liable
Bradford's biggest indoor shopping centre was in the hands of a new owner today after contracts were finalised and signed in a multi-million pound deal. And as The Mall Corporation took over the Kirkgate shopping centre, shopfitters moved in to begin
A man has been jailed for six years for his part in a vicious sex attack on two terrified young women. And a judge has ordered that Moldovan Igor Ciugureanu is deported after serving his prison sentence. A court heard he and two accomplices subjected
The body of a little girl found beneath Eastbrook Hall by workmen will be re-buried in consecrated land. The remains of the brunette youngster, aged between about four and six, were found in a tiny coffin with a plaque dated 1849, but there was no sign
A teenage girl has described to a jury how she was left feeling "dirty and uncomfortable" after she was sexually assaulted by her dentist. The youngster has alleged that Dr Muzzafar Zaman groped her chest after he had given her gas and air at an after-hours
Teachers at a special school are making an appeal to the hard-hearted thieves who drove away in both of the minibuses which had been specially adapted for the pupils. A break-in at Hartshead Moor School near Cleckheaton ended with the raiders driving
Bradford city centre came to a standstill today as people paid their last respects to PC Sharon Beshenivsky. The funeral cortege started in Morley Street, where a sea of fluorescent police uniforms lined both sides of the street where PC Beshenivsky was
