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There's only one thing to complain of about Barley, the village along the Pendle Way which nestles in the shadow of Pendle Hill: the material its car park has been surfaced with. It's a sort of clay-like substance which after rain turns into

A play scheme dedicated to providing leisure and education activities for inner city youngsters has received vital funding of £130,000. The Lottery grant will allow the Thorpe Edge Play Scheme to continue for the next three years. The initiative is

A minicab driver has told of his horror after a stolen car smashed into his cab killing one of his passengers. Father-of-three Matloob Hus-sain, 32, was driving a Toyota Hiace which was rammed by the stolen Skoda Octavia which sped through a red traffic

In-patients at Lynfield Mount Hospital will have to go outside for a cigarette from May 1 when a new smoke-free policy is introduced. The ban on smoking will apply to all buildings and sites run by Bradford District Care Trust, the organisation which

Bradford entrepreneur Rubina Khan guarantees her new business venture will give people the creeps. The 39-year-old is about to start ghost, grisly and graveyard tours' of Undercliffe Cemetery and other haunts' around the city. She was one of ten finalists

Murder squad detectives were today investigating a blaze in a pub in which a woman died. The fire ravaged the Chevin Inn in Chevin End Road, Guiseley, at 2am yesterday. Police directed traffic away from the traditional ale house and roads were cordoned

Yorkshire have been hit by a bombshell on the eve of the new season with the news that leading fast bowler Deon Kruis will be out of action for two to four weeks with a torn calf muscle. The South African had what it was hoped would be a precautionary

Salts will be hard-pushed to better what they achieved last year. Their men's first team won the Bradford & District Assoc-iation championship, while the second and third teams gained promotion to the Second and Third Division respectively. Meanwhile

Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie tops the list of reasons why Yorkshire are optimistic for the Liverpool Victoria County Championship season. Following promotion to Division One last season, they effectively secured their financial future by buying

Tough operator Terry Newton has vowed he won't change his physical style when he makes his long-awaited Bulls debut. The Great Britain hooker sees his six-month ban cease this week, meaning he will finally be able to appear for the champions against

It's too easy to unwittingly get caught up in the paranoia generated by the various scare stories which constantly assail us nowadays. Take the Case of the Groggy Pigeon, for example. Ispotted this disorientated bird in the middle of the road in Ambleside

Wakefield Panthers captain Lindsay Anfield has warned her side to expect a backlash from Bradford Thunderbirds in tomorrow's Women's Cup final. The two sides met in last year's showpiece, when the Panthers emerged as shock 19-0 winners, and Anfield expects

In 1852, screw-top bottles were patented in Paris. In 1970, the hand-held electronic calculator was unveiled in Japan. In 1993, Tory MP Norman Tebbitt settled his overdue Poll Tax bill. From the Telegraph & Argus of April 15, 1981... Bradford West

A play scheme dedicated to providing leisure and education activities for inner city youngsters has received vital funding of £130,000. The Lottery grant will allow the Thorpe Edge Play Scheme to continue for the next three years. The initiative is run

Unemployed young people have created a quiz book to raise money for terminally ill Holly Clarke. The team of 14 youngsters from Action 4 Employment's (A4e) Meridian Project produced the book in just five weeks from their base in Charles Street, Bradford

A minicab driver has told of his horror after a stolen car smashed into his cab killing one of his passengers. Father-of-three Matloob Hus-sain, 32, was driving a Toyota Hiace which was rammed by the stolen Skoda Octavia which sped through a red traffic

In-patients at Lynfield Mount Hospital will have to go outside for a cigarette from May 1 when a new smoke-free policy is introduced. The ban on smoking will apply to all buildings and sites run by Bradford District Care Trust, the organisation which

Bradford entrepreneur Rubina Khan guarantees her new business venture will give people the creeps. The 39-year-old is about to start 'ghost, grisly and graveyard tours' of Undercliffe Cemetery and other 'haunts' around the city. She was one of ten finalists

Dan Petrescu has admitted for the first time that he was a total flop for City. The former Romanian international was one of the big names snapped up in the infamous "six weeks of madness" in 2000. But after just 16 Premiership starts, Petrescu was flogged

Tough operator Terry Newton has vowed he won't change his physical style when he makes his long-awaited Bulls debut. The Great Britain hooker sees his six-month ban cease this week, meaning he will finally be able to appear for the champions against Huddersfield

Bradford Cathedral is one of the city centre's hidden gems, although thanks to the recent demolition of buildings in Petergate and Forster Square it is not as hidden as it used to be. In fact, until the new Broadway development goes up the historic building

A charity is locked in a row with a hotel which suddenly cancelled its booking for a fundraising event organised by a teenage supporter. Kirsty Taylor, 17, had spent weeks organising the April 28 event to raise cash for a children's community project

Murder squad detectives were today investigating a blaze in a pub in which a woman died. The fire ravaged the Chevin Inn in Chevin End Road, Guiseley, at 2am yesterday. Police directed traffic away from the traditional ale house and roads were cordoned

Why the long wait for X-ray results? SIR - Why is it I can send an e-mail to anywhere in the world in less than a day and yet cannot get an X-ray result from St Luke's Hospital to Thornton Medical Centre in less than a week? Both venues are excellently