A colossal £100 million project to overhaul Bradford's water mains and sewerage network has been completed. The Bradford Strategy, which began in 2002, has seen Yorkshire Water carry out one of its biggest ever capital schemes to upgrade the city's infrastructure
SIR - Brilliant to read in the Telegraph & Argus about the celebrations of the work of people who make a real difference to communities across the UK using Lottery funding. Obviously one of the better things that the John Major Conservative Government
SIR - Since the Pope's unfortunate quotation from a 600-year-old text, for which he has apologised profusely, we have witnessed a steady stream of abuse from Muslims all over the world. Surely it is time the Christian viewpoint was allowed to be expressed
SIR - Firstly let me say that I am not a Catholic and but I could not resist answering Dr Iqbal's article (T&A, September 19) regarding the supposed "gaffe" of the Pope, as it is so condescending. A quote is a quote and does not need qualifying with
SIR - In the article Muslims question Pope's apology' (T&A, September 19) Sher Azam says "the apology is welcomed, but he hasn't explained his own position or what his view is. "If you look at the Pope's past opinions on Turkey joining the EU he had
SIR - I do not agree that being a learner driver for 12 months is going to cut down the number of road casualties. I had ten lessons, one a week. Had circumstances allowed, I would have taken them all within a period of two weeks. Two, ten or 50 weeks
Legal proceedings have begun to remove travellers who have set up camp on a community football pitch. About 20 caravans set up camp on Gaisby Stray in Bolton Woods after police moved them on from another pitch at Bierley, Bradford. Councillor Tony Miller
SIR - If Bradford is to be seen as a proper city, albeit not on the scale of Leeds, it has to have significant modern architecture as is proposed in the scheme near Foster Square (T&A September 19). While there may be arguments against high-rise housing
The sudden closure of a Bradford credit union has left hundreds of people angry and bewildered - and many struggling for money. An angry crowd banged on the door of the St Columba's Credit Union office in Tong Street after it ceased trading overnight
Kiwi ace Lesley Vainikolo will miss his THIRD successive Tri-Nations - but not before firing the Bulls' Grand Final charge. The superstar winger today revealed he needs more surgery on a long-standing knee problem and will go under the knife once Bradford's
Tom Penford is itching to grab a slice of the action. The silky midfielder has been an envious spectator while City have kicked off the campaign in a positive vein. Penford admits the more attacking approach adopted by the current team would suit him
He has played in each of the Bulls' record-breaking five consecutive Grand Finals and knows pretty much all there is to know about the road to Old Trafford. But Joe Vagana admits he is as excited as ever as another play-off campaign looms large for the
Actress Emma Williams, who was to play Maria in Andrew Lloyd Webber's much-talked-about revival of The Sound of Music, has quit the show. Emma, 23, who trained at Idle theatre school Stage 84, had been cast as the alternate Maria to the winner of BBC1
Bingley clothing company Damart has designed two limited edition pink T-shirts to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. To promote the products, Damart has teamed up with The Chase actress and
Speed cameras are the subject of a furious debate. Some argue they are stealth tax' on motorists but the West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership contends they save lives. JENNIFER SUGDEN went out on patrol with the partnership, which is responsible
Who was the mystery cricketer featured in the Past Times of September 9 among a selection of photographs from the Shipley and Windhill area? Reader Mr R P Smith thinks he could have been George Illingworth, brother of Jonas "Joney" Iliingworth, pictured
Mention of Charles Swain Booth Sharp in a Past Times piece about the old Court House and the new Telegraph & Argus print hall (August 19) prompted an e-mail from John Allison, membership secretary of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society. He
There's not much to beat a snatch of old song when it comes to bringing memories flooding back. For Margaret Roach, who used to be Peggy Davison, it's "I'll be loving you - always". She writes from the North East to say: "Whenever I hear it my thoughts
This medal was sent to me the other day, anonymously, with a note saying that the sender had bought it at a car-boot sale and would like me to return it to the family of the person named on it or send it on to a museum. Although it might indeed be precious
If drivers have no valid licence, then presumably they also have no insurance. So anyone else so badly injured through their appalling, risk-taking driving that they're paralysed will be hard-pressed to get the financial support they need to buy care
"I have no idea what a bummel is and I'm not particularly sure I want to go on one with you anyway," said Graham the Gasman to Exeter Montgomery Cashew, the ebullient owner of the Boilermaker's Arms. "Stop being such an unreconstructed Northern Neanderthal
A 59-year-old man has told how he was scarred for life when hit by a pensioner as he took his dog for a walk. Christopher Caveney suffered a fractured skull and needed 16 stitches in the wound above his right eye after being attacked by 72-year-old Gordon
After Yorkshire had earlier virtually made certain of avoiding relegation, it was opponents Durham who yesterday attempted their own Houdini act on the third day of the final Championship match of the season at Headingley. Nottinghamshire's capitulation
When you have had a treble-winning season like Woodlands, you have to expect some individuals to have shone. And although the Priestley Cup, Bradford League and Yorkshire Champions' Trophy winners have three batsmen in the Division One averages - Richard
One story that "couldn't be scripted" per season is usually enough - but Guiseley are apparently greedy because they have had two in the first two months of the campaign. The late winner in last Saturday's FA Cup first qualifying-round tie against Mossley
In 1846, German astronomer Johann Galle discovered Neptune. In 1897, a nine-year-old London boy became the first pedestrian to be killed by a car. In 2002, an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck the West Midlands in the middle of the
The recent charity game at Horsfall Stadium between former Avenue and City players was a grand occasion and produced an entertaining, not to say competitive, derby encounter. Dean Windass was player-manager of the Bantams while current Avenue management
The Bite The Mango film festival proved once again last night that, unlike Holly-wood, it needs no red carpet. With live music, entertainment and quality films, the festival, now in its 12th year, got off to a flying start with the UK premiere of Little
A common complaint often levelled at Members of Parliament is that they spend too much of their time treading the halls of power in Westminster to the detriment of the needs of the people who elected them in their constituencies. Shipley MP Philip Davies
Dieticians in Bradford are backing a campaign by the British Heart Foundation aimed at getting children to cut back on their pack-a-day crisps habit. Half of all children in Yorkshire and Humberside are drinking' almost five litres of cooking oil every
Home Secretary John Reid must be made aware of problems faced by front line police, an MP has claimed. Since Parliament broke for its summer recess Shipley MP Philip Davies has been working with West Yorkshire Police as part of the parliamentary police
A teenage girl bled to death after staggering into a pub car park with her throat slashed from ear to ear. She died in the arms of pub customers who had desperately tried to stop the blood gushing from the gaping wound in her neck. The pretty 18-year-old
e always feared he would be remembered only as the man who was bitten by the ferret. True, that oft-trotted out staple of TV blooper shows will always have enduring appeal for those who like to have regular doses of Denis Norden in their lives, that
