Bradford & District | Archive | 1999 | May
Shipley Festival got off to an early start today with the first broadcast by its own radio station. more...
A seven-year-old boy was attacked and bitten in the face by a Japanese Akita dog which jumped a six foot fence. more...
Protests from hundreds of call centre workers have failed to stop highways chiefs imposing a new parking ban outside their office. more...
Work has started to transform Morrison's first supermarket into a multi-million pound retail complex. more...
Tributes have been paid to Wyke grandmother and coach operator Pauline Shaw, organiser of annual trips for disabled people, who has died suddenly at the age of 57. more...
Bradford will host its first literature festival in the summer. more...
A charity event held in aid of a Rawdon boy who suffers from a rare genetic disorder has raised more than £15,000. more...
Fans of the cult television series The Avengers are celebrating after a long-lost piece of film was found in Bradford. more...
The future of a Bradford firm thrown in doubt with the death of its boss in a plane crash has been safeguarded. more...
The leader of the world-famous Black Dyke Band today vowed it would go from strength to strength with the benefit of 'girl power'. more...
Today we continue our series celebrating Local Newspaper Week by looking at the history of the Telegraph & Argus which spans over 100 years and the changes that new technology has brought. Mike Priestley reports. more...
What a shame, in the euphoria following the Bantams' promotion to the Premiership, that yet again our blinkered cousins in the soft South can't see beyond their noses as far as the North of England is concerned. Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond is rightly disappointed to have been told by financial experts that the image of Bradford isn't strong enough to support a full flotation of the club on the stock market. more...
A bitter battle of the boundaries erupted today over huge "Welcome to Leeds" signs surrounding east Bradford. more...
International pianist John Briggs says he will defy an order to pull down a four-metre high fence around his East Morton home. more...
Rail campaigner John Anderson is fighting to get better train services and move cars off the roads in traffic-choked Baildon. more...
Bradford's Lord Mayor today threw down the gauntlet to London money men who gave the Bantams' stock market flotation plans a lukewarm welcome. more...
A group's dream of breathing new life into a crumbling Ilkley chapel has been shattered by the prospect of a huge bill. more...
A team of accountants was today bracing itself to deal with a queue of firms hoping to take over struggling Guiseley pram manufacturer Silver Cross. more...
Women - particularly those from the Asian community - are missing out on winning grants from a pot of cash set up to help fund organisations is Keighley, it has been claimed. more...
Restoration of a centuries-old wood will be celebrated at a special ceremony on Sunday thanks to a £13,000 grant and many hours of toil by villagers. more...
Cavemen got high on more than life, according to an researcher at Bradford University who says our prehistoric forefathers regularly smoked pot. more...
Those who thought that Q was something you did while waiting for a bus have obviously not hung out at a nightclub lately. more...
Prog rockers Parallel or 90 Degrees are not one of the most familiar names on Bradford's live music scene. more...
Bradford City striker Gordon Watson will continue his fightback from the horrific leg injury which threatened his career at Valley Parade after signing a new one year contract. more...
Richard Sutcliffe reports on the action from last night's trophy presentation match: Bradford City 9, John Hendrie XI 6. more...
It was the moment everyone had waited for. more...
Coach Matthew Elliott will bid to put one over on an old rival when the Bulls visit Gateshead on Sunday. more...
Left-arm spinner Ian Fisher today had a rare chance to secure a permanent place in Yorkshire's PPP Championship side by being included in the match against third-placed Middlesex at Headingley. more...
Cricket: Simon Kay has one ambition for newly-promoted Bankfoot - to avoid relegation. more...
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