Bradford & District | Archive | 1999 | June
Wyke folk are gearing up to celebrate the village's centenary year with a brass band concert. more...
Residents on a Bradford street have branded the city's dog warden service "a disgrace" for failing to pick up a stray they claim has bitten ten children. more...
Caring Joan and Michael Dixon today told how after 24 years as foster parents they hope to offer a home to one of Bradford's most disturbed youngsters. more...
Shipley MP Chris Leslie today demanded a clampdown on powerful water companies after Yorkshire Water announced it was spending £276 million buying an American firm. more...
Landlady Maxine Royle doesn't miss her regulars when she goes on holiday - because she takes them all with her. more...
Four girls have been honoured for their bravery in a new award in memory of a man who devoted his life to teaching. more...
A ten-year-old boy was found lying unconscious in a stream after he plunged 30ft from a rope swing into a ravine. more...
When a city grows as fast as Bradford did in the middle of the last century, it becomes a magnet for the ambitious. more...
The new chief executive of Bradford Council is taking on an unenviable but nonetheless exciting challenge. He is joining a Council with a reputation for perhaps not the tightest control over finances and one which has been heavily criticised for the way it has dealt with the severance of several senior officers from their posts. more...
Britain's first-ever Church-operated pub is to open its doors in Bradford. more...
He is the new boy at City Hall but Chief Executive Ian Stewart is already proving to be a man of the people. Already, the former professional footballer has set himself some demanding goals as head of an authority which is the fourth largest metropolitan Council in the country. more...
Former foster parent Doreen Kowalski felt the first twinges of pain in her back 25 years ago. more...
A fifteen-year-old Cleckheaton scrap business could be closed down following noise complaints from neighbours. more...
Residents pushing for a £200,000 footbridge across the River Wharfe at Burley-in-Wharfedale are drawing up plans to start a massive fund-raising campaign. more...
Guiseley railway station is in line for a £250,000 boost following an increase in passengers on the Wharfedale line. more...
Keighley Magistrates' Court is set to close by next spring with all cases being transferred to an extended courthouse in Bingley, it was revealed today. more...
A man has been arrested following an attack on a 37-year-old father-of-two who is fighting for his life in hospital. more...
A saucy calendar revealing naked members of the Women's Institute could raise at least £100,000 for leukaemia research. more...
Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has once again raised the prospect of a merger with cash-strapped neighbours Halifax to form one major Super League force. more...
Bradford City have abandoned plans for a full flotation on the full stock market. more...
Bradford City intend turning their first campaign of Premiership reserve team football into 'Family Fun Days' next season. more...
Stormy weather which hit Derby today threatened to wipe out the first day of Yorkshire's PPP Championship clash with Derbyshire at the County Ground. more...
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Steeton are blazing a trail that could lead to their first Division A championship while last season's top two, Adel and Rawdon, are trailing among the also-rans. more...
Motor Sport: Leeds motorcycle sprinter Chris 'Cannon' Hannam set the fastest time of day on his 1135cc four cylinder Suzuki at Esholt Park and clocked 144 mph but the outright record was not broken. more...
Angling: With the wind changing to a cold north-easterly fish were hard to find in Saturday's 46-entry Woodlands open. more...
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