Bradford & District | Archive | 2002 | September
A cafe owner faces losing months of business after £40,000 of damage wascaused in an arson attack. more...
The parent company of Bradford's Totty Construction Group has acquired a company which will boost its turnover by £70 million. more...
SIR - Congratulations to Paul Craven who, on behalf of the Bradford Police Club for Young People, has raised £258,000 to help "young people achieve their personal potential and participate fully in society." more...
A jealous woman waged a hate-mail campaign on a student she wrongly suspected of being her love rival. more...
A drug addict has died in the hospital where he was the first baby to be born 32 years ago. more...
Home Office Minister Beverley Hughes has declared the new Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament a step in the right direction to building citizenship. more...
Plans to build a £100 million business park on a Bradford golf course have been thrown out after a stormy debate between councillors. more...
Police chiefs today announced how a string of initiatives against street crime has cut robberies in Bradford by almost a half. more...
The owner of a city centre restaurant has apologised to his customers after environmental health officers found mouse droppings in the building. more...
A Bradford restaurant owner is spearheading talks with employment and teaching organisations to tackle a shortage of curry chefs. more...
A pioneering scheme to steer young people away from drugs was hitting the airwaves today. more...
The number of asylum seekers in Bradford is putting pressure on already overburdened doctors. more...
Campaigners who have battled to save a community hall have won their fight to reopen the building. more...
In 1672, British company The Royal African Company was given the monopoly in the slave trade. more...
The story of Patrick Abbott is a heart-rending indictment of the times in which we live and yet another warning of the destructive power of the drugs culture. more...
Paul Merson has surprisingly tipped Bradford City as promotion outsiders this season. more...
A second successive Super League golden ring will be just what the doctor ordered for Joe Vagana after being left out of the New Zealand squad to tour Great Britain this autumn. more...
Claus Jorgensen muzzled Gary McAllister and now he wants a crack at Paul Merson. more...
Otley hope that they are the latest banana skin for Orrell in National League One. more...
Bradford Park Avenue take their first steps in the FA Cup this season but face a tough trip to one of their UniBond Premier Division rivals Whitby Town in tomorrow's second qualifying round. more...
Saltaire is gearing itself up for a weekend of toe-tapping, foot-stomping fun. more...
WELL, its that time of the year again when we Beggarsdalians have the time to stop and stare - or rather to chat. What we will have to chat about this coming winter is harder to predict. more...
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SIR - We wish to add our support to the protest being voiced against the proposed closure of Skipton General Hospital. more...
COWLING copper Jason Payne is hot on the trail of the most infamous international criminals of the small screen. more...
IN just four days more than 1,000 people have signed a petition objecting to any moves to close Skipton General Hospital as a cost-cutting measure. more...
THE day of the school secretary could soon be over and the role filled by a business manager. more...
CREATING a market place in the middle of the Skipton High Street failed to impress locals visiting a display of traffic management options for the town centre. more...
SETTLE swimming pool could face closure unless drivers can be found to run its lifeline - the waste paper collection service. more...
AUSTRALIAN Diana Thomson's search for her ancestors has brought her across the globe to Giggleswick, where her relatives led distinguished lives within the church and school. more...
IT'S game, set and match to Long Preston villagers as new £56,000 tennis courts are now complete. more...
GLUSBURN looks set not only to lose its post office and corner shop, but fears have also been expressed about the viability of its institute. more...
RESIDENTS in Lothersdale are debating whether to remove certain permitted developing rights, preventing those who live there making alterations to their homes. more...
IT'S a good few years now since fresh-faced apprentice mechanic Cyril Elsworth crossed the threshold at Vincent Ferrand's Wellhouse Road Garage for his first day's work. Fifty-three years to be precise. more...
"THE need for blood never stops" reads the letter to blood donors in Earby, but donor sessions in the town have stopped. more...
YOUNG footballers in Earby have started the new season on their own home town pitch, but how long they play there could depend on the weather. more...
THERE was a big turnout from this area for the Countryside Alliance's march in London. What a pity that the movement has been taken over by the pro-hunting lobby. There are far more important issues at stake than that. more...
WHARFEDALE face an acid test of their form and their prospects tomorrow when they travel to Henley, the side which is romping through its National Division Two fixtures with some ease after being relegated last season, (writes Tony Simpson). more...
SKIPTON face their biggest challenge of the season at Sandylands tomorrow when they entertain local rivals Keighley in a Yorkshire Division Two match. more...
INTERNATIONAL honours have been earned by another of Craven's rising young athletes with the selection of in-form Stuart Hunn for the England Under 16 team to contest the Home Nations Junior Fell Racing Championships at Llanberis in Snowdonia on October 13, (writes Roger Ingham). more...
ONE of Craven's major sporting classics goes ahead on Sunday with the 41st running of the Three Peaks cyclo-cross race. more...
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is taking on 100 new staff after extending its Birstall store. more...
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