Stories for 1 November 2005

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Firm backs skills shortage scheme

Saltaire-based electronics firm Filtronic is backing a scheme to tackle the country's skills shortage.  more...

Helping to solve problem of pain

A new leaflet aims to help office workers in Bradford avoid common work-related aches and pains.   more...

Increase in insolvency

There has been a steep increase in the number of UK businesses on the brink of formal insolvency, according to new research.   more...

'Innovation should go top of the list'

Businesses in Bradford are being called upon to put technological innovation on their priority list.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Smoking ban opportunity lost  more...

Drink driver killed unborn baby

A drink-driver who caused the death of his pregnant girlfriend and unborn daughter in a horror crash has been jailed for six years.  more...

'Unlawful spending could be £500,000'

A leading councillor claims £500,000 might have been unlawfully spent during procurement work on the authority's beleaguered asset management project.  more...

Bereaved parents in church grave row

A row has erupted between an Anglican church and bereaved relatives after they were asked to remove stone chippings from their loved ones' graves.  more...

Net result of work is a healthy lake

Scenes more akin to the North Sea were seen in Bradford yesterday as environment chiefs removed 800 lbs of fish from an ornamental lake.   more...

Dancers in tribute to pal Aimee

Friends of tragic teenager Aimee Wellock will take to the stage tonight for the opening night of a gala show which has become a poignant tribute to her.  more...

Uniform idea will help understanding

New posters have gone up across Bradford's hospitals to help patients and visitors identify the different staff they see on the wards.  more...

Hockney works fetch £442,000

Some of David Hockney's greatest works have been sold for thousands of pounds after going under the hammer at a London auction.  more...

Savage killer gets four years

A man with a mental of age of seven has been jailed for four and a half years for the savage killing of a drinking friend.  more...

'Council has jumped gun over job ad'

The £100,000-a-year job of running a new city academy in Bradford has been advertised before plans to open the school have been given final approval.  more...

Back home - with a mission

Three Bradford charity workers, who travelled to the earthquake-devastated region of Kashmir, have returned home with a mission to get more aid to help survivors get through the harsh winter months.   more...

'Extremists bullying university students'

Muslim students at a West Yorkshire university are being intimidated by a group of hard-line Islamic extremists.  more...

Right time of year for generosity

No time of year is a good time to be homeless. The period around Christmas, though, must be one of the worst of all. It's a time when, hopefully, those who have a warm, safe, comfortable home can be persuaded to part with some cash to help others who, often through no fault of their own, are forced to sleep rough or are, at best, having to doss down on someone else's floor.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

We miss our playmakers

Colin Todd today demanded that City rediscover their creative side.  more...

Kiwi call for big Joe and Robbie

Robbie Paul and Joe Vagana are among four British-based New Zealanders drafted into the Kiwis squad to face England in Warrington on Sunday.   more...

Avenue in County Cup Arm wrestle

Bradford Park Avenue take a breather from the rigours of the UniBond League Premier Division tonight when they travel to Doncaster to take on Armthorpe Welfare in the first round of the West Riding County Cup.  more...

Bradford boys have a ball in Tait Tens

Bradford Grammar School Under-12s have won a prestigious inaugural rugby union tournament.  more...

Howard's extra-time header stuns Ovenden

The first round of the West Riding County Amateur League Cup games saw eight of the ties go into extra- time and four of them decided by penalty shoot-outs.  more...

F-awesome Garnett stuns West Bowling

With Albion Sports away in the north east on cup duty, West Bowling had the chance to go top of the Bradford Sunday Alliance Premier Division for the first time in their long history against visitors Chellow.   more...