Stories for 2 November 2005

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Duke's tribute to growing company

The Duke of York travelled to Bradford to pay tribute to the runaway success of a Bradford textiles importer.  more...

Totty is awarded a £4.1m contract

Bradford building firm Totty Construction has been awarded a £4.1 million contract by Bradford Council to extend Challenge College in North Avenue, Frizinghall.   more...

New fund to combat changes

A new fund has been started for Bradford businesses to combat climate change.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Put pensioners in jail for their safety!  more...

Gallery will make great Impression

Bradford has poached one of the UK's top photographic galleries.  more...

'Cabbie stabbed his wife 20 times'

A Bradford minicab driver with a vendetta against his wife's family stabbed her to death then shot her brother in the back, a jury heard.   more...

Teachers taught to handle stress

Bradford teachers will be the first in the country to get lessons in tackling stress.  more...

Roof slate theft ruins stage sets

A theatre school faces a last-minute dash to make new scenery for a show in time for next week's opening night after rain destroyed sets in a storage unit when thieves stripped half the roof.  more...

Hospital trust asks public for diagnosis

Health bosses in Bradford have started the biggest public consultation to find ways of taking the city's hospitals into a new era.  more...

Who was responsible for our son's death fall?

The grieving family of a window cleaner, who plunged 50 feet to his death after a wooden balcony rail gave way, have spoken of their disappointment that no-one has been held accountable for their son's death.  more...

Let victims of burglary hit back - MP

An MP has backed controversial new proposals to give householders and shopkeepers the right to use greater force against burglars.  more...

Do not waste our time, warn police

Police are warning time-wasters who pretend they have been robbed to make false insurance claims that they face on-the-spot fines.   more...

Means tests for disabled scrapped

Campaigners have won their fight to force the Government to scrap means testing for parents of disabled children who need to adapt their homes.  more...

Patients' arrival angers residents

A secure psychiatric unit which has been dogged by controversy since winning planning permission has accepted its first patients.  more...

'Police said they had wrong man'

Police have started an inquiry into a blind pensioner's complaint that he was wrongly arrested at his Bradford home.  more...

Charity buys ambulances

The head of a Bradford recruitment agency has returned from humanitarian mission to the earthquake-hit region of Kashmir to raise more money for his charity.   more...

Striking a blow for the victim

The present law dealing with close encounters between householders and intruders is widely considered to be most unsatisfactory, with the cards appearing to be stacked in the burglars' favour. Shipley MP Philip Davies's view that the balance needs to be redressed in the manner proposed in the Private Member's Bill being put forward by fellow Yorkshire MP Anne McIntosh is one that will be widely shared.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Harris puts his country first

Iestyn Harris is prepared to miss the birth of his son to face the Kangaroos on Saturday.  more...

Todd is playing it safe over Ricketts

City will wrap Donovan Ricketts in "cotton wool" to ensure he is fit for his FA Cup debut.  more...

Brompton off as Avenue crash out

Bradford Park Avenue crashed out of the West Riding County Cup last night at Armthorpe Welfare in an eventful match which saw Liam Brompton sent off in the first half.  more...

Scully grabs seven as Eagles hit the heights

Eccleshill under-14s Eagles maintained their impressive form in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League with a 14-2 victory over a battling Silsden Juniors.   more...

Careless Bowling caught napping

West Bowling dropped back into third spot in Division One of the National Conference after scraping a 28-28 draw at bottom-of-the-table Milford Marlins.   more...