Stories for 7 November 2005

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Chamber calls for major policy shift

Bradford Chamber of Com-merce president Richard Wightman has called for revolutionary changes in business and public policy in the city.  more...

Scientist develops peat-free compost

An Ilkley-based scientist is at the forefront of the world-wide search for a substitute for peat compost.  more...

Keeping your pet healthy - naturally

Animal lovers Clare Ackroyd and Dr Annette Hudson are set to launch a pioneering business venture at one of the canine events of the year.  more...

Shares Week

Last week was a quiet one for Bradford companies, with very little news or dramatic price swings. However, the wider market saw a flurry of bid activity that saw it rally over the week. Mobile telecoms company O2 agreed to a 200p/share offer from Spain's Telefonica, while glass maker Pilkington rejected a 150p offer from Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass, which already owns 20 per cent of the company. The share price reaction can be seen on the graph.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Wake up, you museum people!  more...

Schoolboy is accused of murder

A 15-year-old boy was appearing before Bradford Youth Court today, accused of murder.  more...

Reindeers launch festive season

Bradford traders were counting on Christmas shoppers to keep the city's tills ringing as Santa Claus and his reindeers started the festive season yesterday.  more...

Bantams arrests increase by half

Arrests of Bradford City hooligans at football matches have increased - bucking the national trend.  more...

Council launches adoption website

A Bradford Council website was unveiled today to dispel the myths surrounding the fostering or adoption of children.  more...

Fire chiefs aim to help protect all pensioners

Fire safety chiefs plan to provide every resident aged 60 and over in Bradford with a free smoke alarm by 2010.  more...

Boxer Amir tops the bill for dinner

A group of Bradford businessmen has joined forces in a bid to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to help re-build villages in Pakistan left devastated by the earthquake.  more...

8,000 empty homes in city

Bradford has been `named and shamed' by the Government for having 8,000 private homes standing empty.  more...

Off-road fans fear for future of their sport

Off-road riders are preparing a defence of their sport in the wake of new rules which slap a ban on trail routes.  more...

Hunting is cancelled as heavy rain takes its toll

Hunters had to abandon their plans to join the country-wide celebration at the start of the new hunting season on Saturday.  more...

Rousing finale for peace event

Groups are gearing up to give a rousing send off to the first festival celebrating Bradford's cultural harmony.  more...

Plea to help pensioners beat the cold

A public health chief has urged people to keep an eye on their elderly neighbours this winter as forecasters predicted it could be colder than average.   more...

Dispelling adoption myths

There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about adoption. Many people are unclear about just who would or would not be eligible to offer a home to a child in need of a permanent family. How many realise, for instance, that a new rule which will come into play in January will allow unmarried long-term couples to adopt together, or that even under present rules single people can adopt, as can those who don't own their own house or don't have children of their own?  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Morrison's cup cracker

Owen Morrison masterminded City's first FA Cup win for six years and was then told: Now do it again.  more...

Noble is staying positive

Brian Noble was full of praise for his Great Britain battlers as two late Kangaroo tries sank them into the JJB mud on Saturday night.  more...

Brook rocket fails to spark comeback

Losing the plot on bonfire night is not advisable but that is exactly what Avenue did to gift Radcliffe a two-goal lead, and despite a rocket from the manager at half-time they could not pull anything from the ashes.  more...

Toothless Lions

Great Britain huffed and puffed but ultimately lacked the cutting edge to blow Australia's house over at a sodden JJB Stadium on Saturday night.  more...

Morrison announces his return in fine style

City fans will remember remember the sixth of November for two reasons.  more...

Celts left to rue host of missed chances

Ferriby remain three points clear at the summit of the UniBond Premier   more...

Bury look in good Stead for final push

Centre Trevor Stead scored a hat-trick as Queensbury ruthlessly crushed Town-ville in the quarter-finals of the Tetley's Yorkshire County Cup at Hill Top.   more...

Faure says sorry for punching

Sale Sharks prop Lionel Faure has apologised for his "unacceptable behaviour" after being banned by the Guinness Premiership leaders.  more...

Defensive display gives Mason hope

You would have expected this ten-try fifth-round Pow-ergen National Trophy defeat to knock plenty of the stuffing out of Cleckheaton.   more...