Stories for 15 February 2006

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

`Stop supermarket chains expanding'

Big supermarket chains including Morrisons should be prevented from staging mergers and takeovers, it is claimed.  more...

Quarmby delight at awards success

An Ilkley construction company has scooped two awards for a modern re-development.  more...

Business invite to exhibition

A major one-day exhibition is being organised in early March for small businesses in the Spen Valley.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

A religion not at ease with itself  more...

Victory for T&A campaign

Smoking will be banned in all pubs, clubs and restaurants from the summer of next year.  more...

Post office trio who captured a gunman

A judge has applauded the bravery of three post office workers who tackled a would-be robber wielding a gun.  more...

Asylum seeker in horror fire death

A woman asylum seeker who was terrified of being sent back to Pakistan committed suicide by setting herself alight.  more...

Big cup clash turns into a love match

A Valentine's Day football match was cancelled in the name of love.  more...

'I would never do Len harm - I loved him'

A mother-of-three accused of luring her lover to his death told a jury she would never have harmed him.  more...

Homes to rise from ashes of riot wreck

Homes, shops and a restaurant are expected to be built on a site in the heart of Manningham destroyed by fire during the 2001 riots.  more...

Kaisers keen to bag a Brit at rock show

Menston boys the Kaiser Chiefs will go head-to-head with British rock royalty at tonight's Brit Awards.  more...

Nerve gas decision dubbed 'another cover-up'

Former serviceman Geoffrey Thorne today called a High Court settlement over the death of a comrade killed in nerve gas experiments "another cover-up".  more...

Our pupils really are world-leaders!

Students at a Bradford school will be among the first state pupils in the country to sit an Intern-ational GCSE (IGCSE).  more...

TV winners offer up a helping hand

A Bradford group which lost out in a TV battle for lottery cash is to get a helping hand from its Sheffield rival.  more...

Police defend DNA database

West Yorkshire Police has defended its storing of DNA samples from nearly 800 innocent young people.  more...

It's time to dig deep for clock

It is a shame that the clock on Shipley's landmark market tower has broken down. As town centre manager Yvonne Crossley says, time standing still is not the impression Shipley wants to give people. Yet the estimated £50,000 cost of repairing the clock in compliance with health and safety regulations is frighteningly high.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

Todd plans loan swoop

Colin Todd wants to make a double raid on the loan market.  more...

James eager for prop rotation

If any of the Bulls' prop   more...

Smith heroics key to Bowling victory

Teenage wingman Ryan Smith proved the West Bowling hero in their last-gasp National Conference Division One win at Thatto Heath Crusaders.  more...

Wildcats complete amazing comeback

Never has the cliche `a game of two halves' been more apt than when Bradford Wildcats under-11s met Bankfoot.  more...

Skipper goes from sinner to saint

Love was in the air at Swansea's Liberty Stadium last night.  more...