Stories for 21 February 2006

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Business

Grey market helps Millennium to grow

A Shipley-based marketing agency which specialises in catering for older consumers is heading towards a listing on the AIM market.  more...

Meeting debates gaps in economy

Opportunities presented by the multi-million pound project to close the economic gap between the north and the south will be discussed during a public meeting.  more...

Les plans to help you to give up smoking

A retired police officer has come up with a new device to detect smokers and help them quit.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley News

Letters to the Editor

Airport privatisation makes good sense  more...

Farmers fear mass cull of their poultry

Rare varieties of bird bred over generations could be wiped out if the Government reacts to bird flu as it did to foot-and-mouth, it has been claimed.  more...

School's caretaker dies of meningitis

A Bradford school caretaker has died after contracting meningitis.  more...

Council tax bills are set to rise by 4.45%

Council tax payers in Bradford will suffer another inflation-busting rise in April sending bills 25 per cent higher than five years ago.  more...

`Lives at risk' as cars block fire engines

Bad parking is putting lives at risk - that is the stark message from fire crews to unthinking motorists.  more...

Civic society revival to aid new-look city

A group which aims to protect Bradford's heritage and play a major part in its renaissance will be launched tomorrow.  more...

A&E staff treating patients quicker

New Government figures reveal how patients using the accident and emergency department at Bradford Royal Infirmary are suffering fewer delays despite the unit getting even busier.  more...

Body-builder starts battle on steroids

A champion body-builder is to work with a pioneering drugs project in a bid to curb the explosion in the abuse of steroids in the city.  more...

Boy, 12, breaks arm playing on building site

A warning is being sent out to children to keep off building sites during the half-term holiday after accidents involving two young trespassers.  more...

Pervert drugged kidnap girl

A pervert abducted a 14-year-old girl, plied her with drugs and alcohol and forced her to watch a sex act.  more...

Village's memorial for soldier

A Bradford soldier killed in Iraq is to be remembered in his home village with a special memorial service.  more...

`Man used lover as bait to lure victim'

The man on trial for the "torso on the moors murder" used his lover as bait to lure the victim to his death, a jury heard.  more...

City is given a say on £350m `village'

The company which wants to create a £350 million canalside village in Bradford city centre has pledged it will be developed to suit the needs of the district's wide range of cultures.  more...

Think - you could save a life

Many of Bradford's streets, built in pre-car days, are badly suited to the number of vehicles that are parked in them nowadays. Other thoroughfares on more modern estates have also deliberately been created narrow as a traffic-calming measure to slow down the vehicles driving along them.  more...

Bradford,Bingley,Shipley,Spen Valley Sport

'I thought City days had gone'

Owen Morrison today admitted: I thought I'd kicked my last ball for Bradford City.  more...

Bulls should `never play as bad again'

Shontayne Hape today told Bulls fans: "We owe you a big performance as much as ourselves."  more...

Yorkshire's joy at major new signing

Bradford & Bingley have   more...

Vaulting ambition

St Bede's Gymnastics Club - Bradford's first Gym Mark accredited club - have won two silver medals in the Yorkshire Floor and Vault Team competition at Woodford Leisure Centre in Hull.  more...

Burke back with bang as Campion crash five

Leading scorer Mick Burke marked his return from a six-week ban with two more goals for Campion as they brushed aside Hemsworth Miners Welfare 5-0 in the Mumtaz Premier Division.  more...

Moorhouse magic key for White Star

Carlo Moorhouse ensured a Division One representation in the semi-finals of the Bradford & District FA Senior Cup as his goal earned a 1-0 win for Buttershaw White Star at home to Crown Wyke.  more...