Stories for 23 February 2008

Bradford Telegraph And Argus News

‘Our lean appeal to help our children’

One in three 11-year-olds in the district is overweight or obese, latest figures reveal.   more...

Plaques mark history

The addition of a Hollywood-style Walk of Fame has added a touch of glamour to a park.   more...

Just the ticket!

Tickets can still be snapped up for an awards ceremony recognising the achievements of young people in the district.   more...

Green honour for Cryer

Keighley MP Ann Cryer has been praised by Friends of the Earth for backing calls to beef up the climate change bill, being debated in Parliament.   more...

Gem of an idea for charity ball

A gift from an Ilkley business will be the jewel in the crown of a cancer charity's glittering fundraising ball.   more...

‘Why must we live in such a terrible state?’

A group of residents on a Bradford estate have hit out at the conditions they say they are having to endure as one by one the houses on their street are demolished.   more...

Paths of glory

Walkers and cyclists are enjoying a once waterlogged path that has a new lease of life.   more...

Eye boost

A Bradford eye hospital is marking international Glaucoma Day on Thursday, March 6 by unveiling a new state-of-the scanning facility to diagnose the condition more easily.   more...

Reward for cadets

Keighley sea cadets have been rewarded for their achievements during the past year.   more...

Top of the crops!

Hundreds of potato fans flocked to Saltaire for the West Yorkshire Organic Group's Potato Day.   more...

Police hunt armed robbers

Police are hunting a gang wearing hooded tops who robbed a man at gunpoint at his Cleckheaton home.   more...

Be the voice of water firm

Yorkshire Water is scouring the district in search of talent.   more...

Agency workers backed by MPs

Bradford's Labour MPs have voted to boost the rights of agency workers.   more...

Keighley News News

Boiler fire causes smoke damage to home

A fire in a central heating boiler caused some smoke damage to a house in Salisbury Road, Keighley.   more...