The case of taxi driver Naseem Abbas, jailed for three years for a sex assault on a 15-year-old girl passenger, has taken another bizarre twist with the revelation that last year he stood trial accused of another sex attack on a teenage woman. Although
Police are investigating allegations of election fraud against a Conservative councillor in Bradford Council's Great Horton ward. Complaints by Councillor the Reverend Paul Flowers about Councillor Intkhab Alam have been referred to the police after consideration
A taxi driver convicted of sexually molesting a 15-year-old girl in his cab had previously been accused of indecently assaulting a woman passenger, the T&A can reveal today. Naseem Abbas, 24, was jailed for three years and placed on the Sex Offenders
Eight-year-old twins Josh and Lucy Jackson are a force to be reckoned with - they both have black belts in martial arts. The Wibsey twins took up judo and ju-jitsu only two years ago and have now reached the highest level in their age group. And they
A man who strangled his wife in a row over food is facing a life sentence. Ali Akhtar, 54, pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to murdering his 38-year-old wife Mariam in November last year. But Judge James Stewart QC put off sentencing him
A jury was today considering verdicts in the trial of a man and a youth accused of murdering hospital care worker Tarquin Turner. Judge James Stewart QC spent much of yesterday summing up to the Bradford Crown Court jury at the end of the two-week trial
Detectives today started a murder hunt - more than seven years after the grisly discovery of a torso on remote moors near Bradford. Leonard Fulbirg had been killed and his body dismembered and set on fire. Today, police were carrying out a major search
Wounded Bulls Mick Withers and Leon Pryce were fit enough to make the bus for the club's three-day visit to Ireland on Sunday but it is not yet clear whether they'll be ready to take on Widnes at Odsal this weekend. Pryce departed in the first half after
One quality that Pudsey Congs have is their ability to notch victories on rain-hit days - and that was the case again on Saturday. They dismissed Saltaire for 101 at Roberts Park and knocked the runs off for the loss of five wickets, despite two lengthy
Dean Windass has "unfinished business" with City. Windass reckons Colin Todd's new-look side can push for the play-offs - and he intends to have a big say in achieving that. The 35-year-old rejected a tempting two-year offer from Darlington to stay at
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Morrisons has been given the green light to build a new £55 million distribution centre. It is understood that the Bradford-based supermarket giant has successfully overturned a controversial decision to block its plans for the huge scheme in Kettering
Sir - What a pleasure to read Andrew Mason's upbeat comments (T&A, June 14) on the new-found vibrancy in Bradford. His bid to convert Victoria Mills in Shipley was certainly the most important and impressive application to come before the Shipley
