Steve McNamara is battling to maximise the gains from his injury-hit squad. The Bulls boss admits training schedules have had to be ripped up due to the amount of crocked personnel on his roster. He now has ten players either ruled out or nursing knocks
The future at Leeds United may be uncertain but the fans who remain loyal will soon be able to assess the squad they will be watching in League One next season. The first team, which returns for pre-season training on July 2, have their first run-out
Keighley racing cyclist Tom Barras finished third in the opening round of the National Elite Circuit Series, the Crawley Town Centre Criterium. Barras, riding for the Merlin Racing Team, was part of a break which went clear around two-thirds of the
Excellent performances by junior athletes were the highlight of the annual John Carr 5k series at Esholt, organised by St Bede's AC and held on the first three Wednesdays each May. The ever-increasing popularity of the race meant no entries were permitted
A Bradford MP has returned after a gruelling ten-day Parliamentary trip looking at the impact Britain has on reducing poverty and improving lives overseas. Bradford West MP Marsha Singh made the trip with colleagues on the International Development Select
A team of cyclists who cycled more than 300 miles for the Lord Mayor's Appeal were presented with medals and certificates. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Choudhary Rangzeb, handed over the deserved awards to the 20 cyclists and six support staff who managed
Five members of a £4 million heroin gang were back in court today to face confiscation proceedings nearly 12 months after they were jailed for a total of almost 30 years. In June last year ringleader Zafar Iqbal, 48, was sentenced to 11 years in jail
Got your ginger wig out the cupboard yet? What about the comedy kilt? And how are your juggling skills with full beer cans on top of car bonnets? Macca is backa and suddenly League Two football doesn’t sound quite so bad. Especially with Morecambe ensuring
Got your ginger wig out the cupboard yet? What about the comedy kilt? And how are your juggling skills with full beer cans on top of car bonnets? Macca is backa and suddenly League Two football doesn’t sound quite so bad. Especially with Morecambe ensuring
Got your ginger wig out the cupboard yet? What about the comedy kilt? And how are your juggling skills with full beer cans on top of car bonnets? Macca is backa and suddenly League Two football doesn’t sound quite so bad. Especially with Morecambe ensuring
Got your ginger wig out the cupboard yet? What about the comedy kilt? And how are your juggling skills with full beer cans on top of car bonnets? Macca is backa and suddenly League Two football doesn’t sound quite so bad. Especially with Morecambe ensuring
Education bosses want every school in the district to be ranked good or better in five years' time. Kath Tunstall, Bradford Council's newly-installed director of children's services, has announced the ambitious target in a bid to hike up standards.
Bradford's £24.5m lottery bid for a stunning Park at the Heart of the city will be given a send-off party in Centenary Square on Thursday - timed around the Queen's visit. So far, more than 18,000 people have backed the bid - a massive leap from 7,000
Two men are facing jail sentences for their roles in a major conspiracy to supply drugs in West Yorkshire. A two-year police operation to smash the ring resulted in the seizure of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis, valued at £500,000 on the streets
A man accused of breaching health and safety laws on a building site where a serious accident left a migrant worker permanently disabled has denied that he was in charge. Shah Nawaz Pola, 35, told a jury at Bradford Crown Court that another man had been
Arncliffe, Litton and Old Cote Moor Top will be visit on an eight mile walk organised by Pudsey and District Rambling Club on Sunday. Walkers are to meet at 10am. For more information on the walk, telephone the walk leader on (0113) 2607358.
The choir Cantores Olicanae will perform a concert at Saint Margaret's Church, Queen's Road, Ilkley, on Saturday, June 2, at 7.30pm. Music will include Mozart and Haydn. Tickets from Grove Music, at The Grove bookshop, or by telephoning (01943) 609495
A fundraising raffle on behalf of All Saints Parish Church will be held at the Otley branch of Barclays Bank next week. Tickets for the raffle, which will be drawn at 11.30am on Friday, June 1 can be bought at the bank, which has promised to match every
Smith Art Gallery in Brighouse celebrates its centenary tomorrow. An event is due to take place tonight with guests including the newly-installed Mayor, Councillor Martin Peel. In 1897 The Ridings, an early Victorian house, was bought for use as a library
The History of Pool Group's annual walk takes place next month and will include a visit to Arthington Station. The three mile, two hour trek - open to everyone (and dogs on leads) - will begin at 7pm on Monday, June 4 from Pool Memorial Hall car park
The Yorkshire Saxophone Choir will be joined by school pupils for a show at the Methodist Church next month. S-Club, the choir of Sandal Primary School, Baildon will join the saxophone choir at 7pm on Saturday, June 23. Tickets cost £5, including refreshments
Keighley and District Association for the Blind is staging a centenary exhibition. The event on Wednesday, June 6, is being held in the newly-refurbished ground- floor Lena Anderton Meeting Room at the Sight Centre, 31 Scott Street, Keighley, from 10am
Budding bellringers are being sought by St Oswald's Parish Church in Guiseley. Anyone interested should call 07962 710900 for details.
Police in Bradford South have arrested a 26-year-old Great Horton woman on suspicion of possessing class A' drugs and making child pornography. The arrest came following targeted raids on two addresses in Pudsey and Great Horton. At 7am today police
A walk through Birkenshaw entitled Hills and Bottoms takes place next week. Meet at 10am at St Paul's Church on Bradford Road on Monday, May 28 for the seven and a quarter mile walk. Highlights include a village pond and two 17th century houses.
Traffic police in Keighley are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision in Shipley. A motorcyclist suffered serious leg injuries when his Yamaha motorcycle collided with a Ford Focus at the junction of Avondale Road and Bradford
An employee of a Rawdon company has helped raise more than £1,000 for charity by taking part in his first ever half marathon. Martin Taylor, a panel wirer at Airedale, ran the Leeds Half Marathon on Sunday, May 13, and together with a friend, Sue Roper
A national stroke services audit has placed Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as one of the best in the country at treating stroke patients. The foundation trust, which manages Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital, is in the
Age Concern is appealing for volunteers to help staff its revamped shop in Skipton. The Swadford Street outlet, which has been operating for 12 years, closed for a week while new displays and lights were fitted. Now the shop is appealing for people
The 450-member Dales Way Association is inviting people to join an easy introductory walk along the Dales Way, the popular footpath along the River Wharfe. Sunday's six-mile public walk from Ilkley to Bolton Abbey will form part of the Yorkshire Dales
Volunteers are being sought to help out at a psychiatric hospital in Bradford. Bradford Council's volunteering unit is offering opportunities to support adults based at Lynfield Mount hospital's visitors centre, in Daisy Hill, Bradford. Volunteers are
A series of health walks in the Spen area begin next month. Starting on Thursday, June 14, and then every following Thursday in June, July and August, there will be a beginners' walk along the Spen Valley Greenway and surrounding area. Anyone interested
Residents and staff at an Ilkley nursing home will be eating, drinking and wearing pink on Bank Holiday Monday in aid of Breast Cancer awareness. The home, on Crossbeck Road, will have a karaoke afternoon with two entertainers on the fundraising day,
I've always hated Monopoly. Even when I owned Mayfair and Park Lane and had 15 hotels and 41 houses on each, I still detested the tedium of it. Not only did you have to land on every single property from a set (nigh on impossible) to have any chance
People are being urged to come up with new uses for their rubbish during Recycle Now Week which starts on Saturday, June 2. Bradford Council is running a series of events encouraging people to transform their rubbish into something useful rather than
Shareholders with home shopping giant Findel will have to wait until the summer to find out if a mooted demerger is to take place. Findel, which also operates educational supplies and healthcare divisions, is conducting a far reaching strategic review
Oakwell Country Park at Birstall is hosting a project with the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service to give children a rare opportunity to take part in their own archaeological excavation. The advisory service, in partnership with Kirklees Museums
Could former City winger Des Hamilton be the first player to score at both the old and the new Wembley Stadium? He was on target in the Bantams' 2-0 play-off victory against Notts County in 1996 and the 30-year-old will return to the national stadium
A one time couch potato turned marathon runner, is to tackle his seventh 26 miler in memory of his still-born grand-daughter. Jim Thompson has been driven to take on the Edinburgh marathon after his Keighley step-daughter Lindsey Smith, 29, lost her
A mercy mission to take £100,000 worth of medical equipment to people still struggling to rebuild their lives after the South Asian earthquake two years ago has departed from Bradford. The equipment, which has been donated by NHS trusts from across the
A 19-year-old woman who was mugged outside her flat has appealed for the return of valuable course work stolen from her. The incident occurred at about 11pm last Wednesday when Carla Mallett, a beauty therapy student at Leeds College, returned to her
The Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Hospice will be holding a charity evening on Friday, June 15. The event will start at 7.30pm at the Sandal Farm Restaurant, Denholme Road, Thornton where there will be a five-course evening meal. A raffle and auction will
Former pupils of Salt Grammar School are invited to the fourth annual reunion of the class of 1980. The former pupils, who will now be aged 42 or 43, are invited to attend Baildon Woodbottom Club from 7.30pm on Friday, June 22. For further details contact
A gifted young footballer from Bingley hopes to represent his country on the international stage after being selected for a trial in London. Eldwick Primary School pupil and goalkeeper, Reece Simpson, ten, was identified as one of the best youngsters
Patients are set to benefit from a state-of-the-art outpatient department which opens on Friday at Leeds General Infirmary. The opening of the new department, which will look after patients with broken bones and spinal injuries, marks the final stage
What I want to know is - why do the Strange Folk always sit next to me on the bus, or in this case, the train? There I am, minding my own business reading a battered copy of my favourite book (‘The Persian Boy’ by Mary Renault) when Strange Bloke plonks
What I want to know is - why do the Strange Folk always sit next to me on the bus, or in this case, the train? There I am, minding my own business reading a battered copy of my favourite book (‘The Persian Boy’ by Mary Renault) when Strange Bloke plonks
What I want to know is - why do the Strange Folk always sit next to me on the bus, or in this case, the train? There I am, minding my own business reading a battered copy of my favourite book (‘The Persian Boy’ by Mary Renault) when Strange Bloke plonks
What I want to know is - why do the Strange Folk always sit next to me on the bus, or in this case, the train? There I am, minding my own business reading a battered copy of my favourite book (‘The Persian Boy’ by Mary Renault) when Strange Bloke plonks
Miles in car: -179 (having to use the car to commute)Miles being driven: 0 Miles by train: +240 Miles by bike: 0 Miles by coach/bus: 0 Miles on foot: +52 Total: +113 (running total -306) It's a small world. We think nothing of eating lamb or apples from
Lily hates Cheryl. Cheryl hates Lily. Cheryl hates Charlotte too. Amy and Lily hated each other but now they're friends again. Lily said everyone thinks she's ugly and cried her eyes out. Cheryl and her gang didn't care, because Lily called them ugly
An angry developer is urging Bradford Council to choose "regeneration" over "degeneration" when dealing with his plans to transform a decaying listed building. Anthony Mann, director of Topreel Property Development, says Bradford city centre will miss
A fire in a loft of a Cottingley home destroyed bags of stored items. Bingley firefighters, who were called to the fire in Bradford Road on Sunday night, said the fire was believed to have been triggered when clothing came into contact with a halogen
A mother escaped unharmed with her baby daughter from a fire below their Manningham home. The fire was confined to the basement underneath Shani's shoe shop and the family's flat in Lemington Street. The cause of Sunday night's fire is under investigation
A 25-year-old man was due to appear before Bingley magistrates on Tuesday on drugs charges. The Barkerend man is charged with possession of, and possession with intent to supply class A drugs. He was arrested in Frizinghall by officers from Bradford
Two men were due to appear before Bingley magistrates on Tuesday on drugs charges. A 32-year-old man faces charges of possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and a 28-year-old man is charged with possession of heroin and crack cocaine
Katie Morley has been appointed land assessor at Cleckheaton-based Jones Homes. Miss Morley, 24 and from Outlon, takes on the new role which will includes helping to look for land to purchase, evaluating the potential of new sites and progressing planning
Jamie Lawrence and kick-boxing - it sounds like a marriage made in heaven. The former City scrapper, still regarded with much affection by Valley Parade fans for his whole-hearted approach to the game, is ready to try his hand at the contact sport.
Plate spinning, juggling and hula hoop skills will all be on offer at a circus skills workshop in Wellholme Park on Wednesday, May 30. The park, on Bradford Road, Brighouse, will be holding the free event from 2pm to 4.30pm.
PR consultancy firm Litmus has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Litmus, based in Cleckheaton, is one of six finalists vying for the title Outstanding Small Consultancy in the CIPR Excellence
A garden party and table top sale will be held at St Paul's Church, in Kirkgate, Shipley on Saturday, June 16, from 10.30am until 4pm. There will be book and plant stalls, games, a line dancing exhibition, tombola, live music and refreshments. Tables
Beavers from the 1st Keighley (Fell Lane) colony tried on police uniforms when they were visited by officers. Tim Lofthouse spoke about the police and safety, and his colleagues let the children look in their van.
People are being invited to take part in a special event designed to encourage more sustainable ways of visiting the Dales. The Yorkshire Dales Society is leading a six mile walk along the River Wharfe as part of its Sharing the Dales project. The group
The Guiseley Factors Workers Club has won the Leeds' Camra top annual award. The club, on Town Street, won Pub of the Year 2006-2007, which is likely to be presented in early July. The working mans club is the only club listed in the Camra Good Beer
Skipton Craven Rotary Club held its annual general meeting with members reflecting on the past year. Money or assistance was given to a number of organisations, including Ashfield Nursing Home, Multiple Sclerosis, Airedale Hospital, The Gateway Club,
What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago, Andy Cooke was trying to banish the memories of a "season from hell". Now he is five days away from spearheading his home-town club at a Wembley play-off final. Cooke is the hero of Shrewsbury after
The village of Haworth was thrust back in time as people celebrated its annual 1940s weekend. Wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of revellers, who dressed up in wartime garb and descended on the village in their thousands from across the globe
It's a des res' for telly addicts, with panoramic views of the biggest TV screen in the city. A £5 million apartment block built on the site of The Empress pub in Bradford overlooks the giant screen in Centenary Square, beaming larger-than-life images
It is hoped an agreement between police in Bradford and Pakistan could improve community relations in the city and help prevent crime. Officers from Bradford District Community Safety paid a visit to Mirpur, in the Kashmir region, and drew up the informal
City of Bradford finished a highly commendable sixth in the top club rankings as they won a host of medals in the Rotherham Metro long-course open meet in Sheffield. They faced stiff opposition from teams such as Lough-borough University, Nova Centurion
It started on the waltzers at Lister Park funfair, back in the mid-1980s. I was with a gaggle of girls screaming our heads off as we were endlessly spun around by strapping lads with tattoos leaping effortlessly from one waltzer to the next. Ever since
A quarter of Britain's over-fifties drastically underestimate how much it would cost them to spend time in a nursing home. And with more older people being denied state help for long-term care every year, they may be in for a nasty surprise. One-in-four
It was in 1937 that 16-year-old Mick Crossley saw the chorus singer Florrie Forde at the Palace Theatre in Bradford. It triggered a lifelong love of the variety theatre which he continued to pursue at the nearby Alhambra after the Palace closed in 1938
When it comes to humour I am a creature of habit. I just can't help myself from responding to certain situations with the same jokes. When at a restaurant and my wife encourages me to give the waiter a tip, I feel an honour bound need to say "don't
Back in the early 1980s we came home one day to find our teenage son and his mate on the extension roof drilling deep holes in the back wall of the house with a hammer drill borrowed from a neighbour. They were erecting a tall aerial, the purpose of
One thought kept niggling at me during the Eurovision Song Contest voting when the former Eastern European states, and particularly the Balkan ones, were all supporting each other - apart from to wonder why UK No-Mates continues to take part in this farce
Yikes Scooby, is that a life-size Mystery Machine? It sure is, and it's coming to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre next week. Scooby-Doo Live hits the stage, with Shaggy, Fred and the gang solving yet another supernatural mystery. Lots of fun for youngsters
I'm oblivious to sport. When it comes to football I know more about the beautiful players than the beautiful game - well hello Mr Beckham! Bowls is another game that leaves me baffled. It's certainly in a league of its own, not that I'd taken much notice
More about the whereabouts of Crow Trees House (this one looks as if it'll run and run). Amy Booth writes to tell me that Crow Trees wasn't the house "opposite the Royal Infirmary, exactly opposite the Girls' Grammar School in Squire Lane" which was how
My thanks to Bill Lee for sending in a couple of photographs of events in the life of his Aunt Maggie (married name Moffat, nee Carroll), who for a long time worked as secretary to Harry Ramsden - the chap in the straw boater sitting in the middle of
Kate Kennedy, whose name cropped up on this page a few weeks ago, was a familiar and feared character around Bradford in the 1950s. Bryan Owram, now of Esholt, recalls a startling encounter with her in the summer of 1956. "I fear that hindsight
Q I had an affair with a married woman just over a year ago. It ended when I met my current girlfriend eight months ago, who I love very much. We are planning our future and everything was going well until I bumped into the married woman, by chance, last
In every major town and city there is someone sleeping rough. By day, town centre shops and businesses are bustling with commercial activity. But when night falls the shop doorways provide shelter for those who have spent their day scraping an existence
Q How is a blood group passed on? I was surprised to find I am A negative which I believe is quite rare. Would one of my parents have to be A negative to pass it to me? A nurse bet I was of a rare blood group because I had allergies to many things. Is
Just suppose, for a moment, you are interested enough in medical treatments to list the greatest achievements of the last century. Naturally you will think of penicillin and all the other antibiotics that have made such an impact on infectious diseases
There was a time when Audrey Raistrick would spend her Saturday nights doing the jive, the waltz and any other dance she could turn her hand to. Now 80, Audrey is still light on her feet and these days she's taking to the dance floor in a very different
She's no ordinary slimming sensation. Dropping a dress size wasn't an option for this slimmer - because she doesn't wear clothes. Sally the border terrier was over-sized and used to be paunchier than she looks now, but within months she has been able
Dexter the loveable German Shepherd has fallen on his feet after he was found wandering in Bradford with a horrific choke-chain injury. After he was nursed back to health by the RSPCA, the gentle giant found a new home with Ian Reddy and Andrea Denny
Brave mum Michelle Hobbs hosted her young son's birthday party at the family pub yesterday just days after knife-wielding robbers struck. Miss Hobbs said Ben, who has turned two, had a scaled-down celebration after the raiders snatched a wallet containing
The following planning applications have been lodged with Calderdale Council: Brighouse: drop a kerb to create access for off road parking at front of house, 371 Halifax Road. Brighouse: pruning and deadwood removing from one tree, Casa D'el Lago Hotel
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Aaron McLoughlin, aged 20, of Bronte Old Road, Thornton; driving without insurance, £50 fine, £40 costs, banned from driving for one year; driving without a licence, £50 fine. Victor Ladislav
Baildon: Springfield Road, minimal for six weeks. Bradford: Brighouse Lane, minor effect on traffic, temporary traffic control measure shall be applied, for four weeks. Bradford: Closure of A6038 Bradford Road to Ellar Gardens, and diversion of traffic
A man suffered facial burns when a tar bucket exploded in his face as he worked on a garage roof. Keighley firefighters were called to the garage next to a house and shop in Belgrave Road, Keighley, yesterday lunchtime, when the bucket caught fire.
Two brothers tackling a gruelling charity rally have won backing from a soap star. Wayne and Andy Barrett are taking part in the Mongol Rally, from London to Mongolia, riding Easy Rider Gorilla' motorbikes. They will set off in July on the 8,000-plus-mile
Two Friday afternoon walks are being held in Bradford. The walk on May 25, called Women Philanthropists' Boulevard?', will be a guided tour of Manningham Lane as a site of women's early 20th century history, and walkers should meet at the junction of
People can have their say on mental health services at the next meeting of Bradford District Care Patient and Public Involvement Forum. The forum starts at 10am at Carlisle Business Centre, Carlisle Road, Bradford, on Thursday, May 31.
An imaginative new scheme to help young people who have got into trouble has been launched. Otley Community Outreach Ltd is working closely with Otley Rugby Union Club, which is letting the project use its facilities at Cross Green, the police and Eastmoor
A Bradford cancer charity is asking supporters to take part in a half marathon. Bradford Cancer Support (BCS) is recruiting people to take part in the Great North Run in Newcastle on Sunday, November 30. Sponsorship would go towards the Daisy Appeal
Scouts in Bradford will be able to enjoy computers and camping thanks to a £13,000 grant. Each group in Bradford South will be presented with laptops and camping equipment thanks to the money from Bradford Vision. Today Councillor Michael Johnson, the
The birthplace of the Bronte sisters - the house where their father got his first job as a clergyman in Yorkshire - is for sale. The terraced home in Thornton, which has been run as a museum, will be sold at auction on Thursday, June 21. Leeds-based
Thornbury mosque in Bradford was the scene for a police drug prevention initiative. As part of Neighbourhood Policing Team awareness fortnight, which started last Monday, the police community minibus was parked at the mosque to offer information on the
A Bradford pub has raised more than £2,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance by holding a fundraising day to mark the courage of Peter and Paul McKeating. The roof repairers, regulars at The Coniston, Louisa Street, Idle, plunged 30ft when a gutter gave
Women can make a connection with their local policing team thanks to meetings at a community centre. Residents living near the Khidmat Centre on Spencer Road have the chance to speak to members of the Bradford North Neighbourhood Policing Team and other
In 1851, gold was discovered in Australia. In 1946, a world wheat shortage led to bread rationing in Britain. In 2001, Tasmanian animal carers dressed their penguins in knitted jumpers to stop them licking oil off their feathers. 25 years ago Taken
The captain of a Bingley chess club will be crowned Bradford Chess Champion tomorrow. Winston Williams, of Wilsden, a 49-year-old internet marketing expert and writer, who captains and coaches Bingley Bees, will be presented with his award at Undercliffe
Police seized £250,000 worth of suspected class A drugs in a raid in Liversedge. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "At 12.10pm on Friday a search warrant was issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act at an address in Third Avenue, Liversedge. "A substantial
A man appeared before Bradford magistrates on Saturday accused of trying to kill another man two and a half years ago. Jibhran Jamal Khan, 23, of Woodroyd Road, West Bowling, is charged with attempting to murder Hojat Fatahi on October 1, 2004. He also
Hundreds of walkers stepped out to help people with cancer in this year's Shipley Stride. The sun shone brightly on more than 700 striders who took part in the 5.5 mile walk at Shipley Glen to boost funds for Macmillan Cancer Support yesterday. Children
Arsonists destroyed a three-story derelict house in Laisterdyke. A nearby burst water main meant Fairweather Green firefighters had to transfer water between two pumps before refilling from a hydrant a quarter of a mile away from the blaze in New Lane
A driver escaped unharmed when his 4x4 pick-up truck flipped onto its side on the Bingley bypass. Part of the trunk road was closed for an hour after the accident yesterday lunchtime as Bingley firefighters cleared the road of boxes which had spilled
The Great Horton Community Partnership held a personal safety event for senior citizens at Great Horton Village Hall on Saturday. The event featured advice on how to avoid distraction burglary and tips on keeping safe. It was attended by Deputy Lord
A woman and her five-year-old son escaped unharmed after a fire in their Manningham home. The small fire in the bedroom caused smoke damage to the house in Leyburn Street. Fairweather Green firefighters, who were called to the scene at 1.07pm yesterday
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has admitted its services and use of finances are weak in a declaration to the Healthcare Commission. YAS, the organisation which runs the ambulance service in Bradford, has failed to meet response time targets in the year
Residents across the Aire Valley are being urged to help young homeless people. Bradford Nightstop, which provides emergency accommodation for young people aged 16 to 25, is looking for residents to act as hosts to provide a bed for the night, a hot
A new police and community contact point has opened its doors in Saltaire. The new facility at Salts Mill, Victoria Road, gives residents a direct link with West Yorkshire Police, Bradford Council and other councils and agencies. Trained volunteers
Police unearthed a cannabis factory when they raided a house in Bierley. Officers found what is believed to be a "large quantity" of cannabis plants during the raid in Hopefield Way yesterday lunchtime. Officers are believed to have been acting on
An astonished animal lover who went to a cat charity to replace a pet that had died was told he couldn't have one - because of where he lived. And the charity today admitted that it had a hit list of half a dozen estates in the Bradford district where
