Archaeologists have begun to search for hidden historical treasures on a site that will house a new Otley supermarket. The dig, pictured, on land behind the abattoir off Bondgate, earmarked for the new Sainsbury's superstore, began on Monday and is due
A 37-year-old man is to stand trial next month after he denied sexually assaulting two women. Oluwole Abiodun, of Oakroyd Villas, Manningham, was remanded back into custody by Judge Robert Bartfield after a brief hearing at Bradfird Crown Court. The
A 17-year-old youth who has carried out a catalogue of anti-social acts over the last six years in Bingley has been handed a second interim anti-social behaviour order. Bingley magistrates heard Ryan Michael Starkey, of Jardine Road, Bingley, was a ring
A company boss believes she foiled a thief about to steal her sports car from the driveway of her home. Now Debbie Carroll is calling on the police to recruit the public into the battle to beat gangs targeting prestige cars. She says people should act
Plans to treble the size of a supermarket in Cleckheaton look set to be passed by councillors tomorrow after alterations to the design. Tesco wants to build a new store on its existing Northgate site, but was asked to reduce the height of the building
Bradford will hope to learn lessons from one of its Yorkshire neighbours when a leading figure in local government arrives in the city to speak about regeneration. Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive of Sheffield City Council since 1997, will speak to
An abandoned scooter was destroyed in a fire that is suspected to have been started deliberately. The blaze, attended by firefighters from Odsal, broke out at about 3pm on land off Southmere Drive, Great Horton, Bradford.
A block of flats became smoke-logged when a blaze in the complex's outside bin store sent plumes of smoke billowing up the rubbish shoot into the 12-storey building. The fire broke out at about 2.45pm in bins at the side of Windsor Court, off Manchester
Bradford Maroons basketball side began the year with a 101-81 defeat at home to Leeds Met Carnegie despite a strong opening quarter. The hosts won the first period 21-18 but Leeds proved too strong and victory put them top of EBL Division Three North
A 21-year old man has been arrested after drugs police found "significant" quantities of suspected crack cocaine and heroin. Bradford District Drugs Team discovered the suspected class A drugs after searching premises in Barkerend. The man was arrested
Vandals left a trail of destruction after targeting a new housing development at Acre Mill, Cowling. They smashed two windows, broke a pane of glass in a door, damaged a security camera sensor and dented a garage door. They also unscrewed two door handles
Three and a half years ago, Sylvamere was unloved and in a semi-derelict state. That would have put many people off... but not Michelle Haylett. She fell in love with this imposing home the minute she walked through the imposing pillared gates beside
Police have released details of a robber who snatched the purse of an elderly woman. The woman, in her 60s, was approached by the suspect in Birch Street, West Bowling, Bradford, at 10.30am on Saturday, December 22. He ran off after stealing the purse
Gerard Lester has spent most of his working life helping to place people in new jobs - but finding a solution to a long-standing problem in the recruitment industry prompted him to become his own boss. He was 18 when he started out as a trainee in his
Dennis Wise is close to completing two more signings but also faces a fight to keep Leeds United's most valuable asset Jermaine Beckford. With 15 goals under his belt, Beckford has been the key player in Leeds' challenge for promotion. But inevitably
A court heard today that Tahir Nawaz showed no remorse after battering his sister in law. Nawaz, 21, formerly of Northdale Road, Bradford, but now living in Rotherham, appeared at Bingley magistrates court to receive his sentence. He had been found
Cyclo-cross ace Chris Young had to settle for third spot in the National Championship's veterans category as Midlands rival Steve Knight snatched the title from the Keighley rider. Third spot at Sutton Park in Birmingham was a fourth successive veterans
There is little doubt that the spotlight won't only be on the players when Australia and India start the third Test in Perth next Wednesday. In these days of super slo-mo, snickometers and constant TV replays, there will also be enormous pressure on
Jobless people in Bradford on the dole for two years would be stripped of benefit if they refuse to do community work, under hardline Tory plans unveiled today. The Work for Welfare crackdown will hit anyone who has been unemployed for a combined total
An unemployed welder drowned in a canal after leaving his house following a row with his wife, an inquest heard. Ivan John Taylor, 43, of Heath Street, Bingley, had spent an evening at The Fleece pub in Bingley with Anne Elizabeth Taylor before they
Fitness enthusiasts have the perfect goal for their New Year good intentions - the inaugural Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, which will take place on Sunday, April 20, starting and finishing in Centenary Square. It will be over a fast course along Canal
East LeedsQueensbury's hopes reaching round two of the Ace National Cup came to a 48-12 end at Conference strugglers East Leeds. Bury made a disastrous start with only ten men on the park due to travel difficulties. When the stragglers eventually arrived
A hat-trick of tries from centre Danny Ramsden seemed to have earned West Bowling a National Conference League Premier Division victory at Leigh East. However, a late rally by the title-chasing hosts saw them scrape home by the skin of their teeth 26
Wyke under-tens made up for their disappointing defeat against Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks earlier in the West Riding Youth League season by winning the return match 22-20. Calvin Barker and Jacob Mullaney scored a try apiece in the first half with
Mark Lawn has condemned Morecambe boss Sammy McIlroy's "unprofessional" attitude after hammering City's bid for right winger Garry Thompson. The Bantams have offered £10,000 for a player who ripped them apart at Christie Park in October, when he scored
Jamie Langley can't wait to up the tempo in Lanzarote. The Bulls fly out to the Canary Islands on Thursday morning ready for an intensive week of warm-weather training. Loose forward Langley reckons this is when the serious business begins as the new
The most likely cause of death of a Bradford-born teenage girl whose badly decomposed body was found in a river was smothering or strangulation, a pathologist told an inquest. Dr Alison Armour told the hearing in Kendal, Cumbria, that it was "not credible
An amateur boxer fell to his death as he carried out roof repairs, an inquest heard. Darren Michael Davitt, 41, of Whinfield Avenue, Keighley, was cleaning a gutter at the back of a house in West Lane, Keighley, when the accident happened. He was doing
An elderly widow who collapsed and died in a nursing home had pneumonia and heart disease, an inquest heard today. Manchester-born Mary Nield, 76, suddenly fell from her bed at Lady Park Gardens nursing home, in Lady Lane, Bingley. Her carer was in
Masked robbers, armed with a handgun and an axe, escaped with cash after holding up staff at a Bradford bookmakers shop. Four men, all wearing balaclavas and dark clothing, burst in to the Ladbrokes bookies in Stonehall Road, Eccleshill, last night and
A programme of training for parents and professionals in the specific learning needs of children with Down Syndrome takes place in Bradford over the spring and summer. The courses have been organised by the Down Syndrome Support Group Bradford. For more
Thomas Lowe scored twice and set up the other two goals as Campion under-15s drew 4-4 in a mid-table Craven, Aire & Wharfe League battle at Bingley. Campion trailed three times but then snatched the lead with five miniutes to go, only to be denied victory
St Bede's Gymnastics Club certainly weren't horsing around as they finished the season. They pommelled the opposition to win team golds in the Level Six Single-Piece Championships at eight and nine year-age groups and the 12-plus age group at Dewsbury
West Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics Association, which is part of Bradford Council's b active campaign, is seeking youngsters who are aged between 11 and 15 as of August 31, 2007. They will have the chance to compete in an under-13 and under-15 selection
Young Samuel Patchett has become the quickest Husky' in the country despite only taking up grass-track racing in 2006. The eight-year-old from Queensbury, who has being riding a Husqvarna 50cc bike, hence the husky' tag, was fourth overall in the Yorkshire
Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe and Bradford South MP helped Shipley Juniors' girls' under-14 team celebrate their new kit, which is sponsored by Cochrane Construction, and new training tops, which are sponsored by Yorkshire Bank. The deal is for
Bradford Council are offering sports clubs in the district grants of up to £500 in a bid to get more youngsters involved in sport. Voluntary sports clubs and associations have until Thursday, January 31 to apply to the council's Sport and Leisure Service
Bradford Grammar School's Jacob Rowan has finished a three-day training camp at Bromsgrove School in the Midlands. The Leeds Carnegie rugby union player was part of a ten-strong North contingent at an England Under-18 Academy Conference. Also taking
Eccleshill United Junior Football Club's under-eight and under-nine teams restart training after the Christmas break on Saturday at Eccleshill United Football Club from 10am. All the coaching is given by qualified, crb-accredited coaches and is free.
A man has been charged with wounding after another man was taken to hospital with a stab wound. Police were called to an incident in Peel Street, Bingley, at 3.15am on Saturday. Police cordoned off the area following the incident and carried out forensic
Bradford has once again proved itself to be ahead of the game, this time in the way MRSA patients are treated. A new report by experts has suggested that people affected by the "superbug" could be discharged from hospital once they are well enough, to
SIR - I feel some people are a little unfair in their opinions of Bradford city centre. I agree some areas look shabby. Gum stained Ivegate and penny arcade land Westgate, both need immediate attention as do the cracked pavements along Godwin Street
SIR - It made my day to hear the news that Gareth and Suzanne got engaged on New Year's Eve. What a wonderful start to the New Year. I wish them every happiness; they are such a lovely couple He is a fantastic role model for young people, and I wish
Suspected arsonists destroyed a car by setting fire to it in the early hours today. A fire crew from Shipley was called after the blaze broke out at 3am while the car was parked in Stubbing Way, Windhill. They used a hose to put out the flames but were
Blimey, only 50 weeks to Christmas. One week into 2008 and precisely nothing seems to have happened, much. Well, on a noteworthy-to-the-rest-of-us sort of scale, I'm talking about. I'm sure that on a more ultra-local level, there's been all sorts of
SIR - Isn't it about time that our Council came up with some honest answers to the many questions that have rightly been raised concerning the shambolic city centre regeneration? One wonders why they are insisting on progressing with the Park at the
A man died when the van he was driving veered across the road, hitting a wall and a lamppost. The 55-year-old man, who has not been named, was taken to hospital following the collision in Corporation Street, Morley at about 12.30pm on Monday. Anyone
SIR - "Local heroes are honoured" headlined the T&A (December 29). Turning to the article on the New Year's Honours List expecting to find some local have-a-go hero, emergency services or armed forces personnel who had distinguished themselves with an
SIR - Councillor Stanley King writes about the faster journey times along the Aire Valley which are possible because of the bus lanes (T&A, December 24). However, he does not mention the railway service along the same corridor. This provides an environmentally-friendly
SIR - Jenny Sampson suggests that we should all get behind Kris Hopkins in his bid to keep the property developers off our green belt (T&A, December 28), and then goes on to state that the Labour government says we must build 50,000 new homes. Unfortunately
SIR - Changing Green Lane to Dr Gupta Lane will not, as Mrs Maureen Foy says, bring communities and people of every race together (T&A, December 29), for eradicating a name synonymous with Bradford's history for the past 100 years will evoke bitter resentment
SIR - When an unexploded bomb was discovered last week alongside the M62, it was both reasonable and prudent to close the nearby motorway section for three hours while the Bomb Squad carried out a controlled explosion. But which complete idiot decided
SIR - It was another of those nights, bitterly cold with indications of wintery conditions, so why did about 100 people attend Clayton Conservative Club when they could have been at home. They were attending a meeting to express their concerns about
SIR - I refer to Bingley Main Street which has recently undergone major surgery, resulting in six sets of traffic lights and five traffic calming humps - aimed at what, apart from creating a few parking spaces? I understand the aim is to divert HGVs
In 1806, Cape Colony, later known as South Africa, was established by Britain. In 1901, in Manchester, 12 shop owners were prosecuted for selling beer containing arsenic. In 2001, it was reported that astronomers had discovered two new planets a third
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Magdalena Swiderski, aged 22, of Cordingley Street, Dudley Hill; driving without insurance, £220 fine, £15 compensation, £40 costs, licence endorsed; failure to produce insurance, no separate
A paedophile who raped a 12-year-old girl after spiking her drinks with alcohol, and sexually assaulted two other girls, has been jailed for 15 years. Ginger-haired, bespectacled Dexter Matthews, 43, admitted a range of serious sexual offences against
Women are being warned to take extra care when walking alone along a Bradford street after a teenage girl was groped and kissed by a man who tried to drag her off the pavement. Police say the indecent assault, which happened in Thornton Road is "very
Mortgage lending has fallen to its lowest level since January, 2005, according to the Bank of England. Approvals by mortgage lenders fell to 83,000 in November last year. compared with 89,000 in October, underlining the slow-down in the UK housing market
Steps are being taken to realise Bradford's ambition of being an economic driving force in the region. Bradford Council's economic strategy which was adopted last summer outlines a vision for the district's economy as a place in which business thrives
Bradford's Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has received a pat on the back from its area director for being super efficient. Nick Bussey, area director for the North CAB, was the guest speaker at yesterday's annual meeting at Broadacre House in Vicar Lane
Brendan Cummins, pictured, has taken over as chief executive at Ciba Speciality Chem-icals which has its largest site at Low Moor, Bradford. He replaces Armin Meyer, previously chairman and chief executive, who is focusing on the role of chairman. Swiss
Wannabe millionaires playing for that life-changing lotto jackpot should thank their lucky stars for being in Bradford. For the district has been named the sixth luckiest postcode area to live in the country according to the National Lottery. One person
Bradford actress Abi Uttley found herself taking a trip into her past when she filmed her first television role. Abi, above, filmed scenes at St Luke's Hospital in the maternity ward where she was born. "It felt a little strange to be working on the
Paul Deacon is getting shirty for the big kick-off after launching the Bulls' new home strip at club sponsors JCT600 yesterday. There is still a month to go before Super League XIII gets underway but, after trying on the 2008 gear for size, skipper Deacon
Bradford community leaders have accused an Anglican Bishop of "scaremongering" after he claimed certain areas across the UK had become no-go areas for non-Muslims. Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, who was born in Pakistan, said
A man who seriously injured a woman in a strangling attack near Bradford Forster Square Station has been further remanded in custody to assess how dangerous he is. Ladislav Kovac, 20, of Branwell Court, Daisy Hill, Bradford, denied attempting to murder
Paul Heckingbottom will today become a City player until June 2009. The left back, who spent the first half of the season on loan from Barnsley, has agreed an 18-month deal. Winger Alex Rhodes will also sign another short-term contract for the rest
Bradford Pop Idol Gareth Gates gets his skates on as he returns to reality TV as a contestant in the next series of Dancing On Ice. Millions of viewers will be watching as he takes to the ice rink alongside 12 other celebrities in the ITV1 show. Gareth
Bradford's Mistrys have entered 2008 with a great fundraising total racked up and they show no signs of stopping. The family has raised more than £12,000 so far and will this month be seeing the fruits of their labour put into action in India where an
An internet predator who posed as a teenager to entrap a 15-year-old girl for sex has been warned he faces a lengthy jail sentence. Masuillah Hafesjee, 30, was convicted by a Bradford Crown Court jury yesterday of seven offences of sexual activity with
One of the country's leading pub chains has limited how long families can stay on their premises. JD Wetherspoon, which has eight pubs across the district, has introduced a two-drink limit on people with children. The chain only allows families in if
