Police have issued an appeal to trace specific witnesses following the death of Heckmond-wike Grammar School student Ahmed Hassan. The 17-year-old's death followed an incident at Dewsbury railway station on Saturday, December 15. Police are keen to
A teacher's career is in ruins and his marriage over after an affair with a teenage pupil, a court heard. Richard Thompson had sex with the teenager on up to 20 occasions, bought her jewellery and clothes and used the school minibus to meet her during
Well, I’ve made my New Year resolution and you won’t be surprised to hear that it’s all about cutting my carbon footprint - in a serious way. My big plans revolve around making my home a carbon neutral one. Replacing my gas central heating with a wood-burning
Paul Heckingbottom can focus on the rest of the season with a clear mind after becoming a City player for the second time. The left back was delighted to pen a permanent deal with the club after cutting his ties with Barnsley. He said: "It's a great
Airedale Athletics is a community of joggers, walkers, runners, cyclists and participants of similar endurance activities, of all abilities, backgrounds and ages, in Bradford, Airedale and north-west Leeds and further afield. It seeks to promote the
Wibsey's versatile skipper Dan Horsfall is at full back for their rearranged Yorkshire Division Five B match at Stanley Rodillians tomorrow afternoon. Wibsey (at Stanley Rodillians): D Horsfall; S Hadcroft, D Conroy, P Collins, M Holdsworth; J Sawyer
The league cup ties, sponsored by Kitz "N" Pieces, provide the most intriguing matches in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League's weekend programme. The third round of the Senior Cup sees Bradford & District Sunday Cup holders Buttershaw White Star
Tributes have been paid to Sir John Harvey Jones, former chancellor of the University of Bradford. The 83-year-old passed away peacefully in his sleep following a long illness. Sir John, who was knighted for services to industry, served as Bradford
A Czech immigrant has been jailed for four years for his part in a prostitute's terrifying robbery ordeal. Tameena Zephyr went back to a house in Washington Street, Girlington, after being picked up by Jaroslav Baca and two other men in a Ford Mondeo
Femi Fehintola has declared his New Year resolution for 2008 - to get Carl Johanneson back in the ring. The Bradford super-featherweight is determined to avenge the only loss of his 19-fight professional career by beating his Yorkshire rival. Fehintola
British No 1 Katie O'Brien, originally left out of her country's Fed Cup squad, has received a late call-up. The 21-year-old former Woodhouse Grove pupil has replaced Naomi Cavaday and will travel to Budapest later this month, alongside Anne Keothavong
Fire crews were called to an incident at Braithwaite in the early hours of today morning when a suspected stolen car was found abandoned and set ablaze. The incident occurred at about 5.15am on Braithwaite Avenue, Braithwaite. A BMW car was set alight
Firearms and drugs were seized by police in a raid on a house in Undercliffe, Bradford. Detectives from Bradford North CID and officers from the Operational Support Unit executed a search warrant, under the Firearms Act, at the property last night.
Fire crews from Bradford were called to a car fire in Frizinghall late last night. Firefighters responded to reports that a vehicle had been abandoned on Beamsley Road at about 11.30pm. When they arrived they discovered a Vauxhall Corsa gutted by fire
The Northampton fan shovelled away the remains of his hot dog and made a bee-line for Dean Windass. A pen and scrap of paper was thrust in Deano's direction along with a surprisingly polite request to "sign here, please". Windass, never one to turn
The timing of the advert was rich in irony. It was the morning after the night before and the blood was still fresh on the Newcastle carpet. Sam Allardyce had just become the latest victim of the curse of the Toon and what was the radio plugging? A
I admit it was only a slight sniffle, but at my time of life I’ve finally learned not to bat on regardless and make health matters worse. It wasn’t anywhere near "man flu" territory and I like to think I didn’t even try to make out as such (although people
I admit it was only a slight sniffle, but at my time of life I’ve finally learned not to bat on regardless and make health matters worse. It wasn’t anywhere near "man flu" territory and I like to think I didn’t even try to make out as such (although people
I admit it was only a slight sniffle, but at my time of life I’ve finally learned not to bat on regardless and make health matters worse. It wasn’t anywhere near "man flu" territory and I like to think I didn’t even try to make out as such (although people
I admit it was only a slight sniffle, but at my time of life I’ve finally learned not to bat on regardless and make health matters worse. It wasn’t anywhere near "man flu" territory and I like to think I didn’t even try to make out as such (although people
An unlawful killing verdict was recorded today on a Bradford-born Muslim teenager who was found dead on a river bank five months after she disappeared. The body of Shafilea Ahmed, 17, was discovered beside the River Kent at Sedgwick, Cumbria, in February
Avenue have landed a prestigious friendly against neighbours City's Coca-Cola League Two rivals Stockport County. The match will take place at Horsfall Stadium on Monday (7.45pm) and fans can watch the game for a fiver. Another attraction for the Avenue
The Cobbydalers are in danger of over-achieving due to players brought in from the under-19s side maturing quicker than expected. "I keep saying we are a young side but at times I forget myself because the lads have come of age in footballing terms,"
I had to admire their fortitude in keeping recalcitrant drivers out of the bus lanes, but the community constables standing in the pouring rain in the middle of the road in Shipley in the dark and gloom of a January evening rush hour seemed to me to be
I had to admire their fortitude in keeping recalcitrant drivers out of the bus lanes, but the community constables standing in the pouring rain in the middle of the road in Shipley in the dark and gloom of a January evening rush hour seemed to me to be
I had to admire their fortitude in keeping recalcitrant drivers out of the bus lanes, but the community constables standing in the pouring rain in the middle of the road in Shipley in the dark and gloom of a January evening rush hour seemed to me to be
I had to admire their fortitude in keeping recalcitrant drivers out of the bus lanes, but the community constables standing in the pouring rain in the middle of the road in Shipley in the dark and gloom of a January evening rush hour seemed to me to be
Nobody really knows what went on during the controversial second Test between Australia and India. Accusations and counter-accusations have flown between both parties while the tour holds together with the uneasiest of truces. Whoever is right or wrong
Nobody really knows what went on during the controversial second Test between Australia and India. Accusations and counter-accusations have flown between both parties while the tour holds together with the uneasiest of truces. Whoever is right or wrong
Nobody really knows what went on during the controversial second Test between Australia and India. Accusations and counter-accusations have flown between both parties while the tour holds together with the uneasiest of truces. Whoever is right or wrong
Nobody really knows what went on during the controversial second Test between Australia and India. Accusations and counter-accusations have flown between both parties while the tour holds together with the uneasiest of truces. Whoever is right or wrong
Liversedge club captain Craig Sugden is a casualty - not of his long-gone injury problems but of the current form of the team pushing for promotion to the UniBond League. As one of the senior players in the Sedge squad, Sugden has been a trusty aide
The UK's first catalogue shopping company, Bradford-based Empire Stores, is to close with the loss of up to 350 jobs - about half its workforce in the city. Owner Redcats UK, part of the French-owned Redcats Group, the world's third largest retailer,
Changing lifestyles, the advance of technology and different social habits lie at the root of the demise of one of Bradford's most famous names, Empire Stores, which has become a dinosaur in the modern touch-button retail marketplace. The company has
New assistant Wayne Benn is well aware of the high expectations at Nethermoor. Benn spent most of his career playing in Bradford, first learning his craft with the Bantams before featuring for almost a decade at neighbours Park Avenue. And he remembers
Q My husband has low back pain, and says we should lie on a very hard mattress. I feel much more comfortable on one that will give' a little more. Do I really have to change our mattress for his sake? I don't have back pain. A You asked this question
It is about time that we tackled the problems of alcohol seriously. The recent New Year break, with its many tragedies on the roads, should be enough to convince us all that we should drink more responsibility. Why am I writing this? In the last year
"I must have been a magpie in a previous life!" laughs Fran Jordan. Fran's squirrelling' instinct stems from rifling through her mum's button tin as a child. Inspired by the colours, shapes and textures, Fran's childhood interest has developed into
Q: My brother seems to be drifting away from me and my family. He's always been there for me in the past, but now that's not the case. He doesn't make any effort to call me anymore and has recently decided to move out of the area. It's all started with
It's being said, mostly in those sad, loud, envious right wing circles, that because of our ever closer links to the EU, we are destroying "our historical past". The sad thing is, it's just not true. Instead we are well remembered around the world as
The winding-up of the Empire Stores operation, with the eventual loss of up to 350 jobs in Bradford, means that another long-established name will be lost to the city. The French-owned parent company, Redcats, has said that the job cuts will be phased
SIR - After my recent letter regarding the weird restrictions on the use of Market Street, it suddenly occurred to me that these restrictions could well be one of the reasons - besides the complete lack of a decent selection of shops of a reasonable standard
Most people start the New Year with some diet or other but for Jody Shuttleworth watching her weight is something she does all year round. As a championship bodybuilder, keeping trim is imperative to Jody. Encouraged to take part in a competition by
SIR - I switched on to Songs Of Praise on Sunday and enjoyed the singing from the Cathedral in Leeds. My surprise was when Bradford's Youth Choir flashed on the screen. What a super performance they gave. All smartly dressed, a perfect rendition, brilliant
SIR - In reply to David Rhodes (T&A, January 5) the matter of using mobile phones while driving being criminalised is a debatable point. My point was that it seems harsh that a perfectly honest person, with an impeccable record, could have their lives
SIR - The report headed "Post Office closure battle" (T&A, January 7) is symptomatic of the overall political vacuum which exists in City Hall. Is there any wonder that so little is achieved in our once proud city? Kris Hopkins, the Council leader supports
SIR - I believe councils are being encouraged to fine people, who have the temerity to put out their wheelie bins at the wrong time or in the wrong place. Have I, and indeed my inconvenienced neighbours, the right to compensation when mine is left out
SIR - I am writing with regards a comment made by Councillor Sarjawal Hussain as he was talking about the tragic accident which resulted in the death of a young man (T&A, January 3). The incident, which happened on New Year's Day, in Legrams Lane, is
SIR - In relation to the Government's plans to decimate our green belt, Jason Smith should examine his own "facts" before seeking to correct others (T&A, January 8). Totally contrary to what he claims, the figure of 50,000 new homes for Bradford district
SIR - I note that the Bradford Rail Users' Group has used the excuse of my letter urging protection of bus lanes along the Aire Valley to yet again raise the question of Low Moor rail station in South Bradford (T&A, January 8) - a tenuous connection,
SIR - Many, many years ago I heard a Christmas carol, one verse of which went something like this: On Christmas Day you can't get sore; Your fellowman you must adore; There's time to rob him all the more; The other three hundred and sixty-four. "
SIR - Wholesale gas and electricity costs have risen by more than 60 per cent since last February (T&A, January 5) so it was inevitable that consumers would eventually have to pay more, but I feel sure that 17.2 per cent and 12.7 per cent increases for
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: removal of existing rooflights to north elevation of main house, addition of two smaller conservation rooflights to north face and two conservation rooflights to south
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Asif Mahroof, 30, of Harlow Road, Lidget Green; driving without MOT, £80 fine, £40 costs, £15 compensation. Afzal Khalik Takolia, 32, of Broadway, city centre; parking on a pelican crossing,
In 1962, at least 2,000 people were feared dead after a huge avalanche in the Peruvian Andes. In 1973, the first graduates from the Open University were awarded their degrees. In 1999, A 200-yard stretch of cliff fell into the sea at Beachy Head. 25
Feathers are being ruffled in the intense chicken farming industry following a celebrity chef-led campaign. And former poultry processing farmers in Harecroft believe tonight's Channel 4 programme "Jamie's Fowl Dinners", featuring Jamie Oliver, will
Elderly residents at a block of flats say their lives are being severely disrupted by anti-social behaviour in and around one of the flats in their complex. People living at Welham Walk, off Otley Road, Bradford, say they feel intimidated by outbreaks
A Government minister and Bradford MP who had started to doubt Westfield's commitment to the city's regeneration now feels "reassured" that the £340 million Broadway shopping complex will go ahead. Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe, MP for Bradford South
Controversial plans to convert a disused shop into a betting shop have been thrown out by planning inspectors following public opposition. William Hill Ltd submitted an application to Bradford Council to turn the former Food Weighouse in Market Square
A Keighley photo processing firm has been fined a total of £37,000 after it pleaded guilty to six breaches of health and safety regulations. Bradford Council was first alerted to problems at the Max Spielmann shop in Bow Street after a display unit fell
The winner of the BBC Young Musicians Competition and BBC Proms Young Composer 2006 will be playing in Bradford later this month. Mark Simpson will be joined by the Carducci Quartet, first prize winners at the 2004 Kuhmo International Chamber Music
The Bradford-based Renaissance Academy chess project is appealing for help to enable it to continue its work. The academy, which was founded 12 months ago, is aimed at introducing children from varied backgrounds to the game of chess as a positive mental
Rail bosses have agreed in principle to put more bins on train platforms to prevent travellers from littering Shipley railway station. Northern Rail will now find out if it is possible to install the bins "as soon as practicably possible" following an
More groups and organisations in and around the Yorkshire Dales National Park will be able to get financial help to launch projects, thanks to a Government pot of cash. Rural Affairs Minister Jonathan Shaw has announced that a £200,000 Sustainable Development
Elderly residents on an estate are distressed by an increase in criminal damage in their neighbourhood, according to police. The concern follows a number of recent incidents, including bins being set alight and windows smashed in the Whinney Hill area
Police are hoping a new graffiti wall in a park will reduce the amount of damage in a nearby town centre. Youths are now being given the chance to use the walls located in the skate area of Wellhome Park, in Brighouse. The new graffiti wall has been
