He won the hearts of millions of TV viewers and now he’s won more fans in Bradford. Schoolboy Andrew Johnston who shot to stardom in Britain’s Got Talent took centre stage at the city’s Cathedral tonight. For one night only
A 28-year-old Bradford man has been warned he is likely to be jailed after he pleaded guilty to raping a woman of 21. Kashef Malik, of Cornwall Road, admitted the offence, on October 1 last year, at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. Judge James Spencer
A three-day strike by bus drivers in Bradford has been called off after agreement was reached over an improved pay offer. The action by about 500 First drivers had been scheduled to start tomorrow. A strike ballot was held by the Unite union after its
More than 300 motorists were stopped and breathalysed during an early morning crackdown on drink and drug driving in Bradford today. Police arrested one person for being over the limit during the two-hour operation in St Enoch’s Road, Wibsey, Bradford
The acting manager of Skipton’s Little Chef restaurant stole £2,433 from his employer to pay off mortgage arrears, a court heard yesterday. Darren Ellison, 39, filched four days’ takings from the safe, Bradford Crown Court was told. Ellison, of Roughaw
Thieves stole six cash boxes belonging to a youth brass band after the group spent the day collecting money to attend a ceremony in Belgium during the summer. The Revolution Show Corps, of Queensbury, spent three hours at Morrisons supermarket in Girlington
Goals from Andy Howard and Paddy Leach saw George Healey come back from 2-0 down at Bosnia to draw 2-2 in the Spen Valley League Premier Division after Arnes Pabric had scored twice for the hosts. In Division One, Jason Campbell and Liam Firth bagged
Liversedge host Shirebrook Town in the Kool Sport NCEL President’s Cup second round tomorrow night.
Farsley Celtic will make a second attempt to visit Blue Square Premier Division leaders Burton Albion tomorrow night after their first-round FA Trophy tie was postponed at the weekend. The total washout of fixtures involving local sides hit Farsley more
A gun club will use a lottery grant to improve disabled access to its range and teach youths about the dangers of gun crime. The Baildon Rifle & Pistol club employs trained instructors who educate young people in the dangers of guns. The club, based
Bradford has been chosen to be among the first places in the country to benefit from the UK’s fastest broadband service. Virgin Media today unveiled its 50 megabits per second (Mb) domestic service which will be available to customers in selected areas
Guiseley were robbed of a fixture by the weather at the weekend and have already suffered more frustration this week. They should have had a UniBond Premier Division top-four clash at Eastwood Town tomorrow night. That was put back because the Lions
Young people from across the district have taken part in a snow play event at Bradford Ice Rink. The event was organised by Bradford Council in conjunction with the Big Lottery Fund. Activities ranged from the ice skating to snow ball fighting and
The first of three new NHS dental practices planned for the district has opened its doors. Keighley MP Ann Cryer unveiled a plaque at the new Mornington Street Dental Centre in Keighley, yesterday. Staffed by two dentists, a dental therapist
Gary McAllister knows he has to overcome the ‘Elland Road’ factor as he desperately searches for new players to strengthen his squad in the January transfer window. Echoing almost every Leeds manager since Don Revie, McAllister said: “The players
This pile of rubble is all that remains of Bingley’s Myrtle Walk shopping centre, just a month after demolition work started to make way for the new £5 million 5Rise development. Former Lord Mayor of Bradford, Bingley councillor Robin Owens, took control
A brothel owner could be ordered to hand over about £300,000 when she faces a confiscation hearing next year. Sharon Land, who ran The Executive in Armley, Leeds, with the help of her son and daughter, is alleged to have benefitted from criminal
A man was punched in the face by a gang of armed raiders who forced their way into his home. The 22-year-old victim was pushed inside as five men barged their way in when he answered a knock at the door of his house in Thursby Street, Barkerend, Bradford
An Aaron Dad hat-trick fired Bradford Bulldogs ice hockey team to a much-needed 6-3 win over the Lancashire Raptors. The Bulldogs came out fast from the start and played some smart hockey in what was their best home performance of the season. Both
Some heartfelt bouquets to hand out after a visit by four French friends to Bradford and its district. Without exception, everyone we came across in any kind of public service was as friendly as you could have wanted, and became especially so when they
A second-half comeback proved insufficient for below-strength Silsden as they lost 4-2 at Witton Park Rose & Crown in the CARLSBERG FA SUNDAY CUP. Peter Hanson and Harry Thompson scored for the Bradford Sunday Alliance League outfit but
The winter conditions took out three motorcycle trials in Yorkshire on Sunday but Horsforth District Motor Club persisted at Deer Park where 80 riders braved the Arctic conditions overlooking Bingley. Gomersal expert John Hillam was the outright winner
There was a narrow 4-3 win for Nab Wood Juniors Reserves at Bradford Moor YSA in DIVISION 3B as Liam Shields’ hat-trick proved decisive. Nab Wood had a man sent off with the score at 2-2 but still moved 4-2 up before surviving a late onslaught
A driver from Otley was taken to hospital by air ambulance this morning after her car hit a wall at Riffa, near Pool-in-Wharfedale. The single-vehicle accident, involving a blue MG TF 160, happened just before 9am on the A658 Harrogate Road, on the Harrogate
Police are today appealing for witnesses to an attack in a Bradford street, in which the victim suffered cuts to his hands and arm as he tried to fend off a knifeman. The 51-year-old victim was walking in Oak Lane, Manningham, Bradford, last night when
On Parade - with John Hendrie Dave Baldwin picked up a couple of new nicknames after the charity game we played at Thackley in aid of the three lads killed on the motorway coming back from Wembley. I’d conveniently pulled my hamstring playing
On Parade - with John Hendrie As the season approaches half-term, one player has really stood out for me. Young Luke O’Brien has probably been the most consistent player in the last couple of months since being thrown in against Accrington Stanley.
On Parade - with John Hendrie It was assessment night last week for all the young lads in the age-group teams. The coaches give them a bit of advice and tell them what they have been doing well so far this season and what areas of their game can be
On Parade - with John Hendrie ’Tis the season to be merry and that means going along to plenty of Christmas dinners. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been to the one organised by the north-east football writers, another at the Royal Armouries in Leeds
Children across the Keighley district are being invited to listen out for Santa as the Keighley Lions take to the streets with their sleigh. Keighley Lions have run the sleigh tour, sponsored by Colin Appleyard, for more than 20 years. Money collected
Only four games involving West Riding County Amateur League sides took place at the weekend as the poor weather continued to frustrate. After the frozen pitches of the previous week, the grounds had thawed slightly but rain through Friday night
Cufflinks, bracelets and rings made from Lego have helped to build up a new art business in Silsden. Paula Baker-Parkin, owner of the Projeto Gallery, has been taken aback by the popularity of the quirky jewellery fashioned from the famous toy bricks
Bradford delivery giant TNT celebrated 30 years in business by raising £25,000 in 30 days for hundreds of charities across the region. TNT employees at the depot in Cross Lane, Birkenshaw, embarked on a month-long fundraising mission.
An independent driver recruit-ment firm in Bradford has been celebrating after being appointed as an approved supplier to courier delivery network Parcelnet. The deal will see Drivers Plus, based in Low Moor, assume responsibility for providing HGV drivers
As businesses continue to tighten their belts for the coming year, some companies have seen a healthy increase in customers looking to cut costs. One such group is Bradford-based Sovereign Health Care, which has reported a rise in sales as businesses
A Saltaire-based design agency will be celebrating its tenth anniversary with two new account wins, the launch of a new technical division, a move to larger premises and the appointment of two new members of staff. RPA’s new clients include
Police in Bradford are today appealing for information after a householder was subjected to a terrifying ordeal at the hands of five robbers at his Barkerend home last night. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm at an address in Thursby Street
Christmas shoppers can pick up the latest crimefighting gadgets for free as neighbourhood policing officers turn Santa for the festive season. The Home and Away campaign will see officers handing out timer switches and low-energy lightbulbs, to help
Arsonists are thought to be to blame for a blaze which damaged a row of lock-up garages. Fire broke out in one of the garages in Thornton Lane, off Smiddles Lane, Bradford, yesterday. Firefighters from Odsal, who spent half an hour at the scene, said
Members of Opera North will be bringing their talents to Yeadon, with a carol concert at The White Swan. Pub manager Michael Stainthorpe said several singers from the prestigious company would be performing Carols by Candlelight – with the kind permission
It was no ordinary lunchtime for the children at Wilsden Primary School when they found themselves sitting next to the law. The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, Roger Bowers, was invited to meet youngsters at the school’s captain table. The visit was
Four people – including two children – were forced to flee a burning building in the middle of the night. Fire broke out in the basement of a home in Springfield Terrace, off Otley Road, Guiseley, at about 2.30am yesterday. Firemen from Rawdon, who
Hundreds of shoppers took a step back in time at a vintage home and fashion fair in Saltaire. Visitors snapped up bargains at 40 stalls selling vintage clothes, furniture, jewellery and collectibles dating from the 1900s to the 1980s at the
There are some fantastic Christmas movies on at the National Media Museum – some new, and some not so new. From the Academy Award-nominated team which brought you Jimmy Neutron comes the first-ever 3D holiday IMAX film, Santa vs The Snowman, or how about
Shopkeepers and children donned traditional Victorian outfits for the annual Otley Victorian Fair and Christmas Market. And a special four-legged guest also helped to thrill the crowds yesterday. A real reindeer, which appeared outside the local Sainsbury
Four youngsters have won prizes in a competition to design promotional material for Skipton Community Camerata’s recording of “The Night Before Christmas”. The premiere of Tom Lydon’s Christmas cantata will take place in Skipton’s Craven Court shopping
A day of action to clean up the environment has taken place in two areas of Shipley. Bradford Council’s Streets Ahead programme worked with police, the fire service and social landlord Incommunities to make Windhill and West Royd cleaner and safer places
An electrical fault is thought to have caused a fire which destroyed a car’s engine compartment. The Ford Focus burst into flames about half an hour after the owner had parked it outside his home in Woodhall Road, Thornbury, Bradford.
First of all, I apologise for contributing even more column inches about the widely-recognised affliction dubbed ‘man flu’. I’m sorry – but I have been in such a unique position over the past week or so, that my offerings (which I have forwarded to The
Compared with one of her previous jobs, Carol Denison’s cafe is a quiet haven. For three years Carol catered for a motor racing team in Gloucestershire, feeding ravenous drivers fresh from the track. “It was crazy. I love motor racing but it was so
SIR – On Thursday, December 4, I took an elderly neighbour to the BRI for a pre-arranged hospital appointment. Due to the adverse weather I changed routes on several occasions, finishing up in Emm Lane, where I got stuck in ice and stalled the car. I
SIR – It is now official that Woolworths is now to close with the loss of some 30,000 jobs. This comes in the wake of the Government announcing a new scheme to get more people off the dole and into jobs. If they refuse or don’t get a job in a given time
Bradford-based painter Scott Buchanan Barden, who specialises in buildings and street scenes, currently has an exhibition of his pictures in Ilkley. He lives in Great Horton, and has been painting areas of the district close to his heart to preserve
Parents and staff at a Clayton school are petitioning Bradford Council for a permanent crossing following a child being in collision with a car. They are also concerned that there has been no crossing guard to supervise the children crossing the road
SIR – If only we had a Prime Minister the likes of Clement Atlee who, after the Second World War led by example, put country before party, and would never have stood for the carpetbagging of our public utilities and closure of the post offices. Both
SIR – What a low opinion K Woodcock has of Tory and Labour Councillors and what a warped view of democracy (Letters, December 8). “You only get democracy with a two-party system”. Which two parties would K Woodcock allow us? Greens and BNP? Scots and
SIR – I see in the Queen’s speech there are plans to give the police the power to stop anyone ‘in country’ and ask for ID. Refusal to co-operate will carry a £5,000 fine or up to 51 weeks in prison. This is yet another unjustifiable authoritarian measure
Bradford Council forked out more than £6 million on publicity last year – making it the fourth biggest spender in the country. Figures collated by the Taxpayers Alliance under the freedom of information act show town halls up and down the country spent
SIR – I read with interest the article by Will Kilner (T&A, December 2). It would now appear that the Odeon building is unlikely to be converted into a concert hall and yet that the Theatres’ Trust recognised that its community and/or cultural use is
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Seventeen people fled in their night-clothes when a massive gas blast ripped through an isolated row of cottages on Haworth Road. 50 years ago: Fourteen vehicles were involved in a pile-up due to thick fog in Woodside Road
25 years ago: Hundreds of West Yorkshire’s Social Services workers announced their plans to lobby Leeds Civic Hall as pay talks took place. 50 years ago: A car was crushed in Crossflatts after a Council gritter lorry slipped on ice and collided
SIR – I had a little smile to myself when I read about schools in Bradford being forced to close because of the fall of snow on Thursday, December 4. I can understand the modern safety issues and problems with staff getting to work, but I remember the
Christmas is a time to be charitable, and it seems a little churlish to deny Ted Evans his moment. The notorious car clamper, dubbed “Dick Turpin”, has taken the opportunity to laugh at himself by producing T-shirts poking fun at his own reputation.
Regency Christmas at Red House was a quiet, family affair. While taverns around the area were filled with ale-fuelled sing-alongs, the Taylor family preferred low-key festivities, with a slice or two of medlar jelly, a helping of whim-wham, carols
SIR – Is it right that one of the most famous public houses in the whole of the Bradford Metropolitan District, The Branch at Shipley, should face demolition? What is more important, the identity and social fabric of the community or road traffic? Iain
SIR – We hear of many complaints concerning the slow response time of the police when reporting an incident or, indeed, the police not turning up at all. My experience has been quite the opposite. On reporting an obviously stolen car that had been abandoned
It’s not every day a girl gets to fly through the air with Father Christmas. As I took to the sky with Santa and a sackful of presents, it certainly seemed a surreal way to spend a crisp December afternoon. But there were no flying reindeer
SIR – It is sad that Mike Priestley will be leaving the T&A shortly, taking retirement after many years as an adroit reporter and columnist. Mike’s columns over the years have always been interesting, honest and often humorous and he’s never been afraid
SIR – I don’t know which buildings Elaine Neale is referring to when she says Bradford’s architecture is a mishmash and its town planning is appalling (T&A, December 2). Could she have in mind the ultra-modern Gatehaus, the Hilton Hotel facing our iconic
Christmas, of course, is supposed to be the season of goodwill, but there are many people who behave as if it is entirely the opposite. The British Transport Police have issued a warning to festive revellers to curb their behaviour after a man who attacked
By her own admission, Kate Rusby is a baby-faced slip of a girl who’s still asked to prove she’s old enough to buy wine at the local supermarket. But, with a career spanning nearly two decades and countless awards and albums under her belt, she’s a leading
Brentford's match-winner Nathan Elder has revealed that he was spurred on by the taunts of Matt Clarke. Elder nodded the decisive goal in stoppage time on Saturday - his seventh of the season. And he told Brentford's official website: "The defender
World Cup star Michael Platt was rewarded for his exerting “trip of a lifetime” – by being ordered back early for Bulls training! The full back played all three games as brilliant underdogs Ireland shook things up in Australia. They came close to a
The youngest victim of a crash that killed four friends had developed a thirst for the “buzz” of stealing and racing fast cars, his mother said. She revealed that on the night of the accident she had warned them all not to take chances.
Michael Boulding wants referees to come out and explain their actions after the stoppage-time calls that cost City at Brentford. Boulding was left bemused by the foul awarded against him near the corner flag by official Gavin Ward with just
Brentford 2 City 1 City’s players and fans will have felt every mile as they wound their way back north from drenched west London. The timing of the winning goal – not to mention the “Dick Turpin” style of the result – made sure of a horrible journey
Rumours that Westfield will not start construction work on the Broadway shopping scheme until late 2010 have been strongly denied. Last week a construction trade magazine claimed the Australian developer had started a “wave of redundancies”
Police in Airedale and North Bradford are to launch a three-day-blitz on domestic violence and violent crime in a bid to protect potential victims this Christmas. Traditionally reports of domestic violence increase significantly over the Christmas
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Great Horton: conversion of existing property to two self-contained retail units and change of use from A1 shop to A5 hot- food takeaway with external wall mounted advertisement
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: The following have been dealt with for not having a television licence (£175 fine and £75 costs in each case unless otherwise stated): Arshid Siddique, aged 41, of Birch Lane, West Bowling;
Nearly 300 people took part in a spectacular lantern parade despite atrocious weather conditions. On a day when roads were flooded and sporting fixtures were washed out, the good folk of Bingley refused to be beaten by the weather. Children
