A decision on who will control Bradford Council is likely to go to the wire as the main parties have yet to agree on a coalition. Discussions began last week between the Council’s leaders to determine who will take over as leader of the authority
Four Bradford athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s Special Olympic World Games in Greece. Now they are calling on businesses to help meet their £12,000 target for expenses. Nigel Halliday, 44, of Shipley
The parents of a severely-disabled boy have thanked local people who have rallied round to help their son. Five-year-old Jack Lawrence is blind and quadriplegic and suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy. His plight has touched people in his home
A major survey of NHS hospital inpatients points to big improvements in cleanliness and a decline in mixed-sex accommodation. The information comes in the Care Quality Commission’s 2009 NHS Inpatient Survey, which covers 162 hospital trusts
A Bradford man who tried to claim £9,000 compensation after a road accident now faces a £7,000 bill after a judge decided he “could not be relied upon to give accurate or truthful evidence”. Zamir Akram, 38, of Grange Drive, Allerton, took Leeds Council
A Bradford man who burgled a house while a couple slept has been jailed – and his brother has been sent to prison for receiving the stolen goods. Between them Craig and Paul Cordingley have more than 40 offences of dishonesty on their records
Controversial plans to axe Bradford’s fire control centre and answer calls in Wakefield look set to be scrapped under the new coalition Government. Under the FireControl project first developed in 2004, Birkenshaw, Bradford, Humberside, North
The new chairman of Bradford Civic Society has spoken of his “strong affection” for Bradford and his desire to help the city move forward in the coming years. Alan Hall, 64, who was brought up in Lidget Green and now lives in Bingley, has taken
Stand-in Yorkshire captain Jacques Rudolph has defended the total he set Somerset after seeing his team lose for the first time in 2010. The Tykes ended up going down by six wickets, after their opponents secured a second dramatic run chase
Leeds Rhinos full back Brent Webb will miss Sunday’s Engage Super League derby against the Bulls. He lost his appeal tonight against a two-match ban imposed by the Rugby Football League’s disciplinary panel. The former New Zealand
Bradford Park Avenue are now aware of who their opponents will be next season after the FA published the lists of club allocations this week. The structures of all the divisions on each step of the non-league ladder are provisional at this stage before
A young athlete is a step closer to realising her 2012 Paralympic dream thanks to funding from Bradford Council and SportsAid. Discus thrower Alana Walker, 16, who has cerebral palsy, is ranked number one in England at under 17 level in disability
A radiographer who offered a patient a threesome with a colleague has been banned from practising after he was caught groping a nurse. Jose Unisan was yesterday thrown out of the profession for his “worrying propensity to behave in a totally
SALTAIRE AA Members are reminded that night fishing is not allowed on any of our waters. Currently with sunset at 9.12pm (Friday) this means no later than a little after 10pm, NOT midnight or later. Camping and fires are not allowed either.
Tom Williams may be small in stature but he’s proving a big catch for Low Moor seconds. Twelve-year-old Tom was recently promoted to wicketkeeper for the men’s team in the Halifax Cricket League. And despite being the youngest – and shortest – backstop
Most people reckon that Hanging Heaton, Keighley, Manningham Mills and maybe Lightcliffe will be in the shake-up for promotion from Division Two at the end of the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League season. But no-one seems to be mentioning Hartshead Moor
A fascinating last session is in prospect at Taunton, with Somerset needing 200 more runs for victory and Yorkshire needing to take eight more wickets to win this match themselves. It means a draw is still the most likely outcome but, with a minimum
Farsley Celtic were left disappointed following the allocation of clubs to respective steps on the football pyramid. Administration saw the Throstle Nest outfit forced to resign from the Conference North midway through last season. They had hoped to
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles making the announcement about abolishing HIPs Estate agents in the Bradford district have joined the chorus of welcome for the coalition government’s decision to scrap the controversial Home Information
After five matches last season in the Aire-Wharfe League, Ben Rhydding had just 13 points and were seventh in the table, finishing the season in fifth, 14 points off the relegation spots. As they go into their sixth game of this campaign, Nick Smith’
Bradford Police Amateur boxing club rounded off their season with a dinner show at the Cedar Court Hotel. Coaches Julian Cyprien and Bob Weir were pleased with the lively action served up from ten bouts. Thirteen-year-old Hamed Ghaznewel opened the
After a farcical morning of cricket Yorkshire have finally set Somerset a victory target on the final day of their LV= County Championship match. Resuming with a lead of 182 at Taunton, it was always going to be fascinating to watch the Tykes’ tactics
Bradford Ladies suffered their third consecutive defeat of the season in a closely-fought match against Lancashire opponents Vernon Carus. Bradford were a little wayward with the ball and some below-par fielding allowed Vernon Carus to score 184 in
Former City number two Ian Banks is the new manager of Eccleshill. Banks, who has been in charge at Emley, and his assistant Grant Crookes have come on board to work alongside former Bantams winger Mark Ellis. Banks, assistant to Nicky Law at Valley
Guiseley reserves ended the season as runners-up in the Lancashire League. Lions manager Mick Couzens said: “I only arrived at Nethermoor last November so there was a mid-season change in styles. All credit to my assistant Stuart Gray (son
The midweek results have set up a last-game decider between the top two Bradford clubs in the Premier Division. Albion Sports and Campion, who occupy second and third place, meet at Myra Shay (2pm) to see who will take the runners-up berth behind champions
Four former City apprentices were among the young players hoping to catch the eye at the Progression Assessment trials. Curtis Collantine, Andy Villerman, Roy Fogarty and Phil Cutler all took part in the matches held at Valley Parade.
A Saltaire stylist is top of the crops after winning a national award. Belinda Dwyer, 22, who works at the Jon Richard salon, in Bingley Road, took first prize in the Creative Ladies Evening Style and third in Creative Ladies Day Style categories at
An outdoor story area has been installed by office workers at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Primary School, in Idle. Pupils can now take in lessons and story times sitting on wooden, mushroom-shaped stools in the school grounds. Volunteers from the Yorkshire
Pupils’ progress is accelerating at Priestthorpe Primary School, in Bingley, report inspectors. The school has demonstrated it has ‘good’ prospects for making sustained progress, despite it slipping from a rating of ‘good’ to ‘satisfactory’ since its
Children’s creative writing was inspired by Captain Hook and a Viking at Allerton Primary School this week. Using student actors from Tong High School in a stunt designed to thrill pupils, two ‘police officers’ told of how a boat had crashed
The husband of fundraiser Kim Robson, who died of breast cancer last year, is urging people to support a rounders tournament being held in her memory. Simon Robson is hoping people will watch the matches and join a fun day at Ghyll Royd School in Burley-in-Wharfedale
Penny Godfrey of the West Riding Ruggers, is giving a talk about rag rugs at Red House Museum, Gomersal, on Saturday. Her lecture, Worn and Torn, Rag Rugs and Beyond, is being held in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition, A Rough Guide to Rag Rugs
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates for not having a TV licence (£175 fine, £75 costs unless stated): Jean Thornton, aged 41, of Allerton Grange Drive, Allerton; Iveta Tokarova, aged 27, of Bolingbroke Street, Little Horton; Kaya
A ‘Great Yorkshire Debate’ will bring high-profile names from the region’s media industry to Leeds Trinity University College, in Horsforth, tonight. The regional branch of the Royal Television Society is staging the annual event to celebrate the strength
Staff at Skipton’s Tesco showed their sensitive sides and dressed in pink for charity. A record number of female staff at the store are taking part in Sunday’s Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. And to help them on their way, the men wore
Five people from the Worth Valley plan to walk the Yorkshire Three Peaks in aid of cancer sufferers. Claire Waddington, Martin Steel, Craig and Mark Labbett and Gavin Finn embark on the 24-mile trek this Saturday. The quintet live in
Police will be contacting residents about implementing no-go zones for cold-callers in a bid to protect vulnerable people. Letters will be sent to addresses in Ilkley to assess the need for the scheme before officers decide to apply for funding. Responding
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Council: Birkenshaw: certificate of lawful development for proposed second-floor extension on existing single-storey rear extension, 7 Sherburn Close. Birstall: two-storey side extension
A former head teacher known for her flower-arranging skills has celebrated her 101st birthday. Martha Salisbury, of Hollycroft Care Home, Hebers Ghyll Drive, Ilkley, celebrated with relatives and other residents. Her daughter, Elizabeth, played songs
SIR – David Rhodes informs us that David Ward won Bradford East (formerly Bradford North) for the Liberal Democrats because boundary changes moved the Manningham Ward from his seat to Bradford West (Letters, May 15). When I lived in Manningham during
Up to 50 youngsters and their parents took part in Wilsden’s second annual Toddle Waddle to raise money for the Meningitis Trust. They followed a trail of 40 balloons at various locations around the village, starting and finishing at Wilsden Village
SIR – Now that the elections are over, we can all relax in the knowledge that the people of Bradford are the richest people in the land. We know this because Bradford pays more councillors than anywhere else, and we make them all rich the process. It
SIR – If Bradford is indeed to have a directly-elected mayor, could we ask that candidates must not be members of any political party currently represented on the Council? The reason is that, without such a rule, it is most likely that the key feature
SIR – I have never read such an illogical rebuke as contained in Neville Cox’s letter excusing our late Prime Minister of the inexcusable. It was his use of electronics and stupid failure to switch off his microphone that led to his ‘bigot’ comment being
SIR – Was there ever a more unhappy coincidence than when MPs returned to Westminster only to find out that once again the will of Parliament can be overturned by the idiotic human rights legislation? I refer to the adjudgement of the Immigration Tribunal
SIR – I wonder if the general public are now able to see the connection between the ongoing promises of gold-plated public sector pensions and spending generally on education. If not, the two articles in the T&A last Thursday illustrate perfectly the
Students from the Yamaha Music School, based in Saltaire, are preparing for their annual cultural exchange trip with an Italian music school. A party of 14 students and teachers will be travelling to the Mondomusica in Milan on Friday, May 28, for a
SIR – How long ago was it that Mr Ray Honeyford (pictured) was hounded out of his job as headmaster in a Bradford school by expressing his concerns about increasing numbers of children starting school with either no or little knowledge of English? I
SIR – Re Four in ten primary school children have to learn English (T&A, May 17). No doubt those of a BNP/UKIP persuasion will be quick to seize on this story to play to the xenophobic tendency in our political thinking, but perhaps we need to take
SIR – In response to James Vassey, chairman of Bradford Rail Users’ Group (Letters, May 17), he was spot on when he wrote a cross link would bring people through and, more importantly, into Bradford. Indeed, it is technically feasible. At this juncture
SIR – Students bemoan they are hard-up and thousands of pounds in debt, yet they choose to take long sabbaticals instead of looking for a job. The claim that because of the recession there are none to be had doesn’t wash as this has been common practice
SIR – I would like to thank the people of the Shipley constituency for re-electing me to Parliament. It is a great privilege to represent the Shipley constituency in Parliament and I am incredibly grateful to the people who have placed their trust in
SIR – I would like to try and balance the somewhat negative image I feel Incommunities have been getting of late. There have been a couple of residents unhappy about service charges wrongly made, and I fully sympathise. However, this was, I believe,
SIR – Last week, for the first time for several months, I was able to walk up to John St Market via Rawson Place, which I found had been made into a pedestrian precinct with renewed paving and obviously very expensive street furniture. What was missing
City have begun their off-field makeover at Valley Parade. Major renovation to the controversial playing surface will get underway on Monday. And work started yesterday to seal off a long-standing water leak in front of the North West Corner which had
Police were today investigating a fight in a street in Bradford. Officers were called to Harewood Street, in Bradford, at about 9.30pm last night. Police have cordoned off part of the street as investigations continued into the incident
A former soldier from Bradford is one of three British citizens feared dead after a passenger plane crashed in mountains in northern Afghanistan. The family of Daniel Saville face an excruciating wait for news after he was reported among more
A father of two is hoping his latest project – a guidebook charting the war graves in Bingley Cemetery – might help him get work. Andrew Bolt is unemployed 15 months and 200 applications after losing his job as a customer co-ordinator. Mr Bolt, 39,
Three film buffs want to put their village on the movie map with the start of Shipley Film Society. Clive Whittaker, 56, who has co-founded the organisation with friends Paul Barrett and Neal Heard, said: “We’re just trying to get a cultural venue going
An award-winning podcast produced by pupils at a Bradford school is encouraging their non-English speaking peers to embrace the native tongue. Children at Springwood Community Primary School, Manningham, have used lunch-times for the last two years to
A four-day charity walk begins tomorrow with the official opening presided over by the Lord Lieutenant for West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe, and the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor John Godward. The Aagrah Charity Walk will leave Bradford’s Centenary
He’s regarded as one of the country’s funniest and best-loved performers, with a wealth of hit TV shows under his belt. But Paul Merton has remained loyal to his comedy improvising roots, having performed regularly with the Comedy Store Players
Bosses at a cash-strapped football club are “hopeful” they will get planning permission to sell off a training ground to ease the club’s financial woes. Eccleshill United FC is seeking permission to turn a redundant training pitch at its ground
There is much talk about capturing carbon and storing it so that it doesn’t enter the atmosphere, particularly from power stations, but we forget that we already have an excellent carbon capture system – it’s called a tree. It should be common knowledge
My wife and I are heading off to a conference this week, and we have had our usual ‘I haven’t got anything to wear’ conversation. I don’t want to sound unsympathetic, but I approach the issue with a completely different perspective than my dear Mrs
COP OUT (15, 107 mins) ** Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Ana de la Reguera, Kevin Pollak, Adam Brody, Guillermo Diaz, Rachida Jones, Michelle Trachtenberg, Seann William Scott Since his ultra-low budget 1994 debut, Clerks, writer-director Kevin
A girl band comprised of four friends who met at a Bradford performing arts school has sailed through the first series of auditions of X Factor. Now the band, called Husstle, is waiting to hear whether it has made televised auditions in front
STREETDANCE 3D(PG, 98 mins) *** Starring Nichola Burley, Richard Winsor, Charlotte Rampling, Ukweli Roach, Teneisha Bonner, Bradley Charles, Steph Nguyen, Sacha Chang, Rhimes Lecointe, Kofi Agyemang-Prempeh, Lex Milczarek, Rachel McDowall, Sinead Gregory
BAD LIEUTENANT (18, 122 mins) *** Starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner As an exercise in controlled madness, Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s celebrated 1992 film certainly has plenty of screws loose before
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (12A, 115 mins) *** Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup Inspired by the best-selling video games series, Prince Of Persia: The
Helping firms improve their energy use has proved a winner for a local consultancy that is forging ahead with expansion after piling on new business wins. Orchard Environmental, which is based in Brighouse with an office in Bradford, has secured three
A Bradford property chief has welcomed moves that could pave the way for some of Bradford’s 6,000 listed buildings being demolished to make way for new development. Andrew Mason, chairman of Bradford Property Forum, said the group supported Bradford
25 years ago: The Prince and Princess of Wales visited eight of the most badly injured victims of the Bradford City fire in the burns unit at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. 50 years ago: Bradford Institute of Technology became the only
Patrick Doran is only a young man but has already packed a lot into his 19 years – and it does not make for pleasant reading. Indeed, the teenager’s long list of motoring offences was described by Recorder Alistair MacDonald QC in court yesterday as
Isn’t it nice to know that 164 years after railways came to Bradford, a new train route to and from London opens on Sunday? At long last you can get a daily train to the capital that doesn’t go to Leeds. Just like the old days
Nick Scruton is ready to deal with unfinished business when Bradford meet Leeds in Sunday’s derby battle. The powerful prop has had payback in mind since a thrilling 20-20 draw when the two sides last met at the beginning of April. Despite holding a
A former councillor says false rumours that he is a male escort cost him his seat on Bradford Council. Colin McPhee has represented the Eccleshill ward for the last four years, initially for the Liberal Democrats, and later switching to the
Liverpool have swooped to snap up another City starlet. Fourteen-year-old Callum Pilkington is poised to sign for the Anfield giants, following in the footsteps of Andre Wisdom, who joined them two years ago. Pilkington is the latest in the line of
Radio and television commentators could be in for a tongue twister if, as expected, Leeds agree a loan deal with Arsenal for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to replace Casper Ankergren. The 6ft 5in Pole, who has won one full cap for his country
