A new £10 million hotel is expected to create jobs and stimulate the local economy. Detailed plans for the 80-room building at the Millennium Business Park at Steeton, near Keighley, have been submitted to Bradford Council. A crescent-shaped
City suffered last-gasp heartbreak as Chesterfield snatched an equaliser in stoppage time. Peter Taylor's side were poised to end their four-game losing streak in style with a gutsy win. But substitute Jordan Bowery popped up in the
Far be it from me to let politics creep into this column, but Labour MP Tom Watson gets my vote. If only because he has had a great idea to help with the coalition Government’s austerity drive. The Right Honourable gentleman for West Bromwich East
Former Coronation Street stars Gaynor Faye, Ken Morley and Roy Barraclough will be treading the boards at the Alhambra in a new play celebrating 50 years of the soap. The stars have been announced as cast members for Corrie, a comedy written
Peter Taylor named an unchanged team to face leaders Chesterfield - the first time he had done that all season. The last occasion when Taylor sent out the same line-up from the week before was on May 1 for the final home game of last term against
A dad who campaigned for a speed camera on a road where his daughter was killed has finally got his wish. Azad Rashid spoke of his joy and relief at the camera being installed in Haworth Road, Bradford, where his 13-year-old daughter was fatally
Businesses whose trade has been hit by a rush-hour parking ban are celebrating after Bradford Council confirmed the restrictions are likely to be relaxed. Shopkeepers in Saltaire said the “unnecessary” restrictions were preventing shoppers parking in
A short film starring two Bradford actors has been nominated for an Oscar. While the focus of the pre-awards hype is on The King’s Speech, partly filmed at Bradford’s Odsal stadium, and 127 Hours, co-written by Keighley’s Simon Beaufoy, short film Wish
A 20-year-old man, accused of wounding a vulnerable 94-year-old woman at a Bradford care home, is also alleged to have sexually assaulted her, it has been revealed. Scott Sorby appeared before the city’s magistrates yesterday on a series of
TV presenter and honorary graduate of the University of Bradford, Harry Gration, yesterday put the finishing touches to the frame of a new School of Health Studies. The ‘topping out’ ceremony at the University of Bradford’s city campus means the £9 million
A child rapist who jumped bail after he was charged has been caught and jailed for eight years. Ian Matthews, who was arrested on Thursday, was branded “sick, depraved and wicked” by the sentencing judge at Bradford Crown Court as he was locked
A college is aiming to become a star attraction on the Bronte country tourist trail. Keighley Campus of Leeds City College is bidding to attract visitors to its pioneering science centre, where people can experience what it is like to be an astronaut
The swift actions of a retired doctor stopped former Bradford Golf Union president Jimmy Clark from choking to death at the association’s annual dinner. The function in the city’s Midland Hotel had meant to be a celebration of Bradford’s Yorkshire
Plans to boost employment rates in the district over the next four years have been outlined by Bradford Council. The new strategy will include building people’s skills and encouraging employers to take on more apprenticeships to reduce worklessness in
New powers to tackle uninsured drivers will come into force within months. It will be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured. Ministers say the move is aimed at reducing the number of uninsured
A young mother says she has been stripped of her memories after mean burglars ransacked her home. They stole virtually everything Sophie Womersley owned, including her children’s toys and clothes, and photos and keepsakes charting her own and her son
The creation of a new law to make it an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle rather than just for driving when uninsured is very welcome. Uninsured drivers are a plague on law-abiding motorists. And they are a plague that particularly affects
Yorkshire’s Ashes hero Tim Bresnan last night ended speculation he might not make next month’s World Cup, insisting: “I will definitely be fit for the first game.” The 25-year-old is back in the UK after tearing his calf muscle during the second one-day
Four pubs in the Bradford district feature in a new guide unveiled yesterday to champion Yorkshire’s heritage inns. The Cock and Bottle and the New Beehive in Bradford, the Ring O’Bells in Shipley, and the Crown in Addingham are included in the Campaign
Fire chiefs in West Yorkshire are set to cut 150 jobs through retirement or voluntary redundancy as the service struggles to cover a £5.3 million Government funding shortfall. The cuts, announced yesterday, will effect frontline firefighters
Keighley Cougars 46 Bradford Bulls 12 A young Bulls side were treated to a harsh dose of reality at neighbours Keighley. Having won comfortably at Dewsbury just five days earlier, they were brought back down to earth by a Cougars side hitting
A hero paratrooper who died in a bomb blast while trying to save an injured comrade will have his name inscribed on a memorial stone at his former secondary school in Baildon. Private Martin Bell became the UK’s 350th military fatality in Afghanistan
Stuart Barrow reckons the Bulls’ under-20s are well set for the new season despite suffering a heavy defeat at Keighley Cougars last night. Put up against a virtually full-strength Cougars side, Bradford’s youngsters put up a fight but were
A former Bradford boxing champion, who became addicted to cannabis to ease chronic back pain, was caught growing and harvesting £40,000 of the drug, a Court heard. George Bailey boxed for England in his heyday as a professional flyweight
Michael Flynn reckons City have only themselves to blame for their poor season. This afternoon’s trip to top dogs Chesterfield kicks off a crucial eight days which also sees clashes with fellow strugglers Lincoln and Macclesfield. Flynn
