An impressive firework display wowed crowds of thousands gathered in Bradford city centre for the grand finale of the official opening of City Park tonight. The light and sound spectacular featured a pair of acrobatic ballet dancers soaring
Bradford Council’s new visitor information centre was officially opened with the help of actor Christopher Timothy. Well-known for playing vet James Herriot in the TV series All Creatures Great and Small, Mr Timothy is currently appearing in The Diary
City clambered off the canvas to grab a crucial point against Gillingham in the battle for survival. James Hanson's 12th goal of the campaign earned a draw at Valley Parade as they came from 2-0 down. And they could have gone on to grab all three points
Crowds of Bradfordians flooded into the new multi-million pound showpiece City Park for its official opening this afternoon. Thousands of extra visitors watched on as the world’s most experienced urban free runners performed springs, flips
Bradford speedway legend Gary Havelock is recovering in hospital after a horror smash left him in intensive care. The 43-year-old dad, who used to ride for the Bradford Dukes, suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, a broken shoulder and a bleed on
Craig Fagan had recovered from his stomach illness to return to City's ranks as they looked to stop the rot against Gillingham this afternoon. Fagan, who had been forced to drop out late before the Crewe game, returned in place of Deane Smalley on the
Neil Craig (Democratic Nationalists) “Bradford’s traffic system is fragmented and unorganised. We have a motorway that goes nowhere, no proper ring road, a railway system that splits the city and a Council that insists on slowing traffic down with
Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie has been announced as a headline act for the tenth annual Saltaire Festival. The radio personality, who co-hosts the Radcliffe and Maconie Show and Freak Zone on BBC 6Music, will be hosting An Evening With Stuart
Smartcard-style tickets will be rolled out on buses in Bradford and across West Yorkshire with help from a £5 million Government cash boost. West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority Metro, in partnership with bus operators and the region’s five
A Kenyan student who came to Bradford to study died as a result of a mystery illness despite doctors’ “herculean efforts” to find out what was wrong with her, a Bradford inquest has heard. Merceline Nyaji, 21, had been sent from boarding school
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband joined the Bradford West campaign yesterday as he lent his support to the party’s Imran Hussain. Mr Miliband answered questions at an event hosted by Bradford University, and praised Mr Hussain as the ideal person to represent
Education volunteers are being sought to help teach young people in Bingley about the importance of their rivers and canals. British Waterways (BW) wants to recruit at least five people to the roles as part of a wider scheme to help improve the experiences
An Otley band dedicated to making people dance since the 1980s will play its final show next month. Bayou Gumbo, whose music includes original compositions along with covers of African, country and Louisiana cajun, has decided to disband after 24 years
Bradford-based Yorkshire Water has warned people not to start fires on dry moorland in the district following weeks of dry conditions. A spokesman said discarded cigarettes, a spark from a pipe or even the rays of the sun through a dropped bottle could
London 2012 gold medal favourite Alistair Brownlee is confident there is sufficient time to fully recover from his torn Achilles injury before the Olympics. The world’s top triathlete has resumed light training after sustaining the damage to
Developers have been given the green light to build a convenience store in Steeton. Bradford Council’s Keighley Area Planning Panel has approved plans put forward by Croft Building Ltd to build the shop on land near Longlands, in Skipton Road, despite
Bradford City football player Will Atkinson took time out yesterday to help pupils at Heaton Primary School with their Sport Relief activities. He spent about an hour at the school in Haworth Road to see Year Five and Six pupils show off their
A grieving pensioner, acquitted by a Crown Court judge of causing the death of his wife by careless driving, has spoken of the “horrendous ordeal” he had suffered since the tragedy. Ian Pitt, 76, had been accused of committing the offence
Valley Parade will feel like a different place for City this afternoon. As welcome as it will be to walk back through those familiar doors, something has changed. The Coral Windows Stadium is not the same arena they left a fortnight ago. Then, smiles
Emmerdale actor Matthew Wolfenden is hoping to skate to victory tomorrow when he competes in the final of TV’s Dancing On Ice. Matthew, of Norwood Green, won immunity from the public vote on last week’s semi-final, after reaching the top of the leader
Two men have been taken to hospital after a car they were in collided with a tree. It happened shortly before 5am today in Carters Lane, Middleton, Ilkley. One of the men was taken to Airedale Hospital and the other was taken to Leeds
The chant was spontaneous and universal. Nobody was even too sure where it began – in the home end or the 350 travelling fans bunched across the halfway line. Before the game, Crewe’s announcer wished Fabrice Muamba all the best in his recovery fight
A 22-year-old man has been warned to expect a long prison sentence for killing his friend in an horrific car crash. Dean Coleman pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to causing the death of Christopher Wallace, 20, by dangerous driving when
A 30-year-old father has been cleared of trying to rape a woman in a children’s play area in a Keighley park. Graham Butterfield was unanimously acquitted in a matter of minutes by a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. Mr Butterfield thanked the
Bradford has been named as the most risky city in the UK to invest in retail with a high number of empty shops, a damning report has said. The survey found the district is most vulnerable to store closures, with a hugh number of vacant units and charity
The latest provisional figures released today by the Health Protection Agency Yorkshire and the Humber show the number of cases of TB confirmed in the region increased by nine per cent last year. The agency has said the figures, released to mark World
A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of the murder of a former Wharfedale Hospital surgeon. Anthony Owen, 68, was found unconscious in the road beside his car, 20 yards from his home in Hale, near Widnes, Cheshire, on Sunday, March 11, following
Mini police officers have been on patrol encouraging parents to slow down outside a Bradford primary school. Bradford Council's road safety team organised a fair in Barkerend to help get across vital messages about keeping safe. There have been 72 child
People are being asked to lend their voices to a mass “shout” for £100,000. The shout-out will take place at the Farmers’ Market in Otley at noon tomorrow, and will be filmed by Otley Town Partnership. The group is putting together a video as part of
Hundreds of new homes are set to be built after approval was given by a planning inspector. But a councillor who opposed the two schemes is vowing to do everything possible to carry on fighting them. Horsforth councillor Chris Townsley said he was “
A psychopathic torturer has been jailed for 11 years for inflicting six years of “living hell” including violence, blackmail and mental cruelty on a vulnerable alcoholic man. Mark Whitteron derived sadistic pleasure from abusing his 53-year-old victim
Lee St Hilaire insists there has been no major transformation behind the scenes at Odsal as the Bulls look to maintain their fine form against Salford tomorrow. Mick Potter’s men are in buoyant mood after three wins in their last four Super
A Bradford consultant and liver expert has backed a Government proposal to introduce a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol in an effort to stamp out binge drinking. Under the proposal, the minimum price would act as a floor and retailers would not
Matt Fry is quite happy to upset his neighbours if it helps move City onto safer ground at the wrong end of League Two. The Valley Parade clash with Gillingham today will be a real local affair for the young left back. As well as playing his first senior
The dad of George Medal soldier Martin Bell, who was killed trying to save a friend in Afghanistan, has spoken of his heartbreak at losing his own father just a day after receiving his heroic son’s award from the Queen. Simon Bell said the shock at going
A Bradford consultant and liver expert has backed a Government proposal to introduce a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol in an effort to stamp out binge drinking. Under the proposal, the minimum price would act as a floor and retailers would not
A former pupil and a former head teacher of a Keighley secondary school have joined forces to boost educational opportunities for bright youngsters – with a £1m fund. Scott Adams, a 50-year-old businessman who went to Holy Family Catholic School in the
There were probably times last season when Bryn Hargreaves wondered what he had let himself in for in swapping St Helens for Bradford. Mick Potter’s men endured an utterly miserable, injury-ravaged season and finished tenth, missing out on the Super
A man found hanging on wasteland by a schoolboy had left his partner sitting in a car thinking he had gone to buy tobacco, an inquest has heard. Deborah Brassington-Thompson told the Bradford inquest yesterday she thought 46-year-old Alvin Cross, from
Business experts have warned this week’s Budget is stifling business growth in Bradford after the Chancellor confirmed business rates were set to rise by an average of 5.77 per cent – the largest rates increase in 20 years. Business rates specialists
