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  • Planning minister on 'site' visit to Menston

    Planning Minister Nick Boles saw first hand the problems facing Guiseley and the A65 corridor in a visit to the area yesterday. And he stressed the need to look at the existing pressure on infrastructure when considering future plans. Mr Boles

  • Cash spread thinly over district footpath repairs

    Deteriorating footpaths in Keighley, Silsden and Oakworth will soon undergo repairs, but because of limited budgets councillors compared it to putting a plaster on an open wound. Bradford Council’s Keighley Area Committee met tonight to decide

  • Warning after gas van is stolen

    A quarter of the country’s 20 worst postcode hotspots for home burglary insurance claims are in the Bradford district, a survey revealed today. And the BD12 area, which covers Wyke, Low Moor and Oakenshaw, has the second highest claims rate in

  • Leeds United rocked by Becchio transfer request

    Leeds striker Luciano Becchio has submitted a formal transfer request following the breakdown of new contract talks. Becchio, 29, the club’s leading scorer this season with 19 goals from 31 appearances, has been the subject of much speculation

  • Bradford Bulls visit just the ticket at Birkenshaw

    The Bradford Bulls Foundation, in partnership with Bradford Bulls, will be presenting free season tickets to Birkenshaw Juniors in a special ceremony at Birkenshaw Liberal Club on Sunday between 12-2pm. Bulls first-team players will be in attendance

  • Bradford City reveal ticket prices for Wembley

    The Bantams have announced ticket prices for their forthcoming Capital One Cup Final appearance against Swansea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 24. City fans will be allocated the West end of the stadium, with a total of 31,852 tickets -

  • Bradford Bulls' trip to London Broncos to be switched

    The Bulls’ Super League clash at London Broncos will not now be played at the Twickenham Stoop on the scheduled date of Sunday, April 7. Harlequins will play Munster in the quarter-final of the Heineken Cup at the Stoop on the same day, forcing

  • Beating Aston Villa was not down to luck

    Ricky Ravenhill column: It’s so surreal to be talking about going to Wembley and it still hasn’t sunk in yet. It’s something that will go down in history and probably never happen again for a long, long time. But as you try to step back and

  • Bradford district sport hit by bad weather again

    A second successive blank weekend looks on the cards, with news that all matches on Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees Council-owned pitches have been cancelled. This will also include all scheduled fixtures on school pitches. The decision has been

  • Friday, January 25, 2012

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Riddlesden: variation of conditions 2 and 5 of planning permission 12/01920/FUL dated 02.07.2012: four-bed detached dormer bungalow with annexe incorporating double garage

  • Bradford City: McCall nearly scored an own goal!

    Superstitious Stuart McCall feared he had jinxed City’s Wembley dream. McCall was proud as punch as he watched Tuesday’s drama at Villa Park unfold on telly. But just as he prepared to send Julian Rhodes an early message of congratulations,

  • Appeal lodged over Harden wind turbine plan refusal

    An appeal has been lodged against Bradford Council’s rejection of plans for a wind turbine at Woodhead, in Ryecroft, Harden. The application, for a 15-metre-hub turbine and associated infrastructure, was refused on the grounds it was inappropriate

  • Planning applications

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Riddlesden: variation of conditions 2 and 5 of planning permission 12/01920/FUL dated 02.07.2012: four-bed detached dormer bungalow with annexe incorporating double garage

  • Brighouse fear extra costs if FA Vase tie postponed again

    Brighouse Town face another early start tomorrow as they make a second attempt to reach the Isle of Wight to take on Newport in the fourth round of the FA Vase. Town were loading their kit and belongings onto the team bus at 8.30am a week ago when

  • Leeds-Liverpool Canal aqueduct open day postponed

    Snow and ice have scuppered a planned open day at the 240-year-old Dowley Gap aqueduct on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Bingley. Originally planned for Sunday, the event has been postponed to Sunday, February 17. The Open Day will allow

  • City centre venues brought back into use as arts venues

    Two empty shops in Bradford city centre, which were taken over by Fabric, a forum for local artists, are being brought back into use. The former Ladbrokes at 33a Broadway has been taken on by Bradford University’s Theatre in the Mill as an additional

  • Valley Parade pitch inspection

    City will hold a pitch inspection late tomorrow morning to see if Saturday's game with Wycombe has any chance of beating the big freeze. With temperatures forecast to plummet again this evening, the prospects of Valley Parade thawing out in time

  • Two men charged over raid at family home in Bradford

    Two Bradford men have been charged with robbery and blackmail in connection with a raid at a family’s house in Emm Lane, Heaton, earlier this month. The men, aged 27 and 21, were arrested on Tuesday night and were appearing at Bradford and Keighley

  • Baildon D break duck as Josiah wins family affair

    Baildon D have been the whipping boys in Division Five of the Bradford Table Tennis League so far with a run of ten straight defeats but it was high fives all round after their first win of the season at the expense of Baildon C. There were also

  • Drugs brothers must repay £200,000 of ill-gotten gains

    Two brothers caught growing cannabis in five homes have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000 of their ill-gotten gains. Robert and Christopher Squires will both now have to sell their properties after being hit with the confiscation orders

  • Shipley scheme is revised after consultation

    Feedback from locals has led to redevelopment plans by a Shipley shopfitting firm – including proposals for a new supermarket – being revised. More than 60 people attended a public consultation event in December and their feedback has led to changes

  • Ilkley church gets its own defibrillator

    Ilkley Round Table has donated a second potentially life-saving defibrillator to a much-used community venue in the town. The Round Table gave a £1,000 defibrillator to the Clarke Foley Centre on Cunliffe Road in October – and it was put into urgent

  • Bradford joiners delighted by £1m contracts

    A family-run Bradford joinery firm, which recently expanded its workshop space, has started work on around £1 million of new contracts this month. Bosses at Dudley Hill-based Abrahams & Carlisle, which last year marked its 60th anniversary,

  • Bierley solicitor made threats to kill

    A Bradford solicitor, convicted of threatening behaviour, escaped custody yesterday but is still facing an uncertain future. Legal representatives for Tariq Majid, 43, lodged an appeal against his conviction after magistrates sentenced him to a

  • Otley hopeful of return to action

    Otley are optimistic that their National League Two North game at Caldy on Saturday will beat the weather. There has been less snow on the North West coast and Otley are optimistic of a return to action after the postponement of last Saturday’s

  • Scheme will tackle gold robberies

    For the families left terrorised by the spate of vicious gold robberies that has blighted Bradford over the past few weeks, a new pro-active campaign to tackle the problem comes too late. But by enlisting the jewellers, pawnbrokers and gold dealers

  • Silsden campaign launched to stop dog dirt

    Children and parents in Silsden are taking a stand against inconsiderate dog owners by starting an anti-dog dirt campaign tomorrow. Sick of dogs leaving a mess on roads near the town’s primary schools, they will adorn the area with posters designed

  • Bradford Council carries out review into allotments use

    A “root and branch” review of allotments is being carried out by Bradford Council to tackle the growing problem of more than 1,900 people waiting an average of three years for a plot. A crackdown on those with vacant plots was launched by the Council

  • Samaritans are proving it's good to talk

    The beginning of the year is a time when we assess our lives, dwelling on the good and the bad, and planning changes. For many, this period of reflection leaves us with the so-called January blues – indeed January is reputedly the most depressing

  • 'We restored historic Bradford home's Victorian splendour'

    Mount Royd, Bradford, £495,000, Dacre, Son & Hartley, Saltaire (01274) 581794 Built over three floors, this Grade II-listed home close to Lister Park, has extensive and flexible accommodation including four bedrooms – one with an ensuite dressing

  • Grit needs restocking

    SIR – In reference to news item ‘Take extra care in bad weather’ (T&A, January 18), it would surely help if the grit bin on Valley Road into Otley Road in Shipley could be filled as it’s been empty for the last two years. It’s a ten minutes

  • Praise to our binmen

    SIR – Recently, an elderly neighbour fell heavily while walking along a main road in Thackley, injuring his face and chin. A passing dustbin crew came to his aid, cleaned his face, escorted him home and alerted a neighbour in case he needed further

  • PM’s empty promises

    SIR – The latest false promise from PM David Cameron of a vague and indeterminate date for an EU referendum in 2018 – if Conservatives win the 2015 election (unlikely) with him as leader (doubtful) reminds me of that sign in pubs years ago: Free beer

  • ‘Detour’ is obvious

    SIR – Like Mr George Galloway, I too am an incomer to Bradford (1966). I came to love the place and enjoyed living here. What puzzles me is the picture of Bradford that resides in the mind of Mr Galloway. He seems to suggest that we have been

  • Snow just an excuse

    SIR – Your inaccurate headline, “Snow forces 200 schools to shut” merely panders to the wimp mentality at large. No ‘force’ was involved at all. What happened was this: A normal, seasonal, predictable and well-forecast weather event occurred, which

  • Weather disruption was kept to a minimum

    SIR – Further to the recent period of wintry weather, I would like to thank the Council workers and the emergency services for the work that they did to keep the area moving. We are all quick to complain when the highway network comes to a standstill

  • Bye, bye rounds one and two . . . if Bradford City win

    City will get a bye to the last 32 next season if they win the Capital One Cup and qualify for Europe. As with all League Two sides, the Bantams began this amazing campaign in the first round. But the Football League last night confirmed that

  • Kimberley steps out into spotlight alone!

    Last night Bradford’s Kimberley Walsh took to the stage for a major first - her live debut as a solo artist. Kimberley, 31, of Sandy Lane, is no stranger to the spotlight, of course, having earned international acclaim as one fifth of Girls Aloud

  • Agony and the ecstasy for City fan William!

    A Bantams’ fan who spent a night in a hospital’s accident and emergency unit after crushing his leg while wildly celebrating James Hanson’s equaliser at Villa Park said he “wouldn’t change a thing” about the club’s historic night of glory. Season-ticket

  • Fans from far and wide get set for Wembley date!

    Jubilant Bantams fans from around the world yesterday starting making plans to travel to the club’s Capital One Cup Wembley final, as Bradford Council confirmed talks are under way to throw a civic reception in honour of Phil Parkinson’s cup heroes

  • 250 benefit from new jobs scheme in Bradford

    More than 250 people in the district are already starting to benefit from a £7.7 million Bradford Council project aimed at tackling high levels of unemployment in the area. The first figures show that a total of 279 people are involved in the groundbreaking

  • RFL chief's thumbs-up for Bradford Bulls progress

    RFL supremo Nigel Wood expects a decision on the Bulls’ Super League future to be made midway through the current campaign but declared himself “excited” with the club’s new ownership. The game’s governing body awarded the Bulls only a one-year

  • Captain Compassion picks out brave Jake at big match

    All Bradford City fans will never forget the club’s historic cup semi-final victory over Aston Villa, but schoolboy Jake Turton has the shirt to prove it. The nine-year-old, once given a week to live after he was struck down with a brain tumour

  • Post office services set to return to Oxenhope

    Seventeen months after its post office shut, villagers in Oxenhope have been told the service could soon return. The Post Office has proposed a new service in Oxenhope’s Co-Operative food shop on Station Road, and over the next month will ask villagers

  • Homes scheme hailed success

    A pilot project to look at an alternative social housing lettings system in one part of the district is proving a success, councillors have been told. The joint Bradford Council and Incommunities scheme has been operating in the Aire-Wharfe area

  • Keighley man accused of rape says he panicked

    A married father-of-three said he panicked when police questioned him about an alleged rape. Police called Khalid Mahmood in for interview in May 2011 following the incident in March of that year. Mahmood told jurors at Bradford Crown Court

  • Scheme set up to tackle spate of gold robberies

    Detectives are enlisting Bradford’s jewellers, pawnbrokers and gold dealers in their battle against violent jewellery robbers. And the move is being backed by a pawnbroker who has herself been a victim of a terrifying gunpoint raid. The police

  • Keighley girl, 13, ‘made sick on vodka and cannabis’

    A 13-year-old girl was made sick by vodka and cannabis given to her by two men who picked her up from a Keighley park after a chance meeting in the street, she told a court. In her police video interviews, played to the jury at Bradford Crown Court

  • Lottery to help pay for courts' counselling service

    Members of the Bradford Court Chaplaincy Service are running a charity lottery in a bid to raise much-needed funds. Money raised from the monthly lottery will go towards paying the wages of staff who help to provide vital counselling services to

  • Objections raised by anglers over Saltaire parking plan

    Fresh objections have been raised about plans to build a new car park in Saltaire. Members of the village’s angling association think the site should be put back to its original use rather than turned into 52 parking spaces. The criticism of

  • Alex having a Ball in a boat after leaving Bradford Bulls

    Former Bulls player Alex Ball is dreaming of Olympic glory after swapping rugby league for rowing. The 23-year-old progressed through the rugby union ranks at Leeds and was offered the chance to join Saracens before switching codes and joining