Keighley-based progressive punk band Sounds of Swami will perform the Foo Fighters classic album “Colour and the Shape” in full at the Exchange Arts Centre on March 22. The 1997 album, considered Foo Fighter’s best, includes such hits as Everlong
An appeal has been lodged over plans to change the use of a domestic kitchen in the cellar of 27 Beaumont Road, Manningham, into a commercial one for making rotis and naan on a tandoor. The application was refused by Bradford Council planners in
Thornton Library hosts its Horrid Henry event at its Market Street base on Friday, February 22, from 2pm to 3pm. Come along and have fun making Horrid Henry bookmarks, crafts and a chance to enter a colouring competition. For further, details call
A Bradford group which runs a mobile soup kitchen for the homeless at City Park is appealing for fundraising volunteers. Anyone interested in helping the InTouch Foundation can email Info@intouchfoundation.co.uk or visit intouchfoundation.co.uk
Odsal's sunny once a year. Today seems to be that day and I'm missing it. Brilliant. #bradfordbulls — @ShandyPants_94 16 February 2013 RT @Sarahwhitaker7: 3 points for City and 2 for the Bulls will do nicely today!
Yorkshire artist Ashley Jackson put pencil to sketch pad to launch this year’s Yorkshire Dales Walking Festival. The Holmfirth-based artist is backing Walk For All’s new Wake Up to Walking campaign by kicking off the countdown to the Yorkshire
Youngsters at a Liversedge school now have a new place to play thanks to a donation from the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation. Littletown Junior and Infant and Nursery School in Bradford Road received £1,000 from the fund to help
4:57pm WIMBLEDON 2 BRADFORD CITY 1 Stunned City fell to a stoppage-time goal at bottom club Wimbledon this afternoon. The Bantams were on course for a second away win a week when Garry Thompson fired his fourth goal of
A new service has been set up to get people back on their forgotten bikes. A Bradford-based cycling training company is bidding to get bicycles which are gathering dust in garages and sheds back in full working order so the owners can safely get
A Bradford playground has a new look thanks to a paint donation from the Dulux Let’s Colour project. Playworkers at The Big Swing Adventure Playground on Harrogate Road unveiled the site’s makeover, which was part of the initiative supported by
Clayton Estate Community Action Group holds a breakfast club from 9.30am to 11.30am and bingo from 1pm to 2.30pm on Mondays and Fridays at the Friendship Centre off Thornaby Drive. The group will also be holding children’s work days over the school
Kala Sangam celebrates its 20 year anniversary and 100 years of Bollywood this year. Exhibitions to mark the event include The Rhythms of Rivers by Brian Lewis which opened on February 8 to the end of April. There are free taster classes on
Pupils and staff at All Saints C of E Primary School in Ilkley dressed up for the day as they took part in World War Two Day. Year 5 and 6 pupils have been studying War and Peace and to enhance their learning they took part in the day, before their
A group of pals will be donning disguises to raise cash for a cause close to their hearts. Jenny Hannigan and her friends are hosting a Masquerade Ball at Bradford’s Midland Hotel on Saturday, September 28, to raise funds for The Jennifer Trust
Police want to speak to this man (pictured) about the theft of consol games and a TV from a store. A man was seen taking an Xbox and Play Station games from Tesco in Craven Street, Skipton, and leaving by an emergency exit without paying on Sunday
Bradford Bulls player Adrian Purtell is to become an ambassador of Yorkshire-based heart charity Heart Research UK less than a year since suffering a heart attack after a match. The player, who has been given the all-clear to play again after becoming
Qasim Ahmed allowed his friend Tariq Khan to drive on December 12 last year, because he had a headache and there was a pregnant woman in the car, he told magistrates. But his 23-year-old friend of Westfield Road, Bradford, was not insured and neither
The Manorlands hospice is urging people to saddle up for a spring fundraiser. The Oxenhope Sue Ryder home is staging a second horse ride in the Yorkshire Dales. It follows the success of last year’s Mount Up for Manorlands, which attracted
A programme of new activities for young people in two areas of Bradford has been launched. Bradford Council’s youth service held two events, one at Victoria Hall in Queensbury and the other at Bradford Bulls Youth Cafe in Wibsey, to kickstart the
A Michelin-starred Ilkley restaurant will provide the corporate hospitality catering for this year’s Otley Cycle Races. The husband-and-wife team who run The Box Tree, Simon and Rena Gueller, have attended the event for several years but never
A suspected cannabis farm was found in Bradford yesterday by officers on patrol. They discovered the large suspected cannabis farm at an address on Royds Hall Avenue in Odsal. One male has been arrested and was in custody last night awaiting interview
A woman who stole a pensioner’s purse after pretending she wanted to use her phone has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with supervision and a drug rehabilitation requirement. Diane Hanson, 37, of Strensall Green, Buttershaw, Bradford
A Bradford man has been fined for speeding in Skipton. For driving at 69mph in the 60mph zone of the A629 on August 30 last year, Ian Isherwood, 49, of Grasleigh Way, Allerton, was fined £60, ordered to pay £45 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge
Music chain HMV will continue to sell the latest blockbusters and music releases after securing stock from most of its suppliers. Administrators of the chain, which collapsed last month, said agreements had been put in place so stock could be replenished
Opticians are urging residents to dig out their old, unwanted glasses so they help people in Africa. The Specsavers stores in Idle and Shipley are collecting spare and unused frames and donating them to Vision Aid Overseas. The glasses are
Two people were seriously injured in a pile-up involving two cars and a lorry on the Stanningley bypass near Pudsey at 1am today. Firefighters from Stanningley and Leeds attended the crash scene, along with paramedics and police. The incident
The M62 will be closed from 8pm tonight until 9am tomorrow between junction 29 (Lofthouse) and junction 30 (Rothwell) to allow the Highways Agency to carry out signing works as part of the managed motorway upgrade scheme. Diversions will be in
Bradford Council has organised a range of sporting courses and challenges this half term to help children and young people use up their energy, have fun and boost their skills at the same time. Youngsters can try athletics, badminton, cricket,
A guitar maker who brings musicians from across the world to play his instruments is hosting a concert in Haworth. Brett Barrett’s presentation at St Michael’s and All Angels Church will be followed by similar concerts in Skipton and Ilkley.
Oakbank School, in Keighley, has congratulated the members of its swimming team who competed in the Bradford Schools Swimming Gala. The event took place earlier this month at Shipley Pool. Although Oakbank did not win, its 11 swimmers put in a
Details of the new Bradford District Community Fund were unveiled at Bradford City Hall in front of 50 guests. Those in attendance included the Lord Mayor, Councillor Dale Smith (pictured), and Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe. The fund’s
Green spaces in Thornton and Allerton will be given a boost, thanks to generous shoppers. Co-operative members in West Yorkshire have given the Thornton and Allerton Community Association a grant of £1,500 to regenerate green spaces in the area
Murder detectives have renewed their appeal to catch those responsible for the death of businessman John Luper (above), who died following a robbery at his home in Leeds nine years ago this week. Detectives have previously said that they believed
Haworth girl Jordan Paris has reached the regional finals of a national singing competition. Jordan, nine, will perform in the regional live round of the new TeenStar contest for teenagers and pre-teens. She hopes to win a place in the final
A man is to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on March 1 after a jury yesterday found him guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Yousef Sher, of Hustler Street, Undercliffe, Bradford, was accused of involvement in a nationwide heroin
A group of workers held a protest over a row with contractors at the opening of a housing development in Ravenscliffe, Bradford, yesterday. Staff from H&H Groundwork Contractors waved placards as Yorkshire Housing unveiled its Oakdale Drive
Bradford Council is looking to bring in new eviction procedures over untended allotment plots, as it emerges that some residents are so keen to get a plot they are on waiting lists at six different sites in the district. A crackdown was launched
Youngsters from Idle theatre school Stage 84 are off to New York to perform a routine from their production of We Will Rock You. The teenagers, aged 14-plus, are spending five days in the Big Apple, where they will visit the New York School of
Drugs worth £1.3 million were seized from Bradford’s streets – along with 12 imitation guns, two stun guns and CS gas canisters – in a two-week police blitz which resulted in 100 arrests. Officers last night revealed the results of Operation Sabredale
Francis Cummins has backed the Bulls to bounce back strongly from their first defeat of the season when they take on Castleford on home soil this evening. Cummins saw his men condemned to a 28-12 reverse at Hull FC last weekend but victory in today
Clayton Estate Community Action Group holds a Valentine’s party today from 2pm to 4pm in Clayton Gospel Hall.
Two rival developers will compete against each other to build Shipley’s second supermarket in the coming months. Yesterday shoppers were shown designs for a supermarket on the Otley Road/Valley Road junction, currently the Crossley Evans Scrapyard
A 26-year-old man who stole almost £4,500 from a woman with severe learning difficulties after befriending her on the internet has been jailed for a year. Jamie Smith funded his online gambling addiction by draining his vulnerable victim’s bank
Bradford's Betty Bennett, 86, has been crowned Granny of the Month by Grannynet - a community-based website for grandmothers. Mrs Bennett (right) was nominated by her family for being so supportive and because they “love her to bits.” She has two
Rory McArdle is staying open-minded about his chances of making Wembley. City are pulling out all the stops to get their versatile defender back in time for the Capital One Cup final a week tomorrow. McArdle has been sidelined for a fortnight
As Castleford ended a run of eight straight Super League defeats to turn champions Leeds over last weekend, Jordan Tansey enjoyed an excellent game against his erstwhile employers. Tansey, 26, was playing in front of crowds of a few hundred at
Bradford Council has assured parents that horse meat has not got into local school meals. The authority issued a statement in the wake of news that cottage pie testing positive for horse DNA had been sent to 47 schools in Lancashire. It is
Yorkshire Water bosses have been accused of using a tax dodge to boost profits as consumers’ bills continue to soar. But the Bradford-based utility company has refuted the accusation, saying it pays all the tax it is liable for and is open and
A street on a new housing development in Thornton could be set to bear the name of a late Bradford councillor who received an honour from the Pope for services to the church. More than 60 homes are being built on land at Allerton Lane and Old Road
A coroner has urged householders to make sure they fit smoke alarms correctly after a Bradford man was woken too late to save himself from choking fumes. Bradford Coroner’s Court heard yesterday that Jai Brear, 42, might have escaped from his smoke-filled
A man has been jailed for four years after police stopped him with 200 street deals of Class A drugs hidden under his car seat and £400 cash in a bag in the car. Yasser Khan, 26, of Sage Street, Canterbury, Bradford, had digital scales and dealer
Children across Bradford swapped their school uniforms for claret and amber clobber in honour of Bantams’ Capital One Cup final. Youngsters at Horton Grange Primary School dressed up in the League Two club’s colours to raise money for the Bradford
Four women were being shown the stunning waterside views from a Brighouse hotel when the balcony they were on collapsed yesterday. The 45 square foot metal structure fell about 12 feet to a patio area below, crushing a metal table and chairs at
Immigration officers had to crawl on their hands and knees to detain an illegal worker who they found hiding under floorbaords at a Bradford fashion shop. The illegal immigrant crammed himself into a narrow space between the floorboards and foundations
Two single-sex Catholic schools with more than a century of history could be merged into a co-educational super high school if parents react favourably to a consultation on the proposed changes. St Joseph’s and St Bede’s Catholic Schools currently
Jamie Foster column Perhaps the best way of summing up the Hull game was by saying it was a tough day all round. It was a weird kind of atmosphere for me after my time there last year but I was there to do a job and I went there 100 per cent
Adam Sidlow believes today’s clash with Castleford could be a war of attrition between the respective packs – but that suits the Bulls prop just fine. The Provident Stadium pitch was covered in snow earlier this week and, although that has since
