A museum is offering free entry to dads to celebrate Father’s Day. Red House Museum in Oxford Road, Gomersal, will waive the admission fee for fathers on Father’s Day, but they must be accompanied by a paying relative. Families will be able to
Members of older people’s groups in the BD9 postcode area of Bradford will meet on Tuesday. The BD9 Mutual Support Network will hold a drop-in session between 10.30am and noon at St Martin's Church on Haworth Road. For more information, contact Julie
Fundraisers will be strolling out for a worthy cause. The Starlight Hike gives fundraisers the opportunity to stroll around the landscape which inspired the famous literary siblings, the Brontes, while raising cash for the Sue Ryder Manorlands
Police officers who cover neighbourhoods in Wharfedale, Horsforth and Aireborough will be taking part in a family-focused open day next weekend. The North West Leeds Division event will be held at Headingley Stadium on Sunday, June 9, and feature
Skipton Building Society’s Crosshills branch has organised a teddy bear hunt to help raise funds for Manorlands Hospice at Oxenhope. Branch staff have hidden ten teddy bears in shop windows along Crosshills main street and are urging local shoppers
West Yorkshire-based road safety charity Brake has urged drivers to pledge not to drink alcohol before getting behind the wheel this summer. The call came as police across England and Wales began a month-long summer drink and drug driving enforcement
Young people can participate in free multi-sports activities at the skate park behind Spenborough Pool and Sports complex, Bradford Road, Liversedge, from 6.15 until 8.15pm on Thursday.
Heckmondwike Youth Club meets from 7pm until 9.30pm in the Heckmondwike Scout Building, Thomas Street, Heckmondwike, on Friday June 7.
Running kits will be available to people who want to get active in exchange for a donation to Bradford Hospital’s Children’s Charity. The monthly event, held to coincide with a 5k Park Run at Lister Park, sees participants donate their old running
Five radio broadcasts made by a Bradford charity have been shortlisted for the Sandford St Martin Awards given for religious broadcasting. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Lambeth Palace on Monday. The Pulse Passion is
Steeton Male Voice Choir will be singing at Bentham Methodist Church on Saturday, June 15. Tickets for the event, which starts at 7.30pm, cost £8 including refreshments. They can be bought by e-mailing tickets@steeton mvc.co.uk or calling (01274
Sleeping Beauty On Ice is at the Alhambra on Tuesday until June 9. The event comes to the theatre for audiences of all ages. To book tickets, visit bradford-theatres.co.uk/event/sleeping-beauty-ice-2013.
Friends of St Ives, the country estate near Bingley, are holding a coffee morning in St Saviours Church on Saturday 1st June from 10am to 12pm.
International coxless fours rowing champion Andrew Triggs Hodge, recently named Yorkshireman of the Year at the 2013 Dalesman Awards, is giving a talk at next month’s Grassington Festival. The 34-year-old former Boat Race winner with Oxford is
Are you able to run a workshop that you think would engage young people in film and drama-related activities? Studio Y is Bradford YMCA’s new and exciting holiday activity project for 11-16-year-olds. It aims to give young people from a range of backgrounds
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Thomas Antony Davis, aged 22, of Harewood Road, Keighley; assault, 12 months’ community order, restraining order made, £125 compensation, £125 costs. Robert Rac, aged 36, of Brompton
Lesley Ogden-Luloah will demonstrate belly dancing at a meeting on Tuesday, June 11, of Morton Women’s Institute. And members will have the chance to try the dance themselves. The 7.20pm meeting is in the Memorial Institute, Main Road, East Morton
Wrose holds its Neighbourhood Forum Meeting on June 13 and residents are invited to voice their opinions on issues that affect the area. Matters for discussion include an imminent switch from green bags to wheelie bins for green waste collections
A six-mile moderate walk exploring the South of Cleckheaton departs from Cleckheaton Bus Station, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton at 11.30am on Wednesday June 12.
Baildon Hall Club hosts a coffee morning on Saturday, June 8 from 10.00am until noon with bacon sandwiches, tombola, cake and gift stalls. All welcome.
Police issued four fixed penalty notices during a parking operation in Bradford yesterday. Officers gave one motorist a fine for obstructing a bus stop and three for obstructing on a solid line in Bolling Road. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman
A 26-year-old man is to be tried at Bradford Crown Court on July 18 for allegedly burgling a business unit and attacking a police officer. Liam Ratcliffe, 26, of Bierley Hall Grove, Bierley, Bradford, denies burglary at Acorn Business Park, Keighley
One lane of the A650 Shipley Airedale Road will be closed tomorrow morning while work is carried out on nearby trees. A 200-metre section of the southbound carriageway will shut at 7am and re-open four or five hours later after damaged branches
Craft enthusiasts can share their skills and socialise at the latest Knit and Chat from 5.15pm until 6.45pm on Monday at Birstall Library and Information Centre, Market Street, Birstall. For more information call (01924) 326227.
If you’re aged between 14 and 17 and fancy yourself as the next great crime writer, then a competition for Bradford teenagers could be just for you. The Future Talent Group, in association with QED Foundation, starts The Creative Writing Competition
Yorkshire know they are at the point of no return when it comes to their Yorkshire Bank 40 campaign. They head into tomorrow’s clash with Group C leaders Gloucestershire at Headingley second bottom of the group having only won once in four matches
A ‘hare-raising’ £1,000 was raised from a Hare and Hound Challenge along 23-miles of the Leeds-Liverpool towpath. The money will go to the Pudsey Live At Home scheme and was raised by Pudsey Legal’s first major fundraising initiative. First
Some 20 real ales and ciders will star in the 9th Junction Beer Festival which takes place from Friday 26 to Sunday, July 28 at the Junction Pub, Baildon. Sessions start from noon until 1am on Friday and Saturday and noon until the beer runs out
A springtime saunter around Saltaire takes place from 10.30am on Saturday, June 8. Participants are asked to meet at the Half Moon Cafe in Roberts Park, Saltaire, for a circular walk around the old Milner Field estate exploring the Victorian Gothic
St Peter’s Church, Addingham, will hold a traditional family fete on Saturday, June 15. It will run from 2pm to 4.30pm and will include stalls, a raffle, sideshows, teas, refreshments and music from the Haworth Silver Band. Admission is £1.50 for adults
A cancer support group will get a boost from a charity ride-out tomorrow. The Parkas and Leathers event has been organised by the Rapscallions Scooter Club and the Silsden Sewer Rats motorcycle club, and this year is raising money for Keighley
Hundreds of motorbikes, trikes and scooters will cruise up to Steeton Hall Hotel on June 9 for a fundraising show in aid of local charities. The annual show is run by the Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club and will raise cash for both the
People in Bradford are being urged to have their say in shaping health services across the district by joining new patient groups. Bradford Districts Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is holding a series of events in partnership with Healthwatch
Police are urging cyclists to take care when using GPS mapping mobile apps following more reports of bikes stolen in Ilkley. Ilkley Neighbourhood Policing Team has repeated advice to review the security of sheds or garages where bicycles are stored
North Yorkshire Police has praised the commitment of the Special Constabulary as more recruits complete their probation. Between April 2012 and March 2013, the specials gave more than 40,000 hours of service. This compares to 26,948 in the previous
A 17-year-old girl was threatened with a knife in a daylight robbery in Riddlesden. The teeanger was walking along Grange Road, near the junction with Bradford Road, when she was approached by a man. The man threatened her with a knife, before
The following planning applications have been submitted to Bradford Council for approval: Cottingley: detached dwelling and detached garage, land adjacent 18 Titania Close. Gilstead: change of use of agricultural storage building to form farm
Baildon Hall Club hosts a coffee morning on Saturday, June 8, from 10am until noon with bacon sandwiches, tombola, cake and gift stalls. All are welcome.
Martin Dyche will lead a walk on to Middleton Moor from Addingham Suspension bridge over the River Wharfe at the junction with Bank Lane/North Street, Addingham, at 10.30am on Sunday, June 9. The event is free.
The Aire Valley Singers, directed by Barbara Bancroft, will perform a Miscellany of Music for a Midsummer Evening at Ben Rhydding Methodist Church, Wheatley Lane, Ben Rhydding on Saturday, June 15. The performance starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are
The Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale is hosting a charity brass band concert, featuring The City of Bradford Brass Band, at Christchurch Methodist/URC Ilkley at 7.30pm on Friday, June 21. Proceeds are for the ‘Thanks for Life/End Polio Now’ campaign
A documentary series filmed in Bradford about integration in multi-cultural Britain has won a prestigious international television award. Make Bradford British won the Rose d'Or for Reality and Factual Entertainment at a ceremony in Brussels.
The Croppers Folk Club meets every Friday from 8.30pm (excluding the Cleckheaton Folk Festival Weekend July 5, 6 and 7) at The Priory, Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton.
Communities across the Bradford district are being urged to apply for lottery funding to conserve the heritage of the First World War. Under the £6 million Heritage Lottery Fund scheme, at least £1m per year will be made available until 2019 to
District planners have prepared a report for the determination of a much-delayed Ilkley church redevelopment scheme, about a year and a half after the plans were submitted. Bradford Council confirmed officers are still compiling information for
A seven-year-old Riddlesden boy willing to sacrifice his curly locks for a good cause has raised more than £1,000 for the group that helped his mum overcome cancer. Archie Clark saw how much the Keighley and Airedale Cancer Support group can help
Relatives and friends are being sought of Thomas Tattersall, 76, of Barkerend, who has died at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Anyone who can help should contact the hospital’s bereavement office on (01274) 364477 Monday to Friday, between 8.30am and 4.30pm
A village sub-postmaster stole more than £15,000 to prop up his struggling business after trade was hit by a road closure, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Anthony Towler, 43, who ran Harden Post Office and shop, was spared an immediate prison
A new Spanish language course for beginners runs on Tuesdays from 11am until 12.30pm, starting next Monday at the Community Link on Cliffe Avenue, Baildon. Maria Fitzpatrick is a native Spanish teacher with many years’ experience. £2.50 per lesson
Single parent charity Gingerbread has created an interactive map so people can find their nearest group. If there are no groups near you in Bradford at gingerbread.org.uk/ groupmaps.aspx, you can find out how to start your own. For details, e-mail
A Bradford burglar who went on the run for ten years has been jailed for 18 months after handing himself in at Otley Police Station. Ryan O’Gorman, 37, of no fixed address, jumped court bail in August 2003 while awaiting sentence for breaking into
A Bradford councillor visited the city’s Marie Curie Hospice to thank a unique volunteer – China, the dog. Councillor Ruth Billheimer met China and her owner Brian Hardaker, who have visited the hospice regularly over the last three years as part
Construction student Thomas Woods, who caught the 3am train from London every week to complete his studies at Bradford College, scooped an ‘overcoming adversity’ prize at the colege’s higher education awards. Thomas caught the early train through
Music, dancing and food will be on offer at an event organised by Keighley’s Keralite community at Victoria Hall next Saturday. The occasion is called Rangoli 2013 and will begin at 6pm. Proceeds from the event will go to a charity called Friends and
Rain failed to stop play during an afternoon of fun at a Keighley community centre. More than 100 people enjoyed the occasion at Hainworth Wood Community Centre on Tuesday. The event started at 1pm and included outdoor games, Zumba, hula-hoop
Britain’s oldest living former marine, 101-year-old Albert Joyner will be guest of honour at Bradford City Hall on Monday at an event to commemorate the granting of his honorary life membership of the Royal Marines’ Association. Mr Joyner, of Keighley
Rebecca Taylor, Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, has backed the proposal of European Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, to scrap mobile phone roaming charges in the EU by Easter 2014. It is anticipated that by then the EU could pass laws
Brighouse Art Circle will hold a life model session at its meeting on Thursday and the following week it holds its annual meeting. The group meets every Thursday from 7.30pm at Waring Green Community Centre, Brighouse. New members of any skill level
Martin Dyche will lead a walk on to Middleton Moor from Addingham Suspension bridge over the River Wharfe at the junction with Bank Lane/North Street, Addingham, at 10.30am on Sunday, June 9. Free event.
Jamie Foster column: Last week’s Magic Weekend defeat to Huddersfield was disappointing from a team point of view but for me it was even worse. I was still feeling the effects of my shoulder injury and, in hindsight, I should not have played.
Intrigued children have been experimenting with early versions of cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford. They have been taking part in shadow puppet workshops playing with light and shadow, while also learning about traditional Indian
Details of the Bradford Festival have been released with organisers promising an action-packed seven-day event at City Park this month. The new Bradford Festival will bring together international, British and local theatre, art, music and dance
The Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale is hosting a charity brass band concert, featuring The City of Bradford Brass Band, at Christchurch Methodist/URC Ilkley at 7.30pm on Friday, June 21. Proceeds are for the ‘Thanks for Life/End Polio Now’ campaign
A Bradford cancer charity is looking for new volunteer drivers to transport people affected by cancer to hospital for appointments and treatment. Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale wants to hear from people with their own cars who can spare one
Exercise and exploration is the theme for a fun event for families at Oakwell Hall, Birstall, next weekend. Xplorer is an outdoor navigational challenge involving physical activity and decision-making. The session runs from 11am until noon on Saturday
A Bradford diving club is planning to cause a splash to mark its 60th anniversary of exploring life beneath the waves. Bradford Sub Aqua Club is celebrating its Diamond anniversary year and to mark the milestone is organising 60 dives in 60 locations
Police will be fitting free anti-theft number plate screws to vehicles at two events in Bradford. Officers will be at the Tesco store on Brighouse Road, Queensbury, between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday, June 8. They will also be at Morrisons on Mayo
The Aire Valley Singers, directed by Barbara Bancroft, will perform a Miscellany of Music for a Midsummer Evening at Ben Rhydding Methodist Church, Wheatley Lane, Ben Rhydding on Saturday, June 15. Performance starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 (
Rory McArdle has paid tribute to fitness coach Nick Allamby and believes City’s success can be largely attributed to the level of care afforded to their players. Phil Parkinson’s men enjoyed an incredible campaign which saw them reach the Capital
Francis Cummins has backed his players to provide a “backlash” to their thumping against Huddersfield when they run out at Hull KR tomorrow. The Bulls produced arguably their worst performance of the season in last Sunday’s 42-6 Magic Weekend reverse
Liberal spreading of loose chippings on Airedale roads is a menace for motorbikers and cyclists heading out this weekend, warns a local expert. And one potential blackspot is the back road from Crosshills to Elslack, which has just been covered
Open air theatre will return to East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley in July. A production of William Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ will be staged in the hall’s grounds by theatre company The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. People interested in attending
A teenage “three strikes” burglar has been locked up for two years and five months. Textile worker, Robert Wainwright, 19, pleaded guilty to burgling a house in Bartle Lane, Great Horton, Bradford, on April 15. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday
A £10,000 boost by Bradford Council will help this year’s Ilkley Summer Festival stage events. It has agreed to give funding from its Bradford Visitor Fund to the festival, which will run throughout August. This year’s festival features Clare
Brighouse residents will travel back in time this weekend and transform its centre and shops to a bygone era to mark its 1940s weekend. Attractions running today and tomorrow, will include vintage military and civilian vehicle displays, a Cine
The Bulls may have been well beaten by Huddersfield at the Magic Weekend but for Adrian Purtell it was a return to where his career almost came to a close. The former Penrith Panther suffered a traumatic post-game heart attack on the coach ride
Proposals to scrap a right-turn at a busy Bradford junction have been strongly criticised by ward councillors. Bradford Council has suggested a new road layout in Lidget Green that Councillor Joanne Dodds has described as “a recipe for disaster
An urgent call has been made for more people to join the NHS Organ Donor Register after figures reveal that 18 Bradford patients have died in the past four years while waiting for a transplant. There are 111 people in the district on the waiting
The cabbie picked up a man from the Pear Tree pub, in Huddersfield Road, Mirfield. During the journey the suspect made racially abusive comments and then assaulted the driver when he stopped the car next to playing fields in Leeds Road, Huddersfield
A gangster drama filmed in parts of Bradford will premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival before its broadcast on BBC2 this autumn. Peaky Blinders, a six-part series starring Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory, is set in 1919 in the ‘lawless
Bradford Council has been successful in bidding for more than £2.6 million to pay for traffic jam-busting improvements on the busy Canal Road corridor. The cash award announced by the Department for Transport yesterday gives the go-ahead for a
A former textile worker in Bradford died after contracting a disease caused by her exposure to asbestos during her working life, an inquest heard. Margaret Bentham, 69, of Springholes Lane, Thornton, died on February 5 this year after being diagnosed
Bradford’s top judge has sent out a strong warning that those who carry knives in the city will end up behind bars. The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Roger Thomas QC, was locking up a teenager who drew a six-inch bladed knife in Manchester Road on
The news that two big name shopping chains and a vet’s surgery will soon be moving to Keighley Retail Park has been hailed as evidence businesses still have faith in the town. The retail park, off Hard Ings Road, has suffered several major blows
A Bradford mosque will today open its doors to people of all races and religions for a special service to condemn the barbaric killing of Drummer Lee Rigby. The Jamia Masjid Hanfia Mosque on Ambler Street is expecting about 400 people to join its
