The success of a scheme to encourage Bradford district companies to boost and promote their corporate social responsibility actions has been celebrated at an inaugural awards event. More than 30 companies have supported the Raising the Bar initiative
Divers searching for clues to the whereabouts of missing Bradford woman Seemberjeet Kaur, 35, have begun sonar searches of the river close to where she was last seen more than five weeks ago. Underwater search teams are concentrating on a small
Guiseley Rangers are hosting a World Cup-themed tag rugby festival for primary schools tomorrow afternoon in conjunction with Leeds Rugby Foundation. The schools taking part will be West End Primary School; Yeadon Westfield; St Mary’s; St Peter
There is little doubt as to the most unexpected result last weekend in SSE Yorkshire Division Two. It was Baildon’s 25-25 draw at promotion-chasing Barnsley. The hosts had only lost two of their ten games, while Baildon had lost all of their
A new training centre that could see up to 100 young people a year learning in-demand skills could open in Bradford city centre in the new year. Aspire-i, a Bradford-based social enterprise, has applied for planning permission to transform an empty
Cleckheaton are currently top of five SSE North One East tables. They have the leading try-scorer (Richard Piper with 14), the top kicker and points scorer (Ross Hayden with 87 points and 132) and are equal first in team tries (26 with West Hartlepool
Keighley boxer Muhammad Ali hasn’t let politics and red tape stand in the way of his progression this year – and he’s determined to end 2013 by doing the same. Ali was prevented from making an international mark this year due to the International
Paul March believes Keighley Cougars are better prepared for the start of the Kingstone Press Championship than they were last season. The league fixtures for 2014 were announced on Monday, with Keighley beginning the campaign at home to Whitehaven
Playing international football was nothing but a dream for Farsley AFC striker Adam Priestley until last week, when he donned the Gibraltar national shirt for their first ever international match. He wrote his name in the history books last Tuesday
Renewed fears about the impact on packaging jobs in Bradford have been raised by the Government’s decision to reconsider its stance on plain packaging of cigarettes only four months after putting the issue on the back burner. Two leading packaging
Bradford Park Avenue will renew acquaintances with Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday as they meet for a third time this season. Conference North outfit Bradford will again have home advantage over the club knocking on the door of the
Player-manager Mark Bower, facing a former club for the first time, does not want Guiseley to sit back in Saturday’s big FA Trophy derby at Halifax Town. The Bradford-born defender, who spent most of his professional career at Valley Parade but
Rebekah Tiler is a double Commonwealth champion. The Bingley Grammar School pupil from Denholme won the junior and youth sections by lifting 80kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean and jerk in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Penang
A woman suffered a fractured shoulder when she was dragged to the ground by a robber in a “violent and frightening attack” in Bradford. The 59-year-old woman was walking along Rushton Road, Thornbury, when a man attacked her from behind and dragged
Bradford’s Tommy Hawthorn is flying out to South Africa next week to represent Wales in the Commonwealth Challenge. The 18-year-old will set out to Johannesburg on Monday, and will be fighting in the senior 74kg category in both freestyle and Greco-Roman
Brighouse Town will be on a mission on Saturday when they make the trip to Barton Town Old Boys in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division. They know a win could see them close the gap on leaders Tadcaster Albion and definitely
A monthly cultural community market, where people can share and trade skills, is being held in Bradford. People in the Bradford Moor area can swap recipes, sample foods, meet arts and crafts specialists and get health advice during a series of
After an impressive victory at Hemsworth last weekend, Old Grovians renew their rivalry with Leeds Medics & Dentists on Saturday in SSE Yorkshire Division Three. Two seasons ago, Leeds swept to promotion in Yorkshire Four but in two thrilling
Bradford City star striker James Hanson and former world boxing champion Junior Witter will join Father Christmas at tomorrow night's switch-on of a Christmas lights display which raises money for charity. Peter Downes has bedecked his house and
A Bradford Crown Court jury today acquitted an engineer accused of carrying out a series of sex attacks on two girls in the city. David Midgley, 60, formerly of Bradford and now of Witchfield Court, Shelf, was found not guilty of 21 offences,
A police chief yesterday urged people who knew fugitive husband Danish Irfan to reveal his whereabouts. Detective Superintendent Mark Ridley, who is leading the hunt for the murder suspect, made his plea following the opening of the inquest into
Farsley face a crucial home game against long-term rivals Lancaster City at Throstle Nest on Saturday. Back-to-back victories in Evo-Stik Division One North consolidated Farsley’s fourth place in the table. Both they and Lancaster are in the
Keighley Cougars players auctioned their services during a charity night at the Roebuck pub in Utley which raised more than £750 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The four Cougars players offered to walk a customer’s dog, wash their car, carry out
The West Riding County Amateur League's representative team are competing in the second round of the FA Inter-League Cup on Saturday. After twice travelling to Suffolk, defeating the Suffolk & Ipswich League 3-2 in the preliminary
A 34-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating a “suspicious incident” where a two-year-old girl had her hands grabbed by a stranger. Police say the Bradford man is being questioned on suspicion of child abduction in connection with
Government figures show that more than 7,000 children in Bradford have been helped by the new Child Maintenance Service. The service, for separated parents to support their children, opened to applicants on Monday but was rolled out initially earlier
Talented young forward Dan Temm makes his farewell appearance for Otley on Saturday. The powerful back-row forward is joining Aviva Premiership club Newcastle Falcons. The Cross Greeners will be hoping that Temm will sign off with a big performance
Wharfedale’s players will be trying to make it up to their supporters when they tackle Old Albanians at The Avenue on Saturday. They felt they let their large following down when their SSE National League One five-match winning streak
A man grabbed hold of a two-year-old girl’s hand in Bradford yesterday in what police are describing as a “suspicious incident”. The girl was walking with her mum near Ashton House on Park Road, which is at the bottom of Manchester Road, when the
A former Premier League footballer who now plays for a Bradford football club is one of six people arrested on suspicion of fixing English matches, sources have said. Delroy Facey, 33, who plays for Bradford team Albion Sports in the Toolstation
Otley Scouts are promising to deliver a “better than ever” Christmas card delivery service. The Otley Parish Church Scouts and Guides Parents’ Association will start up the annual fundraising venture next week. The Otley scheme, which has been
A long-time member and president of Ilkley’s Olicana Bridge Club has died at the age of 84. Leslie Booth Jones, known to most as Les, died peacefully at his home in Ben Rhydding on November 8. His great love was bridge, and he had been a member
Hairdressing apprentices showed off their skills at a show in Bradford. The level three apprentices, who attend Woodspeen Training and Hair Academy, styled hair under the themes Earth, Wind, Fire and Water at the Elements Hair Show. The showcase
Schoolchildren will be piecing together a timeline of Bradford’s film heritage to create a new app focusing on the district’s cinematic history and heritage. Unesco City of Film has received £34,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the project
At this year’s National Christian Youth Work Awards, two of the five awards were presented to people in the Bradford Diocese. Carol Stewart, of All Saints, Ilkley, was named Volunteer of the Year and Adie Hinsley, from E:merge which works in the
Awards for community- spirited Cullingworth residents and will be handed out at a ceremony in the village hall on Friday at 6.30pm. And young people involved in local environmental projects will receive certificates and a cup presented in memory
Many local good causes will benefit from another successful Keighley Lions Santa’s grotto, which is hosted each year by a Harden garden centre. A cheque for £2,843 was presented to the Lions by Stephen H Smith Garden Centre. The cash was raised
Another planning application has been submitted for a wind turbine in the district. The application, by Roger Feather for Laveroc Hall Farm on Haworth Road, Cullingworth, would see a 24m-high mast that could generate 194,300 kWh a year erected
Plans for a farm worker’s dwelling near Keighley have been refused by Bradford Council. Planning officers said the structure, at Marley Farm would be an “intrusive feature” in the countryside area. Applicant M Stone argued that a worker needed to live
The search is on for a new town crier to take on the role in Ilkley from 2014. Chris Richards, who has been town crier for 12 years, is retiring at the end of this year, and Ilkley Parish Council is looking for someone to step up and take his place
A scuba-diver who cycled 500 miles in five days in memory of his father will celebrate completing the ride and smashing his £2,500 fundraising target with a party. James Wilson biked from Thurso in Scotland, where he has been working with a wreck
A Bradford woman who has supported young people for 25 years has dedicated a national award to the teenagers she works with. Adie Hinsely won the Youth Worker of the Year title at The Christian Youth Awards. Mrs Hinsely said: “All I can think
The i10 has grown up. OK, so the new baby Hyundai is only 80mm longer than the old model, but that’s huge in car terms. Motoring designers are used to dealing in millimetres, where a slight improvement in legroom or headroom can make all the difference
Keighley district people will have to wait another couple of months before finding out how a local teenager has done in a televised horsemanship show in America. Western riding enthusiast Joe Midgley, of Denholme, saw off competition from hundreds
Cougars head coach Paul March has revealed he was on the verge of signing Keighley-born Richard Moore before the prop opted to join former club Wakefield Wildcats. Keighley chairman Gary Fawcett admitted the club were on the look-out for a “game-changing
SIR – There are perhaps as many as 10,000 people in the Bradford district using electronic cigarettes. For many of these people this will be a successful route to quitting smoking. There is no doubt that the ready availability of e-cigs is a huge public
SIR – Children learn a lot by copying the adults and other children around them. They also copy what they see in the media. If parents binge-drink, take drugs, shout and swear regularly, use violence, throw litter down, show disrespect to other
Employers guilty too SIR – Fifty-five-year-old Ifran Fiaz, an experienced Pakistan International Airlines pilot, was stopped from flying 145 passengers and 11 crew from Leeds-Bradford Airport to Islamabad (T&A, November 23) because he had drunk
SIR – I question the propriety of Councillor Green charging the chief executive with writing a full report on the matter of ex-Councillor Flowers’s forced resignation in 2011. The chain of command required that Mr Reeves’s staff should report directly
SIR – There are many questions still to be answered regarding the Paul Flowers affair. The T&A reported (November 22) that Labour Council leader David Green had asked chief executive Tony Reeves to write a full report on the matter, which would
SIR – Once again I am pleased to see the T&A continues to draw attention to building plans and their potential impact on Bradford. People across the city proudly stood and made their voices heard on the implications. Success was felt in the northern
This week it was announced that a pilot scheme to protect women from domestic violence by a partner will be extended nationwide. Clare’s Law was trialled for 12 months from September 2012 to allow women to check police records to see if a partner
When times are tough, it is often tempting to dispose of assets to boost the bank balance – and this goes for local authorities as well as individuals and families. So it is perhaps understandable that Bradford Council might think it attractive
Photographs of bygone Bradford are needed on Bradford Royal Infirmary’s elderly care wards in a bid to keep dementia patients relaxed and at ease during their hospital stay. Healthcare assistant Saraya Seed said: “Hospitals can often be frightening
A four-wheeled Hollywood superstar will be at the switch-on of Bingley Christmas lights when the famous DeLorean car from Back to the Future rolls into town on Saturday. The time-travelling classic will ferry TV gardener Katie Rushworth to the
A derelict petrol station branded an eyesore by people living nearby could be used as a car sales area. Bradford Council is considering a planning application for the site of the former Nab Wood Service Station, which closed in 2003. The news
More than 30 years after Paul Reas left his home on Bradford’s Buttershaw estate to study documentary photography at a college in South Wales, he has returned to his native city for his first major retrospective of his pictures. It’s called Day
The centre of Burley-in-Wharfedale will be transformed into a Christmas marketplace this Saturday for the switch-on of the village’s festive illuminations. Children’s rides, amusement stalls, an indoor craft fair, stalls, an early visit from Father
Adrian Purtell is ready to prove that he’s worth a new deal at the Bulls now that his health fears are behind him. The Aussie centre suffered a heart attack after Bradford’s 2012 Magic Weekend defeat against Leeds, which put his future in the game
A school has dismissed claims it is pressuring parents into ‘buying’ expensive iPads for their children. Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley, is proposing a scheme that would see it purchasing iPads for all Year 7 to 9 students – based on their
The dangers and treatment of blood clots will be explained by Emily Smith, senior pharmacist at Airedale Hospital will about at a free event on Tuesday. The talk, which will include information on the anti-coagulant service at Airedale and possible
Two Shipley shops are joining forces to celebrate their success. Neighbours Peacock Blue Vintage and Cakes to Please, located by the town’s iconic clock tower, are holding a combined birthday and relocation party on Saturday. Peacock Blue Vintage
Senior civil servants will be hauled before a committee of MPs to explain how the Kings Science Academy scandal was allowed to happen. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has agreed to hold an evidence session to explore apparent fraud at the Bradford
Students got to quiz the leader of Bradford Council about controversial cuts looming over the district. Councillor David Green took part in a question-and-answer session at Bradford College yesterday. The Labour-led authority has announced
Twenty members of staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals are sporting new moustaches for charity. The doctors, who all work in surgical orthopaedics, are taking part in Movember – an annual event encouraging moustaches during November to raise awareness
Specialist recruitment group Driver Hire has expanded its operations through the acquisition of a specialist provider of professional and labour services to the rail industry. Bradford-based transport sector recruitment specialist Driver Hire,
Keighley’s biggest mosque hosted an event to break down barriers between Muslims and non-Muslims. Many youngsters and adults attended the open day in Emily Street’s Markazi Jamia Mosque. The gathering formed part of Interfaith Week and was
The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu will spend two days in the Bradford diocese next week visiting schools, businesses and meeting faith and civic leaders. A packed itinerary will see him tour some of the city’s churches, learn more about projects
People-carrier designers have their work cut out. They must design a car which majors on space, accommodating up to seven people in comfort and their luggage. On top of that, they have to make the vehicle sleek and attractive. Impossible? Well,
City’s sickness woes could tempt Phil Parkinson into making a deadline-beating plunge into the emergency loan market. Football League teams have until 5pm to bring in any temporary additions – or they must wait until the transfer window reopens
Bradford East MP David Ward has met the local Royal British Legion Team for Bradford. The Legion is the leading provider of welfare for the Armed Forces community and the Liberal Democrat MP (pictured) attended an event in the Houses of Parliament
A 60-year-old engineer on trial accused of indecently assaulting two young girls told the jury he had no sexual interest in children. David Midgley was speaking from the witness box at Bradford Crown Court in a case in which he denies a string
Strike action by firefighters in a row over pensions has so far cost West Yorkshire Fire Authority £233,600, a new report reveals. The body’s finance committee will hear tomorrow the cost of contingency plans put in place during a series of walk
An inquest will open today on Ridda Zanab, 21, who was found dead from head injuries at her Bradford home. Mrs Zanab, the mother of a baby daughter, was found in the early hours of Monday, November 4, in an upstairs bedroom at the house she shared
Employees at Bradford-based doors and windows company Safestyle UK, which is set to float on the Alternative Investment Market next month in a £70 million deal, will be able to buy shares at a 20 per cent discount. Chief executive Steve Birmingham
A plaque has been unveiled at a Keighley church in memory of the man who instigated and financed the building. And family of the benefactor, James Ickringill, were at the ceremony on Sunday, November 17. The plaque, at the Church of the Nazarene
If 2014 is to be Matt Diskin’s last season in Super League, and there is every chance it will be, then he wants to go out with a bang. As a four-time Grand Final winner with Leeds, the Bulls joint-captain is one of the most decorated players in
Albion Sports were looking to go back above neighbours Brighouse Town and into fourth place in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division last night but slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Athersley Recreation – who were promoted alongside them
Four streets in Bradford city centre will be crammed with festive shoppers when a Christmas market begins today. This year’s Bradford Christmas Market will be bigger than ever, with 80 stalls dotted around Darley Street, Kirkgate, Bank Street and
NHS hospitals across Bradford have said they will consider new guidelines to ban smoking on their premises and to tell staff not to help patients who want to smoke. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says measures are
Bradford Council is coming under fierce pressure to sell off some of its valuable art collection as it’s emerged that it could be sitting on a treasure hoard of artworks worth hundreds of millions of pounds. A new valuation undertaken by auctioneers
Two Bradford brothers plotted to travel abroad for terrorist training after being “radicalised” by an in-law, a court has heard. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 21, and Muhammed Naeem Ahmed, 20, had come under the influence of their brother-in-law Muhammed
More than 40 arrests have been made during almost 20 ongoing investigations into child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs in the Bradford district. Police yesterday revealed that 18 investigations into child sexual exploitation by such gangs
Three men have now been charged with murder, and a fourth is to be charged, in the case of alleged acid attack victim Barry Selby, it was revealed yesterday. Co-defendants Lee Calvert, 22, Joseph Lowther, 21, and 28-year-old Robert Woodhead appeared
A treasury minister will explore whether a “new Bradford & Bingley” could be born out of the ashes of the failed bank. Sajid Javed agreed to examine the idea – put forward by Shipley MP Philip Davies – to try to create a ‘challenger bank’ at
Bradford Bulls is urging fans to donate old clothing and bedding to support a range of charities helping needy people across the city. The Super League club yesterday announced the latest part of its ‘BELONG’ campaign, which will see it run a number
Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) has accepted that false claims Hamzah Khan was living in Portsmouth, when in fact he lay dead at home in Bradford, could have been “more vigorously” followed up. The revelation came in one of the answers
