Salts Tennis Club is running a six week mini tennis course for £6 after attracting sponsorship by the Dot Mainwaring Foundation. The courses start in January at Titus Salt School and Victoria Hall, Saltaire. To book contact Richard Senior on 07855
Bradford-based Yorkshire Water is urging people who over-indulged this Christmas to enjoy some fresh air on a stroll at one of its reservoirs and reserves. The water company said there were a wide variety of things to see at its many sites, including
People living in Bradford are being reminded to take notice of revised bin collections over the festive and New Year break. Households due a collection today will have their waste collected two days later, on Saturday, December 28. Those due
An elaborate frame surrounding a portrait of Queen Victoria at Cliffe Castle has had its gilded, carved crown restored. The crown’s restoration concludes a 20-year project to locate the portrait and display it at the Keighley museum. The painting
People are being urged to sprint towards their new year fitness goals by signing up to the Epilepsy Action 10k road race. About 1,500 runners will take to the streets of Bradford on Sunday, March 16, in the Yeadon-based charity’s annual event,
The search is on for information about an historic burial ground. As part of a Heritage Lottery-funded restoration project at the Raikes Road site, in Skipton, the friends group is trying to piece together its full history. The Friends of Raikes
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Daniel Paul Beadsworth, aged 32, of Birch Lane, West Bowling; failure to comply with community order, dealt with for the original offence of theft and failure to surrender to custody, community
Bradford RSPCA is appealing for volunteers to help staff its newly opened furniture unit opposite its Mount Street animal shelter. The charity says the work offers the opportunity to meet people while helping to pay for animals in its care.
Dog-lovers in Keighley are hounding a cafe owner for copies of a charity calendar. Beverley Bottomley’s 2014 calendar features photographs of 24 dogs owned by customers of the Cavendish Court Cafe. The canine calendar will raise funds for the
Threatened adult and children’s centres must be high on Bradford Council’s priority list when it allocates nearly £20 million provided by the Government, says an MP. The message comes from Keighley and Ilkley Tory MP and Housing Minister Kris Hopkins
A new group is being set up to push on with plans for a heritage survey in an area of the Aire Valley. The idea was floated by the Friends of Northcliffe group earlier this year and members were delighted when 50 people turned up to an initial
A ‘nostalgia trip’ led by Keighley historian Ian Dewhirst raised £360 for Keighley Parkinson’s Support Group. The money represents the proceeds of a talk by Mr Dewhirst last October about life in the 1950s. The event was organised by Exley
A Bradford-based Trust is seeking people to take up its offer of a free holiday. The Fred Towler Trust provides the trips to Blackpool each year. On offer is a five-day break, from June 8 next year, at a Blackpool hotel Travel is by executive coach
The West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel has welcomed pledges and commitments by the Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson to residents of Bradford. Mr Burns-Willamson (pictured) has given reassurances about preparations to ensure a
City have banished all play-off talk as they try to piece their crumbling season back together. The Bantams face Swindon tomorrow still looking for a first home win since September 28. Boxing Day’s one-sided loss to Rotherham increased their
Staff from a Bradford-based company are celebrating a record-year of giving after spending 1,286 days volunteering on community projects – more than ever before. Time donated through the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) group’s award-winning ‘Actionteering
Two people were taken to hospital after a vehicle flipped onto its side. The incident, involving a Toyota people carrier, happened in Keighley town centre yesterday. Keighley firefighters had to free a man and woman from the front seats of
Police seized about 40 cannabis plants during a raid at a house in Bradford. Officers from Bowling, Barkerend and Bradford Moor Neighbourhood Policing Team were called to reports of a possible cannabis farm on Lister Avenue, East Bowling, last
Police released crime figures which show there was one robbery, five burglaries or attempted burglaries and nine thefts from or of vehicles in Manningham and Toller policing area in the week to December 21. The robbery involved two suspects approaching
The children’s wards at Bradford Royal Infirmary were awash with claret and amber yesterday as Billy Bantam spread some festive cheer. Supporters’ groups Friends of Bradford City, Shipley Bantams, Bantamstrek and SMF Print Bradford joined the Bradford
A former Bradford Bulls academy player faces jail. Ben Feehan (above) stole thousands of pounds worth of family heirlooms from a Holmfirth home and could now be jailed. Feehan, who has played for Huddersfield Giants and the Bradford Bulls,
Gareth Gates will be returning to his pop roots in 2014 for TV’s The Big Reunion. The Bradford singer, who shot to fame as the runner-up on Pop Idol in 2002, will be one fifth of a new ‘supergroup’ comprised largely of former members of nineties
A group for young people with learning difficulties is starting 2014 with some new fun equipment – thanks to Otley Lions. The Lions presented the Beehive club with an air hockey table and a television at the Cross Green Community Centre, where
Police are continuing to appeal for information after a woman bravely fought off a would-be robber. The 57-year-old victim was sitting in her car in Lemon Street, Bradford, at about 6.15pm on Sunday, December 22, when she was approached by a man
Bradford Council’s handling of a planning issue has been branded “a shambles” by a conservationist battling a housing scheme. Objectors claim people have not been properly told that they have more time to comment on a plan to build homes near Ashwell
New Bulls recruit Adam Henry has been tipped to prove a resounding success at Odsal this coming season by team-mate Manase Manuokafoa. The 22-year-old New Zealander has joined the Bulls from NRL champions Sydney Roosters and is aiming to establish
Free wellbeing sessions for carers are being held in Keighley next month. ‘Caring Confidently, My Own Health’, on January 23, will explore how to improve your health and prevent illness. And ‘Caring Confidently, My Own Life & Feelings’,
A 33-year-old man will see in the New Year behind bars after a court heard he breached his bail to take money to his penniless family on Boxing Day. The Keighley man, who is awaiting sentence for assaulting his ex-partner and their teenage son,
A mobile soup kitchen which has fed thousands of homeless and needy people across Bradford since it started on New Year’s Eve last year will now expand into three other cities. The InTouch Foundation, a non-profit organisation run by community
There’s nothing Alan Connell would like more than a proper reunion with Swindon tomorrow. By that, the City striker means a decent run-out at Valley Parade rather than his usual cameo as a sub late in the game. But Connell has accepted that
Investigators are examining CCTV footage in a bid to establish why a double-decker bus went out of control, ploughed into railings and parked cars, and left the driver impaled by a metal spike. Police and First Bus experts are working on the possible
A 31-year-old man has appeared in court accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl from Bradford Council care on Christmas Day. Abid Miskeen, of Little Horton Lane, Bradford, is alleged to have been having “a romantic relationship” with the vulnerable
Social services have swooped after a mother advertised her four-month-old baby boy for sale on the internet. The woman was asking for £150,000 for her “beautiful” boy, and even said she was sick of “time wasters” responding to the advert. The
What an unbelievable year 2013 has been for this club. It was definitely the best of my career. You go on about playing in big games and facing big players but when you look back at the end, you want to see what you’ve achieved. It’s about
Bradford Bulls’ chief executive Robbie Hunter-Paul has confirmed he remains at the helm of the Super League club after all three of its directors, who were poised to become its new owners, resigned on Christmas Eve. The Telegraph & Argus reported
A catering company has been left counting the cost after a fire ripped through its Bradford warehouse, reducing it to a charred shell. The Summerville Road building, the base of A1 Apna Catering, was destroyed by the fire which started shortly
The indoor nets at Headingley will resemble a ghost town in the New Year when a host of Yorkshire players head abroad to prepare for the new county season. Five White Rose players are already away on full international duty, and will continue to
