All the children at Saltaire Primary School have celebrated World Heritage by learning about international sites which share the same special status as the model village of Saltaire. Some 400 youngsters spent the run up to Easter studying The Pyramids
The celebrations went on long into Wednesday night after Eccleshill United lifted the West Riding County Cup at Valley Parade. It was a proud evening for the Eagles as they triumphed over all the odds and Harrogate Town. Lee Duxbury’s men would
Leeds managing director David Haigh has announced his resignation amid another day of chaos at Elland Road. Haigh - who was due to become the club’s new chief executive following the completion of the takeover by Italian Massimo Cellino - confirmed
The iconic ‘Grand Depart’ trophy for Le Tour sparked a real chain reaction when it went on show in Bradford. More than 150 people turned up at City Hall to see the trophy awarded to the host area of the start of the big race yesterday when Bradford
Liam Plunkett believes Yorkshire must be wary of a Somerset side out to prove a point as the LV= County Championship season starts for both teams at Taunton on Sunday. While Yorkshire played some exceptional cricket to finish second in Division
Liversedge Reserves led 3-2 with only ten minutes to go courtesy of goals from Callum Charlton, Gibril Bojang and Lammin Janneh in the Lancashire League East but Ossett Albion hit back to win 4-3. Northern Under-19 Alliance League leaders AFC Emley
Field booked their place in the final of the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup Final with a 2-0 victory over Salts at Thackley. Goals from Chris Wood and Glyn Hirst secured their place against Hunsworth in the final at Eccleshill United
St Stephen’s Catholic Primary School in Skipton has set out a clear plan for improvement after Ofsted placed the school in special measures. After being rated as outstanding during an inspection in July 2012, the school was judged to be inadequate
Police today issued this e-fit of a man they want to trace in connection with a car jacking in Bradford. A 31-year-old woman was driving a white Land Rover along Hill Top Lane in Allerton, when she noticed a car behind her flashing its headlights
An appeal has been lodged after Bradford Council failed to decide on a planning application within eight weeks. The plan is for a development of six houses and three flats in Ingrow Lane, Keighley. The appeal is being dealt with by written representations
Planning permission will be needed to board up disused public toilets beneath the King’s Hall, Ilkley councillors have been told. Ilkley Parish Council wants to replace railings on the entrances to the toilet blocks with wooden doors, to improve the
A couple are drumming up support for a girl with a rare condition. Steve Janetta and partner Marina Waymouth are walking 100 miles around West Yorkshire – playing a drum. Their effort is to back nine-year-old Bingley girl Grace Hitchens, who
Budding chefs from Merlin Top Academy at Guard House, Keighley, cooked up a treat during a visit to the town’s Oakbank School. The year six pupils spent the morning learning how to make vegetarian lasagne and a potato and sweetcorn chowder.
NCT Bradford and Airedale is staging a nearly-new sale. Baby clothes, toys and equipment will be on offer at the event. Anyone from across Airedale is invited to attend the sale, at Wycliffe Primary School, Shipley, on May 10, from 11am to 1pm.
Young people with special needs are to get their own newsletter, thanks to a collaboration between children’s charity Barnardo’s and Bradford Council. The twice-yearly newsletter, called The Buzz, is written for those aged 13 to 25 and lets them
Little Heroes will receive a donation of £2,000 from West Yorkshire Probation as its Christmas toy appeal is closing after 22 successful years. As a result of national changes to probation, the toy appeal cannot continue, so the remaining funds
A man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which benches were stolen from the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Six benches were taken from Ingrow West Station on the evening of April 3. Yesterday afternoon, police attended
‘Bake buns’ is the latest homely but no-nonsense exhortation intriguing passing walkers and motorists in a field above Oxenhope. The message is displayed in the form of a Hollywood-style sign, installed by Tour de France enthusiasts in the Worth
Bradford school pupils have been given a glimpse of life in prison, including meeting a prisoner, as part of a workshop. The ‘Prison Me, No Way’ workshop visits secondary schools around the country, and came to Oasis Academy Lister Park on Tuesday
Police are hoping to reunite these two rings with their rightful owners. The rings were sold to a shop in Shipley last November, but they are believed to be stolen. PC Jo Felton, of the Leeds District Outer North West Neighbourhood Team, said
Emergency services are mystified about how a van driver crashed into a traffic island in the dead of night. Police and firefighters were called out to Sticker Lane, Bradford, at 1.50am yesterday, where a blue Ford Transit van had hit the island
A female version of comedy classic The Odd Couple is being staged by Idle and Thackley Theatre Group. The twist on Neil Simon's popular play sees central characters Florence Unger and Olive Madison reluctantly deciding to share an apartment.
Police officers who dealt with a Bradford dad-of-six who died after being struck by a minicab soon after being released from custody did not breach any professional standards of behaviour, according to the police watchdog. Simon Clifford, 47, was
Leyton Orient is the blueprint to how we must play at Rotherham tonight. We went to a very strong team with our backs against the wall and everyone expecting us to get turned over. But instead we all stuck together and outworked the opposition
Two armed and masked men broke into a house and set about a father and son inside, in what police believe was a targeted attack. The father, 43, had to have hospital treatment for cuts to his back and shoulder, while his son,18, was left with a
Police have pledged to crack down on speeding motorists. Officers will take action after concerns were raised about speeding vehicles at all times of day on Cleckheaton Road, Wyke.
Long-term exposure to air pollution led to more than 200 deaths in Bradford in a one-year period, according to latest figures. Estimates of the number of deaths in UK local authorities that can be attributed to long-term exposure to particle air
Sunday morning, a windswept football pitch in Eccleshill, where I am watching my son and his team-mates limber up before not one but two football matches, both of which they will go on to lose. I receive a phone call from a number I don’t recognise
SIR – Monday, August 4, marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War. From August 4 until Saturday, August 9, I will lead a coach party from the north of England to the First World War battlefields in Belgium and France. En route, we will
SIR – To David Hornsby and Mubarik Iqbal, Tony Benn seems to have been something of a saint. But to do good, a saint has to work miracles which the blessed Tony conspicuously failed to do. This was left to Tony Blair, who was regarded by Benn and
SIR – I read that Bradford Council is planning cuts to school transport and I think – here we go again! Apparently the cuts are intended to save £95,000 from the next financial year. There is no need for these cuts. Simply call in the £200,000
SIR – On Tuesday morning, I spoke at the meeting of Bradford Council’s Labour Executive to ask them to consider the special case for allowing discretion in applications for free school transport for Burley-in-Wharfedale. Under the new plan, every
SIR – What a great shame it was to read in the T&A (April 9) that the Eccleshill Treatment Centre is in danger of closing after July. Not only are 80-plus staff in danger of losing their jobs, but the people of Bradford and surrounding areas
SIR – Reader Ken Waddington makes two particular suggestions in his letter (T&A, April 8). The first is for the Odeon to be demolished and replaced by a new market. This would, of course, fly in the face of public opinion which is looking forward
25 years ago: Angry residents announced they were forming an action committee to try to prevent plans for a major industrial development on a green-field site bordering Fagley Lane in Bradford. 50 years ago: Girls were set to be allowed to join
It is always satisfying to see a criminal brought to justice and given their just deserts in the courts. But, as the old saying goes, prevention is often better than cure. So a planned “centre of excellence” to be created in the Girlington
Perceptions of teenage pregnancy are beginning to change. At one time, becoming pregnant at such a young age was viewed as a route to living a life on benefits, but contrary to popular belief, many young girls who find themselves in this position
Provided London Broncos do not produce a minor miracle and win at Wigan, the Bulls will wipe out their points penalty and climb off the foot of the table if they claim victory tonight. It is a huge incentive as they face a Salford side struggling
A proud war veteran has been taking youngsters at a Bradford school on a trip down memory lane. Edgar Bottomley – soon to be 90 – stepped into the breach when teachers at Allerton Primary were struggling to find someone to talk to year fives about
Every school should become an independent academy, says a Bradford principal, because Council schools cannot match their results. Nick Weller, head of the five Dixons academies in the city, said local authorities lacked “democratic accountability
Jon McLaughlin admits that League One has been a “steep learning curve” for City. As one of only two to have played every game, the keeper is perfectly qualified to judge the jump in standards since promotion 11 months ago. But while City have
A street robber who breached a suspended jail sentence by going back to Poland to nurse his dying grandmother has been given another chance to complete an unpaid work order. Grzegorz Grabowski, 27, returned to his homeland to care for his only
It has been a good week in training and we have more players fit and available than we have had for a long time. That’s great to see and I’m particularly excited about Lee Gaskell getting back out there against Salford tonight. He’s a class
The annual varsity competition – a long-held rivalry between Bradford and Huddersfield universities – ended with a triumph for Bradford on home soil with students from the city taking the 2014 cup. A total of 22 matches over 18 sports make up the
Fans of Bradford City Football Club are being encouraged to saddle up for a 150-mile charity bike ride. Less than a week before the World Cup starts in Brazil, representatives of all 72 Football League clubs can join former England star Luther
Historic Little Germany is set to be the first place in the UK to benefit from a new regeneration-boosting law. English Heritage has selected Bradford’s famous merchants’ quarter to pilot new planning rules designed to speed up development by cutting
A project has been set up to steer young people away from gangs and crime in an inner-city neighbourhood. Bradford Community Safety Partnership is ploughing £148,000 into creating a centre of excellence at Girlington Community Centre. It will
The organisers of Ilkley Carnival are giving residents and motorists notice of disruption to traffic on May 5. Ilkley Carnival committee wants to let residents know roads in and around the town will be closed, and no waiting cones set out, as the
The man behind Buckwood Animal Sanctuary in Bradford was found dead at his home surrounded by his dogs. Alan Littlewood, 69, was discovered by police after a friend became concerned because she had been unable to contact him by phone. Long-time
Adam Sidlow is excited at the prospect of facing his former club tonight as the Bulls go in search of a vital victory against Salford Red Devils. The fit-again prop and captain Matt Diskin looked set for lengthy spells on the sidelines after being
An MP has warned motorists in to beware insurance fraudsters after a Bradford man was jailed. Atique Khan, 33, devised a car insurance scam which targeted members of his own community and left them uninsured. Khan, of Ewart Street, Queensbury
A proud war veteran has been taking youngsters at a Bradford school on a trip down memory lane. Edgar Bottomley – soon to be 90 – stepped into the breach when teachers at Allerton Primary were struggling to find someone to talk to year fives about
Yorkshire senior coach Jason Gillespie has given his full support to wicketkeeper Andy Hodd as the former Sussex gloveman prepares to deputise for the injured Jonny Bairstow. It became clear on Wednesday evening that Bairstow had broken the ring
City go toe-to-toe once more with Rotherham and nemesis Steve Evans on live TV tonight, admitting: We don’t get on. Phil Parkinson has lost all six of his encounters against the Millers as Bantams boss – as well as every time they have faced Evans
A man living in Bradford has been jailed for seven and a half years after a court heard he was the second person to rape a vulnerable woman on the same night. The 21-year-old victim had already been plied with vodka and drugged at a house in Leeds
A couple celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary asked for donations to Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope instead of gifts. Patrick and Henrietta Duff, of North Dean Avenue, Keighley, decided to mark the occasion with a party at Keighley Civic
Two hospital porters at Bradford Royal Infirmary squared up to each other in a fall out over a food break, a court heard. The “humdinger” of a row ended when father-of-two Dennis Obasogie butted Matthew Jones because he thought the complainant
Youngsters at a new Riding for the Disabled centre in Bingley are having a right royal time this Easter – thanks to a £25,000 donation handed over by Princess Anne. The 30 young people based at the Riverside RDA centre have their own classroom
Mystery last night surrounded a last-minute decision to halt a Tour de France trophy visit to a Bradford school today. Children at Newby Primary in West Bowling were left disappointed after being told the trophy would not be brought to the school
Lifelong Bradford City fan Dr Robert Moran is running the London Marathon on Sunday – possibly in a tiara and a tutu sporting the club’s claret and amber colours! That’s if he hits a fundraising target of £1,500 for vital research and care on the
A man in his 40s suspected of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl on a footpath in Bradford was being hunted last night. Detectives yesterday released details of the attack which happened as the girl was walking along a path by St Matthew’s
