KEIGHLEY Cougars chairman Gary Fawcett has defended Paul March in the wake of the club’s relegation and insisted more players would be signed following the departure of James Feather. It was announced this week that club captain Feather is to join
THE Bradford Bulls Foundation are offering youngsters aged 12 to 14 the opportunity to experience life as a professional rugby league player through their 'Be a Pro' day.The event will take place at the club's Tong training ground on Wednesday
A TOTAL of 116 Bradford households have joined a flagship scheme to allow them to beat high prices and buy their own home.And ‘Help to Buy’ - the Chancellor’s project to encourage mortgage loans, by offering lenders a taxpayer-backed
YORKSHIRE batsman Gary Ballance has not given up on his dream of playing in this winter's World Cup. The prolific left-hander was a surprise omission from England's squad for their forthcoming seven-match one-day international series against Sri
YOBS are believed to have deliberately cut off a rabbit's ears with a pair of scissors and left one of its back legs badly broken during an "inconceivable" attack. The distraught creature was found in a park near Dirkhill Road in Bradford on Sunday
A 31-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court, charged with conspiracy to murder. Waqar Parvez, of Higher Downs, Fairweather Green, Bradford, is charged with conspiring with others unknown to murder Asif Khan. The alleged incident is said to have
VICTORIA Rangers are celebrating the selection of Jordan Walker and Aiden Scully for the BARLA Open Age Yorkshire County Squad. Walker, 18, and 23-year-old Scully have earned their call-ups ahead of games against Lancashire and Cumbria. The
A TOP Bradford clergyman has branded immigration officials as "jobsworths" after they stopped a Mother's Union speaker coming from the Sudan to attend a church meeting in the diocese. Rev Elizabeth Aya's visa application was refused ten days before
TEENAGER Sam Bilham admits he was kicking himself after an early crash cost him a chance of victory in his latest outing.The Bingley driver, fresh from his title-winning display in the British Trial & Rally Drivers Association National Gravel Series
GLOBAL string band Mozaic are coming to Saltaire's Victoria Hall on Friday, October 17.The band comprises performers from the worlds of Irish, US old-time and Eastern European music.These include Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny, two greats of Irish music
POLICE have appealed for witnesses and information following another attack on the power supply of the new Haworth Park bandstand.The structure's nearby electrical box was damaged some time between October 4 and 5. Anyone with information has been
BRADFORD and district may not have won any prizes in the glitzy Talk Home Mobile Asian Cricket Awards at Lord's but the fact that they were nominated in five categories indicates the powerful presence of south Asia in the area. Yorkshire all-rounder
A TEENAGER was assaulted in the aftermath of an apparent road rage incident in Shipley and police are now appealing for information.The incident started at about 3.30pm on Friday when a 57-year-old man driving a black estate car in Westgate found a Mercedes-Benz
A FORMER Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir has called on Bradford people to join a march to raise awareness of the plight of the country.The Million March involves protesters walking from Trafalgar Square to 10 Downing Street on Sunday, October 26. Sultan
POLICE have released more details about an attempted post office robbery in Bradford where a member of staff refused to co-operate with the offender. The robber handed over a note at the counter of the post office in Airedale Road, Peel Park, demanding
THE second running of the YORKSHIRE MARATHON drew over 3,700 competitors to York. The race claims to be faster than Chicago and Berlin, although the winning times were ten minutes slower. First person home was Bret Crossley, a wheelchair athlete
THIRTY-three years ago a 65lb Pit Bull terrier savaged six-year-old Ruksana Khan while she was playing out near a school just off Lumb Lane, Manningham.Four men spent 15 minutes trying to force the dog to let the little girl go. The owner of the dog ran
HECKMONDWIKE Cycle Speedway come up against Stockport at Heckmondwike's Firth park track.With perfect track conditions and good weather, the racing was close all the way through, with Stockport's strong team taking the lead by the halfway mark
NILE Wilson has admitted he could not be happier – despite missing out on a medal in the men's horizontal bar on the final day of the World Gymnastics Championships in China.The Pudsey teenager finished fourth in Nanning, just two days after
THE Bulls’ fixtures for next season’s Championship campaign will be announced at 9pm on Sunday. The RFL will reveal 2015 fixtures for the First Utility Super League, Kingstone Press Championship, and Kingstone Press League 1 will be published on
AN application to make alterations to a pub to turn it into a convenience store was recommended for refusal by parish councillors.The application by Tesco for the Royal Oak, in Mill Hey, Haworth, was debated by members of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury
A LADY rubbed shoulders with an old war veteran on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.Dame Helen Ghosh was treated to a ride on the 126-year-old Coal Tank locomotive, which served in the Second World War.Dame Helen is the director-general of the National
A MOTHER-of-three collapsed and died in minutes of being stabbed with a large kitchen knife by her estranged partner, a murder trial jury heard today. Pauline Butler, 61, suffered major injuries to her neck and chest when she was attacked by furniture
TWO students from Oakbank School in Keighley have been on a moving trip to the battlefields of the First World War.Year 11 pupil Charlotte Harris and year 12 colleague Thalia Jefferson toured sites in Belgium and France as part of a government-funded
THE sister of an 18-year-old woman who died when a minibus taking a group of women to a hen party was hit by a lorry said the "idiotic actions" of the bus driver took away her best friend, a court has heard. Amy Firth was one of 20 women travelling
A HEAVILY-pregnant young mother deliberately armed herself with a 12-inch-long kitchen knife and stabbed her boyfriend's brother with it, a court heard.Mother-of-three Julia-Marie Walker, 21, was today jailed for eight months.Judge Jonathan Rose told
HAWORTH fire station, which is due to close as a retained station at the end of this year, has been given a poignant send off. Current and former retained firefighters along with friends and family attended a commemoration event at the building
There are safeguards in place to prevent those with a history of committing certain types of crimes from getting certain positions of work. Typically, this includes those who have committed sexual offences, particularly against children, and there
SIR - With regard to your story on new Bradford Brewery (T&A, October 8). The piece mentions that Hammonds was the last brewery in Bradford City centre. Hammonds Fountain Brewery was in fact situated on Manchester Road, Bradford 5, between
SIR - Where does DS Boyes get his evidence from to support his claim that there are hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers from Africa and the middle east living in hotels free of charge in the south of England (Letters, October 9)? It is of course
SIR - It’s not surprising that less that 800 people responded to the public consultation on the proposed four new swimming pools. It was not well advertised and little information was released. Whilst the city may require new pools, the choice
SIR - In my mind Bradford’s future rests with our young people. Every child deserves the best possible education and that includes providing sufficient school places where they are needed and that includes Wharfedale too. I note that the Executive
SIR - The party conference season is over, the party faithful have conga-d back to their constituencies to prepare for a General Election in seven months’ time, and what have the general public learnt about those that aspire to power? The Tories
SIR - When a fully-trained Spanish nurse was infected with Ebola through merely touching herself when removing protective clothing and it is accepted that infection can be mitigated but not removed by strict infection control measures – what chance
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after breathing smoke when food left unattended in a kitchen caught fire. The fire was out at Holmfield Court, Thornton Road, when firefighters arrived at the fourth floor address at about 1pm today, but they ventilated
STUDENTS at a Bradford school created striking artwork based on a famous photographer's pictures.Oasis Academy Lister Park displayed a number of photographs and canvasses by Red Saunders, a British photographer and a founder of Rock Against Racism
SIR - John Hall, in his letter (October 9) seemed to doubt that private hospital patients can end up being looked after by the NHS, after private care failures. He wrote, “ I don’t think private patients would ever countenance that.” Yet, last
TWO Bradford schoolgirls will be competing in the national finals of a prestigious languages competition in London on Friday. Maryam Malik, Saarah Ali, and Abra Bhatti, all in year six, were among 24 children who took part in the Yorkshire semi-final
WORLD Mental Health Day was marked in Bradford with a football tournament at Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford.The game was between former and current mental health service users across the city.The event was organised by Bradford's Wellbeing Service
A BRADFORD Muslim group has celebrated Eid by presenting 35 gifts to children at Bradford Royal Infirmary hospital. Naqshbandia Active Development Association (NADA), which operates Jamia Masjid Naqshbandia Aslamia in Bradford, visited the children'
IT'S not every day you see a privet hedge transformed into a pirate ship.But motorists travelling along Clifton Common, towards Brighouse, are greeted by the re-creation of Neverland complete with a swash-buckling Captain Hook, his nemesis the Crocodile
YOUNG tenants with Incommunities enjoyed helping to create a big picture wall and giving their views on where they live.The event at the housing group’s Shipley base was organised as a follow-up to West Yorkshire Police's Summer Camp which the
TWO disabled athletes gave a Bradford councillor a helping hand in their bid to raise £9,000 to compete in the Special Olympics in Los Angeles next year. Powerlifters Chris Woodhead and James Crossley, who can lift 120 kilos and 152.5 kilos respectively
MORE than 1,500 businesses in Yorkshire supplying digital services across the European Union will be able to register for a new online VAT service from October 20, exempting them from having to register VAT separately in each country where they do business.The
BRADFORD schools have enjoyed success in a recycling campaign which led to more than £2,500 being raisedSchools and charities will benefit from the cash, which was raised through recycling more than 1,000 mobile phone handsets.The event covered
A MAJOR charity is appealing for help from the Bradford area for its latest fundraising campaign.The British Heart Foundation has revealed that heart and circulation related illnesses account for an average of 40 deaths a day in the Yorkshire region.BHF
BRITAIN'S growing army of home workers is providing a boost for a Shipley-based packaging company which is predicting sales growth in its online sales of around 20 per cent over the next 12 months. ASC Direct, which makes and delivers cardboard
A COMMEMORATIVE stone honouring those who died in the First World War has been dedicated.Around 60 people attended the ceremony at the St Ives estate, Harden.Organisers went ahead with the event despite the failure to grow so far of a poppy field planned
BRADFORD West council officers have organised for the Community Payback scheme to help tackle issues in the Toller ward. Supported by the Clean Team, they will be litter-picking in lower Girlington, clearing overgrown vegetation and litter from
EVERY school has its own set of values which work to inspire and guide pupils throughout their school life. The messages instilled by these values – which could include hard work, commitment, kindness and empathy – also instil pride and passion
FOUR plots of land currently owned by Bradford Council are to go under the hammer later this month at an auction being held in Leeds. The lots are: 0.28 acres of land at Leicester Street, East Bowling, Bradford, with a guide price of £12,000 plus
MUSIC and memory sessions aimed at stimulating people with dementia are being held in the district. Four Memory Clubs for people with dementia and their carers are being held in the North Bradford area by the Memory Tree, a community interest company
WORK has finally started on repairing a section of riverside wall in Otley. Concerns have been raised for some time about the retaining wall in front of the formal part of Wharfemeadows Park, beside Otley Bridge, due to its base being eroded by
DOCTORS in Bradford could start prescribing community support to their patients more often. So-called 'social prescribing', where patients are referred to voluntary bodies or community groups for help, is already used in the district. But bosses
MOST of us will have personal experience of breast cancer. Either we have battled it ourselves or know someone who has and this month – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – we could all do our bit to support the cause and continue the fight against
ACORN Stairlifts, which now earns more than half its revenues from overseas sales, has won a regional export award for the second time in two years.The Steeton-based firm was among the region's fastest-growing companies recognised at the Growth 100
JOAN Grange was turned down at her first Sunbeam audition – because she didn’t have the right hairstyle. “My aunt cut my hair into a fringe and I went back the next week. I did the Highland Fling and sang my scales. I can still see Francis Laidler
POSH scones from an award-winning Shipley bakery were enjoyed by around 80 delegates at the National Parks Societies annual conference in Skipton.Just Desserts was invited to bake every visitor a Yorkshire Scallywags posh scone for the thee-day event.The
THEY have six legs between them but cats Ellie and Teddy haven't let their predicament hold them back. In fact the pair have found their purrfect family after settling down with their new owners Chris Bell and Bethan Broadley. Mr Bell said
RESIDENTS will be able to get an update on developments affecting their community at a meeting of the Harden neighbourhood forum on October 23. Speakers include a senior Bradford Council youth services officer who will discuss the local authority's
OAKWELL Hall in Birstall is celebrating the changing season and Yorkshire’s apple-growing heritage at its Autumn Festival this month. Visitors will receive free entry to the hall, where there will be more than 200 varieties of apples grown in the
THE advent of social media has illustrated just how many Bradford City supporters follow their team’s fortunes from far and wide.There are claret and amber outposts all over the world – just ask Jeremy White.He is the brains behind Bradford
A POLICE helicopter was deployed in the early hours of today to try and find a missing 21-year-old woman in Bradford.The chopper was in the skies over the city at about 3.30am.A police spokesman said the woman was still missing and enquiries were ongoing
A RANGE Rover was involved in a crash with another vehicle as it tried to leave the M62 near Bradford today. The collision happened at about 8.20am at junction 26 (Chain Bar) of the westbound carriageway. A police spokesman said no-one was
TRAFFIC leaving Bradford was disrupted today after a car broke down on a busy roundabout. The silver Fiat Punto had just left the M606 and was heading towards the M62 eastbound when it broke down on the roundabout at about 8.05am. The Highways
AN ELDERLY pedestrian is in a critical condition in hospital after being in collision with a car in Bradford. The 84-year-old man was crossing New Otley Road from a central island at about 7pm last night when he was in collision with a Rover 25
FIREFIGHTERS from seven stations scrambled to Leeds Bradford Airport after receiving reports of a plane in trouble as it came into land. Air traffic controllers said there was a light aircraft coming in to land with hydraulic failure and that nine
STRIKER Mason Bennett has left City to go back to Derby. The Championship side have recalled the 18-year-old early from his youth loan, which was due to run until January. Bennett made 13 appearances for the Bantams but chiefly from the bench
CITY have promised to crack down hard on anyone involved in the fighting in the away end that followed Sunday’s defeat at Barnsley. Police are investigating the ugly scenes which broke out among a group of travelling fans after the final whistle
DAN Fleming has set his sights on winning the European Championship with Wales – and reaching the 2017 World Cup. The new Bulls prop joined new Wales boss John Kear at a press conference to launch the tournament at the Holiday Inn in Brighouse
MORE Bradford residents could survive bladder and kidney cancer if the illnesses could be diagnosed early enough, new statistics suggest.Figures out today show that more than 200 people a year in the city are diagnosed with the conditions each year, with
STROKE patients in Bradford are using iPads to help get their speech back. Speech therapists at Bradford Royal Infirmary's stroke unit are recommending the hi-tech tablets are used to download speech software so they can practice on their own or
A JURY in the inquest into the death of a great grandmother has concluded she died from fatal complications arising from an accidental fall while Christmas shopping in a Tesco store. Bradford Coroner's Court heard that Esther Payne, 90, of Steeton
A LUCKY Bradford man has scooped £25,000 as a winner in the People's Postcode Lottery draw, after signing up to the charity lottery three months ago. Raymond Gill, 68, of Farm Hill Road, Idle, was shocked and surprised when his postcode, BD10 8DB
A £1 MILLION scheme to revamp part of Bradford city centre is on schedule and on budget, according to the man overseeing the project. And it's just part of an "unprecedented" number of city-centre improvements under way, worth a total of £3.5 million
DRIVERS who stray into a Shipley bus lane are being caught at a rate of eight a day, new figures reveal. Teacher Tim Clark moved to the area this summer and soon became one of some 3,000 people a year fined at least £30 for turning onto Market
AN ANGRY councillor has claimed fly-tippers in Bradford are "getting away with murder." Councillor Mohammad Shabbir was reacting to news that a hotspot for fly-tipping in his ward had been targeted again at the weekend. Building rubble and
