POLICE are investigating a crash between a lorry and pedestrian which left a young woman in hospital. The collision happened in Ingleby Road at around 4pm this evening and police closed the road for around two and a half hours while paramedics
SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons has taken over as the sponsor of the Great Run Series, replacing Bupa who had backed it for 22 years.The announcement was made on Friday morning, with Great Run founder and chairman Brendan Foster saying the four-year agreement
CITY of Bradford swimmers secured a golden haul of medals in Harrogate Swimming Club's Janus Graded Meet held at the Hydro. Gold medals were won in the A Grade by Oliver Wain (4), Ella Jones (3), Archie Minto (2), Joey Backhouse (2), Ellen Winters
BRADFORD is to stage a world tournament – a month before the Rugby World Cup begins.The inaugural World Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament will be held at Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club – home of the award-winning Bumble Bees – from August 17-21.The tournament
A Bradford road is closed in both directions after an accident involving a lorry and a pedestrian. Ingleby Road is closed after the accident between Duncombe Street/ Duncombe Road and Thornton Road. The pedestrian is believed to be a teenage
STRONG winds caused the closure of a city centre road and blew a lorry trailer on to its side in Bradford today. A 12-metre piece of cladding was ripped off by gusts at 1 The Interchange and left hanging from the roof, said a fire service spokesman
CAST and crew at Yeadon Charities Association are putting the finishing touches and sparkle on their production of Red Riding Hood, ready for their first audiences on Friday, January 16.Playing the title role of Red Riding Hood, Charlotte Thornton is
KEIGHLEY youth theatre KYDZ is moving forward two decades for its latest production, Truth and Dare.A follow-up to last year's 1960s-themed musical Runaways, the show is set during the early 1980s in a northern town. The action centres on Frankie Prentice
KEIGHLEY youth theatre KYDZ is moving forward two decades for its latest production, Truth and Dare.A follow-up to last year's 1960s-themed musical Runaways, the show is set during the early 1980s in a northern town. The action centres on Frankie Prentice
BE prepared: The Alabama 3 are on their way to this district, to Ilkley to be exact. If you've never heard their music you've never seen The Sopranos. The hit American TV gangster series used the band's driving Woke Up This Morning number on the
DO you fancy singing in Bradford festival Choral Society? No previous experience is necessary, but if you think you would enjoy the buzz of singing with 100 people then just turn up at St Peter’s Church, Moorhead Lane. Saltaire at 7.30pm on Wednesday
BRADFORD painter Barry Langroyd Hanson has been showing his pictures in various local venues for years.Two years ago the former groundsman at Undercliffe Cricket Club has also used the side of his Killinghall Road house to paint a giant cricket ball.
CABARET time returns to the Saltaire's Caroline Club next week with a zany line up of acts to amuse and bemuse.Doors for the comedy music night open at 7pm on Friday, January 16 with the first turn on at 8pm- Delights on the night include music man Perry
SALLY Morgan rose to fame with her TV series, Star Psychic, eight years ago. She has since been the focus of several TV shows, including her Sky Living series, Psychic Sally On The Road, which offered an insight into her life on and offstage.
LONG before the world became obsessed with the likes of Twilight and True Blood, hit musical, Vampires Rock, paved the way for all things supernatural. Telling the story of Baron Von Rockula (Steve Steinman), the show is set in the aptly named Club Live
TONIGHT St George's Hall will be heaving - with laughter - as the panel members of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue embark on a number of silly tasks which will hopefully include Mornington Crescent, arguably the most inexplicable game on BBC radio. The last
A new season of silent films at Bradford Cathedral – with live organ improvisation by Jonathan Eyre – starts next Friday with the Wizard of Oz.. This is not the one starring Judy Garland In this earlier version Dorothy, really Princess Dorothea and
BEATLEMANIA is this month set to return to Keighley 50 years on. Tribute band Beatles For Sale promise to perform amazing harmonies from their catalogue of more than 100 hit songs. The band will perform at the Octagon club in Bradford Road, Sandbeds,
SIR – The economists must be tearing up their theses and burning the accepted tomes on micro-economics to accommodate the latest weapon in the Tory economics armoury – the volunteer. Thus far, the rewards accruing to the means of production (labour
SIR – I share Chris Holland’s implied disdain (T&A, January 8) at the omission of Gary Verity and the lumping together of time-serving civil servants with those members of the public who have independently benefited the community over and above
SIR – So we are going to spend £36 billion repairing potholes. What a waste of time. The cause of potholes is the volume and weight of modern traffic. When we first needed smoother road surfaces in the early days of road transport, we spread
SIR – I had recently had occasion to visit Harveys department store in Halifax and was reminded of the quality and ambience of Brown, Muff in Bradford, although on a smaller scale. The tearoom and restaurant is very well patronised and exudes a
SIR – Thankfully it’s but a minute portion of the world’s many believers in Sky Fairies of different shapes and sizes that takes things as far as the gunmen in Paris this week, so we should not blame the majority of peaceful superstitionists for the
SIR – With all the recent furore over A&E being inundated, I would like to share what happened to me on Christmas Day. After an unfortunate slip on laminate flooring, I fell awkwardly on my arm. I didn’t want to go to the BRI as we feared it
It's always nice to get emails from strangers - you know, the ones offering you a cut of several million pounds on behalf of a deposed Nigerian prince, the ones that promise you can reclaim PPI on loans you never had, the ones shiftily offering you an
SIR – In addition to being used as a political football, the national press and television have been at great pains to point out the alleged meltdown of our NHS. This must come as a great surprise to the vast majority of NHS hospitals and GPs that
PEOPLE have only until this Sunday to sign up to a fitness offer at Bradford Council-owned gyms. Anyone who signs up for a Clubactive membership before January 11 will receive six consecutive weeks of membership for £20. The offer will entitle
A CALL for new volunteers has been made by the Great Horton Community Partnership in Bradford. Formed in 2002, the partnership funds projects including family trips, fun days, an annual festival, and the purchase of safety equipment for vulnerable
PARENTS are being urged to help their children eat less sugar. Kirklees Council is encouraging families in the Spen Valley to cut back on the amount of sugar children eat and drink by backing a Public Health England Change4Life campaign. The
PLANS to turn two floors of a Manningham building into 18 flats have been submitted to Bradford Council. Jeff Redmile put in the application to change the use of the first and second floor of Commercial House, 140-148 Manningham Lane, from offices
SOME of Britain’s most talented menswear designers will be showcasing Hainsworth’s contemporary fabrics at this weekend’s London Collections: Men. The British Fashion Council event, now in its sixth season, features over 70 menswear designers.
MEET members of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce at an event in the city. Meet the Chamber will be held at Bradford Chamber, Devere House, Vicar Lane on Wednesday, January 21 between noon and 2pm. To book a place, call the events team on 01274
YORKSHIRE Water has extended its tie-up with npower after signing a contract which will see half of its energy needs met through renewable electricity supplied by Drax-owned Haven Power. The deal, facilitated by RWE Supply and Trading, will see
AN MP has blasted claims the EU will stop free trading with the UK if it leaves. Philip Davies (Con, Shipley) said claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that free trade would stop were ridiculous and unfounded. Speaking in the Commons, Mr Davies
CHARLES Dent has officially stepped down as the managing director of Timothy Taylor’s brewery after 22 years in the role. He has been succeeded by Tim Dewey who took over as chief executive of the company, based at the Knowle Spring, Keighley.
A HOUSEBUILDER which last month lost a bid to construct homes on a Keighley greenfield site has reported a strong year of trading. Persimmon Homes saw a 17 per cent increase in completions compared to the previous year and revenues rose by 23 per
RESIDENTS aged over 60 from the Bradford district have been urged to apply for a free summer holiday to Blackpool. Every year the Bradford-based Fred Towler Trust sends people on a free holiday to Blackpool. Those who apply must be aged over
RICHARD Noake has been appointed as the first Director of Education for the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales. Mr Noake will lead a team across the whole of the new Anglican diocese, also including the former Wakefield Diocesan Board of Education
A MAN with mental health problems set fire to his flat, putting other residents at risk, a court heard yesterday. Bradford Crown Court was told Wayne Gray, 24, wanted to end his own life when he set fire to bedding in his ground floor flat in Burnsall
OLDER residents can get advice and help on a host of issues at a weekly course in Keighley. Surviving the Experience of Getting Old will next be held at Central Hall, Alice Street on Friday, January 16, between 10am and noon. The course will
VISITORS to Bradford City’s Mirror Pool on Tuesday, January 20 between 11am and 3pm will see dragon boats in the water as part of an exciting promotional launch for the 2015 Lord Mayor's Appeal Dragon Boat Racing Event coming up in the spring.
A 27-YEAR-OLD man, who had pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm, will be sentenced at a later date so a psychiatric assessment can be made. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that Lewis Watson was a patient at Lynfield Mount psychiatric
GRASSROOTS charities and community projects in Bradford have been invited to apply for cash grants. The Equity Foundation was started in January 2013 by the Equity Housing Group to create employment and skills development opportunities and improve
KEIGHLEY people are being urged to have their say on how future council services could be run. A further series of consultation events is planned at venues across the district, including Central Hall in Keighley. Bradford Council leader, Councillor
MANORLANDS hospice has begun the countdown to its eighth annual Keighley BigK 10K. The event is being held on Mothering Sunday on March 15, and will start and finish in Victoria Park. Last year’s event attracted a record 1,300 entries and raised
BRADFORD Cathedral is to host a new play centred around the journey of D-Day veterans back to the Normandy beaches next month. Le Grand Return is described as a gentle comedy about love, remembrance, war and peace, and it is written by Bradford
SHAHEEN Hussain has been appointed as the head of the new immigration department of a Bradford solicitor’s firm. She will lead Applebys Solicitors’ department, offering specialist immigration services such as advising individuals on British nationality
SINGERS and people who fancy trying it are invited to a sing-along in Saltaire. Around 100 people are expected to be at St Peter’s Church, in Moorhead Lane, on Wednesday, January 14, when Bradford Festival Choral Society has an open rehearsal as
A KEIGHLEY company has helped produce a set of films showing what studying at Kirklees College is like. The college’s students are the stars of the eight movies produced by Twenty Twenty Films, of Bradford Road. The films give prospective students
A TOTAL of £2.3 billion was paid out by over-55s in Yorkshire and Humberside to support their children and grandchildren last year, a survey has found. The research by the Equity Release Council found almost £1 billion goes towards younger relatives
PLANS have been unveiled for nearly 30 homes on a Keighley greenfield site. The outline application for a residential development in Parkwood Rise has been submitted to Bradford Council and has already drawn fire from a Keighley group. The
TEACHERS have been invited to Bradford’s Impressions Gallery this month to share ideas for creative teaching methods. Creative TeachMeet, on Thursday, January 22, 4pm-6.30pm, is a free event for teachers, museum and gallery educators, creative
A NEW beekeepers course gets under way next week. Bradford Beekeepers’ Association is running the course which starts on January 15 and runs until May 21. The sessions run from 7-9pm at Bradford University. Participants will learn about the
A TAXI driver was suspended from duty after an argument with police about an alleged offence. Officers from the district’s anti-social bike unit warned the driver that he had entered a cycle box at red lights at the junction of Livingstone Road
A MOPED rider is facing prosecution for failing to stop and driving without due care and attention after refusing to stop for police in Bradford. Instead the rider turned onto a busy roundabout, travelling in the wrong direction and also failed
A TOTAL of about £5,000 is being spent on installing discrete barriers which should prevent a repeat of travellers taking over the area surrounding the war memorial in Low Moor in Bradford for unauthorised encampments. Councillors acted after an
TRIBUTES have been paid to the last founder member of Ilkley Choral Society. Lydia Pettit, 89, performed in almost every concert since the group was formed in 1949. She died on Boxing Day. Society chairman Adrian Heeley said: “Lydia was
A MORRIS dancing group is looking for new members. The Flagcrackers of Craven, founded in 1988, are looking for musicians and dancers. The team is holding an open session on Sunday, January 18, between 11am and 3pm at Farnhill Village Institute
A FORMER school and council building in Bradford is set to be demolished and turned into 30 homes after outline planning permission for the scheme was granted yesterday by the council’s Regulatory and Appeals Committee, despite a petition by local
DEVELOPERS have been given the go-ahead to build 50 new affordable homes on a brownfield site in Douglas Road, Cutler Heights, Bradford. The project was passed by Bradford Council’s regulatory and appeals committee despite concerns from residents
A TOTAL of 520,000 cubic metres of stone will be removed from Buck Lane quarry in Denholme after plans for its extraction were approved by Bradford Council yesterday. The four-year operation will cause up to 90 extra journeys a day by HGVs, with
BRADFORD East MP David Ward could be ousted if there is a six per cent or less increase in the voting levels of 18 to 34-year-olds in the General Election, a study has found. Mr Ward, who has a majority of just 365, is one of five MPs in Yorkshire
VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help run a new cafe for older people at Thornton Community Centre in Bradford. The Well Being Cafe begins serving next Friday and will be open from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. It will be held once a month. Spokesman Kathryn Halford
AN OPTICIANS has thanked people who helped spread Christmas cheer by donating more than 50 toys and games for the children’s ward at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Specsavers’ store director at Idle, Bhrat Phakey, said: “We felt it was really important
POLICE are urging Bradford City fans who drive to home games to continue to help them slash vehicle crime on match days. The mid-season reminder comes as figures show thefts from motor vehicle in the Bradford West area, where Valley Parade is situated
AN EXHIBITION by West Yorkshire-based artist Ruth Fettis opens at Cartwright Hall in Bradford this month. The artist works in a range of media including printmaking and collage. One of the pieces in the new exhibition, which starts on Saturday
A BALL in aid of women who suffer health problems is being organised by a campaigner based in Shipley. Michelle Middleton has voluntarily run the local Endometriosis Support group for seven years. “I was invited to talk about endometriosis
A 50-YEAR history of Sikh temples in Bradford will be given during a free lecture in the city. To mark the golden jubilee year of the first Sikh temple established in the district, MBE Dr Ramindar Singh will speak at Bradford Local Studies Library
LOCAL charities and organisations are invited to apply to receive half the profits raised at the Ilkley Carnival. The carnival committee is encouraging local schools, charities and groups to apply online for primary beneficiary status before the
A BINGLEY man got on his bike to raise more than £7,200 for a cancer charity. Colin Slingsby (pictured left), 40, completed the 127-mile route alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Care. He handed over
FIRST generation graduates have had their achievements rewarded by Otley Lions. The group presented the awards to two students who are the first from their families to secure university places, at St Mary’s High School’s recent sixth form presentation
The shocking scenes from Paris reverberated around the world. The massacre of 12 people at the offices of a French satirical magazine by gunmen shouting Islamic phrases has once again put international terrorism firmly back to the top of the agenda
SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies’s campaign to get the man behind Yorkshire’s Grand Depart knighted has been backed by Commons leader William Hague. Mr Hague said the New Year’s Honours list was not the only one of the year and he would be speaking to decision-makers
There can be few people who disagree that the ongoing regeneration of Bradford city centre, in retail terms, can only be a positive thing for the future of the city and the wider district. With the Westfield development at Broadway due to open
A POPPY from the Tower of London art installation is to go on display in Bradford’s City Hall. The poppy was purchased by Bradford Council’s Lord Mayor’s Office as a gift to the citizens of the Bradford district. It is one of 888,246 which formed
THE National Media Museum will be opening in the evening and offering an insight into its Stranger than Fiction exhibition. Held on January 27 at 7pm, the Evening in Stranger than Fiction includes a tour of the Joan Fontcuberta photography exhibition
FAULTY boilers that forced the closure of a primary school before Christmas failed to take the steam out of its festive plans. The Key Stage One and reception Nativities could not go ahead as scheduled when Oxenhope Primary School shut for four
WORK has started to improve one of the main gateways to Bradford's new shopping centre. Streets leading to the Westfield development, including Market Street, Charles Street and Well Street, have been improved and now Broadway is being spruced
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after two men were assaulted as they tended to a woman who had fallen and broken her ankles.The attack happened near Christ Church, Carleton Street, Skipton, half an hour after midnight on New Year's Day.A woman out
A TEENAGER had his mountain bike stolen by a group of men in Bradford after being sprayed in the face with aerosol and punched. The 18-year-old victim was walking along Mount Avenue in Eccleshill when he was approached by some Asian males who demanded
A WOMAN who was found in the street with a three-foot pole and a 12-inch kitchen knife has been given a suspended prison sentence. Mother-of-two Jodie Beetham, 28, was seen in Grayswood Crescent, Holme Wood, shortly before midnight on August 22
A MAN and woman were taken to hospital after a faulty electrical box caught fire in their Shipley flat early yesterday. Firefighters from Shipley and Bradford were called to out out the blaze at Beamsley House in Bradford Road at about 1.15am. A faulty
NORTH Yorkshire Police chiefs have vowed to continue the fight against drink and drug driving after making more than 100 arrests during their annual festive crackdown. Officers made 103 arrests between December 1 and January 1 and conducted 2,927 roadside
DETECTIVES investigating a murder that was thought to have links to Bradford have launched a fresh appeal for information.Craig Wilcox was last seen on January 6 last year, at the home of relatives in Failsworth, near Manchester.His body was found on
ROCHDALE are unlikely to be busy shoppers in the transfer window as Keith Hill puts his faith in youth.Six of the squad in the FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest last week were 20 or under and Hill would rather push the club’s own youngsters than recruit
OTLEY, Cleckheaton and Bradford & Bingley are hoping to back up excellent home displays with away victories tomorrow. The fifth-placed Cross Greeners, who defeated Hull Ionians 12-6 in SSE National League Two North, won 23-5 at home to Chester
A VERY limited number of Bantamspast Bradford Pals badges will be available before City's home game against Rochdale tomorrow.There are 100 pre-numbered commemorative pairs, of which 90 have been pre-ordered. Fans can snap up the remainder on a first
ART lovers will get the opportunity to weave their way through the city's rich textile past at an exhibition opening in Bradford College next week. Bradford Pick and Mix exhibition will combine several months of work by artists who have been inspired
AN ORGANISATION which has spent years bringing joy into the lives of children with special needs in Bradford district is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Bradford Toy Library, which was set up in 1975, is a charity based at the child development
NEWLY-crowned League One player of the month Rory McArdle has cheekily offered to assist City in training – with their shooting practice. The defender picked up the accolade today for his outstanding part in a defensive unit that conceded only
AN ORGANISATION which has spent years bringing joy into the lives of children with special needs in Bradford district is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Bradford Toy Library, which was set up in 1975, is a charity based at the child development
DANNY Addy has hailed Andy Lynch as a “true professional” ahead of the former Bradford captain’s testimonial match on Sunday.Addy is delighted to be crossing swords with his old team-mate in the Bulls’ opening pre-season friendly.He was an aspiring Super
COUNCILLORS are being asked to decide which of eight sites across the district will be best to convert into a new school for up to 100 expelled pupils. The hunt is on for a site for a new pupil referral unit that will teach secondary school pupils
A £1.4 MILLION retail academy is to be set up shortly to provide a "finishing school" for people looking to work in The Broadway shopping centre once it opens later this year. The scheme, which is part of the Get Bradford Working programme, will
PANTO stars from the Alhambra took a break from rehearsals to take a bit of stage magic to a children's hospital ward. Bradford’s own prince of pantomime and king of comedy Billy Pearce, who plays Muddles in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, put
WHEN Salford owner Dr Marwan Koukash axed Phil Veivers in March 2013, it could have spelt the end of the former Bulls assistant's time in coaching. It did not. Twelve months later, Veivers was back in the game after taking the reins at Championship
WIND farms can be “incredibly popular” and Tory opposition is pushing up energy bills, a Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister has argued. Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, vowed his party would continue to back onshore farms as part of a “dramatic increase
KEIGHLEY, buoyed by their superb defensive display in a 28-0 victory at Leeds Medics & Dentists last weekend, could have two first-team stalwarts back before long.Director of rugby Graeme Sheffield said: "We hope that Stuart Inman (knee) will be
SKIPTON AA We will be holding our 108th annual meeting next Wednesday (8pm) but it will be at the Cross Keys pub on Otley Road (opposite the police station) rather than Skipton WMC. All members are invited to attend. The Association has had
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Baildon: construction of detached double garage, 53 Station Road. Baildon: construction of single storey rear extension of the following dimensions: depth of extension
HIS side might have been scratching around to get some practice on a 4G pitch this week but Wharfedale coach Jon Feeley reckons playing on artificial grass at Ealing Trailfinders tomorrow might suit his men.The Londoners, bidding to return to The Championship
RAIL chiefs have promised to look for a solution after complaints over excessive litter and untidy undergrowth around the rail station in the Saltaire World Heritage Site. The Aire Valley Rail Users Group says litter has been allowed to build up
A COMMUNITY centre has a new sports hall floor after it was handed a £50,000 boost. Parkside Centre in West Bowling, which is run by Bradford Trident, received the cash from Biffa Award, a multi-million pound fund. Mick Binns, Bradford Trident
CITY today swept the board for the League One monthly awards as both Phil Parkinson and Rory McArdle picked up accolades for the recent hot run. Parkinson, who yesterday secured Jon Stead on loan until the end of May, was named the Sky Bet top
A HOST of measures aimed at improving passenger safety in taxis and private hire vehicles across the Bradford district have been rubber-stamped by councillors. Reductions in advertising costs and vehicle fees were also approved, as was a tougher
LARGE signs promoting a nightspot in Saltaire have been judged too huge for the World Heritage Site. Big boards advertising the Hop, in the former Old Tramshed building, were put in the car park between Albert Road and Clarence Road - despite having
A GREEDY and dishonest group of carers fleeced an elderly widow out of more than £500,000, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Three women are on trial accused of plotting to milk the wealthy pensioner by grotesquely inflating the cost of looking
A WOMAN misguidedly tried to help an ill friend, who later died, by supplying her with large quantities of a strong painkiller, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Donna McConnell, 41, was sentenced to a community order and told by a judge that
VICTIMS of rape in Bradford have been urged to have the courage to come forward - on the back of a new protocol about how cases are investigated was revealed. A joint protocol, created and implemented by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and
