CREWS from four fire stations tackled a fire believed to have started in garages beneath flats in Ilkley tonight. Elderly residents in Leconfield House, which is sheltered housing, were evacuated as police, fire and ambulance crews attended the
JONNY Bairstow and Tim Bresnan starred as Yorkshire took charge of their LV= County Championship match against Durham during a dreamy second day for the statisticians at Emirates Durham.The seventh-wicket pair shattered record after record on the way
TRAFFIC officers issued tickets to drivers during inspections in Holme Wood, Wyke and Great Horton. The officers handed out two no insurance tickets, three mobile phone tickets and four warnings over non-use of seat belts. They also gave tickets
Almost 50 of the district's primary schools were inspected by Ofsted in the last financial year. Of the 48 visited, 29 were judged to require improvement - 13 had fallen from good, 13 maintained their status as requiring improvement and two improved
PUPILS put together 500 food parcels for the homeless across Yorkshire. Children at the Rawha Academy Saturday school, based at Lapage Primary School, in Barkerend Road, made the packages on Saturday as part of their Feed 500 project. The group
A PROJECT which aims to improve the health of Bradford's visually impaired people has had its membership increase by 50 per cent since being awarded a £6,000 lottery grant. The Holme Wood Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) group was awarded £6,000
ROYAL Mail has started a campaign to raise awareness about dog attacks on postmen and women as it reveals more than one postie a month is targeted in Bradford. The company's Dog Awareness Week runs from today until Saturday and Royal Mail hopes
AN inquest into the death of a former Bradford man found dead in the Malaysian jungle was opened in the country today. Gareth Huntley, who lived and went to school in Apperley Bridge, went missing on Tioman Island on May 27 last year, and his body
A DEBATING team from a local school has been crowned champions of a national competition. The team from Beckfoot School in Bingley won the Debating Matters National Final, held at the British Library in London this weekend. They beat 12 schools
WIBSEY Rugby Union Club, who play in SSE Yorkshire Division Five, are starting weekly Tuesday training sessions at their Northfield Road pitch on July 7 (7pm).New and old players are welcome and Thursday night sessions will be added in August.
Sicily may be famed for its Mafia connections, but Hannah Stephenson discovers a family-friendly island trying to break free of its pastI MEET my guide Erme Riccobono at the entrance to the Teatro Massimo, the majestic Palermo opera house where the last
AIREDALE are holding a memorial day next month in memory of former president and founder Ken 'Biff' Smith, who died last summer. They will hold two Twenty20 matches to celebrate his life at their Bradford Road ground at Riddlesden on Sunday, July
Bradford is set to experience heatwave conditions from tomorrow – with highs of 27C – and health bosses are urging people to stay safe in the heat. The Met Office has forecast potential heatwave conditions for all parts of England except the north
BRADFORD Bulldogs ended their season in style by winning the prestigious Sheffield Under-16s Tournament and retaining the English Ice Hockey Association development award on the same weekend.The Bulldogs took on seven elite junior teams from England,
LOCAL author Elizabeth Hopkinson is celebrating the “secrets, history and mystery” of historic houses, in an anthology of new writing.Her story, The Yorkshire Defiance, is one of ten shortlisted entries from a competition, run by Corazon Books in partnership
NOW, I don't want to be a killjoy about people's pets, but when I see a neighbour's feline stray into my garden, I just want to get my claws out.I've caught them rolling around in my glorious borders of purple nepeta, otherwise known as catmint (red rag
CHEF and nutritionist Madeleine Shaw's diet plan doesn't just help her clients become healthier in the kitchen - it's improving their relationships too."One of the things that comes up all the time, is that people on the programme say they're less
A FATHER has been jailed for 18 months after he lied to police about a street assault which left a man with brain damage. Leeds Crown Court heard Warren Smith, 46, tried to “cover up” what had happened after he, Andrew Sibson and a 16-year-old
BURLEY booked a semi-final spot for the fifth time in six years in the Aire-Wharfe League's Waddilove Cup with 72-run win at Ben Rhydding.With Charlie Swallow (5-51) plugging away, Burley did not find runs easy to come by and were thankful for a half-century
BRITISH Transport Police want to track this youth after a member of staff was racially abused at Keighley railway station.Officers want the public’s help to identify the person (pictured) who they want to speak to in connection with the incident which
SCHOLES, after a shock 17-run defeat at Yeadon on Saturday, narrowed the gap on Morley at the top of JCT600 Bradford League Division Two to six points on Sunday.With leaders Morley having no game on the Sabbath, newcomers Scholes notched a 135-run win
RECORD-breakers Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan have put Yorkshire in a position of great strength during the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham at Emirates Durham. The White Rose county declared their first innings
A CITY trader reclines on a leather sofa in his chic loft apartment, tie loosened as he unwinds after a day at the office. Beyond the discarded pizza box lies a balcony overlooking an urban skyline. In the designer kitchen a plate of oysters and
THE late Keighley Cougars player Danny Jones was last night inducted into the club's Hall of Fame which includes legends of the game going back over a century. Mr Jones's widow Liz was among around 50 family members and 150 supporters and club
ON A day when it rained boundaries, Pudsey St Lawrence were only one more lusty blow away from victory in the JCT600 Bradford League Twenty20 final on their home ground.They needed 12 off the final two balls at Tofts Road to beat deadly rivals Pudsey
FOUR men are still in hospital after a serious crash on Saturday.The incident happened in Wakefield Road, Brighouse, at about 9pm when a Volkswagen Golf and Audi A4 are believed to have collided. Eight men were travelling in the vehicles involved.Among
BRADFORD'S Richard Barton finished second in the Speedi-Beet Horse of the Year Grace C Championship qualifier at Bramham International Horse Show, defeating 53 rivals. The only entrant to defeat Barton after his double clear on Donata – a seven-year-old
SIR – The civil engineering workers are doing a really good job in Victoria Road, Saltaire. Sir Titus Salt may well have been a great man, but so were the artisans who built what he envisioned. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Shipley
SIR – Will the four “New Labour” MPs, Messrs Burnham, Cooper, Corbyn and Kendall, not to be confused with a firm of solicitors, whoever is elected, be beneficial to the party’s electability in the near future, or will they be compared to another quartet
SIR – The recent anti-austerity marches against Government cuts have in my view come too late. The voting public had the chance to get rid of the Tories on May 7, sadly that only opportunity has been lost and George Osborne does not care and he
Sir - Could I, through the columns of your newspaper, thank those people who came from all over West Yorkshire (and further afield) to attend the 130th Service of Thanksgiving for SSAFA (The Soldiers’ Sailors’ Airmen’s and Families Association) at
SIR – Lister Park has never looked more gloriously exquisite. Surely bees, butterflies and thus birds agree. Congratulations to the Council for the measured adoption of current thought on differing grass levels/targeted area for mowing. Since when
Sir - Many of your readers may have lost a loved one or cared for someone with a terminal illness. As the UK’s leading terminal illness charity, Marie Curie knows people with other diseases need the care and support provided by us and other palliative
Sir - A letter from John Pashley (T&A, June 18) has been brought to my notice asking about the origin and purpose of a spotted dog on a building in Northgate. Here is the most likely explanation so far as I can tell, based upon records of the
Sir - Jane Dunn’s letter today succinctly expresses what Baildon is thinking. If instead of the well laid out architecturally superior individual units which were to provide 700 new jobs, the councillors on the Regulatory and Appeals Committee
STAFF at Bradford College will strike tomorrow in an ongoing row over potential job losses. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the college will be protesting outside the David Hockney Building from 7.30am, before moving to Leeds
A 14-year-old boy has admitted stabbing a supply teacher in a school classroom. The teenager, who cannot be named, was arrested after 50-year-old Vincent Uzomah was stabbed in the stomach at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford on June 11. He appeared
A DOZEN firearms, as well as imitation guns, rounds of ammunition and drugs were found at a Bradford house where a man was shot dead with his own gun during a police raid, an inquest heard today.Eight unarmed officers were involved in the raid on Colin
TWO late afternoon wickets for Adil Rashid and Steve Patterson boosted Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship victory bid on day three at Emirates Durham, with the hosts reaching tea at 134-2 in their second innings. Durham openers Mark Stoneman and
NEW figures from Age UK reveal a rising social care crisis, with cuts to older people's services leaving them "trapped" in hospital while they wait for support. According to the charity, more than two million bed days were lost to the NHS between
THIS newspaper makes no apologies for returning to a subject on our pages and in this column that is the most important issue facing the district. The problems facing education in Bradford are all too clear to see, and in simple terms, too many
Organisers of this year’s harness racing in aid of Manorlands Hospice breathed a big sigh of relief when the sun came out yesterday. Rain-hit conditions on the showfield in Haworth Road, Cullingworth, last year had forced the event to be cancelled
Members of Bradford Amateur Rowing Club battled it out with crews from across the north of England at the club’s annual sprint regatta on Saturday. Almost 300 competitors took to Hirst Weir on the River Aire for the event. Junior and senior
IT’S no laughing matter but I couldn’t wait to alert my daughter to the news that skinny jeans can seriously damage your health. Sometimes, teenagers’ jeans look so tight I’m surprised they can breathe. I wasn’t at all surprised to hear how a woman
A POLICE officer who raced into a burning building to save a family after seeing a terrified boy jump from an upstairs window, has told how he had to run through flames six times to get everyone out. PC Sean Cannon said he just didn't think about
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ANDREW Gale says Jack Leaning is achieving in first-team cricket what he failed to do in Yorkshire’s second team – pile on the runs.Leaning has been the county’s standout batsman in the LV= County Championship with 657 runs from seven matches, including
OUR win over Nottinghamshire at Headingley last week, collectively, was our best Championship performance of the season so far and set us up nicely for the ongoing match at Durham.We are one of those old-school sides who look to bat once and bowl teams
JIMMY Lowes saw the Bulls claim top spot in the Championship but then insisted: "I'm not reading too much into that."Lowes' troops reached the summit for the first time this season after edging two points clear of promotion rivals Leigh with
CITY boss Phil Parkinson expects his players to be in tip-top condition as they report back for the start of pre-season training today.Highly-regarded head of sports performance Nick Allamby has carefully planned out every session in what will be a "
Bradford Bulls 34, Batley Bulldogs 16 IT HAS taken them the best part of the season, but the Bulls can finally taste the rarefied air at the Championship summit. Okay, so they have only claimed top spot because Leigh were involved in the Challenge
A 12-YEAR-old boy who lost his sight after battling against a rare cancer has received an award recognising his bravery.Hasan Sankriwala was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a cancer which affects the retina of children, when he was one.His right eye had
DEFEATED MP David Ward has submitted a report to the elections watchdog alleging serious wrongdoing by political opponents in the run up to polling day and on the day itself. The former Bradford East MP - whose lost by 7,000 votes to Labour's Imran
VITAL targets to improve education standards across the district have been missed, warns a report scrutinising Bradford Council's performance. The document shows how the local authority oversaw declines - rather than improvements - in five of seven
WROSE Carnival has bounced back to life thanks to hard work and a determined community effort after the annual celebration looked to have withered away for good.On Saturday, the Lord Mayor Bradford Councillor Joanne Dodds will open the resurrected event
A BRADFORD grandmother has plans for an aid trip to Africa all sewn-up. Charity worker Razia Amini taking a cargo of sewing machines so women can be taught how to make and repair clothes. Mrs Amini, whose last shipment went out to Gambia and
BRADFORD Council could foot the bill for the cost of overturning a decision not to allow a fast-food restaurant to be built. Government planning inspectors say the authority's "unreasonable" behaviour has led to an unnecessary expense for the company
A WOMAN with Down's syndrome is facing the threat of violence in her native Malawi unless supporters in Bradford can raise £5,000 this week to stop the threat of deportation.Memory Juma, 22, came to Bradford ten years ago after facing prejudice and suspicion
BRADFORD Council's failure to meet education targets has led to a political spat between a district MP and the man who used to oversee the department for the local authority.Councillor Ralph Berry was in charge of education until he was moved to the portfolio
ONE of the headliners of this summer's Bingley Music Live festival has said the "cool" event is in the spirit of what a festival should be about. James will become the first headliner in the festival's history to return to the Myrtle Park music
