A FIRE crew from Idle was called to a rubbish fire in Peel Park this evening. The callout was made at 8.15pm. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Service said it was a mattress and some rubbish that had been set on fire in some shrubs.
TWO fire crews from Bradford attended an electrical fire in a cellar in Stamford Road. It is beleived an electrical fault started to melt wires and firefighters isolated the supply and contacted the electricity board. No injuries were reported
LONG-AWAITED Apperley Bridge railway station been hailed as a soaraway success for the Bradford district and the wider region. Around 400 passengers a day are now using the station and the 297 space car park fills up to 85 per cent capacity
A SWING bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Apperley Bridge has stuck in the open position for the second time in a week causing chaos for people trying to get to their homes. The bridge got stuck at around 4pm today leaving people stranded
A 50-YEAR-OLD man has collapsed and died in Baildon this afternoon. Police were called to Baildon Woodbottom Working Men’s Club, Otley Road, Baildon Bridge at around 4.35pm. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman confirmed the man died at the
A BAN on tipping at Baildon’s Moor reservoir has now been issued by Bradford Council. An enforcement order demands owner Andy Jones stops lorries delivering waste and spoil within a day of it coming into force on Friday, August 26. Within 18
BRADFORD Brewery’s expansion plans have suffered a setback after council planners refused its bid to open a new premises in Saltaire. The company, based on Rawson Road in the city centre, had applied to convert a disused shop on Saltaire Road into
GPs need to take a more active role helping identify young people who care for family members, according to a children’s charity. Barnardo's works with Bradford Council to offer support to the district’s young carers. It is involved with various
POLICE are appealing for anyone with information about a woman who has been missing from Baildon for almost two weeks to get in touch.Kelly Walsh has not been seen since Friday, July 15, and police are concerned for her safety.Ms Walsh is described as
A WOMAN is facing the threat of prosecution after a dog died in a car on the hottest day of the year.The 59-year-old woman, who has not been named, was traced and interviewed by the RSPCA after the animal was spotted collapsed in the vehicle in Guiseley.The
GRANTS totalling nearly £400,000 have been awarded to three arts organisations in Bradford to help put them on a sounder financial footing.Arts Council England is to give £149,647 to the organisers of the Bradford Literature Festival, the city’s Impressions
A WOMAN was carjacked at knifepoint by a hooded man in Bradford this morning. The victim was alone in the black VW Golf at a red traffic light on Marlborough Road, Manningham, at around 7.45am when a man got into the car and ordered her to get
A BRADFORD man who was part of a "meticulously planned operation" to distribute millions of pounds worth of heroin throughout the UK has been jailed for 12 years. Shah Faisal, 27, of Hillam Street, Great Horton, was a member of an organised crime
A MAN believed to be from Bradford has been arrested for trying to smuggle 16 kilos of heroin onto a plane in Pakistan. The arrest was made at Benazir Bhutto Islamabad International Airport on July 17. The man is believed to be a British national
POLICE are warning drivers of delays along the A650 Bingley bypass following a collision between two cars at around 2.30pm today. The incident has occurred on the roundabout where the A650 joins the B6265 near Crossflats. It is a damage-only
UNDERCLIFFE Cricket Club's Josh Walker and Russell Morgan have won the Bradford Snooker Pairs Trophy for the first time.Having overcome holders and three-time winners Gareth and Anthony Green and five-times champions Wayne Cooper and Kevin Firth in
PATRIOTIC people have been urged to vote for their favourite emoji to mark Yorkshire Day on Monday, August 1. Five Yorkshire-inspired emojis, a Yorkshire pudding, flat cap, a Yorkshire Terrier, white rose and pot of tea with a teacosy, will battle
ANDREW Cairns (Rossendale) and Paul Williams (Shropshire) were week four qualifiers in the Spen Masters, sponsored by P&I Hopkins Butchers. Cairns made it through with wins over Clay Flattley (Shropshire) 21-18, Jack Dyson (Netherton) 21-19 and Callum
SUNDAY'S ARTHUR JAMES SHAKERR, over 13 kilometres, attracted 207 runners. The race, organised by Eccleshill Road Runners and previously the Saltaire Shaker, was renamed to honour their former club member who died in May 2012. He was a popular local
BRADFORD have gained promotion in their first season in the Federation League.The Stoneywood Ltd-backed team, needing 12 points to confirm their rise, defeated UK Police 23-9 in their final group game.Spen Victoria hosted the home tie, and Bradford got
A 23-YEAR-OLD man caught with heroin worth £8,500 has been warned by a judge he is going to jail for street drug dealing.Qasim Parvez, of Mayo Drive, Odsal, Bradford, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply on August
A DRUG driver almost five times the legal cannabis limit has been sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.Wasiq Khan, 32, of Fenby Grove, Holme Wood, Bradford, has also been banned from driving for a year.The 32-year-old was stopped
THE death of Bradford woman Samia Shahid, who is claimed to be the victim of a so-called 'honour killing,' is now being treated as murder. It was reported that police in Pakistan had launched a murder investigation. A West Yorkshire Police
Wicked The Alhambra ANYONE who grew up watching The Wizard of Oz, and that's pretty much everyone, may still occasionally be haunted by Margaret Hamilton's cackling, child-hating Wicked Witch of the West. But have you ever stopped to ask
BRADFORD Bulls will take on Whitehaven at the Recreation Ground in the opening round of the Championship Shield. The Bulls travel to Cumbria to face Whitehaven on Sunday 7th August as the next round of 2016 fixtures get underway. Rohan Smith
WickedThe AlhambraANYONE who grew up watching The Wizard of Oz, and that's pretty much everyone, may still occasionally be haunted by Margaret Hamilton's cackling, child-hating Wicked Witch of the West. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself
CITY will play Stoke under-23s, Morecambe and Bury in the rebranded EFL Trophy. The former Johnstone's Paint competition will now begin with a group stage, with the opening round of matches taking place on August 30. The top two teams from each
POLICE have thanked a motorist who stopped to help a woman with dementia in Silsden.According to a spokesman for West Yorkshire Police the incident happened last Sunday. (July 24)He added: "A woman with dementia was walking in the middle of the road
COUNCILLORS have condemned “systematic attacks” by vandals on a Bradford park after changing rooms were burnt down, the latest in a string of incidents. A cabin was destroyed in a fire at Peel Park on Monday afternoon, which was used as a changing
COUNCILLORS have given their support to plans that will allow more young people in council care to remain in Bradford.There are currently almost 900 young people in council care, with some living in residential homes. Pressures on spaces in these homes
A WOMAN told a jury at Bradford Crown Court how she was pushed into a working chest freezer when only around three years of age. Now in middle-age, the woman said her abuser sat on the freezer as she screamed to be released. Speaking first
Last night’s friendly fixtures produced a mixed bag of results, with arguably the most surprising being a strong Guiseley side being held to a goalless draw at Toolstation Northern Counties East League Division One outfit Knaresborough Town. The
TWO people, who were arrested in connection with alleged threats against MP Naz Shah, have been released on bail. West Yorkshire Police said a 37-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman had been bailed pending further inquiries. They had been
FOR many it improves confidence and self esteem and can be the springboard back into the world of work.This month (July) marks the first anniversary of the launch of Fresh Start 4U, a project funded by Bradford Council and supported by Parks Staff helping
TERRY Dolan is preaching patience as Stuart McCall embarks on his second stint as City boss.Dolan knows McCall well since first managing him at Valley Parade in the 1980s and the pair come face to face again at Horsfall Stadium tonight when Avenue host
TRAVIS Head would love to win a limited-overs trophy with Yorkshire and repay the faith shown in him by his fellow Australian Jason Gillespie.Head forged a close bond with the White Rose coach during their two months together with the Adelaide Strikers
ALEX Meechan is looking forward to his first Bradford derby tonight as Park Avenue host City in a pre-season friendly. Both sides are under new stewardship, with Meechan in charge at Horsfall Stadium and Bantams legend Stuart McCall in the hot
FOREIGN secretary Boris Johnson has been urged to step in after a Bradford woman died in Pakistan amid claims she may have been the victim of a so-called 'honour killing'. Samia Shahid died in Pakistan last week amid fears that she had been murdered
WHEN Batley Variety Club opened in the late 1960s, it brought a sprinkling of Vegas-style glamour to West Yorkshire.Those who raised their eyebrows and wondered how such a glitzy venue, with plush carpets and velvet seats, could prosper in a small northern
A BINGLEY firm of mortgage advisers has trebled the size of its offices, created three jobs and changed its name as it looks to continued growth. Mortgage Q has invested around £50,000 in its new base at the former Yorkshire Bank premises in Main
CONFIDENCE among local service sector firms has fallen to its lowest point in three years, a new business survey shows.Companies are gloomy about expectations of increasing turnover and profitability, according to the latest quarterly economic survey
Chris Holland meets the man helping local small and medium company bosses to cope with the pressures of running a businessA PROBLEM shared is a problem halved - so goes the old maxim.But it is one that remains relevant to a growing band of local small
LENDER Provident Financial is pressing ahead with plans for extra working space as its city centre head office is bursting at the seams.Recruitment driven mainly by the success of its Vanquis Bank credit card operation and other new operations has seen
A KARATE kid from Bradford has returned from the junior world championships with a silver medal. Scarlett Ancliffe, 10, took part in the I.N. Cup International Karate Championships held in Niigata, Japan. She jetted off, along with her family
HEALTH bosses have been debating the best ways of turning round the district’s high obesity rates. Public health campaigns, new cycle lanes and planning measures such as restricting the opening of take-aways were among moves discussed by the Bradford
OFFICERS running the police crackdown on dangerous driving in Bradford are “passionate” about making the district’s roads safer.A spokesman for Operation Steerside said colleagues were determined to reduce the number of serious and fatal collisions in
MORE than 1,000 complaints about breaches of planning rules were lodged with Bradford Council last year, new figures show. The authority’s planning enforcement team received 1,467 complaints about a total of 1,155 different sites across the district
A DRIVER who overtook stationary cars and jumped a red traffic light in Bradford showed a “total lack of respect for other road users”. The motorist, in a Ford Fiesta, drove through the red light and across a junction on Great Horton Road, where
