Betty Newell
Betty Newell is your community correspondent for Gilstead. She can be contacted on 01274 563324

£7m housing boost proposal for Bradford district

Coun the Reverend Paul Flowers, the council’s executive member for culture, tourism and sport

9:04am Monday 4th July 2011

Bradford Council is to consider using £7 million worth of cash and land assets to help 300 affordable homes to be built across the district.

Villagers invited to visit new Oak Glen surgery

10:49am Friday 1st July 2011

Residents of Eldwick, Gilstead and beyond are invited to attend an open day at Oak Glen Surgery on Wednesday, between 1pm and 4.30pm.

Man, 20, arrested over Bingley ram-raid

11:33am Wednesday 11th May 2011

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a ram-raid at a shop in Bingley.

Ram-raiders smash their way into minimarket

The store that was raided

8:20am Tuesday 10th May 2011

Ram-raiders who stole a cash machine from a Bingley shop caused about £30,000 of damage after repeatedly driving a car into the shutters.

Bid to change use of livestock farm buildings at Gilstead

10:00am Friday 24th December 2010

Farm buildings could be used for retail sales under a change of use planning application submitted to Bradford Council.

James is getting Christmas posted to China

James Wood with girlfriend Mao Mao

8:40am Friday 24th December 2010

A dinner table in China will have a very English flavour tomorrow thanks to James Wood’s determination to stave off Christmas Day homesickness.

New health centre ready for patients

Pictured outside the new health centre are, from the left, Dr Sarah Whitfield, practice manager Angie Nicholson  and Dr Aziz Hafiz

10:15am Thursday 25th November 2010

A new health centre will open its doors to patients on Monday on a multi-million pound development.

Drivers ‘ignoring new speed bumps’

Coun David Heseltine

8:00am Monday 16th August 2010

Campaigners in Bingley have given a mixed reaction to a £52,000 road safety scheme designed to slow down traffic speeding through their village.

Quiet start predicted for grouse season on Rombalds Moor

Edward Bromet, chairman of the Moorland Association

6:30am Tuesday 10th August 2010

It might be all quiet on the ‘Glorious Twelfth’ itself, but a leading moorland figure is cautiously optimistic for this year’s grouse-shooting season.

Opening hours bid angers residents

An artist’s impression of the complex

9:51am Wednesday 23rd June 2010

Controversial proposals to extend the opening hours of a shopping complex, GP and veterinary surgery near Bingley have provoked protests from residents.



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