Karen Welborn
Karen Welborn is your community correspondent for Bolton Woods. She can be contacted on 07708 758468

Bolton Woods shopkeeper is hit on head with a branch

8:00am Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A Bradford shopkeeper was hit on the head with a tree branch when he was confronted by ‘Little and Large’ robbers.

Remembrance services across the Bradford district this weekend

The annual Act of Remembrance at the cenotaph in Bradford

11:59am Friday 9th November 2012

Brave servicemen and women who lost their lives in conflict will be remembered in the Bradford district as Remembrance Day services take place on Sunday.

Plans to transform Bolton Woods

The stylised illustration of the vision for Bolton Woods

10:56am Friday 12th October 2012

Plans are afoot to completely transform an established Bradford community. DAVID BARNETT looks at who’s behind it, how they propose to do it, and why

Tragic mum Cindy Whitaker helps to save six people

Rebecca and Cindy Whitaker

4:23pm Tuesday 26th July 2011

The daughter of a woman who helped save six lives after her death has paid tribute to her organ donor mum.

£122,000 garden to lift community

Cath Taylor, community development worker at the centre, at the site

5:48pm Thursday 20th January 2011

A £122,000 project to create a playground and recreation area next to a community centre is taking shape.

Bolton Villas church re-opens

9:50am Friday 22nd January 2010

A congregation is celebrating the opening of its new £520,000 building.

Action day tackles litter and crime

10:19am Friday 11th September 2009

Police, the fire service and Bradford Council will join forces for a purge on litter, crime and anti-social behaviour in Bolton Woods, Bradford, tomorrow.

Celebrations after appeal is withdrawn

Residents Joe Holdsworth, John Hall, Gillian Thorne, John Watmough, Rod Hine and Terry Ariver

6:10pm Wednesday 2nd September 2009

Residents are celebrating after an appeal lodged over rejected plans for a new recycling plant at a Bradford quarry was withdrawn.

Unconscious man rescued from blaze

The scene of the blaze in Stillington House

8:21am Tuesday 30th June 2009

Firefighters called to a flat blaze found a man collapsed unconscious on the living room floor.

England soccer players' £5,000 gift

Bolton Woods Junior Football Club general manager Tony Miller

11:57am Wednesday 29th April 2009

Footballer John Terry and his England team-mates have surprised a football club with a £5,000 gift.

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