Monica Leyburn
Monica Leyburn is your community correspondent for Greengates. She can be contacted on 01274 593266

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.

Fashion show at Greengates church raises funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind

Sheila Hollings and Zormitsa Georgieva at St John's Church, which is raising funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind

8:00am Tuesday 6th November 2012

Fashionistas strutted their stuff on the catwalk during a ladies’ night in Bradford.

Greengates land 'not for sale' pledge

Councillor Alun Griffiths

12:20pm Thursday 12th January 2012

Bradford Council has confirmed it has no intention of selling land which could be used to improve a hazardous crossroads.

Boy battles rare cancer

Bailey Halliday

8:00am Wednesday 25th May 2011

Family and friends are rallying behind a little boy who is battling a rare form of cancer.

Greengates' Sainsbury's store aids Haworth Cat rescue

Haworth Cat Rescue's mascot makes some new friends

10:50am Thursday 21st April 2011

This in-store collection at Sainsbury’s in Greengates raised more than £600 for Haworth Cat Rescue.

'Lover locked me in pub cellar' murder trial told

Pub landlord Kevan Worrall

9:00am Wednesday 1st December 2010

A barman told a jury he panicked and ran after smothering his gay lover to death on an inflatable mattress in the pub where they worked.

Greengates licensee ‘nearly killed earlier lover’ court told

Pub landlord Kevan Worrall

8:30am Tuesday 30th November 2010

A pub licensee killed by his gay partner had almost drowned a previous lover in the bath, a murder trial jury heard.

School governor doantes £400 to Greengates Primary School

9:38am Friday 26th November 2010

A Bradford primary school will receive a cheque for £400 thanks to the efforts of an Otley supermarket worker.

Police broke into Greengates pub to find body

Pub landlord Kevan Worrall

7:30am Friday 26th November 2010

A police officer told a jury he found the licensee’s body when he smashed his way into a locked Bradford pub.

Greengates licencee’s gay lover ‘said I’ll kill him’

Pub landlord Kevan Worrall

7:00am Thursday 25th November 2010

A pub licensee was branded a control freak by his gay lover, who repeatedly threatened to kill him, a jury heard.

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