August 2011
  • Workers made a grave error after misspelling Cemetery Road on signs informing drivers of roadworks taking place. The mistake has irked groups campaigning for good English and has led to a councillor requesting the mistake be rectified.
  • A new Wi-Fi network service for patients and visitors has started at Bradford Teaching Hospitals. The free service is designed to enhance the experience of patients and visitors by enabling them to stay in touch with the outside world.
  • The Bishop of Bradford has called for a memorial to be erected in memory of Jonathan Silver, reviver of Salts Mill.
  • Hundreds of fans of TV show Flog It! queued in the rain at Victoria Hall, Saltaire, to have their antiques valued by well-known experts.
  • Work on a £1.1 million project to convert Keighley’s old police station and former magistrates’ court into a new visitor attraction and community engagement centre is well under way and is expected to be completed by Christmas.
  • A karate student is heading to the north of Scotland to become a ‘black belt’ in ballet. Seventeen-year-old Andrew Cook, a second dan black belt, is set to follow a dream of one day performing on the West End by pursuing his passion for dance.
  • By the end of this month Bradford Cathedral will be the first cathedral in the country, if not the world, to generate its own power by means of solar roof panels.
  • A new TV comedy starring Jane Horrocks was originally set in Bradford, where the show’s creator is from. Trollied, which starts on Sky1 this week, is set in a fictional northern supermarket called Valco.

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August 2011

The T&A takes a sideways look at stories that have appeared in the paper.

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