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July 2009
  • A four-fold rise in businesses illegally tapping into the region’s water supply has been recorded in West Yorkshire this year.
  • There’s no sign of a picnic at Wendy Hannon’s cafe, but there are plenty of teddy bears. Shelves, counters and work tops in Mill Street Coffee Shop are home to bears of all shapes, sizes and descriptions, belonging to Wendy and her friend Rachel Aaron
  • A man caught drug dealing while dressed as Little Bo Peep was warned by a judge that he might have to herd sheep on a chilly hillside as part of his sentence.
  • Bradford’s new Lord Mayor is following on from where his predecessor left off by continuing a dinner club.
  • Criminals who use taxis to evade the law are being targeted in a new crackdown by police in Bradford.
  • Tourist hotspots in the district are bucking the recession as they report an increase in visitors. So far this summer, East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley is one of the best performing National Trust properties in Yorkshire.
  • A Bradford restaurant owner is hoping that a listing in a top-notch eating guide will give his business a much-needed fillip during the credit crunch.
  • A 73-year-old television – believed to be Britain’s oldest in working order – has been discovered in a competition run by Bradford’s National Media Museum.
  • Classic cars, classic food and classic films – the Bradford Classic lived up to its name in every possible way.
  • Internet-savvy schoolchildren are embracing a new way of handing in their homework. It’s out with exercise books and in with online blogs at Grange Technology College, in Little Horton, Bradford.
  • Council parking charges are to rise by 50p a day or 10p per hour from the beginning of next month.
  • Bradford Council has scrapped a short-term waste contract and the alternative could cost more than £13 million over the next six years.
  • A train is to be named after historian Ian Dewhirst, who is known affectionately as Mr Keighley.
  • Dogs are among the biggest fears for posties across the district, a survey has found. Six thousand postal workers get attacked each year, according to the Communication Workers Union.
  • An historic textile firm, which is still in family ownership after 225 years, has delved into the past for inspiration for its latest product. Hainsworths, of Spring valley Mills in Pudsey, is collaborating with the UK’s largest coffin maker to make
  • The latest crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery touched down in Skipton. The five NASA astronauts paraded through the town with a rocket and met hundreds of schoolchildren.
  • Students at schools from across Bradford have pitched their design ideas to education chiefs as part of the district’s £400 million secondary rebuilding scheme.
  • Three medical workers will drive to Romania in an ambulance bought on eBay.
  • Bradford long distance swimmer Liane Llwellyn is attempting to become the first Tyke to complete the two-way English Channel route.
  • West Yorkshire Police has said it has taken action to prevent a repeat after forensic samples were stored alongside ice cream in a fridge.
  • Barry O’Connell, of Four Lane Ends, Bradford, is hoping to make it three wins in a row as he prepares to enter a Home and Garden competition for 2009.

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July 2009

We take a sideways look at some of the stories that have appeared in the Telegraph & Argus.

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