SIR - Re "Eat Out" (T&A, August 26). Mike Priestley wrote about the new restaurant Yo Yo in Rosse Street, Shipley, and stated that it used to be a wicker furniture showroom. But does anyone remember it as Jowett Bros, Shuttlemakers? I worked there as
SIR - During the war years I served in the RAF with young men and women in Africa, France and Burma. Many of my comrades gave their lives to enable our country to survive and hopefully live in peace. Those who are discontented with life here should reflect
SIR - Today I attended the last performance of the Bradford Bandstand Concerts. It was trad jazz Slides, Reeds and Skins in Lister Park. They were stupendous! I noticed sadly that there were no Asian families listening to the concert and when I found
SIR - Derrick Hargreaves (T&A August 25) has a point when he suggests that fuel costs should be the way to reduce climate change emissions so that the polluter pays. However it is not that simple as this would penalise rural areas where distances are
SIR - While Bradfordians and visitors alike have had to put up with the dilapidated Odeon cinema and its surrounding area looking like a bomb-site for years, renovation and construction projects around the district have progressed apace. The West End
SIR - Further to Dr Malik's letter, (August 24). On holiday in France in June I parked near a sign which I thought most appropriate. It roughly translated as, "if you take my place, also take my handicap." People who use disabled places, when they are
SIR - I would like to ask Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei who is suffering a major persecution complex about the so-called targeting of Muslims in security checks? Just who, he would suggest, are the most likely terrorist suspects? Unfortunately, it
SIR - Today we were informed that someone poured motor oil through the letter box of one of the tenants living in Hampton Place, Idle. This incident happened during the early hours of Monday morning. The police were called. However, a second incident
SIR - The idea of planting electronic monitoring chips in bins of householders to ensure more effective recycling of waste is akin to 1984's Big Brother scenario. It is spying on people and must surely be against civil liberties. This sort of intrusion
SIR - We are totally supportive of all recycling efforts, despite the fact we have contacted the Council to request we be supplied with one of the green bags for garden waste which have been issued to numerous houses in the Wibsey area, only to be told
He dances like Fred Astaire and sings like Frank Sinatra, and now young Bradley Judge has landed a place at one of the country's top ballet schools. Bradley, 13, has been accepted by the Yorkshire Young Dancers, run by Northern Ballet Theatre and Northern
SIR - Re chips, wheelie bins and recycling (T&A, August 30). If they make a charge for overweight wheelie bins a certain section of the community would be unfairly penalised. I am a 74-year-old disabled pensioner, while my 84-year-old wife suffers from
Dentistry is in a mess in Bradford, as elsewhere in the country. It is of considerable concern that despite improvements in some areas, on average half the people in the district are not registered with a dentist under the NHS - a worse situation than
Promoted Silsden laid down a marker for the new season as they scored a superb 3-1 victory away to defending champions Albion Sports in the Premier Division match of the day. Silsden were first to apply pressure but good defending by Sports kept the
Representatives of Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament (BKYP) have travelled to London to give the Government their views on child poverty and drugs. Youth parliamentarians Qasim Malik and Gareth Banister formed part of a Youth Select Committee which
Saltaire set-top firm Pace Micro Technology has plunged into the red as it counted the cost of delays in launching new products for the American market. The previously-announced problems meant the company announced full-year losses of £15.6 million,
A pioneering scheme to help young people from rural areas travel to work has been saved at the eleventh hour. Wheels2Work, run by Bingley Voluntary Action, was facing closure after funding ran dry, but now the scheme has not only secured funding until
An exhibition of Bradford sports grounds is to be expanded after a phenomenal response from sports fans. Initial plans for the exhibition were to focus on the forgotten sports grounds of Bradford's past. However, after an appeal for artefacts and memories
Protesters are urging parents to turn out in force at a city hall meeting which will investigate plans to close three secondary schools in Bradford. St Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, St Bede's Grammar School in Heaton and Yorkshire Martyrs
As a leading campaigner against South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, the Reverend Brian Brown can claim an uninvited first. Mr Brown was the country's first churchman to become a banned' person, forbidding him from travelling, writing or speaking
While some children lazed away their summer glued to a TV screen, Pip Sayer was pedalling through hundreds of miles of fresh air. The ten-year-old completed the famous Land's End to John O' Groats route, clocking up 1,059 miles and raising £2,000 for
Russell Howarth is stepping up his loan search to get his career moving again. The City back-up keeper is desperate to play first-team football but accepts he is unlikely to dislodge Donovan Ricketts. A minor knee injury held up his plans to push for
The long-term partner of Bradford-born Countdown host and national treasure Richard Whiteley has written his biography to set the record straight about the much-loved television host. Kathryn Apanowicz, a TV and radio personality in her own right, was
Peter Hood hopes that freezing season ticket prices for next season will see Bulls reclaim their mantle as best-supported club in Super League. Bradford today announced ticketing details for 2007 - their centenary year - and have resisted the temptation
Parenthood brings with it many lessons, but one which most of us steadfastly refuse to learn is the fact that small children really don't like being dragged around shops which don't specialise in Scooby-Doo or Dora The Explorer merchandise. It's a fairly
It is colourless, odourless and tasteless. It is bought illegally in liquid or capsule powder form and if slipped into your drink it can cause you to feel both elated and sedated. It has become the drug of choice for would-be rapists. GHB - gammahydroxybutyric
Eritria 1941: A researcher is looking for soldiers who took part in the battle of Keren. This battle was as brutal and costly in lives as the battle for Monte Cassino in Italy later. The West Yorkshires were involved and he would like to hear from anyone
In 1174, Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed by fire. In 1920, Hollywood star Fatty Arbuckle was charged with murder. He was later cleared, but the accusation ended his career. In 1965, Sonny and Cher made their first live appearance in England at the
Half the district's population is not registered with an NHS dentist, and fewer people are registered now than five years ago, new figures have revealed. Despite an increase in the number of dentists serving the district, fewer patients are getting NHS
Champions Woodlands suffered only their second defeat of the season giving fresh hope to Pudsey Congs and Pudsey St Lawrence in the Division One title race with just two matches to go. Woodlands went down by three wickets to East Bierley in a match reduced
Tonight sees Guiseley with another tough fixture in the UniBond Premier Division as Whitby Town visit Nethermoor. Guiseley have had a difficult start to the season and a visit from one of their nearest rivals will provide more nail-biting. Whitby have
DeMarcus Corley's trainer has been labelled a "guttersnipe" after rubbishing Junior Witter's chances in next week's world title fight. Witter bids to be crowned WBC light-welterweight champion when he goes toe-to-toe with American Corley at Alexandra
Abject batting by the top half of the order sent Yorkshire crashing to defeat by 93 runs against Warwickshire in the final of the Second XI Trophy at Headingley yesterday. A good-sized crowd turned up to see if much-needed silverware could be added
An unexploded Second World War bomb stopped work on a building site yesterday. Army Bomb Squad experts were called in when the device - believed to be a naval shell - suddenly appeared on top of a load of earth in a digger's bucket in Shipley. The soldiers
A dog walker was today fighting for his life after he plunged down a quarry and lay undiscovered for up to 24 hours. The 59-year-old suffered broken bones, hypothermia and bleeding on the brain in the fall at Chellow Dene Quarry in Bradford, and is in
Developers could soon be asked to stump up cash for extra police community support officers and CCTV. And more could be forced to provide affordable homes and play areas. A Bradford Council working party has come up with 17 recommendations following
Honour killings - the supposedly "justifiable" murder of someone for bringing shame on a family or individual - must be talked about openly, Bradford community leaders say. A survey this week claimed one in ten young British Asians believe such killings
