A judge has been urged to throw the book at a lorry driver who fell asleep at the wheel killing three members of a Bradford family. Saghir Iqbal, whose brother, sister and sister-in-law died in the M1 horror crash, today demanded the maximum sentence
Education bosses have had to alter funding rules to help primary schools cope with the influx of pupils from eastern Europe. Significant numbers of children are arriving in the city from EU accession states - many without basic English language skills
A 48-year-old man who posed as a Woolwich bank customer during an accounts scam which netted more than £1 million has been jailed for six years. John Allin was caught on CCTV entering the Bradford branch in July last year, when assistant deputy manager
Christine Pattison was 15 when she fell in love with Buddy Holly. It wasn't reciprocated - he was on stage at the Gaumont in Bradford and schoolgirl Christine was in the crowd. But the legendary rock-and-roller remained her one true love through a 35
Dean Windass reckons the old guard must take a leading role in lifting City's spirits. After a month without a win, morale has dipped at Valley Parade. And Windass knows that the senior statesmen like himself can have a crucial say in arresting the
Peter Hood is no doubt as to who was the find of Super League XI. "It's got to be our own Sam Burgess," said the Bradford Bulls chairman of the 17-year-old prop. "Is there another young player who has come to recognition like him? Our fans who watch
Bradford hospital bosses have put an action plan in place after failing to hit their targets to reduce cases of the MRSA superbug. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has already breached a year-end national target for the number of MRSA
It has been hailed as the biggest plan of its kind and a chance for Bradford and Leeds to put aside traditional rivalries and work together for the good of the regional economy. Reporter WILL KILNER examines the details of the new blueprint for regenerating
So now we know. It's official. We're doomed! If terrorists or bird flu or the Third World War don't get us, global warming will. The apocalyptic report on the prospects for the planet if carbon emissions aren't cut made alarming reading (or, rather,
A Past Times item last month about the Co-op bringing back "divi" and the branch where in the 1960s the manager "patted" individually-wrapped portions of butter into one big block to please his older customers triggered memories of 1944 for reader Mr
The simplest items of memorabilia can trigger a trip on a time machine. Take, for instance, the paper bag discovered in a drawer at his home by a colleague. It's record-sized from the days when seven-inch singles were popular and printed on the side
SIR - Ann Cryer (Labour, Keighley) claimed only £404 more in expenses than Philip Davies (Conservative, Shipley) which seems to vindicate the many who say there is little difference between the two parties. However, Mr Davies' total office running costs
SIR - I want to thank all the people concerned who went to aid my mother, who had tripped and fallen by The Junction on Godwin Street and Sunbridge Road on Monday at midday. There were three teenage girls whom I thank but also two non-uniformed police
SIR - Each Saturday I eagerly look forward to reading The Scribbler in the T&A and as I have been blessed with a vivid imagination and rare sense of humour to boot, I have enjoyed all his ramblings - some outclassing others but on the whole each one bringing
SIR - I read with great interest the article "Kerbs putting me in danger" (T&A, October 26). I too have written to the highways department with regard to a dropped kerb near to where I live. The actual kerb is a danger to anyone like me who owns and
SIR - I read with interest and sympathy the article We're a force for good' (T&A, October 31) on those who practice witchcraft. I myself have an interest in occult matters, although I don't practice in this particular field. I've had experience of prejudice
SIR - Re your article Improve patient care' (T&A, October 24). Earlier this year I was admitted to the BRI for three small operations to be done the same day. After all three operations I had to ask the nurses if I could stay overnight because I felt
SIR - The £35 million project to reopen the Bradford Canal is to be a joint venture between Bradford Council, Bradford Centre Regeneration and British Waterways. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has axed £7 million of British Waterways
The people of Bradford and district are well used to plans, masterplans and schemes, and there might well be raised eyebrows at the naming of this latest initiative as the Leeds City Region Development Programme. But none of that should detract from
In 1605, Guy Fawkes, a Roman Catholic convert and conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested in Parliament's cellar. In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th American
Femi Fehintola's British title bid ended in tears but not disgrace at Barnsley last night. The bookies, who had made him a lengthy 8/1 underdog, got it right as champion Carl Johanneson safely held on to his super-featherweight title belt in the West
A 23-year-old man who was injured when Bradford police used CS spray on him has called for it to be banned. Ian Russell has lodged an official complaint with West Yorkshire Police after he suffered extensive blistering to his face, neck and arms. Mr
A mix-up left residents believing officers had not turned up to meet them to discuss serious concerns about local crime. They were dismayed when a misunderstanding over the venue left two community support officers largely alone in a building at the
British National Party leader Nick Griffin told a crowd that Islam was a "wicked, vicious faith" and Asian Muslims were turning Britain into a multiracial hell as they tried to conquer the country, a court heard yesterday. Griffin urged the gathering
An elderly couple took their own lives in a suicide pact after a catalogue of illness had made their lives unbearable. Alan Barber, 79, and his bed-ridden wife Luise, 83, had previously stated that if life became too difficult they would end their lives
