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  • Film crews ready for adventure

    Children of all ages will work together on a film project which will promote the national curriculum and team-building skills. The project, with the theme of Science and Space, will cover curriculum topics for pupils aged from primary school age up to

  • Fire-hit warehouse to be demolished

    A warehouse will have to be demolished after it was damaged by a huge blaze. Firefighters were called to AA Cash and Carry in Spencer Road, Lidget Green, Bradford, after flames were spotted in the two-storey building. Winds fanned the blaze hindering

  • Keelham girls take prize

    Keelham won the West Bradford School Sport Partnership's primary schoolgirls' seven-a-side soccer tournament. They defeated Horton Park 2-1 in the final on Thornton Grammar School's artificial turf pitch to win the trophy, and also lifted the player

  • Alistair's master of the hounds!

    World junior triathlon champion Alistair Brown-lee won the Young Hound of the Year prize at Bingley Harriers and Athletics Club's annual awards night. Alistair has joined Buff Skyrunner Rob Jebb as a world champion within the club's ranks in what has

  • BGS beat injury setbacks

    Bradford Grammar School have used 26 players and a fleet of ambulances during their Daily Mail Schools' Under-18 Cup campaign, but in reaching the last 32 they are halfway to a place in the finals. There is far too much rugby still to be played for coach

  • Children give science a spin

    Gifted and talented primary school pupils have been tuned in to science thanks to a pioneering programme. Youngsters from throughout West Bradford spent a day at St James's Church Primary in Allerton as part of moves to foster interest in the subject

  • Addict jailed after terrifying couple

    A drug addict who tricked his way into an elderly couple's home and stole jewellery has been jailed for three years. David Moyles, 45, had admitted burglary earlier this month after he conned his way into the Keighley home of Harold Bamforth, 85, and

  • Archive puts flesh on the bones of history

    The West Yorkshire Archive Service has moved from its Canal Road base to Bradford Central Library and is now open to the public. EMMA CLAYTON takes a journey through the archives to Bradford's past. Look out of the sixth-floor window of Bradford Central

  • Muirhead realises how lucky he is

    Footballers have always enjoyed a privileged lifestyle. Who would not jump at the chance to play the game they love - and get well rewarded for it? But it is easy for those good enough to do it week in, week out to get a bit blase with their surroundings

  • Partners from Pakistan 'bring poverty to city'

    An MP has called for an end to partners being brought into the UK to stop the import of "third world poverty" into Bradford. Keighley MP Ann Cryer made the comments after she returned from Pakistan on all-parliamentary fact-finding trip. She fears there

  • McKenna surgery shock for Bulls

    Chris McKenna will miss the start of Super League XII having undergone a major wrist operation. The Aussie second-rower made only a brief appearance at the start of the Bulls' first day of pre-season training yesterday. Following a surprise diagnosis

  • 'I held my nephew's hand as he died'

    The uncle of a teenager who died after an horrific car crash has told how he held his hand as his life-support machine was turned off. Liam McWilliams, 18, of Eskdale Rise, Allerton, was fatally injured when the car he was driving hit a wall in Queensbury

  • 'Fan power can lift us'

    City have appealed for fan power to help lift them out of their slump by slashing prices for the next home game. Admission for Saturday's Valley Parade clash with Bournemouth has been reduced to £5 for adults and £1 under-16s. For a further £5 upgrade

  • The celebs? Get them out of here!

    I think it's finally happened. I've got a bad case of reality TV fatigue. Hey, you know me, I'll pretty much watch anything, especially if it's got the type of celebrity' in it who once appeared in a dog food advert on telly in the early Seventies and

  • Are you up for a challenge?

    SIR - This summer we staged the Ford Ranger Great Lakeland Challenge and the Four Peaks Challenge - two key events in Wooden Spoon's fundraising calendar - which generated an amazing £549,794 to help disadvantaged children and young adults enjoy a better

  • Superfluous choice

    SIR - The enormous difficulty in reducing climate change gas emissions is shown by the report on the microwave ready cup of chocolate (T&A, November 14). The empty cardboard and plastic waste will either go to landfill, producing methane, or burnt producing

  • Post office plea

    SIR - Having supported your first appeal to keep the post office in Broadway open, and missed it very much since, I am writing to support this push for a post office in the new Broadway development. The Broadway post office closure seemed short-sighted

  • Any lead welcome

    SIR - I would challenge Mr Rayner's assertion that I had misunderstood his original article regarding climate change (T&A, November 14). Notwithstanding Mr Rayner advocating the wider use of solar panels and water wheels, the main tone of his article

  • Lead by example

    SIR - It is vital Malcolm Wood's incredible comments about climate change (T&A, November 15) are dismissed as science fiction in order to maintain our focus on dealing with this environmental catastrophe. His claim that: "there is no concrete evidence

  • Quality of life issue

    SIR - In reply to Sharmaine Wong and her colleague (T&A, November 14) I would like to point out that we never wanted to stop the buses travelling to Morrisons' HQ. As residents on a previously quiet residential street, we are only asking for the 636/

  • Parents in the dock

    SIR - It has started again - all yobs should be made to undergo conscription, etc. Speaking as an-ex serviceman, why should civilian life and particularly the police, off-load on to the military the yobs just because they are working with hands tied

  • On the right road

    SIR - I would really like to thank the knights of the road a) for changing my tyre after I wrongly accused' them of leaving something in the road which recently punctured my tyre and b) for doing such a good job of resurfacing the part of Mill Lane which

  • Learn from others

    SIR - The menace of uninsured drivers on our roads seems to go on unchecked in spite of various initiatives including some from the Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman MP, backed up by a BBC TV programme only this week which showed how widespread a problem

  • Much good work undone by fire

    SIR - I would like to say to the mindless idiots who set fire to Baildon C of E School, I hope you are pleased with yourselves. The nursery, which caters for children who are just starting out in mainstream education, has been completely ruined. Try

  • A start, but more cash is needed

    We have given a lot of coverage lately to the results in local primary schools, which an Education Bradford review has shown have on average become worse over the last three years. These failings must be addressed. Education Bradford have recognised

  • Discount card is launched

    A discount card for veterans has now been launched. Free to join and offering the benefit of savings on over 300 services and products, it is exclusive to the Armed Services, serving and veterans. If you have been tempted to join a paid scheme or a

  • Fugitive 'Uncle Pete' driven to airport

    A fugitive, alleged to have planned a robbery which led to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, was driven to an airport by the brother of one of the accused. Raza Ul-Haq Aslam told Newcastle Crown Court his brother had dropped off Piran Ditta Khan known

  • Tuesday, November 21, 2006

    In 1783, Francois de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandres made the first human flight in a hot-air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers. In 1974, 17 people were killed and 200 injured by IRA bombs in Birmingham. In 1994, Red Rum, the only horse to

  • Time warped!

    Nobody looked twice at the leggy redhead standing by the bar in fishnet stockings, silk knickers and a basque that left little to the imagination. Not even when he turned around to reveal a layer of stubble on his chin and a healthy-sized Adam's apple

  • Sports survive penalty shoot-out

    Albion Sports had a titanic struggle to overcome Division One leaders Eccleshill United in the Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup at Rawdon Meadow. Ben Hardy and Ben Needham nudged Eccleshill in front after their Premier Division hosts had taken

  • New cash will help hospitals cut errors

    The district's two hospital trusts have been selected to take part in a prestigious scheme which could cut death rates and reduce medication errors. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Airedale NHS Trust will work in partnership to try

  • Schools get £6.5m for improvements

    Rundown primary schools in Bradford are to be transformed into state-of-the-art facilities, thanks to a £6.5 million new cash injection, schools minister Jim Knight said today. Bradford is one of 23 local authorities in England chosen to share £150 million

  • Wibsey pushed to limit by U-Save

    T&A League leaders U-Save Albion almost claimed a major scalp as they pushed Wibsey all the way in the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup. Muhaghid Malik and an own goal gave Albion a 2-0 advantage and their County Amateur League Premier Division

  • Farsley hope to silence Allen again

    Martin Allen's silence will be golden for Farsley Celtic tonight. The flamboyant MK Dons boss usually strikes a manic pose on the touchline - and once even sat in the Valley Parade crowd to talk tactics with home fans. But Allen was surprisingly subdued

  • Bradshaw is party-pooper again

    Bradford Park Avenue 1 North Ferriby United 4 A young and inexperienced Avenue were dumped out of the UniBond League Challenge Cup by North Ferriby United last night and once again it was nemesis Gary Bradshaw who did most of the damage. It was the

  • 'Councillor paid girls of 11 for sex acts'

    A Bradford councillor gave cash to two young girls after sexually abusing them, a court heard. Bob Hargreaves, 62, a Liberal Democrat councillor for the Bolton and Undercliffe ward, went on trial at Bradford Crown Court yesterday after denying charges

  • Screening chief 'not qualified on x-rays'

    The former head of a Bradford-based breast screening service who gave a cancer victim the all-clear was not qualified to read her x-rays, a disciplinary panel was told. John Philip was working in a private clinic when he examined the mother of two and

  • School scoops £50,000 lottery grant

    Pupils at an inner-city primary school are jumping for joy after scooping a £50,000 lottery grant to transform wasteground into a new sports facility. Copthorne Primary School in Great Horton won the cash after going head to head with community associations

  • Top caterer Jean wins US trip

    A catering expert who has helped guide Bradford Council's award-winning school meals policy will be basking in the Californian sunshine after the authority scooped national recognition. Jean Wraith, area supervisor for Education Contract Services (ECS