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  • Groups make their case for cash

    Community groups in Bradford are bidding for a share of £150,000 of Government cash to improve facilities in their area. The groups, which include out-of-school playgroups, over-60s and adult education, will give three-minute presentations explaining

  • 'Gun barrels filed after robbery'

    A man accused of the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky has told how the barrels of two guns were filed following an armed robbery at a Bradford travel agents. Faisal Razzaq also claimed the weapons, a Mac-10 sub-machine gun and a 9mm pistol and silencer

  • Capturing the emotion

    SIR - We readers are often aware of the excellent journalistic skills demonstrated in the columns of the T&A each day. However, apart from picking up the occasional regional and national awards, there are other heroes within the portals of Hall Ings.

  • The white poppy

    SIR - I was born in Bradford and spent most of my life there, before coming to the east coast to live. I visit Bradford often and was there at the weekend when I read the letter (T&A, November 18) regarding the red poppy. I remember when in the infants

  • Road disgrace

    SIR - Once again, the long-suffering residents of Hopefield Way (off Rooley Lane) have had to endure major hold-ups on Rooley Lane, due to further disgraceful and outrageous roadworks at Staithgate Roundabout. There were three lanes of standing traffic

  • Reduce packaging

    SIR - Congratulations to Mailway Packaging for having the expertise to design and produce a microwavable cup for the makers of Moment Du Chocolat. It's good to see a Bradford company is considered to be one of the foremost contract packers in the UK.

  • School reunion

    SIR - Some of your readers may already be aware that Bradford Cathedral Community College on Lister Avenue, will be closing in July, 2007, to make way for the new Bradford Academy. Many of your readers will remember the school in its previous incarnations

  • Spend it here...

    SIR - How wonderful for the people of Pakistan that our Government has managed to find half a billion pounds swilling around in its coffers that it can afford to donate towards the education of children in Pakistan. I wonder whether I dare suggest that

  • Commonsense to Left and Right!

    SIR - It's getting very confusing, isn't it? Almost every week the T&A prints reports where Ann Cryer MP and Philip Davies MP are in complete agreement. When you consider that the honourable Labour MP for Keighley comes from its Leftish wing, while

  • Old ’uns there too!

    SIR - May I thank you for your fair and balanced report on the protest by Bradfordians at the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland. But you erred in one respect, when you referred in two subsequent reports to the protesters being students. Well

  • Ban all airguns says MP who was shot

    An MP who was a victim of an air gun attack has called for a total ban on the weapons, days after the Government tightened legislation. Bradford North MP Terry Rooney said the updated laws did not go far enough and wants to see the streets free of the

  • Car firm staff in charity challenge

    A team of adventurous drivers and navigators are attempting an epic road trip for charity. They are aiming to clock up more than 2,000 miles to reach the four corners of Britain this week. The challenge is being carried out by staff from the Sunwin

  • School helps city build for future

    Bradford now boasts its own £1.5 million construction training complex. Carlton Bolling College opened its own design and construction centre of excellence yesterday during a ceremony attended by regeneration bosses, industry experts and councillors.

  • £100,000 to help reunite refugees

    A project which helps refugees and asylum seekers has been boosted by a lottery grant of almost £100,000. The British Red Cross Society has run the project out of the Carlisle Business Centre in Bradford since March 2004. Two members of staff - Katie

  • Which way will Bush turn as Iraq’s shadow lengthens?

    PAUL ROGERS, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and author of the Oxford Research Group's International Security Report 2006 Into the Long War, published this week by Pluto Press, discusses whether the US mid-term election results will

  • BA attacked over 'stupid' cross ban

    A Bradford church minister has slammed British Airways for its "stupid and discriminatory" decision to ban staff from wearing the Christian cross. Nadia Eweida, 55, lost her appeal on Monday to wear the cross with her uniform to work at Heathrow. She

  • Dilemma has to be resolved

    The plan by Princes Soft Drinks to build a giant wind turbine at its premises in Weaverthorpe Road, Tong, is highly commendable in an age in which carbon dioxide emissions are of increasing concern worldwide. The company deserves a lot of praise for

  • Turbine plan's winds of change

    A towering 400ft wind turbine will dominate Bradford's skyline if a company's bid to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions gets the green light. Hailed as a 21st century landmark for the city, the giant £2 million turbine could be up and running by 2008

  • Celebrity chef honours top dad

    A dedicated green-fingered dad has received a top award from the country's top school dinners crusader. Steve Thorpe is credited with putting fresh fruit and vegetables firmly on the menu at Haworth Primary School children thanks to the children's blossoming

  • Pool pervert preys on child swimmer

    A mother has warned parents to be on guard when taking their children swimming after her daughter was spied on by a pervert armed with a mirror. Toni Hanson's nine-year-old daughter, Robin Hanson, was undressing in a cubicle in the communal changing

  • Todd has a bawl!

    Colin Todd went on the attack with City this week - now he expects his players to do the same. The Bantams boss is demanding a winning response against Bournemouth at Valley Parade after dishing out some home truths. Todd grilled his players following

  • Our young must not be left behind

    Dr Ramindar Singh is a former lecturer in economics and head of contemporary studies at Bradford College. He is the author of The Struggle for Racial Justice: from Community Relation to Community Cohesion; The Story of Bradford 1950-2002. The regional

  • Nissan gets sporty

    The success of the 350Z should have come as no surprise. The company was always best-known for its no-frills models like Micra but it does have quite a sporting pedigree too. Cars like the 240Z, 260Z and 280Z were highly regarded as capable and affordable

  • Topical return for Wizz

    People say, Eric Clapton mentioned you' and I say, So what?' If he recorded one of my songs it might be different but I don't write the sort of songs that Eric Clapton would record." Such, sadly, seems to have been the lot of Raymond Wizz' Jones. Name-checked

  • Lucy strives to unravel tangled plot

    What happens when you combine quantum physics, the Wombles, an LA valley girl and the live teleportation of an orange? You get a play called Tangle that raises poignant questions about searching for something or someone that has gone missing. Devised

  • 'Good moaning' at Arts Centre

    Listen: I shall say this only once. 'Allo 'Allo, Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's World War II comedy set in France, ran for nine seasons, or 85 episodes, between 1982-92. At the time doubt was expressed about the taste of turning the Nazi occupation of

  • Now Full Monty's Steve wears a dress

    To say Steve Huison's latest role is a departure for him would be something of an understatement. The Shipley actor, who rose to fame in hit movie The Full Monty, has been tackling issues relating to depression in a play based on his friend's suicide

  • John's still all fired up

    Every generation has its soundtrack. Anyone who grew up in the 1980s, and enjoyed the feelgood movies populated by the eponymous Brat Pack, will probably find themselves turning up the volume whenever John Parr's St Elmo's Fire comes on the car stereo

  • Friday, November 24, 2006

    In 1642, Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, discovered Van Diemen's Land, named after his captain. It was later re-named Tasmania. In 1859, Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species was published. In 1962, That Was the Week That Was was broadcast for the first

  • Illingworth could provide vital spark

    West Bowling will have to turn the Premier Division formbook on its head in the National Conference League to come away from Leigh Miners' Rangers with any reward. Rangers have won five on the trot at home while Bowling have lost five on the road. Bowling

  • Golden oldies bid to give Cleck boost

    Cleckheaton might end up looking to their old guard to help pull them to mid-table safety in National League Three North. John Bentley, who played a full match for their second team (the Kestrels) against Bradford & Bingley last week, is on the bench

  • Tributes to dad who worked 70 years

    Tributes have been paid to an 89-year-old man who died after an accident with a car. Norman Frost was crossing Bingley Road, Saltaire, while returning from a friend's house when the accident happened. He was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary where

  • McKenna tips Aussies for glory

    Chris McKenna has sounded an ominous warning: Australia aren't even playing that well. That doesn't say much for deflated Great Britain, whose humbled players will be watching the Tri-Nations final from home tomorrow. British rugby is taking another

  • Ainge learning from the "headmaster"

    Star pupil Simon Ainge has hailed City's "headmaster" David Wetherall. Ainge has emerged as the real bright spark in the current wretched run which has sent Colin Todd's team tumbling down League One. The 18-year-old from Shipley has looked the part

  • Hare considers retirement

    James Hare will spend Christmas deciding whether to carry on with professional boxing after losing his comeback fight. The Roberttown rocket was bitterly disappointed to be out-pointed over six rounds by Robert Lloyd Taylor in London last week. Taylor

  • 'I had to try new teeth in car park'

    A pensioner had her new dentures fitted in a car park because a dentist's car was blocking disabled access to the surgery. Eighty-one-year-old Agnes Brown, of Bierley, Bradford, said she was aghast when the car could not be moved, meaning she could not

  • Mum and daughter tied up by axe gang

    An axe-wielding gang forced their way into a family's home then bound and gagged a terrified mum and her daughter. Renu Bansal, 47, and her 22-year-old daughter had their hands and legs tied up and were gagged with tape as the gang ransacked their home

  • 'I didn't know guns would be involved'

    One of the men accused of the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky today told a jury he knew about plans for a robbery at the Bradford travel agents days before it happened, but did not know firearms were to be involved. Faisal Razzaq, giving evidence at

  • Car-crazed raider jailed

    A gang of car-obsessed young men carried out dozens of house burglaries, a court heard. As well as taking keys to vehicles parked outside homes the burglars stole mobile phones, wallets and satellite navigation systems. Yesterday, David Waterhouse, 20

  • Councillor denies girls' sex claims

    A Bradford councillor has told a jury that allegations that he molested two 11-year-old girls have left him "absolutely devastated". Bob Hargreaves, 62, is accused of groping the youngsters in a butcher's shop about 14 years ago. But giving evidence

  • Pupils learn to beat the bullies

    A national project which will see children taught anti-bullying techniques via cartoon activity books has been unveiled at a primary school. Pupils at High Fernley Primary School were provided with the colourful guide after support from Bradford-based

  • Sorry England on the ropes

    Stunned England were again left in the mire after another dismal showing against Australia during the First Test in Brisbane. Skipper Andrew Flintoff tried to remain upbeat despite seeing the red-hot hosts rack-up a massive 602-9 declared on day two

  • We must start taking our chances - Dolan

    Terry Dolan is hoping for a little more luck and sharper finishing as he takes Guiseley to face Ossett Town in a UniBond Premier Division derby tomorrow. He is also hoping the cavalry is coming over the hill as he looks to boost his squad and appoint

  • No time for Celts to dwell on Cup exit

    There will be a stark contrast to tomorrow's knockout game for Farsley following their appearance at the National Hockey Stadium in midweek. The Celts were rank outsiders against the MK Dons on Tues-day, despite taking the Coca-Cola League Two outfit

  • Avenue confident of causing upset

    Having home advantage is the only comfort for Bradford Park Avenue as they go into tomorrow's FA Trophy tie with Nuneaton Borough, a side who are two divisions higher up the ladder. The Conference North outfit will be huge favourites, even though the

  • Maximum effort from top two

    Joint leaders Tyersal and Storthes Hall face key West Riding County Amateur League fixtures tomorrow which could give a pointer to the destination of the Premier Division title. Tyersal, who have played two matches fewer than their Huddersfield rivals

  • Leeds make double swoop

    Leeds have completed the loan signings of Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu and Barnet striker Tresor Kandol. Both players were secured just ahead of yesterday's tea-time deadline on initial one-month deals, although Kandol moves with a view to a permanent