A PE teacher is preparing to take on an epic ski challenge. Andrew Staniland, 30, of Salt Grammar School, Baildon, will attempt to ski one million vertical metres in three countries in just three days in March. Mr Staniland will join around 50 other
A third school in the district has achieved specialised status in business and enterprise. Bingley Grammar joins Laisterdyke and Butter-shaw colleges in gaining recognition from the DfES. Bingley Grammar staff will now work with the nine catchment primaries
SIR - My mum and I recently went to see Me & My Girl at The Grand in Leeds with a professional touring company and paid £60 for the pleasure. Last week we went to see the same show at Bradford Alhambra. and paid only half that amount for a show that was
SIR - Well said, Alan Chapman (T&A, November 22), you hit the nail on the head with your comments on unruly children. Your thoughts echoed my own on the subject. Many of today's parents passed through the same flawed 1966 Education Act system instigated
SIR - This time last year I implored the people of Yorkshire and Humberside not to be tempted to buy gifts at Christmas that could encourage the deplorable trade in dog and cat fur. The excellent news is that the European Commission has published a draft
SIR - Am I the only one who is getting heartily sick of being told what to say, think or do? Our freedoms are being eroded almost daily by new laws, edicts and pressure groups. Who are these people that seem to find the time to interfere in every little
SIR - There is a juvenile expression of enthusiasm, "wow factor", used repeatedly by Blue Peter presenters, but why address Bradford's citizens as if they were children's BBC viewers? (T&A, November 16). Efforts are being made in some city centres to
SIR - We have heard constantly over recent years about the impact we are making on the environment. The impact of greenhouse gases we are told are going to be dire and catastrophic, and measures need to be put in place to avoid irreparable damage. Therefore
SIR - At last! "Winds of Change" (headline November 24) in Bradford! The plan of Princes Soft Drinks for a large wind generator at Tong should be the first of a ring of such "dancing angels" around the rim of our city. If we start now, we may just be
SIR - Princes Soft Drinks have it about right. The most important energy issues for them are a guaranteed supply and reduced carbon emissions and the turbine will do both. We will soon get used to the new skyline and it is encouraging that the Council
SIR - It's now accepted knowledge that burning fossil fuels to generate electricity, and the associated carbon emissions, are playing a part in changing our global climate. I write therefore to congratulate Princes Soft Drinks for their commitment to
On the wall there is a poster which catches my eye. The words I see are "Brewster Rules" and at first I think it is a claim that the larger-than-life (or possibly life-sized; I've never been close enough to a real bear to compare) Brewster Bear that
A caretaker who claimed she was crippled with arthritis after being forced to go down on her hands and knees and scrub floors for hours has lost her case against Bradford Council. Council barrister Mark Fletton said that if Jean Roberts was telling the
Former Bradford City players John Hendrie and Ian Ormondroyd have given the thumbs-up to a new £3m GOALS football centre. Mr Hendrie, who officially opened the complex at Hanson School in Swain House, Bradford, said: "When I played at Bradford City,
Young racing driver Josh Benson is set to take the world of motor sport by storm. And in doing so Josh is about to prove his mum Sally dead right about her faith in him. Sally always reckoned her son was a dab hand at motor racing. The problem was
More than 180 pupils from Bradford and Leeds descended on the John Charles Centre for Sport to take part in a Step Into Sport Community Volunteering Conference. The Step Into Sport programme is a Youth Sport Trust initiative, co-ordinated locally by
The family of a Bradford lorry driver who killed himself want to sue the Greek authorities who wrongly imprisoned him. David Wilson was jailed in Athens after authorities found 19 Iraqi refugees in his lorry as he waited to board a ferry to Italy in
The Bulls are hanging tough to make sure they reclaim their billing as the hardest team in Super League. Steve McNamara's squad are already upping the ante in only their second week of pre-season training. Their demanding new boss has challenged them
Enid Blyton fans have "lots" to look forward to next month when some of the famous children's author's prize possessions go under the hammer. The Famous Five children's writer's daughter Gillian Baverstock has just downsized from a big house in Ben Rhydding
Julian Rhodes today condemned the Dean Windass horror tackle and expressed his relief that Bourne-mouth's Neil Young escaped serious injury. The City chairman plans to grill Windass over Saturday's sending-off, which will see the striker banned for the
A car mechanic was astonished when he looked out of his window to see his vehicle being loaded onto a tow truck. Police thought the car had been involved in a burglary at a house opposite and had ordered it towed away for evidence. Andrew Thwaites,
His apology was still hanging in the air but Dean Windass couldn't resist switching back into his usual bullish mode. "I know I've let everybody down big time," he said an hour after Saturday's game. "I'll have to make up for it and come back after the
A Bradford technology business is celebrating winning contracts with some of the biggest blue chip companies. Amplitude AV, one of the leading suppliers to the UK conference and events industry, will be working on events for Hilton Hotels, Coca Cola
The district's quirkiest conference venues are getting an airing before the international business community in Spain today. A new DVD is aiming to push an airport, a castle and a world-class museum as venues for trade meetings and seminars. The National
HMS Bulwark, Albion & Centaur Association is open to anyone who served at any time on board these three ships. There is a magazine three times a year plus events, includes annual meeting and social events, sea-days and anniversary commemorations. The
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sailed through the straits at the tip of South America. He reached an ocean which he named the Pacific. In 1905, the political party, Sinn Fein, was founded by Arthur Griffith in Dublin. In 1990, Margaret
A blaze which tore through a house causing the death of a woman inside is not being treated as suspicious, police said today. A police probe was started into a fatal house fire in at a terraced house in Cark Road at 3.10pm yesterday. Fire crews from
Eight out of ten drivers think it is acceptable to speed, a survey has revealed. Research by the West Yorkshire Casualty Red-uction Partnership found that 80 per cent of motorists it quizzed believed that it was all right to ignore speed limits and
Premier Division leaders Silsden, the only remaining Bradford Sunday Alliance League team left in the FA Sunday Cup, were knocked out 6-2 by FC Seymour in Liverpool. And Albion Sports took full advantage of the front-runners' absence by defeating Oakenshaw
Bradford is to be one of the first cities in the country to get a US-style community court. DAVID BARNETT looks at their origins in America and asks what difference they will make over here. According to a well-known phrase, the wheels of justice grind
The public will have a greater say in punishing criminals as US-style community justice comes to Bradford. Ministers have announced the city will pioneer the new system which aims to connect communities more closely to local courts. Taking a lead from
Tyersal's committee worked hard on Saturday morning to make their pitch playable following Friday's heavy rain. However, their Mumtaz Premier Division game against Hemsworth Miners' Welfare did not go the way they wanted or expected. Three points would
The plan to establish US-style community justice centres in Bradford and nine other districts of England and Wales is an interesting approach to tackling the sort of low-level crime which undermines the quality of life for so many people and clogs up
Bradford PA 1 Nuneaton B 2 A rousing second-half performance from Avenue failed to give them the reward they deserved but it will have won them many admirers as they exited the FA Trophy with pride intact. Nuneaton Borough, the Conference North visitors
One person died when fire broke out in a terraced house in Keighley, sparking a police investigation into its cause. Construction workers nearby told how they saw smoke billowing out of the chimney of the house in Cark Road at about 3.10pm yesterday.
Farsley-based former England all-rounder Graham Roope has collapsed and died in the Caribbean. The head groundsman at Woodhouse Grove School, who married local girl Ruth Keighley, was on holiday in Grenada celebrating his 60th birthday. Roope, who played
One of the defendants on trial for the murder of Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky admitted he was "round the corner" when an armed robbery was taking place at a travel agents. Faisal Razzaq said he knew the robbery at Universal Express in Morley Street
A Bradford bus company is spending £9.1 million upgrading its fleet with low emission vehicles. First will introduce 55 buses fitted with the latest EU-approved Euro 4 engines into its services in the district from next year. The high-tech engines
Hospital bosses in Bradford are trying to resolve problems with an appointments telephone booking system. It left one woman who spent a fortnight ringing the number to arrange an appointment finally being given one at exactly the same time as 100 other
