SIR - I am opposed to the concept of contaminating domestic tapwater with fluoride because mass medication is undemocratic, unethical and in some cases dangerous. There is no substitute for toothpase and a good toothbrush - used regularly after each
SIR - I am writing to ask people to take part in the 2007 Flora London Marathon in support of national visual impairment charity, Action for Blind People. Action for Blind People runs sports clubs for blind and partially sighted children. Many of them
SIR - For someone with Coun Cooke's record, to preach the virtues of "debate, discussion and argument" (T&A, November 27) takes some audacity. Could this be the same Coun Cooke who has twice been demoted and only recently rapped across the knuckles by
SIR - I don't agree with the view that we should have fluoride in water to improve our oral hygiene in the district. This is because in my opinion people need to look after their children's teeth By this I mean don't give them too many sugary foods
SIR - Pensioners should be grateful that successive governments have ignored the advice most recently offered by David Chapman (T&A, December 2) to link pensions directly to the amount paid in'. When I started work my weekly National Insurance contribution
SIR - Now that the grand experiment in privatised education foisted on Bradford has so spectacularly - if unsurprisingly - failed, when can we look forward to the restoration of the LEA to proper democratic control? Jim Flood, Redburn Drive, Shipley
SIR - I am sickened, if not surprised, by Tony Blair's brazen attempt to bolster the cause of Trident even further. The sheer hypocrisy of such a venture is absurd. On one hand we have the government denouncing so-called rogue states' such as Iran for
SIR - The letter from John Stead (T&A November 30) regarding his daughter's lack of ability to find employment is, unfortunately, common today with young, qualified people. My wife suffers from multiple sclerosis and has done for nearly 20 years. She
SIR - It is perfectly natural for Nadia Mitchell to want her boyfriend's killer locked up permanently (T&A, December 4) and I have sympathy for her. However, sentences are not imposed to please victims, and this would not bring back Mark Webster. A
SIR - Philip Davies accuses me of trying to close down debate on the issue of asylum (T&A, December 6). This couldn't be further from the truth. We do need a debate about why people seek asylum and why the world is such a dangerous place for many people
SIR - How reassuring it was to see Linda Barker backing Bradford's regeneration plans (T&A, December 7). Miss Barker mentioned the year 2020 and that the next few years are not going to be easy for the city. What about the last few years? They haven't
Wycliffe Primary School's Christmas production was called 'Are We Nearly There Yet?' Pictured are Mary and Joseph, Madeline Watkins, 7, and Cavan Smith, 7. Click here to buy this picture
Trinity and All Saints Primary School, Bingley's Christmas at the Toy shop with the toys, back, left to right, Lucy Jelic and Sherileigh Berry. Front, Megan Mackinder and Jordan Gumbley. Click here to buy this picture
Pictured in the nativity at Thorpe Primary School, Idle, entitled Mend the Manger are James Humphreys Goodall and Kieva Fletcher as the innkeeper and his wife. Click here to buy this picture
Bradford Council is warning residents that climate change is in their hands and it has urged them to think about their own impact on the environment. From switching off lights, appliances and monitors when you leave the room to recycling more or using
Pictured in the nativity at Thorpe Primary School, Idle, entitled Mend the Manger are angels Courtney Greenwood and Hollie Dutton. Click here to buy this picture
Pupils at Thornbury Primary School presented 'Its a Baby'. Pictured next to the crib are, from the left, Claudia Makulova, 6, and Hassan Ali, 7. Click here to buy this picture
Children from Sandy Lane Primary School putting on their Nativity play. Pictured are the three kings discovering what they've each got baby Jesus. From the left are Hannah Cottrell, Hamaad Tariq and Charlie Cockshot. Click here to buy this picture
Ryecroft Primary School's Mary and Joseph were played by Sinead Douch, 5, and Connor Rooney, 5. Click here to buy this picture
Newhall Park Primary Christmas production was entitled ' Sleeping Beauty'. Pictured are, front, Sleeping Beauty Jordana Kemidge, with back, left to right, Queen Rebekah Farooq-Smith, Bad Fairy Rebecca Manning, Good Fairy Beckie Towler and King Samuel
Children of Miriam Lord School, Manningham, presented 'The Christmas Farm' with the three Kings played by, left to right, Kashif Anees, Aman Arif and Hasan Ali. Click here to buy this picture
Pictured at Horton Park Primary School nativity are Mary and Joseph, Alley Watson, 7, and Brannon Heaneys, 8, with other cast members. Click here to buy this picture
Shepherds Zak Allinson and Joshua Mitchell in Home Farm Primary School's nativity Mary's Precious Boy. Click here to buy this picture
The cast of Home Farm Primary School's nativity Mary's Precious Boy. Click here to buy this picture
Starring in Hill Top C of E's Nativity's were, front, Georgia Cox with back, from the left, Hollie Farmer, Luke Barker,Shannon Nicholson and Maisie King. Click here to buy this picture
Woodside Primary School's Mary and Joseph were Aden Evans-Allen, 4, and Courtney Coates, 4. Click here to buy this picture
St Lukes C of E Primary schools Nativity performace was called 'It's A Baby'. Pictured are the Inn Keeper and his wife, Jordan Coffey and Livia Taylor with sheep Lydua Griffiths and Aiden Smith.Click here to buy this picture
St Lukes C of E Primary schools Nativity performace was called 'It's A Baby'. Pictured are the three Wise men, left to right, Karnvir Dehal, Tonicha Stewart and Rahshaun Smith. Click here to buy this picture
St John's C of E Primary School in Bierley presented their nativity called Jesus Christmas Party. Isobel Fogg, Joseph Egan, Aaliya Hussain, Brooke Meah, Bethany Watson, Chelsea Fowler, Amy Hardcastle, Faith Keough and Megan Ratcliffe. Click here to buy
St John's C of E Primary School in Bierley presented their nativity called Jesus Christmas Party. The host of Angels around the manger are Isobel Fogg, Joseph Egan, Aaliya Hussain, Brooke Meah, Bethany Watson, Chelsea Fowler, Amy Hardcastle, Faith Keough
The combined powers of police community support officers and street wardens have seen a massive reduction in city centre crime since their introduction in Bradford. There are 13 wardens and 30 PCSOs patrolling the streets and between them they have managed
St John's C of E Primary School in Bierley presented their nativity called Jesus Christmas Party. Mary and Joseph, Mary Ellie Cresswell and Joseph Dhilan Bahi, are surrounded by sheep in the stable, Joshua Clark-Meszaros, Jennifer Long, Someya Hussain
St John's C of E Primary School in Bierley presented their nativity called Jesus Christmas Party. The three wise men arriving at school are, from the left, Terry Philips, Aimal Khan and Rebecca Taylor. Click here to buy this picture
St Jame's Nativity at Allerton was entitled 'Is there a Baby in There?'. Pictured, left to right, are Grace Johnson, Luke Richardson, Emma Faulkner, Irram Shamauddin and Joel Buckingham. Click here to buy this picture
St Jame's Nativity at Allerton was entitled 'Is there a Baby in There?'. Pictured clockwise, from the left, are Henry Mosley, Joshua Burns, Courtney Mcleoud, Sam Troy, Toni-Leigh Whitcombe, Elliot Cousins and Meleykea Nakerey. Click here to buy this
More of the cast from St Walburga's Catholic Primary Nativity 'Innkeeper's Breakfast and Wait and See Little Tree'. Click here to buy this picture
St Walburga's Catholic Primary Nativity was entitled 'Innkeeper's Breakfast and Wait and See Little Tree'. Pictured are Nicola Lee, 6 as Mary and Finlay Goode, 5, as Joseph. Click here to buy this picture
St Walburga's Catholic Primary Nativity was entitled 'Innkeeper's Breakfast and Wait and See Little Tree'. Pictured are, front centre, Nicola Lee, 6 as Mary and Finlay Goode, 5, as Joseph, with, clockwise from the left, (Inn Keeper) James Key, 5, (traveller
St Walburga's Catholic Primary Nativity was entitled 'Innkeeper's Breakfast and Wait and See Little Tree'. Pictured are Nicola Lee, 6 as Mary and Finlay Goode, 5, as Joseph. Click here to buy this picture
The Angels in St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity were played by, left to right, Paige Wood, Audrey Opoku-Wusu and La-raib Farooq. Click here to buy this picture
The Innkeepers in St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity were played by Joleyne Hall, left, Bilal Mohammed and Nikia Rowe, front. Click here to buy this picture
Some of the cast of St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity. Click here to buy this picture
Joseph and Mary at St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity were played by Joseph Sugden and Megan Ryan. Click here to buy this picture
The shepherd at St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity are, front to back, Gina Nikosi, Reece Bellerby and Malikha Naveed. Click here to buy this picture
The Three Kings at St Oswald's Primary School Christmas Nativity are, left to right, Toheed Mohammed, Callum Jackson and Hamza Khan. Click here to buy this picture
Low fares airline Jet2.com has been caught up in the collapse of a travel company. CT2, which also traded under the names HCCT Holiday Limited and LOCO Flights, has not paid airlines, including Leeds-Bradford Airport-based Jet2.com, for about 37,000
The Sharon Beshenivsky murder trial has been adjourned until Monday with the jury still not having reached verdicts. The jury of six women and five men retired to consider its verdicts on Tuesday lunchtime but after two-and-a-half days of deliberations
The cast from St Matthew's Catholic Primary School Nativity "It's a baby!" Click here to buy this picture
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School Nativity was called "It's a baby!" Pictured are, left to right, front,Kewell Crompton Canning, 3, (Angel) Bradley Raistrick, 5, (Joseph), Tegan Saddler (Mary) and Myles Arevalo, 5. (Shepherd). Back, the three kings
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School Nativity was called "It's a baby!" Bradley Raistrick, 5, (Joseph) and Tegan Saddler (Mary) are pictured with the rest of the cast. Click here to buy this picture
Children of the St Anthony's Catholic Primary School who presented Sheik Rattle and Roll. Click here to buy this picture
Some of the cast from Priestthorpe Primary School, Mornington Road, Bingley's Nativity. Pictured are from the left clockwise, Lydia Priestthorpe Primary School, Mornington Road, Bingley's Navity Performance with Joseph and Mary, front centre, Oakley Gordon-Serrant
Some of the cast from Priestthorpe Primary School, Mornington Road, Bingley's Nativity. Pictured are from the left clockwise, Lydia Bennett, 5, Evie Ingham,4, Freya Nicholson, 5, Alice Hamilton, 5, and Georgia Holmes, 4, with Helena Coles, 5, as Mary,
Priestthorpe Primary School, Mornington Road, Bingley's Navity Performance with Joseph and Mary, front centre, Oakley Gordon-Serrant, 4, and Helena Coles, 5. Click here to buy this picture
Taking part in the Parkland Primary Nativity was Caitlin Feely. Click here to buy this picture
An MP has accepted calls from a church minister to meet asylum seekers in person. Councillor the Reverend Paul Flowers urged Shipley MP Philip Davies to meet people who have fled their home countries at his church following comments reported by the
Taking part in the Parkland Primary Nativity are, from the left, back, Caitlin Feely, Daniel Yates and Paige Barstow. Front, Courtney Carroll, Harrison O'Neil and Jack Brocklehurst. Click here to buy this picture
The equivalent of 6,000 pupils miss school on a daily basis in the Bradford district. The calculation by privately-run Education Bradford includes authorised absences such as illness and holidays and unauthorised absences which can include long-term
Taking part in the Parkland Primary Nativity are, from the left, back, Caitlin Feely, Daniel Yates, and Paige Barstow. Front, Courtney Carroll, Harrison O'Neil and Jack Brocklehurst. Click here to buy this picture
Bulls shareholders will NOT get to hear about the club's accounts at its annual meeting next week. Chairman Peter Hood is due to address them at Grattan Stadium on Tuesday night but there will be no figures revealed from the club's books. Shareholders
Colin Todd has no doubts he can lift City's chins off the floor for Saturday. The players were today on a second day off to recharge the batteries three London trips in eight days. And Todd is confident the morale in the dressing room will be fine by
Jayden Smith and Samantha Adams take the lead roles in the Guard House Primary School performance of C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. Click here to buy this picture
Despite Education Bradford's valiant effort to once again turn the negative news of increased absenteeism at local primary schools into a positive by attributing the rise to the strict way unauthorised absences are recorded, the statistics reflect a depressing
Children from Guard House Primary School join in their performance of C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. Click here to buy this picture
Myrtle Park Primary School's Mary and Joseph in Mend The Manger are Ellie Harrison, 6, and Adam Thompson, 6. Click here to buy this picture
Low Ash Primary, Wrose Road, Shipley prepare for their performance of Christmas Praise. Pictured are, back, (Herod) Jacob White, 6, and (Angel Gabrielle) Eloise Ainge, 7. Front (Mary) Georgia Briggs, 6, and (Joseph) Morgan Nash. Click here to buy this
Low Ash Primary, Wrose Road, Shipley prepare for their performance of Christmas Praise. Pictured are back (Angel Gabrielle) Eloise Ainge, 7, and front. left to right, (Herod ) Jacob White, 6, (Mary) Georgia Briggs, 6, and (Joseph) Morgan Nash. Click
Hollingwood Primary's Christmas production was called 'Who'.Pictured are, left to right, back, Ashley Hanson (Mr Pullman)and William Simpson (Prince Charming). Front, Sam Cahill (Dr What) and Nomaan Iqbal (Dr When). Click here to buy this picture
Hollingwood Primary's Christmas production was called 'Who'. Pictured are the Ugly Sisters, Aminah Malik, left, and Holly Ashton with Cinderlla Regan Armitage, centre. Click here to buy this picture
Hollingwood Primary's Christmas production was called 'Who'. Pictured are the Ugly Sisters, Holly Ashton, left, and Aminah Malik. Click here to buy this picture
Grove House School's Nativity performance was called The Grumpy Sheep. Pictured are, from the left, Imogen Gray, Callum Whittle, Aimee Exley and Jordan Townson as the star and the wise men. Click here to buy this picture
The snowmen in Lower Fields Primary Reception Class' Christmas Play 'Snowman at Sunset' are, from the left, Reece Staunton, Aiden North, T'sai Fontaine, Sienna Pal, Cameron North, Leah Thornton, Ruchica Dhand and Alex Downing. Click here to buy this
Starring as the Sun in Lower Fields Primary Reception Class Christmas Play entitled 'Snowman at Sunset' was Ella Normington. Click here to buy this picture
Starring as the Sun in Lower Fields Primary Reception Class Christmas Play entitled 'Snowman at Sunset' was Ella Normington. Click here to buy this picture
Starring in Lower Fields Primary Reception Class Christmas Play entitled 'Snowman at Sunset' are from the left, 'the soloists' Paris McDonnough, Ella Normington and Jamie Smith. Click here to buy this picture
The cast of Lower Fields Primary Reception Class Christmas Play entitled 'Snowman at Sunset'. Click here to buy this picture
The cast of Lower Fields Primary Reception Class Christmas Play entitled 'Snowman at Sunset'. Click here to buy this picture
Children of the Worthinghead Primary School, Wyke, who presented Ali Baba and the 40 thieves are, from the left, Kelsey Balmforth, Hannah Farickullah, Daniel Hatton and Thomas Gilmartin. Click here to buy this picture
Starring in St Joseph's Primary School, Bingley, Christmas nativity play were, Kings, from the left, May Barrow, Charlie O'Connor and Myles Etienne, with angel Lucy Wilkinson. Click here to buy this picture
Starring in St Joseph's Primary School, Bingley, Christmas nativity play were, Kings, from the left, May Barrow, Charlie O'Connor and Myles Etienne, with Mary and Joseph, Sasha Pogareloba and Eliot Morgan O'Brien. Click here to buy this picture
Joseph and Mary at St Anthonys Catholic Primary School, Shipley, were Lucy Evans and Joseph Clarke. Click here to buy this picture
High Crags Primary School's Mary and Joseph in their production Shipley Hossana Rock Mary are Paige Shepherd and Adam Page. Click here to buy this picture
With Christmas approaching, the concept of home and family is at the forefront of people's minds. HELEN MEAD visits a special centre - the first of its kind in the UK - where those who have no home can find shelter, friendship and support. I don't
Children of the Eldwick Primary School who presented The Little Angels are, from the left, back, Anna Hattam, Harry Longbottom, Jake Brindle and Emeline Fakatou. Front, Lucy Mangham, Olivia Roper, Thomas Edwardes and Sam Wilkinson. Click here to buy
Baildon Cof E Primary School Cristmas Production called 'The Little Red Robin' Click here to buy this picture
Children of the Crossley hall primary school who presented Christmas From Around the World. Click here to buy this picture
The three Kings of Carrwood Primary School, Holmewood,s production of Holy Joe are, top to bottom Christopher Clegg, 7, Reece Reidy, 6, and Jack Davies, 7. Click here to buy this picture
Buttershaw primary schools reception and key stage one who presented The Sleepy Shepherd. Click here to buy this picture
Buttershaw primary schools years 3 and 4 who presented The Soldiers' Christmas Click here to buy this picture
Blake Hill Primary School Nativity was called the Wriggly Nativity. Pictured keeping warm outside by doing star jumps are, from the left, Ellis Hunt, Emily Wheelhouse Lydia Griffin Amy Cavalier-Lumley Sehj Kaur, Magenta Holley Ceryen Holley and Jenny
Pictured in a scene from Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' are from the left, Lily McNeil (tree), Sophie Fuller (snowman), Jodie Simpson (glittering star), Oliver Hartley (glittering star), Sam Etheridge (snowman
Pictured in a scene from Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' are Joseph and Mary, Nathan Leadbeater and Caitlin Crokren. Click here to buy this picture
Pictured in a scene from Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' are the hale stones, Ben Mofin, top, and Evie Davies. Click here to buy this picture
Pictured in a scene from Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' is the robin, Alfie Wilson . Click here to buy this picture
Pictured in a scene from Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' are the robin, Alfie Wilson and a King, Liam Taylor. Click here to buy this picture
Victoria Wilson starred as the Angel in Baildon C of E Primary School Cristmas Production 'The Little Red Robin' Click here to buy this picture
Multi-million-pound building projects in Bradford are helping to create a buoyant construction market throughout Yorkshire. The message comes from ConstructionSkills, the sector skills council for the industry. The body has listed the £350 million Bradford
A pensioner says fitters told him they could not put up a wind turbine he had paid £1,400 for because his house faced in the wrong direction. Dino Reardon, 75, bought the machine from B&Q at Keighley. But when fitters arrived nine days later and saw
We go for dental check-ups every six months and we have regular health checks as a matter of course. But do we give our eyes the same kind of attention? The answer, says optician Victoria Gore, is no. Eye tests are one of those things we never seem
A councillor has highlighted the "irony" of a chemist's opening in a neighbourhood where hundreds face losing their doctors' surgery. Dr Jaspal Jandu and Partners want to close their Windhill practice, to the dismay of patients who will be transferred
In 1542, Mary acceded to the throne of Scotland, becoming its first Queen. In 1918, British women over the age of 30 voted in a general election for the first time. In 2000, a jeweller from the Isle of Wight was found alive and well after spending four
A soldier who gave the order to fire the shots which killed a British tank commander in Iraq broke down as he explained he was trying to protect his friend. Tank commander Sergeant Scott Manley told the Oxford inquest into Sergeant Steven Roberts' death
Here's a turn up for the books - Aussies coming to England to learn a thing or two about rugby league. They may have re-established themselves as the kings of the game following their Tri-Nations success and have long been streets ahead of us, despite
Monty Panesar lived up to the hype on his maiden Ashes appearance by grabbing a sensational five-wicket haul to see England smiling in the vital Third Test. A huge campaign was launched to get the Northamptonshire spinner into Duncan Fletcher's side
Counterfeit clothing with a street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been seized during a blitz on Bradford's markets. Trading Standards officers and police have uncovered what they believe to be a massive counterfeiting operation. They swooped
Tired of reading stories about young people in trouble? Feel their many outstanding achievements are being ignored? If the answer is yes, then help redress the balance by backing the Bradford Young Citizen Awards 2007 which were unveiled today by Bradford
A taxi driver who had part of his ear bitten off in an attack is angered that the only man to be prosecuted has walked free from court. Father-of-three Mohammed Zameer says he is still looking for justice 18 months after he was set upon by three passengers
A team of educational professionals in Bradford is travelling to the Mirpur region of Pakistan today to see if any lessons can be learned to improve attainment in the district and links between the two regions. The links between Bradford and the Mirpur
The Bulls have had to ditch their friendly against Warrington and now have no warm-up games at Grattan Stadium. Steve McNamara's side were supposed to tackle the Wolves on Sunday, January 7 but they have vetoed the fixture due to problems with the
After a closely fought final at Undercliffe Cricket Club,Eccleshill WMC A defeated Laisterdyke WMC B to win snooker's Hopkinson Plate Trophy for the first time since the competition began back in 1980. Conceding 100 points start to Laisterdyke, Hill's
