When is a club not a club? When it temporarily becomes a pub in order to scoop a major award for the quality of its ale. The Campaign for Real Ale faced a conundrum when it wanted to consider Guiseley Factory Workers Club & Institute for its Winter Pub
A head teacher has kept a promise to turn around the fortunes of a struggling school in 12 months. Nigel Jepson was appointed executive head teacher at Rhodesway School in October, 2005. Then the ailing school had been stuck in special measures since
SIR - Rubina Khan is to be congratulated for her innovative idea to take tourists on sight-seeing trips around Bradford (T&A, December 29). I wish her every success. She says bus tours will begin in the new year and that she will include Cartwright
SIR - This area now boasts eight changing places for disabled people - more than anywhere else in England - and better still there are more on the way (T&A, December 23). To the able-bodied this news will be of little significance but to those with special
SIR - Now that we know Leeds Station has had the highest number of attacks in 2006 (T&A, December 29), can we know why some of these cases were not even prosecuted? At least one of these attacks took place in broad daylight during a busy August day -
SIR - With regards to the massive school building and refurbishing programme now going ahead, I do hope that lessons from the past will be taken into consideration at planning level. Sprinklers, as advised by the West Yorkshire Fire Service, could save
SIR - Your correspondent David Hornsby (T&A, December 27) is rightly concerned about the misinformation surrounding the reprieve for the 846 bus route. He highlights the 'small print' which says that while the main elements of the route will be saved
SIR - If I was an asylum seeker from, say, Algeria, as in the most recent case I read about, I am puzzled over a particular issue. Were I an asylum seeker from an Islamic country, I think I would want to go to another Islamic country. In the case of
SIR - I would like to congratulate the Hindu Cultural Society on the work they are doing in Leeds Road. The new temple is progressing and it looks as if things are moving ahead with the proposed sports and community centre. I very much like the artist's
SIR - Peter Wilson's continued moaning at his experiences of corporal punishment at school intrigues me. It's very rare for a member of the older generation to bemoan this practice; usually they acknowledge it did them no lasting damage and strongly
SIR - I would never have thought that in my 67th year I would see a Labour Government that, through its membership of the EU, encourage the unlimited arrival of foreign workers prepared to work for pitifully low wages in order to drive down the wages
SIR - I live in Bingley, a town of 70,000 people, which is without a proper post office and pre-Christmas saw its citizens wandering around the town with parcels they could not post. My most heart-warming end to 2006 was receiving the latest Explorer
SIR - I was a miner in the Yorkshire pits for 33 years and have now retired. For the past several years by way of a hobby, I have been an avid collector of colliery checks, tallies or tokens. These were brass discs and were embossed with the individual
SIR - Notwithstanding any timetable implications for turnaround times at Manchester Victoria, should Low Moor railway station be reopened, trains to Huddersfield and Blackpool would be able to stop at Low Moor from the outset. Thus Low Moor would not
SIR - The editor's footnote to John Pashley's letter (T&A, December 29) requires further comment. Anyone that's followed the Odeon saga will be aware the Council gave a demolition green light to the building's then-owners Grange Estates in 2001, not
SIR - Once again another child is tragically killed by a dangerous dog. It beggars belief why anyone, let alone those with children, choose to own one. Some may feel they need one in order to deter intruders or for protection due to fears in an ever-increasing
Villains who get nicked in Bradford will soon have the consolation of being locked up in some of the smartest cells in the country. Hundreds of officers and staff are finally moving into a state-of-the-art new police headquarters - four years after building
A mum-of-two is calling for more adults to enter higher education - after beating cancer while studying at the University of Bradford. Karen Naylor, 36, is on course to graduate with a degree in Creative Writing and Identity from the university later
A Bradford MP has said he wants to be "like a rash" over ministers and post office chiefs over the uncertain future of a post office in Bingley - on the same day the Government admits nearly all areas with a similar population boasts its own branch.
Bradford is set to be named as one of the areas which will benefit from cash to tackle Islamaphobia and "win the hearts and minds" of young Muslims. Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly and Community Cohesion minister Phil Woolas want councils to work with
A 90-year-old grandfather today condemned a "shameful" thief who stole his pension money moments after he had collected it. George Holt had just picked up the £200 weekly payment for himself and his wife, Georgina, 87, when he was robbed. Mr Holt had
Iestyn Harris has put on a brave face after being reliev-ed of the Bulls captaincy. As exclusively revealed in yesterday's T&A, coach Steve McNamara has replaced the former Great Britain international with half-back partner Paul Deacon after just 12
Sedbergh Crusaders under-12s produced the biggest win of the day in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League, beating Sutton Juniors 18-2 with a brilliant team performance. Josh Brannan was man of the match for the third week on the trot after scoring two of
A 27-year-old mum has appeared in court, charged with killing her two-year-son. Samaya Rafiq was charged yesterday by detectives investigating the death of her two-year-old son Harris in Bradford last July. Rafiq, of Wheatley Close, White Abbey, Bradford
Colin Todd fears chairman Julian Rhodes has "opened a can of worms" by publicly discussing his job. Todd had a chat with Rhodes on Monday to clear the air after last week's comments in the T&A, which appeared to put the manager's future at Valley Parade
Pace Micro Technology has appointment Stuart Hall as its new chief financial officer. Mr Hall, above, who is group finance Director at IQE plc, is expected to join Pace in April and will succeed finance director David Brocksom. He will join the Pace
Bradford employers hoping to avoid paying workers the minimum wage will could now be hit with £200 fines for every employee underpaid. Under guidelines issued yesterday by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling firms will have to pay a penalty
At the age of 23, when for many people the greatest responsibility is repaying a student debt, Mark Davison is employing a 20-strong workforce. His staff, some of whom are in the USA, look after the two enterprises that are keeping Mark busy. Many Moods
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Going on these pictures of supposedly spooky manifestations at Bradford's historic Bolling Hall, the answer might be British Gas! That's because the strange apparitions which have
In 1828, the Bank of England issued a one penny banknote. In 1863, Prime Minister Gladstone opened the first section of the London Underground railway. In 1957, Harold Macmillan accepted the Queen's invitation to become Prime Minister following the
Our columnist this week is Sam Bairstow, from Cottingley, who tells why a little bit of effort can make a lot of difference to cancer sufferers. Another year, another race proudly completed. Having done no training prior to the Race for Life, held at
The proposal to build four new primary schools and extend two others in Bradford carries with it some good news. It is good that Bradford, unlike most other cities, has a rising population, and it is good that a number of people from Eastern European
Queensbury marched into the second round of the Pennine President's Cup with an 18-16 home win over fellow Premier colleagues Halifax Irish. Scrum half Carl Smith potted two touchdowns, with wingman Luke Brearcliffe claiming the other. Full marks, however
Dudley Hill suffered a setback to their National Conference Division Two title aspirations following a 14-10 defeat at Normanton Knights. Hill paid the penalty for a sluggish start and switched ends 8-0 down at the interval. Evergreen prop Richard Bingley
A Keighley consultant is to face the fitness-to-practise panel of the General Medical Council next week. The panel will consider a new case of "impairment by reason of misconduct" against Dr David Clements, a consultant physician and gastroenterologist
Four new primary schools could be built in Bradford and two extended to cope with a rising birth rate and an influx of Eastern Europeans. Bradford Council has unveiled its plans for six areas of the district with new schools to serve West and East Bowling
City have praised the "anchor" helping them settle in League One's calmer waters. Craig Bentham may have had a couple of pot-shots at Port Vale but he is not a headline-grabbing type of player with a flashy goal or killer pass. But the tough-tackling
Leeds United have denied Neil Warnock's claim that he was willing to pay more for Matthew Kilgallon in the summer than the £1.75m he ended up splashing out this week. The Sheffield United boss has long been an admirer of Kilgallon and claimed his signing
A Bradford businessman has admitted playing a pivotal role in a national fraud to plunder hundreds of thousands from wealthy people's savings accounts. Syed Shazad Ali was part of an identity theft scam that stretched from Kent to Scotland and spanned
Emergency talks were being held today between trade unions and bosses at a Cleckheaton factory which has been earmarked for closure. It is feared about 270 jobs could be lost if Germany-based TMD Friction carries out its plan to shut its brake products
Cougars player-boss Barry Eaton is delighted after seeing his plans for a prestigious friendly rubber-stamped. The National Two outfit will tackle a select side made up from Keighley ARL at Cougar Park on Tuesday night, 7.45pm. Amateur players from
Within weeks of leaving school Katie Griffiths found herself back in the classroom - starring in the new series of BBC1 drama Waterloo Road. Katie, of Kildwick, plays a troubled schoolgirl in the new 12-part series, set in a struggling comprehensive.
The restorative qualities of the good old brew have been long understood, especially here in Yorkshire but research suggests the old arguments over whether you put your milk in first could become redundant. Boffins have decided that when it comes to
