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  • Tory activist in 'offensive' e-mail row

    A Bradford Tory activist was involved in a row last night over an "offensive" e-mail. His description of a disabled Labour rival as "the cripple" has led to a rebuke by his own party. The row came as Tory leader David Cameron visited Keighley yesterday

  • Jail warning for 'happy slap' teenager

    A teenager who was involved in a "happy slap" attack on a student which was caught on a mobile phone camera and later downloaded for others to see has been ordered to do 150 hours community service work. Student Benjamin Spencer was kicked and punched

  • 'Worst' primary school to close

    Education bosses have formally recommended that a primary school dubbed "the worst in the country" should close. At a meeting held yesterday, representatives from Education Bradford and Bradford Council decided to publish statutory notices to close Usher

  • Freeman still eyeing the title

    In a week which saw Avenue climb back into the play-off places, assistant manager Clive Freeman has not ruled out a push for the title. The club's 2-1 win at home to second-placed Stocksbridge Park Steels was their second on the bounce since the new

  • Could you foster?

    Kirklees Council is urging people in the district to make a real difference to the life of a child and think about fostering. In the past year there have been 307 fostering enquiries and 15 families approved in Kirklees. But there is still a need to

  • Council's £232m

    The final funding figures for local authorities have been confirmed by the Government. Bradford Council is to get more cash to spend on services next year, with the second highest rise in West Yorkshire. The Council will receive £232.6 million for the

  • Hardy heading for higher heights

    An influx of fresh faces has boosted the squad at Plumpton Park but there has been one significant outgoing. Winger Ben Hardy has been snapped up by UniBond Division One side Wakefield. Manager Steve Watson admitted he was upset to lose one of his star

  • Rioter jailed for rape attempt

    A convicted Bradford rioter who tried to rape a teenage girl in a terrifying late-night attack is back behind bars. Abdul Satar, 28, was sentenced to four-and-half-years for his part in the Bradford riots in October 2002 and was told by the same judge

  • Dogs seized in police raid

    Four dogs, believed to be pit bull terrier types, have been seized in a police-led raid at a house in Bradford. Neighbourhood Policing Team officers, supported by the Bradford Council Dog Warden Service and the RSPCA, swooped on a semi-detached Bradford

  • Foster parents needed

    Foster parents are wanted to prevent more children being removed from the people and places they know and love. Kirklees Council is appealing particularly for foster carers for children aged five-plus and for groups of siblings. Last year, the Council

  • Talks on the menu

    Councillors are planning to hold talks over plans for a £100,000 cafe in a town. Councillor Michael Powell, Denholme's deputy mayor, is set to meet with a district councillor to discuss the scheme. Concerns have been raised over funding for keeping

  • Husband cleared in suicide case

    A father-of-two from Shipley who drove his wife to a viaduct where she jumped 100ft to her death has been cleared of aiding and abetting her suicide. David Stephenson, 49, always denied he knew his wife Linda was going to jump off the bridge near Sprotbrough

  • Friends offer hope to cancer sufferers

    Five Bradford-born friends have set up a charity to support awareness and treatment of ovarian cancer. Louise French, of Bingley, who is a managing director of a Leeds PR firm, Kirstyn Pollard and Lucy Meredith, both of Harrogate, Eleanor Richardson,

  • Rioter faces jail - five years on

    A Bradford rioter was today warned he is facing jail for his part in the 2001 disturbances. Kabir Hussain, 26, handed himself in to police five and a half years after the riots and today admitted his part in the violent clashes when he appeared at Bradford

  • Suzuki hatch sporty plan

    The Swift has been around for the best part of 20 years but it has spent most of that time in the motoring equivalent of the fourth division. It's always been a capable enough car but it has been overshadowed by others which are better and frankly more

  • Declan fulfils lifetime ambition

    A brave boy has achieved his dream of swimming with dolphins - and it is all thanks to the kindness of his local community. When friends and neighbours heard about 11-year-old Declan Tillotson's dream they began fundraising and in little over a year

  • Silence will prove to be golden

    It will be strangely quiet in St Francis RC First School next week when pupils will be giving their teachers a welcome bit of hush as they take part in a sponsored event to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The Big Hush is an annual sponsored

  • Dudley Hill and Rangers paired in cup

    Bradford Dudley Hill have been drawn against derby rivals Brighouse Rangers in the first round of the newly-named Carnegie Challenge Cup. Hill have already defeated their National Conference Division Two foes twice this season, including a 42-8 walloping

  • School wins prize for financial expertise

    One of the district's schools is among the first 50 in the country to win an award for its expertise with money. South Craven School, at Cross Hills, has been awarded the Financial Management Standard in Schools certificate by the Government. The school's

  • Man is banned from festival

    A 37-year-old unemployed man who injured a police officer and his colleague during a drunken struggle at the Bradford Mela has been banned from the event for the next two years. PC Richard Scanlon suffered a dislocated elbow while his colleague, community

  • CCTV expert testifies in murder trial

    A murder trial jury has heard expert witness evidence given on a live-video link from Australia. Ronald Wheeler appeared on television screens at Bradford Crown Court today to describe how he could accurately calculate a person's height from CCTV footage

  • Friday, January 19, 2007

    In 1870, New York sisters Victoria Caffin Woodhall and Tenessee Caffin, became the first female stockbrokers. In 1915, the neon street sign was patented by George Claude. In 1944, Helen Duncan became the last person ever arrested for withcraft. She

  • Young gardeners praised

    A school gardening club who help to keep Haworth in bloom have been nominated as some of Bradford's most valuable youngsters. Haworth Primary School Gardening Club has been nominated for an Active Citizenship Award and a Healthy Lifestyle Award in the

  • Bid to improve woodland

    A woodland currently used by dog walkers and as a hang-out for teenagers could be turned into a beauty spot with a £10,000 Big Lottery grant. Skipton Town Council has applied for Breathing Places funding to make Wilderness Wood into a wildlife haven.

  • Carjacker jailed for eight years

    A car-jacker who lured a Bradford father to his death for the sake of a £10 watch has been jailed for eight years. Jermaine Raphael, 21, organised the robbery of Mohammed Ashraf, who had agreed to sell him a Nissan Primera for £700. He believed Mr Ashraf's

  • Difference in using on-line forum

    SIR - Graham Hoyle (T&A, January 16) makes some interesting points about the anonymity afforded to those of us who avail ourselves of the online forums. However, I would contend the context of online forums is manifestly different to that of letters

  • Tragic trucker inquest verdict

    A Bradford lorry driver's life "seemed to fall apart" after he was falsely imprisoned in a Greek jail, an inquest heard. David Wilson was arrested in 2003 after 19 illegal immigrants were found inside his 50ft articulated lorry as he waited to board

  • Research search!

    SIR - I am wondering if anyone can help me? I am looking for a Mr B Waddington of Bradford, who was in the Bradford archives section at the Central Library on Thursday, October 19, 2006, about 10am to 10.30am in the morning. I missed him by five minutes

  • Fly away, Tony...

    SIR - Mr Blair is under fire for preaching pollution control while adding to that pollution by taking frequent flights to far-flung corners of the globe. I have no problem with this. What upsets me is that he keeps coming back. Peter Wilson, Thornhill

  • Time for veils ban

    SIR - An alleged unsuccessful suicide bomber fled across London dressed as a veiled Muslim woman. Meanwhile, Mrs Patel (January 15) "only" asks that at any security checkpoint a women is brought so she can show her face. The rest of us can just stand

  • Name that bird

    SIR - I wonder if one of your readers is a bird watcher? On Saturday morning we saw this strange bird on the garage roof. It was about seven to eight inches high with dark brown plumage and grey chest feathers with a hooked beak. It stayed about 20

  • Stations in pipeline

    SIR - Having read the latest in the ceaseless flow of letters from Bradford Rail Users' Group (T&A, January 10) on the subject of new railway stations and services, I feel that Alec Suchi, the secretary, ought to look in his files. If he were to do so

  • European history

    SIR - In reply to Eric Firth's letter on EU brainwashing (T&A, January 15), it has certainly worked on him. Regarding how the EU Parliament works - quite simply it doesn't. The members have so much legislation placed in front of them daily that it simply

  • Horse has bolted!

    SIR - For once I agree, in part any way, with Keith Thomson (T&A, January 13). I for one would much prefer to travel by train than plane but not by coach. By coach a journey to London can be a nightmare. Travelling to far-flung places cannot be achieved

  • Henderson to try out as scrum half

    Bulls hooker Ian Henderson is ready to prove he can hack it as a scrum half. The Australian will wear the No 7 jersey in the friendly at Hull KR on Sunday (2pm). Boss Steve McNamara is experimenting with his options as regular half-back Paul Deacon

  • Carbon nightmare!

    SIR - Good old Marks & Spencer! They are to invest £200 million in reducing their carbon output by becoming more energy-efficient, using renewable energy, and getting rid of their waste without using landfill. However, an audit of my current clothing

  • Theatre clean-up is needed

    SIR - In response to your article about the amount of money taken early on in the Alhambra pantomime - £1 million I believe it was, I recently attended a performance of Joseph' along with family from Derbyshire. They actually passed comment on how grubby

  • Changes needed

    SIR - I would just like to lend my support to stop the dangerous parking and driving around our local schools. In my capacity as a governor at my local primary school, I have spoken to parents who park on the yellow zig-zag lines and on the paths. The

  • Such an asset

    SIR - Mr Rhodes claims (T&A, January 8) that the "twin-towered eyesore" (the former Odeon) offends both residents and visitors. Why then is there strong and growing opposition to the demolition of this building? I have seen photos, old and new, of the

  • Reports gave date

    SIR - In your reply to my letter published January 11 discussing the start date for construction for the Broadway development, you state that the T&A had not reported that work would commence in January 2007. Could I respectfully point you in the direction

  • Write to Westfield

    SIR - Many of your readers write to the T&A to complain about the non-progress of the Broadway development. While this may ease their anger and frustration, what good does it actually achieve? Why not do as I have done and write directly to Westfield

  • Start imminent?

    SIR - I have received, via e-mail, the latest Bradvocate news from Maud Marshall and it contains news regarding the Broadway development. Westfield has made progress with the detailed plans required before work can start on the construction of its 588,000

  • Way ahead for secondary education

    SIR - Now there is a proposal to make education compulsory until the age of 18 perhaps this would be a good opportunity to re-structure secondary education in Bradford, especially since there are plans to rebuild many of the secondary schools. My proposal

  • TV show does us a favour

    Celebrity Big Brother and its non-celebrity counterpart are described as examples of "reality television". However, it is hard to tell know how much reality is involved. There is certainly a strong suspicion that there is a great deal of manipulation

  • Group plans haunted night in jail

    A group of ghost-seeking volunteers are spending a night in haunted cells in aid of a Bradford-based charity. Gathering in the Victorian cells under Leeds Town Hall, on The Headrow, six British Red Cross volunteers are hoping to raise £25,000 in sponsorship

  • Craig returns to the stage

    An illusionist and cancer sufferer has organised a night of entertainment in Bradford to raise money for charities that are helping him battle his illness. Now in remission, Craig Kidd, who lives in North Yorkshire and is a member of a Masonic lodge

  • Thug 'diced with death'

    A young thug diced with death by facing off against an oncoming train and hurling a missile at it. He was spotted jumping on and off the railway tracks at Saltaire station before standing in front of the approaching 8.56pm Leeds and Skipton train, causing

  • Hussey is England's tormentor

    Stand-in captain Andrew Flintoff insisted England had thrown everything at Australia after going down by four wickets at the Gabba in Brisbane. A fighting display in the field gave the tourists a sniff of victory, despite only posting 155, and but for

  • Valentine's Ball boost for appeal

    A businessman hopes to bolster a charity appeal by £30,000 by asking supporters to celebrate the festival of love. Balbir Panesar, chief of PEC Building Services in Commondale Way, Bradford, is urging people to put on their dancing shoes for a Valentine

  • Woman fights off would-be robber

    A woman fought off a would-be robber who threatened her with a piece of twisted wire. The woman, in her late 20s, was walking alone on her way home from work when she was confronted by a man. He threatened her with the wire and grabbed her shoulder

  • End of line for Tigers

    Bradford Tigers have been booted out of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League. Tigers' league membership was tenuous at best after they failed to turn up to the league's annual meeting in November. But they sealed their own fate when they did not

  • Healthy living events

    Residents aged over 50 can look forward to a varied programme of events when a luncheon club restarts its Monday meetings. The noon to 2.30pm sessions are organised by Keighley Healthy Living Network and the Bracken Bank and District Community Association

  • Fancy way to raise cash

    A fancy dress event at a hair salon has raised over £100 for charity. Staff at Hair Company, in Cavendish Street, Keighley, dressed up in all kinds of outfits including a fairy, a witch and a 1970s Leo Sayer to raise £125. All the money is going to

  • Treat for hospice staff

    Staff at Manorlands got to sit back and relax when students at Keighley College treated them to a special pamper day. Students of holistic therapies gave staff various treatments as part of an initiative to help highlight the work of complementary therapists

  • Forum date

    Local police and housing officers will be at the next Princeville Community Advice Forum to be held at 117 Legrams Lane, on Wednesday at 9.30am. There will be free refreshments, welfare benefit advice, immigration and employment and education advice

  • Jost and O'Malley boost Boathouse

    Despite missing their two strongest spikers - Tomasz Szlempo and Dawid Greziak were still in Poland - and with David Hubner and Steve Kay out injured, Boathouse's volleyball players still started the new year on a high. They defeated Newcastle City 25

  • Sweet date for Lord Mayor

    The Lord Mayor of Bradford is to watch the story of an unlucky in love tart with a heart'. Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb will attend Patrons' Night for St Paul's Amateur Operatic Dramatic Society's presentation of Sweet Charity on Thursday, January 25

  • Scaling the heights

    The Lord Mayor's Appeal is looking for brave volunteers to take part in two exciting sponsored fundraising events. Twenty people are needed to join a tandem parachute jump from between 12,000 feet and 15,000 feet at Peterlee Parachute Centre, County

  • Safety concerns

    Thornbury Neighbourhood Forum is a chance for local residents to raise community safety issues and concerns. The meeting takes place on Wednesday, January 24, at 7pm at The Thornbury Centre, Leeds Old Road.

  • Charity challenge

    Help take back lives from leukaemia by entering an Anthony Nolan Trust challenge. The charity is looking for people to zip slide 650ft from Baitings Dam near Ripponden. No experience is needed. If you can raise £100 sponsorship text zip and your name

  • Stars put careers on ice

    They will be skating on thin ice for the judges on TV's Dancing on Ice - so two contestants got their skates on and trained at Bradford Ice Rink. Former Bradford City player Lee Sharpe and Emmerdale actress Emily Symons are being coached at Bradford's

  • Big Brother or Bigot's Brother?

    The knives are certainly out for housemates Jade Goody, her boyfriend Jack Tweed, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara who are accused of racially abusing Shilpa Shetty - an actress who has starred in more than 50 Bollywood films. Complaints began flooding

  • Group's ghostly challenge

    A group of daring fundraisers will be testing their nerves tomorrow by spending a night in a museum. The 35 volunteers will spend the night at Bolling Hall, Bradford, which is thought to be one of the most haunted sites in the UK, to raise cash for children's

  • Home appeal allowed

    An appeal against Bradford Council's decision to refuse permission to demolish a home and replace it with two houses has been allowed. The Secretary of State for the Environment has overturned the council's decision relating to 7 Curly Hill, Ilkley.

  • Stall stalled

    A fundraising book sale organised by Otley Lions has been postponed because members have too many commitments this month. The group said its bookstall will now be set up at the Red Lion, Kirkgate, on Friday, February 2, and Saturday, February 3 from

  • Witter warned about guerrilla

    Junior Witter is braced for "guerrilla warfare" against Arturo Morua in London tomorrow night. The Bradford world champion is the heavy favourite to defend his WBC light-welterweight title in style at Alexandra Palace. Sixteenth-ranked Morua, who has

  • Donor appeal

    People are being urged to save lives by joining the NHS Organ Donor Register because of a desperate shortage. Anyone in Bradford interested can find out more about the NHS Organ Donor Register and join by calling the Organ Donor Line on 0845 60 60 400

  • Volunteer lands award

    A woman who dedicates her time to raising cash for orphans in Africa has been handed an award. Heather Cook, 48, was named as Bradford and District Older People's Alliance (BOPA) first Volunteer of the Month, under a scheme started this year. The 48

  • What the Beckhams really, really want

    I blame Take That. If it wasn't for their Audience with then they wouldn't have thought about coming back. And David Beckham wouldn't be hot-footing it to Hollywood. Take That reform to tour the country and finish the year with another UK number one

  • Arson suspected in caravan blaze

    Flames from a suspicious caravan fire cracked the windows of two houses and brought down a telephone wire. Firefighters were called to the blazing caravan parked in a driveway of a house in Tintern Avenue, on the Lower Grange estate, Bradford, in the

  • Mill blaze probed

    An investigation has been launched after a suspected arson attack on a disused mill building. Firefighters had to battle against heavy winds to get the blaze under control at the former Wask Foundry site in Woodhouse Road, Keighley. The alarm was raised

  • Windass deal has Richmond hallmarks

    Julian Rhodes won't thank me for saying so but it was the sort of masterstroke that a previous chairman would have been proud of. The decision to allow Dean Windass to go back to his spiritual home - if only on loan - has certainly stirred up a hornets

  • Right time, right place for new boss

    No-one can accuse the interviewing panel at Clayborn of not keeping an open mind during the process of appointing a new manager. The man who got the job, Gerry Quinn, was the last of a dozen candidates to be seen. Quinn, who is local to the Cleckheaton

  • Silsden consider United switch

    Silsden are looking into moving their potentially lucrative league game at home to FC United. Frustratingly, the fixture against the division's big boys was moved from a Saturday earlier in the season to a midweek match in March. And now the Cobbydalers

  • Catering business on trial

    Planners are set to approve the conversion of part of a domestic garage into a catering business - but just for a trial period. It involves fitting out a kitchen at The Armitage, East Morton, to provide home delivery dishes and will operate between

  • Homes plan set for approval

    A bungalow could be demolished and the plot used for the construction of a pair of semi-detached houses and garages. Keighley area planning panel, which meets on Thursday, has been asked to approve the scheme on land at 15A Wheatley Avenue, Ben Rhydding

  • Assets are valued

    Village assets have been re-valued to make sure they are insured for enough money. Parish councillors in Addingham called in estate agents to estimate the cost of replacing buildings. According to the estate agent, the library on Main Street would cost

  • Board warning

    A council will write to businesses asking them not to put out more than one advertising A' board on the streets. Parish councillors have voted to issue the warning following a string of complaints about businesses in Addingham putting out too many boards

  • Care funding shake-up delayed

    A shake-up of adult social care is to be further delayed because of a lack of evidence that the voluntary sector is ready to cope. The cost-cutting measures mean those with moderate needs would no longer be eligible for help from Bradford Council - saving

  • Derelict building blaze

    Firefighters were called after a blaze broke out in a derelict building yesterday. The blaze broke out in the two-storey building in Woodhouse Road, Keighley, at 7.30pm. Crews from Keighley and Bingley were called.

  • Lord Mayor's panto visit

    The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb, will visit the Ilkley Upstagers Pantomime matinee on Saturday, February 3. The performance of Beauty and Beast will take place at the King's Hall.

  • Vet practice plans drawn up

    Plans for a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital have been drawn up by bosses of a long established practice. Ashlands Veterinary Services plans to move out of the converted houses it occupies on Leeds Road, Ilkley, if it persuades Bradford Council to

  • Woman lorry driver killed in storms

    A woman lorry driver was killed today when the vehicle was blown over in gale-force winds on the Skipton bypass. The lorry ploughed through a safety barrier and plunged 30ft, landing upside down in a field and partly in the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. She

  • People count cost as storms hit

    Barman Paul Rhodes has been left counting the cost after a 60ft tree crashed down on his £10,000 car yesterday. Only moments earlier the 29-year-old, of Bingley, had parked up his Citroen in Shipley town centre to get a bite to eat at the town's bowling

  • Cash secured for £2.6m roundabout work

    Government funding has been secured in principle for a scheme to reduce congestion at Saltaire roundabout. The Bradford Council plan would use "increased road space" in a £2.6 million scheme. It follows top-level talks in London with Transport Minister

  • Council accused over waste plans

    A tip in central Bradford has been earmarked as a possible site for building a waste treatment plant for the Bradford district. The Bowling Back Lane household waste recycling site is at the centre of a row after allegations from Liberal Democrat Councillor