Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band is playing two concerts this month to drum up support and funds. The first concert is at Skipton Town Hall on Saturday, at 7.30pm. The band plays at Bingley Arts Centre the next day at the same time. Tickets cost
A teenager who tried to give police the slip by driving at speed along narrow residential streets has been locked up for six months. Sending 19-year-old Saqib Rahman to a young offender's institution, Judge Robert Bartfield said: "It is a miracle nobody
Messages of concern and support have been posted on the internet after Bradford poet and author Joolz Denby and a member of up-and-coming band New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack (NYAAA) were involved in a car crash. Miss Denby, below, and NYAAA frontman
Bradford's Muslim leaders have welcomed the release of a teacher who was jailed in Sudan after letting her class name a teddy bear Mohammed. Gillian Gibbons, 54, of Liverpool, was given a presidential pardon today having served four days of a 15-day
The funeral of "Mr Saltaire" Clive Woods, who died at his home in the village on November 22, will be held on Monday, December 10, at Nab Wood Crematorium at 2pm. Originally from Lancaster, Mr Woods came up with the idea to apply for Saltaire's heritage
A man has appeared in court in connection with the car crash that claimed the lives of 15-year-olds Isaac Bishop and Chloe Benn. Sean Smith, 19, is charged with being a passenger in a vehicle taken without the owner's consent and driven in such a way
Bradford Park Avenue face a re-arranged West Riding County Cup second-round tie tomorrow when they journey to Ossett Town. The match was held over last week because Ossett had an FA Trophy replay but Avenue are well prepared for the meeting, which hands
Have you seen this: http://www3.waterstones.com/wat/images/nbd/m/75/9781904853497.jpg. It's called Angelglass by some bloke called David Barnett, who is just about shameless enough to plug it here. It's doing brisk trade on places like Amazon. Waterstone's
Alan Thompson and Radostin Kishishev could return to the Leeds starting line-up against Port Vale tomorrow. The midfielders are fit again after injury, but manager Dennis Wise is likely to leave one of them on the bench, preferring Jonathan Douglas in
A 28-year-old woman will be sentenced next month after she pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. Gemma Zdanowicz, formerly Clifton, had been due to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court, but today she entered guilty
A prominent city centre pub has closed suddenly, only weeks after its parent company reported its first drop in profits for at least five years. The Queen, in Bridge Street, near Bradford Interchange, still bears the name of Kevin Davies on the licensee's
Stuart McCall is convinced City's FA Cup exit will cause no lasting damage to morale. McCall's men face two away games this week to kick off a crucial phase of their League Two campaign as they look to bridge the gap with mid-table. City had been beaten
The dominance that teams from the County Amateur League have had over the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup for the past ten seasons was badly dented when only four of the sides made it through to the last 16. Tyersal made sure of their safe passage
Soothill got back to winning ways by beating Youth 2000 3-1 in the Spen Valley League. Faizal Lambat, Imran Linat and Abullah Aswat were on target with Y Bham netting the reply. Dewsbury West Side made a spectacular start against Wellington Wanderers
Second-placed IMS Celtic earned some breathing space on rivals Bradford Arms and moved within a point of T&A League Premier Division top dogs Fairbank - although the leaders have one match in hand on the defending champions. The home team took the lead
Halifax League club Jer Lane have signed two players from Central Yorkshire League club Buttershaw St Paul's. They are wicketkeeper-batsman Graham Sivyer and all-rounder Jonny Lister. Former Brighouse and East Bierley keeper Sivyer, who was at Buttershaw
Wibsey should have won their Yorkshire Division Five B clash against Adwick le Street on a day when defences were on top. James Sawyer scored their only penalty but missed three others and conceded a try when his clearance kick was charged down as Wibsey
For the second week running Aireborough found themselves facing the disappointment of a single-point defeat, losing 14-13 at home to Doncaster Phoenix. Aireborough had the best possible start, with fly half Nic Holdsworth stroking a penalty between
He is yet to kick a ball in anger for Bradford City but the name Willy Topp has been on everybody's lips. It is nearly three months since the Chilean striker first introduced himself at Valley Parade. And still we wait with growing impatience to see
The company which owns Education Bradford has appointed a new non-executive director. Serco has welcomed Tom Corcoran to its board. Mr Corcoran has more than 40 years of global business experience, particularly in the US aerospace and defence contracting
A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he became trapped under a stolen car in Listing Lane, Gomersal, last night. Three cars, a red Vauxhall Astra, a blue Vauxhall Astra and a grey Mercedes coupe, were involved in a collision. The two
Bradford Dragons held their nerve to beat Manchester Magic 2 77-72 in a nail-biting EBL Division Three North encounter. After a comfortable 66-46 National Shield victory the previous weekend, the Dragons were expecting an easy ride against a youthful
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Some call it fate. For us it was a chance find. There we were, heading up the M62 en route to Blackpool to see the seaside resort's famous Illuminations when a caller on the radio mentioned Blackpool Zoo. "Did you know Blackpool had a zoo?" I asked
For a decade from the end of the 1950s, West Yorkshire was well served by the pop-music industry. There were visiting artists galore appearing at the region's theatres, mostly on package tours. And there was a lot of home-grown talent, too - much of
Some things have happened recently that have made me feel old. At first I was concerned, but I now seem to have found a way of dealing with this revelation. The first was during one of those quick shopping trips on the way home from work. I dashed around
Previously: Several people in Bradford reported having disturbing encounters with a cloaked, antlered skeleton emitting trails of sparks from its boot studs. Then The Scribbler received a letter from "Hobnailed Malcolm" referring to the legend of Spring-Heeled
"Panicking over presents?" Normally, I would hurl a press release which began with those words in the bin. But this year, the stress of Christmas - which according to a survey has been named by people in Bradford as more stressful than getting married
It was probably right that John Barnes was voted off Strictly Come Dancing last weekend. But it was a shame nevertheless. The former Liverpool footballer has been a terrific contender, a fine representative of the Big Lads' Club, demonstrating that you
It's a great shame that the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, isn't in the running for the party leadership. He's been doing an excellent job, hitting the headlines with his to-the-point interventions on a range of issues and behaving
SIR - As an admirer of Barry Sheene, right, and a British Superbike champion myself, I would like to encourage your readers to take part in the 2008 Barry Sheene Memorial Motorcycle Challenge in aid of CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading children's cancer
SIR - If Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose are vying for a place in the Myrtle Walk 5 Rise complex, left, there can't be much wrong with the proposed £8 million Bingley Shopping Centre. Going by an artist's impression (T&A, November 23) it will
The scenes outside the Oxford Union the other night were deeply depressing. Here was a mob determined to stifle free speech by preventing a debate on that very subject. However abhorrent the views of David Irving and Nick Griffin might be to the vast
SIR - So Bradford Council is wanting 250,000 of the inhabitants of the district to pledge £1 per month for one year to help to fund the latest project from our beloved Council! I would image that the reaction of the majority of the Bradford rate payers
SIR - I write in response to the letter from Carole Moss (T&A, November 23) to say to Carole and others that there is an organisation that offers independent advice, continued support and workplace training to those people and/or partners who have experienced
There were high hopes, when the duplicitous Blair finally stepped down to leave the nation and the armed forces saddled with the burden of his dodgy wars, that as his replacement Gordon Brown would bring in a new era of openness. It doesn't seem to have
SIR - On reading through the court files, often it brings a smile to my face. In the files (T&A, November 28) there's a young chappie been fined £20 for driving without a licence, £40 for court costs and £15 compensation. Some of these magistrates appear
SIR - Although, after a long and hard-fought campaign, bloodsports have been rightly criminalised, it appears some former tally ho(oligans) still think they are above the law and don't like to be observed in their nasty pursuits. It was noted with interest
SIR - Eric Firth (T&A, November 22) really does hate the Americans, or at least, all US administrations. We all work for money, be it the Yankee dollar, useless euro, xenophobic pound or bolshy rouble. Who cares what a selfish, possibly empty-headed
SIR - Where do Bradford Councillors do their Christmas shopping? Does Santa deliver it all directly to City Hall? My wife and I wanted to look round some nice shops so we went to Leeds, of course. It was pleasant to spend some time and a little money
SIR - I have never written a letter to any newspaper before but your front page story Orphan too poor to go to school' (T&A, November 27) has made me put pen to paper. How is it, in this country, when people can come here from all parts of the world
Wandering around the most haunted house in Bradford at 3am, clutching my electro-magnetic field zapper, I felt like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. I'd taken up the challenge of spending the night in Bolling Hall, which pre-dates the Domesday Book, and
SIR - On Friday, November 23, while walking down Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, I had a fall when three social workers (two men and a woman) kindly came to my aid. I do not know their names, except Lee, who lives in Guiseley, who brought me home. I
SIR - I share Graham Hoyle's satisfaction (T&A, November 29) that there is the potential for some small-scale hydro-electric power schemes. It is unlikely that many of the proposed sites will be developed for economic reasons, but whatever contribution
SIR - The public, it seems, is being urged "to do its bit" by making contributions towards the Park at the Heart (T&A, November 23). Does it worry anyone else that the main backers of the initiative are the Council, Yorkshire Forward and Bradford Centre
SIR - Five months on from the smoking ban and what do we find? Well in Bingley, it's much the same in every pub. All the smokers (90 per cent of the regulars) sit outside all evening in all weathers while the few non-smoking customers remain inside,
Two people were taken to hospital following a collision between a car and a cab in St Michael's Road, Manningham, yesterday. Fire crews from Bradford and Fairweather Green had to use specialist cutting equipment to free the woman passenger from the Renault
Bradford Vision's chief executive is stepping down to make way for a new career in consultancy. Elaine Appelbee, pictured, says it is time for her to go and pursue new challenges. During her time with the district's Local Strategic Partnership she
Moving tributes were paid to heroes claimed by war as veterans gathered at a Bradford church for a poignant service to their patron saint. Former soldiers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Association (REME) gathered at the Salvation
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Conrad Charles Mark Forrest, aged 36, of Bolingbroke Court, West Bowling; two counts of dishonestly failing to notify change of circumstances, £75 costs, 12 months' community order, 60 hours
The following planning applications have been lodged with Calderdale Council: Brighouse: construction of elevated decking from the rear of the property (retrospective), 3 Victoria Street, Clifton. Brighouse: demolish and rebuild conservatory, construction
In 1621, Galileo invented the telescope. In 1965, for the first time an all-white jury convicted members of the Ku Klux Klan over the murder of a white civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo. In 1992, two bombs exploded in the centre of Manchester injuring
A man has been charged with aggravated vehicle taking in connection with a car crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers. The 19-year-old Bradford man, who police have not yet named, was also facing a charge of burglary when he appeared before magistrates
Christian Aid supporters are organising a beer and carols night at the New Beehive Inn, Westgate, tomorrow at 8pm to raise money for victims of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh. The Reverend Chris Howson, Anglican City Centre priest, will lead the singing
The old adage that looking after the pennies means the pounds will look after themselves is paying dividends for the charitable foundation of the Yorkshire Building Society. Since being set up in 1998, the foundation has gone from strength to strength
Manorlands Hospice at Oxenhope is offering people the opportunity to dedicate a light on its Christmas tree in memory of someone special. The first of the Lights of Love lights - on the Christmas tree at St Andrew's Church in Gargrave - have already
A Keighley church is offering up two alternative Christmas services this year - one for chocoholics and another for humbugs. St James's in Cross Roads will have its chocolate-themed service on Christmas morning while on Wednesday, December 12, at 7.30pm
Keighley Cougars kick off next season with a visit to Whitehaven in the Northern Rail Cup on February 3. The top two teams from groups one to six will go through to the knockout stages, along with the three best third-placed clubs and the winner of group
The opening performance of Bingley Little Theatre's 60th anniversary show had to go on - despite the leading man pulling out in the 11th hour. Director Jonathan Scott had to step in at the last minute to take on the role of Petruchio in Shakespeare's
Bradford Dudley Hill 24, York Acorn 25 A fluke drop goal may have sealed Dudley Hill's fate in a see-saw National Conference Division One encounter but the defining moment arrived early in the second half when lively hooker Liam Brentley was carried
