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  • Railway station plans approved

    Plans for a new railway station at Apperley Bridge have been approved by Bradford Council. Subject to final approval by the Government, the station will be built to the south of Little Park. The regulatory and appeals committee approved

  • Tories’ Green Belt ideas welcomed

    Campaigners fighting to protect green belt in the district have welcomed a Conservative plan to cut the number of houses to be built in the region. If elected, the Tories have said they will abolish regional house-building targets, which saw

  • Residents win fight for their houses

    Residents at a sheltered housing complex in Bradford are celebrating after being told it will remain open and will have almost £750,000 invested in it. Pensioners living at social housing group Anchor Trust’s Abbey Court, off White Abbey Road

  • Global petition to launch in city

    Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta will visit Bradford tomorrow to start a world-wide petition for people demanding democracy in Burma. The president of East Timor received the Nobel prize for his peacemaker role in East Timor, which

  • Bishop’s fear at vote ‘mess’ over civil partnerships

    A vote in the House of Lords to lift the ban on gay and lesbian civil partnerships in Anglican churches has been likened by the Bishop of Bradford to “a Swiss cheese” because it is “full of holes” The Right Reverend David James was one of 21

  • Your views sought on the economy

    Hundreds of people in Bradford will be interviewed in a pioneering survey that tracks the year-by-year impact of the recession. Understanding Backgrounds, the largest survey of its kind in the world, got under way last year when a team started

  • Countdown for launch of film fun!

    Signs and banners promoting Bradford’s City of Film accolade will be put up across the city centre later this month. They are being installed to coincide with launch celebrations for City of Film, awarded to Bradford last June by the United

  • Solly Sports back county league

    Dewsbury-based Solly Sports, who already back the Central Yorkshire League and the Heavy Woollen Cup, have signed a five-year deal to sponsor the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League. Yorkshire ECB County Premier League president Dave Sharp said: “The

  • Hermits E miss golden opportunity

    The Bradford Table Tennis League season is entering the final stretch and every set won is vital in the race for promotion. In Division Four, Unity D are well clear at the top but three teams are chasing the runners-up spot, and two of them

  • Oliver to join Bantams

    Luke Oliver is set to become Peter Taylor's fourth capture for City. The Wycombe centre half will sign on a month's loan in the morning. Full story to follow

  • ‘Craig, where are you? I’m dying’

    A shotgun victim told a jury how his wounded lover called out to him “Craig, where are you? I’m dying here” as his life ebbed away. Despite being shot, Craig Freear escaped by climbing out of an upstairs bathroom window, then hid underneath

  • Fan attacked at bus stop

    A football supporter was beaten unconscious as he waited for a bus in Bradford city centre, a court heard. Andrew Auton, 53, suffered an epileptic fit, cuts and black eyes when he was punched, kicked and stamped on. He was detained overnight in Bradford

  • Tetley gets second wind to progress

    Darren Tetley is through to the national novice semi-finals after making the most of his second chance. The 16-year-old, from the Cleckheaton Boxing Academy, had been eliminated from the class B 60kg category by four-time national champion Henry Thomas

  • James allowed to quit Quins

    Former Bulls prop Matt James has quit Harlequins just a month into the new campaign. The 22-year-old left Bradford at the end of last season after spending much of the year on loan at Championship Grand Finalists Halifax. James signed

  • Thunderbirds reach Challenge Cup final

    Thunderbirds 32 Warrington Ladies 6 Bradford Thunderbirds progressed to their third consecutive Challenge Cup final and set up a local derby against Keighley Victoria Cats. The game started at a quick pace, with Warrington striking first after Bradford

  • Sheriffe a doubt to face Warriors

    There is no change for the Bulls after Steve McNamara named the same 19-man squad for the fifth week running. Rikki Sheriffe is included to face Wigan on Friday even though he remains a doubt with a hamstring injury. The in-form winger

  • Third time lucky as Bees triumph

    Bingley Bees men had to come from behind three times before seeing off a stronger than expected Slazenger 3rds 5-4. The pick of the Bees goals came from skipper Benjamin Clough, who dribbled from halfway before placing his shot into the bottom

  • Five-star Bradford set up finals fling

    Bradford Under-12s A team won all five of their matches at the weekend to top Division Two of the Yorkshire League and qualify for the finals day in two weeks. They began with a victory over Thirsk. Charlie Sorton was superb, putting

  • Allstars getting in touch

    A host of Bulls legends will take to the pitch at Odsal once more ahead of Friday night’s clash with Wigan. Brothers Robbie and Henry Paul, Paul Newlove, Keith Mumby, Karl Fairbank and Tevita Vaikona will feature for a Bulls Allstars team during a touch

  • Your chance to name new foal

    Visitors to a farm are being invited to name a baby Shetland pony which was unexpectedly brought into the world. Jenny, a ten-year-old pony – one of the star attractions at St Leonard’s Farm, Esholt – delivered a foal in the warmth of the farmhouse after

  • Wednesday, March 3, 2010

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Michael Bisson, 45, of Leeds Road, Barkerend; possession of cannabis/cannabis resin, possession of amphetamine, no separate penalty; possession of offensive weapon, jailed for ten weeks. David

  • Soap legend inspired by Calendar Girls

    Actress Letitia Dean was inspired by the Rylstone and District Women’s Institute, near Skipton, for her latest role. The former EastEnders star is in Calendar Girls, the play based on the WI ladies who famously stripped off for a nude calendar, raising

  • Traffic plan to go on show

    New proposals to ease traffic congestion at Saltaire Roundabout will go on show to the public for the first time on Saturday. Senior traffic engineers from Bradford Council have drawn up a scheme to improve safety and traffic management at the notorious

  • Villager's auction to help Haiti

    Fundraisers have enlisted the support of local businesses to raise cash for the Haiti relief appeal. Businesses in Baildon have been giving items for an auction aimed at raising funds to help victims of the earthquake. “Everyone has been affected by

  • New facilities et to open at Buttershaw Church

    The official opening of a Bradford church’s new facilities will take place this month. A new room has been created under the existing balcony at the west end of St Paul’s Church, Buttershaw. The new space will provide a soundproof meeting room, seating

  • Our Ivy, 104, meets Prime Minister

    At the grand old age of 104, Ivy Bean knows how to keep a secret – even from the Prime Minister. For when Gordon Brown asked Ivy who she would be voting for, she refused to tell him. But Ivy, who was invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street as a

  • Brass bands set to battle it out

    Brass band fans will flock to Bradford this weekend for the annual Yorkshire Brass Band Championship. Yorkshire Champions Rothwell Temperance Band will be defending their title in the Championship category against 11 bands, including the National

  • Pupils test their consumer knowledge

    Bradford teenagers have been testing their financial, legal and environmental know-how in a regional showdown. Pupils, aged 14 to 17, at Hanson School, Bolton, yesterday took part in the West Yorkshire Young Consumers of the Year Competition 2010. They

  • Sky's the limit for Guiseley Scout pack

    Budding aviators at a Guiseley Scout group paid a visit to a private jet company at Leeds Bradford International Airport. Scouts from the 14th Airedale group based at Guiseley Methodist Church, took a tour of the Multiflight private aviation facility

  • Tots happy at centre plans

    A playgroup is set to start a new era after it was given grants of more than £55,000 to pay for a new purpose-built children’s centre. More than 20 children who attend Happy Tots, based at Highcroft Youth Centre, Wrose, are celebrating after securing

  • 'I hope campaign saves other bikers'

    The partner of a Baildon biker killed in a horrific road crash has backed a £3.5 million advertising campaign designed to save lives on the roads. The TV adverts, which started this week as part of a new THINK! campaign, show motorbike riders with flashing

  • You'd be daff not to help hospice!

    Walkabout Creature Veronica of Thingumajig Theatre helped paint the Marie Curie Hospice Bradford yellow as Marie Curie Cancer Care unveiled its annual Great Daffodil Appeal. Marie Curie Cancer Care is asking everyone to help Paint the Town Yellow by

  • Dilapidated home 'blighting area'

    Residents are fighting to rescue a prominent Victorian building that is deteriorating. Emmfield Villas, at 83-87 Emm Lane, Heaton, has fallen into a state of dereliction, prompting campaigners to describe it as a “blight” on their neighbourhood. Now

  • 'Leave Ripper to rot in prison'

    An MP has called for the Yorkshire Ripper to ‘rot in hell’ and demanded he spend the rest of his life behind bars. Shipley MP Philip Davies said life should mean life and the mass murderer Peter Sutcliffe should not be allowed to regain the

  • Baildon wait for final outcome

    JCT600 Bradford League champions Baildon could have a derby in the first round of the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions’ Trophy. They have been drawn away to the holders – either Bradford League rivals Woodlands or York (Yorkshire League), who will contest

  • Man flees fire at Keighley house

    A house fire started in the early hours after a naked flame was left unattended in a Keighley kitchen. A man in the Catherine Street house managed to escape after being alerted by a smoke alarm at around 3am yesterday. Keighley firefighters said there

  • Cash from criminals helps homeless

    An innovative project for homeless people in Bradford, which was set up with money seized from criminals, has been hailed a success. West Yorkshire Police gave cash it recovered through the Proceeds of Crime Act to the Inn Churches Shelter Project which

  • Police pledge to curb car break-ins

    Police are stepping up patrols in Saltaire following a spate of car break-ins. Criminals have been targeting vehicles parked near Saltaire railway station in Victoria Road, and the surrounding roads, police said. The thieves have smashed

  • Bradford trio have title aim

    Right on Cue Bradford duo Gareth Green and Damian Wilks have joined Kevin Firth in the YORKSHIRE SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP quarter-finals after both came through the second phase of qualifiers at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The draw for the last

  • Making tracks to the seaside

    A rail expert in Bradford has urged train operators to run more summer services to the coast to boost the resurgence of people taking holidays at home. Clive Barton, long-standing member of Bradford Rail Users’ Group, said economic conditions

  • Brother of attacker jailed for burglaries

    A teenage burglar whose brother kidnapped and raped an 86-year-old woman two days after they broke into a house together has also been locked up. Andrew Boocock, 18, was sentenced to three years in a young offender institution at Bradford Crown Court

  • Provident jobs go to slash costs

    Doorstep lender Provident Financial has axed 180 jobs after abandoning plans for a separate direct repayment loans business and to cut costs at its Bradford head office. Provident has wound down its Real Personal Finance arm with the loss of 95 jobs

  • HD boost to give Pace a kick out of the World Cup

    This year’s football World Cup will provide a further boost to high-flying digital TV technology group Pace plc. The Saltaire-based global business is supplying high-definition set-top boxes for Freeview and also pay-TV operators as people upgrade their

  • Database support

    SIR – Would it be a good idea to set up a voluntary DNA database for those people who want to show their support for the police? It would be a very quick way of eliminating a large section of the population from some investigations and showing support

  • Supersleuth for hire

    SIR – I think I would be the ideal person to be a volunteer crime scene helper to the police. My preferred reading are crime novels of every description and I can usually work out the guilty party before Barnaby does in Midsomer Murders. In fact, my

  • A very serious matter

    SIR – T Tordoff wonders if anyone has been prosecuted in recent years for destroying a car by arson (T&A, February 19). In English law, the Criminal Damage Act (1971) abolished the common law crime of arson and created another criminal offence covering

  • Caring on camera

    SIR – As a photography student in the final year of my degree, I am currently working on a project for my end-of-year exhibition. The subject I chose to use addresses the issues surrounding carers, in particular family members who look after elderly

  • Time for a big break

    SIR – This week not only marks the beginning of March, but also the start of the Meningitis Trust’s Coffee Break fundraising event. For the whole month, people up and down the country are being encouraged to get friends, family or colleagues

  • A sweet success?

    SIR – Re the “Unidentified fixed objects” (T&A, February 26). More than a year ago, I wrote a letter to the T&A saying that some of the artist’s impressions of the regeneration looked like they had poured pick’n’mix on to a table and photographed them

  • The way forward

    SIR – Is Labour belatedly proposing to put “fairness” into its policies? Fairness has long been at the heart of Lib Dem policies. Lib Dems want fairness in personal taxation, believing it to be wrong that a cleaner pays a higher proportion of income

  • Supporting traders to boost city economy

    SIR – I support the market traders’ petition regarding putting an end to the temporary market events held in the city centre. People only have so much money to spend, and if that money is spent at one of these street markets, then the permanent businesses

  • Homes allocation system going live

    A new allocation system for people needing social housing in Bradford was due to go live today. Homes replaces the outdated Homehunter system and will offer not only rented homes with Incommunities and other housing associations, but also shared

  • Wednesday, March 3, 2010

    25 years ago: Court action against the Tory candidate in the recent crucial Bradford Council by-election was delayed until after polling day. 50 years ago: Bradford City directors started an appeal to businessmen, breweries, shopkeepers, cafe

  • Room at the inn for more than just beer

    The bookshelves lining the walls of the lounge at the New Inn in Wilsden give it a cosy home-from-home feel. But these books aren’t just here for cosmetic reasons. This is a library – one of a number of initiatives licensee Joanne Chappell and her family

  • So easy to become lost generation

    Unemployment can have a devastating effect on people regardless of their age but there are particular concerns surrounding youth unemployment, and rightly so. There is a risk that young people who do not go into work, further education or training after

  • Debt-busting charity adds 150 jobs at new HQ

    A debt-busting charity has announced plans to create 150 new jobs in Bradford as part of a major expansion of its HQ. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is expanding its facilities to cope with huge demand for its services from families hit by

  • 'Sickening' mugging of woman, 81

    An 81-year-old woman was dragged to the ground in a “sickening” street robbery in Bingley which has left her afraid to leave her home, police revealed last night. The victim, who had just collected her pension, was attacked from behind and

  • Taylor dwells on positives after defeat

    Peter Taylor believes City are heading the right way despite last night’s setback at Aldershot. The two-match winning run was ended with a 1-0 loss at the Recreation Ground. Defender Anthony Charles notched the only goal before Lee Bullock

  • Bulls ready for big test in Warriors match-up

    As the Bulls prepare for possibly their toughest test of the campaign so far, Jamie Langley insists it could not have come at a better time. Wigan sweep into Grattan Stadium on Friday on the crest of a wave as the only team in Super League to still have

  • Another Tayl of woe at the Wreckreation Ground

    Aldershot 1 City 0 City’s mini-revival was Shot down in Hampshire last night to extend Peter Taylor’s Recreation Ground jinx. Taylor had been beaten here in the previous two seasons with Wycombe and Stevenage. And he collected an unwanted hat-trick

  • Kandol can still be a force for Leeds

    Tresor Kandol is hoping the bad times are behind him as he looks to revamp his Leeds career. The 28-year-old Congolese international striker made a brief comeback as a substitute in the 2-2 draw at Huddersfield on Saturday after two months