Bradford actor Edmund Davies has landed a role in a new BBC1 drama series. The former member of Bradford Stage and Theatre School (BSTS) and the Mind The Gap theatre company will appear in I Am Darleen Fyles which will be shown on Friday at
Jimmy White celebrated the 30th anniversary of his World Amateur Snooker Championship in style this afternoon in Bradford. The 48-year-old left-hander breezed into the semi-finals of the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors' Championship at the Cedar
City suffered another first-round exit from the FA Cup this afternoon but only after giving League One high-fliers Colchester a real run for their money. James Hanson netted two as the Bantams kept on battling in a lively tie at the new Weston Homes
A pregnant woman and her partner had to flee their Bradford home after a candle set fire to a television. The candle had burned down and ignited the plastic casing of the TV, which gave off dangerous fumes. The woman, who was asleep upstairs, was woken
Bingley clothing firm Damart is working on its latest charity T-shirt. After the success of the company’s limited edition T-shirt, unveiled in February by former Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett, as part of Damart’s 2010 Love Your Heart campaign, staff
Peter Taylor made three changes for City's first-ever visit to the Weston Homes Community Stadium. Omar Daley did not make the trip to Colchester as a precaution after feeling some tightness in his hamstring. That meant a rare start for Louis Moult
An MP has urged ministers to ensure young people know about support options available to them when they go into higher education. Speaking during a Commons debate on higher education funding, Skipton Tory MP Julian Smith said a £150 million
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has announced the appointment of David Whiting as its chief executive, with effect from early next year. Mr Whiting, a paramedic, will join the service from Great Western Ambulance Service, where he has spent the
A 77-year-old man was left with serious injuries after he was in an accident with a car in Beacon Road, Wibsey, last night. The injured pensioner was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary. Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident involving a red
It’s time for Bradford to “batten down the hatches before the tornado strikes”, according to Council leader Ian Greenwood. The Labour group leader was speaking at yesterday’s meeting of the authority’s executive. He gave the warning ahead of hearing
Two new-style free schools in the Bradford district have been given the Government go-ahead. News of the approval to set up the independent schools, which will be able to break away from following the National Curriculum and have control of
Schoolchildren have been writing and performing their own poetry, with the help of the Poet of the Peaks. Youngsters at Carrwood Primary School, Holme Wood, Bradford, have been working with children’s poet Andy Tooze during a poetry week. Assistant
Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to murdering a mother and her two children in a Bradford house fire. Arshad Mahmood, 18, of Pollard Lane, Undercliffe, Bradford, and Asjid Mahmood, 21, also of Pollard Lane, were at Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
A Bradford diver says he is “gobsmacked” to receive an international award for his outstanding contribution to the diving industry. John Womack, 67, has been with the Bradford Sub-Aqua Club since 1972 and has owned his company, Divers Warehouse, which
Bradford Council is set to launch a year-long campaign to eliminate the menace of dog dirt. Dog owners across the district are being warned to “bag it, tie it, bin it” or face being collared by the law. Dog walkers who allow their pet to foul on any
A historical scrapbook containing pen and ink drawings of a lost 19th century Bradford has been unearthed. They are the work of Thomas Empsall, first President of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society which was set up in 1878. The leather-bound
Two Bradford-based screenwriters are hoping for life-changing success after winning film festival awards in the United States. David Gilbank and Paul Renhard, who live at Thackley, sent their sci-fi script to a number of festivals in America after failing
The future of community centres across the Bradford district and the possible impact of cuts in Government spending were in the spotlight yesterday. A conference called The Centres Forward, organised by the Bradford district’s Community Centres Working
A mum-to-be and her partner had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a candle set fire to a television set. The candle had burned down and ignited the TV's plastic casing which gave off dangerous fumes. The woman, who was asleep upstairs, was woken
Firefighters have turned out twice in one month to fires at a derelict textiles warehouse in Bradford. A blaze on the top floor of the former Maharajah Textiles building in Thornton Road last night was started deliberately. It took crews and three pumps
Thousands of people packed into Grattan Stadium last night for a spectacular firework display and vehicle stunt show (above). The event featured Guinness World Record holding truck Burn and European Monster Truck Freestyle champion Extreme
West Yorkshire Police has taken action to improve the way it responds to incidents, following the death of a Bradford soldier. Hugh Cunningham, 29, a corporal in the Royal Engineers, was found hanged, at his home in Bowling Hall Road, East Bowling, on
Bulls centre Michael Platt is targeting an England call-up in 2011. Despite a shortage of Test-quality three-quarters, the 26-year-old Mancunian was not even considered by former club boss Steve McNamara for the current Four Nations campaign. With options
Customs officers seized 100 kilos of illegal tobacco during raids on ten ‘shisha lounges’ in and around Bradford city centre. Investigators from HM Revenue and Customs teamed up with Bradford Council environmental health officers to swoop on
A Pudsey neighbourhood policing officer has beaten rivals from across the UK to be crowned Community Support Officer of the Year. Mick Cox has been a PCSO for five years and among his achievements was to provide crucial evidence to close down a problematic
It is clear to any serious observer that school provision across the Bradford district is not all it should be, something this newspaper has highlighted on more than one occasion. The Government’s decision to halt the Building Schools for the
25 years ago: Immigration chiefs cancelled the debut American tour by Bradford band New Model Army, on the grounds that the group had “no artistic merit”. 50 years ago: Tributes to the magnificent way members of Littletown Highfield Methodist
Gareth Evans has been tipped to rediscover his old form after coming back from injury quicker than expected. Evans fractured his wrist crashing into an advertising hoarding against Morecambe a month ago – and was told he could be out until the new year
The start of a new educational project based on the history of Bradford City was attended by special guests at Valley Parade yesterday. The National Curriculum-based history scheme will see the club providing the basis for lessons in several subject
