Allerton will start as big underdogs as they face Buttershaw White Star in this weekend’s delayed Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup third-round tie. While White Star are unbeaten in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League as they push for
An elderly woman sparked a fire at her flat in Keighley after leaving a pan on the hob while she went out. Firefighters from Keighley station were called to Broster Avenue, Braithwaite, at about 2pm, after a smoke detector in the flat went off. They
Customers and staff were evacuated from a pub in Ilkley. A blaze was confined to a chimney at the Flying Duck, Church Street, and no-one was injured. Firefighters from Keighley and Leeds were called to the pub at 3pm today. A spokesman said: “All the
Bradford City face the start of a fixture backlog after their FA Women’s Cup tie at home to Blackpool Wren Rovers failed to survive last weekend’s frost. They try again on Sunday but City’s home pitch at Thackley has suffered, along with others
Funding for Police and Community Support Officers will be protected until 2016, West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged. Mark Burns-Williamson has ringfenced £17.8 million a year of funding to continue to pay for PCSOs across
Bradford Park Avenue boss John Deacey spoke in glowing terms of Avenue’s ‘Mr Consistency’ Paul Walker this week, and also reserved special praise for the versatile Adam Clayton. Deacey signed Walker in the close season before last, and the left-sided
Foster’s Halifax League club Clayton are looking to recruit players of all ages for the 2014 season. Anyone interested should contact secretary Billy Payton by e-mail on wepayton@hotmail.com.
Residents in part of Keighley are being invited to support their community by going into business. People in the town’s Bracken Bank area will be shown how to become the “next big thing” at an information session on Friday on the estate. Bracken
Old Grovians and Harrogate Pythons, spirited promotion rivals last season in SSE Yorkshire Division Four, meet for the first time tomorrow at Elm Tree Farm since both were promoted. It is almost 12 months ago to the day that they played there but
Guiseley manager Mark Bower has challenged his players to go on another unbeaten run following their FA Trophy exit. The 3-0 defeat at Aldershot was their first loss in 16 games. Now Bower wants his men to focus on closing the gap on the Skrill
Four members of Bradford Fencing Club have been competing for Yorkshire epee titles at Halifax College. Peter Fletcher, Paul Halliday, Kat Robinson and Nick Roper took part in the junior and senior competitions, with the junior event also being
Super League clubs have given the go-ahead for a radical overhaul of domestic rugby league. Representatives of the 14 current Super League clubs voted at a meeting in St Helens to cut the division to 12 at the end of the 2014 season. This ratifies
Thackley are on the lookout for a new club secretary as Mick Lodge enters his last few months in the role. Lodge has enjoyed his time as a volunteer with his local club and will still be on hand to help out but he will not be dedicating so much
Police are hunting a bogus gas official who robbed a couple in their 80s in their Bradford home. The man called at their house in Madison Avenue claiming he had come to examine the gas fire, shoved them into the kitchen, shutting them in, and stole
Bradford Coroners are appealing for relatives of Stanley Mallinson to get in touch. Stanley, 82, of Curlew Street in Little Horton was found at his home on Wednesday. He had died of natural causes. Any relatives or anyone with information
Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley is parting company with his only coach, former Bradford diving supremo Andy Banks. Daley is relocating his training base from Plymouth Diving to the London Aquatics Centre and will work alongside the newly-appointed
Plans by West Yorkshire Police to improve performance in the face of huge cost cuts have been endorsed by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). HMIC carried out a re-inspection of the force after it had raised concerns about the way
The Bulls have today announced a new kit sponsorship deal with the University of Bradford. The university's branding will feature on the home and away playing jerseys, with their logo appearing on the Bulls' playing strips in 2014. The sponsorship
Liversedge chairman Steve Newton insisted that the club should not rush into anything when former manager Eric Gilchrist resigned, and he feels the policy has paid off. Sedge’s committee, headed by Newton, who himself had some good years in charge
NFU members across West Yorkshire are welcoming a new county adviser for the New Year. Chris Dickinson has joined the North-East team from the NFU’s Warwickshire headquarters. For the last two years he has worked as the national poultry advisor
Keighley and Ilkley’s MP helped honour those who were killed in the Holocaust. Kris Hopkins signed the Holocaust Educational Memorial Trust’s Book of Commitment in the House of Commons. The book is also designed to salute the survivors of the
The next public meeting of the Burley Le Tour Partnership takes place on Thursday, January 23 when there will be only 164 days to the Tour de France pounding through Burley-in-Wharfedale. Burley Parish Council clerk Ian Orton said: “We already
Students at Parkside School donned wetsuits and jumped off rocks into the sea during a trip to the Scottish island of Mull. ‘Coasteering’ was one of several activities undertaken by the year 10 students from the Cullingworth school. Fourteen
A club doorman on trial accused of shaking or throwing his baby son in temper told a jury today the infant fell off the settee while he was preparing his bath. The 23-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, denies
A campaign connecting northern authors to readers is back, bringing poets and authors to libraries in Bradford. Read Regional, run by New Writing North in partnership with 19 library authorities, deals with emerging and established writers.
Keighley Film Club’s next screening is Ill Manors, described as an explosive crime thriller. The feature length debut of musician Plan B (Ben Drew) is a “groundbreaking, visually stunning, gripping experience, laced with streetwise humour”. The
Airedale Symphony Orchestra is putting on a family concert this weekend, with the programme including music from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The concert, at Saltaire’s Victoria Hall on Sunday at 3pm, is billed as “an afternoon of family
North Yorkshire Police’s cross-border crime crackdown, Operation Hawk, has received a boost in the shape of Operation Checkpoint, a multi-force operation targeting travelling criminals. About 90 officers in Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Northumbria
Chris Bouckley has been appointed as the new head teacher of Fulneck Junior School in Pudsey. Born in Halifax, Mr Bouckley has worked in the state and public sectors, as well as teaching trainee teachers at Leeds Met University. Mr Bouckley
Skipton Building Society Camerata is on track to make its tenth anniversary unforgettable. In an event believed to be the first of its kind at Leeds Railway Station, the professional musicians will give a free classical concert on the concourse
City's home game against Port Vale has been moved to Tuesday, February 18. It was due to be played next Saturday but Vale are in FA Cup fourth-round action.
Police are hunting a bogus gas official who robbed a couple in their 80s in their Bradford home. The man called at their house in Madison Avenue claiming he had come to examine at the gas fire and shoved them into the kitchen, shutting them in
A date has been announced for this year’s Keighley Gala. Chairman Shona Brunskill said the event will be taking place on Sunday, June 8. She said this was a better, more traditional time of year in which to stage the gala, adding that holding
Yorkshire folk duo O’Hooley and Tidow will headline the Bacca Pipes Folk Club in Keighley. Since the 2012 release of their second album, The Fragile, Yorkshire duo Belinda O’Hooley, who has worked with the Unthanks and the Nic Jones Trio, and Heidi
Pop legends the Bee Gees declined to allow a cover version of one of their hits to be used on a TV commercial reportedly because it sounded too much like their original hit song. A version of the million-selling hit Stayin’ Alive was recorded by
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Andrew Mark Sparkes, aged 45, of Idlethorp Way, Thorp Edge; failure to attend initial assessment, £75 fine, £20 costs, detention in courthouse until court rises. Matthew Alan
Bradford’s Peace Museum has opened a new exhibition about one of the Peace Movement’s most prolific artists. The exhibition, called Margaret Glover: Images of Peace, showcases a mixture of artworks, preparatory sketches and artefacts from and about
West Yorkshire Probation Trust has been ranked among the UK’s top 50 gay friendly employers. The trust is now 45th in the list of lesbian, gay and bisexual-friendly employers, according to the charity Stonewall, a rise of 43 places on last year
Cuts to school funding could hurt the job prospects of hundreds of young people in Bradford, according to students and colleges. The Government plans to reduce the amount of money education providers get for full-time students who are already 18
Leeds boss Brian McDermott has backed Ross McCormack to prove a worthy successor to Rodolph Austin as the club’s new captain. Austin has struggled for form in recent games as United have been dumped out of the FA Cup by League Two Rochdale and
Aaron Mclean has provided a mid-season pick-me-up to revive City’s fortunes, insisted Phil Parkinson. The Bantams boss has immediately noticed a different atmosphere about the squad as they head into tomorrow’s derby tussle at Sheffield United.
A male driver suffered minor injuries after a lorry clipped the back of his car in Canal Road, Bradford, early today and drove off towards Shipley. The incident happened shortly before 7am and involved a blue Peugeot and a lorry carrying a large
Older people in the Braithwaite and Guard House areas of Keighley spoke about their needs while sharing a cuppa and watching a concert. The joint tea party and consultation event was held at the estate’s Kingfisher Centre. Around 60 people, mostly
A missing Bradford schoolgirl has been found, police said today. Chloe Metcalfe, 15, was discovered in the city at about 7.30pm yesterday. Chloe had been reported missing from her home in Kesteven Road, Holme Wood, at about 4.30pm on Wednesday
A book about research into the ‘Gristhorpe Man’ carried out by archaeologists at the University of Bradford will be unveiled today. The remains of Britain’s best- preserved Bronze Age skeleton were examined by a team of 12 researchers at the University
The Environment Agency has applied for planning permission to construct a flood storage reservoir at Eller Beck, north of Skipton, as part of the £9.7 million Skipton Flood Alleviation Scheme. The scheme – which has been submitted to North Yorkshire
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Heaton: construction of single- storey extension to rear, 19 Saltburn Place. Heaton: conversion of garage to gym with first floor extension above, 7 Wharfedale Rise. Heaton
A householder who travelled to Pakistan to marry returned to Bradford to find a building labourer had installed himself a £3,715 fitted kitchen at his expense. Qasaim Masud, who was working at Saleem Raza’s home, fraudulently used Mr Raza’s business
An exhibition of one of the Peace movement’s most prolific artists has opened at Bradford Peace Museum. ‘Margaret Glover – Images of Peace’ features the artists work documenting anti-war marches, peace conferences and images of peacemakers, and
A charity ladies night has raised more than £1,800 for victims of the Philippine typhoon disaster. The dinner and auction at the Hilton Hotel, Bradford, enjoyed a big turnout with guests giving generously, said organiser Razia Amini who represents
The Bradford Bulls Foundation is offering people the chance to get fit with its Bulls BodyBlitz programme. Ten weeks of indoor and outdoor classes have been designed to help people lose weight and improve their fitness. Indoor Body Pump classes
A group of charities has come up with a sweet idea to make children smile. Bradford organisations have gratefully been collecting food, medicine and blankets as part of the Keep Syria Warm appeal, but have now started a two-week campaign called
Two men have been arrested on conspiracy to commit burglary after being found with a torch and drill parts in Wibsey, Bradford. Officers stopped a vehicle speeding in Fair Road and searched the car under the misuse of drugs act. Items located inside
Country duo My Darling Clementine are at Saltaire’s Live Room tonight at 8pm. The duo – Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish – earned rave reviews for debut album How do you Plead? and the follow-up, The Reconciliation, was released last autumn
Among the black and white posters by MC Escher of impossible objects, popular in the 1970s, one of the most memorable was a stairwell which didn’t go anywhere. This kind of visual conundrum has been applied in words to Ira Levin’s Death Trap, Bingley
Eleven-year-old Katie Mae Ramsey is making her debut on a Bradford stage in Buttershaw St Paul’s Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s production of Annie at St George’s Hall. Chairman Anne Tonks, who invited Katie Mae to audition for the lead
A lively debate is expected when Ilkley Civic Society holds an open meeting about the forthcoming Bradford District Local Plan. The meeting at Church House, Church Street, on Thursday is open to members of the public who may have concerns about
Pharmacies could take on a greater role in dispensing care in our communities. With mounting pressure on local GPs and, ultimately, the NHS, pharmacists are being encouraged to be the first port of call for people with minor ailments and complaints
Bradford’s indoor markets are a fantastic asset to the city, offering a great range of produce at value-for-money prices, and they should be cherished by all who value character in a city. They have been praised in Parliament, celebrity chefs use
SIR – When are the Council going to do something to deter pavement cyclists? Not young children, but supposedly ‘mature’ adults? Surely it’s illegal, but more to the point dangerous to pedestrians, especially anyone with disabilities such as sight
SIR – I disagree strongly with Terry Tordoff (Letters, January 15). Any reduction in legal aid worries me. Few people who are charged with an offence (criminal or traffic) know how to present their own case, and some are amazingly inarticulate.
SIR – Do Bradford Council think that by laying low they will not have to answer legitimate questions about their workings? I ask this after Andrew Bailey, the respected head of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority, criticised the
SIR – The severe cuts made on the NHS by the Government means that patients in hospital are not getting the quality of treatment and care that we are used to. Others are suffering because they cannot get the hospital treatment and operations that
John Watts, managing director (sales) of Robert Watts Estate Agents has reached the milestone of celebrating 20 years as an estate agent. Robert Watts was established in 1979 and continues to thrive as one of the largest independent agents and
SIR – Good old Mr Bird (Letters, January 11)! It is gratifying to know that when I go fishing in the (somewhat brackish) right-wing pool, I am at least guaranteed a bite from himself. It is unfortunate, however, that, as usual, he makes a number of
SIR – As a regular traveller from my home to Saltaire and beyond, the journey by road to Saltaire used to take ten to 15 minutes maximum at peak times. Today, travelling took 55 minutes with no apparent hold-ups on the way. I appreciate that
It was my birthday last week. I’m not going to say how many, save it was a number divisible by 1, 2, 4, 11, 22, and itself. Go work it out if you like. Having a birthday in the wake of Christmas is no fun, let me tell you. For starters, everyone
A boy who should have been in school was caught throwing stones and shouting abuse at gardeners in Lister Park, Bradford. Police said yesterday that they caught the youth on Wednesday and took him back to school. The other youths with the boy
A woman was arrested in Manningham, Bradford, yesterday after police found her with what was believed to be two bags of class A drugs. Police were called to Manningham Lane after receiving reports of a man rummaging through a handbag. Officers
Establishing a 24-hour minicab office in Lidget Green, Bradford, would have had “significant adverse impacts” on its neighbours, council officers have decided. Nasar Khan had applied for permission to turn the ground floor of 52B Rugby Place into
People in Bradford interested in helping to shape the future of the Post Office are being encouraged to get involved in a new Advisory Council. Voluntary members are being sought for the council, whether they are a customer, someone already working
Former staff and alumni at Bradford University have expressed their sadness at the death of an academic who served the institution for three decades. Brian Griffiths, who died aged 83 on New Year’s Day, joined the university’s modern languages
A row has broken out between councillors and an MP about the use of figures demonstrating how many people will be affected by changes to adult social care. From April people who receive ‘moderate’ care – such as help to carry out personal care
A councillor in Queensbury has demanded a rugby club repays £10,000 of public funds after it failed to deliver a new pitch. Queensbury Rugby Club was given the money in 2009 by Councillor Paul Cromie to help develop an additional pitch at its Hill
A series of free film talks by the Bradford City of Film team will be held at the new City Library. Taking place on the last Thursday of each month between 5.30pm and 6.30pm, the talks will cover a range of film subjects and will encourage discussion
Love will be in the air when the annual Valentines Market pitches up in Bradford. Now in its sixth year, the Darley Street market offers shoppers the opportunity to browse and buy a range of gifts including luxury chocolates, fresh flowers and
The cost of running Baildon town council has been frozen at last year’s level but local work and projects will not suffer, say councillors. “Careful budgeting” means residents will not be asked to pay any increase in the amount collected for its
Plans for a new £70,000 playground next to Steeton’s Community Hub have been finalised. But the parish council cannot submit funding applications for the under-12s play area for the next three months. It must wait until the next financial year
Rumours of a music festival at a country estate near Skipton over the busy Tour de France weekend this summer have been scotched. The Bolton Abbey Estate has stated no music festival will take place this year after a public meeting in Addingham
The title of Stephen K Amos’s new show, The Spokesman, is ironic. Among the things that the London comic would least like to be, he says a spokesman is right up there. “I couldn’t be a spokesperson or a role model,” he says, “People often say
A firefighter who returned to work after breaking his neck in a road collision has been shortlisted for a bravery award. Mick Titmarsh, 45, a watch commander at Shipley fire station, snapped two vertebrae when he cycled into the back of a coach
X Factor finalist Luke Friend has been reunited with his former singing teacher from Shipley’s Debut Theatre School of Performing Arts. The singer-songwriter, who came third in the ITV show, performed at Harrogate’s Viper Rooms on a mini tour earlier
A pensioner has said he is “absolutely terrified” about going home at night after being targeted by vandals who smashed his lounge window in their latest attack. John Coles has lived in his home for almost 40 years and says the time has come to
Members of young people’s groups across the district will gather at the National Media Museum in Bradford tomorrow to boost their ranks and recruit new volunteers. The free event involving a number of organisations, working together under the Youth
A concert of Mozart masterpieces is to be performed by candlelight in Bradford. From the Producers of A Viennese Strauss Gala, this fully costumed show is set to immerse the audience in the music and classical baroque world of one of the world’
A man has been warned that custody “is on the cards” for shooting a boy in the eye with a plastic BB gun. David Russell, 19, of Washington Street, Girlington, Bradford, pleaded guilty to causing the 16-year-old grievous bodily harm in an incident
Diggers sent to drill 30-metre boreholes in fields earmarked for a housing estate have left a trail of muddy destruction, say the owners of a livery stables who rent the land. Persimmon Homes applied to Bradford Council last year to build 270 homes
Two men were arrested for conspiracy to commit burglary after a torch and parts of a drill were found in their car. Police said yesterday that the duo’s vehicle was stopped in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Fair Road, Wibsey, because it
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Eccleshill: installation of a flue to support additional boiler within existing boiler room and creation of biomass storage bunker outside existing plantroom, Bradford
Paul Weller will play a gig at Dalby Forest as part of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live concert programme in woodland locations. Weller exploded onto the music scene 30 years ago, as frontman of The Jam. Blending the best of British with
Twice a day, Adam Stafford pulls on a series of frocks so loud they’re deafening, not to mention the outlandish wigs and huge false eyelashes, and is transformed into Widow Twankey. But, he insists, panto is a serious business. “Panto fills the
Bulls captain Matt Diskin will be fit for the start of the season and believes his side will be a force to be reckoned with provided no more players depart. The former Leeds hooker is currently working his way back towards full fitness after an
Aaron Mclean is ready to seize the spotlight as City’s main man, by declaring: I don’t want to be a face in the crowd. The 30-year-old pocket rocket welcomes all the pressure as he prepares to make his debut at Sheffield United tomorrow. Dropping
Carl McHugh is another convert of the Bradford City mind coach. The smile is back on the young Irishman’s face after playing in three of the last four games. With James Meredith facing up to six more weeks out with a broken foot, McHugh has
A fun, upbeat atmosphere filled St George’s Hall in Bradford last night as the city’s youth service was celebrated. More than 600 guests clapped and cheered as youngsters from around Bradford took to the stage to perform – some for the first time
The first Council-backed ethnic bazaar is to open in Bradford on a trial basis. The bazaar will be in the former Rawson Market, which has lain empty since 2003. If it proves a success, it could be incorporated into the new city-centre market
We don’t want to move – that’s the resounding message from the vast majority of traders as the Council forges ahead with the development of a scheme to merge the city’s two markets. Bradford Council is considering whether to combine the Kirkgate
West Yorkshire Police has blamed big budget cuts for a failure to recruit more black and Asian officers – as Labour vowed to force it to go further. Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, pledged to put a requirement on forces to actively recruit
An inquest has heard how a Bradford mother found her previously fit and healthy little girl dead in her cot. Mystery surrounds what caused 16-month-old Jessica Ingham’s sudden death, but a post-mortem tests did find signs of virus and infection
A baker whose skills were under scrutiny of millions of TV viewers has visited a Bradford school in a bid to get more Asian boys into the kitchen. Ali Imdad appeared in the BBC’s hugely popular Great British Bake Off last year, becoming the first
David Hockney invented joiner photographs – overlapping photos to build up a bigger picture, as in the Grand Canyon or the picture of his mother at Bolton Abbey. Neil Bland, 62, is a retired joiner who takes photographs. In fact for more than a
