EVERY homeowner who received a residential flood grant from Calderdale Council is being asked to help the authority by outlining their experiences in obtaining household insurance after the Boxing Day floods of 2015. The grants, which were funded
POLICE have today charged four people on suspicion of offences including false imprisonment. The people are believed to include members of Predator Exposure which has been involved in the prosecution of a number of paedophiles from the Bradford
THE English Football League has said it needs more time to complete the investigation into the Leeds 'spygate' furore. Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted to having all his Sky Bet Championship rivals watched in training after a member of his staff
THE FUNERAL of a teenager who died in Thailand will take place on Tuesday, February 19. Anthony Ryan, 17, died on January 24 when he was involved in a motorbike crash during his first holiday abroad. His funeral will take place at St Christophers
CONFUSION surrounds the number of homes earmarked for a proposed housing development on fields bordering the M62 at Cleckheaton. Planning documents indicate that the 11-acre (4.5 hectare) parcel of land off Whitechapel Road can accommodate up to
AN ACCIDENT involving a cyclist has closed East Chevin Road at Otley. West Yorkshire Police were alerted to an incident on the road, in which a male cyclist suffered serious injuries, at 2.42pm on Friday, February 8. The road was closed while
BRADFORD West has the highest number of insurance claims involving uninsured drivers in the country, closely followed by Bradford East, research has revealed. Data provided by Direct Line Car Insurance has identified the country's hot spots of
FORMER football coach and scout Bernard Ellison, from Bradford, has died at the age of 86. Bernard made a big contribution to sporting life in the city and was also a keen cricketer and golfer. He was a good amateur footballer as well as being
T&A chief sports writer Simon Parker evaluates City's transfer deadline deals now the dust has settled. And though the window has closed, there remains a chance the Bantams could add to their squad through free agents. Meanwhile, the focus
Bradford Bulls coach John Kear has named an unchanged 19-man squad for the trip to Swinton Lions on Sunday. Bulls got their Championship campaign off to a flier with a 17-16 win over Featherstone and Kear has kept faith with the same personnel on
A SWAN which was close to death after being shot with an air rifle has made a miraculous recovery and has now been released back into the wild. There was outcry last month when the Yorkshire Swan & Wildlife Rescue Hospital, which is based in
LOVED-UP shoppers can take time out of their trip to Kirkgate to get creative on a interactive graffiti wall. The shopping centre is giving couples the chance to let their inner Banksy loose on Saturday by grabbing a digital spray can and spray
After the Bulls got off to a winning start in the Championship in a tight affair against Featherstone Rovers, they hope to add to their victory with another two points away at Swinton Lions on Sunday. It's not one to be missed and here at the T
ALBERT FINNEY has died at the age of 82, a family spokesman has said. The actor was best known for his roles in Erin Brockovich, The Wolfen, Murder On The Orient Express and Annie. A statement from his family said: "Albert Finney, aged 82, passed
BRADFORD City Women are back in action on Sunday after a weekend off due to SSE Women’s FA Cup fixtures affecting the league schedule. They host Nottingham Forest Ladies, who opened their campaign back in August with a 3-0 home win over the Bantams
BRADFORD South Labour MP, Judith Cummins, has welcomed the progress of ‘Finn’s Law’ through the House of Commons. The Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill will provide greater protection to service animals such as police dogs. In October 2016
An injured police dog managed to pin down a suspect despite the man repeatedly slamming a car door on its head. German Shepherd Alfa detained the "violent and reckless individual" after police spotted he was driving a stolen car with fake number
THREE men have been locked up for a total of almost 20 years after a shotgun was fired at close range at a Bradford house. Paul Wilcox, 36, Lee Thompson, 31, and Ryan Lancaster-Baxter, 20, plotted to discharge the weapon as a “threat or warning
YORKSHIRE have announced that Steve Patterson will continue as club captain after being appointed on a full-time basis across all three formats. The seam bowler initially took over from Gary Ballance in an interim role at the start of the Royal
BRADFORD police have vowed to continue to tackle the blight of danger drivers in and around the city. A new police team - the Steerside Enforcement Team - began its crackdown on January 7 and since then has seized more than 50 vehicles for document
A TOTAL of six restaurants and takeaways in the Bradford area have been shortlisted for the inaugural English Asian Food Awards 2019. Finalists for the first ever English Asian Food Awards have now gone live after an influx of public nominations
A SHIPLEY pub apprentice helped his employer Greene King set out its new commitments to improve social mobility at a special reception. Hayden Broadbent, who works at The Noble Comb in Shipley, was at the launch of Greene King’s Stepping Up Report
SIX people have been arrested following a fight in Birkenshaw. Officers were called at 3:49am this morning to reports of an ongoing fight on Kingsley Drive. A male in his 20s was assaulted and suffered cuts to his head. Police and ambulance
VISITORS from a Middle East university were in Bradford this week to learning about research and teaching collaborations in the city. Representatives from the Al-Ahliyya Amman University in Jordan visited the University of Bradford after the two
CHILDREN at a Bradford primary school have learnt how to keep safe online will help from police. As part of Safer Internet Day, pupils at High Crags Primary Leadership Academy took part in workshops which helped show how to stay safe on the web.
LOU Lou’s Vintage Fair is introducing itself to Bradford Cathedral tomorrow with a sale special. Stallholders at the award-winning vintage fair will be selling reduced price vintage clothing, homeware and collectibles from the 1940s to the 1990s
DAVID Hopkin has given City’s training ground a facelift to remind the players what the club means. The Bantams boss has had images of Valley Parade put up around the building at their Apperley Bridge base to make it look more professional.
FORMER Bantams boss Stuart McCall has scooped the League One manager of the month with Scunthorpe. The City legend has been rewarded for a fantastic January in which the Iron won four and drew one of their five games. It represents a stunning
DIVISION Three leaders Hermits F are cruising towards the title after maintaining their unbeaten record against second-placed Rastrick. The match featured the top two players in the averages and it was Peter Eccles, of Hermits, who took the individual
A MAN was seriously injured and taken to hospital following an incident in a Bradford street. Police were called to Grantham Road, in the Shearbridge area of the city, at around 9am today by ambulance staff who were treating two injured males.
IN THE latest edition of our new weekly look back through the T&A picture archives, here are three rugby league teams from years gone by. Do you remember any of the players? DELPH HILL 1979: No names DUDLEY HILL U13 1986: Back (from left
BRADFORD has been named as the fourth hardest hit UK city by major store closures over the last 12 months - ranking behind its neighbour Leeds. Aberdeen, Glasgow and Leeds topped the list of places in the country to suffer from the sudden closure
THE fire service is warning people not to be alarmed if they spot fire engines in the Manningham area. A training exercise is being is carried out in the park, so there will be fire crews and emergency vehicles in the area. We're carrying
THIS car was seized from the Asda supermarket car park in Shipley. The vehicle, a Ford Focus, was found to have been uninsured since June 2018 and untaxed since May 2018. PC Pearson tweeted: "Male reported and vehicle seized."
LEADERS Golcar United, who have a six-point advantage over second-placed TVR United, know they cannot afford to slip up, as they bid to win the Premier Division for the second-successive season. Tomorrow United host Route One Rovers and TVR United
A MEMBER of the public raised the alarm after spotting a van fire last night. Firefighters were called to Hard Ings Way, Keighley, at around 10.20pm after a passer-by noticed the engine compartment of a Volkswagen Transporter van ablaze. A
AN Audi was destroyed in an early-hours fire. Firefighters from Shipley were called to Staveley Drive, Nab Wood, at around 1am, where the vehicle was on fire. The cause is currently under investigation. A West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
A HAUL of toys and a crowbar were found in an abandoned car last night. 'Traffic Dave' shared these pictures on Twitter and said the discovery was made while on proactive patrol in Bradford. The vehicle made off and was abandoned. Support
AN away pitch is a strip of grass like most home grounds, but winning on the road is a difficult thing in the Northern divisions. Both fifth-placed Bradford & Bingley and 11th-placed Cleckheaton face trips tomorrow in North One East, with the
Hundreds stranded on the M62 by snowdrifts, roads out of Bradford jammed by peak-hour traffic, and three dead. This was the winter of 1979, with some of the worst blizzards in living memory. According to one T&A reporter who had spent the night
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SEA ANGLING CLUB Plenty of good cod being caught on the east coast with Whitby being the best venue. Boats are catching decent cod and Whiting inshore using up-tide methods and out on the wrecks. Our next general
A couple are celebrating nearly two decades at the helm of an award-winning Bradford bike shop. Paul and Sandra Corcoran, of Cullingworth, took over ownership of Pennine Cycles in Thornton Road in 2000. Since then, the business – originally founded
COUNCILLORS have approved plans to build homes on a field in Menston after a lengthy discussion over flood risks on the land. Plans to build on Bingley Road date back to 2010, and a detailed scheme for the site was agreed by members of the Council
A PRIMARY school in Bingley has launched a new campaign urging parents to switch off their engines when parked up around the school. Myrtle Park Primary School has teamed up with local neighbourhood police for the anti-idling campaign, in an effort
SHOPPERS in Brighouse have been granted a further break in parking charges ahead of a re-think by Calderdale Council. The controversial on-street charges were introduced for the first time last summer, despite objections from traders and local councillors
THREE companies in the Bradford district have won places on the league table of Britain’s fastest growing global sales stars. Published this weekend, the 10th annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table ranks Britain’s mid-market
A CHARITY which tackles loneliness and isolation in Bradford will launch a dementia- friendly café following a donation from a housebuilder. Lidget Green Healthy Living Centre received £1,000 from the Persimmon Homes Community Champions scheme,
PLANS have been submitted for four new homes in Shipley. The application concerns land at Dock Lane. According to documents submitted on behalf of Mandale Homes, the land is currently vacant, made up of grassland with a number of trees and bushes
JOHN Kear has called for proper contingency plans to ensure no other injured player suffers the same fate as Swinton’s Will Hope. The RFL are still investigating the circumstance surrounding the Lions forward, who was left waiting in agony for three
CITY kick off their Valley Parade double-header tomorrow with David Hopkin declaring: “There’s no better place to play”. The visit from Fleetwood is followed by a crunch clash against fellow relegation scrappers Plymouth. And the Bantams boss
Concerns about two Facebook groups claiming to be “like TripAdvisor but for men” have been raised by two Bradford district MPs. The two groups, both called Prick Advisor West Yorkshire, were set up to warn women about men with violent or abusive
THACKLEY AFC young forward Asa Mitchell has won an NCEL award. The 17-year-old striker bagged the Premier Division Player of the Month fans' vote after some fine January form. Mitchell's month started with a bang, grabbing two goals in two starts
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) boss Mark Bower has welcomed a break in play, but said his side have a real determination to get back on track. Avenue have struggled of late and are still without a win in 2019 seeing them drop to fourth in the Vanarama
The Liberal Democrats have regained a Bolton & Undercliffe seat from the Labour Party in a by-election. The vote was brought about by the death of the sitting councillor, Ian Greenwood, a previous leader of Bradford Council. Amid a 29 per
DAVID Hopkin is trying to find another free-agent gem like Paul Caddis to bolster City’s survival options. The Bantams boss has been casting an eye on unattached duo David Edgar and Lewis McGugan in training over recent days. And he plans to
THE Bradford Junior League have opted to implement recommendations from the ECB regarding pitch lengths and cricket ball sizes for the 2019 season. Under-14s and under-15s will use a full-size pitch, while under-13s will play off 19 yards, under
A FORMER security officer accused of raping a teenage girl and inciting child prostitution told a jury she had made up the allegations for money. Saeed Akhtar, known as Sid, told Bradford Crown Court yesterday he believed the girl was 18 when she
