A NEW campaign to create “no-idling” zones around Bradford’s schools will begin when children return to school after the Summer break. Bradford Council is working with schools and local communities to improve air quality around schools by stopping
A HUSBAND-and-wife duo who abused their positions working in a care home to steal more than £32,000 from a resident who suffered from Alzheimer’s have been spared jail. Robert Miller and Susan Miller, both 60, of Thornton Road, Thornton, were working
A CANCER charity is to get more than £26,000 compensation from the fraudster who worked as its events manager. Former Keighley resident Patricia Helen Robertshaw, 42, falsely claimed she had cancer herself as she cheated Yorkshire Cancer Research
BULLS' next opponents Leigh have signed back-row forward Jordan Thompson from Hull for the second time in two years. The 27-year-old former Castleford player signed for the Centurions at the end of the 2017 season and had a loan spell at Leeds last
The independent expert running a review into a sex grooming scandal has published his report. And Dr Mark Peel said officers with Kirklees Children’s Services DID know that young girls were being sexually abused – and that an opportunity to
SIR - Despite the confident prediction of every political commentator, The Brexit Party has failed to win the Peterborough by-election. In retrospect the reason is quite clear in that it was their misfortune for the contest to be held on the final
A COMMUNITY is fighting plans for housing on a greenfield site. Residents, the village school and MP have all lodged objections against the scheme. It is claimed the proposed development of up to 35 homes, plus an access road, on land at Eastburn
A man riding a quad bike illegally on a Bradford road was seriously injured and his passenger sustained a severe head injury when a taxi turned across in front of them, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Louis Titre, 24, was driving dangerously
BATLEY and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has accused the government of leaving a “shameful legacy of cuts” during a debate she called in Parliament on the impact of rising crime in smaller towns and communities. Ms Brabin called the Westminster Hall debate
Over 300 plants were seized from a cannabis factory in the Bradford Moor area yesterday. PC Andy Jeffery, ward officer for the Bolton & Undercliffe area of West Yorkshire Police Bradford East, revealed that a man was arrested from the scene and
A FORMER parish council worker and alpaca farmer in West Yorkshire has been jailed for more than two years for attempting to steal £138,000 in VAT. Sally Barber filed fraudulent VAT repayment claims for her farm and secretarial business Spectrum
A PRIMARY school in Bradford has retained its Good rating following a recent Ofsted inspection. Ofsted inspectors noted “marked improvement in specific areas” on the visit to Horton Park Primary School last month. They also said the school could
Andrew Gale believes Yorkshire’s back-to-back Championship title success in 2014 and 2015, added to a near miss the year after, will be a tough act for counties to repeat. Surrey’s slow start to their title defence - two defeats and three draws
Police have warned a lifelong sex offender who is wanted for recall to prison could be in West Yorkshire. Forces in Brighton and Hove are looking for 59-year-old Andrew Philip Greenwood who failed to comply with the terms of prison release licence
Workers at at Bradford's National Science & Media Museum are to be balloted on industrial action in a dispute over pay. Trade union Prospect said its members at the museum will vote in the next few weeks on whether to launch a campaign of action
CHEMICALS specialist Christeyns has officially opened a new engineering facility in Bradford. Judith Cummins, MP for Bradford South, cut the ribbon at the new Cutler Heights unit, which is a further significant investment in facilities for the
The West Yorkshire summer is still awaiting some prolonged sunshine, as the Met Office today issued a warning of persistent rainfall to occur over the coming days. A yellow warning has been issued for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday across Bradford
SILSDEN have continued their summer rebuild with the departure of a long-serving goalkeeper. Callum Jakovlevs joined the club in July 2016 before leaving to join Prestwich Heys in September last year. Jakovlevs then rejoined the Cobbydalers in November
MAJOR repair and restoration work is to be carried out at Yeadon Town Hall. The historic building returned to local community control earlier this year when Yeadon Town Hall Community Interest Company (CIC) was granted a 50-year lease by Leeds City
BIKE week has begun, and local cyclists have been asked to track their miles. As part of the celebrations people across the region are being invited to join in the fun by riding anywhere, anytime and logging their miles on Love to Ride – an online
A CARE home has been told to improve by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Holly Park Care Home, on Clayton Lane, Clayton, was judged as requires improvement overall and in all areas and found to be in breach of four regulations.
BRADFORD & Bingley secured their place in the third round of the Priestley Shield with a nail-biting victory over Baildon in a rain-affected tie. Their last-wicket pair were trying to deny Baildon victory when the weather intervened and led to them
BUTTERSHAW St Paul's have reached the semi-finals of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup after holding their nerve in a bowl-out. The Bradford Premier League Championship Two side got off to a good start at top-flight rivals Wrenthorpe with openers
A fire investigation has begun at the scene of a flat fire which took place just after 10am this morning. Fire services and police were called out at 9.54am to Otley Road, Undercliffe, Bradford where shattered glass can be seen on the floor
A West Yorkshire Police officer is due to appear in court in Bradford following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into a road traffic collision. On November 21, 2018 PC Richard Storey was the driver of an unmarked police
A Bradford man has been ordered to repay more than £80,000 after new legislation was used by West Yorkshire Police. Zaffar Iqbal, 63, of Upper Rushton Road, Bradford, was convicted in 2006 of conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs and sentenced to
TODAY the T&A joins forces with rival publishers to challenge Britain’s main political parties to commit to a package of policy measures to turbo-charge the North’s economy. RELATED: Bradford leaders back call to Power Up The North The
A stockman who ventured to Shipley for a shearing course is appealing for information after his tools were stolen in the middle of the night. Norfolk-based Jason Shorten, 32, was staying at the IBIS Hotel in Shipley on June 2 when his truck was
A IBIZA based DJ has returned to Bradford to become the manager of a furniture store that will open later this month. Scandinavian retailer JYSK will open its first branch in Bradford on June 29, taking up a large unit at Manningham Retail Park
A LITTLE girl from Shipley is only the second child in the country to be diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Adorable six-year-old Inaaya Ramzan relies on monthly blood transfusions to treat a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. She has
THE Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is being urged to halt its plans to create a wholly owned subsidiary company. It comes amid a ballot for strike action, due to close today, and fears about the “backdoor privatisation” of some
TEN TIMES the number of motorists than normal were fined for using the Bridge Street bus lane on the Sunday that the demolition of the Jacob's Well office building led to road closure confusion in Bradford city centre. One of the drivers has expressed
THE former NatWest branch in Cleckheaton has sold at auction for £91,000 above its guide price. The 2,000 sq ft property, in Bradford Road, had a guide price of £75,000 when it went under the hammer at a Pugh property auction last week. The
TWO Leeds councillors have raised concerns that a planned link road between Tong and Holme Wood could cause cross border issues for their constituents. Details of the £64 million link road, which would be overseen by Bradford Council and funded
INFANT Mental Health Awareness Week is being marked this week (June 10 to 14), with this year’s focus being ‘Difficult Beginnings’. The birth of a baby can be an exciting time, but many women and their partners can experience difficulties during
THREE bus services for schoolchildren in the Bradford area are set to be axed as a cost-cutting measure by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The services, which serve schools in Wibsey, Manningham and Brighouse, are all set to be discontinued,
SIR - Just how can Bradford Council consider spending an estimated £15m on sport facilities when we have food banks, homelessness, reduced care for our elderly and lack of provision for young people with mental and physical needs and schools crying
GARY Bowyer predicts League Two will be harder next season than he remembers it. The City boss steered Blackpool to promotion from the bottom tier via the play-offs as they bounced straight back up in 2017. He will be hoping to mount a similar
INDUSTRY in Yorkshire is “digging its own grave” by not investing it skills for its own employees, according to a senior West Yorkshire politician. The comments were made by Kirklees Council cabinet member Peter McBride, during a heated discussion
An accountancy student has been jailed for three years and nine months for a “prolonged and terrifying” knifepoint robbery at a Bradford house. Nomel Beugre had downed three bottles of wine before confronting his friend in a drunken jealous rage
POLITICIANS and other dignitaries have backed a call made today by the Telegraph & Argus and other regional newspapers for the next Government to make serious investments in the North to narrow the economic and social gap between the region and the
