The leader of Leeds City Council has backed a dramatic call for the government to fund a 10 per cent increase in all council workers’ pay next year. Coun Judith Blake has supported proposals sent by Unison, GMB and Unite trade unions to central
A council’s plans to strip equipment from its playgrounds as part of a £9.5m revamp has been shelved – but only temporarily. Kirklees Council still intends to go ahead with its much trumpeted Playable Places Strategy after the public have had their
A man was shot at close range and struck with a machete in a revenge attack in broad daylight on a Bradford housing estate, a jury heard today. Mark Lee grabbed the barrel of the gun and aimed it away from his body after he was wounded in the left
NO driving licence. Uninsured. Through a red traffic light - right in front of a marked police car. The driver of this car was caught in Bradford by traffic cops earlier today. West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit said: "Driver drove
FORMER employees of Thomas Cook have expressed their happiness after hearing up to 2,500 jobs could be saved by Sunderland based Hays Travel. The independent travel agent said it will buy 555 stores from Thomas Cook after the holiday company collapsed
A LOCAL Brownies unit will celebrate half a century in existence this weekend. The 3rd Allerton Brownies, based at St Peter's Church on Allerton Road, opened its doors for the first time on September 15, 1969. To commemorate the historic landmark
WEST Yorkshire Police will employ 256 police officers in the first wave of new recruitment, the Home Office has announced. The force has lost 2,000 officers and staff and £140million from its budget since 2010. Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire's
BULLS trio Dalton Grant, Rhys Evans and Cobi Green have been named in John Kear's Welsh squad for the Nines World Cup in Australia. The players have made the final cut for the Sydney event after the initial 23-man train-on squad was reduced to 16
THE group planning to take over the Bulls face the urgent task of stopping more players following Jake Webster out the exit door. Webster’s move to Keighley Cougars is understood to have come as a shock for Chris Brereton and his consortium who
INDEPENDENT travel agent Hays Travel has said it will buy 555 stores from Thomas Cook after the holiday company collapsed late last month. Hays has already recruited 421 former Thomas Cook staff and has offered employment to more of the airline's
A MAJOR Bradford route which was blocked off over a concern for safety has been safely resolved. The vulnerable person involved has since been taken to hospital. Odsal Top was blocked off towards Bradford city centre and emergency services,
CRAVEN League heavyweights Crossflatts have failed to get into the Aire-Wharfe League for the 2020 season. The Division One champions and Wynn Cup winners only gained nine votes at the senior league’s council meeting last night at Otley Rugby Union
BUILDINGS and entrances at the Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) have been lit up in blue and pink in memory of babies who died very early in their lives. It's to mark national Baby Loss Awareness Week (October 9-15) and the simple gesture of remembrance
Calderdale believes it is striking a fair balance between encouraging recycling and covering its costs where its home garden waste collection service is concerned. Nationally, Government has been consulting on whether households in England should
STAFF at the science and other museums are to stage a fresh strike in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the Prospect union at the Science Museum Group (SMG), which includes the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, will walk out
A LARGE section of Bradford Bulls fans are up in arms after the shock news that experienced and popular centre Jake Webster has left the club to join neighbouring Keighley Cougars. The T&A exclusively broke the story yesterday afternoon, with
A MILD-MANNERED lady of my acquaintance recently shocked me. We were chatting on the street corner when someone passed by, towed by a brace of poodles. She remarked: “There are far too many dogs.” When I asked what she meant, she mentioned the
A LANE was blocked on the M606 motorway this morning after a car crash. One lane on the northbound section of the carriageway near Junction one was blocked after a collision involving a taxi. The vehicles were quickly moved to the hard shoulder
WOMEN'S football last weekend was again disrupted due to the weather, and Bradford City were left wishing their FA Cup clash at Barnsley was one of those abandoned by rain, as they slipped to a humbling 5-1 defeat. It was all over by the break in
A MUM-OF-FIVE from East Bowling has expressed her pride after hearing her four-month-old baby say his own name. Artist Joanna Cole was playing with baby Eric in the living room when he started saying the word 'egg'. A couple of days later Joanne
For this week’s Remember When feature it’s all about road safety. Taking a nostalgic look at those who have kept us safe on Bradford’s busy roads down the years. In 1969, a Dewsbury firm was all prepped and ready to go into production with the
A DANGEROUS driver has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after he drove at high speeds through the streets of Manningham. Mohammed Hussain Ramzan was spotted by police driving a Seat Leon in Oak Lane during the evening of June 26 last year.
THE FOOTBALLERS of Bradford City will once again stand in solidarity with the homeless as Centrepoint’s Sleep Out Bradford returns for its third year. People across the district are urged to swap their beds for sleeping bags and camp overnight at
A DEDICATED eight-day programme, hosted by Red Bull in Bradford, ended with a jam-packed community day on Sunday. The international drinks manufacturer picked Bradford as its first UK location to run its Amaphiko Academy. The Academy has taken
A BURGLAR who stole £30,000 from his former boss’s home has been sentenced to two years and four months. Third strike burglar Shaun Roy Green, of no fixed address, stole the cash from a drawer in his former employer’s Menston home when he turned
WEST Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is set to debate its stance on the region's transport after calls from senior councillors to bring bus services back into public hands. The meeting will decide the authority's position on the potential sale
BRADFORD Libraries' annual Rhyme Challenge is being launched today. The challenge, which encourages children under five and their families to learn five rhymes together and receive a certificate, starts with toddler groups, schools and private
A CO-OP store in Bradford is to reopen at the end of this month following a £1.1m facelift as part of the firm's investment in its Yorkshire store estate. The revamped Wibsey store, on Fair Road, will open its doors on October 31, offering customers
A WOMAN losing her eyesight was treated to a pamper day after applying to become a model for a local fashion designer. Jess Narey, 23, of Ingrow, Keighley, was unsure whether Fate & Fings boss Laura Kelly would accept her as a model for ‘fast fashion
PLANNING permission for the first stage of the Wharfedale Greenway is expected to be in place by next summer. The scheme involves turning a disused railway line into a walking and cycling route that will connect Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Burley-in-Wharfedale
THE Bulls are hoping to be in position to announce their change of ownership by the end of the week. Chris Brereton and his consortium are waiting in the wings to take charge after conditionally agreeing a deal to take over from Andrew Chalmers.
MATTY Palmer could be out of City’s plans for anything up to the new year, Gary Bowyer today warned. The Bantams boss ruled out the midfielder for at least the next month because of his knee injury. But the club are currently in the dark about
THREE brothers have been ordered to pay more than £20,000 for failing to ensure a former Bradford school site plagued by fires and anti-social behaviour was secure. Atsham Ul-Haq, 39, of Highfield Lane, Keighley; Azhar Ul-Haq, 38, of Crosby
