Archive
-
Date
Forrest is given the chop
Danny Forrest's 12-year link with boyhood idols Bradford City is over. The Keighley-born striker will not be getting a contract for next season. Colin Todd today confirmed that Forrest, who was in his final year as an apprentice, has been released after
-
Date
After 150 years, it's all over for Dracup
An historic textiles machinery business has gone into administration with the loss of 15 jobs because of competition from cheap foreign goods. Dracup (UK) Limited, based at Great Horton in Bradford, was taken over by administrators this month after
-
Date
Pupils 'among the worst for truancy'
Secondary school pupils in the district remain among the country's worst for truancy rates. Nine of Bradford's 28 secondary schools have large numbers of persistent truants, according to a report to tomorrow's meeting of the Education Policy Partnership
-
Date
Sending the wrong message
There's an old saying which insists that "two wrongs don't make a right". It's something the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority seems to have had in mind when deciding not to award any compensation to a West Yorkshire man who was hit in the head
-
Date
Woman robber targeted elderly
A 26-year-old woman with a history of stealing from elderly men barged into the homes of two pensioners less than a fortnight after being released from prison. A judge yesterday sent Katherine McConnell back to jail for three years, saying she had "gone
-
Date
Such rotten people
SIR - Thanks to the thief who stole my mum's holiday money from her wallet in Morrisons last week. My mum, who is a pensioner, had saved up for more than a year to enjoy a holiday with her cousin. Not only were the thieves not happy with the money they
-
Date
The full picture
SIR - Once again Jason Smith is telling readers half the story. Yes, it's true EU law prevents Britain from deporting EU criminals back to their own countries, but here's the other half. EU law prevents other EU members deporting British criminals back
-
Date
Children held back
SIR - In response to Dr Ali's comments about the existence of barriers within our society (T&A, May 8), I would like to state a few facts taken from research I recently conducted about race and ethnicity in the UK. Firstly, children from Pakistani and
-
Date
Yorkshire get ball rolling with East Midlands win
Yorkshire opened their County Championship campaign with a fantastic 19-12 victory over East Midlands. It didn't start too well in the home leg at Pudsey, with Paul Hillam (21-14) the only winner in the first four. But seven winners from the last eight
-
Date
Will Westfield stay course?
SIR - The statement from Richard Ellis, project manager for Westfield (T&A, May 18) that: "It is very difficult to pin a time down" for their start on the Broadway Development and that: "The company has a few decisions yet to make before pressing the
-
Date
A load of laughs
SIR - Tony Blair has a great command of the English language and when he made his statement in the House about automatic deportation nobody could misinterpret what he said, even though it was factually rubbish. Then, on Question Time, Harriet Harman
-
Date
Exercise in spin
SIR - Gordon Dean, Elaine Neale and N Kent (T&A Letters, May 18 and 19) each make valid points. Possibly a greater tragedy than the development of the Odeon site would be if we were to lose the building and be left with another big hole in the ground
-
Date
Architects’ ego trip
SIR - I am horrified with the proposals to replace the Odeon building. In my opinion they will not compliment the Alhambra as the Odeon does. A number of glass and concrete buildings have recently been demolished in Bradford, so why build more of these
-
Date
Missed opportunity
SIR - Recently I visited the exhibition of designs at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television for the Odeon site, eager to view the proposals, drafted by leading development partnerships after a global competition. I eventually found
-
Date
Let’s be careful
SIR - With reference to the ideas put forward by architects to take the place of Bradford's former Odeon cinema (T&A, May 11), it will not be apparent to visitors why the Bradford Pivot is so called and neither will its glass construction, so reminiscent
-
Date
Bradford’s chance to spring a surprise
SIR - Where is the vision for Bradford that Gateshead has shown in re-creating itself with the Angel of the North, the Millennium Bridge, the Baltic and the Sage? The Odeon replacement exhibition and consultation process, based in the National Museum
-
Date
Police merger plan 'may be shelved'
Home Secretary John Reid has signalled that the controversial merger of Yorkshire police forces will be shelved or even scrapped because of the wider crisis engulfing the Home Office. His predecessor Charles Clarke had intended to push through police
-
Date
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
In 1918, a reported shortage of white men of conscription age meant hotels were allowed to take on black waiters. In 1940, 12 Leon Trotsky was injured in an attack on his home in Mexico City. In 1943, 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Dortmund, Germany
-
Date
Family fortunes from tiny seeds
Sowing seeds and watching them grow on the window sill is part of the nurturing process for most children. For Jan Bentley, helping his late grandfather and father, the two Williams, on their market garden sowed the seeds for his cress-growing career
-
Date
Fury at Tory deal to run council
A deal struck between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats has allowed the Tories to continue running Bradford Council. Amid Labour fury at the authority's annual meeting yesterday, new Tory group leader Kris Hopkins has taken over as Council leader
-
Date
Unlucky Boulton happy at his start
Steeton have been the surprise package this season as the Aire-Wharfe League continues to be affected by the weather. They are already among the front-runners in Division A, following their promotion last season, and skipper Gary Boulton reckons it would
-
Date
'My role against Leeds is to offer vocal support
Former Bulls coach Brian Smith plans to join fans on the Odsal terraces for the crunch fixture with Leeds. The Aussie is back in Bradford ten years after leaving for Parramatta, having agreed to give current boss Steve McNamara some support while on
-
Date
'Funding cut could lead to job losses'
More than 2,000 college places are to be axed after a £1.4million Government cut in funding. Bradford College bosses fear that the drop in financial backing will also result in job cuts and an increase in tuition fees in parts of Bradford, Ilkley and
-
Date
Reid in pledge on return of Sharon killing suspect
The Home Secretary has pledged to do all he can to secure the return to the UK of a man suspected of killing Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Suspect Mustafa Jama is thought to have returned to his native Somalia after the mother of three children and
-
Date
New Lord Mayor boosts charities
The new Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb, has chosen two local charities to benefit from his year-long appeal. He was sworn in at a ceremony at City Hall yesterday and became the city's third Asian Lord Mayor. Coun Rangzeb (Lab,
-
Date
School proves it's top of the class
Staff and pupils were celebrating today because their school has been named one of the best places to study in the country. It has been named by The Good Schools Guide as the best place to study A-level psychology among all state and private schools
