Archive
-
Date
Challenges ahead as rates increase
Bradford businesses are set for a challenging few months after the Bank of England decided to raise interest rates to 5.75 per cent, with forecasters predicting further rises by the year's end. Bradford Chamber said that the latest rise in rates will
-
Date
"£30m centre to bring 1,500 new jobs'
Up to 1,500 new jobs could be created after plans for a £30 million high-tech business park were approved at a meeting of the Shipley Area Panel. The development on a three-hectare disused Greenfield site off Keighley Road, Bingley, opposite Bingley
-
Date
Bulls don't fear salary cap rap
Peter Hood today insisted the Bulls aren't fearful of major reprisals despite a second salary cap infringement. Along with champions St Helens and Wigan Warriors, Bradford were today charged with breaching the cap during the 2006 season. They have been
-
Date
Noble expects Warriors to rally
Brian Noble admits it's going to be an "exciting" proposition tackling his former club again tomorrow. The Wigan chief has faced the Bulls twice since leaving Bradford last April - masterminding an emphatic victory at the JJB Stadium last September
-
Date
Group's are goes on display
Artwork by people suffering from Alzheimer's disease has gone on display at Shipley Library. For the past year the Bradford branch of the Alzheimer's Society has been working with Bradford University photography student Liz Cundy on various art projects
-
Date
Small crowd enjoy a very big show
It's a feather in Bradford's cap that such a prestigious outfit like Opera North chooses to play here. But judging by Wednesday night's turn out at the Alhambra, Bradford audiences don't quite appreciate it. There was only a smattering of people in
-
Date
Police issue valuables warning
Keighley Police are urging motorists to remove all valuables from their vehicles when they leave them unattended. PC Adrian Foyston, crime reduction officer for Keighley, said: "There have been a number of vehicles broken into and property stolen. "
-
Date
Children will be seen thanks to jackets
Youngsters in the Girlington area are being given road safety messages to keep them safe. Children, aged between five and 11, who attend mosques in the area, are being given high-visibility waistcoats and arm-bands to keep them safe on their way there
-
Date
Museum honours music journalist
Former national music journalist, song-writer, poet and avid T&A letter writer Karl Dallas is being honoured by Bradford's National Media Museum. Over ten weeks until September the NMM is running a season of feature films and documentaries about popular
-
Date
Bloom team put up brolly good sign
Preparations for the final round of Britain in Bloom judging are taking shape in Baildon with a new sign to encourage recycling. The four-foot square notice has been incorporated on to the parking ticket machine in the bottom car park outside Ian Clough
-
Date
MP renews call for Mosque flags
AN MP has renewed his calls for the Union flag to be flown on mosques in Bradford as the country stands united against terrorism. Shipley MP Philip Davies has called on religious leaders to follow the lead from a Mosque in Birmingham which proudly flew
-
Date
Cameron comments branded ‘unhelpful’
A senior representative of the Muslim community in Bradford has branded remarks made by Conservative Leader David Cameron, regarding the banning of controversial Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as uninformed and unhelpful. The comments were made by Mr
-
Date
Organ marathon planned
Church organists are preparing to play for a marathon 12 hours at St Andrew's Church, Kildwick. Churchwarden Isobel Stirk and David Mitchell, above, plan to fill the church with music next Saturday, July 14 Isobel and David, who plays the organ when
-
Date
Pam will share love of garden
Tucked away between Daisy Hill and Allerton in Bradford is a garden which is considered to be in the finest in Yorkshire. Green fingered Pam Greenwood, above, 68, takes great care with her garden in Shaftesbury Court off Shaftesbury Avenue. The quarter
-
Date
Sex attacker is cleared of raping woman
A convicted sex attacker accused of raping again has been cleared by a jury. John Farrar, 38, who was jailed back in 1998 for three counts of raping a young girl, indecent assault and gross indecency with a child, was alleged to have raped a woman in
-
Date
Sentence of firearms youth is reduced
A Bradford youth caught distributing firearms has won a cut in his jail term at London's Court of Appeal. But judges ruled the biggest player in the plot - which would have seen six untraceable Russian automatic pistols complete with silencers on the
-
Date
Work underway at village playing field
Pupils from Eldwick Primary School have seen the beginning of work on the refurbishment of the village's recreation ground. The project, which is expected to be completed by early August, involved extensive community consultation and input from the children
-
Date
Farmers' market
A farmers' market offering local produce will be coming to Cleckheaton from 9am to 1pm on Saturday at St John's car park, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton.
-
Date
Mums and Tums classes
Mums from seven schools in Bradford have been getting together to socialise and get fit at the same time. The Mums and Tums classes, which have been running for the past four weeks, have proved so successful, they will be introduced permanently in September
-
Date
Historic vehicles
A Historic Vehicle Rally is taking place at Marley Playing Fields, off the Aire Valley Trunk Road, Keighley, on Sunday, July 15, from 10.30am.
-
Date
School visit
Police Community Support Officer Tim Stobart is holding a school gate surgery at Holycroft Primary School, Knowle Park, Keighley, on Friday July 13 at 3pm.
-
Date
Office wins award
An office development in Guiseley was presented with a top environmental award by TV personality David Bellamy. Watson Batty won the International Green Apple Awards for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage for its new headquarters building
-
Date
Period garden tours
Information on period garden design, history, plants and flowers will be available in a series of garden tours around Red House Museum, in Oxford Road, Gomersal, Cleckheaton on Sunday. The tours will allow people to discover more about the gardens at
-
Date
Sugar art
The White Rose Sugar Art club holds its next meeting on July 13 at Shipley Library. Helen Fletcher will give a display and new members are welcome at the event which begins at 7pm.
-
Date
Bulls backing Callum’s bid for treatment
A nine-year old boy who has to travel abroad to have surgery is one step closer to funding it thanks to the Bradford Bulls and amateur rugby teams. Callum Mynott, of Keighley, suffers from a rare form of throat cancer and needs to travel to Geneva in
-
Date
Firm fined £3,500 after worker maimed
A woodworking firm has been fined £3,500 after a court heard how one of its employees was maimed while operating a machine. Glen Brannon lost the tips of all four fingers and thumb of his right hand while trying to release a piece of wood that was blocking
-
Date
Drink driver fined
A wedding guest upset by taunts over his health left the hotel where he had booked overnight accommodation and set off to drive home through the night in spite of drinking after the ceremony, a court was told today. But Harrogate magistrates heard
-
Date
Gala venue switch
Oakworth Gala has been forced to change venue this weekend. Oakworth Primary School playing field, off Victoria Road, has become saturated because of heavy rain. The gala will now take place on the school playground. Anyone wanting further details about
-
Date
Auction to raise cash for minibus
A Keighley church is staging an auction to raise money for a minibus for a trip to Latvia. A variety of household and miscellaneous goods will be sold at 1.30pm at the Worth Valley Community Church, South Street, on Saturday, July 21. A minibus is needed
-
Date
Eaton pens new Cougars deal
The Cougars have handed Barry Eaton a new two-year contract, staving off growing interest in their young player-coach. The fresh deal rewards Eaton's determined efforts during a difficult 18 months since joining from Batley Bulldogs. He arrived as player-coach
-
Date
Phoenix bidding for quarter-final berth
Apparently down and out in the first half of this season's Twenty20 Cup competition, Yorkshire Phoenix have picked themselves up off the floor and a fourth consecutive victory from tomorrow's match with Derbyshire Phantoms at Headingley Carnegie (5.30
-
Date
A washout again
The Bradford & District Evening League's entire programmne was washed out this week due to the incessant rain.
-
Date
Saltaire cry foul over Butt ruling
Saltaire are disappointed that their overseas player Masud Asam Butt has been denied permission to play in next weekend's re-arranged Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup third-round tie at Baildon. Ijaz Khan, skipper of the Roberts Park club, said: "
-
Date
Thackley aiming to make it tough for Menston
Addingham could find themselves heading the race for the Aire-Wharfe League Division Three title after Saturday's matches. Of the top three clubs, who are separated by just four points, they would seem to have the easiest task when they travel to Ben
-
Date
United set to leave out Healy
David Healy is unlikely to be risked when Leeds United start their pre-season programme with a match at Shelbourne on Saturday Dennis Wise had hoped to blood some new signings in the game in Dublin, which kicks off at 7.45, but the on-going transfer
-
Date
Addition of Regan softens blow of losing Sugden and Riley
Thackley have lost two of their most influential players from last season but manager John Boyle has been able to name a new coach at Dennyfield to help the development of the first team. Former England youth international defender James Riley and skipper
-
Date
Blackburn: We mean business this season
There was a sneak preview of the first suggested signings by Bradford Park Avenue when the squad assembled at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday for their first training session of the pre-season. Defender Danny Meadowcroft, who was in the Morecambe squad
-
Date
Hirst to add his match-day experience
Farsley Celtic will have a new match-day secretary for their first season in the Conference - the newly-named Blue Square Premier Division - after drafting in an experienced foot soldier who is no stranger to the role or the area. Alan Hirst has been
-
Date
Drugs woman facing jail
A woman who became involved in supplying Class A drugs has been warned that she could be locked up. Samantha Harpin, 23, of Killinghall Road, Bradford, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of being involved in the supply of drugs and a further count
-
Date
Family of murdered boy speak of torment
The family of a seven-year-old boy murdered 12 years ago have told how they feel cheated by the death of his killer in prison. Tariq Rehman, convicted of murdering Jonathan Copley and his 15-year-old babysitter, Rachel Rooney, died in May while serving
-
Date
Community links top the police agenda
West Yorkshire's top policeman has pledged the Bradford public will get to know familiar faces on the beat as neighbourhood policing is stepped up. Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison promised to give people what they want - a visible, accessible police
-
Date
Teenager faces danger driving trial
A teenager accused of driving dangerously around the streets of Bradford has been told he will stand trial next month. Mohammed Khan, 18, of Killinghall Road, Bradford, appeared at the city's crown court today and entered not guilty pleas to charges
-
Date
Civic visit for pupils
Staff and pupils from Carlton Bolling College gave the Lord Mayor of Bradford a tour of the school, to celebrate being awarded an outstanding' ranking from Government Inspectors. In December 2004 the secondary school in Undercliffe was deemed to be failing
-
Date
McAvoy keen to play a central role
Nathan McAvoy returns to Wigan tomorrow willing and able to do whatever job is needed. The former England international re-joined the Bulls on the eve of the season after the Warriors - ironically given today's news - failed to deliver a new contract
-
Date
Number plate crackdown success
The theft of car number plates has fallen by four per cent after a police initiative to crack down on illegal vehicle registrations. Bradford North Police stopped more than 260 vehicles with illegal number plates during the month-long campaign. Most
-
Date
Angling Lines
LISTERHILLS AA Last Sunday's trophy match at Pilley's Dam was won by B Bromfield with two bream for 3lb 15oz, 2 E Harrison 3lb 5oz, 3 A Tomkins 99lb 1/2oz. One competitor lost nine pike. The evening match was won by E Harrison with four bream and some
-
Date
'Rule-breakers have to be dealt with'
Everyone just wants a fair crack in Super League and for everyone to be playing off the same field. If some teams are doing something underhand then it doesn't make for a fair competition and, if they have broken rules, should be punished. I can't point
-
Date
Evans in line for City return
Paul Evans could be on his way back to Valley Parade. The fiery Welsh international midfielder is currently training with the Bantams, three years after being sold to Nottingham Forest. Evans, 32, is out of contract after finishing a one-season deal
-
Date
Service too often taken for granted
SIR - One of the reasons given for the recent 24-hour postal strike was that Royal Mail wants to stop Saturday deliveries. I can remember when post was delivered on Christmas Day, as Boxing Day was once the only recognised holiday for postmen during
-
Date
Challenging ideas
SIR - The fact that molecules of carbon dioxide don't have nationalities might help Mr Bird (T&A, July 3) understand why we want less of them, whether they originate in Shipley or Shanghai. They also last in the atmosphere, the oceans and trees for
-
Date
Good news
SIR - I was so pleased to read that the people of Bierley now have their own much longed for Pharmacy. Their journey without a car to a Medical Centre is hazardous to say the least and so it was with real pleasure that I read that this service had
-
Date
Well done
SIR - Today I had cause to contact Bradford Council Cleansing Department to voice a concern. It was fairly clear from the response to my call that the information systems in use indicated awareness that I had expressed a concern in the past. Indeed
-
Date
Zero efforts
SIR - So they have finally done it. Our city leaders have achieved the dizzy heights of a "No star rating" again while Mr Greenwood and his party have repeatedly refused to take part in the governing of our city, even when offered the opportunity.
-
Date
Concrete future
SIR - I heartily agree with the comments by Keith Thomson and Richard Killip (T&A, July 3) on indiscriminate building. Buildings are creeping into our countryside at a vast rate and in future years the water will have nowhere else to go, only into
-
Date
Great event for veterans
SIR - What a fantastic weekend the veterans weekend turned out to be. Bradford Metropolitan Council is to be congratulated along with its members who were involved. In spite of the unreliable weather every event went off superbly. The bands and the
-
Date
Demise of culture
SIR - I very much welcome Councillor David Ward's comments on the vegetative state of the Odeon. Though only superficial, the appearance of the vegetation makes the whole building appear to be in an advanced state of decay, fuelling support for Yorkshire
-
Date
Reduce costs
SIR - In his letter (T&A, July 2) that indefatigable Europhile, Stuart Baker, claims that the cost of living in the UK is more than 30 per cent higher than in Europe. Is that Europe as a whole, or the EU? I do not know what the figure is but my visits
-
Date
Girl power
SIR - Hasn't M Byrne (T&A, July 3) realised yet that all pop groups "do it for themselves"? It is a business for them not a voluntary service brigade. Wake up, please,and realise that there are thousands of people in the UK and millions elsewhere who
-
Date
Smokers’ retreat
SIR - As a smoker I hated the idea of a ban on smoking in public places which came into force on July 1. However, it was not all a day for doom and gloom. My local pub, the King's Arms in Heaton, has erected a comfortable smoking area outside, with
-
Date
Lack of concern for nation's health
SIR - On July 1, 2007, the nation's media, ever-ready to toe the New Labour line, told us: "England stubs out smoking", "England goes smoke free" and other such propaganda. The fact that our hospitals are crawling with killer bacteria thanks to medical
-
Date
Bowlers on Trophy trail
Pudsey's Duncan Reeves was beaten 21-3 in the final qualifying round of the third qualifier for the Bill Carter Memorial Trophy at Sowerby Tennis & Bowling Club. Reeves had earlier progressed by a walkover against Kevin Wolohan (Sale) and defeated Kenny
-
Date
Hill dies, aged 80
The Bradford Table Tennis League have been saddened with the news that Eric Hill - one of their most respected figures - has passed away at the age of 80. Eric spent over 40 years serving table tennis in a variety of ways. At club level he played for
-
Date
Rigoletto, Alhambra Theatre
It's a feather in Bradford's cap that such a prestigious outfit like Opera North chooses to play here. But judging by Wednesday night's turn out at the Alhambra, Bradford audiences don't quite appreciate it. There was only a smattering of an audience
-
Date
Warning on email bank scams
Bank customers in Bradford are being warned of a new generation of internet scams aimed at conning them out of their cash. A number of e-mails are circulating purporting to be from banks warning of attempts to gain access to internet banking accounts
-
Date
Smokers flouting ban at hospital
Smokers are continuing to blatantly flout a smoking ban introduced at Bradford Royal Infirmary 18 months ago. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust slapped a ban on smoking in the buildings and grounds of BRI and St Luke's hospitals in January
-
Date
A picture of surprise at City training
Stuart McCall is casting his net far and wide to unearth the talent capable of dragging City back out of the basement division. The training ground – or wherever they’ve found dry enough to kick a ball on – has been bursting with unfamiliar faces hoping
-
Date
A picture of surprise at City training
Stuart McCall is casting his net far and wide to unearth the talent capable of dragging City back out of the basement division. The training ground – or wherever they’ve found dry enough to kick a ball on – has been bursting with unfamiliar faces hoping
-
Date
A picture of surprise at City training
Stuart McCall is casting his net far and wide to unearth the talent capable of dragging City back out of the basement division. The training ground – or wherever they’ve found dry enough to kick a ball on – has been bursting with unfamiliar faces hoping
-
Date
A picture of surprise at City training
Stuart McCall is casting his net far and wide to unearth the talent capable of dragging City back out of the basement division. The training ground – or wherever they’ve found dry enough to kick a ball on – has been bursting with unfamiliar faces hoping
-
Date
City to pilot community cash scheme
Bradford has been named as one of ten pilot areas where local people will be able to have a say in how their council spends its money. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is expected to outline the plan in her first major Commons speech later today.
-
Date
Unhealthy state of affairs
At the start of last year, smoking was banned outside the entrances to Bradford Royal Infirmary. But as a report a few months later in the Telegraph & Argus showed, the move was not an unqualified success. Sadly, today the picture looks much the same,
-
Date
Cathedral starring role in Much Ado
Either take an umbrella or say a prayer if you are minded to go to Paper Zoo's production of Much Ado About Nothing next week. The valiant cast are hoping to perform half of Shakespeare's comic romance in the grounds of Bradford Cathedral - very nice
-
Date
It’s Green for go for trailblazing festival
A pressure group in Spen Valley has joined forces with local musicians to organise the first open air music festival in Green Park, Heckmondwike. The organisers of the Crown of Lights Free Music Festival are on the lookout for artists from across Yorkshire
-
Date
Michael loves a trial in the kitchen
A love of TV food programmes set Michael Rheeder on the road to becoming a chef. "When I was growing up I really enjoyed watching them," he says. "I didn't have a favourite celebrity chef, they are all so different - I just liked anything about cooking
-
Date
Neil’s got an Express delivery to carry out
Neil White clearly remembers his first-ever job in theatre. "I was assistant stage manager on the Alhambra panto, it was Aladdin starring Su Pollard," he says. Twenty years later Bradford-born Neil is returning to the Alhambra, bringing the fastest
-
Date
BD1 LiVE celebrates local rock talent
The term post-rock', for me at least, used to have similar connotations to what punk rock meant to those pogoing away in the late-1970's. It sounded easy to play - elaborate, catchy tunes weren't necessary and you didn't even have to bother singing if
-
Date
Dean Friedman's thanking his lucky stars
Dean Friedman will forever be associated with the line "We can thank our lucky stars that we're not as smart as we like to think we are." The annoyingly catchy lyric from the American singer/songwriter's schmaltzy 1978 hit Lucky Stars has, 30 years on
-
Date
Thursday, July 5, 2007
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: David Sunter, aged 48, of Upper Rushton Road, Thornbury; failure to surrender to custody, detention for one day. Farzana Kauser, aged 26, of Ashton Avenue, Scholemoor; driving without insurance
-
Date
Thursday, July 5, 2007
In 1948, the National Health Service came into operation. Jean Murray, of Wigan, became the first baby to be born on the National Health In 1954, Elvis Presley made his first commercial recording, That's all right Mama. In 1967, Israel annexed Gaza
-
Date
Mortar board babes!
Mortar boards and gowns were the order of the day when 100 bright young things graduated at Bradford's Children's University. Pupils at Bradford and Keighley primary schools were honoured for their efforts at a ceremony yesterday. The Children's University
-
Date
Development firm is moving to city
The regeneration company behind the iconic restoration of Lister Mills has chosen Bradford as the location for its new Yorkshire office. Urban Splash, which is carrying out the £100 million regeneration of the landmark Bradford mill, has been basing
-
Date
Union attacks number of new-build social housing
Bradford is second only to Leeds in the number of new homes built in Yorkshire and Humberside. But although 1,299 homes were built in the Bradford Council district in the 12 months to March 2006, only 46 (or 3.5 per cent) were for social housing. And