Geoffrey Richmond has offered an olive branch to City chief executive Julian Rhodes. The former chairman claimed he was forced out in the summer when Rhodes and Gordon Gibb assumed control. But Richmond believes Rhodes should be congratulated for his
City 1, Forest 0: Robert Molenaar's first goal for two years slammed the lid on City's shocking losing run and breathed new hope into their survival battle. The big Dutchman headed home to beat Nottingham Forest at frenzied Bradford & Bingley Stadium
The announcement that Bradford's special schools network could be completely revamped under new proposals is a welcome one indeed. The education of children with special needs has traditionally been a controversial and problematic subject and the way
Haworth has gained fair trade zone status, following a six-month campaign by villagers. The campaign was spearheaded by traders Rita Verity and Anna Scott of Sonia's Smile - a Main Street shop selling fair trade products. An eight-strong steering group
Suggestions are being invited for names for a housing development off Halifax Road, Hightown, Liversedge. Names should not duplicate or closely resemble existing ones in the area and streets are not normally named after people. Suggestions must be sent
The top two people in charge of a £175 million budget for Bradford's council homes have been appointed. Geraldine Howley will be Group Chief Executive and Derrick Palmer is the Group Finance Director of the new housing organisation Brad-ford Community
An organised criminal gang used a lorry cab to rip a cash machine from the wall of a Bradford bank. But the raiders, who all wore balaclavas, fled empty-handed when police arrived on the scene on Tong Street at around 12.40am today. Detectives said the
A 20mph speed zone is set to be imposed on three town centre streets in Keighley. Keighley area committee approved plans to introduce the new traffic management scheme in Highfield Lane, Cartmel Road and Redcliffe Street, at a cost of £96,000. The cash
Residents who have suffered abuse and nuisance from pupils are to invite them to their homes under a new scheme to bring the neighbourhood closer together. As part of the Citizenship curriculum, the programme will see young people from Immanuel Community
Bradford's Coroner has called for traffic lights controlled by buses at a junction where a motorcyclist died. Mark Nicholson was speeding, lost control of his machine and collided with a bus, an inquest was told. He was travelling along Manchester Road
A gem of an idea has been devised by police to crack down on criminals selling stolen jewellery. Calderdale police has come up with the Jewellery Watch project - based on the force's Thumbprint Scheme - to target the sale of stolen goods. When anyone
A pioneering Bradford community centre could close if its funding is more than halved, its leaders warned today. Staff at the Karmand community centre are devastated that next year's grant from Bradford Council is recommended to be cut to £41,000. They
A pathologist has told how a stab wound which killed a plumber in an Addingham pub car park was most probably caused by a deliberate blow. But he conceded that chef Leroy Griffith, who denies murdering Mark Webster, may have inflicted the fatal injury
A demolition contractor has narrowly escaped being jailed for pollution offences. William Reidy was warned by Judge Roger Scott that there was "every probability" he would go to prison. But a different judge decided yesterday that he should do 200 hours
Bradford's special schools do a good job, according to Government inspectors from Ofsted. But several reports have highlighted major deficiencies in the school buildings. At Chapel Grange School in Rhodesway, Allerton, head teacher Hilary Morrison despairs
The newest face around Odsal cannot wait to get the Grand Final campaign going. Having spent 12 years at St Helens as a player, the Bulls coaching recruit Phil Veivers believes the Super League opener at Knowsley Road will be "the ideal game". Veivers
Swimming: Shipley's refurbished pool certainly lent itself to "Festive Fun and Fast Times" at the City of Bradford's 20th annual Christmas Meet. There were 16 meet records set, 11 other times dipped under the old records and there were eight near misses
Sunday Alliance League: Last Sunday, for the first time in Alliance League Cup action, two teams from the same club played each other when Queensbury's first and second elevens met in the Senior League Cup third round. The first team won the match 4-2
Horace Scott celebrated his 98th birthday this week by getting his tickets to watch Bradford Bulls at Odsal next season. The former factory worker from Hightown, Liversedge - believed to be the club's oldest season ticket holder - first watched Bradford
In 1911, Bradford City Council purchased the Rosse Estate properties. In 1926, missing writer Agatha Christie was found at a Harrogate hotel, under an assumed name. In 1962, the US spacecraft Mariner II sent back the first close-up photographs of Venus
Bradford Council's head of theatres, arts and festivals is to produce a report which will help decide the future of a controversial Shipley mural. The mural, painted onto the end of a gable house on St Paul's Road in August, was created as part of Bradford's
People in Keighley will be able to celebrate their town next year on a specially designated day. Keighley Town Council has named Wednesday, March 19, as Keighley Day. The day was chosen to mark the date that Keighley was granted a town council but the
Residents in Canterbury and Little Horton are enjoying tidier streets thanks to a special clean-up. The police, Bradford Council and the city's probation service organised the clean-up after the areas were identified by the Home Office as one of the five
Improvements to Bradford's only country park, which have attracted increased numbers of visitors to the beauty spot, have been applauded. Developments in St Ives park in Harden include a new footpath through farmland and a medieval day in August which
A woman who uses a false limb after having part of her leg amputated 40 years ago has been refused a disabled car parking pass because she is not considered disabled enough for one. Bradford Council is reviewing the scheme which awards blue badges to
Plans for a new school in Cullingworth were given the go-ahead. Shipley Area Planning Panel has approved a new building on disused land off Halifax Road. Outline planning permission to move Cullingworth Primary School was given in October, subject to
A Government inspector is to decide on the future of a pigeon loft which has caused feathers to fly. Pigeon fancier David Kernan fell foul of planners in April when he built the 24ft by 8ft pigeon coop in his back garden in Oak-worth Road, Keighley, without
A nursing home worker was stunned to find three screws in her take-away meal. Suzanne Wilson - who is five-and-a-half months pregnant - discovered them in her KFC fries when she sat down to eat her lunch at work at Ashcroft Nursing Home in Undercliffe
Review: Gareth Gates may be Bradford's current top male totty but the lad would have had sand kicked in his face by last night's performers. The Bradford smog was replaced by stage smoke as the 100 per cent prime beefsteak all-American superhunks strutted
Next week's broadcast of a BBC documentary has forced the adjournment of a riot trial due to start at Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday. The Trouble Up North programme, which will be screened on BBC2 on Monday night, focuses on families campaigning against
Two men have been jailed for four years and three months for their part in the Bradford riots. Hafiz Sharif, 21, and Arfan Younis, 22, each threw a stone during the violent disturbances on July 7 last year. They both admitted riot. The city's Crown Court
Charities and projects supporting the homeless in Bradford are bracing themselves for a rush as temperatures plummet and the needs of the homeless soar. Director of The Bradford Soup Run, John Tempest, said at Christmas, numbers the organisation fed almost
A radical shake-up of Bradford's special schools was unveiled today by education chiefs. Under the proposals, ten special schools would close down in 2005 or 2006, to be replaced by six new ones in a £35 million scheme using a private finance initiative
SIR - The stories of the last few days are an insult to every decent man, woman and child in this country, and need an immediate response from our Members of Parliament, in view of Tony having trouble with his Missus! Myra Hindley still haunts us after
