The police chief investigating the murder of businessman Teddy Simpson today urged people involved in "unorthodox" dealings with him to search their consciences and come forward with information. Detective Superintendent Paul Taylor, who is leading a
Hundreds of scooter enthusiasts thronged Bradford's Centenary Square tonight creating a carnival atmosphere with their colourful machines. The first Scooters In The Square was hailed a huge success by the organisers, and the thousands of people of all
West Yorkshire's top policeman has insisted plans to expand neighbourhood policing teams will have a big impact on communities in Bradford without putting the safety of officers and the public at risk. Concerns have been raised by rank and file officers
Yorkshire's hopes of going on to win the Championship title suffered a severe blow at Headingley Carnie today when they never fully recovered from one of their worst starts in the history of Roses cricket. Winning the toss and batting first on a day
Up to 22 firefighters battled a third-floor blaze at the former Diamond Seal factory in Gaisby Lane, Shipley, today. Crews from Idle, Bradford, Bingley and Shipley tackled the fire, which is being treated as suspicious. Idle watch manager Kevin Mackrill
Bradford policeman Mark Carter said it was "a dream come true" after finishing second in the Mr Gay Europe contest. Mark, who lives in Bradford but is a constable in Huddersfield, was competing against 20 other contestants for the prestigious crown in
The destination of two divisional titles were decided in week 12 of the Bradford Table Tennis Summer League. Unity B and Hermits H have dominated Divisions Two and Three with unbeaten records and both recorded decisive victories to put themselves out
Dennis Wise attacked the chairmen of the Football League clubs who voted down Leeds appeal against a 15-point deduction. He called their decision unfair and laughable and added: "I'm surprised and disappointed with the whole thing. I think a lot of people
A boom in the worldwide oil market has led to expansion at a Cleckheaton-based manufacturer. Flexitallic, which manufactures seals for the worldwide oil and gas industry and who recently expanded its UK and international sales team, is investing £600,000
The Bulls know confident Hull KR have targeted them as the scalp that could secure their engage Super League status. Bradford head to Craven Park on Sunday fully aware that scrapping Rovers are well on the way to safety. Victory in the massive relegation
Stuart McCall is dreaming of dishing up a goal-feast for his beloved City fans on Saturday. The Bantams kick off the new era against Macclesfield in front of a rocking Valley Parade. And McCall wants to wow the supporters with the best possible start
A friend of murdered father-of-two Andrew Ayres has told a jury how "all hell broke loose'' when violence flared outside a Bradford pub. Craig Powell, who had been out celebrating another friend's 50th birthday, had earlier been involved in a verbal
Bradford Community Housing Trust (BCHT) has been awarded three "green lights" for its overall performance following the latest assessment by the Housing Corporation. The assessment follows last month's positive Audit Commission inspection of BCHT, which
Barry Conlon had a ball the last time he faced Macclesfield on the opening day. In fact, the big Irishman has still got it as a memento for scoring the only senior hat-trick of his career. A year ago Conlon was blasting a treble past Silkmen goalkeeper
The head of the Government's Youth Justice Board has praised two successful programmes aimed at helping at-risk children in Bradford. Ellie Roy, chief executive of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, visited the Play and Learn Zone Programme
A councillor whose political career is in ruins after he tried to cheat his own local authority out of benefit cash had been punished enough, a judge said today. Tabasum Aslam, a former Liberal Democrat councillor for Heckmondwike, had suffered "a steep
A man has been arrested after threatening to throw himself off the Kirkgate Shopping Centre car park. Police cordoned off the entrance to the car park from the Arndale Centre and the force negotiator was called to the incident at 2.25pm today. A West
A Bingley wine bar will host host a beer and bangers festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Nine local real ales, cider and gourmet sausages will be on the menu at the Surburban Style Bar, Market Square, and bands will entertain. Beers on offer
A man has been arrested after threatening to throw himself off the Kirkgate Shopping Centre car park this afternoon. Police cordoned off the entrance to the car park from the Arndale Centre and the force negotiator attended the scene after being called
An appeal has been lodged over plans for an extension on a property in Shipley. Bradford Council planners turned down the scheme at 118 Wrose Road in January.
A Bradford housing group has confirmed that it is to axe between 40 and 80 jobs within the next few months. Accent Yorkshire, a subsidiary of the Accent Group, owns 3,500 properties in the Yorkshire region. The job cuts follow a reportedly fallow period
West Yorkshire's top policeman has insisted plans to expand neighbourhood policing teams will have a big impact on communities in Bradford without putting the safety of officers and the public at risk. Concerns have been raised by rank and file officers
Smokers in Bradford and Airedale who want to kick the habit can now get expert help at a series of new daytime and evening stop smoking group sessions. The district's NHS Stop Smoking Service is starting the new hour-long sessions - held at 13 different
A Gargrave couple have won the top prize in the Martin House Children's Hospice lottery. Peter and Iris Covey walked away with £1,000 in the weekly draw. They received their prize from Annie Rootes, assistant manager of the hospice shop, on Sheep Street
Haroon Rashid's prolific form for Brighouse has been rewarded with a trial at Worcestershire. The news is no surprise to his skipper Mark Gilliver - a former player with Leicestershire - who believes he has the ability to make it at that level. "I have
Mark Bower column At last the big day is nearly here and we can get into the real action. We've been back a long time for pre-season and everything has been geared towards Saturday afternoon and beating Macclesfield. Friendlies are all well and good
British Waterways is warning people not to swim in rivers and reservoirs. And it said children should always be supervised when playing close to water. A spokesman said: "The gleaming water may look inviting on a hot, sunny day, but everyone should
With six weekends of the Aire-Wharfe League season left, the promotion and relegation issues are far from decided. But the derby between DIVISION TWO pace-setters Guiseley and second-placed Rawdon can provide a pointer to the second-tier title. Guiseley
A photography exhibition documenting a civic visit of community leaders from Bradford to India, Pakistan and Kashmir will go on show at Bradford College. The show, A Civic Trip, by Jeff Sutton, shows community representatives and delegates, including
The sports desk headline-writers groaned when they heard City had snapped up their latest striker. No complaints at finding another frontman to boost the Bantams attack – but have you tried fitting Ndumbu-Nsungu into a one-line newspaper column? Thankfully
The sports desk headline-writers groaned when they heard City had snapped up their latest striker. No complaints at finding another frontman to boost the Bantams attack – but have you tried fitting Ndumbu-Nsungu into a one-line newspaper column? Thankfully
The sports desk headline-writers groaned when they heard City had snapped up their latest striker. No complaints at finding another frontman to boost the Bantams attack – but have you tried fitting Ndumbu-Nsungu into a one-line newspaper column? Thankfully
The sports desk headline-writers groaned when they heard City had snapped up their latest striker. No complaints at finding another frontman to boost the Bantams attack – but have you tried fitting Ndumbu-Nsungu into a one-line newspaper column? Thankfully
The Northern Counties East League begins this weekend and the three local Premier Division representatives all have high-interest games. Liversedge host Thackley in a Bradford derby on Saturday while neighbours Eccleshill United throw their turnstiles
There will be one final opportunity for Guiseley boss Terry Dolan to tinker as he sends his squad out for their last pre-season friendly on Saturday at Harrogate Railway Athletic. What he can learn following Monday night's excellent victory over Leeds
There should be a record crowd for a league match at Throstle Nest on Saturday as Stafford Rangers visit for Farsley Celtic's first game in the Blue Square Premier, the new sponsor's branding of the Conference. The Celts have exceeded all expectations
Avenue boss Benny Phillips has the luxury of another friendly fixture this weekend and he is aiming to maximise the opportunity as he takes his recently-assembled squad to Wales for an overnight stay. Saturday's opponents are Bangor and the match will
City today made a double signing to boost Stuart McCall's options on the eve of the new campaign. Winger Alex Rhodes has penned a month-by-month contract until January 9 after impressing McCall during his trial period at the club. And the City boss
New Macclesfield boss Ian Brightwell is desperate to avoid another nerve-shattering end to the season. The Silkmen, who face City in Saturday's opening League Two fixture, stayed up with a draw against Notts County on the final day. They had clawed back
The group behind a new sitcom being filmed at Wilsden is seeking funding to help the project progress. The programme centres on life in a local community hall. Wilsden village hall is being used for filming and residents are starring as extras. The
SIR - Why has the drab, little-used street called Duckett Lane, which runs between the backs of the buildings of Westgate and James Street and ends at Godwin Street (T&A, July 28), been given a new name plate? Could it be that after 53 years this city
SIR - In 1914, my father was too young for military service but his two elder brothers, Arthur and Joe, were of age and served with the British Army in France throughout the First World War. Both were very lucky to survive, although Arthur came back
SIR - Eric Firth (T&A, August 3) points out that the Union flag is not wanted by Scots Nationalist leader Alex Salmond who says as far as Scotland is concerned the union is dead and buried. Ironically, Glasgow Rangers is the only football club left
SIR - Stephen Sharp's letter (T&A, August 2) makes a lot of sense. Places like Sheffield have embraced change and successfully regenerated. Bradfordians are not against change, we are as forward looking as any other citizens. It is just that we object
SIR - What right have we, as a nation, to call ourselves Christian-based or even caring when the powers that be can even think about deporting Mrs Ondimu to the land of her birth (T&A, August 6)? Great Britain has always prided itself on
SIR - Regarding Dr Maggie Eisner's retirement from Shipley Health Centre as a GP (T&A, August 3), as a long-time patient there I must say how sad it is to lose her. But if the purpose of her work is to train more GPs in the same mould as herself, a great
SIR - Jason Smith's letter (T&A, August 3) appears to divide the country into decent hardworking people owning their own homes and families on benefit who live in council houses. To use such reasoning as a way of criticising the Government's intention
SIR - John Murray (T&A, August 6) accused my colleague Jason Smith of talking rubbish. Is Mr Murray aware the repackaged constitution contains a self-amending clause that will, if ratified, enable Brussels to introduce new diktats without any recourse
SIR - Alan Chapman congratulates David Cameron (T&A, August 7) for coming out with a few good sound bites. But I'm afraid that's all they were, including: "Schools should be places where the kids respect and even fear the teachers, not the other way
SIR - Regarding "Water waste" (T&A, August 3), D S Boyes remembers water services provided by local councils at minimal cost. Unfortunately, this led to slack management and underinvestment, which were used by Thatcherites as reasons to privatise the
SIR - Physical evidence available from the amount of refuse collected in areas like Slough clearly indicate that the actual population of those areas are far higher than the official records. There is a clear possibility that the situation in Slough
SIR - Once again the subject of metrification comes up. Metrification is fine, we did it at school, but that was in addition to imperial. In our day it was called decimals. As so many of your correspondents say, it is so much easier. So easy, in fact
Gas cylinders exploded as firefighters tackled a blaze behind the Brontë Parsonage Museum at Haworth yesterday. Fire crews had to take cover behind sheds while aiming water at the scorching containers. They evacuated bystanders as the fire, on an allotment
Detectives have arrested eight schoolboys in connection with a fire which caused £500,000 of damage to a Bradford industrial park. Around 20 firefighters spent five hours tackling the blaze at a disused meat depot on the Phoenix Way industrial estate
A Bingley teenager was in a stable condition in hospital this morning after the car she was in car crashed into a wall. The 17-year-old was a passenger in a Peugeot 206 when it crashed in Beckside Road, Lidget Green, Bradford. Fire crews helped get
LISTERHILLS AA Fish were reluctant to feed in the match at Pilley's Dam, which was won by E Harrison (2lb 8oz) ahead of B Bromfield (1lb 3oz). All competitors were troubled by pike. To book for the annual Canal Open Championship at Rodley on August 18
Junior Witter has admitted that his early years as a professional boxer were "murder". Bradford's WBC light-welterweight world champion is limbering up for the first Yorkshire defence of his title. He faces dangerous American-based challenger Vivian
A man jumped from a first-floor window to escape a house fire. Two appliances from Stanningley and one from Odsal attended the incident at a terrace house in Woodlands Avenue, Pudsey, shortly after 12.10am today. Firefighters fought for an hour to put
A teenage driver hospitalised after a car crash remained in a critical but stable condition today. The 17-year-old, of Bingley, has been critically ill since the accident in Saltaire on Sunday, July 29. He was cut free from a Citroen Saxo he had been
Kettlewell Cricket Club has bought a new roller for its pitch. It received grants from Craven District Council, Skipton Rotary Club and the Craven Trust. The club also thanked the Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival and many private donors.
Police want to question a man about the theft of champagne from Skipton's Westgate store. The theft took place last month and the haul was worth £135. The suspect is described as white, about 5ft 7ins tall, with dark brown hair. Anyone with information
Five people had to be evacuated early today when fire ripped through the roof of their homes. Fire crews from Rawdon, Shipley and Idle spent an hour fighting the blaze in Cliffe Drive, Rawdon, from 12.10am today. The fire was confined to the roof void
Two men questioned by police investigating the murder of Bradford businessman Teddy Simpson were last night released on bail pending further inquiries. Four other men have been questioned in connection with the inquiry. One was freed without charge and
A man jumped from a first floor window to escape a house fire early today. Fire crews from Stanningley and Odsal attended the incident at a terraced house in Woodlands Avenue, Pudsey, shortly after 12.10am, and fought the blaze for an hour. The man
A home in Lidget Green, Bradford, was damaged when arsonists set fire to a car on the drive early today. The vehicle was destroyed and the flames reached first-floor windows of the semi-detached property in Brooksbank Avenue. Firefighters from Fairweather
Stallholders are being given four weeks to pack up and move off a town centre site. The Craven Court shopping centre in Skipton has given a month's notice to vacate to three stalls selling food, carpets and clothes, as well as to a clothes stall which
Alex Massey is the man to have around if a pipe bursts. Or if you need a wall plastering. This Jack-of-all-trades is a dab hand in the kitchen too. "I've worked as a painter-decorator, and a plasterer, and plumber. The only thing I can't do is rewiring
He's the boy who never grew up, the eternal merry prankster who seems to go on forever, the mischief-maker with a twinkle in his eye who is loved by children of all ages. It could be a precis of the main character from this year's Bradford panto, which
During my lifetime, I have seen Bradford city centre regenerated once, and demolished again. Obviously the previous regeneration committee got it wrong. We cannot afford to get it wrong again. Is the current regeneration team doing its homework before
With the newly- revealed autumn season at Bradford Theatres comes the chance to indulge in a one-night stand. As well as the longer-running shows and performances there is also a mini-season of "light programming" at St George's Hall including shows
Huw Bunford, guitar maestro behind many of those weird and wonderful licks and riffs that pepper Super Furry Animals records, is a rather busy man. As well as an imminent album release and UK and world tour on the horizon, the band have also found time
Lady Salsa Grand Theatre, Leeds First, the confession every reviewer should make if it happens. I left the theatre before the first-night performance of this show ended, fearful of becoming perhaps the world's first victim of "death by massively over-amplified
According to the old rock fable you should never meet your idols. But how about meeting him, playing a few gigs with him, getting him to play on your album and then being asked in turn to play on his new album? Hard to imagine I know, and when the hero
Forty years ago today the body of playwright Joe Orton was found in an upstairs flat in London's Islington. His skull had been bashed in by his erstwhile partner Kenneth Halliwell, who killed himself after murdering Orton. Orton's cool, sardonic witty
A pub company has been censured at an employment tribunal for sacking a licensee who became pregnant. Laura Daglan, 23, has been awarded more than £30,000 in damages and compensation after the tribunal found she had been the victim of sexual discrimination
After Starlight Express, Thomas the Tank Engine must look pretty tame stuff. The second longest-running musical in West End theatre history by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Les Miserables is the longest) is a love story about trains in which the cast of 30 whizz
The £500,000-plus to be shared between three NHS trusts in Bradford and Airedale to help them combat healthcare-acquired infections such as MRSA and C.difficile won't give them a fortune each. But with the right attitude it could make an impact. Certainly
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Sophie Hussain, 20, of Duchy Avenue, Heaton; theft by taking a vehicle without owner's consent, conditional discharge for six months; driving without a licence, £100 fine, £15 compensation,
The following planning applications have been lodged with Leeds City Council: Guiseley: detached bungalow with integral garage, land adjacent to The Rectory, 30 The Green. Guiseley: part two storey part two single storey side and rear extension, 14 Ashtofts
In 1902, Edward VII was crowned King at Westminster Abbey. In 1969, Charles Manson killed Sharon Tate and four others in Los Angeles. In 1984, Decathlete Daley Thompson set a new world record of 8,847 points, to retain his Olympic title at the Los Angeles
A music festival has been put together using the imaginations and hard work of talented Bradford youngsters. Party in the Square, now in its second year, will comprise three genres with performances of urban, Asian and indie rock music at different periods
