The family of a little boy who tragically lost his life to cancer have handed over a cheque for £16,000 to the children's hospice which cared for him in his final hours. The money was raised in memory of two-year-old Thomas Brame who died on February
SIR - I wish people in high places would think carefully about what they are going to pronounce - especially the judiciary when pronouncing sentence. It is not in the public interest for Judge Gullick, right, to say something that could be construed
SIR - My colleague showed me the article headlined Ban these 80 buses a day say residents' (T&A, November 1) as she knows I come by bus to work at Morrisons everyday. I rely very much on these buses to go to and from work every day from Leeds. A colleague
SIR - Does anyone have a photograph of Carlton Street School around 1938 or 1939 that I could copy, although any period when it included infants would do? From my research it appears that it burned down, or it was replaced by the University. I was evacuated
SIR - Your Comment (T&A, November 9) is right to point out that walking is an easy and cheap way to fitness and that Bradford is very fortunate with plenty of lovely woods, parks and moors on the doorstep. People can also walk or cycle to work and the
SIR - Regarding the article headlined Elderly care facing funding time bomb', 370,000 older people will be affected nationally with these proposed cuts. We read daily that post offices are closing due to their services being reduced. These are mainly
SIR - Every day we have more frightening news from the Hammer House of Horrors - the Home Office. Every person in this country should be very frightened, with murderers, rapists, terrorists, paedophiles, violent offenders and sex offenders all around
SIR - Alec Suchi (T&A, November 8) got it all wrong, my article did not advocate that we do nothing about global warming. If he had read the rest of the article, he would know I was urging the Government to invest very heavily in environmentally-friendly
SIR - I write in agreement with Philip Davies regarding the need to discuss immigration (T&A, November 8). While I agree with Kris Hopkins that come General Election time education and health are important issues, immigration needs to be high on the
SIR - Muslim lawyer Miss Mughal amazingly decided to make a statement by wearing the niqab while attempting to conduct a court case. What utter nonsense to think the veil is appropriate in a courtroom. Immigration judge George Glossop quite rightly asked
SIR - I am appalled that charges are to go up in Council leisure centres because of increased fuel costs. They provide an excellent public service in the face of cut-throat competition from the private sector. How many times have we all been in an office
Teenage boys disaffected with mainstream education are being put back on the right track, thanks to judo. Pupils at Nab Wood School are being taught the basics of the sport as part of a project which aims to harness the discipline needed to successfully
Bradford pupils are walking on air after visiting the Space Olympics. Teenagers from four of the city's schools have just returned from a ten-day trip to Russia during which they competed against 300 youngsters from across the globe. The Space Olympics
Maintenance Depot in Leeds. Northern Rail is the country's largest train operating company, with more than 2,500 services every weekday calling at 529 stations in the north west, north east and Yorkshire & Humberside regions. Northern Rail area director
Bradfordians await with bated breath details of the promised masterplan for a World Shopping Mile along Westgate and White Abbey Road. JIM GREENHALF reports. The meeting took place in the atrium of Bradford's Colour Museum, just behind Westgate. It
High-flier Katy Linforth is making it her mission to help more women follow her into the male-dominated world of engineering. She has just been selected as one of five finalists in the prestigious Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards run by the Institution
The defence case is due to begin tomorrow in the PC Sharon Beshenivsky murder trial after the prosecution today presented the last of its evidence. The prosecution case came to its end, as the trial entered its sixth-week, with the jury being shown images
A teenager has returned from a trip to Africa where he helped coach youngsters and educate them about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. Marcus Strudwick, 16, a sporting ambassador at Hanson School, has been on the journey with the Football Association where
A Bradford primary care trust is among the worst in the country for offering patients a choice of hospital for their treatment, according to new figures. Bradford City Teaching PCT, which is now part of Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT, is one of the
Bradford regeneration chiefs are to press the company behind the £300 million Broadway development to include a post office in the shopping centre. Westfield has previously said it wants to include one there - even before the closure of the nearby Exchange
Twenty of Bradford's worst families will be made to sign good conduct contracts in a bid to tackle their anti-social behaviour. A new specialist team will give tailor-made support to each nuisance family - and will have the power to enforce tough rules
Proud tenants of Bradford's biggest social landlord were honoured last night for their efforts to make their homes better. More than 200 gathered for the Bradford Community Housing Trust's 2006 Home and Garden awards at the National Museum of Photography
Determined Andy Smith has turned down Super League rivals to fight for a regular place at Grattan Stadium. The powerful winger has managed just ten first team starts since making his debut three years ago. His prolific form in the Senior Academy, where
Colin Todd will find out tomorrow if he can lure another loan player to Valley Parade. Todd is pressing ahead with his attempts to add a Championship-based winger to the squad even though he expects good news on the injury front. Ben Parker should be
Eddie Johnson is convinced he needs no home help to break his Valley Parade scoring duck. The stocky striker's partnership with Dean Windass looked its sharpest yet as City tore apart Crewe in the FA Cup. Johnson was at the thick of many of the chances
I read a science-fiction story yesterday. It was about a nightmarish future world in which people were so suspicious of each other that the police were apt to be covertly called at the drop of a hat, and anything considered out of the ordinary - in the
This year is the Diamond Jubilee of the formation of the Royal Marines Association, and to makr the occasion they celebrated with a big get-together at Limpstone. More than a thousand ex Royals' turned up for the weekend in Devon at the Commando Training
Business leaders gathered in Bradford to encourage the city's entrepreneurs at the launch of a new business centre. Yorkshire Forward chief executive Tom Riordan launched Enterprise Week 2006 at the opening of the Velocity business workspace yesterday
Bradford City director David Bosomworth hopes a review of youth development in professional football will lead to better chances for local youngsters to make the grade. And he said there is a lot of local young talent - but that the system must allow
In 1896, the speed limit for motor vehicles in Britain was raised from 4mph to 14mph. In 1908, Albert Einstein proposed the quantum theory of light. In 1963, off the coast of Iceland the island of Surtsey was created through the eruption of an underwater
We were fully behind the long, hard campaign against the proposal to close the Bank Street post office and think that most of our readers will agree that the proof of the pudding is in what has happened since. Although staff at the two offices which
Police were guarding a man with gunshot injuries in hospital last night following an evening of violence in Bradford. Detectives are linking a street battle in Wrose, Shipley, with the suspected shooting a short time later in Shearbridge Road, Great
Bradford Sunday Alliance Premier Division side Bolton Woods proved far too strong for their Division One opponents Victoria Rangers as they romped to a massive 13-0 victory in the third round of the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup. Veteran Lal Corbally
Tyersal moved into joint top place in the Mumtaz Premier Division after first-half goals from Danny Mullarkey and Simon Hillam gave them a 2-0 home victory over Lower Hopton. The three points that lifted them level on points with Storthes Hall, who had
Avenue will be looking to bank more points from tonight's trip to Shepshed Dynamo in UniBond League Division One before they are sidetracked in two cup competitions next week. The Bradford club beat basement outfit Chorley at the weekend in what was
A hit-and-run driver who left a badly-injured cyclist lying in the road has been jailed. Magistrates heard that Darren Hodgson drove away after the collision in Bowling Back Lane, Bradford, and abandoned his car in a secluded spot nearby. He handed
People with disabilities will be able to check how accessible shops, restaurants and other venues are at the click of a button - thanks to a new guide. The free guide, which can be found on www.DisabledGo.info, lists disabled-friendly places in Bradford
Oral health teams at Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust were out in force yesterday alerting people to the early signs of mouth cancer. The information campaign comes at the start of National Mouth Cancer Awareness Week which runs until Saturday
The idea of drinking a hot drink in a cup that stays cool may sound like the stuff of science fiction. However, the product is a reality and will be heading to the stores soon, using a Bradford firm's technology. Mailway Packaging Solutions, one of
