SIR - I have never had any time for the CND but what a stupid thing for CND regional officer Sarah Cartin to say (T&A, November 18), in the article about the arrest of a Bradford vicar, that he was not planning on getting arrested - and further that the
SIR - I was in the audience at the Alhambra Theatre at the November 15 matinee performance of Blood Brothers and I would like to congratulate all the schoolchildren in the audience. Their conduct before and during the musical was exemplary. They were
SIR - Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals and healthier options to eating burger and chips is still controversial. If these parents complain of not having enough money to buy proper food and say it's a cheap meal from the takeaway, then
IR - Further to N P Shaw's letter (T&A, November 9) headlined Brown's strategy', the now infamous £5 billion raid on funded pension funds is currently calculated to have cost at least £100 billion since the original sums were reinvested many times over
SIR - With regard to your article concerning the Myrtle Walk shopping centre in Bingley (T&A, November 17), I sincerely hope the centre's owners fail in their bid to overturn Bradford Council's decision to allow planning permission for what can only be
SIR - I was dismayed to read the letter from Stewart Knowles (T&A, November 16) in which he blamed special needs children for failing primary education, citing them as disrupting the class and needing extra help to keep up with the rest of the class'
SIR - Once again lunacy' has been tested to the full. We hear on the news that a group of inmates at an HM hotel' are successfully suing the prison service because they are not being supplied with class A drugs. The next item on the programme will be
SIR - Having read about the treatment meted out to the former members of Bradford Police by a civilian employee (T&A, November 10) when they turned up for a meeting of retired officers, I was appalled no-one had seen fit to seek his dismissal. Here was
SIR - It's great Bradford's carbon emissions are a third lower than the national average (T&A, November 15). Environment portfolio holder Coun Anne Hawkesworth is right to take credit for this. The Council's Green group applauds the way officers are
SIR - A report (T&A, November 14) said at least 40 councils, including Bradford, have launched a bid to take a leading role in tackling anti-social behaviour and that these authorities have been invited to apply for special status and funds to become
Know your limit on drinking and driving. That was the message from road safety campaigners today after a survey revealed that many drivers are unaware of the limit. In Yorkshire 89 per cent of drivers surveyed did not know what the legal limit was,
A garden nursery boss is celebrating after winning the chance to maintain a 24-hour vigil over his business. Stewart Taylor had reached breaking point after his nursery suffered a torrent of break-ins during 15 years of trading. He is now set to up-sticks
Parents in Bradford trying to look after unruly children will be given help from a "supernanny". The city was named as one of 77 areas chosen to benefit from part of a £4 million cash injection by the Government's Respect Task Force. The money will
A top Scotland Yard police officer today told the Sharon Beshenivsky murder trial how he had an hour-long meeting in a car with one of the accused who had approached him with information. Superintendent Chula Rupasinha, a metropolitan police officer
Cameron Day scored five times for Sedbergh Crusaders as they hammered Eldwick Falcons 7-1 in the Craven League. Charlie Cain was also on target in the under-11 contest but the pick of Sedbergh's goals came from Aaron Pudicombe, who rifled in a stunning
A teenager who confronted a gang of bullies who were targeting a younger boy has become the 5,000th pupil to receive a prestigious award. Mubashar Sapru, 17, stepped in when he saw the boy, a pupil from his own school, Thornton Grammar, being assaulted
An angry rail worker has told of the fear stalking his colleagues after a conductor was viciously attacked at a station. The senior union representative, who works as a conductor on the same line, said 1,000 Northern Rail staff had signed a petition
MK Dons 2 Farsley Celtic 0 So it was not quite enough to make the famous concrete cows jump over the moon. But Farsley reached the end of their FA Cup adventure at Milton Keynes last night with their heads held high. It needed two second-half goals
It's hardly surprising that rail workers are angry about an attack on a conductor at Keighley Station after a ticket dispute with a group of passengers. Their anger should be shared by all those whose work brings them into contact with the public and
A widow's family has demanded to know why she was left to die without dignity' in hospital. Margaret Barraclough, the daughter of 85-year-old Marjorie Holey, said her mother's treatment in Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital in the weeks
Colin Todd today confessed: I'm mystified at why it's gone so wrong. The City boss has been left as frustrated as the fans by his side's sudden slide down the League One table. From two points behind second spot two months ago, the 15th-placed Bantams
Steve McNamara is delighted to have the bulk of his squad around for the first week of pre-season training. In previous years, the Bulls have seen many players report for duty at different times but as McNamara prepares for his first full campaign as
A financial services group at the centre of takeover speculation for the past seven months highlighted the strain caused by the activity. The comments from Manchester-based London Scottish Bank came as it emerged that discussions had been held with Birstall-based
A Northern Irish firm has become one of the first companies to publicly express an interest in buying Leeds-Bradford International Airport. MAR Properties, which already owns Blackpool and Wolverhampton airports, has confirmed it has entered the race
Casseroles, stews and other feel-good winter warmers are the traditional fodder we think of at this time of year... but for Ian Gibson the refreshment which keeps us cool in the summer keeps him busy all year round. His ice cream with a hint of the real
In 1497, Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope, searching for a route to India. In 1928, the first pound and shilling notes came into circulation. In 1963, John F Kennedy, the 35th American President, was assassinated in Dallas
This month Bradford's newest purpose-built children's centre has opened its doors to the community. HELEN MEAD asked what it means for local families. When Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe came to open the new children's centre on a Bradford estate
Our columnist this week is Richard Dunbar, a 22-year-old member of Bradford-Keighley Youth Parliament for Bradford South. In a society where we are becoming increasingly disillusioned with politics, coupled with the image of young people being less than
A murder suspect today claimed he was entitled to a £100,000 reward for giving information to police. Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, who denies the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford a year ago, rang Crime Stoppers nearly three weeks after the robbery and
A woman has told a jury how she wanted revenge on a Bradford councillor she claims sexually abused her as a youngster. Bob Hargreaves, 62, a councillor for the Bolton and Undercliffe ward, is on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of molesting two
Yorkshire are taking longer than was at first expected to appoint a captain to replace Chris Adams, who backed out of the post a fortnight after agreeing to take on the job. Chief executive Stewart Regan was last week optimistic that a new captain would
Lewis Evans starred for Dudley Hill as the Bradford side earned a superb 38-20 National Conference Division Two victory at Crosfields. Evans capped a man-of-the-match display with a late try after Hill had made a flying start to both halves of the
More asylum seekers are living in Government-funded accommodation in Yorkshire than anywhere else in the country, new figures have revealed. Figures released by the Home Office last night showed nearly 7,500 asylum seekers are in the accommodation -
Martin Allen is tipping Lee Sinnott to be a managerial success after Farsley Celtic gave MK Dons an FA Cup scare. The League Two side clinched last night's first-round replay with two second-half goals from Izale McLeod. But Dons chief Allen, who led
The collapse of St Columba's Credit Union on Tong Street, Bradford, caused panic and misery - with hundreds of people fearing they had lost life savings, wages and benefit payments. But now a compensation scheme has paid out £350,000 to 350 people including
An out-of-hours club at a Queensbury primary school has been singled out for praise by education inspectors today. The Kids Club at Foxhill school was one of dozens of schools, colleges and early years providers in the Bradford district inspected by
A shopkeeper who provides a vital community service with a smile has been dubbed one of Britain's best. Dinesh Kumar won first prize in the Independent Retailer of the year category at the 2006 Asian Trader Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel,
