The Queen has honoured the late chief constable of West Yorkshire in the New Year list revealed today. Colin Cramphorn, who died of cancer aged 50 last month, was awarded a CBE for his services to the police. He had been informed in November that he
A Bradford-based charity has come up with an innovative way for people to raise money for local projects without leaving the comfort of their home. Global Promise, based in Laisterdyke, has linked up with a number of leading High Street retailers including
Parents are being warned to put safety first when parking outside primary schools. Despite the Keep Clear markings outside schools, parents are still dropping children off near the school gates, endangering other road users. Now Bradford Council has
One New Year resolution I really would like to keep, but can't guarantee that I will, is to travel about more by bus (and train, when appropriate). There are good reasons to do so. The more of us leave our cars at home and go by public transport, the
Was a little boy called Ernest Dolphin the first person from Thornton ever to fly? He believed that he was, and in later life told his friend Frank Leonard all about it. Frank wrote to me after reading the Past Times feature about the pilot who did an
One of the most outstanding railway heritage structures in the country is helping an eco-friendly transport pressure group mark its 30th anniversary. Thornton viaduct, with its 20 barrel arches and one of the jewels of the Great Northern Trail, is featured
Here's a drumsticks mystery which has nothing to do with chickens. It comes from drummer Nick Lauro, who lives in the Wirral near Liverpool but whose wife's family originate in the Bradford area. While Nick and his wife were visiting her grandparents
A recent T&A feature about the role of Bradford's Bishop Blunt in the abdication of King Edward VIII brought a call from Mr John Wilkinson, 76, of Little Horton, who was the bishop's chauffeur between 1953 and 1955. "He was a very interesting chap, quite
SIR - I read that Condoleezza Rice, right, in her support of the Iraq war has stated that the investment in US lives is "worth it". She has not had to invest her own life in this awful sorry venture. The whole scenario is obscene beyond belief. So many
SIR - As regards the Clayton Road residents' parking (T&A December 12), they should do what a lot of people elsewhere have done: use their own gardens. They would be sure to have room for two or three cars. Some of the gardens are paved and look very
SIR - For the purposes of a works reunion I am seeking two ladies who were on the staff of the former Midland Bank, Oak Lane, Manningham, Bradford, in the 1970s. One is Linda Holmes, nee Ford, who before her marriage lived in the Fairweather Green/Lower
SIR - I attended the Council meeting on December 12 because I was interested to hear Councillor Ward talk about the Odeon. This item was last on the agenda and eventually the Lord Mayor introduced the motion, and all those declaring a prejudicial interest
SIR - In a report in the T&A of December 15 which showed Bradford's new fire and police stations it was said that Councillor Clive Richardson and others were looking for a high-profile personality to open the police station. Well I can suggest someone
SIR - In reply to M Waters (Letters, December 12) who rightly complains about poor pensions. British pensioners might like to know that pensioners in the Irish Republic are, next year, to receive an 18 euro rise - about £12 give or take the odd cent.
SIR - Having spent a fortnight at the Bradford Royal Infirmary I felt it imperative to show polite gratitude for the care I received. From the moment of admission to the casualty department I was examined quickly and professionally, the treatment on
In 1879, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance was first performed in Paignton, Devon. In 1887, a petition asking for Sunday closure of pubs, signed by one million women, was given to Queen Victoria. In 1994, people in Manchester and Darlington
First-time house buyers in Bradford paid an average price of more than £125,000 for the first time this year, new figures reveal today. Statistics released by the Halifax also show buyers entering the market throughout the city were forced to plunge
A desperately-ill toddler is facing her biggest challenge yet as she undergoes potentially life-saving surgery two days before her third birthday. Little Laura Hart, who has been battling rare cancer Wilm's Tumour since she was 16 months old, has just
A visit to the Ukraine by former Bradford Council administrator, John Stolarczyk, made him realise why he has an obsession with carrots. He just can't help it - it's in his blood. Ten years ago he started a virtual carrot museum on the internet and
Nathan Doyle is STAYING with City after his injury proved nowhere near as bad as first feared. The talented Derby starlet will spend the rest of the season at Valley Parade after an amazing turn of events since he was stretchered off the pitch on Boxing
The Bulls head into the new year more confident than ever that Grattan Stadium WILL finally undergo a multi-million pound face-lift. The planned Odsal Sporting Village has been in the pipeline for the best part of a decade, encountering plenty of false
Saddam Hussein, the dictator who ruled Iraq for a quarter of a century, was executed today in northern Baghdad at about 3am UK time. US president George Bush called 69-year-old Saddam's execution "the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal
A charity is seeking volunteers who are willing to burn the midnight oil and lend an ear to people who are in need. Bosses at Bradford Samaritans have launched their New Year recruitment drive, with a special focus on attracting people willing to give
A quick-thinking young mum remembered life-saving advice from her firefighter dad when a blaze engulfed the house where she was sleeping with her four-year-old son. Joan Hudson, 24, and her son became trapped upstairs when a discarded cigarette started
Road safety chiefs are stepping up efforts to cut road deaths and injuries as it emerged the district is failing to meet national casualty reduction targets. Bradford saw a year-on-year cut in killed or serious injury incidents last year, but the district
Many businesses in the Bradford district have told their employees to stub it out from the start of the New Year. Companies including Newsquest (Bradford) Ltd, publishers of the Telegraph & Argus, have declared their premises smoke-free from Monday,
As from Monday the entire Telegraph & Argus building will be smoke-free. There will no longer be a special room set aside for smoking. We are one of the companies making this move in advance of the legislation which comes into force in July because
