Colleagues were called out when a fire engine was involved in a collision with a car. The North Yorkshire Fire Service appliance, which was out on driver training, had stopped at a roundabout at Kildwick, near Keighley, when a car was in collision with
A plan to replace a detached bungalow with two semi-detached houses in a conservation area has been given the green light by planners. The scheme, put forward by Addingham-based developer Croft Building Limited, involves a small site at 15A Wheatley
A 14-year-old girl needed hospital treatment after she was slashed in a nightclub. Police were called to a report of a girl being attacked at Livingstone's in Chester Street, Bradford, at 9.30pm on Thursday. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said a
A Bradford sex shop has applied to the Council for the renewal of its licence. Pulse and Cocktails in Tong Street was granted a licence nearly two years ago as it wanted to sell more explicit material. The police have no objection to the renewal, although
Police attended a Bradford secondary school after receiving a report that a youth had been threatening a pupil. Officers went to Belle Vue Boys School, off Heaton Road, but found the suspect had left the area. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said:
A memorial took place in Bradford today to remember the victims of the Holocaust. The Lord Mayor of Bradford hosted the district's seventh annual National Holocaust Memorial event at Cartwright Hall. He opened the event and introduced this year's main
Regeneration chiefs are to take possession of Bradford's former police station shortly and are looking for tenants. Yorkshire Forward bought The Tyrls police station in the city centre on Bradford Centre Regeneration's behalf about two years ago for
Parents and governors are being invited to address an influential education committee on the proposed closure of a Bradford school. Usher Street Primary school has been in the Government's special measures category longer than any other primary in the
Hospital bosses in Bradford are conducting an inpatient survey to find out what people think of its services. It follows the publication of the results of a national survey which revealed Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust scored poorly
GP practices in Bradford are forcing the most vulnerable people to fork out for expensive phone calls to make appointments to see their doctors, MPs have been told. Shipley MP Philip Davies told the Commons almost a dozen practices covered by Bradford
In its heydey it buzzed with an air of responsibility and tense anticipation but all that remains of Bradford's former centre of police is an empty shell. It almost looks as though the 700 staff who used to operate from the old fashioned headquarters
Vulnerable women in Bradford who are coerced into marriage against their will could seek an injunction to stop the wedding going ahead. The House of Lords has voted to introduce new legislation to give legal rights to victims of forced marriage - but
A tearful mum and her friend have both been locked up by a judge after he watched CCTV footage of them taking part in a street fight in Keighley town centre. Jessica Evans, 26, of Rawling Street, Keighley, and her 20-year-old friend Danielle Luscombe
The brother of taxi driver murderer Michael Metcalfe has been jailed indefinitely for knife-point robberies, it can be reported today. Drug addict Craig Metcalfe, 37, demanded money from terrified shop workers and even held a pair of large sharp scissors
Teenagers got interactive and practical in the kitchen when a chef and food education group came to a Bradford school. Team Food picked Queensbury School in Deanstone Lane to help nurture year ten catering skills. Twenty students, aged 14-15, learned
Students from eastern Europe are flocking to study at The University of Bradford. After a dedicated recruitment campaign, students from countries including Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are joining British peers at the city's seat of learning. A University
Bolton Woods face a key test of their Premier Division title ambitions in the pick of Sunday's Bradford Sunday Alliance league fixtures. An upturn in form has left Woods in fourth place, six points adrift of leaders Pudsey - but they could reduce that
The Professional Cricketers' Association have strongly criticised Yorkshire for signing South African Jacques Rudolph as a Kolpak player. But yesterday the PCA reluctantly accepted that the Eng-land and Wales Cricket Board had acted on sound legal advice
Three runners from clubs in the Bradford district produced first-place age-group finishes in the annual Brass Monkey Half-Marathon in York. These were Lisa Mawer (Bingley Harriers, 1hr 19min 18sec) in the female 35 category, Andrea Dennison (Bingley
Sujad Elahi is hoping to bring another boxing title to Bradford. The 24-year-old fights for the vacant British Masters light-welterweight belt on February 23 at the Doncaster Dome. He faces local boy Stefy Bull - and has no fears of fighting in his
Two teenagers have been locked up for one of the worst outbursts of violence a police inspector has ever witnessed. Daniel Clark, 19, was sent to custody for three years and a 17-year-old youth for two years and four months for the ferocious assault
West Bowling will not be fielding competitive teams in local leagues this season, casting a doubt over Bracken Ghyll's promotion to the Third Division of the Bradford Scratch League. Despite the closure of the Rooley Lane course in November, Bowling
Former Leeds Tykes player Jordan Crane is in the England Saxons' training squad for their match against Italy A next Friday (8.00) at Sandy Park Stadium, Exeter.
Wharfedale's Andy Hodgson, who was sent off for allegedly abusing the referee in the Boxing Day derby against North Ribblesdale, will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel on Monday at the Leeds Brighouse Holiday Inn.
Bradford Salem have had a grant of £3,500 approved by the Rugby Football Foundation for the creation of showers and a treatment room from the bath area. Heath have had a £6,000 grant approved for training floodlights, while Huddersfield YMCA have had
Wharfedale scrum half James Doherty will captain Yorkshire under-20s as they start their defence of the national title tomorrow with a Northern Division game against Lancashire at Huddersfield YMCA (2.00). James Marshall, Cleckheaton's capture from Leeds
Avenue need to learn how to beat teams who are looking for a big scalp if they are to gain promotion from UniBond Division One. That was the call from manager Phil Sharpe, who feels that sides tend to up their game because of the Horsfall Stadium club's
Holders Ilkley A will face Old Otliensians in the first round of this season's Skipton Properties Aire-Wharfe Cup. It is a repeat of the 2006 final, which Ilkley won 18-6, except this time Ilkley have home advantage. Matches will be played by mutual arrangement
The prospect of promotion to the Conference is still a possibility but boss Lee Sinnott is keeping his feet on the ground. He said: "We are in a good position - we only need ten more points to be almost certain of maintaining the status of Farsley Celtic
Incoming manager Gerry Quinn certainly has the necessary credentials to move the club on. He has managed at a higher level more than once, most notably at Altrincham in the Conference. However, this is by no means his first foray into the Northern Counties
Manager Steve Watson has paid tribute to his entire backroom staff. Two club stalwarts - general manager Derek Greenwood and treasurer Lewis Dixon - sadly passed away last year. It could have threatened the club's existence in the non-league set-up
Slimline Joe Vagana is relishing starting another campaign in Super League. The popular Bulls prop gets his first run-out of pre-season at Wakefield on Sunday admitting he feels in great nick. Vagana turned 32 last Sunday and is preparing for his seventh
A man was today jailed for life for the brutal killing of a Keighley taxi driver. Michael Metcalfe, 46, had denied murdering father-of-six Mahmood Ahmed, 36, whose body was found on Slack Lane, Oakworth, Keighley, in April last year. But the jury at
SIR - If my postman of a mere 10st, carrying a bag of mail which appears to be approximately half his size and weight, can in all weathers - wind, rain, snow and ice, plus the occasional dog bite - deliver my mail, why can't Bradford Council refuse collectors
SIR - How the Area Planning Panel can say that Mr Randolph Victor's sign would form an incongruous and obtrusive element on the street scene beggars belief (T&A, January 23). The sign illustrated is aesthetically pleasing, informative and amusing. Mr
SIR - I refer to Margaret Blackwell's letter (T&A, January 22). Her complaint is not really relevant to the lights at Odsal roundabout. Her only problem with the roundabout is the queues on the slip road to the roundabout which has been reduced to one
SIR - Labour Euro MP Robert Evans has launched a campaign to ban bullfighting across Europe (T&A, January 19). While not condoning this "abhorrent entertainment" it might interest readers to know that in Spain at least bull rings have abattoirs that
SIR - David Barnett (T&A, January 9) claims capital punishment has never worked because others continue to murder. Human nature is such that nothing will ever stop murders, but it certainly is justice if they hang for it and is a powerful deterrent to
SIR - I don't know where Trevor Williams-Berry finds his scientists (T&A, January 23) but those who helped produce the recent influential Stern report on climate change, and the hundreds who are now putting the final touches to the International Panel
SIR - Re the letters of January 19 on a ban on veils. First of all I never heard of the alleged bomber dressed in a veil as a Muslim woman to flee across London. Secondly when a male police officer arrests a female suspect he has to wait for a female
SIR - What on earth is happening to our country? Are we all living in some weird parallel universe? A teacher says she must teach very young children through a small slit in a black head-to-toe cloak; people wearing these cloaks are passed freely through
SIR - While being pleased that Bradford firm Mumtaz is doing well (T&A, January 23), I would question the assertion by director Rab Nawaz, right, that infants have slower average mental development if they are not fed meat. There are millions of vegetarian
SIR - Alan Carcass (T&A, January 23) seems to be under some sort of misapprehension about MRSA. Does he know, for instance, that MRSA is carried on the skin of 40 per cent of the population as a whole, regardless of whether they have been to hospital
SIR - Following events of the last week, I now understand what is meant by institutional racism'. On Monday, January 15, Channel 4's Dispatches showed a documentary, Undercover Mosque. This was the most racist, sexist and threatening thing I have ever
SIR - Some time ago I wrote to your excellent Feedback column deploring the use of the word "hero" in the T&A with reference to the scoring of a goal by one of the Bradford City players. Mike Priestley agreed that such use of the word "hero" was possibly
SIR - If the Council cannot afford the rent of Wrose Library premises, why not move the library into our "model aircraft hangar", laughingly called Wrose Community Centre? Wrose has lost a school, house building is going on all the time and traffic is
Patients are being invited to share their views on the long term future of services at Liversedge Health Centre. A 13-week consultation starts on Monday, January 29, about a number of proposals for securing the GP practice and to allow services to progress
A 27-year-old woman has been named Britain's Young Woman Engineer of the Year for helping schools combat climate change. Katy Deacon scooped the award ahead of hundreds of other applicants. Miss Deacon works at Kirklees Council where she has done pioneering
A plan to replace a detached bungalow with two semi-detached houses in a conservation area has been given the green light by planners. The scheme, put forward by Addingham-based developer Croft Building Limited, involves a small site at 15A Wheatley
Glenn Morrison will get his first taste of Bulls action on Sunday - but only fleetingly. The Aussie signing has been kept under wraps during the club's first two friendlies but finally debuts at Wakefield (3.30pm). However, boss Steve McNamara - who
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb, will visit Ilkley on Friday, February 2, when he will meet civic heads and representatives of Churches Together in Ilkley 2000/Bradford College. While he is in the town, Coun Rangzeb will visit
Sir - Regarding the possible closure of Wrose library and its replacement with a mobile library, yet again it seems Wrose is perceived to be an affluent area as opposed to its poor neighbour of Windhill, the Council having linked money savings with planned
Students talked to murderers and armed robbers during a day trip to a prison. The Keighley College students were shocked with the "hell" of life spent in a tiny cell. They said their encounters had put them off any thought of a life of crime and wanted
Horse riders, cyclists and walkers will no longer have to dice with heavy traffic to cross a busy road when trekking along a national trail. A special crossing, costing £100,000, has been set up on the A629 near Cullingworth as part of the development
Prospects for young people leaving the care system are better than ever, according to new figures. A special team launched a year ago to help the Bradford district's young care leavers find suitable employment, training or education has enjoyed success
An open verdict has been recorded at an inquest into the death of an 83-year-old woman who died in August. Eileen Walker, of Low Hall Close, Menston, died from mesothelioma but had never worked near the deadly asbestos fibres that cause the disease.
Born and brought up in Scotland, Tom Gallagher has taught at Bradford University's Department of Peace Studies since 1980. The risk seems to be growing that the two pillars of the union will go their separate ways. The favourite theory is that the Scots
A woman who worked in a Bradford mill died after being exposed to deadly asbestos fibres, an inquest heard. Elizabeth Szczesnowicz, 79, began working at Manningham Mills shortly after arriving in England from Poland in 1945. Yesterday's hearing in
A 25-year-old man charged with the murder of restaurant worker Shazad Hussain has been remanded into custody. Sharaz Yaqub, of Silverhill Road, Bradford, who was extradited from Luxembourg, is charged in connection with the fatal shooting of the 21-year-old
The idea of spending £2.9 million on a new lecture theatre and conference centre in the grounds of Bradford Royal Infirmary at a time when wards are being closed might well raise a few eyebrows. There are bound to be suspicions that the project will
Bolton Woods face a key test of their Premier Division title ambitions in the pick of this weekend's Bradford Sunday Alliance fixtures. An upturn in form has left Woods in fourth place, six points adrift of leaders Pudsey - but they could reduce that
Charity champion Rebecca Green is seeking sponsors for her latest fundraising endeavour - a skydive from 15,000ft. As reported in the Telegraph & Argus, Rebecca, who works for Specsavers Opticians, Shipley, decided to learn sign language to help her
Young people's groups in the district have one last chance to get a share of £1.6 million from the Local Network Fund. The Community Foundation for Calderdale manages the Local Network Fund for Children and Young People in the West Yorkshire area and
A plan to convert a cottage into a 150-seat pub and restaurant is cooking up a storm in a village. Dozens of residents have already expressed fears about the plan, submitted by the Ideal Restaurant Company, for premises at 54 Main Street, Menston. Peter
A police community support officer will hold two informal drop-in surgeries at schools in the next fortnight. PCSO Selina Akhtar will be at All Saints Primary School, Easby Drive, Ilkley, from 3pm on Monday, February 5, and at Sacred Heart Primary School
A state-of-the-art three-storey block of flats for elderly people has been approved in principle by planners. Anchor Trust has been given permission to demolish a residential care home at Greenlands, Shakespeare Road, Guiseley, and replace it with 62
The former employer of Bradford Council's new director of corporate services has spoken out about the circumstances surrounding her resignation as chief executive of a Norfolk council. Becky Hellard takes up her new post at Bradford next week - earning
There are plenty of ways for an Aussie to spend his 21st birthday but Brendan Rawlins admits he never imagined his would involve Keighley. The big prop forward debuts for the Cougars in their home friendly against Batley on Sunday (3pm), having recently
Visitors to Oakwell Hall have been capturing some of the flora and fauna in the grounds on camera. Digital photography courses have been held at the hall, at Birstall, giving amateur snappers chance to test their skills in the grounds. "People get these
A Bradford councillor found guilty of sexually abusing two schoolgirls was today jailed for a total of five years by a judge at Bradford Crown Court. Bob Hargreaves, 62, had been convicted of eight charges of abuse including one charge of attempted
The trial of a man accused of murdering teenager Gemma Louise Roberts is due to start on March 5. Richard Mark Hanson,. 20, of Stubley Lane, Liversedge, was today further remanded in custody for the hearing, which is expected to last eight to ten days
A family pet dog was destroyed after it bit a nine-year-old boy neighbour in a "one-off" incident. The Japanese Akita jumped up and bit the youngster on his upper arm as he called at his neighbour's home in Whitehall Avenue, Wyke, Bradford. The dog
Members of a Bradford skating club have raised money for charity in a musical mania show. Bradford Ice Skating Club raised £500 for the Bradford Cancer Support's Daisy Appeal in a show which was performed on two consecutive evenings before Christmas.
The funeral of a well-respected former youth club leader is due to take place on Monday, January 29. Jan Wood, formerly of Rawdon and Yeadon, will be fondly remembered for leading the now defunct Bramhope Youth Club. Mrs Wood died peacefully on Tuesday
Movie fans can enjoy fish and chips while they watch a double bill of classic films. Fish n' Reels, featuring movies from the 1940s and 1950s with an intermission for fish suppers, will take place from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday, February 3, at Otley Courthouse
Volunteers with an engineering background are needed to help disabled people overcome difficulties in performing everyday tasks. The Airedale Panel is part of the national charity Remap, which supplies disabled people with tailor made, one-off items
A Christian church has teamed up with two Muslim groups to run a personal development class for young women. Keighley Asian Women and Children's Centre and the town's Roshni Gar mental health group have run a similar group in the past. This time they
One of the district's pubs is serving some of the best real ale in Britain, according to the results of an independent quality assessment. The Narrowboat, in Skipton, has achieved Cask Marque accreditation to recognise the quality of presentation and
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Choudhary Rangzeb, will attend the Viennese Ball at the King's Hall, Ilkley, at 7pm on Saturday, February 10.
A council newsletter will start dropping through residents' letterboxes next week. The Skipton Town Council newsletter includes a message from the mayor, Councillor Mike Doyle, and updates on forthcoming events and initiatives.
Members of the Ilkley Evergreens walking club are planning a ten-mile walk on Tuesday, February 6. Cars are to leave the Ilkley Old Bridge car park at 9.30am to head for Heyshaw Moor. For more information call (01943) 463297 or (01535) 636905.
Major schemes designed to regenerate a town will be discussed during a meeting. Skipton Renaissance Town Team will discuss the Skipton Developments project, the Craven Adventure Centre and the Skipton Corridor Project. The meeting will take place at
The step-daughter of a Bradford woman found viciously murdered today spoke of her shock and anger at the senseless killing. Susan Grundy, 56, a retired Bradford College lecturer, was found beaten to death near her home in Bridlington early on Tuesday
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Arron John Waterhouse, aged 22, of Kingsway, Wrose; criminal damage, £100 fine, £200 compensation, £43 costs; drunk and disorderly, £50 fine. Craig Womersley, aged 27, of Kaycell Street, Bierley
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Heaton: enlarge existing single storey front extension and construction of first floor front extension, Westleigh, Toller Lane. Horton Bank Top: single storey extension to Horton
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Council: Cleckheaton: supermarket, 11 retail units, car parking, landscaping realignment of road and associated works, Tesco Store, Albion Mills, Northgate, Serpentine Road. Batley: conservatory
The chairman of a local UK Independence Party branch has been told his behaviour simply isn't cricket after sending an astonishing e-mail to former England Test batsman David Lloyd that was peppered with four-letter words and abusive language. Ian Bannister
Bradford will have a "high impact" venue for conferences once a new state-of-the-art lecture theatre is built in the grounds of Bradford Royal Infirmary. The impressive £2.9million glass-fronted construction will be used for the education of post-graduate
