An urban environmental project was showing off the fruits of its labour today as a community orchard held an Apple Day. The event, at Bowling Park Community Orchard, in Bowling Park Drive, Bradford. Organised by Bradford Apple Group, the day was supported
A total of 87 schools across the district have so far signed up for a chance to win £10,000 in the T&A's Cash for Schools giveaway. The Telegraph & Argus has teamed up with Yorkshire Building Society and IKEA to offer schools in the district a fantastic
A plan to introduce waiting restrictions on a stretch of road near a primary school looks set to be approved by Bradford Council. The traffic management scheme in Haworth Road, near Heaton Primary School, was drawn up after complaints that inconsiderate
Two men have been arrested after they were caught by the Canon of Bradford stealing lead from the roof of Bradford Cathedral. Canon Andrew Williams alerted police after they discovered the thieves stripping lead from the Cathedral in Stott Hill at about
A hotel manager swapped his desk for a duster when he went back to the shop floor for charity. Nick Testa, the general manager at Cedar Court Hotel took part in a national effort to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care which runs a hospice in Bradford
After the turbulence of the markets, the autumn General Election which never happened and a tumultuous party conference season, Alistair Darling's pre-budget report was never going to be easy. His pledge to slash the chief rate of corporation tax by
A man charged with causing the death of police officer Ian Walker by dangerous driving has made his first appearance at court. Jan Tokar, 20, appeared at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Saturday, charged with death by dangerous driving and driving with
A plan to demolish a Victorian house and build 11 apartments has prompted 44 letters of objection and a 131-signature petition. Objectors say the development at Lea Bank, Sleningford Drive, Bingley, will create more traffic and intensify parking problems
A councillor has joined the row over this year's Deepawali festival of lights in which organisers have accused Council bosses of reneging on an agreement to allow them free use of the banqueting hall at Bradford City Hall. Councillor the Reverend Paul
A "factual error" which appears twice in the Wilsden Conservation Area Assess-ment is to be rectified. The Shipley Area Planning Panel will be asked to approve an amendment to the document when it meets on Thursday. The proposal is to delete the section
An aspiring Bradford model who has set up a charity to help victims of the Kashmir and Pakistan earthquake has extended his help to youngsters from the district with learning disabilities. Imran Khan, 25, of Lister View, Manningham, set up Khancan to
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Rahan Ali, aged 22, of Sunrise Close, Little Horton; driving without insurance, £40 fine, £40 costs, £15 compensation, licence endorsed; driving without a licence, £20 fine. Roland Hanley,
Businesses have called for the ongoing dispute between workers and management at Royal Mail to be resolved. Firms who rely on mail as part of their day-to-day operations say that the industrial action is harming their own businesses and their relationships
Two men who have been charged with passing counterfeit currency to charity shops in Skipton are due to go on trial at Bradford Crown Court next month. Christian Michael Stocks, 32, of High Poplars, Bolton, Bradford, and Ian John Stewart, 33, of Lichfield
Police officers have seized Class A drugs with a street value of about £40,000 during a raid at a house in Bradford. The drugs were found at an address in Thornton Road, Bradford after officers working for the Bradford District Drugs Team carried out
More than 1,000 pink and blue balloons were released at the weekend to represent babies who died either through stillbirth or miscarriage. The event was the fourth organised by the Leeds Miscarriage Support Group and coincided with National Babyloss
Firefighters say a group of youths stole equipment from them as they tried to tackle a blaze in Bradford late last night. The incident happened as a fire crew from Odsal attended a skip fire in Boynton Road, just off Manchester Road, West Bowling. A
Firefighters spent 45 minutes tackling a large fire in a skip last night. The blaze broke out in the back yard of a factory in East Parade, Keighley. Crews from Keighley fire station suspect the blaze was started deliberately shortly before 10pm.
Firefighters were called to a city centre pub after a fire alarm was activated when its glass cover was broken. The false alarm at the Rose & Crown pub, in Westgate, Bradford, happened after the pub had closed last night. Fire crews from Bradford and
Dean Windass has never been fazed by speaking his mind. That trait has often landed him in hot water during his colourful career, either incurring the wrath of referees, the FA or winding up opposition players and supporters. Not to mention his own team-mates
Reading that Dean Windass still wet the bed in his late 20s was not the sort of revelation expected from such a footballing hardman. But the old-school professional isn't scared of opening up in his autobiography Deano: From Gipsyville to the Premiership
A motorcycling enthusiast has been killed while fulfilling a dream to ride around the infamous Nurburgring in Germany. Married father-of-one Phil Bennett, 46, of Harden, suffered a high-speed crash on the notoriously difficult motor-racing circuit.
Bradford Youth Concert Band is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a concert tonight. The band, originally called The Bradford Metropolitan Youth Band, was formed in 1977 by Robert Hardy, who was the band's musical director until his retirement in
An MP has demanded the Government put an end to the uncertainty hanging over postmasters and tell them what their future holds. Shipley MP Philip Davies called on Ministers to announce which post offices will close across West Yorkshire and when the
Nearly half of Bradford children struggle to write their own name by the age of five, Government figures show. The annual assessments of children's progress during their first year in school also reveal nearly 40 per cent of starters find it difficult
A new design guide will aim to enhance the appearance of shopping areas. Bradford Council has adopted the Shopfront Design Guide following public consultation. Planning chiefs will use the guide to determine planning applications for future retail schemes
Police are warning householders to hide their car keys after a spate of Hanoi' burglaries. At least four burglaries, where homes are broken into to steal car keys and drive off in the vehicles, have taken place within days in the Rastrick area. In the
Pupils at a primary school are being invited to present their ideas on tackling anti-social behaviour to their Bradford Council-led local neighbourhood forum. The nine to ten year-olds at Wilsden Primary will be learning about the Respect programme,
Stuart McCall was left "feeling sick" by City's latest loss at Morecambe last night. A 90th-minute goal sunk the Bantams, who had struck the opening blow through Mark Bower's first-half header. It was a fifth straight defeat for McCall's men to keep
A councillor has called for no more planning applications to be determined until the planning section of Bradford Council's website is working properly. The call from Councillor, the Reverend Paul Flowers, has been prompted by a spate of problems with
Hundreds of abandoned cats and kittens are in desperate need of a new home. Since the spring, 142 cats and kittens have been brought into the RSPCA's Bradford and District Branch Animal Clinic by RSPCA inspectors, animal collection officers and members
Morecambe 2 City 1 Where will it end? City sunk to their fifth loss on the bounce at Morecambe last night - and this was the cruellest of the lot. "You're going down with the Stanley" taunted the delirious home fans after Carl Baker slid in a last-minute
