Thousands of hard-up families in Bradford have received the wrong tax credit payments for the third year in a row. Figures published yesterday show 45 per cent of the 64,100 families in receipt of tax credits during 2005/6 were either over or underpaid
A man accused of running a dangerous building site was not in charge of the workers, a neighbour told a Bradford Crown Court jury yesterday. Shah Nawaz Pola, 35, is alleged to have been in charge of building works at a house on Allerton Road when a migrant
Firefighters battled to stop a ferocious blaze in the grounds of a riverside mill spreading to the buildings. Crews from Rawdon, Otley and Cookridge were called to the blaze at Garnett's Paper Mill in Wharfeside, Otley, at 7.40pm today. The flames,
Haworth won their Wynn Cup first-round tie at Glusburn by 68 runs. After making 200 for eight in which Jamie Rowell scored 96 not out, Haworth's Richard Godden took four for 34 in the hosts' 132 all out. Embsay lost by four wickets at Long Lee after
A round of Waddilove Cup shocks produced only four Division One sides in the June 17 quarter-finals and two of them, Collingham and Kirkstall will meet. Kirkstall knocked out Bilton, holders of the trophy for the last three years, and means in-form Guiseley
Central Yorkshire League side Buttershaw St Paul's failed to recapture past Jack Hampshire Trophy glories at home to unpredictable Premier Division side New Farnley. Their opponents arrived on the back of a league defeat to Birstall the day before and
A collision between a silver Renault and a green Honda caused traffic hold-ups in Fagley Road, Bradford, shortly after 3pm today. The drivers of both vehicles were checked at the scene by paramedics but did not require hospital treatment.
South African fast bowler Deon Kruis is due to make a timely return to action for top-of-the-table Yorkshire at Riverside tomorrow as they sought to complete the LV Championship double over third-placed Durham. It will be Kruis's first Championship appearance
A massive workforce has been working round the clock to put the finishing touches to a Hindu temple being officially opened by the Queen on Thursday. The Queen and Prince Philip will be given a tour of the two-storey Lakshmi Narayan temple on Leeds Road
More than 700 asylum seekers are being provided with homes in Bradford, according to new figures. The Government revealed that 715 people are living in the area. More than 2,000 asylum seekers are living in Leeds, 785 in Kirklees, 420 in Wakefield
The leader of the largest political group on Bradford Council has turned down the chance to run City Hall because he will not work with the Conservatives. Councillor Ian Greenwood was offered the deal by the Tories and Liberal Democrats - in return for
A Bradford MP caught in the middle of the Labour leadership voting confusion has backed calls for an investigation into how his name appeared on two nomination papers. Last week the Telegraph & Argus revealed that Bradford West MP Marsha Singh's name
The family of a Bradford businessman murdered in Pakistan have hired lawyers to investigate his death because they claim police have ignored evidence. The body of Salman Sabir, 28, who had been due to marry his fiancee in Bradford, was found in a ditch
This time next year, Angus King plans to be on top of the world. Mr King, 52, hopes to fulfil a life-long ambition and reach the North Pole - on skis. The Thornbury Primary School head teacher has entered the 2008 Polar Challenge, in which competitors
A deputation of community police officers in Bradford has signed an informal mutual co-operation agreement with police in Mirpur. Many Bradford residents have links to Mirpur and there are strong familial and cultural links between the two areas. The
A court has heard how two "foot-soldiers" turned to dealing drugs to try to pay off their debts. Mark Yeadon, 31, and Shafiq Khan, 28, were already serving sentences for selling class A drugs when they appeared at Bradford Crown Court to be sentenced
Bradford's latest first citizen has been sworn in at a special ceremony in the 100th year since the city was granted the royal charter to appoint a Lord Mayor. Councillor Robin Owens took office and announced the two Bradford charities that are to benefit
As crime agencies focus on today;s Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Day, one former user has told of his experiences before and after his addiction. With the introduction of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) in the Criminal Justice Act 2005, court
A project which promotes sport and healthy living has been hailed as a national example of good practice. SportKeighley has won recognition from Sport England, which provides advice and funding to encourage active lifestyles. In its new Active Design
Police saddled up to patrol a Bradford suburb on horseback during a three-day anti-crime and grime operation. Neighbourhood Policing Team officers were joined by the off-road motorcycle unit and the mounted section as part of Operation Champion. Police
West Yorkshire Police are teaming up with Bradford University Student Union in a drug awareness project. Stands will be placed in the university bar in Bradford offering information about drug abuse. The information and accompanying merchandise is being
Neil Warnock believes Stuart McCall and City are a "marriage made in heaven." Warnock insists his former Sheffield United deputy can hit the ground running as a manager when he breezes into Valley Parade. And he does not see McCall having any trouble
Christian and Muslim leaders from Bradford will be taking part in an interfaith cricket match this weekend. The match, which involves a joint team of Imams and Anglican clergy, is on Saturday at the Leicestershire County Cricket Club ground. Christians
Doctors are to upgrade their telephone system to beat a log-jam of calls at peaks times. Staff at Cross Hills Health Centre, near Skipton, believe it will enable them to handle more calls from their 12,000 patients. Known as Surgery Line, it has been
People in the Bradford district have helped raise £20,000 for the NSPCC by recycling old mobile phones. Link Telecom aimed to raise £15,000 by 2009 for the children's charity, but the overwhelming success of the initiative meant it actually netted £20,000
Keighley Vocal Union and musician and organist Simon Lindley will take to the "stage" in one of the most historic setting in the area, to raise cash for Rotary charities. Skipton Rotary has organised the concert at the Priory Church, Bolton Abbey, on
The next Morning Books event at Cleckheaton Library is from 11am to noon on Thursday. The sessions, which include coffee, tea and biscuits, are for all people of all ages and reading tastes. For more information contact Alison at the library on (01274
The new edition of a world-renowned tourist guide describes Bradford city centre as "dour" - but continues to say it is scheduled for a revamp. The seventh edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Great Britain, released tomorrow, picks out Bradford as
The Pakistan Muslim League is to hold a demonstration in Bradford tomorrow. Protesters will assemble at the Pakistan Consulate at noon to protest at the continued rule of General Pervaiz Musharraff in that country. In an open letter to General Musharraff
Baildon author Peter Cooke will be signing copies of his novel, The Glass Dagger, at Heaven Scent Fair Trade Cafe in Shipley on Saturday, June 9, between 10.30am and 11.30am. The book is a historical novel which takes as its subject 16th century glassmaking
A factory employing 29 disabled people in Bradford is to close. Remploy, the UK's largest employer of disabled people, is shutting its plant in Bowling Back Lane as part of a swathe of closures across the country. A company statement said that no compulsory
Bradford-based volunteer theatre company ACT is looking for new members who are over 16. Current members include actors, writers, directors and technicians, but there are also opportunities for people who want to work behind the scenes and learn about
People who are interested in working as a volunteer at the Priestley in Chapel Street, Bradford, are invited to attend a recruitment event at the theatre on Sunday, June 3 from 11am. People are particularly needed to work in the box office and the bar
Shipley Rotary Club is seeking new members to serve the community. It meets every Tuesday at Lower Hall, in Otley Road, between 12.30pm and 2pm. For more information call Arthur Smith on (01535) 270615.
Shipley Retired Men's Forum is meeting for a talk on community work by Robert Boyce. It will be held in Shipley Library on Wednesday, May 30, at 10.15am. For more information call (01274) 591745.
Yeadon Air Cadets won a handful of medals when they visited Sheffield to compete in the South and West Yorkshire Wing athletics competition. Cadet Calum Langan won gold in the junior boys' high jump and corporal Matthew Wray won bronze in the 1500 metre
The Ritz Ballroom, Bradford Road, Brighouse will be holding a French Jive evening on Thursday from 6.30pm to 10.30pm. For admission inquiries or any other information contact event organisers Dance Ceroc, on (01484) 661189.
Bosses of a new superstore in Bradford have outlined the shop's green credentials. The Dunelm Mill store, in the old Morrisons building in Sticker Lane, Bradford, has been empty for some time. Now it has been given a massive face-lift by major home
A sketch scribbled on a young woman's autograph book 50 years ago by Bradford artist David Hockney has sold for £4,100 at auction. The three inch by three inch drawing dates back to 1957 when, a 20-year-old Hockney went on holiday to Suffolk with two
A teenage boy who raped a 12-year-old girl has been locked up for more than three years. Bradford Crown Court was told that Liam Hollinger was only 15 when he pinned the young girl down and sexually assaulted her. Judge Peter Benson sent Hollinger,
Clayton A made it four wins out of four in the NAYLOR PREMIER LEAGUE but were made to work hard by Crossroads. Paul Kaye (21-6) and Andy Fowler (21-9) were both on top form for Clayton - and they needed to be as their team edged to a 16-14 success.
James Davies hit a lively unbeaten 80 as Otley ended North Leeds' 100 per cent start to the Aire-Wharfe League season and opened things up at the top of DIVISION ONE. Bating at three, Davies cracked 11 fours and two sixes in registering his second unbeaten
City's stadium sponsors have drawn a line under the wrangle that threatened to blacken their reputation. Intersonic agreed an out-of-court settlement with the car leasing company who had tried to have them wound up. "The whole situation caused a huge
Paul Deacon is not planning on waiting any longer to notch up his 300th career appearance. The Bulls skipper hopes to shake off his quad injury and hand Steve McNamara a massive boost by declaring himself fit for Sunday's showdown with Harlequins. That
A gallery will open in Bradford city centre next month with a new photographic exhibition. Liza Dracup's exhibition, Sharpe's Wood, will be on display at the £1.2 million Impressions Gallery in Centenary Square. The exhibition features a series of photographs
Almost £1,000 has been confiscated from a man who was jailed for his role in a gang which supplied heroin valued at £4 million. Amad Yousaf, 21, of Leeds Road, Thornbury, Bradford, was jailed for four years after a police raid resulted in 43 kilos of
Keighley Soroptimists have raised £1,000 for Airedale Hospital Children's Appeal. The money was raised from a year-long programme of events including coffee mornings, market stalls and raffles. The children's unit appeal aims to raise more than £600,000
John Blackburn and Stuart Kirk were the star performers as Rodley maintained their unbeaten start to the DIVISION A season in the Dales Council. New Farnley were all out for just 55, Blackburn taking three for eight, and Kirk's unbeaten 41 helped Rodley
Leaders Kashmir recovered from a dodgy 14 for six to beat United in the West Riding Sunday Council. Rashid Ayub was the visitors' hero as a knock of 82 guided his side to 146 all out. Nasser Razzaq (5-14) and Mohammed Usman (5-20) then dismissed United
A tennis tournament at Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club on Thursday, June 7, will raise money for research into scleroderma disease and the Alzheimer's Society.
The Airedale Male Voice Choir will perform a concert at All Saints Church, Ilkley, on Saturday, June 16, at 7.30pm. Admission is £6 (£5 concessions) and accompanied children are free. Tickets can be bought from Grove Music in The Grove or the Ilkley
Residents and staff at an Ilkley nursing home will be eating, drinking and wearing pink on Bank Holiday Monday in aid of Breast Cancer awareness. The home, in Crossbeck Road, will hold a karaoke afternoon with two entertainers, a pink raffle', and staff
Families can discover what lies beneath their feet at a combined archaeology and geology event at Oakwell Hall and Country Park in Birstall. Under Oakwell', on Sunday from 11am to 4pm, is a free event being held with the help of the West Yorkshire Archaeology
A series of health walks in the Spen area begins next month. Starting on Thursday, June 14, and then every Thursday in June, July and August, there will be a beginners' walk along the Spen Valley Greenway and surrounding area. Walks start at the cafe
Mothers of children at a Manningham school helped with a litter-pick. Mums helped clean the streets around Atlas Primary School, in Lincoln Close, as part of Bradford Council's Clean Sweep campaign. Children then received advice on the importance of
They may be generations apart but young and old have been meeting to find out how much they have in common in a bid to identify problems in their community. Elderly residents of Hallcroft Sheltered Housing Complex in Windhill, Shipley, shared their experiences
The new Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Robin Owens, has announced the two charities that are to benefit from his civic appeal. They are both Bradford based and have been chosen because the Lord Mayor has had experience of how these charities can
I took part in the Bradford Book Festival last week, a small event at the Alhambra Studio. There was myself, Bradford writers Bill Broady and Martyn Bedford, and Manchester author Emma Unsworth, all reading our work. To be quite honest, I thought the
Division One leaders Oakworth had a rare lacklustre day in the Craven League as they returned from Thornton nursing a mammoth 151-run defeat. Thornton walloped 263 for five, Anthony Giles scoring 79 and Ajmal Choudrhy 69. A Anwar then picked up five
Electrical retailer Comet has announced the creation of 35 new jobs as its Bradford store becomes two-storey. The new positions are being created at the Forster Square Retail Park branch and include sales staff, administrators, cashiers, warehouse and
A Yorkshire storage company is to open a new branch in Bradford next week. Stadium Self-Storage will be operating from new premises in Sticker Lane, Bradford, from Thursday, May 31. Stadium Self-Storage acts as a storage facility to people moving house
A trio of American actresses has been cast as Haworth's literary sisters for a Hollywood movie called Bronte. Here's how it might look... A bird's eye view camera shows grey-skies and an even greyer landscape. We swoop towards a little hamlet perched
SIR - The proposal to add folic acid to all our bread, in order to aid a small number of pregnant women, has echoes of the suggested addition of fluoride to tap-water supplies. To avoid any further unnecessary mass medication, and taking due account
SIR - Practically every edition of the T&A contains an artist's impression of yet another figment of BCR's imagination which represents how particular areas of Bradford could look. Commitment to the word will' being absent, one can only presume they
SIR - All my life I have been against corporal punishment - until now. After seeing how some mentally defective nasties have wrecked Frizinghall Station, I would like to see the culprits beaten, and I would volunteer to wield the whip. Are we not allowed
SIR - When Eric Firth refuted the claim by Jason Smith, UKIP's local chairman, that England no longer existed in the eyes of Brussels, by offering the fact that English was spoken worldwide, Phlip Bird, for some inexplicable reason, dismissed it as nonsense
SIR - In response to the letter (T&A, May 15), I would like to apologise for the Big Screen not being muted on May 11, 2007, during the Bradford City Fire Disaster Memorial Service. This was due to human error and we will make sure this does not happen
SIR - Regarding the article headlined "Man grabs boy by the neck" (T&A, May 14), 20 or 30 years ago, this incident wouldn't have made it to a newspaper. I was a child of the 1970s, and if I had sworn in front of another chap's wife, I would have had
Are people aiming too high in the standard of living they expect to enjoy and the type of home they buy? A new report from Bradford & Bingley suggests that many are working harder and longer, and in some cases taking on second jobs, to maintain their
In 1894 the official opening of the Manchester Ship Canal took place. In 1916 clocks were put forward an hour for the first time to save daylight. In 1930 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo. 25 years ago Taken from the
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Odsal: construction of three four-bedroom terrace houses with parking and landscaping, demolition of existing house, 571 Halifax Road. Odsal: demolition of existing conservatory
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Susan Marsden, aged 36, of Lower Grange Close, Lower Grange; theft, 18 months' community order. Zahid Ahmed, aged 21, of Chellow Grange Road, Heaton; caused a vehicle to stop in a pelican controlled
Julian Rhodes today broke his silence on the world's worst-kept secret and confirmed: Yes, Stuart McCall is our new boss. Rhodes spoke to reassure any doubters among the club's jubilant fans that City really have got their man, as exclusively revealed
The Bradford district will play a crucial role in a four-year cultural and educational programme to accompany the 2012 Olympic Games, it has been revealed. The district has been chosen to lead the Yorkshire region's contribution to the nationwide Cultural
Part-time policeman Tony Hindle is special - after pounding the streets across Bradford for nearly four decades. The Special Constable's devotion to duty for 37 years has earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award from West Yorkshire Police's top officer
One in five of us is having to take on a second job to cope with soaring house prices and rising interest rates, a survey has revealed. Research by lender Bradford & Bingley shows that 19 per cent of homeowners are now having to take on additional work
Funding for youth projects might be in jeopardy after an outbreak of vandalism at a popular skatepark. About £2,000 damage was caused when two stainless steel, metre-long railings on the sides of a four-foot-high platform were sawn off and a three-metre
