An illustrious illusionist is hoping to score a top place in a high profile magic competition. Steve Gore, 35, of Queensbury, will take part in the stage and close-up sections of the Northern Magic Circle's annual contest in Scarborough tomorrow. He
An MP today hit out at the Arts Council for asking people's sexual orientation when applying for a grant. Shipley MP Philip Davies condemned the actions, saying the consideration of grants should be based only on an artistic perspective and how good
Chief local interest on Saturday is the Yorkshire Shield quarter-final at Rose Cottage between Yorkshire Division One rivals Keighley and Bradford Salem. Salem's match secretary Neil Klenk said: "Given our positions in the league and the fact that we
Bradford & Bingley travel to West Park St Helens on Saturday for a National League Three North game they didn't really want. The sides met last week, also at West Park, and the Bees were 10-6 ahead when the match was abandoned because of a waterlogged
Clayton, who are determined to finish their Pennine League Premier Division campaign on a high, visit old rivals Elland on Saturday. The Greetland-based outfit are in the doldrums after dominating the Pennine scene for years so the Villagers will be
Bradford Dudley Hill travel to lowly National Conference League Division One Waterhead on Saturday knowing that one slip up in their last four matches will see their promotion hopes shattered. The Oldham side may be second from bottom but, unfortunately
The Government tonight urged all races and faiths to share the same streets and neighbourhoods in an attempt to see off "social apartheid" in the country. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said no single faith or ethnic group should dominate a neighbourhood
Bingley councillors have earmarked £20,000 from the sale of Leeds-Bradford Airport to spend in the town centre. And three other priorities have been identified for a share of the £100,000 windfall - environmental and community schemes, projects for youngsters
A mother pushing her two-year-old daughter in a buggy onto a waiting train was crushed twice by its closing automatic doors. Zoe Swift, of Hirstwood Crescent, Saltaire, said she feared for the safety of daughter Jessica, two, who only escaped being trapped
York Tigers (league) and York Lions (union) are to play a cross-code match in aid of the Bradford branch of the Alzheimer's Society at York RI RUFC on Wednesday, May 7 (2.00). Tickets are £2 if bought in advance or £2.50 on the day and can be purchased
The Shipley Club have come a long way over the past few years. The club has been in existence for over 100 years, originally as a gentlemans' club with a green just used for social bowling. But a dwindling membership meant something had to be done,
Gary McAllister is house-hunting in Yorkshire after landing a new 12-month rolling contract at Leeds United. Manager McAllister, 43, was originally hired by chairman Ken Bates until the end of the season, with instructions to land promotion to the Championship
We are already one third of the way through Super League XIII and if the Bulls win tomorrow night they rise into second spot. That will be a reassuring fact to hold on to for boss Steve McNamara, who knows his squad are still nowhere near their best.
If Dwain Chambers plays this weekend, he'll be waking up Monday morning very stiff! It looks like he won't now and it's the right decision. From a coaching perspective it was a massive risk putting him out there with hardly any training. It's not like
A 22-year-old man struggled with a security guard, elbowing him three times, after he was caught fleeing with stolen DVDs. Bingley magistrates heard today that Andrew Dresler had been chased by the guard from the HMV store in Bradford along Broadway
Instead of reaching the summit of the UniBond Division One North table with a win in midweek, Avenue actually dropped a place to third as a consequence of their game being postponed. The Bradford club, still boasting a 100 per cent record under new manager
The levels of difficulty and excitement do not appear to drop for Farsley Celtic as they enter the final straight in their race to beat the drop from the Blue Square Premier. The Celts will be heading south tomorrow for an overnight stay before taking
Guiseley were denied any midweek action following the postponement of their fixture at Leek Town but the inactivity did not see them lose their place in the UniBond League Premier Division play-off zone. They will look forward to Saturday's visit of
Thackley missed an opportunity to put distance between themselves and the relegation trapdoor in the Northern Counties East Premier Division when they were held to a home draw by Shirebrook Town last Saturday - but all is not lost. The Dennyfield outfit
Thackley will be hoping their nearest neighbours and long-term rivals Eccleshill United do them a service this weekend by claiming all three points from their trip to Shirebrook Town in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division. The Eagles,
A 23-year-old man jumped three red lights as he sped at up to 94mph through Bradford in a stolen BMW, a court heard today. Stuart Philpotts risked the lives of pursuing police officers and members of the public during a chase captured on police cameras
A Bierley man who has been imprisoned in Africa for murder is bearing up well, say friends. Jacques Lapergue was arrested on Friday following his discovery of a dead body in the road in Chipata, Zambia. Mr Lapergue has done a lot of missionary work
Ask most people who's the biggest menace on the road and they will probably say boy racers'. But new research by the Bradford-based West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partner-ship shows that young drivers might not entirely deserve their reputation for
Tomorrow night's Amateur League Cup final at Cougar Park is a necessary evil for Silsden, who are tenants at the Keighley stadium, and a concerned man in the stands will be Paul Schofield. The Cobbydalers' manager was left frustrated when his club's
City transfer target Garry Thompson is the real deal, according to former team-mate Scott Loach. All eyes will be on Thompson when Morecambe make their first-ever league visit to Valley Parade on Saturday. City had a £10,000 bid dismissed as a "joke
Today's national launch of the UK Border Agency is expected to bring faster and more effective security checks at airports, but passengers at Leeds Bradford will not see the new systems until later this year. The Border Agency merges 25,000 Immigration
A former boxer, accused of attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl today told a jury he could not remember stabbing her and had no intention to do so. David Waterhouse, 52, who suffered brain damage in a road accident in 2001, told Bradford Crown Court
Junior Witter has blasted Ricky Hatton over "the worst excuse yet" for not wanting to face him. Witter, warming up for next month's defence of his WBC world belt against American Tim Bradley, cannot believe Hatton's latest reason for steering clear of
WASHBURN VALLEY: Fewston: The weather is all against anglers for the start of a new season but, despite this, some good fish have been landed - mostly to big and bright lures. With all the new water, bloodworm have taken a few. Thruscross: It's hard
Bradford's Asian community is among the most at risk from heart disease, say experts behind a publication aimed at tackling the deadly condition. People of South Asian origin are 50 per cent more likely to suffer from heart disease than the general population
Wibsey and Keighley Shamrocks have just seven games left to preserve their Premier Division status as the West Riding County Amateur League season enters the final stretch. The bottom two clubs are both at home on Saturday but neither fixture will be
Long Lin, 37, of no fixed address, was commited for trail at Bradford Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday) charged with the production of cannabis between February 5 and February 13, this year. Lin, who appeared in Bingley court with an interpreter in Mandarin
Rail passengers were stranded on a train for an hour this morning when a tyre was lodged beneath the front of a train. The debris caused minor damage to the train but no one was injured as it ground to a halt between New Pudsey and Bradford Interchange
John Tretton, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by Bingley magistrates on Wednesday accused of threatening to set fire to a flat in Parkwood Rise, Keighley, intending the tenant would fear the threat would be carried out. He was committed
When police arrived at the Keighley home of Gavin Wilson's mother he was drunk and shouting abuse, Bingley magistrates were told. Wilson of Leylands House, Keighley, admitted on Wednesday to abusive and insulting behaviour in Hainworth Wood Road, Keighley
Six Vietnamese nationals, in the UK illegally, have been remanded in custody accused of growing and supplying cannabis at a number of addresses in the Bradford area. Appearing at Bingley Court on Wednesday with an interpreter, the six - five men and
Detectives have started a manhunt for a motorist who abducted a teenage girl and subjected her to a sex attack. The 14-year-old girl was snatched from Crossley Lane in Mirfield, by a man driving a blue people carrier. She was taken to Hartshead Lane
I've never been a big fan of birthdays although, like a bath, they can't be avoided and you are forced to take one once a year whether you need it or not. I'm sure my feelings stem from a rather distressing incident I had after begging my parents to
SIR - The possible plans to ban cigarettes being displayed in shops makes me wonder what on earth is going on in the minds of the powers that be. When one considers that drug and alcohol abuse is at alarming epidemic proportions, plus the fact very little
SIR - I hope that the Council being responsible for stray dogs is not an April Fool's joke. It's not so much the reporting and collection of strays but trying to get the dog wardens to answer the phone. The time a friend and I had to contact them it
SIR - Graham Hoyle continues to insist that the EU Treaty is 95 per cent constitution (T&A, March 26). Take two 1,000lb bombs: one is 95 per cent identical to the other but has no fuse and is harmless. Get my drift? Mr Hoyle should tell us why he is
SIR - Recently there has been speculation in the T&A about more sightings of UFOs. All the laws of physics would point to the fact that they cannot exist. Einstein's theory of relativity would point to the fact that nothing can travel faster than the
SIR - The latest decision by English Heritage not to grant listed building status to Bradford's Odeon Cinema (T&A, March 26) is not what Bradfordians want. Councillor Mallinson's view that demolition will allow us to look forward to progressing plans
SIR - The NUTers are living up to their name again. The National Union of Teachers, trapped in their tiny world of permanent left-wing rebellion, for years have urged that Christian assemblies in schools should be dropped and Nativity plays scrapped.
SIR - In a recent North of Watford column, Mike Priestley recounts a lady reader's nightmare walk around what had been a traditional shopping route and the shock and intimidation experienced on her journey. I suspect the lady is of an era many of us
SIR - Thousands of post offices have closed, inconveniencing their customers, but many of those still open are running at a loss. Audrey Raistrick says that: "If banks want pensions and other public benefits paid to them, they should pay something back
SIR - I'm glad Mr Dallas and his friends have not received their new free bus passes. Not for any malicious intent you understand, but here was I thinking I was the only one and mentally gearing up for the inevitable endless battle with some outsourced
SIR - I rather think those champions of the environment, the T&A, Keith Thomson, the Green party, Ken Livingston, David Cameron and George Brown have missed a real trick. What is the most sensible and practical way of taking hundreds of thousands of
SIR - I could hardly believe what I was reading! Has the council taken leave of its senses? A perfectly successful drug rehabilitation programme was having its funding withdrawn. I refer to Project Agape at Five Lane Ends, (T&A, March 24). What are
SIR - There has been so much bad publicity about our Bradford hospitals, I would like to report what wonderful treatment I have had. After having had stomach pains, then diarrhoea, I was admitted to the BRI on March 11. The treatment I was given was
SIR - There is something Kevin Morris and I agree about. I fully endorse his tribute and best wishes to Councillor King (T & A, March 31). If other councillors had shown the same wisdom on transport we would now have much less congestion and pollution
News that plans to build a state-of-the-art business park on the site of the former West Bowling Golf Club have been approved by the Council's area planning panel, taking this important scheme a big step nearer to becoming reality, is bound to be widely
Arguably, Fyodor Dosto-yevsky wrote three of the greatest novels that will ever be written: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. Murder and guilt, sin and redemption, hysteria and comic buffoonery, poverty and psychological distortion
Voodoo Six are bringing their brand of classic rock to town. With their debut album First Hit For Free and new single Faith released last month, the rockers are taking the live version on tour around the UK. Already selected as one of Classic Rock magazine's
We know them best as Emmerdale's amiable likely lads. Actor Dominic Brunt plays kindly country vet Paddy Kirk and co-star Mark Charnock is hapless but well-meaning Woolpack chef Marlon Dingle in the Yorkshire soap. But this month the pair are unleashing
After last year's successful matinee show, the stage version of the hit television comedy series Rising Damp is coming back to The Priestley later this month. Actor Carl Murray said: "It was an absolute success; a really large audience enjoyed it so
Tomorrow night Bradford's New Beehive Inn celebrates a year of stand-up comedy in the Westgate Columbus Comedy Cave. A year ago there was no stage, no sound and not much of an audience. Since then, however, the monthly comedy night has gained in reputation
David Wetherall has been named PFA 2UP fans' player of the month for League Two. The City skipper, who will retire at the end of the season to become first-team coach, will be presented with his trophy when the Bantams face MK Dons at Valley Parade on
With the lighter evenings and recent sunny spells, summer seems to be creeping ever closer, and with this week's initial announcement of confirmed acts for the Leeds Festival at Bramham Park over the August Bank Holiday weekend, it seems closer still.
"Did I mention the haddock and chorizo sausage wellington?" Richard Metcalfe is reeling off a list of imaginatively thought-out dishes served at Shipley's waterside restaurant, The Cut. "If I didn't mention it, I should have done, because it is so popular
Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Others are born to parents with a silver spoon under their noses. Alfie Allen was born with a generous sprinkling of stardust on his eyelids. His parents are multi-talented, four-times married
A man was murdered when a knife was plunged to the hilt into his back during an argument as he celebrated his birthday, a jury was told. Guests at a house party in Bradford for Oskars Luksevics' birthday had been downing vodka and wine and were drunk
In 1721, Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Britain In 1921, coal rationing started. In 1973, Martin Cooper tested his new invention - the world's first mobile phone. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of April 3, 1983...
Wayne Godwin bids to inspire another Bulls victory tomorrow night - and show Hull boss Peter Sharp what could have been. The hooker makes his first return to the KC Stadium since being dumped by the Black and Whites chief last season. "I don't feel
The Wheatley Hotel in Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, has been put up for sale despite a campaign by hundreds of residents calling for the pub to be re-opened. Leading UK pub chain Punch Taverns has confirmed that it has put the Wheatley Lane pub on the open market
A narrow rural lane in Bradford has trapped its latest victim - caused by a combination of satellite navigation glitches or inaccurate maps. The articulated lorry became trapped in High Fernley Road, Wyke, yesterday - leading to an operation lasting
Developers hoping to build 60 homes on Otley's flood plain have lodged an appeal against Leeds City Council. Wharfe Bridge Ltd had its proposals for the old Bridge End Auction Mart site, by the River Wharfe, thrown out by Leeds planners last August.
People who have made the difference by building bridges between communities will be honoured at an awards ceremony at Bradford City Hall. A shortlist of nominees has been whittled down by judges of this year's Community Harmony Awards. Backed by the
The mother of a 15-year-old girl lured to Bradford by an internet predator today backed the introduction of guidelines to protect youngsters on websites. The Home Office is expected to announce measures tomorrow to improve security on websites like
MPs could face having their expenses scrutinised in a similar way to small businesses in an attempt to ensure transparency. Commons speaker Michael Martin promised urgent action to restore public trust shattered by Tory MP Derek Conway, who paid his
The University of Bradford's sports centre will host one of the world's largest swimming fundraising events later this month. Swimathon 2008 will take place at more than 500 venues throughout the country between Thursday, April 17, and Sunday, April
Key Yorkshire landmarks are being carried on a bus company's new double-deckers. First's new £3 million fleet was unveiled in Centenary Square, Bradford, yesterday. A total of 21 new vehicles have been emblazoned with pictures of landmarks, including
A thriving naturalists' club is offering grants to schools, organisations and individuals to help Wharfedale's wildlife flourish. Wharfedale Naturalists' Society has chalked up its 500th member, and its healthy accounts from membership fees mean it can
