Guiseley battled for a hard-earned point at Frickley Athletic in the UniBond Premier as all the goals in their 2-2 draw came in the first half. They led 2-0 by the 11th minute after getting off to a storming start. Simeon Bambrook lashed a shot home
Hereford 2 Leeds 0 Lee Trundle missed a penalty as Leeds suffered their second defeat in four days when they crashed 2-0 to relegation-threatened Hereford tonight. Leeds had the bulk of possession in the first half without really dominating or creating
A Bradford shop owner has been stripped of his licence to sell alcohol after an undercover trading standards operation. Idle Village Off-Licence had its licence revoked by Bradford Council’s Licensing Panel tonight. The panel heard evidence
Play-off rivals City and Darlington fought out a tight goalless draw at Valley Parade. But the biggest concern for Stuart McCall was the sight of Omar Daley being stretchered off in the first half with medial ligament damage. Peter Thorne went closest
There will be illusions, juggling, dancing and family fun at Bradford Magic Circle’s annual show next month. The show features young magicians Mandy Fletcher, 13, and Mark Waddington, 19, illusionist Andrew Green, juggler and magician Steve Gore and
Hundreds of old and rare books which paint a picture of the fascinating history of Bradford are to go on sale. There are so many that two days have been set aside to dispose of the collection at The Bradford Club in the city centre’s Piece Hall Yard.
A former Conservative parliamentary candidate has been cleared of attempting to rig the result of a Bradford seat in the 2005 General Election. Haroon Rashid, 38, alongside four other Bradford men, was charged with conspiring to defraud Bradford Council
Sports clubs and businesses have joined forces for a new partnership aimed at creating a surge in Keighley’s youth rugby scene. Keighley Albion RFC and Keighley Cougars RLFC have teamed up with High Technology Lighting and Link Telecom to promote junior
Bradford Council has welcomed a new £1.6 million national crime prevention campaign by the Home Office. Adverts will appear in national and regional newspapers, television and radio over the next eight weeks carrying simple messages about how
Thousands of TV viewers across the country are being supplied with replacement HD set-top boxes after Saltaire-based producer Pace discovered a technical flaw. About 90,000 Sky+ HD boxes will be replaced, whether or not they are faulty. The move follows
The owners of a city centre shisha lounge and restaurant have been fined £8,000 for five breaches of the smoking ban. Shabbir and Syima Merali, owners of Insaha Ltd which runs the Markaz, in Centenary Square, yesterday pleaded guilty at Bradford
A Pakistani national with a Masters degree wants to make the most of his linguistic skills by serving in the British Army. Sajid Ahmad, 23, of Manningham, speaks Pashto, the first language spoken by only 15 per cent of his countrymen, mostly
New specialist classrooms for deaf and hearing-impaired pupils are set to be built at mainstreams schools. A total of 85 primary and 65 secondary places would be available for children at Swain House Primary, Girlington Primary and Hanson schools.
Patients cared for in a flagship new ward block at Bradford Royal Infirmary are benefiting from the very latest in healthcare technology – thanks to the generosity of the local community. Members of the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Police hunting a man jailed for five years in his absence for robbery have made an arrest. A 22-year-old man was held after police stopped a car in Stanningley Road, Pudsey, which had been reported as stolen in a burglary. The man was arrested on suspicion
It’s Friday the 13th, which means that any readers of this column who are lissom young women with loose morals and a propensity to wear revealing clothing which they might be persuaded to shed at a moment’s notice, should definitely steer clear
A couple plotted a revenge knife attack on a man the wife thought was cheating on her sister, a court heard today. Paul and Michelle Hampson, who married in March last year but are now estranged, sat together in the dock at Bradford Crown Court. Both
The boss of a rail company says he will try to persuade rail regulators to give his company permission to run even more direct services between Bradford and London. As the Telegraph & Argus reported last month, the Office of Rail Regulation has granted
Unemployed Bradford youngsters are hoping to emulate an award-winning teenager named one of the city’s young achievers after finding full-time work with the help of a course they have completed. Tony Coates, 18, scooped the achieving economic well-being
SIR – The recent news that Bradford Council have ‘lost’ letters objecting to the Odeon planning applications, and that the Ombudsman is now investigating the validity of the whole affair, is just a further indictment of the Council’s refusal to listen
SIR – If the Council starts charging us for household waste removal, as mentioned in Elaine Neale’s letter (T&A, January 27), they had better stop firms inundating us with junk mail, otherwise our streets will end up knee-deep in litter. Many will refuse
The Liversedge Half Marathon from Roberttown is a traditional lead-up race for those preparing for the London Marathon. A totla of 438 finished this difficult figure-of-eight course on a fortunately mild but breezy day. Tracey Morris, back running
SIR – I am writing to let people in the local area know that we have set May 15 as the date for this year’s Fruity Friday. Held by World Cancer Research Fund, the aim of Fruity Friday is to get across the message about the importance of a healthy diet
A Bradford toy wholesaler has been fined £14,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in compensation after admitting packaging waste offences. Woolbro (Distributors) Ltd appeared before Bradford Magistrates’ Court to plead guilty to 15 offences
SIR – Bradford Council’s loss of the BORG objection to the demolition of the Odeon Cinema building is an appalling indictment of the workings of the relevant department, especially considering that that would be one of the most high-profile objections
Although wealthy City bankers, fearful of losing their bonuses, have stopped buying weekend county retreats, land remains in demand in Yorkshire. According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, demand for residential farmland plummeted in
Bradford & Bingley shareholders will meet next month to press their campaign for information about why the mortgage bank was nationalised. A public meeting has been arranged by the Bradford & Bingley Shareholders Action Group at the Ramada Jarvis hotel
Silsden Juniors Under-13s A won 3-1 against Grassington in their Craven, Aire & Wharfe League fixture but it could have been so many more. They got off to a flier when Danny King fired in an unstoppable sixth-minute drive but then hit the
Yorkshire chartered surveyors Eddisons has appointed Gerald Cole to manage a new southern division of its machinery and business assets operation. He will operate from the company’s London office and work closely with the major clearing banks
Difficulty during the birth of her first child put Sharon Underwood’s introduction to parenthood into perspective. Cradling her new-born son following a complex delivery, Sharon thought about parents whose babies had died, and no doubt she cuddled him
So, we tuned in along with eight million other viewers to watch the documentary recalling Torvill and Dean’s landmark Olympic victory from 25 years ago. For my wife and I, however, the programme had extra significance. It was on that very night that
Q: When I married my husband I knew he suffered from depression, but I’m finding it more and more difficult to live with. He appears happy and jolly at work and with friends, but they don’t see him at home crying most nights, sometimes for hours. Over
Work is set to begin on the regeneration of Yeadon at a total cost of more than £900,000. Contractors are due to begin work on the scheme on April 20, and it is hoped it will be completed by the end of October. Yeadon councillor Colin Campbell said
Ups and downs in life are normal, but what do you do when you really feel you can’t cope? We’ve asked the experts for advice on how best to deal with common problems that can be distressing, demoralising or worrying: I dread occasions like
A former chairman of Bradford magistrates bench, solicitor Joan Crabtree has died in her 90s. Mrs Crabtree became a magistrate on the Bradford bench in 1961, retiring in 1986. She was chairman in 1982 and was deeply involved with the probation service
A £5,000 fence could be put up around East Bierley Memorial Gardens in Bradford. The gardens are next to St Luke’s Church Centre, where East Bierley Pre-School is located. As part of the pre-school curriculum, children are required to
SIR – Contrary to what the Countryside Alliance would like us to believe, the recent judgment on the Hunting Act from the High Court is, in fact, a very positive step forward in ensuring illegal hunters are brought to justice. Instead of being a ‘new
Charities will benefit from a week of fun organised by the sixth form committee at Guiseley School. The Raise and Give week began with students paying £1 for the privilege of wearing fancy dress. A lunchtime penalty shoot-out saw students
A Bradford travel specialist is in line for further growth after winning a major four-year contract to provide public sector bodies with a range of business travel services. Redfern Travel will act as a one-stop shop under a framework agreement
Teenagers at two Bradford secondary schools are acting as learning mentors to more than 120 school children during half-term. Pupils at Springwood Community Primary School in Manningham went bowling and played sports yesterday at the beginning of a week
Bradford wheelie bin producer Helesi UK continues to run its Bowling Back Lane plant at near full capacity to keep pace with growing demand in UK and European markets. Plans to expand the 30-strong workforce, who make about 500,000 two-wheeled
Rising demand for security products as burglaries increase in the recession has led to new jobs at a Keighley-based firm. Keybury Fire & Security Recent is expanding its workforce after securing new contracts worth about £500,000.
SIR – Once again a bit of snow caused chaos. Why? When I was snowed-in in 1947, and at other times, all manner of equipment was used to get us to school and we walked. No heat at school, we did our lessons in our coats and gloves if we had any. Where
A driver was shaken but escaped uninjured after his Fiat Panda car was involved in a collision with railings at the side of the road. Firefighters were called to make the crumpled vehicle safe in Cromwell Bottom Drive, Brighouse, shortly before
SIR – In June last year, the Government took an important step forward – they finally acknowledged the injustices faced by older people every day in accessing basic goods and services. They promised to abolish the last ‘ism’ permitted in our society by
Eccleshill had just two runners out in this race with Mick Hogan and Paul Birrane having to pull out at the last minute with injuries. On what proved to be one of the mildest days for several weeks and with a strong breeze to contend with honours
Teenagers at two Bradford secondary schools are acting as learning mentors to more than 120 school children during half-term. Pupils at Springwood Community Primary School in Manningham went bowling and played sports yesterday at the beginning of a week
When Keith Pickles was a boy he would practise magic tricks on classmates at Keighley Boys Grammar School. He went on to become a children’s entertainer, and over the past four decades has dazzled thousands of children with his combination of magic and
An alcohol advisory service is looking to recruit new volunteers to help provide free and confidential advice and support to alcohol users and their relatives, carers and friends living in the Bradford district. The Piccadilly Project is
A judge watched CCTV clips of a driver pursued by police round the centre of Bradford. Anwar Miah, 23, was caught jumping a red light, ignoring a ‘no entry’ sign and speeding the wrong way down Westgate. Miah, of Upper Rushton Road,
A Bradford couple overcame their fear of flying to raise £200 for Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice. Keith Benit, who had never been in an aircraft before, received two helicopter flights as a gift for his 60th birthday from his brother Arthur
A Skipton man suffered cuts to his head in a fight which followed a fall-out, Bradford Crown Court heard. Damien Bunnett, 29, lost his temper and seized hold of Paul Keenan. The pair struggled and fell, leaving Mr Keenan bleeding from
A 25-year-old woman who plunged from the balcony of a block of flats in Idle, Bradford, remained in a critical condition in intensive care last night. Dawn Tomlinson was discovered on the road outside Gerard House, Fairhaven Green, on February
Tributes have been paid to Bradford engineer Kim Carter who was killed in a helicopter crash. Mr Carter, 54, of Shetcliffe Lane, Bierley, was on a solo flight when the Robinson R22 helicopter came down close to the village of Sandtoft, near
Bradford would be forced to hold a referendum on whether to have an elected mayor within a year of a Conservative government coming to power, it was announced today. Twelve big cities across the country would be ordered to hold the vote on the
25 years ago: Bradford West Labour MP Max Madden has sent out a mass plea to every Bradford councillor to keep Halal meat on menus at Bradford schools. He warns that a ban on the meat could damage race relations in the city. 50 years ago: Town Clerk
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Aweis Ben Asghar, 26, of Bradford Road, Shipley; left a vehicle which was not attended by a person licensed to drive it, with the parking brake not effectively set. £350 fine, £55 costs. Sean
The following planning applications have been lodged with Leeds City Council: Pudsey: change of use of two-storey rear extension of first and second floor storage to four, one-bedroom flats and one, two-bedroom flat, 29-33 Lowtown. Pudsey: one three-bedroom
SIR – Congratulations to Emma Clayton on highlighting the excessive use of bad language in today’s society. There is only one reason why people use bad language. That is because they have insufficient command of our language in order to express
When Kate Winslet gushed through her wobbly acceptance speeches at last month’s Golden Globes ceremony, I had a sneaky thought. “Imagine her face if she doesn’t win the Oscar,” I heard myself say. There was a collective gasp from the people around me
Bradford does not have a particularly good record when it comes to motoring offences. The fact that a number of areas in the district are among the worst in the country with regard to uninsured motorists has been well documented. And the area has a
A bowling club whose future was in doubt has been thrown a lifeline by a junior football club which has agreed to take over the running of the organisation. Members of Salts Bowling Club last summer informed Salts Sports Association they could
The Bulls must wait until next week to discover the extent of Jamie Langley and David Solomona’s shoulder injuries. Both suffered dislocations in Sunday’s 13-13 draw against Hull KR, with Langley needing hospital treatment after the club’s medical staff
A tenacious teenager has her eyes firmly fixed on the 2012 Olympics after making a splash in the world of diving. Jenny Cowen is back in training at Shipley pool after returning from the Youth Olympics in Australia with two medals.
Stuart McCall is facing the hardest call of his managerial career ahead of tonight’s home clash with Darlington. City are hunting a fourth straight win to cement their place in the thick of the League Two promotion hunt. But Graeme Lee’s return from
Eccleshill United are one of several non-league clubs who have yet to fulfil a fixture this month due to the arctic weather but they expect to get the go-ahead for their Northern Counties East League Premier Division clash with Parkgate tonight.
The distraught family of a father-of-six who has been missing for a month has put up a £20,000 reward for information which leads to his whereabouts. There have been no sightings of Akram Hussain, 48, since he left his home in Heaton Grove,
Bradford’s motorists are being warned a blitz on parking will be sweeping across the district in six weeks’ time. Drivers who park illegally face fines of up to £70 as dozens of officers employed by Bradford Council take on the job of traffic
