Thackley were knocked out of the second round of the West Riding County Cup tonight after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Ossett Town. It was a close game, as the scoreline suggests, with Thackley creating more chances than their higher ranking visitors
A 35-year-old woman and a nine-month-old baby were last night being treated in hospital following a collision with a car in Morley. The woman was also with a two-year-old child, who has since been released from hospital following the incident in Wide
Police are trying to catch a male flasher who has been seen in the Clayton area of Bradford. The suspect, who is believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, committed three offences in the top end of the village during afternoons in October. He
A series of attacks on cars in Keighley have been condemned by police. A member of the public – who did not want to be identified – said about five motorists driving along Spring Gardens Lane were pelted with bricks and bottles by youths. Inspector
Another prominent Bradford city centre pub has closed. The Old Bank, in Market Street, has shut its doors while the owner, Admiral Taverns, tries to attract a licensee to take it on. The pub was formerly a member of the Bradford Inner City Licensees
Chris Leleux is a life-saver and is making it his business to pass on these essential skills to others. He decided to become a self-employed first aid instructor while he was teaching. He taught geography for ten years but his interest in outdoor pursuits
An example of the early writing of one of English literature’s greatest authors has been given to the Bronte Parsonage Museum. The tiny script, praising the Duke of Wellington, was written by Charlotte Bronte in miniature book format when she
Five motorists were issued with fines during a crackdown on obstructive parking outside a school. Officers issued the tickets around Grove House Primary, in Bolton, Bradford, on Monday. The neighbourhood policing team said more patrols were planned
Fifteen days after being banned from driving for 18 months, Neil Gale was caught drink-driving in Bradford Road, Menston, magistrates in Bingley heard. When spoken to by a police officer about not stopping for the flashing light and siren, Gale, of Coll
A deprived area of Bradford has received a grant to promote an anti-racism message through hosting a football tournament. The event will be held as part of a 12-week scheme run by the Manningham Youth Project and the One In A Million organisation
A set of rare badges reflecting one of the most turbulent times in trades union history is to be auctioned to raise cash for cancer sufferers. The 29 enamel badges belong to Martin Emmerson, who spent 19 months on strike 22 years ago in the Silentnight
A Bradford Crown Court judge has backed the Government for sacking its chief drug advisor saying Ministers are “absolutely right” to do all they can root out drug users. Judge Jonathan Durham Hall spoke out before sentencing a 70-year-old
Loaves, Fishes and More will be on the menu as a Bradford insurance company unveils a new fundraising cookbook. Congregational and General’s book, endorsed by celebrity chef Kevin Woodford, will be the first of its kind, featuring 70 recipes
Almost 200 people have died from mesothelioma across Bradford in the past 28 years, new figures have revealed. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 165 men and 32 women have died across the district from the asbestos-related cancer. Last
Students with a cause for celebration filled St George’s Hall today for the first day of Bradford College’s Festival of Achievement. More than 800 students will again converge on the concert hall in the city centre tomorrow to mark the successful completion
Skipton’s Christmas lights this year promise to be bigger and better than ever before. Following last year’s £60,000 investment by the town council, a further £25,000 has been handed over by Skipton Business Improvement District (BID). The boost will
Jermaine Beckford has won the League One fans’ player of the month award for October after scoring four goals as Leeds opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the table. The striker now has 11 goals in 14 appearances this season and the United
A murder trial witness has told how his former friend killed an innocent Bradford father by plunging a knife into his heart in an act of “revenge” after an argument at a late night bar. Kurdish Iraqi asylum seeker Dana Abdullah, 29, is accused
Trainee stuntwoman Ashley Scott was the best all-round performer for Leeds Karate Academy as they picked up 33 medals during the Karate Union of Great Britain Northern Regional Championships in Sunderland. Scott, who last month won silver
Bradford Dragons overcame an uncertain start to see off lower-ranked Hull Wasps 85-64 and book a third-round place in the National Shield. In the absence of an EBL Division Three fixture, the Dragons made the mistake of assuming that victory over their
Airport owners’ leader Ed Anderson has today launched a bid to ensure that cutting aviation emissions is shared by airlines and airports around the world, and not just those in the UK. The former Leeds-Bradford International Airport boss has hit out
An ‘food hero’ West Yorkshire butcher is offering customers a taste of Spain after signing an exclusive deal. Lishman’s Butchers, which has shops in Ilkley and Bolton Abbey, has established a supply partnership with D’Elitte, a 14-strong Spanish consortium
Bradford-based motor group JCT 600 is sponsoring Keighley Albion Rugby Football Club’s new Under-13s junior team. Albion, a feeder club for Keighley Cougars, has launched an Under-13s side for the first time, which is sporting a JCT kit for its debut
Bradford University accountancy student Zulfaqar Ahmad Khan has received an award for coming top on his course. He received a £300 bursary from the West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants (WYSCA) as the best student on the first year BSc accounting
Leeds-Bradford International Airport boss John Parkin will discuss transport issues and plans for developing LBIA with Bradford property experts. He is one of the speakers at the next meeting of the Bradford Property Forum, to be held at the Aagrah Midpoint
A £15 million funding package will support long-term growth plans at Zenith Provecta, the UK’s leading independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business. The Calverley-based company has secured the deal through Royal Bank of Scotland
Running Log Claire Elener took pride of place among the Airedale Athletics trio competing in the NEW YORK MARATHON on Sunday. The Eccleshill runner’s time of 3hr 12min 34sec knocked over 11 minutes from her previous best, recorded in London in the spring
Maternity fashion is no longer about tent-like smock dresses and stretch-waistband jeans. Just because you’re expecting a baby doesn’t mean your style has to take a back seat. Holly Willoughby put the yummy into mummy when she released her maternity
This year’s Contemporary Craven Christmas exhibition at Skipton’s Craven Museum has attracted 45 professional artists. The selling exhibition showcases the work of artists who live or work in Craven and is organised by Craven District Council’s cultural
On Wednesday, November 11, there will be the usual ceremony and wreath-laying at the small Cenotaph in Undercliffe Cemetery. The Lord Mayor of Bradford will be present and standards are invited to attend. As usual tea and sticky buns will be available
Bradford Park Avenue Football Club and its main sponsor, the Kelvic Group, are backing a dance contest which will let winners take to the stage at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre. The competition is run by Joint Activity Services (JAS) and will
A conference organised by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is being held in London later this month to look at the way the landscape is shaped by humans. The day-long event – National Parks and the Historic Environment 1949-2069:
Two leisure centres in Bradford will help the UK’s leading children’s charity to hold its first Aerobathon. Tong Leisure Centre and Thornton Leisure Centre will take part in next Monday’s event, which has been organised by the NSPCC. More than 70 leisure
The Mewies Solicitors Craven League made two special awards at their annual dinner – to Tinashe Gomwe of Haworth West End and Gargrave’s John Beckwith. Talented 17-year-old Zimbabwean Gomwe became only the third player in the history of the
Police would like to speak to teenage boys claiming to be Heckmondwike Grammar School pupils collecting sponsorship, following a theft. Keys for a house in Timothy Lane, Batley, were taken from the address at about 2.10pm on Thursday. A West Yorkshire
The work of Guiseley in Bloom is being recognised with a grant for £1,600 by ward councillors. The group, in existence for a decade, has worked to ensure that the town presents an attractive face, and it won a silver gilt rose at this year’s Yorkshire
These youngsters are pretty delighted after appearing at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. Maddie Hodges, seven, Jada Hill, nine, and Briony Farr, nine, of Rawdon St Peter's School, performed for three days as members of Stage 84 Drama School. They
Children at Frizinghall Primary School, Bradford, have won outdoor play equipment in a Halloween art competition. Pupils aged four to 11 at the school’s breakfast club drew pictures of witches, ghosts and ghouls for the competition, run by Sainsbury’
Lambs worth £1,690 have been stolen from a field at Farnhill, near Skipton. Thieves left tyre tracks after breaking off a padlock and chain. All the stolen lambs had a blue tag in their left ear bearing the number 124807 and had a red stripe down their
Two robbers, one wearing a Halloween mask, mugged two 14-year-olds in Bradford. The victims were confronted by the suspects when they tried to cross Leeds Road, Eccleshill. One of the suspects assaulted one of the youngsters who handed over his mobile
The annual meeting of the Dales Council Umpires’ Association takes place on Thursday (7.45pm) at Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club, followed by a pie and peas supper. Former cricketers, or anybody who can spare a few hours on Saturdays during the summer
25 years ago: Despite divided public opinion, the controversial Quickfare no-change system was introduced on more Bradford bus routes. 50 years ago: More than 2,000 tons of soot had fallen on Bingley in the last year, the town’s chief public heath inspector
Former Bulls players Robbie Paul and Iestyn Harris have agreed to play in a Legends of Rugby four-team tournament in Sheffield. England, Wales, New Zealand All Golds and the Buccaneers will play under international touch rules at the English
A leading cricket official has criticised the players in his league for failing to behave. Trevor Coe, fixture secretary of the Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League, used his address at their annual dinner to put his message across
Bradford Dudley Hill travelled to National Conference Division One rivals Normanton Knights with seven reserve-team players and subsequently came away with a heavy 38-4 defeat. Full back Neil Wall crossed for their only try and there was two quality
Wibsey Warriors booked a semi-final berth in the BARLA Yorkshire County Cup with a famous 18-12 victory at Doncaster Toll Bar. The Warriors set out their stall in the opening stanza with two tries from free-scoring full back Michael Derrick plus solo
The first part of a vast distribution warehouse in Bradford is due to be handed over to Marks & Spencer later this month. Prologis, the world’s biggest supplier of distribution warehouses, is in the process of constructing a steel building that will
Pupils returning to Newhall Park Primary School, in Bierley, Bradford, after half-term have a revitalised play area. Ten volunteers at Yorkshire Building Society renovated play equipment with materials provided by Dulux. Volunteer team leader Krista
Hard work paid off for ten-year-old Bradford schoolboy Abdullah Rauf who, after weeks of studying languages in his spare time, competed in national finals of the Junior Language Challenge in London. After getting to grips with basic Korean and Greek
Bingley youngster Luke Farrell has fought his way through to the semi-finals of the national novice championships. Farrell will be in action in Bolton this weekend after a narrow 4-3 win in the quarters at Liverpool. He was awarded the Yorkshire heats
Liam Carney capped a man-of-the-match display with two goals as Bradford United’s under-11s pulled clear of Pool A to win 8-4 in the KEYBURY LEAGUE. With the weekend’s junior programme decimated by the weather, United were grateful to get points
The following applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Shipley: retrospective planning application for roller shutters, external door to rear, stainless steel extract system and proposed new roof tiles to main roof, 66-68 Wrose Road. Silsden
A woman whose car collided with an air pump at a petrol station has died in hospital. The 44-year-old driver was in the grey Toyota 4x4 when the incident happened just after 2.30pm yesterday at Morrisons in Queensway, Morley. Her female
Trees saved a burning car from crashing down on to houses last night. Bingley firefighters spotted the blaze from their station in Main Street just before 10pm. A stolen Vauxhall Corsa had been rolled down Altar Lane and hit trees down
Clinicians in Bradford are joining an investigation into why UK-born south Asians are more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) than those who have migrated to the UK as adults. In the first extensive MS study of its kind for this ethnic
A charity circus rolled up to raise both smiles and money for Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice. As part of its 2009 tour the Circus Starr was at the La Liga Soccer Centre, in Bradford, yesterday to perform two shows featuring its mix of acrobatics and
Bradford College was today celebrating student successes and marking the successful completion of a wide range of courses at the start of its annual Festival of Achievement. A record number of students, more than 1,500, have this year successfully completed
A senior Bradford councillor claims schools and parents are being forced to manipulate admissions procedures because of a “rotten” school place system. Councillor David Ward, education spokesman for Bradford Council’s Liberal Democrat group
When you hear about meningitis you immediately think the worst. It’s one of those words that strikes fear into the heart. So when my 13-year-old nephew was rushed to Bradford Royal Infirmary with suspected meningitis last week, it felt as though life
SIR – I would have credited TUC general secretary Brendan Barber with more nous than to suggest a new community day bank holiday (T&A, October 27), when firms have had to freeze or cut the wages of staff just to keep their heads above water. It would
SIR – Noting that you report the demise of Bradford City Regeneration, I believe that its successor can hardly do any worse. The city centre has, in my lifetime, been more destroyed than regenerated, and its current lamentable condition has inspired
SIR – I write regarding the article ‘Doctors miss baby boy’s meningitis’ in the Telegraph & Argus on October 29. On behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation, I’d like to wish Finley-Joe Hall and his family all the best for his continuing recovery from
SIR – May I pass on my sincere thanks to the ladies at the Eldwick bus stop who were caring, kind and honest when I was taken ill. They summoned an ambulance and contacted friends on my behalf. It is reassuring to know that there are still some caring
SIR – So, Walter Metcalfe (Letters, October 21) wants us to look to the Bible for inspiration, but he just seems to cherrypick quotations to fit his own view of the world. Well then, how about the following: “Six days shall work be done, but on the
SIR – Re vote for demolition of Odeon, I vote at elections for Councillors with the hope that they can’t do too much harm, as a lot of their decisions are based on professional advice and usually depend on expert choices. It was a good date on October
SIR – The hunting season has now begun, and it could possibly be the last while the Hunting Act is in force. The reality is the Act is a bad law that has failed. There have been just three successful prosecutions against hunts in the five years it
SIR – I feel, as chairman of Bradford branch of RAFA, I must reply to Colin McLean (Letters, October 22) with regard to the RAF flag not being flown over City Hall for Battle of Britain week. In fact, the flag was flown the week before. As for remembering
SIR – Valley Parade has a 25,000 capacity – the equivalent of the KC Stadium, home to Premiership football club Hull City and Super League rugby league club Hull FC. Why should Bradford City wish to play with any future aspirations at a smaller Odsal
The football season is well with us and its effect upon our family life is very evident at the moment. Because not everyone who either lives in our house, or visits occasionally to eat our food or have their laundry done, wants to watch it. In fact,
Nostalgia has the strange ability to knock the harsher edges off our memories so we can end up yearning for a past that never really was. And we must bear this in mind when drawing comparisons between the present and what has gone before – our rose-tinted
Tracy Spencer was having her beautiful long blonde locks styled when her hairdresser spotted a small bald patch at the back of her head. Tracy had noticed she was losing more hair than usual when she brushed it. “I’d go to the hairdressers once a month
When the Rylstone and District Women’s Institute decided to strip off for a cheeky calendar, the idea was to raise enough for a sofa for their local hospital. The Alternative WI Calendar was tasteful nudity, Jam and Jerusalem style, with the women photographed
Wayne Godwin is ready for a fierce fight as he stakes his claim for a Bulls starting spot next year. The hooker started pre-season training yesterday knowing he can take nothing for granted, despite ending last season as first-choice No 9.
Stuart McCall wants City to take a stand and stop leaking goals. The Bantams have conceded 18 on the road so far – the most in League Two. And next up is an FA Cup first-round trip to Notts County, the division’s leading scorers. Having been hit for
A security guard has been left partially-blinded in a terrifying attack outside a Bradford supermarket. It happened as father-of-three Norman Stoker went to restrain a man in the car park who had “lost it” when he could not get a light for
Scrooge at The Alhambra The ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visited Bradford early last night – and got a standing ovation. The audience leapt to its feet at the close of a spectacular show blending state-of-the-art special effects
