Silsden 5 Glasshoughton Welfare 2 Silsden earned a home derby against Bradford Park Avenue in the second round of the West Riding County Cup by brushing Glasshoughton Welfare aside tonight. The hero of the first-round tie was Harry Thompson, who bagged
City reserves 3 Southport reserves 1 Bradford City’s youth team booked a date with Crewe Alexandra in the second round of the FA Youth Cup at Valley Parade last night. David Wetherall’s side progressed thanks to a blistering opening to the second half
Children at a Bradford primary school were entertained by a visiting trio of Indian dancers today. Keelham Primary, in Denholme Gate, welcomed the Halifax-based Annapurna Indian Dance Group to perform in front of the whole school in authentic dress.
Some of the biggest names in popular music are backing a national fundraising campaign that involves Saltaire’s Yamaha Music School. Kylie Minogue, Jamie Cullum, Jools Holland and chart-topping Paolo Nutini all back the plan for the NSPCC to provide
Leeds and Oldham will both have to make changes in their line-up when they meet in the first round of the FA Cup at Boundary Park on Saturday. Leeds have failed to get permission to play loanees Sam Vokes or Max Gradel so Tresor Kandol looks set to
Shipley’s MP will today demand the Government stops taxing bingo at a higher rate than other gambling venues amid fears more halls will close and more jobs lost. MP Philip Davies said bingo was under threat because of high taxes. He
A dead dog has been found in a suitcase. A woman passer-by spotted the bright blue case on the side of the road in Troydale Lane, Pudsey, yesterday morning. Inside she found the female collie-cross. RSPCA inspector Sarah Briscoe said: “It was an awful
A 78-year-old woman has died in hospital following a road accident in Wibsey. Police were called to Beacon Road, at the junction of Enfield Drive, in Wibsey, Bradford, shortly after 12.30pm today. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said
Adults with learning difficulties got a surprise when a donkey strolled into their day care centre today. Claire Wildman, 36, a service user at Shipley Resource Centre in Otley Road, has ‘adopted’ Simon from the Leeds branch of the
A woman had to be taken to hospital suffering from head injuries after she was in collision with a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Hall Ings, Bradford, this afternoon. Police closed part of the road outside the Hilton Hotel following the accident
A pensioner who moved to Bingley as a teenager in 1950 has written a book about life in the town during the decade. Joyce Snow, 73, originally from Thurnscoe, near Doncaster, started work as a domestic at Bingley Teacher Training College, at the age
A Bradford serviceman arrived home safely from Afghanistan on the day officials revealed that five of his comrades had been killed by a rogue Afghan policeman. Corporal James Capstick, 23, of Allerton, had served a three-and-a-half month tour of Afghanistan
Forget the formalities. Forget the family gatherings, the cold turkey sandwiches and Christmas hangovers. Boxing Day is for one thing and one thing only – sport. There’s nothing better than being on the terrace and freezing off those extremities
Servicemen and women who lost their lives in conflict will be remembered this weekend at a number of special ceremonies across the district. On Sunday, Remembrance commemorations will be held at churches and war memorials across Bradford and
A 22-year-old man was punched in the face following an altercation with another passenger on a train travelling from Shipley to Keighley. The victim suffered a split lip, facial bruising and swelling following the assault on a Northern Rail service,
A young woman told a murder trial jury how a night of drinking and dancing with her boyfriend ended in him being fatally stabbed through the heart. Natasha Elsworth, the girlfriend of Mohammed Abdul Basier, was stood beside him when Kurdish
The Christmas spirit will come to Bradford with an evening of festive family entertainment heralding the start of the city’s illuminations. Step into Christmas takes place on Saturday, November 14, in the city centre with a performance by renowned international
Festive celebrations in Pudsey have got £2,000 to fund the town’s Christmas Lights switch-on on Friday, November 20. The money was approved by councillors on the Leeds West (Outer) Area Committee. As well as a mystery celebrity turning on the lights
Police have thanked residents who helped to tidy up a footpath in Baildon. The path through Knoll Wood, between Bertram Drive and Green Lane, had become a haven for “undesirables”. But residents took it into their own hands to cut back shrubbery, clear
Pudsey police station has been brightened up with posters designed by schoolchildren. Pupils at Leeds West Academy, Swallow Hill Community College, Priesthorpe School, Pudsey Grangefield School and Crawshaw School took part in a poster competition organised
Femi Fehintola today confirmed: I will be fighting in Bradford next. Fehintola has got his wish for a home-town date when he will top the bill in the Valley Parade banqueting suite on Saturday, December 5. The former British title challenger has also
The family who own this house in Old Langley Lane, Baildon, certainly like their luxuries; it has a spa bath with built-in television, a top-of-the-range kitchen and a dining room which had been turned into their own chill-out space. “We really went
Rastrick got the better of higher-ranked Fastbats E in one of the closest Tony Theobould Trophy first-round matches. Mid-table Bradford League Division Four visitors Rastrick had a 45-point handicap start and used it to edge out the Division Three bottom
High-street retailer Superdrug says supplies of products to its 300 stores will not be disputed following a walkout by more than 200 distribution workers. The company, which has two branches in Bradford city centre and outlets in Shipley, Bingley
Bradford Maroons were hampered by illness as they lost 99-63 at Loughborough Cardinals in EBL Division Three North. The Maroons squad was already paper-thin and they were only able to field six players, who were not all fully fit themselves. The hosts
Gaynor Fisher scored the decisive goal as Bingley Bees Ladies edged out arch-rivals Skipton 1-0. Some great attacking play went unrewarded until Fisher netted from a short corner midway through the first half. There was more frustration in front of
Right on Cue Damien Wilks holds district bragging rights after being the only Bradford representative to make it through to the YORKSHIRE SNOOKER HANDICAP quarter-finals from the qualifiers at Cue Gardens. He beat Bradford No 1 player Sajid Khan 3-0
Keighley’s Mary Fuller is putting her experiences at the $172,000 English Open down to experience. The Oakbank member, who was 17 on Monday, entered the girls’ under-21 singles event at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. But the unranked teenager
John Holt, commercial director of Rigby Taylor, is guest speaker at next Wednesday’s meeting of the Leeds-West Yorkshire branch of the Institute of Groundsmen at Cleckheaton Sports Club (7.30). His theme will be: When things go wrong, what can we do
Ambitious Dales Council League cricket club Hepworth & Idle have forked out almost £12,000 on levelling their playing area. Brian Heaton, who has just resigned as club chairman but will take over the club’s presidency next year, said: “It is something
Yorkshire riders performed strongly at the Inter-Area Team Cyclo-Cross Championships but could not stop the East Midlands host team taking overall victory at Leicester Leys Leisure Centre. The event, staged at different venues around the country, usually
Youngsters were shown how to build a Mongolian-style yurt at a youth centre in Bradford in preparation for a festival about global issues. Young people at Buttershaw Youth Centre were shown how to put up the 12ft structure, part of their Duke of Edinburgh
Bradford-born entrepreneur Judith Donovan has received a lifetime achievement award for helping smaller firms become safer places to work. She was presented with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health /Sypol Lifetime Achievement Award after
Businesswomen in Bradford were urged to become role models by Yorkshire-born entrepreneur Claire Young. The Apprentice runner-up spoke to around 80 businesswomen at a lunch held by Bradford Chamber of Commerce at the Dubrovnik hotel. Claire, 30, who
Former Trade minister and CBI chief Lord Digby Jones is to take part in a Question Time-style event for Yorkshire businesses next week. He will be joined on the panel by former BBC director general Gregg Dyke, HSBC chief economist Dennis Turner and international
Bradford-based Morrisons has described as “business as usual” reported negotiations with suppliers to gain more support for sales promotions. The company, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, is said to be seeking help from suppliers to combat increasing
Businesses could contribute as much as ten per cent to the UK’s greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2020 with little or no outlay, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said today. They could save more than £6.4bn a year by taking simple money saving steps
A Bradford printing business is celebrating a successful year. Since being taken over, Nampak Healthcare has seen the creation of 30 new jobs and investment of more than £4m in state-of-the-art technology. The company, based in Leeds Road, Idle, prints
Rawdon, who helped to bring on Yorkshire trio Hedley Verity, Brian Close and Bryan Stott, are hoping to celebrate their 175th anniversary with a bang in 2010. One of the oldest clubs in the Leeds and Bradford area, Rawdon plan to mark the milestone with
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Shipley: re-instatement of existing manufacturing and processing due to fire damage, existing portal frame to be retained and repaired and new cladding provided over, Riverdale
Boathouse have climbed to the top of National League Division Three North after two victories at York College. They defeated University of Birmingham 3-1 and hosts York 3-0 to take their record to five wins from six matches and edge out the Brummies
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Silvester Ciesla, 22, of Rooley Lane, Bankfoot; driving without insurance, £100 fine, £75 costs, banned for six months; driving without a licence, driving without MOT, failure to produce documents
People across the district can pay tribute to their loved ones this Christmas and help raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. The sixth annual Christmas Star Appeal will support his chosen charities, Little Heroes and Bradford and District
A quarter of a million pounds of taxpayers’ money is being spent each year on a Bradford Council newspaper which has been described as containing “propaganda” by an MP. The Council is spending the sum each year producing its Community Pride
A poetry project has been set up to air the voices of homeless people in Bradford. The West Yorkshire Learning Consortium is working with Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Homeless Link on the new “informal learning” approach, made possible by the Government
25 years ago: Test-tube baby experiments were condemned by a committee representing Bradford district’s Roman Catholic parishes. 50 years ago: Sir Bracewell Smith, former Lord Mayor of London and donor of the Cliffe Castle estate, gave Keighley £25,000
SIR – Through your wonderful paper could I please say a very big thank you to all the staff on Ashbrook Ward, Lynfield Mount, for all their care and attention they gave to me in my hour of need. Special thanks to Pam and Rosie who kept me fed and watered
SIR – It’s all very well keeping the Alhambra Theatre spick and span, but what of St George’s Hall? It badly needs a facelift. Surely some of the money from the sale of Leeds Bradford International Airport not yet spent could be used to spruce it up
If there was a contest for the greenest estate in Britain, one Bradford community would surely be among the top contenders. You only have to walk around its hub to get a flavour of the work being done to help both local people and the planet. And some
We are fast approaching that time of year when all thoughts seem to turn to Christmas. And Bradford and district is lucky to have one event that seems to capture the best of this season. The annual Lord Mayor’s Christmas Star Appeal is a chance for
SIR – Talking about the second Irish attempt ‘to get it right’ on the Lisbon Treaty, this has emerged: Foreign Minister Micheál Martin recently made a misguided quip to a German newspaper, saying, in reference to the referendum, “democracies are complex
SIR – I’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who took part in our Tesco’s supermarket collections that took place at various location in Bradford on October 16 and 17 – we managed to collect a fantastic £1,896.98 This was my first supermarket collection
SIR – It seems obvious that public opinion is still on the side of keeping the former Odeon building. It is, perhaps, worth a reminder that what we really want to save is the New Victoria, and Councillor John Hall (Letters, October 28) makes a very good
SIR – Having sat through the whole of the Council meeting regarding the future of the Odeon building, I was amazed that the Council backed the two Bradfordians in favour of demolition while ignoring thousands of Bradfordians that had objected to the Odeon
SIR – At the recent demonstration against the proposed demolition of the Odeon, I couldn’t help looking at our backdrop, the City Hall, and comparing the two buildings. On the one hand, we have a unique structure – one that epitomises its era, and the
SIR – On Friday, October 30, my family and I visited Bolling Hall museum on ‘the most haunted date’ in the museum’s calendar. What a spooky event it turned to be, with a full moon to set the scene, adding the most atmospheric of lighting to the Hall.
SIR – How blind and ignorant does a government have to be before it owns up to its own basic faults? I hear, and have read elsewhere, that it is to take legal action against parents who give false information on the forms required to get their children
About a year ago, I mentioned there was a strong case for cutting back on meat-eating if we wanted to reduce the climate change gases that we are all responsible for, and new evidence confirms how important this might be. I had pointed out that around
Peter Myers is not fond of heights, and 24 years as a banker in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Yorkshire did not prepare him for a Ray Mears-style walk on the wild side. But over the past couple of years, the 46-year-old recently-appointed chief
Activists who campaigned to close a coal-fired power station received a public grumble rather than applause. Some were arrested for their beliefs, others risked their lives to climb up chimneys, all for the cause of stopping multi-million pound
Jimmy Carr’s current UK tour, which rolls into Bradford next week, goes under the heading ‘Rapier Wit’. Firing off quickfire gags is a trademark feature of the comic’s act but, judging by the furore over his recent quips about soldier amputees, his ‘
Graeme Lee will laugh off the City boo boys at Meadow Lane on Friday night. The former Bantams skipper has come in for abuse in the two meetings with Notts County this season – especially when he was sent off at Valley Parade last month.
A woman of 81 has been seriously injured in a vicious attack at a Bradford care home. The incident happened at Sunningdale Care Home in North Park Road, Manningham, which provides care for residents who have dementia or other mental health-related
Jamie Langley has targeted a January return, promising: I’ll be back all guns blazing. The Bulls loose forward is progressing well after shoulder surgery and joined the first batch of players to return for pre-season training on Monday. Although the
Schoolboy Johnny Reynolds is hoping Telegraph & Argus readers will help bring back the German shepherd puppy he adores after she was stolen. The 11-year-old was walking his two dogs down Barkerend Road with his mum Angela when a black Volkswagen
An extra-time goal from Steve Burton from a Jamie Walshaw cross saw Guiseley win 3-2 at Tadcaster Albion in the West Riding County Cup tonight. Tadcaster led at the break after Harpal Singh had headed a speculative cross into his own net following a
