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  • Graduates get skills

    Ten unemployed graduates have held an exhibition to showcase their talents after completing a housing-based employment programme. The group are the first to go through the 14-week long Graduate Employment Mentoring Scheme (Gems) run by the

  • Ann’s all set to take on the Arctic

    Final preparations are underway for Bradford explorer Ann Daniels’ 500km Arctic trek to discover the effect of carbon dioxide on the oceans. She is among a team of scientists who will work from a purpose-built ice base 750 miles from the North

  • Man’s agony as chair collapses

    Disabled Leslie McQuade is demanding an apology after he was injured when he fell through a chair at Shipley Town Hall. The 54-year-old had been offered a seat while he waited at the rent office but it collapsed under him. He said: “

  • Victim ‘could have died’ in yob attack

    Two drunken revellers who savagely attacked a man in Bradford city centre were locked up overnight to be sentenced by a judge. Maciez Malacha was found lying in a pool of blood after he was beaten unconscious outside Funkys Nightclub in Ivegate

  • Warriors can expect their toughest game yet, says McNamara

    Steve McNamara has warned Wigan not to underestimate his improving Bulls. Despite losing their opening two games of the campaign, against Huddersfield and Saints, Bradford have undergone a recovery of late and go into tomorrow night’s game

  • Hockney Oz trial drawing for sale

    An iconic pencil drawing by Bradford-born artist David Hockney is to go under the hammer. The picture, called “Naked Richard Neville”, is expected to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at auctioneers Bonhams in London next week. It was drawn by Mr Hockney

  • Premiere prize in film contest

    Telegraph & Argus readers can win tickets to a UK movie premiere celebrating the official launch of Bradford City of Film. Winners of our competition will be able to walk up the red carpet, enjoy a drinks reception at the National Media

  • VIDEO: Lisa works way to being top apprentice

    Lisa Kaye has been named Incommunities’ 2010 apprentice of the year at an ceremony held today. The housing group celebrates its best construction trainees at the annual event, covering trades such as joinery, plumbing, bricklaying, plastering

  • A window on England at leisure

    The Bradford Bandits BMX Club is featured in a new photographic exhibition inspired by a road trip in a motorhome. Photographer Simon Roberts spent two years travelling around the country, capturing people at leisureon camera. The result is an exhibition

  • TRAILER: Seeing an affair from all sides

    CHLOE (15, 96 mins) Three stars Starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot Director Atom Egoyan probes the destructive power of obsession in this English language adaptation of Anne Fontaine’s 2003 film, Nathalie.

  • Maroons are the comeback kings again

    Bradford Maroons played their last home fixture in English Basketball League Division Three North on Monday night and completed a trio of victories over teams whom they had lost to earlier in the season. A trip to the Midlands last weekend was rewarding

  • The ideal emporium, in my book

    It’s a funny old time for books, as yesterday’s World Book Day highlighted. I took a walk around Bradford city centre at lunch-time and came away somewhat dismayed at the few opportunities to actually buy books that exist. Waterstone’s, of course, remains

  • TRAILER: Brought back to life by music and love

    CRAZY HEART (15, 111 mins) Four stars Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Nation, Colin Farrell Jeff Bridges seems destined, undeservedly, to win the Academy Award as Best Actor In A Leading Role for his turn as a washed up country

  • TRAILER: A very curious journey for Alice

    ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG, 108 mins) Three stars Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Leo Bill, and the voices of Michael Sheen, Alan Rickman, Barbara Windsor, Christopher Lee

  • Spirit can give Clayton the advantage

    In Pennine League Division One, the race is on to catch runaway leaders Slaithwaite Saracens. Clayton make the journey to Ackworth Jaguars on Saturday, knowing that victory would leapfrog them above the home side into fourth place. On paper, the match

  • Third place is incentive for Hill

    In the National Conference League First Division, Dudley Hill face a tricky encounter as they welcome Cumbrian side Millom to the Neil Hunt Memorial Ground on Saturday. Millom will prove a tough test for Hill and boast that they are “the oldest amateur

  • Get ready for plenty of friendly fire Deacs

    It will be good to see Deacs again tomorrow night, although it will be strange to see him line up for the opposition. I’ve not had the chance to catch up with him since he left but I’m sure we’ll get a chance to do that after the game. During

  • Crash brings traffic to a standstill

    Traffic came to a standstill in Manningham Lane this afternoon after a reported high-speed police chase. It happened just after 2pm when eye-witnesses saw a Mini Cooper driving from the city centre direction being pursued by three police cars

  • Keighley's squad facing derby test

    Keighley’s squad strength will be tested in their Yorkshire Division One derby at Heath on Saturday as Andy Bennett, Michael Feather and Ian Buckley are injured, and Jimmy Anson and Adam Balderstone are also unavailable. Keighley (at Heath) from

  • Angling Lines

    Keighley AC The River Aire was up and coloured for the match last Sunday and the anglers found themselves struggling for bites, which reflects in the following result: 1 S Parker Keighley AC 1lb, 2 B Grainger KL Tackle 15oz, 3 D Freeman

  • Wibsey veterans get call-up again

    Wibsey are set to call on the old guard of Micky Ball and Lewis Wright for their Yorkshire Division Five match at home to Mosborough on Saturday.

  • Lister, Dawson, Helstrip step in for Baildon

    Nick Lister starts his first game for two months on Saturday after a broken foot for Baildon, who have a must-win match at Garforth in Yorkshire Division Three. Jack Aaron is not available, so James Dawson returns at scrum half, and Danny

  • Thomas returns for Salem

    Bradford Salem, still coming to terms with their 14-8 Intermediate Cup defeat at home to Northern last weekend, include Sean Thomas for their Yorkshire Division One match at York on Saturday. Bradford Salem (at York): J Davies; C Savva, C Bourne, K Whata

  • Tynedale will be stiff test for Dalesmen

    Fifth-placed Wharfedale are travelling on Saturday to fourth-placed Tynedale, who are only a point ahead in the National League One table. The Dalesmen are unchanged from the side that defeated Newbury in a stuttering display last weekend. The Foresters

  • Cleck happy to leave well alone

    Cleckheaton, buoyed by their 27-10 victory over Beverley that put them within touching distance of catching Rochdale and avoiding relegation in National League Three North, are set to be unchanged at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Cleckheaton (at Middlesbrough

  • Dixon is baffled by Bees' video nasty

    Bradford & Bingley might have picked up two points from their 37-31 National League Two North defeat at Rugby Lions last weekend but player-coach Stuart Dixon wasn’t pleased after seeing the video. He said: “It was one of those games

  • Absentees make it a big ask for Otley

    Otley are missing two key players on Saturday as they bid to kick on from last weekend’s resilient 22-20 National League One victory over Redruth at Cross Green. Skipper Howard Parr, who is attending his father’s funeral tomorrow in Coventry, and goal-kicking

  • Wibsey's run under threat from Tyersal

    With most of the Huddersfield and Halifax area clubs involved in their local FA cups, Wibsey, who lead the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division, entertain local rivals Tyersal at Westwood Park on Saturday. An unbeaten run of ten league

  • Keith was a top man and will be sorely missed

    I’d been so depressed by that late miss at Aldershot. It was going over and over in my mind all the way back home. The whole four-hour coach trip was spent feeling sorry for myself. But then I heard about Keith Alexander and that terrible

  • Texting teacher ‘is way forward’

    Parents and teachers would like to be able to contact each other via text message, e-mail and social networking websites, according to a new survey. But schools should be cautious about exploiting technology to open up less formal means of

  • Merc is still a class act

    The A-Class didn’t get off to the best of starts. Remember the elk test? Whisper it quietly around any Mercedes-Benz personnel, for it’s enough to make them wince, even after all these years. It was in 1997 that Mercedes-Benz made headlines for all

  • Bliss on nature's doorstep

    Vivienne and Stephen Wilson have neighbours to thank for the purchase of their farm cottage six years ago. “An ex-neighbour had bought the site and another neighbour told us about it so we contacted him and bought it off him,” says Vivienne. “We loved

  • Guiseley boss guards against complacency

    Three victories from their last four games have consolidated Guiseley’s placing in the UniBond Premier Division play-offs and they will be looking for another win on Saturday at struggling Nantwich Town. They will take nothing for granted, though, as

  • Dramatic awards for young actors

    Young performers have returned from a drama festival with handfuls of glittering trophies. The youngsters, at Stage 84 in Idle, won top trophies at the Mrs Sunderland Festival in Huddersfield. The prize-winning children included Alycia Booth, who won

  • Former mill worker celebrates 100th birthday

    A former Bradford mill worker has celebrated his 100th birthday with family visiting from Australia. Leslie Kerslake had a party at The Orchards Care Home, Heaton, where he has been a resident for almost a decade. Born in Manningham as one of three

  • Teenager spared jail for bus indecency

    A teenager who admitted performing a sex act on himself on a bus has been spared a jail sentence for outraging public indecency. Magistrates gave Mohammed Khan, 19, of Kensington Street, Girlington, Bradford, a 12 month supervision order when he appeared

  • Neilson goes out on loan

    City winger Scott Neilson has joined Cambridge United on a month's loan. The 22-year-old, signed in August from Cambridge City to replace Joe Colbeck, has not featured in the last three games under Peter Taylor. Cambridge United boss

  • Morgan urges Thackley to maintain standards

    Thackley boss Dave Morgan has told his side they must capitalise on their impressive win at Rainworth on Saturday when they host struggling Lincoln Moorlands Railway. The Reds moved up to fourth in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division before

  • Zesh thanks the lucky strikers!

    Four fundraisers have been congratulated on their efforts by Bradford City footballer Zesh Rehman. The defender was at Low Ash Primary School, in Shipley, along with Kim Farrand, an assistant at the Football in the Community programme, to award footballs

  • Uncertainty takes its toll on Parsley

    Farsley Celtic boss Neil Parsley admits he is “fed up” as his side remain on tenterhooks regarding the club’s future. The Celts are due to host Workington in the Blue Square North on Saturday but the fixture is in doubt in light of the off-field battle

  • Pupils raise £300 for Haiti

    Youngsters at a Yeadon school raised more than £300 for Haiti with a ‘dress as you like day’ and a bun sale. The event at Yeadon Westfield Junior School was organised after the children asked if they could raise money for the stricken country. Teacher

  • Elam on board for Avenue title clash

    The top two in the UniBond Premier Division come head to head on Saturday as leaders Bradford Park Avenue make the journey to second-placed Retford United. The big shoot-out will take place at the aptly-named Cannon Park and John Deacey’s Bradford

  • Thursday, March 4, 2010

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: removal of existing two doors and four windows from the front elevation and fit new, 30 Main Street.Allerton: change of use of part fish and chip shop to post office

  • Rahul’s looking forward to a sound future

    Hip Hop artist Rahul Sabbarwal is about to set up his own record label after winning a top award. The 21-year-old from Bradford has used his award for Best Business Idea from Bradford Enterprise Academy to help launch MRS Records, and now he wants more

  • Pop girls will join dancers

    Pop starlets Mini Viva are supporting urban dance act Diversity at their Bradford show next month. Mini Viva exploded on to the pop scene with debut single Left My Heart In Tokyo, crashing into the Top Ten last September. Their distinctive ‘hi-nrgetic

  • No share and share alike for us

    During our 29 years of marriage, I have noticed that my wife likes to claim ownership of certain things, while rejecting others. While not wanting to step into the murky waters of sexism, I am assured by many of my male friends that she is not alone

  • Everyone’s taking to the dancefloor

    Bradford has a tradition of dance schools, interwound with the amateur dramatic, brass band and choral scene rooted in its industrial past. Today the district is a regional attraction for dance audiences thanks to Bradford Theatres’ annual dance season

  • Living well beyond all our means

    The Falkland islands are in the news again, and it shouldn’t be surprising that renewed Argentinian interest coincides with the announcement of the oil exploration in the surrounding seas. More than 30 years ago, the development of the oil

  • Pupils pay tribute to atom bomb victims

    A re-enactment of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima is to take place in Bradford as part of a human rights project. The stunt, involving children sitting in the centre of a surround sound and video installation, will mark the start of an exhibition

  • 'I can't send Mark back to that home

    A mother whose disabled son was accidentally locked in his room at a Bradford respite home says she is too afraid to let him go back. Tracie Booth said that even though her family had reached crisis point and needed a break from caring she was afraid

  • Family's joy as memorial plaque replaced

    A memorial plaque for two teenagers which was stolen from the spot where they were killed in a horrific car crash has been replaced. Isaac Bishop and Chloe Benn, both 15, died after a stolen Peugeot 206 they were in smashed into a wall in Thornton, Bradford

  • Thursday, March 4, 2010

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Mohammed Usman Ali, aged 22, of Rushton Road, Thornbury; driving while disqualified, 12-month community order made with 80 hours’ unpaid work, £85 costs, banned from driving for 12 months; driving

  • Torie's Green belt ideas welcomed

    A group fighting plans to build hundreds of homes on picturesque green fields near the Leeds-Liverpool Canal have welcomed Tory proposals to slash Government house-building targets. The Greenhill Action Group (GAG) is campaigning against plans by developers

  • 'Confess and you can have a takeaway'

    Police offered a serving prisoner a KFC meal and access to the Facebook website among “inducements” to encourage him to confess to 94 unsolved crimes across Bradford, a judge has been told. Clifford Westfall was taken out of jail over three

  • Film shows new single-sex wards

    Progress made towards eliminating mixed-sex wards in Bradford and Airedale hospitals has been highlighted in a new video featuring patients and staff. The drive to deliver single-sex accommodation follows a Government pledge to eliminate all mixed- sex

  • Orders stalling in light of recession

    The head of a Bradford technology firm says the loss of financial confidence caused by the recession continues to prevent customers signing new orders. John Kembery, chairman of Belgravium Technologies, which produces data-tracking computers for several

  • Sean puts go into green

    A 29-year-old Bradford-born entrepreneur has raised £50m to invest in clean energy projects and emerging technologies. And Sean O’Connor expects to secure more than £100m from institutions and rich investors in the next 12 months. Mr O’Connor started

  • Thursday, March 4, 2010

    25 years ago: Pupils at Tong Upper School marched to Bradford City Hall in protest at being sent out of school at lunchtimes. 50 years ago: Accidents in Bingley during the first two months of the year were more than double those of the same

  • Progress is so welcome over wards

    The issue of mixed hospital wards is probably not at the forefront of most people’s minds – until they or a loved one have to spend some time on one. Then they become only too aware of the difficulties and even distress having to share a room with patients

  • Deacon has job to do at Odsal

    There will be no room for sentimentality when Paul Deacon makes his hotly-anticipated return to Grattan Stadium tomorrow night. The Bulls’ former field general will be back at Odsal for the first time since joining home-town club Wigan in November

  • Hitting back at the fraudsters

    Three months ago, a father-of-ten was labelled one of Bradford’s biggest benefit cheats. Abdul Majid cheated the taxpayer out of £83,000, pocketing the equivalent of an average salary for more than four years. In December, father-of-two

  • A disgraceful reply

    SIR – I think Councillor John Hall’s rant (Letters, February 10) in response to Emma Heal is nothing short of a disgrace. His incredibly offensive and false innuendo that Mrs Heal can neither read nor write, or needs help to write letters to the T&A,

  • Thugs to get red card

    SIR – It is absolute nonsense that Mark Lawn (pictured) should have suffered as he did at the hands of the mindless. Bradford City were recognised as having the best-behaved fans in the Premiership after Wimbledon at the end of our first season there

  • No peak-period free passes for disabled travellers

    Transport chiefs have decided it would not be financially viable to give disabled people in Bradford free bus travel during morning peak periods. A new report has revealed it would cost £4 million of taxpayers’ money every year to allow disabled

  • Democracy mockery

    SIR – Perhaps one of the most deceitful and evasive acts of this Government, which makes a mockery of the word ‘democracy’, is the planned mass immigration to this country over the last 12 years. Whether you believe it or not, the main point is that

  • Results are unfair

    SIR – Re the report headlined “Motorists warned” (T&A, February 24). Exceeding the speed limit in Northcote Road, Undercliffe (caught during a Speedwatch operation). Result: a dozen motorists sent warning letters. Exceeding the speed limit on Otley

  • Great value rail travel

    SIR – Re the proposed rail fares increase for the elderly. The cheap fares are excellent value. Combined with the Senior Railcard, offering 33 per cent off rail fares outside West Yorkshire, it is possible to travel throughout the north of England, East

  • A lack of security

    SIR – Just recently I received two letters from a major banking organisation. Both were not in my name, although correctly addressed. This meant I was in receipt of a new cash card and pin number, which would have enabled me or others to withdraw cash

  • Where has money for youth been spent?

    SIR – Kerr Kennedy (Letters, February 27) is right – the Government has a clear policy for promoting positive activities for young people. In fact, the funding received by Bradford for the Youth Opportunity/Youth Capital Fund is greater than £675,000

  • Top three queuing up to face Bulls

    Steve McNamara is confident his old heads can lead the way through a testing early-season fixture-list. The Bulls face Super League leaders Wigan tomorrow night at the start of an important three weeks, which also includes games against second-placed

  • Taylor has high hopes for new signing Oliver

    Luke Oliver is ready to make a big impression on City after becoming Peter Taylor’s fourth signing. The Wycombe centre half, who today rejoined his old boss on a month’s loan, stands at a towering 6ft 7in. Like Gavin Grant, Oliver has

  • United's crowds are on the up

    Leeds United’s league crowds are up on last season, and club officials are expecting their biggest attendance since Boxing Day when Brentford visit Elland Road on Saturday. Two of the last three home crowds have dipped below the 20,000 mark – for the