It is a busy night for the local semi-pro clubs in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Premier Division tomorrow, with three clubs in action. Thackley, Brighouse Town and basement outfit Liversedge are all on the road again after having away
Guiseley will have a near six-hundred-mile round trip in the next round of the FA Trophy following the draw at lunchtime today. The Lions travel to the winners of tomorrow night’s second-round replay between Eastbourne Borough and Dorchester Town, who
A “depraved and perverted” pub guitarist who filmed a sex act with the 15-year-old pupil he was having an affair with has been jailed for four years. David Green, 55, had regular sex with the girl during guitar lessons in his bedroom, while
Paul Bentley, 45 years a staff photographer with the Telegraph & Argus until his retirement in 2007, has died at the age of 65. He joined the T&A aged 16 from City High School, chosen from 300 applicants, and was immediately sent to photograph
A “greedy” finance director who stole more than £1.3m from her employers to pay for holidays, property and cars has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Jane Jones, 45, of Cullingworth Gardens, Cullingworth, siphoned off money from Squirrel
City can prove the critics wrong at Aldershot tomorrow night, according to Robbie Threlfall. Back-to-back losses have left them six points behind the play-offs and removed the feelgood factor that began the new year. Wins over Lincoln
She has seen five monarchs, 20 different Prime Ministers and lived through two World Wars. These days, Daisy Rayner, who celebrated her 108th birthday today, lives at The Franklyn, a nursing home in Ilkley, said playing golf had probably helped
Arnold Hadwin OBE, editor of the Telegraph & Argus from 1973-1984, has died at the age of 82. The former Royal Marine Commando came to national prominence in 1976 for a stinging editorial about the National Front. The right-wing group had accused
Depleted Whetley Lane lost 7-2 to Rochdale, a score which flattered their opponents in an FA Umbro Vets group game. Goal-scorers for Lane were Paul Atkinson and Martin Kemp.
A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his nine-year-old brother to death has been ordered to be detained indefinitely at a top security hospital. Daniel Taylor, 21, attacked his brother Jack at their sister's house in Rookes Avenue, Wibsey,
Johnny Harte’s double set Westwood Park on course for victory at Relay Recruitment Rovers in the BRADFORD & DISTRICT FA SUNDAY SENIOR CUP. The all-Bradford Sunday Alliance League third-round clash lived up to its billing as the tie of the day. But although
Lee Speight hit four goals as Premier Division leaders Wellington crushed Quarry 8-2 in the Spen Valley League. Ben McCann, Ryan Rylah, Andy Smith and Craig Shingleton were on target as well, with Jamie Trott also outstanding for the visitors. Darren
Plans to reopen a mothballed school to ease the growing pressure on classroom places have been dealt a severe blow after vandals smashed up the building. Education chiefs hope to re-instate classrooms at All Saints Primary School in Kennion
Bradford Dragons beat Medway Park Crusaders 82-76 to extend their perfect start to their first season in English Basketball League Division Two. They remain top with nine straight wins. Dragons had beaten Medway earlier in the season
A former convict claims he should be allowed to join the army after serving his time behind bars and turning over a new leaf. Lee Hickey, 26, of Bierley, told the Telegraph & Argus how he was jailed for three and a half years in 2004 for burglary
Kyle Berry scored twice as Salts climbed to the top of DIVISION ONE with a 4-2 home win over Eastmoor in the West Riding County Amateur League. Previous leaders Emley were involved in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA Challenge Cup and Salts took
A pilot scheme to tackle drugs in Bradford is due to get under way this week. The multi-agency scheme aims to raise community awareness of how drug dealing can be reported confidentially and how the police and partners can act upon it.
Gifts donated in memory of loved ones treated at a hospice are to be returned because they no longer fit the new-look building. Families are being invited to reclaim about 100 items, including paintings, embroideries and engraved carriage clocks, which
A textile company with just 20 staff has answered a call from Hollywood movie-makers. Wyedean Weaving, based in Bridgehouse Mill, Haworth, has supplied all the 18th-century-style military trimmings for the costumes in the blockbuster film,
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Mohammed Asif Khan, 20, of Cecil Avenue, Great Horton; speeding, £350 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Michelle Matsuro, 29, of Woodgarth Gardens, Holme Wood; driving without due care and
A Bradford school wants to construct a perimeter fence and close a stretch of public footpath. Allerton Primary School, in Garforth Street, has submitted a planning application to Bradford Council. The school, which is graded as outstanding, wants
A village green working party is looking for more volunteers. Although Bradford Council cuts the grass, the Burley-in-Wharfedale working party helps keep the rest of the village’s green looking nice and tidy. It also looks after the small garden in
A pub building could be converted into a house under new proposals submitted to Bradford Council. The Copper Kettle, at the crossroads of Thornton Road and Brighouse and Denholme Road, in Denholme, is a detached Yorkshire stone building. The plan to
A brave teenager who was beaten and robbed by a female bully has urged other victims to find the courage to testify against their attackers. Alexandra Steel, 19, needed hospital treatment for serious cuts and bruises to her face after she was
Supermarket giant Tesco must pay Bradford Council more than £1m to build a controversial new store, it has emerged. In September Tesco won permission for a new shop in Mayfield Road, Ilkley, after Government planning inspector Harold Stephens overturned
A football course will kick-off in Bradford next week. The second round of the Council-run Striker 9 scheme will start on Tuesday at five Bradford leisure centres. The sessions will be open to any youngsters between the ages of five and 15, catering
At a farewell meal just over a month ago near Bingley, friends presented me with a small miniature bottle filled with “Finest English Rain” saying you won’t be getting much water where you are headed for. That destination was Ipswich, Queensland, with
HENRY’S CRIME (15, 107 mins) Two stars Starring Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Fisher Stevens, Judy Greer, Peter Stormare, Danny Hoch, Bill Duke Mundane life imitates high art in Malcolm Venville’s mediocre crime caper, which contrives
One of the largest employers in the Keighley area has submitted a formal application to redevelop part of its site for housing. Glusburn Holdings (Cirteq) has applied for permission to redevelop land to the side of Hayfields Mill on Colne Road, Glusburn
THE GREEN HORNET (12A, 118 mins) Two stars Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Gondry has steadfastly refused to compromise his creativity on the big
The boss of a specialist contracting firm is hoping that Britain’s pothole-ridden roads will keep his firm busy, despite local authority budgets being slashed. Jez Wright, managing director of Baildon-based Chris Wright Road Planing, says the state of
The search is on for inspirational young people from Bradford to be recognised for their achievements at a prestigious awards ceremony. Bradford Council is now accepting nominations for its fourth annual Young Citizen Awards, which will culminate with
CONVICTION (15, 107 mins) Three stars Starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Juliette Lewis, Peter Gallagher, Conor Donovan, Owen Campbell, Clea DuVall Few modern actresses embody working-class pluck on screen as
Bradford’s newest big-screen star Aqib Khan has taken centre stage to introduce his first major film at the National Media Museum. The 16-year-old welcomed guests to an exclusive, free screening of West Is West in which he plays bullied Pakistani
Earlier this month we ran an appeal for a four-legged cast member for Buttershaw St Paul’s AODS’s production of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. We’re now pleased to report that the society has found a suitable canine to appear alongside
It’s panto time in Keighley! And, oh no I’m not going to write ‘Oh yes it is’. Darn it, I just did. Keighley Amateurs present Red Riding Hood, and spokesman David Brett says it’s very much a traditional panto production. “Our Red Riding Hood is very
International dance sensation Spirit Of The Dance returns to Bradford this spring. The hit show – one of the most successful to come out of Ireland – has been seen by more than 25 million people in 15 countries around the world. The explosive, high-energy
We arrived amid a throng in the neon-twinkling entertainment venue that is Hollywood Bowl. It wasn’t long after Christmas and the festivities were still in full swing. Judging by the queue for bowling shoes snaking round the reception area,
I often stare into space. Unfortunately, not only when it’s dark and I’m out in the open, when you can get away with it more easily. I often do it in Tesco, crashing into others while not properly in control of my trolley. For the purpose of this column
The noise was shocking – an industrial blast, hinting at great pressure, size and force. I spun round to catch the sound’s source, but all that remained was a boat-sized patch of calm in the lolling swell – the whale’s watery footprint.
The Government is eager for us to do it – but for many people, saving money is a luxury they can’t afford. Tax-free savings were introduced to encourage people to put more money aside, but the impact of the recession has left many struggling to save
25 years ago: A move to spend £100,000 improving car-parking in Bradford was unlikely to solve the city’s parking problems, said the district’s bosses. 50 years ago: Six Bradford policemen were expecting a windfall. They had claimed 23 points
Last week we presented in the Telegraph & Argus the case of a career criminal who had racked up almost 600 offences over a 50-year career... but still managed to avoid jail when in court for the latest crimes. Compare that with the case
The gentle breeze across my cabin balcony came rustling through the elegant greenery of New York’s Central Park as we were cruising south from Florida and towards the Caribbean. It wasn’t the first time I had to suspend my powers of disbelief
Dinner For Schmucks (Cert 12, 109 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment) Starring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Kristen Schaal, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams, Stephanie Szostak, Lucy Punch, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement *** Jay Roach’s English language
Kate Rusby – Make The Light (Pure Records)*** Kate Rusby is the angel of the contemporary English folk music scene. It is almost impossible for her to do any wrong. Following on from her last CD of Yorkshire carols, this is her first album made up entirely
The right to appeal is one that is enshrined in the law of the land and has been used many times to overturn miscarriages of justice and over-zealous sentences. It is an essential watchdog over the courts and is one of the many reasons that
SIR – Re the accident in Kirkgate, Shipley, on December 22, I write to thank all the very kind people who helped me when I was knocked down and taken to hospital, not forgetting the shopkeeper who took me in and put up with all the trauma until the ambulance
SIR – I refer to the recent letter from Thomas Driver (T&A, January 4) and am inclined to follow his suspicion regarding The X Factor and the realisation that the actual performers themselves are being dwarfed by all the drama and financial intrigue which
SIR – According to our Strategic Director of Regeneration: “People are the greatest asset of any place, and without their activity and engagement you have a ghost town.” So where are Bradford’s forgotten people? Perhaps a lot of them used to live
SIR – I am attempting to start some form of campaign to find out exactly what is happening with the destruction of Bradford and the shambolic way in which “redevelopment” is taking place. I have been in communication with my MP, Mr David Ward, for over
The Great Yorkshire Quiz Book (Country Books, £7.99) What weighs 8,000 tonnes and is 250ft high in Bradford? What did the JB stand for in JB Priestley? And in St Peter’s Church, Addingham, whose wood works can you see? These questions are among 1,000
A GP practice has submitted a planning application for a new surgery. The Moorside Surgery practice of Dr Van der Wert and partners is currently based at 1, Thornbridge Mews, Eccleshill, but the partners have said it is no longer big enough
25 years ago: Bradford could have a new £33 million hospital on the St Luke’s site, the Government decided. 50 years ago: in 1960, Bradford, had the healthiest year it had ever had, according to the provisional report on the year presented
SIR – So MPs Philip Davies and David Ward ‘claim’ they would like to lift the smoking ban for pubs and clubs? (T&A, January 10). Mr Davies might have the best of intentions, but I am willing to bet that ‘Millionaire Dave’ and his public school chums
Nah Then! by Ian Dewhirst, Dalesman, £9.99 "A woman ’at nivver finds fault is as scarce as a man who nivver committed one. Aw nivver met awther on em.’ This Yorkshire dialect quotation comes from the pages of a book packed to the gills with hundreds
By and large, old industrial machinery doesn’t do much for me. Not being brought up in a textile town, it’s not surprising that wool and worsted is not in my blood, as it were. The warp and weft of the lives of mill workers suits me more. As Gina Bridgeland
SIR – We are glad to read that Julian Smith MP raised the question of free bus travel in the House of Commons with Local Government Minister Eric Pickles (T&A, December 6), because North Yorkshire County Council has received £5 million less than
SIR – In reply to David Rhodes (T&A, January 11), having considered the matter in more depth, I refer to information published by Bradford District Safer Communities, the NHS and the Home Office. They say that one in four adults in the UK is drinking
A dog sits miserably in a flat while his owner ignores him, preferring to spend time playing video games. And a cat finds herself ignored when a baby comes along. The only solace the two pets have is the soothing sound of the music played from the apartment
SIR – I sometimes wonder why governments say one thing and do the opposite. They go on about family life and how good it is, then destroy it when they feel like it. I am sure they think we are a silly bunch and don’t know what is happening. As I am
Jodie Prenger won plaudits for playing tragic, lovelorn Nancy in the West End revival of the musical Oliver! – but behind the scenes, her own romantic life was just as troubled. While her career was blossoming – she was the public’s choice for the role
Peter Taylor admits City have no time for moping over their latest dose of misery. The Bantams slipped back into the bottom half of League Two following Saturday’s 2-1 setback at Oxford. But they are on their travels again this morning, heading back
Table tennis coach John Ainley is living proof that sport can help in the battle against life-threatening illness. Mr Ainley, a coach at Haworth Hawks and Pudsey Table Tennis Centre, has defied medical predictions that he would never play
Bradford’s Poet Laureate has written a new verse which he will unveil as part of a day remembering the Holocaust. Gerard Benson has been commissioned by City Hall to pen the poem for Holocaust Memorial Day, on January 27, the date in 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau
Rebel scrum half Matt Orford is no longer a Bull. After four months of wrangling and rumour, the Aussie’s release was today confirmed, finally freeing him to sign for Canberra Raiders. The NRL club have not paid a fee to secure Orford
Gaming enthusiasts will have chance to play Call of Duty on a cinema screen at an event featuring new and retro computer games at Bradford Playhouse. Button Mash, running from midday to 2am on Saturday, February 5, will transform the Little
Oxford United 2, City 1 A visit to Britain’s oldest seat of learning provided a reminder of football’s most basic lesson for the bedraggled Bantams. In the city famed for its universities and academia, City were schooled by their hungry hosts – and
River levels teetered near bursting point last night and there were reports of motorists getting stuck in floodwater after heavy rain hit the district. The Environment Agency has put 27 flood warnings in place across the UK, including one at
Bradford actress Jennifer Metcalfe survived the dreaded skate-off to advance through a dramatic qualification round in her debut appearance on TV series Dancing on Ice tonight. Dressed in sparkling green, the 27-year-old of Holme Wood, who
