Yorkshire Water is spending £420,000 over the next six months to help reduce the risk of sewage flooding homes in Micklethwaite, near Bingley. Work was scheduled to start today to install a large underground storage pipe capable of holding about 150,000
Bradford Park Avenue 2, FC United of Manchester 5 FC United of Manchester maintained their recent domination over Evo-Stik League rivals Bradford Park Avenue as they cruised to a comfortable Premier Division win at Horsfall Stadium. Avenue
BRIGHOUSE TOWN won the big Northern Counties East League derby at the Dual Seal Stadium but they did not have it all their own way against ten-man THACKLEY. The home side edged a tense Premier Division encounter 2-0 after a goalless first half, during
Farsley AFC 2, Garforth Town 3 Farsley suffered a home defeat in their first Evo-Stik League fixture of 2012 as a late Paul Walker goal secured all three points from a full-blooded Division One North derby at Throstle Nest. The game was in the balance
“I was down in the boiler room where I was a stoker and I’ll always remember the captain over the tannoy saying he was sorry, but we would not be picking up any survivors,” Mr Stirk recalled. “I still think of them, especially at this time of year. I
A total of £2,800 was raised for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and Breakthrough Breast Cancer by a charity rugby match. The game at Otley Rugby Union Football Club, which attracted 400 spectators, was held in memory of East Morton pilot Oliver
Leeds boss Simon Grayson watched his side end a horror run of form with a dramatic win over Burnley and declared: “We can achieve anything”. Three successive defeats as part of a four-game winless run had seen 42-year-old Grayson, who is carrying
Shipley firefighters were called out to a blaze in which a BMW car was destroyed early yesterday. The car was parked outside the owner’s friend’s house on Glenwood Avenue, Baildon, when the fire started at 2.55am. The owner was at the scene and contacted
Businesses in Shipley fear the town centre could become overrun with betting shops – damaging retail – if a national bookmakers is allowed to open in an empty shop. Coral Racing Limited has appealed against a decision refusing planning permission to
City let in three goals in 11 minutes to crash to defeat against Rotherham this afternoon. They conceded more in a dreadful second-half spell than in the previous five league games as the unbeaten run came to an abrupt end. The first
Pudsey-based vehicle recovery company Green Flag is bracing itself for its busiest day of the year tomorrow. Research has shown that January 3 is the most likely day for breakdowns, and Green Flag is expecting to be 50 per cent busier than
Simon Ramsden suffered a broken toe in the Shrewsbury win and missed today's trip to Rotherham. Ramsden was injured in the crunching late challenge from Joe Jacobson, which earned the opposing full back a yellow - not red - card. Ramsden's absence meant
A cricket club is hoping to retrieve some of the irreplaceable trophies that burglars stole from its prize cabinet. Police have told Idle Cricket Club that at least seven of the stolen trophies have been recovered and are ready to be reclaimed
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Milan Balog, aged 21, of St Leonard’s Road, Girlington; driving without insurance, £610 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Driving without a licence, no separate penalty. Robert Hreha, aged
A hostel for the homeless in Bradford will close this year. Lawley House, the Salvation Army’s Lifehouse in Leeds Road, is being decommissioned in May. Bradford Council chiefs have decided not to renew a contract for the Salvation Army to provide its
Bosses at Leeds-Bradford Airport are hoping they can hit new heights this year with a breakthrough in passenger numbers. They expect to break the three million passengers a year barrier during the next few months, to kickstart a successful 2012. And
Police are probing the cause of a fierce blaze that destroyed a Bradford curry house. The fire engulfed the ground and first floors of the Taza Grill in Great Horton Road. Detectives are investigating whether there had been an arson attack.
Bradford City 3 Shrewsbury 1 Maybe 2011 wasn’t quite that bad after all. Turn the clock back a month or so and we couldn’t wait to wave off the old year with a two-fingered salute. It was 12 months of misery, muddling and mainly murmurs of discontent
The Telegraph & Argus asked Bradford’s MPs and the group leaders of the Council’s main political groups for their views of what 2012 will bring. Not surprisingly the country’s continued economic troubles and the impact it will have on their constituents
Bradford-born composer Frederick Delius will feature along with the Queen, Charles Dickens and code-breaker Alan Turing in a series of special-issue Royal Mail stamps this year. Delius, born on January 29, 1862, at 1-3 Claremont, Great Horton
Phil Parkinson insisted City “owed it” to David Syers to appeal his red card from the 3-1 home win over Shrewsbury. The midfielder is allowed to feature against Rotherham at the Don Valley this afternoon. And Parkinson is confident they
Bulls chairman Peter Hood believes the time to judge Mick Potter’s reign will come midway through 2012. Potter endured a tough first season as Bradford head coach as the club finished tenth in Super League and missed out on the play-offs for
A Neighbourhood Policing Team in Bradford is using its Facebook page to urge people to make New Year’s resolutions to combat crime. Officers in the Horton NPT have also been posting postcards through doors in the Scholemoor, Great Horton and Lidget Green
Bradford Council has slashed some sickness levels by 95 per cent, as it was revealed that 470,929 days have been lost to absence since 2008. Figures released to the Telegraph & Argus under the Freedom of Information Act showed that staff called
