Leeds United 1 Birmingham City 4 Nikola Zigic scored all four goals as Birmingham cranked up the pressure on their npower Championship promotion rivals with a sixth straight win. The beanpole Serbian striker cancelled out Leeds striker Ross McCormack
Leeds defender Andy O’Brien will receive the club’s full support as he bids to win back his first-team place after receiving treatment for depression. Manager Simon Grayson declared O’Brien had no future at Elland Road after the centre-half refused to
Police have named a 33-year-old man found dead at his home in Bradford. The body of Robert Lennon was discovered on Saturday at a property in Wilson Road, Wyke. Police cordoned off a row of back-to-back houses on the street after the
Police arrested five men and seized four high-value cars in a swoop on garages to combat a suspected £500,000 vehicle fraud. Officers from West Yorkshire Police’s Economic Crime Unit, together with West Yorkshire Trading Standards, executed
Members of the legendary Harlem Globetrotters visited Odsal yesterday for the first time since the team played at the stadium more than 50 years ago. Stars Flip Atkins and Blend Rodriguez showed off some of their amazing basketball skills to
Running Log Stainland Lions turned the screw on their West Yorkshire Winter League rivals as a strong all-round performance in the penultimate race left them in the driving seat. Victory in all three categories (male, female and veterans) on the day
Queensbury missed the chance to reach the PENNINE PRESIDENT’S CUP quarter-finals as they were edged out 20-16 by Darren McNulty’s hat-trick of tries at Keighley. A difficult first half left Premier Division outfit Queensbury with a mountain to climb
Phil Jaques is set to play for Yorkshire as a non-overseas player in 2012 and 2013 after retiring from state cricket in Australia. The 32-year-old opening batsman has a UK passport due to being born to British parents, which means he can relinquish
Police in Craven are issuing a warning to travelling criminals to keep out of the area. The warning follows the arrest of three men, aged 44, 45 and 47, from Bolton, on suspicion of stealing bottles of spirits from the Co-op store in Settle on Sunday
The West Riding Youth League are looking to attract more teams ahead of their switch to summer rugby. The current season has now finished but the new campaign will begin in March and run through to November. The League have run a non-competitive format
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Mohammed Zahoor, aged 32, of Palin Avenue, Bradford Moor; speeding, £70 fine, £165 costs, licence endorsed. Robert Anthony Nettleton, aged 42, of West Bank Rise, Braithwaite, Keighley
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft were in operation over the skies of Yorkshire last week as part of the continuing training exercises in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games. In the latest familiarisation drill, aimed at ensuring the British
North Yorkshire Police are urging shooting enthusiasts to take care. The advice follows two accidental shootings at organised shoots in the county in the past week. In one, a 46-year-old man was struck in the face by a number of pellets and, in the
Members of the community are being urged to get involved in a four-year project aimed at improving the quality of the upper reaches of the River Wharfe. The Upper Wharfe River Restoration Project will see a number of restoration schemes carried
Whetley Lane Vets had to come from behind to inflict a first defeat on group winners Wortley and reach the semi-finals of the West Riding County Vets Cup. Former Burnley player Nigel Smith equalised with a superb strike from the edge of the box, with
Entry deadline for the Gordon Bowers Under-Nines Eight-A-Side Competition is today. Interested teams should ring Tom Priestley on 01274-872942.
Trevor Coe has been elected as vice-chairman of the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket Association, despite opposition from the league’s executive committee. The annual meeting at Cononley Sports Club became quite heated immediately before the vote took place
A Skipton man was urged to make friends with his neighbour after a parking dispute cost him £200. John Hawkins, 28, stood on his neighbour’s driveway in Consort Street, shouted abuse and threatened to damage his car, Skipton magistrates heard on Friday
Luke O'Brien's move to Exeter City has been officially confirmed. Halifax-born O'Brien ended a 15-year connection with the Bantams by signing a short term deal with the Devon club until the end of the season. City agreed to cancel his
February may only just have started but Bradford Park Avenue Eagles are a mere point away from securing the Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League Under-11 A Division title. They maintained their 100 per cent record by defeating Bradford Park
DANCE: Beginner line dancers continue to have fun and exercise at 10am for an hour every Wednesday at the Memorial Hall. Contact Trish on 01274 566848 to find out more. DATES: The Eldwick calendar for 2012 includes Eldwick Scouts and Guides Fun Run on
CHURCH: There will be 10.30am services at the Methodist churches in and around the Great Horton area on Sunday, when occupying the various pulpits are: Clayton, Rosie Watson; Clayton Heights, Richard Sheard; Cooperville & Buttershaw, the Reverend R Smith
SEE AND KNOW: This is a parent and toddler and baby group held every Thursday from 10am to 11.30am at Sunbridge Road mission. The group has a baby room and a toddler room with plenty of activities and a chance for parents to chat whilst there youngsters
LUNCH CLUB: A new lunch club is being held at the Mayfield Centre on a Wednesday at 12.30pm with a two-course meal costing £2. There is also a Chit-Chat club for mature ladies on Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm with tea, biscuits and a chat or activity for
COMMUNITY: Denholme Community Association is holding a barn dance in the main hall at the Mechanics Institute on Saturday, February 11, from 7.30pm to 10pm. Tickets are available from the post office and from the Mechanics Institute from 10am to noon
WORSHIP: Each Wednesday at St Andrew’s at 7.30pm there is a different preacher and once a month there will be a communion service led by a Minister from the Bradford North Circuit. ST JOHN’S: We have regular events throughout the week. On Tuesday evenings
PANTO: The New Community Arts Academy based in Eccleshill is performing the Pantomime Mother Goose starting tonight and continuing to Sunday at Victoria Hall. For tickets telephone (01274) 618148. CENTRE: Eccleshill Youth & Community Association (Eccleshill
A barrister has continued to practise at Bradford Crown Court as he waits to be jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from his own chambers in Manchester. One MP has pledged to raise the case of David Friesner in Parliament. Friesner
A takeaway restaurant boss accused of running a £400,000 network of cannabis factories in the region has returned to China for the funeral of his father, after giving evidence in his trial. Hoang Ming Yeung, 36, who has denied conspiracy to
A Bradford mum whose asthmatic son fell ill after not getting access to an inhaler is backing a charity’s campaign to cut red tape at schools. Shakeela Riaz said her son, Salis, seven, had an asthma attack at school, after which he was able to use his
Almost 130 parents have been prosecuted in Bradford for allowing their children to skip school with nearly a quarter of them living in the BD5 postcode area, latest figures show. A total of 127 prosecutions and 162 penalty notices were issued in 2010
Mecca bingo owner Rank has confirmed talks over a deal with rival Gala Coral, which would create the UK’s biggest casino chain, including a Gala Casino at Bradford’s Leisure Exchange. The deal could be worth £250 million, but Rank said no terms have
A teenager was injured in a hit-and-run incident on a busy Keighley road. Police said the young woman, was taken to Airedale Hospital with a fractured ankle after the collision, in North Street, close to its junction with Mornington Street. He described
Three teenage girls were left in a “distressed and shocked” state after intruders barged into their house and stole jewellery. The girls fled into a different part of the house and hid in another room while the three men searched through belongings.
Clayton Gospel Hall have postponed their Thursday ‘Stay and Play’ session for parents and toddlers until after Easter because of the bad weather and the absence one of the leaders. The two children’s groups on Wednesdays are continuing every week during
A man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a motorist fled the scene of an accident. Four people in a Mitsubishi pick-up were trapped following the crash, in Dalton Lane, Keighley, at 3pm on Sunday. All four were taken to hospital
Youngsters in Bradford are being urged to take part in this year’s Sport Relief campaign on Friday, March 23. Schools and early years groups in the region raised more than £220,000 for the cause in 2010, with £4.3 million collected across the country
A health sector worker in West Yorkshire has become the new Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber. Rebecca Taylor, 36, of Todmorden, agreed to take up the post following the resignation of Diana Wallis. She went to university in Sheffield
Arsonists are believed to be responsible for setting a car on fire at the end of a track in Bradford. Odsal firefighters were called to Whitehall Road, Wyke, at about 2am yesterday. A West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said a Renault was discovered
Philip Davies has signed up to a campaign calling for an EU referendum. The Shipley MP is one of 64 cross-party MPs who have signed the People's Pledge, calling for the public to have a say on Britain’s membership in Europe. The group announced yesterday
Parents and pre-school children will create a mural for the exterior of a Bracken Bank community centre. Professional artists will spend 12 weeks working with members of a parent and toddler group at the Sue Belcher Centre with the aim of enabling people
A drama group will recruit new members in March after performing its latest show. Youth theatre KYDZ will host workshops designed to be fun as well as showcasing young people’s potential. The evenings will be held following performances of Willy Russell
The mirror pool at City Park will be drained this week as part of the final scheduled testing on site before the grand opening in March. A Bradford Council spokesman said: “There will be a complete assessment of the storage tank, water system and mirror
More than 4,600 families living in “oversized” social housing across the Bradford district are set to be hit by Government plans to tackle under-occupancy. Ministers want to tackle the problem and reduce the housing benefits collected by tenants of council
A 16-year-old boy was robbed of his mobile phone while he was walking home from school. The boy was with a friend in Ings Grove Park, Mirfield, when they were approached by a man who asked to borrow his phone. The 16-year-old said he did not have any
Anti-social behaviour near a newsagents shop was one of the main talking points during a public meeting. People at a Drighlington Police and Community Together meeting said groups of youths were again congregating outside Kian News on Wakefield Road
A recent T&A article about the award of the Order of Merit to Bradford artist David Hockney prompted Shipley reader Nick Buck to revisit another newspaper article published 50 years ago. “I was intrigued to find that 50 years ago it was David’s father
Anyone remember the days of the ‘lean to’ at Heaton’s historic Fountain Inn? A recent report on the old pub sparked fond memories for Marje Wilson, who worked behind the bar in the 1970s. The T&A recently reported that locals feared for future of the
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Cert 15, 122 mins, Studio Canal). Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, David Dencik, Ciaran Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke **** Control (Hurt), the chief of a 1970s British
Django Django – Django, Django (Because Music) ***** Before you even start to think of musical connections with this new-on-the-scene band, Django Django, and the well-respected jazz musician, Django Reinhardt, let me reassure you that the name is the
Jeanne Kalogridis – The Devil’s Queen (Harper Collins, £7.99) **** As a girl Catherine is in danger. Having survived, being from the influential De Medici dynasty, she is married young to Prince Henry to strengthen political ties between France and the
Gorgeous Rainbow by Zohra Jabeen Pyjama Press, £6.50 There is something about a rainbow that makes us stop in our tracks and point like fascinated children. In her debut children’s book Gorgeous Rainbow, Bradford mum Zohra Jabeen has added
A drunken father who seized his 13-year-old son by the scruff of the neck and banged his head repeatedly against a wall has been spared a jail sentence. The Keighley man, who cannot be named to protect the boy’s identity, pleaded guilty to causing him
More than 4,600 families living in “oversized” social housing across the Bradford district are set to be hit by Government plans to tackle under-occupancy. Ministers want to tackle the problem and reduce the housing benefits of tenants of council or
A woman whose phone containing the last pictures of her dead brother was stolen just before Christmas is organising a Zumbathon to raise money for a memorial bench in his memory. Nathan Brotherhead, 21, who had special needs, died on December 15 after
This year’s mild winter may lead to reduced fruit crops this autumn with a subsequent rise in prices, according to the Royal Horticultural Society. Most hardy fruit plants need a period of chilling during winter to encourage flowering. Without this cold
Hunched and pale, caps pulled down and Woodbines lit, they come pouring through mill gates flanked by smoking towers shrouded in fog. Look closely enough at LS Lowry’s ‘matchstick men’ and you can almost hear the clattering of their boots and the mill
A company that runs two of Bradford’s biggest car parks has conducted a survey which found women are better at parking than men, contrary to popular belief. Stereotyped views about women’s spatial skills should be put into reverse gear, it
Most people in Bradford will be on at least nodding terms with Frederick Delius – after all, the district has a pub, a school, an arts centre and a sculpture named for him. But world-renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is on a mission to get
When Adele Wilkin and her sisters Jeanette and Claire glimpsed the Taj Mahal after cycling 300 miles across India, they knew their mum would have been proud. “We all cried and said that she was with us and had been leading the way,” says Adele
A 16-year-old boy was robbed of his mobile phone while he was walking home from school. The boy was with a friend in Ings Grove Park, Mirfield, when they were approached by a man who asked to borrow his phone. The 16-year-old said he did not have any
A drama group will recruit new members in March after performing its latest show. Youth theatre KYDZ will host workshops designed to be fun as well as showcasing young people’s potential. The evenings will be held following performances of Willy Russell
Bradford Council is to switch to a national scheme which gives ratings to premises selling food, building on the success of the Score on the Doors website. The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme has been developed by the Food Standards Agency in partnership
The best thing about City’s recent home games has been the tempo of the side. Football is a game of opposites. When you go to away grounds, the manager will tell the team the first job is to quieten the home fans. But at home, you go
I hold my hand up to indulging in downmarket telly, but even I can’t stomach the ‘dramality’ shows seeping through the schedules like a toxic oil spill. As well as the Bafta-winning (yes, really) The Only Way Is Essex, there’s Geordie Shore, Made In
SIR – Well done to Tony Homyer and the staff at Unique Voices, Baildon. This year’s production The Pied Piper Of Baildon was wonderful entertainment. How nice to see the pupils of Glenaire Primary School (Year 6) participating in the production. S Briggs
SIR – May I ask politicians and journalists not to overwork the little word “reform”? A “reform” is a change for the better. Most new measures announced as “reforms” these days are changes for the worse. You can get away with anything if you call it
SIR – I commend Phil Lightbody’s eagle-eyed work (Letters, January 26) in spotting my job title had been incorrectly given as ‘visitation economy manager’ in a story about the launch of the new district visitor guide. As the visitor economy manager I
SIR – It is reported in the T&A (January 25) that the Bradford City Hall bill for pensions last year was a massive £35m. It went on to say that this included 54 councillors, the seventh largest number in the country. I had always understood that councillors
25 years ago: Demonstrators massed in Bradford today to protest at a march by far right organisation the British National Party. 50 years ago: Low Mill Lane Social Club, Keighley, has undergone a transformation, the bulk of which, costing £4,500, was
SIR – The concreting-over of Holme and Tong is far too important to leave to councillors. It should at least go to a committee for a full and frank discussion from both sides. Not only is Holme and Tong greenbelt land, it is agricultural land once used
A talk entitled The Summer of 1934 as reported in the Telegraph & Argus will be given to members of Bingley & District Local History Society. There will be a charge of £1.50 including tea or coffee to attend the talk, which will be given by Stanley King
SIR – It is plain to see why this country is in a mess. One trillion pounds in debt, two-and-a-half million out of work, 318,000 of them are European, claiming benefits, but voters are to blame. You voted for Cons, Lab, Lib. The only way to change this
SIR – We, the people of Bradford, paid out £689 million in 2011 to buy almost all our energy from outside the district. Yet we could make our own electricity and pay £689 million to ourselves. And what is our major renewable resource? Wind. Far from
Bucking negative industry trading trends in a volatile market has enabled a Bradford timber business to create new jobs and set ambitious targets for 2012. C R Taylor, based in Denholme, with a depot in Thornton Road, Bradford, is looking to double sales
Bradford actress Natalie Gavin stars in a new television drama about a group of women struggling to cope with their men behind bars. Natalie, who got her break playing Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar in a film about her life, is in Prisoners’ Wives
Crawley’s visit to Valley Parade on Saturday will be like a cup final for City. Forget it that they are in their first year in the Football League. Crawley are the big spenders of the league and have been the favourites to go up from the start
'Police welcome cut in alcohol crimes.’ The headline – one of a number that appeared in the Telegraph & Argus – hailed the reduction in reports of alcohol-related crime following a crackdown on street drinkers. The success of that purge through the
A 24-year-old Bradford man has gone on trial at Bradford Crown Court, accused of offences of violence against a 15-year-old boy who was attacked with a baseball bat and a knife. Shakil Miah, formerly of Burnsall Road, Barkerend, but now of Stoke-on-Trent
I recently went with the RIASA team to Amsterdam for a game against the Ajax youth team. Obviously it was for football purposes only – we were told the sales were on but didn’t have any time for window shopping! The American academy
A group of students who got their teeth into a healthy eating project have been nominated for a Young Citizen Award. The School Council group at Dixons City Academy came up with the idea for a community project to promote healthy eating among homeless
The news that more than 4,600 families in the Bradford district are living in social housing or accommodation that is considered over-sized adds yet more weight to the argument against building on our green fields. The figures, revealed by the National
A former youth worker and children’s entertainer, who was jailed four years ago for child porn offences, has admitted breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order imposed at the time. Robert Potter, 33, formerly of Little Horton Lane, Bradford, but now
Jamie Langley is confident of being passed fit for this weekend’s Super League opener against Catalan Dragons after being KO’d by Lee Radford on Sunday. The former Bulls team-mates clashed heads during the early exchanges of Radford’s testimonial
A jury has been sworn in at Bradford Crown Court for a double murder trial. The 12 jurors were selected yesterday for a trial involving the deaths of Muhammed Imran and Ahmedin Khyel, whose bodies were found dumped by a Bradford road. In the dock were
Councillors in Keighley are set to approve a rise in council tax to sustain support to local organisations against a backdrop of public sector spending cuts. Keighley town councillors are due to vote on proposals to increase its share of council tax
A mother whose son was molested by a paedophile who acted as his football ‘coach’ told last night of the devastating effect the abuse has had on her youngster’s life. The mother-of-three was left horrified when her young son, assaulted when he was ten
Luke O’Brien is set to join Exeter after his protracted transfer saga headed for a deadline-day conclusion. The full back will have a medical at St James’ Park this morning after travelling down last night. Exeter are expected to take
Celebrity chef Dean Edwards cooked up a tasty treat for a Bradford family as part of a competition prize. Julie Beddow, 50, had nominated her nine-year-old daughter Freya, a budding chef, in the Sunday Lunch Heroes competition, which was launched by
More than 4,600 families living in “oversized” social housing across the Bradford district are set to be hit by Government plans to tackle under-occupancy. Ministers want to tackle the problem and reduce the housing benefits collected by tenants of council
