One of Bentham’s landmark buildings has been given a £1.8 million facelift and has reopened as an independent residential school. Cedar House School is located at the former grammar school site which had been empty for three years. The buildings, some
Super City ended the best record in the country to claim their second away win of the season this afternoon. Torquay had won seven in a row - and not conceded a goal at home for three months. But City turned the tables magnificently, just as they had
Organisations and the public are being given six weeks to comment on changes to a plan aimed at increasing the amount of affordable housing in the Dales. Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority voted on Tuesday to accept a number of changes
A bus company that operates services between Bradford and the Spen Valley has invested £8m in 43 new buses. Arriva Yorkshire unveiled the new vehicles at a special launch event at Temple Newsam House with the help of 60 school children who had applied
A free session at Keighley’s Central Hall will help voluntary groups get funding to help bring together people of different faiths. The Near Neighbours Fund offers grants of £250 to £5,000 to create “first encounters” between people from different backgrounds
A celebration of the humble spud is taking place in Saltaire today. West Yorkshire Organic Group is holding its annual Potato Day at the exhibition hall, introducing visitors to more than 40 varieties. They include some from the Savari Trust in Wales
Skipper Michael Flynn was picked for his first start since his serious stomach illness as City made three changes for the visit to form side Torquay. Flynn, who was on the bench against Port Vale, has not kicked a ball since the win at Southend on December
Keighley’s MP is backing a campaign spearheaded by Sir Richard Branson to give more support to promising entrepreneurs. Kris Hopkins met Sir Richard and representatives from the Virgin Media Pioneers programme to discuss the idea of turning the Student
At least four metal grates covering cellar windows have been stolen from outside houses in Beechcliffe in recent weeks. Police have delivered warning letters to householders and ask anyone seeing suspicious behaviour to ring the non-emergency 101 number
The Keighley branch of a national retailer is supporting a national campaign to help local jobseekers. The Cartridge World store in Cavendish Street is taking part in the ‘CV Sorted’ campaign and offering to print up to ten copies of CVs for unemployed
A Swedish bank with operations in Bradford and Ilkley achieved strong results last year. In the year to December 31 2011 the 140-year-old Handelsbanken revealed a 31 per cent increase in lending to UK individual and corporate customers, taking total
A group of young churchgoers in Keighley are collecting clothing for people in Ghana. Teenagers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Cross Roads, Keighley, are heavily involved in a range of community activities. The girls are collecting
A man has been given a £260 fine and banned from driving for 56 days after he was caught driving a quad bike with a small child on the handlebars. Officers from Tong and Wyke neighbourhood policing team spotted the pair. Neither the rider nor child were
Fears that budget cut proposals would hit vulnerable adults and the young unemployed hard have prompted Bradford Council’s ruling executive to make a number of changes to its initial plans. The Labour-run executive has now recommended a budget to the
Bradford charities will be given a boost as two residents take on sought-after work placements. It is part of the Vodafone Foundation’s UK World of Difference programme, which has seen 500 people across the UK selected to work for charities of their
Some of the best older runners from across Yorkshire will descend on Otley in March. About 200 runners aged over 35 are set to compete in the annual Yorkshire Veterans Grand Prix Race at 1pm on Sunday, March 4. Organised by the Yorkshire Veterans Athletics
Phil Parkinson woke up this week as the longest-serving league manager in West Yorkshire. I doubt there was a gold alarm clock to mark the achievement. In fact, the City chief is currently the only serving manager in the vicinity … Who
Just imagine if Nick Hornby was a Bradford City fan. If the author of the ground-breaking Fever Pitch hailed from north Yorkshire rather than north London. If the climax of the book was not a title-winning triumph at Anfield but a third relegation with
A 24-year-old man, accused of a street murder in Keighley, has appeared in Court. Duane Bellamy, of Braithwaite Drive, Braithwaite, Keighley, faced Bradford magistrates today. He was charged with murdering 44-year-old Jason Seed on February
A 21-year-old man failed to pay for a taxi ride after going into a house and falling asleep, Skipton magistrates heard yesterday. Frederick Smith got a taxi to take him to Hall Street, Cross Hills, on December 23, but failed to pay the £10 charge, the
Alison Ferris will be fulfiling a long-held ambition when she completes her first parachute jump next Saturday, February 25. The adrenaline-fuelled leap is all in a good cause as the 23-year-old is hoping to raise £500 for Children’s Liver
MP Greg Mulholland has called on the Government to tackle “excessive” rises in energy costs which may be putting lives at risk. Mr Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) has submitted a Parliamentary motion which cites the link between soaring heating
More horses and riders will be making their way to the Yorkshire Dales National Park – thanks to the Millennium Trust-funded Ride The Dales project. Project managers Ride Yorkshire hosted a meeting in Grassington Town Hall earlier this month, which was
So much for romantic endings then. The stage was set for Thierry Henry to wave arriverderci to Arsenal with a glorious swansong at the San Siro. Instead he was left an embarrassed spectator; trumped, like his sorry team-mates, by the
by Jenny Loweth T&A Reporter A “nuisance” pensioner whose dog bit a police community support officer at Bradford Interchange has been given a five-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order and told by a judge she is not getting her pet back. Catherine Hull
A man on trial accused of helping to clean up a bloodstained murder scene suffered from memory loss after long-standing abuse of drugs and alcohol, a jury was told. Mohammed Iqbal Mazar would not be giving evidence in his defence from the witness box
No new on-street parking charges will be introduced in Keighley, Ilkley, Bingley or Shipley for at least two years, the leader of Bradford Council has pledged. Councillor Ian Greenwood made the commitment when recommending the ruling Labour
A grieving mother is hoping a public appeal to trace her dead son’s missing car might shed more light on the tragedy. Elizabeth Lennon says she will never be able to come to terms with her son’s sudden death unless the mystery of who took his
A pub landlord has hit out at “wasted public money” after winning a battle against his conviction for illegally screening Premier League football matches using a European TV decoder. Licensee Eddie Geater and manager Angela Briscoe were facing fines
We’re looking for the young guns in local business to enter our Telegraph & Argus Bradford Means Business Awards 2012. We’re accepting entries now for this year’s awards at the dedicated section of our website, telegraphandargus.co.uk/bradfordmeansbusiness
An author due to visit Bradford today has called for rights for children abandoned by their parents. Alison Taft decided to use a family tracing service to track down her father after he left her the day she was born. She has since written a novel after
Two sisters who suffered more than a decade of sexual abuse at the hands of their paedophile father said “justice had been done” after appeal court judges doubled his prison sentence. The 70-year-old Bradford lorry driver, who cannot be named to protect
A new visitor information centre for Bradford has been opened. The centre has moved from City Hall to premises in Broadway which used to house the young people’s information shop. Following a £70,000 revamp, including new windows, the centre was opened
A poem carved into Ilkley Moor rocks, playground games in Lister Park and street corner dance routines in Bradford city centre are part of an ambitious cultural project celebrating the 2012 London Olympics. More than 50 events encompassing music, dance
An exhibition exploring our fascination with movement is opening in Bradford as part of a contribution to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. In The Blink Of An Eye: Media And Movement looks at movement and the desire to capture it through photography
A defiant businessman, who needed plastic surgery after he was slashed by masked armed robbers, last night told of his anger at having his “hard-earned” money stolen from him. Haroon Pandor, 45, swore and fought with the masked raiders in a
Paramedics and police have joined forces to provide rapid response for alcohol-fuelled revellers and victims of drunken violence, in the first pilot scheme of its kind in Bradford. An officer in Bradford City Ward Neighbourhood policing team and a paramedic
Highways chiefs at Bradford Council have been accused of wasting more than £116,000 of taxpayers’ money by installing an “expensive toy” at a danger junction. Road safety campaigner Ian Lyons said he was “disgusted and surprised” that a high
City would love to find another Omar Daley this summer. The Jamaican left Valley Parade last year to hook back up with Stuart McCall at Motherwell. Daley claimed he had been offered a new deal to stay but it was then withdrawn by Peter
Mick Potter has warned Wigan that confidence among his players is sky-high as the Bulls bid to cause a major upset tomorrow. Potter’s men kick-started their campaign in stirring fashion at Castleford last weekend, repelling wave after wave
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: City centre: change of use from A1 (book shop) to A3/A5 (cafe/ takeaway), The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 14 North Parade. Denholme: demolition of existing
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Zacarie Johnson, aged 20, of Gondal Court, Little Horton; failure to stop at a red light, £45 fine, £15 costs, licence endorsed. Alistair Leake, aged 30, of Greenland Villas, Queensbury
Luke Gale admits the Bulls must raise their game again on Saturday as they seek to claim their first home win of the season. Wigan are the visitors to Odsal and Mick Potter’s team have a mountainous task on their hands to stop the likes of Sam Tomkins
