More than 60 homes were evacuated this afternoon and a 200-metre cordon put in place after fears that a flammable gas cylinder might explode. Firefighters, called to a domestic garage fire at 4.15pm on Woodhall Terrace, Thornbury, spotted the acetylene
A season already badly affected by a severe winter is ending with fixture congestion as it turns into a damp squib. Albion Sports should have played their final game tonight and Northern Counties East Division One rivals Eccleshill were due to complete
Bradford hockey club 2nds won the Yorkshire League Cup C final following a 5-2 success over Barnsley 1sts. A Barnsley counter-attack led to them opening the scoring but Bradford equalised five minutes later through Martin Wright with a neat finish
Reigning Bradford Scratch League champions Hollins Hall have made a shock withdrawal on the eve of the new season. Having claimed the title for the first time in their 13-year history last year, the Marriott club has pulled out due to a shortage
In the final week of the Bradford Table Tennis League season, promotion and relegation issues were decided in Division Two and there was an exciting finish in the Tony Theobould Trophy semi-final. Unity B secured the runners-up spot after beating Hermits
Yorkshire's under-13 girls' team of Kate Nixon and Ffion Myers, who were playing together for the first time, reached the play-off final in the National Ten Regional Team Championships at Doncaster Dome. Kate, from Ilkley Grammar School, and Ffion, from
Horsforth’s Tim Street grabbed victory at the weekend’s middle distance orienteering race at Calverley Woods. He won by the clear margin of over two minutes from Baildon’s Steve Watkins on the longest course of the day, the 5.1km black course. South
Right on Cue Bradford No 1's snooker players saw their YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT LEAGUE season tail off in disappointing fashion after letting a 3-0 lead slip against Harrogate to draw 3-3 at Undercliffe Cricket Club. Second-placed Bradford took on
Campion missed out on a place in the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup semi-finals as they lost 2-1 to Bay Athletic. Bay had Brighton Mugadza and Callum Hall on target to cancel out Ben O’Melia’s opener as the Huddersfield side
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Yorkshire tomorrow with thundery downpours and hail expected. The heaviest rain will be accompanied by strong and gusty winds and people are being warned that the downpours could lead to some flooding
Armed police and the West Yorkshire Police helicopter were called out to Heckmondwike today after a motorist was threatened with a shotgun. The victim had his car rammed by another vehicle in White Lee Road before being threatened with the
Leeds United defender Tom Lees will undergo surgery this summer to repair damage to his nose which he has repeatedly broken this season. The 21-year-old, who has made 44 appearances for the whites during his breakthrough season, suffered
Quest Taekwondo won two sparring gold medals, three silvers and five bronzes in the Nottingham Cup at the Wildcats Stadium. Competitors were grouped by gender, age, weight and belt grade, and over 40 clubs from the United Kingdom and abroad
East Bierley’s Jackie Barraclough has been drawn against Airlie Dyson (Batchworth Park) in tomorrow's second-flight knockout last 16 at the English Women’s Senior Championship at Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire. Barraclough shot 81 in the first
Organisers of a 136-year-old gala have revealed it will not include a traditional parade this year – and are urging people to help secure its future. This summer’s Keighley Gala will go ahead but without the floats seen in previous years, said Brian
A ten-year project involving offenders safeguarding the future of the honey bee has been highly commended in a national awards scheme. Ten offenders from North and West Yorkshire Probation Trusts have been working with members of the Wharfedale Beekeepers
The centenary of a Bradford allotment will be celebrated with an open day on Saturday from 2pm to 5pm. Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Val Slater will open the event at Moorside Allotments, Harrogate Road, Eccleshill , which will also mark the
An avid Bradford Bulls supporter is preparing to walk 120 miles in support of the ailing Super League club. James Olsen, who has Downs Syndrome, will trek from his home town of Whitley Bay to Odsal Stadium, aiming to arrive on Saturday, May 26, in time
Big-hearted pupils at a Bingley school are jumping for joy in their latest fundraiser. Youngsters at Lady Lane Park School in Lady Lane decided to do a sponsored skip to raise funds for the national charity Guide Dogs for the Blind after doing some work
The Government is considering whether to ‘call in’ controversial decisions to grant permission for 300 homes in a village. A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed it has requested papers and documents
Unregulated and potentially dangerous fake alcohol has been found for sale in Bradford, West Yorkshire Trading Standards has warned. Senior trading standards officer David Lodge said they had seen an increase in the availability of bogus booze over the
A fundraising campaign to give a Bradford girl the gift of sight is three quarters of the way to reaching its target, after the price of the treatment tumbled. Larelle Ellsworth, 23, of Little Horton, started a campaign in January 2011 – Seeing Through
Family-owned Bradford-based motors group JCT600 managed to lift sales last year in a market hit by austerity and falling consumer confidence, and company chiefs are braced for trading conditions to remain tough throughout 2012. The Apperley Bridge-based
The University of Bradford has risen two places to 71st in a national higher education league table of the country’s 116 universities. The Complete University Guide shows the facility has improved on last year’s position of 73rd in the table
Police issued 13 fixed penalty tickets to parents failing to wear seatbelts, or allowing their children to be driven without them, in a crackdown outside St William’s RC Primary School in Duncombe Road, Lidget Green, Bradford. Sergeant Jane Slater, of
An aid convoy to Gaza carrying medical supplies and clothes, which left Bradford at the weekend, was making its way through France yesterday. The convoy, arranged by Viva Palestina Arabia, set off from Chambers Solicitors, in Grattan Road, Bradford,
Nearly 100 jobs have been saved at a Bradford ethnic food group after part of the business which went into administration was sold. Administrators from The P&A Partnership have sold three food businesses – Pakeezah Superstores Ltd, Pakeezah Meats Ltd
Two years ago Nicola Adams was in the grip of a crippling back injury which threatened her boxing future. Now, with 93 days to go to the London Games, she is Great Britain’s best hope of Olympic gold in the sport. The two-time World Championship silver
Police are appealing for information after a 12-year-old boy was robbed of his phone. The victim was walking home from school when he was approached in Leylands Lane, Eccleshill, by two men who grabbed him and demanded his property. The boy gave them
Residents wanting to trace their family’s history can get tips during an exhibition on Saturday. More than 30 exhibitors with experience of tracking family trees will be on hand to offer advice at Your Fair Ladies’ Family History Day at Pudsey Civic
Bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion after a smoke grenade was found in a Bradford alleyway in the 15th Army call-out to the city in three years. Statistics from the Ministry of Defence released to the Telegraph & Argus under the Freedom of
A £7 million plan to open up a new smartcard ticketing system to bus users across Bradford and neighbouring districts will go before transport authority members on Friday. The new system – similar to Oyster cards used on public transport in London –
Two Bradford friends, who raised £2,000 for charity in an eight-hour cycle ride, had their bikes burned out by heartless arsonists. Paul Hughes and Liam Gill went for a relaxing stroll on the seafront after completing the cycling trek from Leeds to Blackpool
An investigation is underway after a blaze tore through a three-storey terraced house in Bradford in the early hours of the morning. Two crews from Bradford were called out to Hanover Square, in Manningham, at 5.40am yesterday to reports of
Ten staff from the Co-operative Food store in Queensbury, along with four friends, have got a permanent reminder of their support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Store manager Mandy Heywood was joined by her store team and friends at DistInktions in Shelf
25 years ago: Villagers were petitioning Bradford Council to solve an overcrowding crisis at Aireview Infants School, Silsden. 50 years ago: A “grave increase in crime in this city” was referred to by the Recorder at the opening of Bradford Quarter Sessions
hockingly, almost a fifth of England’s most precious historic buildings have been hit by crimes over the past year. Last month, a report on the impact of crime on historic buildings and sites found that churches and other religious buildings were the
SIR – It didn’t surprise me to receive no reply to my letter asking what MPs are sacrificing in the current financial climate via their pensions and salary. I decided to check myself and found that their pensions carry on as usual and those on basic
SIR – There will always be arguments over smoking or not smoking because of possible health reasons. But no-one seems to know that you smell of tobacco. When I stopped smoking (to save money), I couldn’t believe how very strongly my friends smelled of
SIR – Having seen in the T&A yet again a photograph of a smoking Mr Hockney, I was pleased to read a criticism of his continued habit of smoking. Many years ago, I decided to give up the war-time habit of ‘having a drag’ – not for health reasons, but
The decision to close down homes for elderly people will always be shrouded heavily in emotions, and Bradford Council’s ongoing consultation on a possible replacement programme for a number of its homes has attracted a lot of criticism. There is no doubt
SIR – Leeds has always found a new use for what I first knew as the Majestic Cinema in City Square. Bradford, after all it has demolished, still has not learned. The state the Odeon building has been allowed to fall into overlooking Centenary Square
SIR – I can understand the concerns of people in the vicinity of the Bronte Moor, where these very large wind turbines are proposed to be built, particularly if you go south from there towards Halifax and see the mass of these monstrosities built there
SIR – I gather the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. The Public inquiry about it started on May 2, 1912 – 18 days later. It heard from 96 witnesses, and then published its report on June 30, 1912 – 77 days after the disaster. A century on,
SIR – Reading in your paper of the mystery buried brewery bottles in Baildon, may I say that the Holloways and Fentiman would come from my late father-in-law’s business in Highfield Road, Idle. He was Mr Albert Pickersgill who owned what was called
SIR – The Government’s proposal for compulsory dog microchipping only addresses half of the story (T&A April 24). There’s no point having a microchip-reference if there is no current register against which it can be checked. The missing second half
Ten staff from the Co-operative Food store in Queensbury, along with four friends, have got a permanent reminder of their support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Store manager Mandy Heywood was joined by her store team and friends at DistInktions in Shelf
Bosses at Leeds-Bradford International Airport are trying to find another airline to maintain daily flights to Edinburgh, which are due to be axed from Friday. Operator BMI Regional, recently taken over by International Airlines Group, which owns BA
Residents have come out in support of a new bus shelter in Shipley after other householders living nearby raised concerns over the scheme. Jennifer Marsden, 59, of Lime Tree Square, said the new service, which will see buses turn and stop in the cul-de-sac
SIR – A short while ago, one of your correspondents claimed that the charge for “surface water removal” could be removed from water bills simply by supplying a diagram of your property. Following this advice, I applied to Yorkshire Water for a revised
For the women who followed their husbands over from the South Asian sub-continent to Bradford in the post-war years, life was about to change forever. Settling in a new country, with friends and family left behind, many women were isolated at home. Most
That solitary wind turbine in the quarry at Haworth has just passed its 20th birthday, and next year the 23 turbines on Ovenden Moor, just over the Halifax boundary, will pass the same milestone. Despite occasional periods of high pressure, with gentle
A pensioner who lived in squalid conditions at the Bradford home he shared with his family, died as a result of an accident and not neglect, a coroner has ruled. Paramedic Simon Talbot, called to 73-year-old Albert Fox’s home in Lynfield Drive
A man appeared in the secure dock in handcuffs at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to plead guilty to escape and assaulting a dock officer. Amaan Rashid, 20, of Heysham Drive, Holme Wood, Bradford, was remanded back into custody to be sentenced on June
A 26-year-old man who stabbed his wife with a large kitchen knife in a street attack in Bradford city centre has been jailed for five years. Shafiq Shah, a convicted Bradford rioter and drug dealer, had left Cherelle Easy with “a significant
A delivery driver who had surgery on his knee after falling down steps at home died two weeks later from a post-operation complication. A Bradford inquest heard yesterday how 59-year-old Philip Humpherson developed a deep vein thrombosis because of his
A scarecrow festival will be one of the new attractions at this year’s Burley Summer Festival. The event will take place from Saturday, August 15, to Saturday, August 25, followed by the annual flower and produce show on August 26. The festival programme
Monique Tanghe, whose paralysed husband Daniel, 77, receives day care and attends one week a month respite at Neville Grange, raised a petition after Bradford Council revealed that its preferred option was to close the care home. Mrs Tanghe, 62, of Ashfield
Bradford schoolchildren have taken to the stage for a series of lively performances depicting everything from last summer’s riots to a vampire duel. Fourteen schools have been taking part in Rock Challenge, creating dance and drama based on
Detectives are probing allegations of threats of harm being made against newly-elected Bradford West MP George Galloway. Officers have spoken to Mr Galloway about the allegations, which came to light at the weekend. Police have confirmed
Pressure was last night growing on Bradford Council to halt its controversial elderly care home replacement programme. It is feared Neville Grange in Shipley, Holme View in Holme Wood and Harbourne in Wibsey could shut later this year following
Ryan Duckett insists the Bulls have no intention of selling their best young players such as John Bateman - as a date for the extraordinary general meeting was set for next month. Duckett said the search for investment into the club was
Luke Oliver stands head and shoulders above his City team-mates today after being named the Telegraph & Argus player of the year. The tallest man in the squad has delivered some towering performances for the Bantams this season to earn the accolade from
Denholme’s Rebekah Tiler played a starring role at the weekend after scooping three gold medals and equalling a UK record at the Aviva Athletics Academy Sportshall Finals in Birmingham. The 13-year-old jumped 75 centimetres to win the under-13 girls
It’s all aboard the Alhambra panto, as the host of TV’s Coach Trip, Brendan Sheerin, joins the cast of this year’s show. The popular tour guide will play Baron Hardup, the father of the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella. He joins Alhambra stalwart Billy Pearce
Mechanical engineer David Baxter has notched up a half-century milestone. The 65-year-old has worked as a panel beater and mechanic from the same premises at Skipton Auto Services in Water Street, Skipton, throughout those years. When he arrived aged
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Wasim Khaliq Butt, aged 35, of Higher Downs, Daisy Hill; failure to provide driver’s information, £525 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Valerie Calvert, aged 55, of Rawling Street
