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  • Coalition 'braced for a rough ride' in local elections

    The coalition is braced for a rough ride tonight as counting gets under way in key local elections. Polls closed at 10pm amid speculation that a drizzly day across much of the country could result in a low turnout. The Tories and Liberal Democrats are

  • Heywood treble does the trick for Sports

    Albion Sports 5, Shirebrook Town 0 Aron Heywood struck a hat-trick as Albion Sports went nap in the final Baris Northern Counties East League game of their first season on the non-league ladder. Heywood netted twice in the first half and completed his

  • Morrisons sees a decline sales but still has plans for success

    Morrisons has posted its first decline in sales in nearly a decade after it refused to square up to rivals with promotions “at any cost”. While rivals such as Tesco are using money-off vouchers to attract trade, Morrisons boss Dalton Philips believes

  • Season finale for Silsden

    The curtain comes down on a long season for Silsden tomorrow night when they host Maine Road in a rearranged North West Counties League Premier Division fixture. The Mancunians should have visited Keighley Road in the middle of last month but that and

  • Shahzad ‘not a team player’ accuses Yorkshire chairman

    Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves has accused Ajmal Shahzad of not being a team player in the wake of the fast bowler’s shock departure from Headingley earlier this week. Graves revealed issues have surrounded the Bradford-raised seamer for the last season

  • Freelander? My, how you've grown up!

    I have experienced both extremes of the Land Rover marque in recent weeks. From the agricultural Defender through to the coolest car on the road, the Evoque, they are so incredibly different. I love the Defender, a stunning exercise in longevity.

  • Freelander? My, how you've grown up!

    I have experienced both extremes of the Land Rover marque in recent weeks. From the agricultural Defender through to the coolest car on the road, the Evoque, they are so incredibly different. I love the Defender, a stunning exercise in longevity.

  • Funeral date set for 'Whispering Geoff'

    The funeral of former JCT600 Bradford League and Aire-Wharfe League umpire ‘Whispering’ Geoff Robertshaw will be held on Tuesday at Clayton Parish (St John The Baptist) Church (noon).

  • Thornton United seeking junior players

    Thornton United are starting a junior section next season, with an under-13 team entered in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League. However, they are also seeking players for an under-14 team (school Year Nine in September) and under-15 team (school Year

  • Baildon calling on youth experience

    No team has suffered as dramatic a fall from grace recently in the JCT600 Bradford League as Baildon. The 2009 champions – that was their first title since 1952 – finished eighth in 2010 and were relegated alongside Gomersal last season. “We had a superb

  • Brown on target with bronze World Cup archery medal

    Paralympic archer Danielle Brown has again proved herself at the highest level. Brown and Duncan Busby won bronze in the mixed compound team tournament on the final day of competition at the opening World Cup tournament of the year in China. The pair

  • Leeds United won't match Clayton contract hopes

    Leeds boss Neil Warnock has explained why midfielder Adam Clayton was among the 11 players who will be given chance to move on during the summer. The United player was a surprise inclusion in a group of six players who were made available for

  • Aire-Wharfe players praying to the weather gods

    Anxious players and groundstaff continue to watch the weather hoping, if not for sun then at least dry enough weather to allow the season to start properly. Only four of the 36 Aire-Wharfe League sides – Otley, Calverley, Harden and Rawdon - have completed

  • Yorkshire bowlers get on top

    Yorkshire’s bowlers stunned Leicestershire during the afternoon session of day two to take charge of their County Championship clash at Scarborough. After posting 447 in their first innings, Ryan Sidebottom and Anthony McGrath struck twice apiece to

  • Twickenham will cap Baildon stalwart Wilson's 20 years

    Versatile veteran Phil Wilson is hanging his boots up at the end of the season. But Baildon’s RFU Junior Vase final against Harrow at Twickenham tomorrow won’t be the 38-year-old’s last hurrah. “I’ve still got the Yorkshire Silver Trophy

  • Ilkley skipper Vincent is ready for his big day

    Eight years ago, Stuart Vincent turned up at Stacks Field to play a couple of games after finishing university. On Saturday, he will lead Ilkley out at Twickenham for the biggest day in the club’s history. The RFU Intermediate Cup final against East

  • BD3 are cup kings

    BD3 are the Spen Valley League’s Sonder Heating Cup winners thanks to a 2-1 extra-time triumph against Jardy Boys in the final. Intikab Alam and Majid Ali got the goals, with Rob Ives replying for Jardy. BD3 goalkeeper James Glasper won the

  • Cheshire opener is vital for Yorkshire

    Yorkshire, one of only two counties to win the County Championship five times in succession (1892-96) start their quest to win it against Northumberland at Macclesfield e on Saturday. And the white rose coach Bob Hood (Yarnbury) is one of the busiest

  • Returning as Bantams boss would mean so much

    Michael Flynn column: I would love the chance to come back to Bradford City one day – as manager. It would be an absolute no-brainer for me. I wouldn’t have to think about it for a second. I’ve made no secret about how much I want to move into management

  • City of Bradford in successful Malta trip

    A squad of 34 age group swimmers and staff made their outdoor pool debut when they travelled to Malta to compete in the Malta Easter International Age Group meet over the Easter holiday. For the majority of the swimmers it was the first time they had

  • Yorkshire pass 400-mark

    Yorkshire have crept past 400 during the second morning against Leicestershire at Scarborough but failed to pick up maximum batting points. Jonny Bairstow fell for 182 when he drove Wayne White to cover before the same bowler later clipped the top of

  • Promoted Salts target final flourish

    Salts look to finish their season with a flourish at home to Hunsworth on Saturday, having secured the runners-up spot in West Riding County Amateur League Division One in midweek. Doubles from Kyle Berry and Wayne Walsh sealed a 4-0 win at Halifax Irish

  • Railway firm plans new Bradford to London link

    Bradford is to get an extra direct daily rail link to London if plans by train operator Grand Central get the green light. An application has been made on behalf of Grand Central to the rail regulator to add a fourth daily service between Bradford Interchange

  • Angling lines

    The latest from the local angling scene. WASHBURN VALLEY FISHERY Catch details for week ending April 28. Day ticket: Fewston 23, Swinsty 6, Thruscross 2. Total fish caught: Fewston 155, Swinsty 25, Thruscross 7. Average per rod: Fewston 6.7, Swinsty

  • Taxi firms warned over disabled fares

    Taxi licensing officers at Bradford Council have warned taxi and minicab companies they could face prosecution under discrimination laws following claims they are charging wheelchair users up to twice as much as much as able-bodied passengers. A meeting

  • Soap stars scrub up for a live show

    Yorkshire soap Emmerdale is going live to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The ITV show – which includes Bradford actors Natalie Anderson, Matthew Wolfenden, Kitty McGeever, Jack Downham and Sam Hall in its cast – will mark the anniversary with a week

  • Heart-stopper as Rock is Otley's late, late star

    Sequels aren’t usually better than the originals (apart from the French Connection) but there is little doubt that Otley’s Great Escape II surpassed their Great Escape I of 2009-10. Then they won five of their last ten matches to survive

  • Man, 22, charged over street attack in Bradford

    A 22-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent and the possession of an offensive weapon in connection with an assault on 66-year-old Keith Alder, who later had his legs amputated following complications. Mr Alder was taken to Bradford

  • Bradford finance firm plans Poland expansion

    by Chris Holland Business Reporter The soaring success of its new credit card venture has seen Bradford-based Provident Financial turn to Poland to expand the business further. The company said Vanquis Bank’s performance in the first quarter of 2012

  • Rats paws for the camera

    They often get a bad press but rat-lover Becky Jarvis is hoping her prized pets impress the judges at a regional competition. Yorkshire Rat Club member Mrs Jarvis, of Eastburn, near Keighley, will enter rats Otis and Solomon into the annual May Cup Show

  • £100k bill to keep up homes bid campaign

    Campaigners say they could need up to £100,000 to fight plans to build hundreds of homes in their village. Menston Action Group (MAG) says the money is needed for its bid to overturn schemes which could see the homes built in Derry Hill and Bingley Road

  • Grooming trial man ‘on sex register’

    A 39-year-old man on trial accused of grooming a 13-year-old Bradford schoolgirl for sex had a conviction for indecently assaulting another girl of the same age in 2003, a jury has been told. Shabir Ahmed, who denies having a sexual relationship with

  • Former Marine sweeps ahead

    Former Royal Marine commando Kelvin Charles has taken quite a shine to his new career on civvy street – as a self-employed cleaner. The 22-year-old’s dreams of a military future were shattered when Army bosses discharged him just three weeks after he

  • Literary trail across Yorkshire created by Simon Armitage

    A literary walking trail spanning nearly 50 miles of diverse Yorkshire countryside has been completed. The Stanza Stones route runs along the Pennine Watershed from Ilkley to Marsden and features six new poems by British poet Simon Armitage, in a bid

  • Morrisons suffers sales dip

    Morrisons suffered a one per cent sales dip in the first quarter of its financial year as shoppers' spending power continued to be squeezed by rising fuel and other costs. The Bradford-based supermarket, the UK's fourth largest, announced

  • Cross Hills brewery Naylor’s says cheers to residents

    A brewery is helping residents taste the fruits of their labour by handing out bottles of cider. Naylor’s Brewery, based in Station Road, Cross Hills, near Keighley, held its third cider-making event over two days in September and October

  • Teenagers on arson charge after Keighley house fire

    Three teenagers appeared in court yesterday accused of arson following a blaze at a house in Keighley. Two 17-year-old youths and a boy, 16, who all cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Bradford Youth Court following the blaze in Devonshire

  • Bradford groups urged not to miss out on £700,000 fund

    Residents and voluntary and community organisations are being urged to try to get a slice of £700,000 that has been awarded to 15 of Bradford's most deprived wards as part of a Government plan to engage communities. The Neighbourhood Matched Fund has

  • A Budget attack

    SIR – Almost a month has passed since George Osborne delivered his 2012 Budget, and I have heard many people say it is unfair. It’s unfair on those who work hardest in our society, on those who have spent their lives, working, saving and being responsible

  • A chilly prospect

    SIR – I would like to thank Iain Morris (Letters, April 26) for such kindly comments expressing appreciation of my efforts now and again in the letters page. It seems from readers’ comments over time that my contributions are expected in the main to

  • May 3

    25 years ago: It would cost Bradford Council a £600 million to bring its crumbling roads up to standard, almost twice its annual budget. 50 years ago: A further effort to persuade the Government to pay the £18,150 bill for Bradford’s smallpox outbreak

  • Second arrest over attack at Bradford engineering firm

    A second man has been arrested in connection with an attack at a Bradford engineering firm. A man was left with a head injury following the disturbance at Bradford Grinders, in Mount Street, at about 2.30pm last Thursday. The Telegraph & Argus yesterday

  • Bank staff sympathy

    SIR – It is impossible not to feel sorry for bank staff at the old Yorkshire Bank (owned now by the National Bank of Australia). The Dominion banks (Australia, Canada and New Zealand), through better regulation and management, did not fall prey to the

  • Murdoch just desserts

    SIR – It was good to see that the Commons cross-party select committee came to the decision that Rupert Murdoch is ‘not a fit person’ to hold executive office. Because of his imperialistic grip on a vast swathe of media organisations, politicians have

  • Turbines are not to everyone’s benefit

    SIR – In response to John D Anderson’s letter (T&A, May 1), does he not realise that any money raised by these monstrosities (turbines) is not going to put any money in his pocket or indeed give him any cheaper electric. The only people who profit are

  • Bradford views on the pressures of modern marriage

    To have and to hold, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish ’til death us do part”. Many couples say this when they take their wedding vows, but just how seriously do they take it when it comes to dealing with

  • Drive to cut gun crime is a must

    The police are quick to point out that the level of gun crime does not seem to be increasing despite the fact that there have been a number of high profile incidents in the area recently. But the simple fact that there is any level of firearm incidents

  • Primary school children learn value of activities

    Primary school pupils across Bradford have been urged to swap the computer games for a range of activities including ballroom dancing and gymnastics as part of an innovative new scheme with a high school. Tong High School’s Primary Partnership

  • Bradford City keen to play down talk of Wells quitting club

    City are confident of keeping Nahki Wells long term and heading off outside interest in the striker. Talks are currently underway over a new four-year deal and the club believe the exciting Bermudian is just as keen to get his future sorted. The latest

  • Potter: I want to finish job at Bradford Bulls

    Mick Potter insists he would like to continue as Bulls coach beyond this season. Potter and his coaching staff are out of contract at the end of the year and their futures remain uncertain, given the club’s perilous financial position.

  • CCTV images bid to catch cash robbers

    Police hunting two robbers who stole money from a man and woman in a village high street have released these pictures of the men they are trying to track down. The masked pair, armed with a hammer and knife, struck at about 12.30pm on Monday, April 23

  • Victim's wife welcomes second arrest over brutal attack

    The wife of Keith Alder, who had his legs amputated after a gang attack left him critically injured, has welcomed the arrest of a second suspect. Slovakian man Bartolomej Makula was jailed for 15 years last month for his part in the “cowardly and barbaric

  • Double vote could shake up City Hall

    Tens of thousands of votes will be cast across Bradford today as the district goes to the polls in what could be a landmark shake-up of power at Bradford Council. Not only will voters be selecting who will represent them in a third of the Council’s 90

  • Talks are held over Bradford care home closure

    A residential care home in Bradford will close on May 15 after the company that owns it went into administration, Bradford Council has confirmed. Rookvale Residential Home in Carlton Drive, Heaton, has 19 beds for adults aged 18 to 65 with mental health

  • Police to hold talks in bid to cut gun crime

    Police have revealed they are to hold top level talks with community leaders about how to tackle gun crime in Bradford. Urgent action is planned to reduce firearms offences in the district, after a series of incidents so far this year. Yesterday, a

  • Galloway ‘will boycott election count’

    Bradford West MP George Galloway has vowed to boycott the Bradford Council election count after his two closest advisors were barred from attending. Mr Galloway has described the decision by the Council’s chief executive Tony Reeves as “a gratuitous

  • What next in Bradford Bulls crisis?

    On December 13, 2011, Peter Hood and Stephen Coulby dined together at a restaurant in Leeds. Concerns about the Bulls’ financial health had begun to mount. Hood admitted to Coulby, the club’s former vice-chairman, that “times were tough