City signed off the season with a strong display against League Two champions Swindon. It was an encouraging way to finish for the home side, who had most of the play at a bitterly-cold Valley Parade. Swindon's 1,255 away support ensured a decent atmosphere
Harrow RFC 3 Baildon RUFC 6 Two first-half penalties from Nick Lister were enough to ensure a hard-fought victory for Baildon in the RFU Junior Vase Final against Harrow at Twickenham. Baildon dominated possession in the opening exchanges and grabbed
Phil Parkinson made three changes for City's final game of the season against champions Swindon. Jon McLaughlin and Andrew Davies both returned for the first time since their red cards against Crawley in March. And David Syers got the nod in central
A four-year-old with cystic fibrosis has been refused a school place in his home town Otley. Instead, Michael Pickard has been told he must – like nine other children in the town – travel seven miles to Ireland Wood Primary School, near Cookridge. The
Parents whose children have missed out on places at all their preferred primary schools say they may teach them at home. The Telegraph & Argus revealed earlier this week that more than 300 children had been allocated reception places at schools other
Campaigners fighting plans for a wind farm on Thornton Moor have raised further concerns after an application was put forward for another turbine in Bronte Country. Keelham Farm Shop in Brighouse Denholme Road has submitted a planning application to
The Royal Opera House has announced this summer’s BP Summer Big Screen performances in Bradford will be The Royal Opera’s La bohème and Falstaff and The Royal Ballet’s Metamorphosis: Titian 2012. The performances, which will be broadcast on the big screen
Bradford College is holding an International Food and Travel Studio open evening on May 9. The event will take place in the future home of the studio on Thornton Road. There will be regular presentations, displays and demonstrations to introduce people
A husband and wife are turning to pedal power in a gruelling coast-to-coast cycle ride to raise money for Arthritis Research UK. Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ chief information officer Brent Walker and his wife Linda are taking up the challenge next month
Children are being put at risk by Bradford Council’s delay in repairing a collapsed wall, it has been claimed. The authority has admitted it “cannot say” when it will fix the wall which has collapsed down a cutting leaving a drop of about 30
A convicted child sex offender has been found guilty of grooming a 13-year-old Bradford girl for sex and sexually assaulting her older sister. Shabir Ahmed was also convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday of nine offences of having child
Bradford pop princess Kimberley Walsh has teamed up with the nation’s top tenor Alfie Boe to record the official song for the 2012 London Olympics, it was revealed last night. Kimberley will perform the song – a re-make of Queen’s hit One Vision – in
Mick Potter says victory is vital at struggling London Broncos tomorrow if the Bulls are serious about reaching the play-offs this season. Potter’s men have made undeniable progress this year, winning four of their five Super League away games to date
City’s out-of-contract players will find out next week if they have a serious future at Valley Parade. Michael Flynn, Craig Fagan and Chris Mitchell have all left the club already. But there are others whose deals are coming to an end still waiting
A bank worker, who stole £150,000 from the account of a professor, committed a gross breach of trust, a court heard yesterday. Juned Ali, 26, of Coppy Close, Cottingley, Bingley, a customer service employee with the NatWest, now the Royal Bank
A Bradford plasterer who bought a van which had nearly 60,000 miles taken off the clock has urged a judge to lock up the fraudster who conned him. John Geator, 52, who runs JG Plastering, paid £6,200 for the 06 plate Ford Transit from Premier Van Centre
A “bride” and “groom” who tried to stage a sham marriage in Bradford to dodge immigration laws have been locked up. Pakistani Tahir Naqqash tried to marry Slovak Zlatica Balogova in an attempt to stay in the UK. The plan was foiled when officers at the
Karl Pryce scored five tries for Harlequins, or London Broncos as they are again now known, in their two Super League matches against Bradford last season. He notched a hat-trick at Odsal and a brace in the return game at the Stoop.
A 20-year-old man has been locked up for two years for sexually assaulting a girl of 12. Ryan Sales, of Farriers Croft, Idle, Bradford, was 18 when he committed the offences. Sales, a welder, pleaded guilty to five charges of sexually assaulting the
A ten-year-old girl will fly to America tomorrow to undergo pioneering cancer treatment. Nicole Bowers, who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour in February, will be accompanied by her parents Christine and Tere Bowers, of Wibsey, on the trip to the
Saltaire’s historic stone lions were transformed yesterday as the 19th century statues were “yarn bombed” to open this year’s Saltaire Arts Trail. Members of Shipley College’s Knit and Natter Group have been knitting the new woolly coats in preparation
A 17-year-old was grabbed in a headlock before cash was stolen from him after he had been followed by two men in Mirfield. The teenager had been walking along Stocksbank Road, close to the junction with Huddersfield Road, when he became aware he was
