Christian Georgiou, who is on loan at Wharfedale, has been called up by Leeds Carnegie tomorrow night to face Doncaster Knights at Headingley (8.00). Originally named on the bench, he replaces centre Josh Griffin, who has failed a late fitness
Fears that Bradford & Bingley centre Richard Tafa has broken a hand have proved unfounded. Harrogate Rugby Union Club’s website stated that the Tongan had suffered the injury after making a high tackle during the SSE National League Three North
Otley's player-coach Tom Rock is damping down expectations after their 43-18 defeat at Luctonians last Saturday in SSE National League Two North. He said: “People have to remember where we have come from and be aware that there is
Dan Hodgson is preparing to take on the world with Yorkshire at the Champions League t20 in South Africa – just five weeks after completing a club campaign with Middlesbrough from the North Yorkshire-South Durham League. The wicketkeeper, 22, has
Keighley Rugby Union Club are having to contend with massive injury problems as they bid to establish themselves in SSE North One East. Graeme Sheffield, director of rugby at Rose Cottage, said: “Our fixture secretary Alden Phillips has given
A public meeting has been called in Otley for the town’s athletic club to share their plans for a running track and sports centre and to help forge links with other sporting organisations. Over the past few months, Otley Athletics Club have
Heaton Tennis and Squash Club have attracted a strong field of over 50 for their Kia Motors Stanley Cars Junior Squash Open on Saturday. The well-established tournament, which has been increasing its entry list, includes some players who are in
BRADFORD NO 1 AA Round five of this year’s Calder League was moved to Mirfield canal and was won by Tony Earnshaw with 10lb 6oz of roach on waggler and caster. Kevin Hartley caught 9lb 3oz of roach for second followed by Jamie Houlders with 8lb
Neil Warnock believes the Leeds love affair with El-Hadji Diouf can run and run. Diouf is the man of the moment as the Whites aim to head into the international break with a Yorkshire derby win over Barnsley at Elland Road on Saturday. The
Guiseley will be seeking to emulate their league victory over Colwyn Bay when they head to the Welsh outfit again on Saturday in the FA Cup. The Blue Square Bet North rivals have been paired in the third qualifying round, the same stage that saw
Bradford Park Avenue head into the unknown for Saturday’s FA Cup third qualifying round at Carlton Town. The tie represents a potential banana skin as the Nottinghamshire side operate two divisions lower than Avenue in Evo-Stik Division One South
A violent thief was pinned to the ground by police after an alleged assault on a woman community support officer in the street. Dozens of officers swooped on Bradford city centre after the PCSO radioed for emergency help. She was attacked in
Albion Sports will be in buoyant mood when they go to new boys Knaresborough Town in the Baris Northern Counties East League Division One on Saturday. Kulwinder Sandhu’s men only stepped onto the non-league ladder 15 months ago and claimed arguably
Farsley moved back into the top six of Evo-Stik League Division One North last weekend but manager Neil Parsley is urging his players to maintain their focus. They travel to struggling Prescot Cables on Saturday but their confidence took a knock
ST JAMES CHURCH: The next Fellowship meeting will be held on Monday at 2pm in the church hall, with speaker, afternoon tea, raffle and quiz. Admission will be £1. There will be a Hoot and Havoc Harvest supper on Saturday, October 20, at 7pm in the
Campion start their West Riding County FA Challenge Cup campaign with a Bradford derby as they visit East Bierley-based Hunsworth in the first round on Saturday. The Premier Division side – who are involved in one of four all-West Riding County
FESTIVAL: The New Inn pub in Wilsden will b e holding a beer festival from today until Sunday and will feature music. BREW: The Big Brew will be held tomorrow from 10am to 3pm in Wilsden Methodist and United Reformed Church (Chapel Row). Tea, coffee
FUNGI: The Friends of Judy Woods hold a Fungi Walk on Saturday led by Varsha Patel and Joan Dobson. Meet at the Station Road entrance to the woods, off Huddersfield Road, at 2pm. NEW HORIZONS: The Art Group meets on Tuesday in the Wyke Centre at
We really shouldn’t be surprised that Vauxhall has created a stunning new city car. The Adam looks good, and will be a rival for the Audi A1 and MINI when it goes on sale costing from £11,255 to £14,000. But it’s just the latest in a long line
Citroen used to be funky. It turned out some of the most interesting cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Talk to anyone who was around in those days and they will turn misty-eyed at the thought of those old DS models which looked like floating space ships
Citroen used to be funky. It turned out some of the most interesting cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Talk to anyone who was around in those days and they will turn misty-eyed at the thought of those old DS models which looked like floating space ships
We really shouldn’t be surprised that Vauxhall has created a stunning new city car. The Adam looks good, and will be a rival for the Audi A1 and MINI when it goes on sale costing from £11,255 to £14,000. But it’s just the latest in a long line
Police are investigating the cause of a blaze which ripped through the bedroom of a flat in Bradford. Crews from Bradford fire station were called to reports of a fire at the first-floor maisonette on Weber Court, off Leeds Road, at around 11pm
The last time I saw such an excited, tense, ratcheted-up crowd in the middle of Bradford was when One Direction, complete with local band-member Zayn Malik, turned up at the HMV store to meet fans on a cold December afternoon two years ago. The queue
Kyel Reid will be out for SIX weeks, it has been confirmed today. The City winger suffered a groin injury in the first half of Tuesday's goalless draw at Rochdale. Reid went for a scan yesterday which confirmed that he has torn the tendon -
Prime Minister David Cameron is again backing the Local Business Accelerators campaign, in which the Telegraph & Argus is again offering three local firms the chance to win free advertising and mentoring from leading business experts as part of
Two home-brew enthusiasts have helped Ilkley Brewery develop its latest beer, called Joshua Jane, which is the first ale to use the company’s new brand identity. Joshua Jane is a traditional Yorkshire bitter made using Amarillo and Columbus hops
Marketing services and print group St Ives plc, which has a direct mail operation at Laisterdyke, Bradford, has unveiled a 15.9 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to £24.2 million in the year to July 27, compared with £20.9 million in 2011. Underlying
New jobs are in the pipeline at a family-owned textile business which is enjoying a sales boom after bouncing back from a devastating fire nearly a decade ago . James C Brett (Yarn Merchants), Bingley, is on track for a 30 per cent sales increase
A prototype wireless energy monitoring system developed by boffins in Saltaire will be unveiled at a major electronics exhibition in Germany next month. A team from technology innovation company the Advanced Digital Institute, based in Salts Mill
Detectives are hunting a private hire driver who sexually assaulted a Baildon woman on her way home after a night out - then dropped her off near home. The 20-year-old woman had got into the car in the centre of Leeds but fallen asleep, waking
25 years ago: The lack of sparkling debate at Brighton belied the significance of the Labour party conference, according to Bradford delegates, visitors and ex-officers. 50 years ago: Doctors in Wharefedale and Airedale joined forces with the civic
It may seem odd to talk about benefits from the current economic downturn, but there is an argument that it is altering everyone’s attitude towards food waste for the better. Two separate schemes are highlighted in the Telegraph & Argus today
Answers are being demanded after an elderly woman lay with a broken hip for 95 minutes waiting for an ambulance. A 999 call was made when care home resident Hilda Allen, 92, suffered a fall at the over-90s party at the Clarke Foley Centre in Ilkley
Two portly pets from Bradford have been battling the bulge in the PDSA’s annual slimming competition. Mega moggy Fifi Bottomley has been commended in the veterinary charity’s Pet Fit Club and labrador Deco received a special mention after losing
A businessman behind plans to bring free wi-fi access to Ilkley town centre has presented his ideas to councillors. Matthew Wright, who runs IT consultancy firm Soda, gave a digital presentation to Ilkley Parish Council on Monday. He said the
A charity day to celebrate the tragically short life of a little boy takes place at a Bradford pub this month. Dylan’s Day takes place at the Black Swan in Thornton Road, Bradford, on Saturday, October 20, and takes its inspiration from two-year-old
Food banks are in crisis as they struggle to satisfy growing demand. The impact of the recession is rippling through families across the country, with some reportedly resorting to shoplifting food to feed their children. While appeals for non-perishable
SIR – Will there be any shops left on Broadway and Market Street once the Westfield shopping centre is complete? Two closures in two weeks; farewell to Early Learning Centre and Acropolis Cafe, both city centre fixtures for many a year. Who
SIR – A close friend of mine is beside herself as she has lost two gold chains, one of which has a medallion attached, probably in Bradford or the Eccleshill area in the past two weeks. They may have been dropped on a bus or a taxi which she uses
SIR – It is always interesting to read the ramblings of Mr Hall when he decides to give us the benefit of his views. He raves about ‘socialists’ when I think he would find it as hard to find a socialist in the Labour Party in Parliament as he would
SIR – Vince Cable told Liberal Democrats at their 2012 conference to prepare for a decade in power (T&A, September 25). David Steel told Liberals at their annual assembly in 1981 to go back to their constituencies and prepare for government
SIR – Regarding the alleged “unnecessary cost” of a parish council by-election in Baildon, Bob Watson’s argument (T&A, September 26) is superficially attractive, but fails to deal with the following points. Firstly, if there had been no resignation
SIR – Another day, another daft Lib-Dem wheeze hits the headlines. This time it is their transport minister Norman Baker’s suggestion that it would help all round if Vehicle Excise Duty and Fuel Duty were replaced by road charging. He says that
SIR – There have been celebrations that anti-clamping legislation was passed on October 1. On closer examination, it appears that rather than simply making clamping illegal, it has made it unnecessary. Car park operators will gain new powers
Ilkley Art Trail gets on the road on Saturday as artists open up their studios, homes and garages to show their work. The first Ilkley Art Trail last year, which ran in conjunction with Ilkley Literature Festival, was declared a success, and this
The public are being urged to help protect Rawdon greenbelt before it is too late. Rawdon Billing Action Group is appealing to people to support the campaign to protect the land from development. The group has submitted a report to Leeds City
A woman had her bag snatched as she walked through the grounds of a church in Shipley. Police have appealed for witnesses to the robbery, which occurred on a footpath at the rear of St Paul’s Church on Monday. The 51-year-old was walking with
A suspected crime boss and his quadbike-riding gang member have been banned from an estate in Barkerend where they ruled with such terror that visitors had to be shielded by a security guard with an Alsatian dog. Bradford Council sought Interim
Villagers have begun a campaign to buy the Bronte family’s birthplace and restore it to its former glory. The modest house in Market Street, Thornton, Bradford, which was formerly the Bronte Birthplace Museum, has recently fallen into disrepair
Town councillors are asking Bradford Council to “brick- up” disused public toilets amid repeated calls to re-open them. Ilkley Parish Council this week agreed to write to the local authority asking for the toilets at the front of the King’s Hall
The Bulls have today announced a link-up with Championship club Dewsbury Rams. The “twinning” agreement will allow Glenn Morrison’s side to tap into the Odsal players that cannot get a game in Super League. Bulls will also get first pick on
City will not fast-track midfield general Gary Jones back into the fray before he is ready. Jones lost his ever-present tag on Tuesday when a sore back forced him out of the goalless draw at Rochdale. It prevented him going back to the club where
Colleagues of a Bingley man who died in a crash have paid tribute to a popular person who had a “bright future.” Alastair Hellewell, 26, who worked at Sainsbury’s in Keighley, was killed when the vehicle in which he was a passenger hit a kerb and
Planning permission for a new waste plant in Bradford is expected to be determined by the end of the month as part of a 25-year £300 million deal. Pennine Resource Recovery hopes to build a resource recovery facility and energy recovery plant at
Two Bradford brothers charged with terrorism offences were described by neighbours yesterday as religious and respectful men. Saeed Muhammed Ahmed, 20, and 19-year-old Naeem Muhammed Ahmed are charged with a total of 11 offences under Section 58
The owner of a Bradford restaurant was fined £15,000 after a Court heard he ignored a “long-standing” rat infestation in a cellar. Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that 34-year-old Javed Iqbal, owner of Omar Khan’s on Little
Saltaire is on the verge of a fresh food revolution. Village group Sustainable Saltaire has joined forces with landscape architect students from Leeds Metropolitan University in an ambitious Edible Gardens project to grow food on verges, in planters
A woman who was hailed a miracle baby after surviving a premature birth 14 weeks early – leaving her with cerebral palsy – has defied the odds by graduating from university. Nicola Golding, now 21, strived for success at school despite her premature
A new police chief has vowed to tackle the scourge of anti-social behaviour and street drug dealing in towns in the north of Bradford district after taking over as the area’s commander. Chief Superintendent Angela Williams pledged to keep the community
An officer was injured after a getaway vehicle collided with three police cars following an attempted cash machine raid at a petrol station. A gang of three men are believed to have attached chains to the free-standing cash machine at the Total
Just over three weeks ago, Mick Potter presented the coveted Prize Bull trophy to Bryn Hargreaves at the end-of-season awards night. The honour is awarded by the coach to the player he feels has performed to a consistently high standard throughout
