The daughter of a murdered Bradford pensioner appeared on TV tonight making an emotional appeal for help in finding her dad’s killer. As part of a reconstruction on BBC’s Crimewatch, Adelle Peterson talks warmly of her father Clement ‘Butch’ Desmier
Silsden have been thwarted by the weather for a second successive time tonight as their home clash against Padiham in the North West Counties League Premier Division was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The Cobbydalers were prevented from
Bingley Bees 2, Wakefield Women-3 2 The home side came up against tough opponents in this Yorkshire Women's Premier Division match. The visitors began strongly and it wasn't long before their pressure became too much for
Howard Mawson is the only surviving Bradford player in the quarter-finals of the Yorkshire Snooker Handicap after successfully negotiating Sunday's qualifiers at Cue Gardens. In the first round, Mawson was drawn against his doubles
Leeds fans have expressed their disappointment that owner Ken Bates will be staying on as president at Elland Road following the completion of the club’s takeover by Bahrain-based investment bank GFH Capital. Bates, 80, announced this morning that
Bradford Bears 32, York Centurions 34 (after overtime) Bradford Bears suffered their second BUCS American Football North East Conference defeat in a row as they twice threw away a lead in one of the tightest games in their history against
Baildon's Zak Spencer and Jake Barnett were among 11 gold-medal winners as Quest Taekwondo finished first in the Yorkshire Open Sparring Championships at Bradford’s Richard Dunn Sports Centre. Other event champions were Jamie Kidd (Silsden), Ellie
The Lord Mayor’s Christmas Market provided some festive cheer today, offering treats and gift-buying opportunities at City Hall. There were crafts, gifts and Christmas treats, as well as a raffle and tombola, decorations, jewellery, cakes and jams
Bingley Harriers’ London 2012 gold medallist Alistair Brownlee has won three national honours. He was awarded the Olympic Athlete of the Year at the British Triathlon annual awards ceremony in Birmingham, and was named GE British Triathlon Male
Leaders Bradford Park Avenue Lizards under-12s made it seven Keybury League wins out of seven for the season as they saw off dogged Albion Sports 4-2. Goals from Cameron Brewster, Dominic Corps and a Kaylum Johnson rocket gave the Lizards a comfortable
The Bishop of Bradford has spoken of his regret about the decision by the General Synod to reject draft legislation to allow women bishops in the Church of England. The Right Reverend Nick Baines has said he was “strongly in favour” of women bishops
The top of the Bradford Table Tennis League Division Four table became very congested following the first defeat of the season for previously-unbeaten Fastbats D. Rastrick spoilt the 100 per cent record of Fastbats and moved up to fourth place
Two crashes in 27 minutes caused more misery for M62 motorists this afternoon. Traffic chaos followed smashes at 2.07pm and 2.34pm, both on the eastbound stretch of motorway between junctions 26 at Chain Bar and 27 at Gildersome. The first
Leeds owner Ken Bates has announced Bahrain-based investment bank GFH Capital will complete a 100 per cent takeover of the club on December 21. Bates, 80, who took control of the club just short of eight years ago, confirmed the first part of the
Schoolchildren will take over Ilkley’s Manor House Museum and Art Gallery for the day on Friday. Children from Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley will be involved in many aspects of running the Bradford Council museum throughout the day. A display
One Direction's Take Me Home has taken the band featuring Bradford's Zayn Malik to the top of the US charts - and to new heights. The London group's second album has sold 540,000 in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan - the year's third-highest
Students from across Bradford are taking part in a march demonstrating against cuts in education today. They gathered outside Bradford College this afternoon before about 100 of them marched to Centenary Square. The action is part of a national
Seven years ago, former Bradford magistrate Eric Dean published a selection of his verse called Laiking (Laikin to purists) Around Brat’ford Vol 1. Now the second volume is out, Laiking Around Brat’ford Again!!! illustrated with Mr Dean’s drawings
This photograph was taken at St Anne’s School, Keighley, in the early years of the last century. The girl with the dark hair and centre parting in the front desk is Margaret (Maggie) Narey, born in 1906 and now aged 106, the mother of Pat Clarke
Employers from across the district are backing a charity’s new initiative which encourages businesses to support the growing number of unpaid carers. The Carers’ Resource, at Broughton Hall, Skipton, has launched the Keeping Us Company scheme to
Almost 1,500 fewer Bradford students applied to go to university this year since tuition fees were trebled, new figures have revealed. It appears young people are turning their backs on higher education after the annual cost soared to almost £9,000
Our Bizarre Bradford feature is already winning fans, and Malcolm Collins, of East Bowling, has written to us to not only say how much he enjoys the new feature, but to offer some contributions. Mr Collins says that since the 1970s he has been
Airport bosses are counting down to the much-anticipated return of direct air links between West Yorkshire and London. And Bradford business leaders have welcomed the reinstatement of services which will resume with four daily flights operated
Police in Bradford made more than 2,000 arrests in the last 12 months in which booze played a part, new figures released as part of Alcohol Awareness Week reveal. Alcohol was present in 2,275 incidents where arrests were made in the Bradford district
As a child, Mavis Driver would not go into the reptile house at the zoo. It was not that she disliked iguanas or chameleons, and she didn’t mind tarantulas or turtles. It was snakes that set her teeth on edge. “I couldn’t go in there, I would
Mark Neale, Bradford City fan and railway author, sent in the following article about a locomotive – a reminder of the heyday of Bradford’s wool industry – that has arrived back in the UK following an exile of nearly 50 years in the USA 'For steam
SIR – Seven billion people in the world are doing nothing to stop one megalomaniac in Syria killing thousands and destroying their habitat. It beggars belief. David Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford
SIR – Under the heading ‘Make the switch for hassle-free journeys’, Ray Wilkes (Letters, November 14) tries to argue the case for people to ditch their cars in favour of public transport. Cars will transport you from where you are to exactly where
SIR – Mr Wilkes suggests that car drivers switch to public transport for allegedly “hassle-free journeys” (Letters, November 14). Perhaps the best immediate response would be to refer Mr Wilkes to Page 4 of the same day’s T&A where he can read
SIR – I was pleased to see that in the T&A (November 17) you published, as your picture of the week, a photograph of Griff Rhys Jones speaking at the launch of BradfordOne. At the launch, Griff eloquently outlined why a city centre needs more
SIR – Recently we were privileged to watch on BBC television the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, and the BBC is to be congratulated on what was a faultless presentation of what was and always is a very moving experience. It was a
SIR – I have just heard of a woman who took out a loan for £150 and ended up paying £2,000 in repayments to a private credit company. There must be hundreds of people struggling to make ends meet, and the growth in private credit loan companies
SIR – In spite of the official verdict, didn’t the record low voter turnout for the recent Police Commissioner and Parliamentary elections show people are so disillusioned with the antics of politicians they have lost confidence in both democracy and
Employers from across the district are backing a charity’s new initiative which encourages businesses to support the growing number of unpaid carers. The Carers’ Resource, at Broughton Hall, Skipton, has launched the Keeping Us Company scheme to
An urgent plea to tackle drug dealers in a Baildon street is one of the first letters to land on the desk of West Yorkshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner. Businessman Rob Higgie has campaigned for eight years against the growing problem of
The inspirational work of a local care home in supporting residents with hearing loss is being highlighted by a charity campaigning to transform the quality of care for residents who are deaf or hard of hearing. Following the publication of its
During a recent visit to Hull, I made a detour to have a look at the small town of Market Weighton – I had never been there before but I first heard of it more than 50 years ago and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. There is a significant
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Bus crews in Bradford and across West Yorkshire voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action over a pay claim dispute with employer Yorkshire Rider. 50 years ago: There was a mixed reaction to news
ony Davison will this week tell students at Keighley College about the day his life changed. He will describe the impact of losing his son Adrian in a car crash ten years ago this month. “He was a passenger in a car driven by his best friend
As the thin blue line gets ever more stretched due to the public funding crisis that the economic downturn in recent years has caused, we sometimes have to accept our police force is not as well-resourced as we would always like. But it does seem
City face a race against time to find yet more defensive loan cover after John Egan became the latest serious casualty. The Sunderland centre half was rushed into hospital for an operation last night after suffering a suspected broken leg in the
Award-winning Bradford chef and entrepreneur Mohammed Aslam has handed out prizes to more than 30 children from two local primary schools. They took part in an enterprise challenge run by Bradford Council’s Education Business Partnership. Winners
A Bradford councillor’s son has been jailed for using his car as a weapon on a day of disorder in Keighley said to be linked back to the notorious “roundabout murders” a decade ago. Majid Hussain, 28, deliberately rammed his Audi into a parked
Being employed – rather than the size of the salary – has the largest impact on people’s wellbeing, a study into life satisfaction in the UK has found. The Government-led survey also revealed that despite one in eight people facing financial difficulties
A “determined” drug dealer who plied his trade on the streets of Bradford for at least eight years has been jailed for seven years. Rashid Hussain, 29, of Cecil Terrace, Great Horton, Bradford, was locked up as a “three strikes” drug trafficker
A parish priest has been in a six-month-long battle to try to get police to investigate an early-hours crash which caused £14,000 of damage to his Bradford church. A car smashed into the 120-year-old gates of St Clement’s Church in Barkerend Road
Bulls star Brett Kearney has a key role in assisting with the development of rookie full back Curtis Naughton. That is the view of Paul Medley, who has seen Naughton, Oliver Roberts and Sam Wood promoted into the first-team squad ahead of next
Unpaid work in the community has been changing the landscape as well as the lives of offenders living in Bradford for the past 40 years. And this week Community Payback has been highlighting some of the projects under way in the district as part
Two friends who said they kept a dog locked up in a squalid hot car covered in faeces because it was violent have been banned from keeping animals for five years by magistrates. Saima Bi, 26, and Kiran Hussain, 19, pleaded guilty at Bradford and
Up to 136 workers, including top directors, could lose their jobs in a new wave of cost-cutting as Bradford Council desperately tries to make a £30 million reduction in next year’s budget. A document leaked to the Telegraph & Argus reveals
Bradford’s education chief says it is “incredible” that the number of children offered a place in a school of their choice has risen amid a rising population and financial cutbacks. More than 2,000 children had been denied a place at their first-choice
Golden teenager Alex Kupse has notched up yet another achievement while battling a rare medical condition. The 19-year-old, of Idle, Bradford, was collecting his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award from Prince Philip at St James Palace in London today
Tributes have been paid to a Bradford nurse who raised thousands of pounds for charity, despite being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Karen Williams died peacefully surrounded by her family at her home in Great Horton, aged 54. Her cousin, 54
City 1, Plymouth 0 City were plunged into further injury crisis as they got back on track with three crucial points last night. The win was just what the manager had ordered to keep them in the thick of the play-off places. But unfortunately
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Great Horton: construction of straw-bale building (hub for HCF project, allotments and local community), metal-walled compost toilet building and three polytunnels, Allotment
Business owners in Bradford city centre are playing a “two-year survival game” as they wait for the Westfield development. An open meeting for city centre businesses at the Midland Hotel tonight heard that firms are desperate for increased footfall
