Windows across Saltaire are ready to light up as its unique “living Advent calendar” counts down to Christmas. Each December, 24 windows in the village are decorated with a festive scene, and every night another image is lit up, turning the world
The breakdown of negotiations to buy a key customer has opened up a new chapter for an expanding Bradford print business. Efforts by Tyersal-based Alpha Media Solutions to acquire the Z-card business, for which it has produced around 300 million
The owner of Bradford’s Cedar Court hotel boosted turnover by 20 per cent last year but rising costs and tough trading conditions pushed up pre-tax losses at Acropolis Hotels. The group increased turnover from £12.8 million in 2010 to £15. 4 million
Former Bradford College student Nicola Adams is on the 12-strong shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which is being held on Sunday, December 16. The list includes five women in all and all but one of the dozen did not pick up
Guiseley are due to return to league action tomorrow night at home to neighbours FC Halifax Town, having been drawn on the road in today’s FA Trophy second round draw. Their reward for a 3-1 win over Brackley Town is a trip to either fellow Blue
The longest-staying resident at a Keighley animal shelter is looking for a permanent home. Haworth Cat Rescue said Penny needed a quiet house with no children or dogs following her 12 months in care. The charity commissioned a portrait of Penny
Bradford Dragons men got back to winning ways against Leicester Warriors in vcars.co.uk Division One. After a disappointing loss to Leeds Carnegie the previous week, the Dragons were keen to get back on track at the first opportunity but this
City have joined the football revolution looking to improve the skills of the next generation of players. The national spotlight is on creating better English footballers in the future and the club’s community department are playing their part
Yorkshire begin their quest for the 2013 LV= County Championship title against Sussex at Headingley, starting on Wednesday, April 10. The White Rose county, back in Division One for their 150th year, are faced with three Championship matches and
Bradford’s Georgina Roberts (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), out of the limelight since playing for England last February in the RBS Women’s Six Nations, has been called up by her country for the opening round of the new IRB Women’s Sevens World Series
Only one match survived in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League Premier Division, and that was at Emsley’s Recreation Ground, where West Bowling played Sandy Lane. However, it had to be abandoned after 80 minutes with Bowling leading 4-2 because
Campion lifted themselves to halfway up the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division table with a 2-1 home win over Bradford rivals Tyersal - but they had to do it the hard way after Aaron Heywood had given
Heavy rain has caused flooding between Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale today. Run-off soil from a nearby field, on higher ground, had clogged up drains on the A659 Pool Road - causing more than 5ft of water to build up on a section near the Blue Barn
Yorkshire women, who included former Woodhouse Grove pupil Anna Fitzpatrick and Rastrick's Nicole Peterson, were edged out 5-4 by champions Hertfordshire in a title decider for the AEGON Winter County Tennis Cup at Bath. Both teams had won
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Bradford Deaf Centre 4, Pudsey 3; Great Horton 5, Princeville B 2; Princeville A 4, Eastbrook 3. Breaks: P Devitt (Eastbrook) 60; S Wilman (Great Horton) 50; S Kershaw (Princeville B) 44;
Grangefield Old Boys had to work hard to extend their lead to five points in the Yorkshire Amateur League Senior A Division. They led twice at Bainbridge via Rhys Moore (three minutes) and "Oz" Austwick (29 minutes) but were
Jack Dee St George's Hall Nobody seemed quite sure what to expect as Britain’s most famous frown continued his first stand-up tour after six years away. The 51-year-old comic from Bromley may not have brought the house down but he certainly
END OF WATCH (15, 108 mins) HHH Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera, Cody Horn. Director: David Ayer. Officers Brian Taylor (Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Pena) patrol
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (15, 122 mins) **** Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles, Brea Bee. Director: David O Russell Writer-director David O Russell is destined
City have confirmed they WILL be appealing to get Nathan Doyle's Bristol Rovers red card overturned. Phil Parkinson took advice this morning before deciding that the club will go-ahead with an attempt to rescind the midfielder's dismissal.
Unseen clothing and new research will feature in a special event about the Bronte family in Haworth. Re-enactors dressed as the Brontes will welcome people to the gathering at West Lane Baptist Church on Saturday, December 8. The afternoon
Classic thriller The Mousetrap will celebrate its 60th anniversary when it rolls into Bradford this week. Agatha Christie’s murder mystery is the world’s longest-running show, having enjoyed a West End run for the past 60 years. It comes to
GAMBIT (12A, 89 mins) ** Starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtenay, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman. Director: Michael Hoffman. ichael Hoffman’s remake of the 1966 screwball caper about a cat burglar and showgirl who plan an
Inconsiderate parking by parents dropping their children off at a Baildon primary school “rules the lives” of neighbouring homeowners, according to a resident. Earlier this month, Bradford Council was handed a petition signed by 52 people who live
ven in these days of supersonic flight, snowmobiles and helicopters, when most people think of transport for Santa Claus, they still think of him in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donner and
NATIVITY 2: *** Starring David Tennant, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Jessica Hynes, Pam Ferris, Joanna Page, Ian McNeice. Director: Debbie Isitt. Writer-director Debbie Isitt gets back in the Christmas spirit for this eagerly-awaited sequel to
The Halle – the resident orchestra at St George’s Hall – has been performing in Bradford for more than 100 years, and tonight it returns to the city for a concert featuring award-winning young pianist Andrew Tyson. Andrew was born in North Carolina
Bradford’s former choir boy Gareth Gates (pictured right) will be performing a live and unplugged show in Bradford next spring. Tickets costing £20 go on sale from Monday for the concert at Bingley Arts Centre on Tuesday, May 23 – one of the singer
Softly-spoken Liverpudlian Garry Christian wants to make one thing clear: his band, The Christians, is not a front for religious belief of any stripe. “I am not a religious person at all. In my opinion religion is a form of mind control for the
More than 50 students from pupil referral units in the district attended an exhibition on the story of Anne Frank whose diary has inspired millions of people around the world. The exhibition, in the hall of the Aireview Pupil Referral Unit in Saltaire
The Bradford Players have turned to a children’s classic for their panto this year. Alice In Wonderland is one of the first productions staged at the New Bradford Playhouse in Little Germany. Audiences will get the chance to see the newly-refurbished
Granny Chic, by Tif Fussell and Rachelle Blondel, Kyle Books, £16.99 Think of your grandmother’s house, and “chic” might not be the first word that comes to mind. When we think of grannies, we think of chintzy sitting-rooms, an old-fashioned
The Amazing Spider-Man (Cert 12, 136 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Chris Zylka **** High school student
Retired Bradford police inspector Philip Balmforth was chuffed, figuratively speaking, by Mark Neale’s article about A4 steam locomotives in Remember When? (November 21). “I was aware of the A4 get-together for next year and had forgotten completely
There’s a gift out there for every gardener this Christmas, whatever your purse size. Here are some of the best presents on offer for the green-fingered UNDER £5 Cupcake Stakes (Poundland, £1 each, available in stores nationwide. Stockists
With its dramatic coastline, pretty parklands and elegant country houses, the Wirral is a world away from the more familiar urban sprawl the other side of the Mersey. Lying between the Mersey and Dee rivers, the Wirral peninsula is home to varied
A motorbike rider and his passenger died after a collision with a Landrover Discovey towing a trailer on Bradford Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale. The double fatal collision happened at 3.15pm on Saturday. The 54-year-old man who was riding the
“I’ve just has one of the most awful afternoons,” my neighbour told me after a visit to the cinema. “We went to see Rust And Bone but it had finished so we saw something else instead,” she said. She’s in her eighties, and from the look on her face
SIR – I was pleased to read that a top magistrate has publicly said what the rest of us have been thinking for a long time – that serious criminals are escaping justice by being let off with cautions and on-the-spot fines. John Fassenfelt, chairman
SIR – The UK press salivated at the seven-year prison sentence handed down to financial trader and fraudster Kweku Adoboli. This little charmer cost his Swiss bank employers £1.4 billion before his reckless stock market gambling was discovered.
SIR – I think the business of Prashad’s move to Drighlington has been overstated. It is possible that the residents there pay council tax to Leeds, but Drighlington and the new Prashad are firmly in BD11. Prashad will be in a good situation for
SIR – I write in praise of the staff on Ward 3 and Ward 30 at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. My brother, Ronald Kellett, was treated on both these wards recently and the nursing care he received was first class. Staff were helpful and kind to him
SIR – Having read D S Boyes’s various reasons for people ‘failing to turn out to vote’ (Letters, November 21) in the recent police commissioner and parliamentary elections, I’m surprised to see that he blames the BBC as one of several organisations
SIR – Today, I drove into Bradford intending to shop and be back on the road again within 15 minutes. I was dismayed to find pay-and-display meters installed on the streets round John Street Market, one of the few places where it had been possible
SIR – Surely we can solve the problem of there being no women bishops by having no men bishops either? After all, Christ never gave himself such airs and graces. John Wilson, Wilsons Solicitors, New Road Side, Horsforth
SIR – I’d like to express my support for the decision to allow expansion of the wind turbines above Haworth. I see the objections by the Bronte Society to be quite bizarre. They appear to want to keep Haworth close to what it was early in the 19th
SIR – Every day we are bombarded by advertisements for so-called ‘pay day loans’ and messages that inform us, quite rightly, that such loans are a bad solution to debt and in some cases, are illegal. Imagine, then, my surprise and concern when
One Direction are sitting at the top of the UK album and single charts, and have just gone to No 1 in America. Can nothing stop them? DAVID BARNETT finds out. Just after 7pm on Sunday, Zayn Malik received a text message that read: “Congratulations
It is very difficult for people in one culture to understand the practices that occur in another which seem completely alien. In many cases, it is simpler to not discuss these vast differences at all in the hope of finding some common ground in
A cheeky calendar has gone on sale to raise money for a hospital ward in Bradford which treats people with blood disorders. It is hoped it will raise thousands of pounds to add to the £20,000 already raised by the family and friends of 49-year-old
The care of older people in hospital and within the wider healthcare system is something the Telegraph & Argus has been highlighting for some time through our With Respect campaign. Two stories today highlight both sides of the coin of our
City are expected to fight Nathan Doyle’s contentious red card from the draw at Bristol Rovers. Phil Parkinson is likely to appeal the decision after TV replays showed no evidence of Doyle kicking Rovers midfielder Seanan Clucas. Doyle faces
Police have pledged to tackle issues of prostitution in part of Bradford. The issues have been occurring in Rebecca Street during late afternoon and early evening.
Bradford escaped the worst of the flooding yesterday, after heavy rain fell across the region overnight. The Environment Agency issued 24 flood warnings across West, South and North Yorkshire. Although there were no warnings in place on either
Bulls rookie Curtis Naughton believes he is learning from one of the best in Brett Kearney. Naughton and fellow teenagers Sam Wood and Oliver Roberts are acclimatising to life in the first-team squad after being handed full-time professional contracts
Paul March will begin his reign as Cougars player-coach with a trip to Batley in the opening game of the new-look 14-team Championship. March has been appointed as successor to Jason Demetriou and his men will face the Bulldogs on their infamous
A husband and wife believed to be the oldest married couple in the UK are backing this year’s Telegraph & Argus charity appeal. Kartari and Karam Chand held a joint birthday party on Saturday to mark their 100th and 107th birthdays respectively
A Keighley Town Councillor criticised a plan to “devolve” council services, saying it is not in the spirit of localism. Bradford Council will hand over control and budgets for several services, such as parks maintenance and public toilets, to area
Young girls are being subjected to life-threatening genital mutilation at the hands of their own families with police warning they will investigate any suspected cases of the barbaric practice. A task group of GPs, school nurses and midwives, has
Bristol Rovers 3, City 3 Phil Parkinson does not need to cover his eyes when the TV flashes up the latest League Two table. City can put their weary feet up for a couple of days before slipping back into cup mode without fear of retribution
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Dean Andrew Hale, aged 34, of Woodroyd Road, West Bowling; using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, two months’ community order with curfew and electronic
Festive cheer was ringing out across the district this weekend as Bradfordians started to get into the Christmas swing of things. Christmas lights were being switched on at towns across the district, while a host of Christmas markets also sprung
