The Greengates, Bradford, store of DVD and games rental firm Blockbuster UK has survived the latest round of branch closures by the struggling company’s administrators. Deloitte has announced that another 164 stores are to shut over the next few
All four games involving local semi-professional clubs tonight have been postponed. Second-placed Brighouse Town were denied the chance to go top of the Baris Northern Counties East Premier Division when their trip to Heanor Town was called off
Police in Bradford have issued a warning and made an urgent appeal to trace potentially lethal prescription drugs. A bottle of Gabapentin tablets (white with blue writing) and MST Morphine tablets (a beige/orange colour) used to treat cancer, were
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Liversedge. A 62-year-old man suffered minor injuries in the incident, which happened in Listing Lane, shortly before 2.30pm, on Thursday, January 31. Police released the details today. The
Firefighters from Odsal were called to a factory in Park House Road, Low Moor, Bradford. About 30 per cent of the building at Cold Drawn Products was involved in the blaze which was tackled by crew wearing breathing apparatus. No-one was injured
Halifax League club Low Moor have suffered a new-year blow with the death of their president Trevor Tetley. The club’s chairman Tony Hubbert said at the league’s February meeting at Pellon Social Club: “He fulfilled many roles within the club,
A singer-songwriter from the district headed to Westminster to support Alzheimer’s Research UK. Rupert Stroud (pictured), 25, from Ilkley, attended a reception at the House of Commons yesterday, for the launch of the charity’s new dementia research
Bradford Bears 12, Teesside Cougars 8 Bradford Bears, the American football team of the University of Bradford, came through some very difficult conditions against Teesside Cougars to pull out a win that kept alive their hopes of reaching the
Jack Brooks is chomping at the bit to get his Yorkshire playing career underway. The former Northamptonshire fast bowler, currently in the final throws of his recovery from a nagging Achilles injury, is confident that next week’s county training
A new 20mph speed limit could be introduced on roads around Otley’s secondary school. Leeds City Council is proposing an advisory 20mph limit for sections of Farnley Lane and Newall Carr Road outside Prince Henry’s Grammar School. If it goes
Many of the main routes in and out of Bradford are currently gridlocked as commuters struggle to get home in challenging weather conditions. Traffic is very slow, and in some cases at a standstill, on Wakefield Road, Haworth Road and Hall Ings,
Bradford No 1 travelled to Harrogate in the Yorkshire Inter-District League looking to extend their lead at the top of snooker’s Division One but came across a home side refusing to give in. Wayne Cooper found it tough against a determined Andy
Cricket clubs aren’t always whiter than white - but they can be this year. Junior and senior clubs in Bradford are being encouraged to enter the AEG 2013 Grassroots Cricket Campaign, where teams can win new kits, washing machines and the
Army cadet Gabi Snowden has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. The17-year-old, who lives in Cowling, near Keighley, was promoted at a training weekend for D Company. “Being a sergeant means a great deal to me as it is the next step of my
Great Horton Church are confident that they can overcome their main drawback to a successful application to the Halifax League. The league are very keen on clubs having a scorebox, but Great Horton Church’s secretary Taj Butt has found a way for
There was more misery for rush-hour commuters on the M62 this evening after a lorry blew a tyre. Police said the incident happened at about 1.30pm, but it has had a knock-on effect on tea-time traffic as two lanes of the carriageway had to be closed
Eagar Bantams’ fans pitched tents in the snow as queues started to form 27 hours before the club’s last Capital One Cup final tickets go on sale tomorrow. Steven Price, 31, of Shipley, was first to arrive outside the Valley Parade ticket office
GOALS Bradford will be hosting a three-day half-term camp from next Tuesday to next Thursday (10am-3pm) for children aged from four to 12. All coaches are FA qualified and CRB checked, and participants will receive a goodie bag, medal and certificate
Bantams legend Dean Windass is the guest speaker at Sandy Lane Junior Football Club's annual dinner at the Dubrovnik Hotel on Oak Avenue, Bradford on Friday, March 8 (7pm). Master of ceremonies is Mike Smith and comedian is Pete Emmett.
Members of Bradford Esprit Diving Club put in a number of notable performances at a regional event. The club competed against City of Leeds, Harrogate Diving Club and Darlington Diving Club in the the North East Regional Age Group Championships
Five Bradford hopefuls have been named in English Lions head coach Ian Rooney’s first squad of 2013. Rooney, recently appointed for a two-year term, will meet up with a 38-strong squad at Wigan St Judes on Sunday, March 31 for a training day.
Frost proved a problem for Burley Trojans in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League's Under-12 Division D, although in this case it was Danny rather than 'Jack'. He had a hand in the third and fifth goals for Bradford Park Avenue
Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League – Under-ten A: Bingley Barca 6, Menston 2; Sandy Lane 1, Salts Lions 2; Skipton LMS 0, Campion 5. B: Salts Panthers 0, Bolton Woods 6. C: Salts Jaguars 1, Bingley Bayern 11; Sandy Lane 0, Salts Pumas 5. Under
Cross Roads’ Jenny Cowen has repeated her silver medal showing of last year in the ten-metre synchronised event at the British Gas Diving Championships at Plymouth Life Centre. The 21-year-old scored 304.14 points with City of Leeds clubmate Rebecca
Retirement home specialists have been given the go-ahead to build a five-storey block of 33 flats next to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. An agent for McCarthy and Stone told the latest planning committee meeting of Craven District Council that the
Jacob Gill is a triple under-15 boys’ county champion. The Titus Salt School pupil won the standing long jump and standing triple jump and was in a triple tie in the speed bounce at the Under-13 and Under-15 West Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics
Denholme’s Rebekah Tiler has shot up the year-end British rankings. The 14-year-old Bingley Grammar School pupil is already the eighth best woman in the country according to body weight, the third best junior woman and the leading youth woman,
Time is standing still in Haworth – but only as far as one historic clock is concerned, and only temporarily! The Haworth Parish Church clock, which is more than 140 years old, stopped about two weeks ago. The clock has to be wound manually
A police officer knocked down a suspected drink-driver three times with his patrol car after the man "did a runner" in Bradford, a jury heard today. PC Steven Mullaney, 41, has gone on trial accused of causing Anthony Shaw actual bodily harm using
The next meeting of White Rose Sugar Art Club is at 7.15pm on Friday, February 15, at Shipley Library when Diane Fairley will give a demonstration on fairies in sugar. Visitors are welcome.
Students at Bradford University are taking part in National Student Volunteering Week. Today students will join a Horton Community Farm volunteering day.
Work to stop a Bingley park getting water logged during bad weather is under way. Community groups had written to councillors, Bradford Council and Shipley Tory MP Philip Davies, asking that something be done to improve drainage at Myrtle Park.
It was confirmed today that bave brain tumour survivor Jake Turton, nine, will lead his Bantam heroes out at Wembley for the final on Sunday, February 24. He will be one of two official club mascots after the club won special dispensation from
Some schools have closed early today and bus routes are being diverted because of snowy weather. Abbey Green Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Carlton Bolling College and Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College have all shut this afternoon
Steven Ellis, a former offender and now Peer Mentor, is among a group from West Yorkshire Probation Trust who will attend an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace next month to receive a prestigious Butler Trust Award for his work with offenders and
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of the theft of items worth more than £250. A man and woman in their 20s and a teenage girl have been questioned over the theft of goods at Next, on the Birstall Retail park last Thursday. They have
A new community group in Bradford has been awarded a grant to help vulnerable people during cold weather. The Shearbridge Residents Association was given a Winter Warmth Community Grant by the Bradford West Area Co-ordinator’s Office, supported
Bradford Environmental Education Service will be working at Northcliffe Woods in Shipley on Friday. Members of the group will be working at a new bird feeding station. The group will meet at Culture Fusion on Thornton Road at 9.45am. Anyone
Keighley Ramblers are in the Yorkshire Dales will set off from the main car park in Grassington at 10.30am on Sunday and walk to Burnsall and back. Anyone is welcome. Wear appropriate clothing and bring lunch.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, love is in the air at Guiseley Theatre. Guiseley Amateurs are busy rehearsing for their production of Guys and Dolls. Set in pre-war New York, the show follows a group of gamblers led by Nathan Detroit, whose
Former Yorkshire Bank senior executive Kath Myers has joined Barclays bank as network regional director for Yorkshire and the North East. She leads Barclays network of 197 branches and more than 1,500 staff from Lincolnshire to Berwick-on-Tweed.
People who would like to have a greater say in what happens in their community can find out more in Bradford tomorrow. Neighbourhood Ventures is running a free session at Bradford CVS Voluntary Services Centre on Sunbridge Road from 7pm-9pm exploring
A Bradford community radio station has joined forces with a children’s nursery in Manningham, Bradford, to raise awareness about the importance of vitamin D. B106.6FM and Midland Road Nursery in Bateman Road have recruited 31 residents as community
Bradford teacher-turned-entrepreneur Scott Parkin is to speak at a new national education innovation conference next month. Mr Parkin, a data management specialist, will speak about using technology to engage children and families with English
The rebirth of the Great Victoria Hotel on Bridge Street after two years in limbo since the demise of its previous owners – who did much to improve the historic Victorian structure – is a positive development. New owners Gainford Hotels have so
The new-look Hainsworth is the culmination of more than a year’s planning and implementation and creates a business which we believe is well placed to make the most of our opportunities in the UK and globally. – Tom Hainsworth, managing director
People in Bradford looking into their family history can browse a new collection of alien registration records from Leeds City Police. Almost 3,000 cards, covering dates from about 1850 to about 1960, relate to immigrants registering in the Leeds
Police stopped a Peugeot 307 after receiving reports that it was being driven erratically in the Marshfields area of Bradford. After conducting checks it was found that the driver did not have insurance. The vehicle was seized and the driver received
Readers can wish Bradford City good luck in the club’s Capital One Cup final at Wembley when a giant Bantams’ shirt stops at the Telegraph & Argus on Friday. The giant shirt, produced by The Co-operative, will be available to sign at our Hall
A cancer survivor is backing a new Cancer Research UK campaign in the knowledge that she is only alive thanks to a medical breakthrough. Former teacher Nicki Wardle, 44, of Guiseley, has teamed up with the charity to highlight the power of research
Reader Tim Clapham has contributed a cracking little story to Bizarre Bradford this week. Tim has drawn our attention to a story headlined “Avenue raider escapes” which concerns a “safe-cracker” – a thief armed with explosive gelignite who blew
Firefighters from Odsal were called to a factory in Park House Road, Low Moor, just after 6am today when a shot blasting machine caught fire. About 30 per cent of the building at Cold Drawn Products was involved in the blaze which was tackled by
The owner of a long-established Shipley scrap metal business expressed concern about plans for a £20 million supermarket and regeneration development in the town. Matthew Evans, managing director of Crossley Evans, whose site is owned by rail authorities
Chartered surveyor Eddisons’ first commercial property auction of 2013 will feature 160 lots. The firm, which has a Bradford office, will offer lots including the former Thornton Moor water treatment works in Oxenhope. It is being offered with
Frank Healy, who now lives in Huddersfield, has always thought of Bradford as his home town ever since moving here from Surrey when he was six months old in February 1941. His father was a regular soldier. Mr Healy takes up the story: “We lived
Emergency services descended on a railway tunnel in the Bradford district after reports of a chemical spill on a train – but there was no cause for alarm. Fire, police and ambulance crews were taking part in an exercise to test their responses
A vehicle stolen in a burglary was found by a Police Community Support Officer in the Leeds Road area of Bradford on Monday after information was received.
A 20-year-old man has been locked up for 18 months for possession of heroin with intent to supply. Sohail Ahmed, of Leeds Road, Thornbury, Bradford, was already serving a custodial sentence for dangerous driving, Bradford Crown Court heard.
Pub regulars raised £200 for a mountain rescue team with a raffle. Tommy Brown, licensee of the Junction Pub, in Baildon, handed over a cheque to members of the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team. Customers Alan Prosser, Geoff Fossel and Stuart
A councillor claimed residents are living in a “scene from the First World War” as their row with an animal rendering firm rumbles on. The Stop Omega Stink (SOS) group is representing people from Thornton, Denholme, Well Heads and surrounding areas
People will have a chance to meet the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner next week. Mark Burns-Williamson will host two public sessions in the council chamber of Keighley Town Hall on Thursday, February 21. The first is from 4pm to
What can we do to change the image of Bradford? It’s a question that is raised frequently and something that features in almost any survey we carry out. In the last few weeks there has been a wonderful change and people are willing to say that
I won’t be joining the happy throng at Wembley on Sunday, February 24. But I will be glued to the telly. Bradford City’s unbelievable success in reaching the final of the Capital One Cup has done more for this city’s image and prestige than any
Supermarket chain Booths, which has a store in Ilkley, has been awarded Ruban d’Honneur status in the European Business Awards, and will head to Dusseldorf in Germany next week in a bid to be crowned Europe’s most environmental and sustainable business
It started with shoe polish and a young man’s determination to better himself. Ray Smith left a legacy that continues and is now the responsibility of the third generation of his family. Manor Coating Systems, based on Otley Road, Shipley –
SIR – I seem to recall that when BSE was discovered in British cattle in the 1990s, our ‘friends’ in the EU immediately placed a complete ban on our exporting beef products to them. This ban lasted ten whole years before being reluctantly lifted in
SIR – I was interested to read the brief article about the water leak on Thompson Lane on Friday. What was not mentioned was that at no time did anyone come round in a van to inform us about the leak or any progress in sorting it out. The last
SIR – Seemingly it does not take long for mistakes to be dealt with after your local councillor has experienced problems that are everyday issues to most of us. Councillor David Heseltine (Con, Bingley) recently carefully negotiated vehicle speed
SIR – Another Telegraph & Argus, another story about cuts (T&A, February 11). Why don’t our caring Council just make the cuts that everybody wants – to reduce our number of councillors? The £40,000 for the City Run could be saved by merely
SIR – I am disappointed to hear the Green party councillors will be continuing their support for the Labour oligarchy at City Hall, when the regime they keep in power has demonstrated a clear disregard for a brown field first policy. The seven-figure
SIR – Re your article about horse riding on recreational land (T&A, January 29) and the letter from Chris Hardaker (T&A, February 5). As a local resident, I support the Council’s decision to forbid horse riding on Birkhill. It is claimed
I have written before about Drax power station, on the river Ouse, and a dominant feature on the Yorkshire skyline. You may recall that it’s enormous, the second-largest coal-fired power station in western Europe, so it's not surprising that it
Twenty years ago, one of the most successful crime-busting partnerships in the country was launched in Bradford. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, protecting businesses, institutions and individuals from crime and anti-social behaviour
Apprenticeships might just be the key to getting a new generation into meaningful employment, and the news that Bradford companies took on almost 5,000 young people in such roles in the last academic year is heartening news. One of the biggest
A Keighley pool player is on cue to raise pots of cash for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Dave Pearson is staging a 24-hour 8-ball pool marathon in aid of the charity. The venture is in tribute to the care given to his aunt Su Reynard, of Ingrow,
A depressed man who habitually dressed like the character of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Carribbean films accidentally overdosed on his partner's painkillers as a cry for help, an inquest heard. Marvin King, 23, died at his home at Windsor
Bradford Council leader David Green has welcomed new figures showing a significant rise in the number of appenticeships in the district, even though it lags behind the regional and national increase. Coun Green pledged that the authority would
Almost £200,000 in bank notes from a mortgage fraud was carried off in an old crisp box by a 32-year-old man, Bradford Crown Court heard. Atique Khan, of Ewart Street, Great Horton, Bradford, was caught on camera collecting the money from Birmingham
Tourism chiefs from Bradford will join their counterparts from across Yorkshire at a prestigious upcoming event. The UK’s biggest tourism conference returns this year when Welcome to Yorkshire will set out its plans for 2013. Y 13, dubbed Yorkshire
A Bradford family face an anxious wait to see if their latest attempt to find a bone marrow match for their desperately-ill child has been a success. The Anthony Nolan charity, along with the family, held a registration event yesterday calling
Bradford Bulls’ owner Omar Khan says administrators of the defunct former outfit owe him £38,500 for bills he paid before he saved the club from the brink of liquidation. Club honorary chairman Gerry Sutcliffe said the restaurant boss was in dispute
Phil Parkinson relished City’s first league win of 2013 and insisted: We really needed that. The Bantams stunned form team Wycombe 3-0 at Adams Park last night, with all the goals coming from midfield. Nathan Doyle broke his duck for the club
Pancakes were flying and flipping across the district yesterday as residents celebrated Shrove Tuesday. In Ilkley, schoolchildren and staff from businesses competed in the Ilkley Rotary Pancake Races. The Grove was closed to traffic as shoppers
Otley will stake its claim to be one of the UK's premier pub towns with the unveiling of an ‘ale trail’ tomorrow. Otley Pub Club has chosen Valentine’s Day to announce its Historic Otley Ale Trail – a leaflet featuring a map of the town and a guide
Historian Mike Dixon will explore a little-known rail route to Otley in a talk at Christchurch, Ilkley, on Wednesday, February 20. Mr Dixon will present a talk tracing the origins of the Burley-Arthington rail link, its working from 1865 to 1965
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Terri-Louise Barker, of Kirkwall Drive, Holme Wood; failure to notify change of registered keeper of vehicle, £200 fine, £105 costs. Eric Barsby, aged 86, of Howden Road,
Bradford coroners are appealing for relatives of Richard Santok Pullan to come forward. The 66-year-old died of natural causes at his home on Anvil Court, Manningham, on February 8. Mr Pullan was born in Leeds and it is believed he may have connections
Members of West Yorkshire Probation Trust will receive a national award at Buckingham Palace. Debbie Addlestone, Michelle Costello, Suky Rai and Kim Day have won a Butler Trust Commendation for their contributions to Positive Futures, which works
Calverley is getting set for another village-wide garage sale next month. On Saturday, March 16, from noon to 4pm, residents will be opening up their garages, gardens and driveways to sell ‘pre-loved’ items, from bikes to clothes, toys to furniture
Michael Platt could be set for a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a knee injury during Sunday’s defeat at Hull FC. The winger suffered concussion after being knocked out in the act of tackling former Bulls team-mate Jason Crookes into touch
A 56-year-old man is on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of 13 offences of rape against two young girls. Jeffrey Gilbert sexually abused one child when she was aged between seven and 14 and a second youngster when she was 11, the jury has
A man in a wheelchair was pushed into court by security officers yesterday to face a charge of murdering Bradford grandfather Clement ‘Butch’ Desmier. Magistrates had to move to the Bradford Crown Court building for the short remand hearing because
Placard-waving parents staged a protest outside a primary school yesterday, claiming its standards were slipping. About 30 parents held the demonstration outside the entrance to Bradford Moor Community Primary School, off Barkerend Road. The
Fisical Sports are running a half term soccer camp at Titus Salt School, Baildon, from Monday to Thursday. Courses are for boys and girls aged five to 15. To book, visit fisical.co.uk or call (01274) 592328.
A two-times cancer survivor is looking ahead to his fundraising challenges this year. Daniel McIntyre, 36, of Liversedge, aims to complete two marathons and a 5km wheelchair race to raise money for Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale. Mr McIntyre
While thousands of Bantams fans flood on to trains, coaches and planes for the club’s Capital One Cup final, a trio of supporters have decided to turn their journey to Wembley into a charity challenge – travelling by bike. Bradford Council youth
Nick Clegg could be forced to intervene in the row over David Ward’s “the Jews” comments, after a crunch meeting failed to resolve the dispute. Talks between the Bradford East MP and the Liberal Democrat chief whip broke up without an agreement
A bedridden pensioner who died in a fire after dropping a cigarette when she fell asleep might have been saved had she agreed to have an extra smoke alarm fitted and flame-retardant bedding, an inquest heard. Bradford assistant deputy coroner Roger
Parents and councillors have expressed their shock after a suspected brothel was uncovered by police on a Bradford cul-de-sac. Officers raided a house on Melbourne Grove in Thornbury only yards from a day nursery and after-school club. The
A Valentine’s Market started today in Bradford city centre. The Bradford Council-run event in Darley Street is now it in its fifth year. A variety of gifts such as chocolates, jewellery, arts and crafts, wine and fresh flowers are on offer,
A campaign group has conceded defeat in its long-running battle to stop a £25m business park being built in the Aire Valley after Bradford Council announced that work would start on Monday. Diggers will move onto the Buck Lane site next week to
A driver caught speeding on the A59 at Beamsley Hill has been fined by Skipton magistrates. Kevin Broomfield, 34, triggered a safety camera on August 30 which showed he was travelling at 57mph on a 50mph section. Broomfield, of Bradford Road
A Bradford man and members of the same traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance received “unduly lenient” sentences according to the prosecution team which is to appeal against
An accounts assistant at the Yorkshire Clinic has been spared an immediate jail term for dishonestly pocketing £6,000 paid by patients to settle bills. Elizabeth Faulkner, 30, fiddled the books at the Cottingley clinic while stealing 14 times between
Four out of five Yorkshire folk prefer to be given romantic gestures rather than expensive gifts. That’s according to a new survey, in which 82 per cent of people in Yorkshire and the Humber said they would prefer a handwritten poem or love letter
Wycombe 0, City 3 Nothing should surprise you in a season when a team from League Two are heading for the League Cup final. But few would have expected such a convincing result at Adams Park last night. One side had been winning for fun, the
Les Ballets Trockadero The Alhambra They glide across the stage on points, each oozing the efffortless grace that comes when a prima ballerina reaches her peak. You almost don’t even notice the chest hair poking out of their tutus, the
Middlesbrough 1, Leeds United 0 Neil Warnock stuck to his guns as Leeds fans called for the United manager to leave his position after tonight’s defeat at Middlesbrough. The north-east club picked up their first points of 2013 thanks to Curtis
