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  • Ormsby on target as Albion Sports climb to third

    Albion Sports 1, Pontefract Collieries 0 A first-half goal was enough to give Albion Sports a narrow victory over Baris Northern Counties East League Division One promotion rivals Pontefract Collieries – despite the home side ending the game with

  • Bradford Lord Mayor joins in litter pick

    The Lord Mayor of Bradford joined a team of young volunteers in a litter pick. The Yorkshire branch of the Sant Nirankari Mission on Napier Street, off Leeds Road, was joined by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Dale Smith, on Saturday. Coun Smith

  • East Riddlesden Hall craft event

    Anyone hoping to give their mum a more personal gift this Mothers’ Day can attend craft sessions at East Riddlesden Hall, near Keighley. Visitors can make a lavender bag using herbs from the National Trust property’s garden. The free sessions are

  • Sentence cut for teenager who smothered grandmother

    A teenage rugby player who smothered his 92-year-old great-grandmother with a cushion when she refused to lend him money has had his sentence reduced. Dion Groombridge (pictured) attacked his frail victim on the sofa at her flat before rifling

  • Live blog: City v Dagenham

    City begin life after Wembley with several changes for tonight's home clash against Dagenham. Jon McLaughlin obviously comes in between the posts for the suspended Matt Duke. It is his first league outing since the end of October. With Ryan

  • Keeper Fuller can't quite hold back Pocklington tide

    Bingley Bees Seconds 1, Pocklington 2 Bingley Bees Seconds suffered their second defeat in three matches to drop to sixth in Yorkshire Women's Division Four. They were expecting a tough match as they faced promotion-chasing Pocklington at Bradford

  • Cooper and Green take contrasting routes to quarter-finals

    Two of Bradford's top players made it through to the quarter-finals of the Yorkshire Snooker Championships after negotiating the qualifying stage. Three-time Bradford champion and 2010 Yorkshire title-winner Gareth Green came through the field,

  • Ilkley fairy dell walk

    Anne Hodgson will lead a six-mile circular ‘fairy dell’ walk from Ilkley Lido in Denton Road at 10.30am on Wednesday, March 6. A packed lunch is required.

  • Otley Lions collect £300 for measles campaign

    An Otley Lions stall has raised £303 to support a global measles vaccination campaign. The group, which has already donated £1,000 to the One Shot One Life initiative, sold books and bric-a-brac and accepted donations at Otley Buttercross last

  • Vauxhall Adam set to raise the standard

    Fiat 500, MINI, Audi A1, Citroen DS3. Now you can to that trendy, uber-cool city car list the much-awaited Vauxhall Adam. That’s right. Vauxhall and cool now go together as well as hot and hatch, thanks to the soon-to-be launched Adam which follows

  • Man 'lucky to be alive' after Manningham fire

    Firefighters say a bed-bound man is lucky to be alive after he was rescued from a bed blaze sparked by a cigarette today. The man in his 50s, who has recently suffered a stroke, was dragged to safety by his partner after his bed caught fire when

  • Burglars strike at East Bierley Cricket Club

    Burglars used cutting equipment to chop through the roof of a Bradford cricket club and steal cash and booze from a safe, police said yesterday. Thieves struck at East Bierley Cricket Club, in South View Road, at about 11.55pm on Sunday. Police

  • Students take part in Windermere litter pick

    Bradford University Sub Aqua Club is taking part in the world’s largest underwater litter pick at Windermere on Saturday. The group is the oldest University Sub Aqua dive club in the world, established in December 1969, and members will join some

  • Future flooding on Pool-in-Wharfedale road ‘unlikely’

    Highways engineers say further major flooding on a frequently-blocked stretch of road between Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale is “unlikely”. A section of the A659 Pool Road, near Weidmann Whiteley Paper Mill, was impassable on two occasions last November

  • Harden charity concert

    Churches Together in Harden and Wilsden present a charity concert in aid of Wateraid, featuring KVU Singers (Keighley Vocal Union) in St Saviour’s Church, Harden, on Saturday, March 9, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5, from church members or Harden Post

  • Keighley Salvation Army Songs of Praise

    Keighley Salvation Army stages its monthly Songs of Praise service this Sunday at 2.30pm at the High Street church. It will include music from Keighley Community Band. Hymns will reflect the arrival of spring. Refreshments will be served.

  • Keighley groups to show how funds help

    Keighley groups that have received Community First funding will showcase their activities. They will highlight how the fund has supported their work with local people at the Monday, March 11, meeting at Central Hall in Alice Street. Community

  • Choir concert at Shipley

    A youth choir will perform at St Paul’s Church in Shipley on Friday, March 8. St Paul’s Junior Choir will perform at the church in Kirkgate at 7.30pm. It will be the first talent showcase of the choir under the new directorship of Rachel Hesselwood

  • Birkenshaw coffee morning

    Locals can support Fairtrade Fortnight at a coffee morning from 10am at Birkenshaw Methodist Church, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, on Friday.

  • Thornton teenager to sing at live contest

    A 17-year-old singer from Bradford has been given the thumbs up by judges in a talent competition. Gina Laszlo, from Thornton, has made it through to the Regional Finals of TeenStar, a new competition for teenagers and pre-teens. It means Gina

  • Record number applies for grants from Thornton firm

    A scheme run by a company to boost the lives of Bradford youngsters has received a record number of applications. More than 50 good causes have submitted bids of up to £2,500 from the 2013 round of donations from the Leo Group Community Fund.

  • £6,000 grants approved by Ilkley council

    Two awards totalling £6,000 have been approved by Ilkley councillors for improvements at Darwin Gardens Millennium Green and contributing to a French twinning trip. Ilkley Parish Council’s awards and projects committee has agreed to grant £1,500

  • Volunteers to dig in at Bradford community allotment

    Members of Bradford Community Environment Project will dig over some of the Scotchman Road Community Allotment in Bradford. Members of the group will also plant potatoes between 10am-noon on Monday, March 18. Anyone who would like to take part

  • Bradford's Mecca bingo hall backing Marie Curie appeal

    A bingo hall is aiming to raise some numbers for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal. Mecca Bradford wants customers to wear the charity’s yellow daffodil pin in return for a donation to the cause. It is the third year Mecca has

  • Group plans special concert

    A singing group for people with learning and physical disabilities, which received £500 from the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s appeal, is preparing for its first concert. Called Sing from the Heart, the group is supported by Bradford Disability Advice

  • Late breakfast after clean-up in Keighley

    A well-deserved late breakfast was in store for volunteers and paid workers after they cleared rubbish in Bracken Bank, Keighley. Residents young and old joined workers from several organisations to carry out the clean-up around the Sue Belcher Community

  • Shipley Slide Show

    The next Shipley Slide Show is on Friday at 7.30pm at the town’s library in Well Croft. Alan Plowright will present Memorable Journeys, some of his favourite walks such as the Coast to Coast.

  • Denholme villagers say 'we don't need any more homes'

    Plans to develop a field will be unveiled to the public next month – but the news has been met with scepticism even before full details have been revealed. The future of a field off New Road/Long Causeway in Denholme is the subject of an exhibition

  • Get your hands on history at Oakwell Hall in Birstall

    The first of a series of Hands on History days at Oakwell Hall is this Sunday. Oakwell Hall Living History from noon to 4pm at the museum in Birstall is the first of regular history activities which will run on the first Sunday of the month.

  • Proms again

    The Silsden-based Proms of the Farm team has organised a spring concert. It will be held at Silsden Golf Club next Saturday, March 9, at 7.30pm and will feature the well known country and folk group, Five and Dimers. Tickets are available from

  • Charity ball

    A fundraising ball in aid of a charity helping people with skin condition epidermolysis bullosa is being held in Bradford. The event, at the Midland Hotel on Saturday, March 16, is raising funds for the charity DEBRA. There will be a three-course

  • Planning applications

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Silsden: non-material amendment to permission 10/04020/HOU (alterations and extensions to existing house including replacement conservatory and redevelopment of external storage

  • One sound you won't want tot miss

    OneSound, the UK’s leading Christian youth music ensemble, is performing a concert in the district. The event will take place at Christchurch, on The Grove, Ilkley on Saturday, March 16 at 7.30pm. The music ensemble will also help to lead the

  • Keighley's Eastwood Primary School fashion show

    A fashion show will be held at Eastwood Primary School, in Keighley, on Friday, March 8, to celebrate International Women’s Day. The show is being held by the school support group Soroptimists and Mothers of Eastburn School. The event, which

  • Bobbies will cycle to Berlin and back in aid of SSAFA charity

    A team of serving and retired Bradford police officers are gearing up for a 600-mile charity bike ride. The nine-strong team of officers from Bradford, Manchester and London, will travel from Bradford to Berlin and back in June, in aid of the Soldier

  • Eccleshill home plan rejected

    A retrospective application for a dormer window at a home in Eccleshill, Bradford, has been lost on appeal. Bradford Council planners refused the bid for 15 Hall Terrace, Cavendish Road, in August. Subsequently a planning inspector determined

  • Direct action cuts post office crime

    Crimes at Post Offices across Bradford have fallen dramatically, according to new figures. The police recorded 11 offences of any kind at branches across the district last year, compared with 37 in 2010. The figures, revealed exclusively to

  • Ilkley church representatives to talk about influences

    Churches Together in Ilkley has invited representatives of the town’s churches to talk about key figures who have influenced their traditions in a series of talks throughout Lent. All the talks will be hosted by All Saints Church, Church Street

  • Police criticise ‘appalling’ parking at Keighley school

    Police have criticised the “appalling” parking of parents dropping off children at St Andrew’s Primary School, Keighley. During a morning visit this month to the school, off West Lane, Keighley, officers saw cars blocking pavements. They were

  • Event marks book day

    Hall Green BookPoint at Haworth is staging an open evening to mark World Book Day. The event, next Thursday, March 7, from 7pm to 9pm, will give visitors the chance to browse and buy cut-price stock. There will be Tearcraft and Leprosy Mission

  • The hidden history of Bradford's Jewish heritage

    EMMA CLAYTON reports on the tours of Bradford that tell the story of the European settlers behind much of the city’s commercial success Like many of the striking Victorian buildings in Little Germany, the Behrens property on East Parade is now

  • Law firm backs Daffodil Walk for hospice

    An annual charity walk which is in its fifth year has signed up its first sponsor. Bradford law firm Petherbridge Bassra Solicitors is backing the 2013 Daffodil Walk. The event is organised by one of the Marie Curie Hospice support groups,

  • Big brew date

    Trinity Church in Fell Lane, Keighley, will host the Big Brew on March 8 from 10.30am to noon. The event is part of the national Traidcraft Big Brew and will raise money to farmers in developing countries grow food for their families and communities

  • Bollywood show

    Bollywood Icons will be the theme of an exhibition at the National Media Museum to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema. The exhibition will run from March 8 until June 16. A series of contemporary Indian films will be part of Bradford International

  • Tree to be planted to honour Stanley King

    An oak tree is to be planted in Heaton Woods later next month in memory of former Lord Mayor of Bradford Stanley King. Heaton Woods Trust has invited the Earl of Rosse to carry out the planting honours at its annual arboricultural day on Saturday

  • Bring back rangers

    SIR – We, the Friends of Bowling Park, litter-pick on a regular basis; in fact we litter picked on Saturday, February 23, for three hours. People should be fined for dropping litter, children should be educated by parents to take litter home or

  • Will service improve?

    SIR – Steve McGuiness, the Royal Mail delivery director for this area, stated (T&A, February 19) that “moving the mail operation from our Bingley, Shipley and Bradford West delivery offices will provide improved working conditions, secure employment

  • Last word on wealth

    SIR – What with Ron Harding’s letter (T&A, February 21) and his continuing support of his like-minded fellow correspondent C Hindle, I feel to be on a ‘harding’ to nothing, infantile pun intended. But who is he to say when a debate had run

  • On the way back?

    SIR – To see my team torn apart on such a big stage was heartbreaking. However, the reaction of the 34,000 City supporters at Wembley filled me with a massive amount of pride and hope – the hope that within the next ten years the club that I have

  • A wonderful day

    SIR – We returned from London after going to the Capital One Cup final on Sunday. After going to a show on Saturday night, we joined our sons and their friends and met other City supporters. There was a feeling of camaraderie. Non-supporters were

  • Honouring the 56

    SIR – I’m sure that this letter will echo the sentiments reverberating around the city of Bradford, but I couldn’t ignore the urge to express my pride and admiration for the display of spirit, grit and determination evident throughout Bradford City

  • Do a ‘Swansea’!

    SIR – Well done to all the fans from both Bradford and Swansea. It was a super occasion and all the fans were absolutely brilliant. Can I say to all Bradford, even though you lost, remember what you achieved, beating Arsenal and Aston Villa on

  • Special memories and boost for the city

    SIR – A cavalcade of claret and amber lit up the dank and dismal Sunday morning heralding the day of reckoning. Optimism filled the air as cars, vans, and coaches headed for Wembley to support our beloved City in the historic cup final. Having seen

  • Can Council rise to eco challenge?

    You might be surprised to hear that the Council is responsible for only two percent of the carbon dioxide produced in the Bradford district. Despite this, it’s making a strong effort to reduce even this small contribution and set the rest of us

  • Chance to invest in a fairer world

    Choosing and asking for Fairtrade is one way to ensure that farmers and workers in the developing world get a good deal. Climate change, rising food and fuel costs and volatile markets mean they face an uncertain future, but we can help by buying

  • Green kite mark award for Bradford company

    The Bradford head office of Barrett Steel Group has achieved a key environmental standard, ISO 14001:2004, as part of a company-wide campaign to reduce its carbon footprint. Mel Bray, director of integrated management systems, said: “The award

  • Keighley car blaze probe

    A blaze which badly damaged a Toyota pick-up truck is under investigation. A passer-by raised the alarm after seeing the vehicle on fire outside a house in Highfield Road, Keighley, shortly after 1am on Monday. Crews from Keighley and Bingley

  • Thornbury home extension appeal rejected

    An appeal over a two-storey extension on a home in Thornbury has been dismissed. The scheme at 3 Petrie Grove was turned down by Bradford Council planners in October. A planning inspector has now ruled on appeal that the extension would harm the

  • Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival set to start

    The ales are in place and the musicians are ready for Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival 2013, which starts tonight. Victoria Hall in Saltaire will host the three-day event which runs until Saturday. Volunteers spent yesterday setting-up, with organiser

  • Denholme plans are met with sceptical response

    Plans to develop a field will be unveiled to the public next month – but the news has been met with scepticism even before full details have been revealed. The future of a field off New Road/Long Causeway in Denholme is the subject of an exhibition

  • Otley weapons expert to talk Richard III on Twitter

    History lovers can talk online this week to the Otley-based expert who helped identify the remains of Richard III. Historical weapons expert Bob Woosnam-Savage was part of the team who recently confirmed that a skeleton found under a Leicester

  • Churchillian promotion speech by Bantams boss Parkinson

    It was the moment that stole the show at City’s post-Wembley party. Phil Parkinson’s six-minute address to guests and players promised that nothing would be left behind in the charge for promotion. “Every single game will be played like it’

  • Training centre gives pride back to Bradford's homeless

    A Lottery-funded training project helping Bradford’s homeless and most vulnerable adults into work is celebrating its first year of success. In the past 12 months, Horton Housing’s Training Centre based at Edmund Street in Great Horton has helped

  • Former Post Office can sell alcohol

    A bid by a newsagent in the Bolton Road area of Bradford to sell alcohol seven days a week has been passed. But Councillor Howard Middleton (Lib Dem, Bolton and Undercliffe) who had objected to the scheme, welcomed a move to reduce the hours from

  • MP David Ward says care homes should be better monitored

    Concerns about the quality of care homes in the district have been raised by an MP as part of his research into social care. David Ward, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, said that as part of his Reforming Social Care: Voices from Bradford

  • Wibsey driver fraudulently used mum's blue parking badge

    A medical student was branded “selfish” after fraudulently using a disabled badge in a Bradford car park. Mohammed Rajput was told by magistrates yesterday that he “should be ashamed of himself” for using a blue badge to park in a disabled bay.

  • Free parking needed to boost city

    The suggestion by the Conservative group on Bradford Council that the city centre should have free, on and off street, car parking is a welcome one. Indeed, it is something the Telegraph & Argus has called for over many years, when both Conservatives

  • Court File

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Khurram Iqbal, aged 26, of Bridgwater Road, Heaton; four counts of breach of non-molestation order, 12 months’ community order, 120 hours’ unpaid work, £100 compensation.

  • Vandals cause huge damage to lights display

    Vandals have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to decorative lighting put up just last year to improve a town centre. The Jubliee Lights were installed to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and were part of a £40,000 spend on all-year

  • Bradford woman set to be sentenced for cruelty to dogs

    A woman who admitted cruelty to four dogs – one of which died – will be sentenced by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates next month. Kathleen Crowley, who appeared at the court yesterday, pleaded guilty at a hearing in January to causing unnecessary

  • Free wifi expanded in city centre

    Visitors to Bradford’s City Park will be able to take advantage of free public Wi-Fi from Monday as part of a scheme to boost broadband and wireless capabilities in the city. It follows the switch-on of the same technology in Bridge Street shortly

  • Union to probe social worker 'redundancies'

    A union representing social workers has said that it will be looking “as a matter of urgency” at information that redundancies were made within Bradford Council’s adult services department. The Telegraph & Argus reported yesterday that 81 employees

  • Long Lee Village Hall to hold AGM

    Guardians of two beauty spots will give presentations at the annual meeting of Long Lee Village Hall, Keighley. Villagers attending the meeting on Wednesday, March 13, will hear about the work of the Friends of St Ives and the Friends of Park Wood

  • Bradford Bulls: Ready, steady, go for Bateman

    John Bateman will hit the comeback trail tomorrow night when he lines up for the Bulls’ Academy side at Huddersfield. The homegrown back-rower has made steady progress in his rehabilitation from a shoulder reconstruction during the off-season.

  • New season starts tonight, says Bradford City boss

    City are raring to get Wembley out of their system tonight as Phil Parkinson announced: A new season starts here. The Bantams come back to earth after Sunday’s Capital One Cup final with a Valley Parade clash against Dagenham, looking to revive

  • Bradford's population 'now mixing more’

    A change in the ethnic make-up of the Bradford district, including a drop in the number of segregated neighbourhoods, has been highlighted at a conference in the city. Dr Stephen Jivraj and Dr Nissa Finney, of Manchester University Research Team

  • Family left terrified by Denholme house raid

    Balaclava-clad robbers threatened a family with a pickaxe during a terrifying home raid which left a teenage girl traumatised. The three robbers were in the kitchen of a house in Cliffe Terrace, Denholme, at about 8.30pm on Monday when they were

  • Relief over Sugden End decision

    Conservative councillors have welcomed the latest changes to the Labour-run executive’s budget proposals which would see the Sugden End waste recycling centre in Keighley remain open. Councillor Rebecca Poulsen declared the change of heart a victory

  • Bradford Council in bid to cut school admission appeals

    More parents in Bradford object to the school chosen for their child than in any other local authority in the country. More than 2,600 parents – one in ten – were so unhappy with the school place offered to their child last year that they lodged

  • Driver 'not to blame' for death of Liversedge man in crash

    A driver whose car struck a deaf pensioner crossing a road need not blame herself for the fatal accident, a Bradford coroner said yesterday. Harry Spencer, 68, died from traumatic brain injuries two days after he accidentally walked out in front

  • Foodbank demand in Bradford doubles in a year

    Sanctions on those claiming benefits is one reason why demand for food banks is soaring in Bradford, it has been claimed, as the Government announced it is investigating why there has been a dramatic rise in free food handouts. The Trussell Trust

  • Bradford's Provident Financial plan for expansion

    Provident Financial has bought a plot land from the administrators of retailer T J Hughes, which closed the former Sunwin House department store in 2011, to create space for future expansion on the back of its booming credit card business. The

  • Lees Primary School bad parkers warned

    Police were joined by pupils of Lees Primary School, Keighley, for a crackdown on drivers parking inconsiderately around the school. They issued notices to the owners of four vehicles parked on the pavement on Lees Lane and Lees Bank Road.

  • Loan shark told female victim to sell body to repay him

    A loan shark in Bradford urged a woman to sell herself for sex so she could repay his exorbitant interest rates, a court heard. When his victim tried to laugh off the suggestion, James Stone told her: “I’m not joking. I have no morals,” a judge

  • £131 million for capital spending

    Details of the Labour-run executive’s final capital investment plan for the next financial year have been unveiled ahead of tomorrow’s budget meeting of Bradford Council. The plan provides for £131 million to be spent in 2013/14 with a number of

  • Tories in bid for free city centre parking

    Bradford city centre must woo car drivers with the promise of free parking or face terminal decline, a leading councillor warned yesterday with the backing of the AA. Councillor John Pennington, the Conservative group’s spokesman for transport,

  • Fears over plans to put NHS records online

    Bradford Council’s health scrutiny chief has condemned plans to give patients online access to their medical records saying he fears they could be targeted by internet hackers. Councillor Mike Gibbons, chairman of the Council’s health overview

  • Third time lucky for Thackley against Barton

    Thackley continued their defence of the Baris Northern Counties East League Cup with a 2-0 victory at Dennyfield last night. Barton Town Old Boys were their third-round opponents and the Dennyboys edged into the quarter-finals at the expense of