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From Saturday, March 30, until Sunday, April 14, young visitors to Oakwell Hall in Nutter Lane, Birstall, and Red House in Oxford Road, Gomersal, can hunt for Easter chicks in the museum rooms. Normal entry charges apply.

An Italian motorcycle specialist is celebrating its ninth anniversary with celebrity visitors at an open event this Saturday and Sunday, to raise money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Professional racer and five times Isle of Man TT winner Ian Hutchinson

A film produced by a Baildon secondary school in collaboration with a German school has been premiered at a public screening at the National Media Museum. The packed premiere was attended by the young cast and crew, families and friends, as well

Bradford Festival Choral Society holds its next concert on Saturday, March 23. The event will be held in Price Hall at Bradford Grammar School at 7.30pm. The group will be singing Eternal Light by Howard Goodall, who is presenting the BBC2

A search has been launched for people wishing to influence local health and social care services. Healthwatch, the consumer watchdog body run locally by Keighley & Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA), will recruit volunteers on Wednesday

Bulls stars Ben Evans and Luke Gale got their hands on the World Cup this week ahead of the eagerly- anticipated tournament later this year. The pair, who are currently out injured but could represent Wales and England in the autumn showpiece,

A new fitness timetable has started at Nab Wood Sports Centre in Cottingley, Bingley, with three new weekly classes at the Bradford Council-run venue for those who want to get active. They will be held on Wednesday evenings with bokwa from 6pm

Director of rugby Charlie Linfield admits Bradford Grammar School are unlikely to challenge for honours at this month’s Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens – but he insists that won’t be the case for long. BGS’s under-13s team beat Christ

A bank manager is helping a charity after being inspired by the help it has given her own son. Julie McEvoy, of the Keighley branch for Yorkshire Bank, is backing the Down Syndrome Training and Support Service Ltd by donating £500 to the charity

A much-loved family dog that has three legs and is twice the weight it should be is on a diet. Golden Retriever Poppie, who tips the scales at 33kg – more than five stones – is one of 18 million pets in the UK at risk of early death due to being

Baildon Dynamos under-tens turned on the style in an emphatic 7-1 win over Leeds Maccabi in the Keybury League. Goals came from Charlie Menzies (2), Courbon Carr (2), Harvey Westen-Byner (2) and captain Louis Turner. Dynamos produced some excellent

Discussions about a memorial for a former Lord Mayor of Bradford Stanley King who died last year, the second Neighbourly Help Scheme Meal and the Heaton Township Community Day on April 20 will be among items on the agenda at a meeting of Heaton Township

Preliminary talks may have been held about speedway coming back to Odsal – but two eminent people within the sport reckon they had better be quick about it. With the recession biting hard, former England team manager Eric Boocock and ex-Bradford

A paperboy was punched and had his phone stolen while on his round in Common Road, Low Moor, last Saturday. His attacker is described as 5’10” tall and scrawny. He was wearing black jogging bottoms, a black barbour jacket with the hood up, and

A man who volunteers to help the victims of crime has been given a lifetime achievement award. Mohammed Saddique, of Bradford, has won Victim Support’s charity staff and volunteers’ lifetime achievement award. As a victim support volunteer, Mr

More than 2,000 packets of illegal cigarettes were seized after Trading Standards raided a shop. During Tuesday morning’s raid they found a mix of counterfeit and illicit tobacco both underneath the till and spread out throughout the store, which

Phil Taylor turned on the Power to pip rival Raymond van Barneveld during a thrilling night of darts in Bradford. Taylor edged their best-of-21 clash 11-9 at the Gala Casino in Vicar Lane. The pair were locked at nine apiece before the 16-time

Adrian Purtell has received a massive boost after being given the all clear to resume his career after a visit to a specialist in London this afternoon. The Bulls centre suffered a heart attack in the aftermath of the Magic Weekend defeat to Leeds

Right on Cue Bradford No 1 brought the curtain down on a title-winning Yorkshire Inter-District League season with a 5-1 victory at Sheffield No 1, condemning their opponents to relegation in the process. The Division One snooker champions

Stephen Booth scored a rare goal to set Bingley Bees on course for a comfortable Yorkshire League victory at home to City of York Sevenths. It was actually the first time this season the Bees had played in the rain but that proved no deterrent

A Bradford soldier has won a top Army award marking him out as a future leader. Private Anthony Wilson, of Queensbury, won the Soldiers’ Soldier prize after successfully completing the Combat Infantryman’s Course at the Infantry Training Centre

Allan Jeffrey produced the Bradford League performance of the week as he inspired Fastbats D to inflict a first defeat of the season on Division Four leaders Baildon A. Baildon were convincing 8-2 winners in the teams’ first meeting back in November

Bradford Salem’s second team have home advantage against old rivals Wharfedale Thirds in the first round of the Sprayplant (UK) Ltd Aire-Wharfe Cup. Keighley Seconds host holders Bramley Phoenix, while there are derbies between Ilkley Seconds and

Former Yorkshire batsman Jacques Rudolph has lost his central contract with Cricket South Africa. The 31-year-old left-hander had scored 594 runs in 13 Test matches, including three fifties and a hundred, since relinquishing his status as a Kolpak

The Bulls have expressed their support for former Academy player Ryan Glynn, who suffered a serious spinal injury when playing for Shaw Cross Sharks on Saturday. The stand-off from Dewsbury, who spent two years on Bradford’s books between 2005

Prince Henry's Grammar School has received a letter of congratulations from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Mr Clegg (pictured) wrote to the Otley school over improvements it has achieved in the results of pupils who are eligible for Pupil Premium

A woman who wants to raise the profile of one of Britain’s most endangered native types of dog was among an impressive group of local competitors in this year’s Crufts show. Margaret Samuel, who lives just outside Keighley, enjoyed success with

The Cougars have been drawn at Halifax amateur side Siddal in the third round of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. Paul March’s side have endured a dismal start to their Kingstone Press Championship campaign, losing their opening six games. They

A positive new service for young people and communities in Bradford is taking shape after its official start yesterday. Shaping Spaces is the latest project by the Bradford Environmental Education Service (BEES) and follows its Community Space

Four gang members who breached injunctions imposed on them last month have been warned they will be back before the courts if they flout them again. The Keighley men, aged 27, 34, 27 and 30, and from the Highfield area of the town, had the orders

Two apprentices have beaten off stiff competition from hundreds of their peers to make it to the national finals of a prestigious competition in front of a Dragon’s Den-style panel. And if Bradford College apprentices John Holland, 22, and James

A mini roundabout or new traffic lights could help ease traffic navigating a perilous road in Denholme. Yesterday and today villagers got their chance to look at proposals for a new housing estate on the junction of New Road and Long Causeway,

A meeting has been organised to discuss setting up a community council in Bradford city centre. People who live, work or volunteer in the city centre can find out more about creating a community or town council during a meeting in the Mabel Booth room

Provisional approval has been given to put £1.2 million of funding towards a Bradford Council scheme to combat congestion in central Keighley. Members of the authority’s executive agreed yesterday to allocate the remaining £1.168m from funds provided

A cancer care charity has adopted a silver screen theme for its silver jubilee ball. Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale promises a ritzy occasion at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford on June 21. There will be a three-course dinner, charity auction

Skipton woman Enid Pyrah has won recognition in the prestigious International Garden Photographer of the Year. Her picture, Lily Impressions, was commended in the Macro Art Project section. “Needless to say I am very pleased as the other prizewinners

The public can ‘have a go’ at experiencing and learning new skills at Bradford College tomorrow. The college in Great Horton Road is throwing open its doors for an activities day between 9am and 4pm. The Worldskills UK initiative will give

Nearly 40 companies have signed up to a Bradford College course for their apprentices to learn more about the construction industry, Six months ago the College became one of the first in the UK to offer the new Higher Level Apprenticeship in Construction

A food and drink conference will be held in Bradford. The UK Trade and Investment Food and Drink Conference - Best of British Food Up North - will be held later this month. On March 21 the Lord Mayor of Bradford Coun Dale Smith will host a dinner at

The success of Silsden Local History Group has astounded its founders. In just a few months, it has grown from fewer than half a dozen members to the largest and fastest growing group in the town, with more than 60 people attending its last meeting

The sight of tatty, scrawny horses tethered on roadsides and patches of grass has become commonplace across the Bradford district. With horses passing hands for just a few pounds in Bradford, it’s little wonder that so many of them end up in the

25 years ago: Fearful Cullingworth villagers banded together to fight Bradford Council plans to dump what they believe might be a massive industrial development on their doorstep at Manywells Quarry. 50 years ago: The Bradford District Co-operative

Saltaire Cricket Club have arranged a benefit evening for their long-serving captain Ijaz Khan, and all the proceeds will go to Bradford PHAB Club – a charity providing opportunities for children and adults of all abilities to enjoy life together.

Police are conducting high-visibility patrols on a Bradford estate. Officers said crime prevention advice had also been given to residents following the theft of boilers in the Kettlewell Drive area of Canterbury.

The introduction of league tables for hospital trusts was as inevitable as it is likely to be controversial, but for better or for worse, they have arrived and are likely to be here to stay. The publication of the first results are disappointing

SIR – It did not take very long for another Archbishop of Canterbury to involve himself in politics. It looks like another Government own goal. With 20 bishops in the House of Lords – our amending chamber – one is entitled to ask whom do they represent

 SIR – It was an honour to join my colleagues last weekend in rejecting the Government’s plans to introduce ‘secret courts’ – a democratic privilege unique to our membership. Our aim is to build a stronger economy and a fairer society in the UK

SIR – I, like many Bradford people, find it very difficult to get excited at the mention of Westfield. It’s more likely to be anger at the way Westfield and our Council have handled the whole situation from start to finish. I would say most Bradford

SIR – So Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce got away with it! This is the real price of justice in this country. It’s the same for everyone – does anyone really believe that? No wonder they were relaxed on leaving court. The police put

SIR – In her letter (T&A, March 11), tearing a strip off T Tordoff for asking if a young offender had been flogged for his barbaric act, Mary Moorhouse says violence breeds violence. It is obviously true, but Ms M, you have it the wrong way

 SIR – There is something I feel is missing from the recent correspondence about horse riders on Birkhill, and that is that they are people – mostly women, teenagers and children – who just happen to be sat astride a horse. Horse riders in Thackley

The good news first. Recent figures show that the United States is now producing less carbon dioxide than in the past – indeed, last year was the lowest total since 1994, and there’s been a reduction of 13 per cent in the last five years. It was

SIR – I was under the impression that private hire vehicles were meant to park at their bases when they had completed their jobs, but recently I have noticed more and more vehicles parked by the roadside, rather than return to their offices. Some

Roadworks at Ickornshaw near Cowling will likely cause traffic delays on the A6068 Keighley Road for the next week. Yorkshire Water has started the works to underground pipes near Park Cottage and aims to finish next Monday. During this time temporary

Fans of cutting-edge performance art can head to City Park on Saturday, March 23. That will be the day that Cubism by Mohammed Ali, who combines live performance painting with percussion and spoken words, will be performing as part of Reflections

Former rugby star Paul Sampson and his wife, TV personality Kirsty Gallacher, are supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal. They visited the Marie Curie hospice in Bradford, where Mr Sampson’s father was cared for, to promote

Two churches have joined forces to help the people of the Sudan. Holy Trinity and St Andrew’s, in Cowling, near Keighley, will hold a joint coffee morning in the Bancroft Room of St Andrew’s on Friday from 10am to noon.

A gymnastics club is doing cartwheels after success in a regional competition. Members of the Saltaire Gym Club wowed judges at the Sports Acrobatics and Tumbling Yorkshire NDP (National Development Program) Championships, in Barnsley. Julie

A Baildon resident has served a notice on Bradford Council to clear an Idle footpath. But people living near the overgrown path, at Santa Monica Road, want the path to stay closed. Bradford East Area Committee members agreed to leave the path

A hospital in Pakistan built with the help of cash from a Telegraph & Argus appeal is due to open its doors with an official ceremony this month. And the main ward will be named after the T&A in recognition of readers who helped to raise

An event at Bradford’s City Hall will attempt to bring the city’s black community together to tackle the numerous issues it faces. Among the things being discussed at the African and Caribbean empowerment day, on Friday, April 26, will be health

The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Patricia Banham, aged 58, of Rooley Lane, Bankfoot; driving without MOT certificate, £60 fine, £15 costs. Mohammed Fiaz, aged 43, of Wensleydale Road, Thornbury; driving while

Bradford Council has given the go- ahead for major expansions of schools across the district which will see spaces created for hundreds of extra primary school pupils. The Council says the expansions are needed to deal with rising populations and

People living in the Ravenscliffe and Eccleshill areas of Bradford are being encouraged to get wise at two special community days. The estate's Gateway Centre and Eccleshill Mechanics Institute are hosting the information and advice Get Wise days

Supermarket Asda today[wed] cut the price of fuel by up to 3p a lire on unleaded and 2p on diesel and introduced a new national fuel price cap . It means that anyone filling up at any of Asda's 213 forecourts will pay no more than 134.7p per litre

A farmer has been arrested after the bodies of two runaway dogs were found on his property by police. The owner of the dogs, Zoe Kerr, 36, spoke of her heartbreak after her pets were found dead on the Oxenhope farm a day after going missing.

A Bradford man who stole and crashed his mother’s car while drunk has been jailed for 12 months. Anthony Rhodes, 21, of Hillcrest Road, Queensbury, has admitted taking the keys to the Ford Focus car which was securely locked and parked on his mother

Phil Parkinson admits City need a spark to get them back to winning ways after another night of frustration. The Bantams were held to a goalless draw at struggling Plymouth – their third stalemate in a row as they failed to make any inroads into

An off-duty police officer driving home through the Yorkshire Dales had his car seriously damaged by a driver from Bradford pulling out of a side junction, Skipton magistrates heard. Kyle Dane Whitaker, 26, of Poplarwood Gardens, Eccleshill, Bradford

A new exhibition of photographs and artefacts opens next week at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Heaven is a Home will tell the story of those who lived at the parsonage, both before and after the famous literary family. And it will

Two police officers investigated for their role during a pursuit of a car that knocked down and killed 12-year-old schoolboy Bilal Khizar have been cleared of any wrongdoing by a police watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC

Adrian Purtell is hoping to be given the green light to resume playing today – and he could return for Sunday’s home clash with Hull KR. The Aussie centre has not played since suffering a heart attack in the aftermath of the Magic Weekend defeat

A teenage girl has denied “coming on to” a Roman Catholic priest who is accused of sexually assaulting her. William Finnegan, 59, is standing trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of taking hold of the girl and forcefully kissing her when she was 17

A sign showing commitment from blue chip retailers to Bradford has gone up at the site of the forthcoming £260 million Broadway shopping centre. The Westfield sign, listing Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and Next as the flagship stores, shows that

A minicab driver was slashed with a knife during an attempted robbery in Bradford. Mohammed Saleem, 59, who started working for Jenny’s M&R Private Hire in Halifax Road six weeks ago, was left with cuts to hands, mouth and tongue. The attack

More cash must be ploughed into innovative schemes to turn teenagers away from a life of crime after their success in Bradford, MPs say today. An all-party committee calls for the spread of ‘restorative justice’ – focusing on the pain of the victim

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of burglary following an incident in Thornbury, Bradford. The suspects, all male, were arrested in the early hours of the morning in Gipsy Street. They remained in police custody yesterday.

A man who secretly filmed female colleagues using the toilet in a care home has escaped jail. A judge told Graham Bevan that had he not admitted charges, and been found guilty by jury, he would have been sent to prison. Bradford Crown Court

Senior Bradford councillors have taken the next step in securing the future of two key city centre sites, by agreeing to take on the former Odeon and the old Tyrls police station for £1 each. But a final decision will rest on whether the owner

Two Bradford businesses owing a total of £15,000 in fines have been named and shamed by the UK Border Agency. That brings to seven the number of firms in the district exposed for employing illegal workers in the last six months. The latest

Key figures from Bradford Council are today attempting to woo potential investors at a world-renowned property conference in the south of France. The Council’s chief executive Tony Reeves and economic development delivery manager, Andy Taylor,

A sculptor from the district has won a prestigious national arts award that means his latest piece will be displayed in London later this year. Sam Shendi, who lives in Cowling, near Keighley, won the British Royal Society of Sculptors annual First

A mum has appeared in court charged with manslaughter and preventing the burial of a corpse, 18 months after the decomposed body of her son was found at a house in Bradford. Amanda Hutton, 42, appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked among the worst in the country in the first NHS league tables for hospitals, published yesterday. But Airedale NHS Foundation Trust featured in the top 25 per cent and was ranked

Plymouth 0, City 0 A third stalemate on the bounce – is City’s outside play-off push drawing to an early conclusion? Once again, the Bantams could not convert pressure into goals and were unable to find their way through when they stepped it

Leeds 1, Peterborough 1 Sam Byram salvaged a draw for Leeds but his side’s hopes of closing in on a Championship play-off place ended in frustration as lowly Peterborough made it three games unbeaten on their travels. Teenager Byram turned

A nursery for the children of staff at Bradford District Care Trust has celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Children's Place Nursery, in the grounds of Lynfield Mount Hospital, was officially opened in 2003 and offers childcare for parents who