Bradford & Bingley's trip to Harrogate on Saturday could be seen as more than a mere SSE National League Three North derby. For starters, Harrogate are second behind Chester and pushing for the automatic promotion place, while the
Having tasted Twickenham glory last season in the RFU Junior Vase, Baildon are just two steps away from a return to HQ. They are at South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Three leaders Manchester Medics on Saturday, and the Jenny Laners’
Bradford-based Morrisons has revealed it will launch online food sales by the start of next year as it announced ‘disappointing’ results for 2012 in a difficult grocery market hit by pressure on shoppers’ purse strings. The average customer spend
The future of tax office inquiry centres in Bradford, Keighley and Skipton was thrown into doubt today as the UK tax authority announced plans to replace such centres with a telephone service and home visits. Revenue and Customs is to trial a new
Supporters from Specialist Autism Services in Bradford are hosting a stall from 9.30am until 4.30pm on the top floor of the Kirkgate Centre next Saturday to raise awareness on World Autism Day.
Bradford Council’s Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be meeting on Wednesday at 5pm at City Hall to discuss day care for Adult Services. The committee will be rpesented with a summary of the findings of a sector-wide review of all day
Ricky Ravenhill column: What can we say? We’re ticking every box other than putting the ball in the back of the net. We can’t put our finger on why not but it’s just not dropping for us at the moment. Something just isn’t happening in front of
Police are appealing for help in finding this man who has breached the terms of his licence on release from prison. Daniel Cunningham, who has connections to Yorkshire, was jailed for 30 months in 2011 for a wounding offence. He was released early
Neil Warnock is calling on Leeds to be brave and strap themselves in for a “rollercoaster” ride to the end of the season. Huddersfield visit Elland Road for a lunchtime Yorkshire derby with Warnock refusing to write off his side’s chances of a
Headingley will be awash with Vikings later this month after Yorkshire agreed a tie up with American football team Minnesota for them to hold a fans’ forum event in the Long Room as part of a UK promotional tour. The Minnesota Vikings are
Bradford Park Avenue face a tough trip to Oxford City for the first game of a double header on Saturday, knowing they must take six points against the mid-table outfit if they are to keep alive their outside chance of promotion. The Bradford club
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
Saturday bring a mixture of District Cup quarter-finals and semi-finals, which means a reduced West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division fixture list. Following wins against two teams involved in the race for the championship last Saturday
An MP is inviting people to nominate their favourite restaurant for the annual Tiffin Cup, a competition celebrating the best of South Asian cuisine. Ten entrants from around the country will be shortlisted and invited to a special cook-in at Bellamy
Legal paperwork is being drawn up for the transfer of a green site to Baildon Parish Council. The Hoyle Court and Kirklands Residents’ Association was formed to preserve a piece of land in the village which was under threat of development.
Dudley Hill look to return to winning ways on Saturday after last week's narrow defeat when they travel to new boys Dewsbury Celtic in National Conference League Division One. Influential captain Steve Redmond returns, while Jason Lee
Keighley Cougars’ captain James ‘Buster’ Feather kicks off his testimonial year tomorrow night with a launch evening in the club’s Hall of Fame bar (7.30pm). Feather was awarded a 12-month testimonial by the Rugby Football
Wharfedale delivered the much-needed victory last Saturday, and a convincing one it was, but as results elsewhere showed the job of survival in SSE National League One has only just begun. This weekend's first-time visitors Old Albanians are making
Otley have launched their search for a new director of rugby. Adverts are being placed in rugby papers and on websites in a bid to get a new man in position for next season. The club’s interim director of rugby Ryan Duckett recently took
Guiseley boss Steve Kittrick believes his side are over their late-season blip thanks to back-to-back victories and they will be aiming to make it nine points from nine when Solihull Moors visit Nethermoor on Saturday. The Lions are 16 points
Farsley’s manager Neil Parsley was disappointed to have to settle for a draw last time out in Evo-Stik Division One North, and also confirmed that too many dropped points had cost his side another tilt at promotion. Parsley’s men
Brighouse Town will be expecting to consolidate their place at the summit of the Baris Northern Counties East League Premier Division when they host struggling Lincoln Moorlands Railway on Saturday. Town are top by just one point from Scarborough
Residents passionate about their neighbourhood can learn more about how to protect their ‘communtiy assets’ on Monday. Running from 10am until 12.30pm, the event will be held at Pakistan Community Centre, in Jervaulx Crescent, White Abbey, Bradford
Inquiries were continuing today after two wheelie bins were dragged down alleyways and set on fire in the same area of Bradford. Fire crews were called to Sowden Road and Walden Road, both near Lynfield Mount Hospital, between 7.40pm and 8.40pm
Silsden suffered their fourth defeat on the spin in the North West Counties League Premier Division last night and face a very difficult home game on Saturday. Fifth-placed Winsford United are the visitors, and with the Cobbydalers on
A team of Cambridge University undergraduates is visiting five Bradford schools and colleges to encourage bright students to apply there. The students of Queens’ College are hoping their Access Roadshow will give the inside story on living and
Thornton Grammar School pupil Courtney Rivers-Gallagher, 14, won eight medals at the Malta International. Competing as part of the AMA National squad, Courtney, pictured with her coach Peter Allen, won a trophy in every event she competed in, helping
A women’s choral workshop runs in Bingley on Saturday. Opus 44, the town’s award-winning female choir, is inviting people to join members for a fun workshop led by Robert Latham from 10am until 4pm. The cost is £10. Call (01535) 274230 or visit
Baildon Beer Festival takes place on Friday, May 3, from 6pm to 11pm and Saturday, May 4, noon to 11pm at the Moravian Church Hall, in Westgate, Baildon. There will be 18 real ales and two real ciders on sale. Admission is £2, payable on the
Baildon became Little Italy when WI group the Baildon Belles had pizza on the menu at their latest meeting. Danny West, of Pizzatainment brought flour, toppings and portable ovens to teach the group how to make perfect pizza dough. And the night
James Meredith is back in the City squad for Saturday’s trip to Exeter. The left back has not played since New Year’s Day after being struck down by glandular fever. But having safely come through two reserve outings this week, Meredith will
A man was left with minor injuries after two men, armed with a claw hammer and metal bar, forced their way into a flat. Police say the attack happened at Aireview House, off Broughton Road, Skipton, at 5.25pm on Sunday. They stole a wallet,
A 23-year-old who stole a car and then drove it while unfit through drink has been re-sentenced after he failed to turn up for unpaid work. Frederick Smith, of Greenroyd Mills, Sutton-in-Craven, near Keighley, received a community order from Skipton
Schoolchildren will sing for residents at a sheltered housing complex in Pool-in-Wharfedale. Pupils from Pool Primary's choir will perform at Wharfedale Court, on Main Street, at 1.30pm on Monday, March 25. The event is open to all.
An MP has repeated his plea for the annual beer tax to be scrapped. Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West), who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, made the call during Treasury questions in the House of Commons. Mr
People-carriers have always had one great advantage and one great disadvantage. On the plus side, they’re big. On the negative side, they drive like vans with wallowy suspensions. But car companies have spent years trying to improve the negatives
Goodness, you can’t move for MINIs these days. Not the traditional mini Mini. I mean MINI, the BMW-inspired version of the British icon. The hatch was successful, creating a whole genre of premium small cars. Audi, Vauxhall, Fiat and Uncle
Bradfordians getting into debt with payday loans are being urged to get in touch with the Financial Ombudsman if they need help. The main complaints seen by the ombudsman are that loans are unaffordable and should not have been given in the first place
A former Lord Mayor of the City of London will be the guest speaker at a meeting of Idle and Greengates Rotary Club. Sir David Wootton, who is also a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, will speak about his experiences of being in office. The
The police and a Council have vowed to work with cycling groups to ensure the success of next year’s Tour de France. Cycling groups have also agreed to work with the authorities to make sure cyclists behave safely and within the law on the area
The owners of a Bradford pub caught without a television licence have been ordered to pay £695 by magistrates. UK Pubs Limited, which operates the Roebuck in Harrogate Road, Greengates, was fined £500 for using a TV without a licence on the business
Local crafters and makers will be showcasing their talents at the Reflections – Makers’ Market in City Park, Bradford, from noon until 7pm on Saturday March 23. The event, organised by Hand Made in Bradford, includes dance, music and street theatre
Another major fundraiser is set to benefit a Keighley special school’s minibus appeal. Plans are being finalised for a second annual charity extravaganza by Facebook group You Know You’ve Lived in Keighley When. More than £3,500 was raised
A walk called A Bit of Baildon History will be led from Esholt on Tuesday. The five-mile circular walk, led by Eddie Nash, leaves Esholt village car park, Station Road, at 10.30am.
Free, confidential and independent advice regarding benefits, finances and employment is offered weekday mornings in Windhill. The Windhill Advice Service is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am-1pm at the village community centre. Call 01274 588831.
Haworth Parish Church will start the second part of its three-phase restoration plan by hosting a concert and choral holy communion next month. ‘Viva la Musica’, a 12-strong travelling choir of men and women from the East Midlands, will visit
Brett Kearney has scored eight tries this season, having touched down in all six games so far, including a hat-trick in the home victory against Castleford. That is admirable enough but the Bulls full back’s assessment of his form is almost as
Fast food franchisee Duncan Taylor has seen sales at his three Bradford McDonald’s restaurants increase by nearly ten per cent and has added 30 staff to his local operations in the past 12 months. And he is looking to grow further, expecting to
Bollywood film posters from the past century have gone on display in Bradford to celebrate 100 years of the Indian film industry. This year’s Bradford International Film Festival, presented in partnership with Virgin Media, is celebrating the centenary
Two girls from the same school have made it into the final ten in an Amnesty International photography competition. Chloe Horsfield and Holly Bairstow, who are both 15 and go to Benton Park School in Rawdon have made the final ten in the Upper
A Bradford charity will next month hold a summit to discuss how the city can benefit from the legacy of last year’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Representatives of community projects and sports volunteers from across the district will
The UK Islamic Mission in Bradford is working with Mosque Leaders to give food to homeless youngsters. Extra homeless and needy are expected this year in and around Bradford. UKIM Bradford and Bradford Imam Forum (BIF) have said that they heavily rely
A fun day with an egg hunt, picnic, races and visit from the Easter bunny will be held at woods in Shipley. Northcliffe Woods, in Bradford Road, is hosting the event from noon until 3pm on March 30.
Bradford Council is to look again at two controversial housing plans after changes to national planning guidance and new evidence of flooding. The authority has confirmed councillors are to reconsider schemes for more than 300 new homes in Menston
The district will be glowing with red noses tomorrow as people prepare to do something ‘funny for money’ in aid of Comic Relief. The fun began early at Shipley College as staff and students shook things up yesterday wearing fancy dress and throwing
The leader of Bradford Council became a postman for a day to see the work Royal Mail does. Councillor David Green admitted he was glad he managed to keep up when he joined postie Mark Maiden on his delivery round in Lee Lane, Bingley, yesterday
Fast food franchisee Duncan Taylor has seen sales at his three Bradford McDonald’s restaurants increase by nearly ten per cent and has added 30 staff to his local operations in the past 12 months. And he is looking to grow further, expecting to
A big dig event will be held at Horton Community Farm in Bradford from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, March 23. To find out more about the project, visit hcf.org.uk.
Keighley MP Kris Hopkins will demand a change in the law to force town and parish councils to hold a referendum if they propose a precept rise of two per cent or more. He said he wants this to apply to all councils in future, including Keighley
Bradford East MP, David Ward, said that he is continuing his fight for affordable car insurance after receiving replies from two senior Ministers about what the Government is doing to tackle the issue. Last week Mr Ward (Lib Dem) questioned fellow
The next Baildon Farmers’ Market will be on March 23 from 9am until 1pm. The market, at Lower Ian Clough car park, sells fresh, locally produced food including award-winning pies, sour-dough bread and Yorkshire cheese and chorizo.
A Bradford primary school given a good report by schools watchdog Ofsted has now been told it is providing its pupils with an outstanding Catholic education. St Francis Catholic Primary School in Myers Lane, Eccleshill, was given full marks by
Compared to just a few years ago, the numbers of people who smoke is greatly reduced. This is due, in no small part, to the stringent and welcome rules which forbid smoking in enclosed public places, the cost of cigarettes, and the great work being
Expanding Bradford-based logistics and distribution group Advanced Supply Chain achieved its best ever year of trading in 2012. The company defied the gloomy economic climate and is ahead of its target of reaching a £100 million turnover by 2017
An inquest is due to resume in Bradford tomorrow into the deaths of two brothers who died after a car they were in struck a lamp-post then a tree. Police have been investigating the incident, which happened on May 30 last year, just before midnight
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Great Horton: construction of side extension, 30 Rockland Crescent. Great Horton: installation of a replacement 15m high streetworks monopole with additional ground based equipment
The reality faced by people plagued by debt has been revealed by Bradford-based debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty which has released a report showing the effects of living with the private hell of personal debt. And in Yorkshire
Bradford-based Morrisons revealed it will launch online food sales by the start of next year as it announced 'disappointing' results for 2012 in a difficult grocery market. The UK's fourth largest supermarket - which is trailing its key rivals
A community pub in Bradford is to reopen after a £90,000 refurbishment. Punch Tavern’s The Top House, opposite Bradford Bull’s Provident Stadium in Odsal, has been redecorated with a sports theme and a feature wall in tribute to the rugby league
A Haworth pub licensee who regarded his job as “a way of life” has died aged 76. Terry Barnes died in Airedale Hospital on March 1. He had been landlord of the Kings Arms from 1976 to 1991, working with his wife Elsie. Elsie died in 1996. Enid
Pensioner activists in Keighley have called for a series of measures to improve hospitals in the light of the Francis report. Keighley and Bradford Pensioners Association was responding to findings of the report into treatment scandals in Mid-Staffordshire
A 90-year-old man was taken to hospital after crashing his car into the wall of a working men’s club last night. The driver was travelling along Halifax Road, Keighley towards Haworth when he lost control of his Ford Fiesta, hit the wall of
A farmer has admitted killing two dogs by shooting them in the head with a bolt gun. Simon Tidswell said the dogs were responsible for killing a number of his sheep, and any farmer would do the same. As reported in yesterday’s Telegraph &
Local businesses are urged to sign up for the Eco-Fair event, the largest environmental event in the North of England. To get involved visit http://www.eco-fair.co.uk.
An MP is inviting people to nominate their favourite restaurant for the annual Tiffin Cup, a competition celebrating the best of South Asian cuisine. Ten entrants from around the country will be short-listed and invited to a special cook-in at
Bradford-born actor Timothy West, master illusionist Derren Brown, folk queen Kate Rusby and comedy king Stewart Lee will all be treading the boards in the district as part of a new season of entertainment. A highlight of the Alhambra’s new season
Stars from Hairspray joined Bradford College students for some cutting edge fun. Freya Sutton, who plays teen heroine Tracy Turnblad, joined other cast members at Bradford College salon Centenary Hair and Nails to have their big hair backcombed
Dog fouling in Denholme may be leading to increased loneliness for some in the village, a councillor says. In the latest Denholme community magazine, Coun Dan Miller says dog dirt on the villages paths and around its schools and parks has recently
A teenage ballerina will be living her dream when she takes to the stage with the English Youth Ballet to perform in Swan Lake. Ruby Prescott, 14, auditioned with more than 240 young dancers to be part of the production at the Preston Charter Theatre
John Bateman has been given a ringing endorsement by England captain Kevin Sinfield as he prepares to make his first-team comeback this weekend. The rising Bulls star is poised to feature in Sunday’s home clash with Hull KR after playing 80 minutes
A national survey has revealed people in Yorkshire have a lack of knowledge of one of the UK’s fastest growing and deadliest illnessess. The survey of 2,000 people, carried out by Kidney Research UK – a leading funder of research into the treatment
A married couple found dead in their cottage planned a suicide pact after facing a criminal investigation, an inquest heard yesterday. Leeds Coroner’s Court heard Brian Hainsworth, 64, and his wife Sharon, 57, made a bid to kill themselves through
Prime Minister David Cameron is calling on community leaders to work with agencies to stamp out sexual grooming. He was reacting after it was revealed that police investigating predatory paedophiles in the Bradford district have made 54 arrests
A television programme set in Bradford could be getting the Hollywood treatment, its writer has revealed. The show, about lottery-winning hospital workers, is a follow-up to writer Kay Mellor’s 2012 series The Syndicate – which she says Oscar-winning
Travel firm Thomas Cook has revealed which stores in Yorkshire it proposes to close as part of cull of 195 travel agencies nationwide. The company wants to close 30 Thomas Cook or Co-operative Travel stores in the Yorkshire area which is expected
Retail giant Sainsbury’s has dropped a bombshell on Bingley by suddenly shelving plans for a desperately-needed store in Main Street. The scheme to demolish the former Bradford & Bingley headquarters and replace it with a 40,000 sq ft superstore
A Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenager is secretly married, a court was told. William Finnegan, who is standing trial at Bradford Crown Court, yesterday revealed to the jury – and at the same time to his diocese – that
The owners of a Bradford shisha lounge have been fined £5,500 after being found guilty of failing to prevent smoking inside their building. The sentencing yesterday of Asif Afsar and Muneib Bhatti, of the Unit 16 Gaming Lounge, in Richmond Road
Phil Parkinson says he is forced to chop and change the City side to prevent the players running themselves into the ground. And he reckons that anyone who questions why he has to keep shuffling the pack “doesn’t understand football”. The Bantams
Albion Sports got their Baris Northern Counties East Division One promotion push back on track with a comfortable home win over Yorkshire Amateur at Horsfall Stadium last night. Danny Facey and Karl Hall weighed in with first-half strikes and Alex
Silsden were on the wrong end of a 4-1 home defeat against Colne in the North West Counties Premier Division. The visitors took an early lead through Ashley Carter. Kristian Evans added a second before Jason Hart put Colne 3-0 up going into
Saltaire Brewery has cancelled its March Beer Club. The company started updating its premises, but the work will not be finished in time. The next session will be held on April 26.
Hairspray The Alhambra The year is 1962 and downtown Baltimore is waking up to a new dawn. “Integration, not segregation” is the mantra of the placard-wavers, battling to establish racial harmony. Tracy Turnblad, a teenage girl with big
