Albion Sports 5, Hemsworth MW 2 Albion Sports climbed back up to second place in Baris Northern Counties East League Division One with a good home win tonight following a strong second half-performance. They trailed 1-0 at half-time after
A Haworth woman whose dogs were shot dead by a farmer has urged people to be more careful when taking their pets for walks in rural areas. Zoe Kerr, 36, says although she believes the farmer, Simon Tidswell, was wrong to shoot her pets, she recognises
The Government announced that it would be supporting the Yorkshire leg of the Tour with up to £10 million in funding, and an MP claims it will bring in £100 million to the region. A group of politicians led by Skipton MP Julian Smith met with ministers
Right on Cue The final fixtures in Division Three of the Yorkshire Inter-District Snooker League take place this weekend, with Bradford No 2 in prime position for automatic promotion. With outstanding matches now played by all the teams, Bradford
Darren Tetley is confident of springing an upset in the ABA elite championship quarter-finals in Manchester on Sunday. The experienced Platinum welterweight takes on the Army’s Martin Stead, a former two-times champion. Stead has also beaten
More than 50 young volunteers from Bradford will debut a DVD on the benefits of volunteering. It will get its first showing at an event today at the city’s Dubrovnik Hotel. Filmed and edited by volunteers, with the support of Bradford Council’s
A series of events leading up to Easter will take place at Christchurch, Ilkley, starting on Monday. The talks, called ‘Into the Melting Pot’ will explore faith. On Monday at 10.30am, and repeated at 7.30pm, there is a look at how and why the writers
Firefighters were called to a van fire on Tuesday night. The abandoned Mercedes was on waste land behind Pennington Terrace, Bradford, at 10.45pm. No-one was injured in the fire which was thought to have been started maliciously.
Leeds United's owners GFH Capital have added to the growing confusion at Elland Road by insisting they are actively seeking investment but do not want to sell the club. The Dubai-based equity investment firm, who bought the club in December following
Keighley Cougars player-coach Paul March has been given a two-match ban for using foul and abusive language towards a match official. The former Huddersfield and Wakefield player was cited after his side’s Kingstone Press Championship defeat by
Anthony McGrath has reflected on his retirement from cricket and admitted: It was the right time to go. The Bradford-born former Yorkshire captain ended his successful 18-year playing career last month due to a persistent thumb injury dating back
Former world snooker champion Joe Johnson today paid tribute to Bradford’s ‘Mr Cue Sports’. Eric Hodgkinson, who covered snooker and billiards for 27 years for the Telegraph & Argus before emigrating to Malta in the winter
The Rotary Club of Keighley will stage a charity concert in the town on Saturday. The event will feature performances by Airedale Male Voice Choir, at Keighley Salvation Army, in High Street. Proceeds will go towards supporting the Rotary Club’s local
A boy of 16 had his mobile phone and wallet stolen in a Bradford robbery. The teenager was at a bus stop in Towngate, in Wyke, on Monday when he was approached by three men who threatened him and demanded his property. They grabbed his wallet
A post-mortem examination has shown “no obvious natural causes” for the death of David Hockney's personal assistant, police said. Dominic Elliott died in hospital on Sunday morning after he was taken ill at the house of the artist in Bridlington
Following last year’s successful event, GOALS Bradford are again hosting the Bradford Business Fives next Tuesday (6.30pm). The tournament is open to staff at all businesses within the city, it will be fully refereed and there will be trophies
Bingley Bees ladies firsts lost 3-0 to top-of-the-table Hull firsts in their penultimate game of the season. Hull have yet to lose a game, so the home side knew it was going to be a tough match. The defence showed grit and determination despite
Matthew Chivers, a fifth form pupil at Bradford Grammar School, has won gold medals in two national indoor events. The Ilkley teenager won the English Championships and the National Junior Championships. The English event was held at Manchester
A mid-table Huddersfield RCD League under-tens battle between Bradford Park Avenue and Cleckheaton went the way of the visitors 4-2 despite a best display of the season by their Horsfall hosts. An own goal gave Avenue the lead but their excellent
Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League – U10A: BD3 5, Oakworth Hornets 2; Menston 5, Campion 0. U10B: Bolton Woods 4, Fairbank 1; Salts Tigers 2, Salts Panthers 3; Wilsden 2, Nab Wood 3. U11A: Bingley Barca 5, Salts Lions 1; Calverley 2, Wilsden
The Bradford Veterans CGB Association hold their first delegates’ meeting at West Bradford BC on Monday at 10.30am. Representatives from all clubs are expected to attend so they can collect their fixture card for the new season.
Airedale General Hospital at Steeton, near Keighley, is raising awareness this week of the importance of nutrition and hydration. A series of events is being held for staff and carers as part of national Nutrition and Hydration Week, organised
A public rally was held in Bradford city centre today against “the squeeze” on the wages of low paid workers and benefits. Bradford Trades Union Council and The Bradford People’s Coalition staged the demonstration in Memorial Gardens at 12noon.
Keighley Rugby Union Football Club has been given the go-ahead to build new floodlights on their Skipton Road pitches. Bradford Council approved the new lights on Monday, saying that because as they were merely replacing the club’s existing lights
The issue of prostate cancer and how essential it is to get good treatment has received the backing of a senior Bradford politician. Bradford East MP David Ward has pledged to back Prostate Cancer UK’s Quality Checklist. He wants a Prostate
New attendance figures for Bradford Council schools are a record best, according to the councillor in charge of educuation. Coun Ralph Berry, executive member for children and young people’s services, said the statistics reflected the hard work
A driver tried to put out a fire that started in his car on Monday. An electrical fault in the engine of the blue Rover 75 sparked the blaze, in Bradford. Fire crews from Fairweather Green station were called to the scene on Fairbank Road at
A new country park, police report and funding applications will be discussed at the next meeting of the Spen Valley Area Committee. Inspector Tim Holland will update the committee on neighbourhood policing in the Spen Valley. How Dewsbury Country
Leeds’ owners GFH Capital are in talks to sell the club – just three months after taking over at Elland Road. The Bahrain-based group completed a protracted sale from former owner Ken Bates in late December for a “bargain” price. But they are
Children at Lady Lane Park School, Bingley, had their timbers shivered when they found a massive pirate galleon miraculously “afloat” in the gym. Headteacher Gill Wilson had secretly organised the sea-faring experience with the help of teachers
A drug dealer has been jailed for 28 months after three kilogrammes of MCAT were seized from his home. Officers had found £7,000 in cash inside Dean Waterhouse’s BMW X5 and search of his flat at Rodley Hall in Town Street, Rodley, uncovered the
Parents in Bowling, Barkerend and Bradford Moor are to get a lesson on the dangers in drugs as part of Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Together Week. The special sessions have been set up for as part of the week to reduce low level crime and nuisance
A Bradford landmark has been put up for sale. The Grade II Listed Connaught Rooms, in Manningham Lane, is now in the hands of receivers, and the building is being offered for sale without a guide price. The property, which dates from 1928,
The Catholic Diocese of Leeds will likely block Bradford Council’s plans to increase the number of pupils at a Shipley school next September. Last week the Council voted to increase the size of several schools across the district, including St
Bradford Bulls will host an Easter extravaganza at their Provident Stadium home on Sunday, March 31. The event, in the Coral Stand, noon-4pm, will include craft stalls, a tombola, a raffle, craft area, bonnet competition, face painting and a cakes
Civil servants are walking out today in a strike over pay and pensions. Members of the Public and Commercial services Union who work in Government departments and its related bodies will also hold a half day walkout on April 5, the end of the tax
A business project at Broughton Hall near Skipton has won the historic estate of year in the 2012 Countryside Alliance Enterprise Award for UK & Ireland. The ‘Rural Oscar’ was one of several presented by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson
Saltaire telecoms company Intouch Advance has been selected as Mobile News Awards 2013 finalists for customer service at the mobile industry’s biggest and most prestigious awards ceremony. Heading for its 17th year, the Mobile News Award, which is
First-time buyers are aiming high when it comes to the size of house they want to buy, according to research by Yorkshire Bank. Almost a third (29 per cent) of first-time buyers surveyed are setting their sights on buying a three-bedroom house.
A man waving a samurai sword and threatening to “rip people’s heads off” caused four police armed response units to be dispatched to his home, Bradford Crown Court heard. Edward Claughan, 21, was caught on CCTV brandishing the weapon in his garden
Hopkins Catering Equipment, a Pudsey-based manufacturing firm, has invested in its vehicle fleet while looking to increase its exporting capability, with support from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance. The company, which manufactures and supplies catering
A Bradford doctor hopes a study he led into a potentially-deadly condition in babies will lead to better support for women who breastfeed. Dr Sam Oddie, a consultant neonatologist at Bradford Royal Infirmary, was in charge of the world’s first
House sellers’ asking prices are at the highest they have ever been for the month of March as confidence returns to the market, property search website Rightmove has said. New sellers lifted their asking prices by 1.7 per cent month-on-month to reach
A new board gearing up to take over responsibility for public health in Bradford has revealed its action plan. The 18-point plan pledges to tackle a variety of problems, from reducing child mortality to improving the diagnosis of dementia.
Two charities for children were the winners on Sunday after a table top sale. Martin House Children’s Hospice and Millie’s Trust will share £402 raised at the Sedbergh Community Centre, Huddersfield Road, Odsal. Organiser Dawn Taylor, pictured, left
A retired member of the RAF is demanding action after he discovered sewage water flowing through a beck in his garden. Peter Roberts spent almost four years fortnightly clearing debris from the water before he learned that he could be shifting
Bradford Academy has revealed plans to build a new £5 million sixth form centre on the site of a former nearby special school. An outline planning application has been submitted to Bradford Council to demolish the derelict Bolling Special School
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Paula Mary Cameron, aged 43, of Church Street, Keighley; theft, six months’ conditional discharge, £100 costs. Joe Walsh, aged 20, of Francis Square, Cullingworth; driving while
The Amnesty International Wharfedale Group raised almost £100 at a table top sale at Christchurch, Ilkley. A number of people at the event (pictured) also signed an Amnesty International petition calling on the UK Government to address the endemic
Retailer Martin McColl is to create 150 new convenience stores over the next two years after completing a debt refinancing valued at more than £100m. The expansion will give the group some 800 convenience stores as it faces up to increased competition
Councillors are calling on planners to reject a bid to demolish “an iconic Otley landmark”. Gladman Care Homes Ltd have submitted proposals to build a 48-flat development on a former school site off Bridge Street. The development is planned
A dance fitness instructor will be helping to raise money for breast cancer charities in Addingham on Saturday. Emma Draper will be running a Zumba class at 9.30am and a Bokwa class at 10.15am which will be open to everyone, regardless of their
Volunteers in Cliffe Castle Park, Keighley, have taken a path into history. They have uncovered a path unseen for many years and carried out repairs so it can be walked by modern-day visitors. The Victorian path is shown on old maps of the
Sophie Pullan loves taking her children to the local library. “I began taking them when they were very small,” she says. “They really liked using their library cards to take out books, and enjoyed story-telling sessions and creative events where
25 years ago: About 200 Bradford schoolchildren joined forces with top ballet stars from London to produce a quick-fire version of Swan Lake in one day at the Alhambra Theatre. 50 years ago: More than 11,000 cigarettes – worth £32 – were stolen
It is almost incomprehensible to learn that some quad bike riders are so irresponsible that they are using play areas used by children as race tracks. But it is happening, and these idiots and others like them who believe all manner of open spaces
SIR – I may be slow on the uptake, but I cannot fathom your correspondent Ian Lyons’s strange line of reasoning regarding the EU problem (Letters, March 13). He quite justifiably earns respect for having defended this country against foreign invasion
SIR – We are always being informed by the media that violent crime is on the decrease. I have always taken these statements with a pinch of salt up until now. It appears that in the Commons there are 27 subsidised ‘watering holes’ and that in consequence
SIR – Television is overloaded at the moment with cookery programmes (11 on four channels on Wednesday, March 13), yet there is not one chef or cook who takes pride in the vocation he or she represents by wearing the traditional chef’s hat, or any
SIR – The Police and Crime Commissioner, elected on a derisory turnout, is supposed to be independent, but ours obviously is not. Mark Burns-Wlliamson has the gall to admit he needs a £53,000 deputy (T&A, March 18), whom he will only choose
SIR – Following my letter (T&A, March 14) complaining about Bradford planners, I note that they have agreed to the unwelcome plan for 82 houses on the narrow Crack Lane in Wilsden. The way in which both Bradford Council’s planning officers,
SIR – Rob Hanson (Letters, March 15) is wrong in stating that Margaret Thatcher would not have gone into Europe. In 1973, Mrs Thatcher was pro–European Union. She also was against holding the 1975 referendum, stating in Parliament that: “... I
SIR – I am dismayed at the ignorant, one- sided nature of the letters you have published concerning the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments last weekend. Your correspondents ask who the Bishops represent. Their constituency includes the poor and
What do you call a badger that climbs on to roofs, chews telly aerial cables, and has a fondness for jam tarts? Answer: A raccoon. No, we haven’t been smoking banana skins here at Bizarre Bradford this week, but instead have been riveted by a story
Sir Tom Courtenay will be attending next month’s Bradford International Film Festival to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award. The following day, April 14, the movie Billy Liar will be screened. Five days later, on the 19th, another related event
Four recent reports deal with the problems caused by some of the animals we share the planet with – and eat – and there is still some way to go before we arrive at a sensible relationship. There’s the ongoing debate about badgers and cows, with
Two charities are teaming up to put on romantic fundraisers. Peacemaker International and Women in Safe Hands (Wish) are hosting a a singles’ night, followed by a couples’ night, next month. Both events are being held at Bradford’s Hilton Hotel
The arrival of the first pregnant cats of 2013 has prompted a cat and welfare charity to urge owners to act responsibly. Yorkshire Cat Rescue, based in Cross Roads, Keighley, wants people to neuter and spay their cats to prevent unwanted pregnancies
Keighley MP Kris Hopkins has given his backing to news that ministers plan to introduce a tax-free childcare system which, when fully implemented, will be worth up to £1,200 every year for each child under age 12. From the first year of operation
Haworth’s Fairtrade group is investigating whether a permanent sculpture can be installed in the village. The organisation was set up 10 years ago and Haworth is the world’s first officially recognised Fairtrade village. Speaking at the March
Wardens on video-equipped motorbikes are joining the fight to combat yobs on quad bikes who are terrorising people in parks and children’s play areas. The Bradford Council wardens will join police on additional patrols targeting known hotspots
Slashing the amount of tax Bed and Breakfast, campsite and caravan park owners have to pay could provide a huge boost for the district’s rural economy. This is the argument put forward by the Country, Land and Business Association, who have lobbied
Motorists are urged to take extra care not to leave items on show in parked cars. Two vehicles parked in Mill Street, Birstall, were broken into and had their radios stolen last Tuesday, March 12, the first at 9pm and the second at 10pm. A
Up to six new credit unions will be set up this spring on Keighley housing estates. The unions, which offer savings and cheap loans, will be at community locations in Bracken Bank and Braithwaite. They are part of efforts by councillors to
Parents were issued with tickets by police while dropping their children off at a Keighley school on Monday. Police acted following complaints about inconsiderate parking when dropping off and picking up children from Nessfield Primary School.
Private gardens in Steeton and Oxenhope will open their gates to the public to help raise money for charity. The first National Gardens Festival Weekend in June will allow visitors to get a rare glimpse of the one-acre garden at Brookfield in Oxenhope
Outraged people in Bradford have joined forces to condemn thieves who stole 50 community club bikes – and are pledging cash to replace the racing cycles. An article in yesterday’s Telegraph & Argus prompted an online Twitter and Facebook campaign
A mock trial involving 20 pupils from Crawshaw School’s ‘Make the Grade’ initiative will take place in the old courtroom at Pudsey Town Hall, on Friday. Local law firm Pudsey Legal has specially designed the fake criminal trial, which will give
Pupils have celebrated the formal opening of two playground shelters.The result of several years of fundraising, the shelters at Otley All Saints C of E Primary School will serve as outdoor learning and playing areas. Four young trumpeters marked the
An Easter craft and gift fair will be held at Haworth’s Old Schoolroom over the bank holiday weekend. The event features home-made food, crafts and textiles and is open from 10am to 4pm on March 30 and 31 and April 1. The £1 entry fee includes a free
East Riddlesden Hall, near Keighley, will host family activities during two spring holiday breaks. Easter trails and Spring-time crafts will take place from March 29 to April 1. The trail is the most popular to be held each year at the National
Precious green space in Shipley under threat from a car park planned by housing giant Incommunities has been saved by campaigning local residents. The targeted two open stretches are beside Thompson Street and Wycliffe Road and have provided leisure
Civil servants in Bradford were set to go on strike today as part of Budget day action against the Government and wealthy tax-dodgers. Almost 20,000 civil servants in the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union were ready to take action. Andy
Bulls coach Francis Cummins will not risk any of his players carrying knocks against Catalan this weekend unless he is convinced about their fitness. Matt Diskin was struck down by a mystery illness after the recent draw at Widnes and Matty Blythe
Bradford City 1 Wycombe 0 One down, two to go. Having waited ages for a home win, let’s hope they start to come back in a rush. City finally claimed that elusive first Valley Parade league victory of 2013 last night – and rekindled a flicker
A cowboy builder who fleeced a vulnerable Bradford pensioner of his £70,000 life savings after claiming his roof tiles were loose has been jailed for almost six years. Drug addict Simon Brooks ripped off the Great Horton man by falsely claiming
Teas and refreshments will be served in Fewston over Easter. Fewston Parochial Hall will provide the service from 11am to 4.30pm from Saturday, March 30, to Monday, April 1.
The Bronte Society is funding research into the famous writing family's links with Cornwall. It has presented the Daphne Carrick Scholarship to Penzance woman Melissa Hardie-Budden to look into “Branwell Papers”. She will assemble all possible
We’re looking for the best new business of the year for our Bradford Means Business Awards. The closing date is looming on Friday, March 29, so get to thetelegraphandargus/bradfordmeansbusiness to enter. The New Business of the Year award is
Work by Yorkshire Water to restore some of the UK’s most iconic moorland has been showcased in Keighley. Representatives of Defra and the Climate Change Committee converged on the town. The water company highlighted its efforts to enhance biodiversity
This year’s Haworth 1940s Weekend will, for the first time, be themed around a specific episode from the Second World War. The event, due to take place on May 18 and 19, will celebrate and coincide with the 70th anniversary of the 1943 Dambusters
Phil Parkinson insisted the result mattered more than the league table after City broke their Valley Parade duck for 2013. Garry Thompson’s sixth goal of the season was enough to see off Wycombe and clinch a first home victory in League Two since
Bradford businesses are backing the call from their national body, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), for Chancellor George Osborne to deliver on economic growth in his budget today. Bradford Chamber of Commerce said Mr Osborne and Prime Minister
A Guiseley student is preparing to step into the shoes of the Monetary Policy Committee in a bid to impress a panel of experts with her prescription for the economy. Annabel Asquith is one of four sixth form students from the Grammar School at
A mother is set to be tried at Bradford Crown Court later this year accused of the manslaughter of her four-year-old son. Amanda Hutton, 42, and Tariq Khan, 24, are also accused of preventing the burial of Hamza Khan, whose body was found at a
The following planning applications have been submitted to Bradford Council: Thackley: construction of new dwelling (re-submission of 12/02343/FUL), 17 Harehill Road. Tong: construction of two-storey side extension, 3 Denbrook Walk. Undercliffe
A new Bolton Woods urban village designed to regenerate two communities and help avoid Bradford's pending housing disaster could take 20 years or more to complete, says its developers. Planners have been given the go- ahead for 40 new homes which
A Good Friday Pilgrimage and Passion Play, organised by Keighley policeman Paul Sullivan (pictured).takes place in Bingley. Starting at 10.45am outside the fire station in Main Street, walkers will follow a seven-mile route over the moors to Ilkley
Six football coaches have dribbled their way from Valley Parade to Elland Road raising money for Comic Relief. The Fisical Sports Coaching Limited staff collected more than £700 for the charity which helps people living in poverty. The team
Patients leaving Airedale Hospital will be asked whether they would recommend it to friends or family members needing similar treatment. The question will soon be put to all patients being discharged from adult inpatient wards or accident and emergency
Victims of human trafficking are being treated as slaves to cultivate cannabis farms in Bradford to pay off their debts after entering the country illegally, it has been revealed. New figures show that 659 cannabis farms have been found in the
Matlock Town 3 Farsley 1 Farsley’s Evo-Stik League Cup dream perished at Matlock’s Causeway Lane in last night’s quarter-final. The Premier Division hosts led their Division One North visitors 2-0 at the interval thanks to goals from James
The service at a Royal Mail delivery office in Bradford has been criticised by one customer who said customers face an hour-long queue at times to collect their parcels. Extra demand at the North Delivery Office in Inkersley Road, near Forster
Pets At Home have pushed back the opening of their new Keighley branch until early summer. The superstore chain had originally intended to open in the former Comet Store at Keighley Retail Park in April. Although the company still plans to
Keighley’s army veterans have been invited to a get together next month that could eventually lead to the formation of a new group. Keighley Veterans is open to all former soldiers, not just those in the British Legion, and meets at Central Hall
Amateur historians in Keighley are appealing for public help to rescue priceless documents chronicling the town's past. They want people to help them move more than 1,000 books, ledgers and artefacts from the town hall basement to a safer location
The University of Bradford has secured £650,000 for a project that uses sonic waves to detect blockages in sewer pipe systems. Professors Kirill Horoshenkov and Simon Tait’s system mimics the actions of a bat and is said to be an efficient and
The main opposition groups on Bradford Council have pledged to vote against the salaries given to the authority’s high-earners, including the chief executive who earns more than the Prime Minister. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats
Guiseley’s home fixture against Lee Sinnot’s Altrincham last night was scuppered by the wet weather as Nethermoor failed a pitch inspection. There was standing water on the playing surface in most area’s due to Monday’s snowfall but an overnight
