Bradford runners are being urged to sign up for the sold-out Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. The new flagship marathon, to be staged in York on Sunday, October 20, sold out in January – just three days after being revealed – with all 5,500 initial
5:42pm 37 mins... Jarrod Sammut with a fine run from his own 30-metre line.. getting Bulls on the front foot once more... 5:41pm That was harsh on Bradford, who had barely given
A dishwasher fire at a house in Riddlesden triggered a burglar alarm waking up the family who managed to get out to safety. It happened at a property in Burnby Avenue just after midnight yesterday. A fire service spokesman said the burglar
Old favourites Do Miss America headline the next Groovy Happening concert with an extra-long danceable set. The Bradford band will play heartfelt blues rock with a flavour of “Lebowski cool Americana country blues”. The band took inspiration
A Royal Navy recruit from Keighley is buoyant after completing the first stage of his training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. Trainee chef James Madden (pictured) has undergone a ten-week course, after joining the navy in January. Mr Madden, a
Bradford community groups have got more time to apply for Yorkshire Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards. Groups now have until Friday, April 12, to enter the scheme which will donate £75,000 to organisations making a difference in their areas
House-building company Lovell gave girls at a Bradford school the chance to find out about a career in construction. The group of 25 Year Nine pupils at Tong High School attended a Women in Construction event. Organised by the school and the
Kala Sangam Arts Centre exhibitions are free and open to the public from 9.30am to 5.30pm on Mondays to Fridays and 9.30am to 1pm on Saturdays. The facility is based at St Peter’s House, 1 Forster Square.
How to combine creative charity and social justice will be examined during a two-day series of lectures at the University of Bradford. This year’s Philanthropy and Social Justice Symposium will be hosted by the School of Management and will take
A motorcycle expert who runs a self-help maintenance centre in Keighley has called on Bradford Council to stop bashing bikers and create legal off-roading areas for young riders. Roger Henderson runs the Renaissance Workshop in Dalton Mill, which
A man twice caught by the police farming cannabis has been jailed for nine months. Asif Rashid, 30, by-passed the electric meter to heat 64 cannabis plants with a potential value of £26,400. Police seized the plants, equipment and bags of cannabis
Phil Parkinson was talking about the different mindset between League Two and the Premier League. “It’s competitive at all levels but especially lower down,” he said. “The Premier League is a different focus because the players earn so much anyway
An Easter display will go on show in the window of Hand Made in Bradford on Monday on the theme of “Odd Eggs”. Each artist/maker has used real egg shells and decorated them in unusual ways. The Odd Eggs will be hung on a tree display until Easter Monday
Gareth Gates was joined by youngsters from his Bradford performing arts academy when he performed in his home city last night. Children from the Gates&Wilkes Academy, which the Bradford singer runs with musical theatre star Jonathan Wilkes,
A Keighley man has won recognition at an awards ceremony for rolling up his sleeves to help save lives. Peter West, pictured with Jayne Snell, was honoured by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) for making more than 75 blood donations. An NHSBT
Students at Bradford College strutted their stuff on the catwalk as part of the Style Academy Show. Visitors and guests were treated to an exclusive catwalk show, modelled by students from catering and hospitality, travel and tourism and hair and
Experiments in Light and Landscape, an exhibition by Hannah Lamb, is being held at the Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford College, until Tuesday.
Roadworks will cause overnight closures on motorways next week. Moderate delays are expected on the M62 between junction 25 (Brighouse) and junction 30 (Rothwell) due to gantry, resurfacing and drainage work. The westbound carriageway between
A “part of Bradford’s history” could be replaced by nine homes if plans to build on the site of an Edwardian fairground get to green light next week. The fate of the site where Shipley Glen Pleasure Ground operated until 2005 will be decided at
Kind-hearted pupils at Hipperholme Grammar School raised £730 for Comic Relief by baking and wearing their bed wear to school. Competition was extremely fierce to attract customers and take the most money, said Kate Wilson, head of sixth form.
Something about Tiger Woods caught my eye this week. And no, should Mrs P be reading this, I don’t mean the pictures of his champion skier girlfriend Lindsey Vonn recreating that Sharon Stone leg-crossing scene from Basic Instinct. It’s the
Postal workers in Bradford will join a national strike on Easter Saturday. Main Post Offices in the area which will be affected by the action will include Darley Street, Bradford, and Keighley. The industrial action involves hundreds of Crown
The glory days of the working men’s club, made famous by TV comedy Phoenix Nights, will soon return to Keighley. Lee Lard, the UKs number one Peter Kay tribute act, performs “Back to the Phoenix Club” at the Octagon on Easter Sunday, and it could
A local councillor is urging cash-strapped Keighley people to look into switching their energy supplier. Jan Smithies (pictured) said the Community Energy Direct scheme was being supported by Bradford Council. The scheme is designed to save people
The latest Keighley Film Club presentation boasts lots of spirit – as will one of the audience members. The Angels’ Share, from top director Ken Loach, tells of four men who plot to steal some priceless malt whisky. The club will be raffling
Teenagers’ career ambitions do not reflect the job opportunities out in the real world, members of a business project are warning. The majority of young people in Yorkshire and the Humber hope to go into careers such as teaching, nursing or the
Gary Jones wants to pledge his future to City whatever happens with the rest of the season. The 35-year-old skipper has been the driving force behind Phil Parkinson’s team since he was finally prised away from Rochdale last summer. He is on
Chev Walker will return to action this evening to cross swords with a player he admits to being inspired by – former Bulls star Steve Menzies. Having missed last weekend’s home win over Hull KR with an ankle injury, Walker is poised to feature
A hospital created in an earthquake-hit area of Pakistan with the help of more than £80,000 in cash raised by Telegraph & Argus readers has officially opened. Dignitaries including the Prime Minister of Kashmir, Chaudhry Abdul Majid, were at
Blizzard conditions continued to wreak havoc in the Bradford district today with the cancellation of major events across the weekend. Victims of the heavy snow and freezing temperatures include the Reflections day-long arts festival to mark the
People in Ilkley has been left shocked by a double-death road tragedy. A man and woman, both believed to be from the town, died when the car they were passengers hit a tree and went into a ditch on Denton Road, Ben Rhydding, early yesterday.
Firefighters were called to a chimney blaze at a workshop in Keighley yesterday. A plastic shielding around the chimney at the forklift truck servicing and repair centre in Craven Road had set alight. The two workers inside the single-storey building
A 33-year-old man is to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of armed robbery at the Cash for Gold pawnbrokers in James Street in Bradford city centre on November 7 last year. Richard Fearn, of Ivy Bank, Wyke, Bradford, yesterday pleaded
Tom Olbison has started every match so far this season and enjoyed one of his best games in a Bulls jersey during last weekend’s rousing win over Hull KR. His tireless contribution earned him the man-of-the-match honours in the 34-12 win
The vast majority of quick-tan salons across Bradford are operating sunbeds which are too powerful to be safe, according to West Yorkshire Trading Standards – but the situation is not as bad as in Essex. A new survey found 75 per cent of beds for
John Bateman will return to the scene of his debut tonight to face a Catalan side featuring a quartet of former Bulls stars. In April 2011, Bateman made his bow in a hard-earned 8-8 draw against Catalan at the Stade Gilbert Brutus. This time
Baildon Farmers’ Market is being held in the Ian Clough Car park today from 9am to1pm.
