FC Halifax Town came from behind once again to rescue a point against league champions Chester City tonight in a 1-1 draw. The visitors started in the best possible manner as Marc Williams arrived to fire home a dangerous Nathan Jarman delivery
The Goals Soccer Centre in Bradford is one of 22 Goals centres that will be hosting the inaugural Asian Football Fives tournament. The tournament is open to Asian players and teams and is designed to encourage, support and help develop talent at
Jason Gillespie has again criticised the quality of Yorkshire’s batting after a damaging second day against Durham at the Riverside today. The county’s Australian first-team coach was disappointed with the display during the first innings of their
Bosses at Bradford-based Morrisons are remaining tight-lipped about speculation that the supermarket group is about to make an outright bid for online retailer Ocado. In March Morrisons’ chief executive Dalton Philips (right) confirmed that the
Bradford Mutual Sunday School League side Great Horton Methodists enter their centenary campaign when the season starts on Saturday. The club, located off Hollingwood Lane, boasts a rich history, having won both the Sir James Roberts Cup and the
Ricky Ravenhill column: The gaffer is using his brain to make a few changes at Cheltenham on Saturday. It’s a sensible thing to do with the play-offs coming up but it certainly doesn’t mean we’ll be weakening the team. Whoever comes in will
After the trauma of following up their first Aire-Wharfe League championship triumph in 2011 with relegation on the final day of last season, Thackley have been working hard throughout the winter to make amends. Dean Skillicorn moved up from second
Wibsey Warriors face a tough test when they travel to second-placed Queens in the Pennine League Premier Division on Saturday. Coach Jason Hirst will need all the big guns available for what is sure to be a battle royal. Ryan Smith, Mike Derricks
Dudley Hill welcome Eccles to Parry Lane for their National Conference League Division One encounter on Saturday. Hill will be looking for a third win on the spin against a side who are languishing at the foot of the table. Coach Kelvin Lockett
Bradford Environmental Education Service will create a community garden in Woodside. Members of the group will meet on Friday, May 24, to begin planting at the new Woodside Community Garden on Fenwick Street. They will meet at Culture Fusion
Baildon might be playing at Twickenham a week on Saturday but their focus should very much be on Hemsworth on Saturday. Victory at Moxon Fields this weekend will give the Jenny Laners the second promotion spot in SSE Yorkshire Division
The jury will tomorrow consider its verdicts in the trial of a 55-year-old man accused of sexually abusing two girls almost 40 years ago. James Pemberton denies an offence of attempted rape and allegations of indecent assault and indecency with
Queensbury teacher Rahila Hussain is celebrating after becoming the champion of ITV’s Food Glorious Food. Rahila’s winning dish, fragrant white chicken korma, inspired by her late mum’s recipe and a favourite dish from her childhood, is now on
Otley will be hoping to end their SSE National League Two North home fixtures on a high note when they entertain Dudley Kingswinford at Cross Green on Saturday. They will be looking to build on the tremendous win which their patched-up side secured
There is yet another huge match for Wharfedale this Saturday as the SSE National League One season runs down. Cambridge and Sedgley Park have already filled two of the three relegation places, while the third is being fought out between Wharfedale
WASHBURN VALLEY FISHERY Catch details for the week ending April 21 – Day ticket: Fewston 30, Swinsty 3, Thruscross (catch and return) 2. Total fish caught: Fewston 266, Swinsty 16, Thruscross 6. Average per rod: Fewston 8.9, Swinsty 5.3, Thruscross
Former Prince Henry’s Grammar School pupil Danny Care (Harlequins) is on the shortlist for the Aviva Premiership player of the season. Scrum half Care is one of two current England internationals among the six names unveiled by Premiership
People with questions related to hearing problems have been invited to come to Airedale Hospital next week. Airedale’s audiology team is encouraging patients, carers or health and social care professionals to drop-in during national Deaf Awareness
With the West Riding County Amateur League coming into the final four weeks of the season, there are still many titles and relegation issues to be decided. Steeton, who have been at the summit of the Premier Division since before Christmas, slipped
Nine arrests have been made and four guns seized in Bradford as part of a major police blitz on drugs and guns. About £60,000 in cash, two high-value vehicles, jewellery, electronic equipment and a canister of incapacitant spray were also recovered
Bradford Park Avenue will be looking to sign off with a win when they host struggling Histon in the final game of their first season back in Conference North. After just missing out on the play-offs, which was a remarkable effort from a club that
Guiseley play their last game of the regular season in front of their home crowd at Nethermoor on Saturday but it is far from the end of their campaign. The Lions will be runners-up in Blue Square Bet North after the game, no matter what
The Bulls have confirmed their Tetley's Challenge Cup fifth-round tie against London Broncos will be played at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, May 10 at 8pm. The Stoop is not available on either the Saturday or the Sunday owing to police restictions
Albion Sports are already assured of promotion and can move a step closer to the title in Baris Northern Counties East League Division One on Saturday with a win at Bottesford Town. Kulwinder Sandhu’s men are four points clear with just two games
To celebrate their latest production of Calendar Girls, Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society produced a commemorative calendar and programme. It features photographs of the principals in Calendar Girls poses, as well
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A and Class B drugs. The arrests were made on York Gate, Otley Chevin, after the vehicle the suspects were travelling in was stopped and searched by police. The men have been arrested for
The Rajpoot in Shipley has been nominated by MP Philip Davies for the Tiffin Cup for the best South Asian Restaurant chosen by Parliamentarians. MPs have for the 8th year running, been asked to nominate a restaurant in their constituency. Last
City have released details of their potential away ticket allocation for the play-off semi-finals. They will receive 2,300 seat tickets if it is against Rotherham, 1,400-1,600 at Cheltenham and 1,400 terrace and 380 seats for Burton. All matches
A man has been charged following the death of two dogs last month. Simon Tidswell, who lives at his sheep farm - Sandbeds Farm, in Trough Lane, Oxenhope, near Keighley – has been charged with two counts of criminal damage and two counts of failing
A Wharfedale councillor is delighted at the success of a free insulation scheme in his ward. Latest figures show the ward has one of the highest take-up rates across the area, pro rata to customers contacted, for the Wrap Up Leeds scheme. The
Ilkley’s New Horizons Concert Orchestra will remember its founder and leading light, Stanley Evans, who died in 2010, when they give a concert on Friday, May 3 from 2pm to 4pm at the Clarke-Foley Centre in Ilkley. Admission is free, but a collection
A pilot scheme to crack down on dog-fouling and littering has started. Environmental patrols run by a private security firm will issue £75 fixed penalty notices to anyone seen blatantly dropping litter or failing to pick up after their dog.
The Salvation Army has appealed for food that will provide “fuel for the body” for needy Keighley people. The Army needs essential items after facing a massive increase in calls for help from people affected by benefits cuts. Particularly needed
Otley Cycle Club will discuss how it can successfully evolve at an open meeting next week. The 86-year-old group is keen to be in good shape for future challenges as it prepares for next year's local Tour de France stage and steps up its coaching activities
A life-saving scheme urgently needs more volunteers to come forward and learn community first aid. Community first responders are people who live locally and can often reach patients requiring emergency medical care within a few minutes – usually
A campaign group fighting to protect part of the Bradford district from unwanted development will hold a pan-Yorkshire conference in Leeds this weekend. Wharfedale and Airedale Review Development (WARD) is joining forces with the Campaign to Protect
The Cliffe Castle Park Conservation Group meets at the park’s cafe at 7pm today to discuss plans for a new play area and other events in 2013.
Further industrial action is planned at Keighley Post Office next week. A spokesman for the Communcation Workers Union (CWU) said staff would take part in another walk-out from 1pm on Monday. Employees fear for the future of the Towngate branch
Campaigners fighting odour problems at an animal-rendering plant have warned there will be outrage if Bradford Council does not use a ‘secret’ report to help rid them of the stench they say is blighting their lives. The Stop Omega Stink group is
Bradford could be part of an ambitious £20 million super cycleway if a bid to link the district with Leeds city centre via bike routes gets the go ahead. West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority’s executive board will consider tomorrow the
Almost a dozen untaxed cars a day have been clamped or impounded in Bradford by DVLA officials. Motorists are now being warned to tax their vehicles. The DVLA has confirmed that within the last week contractors has taken enforcement action
A development of two houses on the site of the former Wesleyan Chapel in Denholme can go ahead following approval by Bradford Council. Darren Ingham had been given permission for the scheme, on Valley Heights, in 2009, but the application lapsed
Selling stolen gold is to get tougher for jewellery thieves as pawnbrokers and second-hand shops sign up to a police code of conduct. As exclusively revealed in the Telegraph & Argus in January, the Gold Standard is a voluntary agreement between
The diesel gala will also mark the opening of Oxenhope Station’s much improved toilet block (right). The previous Victorian facilities, described as “Spartan” by volunteers, were open air, and led to complaints by visitors. Earlier this year
A woman was taken to hospital with suspected back and neck injuries after her car hit a wall in Bradford. The smash happened on Bolling Road, outside Future House, in West Bowling at 2.30pm yesterday. Fire crews from Bradford station freed
Bradford Council has refused a barn conversion, saying it would be “unsympathetic” to the surrounding area. Mark Holroyd applied to turn the building, on greenbelt land at Northfields Hall, Shay Lane, Wilsden, into a house. Planning officers
Warm tributes have been made to a former town Mayor who died peacefully at home this week, aged 84. Former schoolteacher Audrey Thornton was a Conservative member of Skipton Town Council for 20 years from 1991 to 2011. For 16 years she was
More than 300 people descended on Ilkley's newest cafe to see for themselves what's going to be on offer when it officially opens. Outside the Box, the re-born venue with a special place for adults with learning difficulties, promoted the event
Steeton Cricket Club will this weekend rename its pavilion after its longest-serving member who died. The club decided last year to name the building in honour of lifelong Steeton resident Thomas Barritt, 88. Mr Barritt, who had been a member
Greengates Parish Church and Greengates Community will be getting together this Saturday at 10am to dig and decide what plants to put in the community garden by the traffic lights to brighten up the area. Anybody can join in – take a fork and some
Shareholders in Saltaire-based global digital technology developer for pay TV and broadband operators Pace plc have been told that the company is on track to beat sales expectations during the first half of its financial year. Chairman Allan Leighton
West Yorkshire Police have warned cyclists across the Bradford district to tighten up on security amid fears thieves have been using a mobile phone app to track down the location of expensive bikes. Concerns have been raised by cyclists about high-value
Diesel power will replace steam power on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway starting tomorrow, when the line hosts its weekend-long diesel gala. And this year’s event will be celebrated by four mayors – although one is a train. The historic
The East Coast rail line must be re-privatised because it is the “worst” in the country, the rail minister told MPs yesterday. Simon Burns denied Labour allegations that the decision was “political or ideological” – to end state ownership before
Newly restored windows at Haworth’s Old School Room will be on display at an open day and fundraiser next month. The windows were fully installed over the past few weeks, and the public can get a closer look at the restoration project at a cake
Keighley people are helping amateur historians to build a full picture of school history in the town. Visitors to the latest School Heritage Day at Keighley Library took along photographs from their own schooldays. David Kirkley, one of the
The Aire Valley Rail Users Group holds its AGM in Saltaire Methodist Church this Saturday at 2pm. AVRUG is a volunary organisation which campaings for improvements in rail services between Bradford, Shipley, Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Gargrave and
Airedale Hospital has won an accolade for protecting water supplies for its staff, patients and the local community. Airedale picked up the Safe Water Award at the Yorkshire Water ‘Taking Responsibility for Business Awards’. The hospital’s
A cafe will host an ‘open stage night’ to raise cash to help a seriously-ill four-year-old girl. Cafe Hope, in Central Hall, Keighley, is the venue for the free event which will run from 7.30pm to 11pm on Wednesday, May 1. Proceeds will go
River conservationists wanting to bring Bradford’s becks back out into the open have welcomed Council support. Environmental officers have been asked by councillors to explore ways of helping the Aire Rivers Trust make the becks that run under
Dozens of people enjoyed a presentation and lunch at a Keighley community centre yesterday. The event at the Sangat Centre, in Marlborough Street, honoured the facility’s outgoing chairman of governors Kay Lindley and also saw about 40 certificates
The politician responsible for Children’s Services at Bradford Council has confirmed that the district will receive a visit this week to see how the education success can be replicated elsewhere. Professor of Education at Birmingham City University
In 2009, Bradford Civic Society published a booklet called Common Sense Regeneration which outlined what the society thought should be done to regenerate the city and make it prosperous once again. The booklet was distributed widely and received
25 years ago: Wartime copies of The Telegraph & Argus, including a special 1945 VE-day issue, formed part of an exhibition at the Shipley Resource Centre in Otley Road. 50 years ago: Confidence that within a few years Bradford’s hospital services
The new study which pinpoints Bradford as one of the “least peaceful” areas in the region makes for, on the face of it, somewhat depressing and unwelcome news. The report defines “peaceful” as having an absence of violence or the fear of violence
SIR – John Hall and Keith Thomson (T&A, April 12) were quick to jump to the defence of the establishment on the subject of global warming. Mr Hall suggests extreme weather is a result of climate change, yet both the Nature journal (editorial
SIR – How about upgrading Wibsey Park for summer? Have you seen the state of the kids’ play area? It looks like a scruffy bombsite. Other parks, such as Manningham, Peel, Lister, have all had a decent amount of money spent on upgrading playgrounds
SIR – Most people have no choice but to pay their taxes in full. So it does not require the judgement of Solomon to work out why they find tax avoidance morally repugnant and are happy to see its beneficiaries consigned to the ducking stool. Andrew
SIR – Liberal Parish Councillor Lyons of Baildon yet again makes false claims, accusations and misleading statements. Inferring a cycle route has been provided along the canal conveniently to a private school in Bingley, he seeks to totally misinform
SIR – Referring to the lady who wrote about the Waxwings, I live in Windhill and about three weeks ago we had a flock of about 50 of them flying onto a telegraph pole at the end of our drive. A neighbour has a large berry-growing bush and after
SIR – I am replying to Margaret Price’s letter (T&A, April 20) about Waxwings. We also have been visited by these beautiful birds, but not in the last two weeks. We first spotted them in December 2010, we counted more than 60 in the cherry
SIR – Why has Guantanamo prison dropped off the media’s radar despite President Obama’s pledge to close the place by January 2009? It’s still open and right now up to 130 prisoners are on hunger strike. Some of them have refused food for more
SIR – Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908, said that Scouting is the practice of teaching the young to become good citizens and leaders. He must have turned in his grave when police told Scout groups in Bradford they
Elderly residents gathered to celebrate the release of their charity single. The Anchor Community Band recorded the track called ‘See Yourself’ in a bid to raise funds for Contact the Elderly, which organises monthly tea parties for older people
Amid speculation that it may quit banking, the customer-owned Co-operative Group, headed by Bradford-born chief executive Peter Marks, has dropped plans to buy more than 600 high street branches from Lloyds Banking Group. Mr Marks, who will retire
A company hopes to add a bit of diversity to the local music scene by starting a ukulele orchestra. With the new-folk movement bringing the instrument back into the spotlight, and ukulele-friendly bands like King Blues and Mumford and Sons finding
City are optimistic that Kyel Reid’s latest injury is nothing to worry about ahead of the play-offs. The winger was forced off after just 19 minutes of the win over Burton and will not be involved in Saturday’s final league game of the season at
Trading Standards is warning residents to beware doorstep fraudsters offering “Green Deals”. The Green Deal is a Government scheme where you can make energy-saving improvements to your home or business without having to pay all the costs up front
Jamie Foster has vowed to come back stronger from his cruel injury setback and revealed how Bulls coach Francis Cummins has already given him reassurances about his future at the club. Foster is facing up to the grim prospect of spending at least
Respect MP George Galloway last night denied Conservative claims that he had endorsed Ed Miliband for Prime Minister. The Bradford West MP confirmed he had met the Labour leader but said that it was a private meeting and had nothing to do with
UKIP has handed a boost to Shipley MP Philip Davies – by hinting the anti-Europe party will not run against him at the next general election. Party leader Nigel Farage said he would give a free run to any candidate prepared to defy his or her leader
Buttershaw St Paul’s Juniors are treading the boards with a popular family musical. The society is putting on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at St Paul’s Church, Buttershaw, tonight and tomorrow at 7pm and on Saturday at 1pm and 5pm
Six Bradford University students have joined forces to make this year’s Positive Bradford campaign the best yet. Positive Bradford was created in 2011 to celebrate everything good about the district, with a fun day held for the last two years.
After 12 rounds of the season, the Bulls lie sixth in the Super League table and are commanding respect. They have destroyed Huddersfield on their own turf and claimed a highly impressive draw against Leeds at Headingley. Conversely, they failed
Sam Wood has a confession to make. “When I first started playing rugby, I supported Leeds Rhinos,” revealed the 19-year-old Bulls rookie with a smile. “I then came here on a scholarship and pretty much fell in love with the place. Everything
Thackley put a nine-match winless streak in the Baris Northern Counties East Premier Division to bed last night with a handsome 4-1 win at second from bottom Hall Road Rangers. Their hosts may be struggling but the Dennyboys were taking nothing
Police and Council chiefs in the district have insisted that tackling violent crime is a priority, after Bradford was branded the least peaceful place in West Yorkshire. Bradford was ranked a lowly 18th out of 21 in a list of the most peaceful
Developers who want to build 135 houses on fields in Keighley say their scheme will reduce the risk of flooding for surrounding houses rather than increase it as many neighbours fear. The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement looked likely to get
A 33-year-old man who indecently exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl and pestered her with sexually explicit text messages has been jailed for two- and-a-half years. John Kendal, of Douglas Towers, Bowling, Bradford, developed “a very unhealthy
A street drug dealer, who abandoned a young child in a bid to flee police, has been jailed for more than seven years. Harun Hussain, 27, was arrested by armed officers and police seized heroin valued at more than £150,000 from a house. He was
Bradford Bulls’ bid to secure another cash injection from Akbar’s is in doubt after the Bradford restaurant chain’s founder and managing director revealed that no further donations would be considered until next year at the earliest. The Telegraph
The curtain has fallen on the matinee performance and two ‘cats’ are perched on a sofa backstage, tucking into microwave meals. In full make-up and wigs still intact, the cast of Cats are taking a breather before the evening performance. Since
Steps are being made to remove the entire governing body at a failing Bradford school following a damning report by the education watchdog. The rare move is being carried out by Bradford Council chiefs to ensure improvements are made at Bradford
A plague of young fare dodgers on trains through the Aire Valley are costing Northern Rail a fortune and hence pushing up ticket prices for honest travellers, warn transport experts. A meeting of the Bradford Passenger Consultative Committee heard
Bowlers at Myrtle Park in Bingley are battling to save the dignified facade of their historic pavilion which is suddenly under threat of demolition. The 100-year-old building is home to a cafe and the headquarters of the 50-strong bowls club. But
Runners have until midnight to sign up for the Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, which was rearranged for this Sunday after its original date was blighted by heavy snow. Around 1,000 people from across the district are expected to tackle the route
Bradford Bulls will host a free Asian Mela and a show featuring local bands in the days after it stages its first major concert at the Provident Stadium. The club had originally planned to hold three outdoor concerts over the Spring Bank Holiday
Liversedge suffered a 3-0 defeat at Heanor Town in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division last night. Kyle Bryant gave the Derbyshire outfit an early lead, Dwayne Wiley added a second midway through the second half and Adam Barrett
A missing Bradford woman, who sparked a search of fields, gardens and garages by her neighbours, has been found. Police appealed for help in finding Lorenza Ullah who had not been seen since she left home shortly before 8am on Tuesday. Last
