Former Otley player Luther Burrell will be added to the England squad for their summer tour following this weekend’s Aviva Premiership final. Uncapped Northampton Saints centre Burrell (pictured), 25, will be joined by his 28-year-old clubmate
Former Bradford League player Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month’s Champions Trophy by the International Cricket Council following media reports that he was under investigation by Mumbai Police. Rauf, who has been on the ICC’s Elite Panel
Former West Bowling duo Nathan Conroy and Elliot Minchella could turn out for England’s Academy side against France this weekend as they continue their rise to prominence. Conroy is on the books at the Bulls and Minchella plays for Leeds Rhinos
Politicians and community leaders in Bradford have condemned the terrorist murder of a soldier on a London street. Police reported no immediate negative reaction in the Bradford district to the barbaric killing in Woolwich, but officers are visiting
World-beating Bramhope triathlete brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have partnered up with the National Trust to host their first ever triathlon this September in their native Yorkshire at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal on Saturday, September
A film about a musician who helped inspire anti-apartheid campaigners will be shown in Keighley. Keighley Film Club will screen Searching for Sugar Man which showcases the life and work of late 60s musician Sixto Rodrigeux. Tom Stewart, Keighley
The European Car of the Year list isn’t always an accurate grading of a good car. Would you believe the forgettable Renault Safrane was a top-three winner in 1993? Or that in 1979 the Talbot Horizon was the best car on the continent? Or even that
Local law firm Wilsons Solicitors, which has an office in Ilkley, has topped the league in West Yorkshire for raising the most money for writing wills for free in return for a donation to charity. The final sum raised for Will Aid, a national initiative
Steeton boss Roy Mason is calling for fan-power to help inspire his troops in their first West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup final against Ovenden at Campion’s Manningham Mills ground tomorrow (7pm). The Chevrons have had a
Two friends touched by cancer are organising a close shave for charity. Care assistant Donna Lawson, 34, of East Bowling, is getting ready to say goodbye to her curly shoulder-length locks to raise funds for Breast Cancer care, in memory of her
A former police officer snared a persistent street drug dealer by fooling him into leaving his fingerprints on a milk bottle, Bradford Crown Court heard. Ajaz Hussain made the mistake of hiding his cache of heroin and crack cocaine in bushes in the
A serial sex offender is back behind bars for sexually molesting a 16-year-old girl on a bus. Scruffy and bearded Peter Brame put his hand on the horrified college student’s thigh and said he was prepared to pay good money for “business”, Bradford
Keighley have pipped West Bowling to the Pennine League Championship title following their walkover against Nevison Leap. Keighley were due to play their final league game against the Pontefract side tomorrow but Nevison are unable to field a team
Eccleshill United director of football Mark Ellis confirmed that the club will have a new head coach in place for next season after Bobby Davison’s short stint at the helm. Former Leeds United striker and Bradford City assistant boss Davison was
Whoever came up with the Juke concept deserves a medal. Like all good ideas, it was a simple one to merge the surefootedness of an SUV with the style of a hot-hatch, but it was sheer brilliance. At a stroke, people who shied away from SUVs
Two cars out of more than 100 were caught speeding during a Speedwatch event in Haworth. A member of the Bingley and Worth Valley neighbourhood policing team clocked the cars from 11am to 12.30pm on West Lane, Haworth. Both drivers caught speeding
The Hawks were watched by a sizeable crowd when they faced West Riding at Arthington Cricket Club and came away with a narrow victory. Batting first, Riding were soon 18-4 as the hosts caught their catches for once and they were
Yorkshire are confident that Jack Brooks will be ready to slot straight back into the first team once his broken left thumb has fully healed. All the indications are that the England Lions fast bowler, a winter recruit from Northamptonshire, will
Firefighters were called out to a car blaze in Manningham on Wednesday. At 10.56pm, a crew from Fairweather Green fire station were called to a Ford Mondeo on fire off Oak Lane. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus doused the flames with hoses
WASHBURN VALLEY The heaviest fish caught during the week was a 5lb rainbow trout by Derek Smith using Dawson Olive. Other fish of note: 3lb+ 8, 4lb+ 4. 5lb+ 1. Fewston: Trout are taking nymph just below the surface. There is good evening rise most
JCT600 Bradford League founder members Bankfoot are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year and are wanting to hear from past players. Bankfoot, who, along with Great Horton and Undercliffe have played in the Bradford League since its formation
Lizzie Armitstead, the first home medalist of London 2012, is keen to bid for a road and track double at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics of 2016. The 24-year-old Otley rider still reflects on the sprint in teeming rain down The Mall, when prolific
It’s been 16 years since Steeton lifted their only Aire-Wharfe League title but last week’s win over Pool sent them up to second in Division One behind Beckwithshaw and starting to look like realistic contenders. More than anyone, the
A four-star hotel in an historic building had to be evacuated in the early hours after a fire broke out in a kitchen. Firefighters were called to the Marriott-owned Hollins Hall in Baildon shortly before 2am today because of a blaze in a kitchen
Challenge College’s staff won a thrilling clash against their students by one run after a Ten10 match. The staff scored 99 on a lush, green wicket with helpful overhead conditions, openers Mahesh Patel and Harshad Taylor both retiring
Long-serving goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin and winger Garry Thompson have been told they are definitely in City's plans for League One. The club have exercised an option in their contracts to keep the pair at Valley Parade for next season. As reported
Birstall hope to maintain their bright start to the season in the Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League Premier Division when they entertain Wakefield Thornes on Saturday, fresh from a resounding nine-wicket win at reigning champions Wrenthorpe.
World-beating brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have joined forces with the National Trust to host their first-ever triathlon in Yorkshire this September. Alistair, who won gold at the 2012 Olympics in London, and fellow Bingley Harrier Jonny
Excitement is building as a village prepares to welcome thousands of visitors for a celebration of art and heritage. More than 9,000 people are expected at the Saltaire Arts Trail, which previews tomorrow night and runs until Monday. The annual
The Keybury Youth League are celebrating their 20th anniversary – and founder Eddie Presland is adamant they will go on for many years yet. Although he will remain as treasurer for the next two years, Presland very much hopes to take a back-seat
Soothill clinched the Division One title in emphatic style with a 4-0 Spen Valley League win at home to second-bottom Heckmondwike Sports. The victory left Soothill top on goal difference, with Fairbank United Reserves having to settle for runners-up
Mat Cowen believes the huge crowd expected at the opening Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series meet in La Rochelle on Saturday will inspire him at what is one of the most daunting venues. The French competition, which is the first of eight events
Police are investigating a robbery at a gold shop in Bradford. It happened at lunchtime today at The Gold Shop, Wakefield Road, Dudley Hill. Witnesses reported seeing one of the robbers being dragged out from under a security shutter by a fellow
Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick, who has confirmed he is staying at Nethermoor, admits he is still coming to terms with the fact that they will again be playing in Blue Square Bet North next season. The Lions boss said: “I am still getting over
Social housing provider Incommunities has presented a £340 cheque to Bradford & Airedale Cancer Support. The sum was raised on the night of the housing group’s Apprentice of the Year Awards earlier this month with a prize raffle among staff
Dig out your flares and prepare for some 1970s style Good Times as the latest act for Bingley Music Live is announced. Disco pioneers CHIC, featuring Nile Rodgers, are confirmed for this summer’s festival in Myrtle Park. The seminal New York
A Keighley private hire firm claims it is being prevented from parking vehicles on its own land. Crown Private Hire, in Alice Street, says part of the wide pavement in front of its premises actually comprises its forecourt. It has argued that it
Baildon Farmers’ market takes place on Saturday on the Lower Ian Clough car park, Baildon from 9am until 1pm.
Bradford Council for Mosques has added its opposition to Government moves to legalise gay marriage. Its president Mohammed Mushtaq said: “As a Muslim organisation, we cannot support the same-sex marriage due to fundamental Islamic values. We ask the
Planning permission for a storage container in the front yard of a property in Bradford has been refused due to its visual impact. Bradford Council has turned down an application for the container, which would have been located at Haworth DIY &
A foster carer is backing a drive to get hundreds more people into the role across West Yorkshire. Former IT worker Colleen Callaghan, of Cleckheaton, became a foster carer five years ago and said she has never looked back. She and husband Stephen
Patients are urged to make sure they order any repeat prescriptions they need ahead of their GP practice closing on Friday. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are asking patients to contact their doctor as soon as possible if they need regular
f your home’s loft is more valuable to you as living space than storage, converting the loft is the obvious thing to do. A loft conversion will make your home more valuable and sellable and if you can fit a bathroom or shower room up there, as
Few know better than Paul Anderson the importance of sheer physicality and brute force in a successful rugby league team. The Huddersfield coach was part of the ‘awesome foursome’ alongside Brian McDermott, Stuart Fielden and Joe Vagana, who laid
A public meeting is being held about a scheme to tackle dysfunctional families in Bradford. The Families First programme aims to turn around the lives of around 1,760 households across the district. The three-year programme hopes to cut crime and anti-social
A Keighley man has been helping the victims of one of the deadliest ever industrial disasters. More than 1,000 people are now known to have died when a building housing garments factories collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Abdul Ahad
A Bradford-based sausage producer, whose ‘Made in Britain’ brand helps it export products around the world, has been cited in a business barometer which reveals increasing confidence among the region’s small and medium manufacturers . The British
A historic four-star hotel had to be evacuated overnight after a fire broke out in a kitchen. Firefighters were called to the Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel in Baildon just before 2am, where a fire had started in a kitchen area of the hotel’s leisure
SIR – We held a magic show in Clayton Village Hall last Saturday afternoon. It was a great success and very well attended – a full house! It was an absolute joy seeing all the children enthralled and taking part in the fun. There was a great community
SIR – About a week ago we received an envelope from Bingley Parish Church seeking a donation to Christian Aid. Attached was a small form requesting the donor’s name and address. This in turn allows a charity to recover from HMRC the notional income
SIR – ‘Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them’ in City Park, Bradford on the warm afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, May 19. In a moving re-creation of Acts 2:3 in the Bible, noisy blasts of fire complemented by the ever-changing fountains of
SIR –What a wonderful day at Wembley on Saturday. As a long-time City fan I feel we all need to thank the Rhodes family and Mark Lawn for all they have done for Bradford City. They have been truly fantastic over many years. I feel the team
SIR – What wonderful news for Bradford City football fans. Their team has made it into League One. All the sadness years ago with this team and what happened has made it clear that this team wanted to win for the city and for what it means to be
SIR – On behalf of the Bradford Bulls Wheelchair Rugby League Club, we would like to say a very big thank you to our last Lord Mayor, Councillor Dale Smith, and his lovely wife Margaret for representing the great City of Bradford so well during his
SIR – Re your article on the new CCTV car (T&A, May 20), anything to deter inconsiderate parents from parking around schools should be applauded. We live next to Low Ash Primary and parking on Wrose Grove is often problematic – it is a cul-de-sac
City Park witnessed an amazing outpouring of emotion yesterday evening as thousands upon thousands of people gathered to cheer on the triumphant footballing heroes of Bradford City. The unprecedented scenes symbolised everything that is special
From the T&A... 25 years ago: The crowds came out with the sunshine as the traditional show season got under way this weekend. More than 20,000 people went to Wharfedale Agricultural Society’s 180th Otley Show. 50 years ago: From the talent
A marathon runner will be at the centre of Bulgaria’s first ever British Week when he tours the country with his Olympic Torch. Simon Buckden will meet the president and the British Ambassador and appear on the country’s equivalent of The Jonathan Ross
Quietly and patiently, they ponder their next move. To see these boys so focused shows the power that the black and white board and its playing pieces has over them. Entranced, they slide chess pieces along the board in silence. It isn’t the
A fundraising horse show in Otley has raised £800 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Organised by Faye Briggs, the novice show was held on a field off Pool Road in April and featured a gymkhana, and children's games, along with a raffle and barbecue.
The lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation will come under the spotlight at an event in Keighley next month. The Keighley Friends of Palestine group is arranging the evening at Central Hall, Alice Street on Tuesday, June 11 from
Fears have been raised over children’s safety after a number of young people were seen racing around the streets of Bradford Moor in abandoned shopping trolleys. Bradford Moor Councillor Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) is urging Morrisons supermarket to
More than 200 extra school places will be created in Guiseley if proposals to expand two primaries go ahead. The plans for Guiseley Infant and Nursery School and St Oswald’s Church of England Junior School would see a total increase in capacity
Bradford’s local children’s hospice is hoping for plenty of help when it opens a new charity shop next month. Martin House has chosen Market Street, Shipley, to open its seventh charity shop in the area on June 8. But at present the cause still
A sickening total of five cats are now thought to have been poisoned with anti-freeze on an Eldwick estate, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal. Alerted by our report on how Emma Murby’s two beloved cats were callously killed, angry dad-of-two
Monday will be the last day local young people can apply to become an apprentice with Yorkshire Water. The company is looking for people to apply for the 17 apprentice roles it is recruiting for in its annual apprentice drive. Human resources
Moves to create an influential voice for UK textile manufacturers, including wool processors in the Bradford district, have been launched by MP David Ward. Nearly 40 cross-party MPs and Lords from have signed up to a new parliamentary pressure
A Bradford woman who fought back to study for a degree after being diagnosed with a chronic pain condition has been honoured with an award celebrating inspirational learners. Sarah Reynolds, 39, won the HEART Raising Aspirations Adult Learner’s Award
Many of the South Asian women settling in Bradford half a century ago faced a lonely new life, in an alien industrial setting with a cold climate. Communities weren’t set up to receive immigrants of the 1950s and Sixties; there was no cultural
Gary Jones today pinpointed Phil Parkinson as the biggest signing City will make all summer. The Bantams boss ended months of speculation when he penned a new three-year deal ahead of last night’s promotion parade. Assistant Steve Parkin and
Discover the joy of digital photography at a one-day course in Thornton. For anyone bewildered by buttons, dials and menus, the full-day course goes through the key functions and how to use them to take better pictures. The course is on Saturday, June
A day-long exercise bike challenge outside a Keighley travel agents raised £389 for Manorlands Hospice. The static cycling was carried out by five staff from 9am to 5pm near Co-operative Travel, in the Airedale Shopping Centre. Holy Family
People are being invited to help with a range of tasks at Central Hall in Alice Street, Keighley. A drop-in session will be held on Wednesday, June 5, at the community centre, run by Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action. The session
A bid to create a dedicated cycle route between Burley-in-Wharfedale and Ilkley has come under the scrutiny of Ilkley councillors. Calls for a traffic-free route between the two communities – possibly alongside the Wharfedale railway line – have
A family fun day will be held at the Hainworth Wood Centre on Woodhouse Road, Keighley, on Tuesday, from 1pm to 3pm. Activities include live music,a bouncy castle, tombola, stalls, a drama workshop and a free barbecue.
Champion House will hold its annual summer fete in Calverley on Saturday, June 8, from 2pm to 4pm with Leeds Rhinos rugby league player Jamie Peacock officially opening the afternoon. The home is run by the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity.
Bradford Evening League – Division One: John Breare 106 (A Chapman 55no, A Mukundan 4-15), Allerton 111-3 (M Saeed 49); Windhill 149-8 (W Rafiq 38, Z Jaan 3-38), Apperley Bridge 125-7 (S Ali 53no, P Maguire 3-25); Salem Athletic 120 (D Nawaz 33, B
Manchester United fanatic Matty Blythe cannot wait to run out at the home of their great rivals in the Magic Weekend clash with Huddersfield. Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium will stage the annual bonanza over two days for the second year running
The first ‘Ladies Luncheon’ raised £24,000 for Marie Curie Bradford Hospice. The Cafe In To The Opera at Salts Mill was transformed into a vibrant events hall with more than 200 guests enjoying a lunch to raise money for the Bradford hospice.
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: John Stokes, aged 32, of Bedivere Road, Fairweather Green; failure to comply with Statutory Off-Road Notification, £600 fine, £142.92 back duty, £90 costs. Bryan Capewell,
Airedale Hospital’s chief executive said she wanted to publicly apologise to patients affected by delays in Accident & Emergency. Bridget Fletcher, speaking at the latest meeting of the hospital’s board of directors, conceded the pressures
When Nadira Mirza was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 45, she endured what they call the “slash, poison and burn”. The Bradford University director of students was diagnosed with the disease in 2001 after discovering a lump near her
Fraudsters who offered fake gems for sale in Bradford have struck again. Police are warning the public to be on their guard for the conmen who have now offended three times. The latest reported incident happened in Huddersfield on May 3 when
Cleckheaton Library Junior Club meets from 3.30pm until 5.30pm today at Cleckheaton Library and Information Centre, Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton. Session offers creative, recreational and sports activities for young people.
Bradford’s top judge pledged that the city’s courts will deal robustly with domestic violence when he locked up a man for throttling and slapping his wife in their home. Juris Berzins was jailed for eight months for the attack in which he poured
An engineering academy for children as young as four was one of three free school applications given the Government’s seal of approval yesterday. The Khalsa Engineering Academy would be a primary school focused on teaching technical and problem-solving
The Royal Shakespeare Company has shortlisted a Bradford school for its entry in a national script-writing competition. Dixons Allerton Academy, in Oaks Lane, Bradford, was chosen as one of eight schools whose works will be performed by the Matilda
A Shipley building boss has praised the Telegraph & Argus for “helping to catch” a burglar, but has criticised the length of the jail sentence. Groundforce manager Darren Ball said he was “disgusted” at the ten-week jail term given to 23-year-old
A proud daughter has paid tribute to her father, saying his unexpected death is a loss not just to his family, but to the district of Bradford. Rashid Awan was well-known across the city and had been president of the Pakistan Society of West Yorkshire
Fete organisers have been banned from putting up banners to advertise their biggest fundraiser of the year – because Bradford Council says it is classed as fly-tipping. Champion House in Calverley, which is home to 27 disabled adults, has just
A retired schoolteacher has been jailed for 16 years for a catalogue of sexual abuse against two girls stretching back almost four decades. Highly respected Frank Jones was branded “a Jekyll and Hyde character” by a judge after he was convicted yesterday
Bradford threw a rip-roaring promotion party last night as the city turned claret and amber for its footballing heroes. Thousands of Bradford City supporters packed into Centenary Square and City Park, with thousands more lining the streets, as
