Rawdon racing driver Sam Tordoff scored a career-high second-place in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park. That was tempered with a first finish out of the points in the second race but Tordoff was pleased overall.
Yorkshire’s bowlers dominated against Middlesex at Lord’s today to give themselves every chance of completing the win they need to go top of the LV= Division One table. Making good use of both cloudy conditions and a pitch which rewarded effort
A meeting tonight in Bradford of progressive activists of Pakistani origin in North England decided to form Awami Workers Party (Pakistan) in North England to fight against religious extremism and for equality, social justice, exploitation and world
A derelict pub is on the verge of collapse after a third arson attack in three days. Firefighters were called to the King’s Head pub in Cote Lane, Allerton at 7pm.
Keighley and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins led from the front as his House of Commons team retained their tug of war title against the House of Lords. Mr Hopkins joined forces with MPs from across the political divide in Macmillan’s 26th annual Parliamentary
Detectives are investigating two robberies in Allerton – including one where a man was threatened with a screwdriver. Both attacks, which happened this week, took place close to the Dixons City Academy. The first, which was on Tuesday between
A Bradford man who was driving a hen party minibus which was involved in a fatal collision on the M62 has been arrested. Jimmy Johnson, 62, of Wyke, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been bailed while inquiries
Shelf Under-17s, who play in the Huddersfield RCD Junior League, start their pre-season training at Old Brodleians RUFC at Hipperholme on Thursday, July 4 (7pm). Anyone interested in joining should contact Jamie Louram on 07865-403164.
Eccleshill United’s keeper Karl Martens picked up the Eagles’ player of the season award at their presentation evening. Drake Trease won the goal of the season for his stunner in the 5-1 win at Askern Villa in early February. The only other
Bradford teenager Ged Sykes has made a big impact on his powerlifting debut. The 17-year-old from Wibsey broke the British record in the bench press in the under-18 83kg unequipped category at the Yorkshire & North East Federation Classic Powerlifting
Danny Holland and Jamie Jackson are likely to follow skipper Rob O’Brien, who has joined Farsley, out of the exit door at Horsfall Stadium. Manager John Deacey has targeted some new signings but had said he was not looking for an influx
A new Bradford Festival will bring a vibrant, colourful and multicultural programme of the best international, British and local theatre, art, music and dance into the heart of the city this weekend. The packed programme of events, which is expected
Tough new immigration rules are tearing Bradford families apart and must be changed, an MP has warned. Liberal Democrat David Ward attacked the requirement that citizens earn £18,600 before they can bring in spouses, or partners, from outside the
Health experts will be out and about sharing their tips how choosing the right shoes can prevent falls. Bradford District Care Trust staff will be visiting local supermarkets, shops and community centres during Age UK’s Falls Awareness Week, which
Otley’s James Twomey has been named in The Rugby Paper’s SSE National League Two North Dream Team for 2012-13. He scored 29 tries in 30 matches and passed fellow winger’s Mark Kirkby’s overall record of 74 league tries for
The Bradford Union will pay tribute to former junior organiser Peter Delaney on Sunday with a new competition bearing his name. The inaugural Peter Delaney Memorial Trophy will take place at Baildon, the home club of the popular official who
LISTERHILLS AA The first day of the coarse season on the rivers is this Sunday, when keep-nets, maggots and cereal baits may be used. In the interests of the fish, they should not be confined for long periods in a keep-net. The 62nd annual
BRADFORD & DISTRICT EVENING LEAGUE Division One: Thornton 149-7 (J Hutchinson 29, G Soames 27), Salem Athletic 153-6 (M. Ahmed 50no, U Khatab 29no, S Richardson 3-43); Shelf 90 (P Jarvis 4-12, W Rafiq 3-16), Windhill 94-2 (F Hussain 44no);
Year Two pupils at Burley Oaks Primary School designed and made their own bridges as part of a wider topic on 19th Century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his bridges. A competition, sponsored by Burley Bridge Association (BBA), saw the children
Creatures who ruled the earth millions of years ago seemed to have come back to life at a primary school. Youngsters at Oldfield Primary, near Keighley, turned up to school to find a nest containing what appeared to be dinosaur eggs. They also
A planning application for a free-standing advertising sign on a triangular parcel of land near a busy Bradford road has been refused. The plan would have seen the sign erected on land at 703 Wakefield Road, at its junction with Fenby Avenue, to
A driver who endangered Sunday morning shoppers by speeding in a supermarket car park was today jailed for eight months. Oliver Fox, 25, was nearly twice over the legal alcohol limit when he was involved in the “sustained” piece of dangerous driving
Woodlands ability to win a third successive JCT600 Bradford League Division One title, and a seventh in nine seasons, is about to be put to the test. The leaders are due to face the two teams that share second place - Pudsey St Lawrence and Cleckheaton
A week after the GB 9-Ball Tour landed at the Cedar Court Hotel, top-class action returns to Bradford this weekend. The English Open, English Amateur and Professional Cup eight-ball tournaments will be held at the Hilton Hotel in the city centre
Children from Rawdon St Peter’s School took part in a sustainability week where they concentrated on how to look after the planet and the environment. The main focus of the week was walking to school. A team from Leeds City Council – along with
Customers of Yorkshire Building Society's Bingley branch will be offered birthday cake, goooies and the chance to take part in a treasure hunt tomorrow to mark its first anniversary. The branch is hosting an exhibition of old photographs of the
Rob O’Brien has completed the short move from Horsfall Stadium to Throstle Nest after committing himself to Farsley. The skilful and industrious midfielder began last term at Bradford Park Avenue in the Conference North but ended it on loan at
A police inspector is urging residents to keep their houses secure during warm weather. Inspector Richard Coldwell, from the Aireborough & Wharfedale Neighbourhood Policing Team, is making the appeal due to the high numbers of local burglaries
The new chief constable of North Yorkshire Police is hosting a webchat between 5pm and 6.30pm on Monday. Residents are invited to take part in the question and answer session with Chief Constable Dave Jones. To join the webchat visit northyorkshire.police.uk
Thackley will be full of confidence when they tackle North Leeds on Saturday in their quest to ensure their stay in Aire-Wharfe League Division Two lasts no more than a season. After losing two of their first four matches, they have regrouped
Bradford ladies barbershop choir the Pennine Chimes are putting on a summer concert. The group, which took on 15 new members following an appeal in the T&A, will be singing at Eccleshill United Reformed Church on Tuesday, June, 25 at 8pm. “
The Secretary of State for Energy was in Esholt yesterday to congratulate Yorkshire Water for world-beating work on waste water treatment. Ed Davey was given a tour of the huge 750-acre site by Liberal Democrat MP David Ward and Yorkshire Water
Bradford’s Conrad Harrison and Mike Aylott secured their fifth podium in the Isle of Man TT. Harrison and Aylott saw their impressive run of four consecutive Sidecar TT podium finishes come to an agonising end last season. Their run
A specialist machinery company is on track to double its turnover and increase staffing in the next three years after being appointed the main UK distributor of hydraulic equipment for a major international manufacturer. Silsden-based Advanced
David Brook has found out that the motor-cycling gods giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other. Just days after finding out that he had secured a helmet sponsorship deal with Napoleons Casino - he is raffling a professionally-painted
Guiseley have confirmed two plum pre-season friendlies at Nethermoor. They will face Capital One Cup finalists and npower League Two play-off winners Bradford City on Saturday, July 13 (3pm). And four days later they have another derby – this
A “major incident” in a Bradford subway being investigated by police last night was an attempted sexual assault, officers disclosed today. Entry to a subway on Wakefield Road, at the roundabout where it meets Prospect Street and Bowling Back Lane
Proposals to turn a Keighley car dealership into an Islamic education centre will go before planners next week. The Al Hidaayah Foundation wants to buy the Reg Thompson car dealership in Bridge Street, in the Damside area, which has been on the
A funeral company helped a school create a feature for its garden that will last for generations. East Morton Primary pupils now have a granite ‘peace bench’, where they can sit and quietly reflect on the world. The bench is engraved with a
A dynamic performance by Yorkshire's seamers dismissed Middlesex for 175 on the third afternoon at Lord's and Andrew Gale then opted to enforce the follow-on as the White Rose sought to overwhem their second-placed opponents in the Division One game
It was very much Yorkshire's morning on the third day at Lord's where Andrew Gale's three pace bowlers each took a wicket to reduce Middlesex to 67-4 at the break. In gloomy conditions which favoured seam bowling and on a wicket which rewards effort
Students from St Mary’s School in Menston are to celebrate their international partnership work by exhibiting photographs from the area alongside students from Ghana and South Africa. Along with students of two Leeds schools, they have taken part
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray, and his wife, Lady Mayoress Edna Murray, will visit an open day at Teal Beck House care home, Otley, at 2.30pm on Friday, June 21. The Anchor home is holding the event, which starts at 2pm, as part
People turned out to watch a rooftop drama unfold in Bradford early today when police were called to a burglary at what turned out to be a cannabis farm. Two men had to be brought down from the roof of the end terrace house in Thryberg Street,
Intrigue from the pen of Agatha Christie comes to the Alhambra stage next month. The queen of crime’s Go Back for Murder stars Liza Goddard, Sophie Ward, Robert Duncan and Lysette Anthony. In the murder mystery, Carla Le Marchant lives with
People are invited for tea, homemade cakes and a friendly, social morning at Impressions city-centre photographic gallery tomorrow. Time For tea, from 11.30am to 1.30pm in the gallery overlooking City Park, is aimed primarily at people aged 55
The clock strikes thirteen as the floorboards pulsate, there is a scream from the crypt and something unusual is being dragged from inside the chimney breast. Siz Lips Theatre presents Poe, based on the short stories of Edgar Allen Poe, the mastermind
There are more laughs from My Newt Comedy, with this month’s headline act Leeds-based comic Silky. The comedian’s long career has seen him perform across the world. Also appearing on the bill is Bradford comic Jonny Pelham, James Christopher
Shropshire railway enthusiasts are repaying the compliment after borrowing a steam engine from Keighley’s heritage railway. The Severn Valley Railway has agreed to loan its Pannier Tank locomotive 1501 for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway’
Beleaguered residents struggling to park outside their homes must wait a few more months before a final decision is made on their predicament. A meeting of the Bradford West area committee last night agreed with Bradford Council plans to introduce
Energy Secretary Ed Davey will today announce a £19 million Government funding pot for entrepreneurs with ideas and products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation during a visit to Bradford. The MP will reveal details of the second
Manorlands is staging an event tomorrow to mark Carers Week. A host of information and support will be on offer at Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley, between 10am and 3pm. Among organisations present will be Carers’ Resource, Disability
A farmer opened the gates to hundreds of visitors to raise awareness about local produce. Ashlea Gill, who was born in Cottingley, opened the doors of Hole House Farm as part of the national Open Farm Sunday initiative to celebrate farming with
Police in Bradford will be carrying out an operation to prevent burglaries on streets in Great Horton and Little Horton. Officers will go on patrol in Canterbury Avenue, Sage Street, Chiselhurt Place, Parkside Road and Southfield Road in Little
Mazda has taken a bold and innovative approach to offering better economy and more driver enjoyment. Where many companies are going down the hybrid route, turning out cars with a mixture of conventional engines and electric motors, Mazda is simply
Campaigners against plain tobacco packaging are continuing to fight the idea even though there was no mention of any new measures in the recent Queen’s Speech setting out the Government’s legislative programme. And non-smoking Shipley MP Philip
Artist Victoria Brookland has returned to the Brontë Parsonage Museum with a third exhibition. A Thousand Gleaming Fires is a display of drawings inspired by dresses owned by the Brontë sisters. For her latest pictures at the Haworth museum
Firefighters were called to a flat above a mini market which was engulfed in flames in Bradford. Crews from Odsal and Fairweather Green stations were called out at 7am on Tuesday to tackle the fire in Bradford Road, Clayton, and managed to stop it
The Queensbury History Society is holding an exhibition of its archives, celebrating 150 years of Queensbury being renamed from Queenshead. The free exhibition will see films of Foxhill schoolchildren playing in Foxhill Park and Mountain titled
A Pudsey church is hoping to tempt parishioners traditional afternoon tea served in the style of a Harrogate tearoom. St James the Great on Galloway Lane is offering Traditional Afternoon Tea on Saturday, June 22, from 2.30pm until 4.30pm.
A revolutionary programme developed and implemented by West Yorkshire Probation Trust has been shortlisted for the prestigious Community Programme Awards. Post-Sentence Assessment (PSA) was introduced by West Yorkshire Probation, working with the
Cougars chairman Gary Fawcett has expressed his deep disappointment following Sunday’s defeat at York and accused the team of letting down Paul March. Keighley’s season took another turn for the worse at the weekend when they lost 32-12 to the
Who says the wealthy can’t be green? Not Lexus, that’s for sure, for this company has launched a range of upmarket hybrid models. Until recently hybrids – which blend traditional engines with electric motors – have tended to be family cars such
The bells of Bingley All Saints Church rang out a quarter peal in celebration of retired ringer Dorothy Winup’s 80th birthday. Mrs Winup began ringing at the church as a 16-year-old and was its first female ringer. She remained loyal throughout
New national guidelines for prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse have been welcomed by West Yorkshire prosecutors. The guidelines, from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, will put the focus on the credibility of the allegation
A teenage university student, accused of dangerous driving would plead guilty to careless driving, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Prosecutor Richard Davies said Fahad Ali, 19, of Bradford Road, Shipley, was alleged to have driven at 60mph
Theatre-goers queued around the block at the Alhambra for tickets for The Lion King, which went on sale yesterday. The show, about a lion cub’s struggle, is coming to Bradford for seven weeks next year as the only Yorkshire stop on a UK tour. Based
A devoted carer and her terminally ill mum were both shortlisted for awards in a double honour. Hannah Roche and her mother Christine were finalists in the Sue Ryder Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards. Since being diagnosed with incurable
Bradford Park Avenue will host a Pakistan International XI at the club’s Horsfall Stadium to raise cash for an international charity which fights domestic violence against women. The Blue Square Bet North side will play a team of current and former
SIR – I have been a member of Mechanics Library for some years now. Welcoming, light and airy, with a good range of newspapers, magazines and the like. The books are good, clean and varied. With the Central Library closed, it is great and going
SIR – Ian Lyons’s Liberal Democrats (Letters, June 12), are willing partners in a Tory-led coalition that is hitting the ordinary people of cities like Bradford the hardest in response to the global banking crisis. Bradford has lost £100 million
Business is viable SIR – Bradford Council planners recommend that plans for the Cock and Bottle, Barkerend Road, should be approved. They say that keeping the pub open as a traditional pub is not a viable option in the area. Do any of the ‘planners
SIR – There has rightly been praise (T&A, June 11) for the excellent Bollywood Carmen production that was shown live on television on BBC3. It was indeed a spectacular show, and the surrounding area, as one website poster said, “looked immense
Valuable lessons SIR – I recently saw an article telling me about the spending review and and was horrified to find out that this may entail the closure of the National Media Museum. I am an architect, originally from Bradford, and former pupil
SIR – With a rapidly growing world population, the natural environment has never been under greater pressure. Fifty years after the BBC April fool hoax of Spaghetti growing on trees, many urban children have at best a hazy notion of where their
A group of people are sitting around a table in a city centre pub. Around half of them stand up and declare they are going outside for a cigarette – smoking has been banned in enclosed public places where people might be working since 2007.
The horrific incident of apparent road rage that saw a driver left with head injuries after being attacked with a metal bar close to Bradford city centre will send a shiver down the spine of regular motorists. Many of us will have experienced moments
Bradford’s Hilton Hotel is urging people to step up and travel ‘around the world in a day’ on Saturday for its community foundation’s annual charity challenge. Hotel staff will join colleagues from 120 hotels across 18 countries to ‘virtually travel
A man who breached a suspended prison sentence order by missing probation appointments was given a last chance by a judge. Alan Gatenby, 38, of Grayswood Drive, Holme Wood, Bradford, had been given an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two
Entrepreneurs of the future have visited Bradford’s Oastler Shopping Centre to do some hands-on market research. The children from St Stephen’s Primary School in Bowling have got to the final stage of the Step Up Market Challenge being run by Bradford
A Keighley school will this Saturday host an alternative to Cross Roads and Lees Gala. Staff and parents at Lees Primary School decided to run a spring fair because there was not enough support from residents to organise a gala. Jenny Mercer
A film screening planned for Manningham Mills, due to take place tomorrow, has been cancelled due to poor advance ticket sales. Take 13 – Movies in the Mill was billed as a film presentation with a difference, with the audience not knowing which
A charity that helps the homeless has received a £2,000 cash boost. Hope Housing provides emergency accommodation to rough sleepers through night stays in volunteer's homes. And they also offer supported tenancies, through volunteers from local
A man has pleaded guilty to a robbery at a jewellery shop in Bradford last month. Liam Benson, 29, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday in connection with an incident at The Gold Shop, in Wakefield Road, Dudley Hill, Bradford, on May 23 this
Bradford has the region’s highest number as well as highest population share of foreign-born residents, a report shows. The study by Oxford University using statistics from the 2011 Census shows that Bradford has seen a 62.2 per cent rise in the
Bradford Imams are spearheading national condemnation of sex grooming by Muslim men by issuing a special sermon to be read in mosques across Britain this month. The hard-hitting Islamic message, called a Khutba, has already been sent to 50 local
Thousands of residents and visitors are expected to help Otley celebrate its 30th carnival in style this weekend. The annual fundraiser will begin at 1.15pm on Saturday when a parade featuring more than 30 flamboyantly decorated floats, walking
Steal-to-order thieves are targeting metal fencing at a bowling club in Bradford, claim its fed-up members. Seventeen panels between 4ft and 5ft have been stolen from Greengates Bowling Club in two raids. Bizarrely, say members, random panels
Francis Cummins has promoted rising Bulls stars Alex Mellor and Nathan Conroy from the Academy into the first-team squad after handing them two-year professional contracts. The highly-rated 18-year-olds will begin full-time training with Cummins
An Ofsted chief, a former Bradford superintendent and the mother of a young woman beaten to death by thugs for being a goth will all be at a major national conference at Bradford College to discuss how to promote diversity and tolerance within colleges
Trapped in pan fire A fire started at a house in Bradford after a woman left a pan unattended and then accidentally got locked in her garage. The woman was getting something from the garage when the door shut on her, said a spokesman from Odsal fire
Northampton continue to keep close tabs on Matt Duke as he mulls over his Valley Parade future. Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd is a long-time admirer of the experienced goalkeeper, who had a nine-game loan spell with them in 2012 – and remains ready
A driver has been attacked with a metal bar in what appears to have been a road rage incident not far from Bradford city centre. Witnesses to the alleged assault tried to intervene to help the victim, who suffered head injuries in the attack.
A major initiative is being planned in a bid to dramatically slash retail crime in Keighley town centre. Police, traders and Bradford Council are uniting to tackle shoplifting, purse-dipping, anti-social behaviour and drug-fuelled petty crime.
Four of the district’s MPs gathered around a table to co-ordinate their approach to saving the National Media Museum. Respect MP George Galloway (Bradford West), Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab), Bradford East MP David Ward (Lib Dem) and
The number of young people in dole queues in Bradford has fallen this month, but those on out-of-work benefits in some areas has doubled in five years. In the Bradford South constituency, there were 1,110 people aged between 18 and 24 claiming
Bulls coach Francis Cummins stated earlier this week that his squad is the smallest in Super League. The same could perhaps also be said of his backroom team. But the good news is that it will increase in the coming weeks, with Cummins set
In 2006, when the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television was re-branded the National Media Museum the T&A headline looked forward to “a brighter future”. That was before the Credit Crunch financial meltdown – like something out
City centre business owners are being invited to have their say on the future of the area. Bradford Council is hosting an open meeting for businesses on Tuesday, June 25, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at City Hall. The meeting will be chaired by Councillor
A mass cycling event aims to get more women back in the saddle. Hundreds of women and girls are expected to join in a huge, free female-friendly bike ride around Bradford’s Lister Park on Sunday, June 23. Bradford is joining other cities up
Bradford Council remains united with its counterparts in York and Manchester in a bid to save all three regional museums from cuts, the Leader of the Council has said. Coun David Green met with officials from the two other cities yesterday where
World famous artist David Hockney said closing the National Media Museum would be a “catastrophe”. Bradford-born Mr Hockney, 76 next month, said: “Of course it would be a catastrophe if it closed. I said once that attractive buildings attract people
A Bradford precision engineering factory that was nearly closed down four years ago has fought off global competition to win a major jobs-boosting contract with Jaguar Land Rover that will see its products exported around the world. Simon Spencer
The district’s five MPs have all thrown their weight behind the Telegraph & Argus’s new drive to get people working. Our new Foundation For Jobs campaign aims to put the need to create new jobs, especially for young people, right at the heart
