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A stolen car was returned to its owner thanks to a vigilant member of the public. The person spotted the vehicle “looking out of place” on Square Street, East Bowling, on Tuesday, said police.

Mick Hall (Ladyhill) was the winner of the Hospital Handicap after defeating 16-year-old junior Jamie Wilczynski (Wibsey) 21-16 in the final. Hall, who is fairly new to the Bradford League, having played most of his bowls in the Leeds League, took

Cullingworth single-seater racer Jack Hawksworth banished a torrid run of ill-fortune in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights Championship with a podium finish in the Sukup 100 at Iowa Speedway. After triumphing on his Indy Lights debut at St Petersburg

Bradford Leagues Naylor – Shipley Club A 189 (23), Asa Briggs A 147 (7); Eccleshill A 184 (17), Crossgates 174 (13); Pudsey A 208 (27), Eccleshill B 135 (3); Pudsey Littlemoor A 181 (17), Ladyhill A 169 (13); Brighouse Sports A 177 (11), Clayton

Felix English won the Men’s Elite Grand Prix last night as the 28th annual Otley Cycle Races proved a rip-roaring success. Fans turned out in their thousands for the latest instalment of a sporting showpiece which continues to grow in stature every

Carers and older people in Keighley are invited to monthly sessions to help them relax and feel good. Organised by the Carers’ Resource, Time for Me is about giving carers and older people practical tips to help them take time out, relax, tackle

An attraction at Oakworth Gala might seem familiar to some of the village’s older residents. The event on Saturday will feature a 63-year-old double decker bus from the old Morecambe & Heysham Corporation. Oakworth ward councillor Graham

Marathon man Jonny Dow has retained his men’s singles title at Ilkley Lawn Tennis & Squash Club’s Closed Tennis Championship. The 20-year-old defeated former Yorkshire player Andy Hutchinson in the final before taking part in a 24-hour tennis

A magnificent second-round performance saw Baildon Golf Club’s James Firth clinch the Bradford Union Amateur Championships at Shipley. After carding 75 in his opening round of the 36-hole event, Firth had it all to do after Rob Hillas of Shipley

A concert billed as the biggest in Ilkley for years will raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The 70 players of the Leeds Symphony Orchestra and 60 singers from Cantores Olicanae will join forces in a choral and orchestral concert at 7.30pm

The newly-elected President of the Rotary Club of Ilkley is John Metcalf, a well-known former town businessman and local resident. Almost £1,800 was raised for the charity Wheel Chair Foundation UK at the Rotary Club’s charity dinner at The Cavendish

Two Territorial Army bases in the Bradford district are among some 38 military reserve bases to close across the country as part of reforms to expand the Army Reserve, the Defence Secretary has announced. Belle Vue Barracks in Manningham, Bradford

Luke Gale has returned to the Bulls squad for Friday’s trip to Wigan after missing the defeat to Warrington on Sunday due to a family bereavement. The playmaker’s mother passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning but he looks certain to make

City have completed their second transfer swoop in as many days after snapping up winger Mark Yeates. The 28-year-old Irishman, who left Watford at the end of last season, previously played for Phil Parkinson with Colchester. He has also had spells

Prime Minister David Cameron has reacted to this week's "truly shocking events" in Shipley, telling MPs at Commons question time: "We must make sure that justice is done." "These were truly shocking events and reading about them this morning, particularly

A Bingley man received a caution after being found with a class B drug in the town centre on Saturday. At 10.30pm officers on patrol noticed a group of people standing on Dryden Street. Realising he had been seen, a man was seen to drop an item

QED-UK has become one of the few voluntary sector organisations to be awarded an international standard mark. The International Organisation for Standardisation awarded the Bradford-based charity a ISO9001 Registered Trademark in recognition of

Telegraph & Argus readers have another chance to see rare film footage from Bradford’s past next week. The films, which cover eight decades of social history, will be shown due to great public demand. The original screenings, during the Bradford

Police investigating the stabbing to death of Shipley grandmother Louisa Denby and stabbing of nine-year-old Jason D’Arcy on Monday have now released four men, aged 18, 24, 26 and 29, from custody without charge. The 26-year-old grandson of Mrs

Park Avenue will be on their travels on the opening day of the Conference North campaign. John Deacey's side have been handed a trip to Leamington for their first game on August 17. The new fixture list, which came out this morning, also sees

Nathan Doyle has ended the speculation about his future by committing himself to a further season with City. The midfielder, who had been out of contract, followed in the footsteps of Carl McHugh by signing a new one-year deal. Doyle, 26, had

Bradford once had the biggest hand-bell foundry in the world. This and many other facts about the district’s long hand-bell associations are contained in a new book written by retired Cleckheaton gardener Peter Fawcett. Clearly a labour of love

A Bradford-based psychologist and dementia expert will visit Addingham to speak about living positively with the condition. Dr Elizabeth Milwain has been working in the dementia field since 1996 and is acting as the adviser on Dementia Issues to

People wanting to emulate the cycling heroics of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish have been urged to take care as they don the Lycra and hit the district’s busy roads. With the Tour De France coming to parts of the district, including Keighley

A retired Keighley nurse celebrated her 91st birthday by returning for the first time in 70 years to a hotel where she cared for war casualties. Nancy Wilkinson worked as a nurse at the Midland Hotel in Morecambe during the Second World War, when

Mystery surrounds how a retired village GP was exposed to lethal asbestos which led to his death. Dr Roger Selby, who was a senior partner at Wilsden medical practice before he retired in 1989, could not recall ever coming into contact with the

A Roses victory over Lancashire on Friday would be the perfect way to kick-start Yorkshire’s Friends Life t20 campaign, according to off-spinner Azeem Rafiq. The 22-year-old is fit again following a knee injury he picked up in early April.

A visual history lesson on the 100 years of the Tour De France will be held in local libraries along the route of the 2014 Grand Depart of the legendary race. Cycling enthusiast Frank O’Dwyer, 70, of Black Hill, hopes to psyche locals up for the

Nearly a third of Yorkshire charities have lost their independent voice amid fears that speaking out could make them look political or lead to funding cuts, according to new research. A total of 32 per cent of voluntary and community sector organisations

A contracting and shopfitting company is playing a key role in the conversion of former bargain centres into baby goods superstores for Bradford-based Morrisons. The opening of the Croydon Kiddicare outlet on Monday will mark the sixth store conversion

A health and wellbeing expert has launched an online business to make it easier for vegetarians and vegans source food to suit their lifestyle. Jane Marshall, former head of the healthy college project at Bradford College, believes her Planet V

A man got home after an evening out to find his friend slumped behind the door of the communal flats where they lived in Keighley, an inquest has heard. Firefighters eventually had to take the wooden entrance door off its hinges to help paramedics

Queensbury Neighbourhood Policing Team is urging motorists not to leave valuables on display after two vehicles were broken into on Manor Row and Union Road early on Sunday. Both vehicles had property removed including a satellite navigation system

Farsley-based Leeds Karate Academy had a great weekend at the Cumbrian Open Championships. The squad totally dominated the Men's Team Kumite. The final saw the Academy's A team of Sam Goulden, Craig Williams and Stephen Brown beat the men's

Bankfoot, who are celebrating their 150th anniversary, have been thrown out of the JCT600 Bradford League’s Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup for fielding an ineligible player. The Odsal club included overseas player Ankit Rawat for their third-round

Police are appealing for witnesses to a violent altercation between two men near the entrance to St Peter’s Church, Cross Hills, at about 1.20pm last Wednesday. They say it followed damage to a silver convertible BMW on Main Street. Anyone with information

Young entrepreneurs will put their sales patter to the test when they man market stalls on Saturday. The challenge will see 39 teams of schoolchildren – some as young as five – competing to see who can make the most cash from a pop-up market in

A day of action on asylum destitution was attended by more than 70 people. The event in Centenary Square, Bradford, was part of a national network of similar gatherings to highlight the impact poverty has on the lives of asylum seekers. The

Pupils in Shipley have made history at their school by netting a football prize. St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School’s under 11s team of Louis Fialdini, Kieran Hamilton, James Young, Ben Stevens and Harvey Weston-Beyer has won the Bradford and

Young artists, painters and sculptors are being encouraged by Bradford Council to take part in the bi-annual Bradford Young Open Competition that showcases the artistic talent of the district. The competition is aimed at young people aged 16 and

A nursing home could not have stopped a pensioner who suffered from dementia wandering upstairs to an area marked staff only, an inquest heard. Retired seamstress Elizabeth Dellman, who was 89 and lived at Wingfield Court, Bingley, died 13 days

A Keighley resident who survived one of the Royal Air Force’s most costly Second World War bombing raids features in a new book about the mission. Harry Harris, 89, was a navigator on a Lancaster bomber.As members of 576 Squadron, he took part

Bob Cooper, aged 61, felt too old when faced with employers who were more keen to take on younger people. But after being out of work for two years he felt the programme was a good way to get back into the labour market and re-learn skills, boost

A packed weekend of family activities includes Oakworth and Denholme galas and Oxenhope Straw Race. More than 170 two-person teams have already signed up to carry a bale of straw between five pubs during the Straw Race. The event begins at

It’s the second week of Wimbledon, and already I’m mourning its loss. Not at any other time of the year do I even contemplate turning on the TV during the day. Not for Loose Women (which I’ve never seen), nor Countdown (seen once) or any of the

SIR – John Hall has a nerve to refer in his letter (T&A, June 29) to my ramblings. His is waffling and full of parentheses. He obviously cannot grasp all the contents of letters when he said I had no points to make. One of my points was pointing

SIR – Is it really in the public interest that scum like child-killer Ian Brady should get media attention on a grandiose scale? Does anyone really care about this pathetic, evil man who has brought nothing but pain and misery to his victims’ families

SIR – My colleagues and I have been saying for some time now that the Government reductions for councils are not the apocalypse that many councils would have us believe. I note that Councillor Dave Green, the leader of Bradford Council, says that

SIR – May I congratulate Kierston Hunt for the defence of dogs (Letters, June 28). Unfortunately there seems to be a lack of ‘dog’s best friend’ in the world today. By placing restrictions on dogs, the authorities are signing the death warrants

SIR – Did you see a few days ago on television what can only be described as a wedding with a difference. It took place at St Mary’s and St Martin’s Church in Blyth, with the vicar Kate Bottley officiating. We were treated during the service to

SIR – Councillor Greenwood (Letters, June 28), really should be very careful in boasting about what Council services (creating jobs, keeping PCSOs and much more) that the Labour group is maintaining despite the cuts imposed by central Government. Labour

SIR – Looking at the Bradford Council planning website, I note a theme running through the comments posted by supporters of plans to expand Ilkley Tennis club. Reference is repeatedly made to the need to maintain and expand the tennis club as a

Royal Dutch Shell, a major world oil company, had a very bad year in 2004 when it was fined £17 million and had to pay out £500,000 to its share holders – it had falsified its oil reserves. The company had overestimated the amount of oil in more

Wales could today be the first country in the UK to back organ donation without a person’s consent. A radical, and controversial, shake-up of the law on organ donation has been voted on by Welsh assembly politicians, and if passed would pave the

Finally, the man in overall charge of Bradford’s National Media Museum uttered the words that seem to have been so difficult for him to say: the museum is safe. The shame of it is that it was only when quizzed by a committee of MPs that he was

Members of Airedale Hospital’s running group are flexing their muscles to join Silsden’s gala procession with a bed push to raise cash for Manorlands. The Airedale Dodgers will be in fancy dress, and they will be joined by members of Airedale Hospital

The girl who will open Shelf Gala has been chosen. Chelseigh Maegan Darling (pictured right), 12, has been named as this year’s Shelf Gala Queen. The Hipper-holme and Lightcliffe High School pupil will have the honour of opening the gala at

A young Bradford performer has landed a role in a major West End show. Freddie Butterfield, ten, who attends Stage 84 in Idle, will play Michael in Billy Elliot. He will attend a training programme before joining the award-winning show, based

A Keighley man accused of sexually touching a 13-year-old schoolgirl during a game of hide and seek told a jury it did not happen. The 31-year-old man denies three charges of sexual activity with a child. The prosecution alleges the first two

Loved ones who have donated organs and tissues will be remembered with a new memorial garden at Airedale Hospital. Staff responsible for promoting organ donation have overseen the creation of the rose garden at the main entrance of the hospital

Three Keighley men were arrested after police noticed a suspicious smell coming from their car. At 11.25pm last Thursday, officers on mobile patrol stopped a vehicle travelling along Bradford Road, Cottingley. The vehicle contained three males.

A £4.5 million scheme has helped 100 long-term unemployed people in Bradford find work. The Bradford Council Employment Opportunities Fund, which began three months ago, is on track to create its targeted 400 temporary jobs, which will see people

Luke Gale has told Bulls coach Francis Cummins he is ready to play against Wigan on Friday – less than a week after losing his mother. Gail Gale passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fight with cancer, forcing the England Knights

Jason Kennedy relished his Bantams reunion with Gary Jones and declared: He’s my inspiration. The former Rochdale midfielder yesterday became Phil Parkinson’s first summer capture when he signed a two-year deal. And to complete a good news

Organisers of Guiseley Carnival have revealed £1,800 was taken on the day and will go towards the senior citizens’ outing later this month. Marion Ealham, from Guiseley Senior Citizens committee, said: “It was a lovely day – absolutely brilliant. There

A donation of £20,000 could be made to good causes in memory of Woolwich terror victim Drummer Lee Rigby. Bradford Council’s two biggest political parties are uniting behind a plan to donate £15,000 to Help for Heroes and a further £5,000 to the

‘Think Film, Think Bradford’ was the message at the glittering launch of the Bradford Whistling Woods International Film School, with one special guest flying in from Mumbai. Meghna Ghai-Puri, the president of Whistling Woods International, based

A woman had to be cut from her car after a two-vehicle smash in Bradford. Firefighters and paramedics were called to the accident, which occurred at the junction of Thornton Lane and Southfield Road at 10.50pm on Monday. The woman was driving a Vauxhall

A community psychiatric nurse of 30 years who committed fraud to get thousands of pounds in payments from Bradford Council said it was because of his own mental health problems, a court was told. John Robinson, 50, was handed a four-month prison

A charity is appealing for vintage clothes to help raise money for disadvantaged youngsters. The Barnardo’s shop in Guiseley is appealing for donations in a bid to help local children. The charity’s shops have seen an increased demand for quality retro

Alcohol was seized from under-aged drinkers in a clampdown on anti-social behaviour in Bingley and Crossflatts. Bingley Neighbourhood Policing Team has been patrolling areas described by residents as hotspots of problem behaviour. During a

The grandson of 84-year-old former headmistress Louisa Denby last night remained in police custody after he was arrested on suspicion of her murder at the Shipley home they shared and the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy. Mrs Denby was found

Prostitution is causing problems in Manningham, according to locals. Decades ago, Lumb Lane became known as Bradford’s red light district and it was immortalised as “The Lane” in 1990s drama Band of Gold. Police successfully rid the area of

The boss of Bradford’s National Media Museum has finally uttered the words the whole city has longed to hear – when he vowed it would survive. And the Telegraph & Argus campaign, which attracted more than 45,000 signatures to save the museum

A family-of-three, who had been accused of forcing a fellow Czech citizen into labouring at a Bradford car wash, walked free from court yesterday. Kristian Holub, 45, changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, but

Bradford Council for Mosques last night rejected claims that Channel 4’s decision to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer every morning during Ramadan could inflame community tensions. But Zulfi Karim, secretary of the group, said he believed the

Schools, regeneration and the safeguarding of children will be among Bradford Council’s key spending priorities this year. The authority has set out where it wants to direct its resources in the wake of ongoing austerity measures. Council leader