Harrogate Railway Athletic 0, Brighouse Town 5 Brighouse won their final friendly of pre-season tonight with a healthy margin over higher-ranking opposition. Evo-Stik Division One North outfit Harrogate Railway had home advantage but
Bradford’s Georgina Roberts (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks) has been named on the right wing for England’s Nations Cup match against South Africa tomorrow night in Colorado (11pm). Prop Claire Purdy will captain the side and there are
Otley Cycle Club's junior grass-track competition was a huge success. The Omnium event, which included a time trial, a sprint and an endurance discipline gave children from under-eights up to under-14s the chance to pit their
Gary Ballance thrived on the extra responsibility of moving up the order to score his third century of the summer to help Yorkshire record a competitive total against in-form Warwickshire today. Put into bat on a green-tinged surface in their first
Despite a small entry of only nine, with 12 missing due to holidays, there was a sixth different winner in seven weeks in the 9-ball tournament at Cue Gardens. In a quality final, Darryl Kaye defeated Senior Tour player Harris Ali 6-3. Semi-finals
Bradford’s Amanda Ward will feel like an underdog when she steps into the ring for her first British title fight in the autumn. The 26-year-old from Thorpe Edge, who won the Five Nations Thai Boxing title in April, will be facing Liverpool
“I’m going to run for Britain now. This is my dream and next year I hope this will happen for me.” These are the words of Bradford 10K winner and teenage sensation Tesfaye Debele, who continued his meteoric rise by winning the Leeds 10K last month
Jer Lane’s lead at the top of the Foster’s Halifax League Premier Division may have been slashed to eight points but they go into Sunday's Parish Cup final in high spirits. With a crowd in excess of 800 expected, the Horton
Readers of the Telegraph & Argus have been urged to push Bradford-based utility company Yorkshire Water to pay more tax. The call has been made by a Tory MP who has launched a campaign to ensure that the business, which paid no Corporation
The four Burgess brothers will remain at South Sydney for some time to come after twins George and Thomas both signed new deals. With elder siblings Luke and Sam tied up to the club until 2015 and 2016 respectively, 21-year-olds George and Thomas
Otley Chevin and Pudsey Park are among six venues to have retained their place on a national list of excellence. They have again received Green Flag Awards from Leeds City Council for the quality of their public space. Green Flags were first
A national campaign, targeting travelling foreign criminals, has been started with police forces across the UK, including West Yorkshire. Officers from Romania, Poland and Lithuania are working with UK officers to catch travelling gangs using roads
Former Otley back-rower Ollie Stedman has joined London Welsh. Stedman, who has represented England at under-20, under-18 and under-16 level, began last season at SSE National League One Tynedale before moving to Championship club Newcastle.
Rob Afoa Peterson has left Otley to become Cleckheaton’s player-coach. The 33-year-old Gomersal-based back-rower will assist head coach Ian Armitage, who was appointed in May, at the SSE North One East club. Peterson played with Halifax
Leeds United’s three summer signings Luke Murphy Noel Hunt and Matt Smith are all expected to be included in the squad to face Brighton at Elland Road tomorrow in the Sky Bet Championship. Teenage defender Sam Byram will play no
The Bantams will be kicking off their new season with a trip to Bristol City tomorrow but across Bradford, rival boss John Deacey will be casting an envious glance. Avenue’s manager has not even attempted to mask his dislike, bordering on contempt
The Cobbydalers had their last pre-season training session last night and manager Andy Geary feels his new-look squad are now ready for tomorrow's North West Counties League opener. Silsden travel to Alsager Town with the boss
Gary Ballance continued his prolific season by hitting his seventh half-century in his last nine championship innings to help Yorkshire recover from a difficult start against Warwickshire at Headingley. Put into bat on a green-looking wicket, Ballance
The new Dennyboys’ management duo may have selected their squad but the players still have a lot to play for in the last two friendly fixtures. Thackley travel to Settle United tomorrow for their annual double header and then they make the short
Last season Dan Busfield was captain of New Farnley. Now he is preparing to face his old club for the first time in Sunday's Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup final. He will be opening the bowling for Hanging Heaton in an all-JCT600 Bradford
Bringing offenders to justice is the theme of a police webchat being held on Monday. Discussions are expected to include how West Yorkshire Police can improve the service provided to victims and witnesses of crime and how restorative justice and
A Keighley community facility would like more people to take advantage of the opportunities it offers to get involved with volunteer work. Central Hall, in Alice Street, is keen to attract people of all backgrounds aged 16 and over. People
Keighley-based homeless charity Keyhouse has received a £5,000 boost from Yorkshire Bank as part of the bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards. Keyhouse, which supports homeless people with emergency accommodation and services, said it was “over
Two of Yorkshire’s brightest stars guided them out of trouble on their return to Championship cricket after slipping into trouble on the first morning against in-form Warwickshire. Put into bat on a green-looking wicket, Yorkshire lost two wickets
Residents left in the dark are calling for street lights across an area of Ilkley to be fixed as soon as possible. As many as 50 street lights in the Victoria Avenue, Grove Road and Kings Road area have been off for about four weeks according to
Hope Construction Materials, which has branches in Bradford, Keighley, Yeadon and Brighouse, has been recognised by the World Economic Forum for its strong growth potential. The company was formed in January following the purchase of more than
An Ilkley writer is finally seeing the publication of her debut novel, which she started writing more than two decades ago. Mandy Sutter’s comedy Stretching It has gone through a difficult 20 year development, but is now finally available to buy
Bulls coach Francis Cummins will be without John Bateman, Michael Platt, Matty Blythe and Adam Sidlow for Sunday's crunch trip to play-off rivals Wakefield. Bateman is nursing an ankle injury sustained in the recent win over Hull FC and Platt is
The conservation area in Keighley town centre has been reviewed as part of the ongoing Townscape Heritage Initiative. Bradford Council specialists have updated their previous assessment of 2007 to reflect changes in the condition of buildings and
Royal boost Pottery firm Portmeirion said it was expecting a second-half boost from the birth of Prince George after encouraging initial demand for its royal baby ranges. But pre-tax profits slumped 38 per cent to £900,000 in the six months to
If a stroll around Undercliffe Cemetery appeals, Bingley & District Local History Society invite you to join them for the last of this year’s guided walks on August 8. This tour is led by Allan Hillary of the Friends of Undercliffe Cemetery. Meet
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a break-in at a Keighley rifle club. The Keighley man was held yesterday afternoon on suspicion of burglary and remains in police custody. Fifteen weapons were taken from Keighley Rifle
A 33-year-old man who grew cannabis to help his severe back pain has been ordered to do 160 hours of unpaid work for the community. Police Community Support Officers passing David Booth’s flat on Church Street, Keighley, detected a strong smell
Bradford College principal Michele Sutton is backing a new plan to help ensure people have the skills required to fill more than 500,000 job opportunities which are expected to be created locally in the next decade. The plan has been unveiled by
With less than a year until the Grand Depart of the Tour de France hits Ilkley, plans are taking shape to make the town a safer cycling environment. A call for bicycle racks in the town to cater for present and future cyclists, and a Welcome to
Young performers at DM Academy are taking to the Alhambra stage this weekend, to celebrate their principal’s milestone birthday. The Shipley-based summer school is putting on a show called One Night Only tomorrow featuring a 1960s medley dance
A service to give young people a brighter future in Fagley, Bradford, is under way. Councillor Ann Wallace (Lib Dem, Eccleshill) described it as a “brilliant new service” for Fagley Community Centre and praised the input of youth workers from Sandale
Folk stories of the kind the Bronte youngsters may have been told while growing up in their Haworth home are to be recited at an event at the Parsonage Museum. The Northern folk tales will be told in the Bronte Parsonage kitchen by storyteller
You may not know about the country music of the Haley Sisters from Harden, but Jo-Ann and Becky have been singing professionally since 1989, winning plenty of awards along the way. On Sunday, September 22, they’ll be on stage in Roberts Park, Saltaire
There’s a chance to enjoy tea and homemade cakes while learning about a new exhibition at Bradford’s Impressions Gallery. The event, today, from 11.30am to 1.30pm, takes place in the Studio overlooking City Park. At 12.30pm there will be a
Aliens Love Underpants – and they’re about to land in Bradford. Young theatre-goers are invited to laugh their pants off with this bestselling children’s story, brought to life on stage for the first time. Aliens Love Underpants is the story
The National Media Museum’s film programme changes today, looking ahead to the long stretch of the school holidays. Highlights this coming week include Alpha Papa, Steve Coogan’s classic character Alan Partridge finally making it onto the big screen
Bradford-based indie band Kascarade has struck a chord with a local business after securing funding towards its debut studio album. Arkoni Metalwork, based in Brighouse, has agreed to provide financial assistance towards the production of a new
Bradford four-piece Man Can’t Fly have defied their name and soared since forming in October last year. The band, who described themselves as an alternative/acoustic rock outfit, made their mark on the local music scene with the release of debut
Tribute act Abba Revival will be performing the band’s hits at a concert on The Grove, Ilkley, on Sunday August 18. Expect classics such as Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, The Winner Takes It All, SOS and Waterloo when the band pay affectionate tribute
Bradford’s City of Film team is holding family film screenings in City Park every Wednesday throughout August. The free morning screenings, on the Big Screen, starting next Wednesday with Circus – Madagascar 3. Each film will be accompanied
Twenty up-and-coming farmers participated in the annual Young Farmers prime lamb show and sale at CCM Skipton. Winners included Skipton Girls High School pupil Rebecca Stapleton, 12, who won the ten-16 years class with a Beltex-cross lamb which
More than 50 acts are joining forces in Bradford for the Shuttle Shuffle Festival, a celebration of music and arts The family-friendly festival, running on August 17 and 18, is in aid of the Piece Project, a charitable organisation aimed at creating
A town is holding its first beer and cider festival next month with the hope that it will become an annual date in its diary. Bingley market square will host the three-day festival, which will also include a classic car show, stalls and performances
Otley’s councillors are calling for the town’s green belt to be extended. The three ward councillors are asking Leeds City Council to use the Local Development Plan to return land to the green belt rather than remove it. “A good example is
Police responding to reports of a burglary found 70 cannabis plants growing in a Bradford house and the equipment to cultivate them. Officers were called when two men in dark clothing were seen leaving the address in Pannal Street, Great Horton
All six and eight-seat cabs licensed by Bradford Council will now have to lose one seat if they still want to trade. The move was among a range of changes to licensing conditions approved by councillors yesterday. Regulatory and appeals committee
The Charity Commission has issued tips to remind people in Bradford to make simple checks before giving to charity collections this Ramadan. A spokesman said that while almost all collectors are genuine, some people will try to abuse the generosity
Places for electric car drivers to plug in and charge will soon appear across Bradford after the Council won a £30,000 funding bid. West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan partners have been awarded £345,000 to develop a county-wide network of electric
A 47-year-old father punched a teenage boy after he refused to stop swinging on his garden gate, magistrates in Skipton heard. Nicholas Barker punched the 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who had gone to his house in Aireside
Dozens of people attended a Ramadan evening meal organised to bring together Muslims and non-Muslims. The event in Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley, was arranged by Ash Alom of the All Keighley Communities Together project. Nearly 50 people
Quentin Crisp famously said of cleaning the house: “After the third year the dust doesn’t get any worse.” Sadly, this seems to be a philosophy to which I subscribe. I say sadly, because my wife has an attitude to cleaning which is more like Kim
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Bradford’s James Street Fish Market was no more after being bulldozed to the ground days after trading ceased. The market was built in 1931. 50 years ago: A week of worry for two Bradford parents concerned
The increase in car parking charges Bradford Council is expected to make over the next financial year is, quite simply, jaw-dropping. In 2013/14, it is expecting to make £5.3m profit from charges and fines – more than doubling the 2012/13 figure
Two men were arrested after fighting in Bradford city centre yesterday. One of the pair, a 30-year-old, was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering from cuts and grazes. They were arrested on suspicion of affray following the incident on Kirkgate
Around 100 temporary workers are needed immediately at an expanding Bradford packaging company which processes products for blue chip clients in the UK and overseas and has doubled turnover over the past year. Mailway Packaging boss Richard Bramma
Mum-of-four Lindsey Allsopp says she will never forget the terrifying time when her baby girl was born early at just 29 weeks, weighing the same as a bag and a half of sugar. But this week, the 34-year-old from Shelby Grange, Thorpe Edge, was back
Old photographs of Bradford in the 1960s show cars parked in Market Street, cars travelling up and down Darley Street and even Hustlergate is a thoroughfare for vehicles. And in those photographs, notable also for the absence of parking meters,
A plane carrying holidaymakers has made an emergency landing at Leeds-Bradford International Airport this morning. Emergency services were alerted at 7.30am that the aircraft was on its way, triggering a standard response of firefighters from across
Three out of four vehicles broken into in the Horton Bank Top area of Bradford had been left unlocked. Police are now urging people to secure their cars following the crimes last week. A spokesman said: “There is someone in that area trying car
Police are appealing for the owners of clothes found on two Bradford men which are thought to have been stolen from a charity bin. The men were arrested in York on Monday, July 8. The recovered clothing includes items of Milthorpe school uniform
Trade unionists and rail campaigners protested against the planned privatisation of East Coast main line services. Their action yesterday coincided with a new opinion poll which shows only one in five voters support the privatisation. Rail
A Shipley engineering firm is to play host to a group of motorcycle enthusiasts as they mark part of the city’s industrial heritage. The party will celebrate 100 years since the opening of the Scott motorcycle factory on Hirst Wood Road as a purpose-built
Bradford rugby league legend Robbie Hunter-Paul made his first visit to the Bradford Marie Curie Hospice since helping to raise money to build it in 2001. The newly-appointed Bradford Bulls’ deputy director and television pundit posed for photographs
Bradford Theatres have appealed for people to share memories or memorabilia relating to St George’s Hall, for an exhibition celebrating the 160th anniversary of the concert venue. Items such as souvenir programmes, newspaper clippings and playbills
Bradford has been chosen by mobile phone operator O2 as one of three cities where its 4G network will first go live later this month. The city will join London and Leeds when the company’s superfast 4G is switched on on August 29. O2’s rollout
A fun run in Keighley will raise money for disabled athletes through the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s Appeal. Entrants can run either 3km or 5km at Marley Stadium to raise money for Bradford Disability Sports and Leisure. The event takes place
Parents of a 22-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a Keighley town centre incident have praised the emergency services who helped save her life. The Keighley woman, who is remaining anonymous, was involved in a collision with a car as
Phil Parkinson believes City’s huge fanbase can help his side to take League One by storm this season. After six years in the wilderness, the Bantams begin life in the third tier of English football with a trip to much-fancied Bristol City tomorrow
Jamie Foster says his mind has been put at rest over the wages delay as the Bulls gear up for Sunday’s pivotal clash at Wakefield. The club’s players and staff are set to be paid on August 8 after funds were not available on the normal date of
A caravan was destroyed by fire in Holme Wood. Firefighters from Bradford were called to a field off Grayswood Drive just before 9pm on Wednesday. A spokesman for the station said they believed it was an old caravan that had been dumped on the field
They may not be Manolo Blahniks, but a charity cyclist is hoping to raise a pretty penny with his tongue-in-cheek shoe auction. Adam Tasker is selling off his “rotting, stinking, falling-apart cycling shoes held together with gaffer tape” to raise
Bradford Bulls owner Omar Khan has released £900,000 from his property portfolio to bankroll the cash-strapped club and enable it to pay players’ and staff’s delayed wages, the Telegraph & Argus understands. The Super League club boss, who
Green fields in Micklethwaite are yet again under threat as housing developers have refused to accept defeat and are now appealing against a thumbs-down from Secretary of State Eric Pickles. Only last month, The Greenhill Action Group heard how
An outdoor military-style bootcamp is among the activities on offer for children in Bradford and Keighley during the school holidays. Indoor sports sessions also form part of the line-up at The Leisure Centre in Keighley and the Richard Dunn Sports
Gary Jones was fulfilling his media duties at the club’s Apperley Bridge training ground yesterday when, mid-interview, Garry Thompson poured a bottle of water over his skipper’s head. “Thanks Thommo,” said Jones, taking the prank in his stride
No one likes Mondays – but an extra one is costing Incommunities tenants another week’s rent. There are 53 Mondays in the 2013-14 financial year rather than 52 – and Incommunities is telling customers they owe an extra week’s rent. The calender
A man who deliberately started a fire in his flat to try to keep warm put his neighbours at serious risk, a court heard yesterday. It was only through good luck that the fire, started by Paul Daynes, did not spread, prosecutor David Gordon told
City centre traders and shoppers reacted angrily after it was revelaed Bradford Council is forecast to make a £5.3 million-plus profit from car parking charges and fines in 2013/14 – up by more than £3m in a year, new figures show. The predicted
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Ian Green, aged 23, of Rowton Thorpe, Greengates; breach of non-molestation order, £75 fine, £120 costs. Clare Laura Beattie, aged 45, of Wilmer Villas, Manningham; theft,
