Towering striker Matt Smith returned to haunt Paul Dickov with a goal the Doncaster boss reckoned should have been disallowed. Six-foot-six Smith made his name at under Dickov at Oldham by scoring against Liverpool and Everton, but registered his
Doncaster 1 Leeds United 3 Leeds progressed to the third round of the Capital One Cup with a hard-fought win over Yorkshire rivals Doncaster. United had to defend at the start but grabbed the lead when defender Scott Wootton scored on his debut
The Burgess brothers are set to become the first quartet of siblings to play in the top grade in Australia for more than a century on Friday. Former Bulls players Sam, George and Tom, together with former Rhinos player Luke Burgess, have all been
A shoplifter pulled a knife on an off-duty security guard when he was caught trying to steal chocolate. The guard had popped into Tesco Express, on Fred Atkinson Way, off Otley Road, Shipley – where he works – when he spotted the “well-known” shoplifter
A fundraising 2014 calendar featuring past and present images of Pool-in-Wharfedale is on sale at Pool Post Office and general store. It costs £6, with proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support and Pool Village Hall.
A Bradford University student has landed a dream archaeology placement in South Africa. Rachel Holgate is to further her dream career in the archaeology field by joining a research team in South Africa. The Essex-born student graduated from
Division One leaders Oakworth moved to within touching distance of the Craven League title after victory at home to bottom side Embsay. They are now nine points clear with 12 to play for after winning a high-scoring game by 40 runs Oakworth rattled
Running log One of the world’s oldest races took place at Burnsall on Saturday. The Classic Fell Race, up 899 feet and over 1.5 miles, dates to 1870 but a sports day of some sort goes back to Elizabethan and possibly medieval times. The
A prisoner who absconded from jail earlier this month is back behind bars after handing himself in. Convicted burglar Dean Doyle disappeared from Thorn Cross Prison in Warrington, Cheshire, on Thursday, August 15. Police made a public appeal
Woodlands retained the Solly Sports Crowther Cup with a comfortable six-wicket win over Birstall at Ossett. The holders had 24.4 overs to spare as they cruised past a disappointing Birstall total of 114 in the cross-league second-team competition
Bradford rider Kacey Hird came sixth overall in the GP Motocross European junior final held at Matterley Basin in Winchester. It was the culmination of months of travelling all over Europe visiting Finland, Holland, Denmark and Germany for the
Beckwithshaw inflicted a crushing defeat on Burley to claim the Aire-Wharfe League championship for the first time since 2009. Coincidentally, that was the year Calverley and Silsden were relegated from Division One and their decline continued
Bradford League side Pudsey Congs bowed out of the ECB National Twenty20 Cup after a 73-run defeat in the northern regional final against Chester-le-Street. The North East Premier League outfit got off to a flying start after winning the toss,
The West Riding County Amateur League representative side’s FA Inter-League Cup first-round tie against the Essex & Suffolk Border League has been arranged for Saturday, October 26. It will be played at the MEL Group Stadium, the home of Ryman
It was a great day for the Wear family as Denholme won the Bradford Evening League play-offs for the first time since 2007 to add to the Division One title. Richard Wear (50no) and Roshi Livera (43) helped post a score of 152-6 against Wibsey Park
Yorkshire have been handed a major boost with the news that key batting duo Gary Ballance and Jonny Bairstow are set to be available for the rest of the county season after missing out on England calls. On the eve of the top-of-the-table LV= County
A recruitment organisation which has help find jobs for University of Bradford graduates and other Yorkshire university students is expanding its remit after becoming part of a UK-wide operation. Social enterprise Graduates Yorkshire, working closely
Logistics group Torque, which has two Bradford sites employing nearly 200 people, has been appointed to provide warehouse and delivery services to the US-based Gorilla Glue Company. Torque is storing all products and consumables and providing a
Jer Lane’s charge towards the Foster’s Halifax League title shows no sign of slowing down after seeing off Booth by seven wickets. Chris Shannon must have thought his Booth side had a chance of posting a challenging total after the opener himself
A Bradford man who escaped from jail earlier this month is back behind bars. Dean Doyle, aged 32, absconded from Thorn Cross Prison in Warrington, Cheshire on Thursday, August 15. Doyle, who was serving a six-year sentence for burglary, handed
Gary Ballance column It’s always nice to score hundreds and I have managed a couple of them for the England Lions in the last week or so. Especially when you’re in good form, you need to be greedy, make the most of it and score as many as you can
Managing his hometown club Bradford City was Peter Jackson’s dream job – “a dream that turned into a nightmare in the space of six months.” With over 400 appearances for the club behind him, Jackson seized the opportunity to take the Valley Parade
A Keighley mum who has lost several family members to heart problems is supporting a charity that funds research. Andrea Shaw is tackling a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. Her grandad Brian Scott, who
A planning application for 124 homes will be decided by councillors on Thursday at City Hall. The scheme involves the construction of homes at Harrowins Farm, Queensbury The site does have planning permission, in outline, for 155 dwellings, granted
The Valley Parade fire disaster forced City’s young team to grow up overnight, according to Peter Jackson. He recalled the sheer horror of the 1985 disaster in his new book – and how he still bumps into survivors to this day. “As the captain
Keighley councillor Jan Smithies has run for election in the past – but now she’s running for charity. She has signed up for a fun run to support disabled athletes through the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s Appeal. The 3km and 5km races next month
A Bradford councillor says heavy taxes on alcohol can have dangerous consequences. Councillor Simon Cooke (Con, Bingley Rural) spoke out after 656 litres of fake spirits were seized. Coun Cooke said: “It’s the biggest seizure yet of fake vodka
A 65-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an accident near Horton Park, in Bradford. The man was hit by a black Ford Focus which drove off without stopping, police said. The accident happened at around 7.45am this morning on Dawnay
Hundreds of people of all ages attended an open day at Airedale Hospital. A huge range of attractions was on offer, with activities taking place in the hospital’s education centre and a marquee in the grounds. A 90-foot cave and cave and rescue
A Bradford City fan who led the team out at Wembley in the Capital One Cup Final is celebrating a sporting success at the British Transplant Games. Ryan Siddall took bronze medals for swimming and badminton at the competition held in Sheffield.
Gone are the days when neighbours gossiped over the garden fence. Social networking has, in some ways, taken care of that, along with busy lifestyles. Many communities have become commuter areas but despite this change in tradition it seems people
Some 27,000 Bradford people who didn’t pay council tax before now have to as a result of welfare benefit changes. In spite of economic austerity for some, failure to pay council tax on time or refusal to pay is likely to result in action by bailiffs
I was telling a female colleague about a successful trip to a charity shop when a male colleague interjected. “Charity shops, that’s typical,” he said. I asked him why he thought that and he replied: “Well, you just look...” before looking a little
If I’d been born a generation earlier, I would more than likely have followed my family into the mills. My grandmother and aunts all worked in carpet mills in the Calder Valley. It was one of the few options open to working-class girls in industrial
A car fire left a Ford Focus “unsalvageable” in the early hours of this morning. Odsal firefighters were called to Crawford Avenue, Odsal, at 5am. Watch Commander Sally Evers said: “A neighbour raised the alarm and went to bang on the owner
SIR – In order to save Allen Kemp’s sanity (Letters, August 23) I shall explain the mystery. Keighley appears in Domesday Book as Chichelai, a phonetic rendering of Cyhhaleah (Cyhha’s woodland clearing). The most common spelling of the name is
SIR – There was an interesting view of the interior of Israel Newton & Sons boiler works, All Alone Road, Wrose, which TV personality Fred Dibnah visited in his series Made In Britain (T&A, August 21). His widow, Sheila Dibnah, is promoting
SIR – I welcome Alec Suchi’s views on the monarchy ‘Independence is key’ (Letters, August 19). It is a myth that the monarchy is not political. The reason some Conservative party members and their supporters, to quote Mr Suchi, “Have a fawning
SIR – Re ‘A judge’s duty’, (Letters, August 22). Philip Bird makes an unusually unclear point in his letter. He is apparently saying that judges are not upholding the law of the land. I don’t get it! Evidence please, and I’ll raise it with my MP.
SIR – Recent further defence cuts, condemned by the Chief of the General Staff, a Government appointment no less, are simply treasonous. There is no other word. Defence of the Realm is the prime responsibility of Government. I make no apologies
SIR – It is quite clear from recent events that Mr Galloway’s spectacular victory in last year’s by-election in Bradford West was built on unstable foundations and it now appears that the whole edifice will shortly collapse with equally spectacular
SIR – We now read Bradford Council must save a further £14 million during the next three years. Might I humbly suggest it starts saving immediately by dropping its ludicrous residents’ permit scheme? Introduced ostensibly to save £150,000 per
SIR – If motorists don’t want to see their vehicles being seized by Bradford Council over unpaid parking tickets, they should heed no-parking signs, cease leaving their vehicles with two wheels on the pavement forcing pedestrians to use the road, misusing
SIR – Well said Philip Coote (Letters, August 21), why have I not thought to call the Greens ‘Luddites’, that is just what they are as examplified by the letter published immediately below his from Elaine Neale. If we all used 50 per cent less
Haworth-born Eric Brown is surely one of the hardest-working and most prolific writers working in the science fiction field today. The “also by Eric Brown” section in his latest novel runs to a full page – 17 novels, nine novellas, eight collections
SIR – One of the national tabloids recently said another coalition will kill off the Tories. Chance would be a fine thing. But I would suspect it’s more likely to be the other way round, that another five-year coalition will kill off the Lib-Dems,
SIR – In his letter (T&A, August 20), Philip Bird continues to display his political and economic myopia He seems to genuinely believe that politicians, banks and the Bank of England are actually working in the best interests of the majority.
SIR – To my knowledge, gas from fracking is predominantly methane. I can tell you that we have been producing methane for hundreds of years, but nobody has utilised this gas, free for the British public to use. Rubbish dumps have been emitting
SIR – I write in the hope of requesting some help from your readers. For many years I have been an avid collector of Big Softie Teddy Bears that were originally made around the Ilkley/Otley area of your lovely county. I am desperately trying to complete
SIR – Jason Smith of UKIP (Letters, August 7) told us that we had no need of the European Convention on Human Rights because we enjoy ancient rights and privileges not available to the continentals. He may or may not be right but many other members
SIR – Well done to Caroline Lucas, the Green party MP who stood up for her beliefs and the greater good of the area, alongside the people in Balcombe, West Surrey. They were protesting about the highly dubious, safety-unproven procedure known as hydraulic
A woman has arranged a charity night of rock music, dancing and fun in memory of her mother who died unexpectedly from heart failure. Nicola Dobbie returned from holiday to find her mother, May Marshall, 56, had passed away, when she went to visit
A former Bradford Dukes speedway star has announced his retirement from the sport, just a few months shy of his 41st birthday. Joe Screen, who formed part of the trio alongside Gary Havelock and Mark Loram that brought the Dukes their first Elite
A group of disabled children are today setting off on the trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris. Bradford-based charity Fulfil The Wish has raised £25,000 in the last year to finance the five-day break. The money has come from local businesses
A campaign by a group of councillors to keep an Oxenhope pub open has been criticised by the hostelry’s landlady, who says she has never seen them in the pub they are so desperate to save. The Bay Horse Inn was recently put up for sale by owners
A tennis club that regularly had to call matches off because of rain flooding one of the indoor courts has received a grant to repair its decades-old roof. Heaton Tennis Club has secured a windfall of almost £50,000 for repairs to its 1960s roof
A renowned turf research company is opening the doors of its Bingley headquarters to greenkeepers, groundsmen and other industry professionals. The Sports Turf Research Institute, on the St Ives estate at Harden, will give an insight into the world
The pre-holiday debate revolved around whether to book a week at the seaside, have an inland holiday in picturesque countryside or opt for a city break. In the event, Devon ticked all three boxes. For this is a part of the world with an enticing
SIR – I have no problem with raising the maximum age for jurors to 75 but I think at the same time they should raise the minimum age to 21. We have many bright 18-year-olds but with the best will in the world their experience of the world is inevitably
Cyrus Todiwala and Tony Singh love food. They both believe traditional British fare is among the finest in the world, while our home-grown produce is the very best money can buy. The pair (pictured), who call themselves The Incredible Spice
Young Ryan Siddall will be a familiar face to Telegraph & Argus readers. This brave 12-year-old was born with kidney damage, received a kidney from his own father in a life-saving operation, and seven years ago underwent a transplant for a new
Very often, when a visitor arrives in Bradford for the first time, perhaps via bus or train, the first local person they might have contact with is one of the cab drivers who wait in ranks in the city centre to take people on to their destinations.
It’s time to ease yourself out of the deckchair and put on your gardening gloves because autumn is almost upon us, and with it, a plethora of tasks to wake you from your summer slumber. There’s a host of jobs to do to get ahead this autumn, so
The scourge of domestic violence and forced marriage is one that can leave women feeling trapped in a situation over which they have no control and, seemingly, no escape from. Women who are suffering abuse at home or are forced into relationships
I always thought I’d have to travel to the Norfolk Broads to see a bittern. The shy, plump, heron-like bird – famous for its booming mating call – is found at only a handful of sites in the UK, notably the reed beds of the Broads. Yet on my first
A traditional Yorkshire bitter from Ilkley Brewery has scooped gold in a top national food industry awards less than a year after it was first brewed. The firm’s best-selling Joshua Jane clinched two gold stars at the Guild of Fine Food’s Great
Elite athletes from across the district are benefiting from the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Almost one year on from the games, £18,000 has been awarded to promising young people from across the district thanks to
Former Bradford Council leader Eric Pickles is expected to announce new proposals this week under which Councils will be urged to build a new generation of bungalows as part of a planning revolution to create bespoke homes for people aged above 65.
A final plea has been issued for people to attend a public meeting to discuss refurbishment plans for a Cowling recreation ground. Plans include new items and a multi-use games area and allotments. The meeting is at St Andrew’s Methodist Church on
An annual coffee day in aid of Manorlands drew crowds to a Haworth house. Kath Neal has staged the event at her Dimples Lane home since 1993, and it has continued to grow. During her latest extravaganza, she said: “It’s been really, really busy and
A controversial ban on six and eight-seater taxis should be reconsidered, according to a councillor. Bradford Council has decided that from now on, it will no longer be granting taxi licences to six or eight-seater vehicles because of safety fears
A group of cyclists presented the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford with a gift from twin city Roubaix as a mememto of a charity ride they did. Great Horton Councillor Joanne Dodds, (Lab), the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford, received a glass engraving symbolising
Work has started on a new development that will see a new social club as well as 12 new homes built on Farnley Road in Menston. The site is being developed by Yorkshire-based firm CFK Developments and Castlehouse Construction has been appointed
Plans for a 35-metre high wind turbine on a Silsden farm have been refused because it would “substantially detract” from the surrounding landscape. Steven Turner had applied to erect the turbine at Heights Farm, Heights Lane, to support the dairy
A volunteer-run rail museum in the district is on track for more TV stardom. Carriages from the Ingrow Museum of Rail Travel will appear in a major new BBC drama. They were used during filming on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway for Peaky
Adrian Purtell believes a strong end to the current campaign can help the Bulls build momentum heading into next season. Defeat at Castleford nine days ago spelt the end of Bradford’s play-off hopes with two rounds of the season remaining.
IT boss Mark Hall, who has two jobs going begging at his Ilkley website marketing agency has bemoaned a lack of local talent after failing to attract a single job applicant in more than three months of trying. Mr Hall is looking to expand the team
The owners of an animal rendering plant in Denholme have told government officers that Bradford Council has been “irrational” and “unreasonable” in its dealings with the company. The Leo Group, which runs Omega Proteins at Earling Works, Half Acre
VIP guests at a Keighley wedding included a former prime minister of Azad Kashmir. Sultan Mahmood Choud-hry was among 4,000 people who attended the wedding of Rohail and Rina Iqbal. The family has links with Mr Choudhry. The couple, who live
A new scheme to get Keighley people growing food could also grow new jobs in the town. Organisers of Let’s Grow Keighley hope the increase in food production would also help local people’s health blossom. They believe the initiative – still
A group of six troubled teenagers from Bradford spent the day at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire to break down barriers between youngsters and the armed forces. The visit, involving teenagers from Frizinghall, came about thanks to the efforts
A charity fun day held at B&Q’s Bradford branch on the Euroway Trading Estate over the weekend raised hundreds of pounds for charity. The fun day faced poor weather, but staff at the superstore and volunteers soldiered through and raised more
Peter Jackson has finally broken his two-year silence on his exit from Valley Parade and claimed: I felt undermined. Jackson had never discussed his reasons for resigning as City boss just four games into the 2011-2012 season. But the former
Payouts totalling £88,000 have been made by Bradford Council to settle injury claims made by teachers in the last three years. The compensation was made to staff who were injured while working between 2010 and 2013. Figures obtained by the
People across Bradford are being urged to carry on voting for a Bradford girl who is battling a genetic disorder to help her win a £1,000 holiday in a national competition to find a Little Hero. Nine-year-old Katie Smith was named as a finalist
GTS – formerly known as Glusburn Theatre School – is moving to a new home. It is leaving Glusburn Institute and heading to Farnhill and Kildwick Institute where classes run on Wednesdays. Open to all ages, performing arts sessions run from 5pm to 6.30pm
A group of men describing themselves as ‘Bradford’s most notorious crew’ have been branded “moronic” for posting a video online showing members posing with machetes. The self-styled BD3 Boyz took to YouTube to upload a film about themselves which
Restaurants and takeaways from the Bradford district are in the running for a national award. The finalists have been announced for the 2013 English Curry Awards,which celebrates the best chefs and eateries the country has to offer. Tourism
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in which a man suffered head injuries. The 44-year-old was confronted and attacked by a group of around ten people in a car park between Cross Crown Street and Northgate, Cleckheaton. One the suspects
Redundancies and changes to salaries are in the pipeline as one of the district’s housing associations makes changes to the way it operates. Accent Group, which is based on the Acorn Park Industrial Estate in Shipley, said the changes would result
Children are hoping to spread the word about the fun they had on a summer camp – by balloon. Youngsters got a taste of big school at a literacy and media-focussed holiday club at Grange Technology College in Little Horton, Bradford. But as well
