Thousands of music fans descended on Bingley’s Myrtle Park tonight for the first night of the district’s biggest live event. Bingley Music Live started with a bang with an evening of music featuring 80s synth pop legends the Human League, who attracted
Dudley Hill Rangers’ second annual six-a-side tournament featured 29 teams and 300 children from ages six to nine. At under-nines level, where the rules permitted competitive fixtures, Guiseley Whites defeated stablemates Guiseley Yellows 2-0 in
Quest Taekwondo head coach Rick Simpson is confident the team he has chosen can all finish in the top three at the British National Championships in Manchester next weekend. Last year’s competition attracted the top 500 competitors in Great Britain
“We’re Yorkshire and we’re trying to win games of cricket.” That is the combative message coming from the White Rose dressing room ahead of tomorrow’s final day of their LV= County Championship match against title rivals Durham at Scarborough.
Paul March insists he has full confidence in his side’s ability to beat the drop as the Cougars head to Barrow for a final-day survival battle. March’s men lie fifth-bottom (on 32 points) heading into Sunday’s clash but only two points above the
Rumours of Louie Swain’s departure from Horsfall Stadium have proved to be wide of the mark as Bradford Park Avenue manager John Deacey has included him in today’s squad to face Oxford City. The Bradford boss has been making changes to the playing
Northcliffe’s Rob Malloy and Bingley St Ives’ Jack Laybourne have been drafted in for Bradford’s final Yorkshire Inter-District League game at home to East Riding at Baildon on Sunday. They replace Nigel Colbeck (Cleckheaton) and Richard Wheatley
Jamie Foster column We are back in action this weekend after a fortnight’s break and we’re raring to go. Defeat at Castleford spelt the end of our play-off hopes and it’s difficult to try and pick positives for these next two games. We’
GOALS Bradford are running a week-long Festival of Football, starting on Sunday. Any block or casual booking will be guaranteed a prize, with one customer winning a 16gb iPad Mini. GOALS are also seeking teams for their new five-a-side and
Campion Juniors are seeking new players for their under-14 and under-15 teams, who play at Scotchman Road in Heaton. Anyone interested should call Howard on 07845-167135.
Silsden had a promising pre-season and won their first two games in the the North West Counties Premier Division but expectations have been reined in since then. Back-to-back victories may have banked six points but they have added just two from
A trio of top-flight clubs have maximum points after three games as the Bradford Sunday Alliance League make use of the light summer evenings to kick off their season. Buttershaw White Star and defending champions West Bowling share top spot on
Brighouse may have got off to a bad start by losing their first game but they are determined to celebrate their 50th anniversary in style. The club was formed in 1963 and last season finished runners-up in the top flight of the Northern Counties
An assistant to Bradford artist David Hockney died as a result of misadventure when he drank acid after taking a range of drugs and alcohol, a coroner has ruled. Dominic Elliott, 23, died after drinking a household drain cleaner made up of concentrated
Police are searching for a man who allegedly lifted a woman shopper off her feet during a sexual assault in Bradford. And investigating officers have released an image of the bearded man in a black turban who they wish to speak to regarding the
Julie Burgess was the proudest mum in the world after watching her four sons make history in Sydney. The former Leeds teacher could not conceal her joy, celebrating alongside Hollywood actor Russell Crowe, as Luke and ex-Bradford trio Sam, Tom
Phil Jaques underpinned a profitable start to Yorkshire’s second innings having been asked to follow on by passing 50 for the fourth time this season. The left-handed Australian, opening the batting at Scarborough this week, united with New Zealander
A new fundraising group for Wibsey and Buttershaw is being created to help raise funds and awareness of the local Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford and the Marie Curie nursing service. Residents of Wibsey and Buttershaw are invited to an informal meeting
Cyclists will this weekend raise vital money for a charity helping a Cross Roads horse rider recover from a serious brain injury. Fiona Rook fell off her horse last year. The 40-year-old is being cared for by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Yorkshire have endured a nightmare session to start day three at Scarborough, slipping from 211-3 to 274 all out against Durham. The White Rose county, replying to 573, are likely to be asked to follow-on as their LV= County Championship title
Bulls coach Francis Cummins has included Academy duo Alex Mellor and Sam Wood in his 19-man squad to face London Broncos on Sunday. Under-19s captain Wood and second-rower Mellor have both played in Super League this season and could now get their
An Otley apprentice and his supervisor will be welcomed to Parliament by their local MP next week. Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) will greet Connor Wilsden and training officer Graham Newall, from Otley-based Craftsman Tools, at Westminster
Tackling housing problems now and in the future will be the key focus of the forthcoming Bradford Housing Partnership Annual Conference. The aim of the event on Friday, September 6, at Bradford City Hall, is to gain a better understanding of the
Thieves broke into a secluded shed in Cowling and stole a distinctive green Carrera Vulcan mountain bike. Police said the bike had white and green highlighting, the brake cable was chewed and the reflectors on the spokes had been removed. Police
YOU’RE NEXT (18, 95 mins) ** Starring Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, Nicholas Tucci, Rob Moran, Barbara Crampton, Margaret Laney, Ti West, Wendy Glenn. Director: Adam Wingard The family that stays together is slain together
Young crime-fighters have been helping to beat the burglars this summer. The North Bradford Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) have had helping hands to deliver their home security message. Pupils from primary schools in Allerton, Fairweather
PAIN & GAIN (15, 129 mins) ** Starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong. Director: Michael Bay. Based on an outlandish true crime, comedy caper Pain & Gain seems
An amateur rugby league club has converted its efforts on the pitch into cash for charity. Silsden Park Rangers staged a battle between the captain’s ‘Young Guns’, the eventual victors, and the coach’s ‘Old Boys’. Proceeds from the annual encounter
Peter John Dalby, aged 34, of Whytecote End, Wyke; failure to attend initial assessment, failure to surrender to custody, four weeks’ community order with curfew and electronic monitoring, £145 costs. Delroy Herson, aged 39, of Merchants Court, East
An appeal has been lodged against Bradford Council’s rejection of plans for a new house at Oakworth. Council planning officers refused permission for the development, at Abrol Farm, Mill Lane, citing several factors. They claimed the scheme would
The daughter of a woman who died after she was trapped when a vehicle hit her car as she was unloading shopping at a supermarket has paid tribute to her and thanked the emergency services for their help. Tracey Askham was at Morrisons in Idle on
THE WAY WAY BACK (12A, 103 mins) **** Starring Liam James, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Zoe Levin, Sam Rockwell, AnnaSophia Robb, Allison Janney, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Maya Rudolph, River Alexander. Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Drawing obvious
Morley Brass Band will be performing at a ‘Brass in the Gardens’ event this weekend. The free event runs from 2pm to 4pm at Oakwell Hall Museum and Country Park, Nutter Lane, Birstall, on Sunday. For more information call (01924) 326240.
A taxi driver who smashed up a Subaru Impreza with a wheelbrace in a family dispute has been sentenced to a community order with 120 hours of unpaid work. Javid Iqbal, 50, had his taxi licence suspended after doing £7,700 damage to the vehicle
Extra shifts are being planned at a Shipley-based electronics company which is making equipment to support the roll-out of 4G mobile phone services in the UK, including in Bradford, which became one the first three UK cities to be connected to a new
An illegal immigrant who thought the UK’s streets were “paved with gold” was caught harvesting cannabis at a house in Bradford. Nhon Nguyen, whose parents sold their home in Vietnam to pay to smuggle him into the country, faced jail and deportation
Grant cash could fund a range of innovative projects as part of a new food-growing initiative in Keighley. Let’s Grow Keighley will be launched on October 7 with a public meeting to attract interest from people across the town. But in advance
Jon McLaughlin says promotion to League One has made him feel like a “proper” footballer. The City keeper can appreciate the improved surroundings more than anyone after being with the club right through their long spell stuck in the basement.
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US 3D (PG, 92 mins) *** Starring Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson. Director: Morgan Spurlock. Directed by Morgan Spurlock of Supersize Me fame, One Direction: This Is Us is the story of the
Sir – May I through your paper thank all those who contributed to the collection for the air ambulance which attended a recent traffic accident in Bingley. We all marvelled at the pilot’s skill in landing in a very limited space. A cheque for £22 has
Sir – Regarding ‘Future of business site to be decided’ (T&A, August 26). The utilisation of a disused, and destined to be derelict, industrial site was said to be “wholly unacceptable development in this unsustainable green belt location”.
SIR – Would this not be an ideal opportunity to take advantage of making the traffic flow through Greengates? This has always been a bottleneck and anyone who encounters the traffic here on a regular basis must spend many hours of their life waiting
SIR – With all the social and economic problems afflicting this country, many must wonder why the only premise deemed worthy of disrupting Parliament’s long summer recess is the civil war in Syria, which most believe is of no direct concern to the
SIR – Re the story in the T&A (August 27) – ‘Moronic – Bradford gang who posed with machetes in YouTube video are branded by MPs’, about the self-styled BD3 Boyz ‘crew’. Doesn’t a crew mean a team of workers, ie, sailors, oil riggers, etc?
Since Wednesday, 31 disabled Bradford athletes have been in Bath to compete in the National Special Olympics, an event that takes place every four years. It might as well be taking place on Mars for all the publicity it has achieved, according
Yee-ha! Line dancers will take centre stage at a Wild West-themed event in Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre on Saturday. Members of the Owzitstart group will strut their stuff as part of the extravaganza, between 11am and 4pm. There will
Shipley Model Railway Annual Exhibition takes place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September at Baildon Recreation Centre from 10am to 5pm. For details, visit shipleymrs.org.uk.
Learn the secrets of digital photography at an eight-week course starting on October 7 at the St Hugh’s Centre in Coach Road, Baildon. It costs £40. For more information or to book a place, call Sarah Baxter on (01274) 598911.
Dance classes in ballroom, Latin and disco for children aged five plus are to start at Weston Lane Sports Club in Otley on Monday, from 4.45pm to 5.45pm. Dance Champs is run by Laura Coleman and classes are £4. For more information, call Laura on 07891
A Keighley GP practice is backing a national campaign to raise awareness of male cancers. North Street Surgery is providing information about early detection and treatment. Office manager Shirley Hindle said: “Most cancers now have good recovery
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
Illuminations which lit up a glittering Ilkley Summer Festival ‘son et lumiere’ show are now a permanent fixture in a leafy corner of Ilkley. The town’s three Bradford District ward councillors, Mike Gibbons (Con), Anne Hawkesworth (Ind) and Martin
There can be no starker and more tragic warning against the practice of using a mobile phone while driving than the horrific case of the couple who died in a motorway smash on the M62. The court where lorry driver Ethen Roberts was sentenced after
Leeds United chairman Salah Nooruddin has urged the club’s fans to swap a seat in the pub or their living room for one in the Elland Road stands for tomorrow lunchtime’s televised clash with QPR. A disappointing crowd of 23,766 turned up for Leeds
Francis Cummins admits the Bulls will be out to avenge their Challenge Cup defeat at London Broncos when Tony Rea’s men visit the Provident Stadium on Sunday. In what was arguably their lowest point of the season, the Bulls succumbed to a miserable
Chief Nursing Officer for England Jane Cummings has met with student nursing staff at Bradford District Care Trust to see how modern thinking is influencing mental health care. The visit included a tour of Lynfield Mount’s new psychiatric intensive
Action must be taken about an unauthorised stonemason’s yard causing problems on a nearby railway line, councillors have said. Trains have been having problems braking because of dust coming from Dimensional Stone Sales in West Bowling, Bradford
Working conditions within The Low Moor Company is the subject of a talk by Mary Twentyman to the Spen Valley Historical Society. The meeting takes place from 7.30pm at Cleckheaton Our Lady and St Paul RC Church Hall, 57 Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton on
A new group for male carers called The Gentleman’s Club launches next week. Carers’ Resource is holding the club’s inaugural meeting for male carers on Thursday, September 5. Free games of pool, darts and bowling will be on offer and lunch provided
A missing teenage girl has been found safe and well in Bradford. Maaryha Akhtar, 16, was reported missing from the Manningham area of Bradford after a family wedding on Sunday. She was found safe and well in the city centre on Wednesday night
Organisers of Bradford's fourth Eid in the Park festival are hoping for a bumper turnout tomorrow. In previous years the event has been in Lister Park and Bradford Moor Park, but this year it will be in Centenary Square. Event manager Ibraheem
Police have charged a 26-year-old man with arson after a car was gutted by fire on a residential street in Ilkley. Firefighters had to use breathing apparatus to tackle the blaze, which damaged a Volkswagen Polo car on Dean Street last Friday morning
One of the original Calendar Girls will be at Bradford Cathedral next week for a showing of the hit movie which raised millions for charity. Tricia Stewart, Miss October, was played by Dame Helen Mirren in the film which was based on the inspirational
Street trading is to be banned from a wider area around Bradford City’s ground after the police raised safety concerns. High-profile League Cup matches against Arsenal and Aston Villa last winter brought an increased number of street traders selling
A man airlifted to hospital with chest injuries after a two-car smash in Bingley is in a “critical but stable” condition. Police closed off Ferncliffe Road after the lunchtime collision on Wednesday between a Land Rover Discovery and Citroen Saxo
Taxi drivers keen to be ambassadors for Bradford launched their smart new shirt and tie uniform at the city’s Interchange yesterday lunchtime. Some 70 Bradford Hackney Carriage drivers have chosen the new look as a way of welcoming visitors with
You can re-live the BBC’s Bollywood extravaganza Carmen on the big screen in City Park, Bradford, next Saturday, September 7, at 4pm, complete with breathtaking dance routines, gorgeous saris and passionate melodrama.
Nahki Wells will not let his head get turned by the on-going transfer speculation. Phil Parkinson has praised the way City’s goalscoring jewel in the crown has kept his focus on football amid all the rumours over his future. The club have received
Bradford’s top judge has defended West Yorkshire Police’s handling of domestic violence cases after Home Secretary Theresa May called for improvements in how forces deal with such offences nationally. Judge Roger Thomas QC, the city’s Recorder,
A mother-of-six has been hailed as “positive, encouraging and committed” after being nominated for a Telegraph & Argus Community Stars award. Ayesha Rehman has been put forward in three categories – Volunteer, Community Champion and Good Neighbour
Burglars have stolen all the catering equipment from a takeaway forcing the business to close temporarily. A safe containing three days of takings was also stolen at Mary D’s on Bradford Road, Cleckheaton. Margaret Scott, who runs the takeaway
Garry Thompson needs no introduction to Stevenage – he will be facing them for the 15th time. The City right winger has plenty of past experience of Conference conflict with them during his time with Morecambe, including an FA Trophy semi-final
A multi-million pound retail and housing development involving Bradford supermarket giant Morrisons could bring 580 new jobs to the district. The proposal, for a sprawling site in Shipley, would include a £2 million overhaul of the town’s railway
Police who swooped on a suspected Bradford ‘chop shop’ after a tip-off from a security guard, have netted more than £100,000 worth of possible stolen car parts and goods. Officers raided the industrial unit at Lessarna Court in Bowling Back Lane
A major housing development has been given the go-ahead on farmland in Queensbury. Bellway Homes has been given full permission to build 124 homes on land at Harrowins Farm, Brighouse Road. The site was given outline planning permission for
Written complaints to the district’s hospitals have dropped in the last year, but those to Bradford District Care Trust have gone up, new figures reveal. The figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that Bradford Teaching
A businessman who redeveloped a disused joinery works has criticised the red-tape which threatened to stand in his way. Entrepreneur Iqbal Singh Sekhon, who was finally granted permission for his mixed-use business site yesterday after months of
A lorry driver who was distracted by a text message when he was involved in fatal crash on a motorway near Bradford has been jailed for more than five years. Ethen Roberts, 44, struck a car on the M62 and then toppled on to it crushing the couple
Roads around Bradford schools are the third worst in the country for child collisions and injuries, according to claims made in a new safety index report. Figures show that between 2006-2011, there were 1,477 child casualties within a 500m radius
The stages are set, the tickets are sold and the bands ready to kick-off the seventh Bingley Music Live today. The festival gets under way with 80s icons The Human League headlining with hits such as Don’t You Want Me and Fascination. The band
