A 25-year-old man who repeatedly struck his mother’s partner with an iron bar has been spared an immediate jail sentence today after the judge was told he was taking steps to control his quick temper. Lorenzo Hodgson whacked Duncan Holland with
An employee took his works van without permission and ended up driving it into a wall, a court heard. Liam Jordan, 29, only had a provisional licence but decided to borrow the Citroen Relay van to help move house, Skipton magistrates were told.
Chris Brown broke a national record during the British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The City of Bradford ace won the 60/64 years category in the 50 metres backstroke with his milestone time of 32.01sec
City’s unstoppable young guns will find out their next FA Youth Cup destination tomorrow night. Morecambe face Hartlepool at the Globe Arena, with the winners hosting the Bantams in round two. City, who got past Scunthorpe, continued their
Dozens of youngsters were treated to some ghostly goings-on in Haworth. They were invited to join in costumed parades on Main Street for the village's Halloween celebrations. The first procession was led by Cross Roads-based street entertainer
Five Premier Division games produced 38 goals in the latest round of Spen Valley League fixtures. Second-placed TVR United have now won all six of their fixtures to date with the latest being 3-2 in the game of the day against BD3 United, who are
Six different players found the net as Buttershaw White Star ran out easy Premier Division winners over Peel Park in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League. The 6-0 victory kept White Star second in the table as Jordan Missin netted a penalty on his
A 21-year-old man has been warned he could face a jail sentence for stealing lead from a church and school. Daniel Patchett, of Bracken Road, Keighley, pleaded guilty to two offences of theft at Bradford Crown Court today. He admitted stealing
Ffion Myers has been selected for the Yorkshire junior first team as they open their County Championships campaign on November 2. The Oakbank Table Tennis Club starlet has climbed to 16th in the latest under-15 age level national ranking list.
A second man on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of involvement in a £2 million drugs plot has been cleared by a jury. It took the panel only minutes today to find Junaid Khan, 31, of Folkestone Street, Bradford Moor, not guilty of two allegations
Yorkshire Amateur League Senior A division side Alwoodley were given a run for their money by Senior B visitors Farnley Sports before edging their Yorkshire Old Boys Shield first-round tie 3-2. Alwoodley took a 2-0 lead inside 15 minutes but, with
Two late goals enabled the West Riding County Amateur League representative side to reach the second round of the FA Inter-League Cup. They trailed the Essex & Suffolk Border League early on but took advantage of their hosts having two players
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Bradford Deaf Centre 6, Great Horton 1; Eastbrook 6, Pudsey 1; Princeville B 3, Princeville A 4. Breaks: S Kershaw (Princeville B) 52; P Devitt (Eastbrook) 48, 38, 33; W Oates (Princeville
Tommy Hawthorn struck gold at the British Wrestling Championships in Northern Ireland. The Bradford grappler won the 74kg under-21 division at the Limavady venue. Hawthorn is now heading for Lviv in Ukraine where he will spend several weeks
A “three strikes” house burglar who attempted to break into a friend’s home to fund his heroin addiction was today jailed for 876 days. Darren McCrory, 39, of no fixed address, had a long history of raiding other people’s property, Bradford Crown
Just two players contributed all the Royal Clayton goals as they won 7-3 at Seacroft Green in the Leeds Red Triangle Invitation League. Jordan McDonald scored four times and Luke Hodgkinson completed the tally with a hat-trick as Clayton logged
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted after getting off a bus in Shipley. The woman had just left the 662 Keighley and District bus in Bradford Road at about 6pm yesterday and was walking along Beamsley
The 2014 Otley Carnival will mark the start of a two-week build-up to the town welcoming the Tour de France. And the organisers are expecting more schools, groups and businesses than usual to take part in the parade on Saturday, June 21 – with
A baby from Shipley will be the first patient to undergo a new type of chemotherapy at one of the country’s leading hospitals in a bid to save her eye. Little Eliza Deakin was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma (Rb), a form of eye cancer,
Improvements are planned at one of the Bradford district’s biggest tourist attractions. The ticket desk at the entrance to the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth could be moved. Ann Dinsdale (pictured), collections manager at the parsonage,
Planning permission has been granted for a catheter laboratory on part of a former car park at Bradford Royal Infirmary. The site of the development includes land to the Duckworth Lane frontage of BRI that was laid out as car parking but is currently
A heavyweight sales chief has been brought in to spearhead business development at a print and direct mail group with ambitious plans for its recently acquired Bradford operations Andrew Keighley will lead the new business development and sales operations
The 2013 Telegraph & Argus Christmas Star Appeal begins today, giving Bradfordians the chance to pay tribute to someone special in their lives. Hundreds of stars will be hung on the City Hall Christmas Tree to remember absent loved ones and
Students at Bradford College will be playing East End pupils in a play at the Alhambra Theatre. To Sir, With Love stars Matthew Kelly as the headmaster of a London school and Ansu Kabia as a teacher who changes the lives of his students. The
Train services on the Airedale line were hit this morning following reports of flooding on the tracks near Crossflatts Station. Northern Rail said trains were stopped for 20 minutes while the situation was dealt with. “Services were disrupted
An engineering firm which had taken on 14 new staff, including apprentices, since August is on the lookout for more design engineers. Koso Kent Introl is expanding to cope with demand for its valves made at its Brighouse base. The company wants
Young Bradford-based musicians, dancers, singers or actors are being urged to audition to perform at a major business event next month. Entertainers up to the age of 24 can audition for a slot at the E3 Bradford Summit on November 28 at Bradford
One-way systems and no-parking zones were among the possible solutions raised to address parking problems in Haworth Main Street. They were put forward at a meeting in the village, held at West Lane Baptist Church to give people a say on how parking
The selfless contribution of two girls paid off when the fun day they arranged generated £800 for an Airedale Hospital stroke ward. Event organisers Ellie Dowse, ten, from Riddlesden, and Hannah Dowse, 12, from Denholme, raised the cash to support
Otley Courthouse plays host to textile arts next month. Decora, a group of City & Guilds students, will be exhibiting their work on the walls and in cabinets at the arts centre and running workshops. The exhibition runs from Monday, November
Musicians in Keighley are looking for an extra pair of hands to help with their popular group. The Bandwagoners are a Bradford District Care Trust Champions Show the Way music group which offers people with mental-ill health and learning disabilities
Jim Hope lives near Skipton and is a member and local preacher in the Methodist Church there. Together with Barbara Glasson from the Touchstone Centre in Bradford, he recently spent a week as a guest of the Bishop of Multan Diocese, Church of Pakistan
Our house hasn’t been the same this week. It feels different, empty, lacking in something. It isn’t the same home at all – and that is because we no longer have our beloved pet cat. The worst thing about owning a pet is the impact it has upon
Any significant Royal event leads to a plethora of themed merchandise, and the christening of Prince George has been no exception. As well as the usual teddy bears, plates and tea-towels doing the rounds, there are belt buckles, an engraved wooden
SIR – Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (T&A, October 23) believes that much of the blame for Bradford’s quality of living being the worst in the UK is attributable to delays in the Westfield development. This being the case, then the blame is
SIR – When will the ‘dinosaurs’ of the Communication Workers Union shouting through loud hailers to their members about strike ballot results – many of whom will be distinctly uneasy about potential loss of wages just before Christmas – realise that
SIR – Queensbury during the First World War was a very independent close-knit community of 6,000-7000 people, many working in the village, in the mills, the mines, the quarries, farming or the shops. A total of 133 men of Queensbury lost their
SIR – I am grateful for Mr Pollard (Letters, October 21) for his selective history lesson and even more selective view of the current state of the UK economy. While massive inflation was roaring away throughout the 1970s, Mr Pollard, with predictably
SIR – In response to Gary Lorriman’s challenge (Letters, October 17), I suggest he consults Roget’s Thesaurus, where he will find any number of synonyms for slut. They are equally insulting to women and all far worse in their usually understood
SIR – Bradford Rights of Way department continues to hide behind the phrase “We have to prioritise” as it allows footpaths to remain illegally blocked and overgrown. I surveyed Silsden footpaths this spring and illegal blockages – blocked stiles
SIR – Why do councillors try and ban the EDL? (I don’t agree with the EDL). It’s not possible due to our grandparents fighting for freedom of speech. Looking from another angle, our town sporting bodies Bradford Bulls, Bradford City and Bradford
SIR – We all lead busy lives these days, too busy for many of us. Consequently we seek what shortcuts we can find to make our load lighter. This includes doing the weekly shop at the supermarket, one more chore sorted. But while gaining in convenience
SIR – Over the last few years the one area that provokes more letters, opinions than anything else in Ilkley is development, whether residential, sport (tennis club), education (Grammar School re-location) or business (eg: Tesco). The solution
SIR – Here we go again – the Sty Lane development rears its ugly head. How many more times? The last application was rejected by Bradford Council, a Government Inspector, and finally Eric Pickles, Secretary of State. It has been rejected because
From the T&A... 25 years ago: The Tory ruling group on Bradford Council managed to push through its £5.8 million cuts package, despite opposition from more than 3,000 protesters outside City Hall. 50 years ago: Bradford YMCA announced it
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Plans to turn Listerhills Social Club into a £60,000 upmarket real-ale pub suffered a setback when Bradford licensing magistrates refused to grant a provisional liquor licence. 50 years ago: An expert safe
It is very worrying news that almost a third of private hire and Hackney carriage vehicles in Bradford have recently failed random vehicle checks. The spot-checks initiated in March this year are designed not to victimise cab drivers but to ensure
The Bishop of Bradford travelled to Finland to speak at a social media seminar at the British Embassy. The Right Reverend Nick Baines was among those who attended the annual event put on by the British-Finnish Society. He said: “Finland is fantastic
Police are warning van owners in Bradford to keep a close eye on their vehicles after a spate of wheel thefts across the district. Since September, thieves have targeted 20 vans across the city, often using cutting equipment to remove the spare
Bradford’s leaders have protested at an apparent Government U-turn that would wreck an attempt to grab control of rail services. Transport authorities across the North have put together a proposal to have a greater say over fares and routes – leading
Ghostly fancy-dress fun is promised at Victoria Hall, Saltaire with a Halloween spectacular on Thursday. Well-known local bistro Don’t Tell Titus has recently taken over running the hall’s bar and this is its first major event at the historic venue
A flamenco dancer brought a splash of colour to a dinner dance in Bradford that raised £1,000 for charity. More than 100 people attended the event at the Dubrovnik Hotel, including the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Khadim Hussain and the Town
Frustrated Raffaele De Vita is braced for a hot reception when City face Wolves again after declaring: They weren’t anything special. The Italian winger notched his first goal for the club but Kenny Jackett’s promotion hot favourites hit back to
Complaints of traffic chaos at Odsal Top roundabout are being logged by Bradford Council, but it will remain three lanes despite reports of accidents caused by confused driving. School secretary Jade Hayes was commuting to work on Friday morning
The organisers of the annual Ilkley Beer Festival are preparing to put tickets on sale for next year’s event in the hope they can top the £43,000 raised for good causes in 2013. This year a limited number of tickets will be available by postal
A Guiseley hairdressing salon is getting behind the national apprenticeship scheme by taking on two new trainees. Bhp hairdressing salon owners Christian Hefti and Claire Benson are encouraging 16-year-olds who want to leave school to think about
Pudsey MP Stuart Andrew is encouraging parents of young children to protect them against illness by getting the flu vaccine. For the first time, the Department of Health is offering the vaccine to all two and three-year-old children. Mr Andrew
A national charity claims 250 cancer patients in Bradford died in hospital beds last year when they would have preferred to die at home. But new figures show the city had a lower percentage of people suffering from the illness who spent their final
Motorcycling vicars donned their leathers for a tour of the three cathedrals of the new diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales. The vicars, from the three dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield, started Saturday’s road trip at Dunnie
Pollution in the beck running through Haworth has reduced dramatically over the past 20 years, say schoolchildren. Pupils at Haworth Primary School made the discovery when they returned to study Bridgehouse Beck after two decades. But they decided
A coffee morning is being held on Wednesday to raise money for the cancer day care unit at Airedale Hospital. The event runs from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the Dalesway Brewers Fayre, Sandbeds, near Bingley.
Francis Cummins believes the Bulls will be in a stronger position both on and off the field heading into the 2014 campaign. With the club now finally ratified by the Rugby Football League following their recent change of ownership, Cummins is looking
A Bradford school has robustly defended itself against “serious failings” that were laid bare by a Department for Education (DfE) report. Kings Science Academy pointed to the “unprecedented pace” of opening and a “lack of training and support available
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Peter Greenhough, aged 36, of Mayo Avenue, Bankfoot; failure to attend a follow-up assessment, community order made with curfew, £60 costs. Jolanta Klonowska, aged 51, of
Parking fines totalling £75,059 were slapped on motorists on one city centre street in the space of just 12 months, it has emerged. A total of 2,806 Penalty Charge Notices were handed out on Piccadilly, Bradford, last year – more than any other
A public car park in a picturesque spa town has beaten the rest of the Bradford District to the dubious honour of being the area’s biggest earner for parking revenue. Figures released under a Freedom of Information request show that the pay and
Carers’ Resource craft activities at Keighley Healthy Living are blooming. People were able to plant hyacinth and crocus bulbs at the latest ‘Time for Me’ session, for carers and over-50s, at the Scott Street centre. Future sessions include gentle
City 1, Wolves 2 Wolves will always hold a special place in the history of Bradford City. It was at Molineux on a never-to-be-forgotten Sunday afternoon 14 years ago that Paul Jewell’s side clinched promotion to the Premier League. Those
Nearly a third of cabs in Bradford are failing random vehicle checks, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today. Bradford Council introduced the random inspections, where drivers are given 24 hours notice before tests, on March 4 this year.
Bradford Park Avenue manager John Deacey is already planning for tomorrow night’s FA Cup fourth qualifying-round replay trip to Kidderminster Harriers after the sides could not be separated in the first meeting. The Horsfall boss expressed his
A pedestrian is fighting for his life after being in a collision with a car in Bradford. Police said the man, aged in his 30s, was crossing Wakefield Road during a heavy downpour on Friday evening when a black Mercedes E280 collided with him. The
