A group of keen walkers in Burley-in-Wharfedale has taken the first step towards gaining the village nationally-recognised status as a great place to walk. The recently-formed Walkers are Welcome in Burley group is celebrating receiving a £150
The Lord Mayor of Bradford delivered some Christmas cheer when he paid a visit to some of the city’s postmen and women. Councillor Khadim Hussain went along to Royal Mail’s Bradford North delivery office to pass on festive wishes and encouragement
The longest-running and biggest small animal show in the UK is once again heading to Yorkshire, run by the Bradford Livestock Society. The Burgess Premier Small Animal Show will take place on January 25 and 26 at the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate
Bradford District Care Trust has appointed a new member to its board. The NHS Trust Development Authority confirmed the appointment of David Banks as a non-executive director. He replaces Ian Cherry, who has announced his plans to step down
A pressure group is celebrating after hearing that improvement work is due to begin at a junction on a Keighley estate. But the Braithwaite and North Dean Action Group said it was still concerned about other aspects of the new Vision housing development
The Friends of Keighley (Redcar) Tarn have issued their priorities for improvements to the beauty spot. The “wish list” includes improving footpath access and tackling road safety issues such as speeding. Members want to safeguard the wildfowl
A familiar figure has returned to a Bradford primary school for his annual visit and faced questions from pupils about his unusual lifestyle. Santa Claus visited All Saints CE Primary School on Little Horton Green and invited pupils to come and
The Yorkshire Meaning Of Liff by Joe Moorwood Great Northern Books, £5.99 Three decades ago, Douglas Adams – he of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Fame – teamed up with humourist John Lloyd to publish a little black book called The Meaning Of
A councillor has defended Guiseley’s Christmas decorations after they were described as “stark and dismal”. Graham Latty said he and his two fellow ward councillors spent about £6,000 on decorations each year. He was responding to criticism
Bradford-born businessman Keith Madeley has been made an honorary canon of Ripon Cathedral. He was one of three people to be installed by the Bishop of Ripon John Packer in his last installation service before retiring. Mr Madeley, who is better
Members of the public have been urged to make use of a bus service which will operate around Keighley on Boxing Day. Bronte Country Tourism Partnership member Graham Mitchell said the service was secured following requests from Keighley Town Council
The Age UK Charity shop on The Grove in Ilkley is looking for volunteers to help out on any day of the week. Help is needed on the cash till and with backroom work. Anyone interested is asked to pop into the shop and ask for an application form
Manorlands is seeking volunteers to help form a new support group based around Wilsden. Hayley Ibbotson, a Sue Ryder fundraiser at the hospice, said: “We already receive a great deal of support from the people of Wilsden – which we are very grateful
Bradford City will be digging out their best bib and tucker for the next chapter of the remarkable tale of 2013. Phil Parkinson, his assistant Steve Parkin and a select group of players will take their seats at the Leeds Arena tomorrow night as
It’s been another bad week for the image of football. The prospect of faceless players deliberately taking a booking – or punching an opponent in the wedding tackle – to pocket a few quid has left every fan uneasy. That sort of thing only happens
A Bradford charity which helps homeless people across the district has published a fundraising calendar for 2014. People across the area entered a competition for the chance to have their photographs printed in the calendar, which will raise money
Budding young stars of the screen and airwaves have been showing adults just what they can do at their primary school’s new state-of-the-art studio. Youngsters at Miriam Lord Primary School in Manningham were proud to present The Hub to parents
Making my way through an enchanted forest on a pair of skis, gliding past sparkling reindeer and a cackling snow queen, I finally got that festive feeling. You can’t fail to feel festive at Stockeld Park at this time of year. The 2,000-acre North
Bradford Bulls chief executive Robbie Hunter-Paul is urging the community to throw their weight behind the club’s Belong Christmas Appeal. The Bulls have teamed up with a host of city-based initiatives and, for the past fortnight, the club’s Provident
The Dog Rescue and Original Group choirs will be spreading the festive spirit with their Christmas concert at 7.30pm tonight at The Moorland Social Club, formerly Spenborough United Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Moorland House, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton.
Bradford East MP David Ward has joined a call for global action to defeat dementia through research as the UK hosted the first G8 Summit on the condition. The Liberal Democrat MP attended a Westminster reception hosted by George Freeman MP on behalf
Next year marks the centenary of the beginning of World War One, and the Remember When? section of the Telegraph & Argus plans to commemorate this epoch-making event in a big way... but we need your help. From January, we will be devoting our
Christmas cards created by a talented ten-year-old are now on sale in aid of the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal. Rosie Hodge’s drawing of a smiling snowman surrounded by purple crocuses won our district-wide competition.
Popular children’s author Melvin Burgess has been sharing secrets of his craft with Bradford youngsters. The writer took part in a session at the City Library on Thursday, reading from one of his books to an audience of pupils from schools.
Tomorrow is Women’s West Riding County Cup quarter-final day, with Bradford City hoping to repeat their superb FA Women’s Prem-ier League form and claim a semi-final place at the expense of Northern Comb-ination outfit Leeds City Vixens. With a
A new tree preservation order should mean housing developers will have to take care if they gain permission to build on the east of Otley. An outline plan to create about 26 homes on green fields off East Busk Lane was lodged with Leeds City Council
Guiseley and Rawdon will have six new grit bins this winter after councillors agreed £1,000 of extra funding. The bins, which will be supervised by Grit Bin Champions, are being provided with money given by the three ward councillors from a well-being
A woman who stole £2.3 million wept in the dock as the judge told her the “prison door was open”. Julie Nickerson, 54, did not even know how much money she had taken, her barrister Oliver Jarvis told Bradford Crown Court. Nickerson, who runs
The Highways Agency has announced road closures on the M62. Two lanes of the westbound carriageway between junction 24 at Ainley Top and junction 25 at Brighouse will be closed for four nights for barrier works from Monday. The eastbound carriageway
Think of the festive season and you probably think of being snuggled up inside by a roaring fire - but put a new gardening book on your Christmas wish-list, and you could be thinking of your spring planting too. Whether you’re a grow-your-own beginner
A heart attack survivor is one of two neighbours receiving a bravery award next week for saving a woman trapped in a burning house. Despite being forced back by ferocious flames and choking smoke, Garry Hodgson, 47, refused to give up and with
A frail grandmother, who was rushed to hospital after being robbed in her home, has died. Shirley Long, 77, died from bronchial pneumonia, more than three weeks after the terrifying raid. Mrs Long, who had a pulmonary lung disease, suffered
The estranged wife of a Brighouse fraudster faces the loss of her home after a judge ordered her to pay compensation to the victims totalling more than £785,000. John Hirst, 61, of Huddersfield Road, was jailed for nine years after he swindled
Skipton man Simon Farrimond has been ordered to pay £260 by magistrates for speeding on the A65 Clapham by-pass. Farrimond, 33, of Otley Road, who admitted speeding on June 12 by letter to court yesterday, was recorded doing 70mph on the 60mph
A Bradford man who met Nelson Mandela has paid tribute to the former President of South Africa ahead of his funeral tomorrow. Herbert Wuver has also sung the praises of the people in Bradford who helped raise money and publicity during Mr Mandela
Generous alumni at Bradford University have pledged a record-breaking £110,000 to the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal, it can be revealed today. A five-week telethon at the University saw a team of current students call former
Volunteers are being sought to take part in a bulb planting session which could lead to the formation of a Rawdon in Bloom group. The planting, which is being organised by the parish council, will take place on grassland between Over Lane and Larkfield
A £15 million secondary academy is to be built in Bradford. The Church of England school will be sponsored by the Diocese of Bradford and is expected to open in 2015. It will be built in Douglas Road, East Bowling, and will cater for 1,050
Bradford City Football Club’s shop has been accused of scoring a commercial own goal after it revealed record-breaking sales of its replica home shirt mean it will have no more in stock until after Christmas. The company which runs the League One
Morris dancers from gathered to celebrate the life of “colourful character” Steve Adamson who died last week. The 58-year-old from West Bowling was well-known as The Keeper of the Morris Shop, travelling to folk festivals and morris gatherings
A 59-year-old man was pronounced dead after his car crashed into a post near an Apperley Bridge school yesterday. The man, yet to be identified but from the Leeds area, was behind the wheel of a Mazda MX5 Eunos that collided with a wall at the
Police were called to Beckfoot Lane, Bingley, shortly before 8am yesterday after a crash involving three cars. A Ford Fiesta, a Suzuki Jimny and a BMW were damaged in the accident with one of the vehicles blocking the road for a time. No-one
Jon McLaughlin hopes City’s unexpected weekend off has helped flush the draws out of their system. The Bantams return to action with a bang against leaders Leyton Orient this afternoon before games against fellow contenders Peterborough, Rotherham
Bradford Bulls last night revealed it had made a series of cuts across every department of the club except the playing staff. The cash-strapped Super League outfit announced earlier this month that it must save £400,000 over the next 12 months
A 44-year-old builder convicted of plotting to burgle old and vulnerable householders has been warned he is going to jail for a long time when he is sentenced on Monday. Stewart Marshall, who was in custody throughout his trial, was sent back behind
West Yorkshire Police is transforming policing and improving performance, an independent watchdog has found. The force has turned around its fortunes in the four months since it was criticised by the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
Long-term sickness accounts for nearly three-quarters of sick days in one Council department, according to new figures. And the Council’s sick pay policy has been branded “very, very generous” by the Conservatives, who are calling for it to be
Police are hunting for the ringleader of a £13m international drug smuggling ring after members of his gang were brought to justice. John Halliday, who is thought to have left the country and could be in the Phillipines, was yesterday jailed for
Buttershaw White Star’s trip to Chapeltown Fforde Green in the FA Sunday Cup third round is the stand-out clash from a local perspective tomorrow (1pm). White Star will travel to Yorkshire Amateur’s ground at Bracken Edge full of confidence after
Work on Bradford’s first hospital healing garden could be completed in time for spring, sowing the seeds for others across the city. The idea for the garden which will take root at the Bradford Royal Infirmary’s Duke of York entrance opposite Orthopedics
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Mohammed Shafiq Shabir, aged 34, of Lytton Road, Heaton; assault, £45 fine, £215 costs. Anthony Jeffrey Clymo, aged 46, of Cliffe Terrace, Keighley; using racially aggravated
