Assistant manager Mark Hume has called for more discipline from his Bradford Park Avenue players to stamp out the ‘needless bookings’ that are leading to suspensions. Hume, whose side lost 4-1 at Stockport County on Boxing Day, is aware that sometimes
Albion Sports boss Kulwinder Sandhu admits his side’s current lofty position has exceeded his expectations. His team are placed third in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division following promotion last season. They knocked
Farsley boss Neil Parsley is backing his squad to come through a tough holiday period that should see them play five games in 15 days. The Villagers were held to a draw at lowly Harrogate Railway on Boxing Day but the result meant their unbeaten
Bradford & District Sea AC All trips are now finished for another year. Points will be totted up and the list of trophy contenders will be finalised ready for the presentation evening in March. Our next meeting will be held in the New Inn,
Bradford Mutual Sunday School League secretary Taj Butt has warned clubs that play on Bradford Council-owned grounds that they may soon have to help themselves. He said in his address to the League’s annual meeting at Clayton Rugby League Club:
Anti-Muslim crimes in West Yorkshire have more than doubled in two years, new police figures have revealed. But police chiefs say overall race hate crime in the county has fallen significantly and the issue is a priority. Newly-obtained figures
Leeds Carnegie head coach James Lowes has made just one change from the side that defeated Bristol away in his side’s last game in the Greene King IPA Championship for tomorrow's clash with Nottingham at Headingley (2.00). Lock Matt
A Bradford-based faith group helped collect food for needy families this Christmas. The Yorkshire branch of the Sant Nirankari Mission, based in Napier Street, gathered goods to donate to the volunteer-run Bradford Metropolitan Foodbank. Youngsters
Denholme Clough have been re-elected to the Foster’s Halifax League. They received 26 votes in favour, one against and two abstentions at the annual meeting at Pellon Sports Club. The major rule changes passed were that all matches will start
Bradford & Bingley are taking a short-term view with regard to their Granville Clark Memorial Trophy match at home to Otley tomorrow (2.00). “The match will give Richard Scull and players who are on the fringe of the first-team squad
Lee Peltier says there is a real air of belief around Leeds United these days. The attacking wing-back, who scored his first goal for the club in their 1-1 draw at Blackpool yesterday, said: “We have a good spirit. Everyone is pulling in
South African Devon Petersen, who used to train at Cue Gardens in Bradford, is through to the third round of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championships for the first time after defeating world No 11 Justin Pipe at Alexandra Palace today. Petersen,
A man was killed early today in an accident which saw him trapped under a caravan in Gomersal. At 1.30am, emergency services were called to reports of a collision on Church Lane, and arrived to find the man trapped under a vehicle. Fire crews
Bradford City finished the year with a record to be proud of as a club but with a tinge of disappointment for first-team coach Steve Winterburn after a 3-0 defeat at arch-rivals Leeds United. The City coach has yet to see his side overcome Leeds
A woman from Bradford who acted as a Good Samaritan by trying to calm an arguing couple ended up with a broken nose after she was punched in the face. The 45-year-old woman tried to intervene when the couple began arguing and fighting on a train
Two people have been taken to hospital after a car accident in Keighley town centre today. A Toyota people carrier flipped onto its side in the incident at the junction of Oakworth Road and West Lane. Keighley firefighters had to free a man
Maverick choreographer Matthew Bourne’s new production of Lord Of The Flies comes to Bradford’s Alhambra theatre late next year. The show transfers William Golding's novel from a deserted island to a deserted theatre, where a group of abandoned
The junior section of the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band wowed a packed hall at the recent annual patrons concert. The youth band took to the stage to perform numbers such as William Tell, the James Bond theme and a version of the theme tune
Groups in the Bradford district that support pensioners are being invited to help each other improve their services and reach more people. They can join dozens of groups that are already members of the town’s Older People’s Mutual Support Networks
The Bronte Society, which celebrated its 120th birthday earlier this month, is planning a full programme of events next year including lectures, panel discussions, pop-up activities all over the country. This programme will be announced at a special
The Birmingham Stage Company is renowned for its colourful adaptations of children’s stories, and looks set to have another triumph on its hands with a new production of Tom’s Midnight Garden. Running at the Alhambra from February 11 to 15, the
Dire Straits, reputedly the biggest rock band in the world in the mid-1980s when their LP Brothers In Arms was selling millions of copies, split up in 1992. The Straits, which sounds like a tribute act, is a group of seven musicians two of whom
Missing man Brian Barlow has been found safe and well. Police had appealed for anyone to come forward with information that could help find the pensioner, who had been missing since Christmas Day. The 67-year-old, who has links to the Bingley
Artworks by David Hockney will form part of a touring exhibition. Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery also features paintings by LS Lowry, Walter Sickert and Paul Nash. The exhibition runs until March 15 at Huddersfield Art
Fawlty Towers-themed dinner parties have proved a big hit at the Alhambra’s Restaurant 1914. Several performances earlier this month sold out, and there are a further two coming up on January 27 and 30. With a three-course meal hosted by Basil
When a show is described as “Sex And The City meets Birds Of A Feather” you know you’re in for a riotous girls’ night out. Hot Flush invites audiences to share in the friendships, secrets, laughs and tears of four ordinary women – and one man –
The makers of a multi-million pound film exploring the lives of the Bronte sisters have announced their first major casting selection. Rachel Teate (pictured), who is a regular in the BAFTA-nominated supernatural television series Wolfblood, has been
A Bradford children’s centre has been praised by Government inspectors for acting as the ‘hub of the community.’ Farcliffe and Lilycroft Children and Family Centre was deemed “good” in a recent Ofsted report, with inspectors saying staff worked “tremendously
The phrase “the show must go on” could have been invented for Billy Pearce. Over the years, panto stunts have left the comic in hospital several times, not least when he cracked a rib in Dick Whittington at the Alhambra a few years ago. “I
Building society staff have given one lucky customer a feast fit for a king this Christmas. Jan Crozier, of Bingley, got a surprise when she popped in to the Yorkshire Building Society branch on Main Street and was presented with a hamper full
Moscow City Ballet celebrates its 25th anniversary with an eagerly-anticipated return to the UK next year. The company is marking its silver milestone with a season dedicated to the legacy of founder and artistic director, the late Victor Smirnov-Golovanov
SIR – They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so I see the Coalition Government is flattering us. A consultation document is calling for residents to be able to sign petitions to force council debates and votes on parking policies
SIR – As 2013 draws to a close, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all your readers for the part they play in helping to turn young lives around and in supporting us over the past year. The families we work with are facing tough times
SIR – While the Coalition Government congratulates itself on the latest ‘falling unemployment’ figures (only 2.3 million now!) perhaps we should examine the Government claims. First and foremost, we must define the notion of ‘employment’. For myself
SIR – As Bradford Council reels in agony year after year from the savage attack on its services and employees imposed on it by the Tory-led coalition, Councillor Glen Miller seems to have become obsessed with the Council’s subsidy for union officials
SIR – With ‘Broadway has begun’, a fightback begins for a once-superior city.Bradford could not have had a better Christmas present. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire
SIR – I am writing after finally feeling the need to vent my frustration at what must be the most idiotic traffic planning in human history. I refer to the stretch of road from mid-St Enoch’s Road to the traffic lights at Southfield Lane. On the
SIR – I find it unbelievable that we have continued to hand over aid to China. This superpower has just sent a rocket to the moon and yet we’re sending them aid. It’s our Government that needs a rocket up it. People here are struggling to make
SIR – According to Bradford’s Labour Council leader David Green (T&A, December 14), the Council’s sickness terms and conditions “are probably more generous than some in the private sector, but then that doesn’t make them wrong.” Get into the
SIR – It is good news that Low Moor station is to be built, but they didn’t say when. One thing that bugs me is the problems with the curved track, and not being able to build a curved platform safely round it. What is it about today’s technology
SIR – Re the letter (T&A, December 19) from Edward three-barrelled Scott and Rebecca Taylor, MEPs no less, about how universities and businesses can now apply for £12.5 billion-worth of European funding I feel like the worker from the 19th century
SIR – I am utterly appalled by the announced pay increase for our Members of Parliament. It’s a disgrace. Perhaps though it could be a rightful benchmark for pay increases for pensioners, public sector workers, plumbers and professors. If parliamentarians
Well, here we are, stumbling into that no-man’s land between Christmas and the New Year, when the fag-end of 2013 heaves a heart-felt sigh and prepares to roll over and die like a venerable walrus who just can’t take any more lying around on a rock
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Anthony Hampshire, aged 33, of Prospect Walk, Shipley; failure to comply with community order, £60 fine. Kyle James, aged 25, of Croscombe Walk, Broomfields; failure to comply
Christmas may fill our homes with treats – but it leaves our waste bins bulging. Crackers, gifts, wrapping paper and food put smiles on our faces throughout the festive season, but they leave us with acres of packaging. In the UK, on average, every
We take our water supply for granted. So when we turn on the tap and find nothing coming out, we tend to panic. Worse still, we could find ourselves with no supply and water pouring through the ceiling from a burst pipe. These are common occurrences
Mohammed Islam received from his brother the greatest gift anyone could have at any time – that of life. Fiaz donated a kidney to his older brother when it proved difficult to find a kidney match due to a lack of donors from the South Asian communities
Injunctions designed to help curb gang-related activity in Keighley have been confirmed against two men suspected of involvement in this type of crime. The injunctions – known as “gangbos” – were finalised in Leeds County Court. It brings the number
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (PG, 114 mins) *** Starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, Adrian Martinez, Patton Oswalt, Sean Penn. Director: Ben Stiller. Towards the end of The Secret Life Of Walter
47 RONIN (12A, 119 mins) ** Starring Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Ko Shibasaki, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Min Tanaka. Director: Carl Rinsch. East meets west with a flurry of digital trickery in this ill-conceived
In the past couple of years this country has seen unprecedented numbers of people forced to turn to food banks for help as the cost of living escalates and families find it impossible to make ends meet. At this festive period when many of us will
A student from Yeadon is preparing to climb Kilimanjaro for a children’s charity. Patrick Mangham, 18, in his first year at Birmingham University, will take the challenge in aid of Childreach International – a charity which aims to give children
ALL IS LOST (12A, 106 mins) ***** Starring Robert Redford. Director: JC Chandor. Bona fide movie stars are a rare commodity in Hollywood, but Robert Redford has been burning bright for more than 50 years in iconic films including Barefoot In
A man in his 20s was killed after being pinned under a caravan in Gomersal early today. Fire and ambulance crews were called to the junction of Church Lane and Muffit Lane at 1.30am to reports of a person trapped under a caravan. They released
Phil Parkinson refused to use City’s lack of numbers as an excuse for their latest loss to Rotherham and admitted: “We were poor.” The Millers won 1-0 at Valley Parade yesterday to make it six on the bounce against their Yorkshire rivals. It
A warehouse belonging to a catering company was destroyed by fire earlier today. Shortly after midnight fire crews were called to Apna Catering on Summerville Road after reports the single storey building was on fire. Five engines from Bradford
A petition to save Haworth Park’s threatened public toilet block has been handed in to Bradford Council. A total of 1,131 people signed the petition calling for the block to be kept open. The facilities in the award-winning Central Park are earmarked
This year saw the Telegraph & Argus announce its biggest and most ambitious appeal to date – to raise £1 million to fight cancer here in the city. And thanks to your generosity, just seven months in, the T&A Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal
Tributes were paid to a Bradford police officer yesterday ten years on from the day he was murdered in the line of duty. PC Ian Broadhurst, 34, of Birkenshaw, was shot dead by former US marine David Bieber, 42, in Leeds on Boxing Day, 2003.
An action group fighting housing developments in Menston has begun a fresh battle against plans for more than 140 new homes. Menston Action Group (MAG) is calling on its supporters to “act now” against two planning applications to build 146 houses
Action is being demanded to reduce the gap between trains and the platform at Keighley railway station. Keighley man Brian Nutt claims the gap is too wide and causes unnecessary danger for passengers. He says his wife Mary, who uses crutches
Bradford mosques are urging people to donate food to families in need this winter. Bradford Imams Forum is supporting the Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank, which distributes food parcels to families and individuals districtwide and has issued an
Ilkley and District Good Neighbours joined forces with the town’s two Rotary Clubs and sixth form students from Ilkley Grammar School to pack and deliver 100 festive parcels to people who were alone over the Christmas period.
Much-needed refurbishment to a church clock and tower has been completed. All four faces of the 110-year-old clock at Keighley Shared Church have been cleaned and the hands on the eastern clock face, which were jammed by corrosion, have been freed
Nick Scruton hopes that the Bulls’ current crisis does not hinder his bid for a new deal after stating his “love” for the club. The line-busting prop forward enjoyed his best season to date last campaign and scooped the majority of prizes in September
More than 200 crimes were recorded in Keighley between the start of November and the first nine days of December, according to an update presented to councillors. Acting sergeant Adam Beecroft delivered the figures during the latest meeting of
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of committing a burglary in Bradford. Police made the arrests following fresh evidence about a burglary in the Heaton area on Thursday, November 21. A 16-year-old boy was later charged with handling stolen
Firefighters have warned householders to be careful where they place candles after a Christmas Day blaze alert. Flames from a candle set light to a gas boiler in the kitchen of a house in Commercial Villas, Pudsey. The occupants put out the
A talented textiles student saw his work on display at the Clothes Show Live event at the NEC in Birmingham. Adam Leach, a Year 11 textiles technology student at Ilkley Grammar School, entered a vintage handbag in the show’s design competition
City 0, Rotherham 1 In this season of goodwill to all men, Valley Parade will always make one notable exception. Steve Evans will forever be the Grinch in City’s eyes. And he stole Christmas with three more points in West Yorkshire yesterday
A bus driver had a miraculous escape after he was impaled by a metal rod when his vehicle smashed into railings. The spike pinned him to his seat and missed a main artery by just a centimetre. The driver was trapped for an hour and a half as firefighters
The number of people signing up as organ donors has increased across the country this year, partly due to a high- profile soap storyline. Jayne Fisher, team manager for the Yorkshire Organ Donation Services Team, said: “Obviously Bradford people
A Wibsey teenager battling a rare form of bone cancer will be jetting off to New York thanks to well-wishers who have been making his dreams come true. When doctors told 15-year-old Connor Lancaster his cancer had returned and was terminal, he
A paramedic from the district whose life was saved when his brother donated a kidney is urging people from his community to be organ donors. Mohammed Islam, from Buttershaw, was so ill that both of his kidneys were in danger of failing when he
A 72-year-old woman will tackle Peru’s iconic Inca Trail next year to raise money for a cancer charity close to her heart. Liz Madden, of Bailey Hills Road, Bingley, is embarking on the trek in May 2014 in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. She will
A £5 million price tag has been put on Otley’s proposed new multi-purpose sports centre. As previously reported, the steering committee behind the Chevin Olympic Park is busy drawing up a business plan. The ambitious Olympic legacy scheme aims to
A total of 40 people from the Bradford area received organ transplants this year – an increase of more than 40 per cent on last year. Health bosses put the hike down to more donors signing up, but say there is still a desperate need for more people
A decision to grant Morrisons the right to build a new supermarket in Shipley has been welcomed by opposition councillors at Bradford Council. The Bradford-based supermarket giant won a three-way battle to build a superstore in the town. The plan
Bradford and Airedale’s new top cop truly has policing in his blood and believes in no-nonsense action to protect decent people and punish wrong-doers. As a schoolboy at St Joseph’s Primary School, Keighley, when Simon Atkin strolled into a sweet
The future of an iconic Bradford statue looks bright after a conservation specialist was brought in to make it beautiful again. The William Forster statue is currently being examined to see how much work might be needed to bring it back to its
A Bradford MP has vowed to try and help residents of a Bradford estate who have been left “in limbo” due to cuts to a scheme to make their homes more energy-friendly. Bradford East MP David Ward was contacted by residents of the Parkside estate
Bradford’s regeneration tsar Barra Mac Ruairi is resigning to take up a new job in the West Country. Mr Mac Ruairi, strategic director of regeneration and culture at Bradford Council, is credited with having an instrumental role in the creation
A public meeting has been called to debate a school’s ‘buy an iPad’ proposal. The meeting, organised by Otley Town Councillor Carl Morris (Lab, Manor) and concerned parents, is at Weston Lane Social Club, Otley, at 7pm on Monday, January 13. The
