Leeds United have announced a strategic partnership with NFL side San Francisco 49ers. Representatives of the American team will travel to Leeds to discuss aspects of the club’s business. United managing director David Haigh said: “This is
Rawdon’s Sam Tordoff will return for a second season in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) after announcing a deal to stay with the Factory MG KX Momentum Racing Team. The 24-year-old will race alongside two-time champion Jason Plato as
Liversedge chairman Steve Newton has added experience to the young management set-up at Clayborn and he expects the remainder of the campaign to be a huge learning curve for coaches and players. Club captain James Riordan has been player-manager
Bradford Dragons will move level on points with leaders Hemel Storm if they beat their EBL Division One title rivals tomorrow evening. Hemel have home advantage but have played a game more than the third-placed Dragons, who also have a better points
Sporting Equals and the West Riding County Football Association hold the final session of their Football For All project in Bradford on Sunday. It takes place at Speedball Health Club on Duncombe Way (3-4pm) and will be coached by former Bantams
Two men were taken to hospital after a head-on crash in Thornton today. The collision, involving a white van and a Peugeot car, happened just after 3pm where Egypt Road meets Dean Lane. The van also knocked down a nearby wall. The driver of
A man threatened a woman staff member with a knife and stole foreign currency during a robbery at a travel agents. Police have released CCTV images of the man who targeted Althams, in Lowtown, Pudsey, at about 1.30pm on Wednesday. He demanded
Two people have been injured in a crash on Manchester Road, Bradford, this evening. The collision, involving two vehicles, happened at 5.40pm near the junction with Mayo Avenue. A man and a woman in one of the vehicles were injured. The man
Bradford City will have their fingers crossed to beat the ongoing bad weather and get their Women’s FA Cup tie at home to Blackpool Wren Rovers out of the way on Sunday. City’s home ground at Thackley was unfit for last week’s FA Premier League
Thackley are recovering from a dreadful end to the year and are looking for a full return to form in 2014. Lee Clapham’s men were riding high and firmly in the title hunt in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division. A fixture-free
Soprano Rachel Mosley and Oboist Lisa Osborne will be playing an afternoon concert at Dewsbury Town Hall on Wednesday, January 22. Regarded as one of the North of England’s most adaptable sopranos, Rachel Mosley’s repertoire stretches from the
Guiseley boss Mark Bower says he cannot blame centre back Adam Lockwood for opting for a return to the Football League with Oldham Athletic. The Lions have been boosted by the return to full fitness of defender Danny Hall and striker Danny Forrest
A new-look post office offering was opened in Bingley by local MP Philip Davies yesterday morning. And after he snipped a celebration ribbon, regular customers declared the Main Street office to be cut above the cluttered old premises. “Post
Hoteliers are holding a fundraising night to help young people living with a rare medical condition. Peter and Leanne Quinn are hosting the event on Tuesday, January 28, in tribute to Keighley teenager Amy Knowles, who suffers from a complex disorder
Bradford teenager Emelye O’Brien was among the winners as Leeds Karate Academy, based in Farsley, celebrated a fantastic 2013 at their annual awards evening. O’Brien was named top junior competitor for the second year running after winning many
One of hockey’s largest veterans tournaments will have local interest as Anne Rawlinson, from Sutton-in-Craven, has been selected to play for England. The goalkeeper will join the over-60s ladies’ squad for the second FIH Masters Hockey World Cup
Three sets of artists, new to Heckmondwike’s Acoustic Nights, are travelling from far and wide to perform in tonight’s show at the town’s Comrades Club. Concert organiser Donal O’Driscoll said: “We’re delighted to introduce Shelbi Hoole, Richie
The Upstagers are throwing themselves into the panto season with a glittering production of Snow White. The show, their 27th annual panto, follows the traditional fairytale, beginning with a queen sitting sewing at an open window during a winter
Jeff Brodrick is leading a seven-and-a-half-mile circular walk with mud and hills from Bingley Arts Centre, Main Street, Bingley, at 10.30am on Tuesday, January 21. The walk, called Marley Brow Fat Buster: The Return, is not for the faint hearted
Mike Peters, former front man with Welsh punk rock band The Alarm, will be performing all the songs from the band’s most successful album, Declaration, at Keighley’s Gassienda club next month. Upon release in February 1984, Declaration debuted
City have filled their goalkeeping gap by taking Aaron Jameson on loan from Sheffield Wednesday. The 24-year-old has signed until February 11 and comes in as Jon McLaughlin's back-up after Connor Ripley went back to Middlesbrough. Jameson spent
City have signed Aston Villa starlet Jordan Graham on a one-month loan. The 18-year-old winger trained with the club for the first time today and is eligible to be included in the squad for the Bristol City game. Graham has represented both
West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit has issued advice to motorists if they see a police car with its blue lights and sirens on. A spokesman said on Twitter: “We really appreciate all your help in letting us through when we’re on blue lights
A ‘Move and Explore’ sensory play session for the under-5s takes place from 9.30 until 11am on Thursday January 23 at Mirfield Children’s Centre, 14 Taylor Hall Lane, Mirfield.
As a late replacement for Samantha Fish next month, Keighley Blues Club has managed to secure a gig from ‘the world’s greatest swing band’. That’s according to Ronnie Scott’s anyway, and they know a thing or two about music down there. Acclaimed
A new Slimming World group has opened in Keighley. It meets at the Catholic Centre, in Spring Gardens Lane, on Saturdays at 9am. Behind the initiative is Slimming World consultant Carla Weatherill, from Haworth, who has lost more than four
A 20-year-old BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award nominee, will be bringing his musical talents to Bradford at the end of this month. Sunjay Brayne is a blues, folk guitarist and singer/songwriter who has been making a name for himself on the UK folk/
A man has died from head injuries following an incident in Skipton last night. North Yorkshire Police were called at 6.45pm yesterday after the man was found with serious head injuries at the bottom of some steps which lead to Gas Street. The
Networking meetings for voluntary and community groups in Keighley and the surrounding area are being revived. Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA) will host quarterly meetings open to local groups. KIVCA officer Julie
Young performers will be taking part in a workshop this weekend, ending with a performance of Matilda for family and friends. The workshop, taking place at Bradford Grammar School tomorrow, is being organised by the team behind Little Voices, a
Almost 60 homes in Eldwick were left without power yesterday after heavy rain caused an electrical explosion. A crew from Bingley fire station was called to Eldwick Lane shortly after 2am after reports that residents had heard an explosion, followed
To mark the closing of the My Head is an Animal exhibition, Thornton’s South Square Gallery is putting on live performance and film screenings of artists’ work involving the moving image on Friday, January 31, between 7pm and 9pm. But before that
The Bradford Beating Diabetes programme has seen early success with all 27 GP practices within the Bradford City Clinical Commissioning Group signing up to the scheme. The initiative, which began on November 14 to coincide with World Diabetes Day
Irish singer-songwriter and poet Andy White will perform at Korks Wine Bar in Otley next month. White will be supported by Plumhall, aka husband-and-wife songwriting duo Nick Hall and Michelle Plum, when he takes the stage on Thursday, February 13.
Coroner’s officers are appealing for any relatives or associates of a Pudsey man to contact them. Colin Walsh, 69, died of natural causes on New Year’s Eve at St James’s Hospital in Leeds. Any friends, relatives or associates of Mr Walsh are
Bradford rockers Man Can’t Fly are starting the new year with a bang, by releasing an EP next week. The band will be celebrating the EP, called Take Me Home, with a sell-out gig at The Cockpit in Leeds tomorrow. Take Me Home follows debut single
Stephen K Amos has charmed audiences around the world with his natural, assured delivery and honest, original material. With an almost child-like joy and exuberance, the comic can find the funny in some of the most unexpected places. Now he
Nahki Wells has joined Huddersfield from City for an undisclosed sum. Wells has signed a four-and-a-half year deal with the Championship club for a fee thought to be in the region of £1.5m. That will be further boosted by add-ons, including a sizeable
Two conmen who persuaded an elderly woman she needed thousands of pounds worth of unnecessary work doing on her roof are today rightly behind bars for their crimes. They fleeced the 84-year-old of her savings to cover the cost of needless and shoddy
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Firefighters tackling an arson attack on a Bradford glass firm not only had to contend with the blaze, but also the owner’s pet boa constrictor that had escaped and was loose in the building. 50 years ago:
High insurance premiums are a bugbear of many motorists. Young drivers in particular are affected by premiums to the point where some are faced with forking out much more for insurance than the initial cost of their car. Driving down car insurance
SIR – Heaven help us from interfering sexperts wading in with their unwanted and ridiculous advice. The latest nonsense from Lucy Emmerson, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum about children not giving granny and other relatives a kiss on the cheek
It’s good to see David Cameron trying to woo the pensioner vote with a ‘guaranteed protection of the State Pension’ and a 2.5 per cent ‘guaranteed’ annual increase – lovely! But shall we examine that? Anyone who shops on a regular basis will realise
SIR – As an avid Bradford City fan I implore Nahki Wells not to leave the club during this transfer window. He is worshipped by the City fans and plays in front of 14,000 to 19,000 fans every home game. Leaving would not guarantee him a regular
SIR – On behalf of many of our soldiers on tour in Afghanistan over the Christmas period, we would like to express warm and grateful thanks to all those generous people who donated goods or funds to provision boxes of Christmas treats. Thanks to such
SIR – My grandson suffers seizures and on many occasions has been taken to BRI. We cannot praise the staff enough in A&E for their efficient and professional treatment that they give. While on holiday in the UK last year, my grandson was taken
SIR – Those recently made redundant at Fuzzwire (T&A, January 4) will not be comforted by the cruel and thoughtless rhetoric pouring from the Conservative Party concerning the rights and responsibilities of the unemployed. George Osborne contrasts
It has come to light that I actually got married in 1986. I was just 16 at the time, so it’s all perfectly above board and legal. It did, however, come as something of a surprise to my wife, who I married in 2002. It was even more of a surprise
Firearms, cocaine, cannabis and £3,000 in cash were found during a raid in Drighlington yesterday. Officers found two air-powered pistols, as well as the drugs and money, in a cupboard off the landing when they swooped on a property on Moorside
Community and voluntary groups in South Craven are being invited to bid for a share of £138,000 to help meet their running costs. Craven Council has allocated the cash over two years to support community-based organisations. Council leader,
Ambulance staff across Yorkshire could decide to strike over proposals that a union says could see paramedics working long hours without sufficient meal breaks. Unite will ballot its 450 members at the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust for
A Bradford foodbank is urging anyone who bought too much food over Christmas and New Year to donate the excess to help struggling families across the district. Lashman Singh, founder of Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank, said it was expecting the
Acclaimed country band My Darling Clementine make a return visit to Saltaire’s Live Room next week. With their second album The Reconciliation getting even higher praise than their debut How Do You Plead?, the band are currently on a roll.
A 33-year-old man locked up for breaching his bail to take money to his penniless former partner on Boxing Day has been spared an immediate jail sentence for previously assaulting their teenage son. The Keighley man, who cannot be named to protect
Council workers have been rapped for using too much jargon in public documents. Councillor Lynne Smith, chairman of Bradford Council’s Governance and Audit Committee, said she was baffled by what parts of a Council report meant, and she suspected
Stephen Darby is convinced City will emerge from his bleakest period at the club. The Bantams have gone seven home games without a win since their last Valley Parade victory on September 28. They have won just once in 14 league games to slip
Children’s faces lit up on ward two of Bradford Royal Infirmary as they received a visit from the pantomime cast of Aladdin. Billy Pearce, star of the Bradford panto for 15 years, continued his annual tradition by bringing the cast of Aladdin,
The number of accidents within West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has fallen to the lowest number in 15 years. A new report, which will be discussed by the fire authority’s human resource committee next week, show there were were a total of
Bradford’s world famous Black Dyke Band is to perform at Morley Town Hall. The most successful contesting band in the world, from Queensbury, is led by renowned conductor Nicholas Childs and will perform a varied programme featuring Elgar’s powerful
Charity supporters who passed a £1 million fundraising milestone have their sights set on the next million. Raising money for Cancer Research UK, the eight-strong group of women, known as Petal, will launch their 2014 fundraising year with a charity
New diabetes champions are preparing to work in the city supporting people at risk of developing the condition. Twenty people have been recruited as part of the Bradford Beating Diabetes campaign as BBD Champions. The mix of volunteers, practice
Fraudsters who tricked people into handing over bank cards used their victims’ money to buy jewellery and, in one case, take out a £40,000 loan. Police have now issued descriptions of two men who called at a Bradford address as part of the scam
When I turn up to interview Paul Michael Glaser, ahead of his appearance at Bradford’s Alhambra theatre next month, I imagine him wearing a chunky-knit cardigan, flashing that wide Starsky smile. As one half of Starsky and Hutch in the 1970s US
Bulls coach Francis Cummins last night spoke of his hope that a long-awaited breakthrough over the club’s ownership was finally in sight after yesterday’s positive talks. RLF bosses met owner Omar Khan and his legal representatives along with director
Workers starting on the city’s £260 million shopping centre were yesterday digging up grassed areas of the Bradford Urban Garden. The landscaped area was created on an 11,000sq ft section of the Broadway site in August 2010 to give it a temporary
The son of a retired police officer has been jailed for two years for “a gratuitous and violent assault” on a vulnerable young woman. Daniel Saville, 30, used his victim’s head like a punchbag and held a pillow over her face, Bradford Crown Court
A Baildon man was told to expect a “substantial” jail sentence after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a girl more than 15 years ago. Steven Baxter showed no emotion in the dock at Bradford Crown Court yesterday as a jury of seven men and
Nahki Wells is not in the right frame of mind to play for City, Phil Parkinson today admitted. The striker is still feeling a hamstring problem – one of several walking wounded likely to miss tomorrow’s home clash with Bristol City. But Parkinson
A fresh planning application will have to be submitted for a controversial mansion in Bradford after a number of planning breaches came to light as the property was being built. Residents have been battling the construction of the large house off
New figures reveal that 266 households in Bradford had their benefits capped by November, with the authority being the second most-affected by welfare reforms in Yorkshire. The figures, by the Department for Work and Pensions, show 1,658 households
Nearly £23 million looks set to be spent on new homes, a jobs project and other community improvements across the district, thanks to a tax-back scheme. The district is now reaping the benefits of a VAT agreement forged more than a decade ago,
A hotel has closed its doors and put up a poster telling would-be guests to contact insolvency practitioners. The Whitcliffe Hotel in Cleckheaton shut suddenly and Companies House now has the business listed as being in liquidation. The 40-
Keighley Ramblers are backing a campaign for a pavement on the main road linking Keighley Tarn with the town centre. The walking group believes a paved path is needed on Black Hill Lane to improve safety for all visitors to the hilltop lake.
A congestion-busting one-way traffic system in Keighley town centre will be operational by 2015. That was the message from Bradford Council transport bosses, who said initial feasibility work was complete and detailed designs would be drawn up
Two fraudsters, who conned a vulnerable 84-year-old woman out of her savings, have been locked up. Steven Robinson and Danny Coulton persuaded spinster Marjorie Greenwood to part with £23,000, claiming her roof needed replacing and her chimney
The long-running saga surrounding Bradford Bulls appeared to be drawing towards a resolution last night after the club announced that a deal had been struck in principle over its ownership. Almost seven hours of painstaking talks took place at
Residents across the Bradford district are being urged to remain vigilant in the fight against opportunist rogue traders. West Yorkshire Police has highlighted various techniques used by offenders to try to con their victims, such as claiming utility
Victim Marjorie Greenwood said she would normally turn away anyone who came to the door uninvited, but she was “a bit woolly” from the anaesthetic after her hip replacement operation and the conmen had “played me like a fish”. MIss Greenwood said
An MP will meet hospital chiefs today to discuss a watchdog’s report into standards at Bradford Royal Infirmary. George Galloway, who represents Bradford West, is due to sit with senior officials at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Detectives yesterday went to a controversy-hit free school in Bradford to arrest its principal as part of a fraud inquiry. Sajid Hussain Raza, 41, the founder of the Kings Science Academy in Lidget Green, was taken to a police station where he
A “special” former Bradford man who devoted his retirement to helping transform the lives of disabled youngsters in East Africa has died. David Wright, the father of Terrorvision lead singer Tony Wright, was a production engineer who used to live
