Bank Top Harriers host Queensbury at Lidget Green on Saturday in the pick of the opening round of the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup ties. The Harriers, who are rooted at the bottom of the Pennine League Premier Division, will have their prolific
Heavy snowfall was causing misery for motorists on the M62 near Bradford and Brighouse this evening. The snow fell at 4.30pm, causing hazardous driving conditions on the westbound carriageway between junctions 25 (Brighouse) and 23 (Huddersfield
The “absolutely fantastic” volunteers who help deliver restorative justice across Bradford district were honoured tonight. Dignitaries including the Lord Mayor of Bradford Coun Khadim Hussain, the police and crime commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson
Keighley Cougars 12 Dewsbury Rams 20 Cougars slipped to their second friendly defeat inside five days tonight after Dewsbury registered a deserved win from a hard-fought encounter. Player-coach Paul March had seen his men beaten 18-16 at Barrow
Bradford Park Avenue put Saturday’s stoppage-time defeat firmly behind them with an excellent home win on Monday night – but they still had bad news in midweek. Striker Alex Davidson will be out for up to eight weeks after pulling up in the closing
Politicians didn’t get cold feet when they were asked to support a campaign to donate socks for homeless people in Bradford. Councillors were asked to dig out unwanted pairs to back The Socks on the Street campaign at a full council meeting.
The Bradford branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has its annual Peace Conference this weekend. The conference, which will be held on Sunday at the Al Mahdi mosque in Rees Way, Undercliffe, is aimed at bringing together people from different
Guiseley go into Saturday’s home Conference North fixture in high spirits and back in the black. The Lions’ 3-0 midweek victory at Solihull Moors put their goal difference on the plus side for the first time this season. Weekend visitors Stalybridge
Manningham Mills may have been kicked out of the JCT600 Bradford League last September – but their ground could still host cricket this season. Bradford Mutual Sunday School League Group A side Bradford Moor are in talks with the Scotchman Road
Former Bradford City star Stan Collymore, who has spoken out over Twitter abuse, today told of his experience of depression as a new group to help suffers was announced. Friends In Need is a new online and offline community designed to end the
Bradford’s branch of The Alzheimer’s Society will run its next ‘What is Dementia?’ course in Shipley on Tuesday, February 4. The free five-week course covers topics including how dementia can impact on a person’s ability to carry out every day
Farsley will be bidding to go joint-top of the Division One North table tomorrow night when they make the short journey to face struggling Evo-Stik League rivals Wakefield. Neil Parsley’s men are third in the table and their hosts are third bottom
Keighley’s match at Pontefract on Saturday is, by general consent, their most vital for almost two seasons. Having beaten Old Brodleians 20-9 at Rose Cottage last Saturday, the relegation-threatened SSE Yorkshire Division One side must back that
The West Riding County Amateur League’s representative side fly from Manchester to Douglas tomorrow to play their Isle of Man counterparts in the quarter-finals of the FA Inter-League Cup. The tie against the 2011-12 runners-up continues the County
Silsden will be keen for a return to action in the North West Counties League on Saturday after last weekend’s postponement. The Cobbydalers are due to host fellow Premier Division strugglers Winsford United. Andy Geary’s men are above their
Keighley Cougars' James Feather has been charged with an offence by the RFL’s Match Review Panel following an incident in his side's pre-season fixture at Barrow. He is charged with making a Grade B shoulder charge in the 79th minute of the match
Former Bradford Junior League chairman Michael Hope, who died last July aged 71, and Tom Priestley, who has stood down as league president, have been honoured. Both will have under-17 divisions named after them. The North Section will be renamed
Thackley and Brighouse Town still have Premier Division title ambitions in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League but both must win against mid-table opposition on Saturday to stay on track. The Dennyboys are at home to Garforth Town, who
BRADFORD CITY AA The weather has continued mild and a little drier, so river fishing has been good. Club members Paul Shorrocks and Peter Scholes were fishing the Hodder on a day ticket for grayling. Both caught ‘fish of a lifetime’ of over 3lb
Keighley Amateur Boxing Club’s annual show provided an evening of outstanding competition. The event, which was held in support of Cougars captain James ‘Buster’ Feather’s testimonial year, saw eight local boxers in action – four each from Keighley
The Bulls will again face Huddersfield at this year’s Magic Weekend, which will be held at Manchester's Etihad Stadium for the third year in a row on May 17 and 18. Francis Cummins’ men faced the Giants at last year’s event, losing 42-6, but will
Former Yorkshire and England all-rounder Graham Stevenson has died in hospital aged 58, just three months after suffering a severe stroke following a battle with cancer. Stevenson, born at Ackworth, played two Tests and four one-day internationals
A former director of Bradford’s Bite the Mango film festival was today acquitted by a Bradford Crown Court jury of charges of sexually assaulting two girls, including the rape of one. It took the jury little more than an hour to find Adeni Rutter
Guiseley have signed Adam Boyes from Skrill Premier side Gateshead in time to play against Stalybridge Celtic on Saturday. The 23-year-old striker, who lists York City, Scunthorpe United, Boston United and Barrow among his former clubs, will stay
A rare chance to buy just over two acres of land for the community is being grasped by a council in a village. The land off Holme Lane, in Sutton-in-Craven, near Keighley, known as Alvic Field, has a guide price of £10,000 and is due to be sold
Record making footballer Oliver Younger (right) is living up to his name by becoming the youngest player ever to sign for a football scholarship with Burnley FC. Oliver is just 14 and has been taken on by the team which is battling at the top on
Supermarket giant Tesco has confirmed it is looking into establishing a store in Haworth. The retail giant, which earlier this month unveiled plans to build a store in Silsden and create 200 jobs, has revealed its intentions for the Worth Valley
A developer is seeking permission to build more than 50 homes on green belt land that helps separate the “more urban” Bradford district from the “more rural” Craven area. Harron Homes has submitted plans to erect 54 houses on land at Ashfield Farm
An armed gang robbed a woman at knifepoint in her own home. Police are now appealing for information on the terrifying raid in Ransdale Grove, West Bowling, Bradford, after the men fled with jewellery and cash. At about 9am yesterday, a man
Youngsters at a Riddlesden school have been taking part in a road safety initiative with Keighley Neighbourhood Policing Team. Six pupils at Riddlesden St Mary’s Primary accompanied PCSOs Alan Cooper and Chris Wardle on a speedwatch patrol in nearby
Big hitters from the business world celebrated the best companies, entrepreneurs and innovations of the district at our third Bradford Means Business Awards last year. The awards were held at the Aagrah Midpoint Suite in Thornbury. The glittering
Youngsters at a Bradford school were today brushing shoulders with MPs in Parliament and a Cabinet Minister to encourage them to get involved in politics and their civic responsibilities. Five over-16 students at Carlton Bolling College were taking
Six more GP practices in the Airedale and Craven area are now opening on Saturdays in a bid to reduce demand on A&E services. Some practices open routinely on Saturdays but during the first busy couple of months in the year many more patients
Otley are waiting to hear if they have had five league points deducted for fielding an ineligible player. The SSE National League Two North club played Alexander Beaumont at home to Harrogate on Saturday, December 21, without realising that he
Telegraph & Argus editor Perry Austin-Clarke introduces the 2014 Bradford Means Business Awards It seems hard to believe that we are now embarking on the fourth of our annual Bradford Means Business Awards. When we launched the awards in
Do you think your company deserves to be in the running for a Bradford Means Business Award 2014? Here’s how to get involved. In the first instance, we’d like you to spend some time perusing this supplement and the 11 distinct cate-gories to
More than half a million people are expected to be watching their garden birds at the weekend, for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. And with many of the UK’s most common garden birds and other creatures in steep decline, the charity needs participation
From the T&A... 25 years ago: A group of 14 haemophiliacs, who claimed to have contracted the AIDS virus through blood clotting treatment at West Yorkshire hospitals, including Bradford Royal Infirmary, began legal action for negligence against
The vile abuse directed at Bradford City fans on social networking site Twitter is just the latest example to show the seeming lack of control when it comes to irresponsible use of this medium. It is surely time the ‘keyboard warriors’ who hide
Five secondary schools in the Bradford area rank among the best in the country, league tables for last year’s GCSE and A-Level results show. But, overall, the results prove to be a mixed bag across the area, with some schools seeing theirs improve
Cougars player-coach Paul March is expecting his side’s sternest test of pre-season so far at home to Championship rivals Dewsbury tonight (8pm). Glenn Morrison’s side reached the play-offs after finishing seventh last term and have since made
Middlesbrough left winger Adam Reach has today joined City on a month's loan. The 20-year-old, who has spent the first half of the season at Shrewsbury, will fill the gap left by Kyel Reid's season-ending injury. England under-20 international
A drunken rant directed towards police officers landed a man in court. Jonathan Wray, 43, was “extremely embarrassed” about his behaviour towards officers as they left Cross Hills Police Station, near Keighley, on Christmas Day, Skipton magistrates
The latest in a series of meetings to try to retain services at Haworth Fire Station was positive and constructive, according to a parish council chairman. Councillor John Huxley, of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, said the meeting
A project to showcase the rich and varied history of Otley Courthouse will reach its culmination this spring. The Otley Courthouse Memories Group is using a Heritage Lottery Fund award to create a permanent Timeline display at the venue. Arranged
Yorkshire Universities, the membership association that represents the University of Bradford and 11 other higher education institutions across the region, has appointed a new executive director. Emily Wolton, who joined the association in 2006
Matty Blythe is aiming for a speedy recovery from an injury which looks certain to rule him out of the start of the season. The Bulls centre sustained a cut thumb during a training session shortly after Christmas and was forced to undergo an operation
Parish councillors have unanimously agreed to a budget which will involve no increase in the precept levied on their parishioners for 2014/15. The “standstill” precept was agreed at a meeting of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council.
A grandfather says he feared for his life after a length of surgical thread was left in him by error following a chest drain operation at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Patient Sujad Sabri, 52, of Heights Lane, Heaton, said he was left in agony after
Pressure is mounting on the Government to extend its funding of a scheme boosting jobs in Bradford city centre. The City Centre Growth Zone, which began in 2012, was championed by Baroness Eaton in the House of Lords last week, who called for the
West Yorkshire Police is leading the way in a £500,000 worldwide research project to create a groundbreaking communications device for use in major disasters. The specialist smart phone app would be used by members of the public to give vital information
Phil Parkinson will spend the weekend mulling over whether Andrew Davies is ready to face Preston. City’s talismanic central defender is back in full training – and his long-awaited comeback would help to lift the current injury gloom engulfing
Police are increasing patrols in Clayton after villagers complained of teenagers causing mayhem. People living and working in the area, including butcher John Summers, said youths have been throwing dog muck and bottles at people and cars, with
Council bosses claim Bradford is being short-changed out of millions because of a Government bias towards richer areas. Bradford Council’s Labour leadership has accused the Government of “gross unfairness” by imposing severe cuts here while wealthier
An appeal has been launched to raise £500,000 to fund overseas treatment for a young cancer sufferer. Little Callum Ingham has already undergone surgery and chemotherapy for the neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The eight-year-old
Council planners have granted permission for an Ilkley bar to extend its opening hours until 1am on weekends, despite concerns about disturbance to people living close by. Bradford Council planners have agreed to vary planning conditions at The
A top school has excluded a number of pupils following an investigation into two drugs-related incidents. Ermysted’s Grammar School in Skipton – deemed outstanding by Ofsted inspectors and among the top ranking state schools in the country – says
Firefighters tackled a fire in the roof of a semi-detached house in Buttershaw Lane, Bradford, early yesterday. An Odsal crew was first on the scene and was joined by colleagues from Bradford, Cleckheaton and Fairweather Green. They successfully
A dad-of-two from the district is missing, presumed dead, after failing to return from a hike in the Russian Caucasus mountains. John Stiles, aged 52, has been missing since Sunday, November 10, when he set out on a ten-hour hike in the mountains
A media briefing was held at the RFL’s headquarters in Leeds on Monday – tea and biscuits with Nigel Wood and Ralph Rimmer. Over a dozen journalists packed into a room at Red Hall to hear the governing body present the case for a radical restructure
Police have started an investigation into “evil” abuse about the Bradford City fire disaster made by a small number of Birmingham City fans on Twitter. A group of Bantams’ fans contacted the Championship club to report a number of tweets making
A 56-year-old man who became obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, lavishing her with money and gifts so he could sexually abuse her, has been jailed for 33 months. Paul Connolly groomed the child with presents of clothing and CDs and sent her “disturbing
Bradford Council has vowed it will continue to take action to ensure a commercial loan made to Bradford Bulls is repaid amid the club’s change of ownership. The authority is understood to have granted the Super League club a £200,000 loan – which
The time has come once again to start the annual search for Bradford’s bonniest baby or toddler. The Happy Tots competition, run by the Telegraph & Argus and now in its 13th year, begins on Monday and is free to enter. Parents wanting to
A 21-year-old man caught red-handed selling and copying pirated DVDs at a Bradford shop has been jailed for nine months and ordered to pay more than £8,000 costs. Mohammed Waheed told Trading Standards officers he knew what he was doing was illegal
City centre back Luke Oliver and striker Alan Connell are continuing to look at options away from Valley Parade. Oliver, the 2012 player of the year, has been restricted to just four appearances this term, and, along with out of favour Connell,
Former Bradford City star Stan Collymore has accused Twitter of “not doing enough” to combat abusive tweets on the social networking site after he was targeted by internet trolls. Police confirmed on Tuesday night they were investigating a series
A shocked community is rallying round in tribute to a popular 20-year-old man who plunged to his death from a tower block in the Aire Valley. Friends on Keighley’s Braithwaite estate, where Maurice Raymond Tretton lived until his recent move to
The boss of a Bradford fast food restaurant has been jailed for six months, suspended for a year, after a judge branded the cockroach and mice-infested kitchen as a danger to the public. Shaukat Zaman Khan, then owner of Rafiqs Takeaway Ltd in
Changes have been made on a hospital ward following a mother’s complaint about how her son was treated in the days leading to his death at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Mary Womersley is hoping the investigation into his care will lead to more dignity
A former director of Bradford’s Bite the Mango film festival has told a jury he did not sexually assault two young girls and could not explain why they had made the allegations against him. Wearing a black suit, white shirt and tie, Adeni Rutter
Youngsters at a Bradford theatre school are appearing in a new television drama written by and starring Henry ‘the Fonz’ Winkler. The CBBC series, Hank Zipzer, is a comedy exploring dyslexia, inspired by Mr Winkler’s children’s books based on his
Albion Sports 1, Barton Town Old Boys 1 Ten man Albion Sports conceded a late equaliser to drop two Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division points at home to Barton Town at Throstle Nest tonight. Danny Facey scored an individual
