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Bradford RSPCA is on the lookout for a new honorary treasurer, preferably with a professional banking or accounting background. E-mail Jan robertshaw@yahoo.co.uk or phone (01274) 723063 for further information.

The wheels are in motion for another spectacular Ilkley Carnival with the 2014 theme being The Yorkshire Tour. After consulting with residents, the carnival committee agreed the theme should celebrate Yorkshire with a nod to the Tour de France

Youngsters from a Bradford school were this week brushing shoulders with MPs in Parliament to encourage them to get involved in politics and their civic responsibilities. Five students from Carlton Bolling College took part in the day trip to the

Thirty service men and women who have given their lives since 1947 were remembered and honoured during a dignified service today, led by the Bishop of Bradford. Almost 200 people gathered to pay their respects and give thanks for the sacrifices

Firm friendships are being forged at a Bradford church thanks to a new multicultural cooking class. The Scones and Samosas group, which has 12 members from England, Ireland, Germany and Pakistan, meets on Tuesday mornings at St Paul’s Church in

Councillor Glen Miller – the Conservative group leader on Bradford Council – has welcomed the pumping of extra funds into the district’s adoption service. The Worth Valley councillor said the Government was providing councils across the country

Automatic number plate recognition cameras have been approved for a private town centre car park in Ilkley. Bradford Council officers have given the go-ahead for car park management company Parking Eye to install the cameras at Station Plaza car

A full-day course on improving management skills will be held at Bradford Chamber of Commerce’s offices in Little Germany on Tuesday, February 4. The course will be delivered by Goodwill training and is designed for managers with some experience

Work is underway on converting a one-time parcel office at Keighley railway station into a cafe bar. The premises, which latterly were home to the Musicians Centre, are being extensively altered and refurbished. Behind the £80,000 project is

When the school league tables were published in Friday’s edition of the Telegraph & Argus, a computer error led to Bradford Grammar School being omitted. Out of 187 pupils sitting the GCSE exams at the school, 99 per cent achieved the top A

Police and emergency services have been called to a house in Eldwick following a death. A spokesman said emergency services were called at around 9.10am this morning. Neighbours have reported several police cars and two ambulances at the home

Family of James Connaughton, 82, from the Heaton area who died at the Bradford Royal Infirmary are being asked to contact the hospital’s bereavement office on (01274) 364477.

Menston Parish Council has called on Bradford Council to reject plans for 134 houses on land at Bingley Road in the village. The council has told Bradford Council there are “fundamental flaws” in the plans and said the authority must reject the

A transport boss has been presented with a replica train to mark his retirement. Kieran Preston, director-general at West Yorkshire transport authority Metro, was given the model Northern Rail 158 train by Northern Rail’s managing director Alex

She was a renowned Shakespearean actress who took America by storm, but today the name Adelaide Neilson will mean nothing to most people. But a fascinating insight into the life of the famous beauty whose success spanned two continents is given

Skipton’s mayor has reacted angrily to a decision to close the public toilets at the town’s busy bus station. The two toilets, which formed part of the bus station’s £1.2 million refurbishment scheme in 2009, have been declared too expensive to

The house phone rang while Jamie Nicholls was on his mobile. “I bet it is someone trying to sell me windows,” giggled the 20-year-old. If it was, it had better be the double-glazed variety as the snowboarder, who has just qualified for the

A female-only fundraiser called Beat the Blues takes place at Bradford’s Equity Centre tonight at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from (01274) 727759 or rachel@equitypartnership.org.uk. The event features folk singer Sue Burges and harmony trio

Homeless people have been helped to find shelter to avoid spending freezing nights on the streets. The city’s Cold Weather Provision is triggered when temperatures drop to zero degrees. The scheme’s chairman Adam Clark, of charity Hope Housing

Simon Parker column Early birds arriving at the Bramall Lane away end were greeted by a sight guaranteed to warm every Bradford City heart. Short of sounding a battle horn and lining up a thousand horses on the horizon, watching Andrew Davies

It's not really the time of year to visit the seaside but that's a trip Bradford City face tomorrow as their twice postponed WFA Cup tie at home to Blackpool Wren Rovers has been switched to Blackpool by the FA. Head coach Steve Warburton will

Simon Parker column One year on and the moment remains vividly implanted in the brain. Corner from the right from Gary Jones, City’s first of the game. James Hanson rises and ... bang, we know the rest. The anniversary of that night at

A faith group has joined forces with community volunteers to plant 600 trees. The Yorkshire branch of the Sant Nirankari Mission in Napier Street, Bradford, teamed up with local volunteers to help Bradford Environmental Action Trust and Forest of Bradford

An inquest into how a Bradford man died soon after he had been released from a police station has been adjourned. Simon Clifford, 47, of Sandhill Mount, Thorpe Edge, Bradford, had been speaking to police at Keighley Police Station on October 28

Yorkshire ambulance staff have voted to strike in a row over shift pattern changes. Members of Unite at Yorkshire Ambulance Service will walk out for 24 hours on Saturday, February 1. Unite regional officer Terry Cunliffe called for talks with

The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Ryan Brown Jordan, aged 26, of Back Shaw Lane, Keighley; resisting a police officer, £150 fine, £105 costs. Michael Andrew Leonard McHugh, aged 26, of Valley Road, Shipley

A Bradford group has written to senior politicians in the UK and Pakistan about the detention of a British-Pakistani national imprisoned on blasphemy charges. The external affairs spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Bradford, Dr Abdul

Consultants in Bradford have said patients under their care would not be prevented from having cancer treatment simply because of their age. Doctors Michael Crawford (above) and Andy Conn were speaking yesterday after charity Macmillan Cancer Support

A survey gauging people’s views on local health services was branded “a bit of a waste of time” by one member of Bradford’s health board. Councillor Simon Cooke spoke out after a presentation on the research, conducted by the district’s three Clinical

Five good causes are in the running to be a Keighley shopping centre’s charity of the year. And the public is being invited to vote at airedale shoppingcentre.co.uk by Wednesday, February 5, for its favourite. The winner will receive help with

A firm has been fined £6,500 for safety failings that led to a trainee technician from Bradford needing skin grafts after receiving an electric shock. Wilson Power Solutions Ltd, of Westland Works, Westland Square, Leeds, was also ordered to pay

Glenn Morrison has tipped rising star Adam O’Brien as a potential Bulls captain of the future ahead of tomorrow’s showdown at the Tetley’s Stadium. O’Brien gained valuable first-team experience when playing for Dewsbury under Morrison last season

Haggis was on the menu as pupils at Stanbury Primary School, near Haworth, celebrated the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns. They tucked into the North of the Border delicacy during their annual “Burns Supper” yesterday lunchtime. Pupils

A new nutrition learning centre has opened at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford. The kitchen and training area is on the ground floor of C block where the CT scanner used to be. The communal training facility is being shared across the different ‘dietetics

A Bradford man involved in a series of insurance scams which culminated in the crashing of a bus with up to 40 passengers on board in Sheffield has been given a suspended sentence. Safaida Bi, 30, of Ings Way, Bradford, was given a three-month

Police are appealing for witnesses after two knife crimes on the same day in Bradford. At about 9.45pm on Thursday, a robber armed with a knife held up a shop in Huddersfield Road before fleeing with cash and cigarettes. The man entered the

A man had to be treated in hospital after burning his face while dealing with a chip pan fire. Fire crews from Odsal and Cleckheaton attended the incident at Moresby Road, Woodside, Bradford, just before 11pm on Thursday. A spokesman said the

The owner of a bookshop who turned to social media when sales were tumbling says the boost that followed has continued – and even spread to other independent businesses across the country. David Ford posted a message on Facebook earlier this month

After calls for “top-to-bottom” changes in the Police Federation and other criticism of England’s police, Bradford’s top police officer Simon Atkin says there is no crisis of confidence among his officers. A damning report by an independent panel

A company hit by an internet hacking fraud which affected scores of Bradford City fans buying tickets to last year’s League Two play-off final at Wembley says it will update customers when it has more information. The Telegraph & Argus yesterday

Bradford Council has been left with a bill for costs after the owners of an animal rendering plant won a planning appeal against it. Leo Group, which runs the Omega Proteins plant at Erling Works in Half Acre Road, Denholme, had requested a public

Two men were taken to hospital after a van hit fencing and a lamp-post in the early hours of yesterday morning. Watch commander Jon Sugden said two crews from Bradford fire station spent 30 minutes freeing one of the men from a white Astra van

Mark Burns-Williamson has assured the public there are no immediate plans for further police station closures. When quizzed about the closing of some custody suites during a public question-and-answer session yesterday, the West Yorkshire Police

Cyclists from Bradford Disability Sport used pedal power to meet Alhambra panto stars before the curtain fell on the final performance. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Khadim Hussain, was inspired by his grandson, who has autism, to choose the

Criminals sentenced to lengthy prison sentences should serve the full tariff, says the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Mark Burns-Williamson said life should mean life for people such as Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe. Mr Burns-Williamson

Education Secretary Michael Gove has been told he must answer key questions over his department’s handling of Kings Science Academy in Bradford. The chairman of a committee that oversees parliamentary procedure has written to Mr Gove warning him

Phil Parkinson today surveyed his mid-season City shake-up and admitted: We needed that. Doncaster right winger Kyle Bennett and Huddersfield midfielder Chris Atkinson yesterday followed Middlesbrough’s Adam Reach to Valley Parade. Jason Kennedy

Almost 100 pupils from across Bradford and Sheffield have trained to become anti bullying ambassadors at an event in Lidget Green Primary School. Primary and secondary aged pupils, including 15 from Lidget Green, were invited to the event - part

One thousand roses will be given out in Bradford’s City Park today as part of an event that will promote peace, love and harmony. Mawlid in the Park, which will commemorate the life of the Prophet Muhammad, will be on between 11am and 6pm and will

Francis Cummins believes the Bulls’ partnership with Dewsbury will continue to prove beneficial to both clubs ahead of tomorrow’s trip to the Tetley’s Stadium. Cummins has named a youthful squad to face Glenn Morrison’s Rams and is confident the

Many poorer students will be shut out of Bradford’s university and college if a shock £4m funding cut goes ahead, the Government has been warned. Academics and Opposition politicians have urged ministers to think again as the axe hangs over the

The director of a Bradford mail order company will appear in court on Monday, charged with defrauding Royal Mail out of more than £668,000. Mohammed Arslan Naveed, 31, of Wilmer Drive, in Heaton, Bradford, was charged following a joint operation

Tighter controls over equipment have been introduced at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service after the theft of thermal imaging cameras worth thousands of pounds. A report to West Yorkshire Fire Authority’s audit committee next week says a series

A whirlwind romance that started at a New Year’s Eve party means Bradford is about to get its first ‘ladyboy wedding’. Pre-op Kate Ainsworth, 39, and Sally Adams, 46, who were born as men but live as women, said the chance meeting was love at first

Wakefield 0 Farsley 3 Farsley went joint top of Evo-Stik Division One North last night after a 3-0 victory at Wakefield’s Belle View. The first half was goalless but Neil Parsley’s men should have broken the deadlock from the penalty spot. 

A Bradford pensioner has won a High Court battle over Bradford Council’s refusal to give her financial support towards the care of her 11-year-old grand-daughter. The 69-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, has been

The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of five houses and garages with improvement to access from Parsons Lane, land at grid ref 406450 449923 Parsons Lane. Allerton: retrospective application