When you realise the Range Rover costs £71,310, suddenly the Jeep Grand Cherokee seems very reasonable. It starts at £36,995, not bad for an iconic car and one of the few American motors which have done well over here. In fact, even in this
A 14-year-old girl’s affair with a man in his 30s left her pregnant and in Council care, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard. Abid Miskeen says he believed the teenager was 16 but he attended her 14th birthday party, the court was told. Miskeen
Two people have been freed from a car that overturned in Denholme tonight. One man was taken to hospital, but is not thought to be seriously injured. The crash happened on Long Causeway at about 9.30pm. Firefighters from Fairweather Green
The new managers of a controversial shisha lounge in Bradford have pledged to make the business “entirely legitimate” after years of it being run without planning permission. Mohammed Shabir, of Northern Coffee Shops, has recently taken over Al
Bradford Park Avenue will have to shrug off their ring rust if they are to get anything from Saturday's trip to leaders AFC Telford United in the Skrill Conference North. Avenue have not played since their 1-0 home defeat to Stockport County almost
Farsley are relishing the opportunity to pick up their battle for points in Evo-Stik Division One North on Saturday but they will be wary as they host bogey side Kendal Town. Neil Parsley’s men had a blank Saturday last weekend and their midweek
Bradford Dudley Hill, who were demoted to Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two last year after failing to fulfil a fixture, start their bid to bounce straight back with a home derby against Stanningley on Saturday. Kenny Smith
BRADFORD CITY AA Now the weather has improved, anglers have started to get out on the banks again, though no outstanding catches have yet been reported. Committee members have continued to undertake work parties on club fisheries and plan stocking
Liversedge could do their neighbours Brighouse Town a huge favour on Saturday - but they will have to be on top of their game to cause an upset. Sedge head to second-placed Barton Town Old Boys in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier
Hopefully the two remaining West Riding County FA Challenge Cup quarter-finals - Bay Athletic v Field and Steeton v Brighouse Town - can finally be played on Saturday. Should Bay Athletic's ground at Northfield Hall in Brackenhall not be fit, they
Every game is important for Bradford & Bingley – but some games are more important than others, such as Saturday's SSE National League Three North trip to Firwood Waterloo. The Bees are second from bottom on 28 points, while the Merseysiders
Police uncovered a suspected cannabis farm in a former restaurant in Shipley yesterday. Officers raided The Connection, on Westgate, at about 7pm last night. They were still removing drug-making equipment and other items at about 5pm today.
Saturday's Ace Insurance BARLA National Cup quarter-final between Queensbury and Slaithwaite Saracens has been postponed following an objection from Victoria Rangers. The Vics, who narrowly lost to the Huddersfield outfit in the previous round,
Police today appealed for witnesses after a van driver was robbed in Bradford. At about 4.55pm yesterday, a private delivery driver got out of his van to make a delivery in Highgate Road, Queensbury, when he was hit over the head from behind and
On Saturday, the Telegraph & Argus ran a story about two men being jailed for drug dealing. An incorrect picture of one of the men, Waqas Hussain, 19, of Agar Street, Girlington, was supplied to the Telegraph & Argus by West Yorkshire Police
Cougars player-coach Paul March has been charged with committing the Grade C offence of questioning the integrity of a match official. The RFL say the incident occurred in the 43rd minute of Cougars’ 30-12 Kingstone Press Championship fixture at
Puppets, props and role play helped bring to life the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar for excited children at Shipley Library. The story-sack session was one of a number held at Bradford libraries during half-term. A spokesman said: “The
Bradford welcomes Columbian Fairtrade banana farmer Aimeth Fernandez Angulo on Saturday. He will be at a Bradford Fairtrade Zone event helping at a Good Food Advice stall in the Oastler Shopping Centre from 11am to 3pm. There will also be banana
A lane of the Shipley Airedale Road was temporarily shut after two vehicles were involved in a crash at lunchtime today. The incident happened at the junction with Bolton Road at 12.23pm. Ambulances and police were called to the scene but no-one
A retired policeman aims to bring in the coppers for Manorlands. Jens Hislop is offering to fly the flag from outside his Haworth home in aid of the Sue Ryder hospice. Anyone wanting to mark an event can ask him to hoist the Union Flag, in
Keighley chairman Sam Griffin insists the team are in buoyant mood ahead of their crunch SSE Yorkshire Division One clash at home to Bridlington on Saturday. The Rose Cottagers have been hit by yet more injury problems, with news that influential
A car wash and car sales showroom on Sticker Lane in Bradford would cause traffic gridlock on a busy junction - highways officers have claimed. Sundip Singh had applied to convert the former Collonade Insurance Brokers into a new business, but
Otley are holding fire before deciding whether to appeal to the Rugby Football Union over the deduction of five SSE National League Two North points by the National Clubs’ Association (NCA). The sanction was imposed because Otley fielded an ineligible
Keighley teenage starlet Muhammad Ali is “stuck in limbo” because of new amateur boxing rules, according to coach Mike Jelley. Ali bagged his seventh national title at the weekend when he won the 52kg final at the England Youth Championships.
Police have apologised after handing over a man’s personal belongings to someone else. The 28-year-old, who wanted to remain anonymous, had been taken to Bradford’s Trafalgar House police station on Sunday afternoon after being questioned over
Teenage boxer Hamza Hussain, from Huggy’s in Bradford, is targeting the World Youth Championships in Bulgaria after claiming the 64kg English gold medal. Hussain, who is in the same year group as fellow winner Muhammad Ali, from Keighley, proved
The players’ lounge at Wakefield last Thursday: Francis Cummins’ men are all smiles after a priceless victory. Mark Moore, Andrew Calvert and Ian Watt congratulate the team on their success. High fives, backslaps and handshakes are the order
A large amount of cannabis was found at a house in Bradford yesterday. Police paid a visit to a property on Beacon Place, Buttershaw, after receiving reports that there was a cannabis farm in operation. A police spokesman said the house was searched
Children at one of the district’s schools will be broadcasting to the 32nd Royal Artillery Regiment in Camp Bastion Afghanistan at an Open Day on Saturday, March 1. As part of its World War One commemoration activities, children at Ilkley’s Westville
Police investigating the possible poisoning of a Bradford shop assistant are to take no further action after new evidence came to light. The 23-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after apparently suffering a violent reaction to a drink, and
Hundreds of pounds which was going to be used to provide extra sports coaching to youngsters has had to be diverted pay for emergency repairs after vandals trashed vital equipment. Yobs have targeted a meter which controls the flood lighting at
Motorists who use the NCP car park in Hall Ings should find it easier to find their vehicles in future as the multi-storey in Bradford city centre is the latest to undergo a nationwide installation of LED lighting. Work is carried out on a small
A Bradford councillor and solicitor has written to Prime Minister David Cameron and other senior ministers calling on them to create an independent think-tank to thrash out a solution to the “current immigration fiasco”. Asama Javed, a partner
"I can’t pay for my licence because my 18-month-old baby pinched my payment card, climbed on to the kitchen units, put it into the microwave, turned it on and now it’s melted.” “Our new dog ate all my mail so I didn’t see the reminder...” These
25 years ago: The Government’s Department of Trade and Industry said it was determined to pull the plug on Bradford pirate radio station Harmony FM, which had been transmitting illegally for three months. 50 years ago: Bradford magistrates were
The jailing of predatory paedophile John Briggs is another reminder that wicked and evil people who are prepared to use their position and power to corrupt and abuse young people do exist. This was a man who would have been trusted by parents,
SIR – A Freedom of Information Request has revealed that more than 7,000 wild animals were killed on the Windsor Estate during 2013. The victims included 3,901 pigeons, 1,161 rabbits, 159 foxes, 56 roe deer, 28 hares and nine moles. The huge
SIR – Bradford Council will have to find £115 million of savings over the next three years because the amount of money it receives from central Government has been drastically reduced. Hundreds of Council jobs are to go and we all face another
SIR – I have just objected to a retrospective planning application that has been submitted seeking approval for a car park in place of Shipley’s now-demolished Royal Mail sorting office. Those intending to demolish buildings should first notify
SIR – Now we have 17 experts criticising the Government about the flood situation, saying that the flooding could have been prevented. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Why didn’t they tell the Government what to do before the floods? If they
SIR – There has been deafening silence from John Hall and his fellow Liberal Democrats, ever since the letter from John Cole about the state of the economy when Labour left office in 2010. John Cole did us all a service when he pointed out the
SIR – Where does David Cameron find all this money? Overseas aid, no limits with flood defences – and now the Ukraine. Of course, we all know. He borrows it or prints it. So who really pays? Old age pensioners, the next generation and those
SIR – The lead article in the T&A (February 25) about people in certain parts of Bradford finding difficulty getting an appointment with a GP when they need one is very disappointing. It seems that cuts to funding of General Practice is the
A famous former mill store is set to be transformed into an outdoor pursuits centre. The £1 million scheme, for the old Ponden Mill site near Stanbury, would create up to 20 full and part-time jobs. The three-storey centre would accommodate
A couple who first met in a school playground in Bradford have now celebrated 72 years of marriage. Ruth and George Waterhouse became childhood sweethearts almost 80 years ago after George moved to the city at the age of 14 and have remained together
Kyle Bennett is braced for a scrap with Garry Thompson for City’s right wing slot. The on-loan Doncaster wide-man has started the successive victories which have eased tensions around Valley Parade. But he was subbed straight after half-time
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society has entered its 150th year on a high note after posting record results for 2013 and making a strong start to the current year. The UK’s second largest building society achieved a record pre-tax profit £199.3
At least 240 people in Bradford have been unlawfully charged the ‘bedroom tax’ after a Government blunder. They are residents who have lived in the same local council or housing association property since 1996 – making them exempt from the controversial
Bradford Council leader David Green has met campaigners working to safeguard and improve Utley Cemetery in Keighley. He visited the graveyard along with several council officers in the wake of a spate of vandalism inflicted by stone thieves.
Bulls coach Francis Cummins fears that “vultures are circling” his best players in the wake of the club’s administration and revealed how they have been the subject of numerous illegal approaches. Cummins, who described the situation as “anarchy
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Baber Iqbal, aged 18, of Princeville Road, Lidget Green; driving while disqualified, 12 months’ community order, 150 hours’ unpaid work, £200 fine, £60 costs, licence endorsed
A mother-of-two, who misled police while her husband fled prosecution for a multi-million European fraud, has been jailed for nine months. Roobina Rafique-Alam, 41, delayed telling anyone as her husband Asif was taken to Leeds-Bradford Airport
Students are treading the boards with one half of 1970s television detective duo Starsky and Hutch. Pupils from the Bradford performing arts school, Stage 84, are joining Paul Michael Glaser (inset), who played David Starsky, in Fiddler on the
A major drug dealer from Denholme has been stripped of £173,000 worth of illegally-gained assets after a confiscation hearing at Leeds Crown Court. David Alan Romani, 52, of Dean Brow Farm, is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence for his
This Sunday sees the 25th anniversary of the Ilkley Moor Fell Race. The race was first run in 1990 by Ilkley Harriers and has since grown to become a firm fixture in the fell race calendar. The current five mile course takes in many of the natural
Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird OBE has been proposed as the man to replace Geoffrey Boycott as Yorkshire’s new president, a decision that will be ratified at the club’s annual meeting at the end of next month. The Yorkshire Board unanimously nominated the
The ‘Help to Buy’ scheme – to allow people to beat high prices and get on the housing ladder – got off to a strong start in Bradford, new figures show. A total of 153 households took out an equity loan to help them buy a new-build property in the
The fall-out from the Bradford Bulls crisis has triggered a backlash against the city council. The authority has been accused of “backroom dealing” over a £200,000 loan it made to the cash-strapped club in 2012. MPs and councillors lined up to
More than 56,000 people have supported a Bradford man’s online petition to get Katy Perry’s new video taken off YouTube because he believes it is “blasphemous.” Shazad Iqbal wants the singer’s Dark Horse video removed because it shows her disintegrating
Residents campaigning against a decision permitting a lorry park and storage area on Green Belt beside the famous Railway Children Walk are calling for a different verdict from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Industrial fabrics maker Linear
Bradford takeaway owners are being urged to sign up for masterclass cooking lessons to help improve the district’s health. Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ Nutrition and Dietetic service has joined up with West Yorkshire Trading Standards to show the
RFL director of licensing and standards Blake Solly said there are currently four parties bidding to buy the Bulls – including a mystery consortium. The club is back in the hands of David Wilson and, although the Leeds-based administrator is believed
The judge praised the police officers who brought Briggs to justice, saying that victims of sexual abuse were nowadays treated with respect and courtesy. During the trial, the court heard that a Sea Cadet sexually assaulted by the pianist in 1993
A glittering career lies in ruins. The man once known as ‘El Estupendo’ for his extraordinary talent is behind bars. From venues such as Carnegie Hall and even the Grand Canyon, his star has fallen to a UK jail. Well behind him now are
A retired wedding cake maker says people who dump rubbish should be shamed after he and neighbours were threatened with legal action because strangers have flytipped on their land. Terry Hatfield and nine others who own garages on Leicester Street
Women accounted for almost three times as many hospital admissions because of obesity than men in Bradford last year, according to new figures. The Health and Social Care Information Centre shows that nationally, obesity admissions for women were
Work has started on a new £2.3 million catheter lab at Bradford Royal Infirmary to provide state-of-the-art facilities for patients with heart problems. The new cardiac unit, where more than 1,000 patients a year are expected to be treated, will
Eccleshill United proved their recent win over Guiseley was no fluke when they beat another team from a higher division in another cup competition last night. Division One Eccleshill were 2-1 winners at home to Premier Division leaders Tadcaster
Briggs’ victims, their friends and families hugged one another and embraced the investigating police officers after the pianist was led off to the cells. There had been cries of relief in court when the jury foreman announced the ‘guilty’ verdicts
World renowned concert pianist John Briggs has been branded a predatory paedophile and jailed for eight years for the “relentless” sexual abuse of five young boys. Briggs, 65, sat impassively in the dock at Bradford Crown Court as Judge Jonathan
Brian Cox – a true British great of stage, screen and television – will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the forthcoming 20th Bradford International Film Festival. The man who appeared on screen as the first Dr Hannibal Lecter, the insane
A Bradford teenager has been locked up for 12 years for a catalogue of rape and sexual assault offences against his young sister. The traumatised 13-year-old girl ran away from home after her brother subjected her to five years of abuse in her
A man said he endured a “living hell” when two hospitals failed to diagnose his broken leg. Colin Wilson, of Braithwaite, Keighley, was injured in an accident in Hull, but said when he attended hospital there he was offered no X-ray or pain relief
Two manholes which leak raw sewage into a nearby beck are being tackled after a long battle by campaigners. The Aire Rivers Trust, a charity which works to improve local waterways, is chalking up a victory after persuading Yorkshire Water to take
The importance of the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal was set out in a lecture to students at the University of Bradford this week. Professor Laurence Patterson told 25 students of the background to the campaign to raise £1 million towards
