Brighouse Town 0, Heanor Town 0 Brighouse Town failed to make the most of home advantage tonight as they were held to a goalless draw by mid-table Heanor Town in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division. After a poor first
A fridge and mobility scooter were damaged when a tumble-dryer overheated and caught fire in an outhouse at a house in Wyke today. Fire crews from Cleckheaton and Bradford were called to a semi-detached property in St Mary’s Avenue at 10.10am.
A truck set on fire at a builders’ merchants in Brighouse today. Firefighters from Brighouse and Cleckheaton stations were called at about 3.30pm after a hydraulic pump burst while stone aggregate was being unloaded at Naylor Myers, off Wakefield Road
The Rugby Football League is refusing to back down from a trio of former Bradford Bulls directors despite the threat of legal action. Mark Moore, Andrew Calvert and Ian Watt pulled out of their bid to buy the Super League club after it was docked
Residents who park on grass verges in Ilkley are not helping the appearance of the area, says a ward councillor. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth (Ind, Ilkley) said keeping Ilkley special was becoming increasingly difficult because of limited funding
Licensees have been praised for retaining a pub’s character following a major refurbishment. The Yew Tree Inn, Otley, has re-opened after a two-week revamp by owners Punch Taverns and licensees Barry and Linda Tomlinson. Roger Blackburn and Brian
Firefighters turned their hoses on dirty cars and raised more than £1,100 for a good cause. Bingley fire station hosted the charity carwash for five hours on Saturday. Off-duty colleagues came in to help their on-duty colleagues. Motorists
A community worker is being sought to drive Keighley’s Big Local regeneration project. He or she will encourage residents to take part in the Lottery-funded £1 million plan to revitalise rundown neighbourhoods. Several residents have joined
Community organisations are to receive a funding boost following a meeting to involve a village in deciding how public cash should be spent. Seven groups will share a total of £1,170 to be distributed by Oxenhope Parish Council, following last
Steve Beaton is holding an exhibition evening at the Stone Chair Variety Club in Shelf on Friday, April 11. Tickets cost £8 each and any team, pub or club buying eight can nominate someone to play the former BDO world champion on the night.
Conservative ministers laughed and jeered when a protest was made over trains being swiped from the North to serve Oxfordshire. Prime Minister’s Questions was interrupted in the Commons when Labour veteran Jack Straw was unable to complete his
A 33-year-old man tried to rape a woman walking home from a nightclub after attacking her in the street and dragging her over a fence, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard. The screaming victim managed to crawl away after hitting her assailant
Right on Cue The Bradford Snooker Championship is wide open after defending champion Gareth Green crashed out in the second round to John Wellham in a repeat of last season’s final. Wellham (Allerton Cons) was beaten comfortably in the 2013
Batley are to offer discounted entry to Super League season ticket-holders for their match against Doncaster on Sunday - and donate half the proceeds to BullBuilder. The initiative is the brainchild of Mick Hopkin and BullBuilder board member Mike
The top two teams in Division Two of the Bradford League are putting daylight between themselves and the chasing pack following important wins in the latest round of fixtures. Leaders Hermits B had a comfortable 7-3 victory at bottom side Yeadon
The Bard of Barnsley will entertain guests as they help raise money for literacy charity Reading Matters at an event in Bradford on Friday. Poet Ian McMillan (pictured), who is a patron of the Yorkshire charity, will address more than 150 people
Firefighters have warned of the dangers of smoking in bed after a bed-bound man had a narrow escape. The man, 65, avoided serious injury after the bed he was stuck in set on fire in Queen’s Rise, Bradford, at around 12.30am yesterday Crew commander
Trains passing through Shipley have been delayed today after a member of staff was verbally abused by a passenger. Northern Rail said the 4.01pm service between Bradford Forster Square and Leeds was stopped at Shipley while staff waited for a security
Bingley Bees overcame travelling with a smaller squad than usual due to unavailabilities to win 5-0 at Acomb Seconds as they maintained their Yorkshire Hockey League title pursuit. Stephen Booth scored twice as the Bees eased to victory in Division
Otley prop Paul Hill, who is on loan from Leeds Carnegie, is on the bench for England in their under-20 international against Wales on Friday at Kingston Park, Newcastle (7.45). The match is being shown live on Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports 3HD.
Many young people in Bradford are turning to full-time study because job prospects are low, says a city MP. New figures show nearly half of 16 to-24-year-olds in the city are full-time students – more than the national average. The figures,
A 32-year-old man has been jailed for seven years after getting a 14-year-old girl pregnant and leaving her to undergo the trauma of an abortion. Judge Robert Bartfield told Abid Miskeen today: “You have not shown one iota of remorse or regret
A children’s author is visiting a school next week as part of a literary festival. Helena Pielichaty is the writer behind the Girls FC series of books about a girls’ football team. She will visit pupils at Whitcliffe Mount Business and Enterprise
Bulls coach Francis Cummins today named new recruits Liam Sutcliffe and Greg Burke in his 19-man squad for Friday's trip to Hull FC. Both players have joined the Bulls on month-long loan deals from Leeds and Wigan respectively, and will feature
An MP is urging communities to “list their local”. Skipton MP Julian Smith said residents could seek to have a pub listed with their local authority. If the owner wished to sell it, the community would then have six months to produce a plan
Bookmaker Paddy Power said UK retail profits decreased by nine per cent to 13.9 million euros (£11.4 million) last year as a result of a new gaming machine tax regime and the stronger pound. It grew online profits by ten per cent to 108 million euros
A 200-seat studio theatre will be set up on The Grove this August as Ilkley Summer Festival vows to “go for it” in the wake of Tour de France celebrations. Organisers of the month-long festival have had to contend with Bradford Council spending
Youngsters at Lilycroft Primary School, Bradford, were on starters orders for pancake races yesterday. The children were joined by parents, school staff and other members of the community who met at the school in Lillycroft Road to join in the
Cougars have expressed their condolences after former player Richard Bloomfield passed away last Friday. He signed for Keighley as an 18-year-old in January 1957 and made his debut in December 1958 at home to Whitehaven in a 22-5 win. Bloomfield
Bradford Bulls players are urging people to sign up and tackle the Epilepsy Action 10k, joining the record 1,400 runners now registered for the city’s annual road race. Squad members Dale Ferguson, 25, Tom Olbison, 22, and Danny Addy, 23, met staff
Bradford District Care Trust is marking European Day of Speech and Language Therapy tomorrow by highlighting the services available for bilingual children and their families. Families who speak Latvian, Czech, Slovak and Polish are among communities
A growing West Yorkshire healthcare technology firm has been named the UK’s best small firm to work for in an annual rating, based on staff feedback. Horsforth-based TPP has been ranked top in the annual 100 Best Small Companies To Work For list
Brit Insurance – sponsor of the England cricket team – is to return to the stock market next month after being taken private just over three years ago. Its private equity owners Apollo and CVC plan to float at least 25 per cent of the group, which
Sales staff at a West Yorkshire housebuilder have achieved a 100 per cent pass rate at the end of their formal training. The scheme was launched by Barratt Developments for 34 sales advisors at sites across West Yorkshire.Training was delivered
The spectacular Bollywood Carmen show, performed in Bradford’s City Park last summer, is up against coverage of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win and The Ashes for a Royal Television Society Award. The glittering take on Bizet’s Carmen, broadcast live
Funding arranged by Bradford business bankers has helped create three jobs at a gymnastics club. Diamonds Gymnastics Club in Halifax received £500,000 after switching to Yorkshire Bank, whose Bradford business and private banking which arranged
Home improvement activity in Bradford fell by 1.1 per cent in 2013 a new report shows. Across Yorkshire activity fell below the national average. Figures from construction intelligence specialists Barbour ABI show that there were 1.34 home improvement
Blue Chip Holidays, one of the largest providers of four and five star self-catering holidays in England, has launched a new Yorkshire division. And at the helm is former managing director of Dales Holiday Cottages, Jonathan Smith, who lives in
Keighley’s international short film festival RATMA is doubling in size. The festival has attracted twice as many entries as for its inaugural event last year. Organiser Marcus Gregg said he had been “totally overwhelmed” by the number and standard
An event to explain the complexities of Parliament and featuring Shipley MP Philip Davies takes place in the town’s Kirkgate Centre from 7pm tomorrow. After an overview of Parliament's work and how it influences transport, health, education, planning
The London Gazette of March 12, 1918, included the announcement that King George V had approved the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the field to 241866 Private Joe Busfield, West Yorkshire Regiment, Bradford. But why he was awarded the
SIR – Re: Dismay as claims soar for injuries in schools (T&A, February 24). Misunderstandings about the personal injury system lead some people to believe mistakenly that every bump and scrape has a price tag attached. Accidents happen
SIR – At January’s parish council meeting, I asked for a public debate about when parish councillors’ funding priorities would be reconsidered to alleviate the cuts being forced to meet the dramatic shortfalls in Bradford Council’s Government grant
SIR – Bradford Council’s Labour Executive had announced swingeing cuts to our Children’s Centre. The Index of Multiple Deprivations had been applied and our villages were perceived to have less need because we live in an affluent area despite the fact
SIR – Ian Parson’s letter (T&A, February 27) comments on the silence from John Hall and other Liberal Democrats regarding John Cole’s views about the state of the economy when Labour left office in 2010. John Cole is doubtless a ‘gentleman’
SIR – Re the latest furore over Northern Ireland, the IRA and Good Friday Agreement consequences – I think we should all be very glad that someone like New Labour’s Tony Blair wasn’t Prime Minister in 1940, otherwise this country might have surrendered
SIR – It is very interesting to read (T&A, February 28) about the campaign launched by the schools and community groups with the support of Bradford Council’s neighbourhood service to clean and improve the environment around Barkerend and Thornbury
The idea of the ground opening up and swallowing cars, houses, even people is unthinkable on a quiet North Yorkshire street. Or at least it was, until a sinkhole opened up under a detached house last month, leaving part of the structure close to
25 years ago: More than 1,000 Muslims marched through Keighley in protest against Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses. 50 years ago: An animal lover was fined by a court after admitting making a false fire call. The man had phoned the fire
A 28-year-old man who blamed a life-threatening head injury for his impulsive acts of theft has been given a community sentence for stealing from an outdoor wear shop. Joseph Atha, of Nile Street, Cross Roads, Keighley, took a £220 Rab jacket from
Branches of Specsavers in Darley Street and in Girlington are setting their sights on success with a One Direction challenge in aid of Sport Relief 2014. Staff want fans to buy raffle tickets to be in with a chance to win a signed T-shirt from
A grandad who is raising money for a charity that helped save his grandson’s life is asking people to wear yellow on Friday. The community worker, who changed his name to Muppett by deed poll, is organising a music night at The Castle pub in Bradford
The Spring sunshine may have taken its time to brighten up Shrove Tuesday, but Ilkley’s pancake racers got off to a flying start. Hundreds of enthusiastic children were joined by shoppers, parents, grandparents and residents as they lined The Grove
Copycat websites which deceive consumers into thinking they are using a government service are to face increased scrutiny, ministers have announced. Consumer Minister Jenny Willott said Trading Standards would receive an extra £120,000 to clamp
Some financial firms are still failing to put sufficient curbs in place on staff bonus schemes to cut out the risk of another mis-selling scandal, the City regulator has found. A probe by the Financial Conduct Authority was carried out to make
A Rawdon air conditioning company which has fought back from a massive blaze has opened a new office in Dubai. Airedale International is planning to rebuild its Rawdon factory which was devastated by the fire in September. The company, which celebrates
An adventurous pair of friends from Otley are preparing to 'chase the sun' for charity. Chris Tomlinson and Andrew Simpson will be raising money for the NSPCC by mountain biking, hill climbing and canoeing in the Lake District next month. The
A nuisance drug addict, who repeatedly steals to fund his habit, has been banned from every self-service petrol station in Bradford in a bid to curb his crimes. West Yorkshire Police and Bradford Council have been granted an Anti-Social Behaviour
It’s interesting to see how quickly the concerns of business can change. Many Bradford businesses are now saying that congestion is one of the top concerns, and that transport in general continues to prevent improved performance. It’s a while since
Retirement house builder McCarthy & Stone, whose estate includes properties at Idle, Bradford, and Bingley, has reported a 30 per cent increase in legal completions to 659 units in the six months to February 28. Half-year revenues are up by around
A new drive has been launched to help more young people from black and ethnic minorities into work. A pilot Government scheme was unveiled after research showed a demand for more mentoring and work experience opportunities. The employment rate gap
An annual mascot race which was the brainchild of a Manorlands fundraiser looks set to be on firm ground for at least another three years. International financial services organisation Foresters, which has been the event’s main sponsor since 2009
Yorkshire ambulance staff are preparing for two more strikes in a dispute over patient safety. Paramedics and ambulance staff, who are members of Unite, the country’s largest union, will hold two five-hour strikes on Friday and Monday from 3pm
An incredible sum of money continues to be squandered on fixed odds betting terminals in the Bradford district, a significant proportion of which undoubtedly comes from those least able to afford it. Last year, more than £260m was wagered on these
We’re some 15,000 years too late for Bingley to put in a bid to host the next Winter Olympic Games, but there’s plenty of evidence around that back then it would have been cold and icy enough. It helps to remember that technically we are still
Rush-hour motorists are facing added delays on two major routes into the city this morning. Drivers are being warned to expect delays of about 20 minutes because of a smash on the M606 motorway and roadworks at the Dudley Hill roundabout in Tong
Jamie Lawrence today predicted a boring end to City’s first campaign back in League One and declared: That would be perfect. The loss to Stevenage cut their advantage on the bottom four to six points and has rekindled nerves ahead of Saturday’s
A project starting next week could have a major impact on future building development in Bronte Country. Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council has set up a working group to draw up its Neighbourhood Development Plan. The plan will
Ilkley Art Trail is appealing to home-owners in the town centre who would be willing to open up downstairs rooms for visiting artists. The trail, now in its fourth year, puts on a show of original art from around the region in assorted venues across
Business chiefs in West Yorkshire have been set a four-point test before they can scoop tens of millions of pounds of Government cash. The area’s Local Enterprise Partnership has until the end of the month to bid for a slice of the £2 billion annual
The success of a Bradford man who has become an apprentice in his fifties and a new mentoring scheme for small firms being championed by a legal firm with an office in Bradford have been flagged up to mark National Apprenticeship Week. Paul Stevens
With the Liberal-Democrats’ spring conference at York next week, much attention will be focused on whether the party’s more than three-year coalition with the Conservatives has actually pulled the economy round. One man who firmly believes it has
A Saltaire business services company is planning to double its workforce over the next five years – and has also doubled the size of its offices to cater for the expansion. AdviserPlus Business Solutions, which provides outsourced HR, payroll,
Helping children in Council care succeed in education has been described a “top priority,” as recently released figures show they lag behind other youngsters in the district. Today Bradford Council’s corporate parenting panel was being shown figures
The date for the second Haworth Steampunk Weekend have been confirmed. Organisers say the 2014 instalment of the celebration of this literary genre will take place over the weekend of November 21 to 23. As happened last year, the event will
A council chairman said he was anxious whether there would be enough toilets for the thousands of Tour de France spectators expected at Haworth. Councillor John Huxley, of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, said he understood huge
Neighbourhood Policing Team officers issued fixed penalty tickets to five motorists caught illegally using the bus lane in Bradford Road, Shipley. Police warned further enforcement days are planned and urged drivers to note the times the bus lanes
A West Yorkshire specialist provider of cloud-based communications is set for further expansion following a second round of funding from a regional investment body. Vapour Media, based in Brighouse, is looking to boost sales and growth following
Leeds Building Society achieved another record year in 2013, putting its success down to innovation in the mortgage and savings markets. The Society, whose branch network includes offices in Bradford, Yeadon and Horsforth, increased member numbers
Improved collaboration by research and development engineers at its Saltaire headquarters helped global pay TV and broadband technology business Pace plc raise its performance in 2013 and create a platform for future growth. The business performed
Tim Usherwood has been promoted to director at estate agency Dacre Son & Hartley. He joined the firm over 20 years ago and has run the Skipton office for 13 years. Tim, who oversees residential sales and lettings in the Craven area and
A sailing display is set to form one of the highlights of this year's Otley Show. Wharfedale Agricultural Society, following a very wet 2013 show, is hoping for some warm, dry weather when it stages the traditional event on Saturday, May 17.
A Fairtrade project has given pupils food for thought. The theme was adopted for the half-term by year three at Oakworth Primary School near Keighley, and youngsters took part in a range of activities. Mike Armstrong – ‘Baker Mike’ from Sainsbury
Wigan Warriors forward Greg Burke has become the latest addition to the Bulls’ squad after arriving on a one-month loan deal. The 21-year-old, who can operate in the front and back row, made 17 appearances for his hometown club last term. Francis
The fountains on City Park’s award-winning Mirror Pool have been switched off since Monday as maintenance work is carried out. They are expected to be turned back on tomorrow. A spokesman for Bradford Council said the general maintenace work
Bradford’s business leaders are backing calls for a full-scale reform of the business rates system. Parliament’s business committee has called for a “wholesale review” of the system in a bid to boost ailing high streets. In a new report, the
Expert outside help should be brought in to help turn around a Bradford free school that inspectors say still needs improvement, according to a Bradford MP. Kings Science Academy in Lidget Green was told last year by Ofsted it required improvement
Yorkshire Ripper victim Tracy Browne will tonight reveal on TV how she survived a hammer attack at his hands. Tracy was a 14-year-old schoolgirl when she was attacked by Bradford lorry driver Peter Sutcliffe as she walked home on a lonely farm
Demand for workers in the construction and property sector is booming, according to a new report today. The latest Reed Job Index shows that level of new jobs in the sectors is up 81 per cent on last year, with 10,700 new vacancies advertised so
Firefighters spent almost 14 hours at the scene of a house blaze because there was so much clutter in the property they could not tell if anyone was trapped inside. At one point there were concerns that squatters could be trapped under mounds of
The chairman of a trust that runs Catholic schools in Menston and Ilkley is to tell Bradford Council how plans to stop paying for transport for children in faith schools is causing upset. Caroline Hyde, chairman of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy
Amjad Pervez is proud of the success of his family’s Bradford-based Seafresh food wholesaling and Adams cash and carry business, which has its sights firmly set on further growth and expansion. But much of his time these days is spent trying to
Some of the cast of reality TV show The Big Reunion will pop into Tesco in Great Horton Road, Bradford, tomorrow. Bradford singer and actor Gareth Gates, Mark from A1 and Linzi from Girl Thing, are due to be at the store from noon to 1.30pm, meeting
Forty long-serving staff at a Saltaire-based care group were given a party by their employer to mark their service. Czajka Care Group held the event for staff with more than 15 years’ service, including Carolyn Beecroft who joined the firm in 1991
Bradford-based motors group JCT600 has chosen the Association of Young People with ME (AYME) as its nominated charity for 2014. The announcement follows the success of JCT600’s first company-wide fundraising initiative for a single charity last
A woman will Morris dance from Ilkley to Silsden as part of this weekend’s Team Honk fundraiser. Kirsty Smith, who lives in Ilkley and used to live in Oakworth, is among bloggers and tweeters taking part in the 300-mile relay across the UK for
The number of people turning to the Telegraph & Argus for news, sport and information grew by more than seven per cent in the last year. Latest print sales figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) combined with online audience data
Super League clubs received a ‘signing-on fee’ of £300,000 from the RFL in February as part of the new television deal with Sky that was announced at the start of the season, it has been revealed. Clubs will receive another £100,000 in July, giving
New figures suggest Bradford gamblers lost more than £9.5 million on betting machines last year, as bookies were accused of targeting deprived areas for profit. The Campaign for Fairer Gambling (CFFG) said an estimated £268,438,648 was wagered
A former teacher will be sentenced next month after a court was told he stole £10,000 from a local history group to fund his alcohol addiction. Daniel Moorhouse, 40, admitted taking the money between February and May last year, while acting as
A 32-year-old man was today behind bars awaiting sentence this morning for a relationship with a vulnerable girl of 14 that left her pregnant and in Bradford Council care. A jury took less than two hours yesterday afternoon to convict Abid Miskeen
A town is issuing its own welcome to the world’s greatest cycle race. A ‘Welcome to Silsden’ sign has been placed on St James’ Church hall in readiness for the Tour de France Grand Depart, which comes through the town on July 6. The illuminated
A special tribute to a community stalwart takes place in Bradford on Friday. Ravenscliffe Community Association is hosting a memorial event for John Rawnsley who died earlier this year at the of 80. Known for his towering height, he was a director
A mystery person has pledged to match-fund a Bradford children’s charity pound for pound if it can raise £50,000 by August 31. One in A Million, which supports disadvantaged children and young people across the city, now wants the public to help
Householders were shocked after a car ploughed through gardens in the early hours yesterday. Residents in Coronation Mount, Braithwaite, Keighley, had a rude awakening as the Renault Clio careered off the road just after 4am. Police found it
West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has announced funding of £1 million to help tackle domestic violence. Mark Burns-Williamson made the funding pot available as the Association of Police Officers started a national week of action. The
A woman who said she suffered years of sexual abuse in the 1980s broke down in tears as she told a jury about her ordeal. The complainant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had to be given a break by Judge Jonathon Rose as she outlined
Shipley MP Philip Davies greeted players calling for a cut in bingo duty who travelled to Downing Street to hand in a petition. He joined Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier to meet The Bingo Association as it handed in the document, with
A number of hard-to-let maisonettes have been demolished in Bolton Woods to make way for a proposed affordable housing redevelopment scheme. The six outdated properties were pulled down with the intention of using the area for a mixed tenure scheme
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake The Alhambra A fresh twist on one of the most popular ballets ever written is wowing Bradford audiences this week – and audiences gave a standing ovation on opening night. Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake provides a
England are well prepared for Wales’ hostile brand of patriot fervour when the RBS Six Nations title rivals clash at Twickenham on Sunday. Scrum half Danny Care admits the Red Rose know they are disliked by Warren Gatland’s champions, while wing
Transport bosses are working to get a £3.8m junction improvement scheme under way before the funding is pulled. The project, to improve the Canal Road-Stanley Road junction and build a stretch of new dual carriageway along Canal Road to ease congestion
Guiseley 2, Leamington 1 Guiseley came from a goal down at home to Leamington to bank another three precious points in the Skrill Conference North tonight. The Lions have kick-started their season after the weather problems, and the win over
