The 20th Bradford International Film Festival kicked off in style tonight, with a film that had won two prestigious awards earlier in the day. Indian film The Lunchbox, which was screened in the Pictureville cinema at the National Media Museum,
Thackley suffered a heavy home defeat tonight when they were beaten 3-0 by mid-table rivals Worksop Parramore. The Dennyboys could have pulled level on points with Worksop had they won but their visitors’ victory put them above Albion Sports on
The Alhambra was evacuated tonight after a theatre-goer accidentally set off a fire alarm. Fire crews were called at about 9pm, during the interval for The Lion King. The show was running 15 minutes as a result.
Bradford Park Avenue’s four-match unbeaten run hit the buffers in midweek when they were soundly beaten at former boss Lee Sinnott’s Altrincham. John Deacey’s side had gone four games without conceding a goal but shipped in four against Sinnott
Andrew Davies column We can’t afford to undo all the hard work that this club have put in. By our standards, it was a very poor performance against Walsall and the fans let us know that. The manager has built the club on an ethos of hard work
An inquest was opened today into the death of tragic mum Sobia Yousef. Bradford Assistant Coroner Oliver Longstaff told the short hearing that her death in the Asda supermarket in Shipley had been “dramatic and horrific”. He said Mrs Yousef
Guiseley put themselves on the verge of the Conference North play-off places in midweek when they stretched their unbeaten run to nine games. That should see them bristling with confidence as they make the journey to second-bottom Oxford City on
More than 160 potential investors were in Bradford to hear of the opportunities the city offers. An event called A Taste of Bradford arranged by lobbying group Bradford Breakthrough, alongside Bradford Council, was held at the Midland Hotel yesterday
West Bowling aim to leapfrog Thornhill Trojans in the Pennine League Premier Division table when the Dewsbury outfit arrive at Emsley's Recreation Ground on Saturday. The game will rekindle many happy memories for West’s, who always enjoyed close
A young man who punched his sister and locked her in her home has been given a suspended custody sentence. Diljaz Akhtar, 20, who pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, was given a nine-month sentence suspended for 12 months, with a medium level
Campion will be looking to make the most of home advantage as they aim to boost their West Riding County Amateur League title challenge against Golcar United on Saturday. Only two of their final eight Premier Division games are at Manningham Mills
Bradford & Bingley could take another sizeable step towards the ‘Great Escape’ on Saturday. The Bees, who have won their last two matches in SSE National League Three North but remain second from bottom, are at Billingham. The Teessiders
LISTERHILLS AA We would like to thank those who turned up for last week’s working party at Pilley’s. This is in addition to the ongoing work of levelling off the path round the far bank, as well as repairs to the platforms. Anglers fishing club
Silsden face a tough test on Saturday as they head to Norton United, who are one of just two genuine Premier Division title contenders in the North West Counties League. In contrast the Cobbydalers are still nervously glancing over their shoulders
Bulls legend Paul Medley is set to end a 25-year association with the club to become the national player development manager for the Rugby Football League. The 47-year-old will oversee and provide support for Super League academies across the country
The new Mazda3 is a successful car already. Only launched in January, it has already been shortlisted for the European Car of the Year award and is one of three contenders for the World Car of the Year title. OK, so it was pipped at the post for
Andrew Gale expects Jonny Bairstow to hit the ground running in the forthcoming county season after a frustrating winter with England. The Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman is currently taking a break from the game, having not travelled to Sri Lanka
Italian entrepreneur Massimo Cellino has formally appealed against Football League’s decision to block him from buying a majority stake in Leeds. The appeal will be heard by an independent QC and is expected to take place within the next two weeks
Farsley will be looking to log their 20th win of the season on Saturday and hoping if they manage it that it takes them back into the Evo-Stik League play-off frame. Neil Parsley’s men were frustrated last weekend when their trip to Division One
Spaceback is here. It’s a neat, fuss-free version of the Skoda Rapid, one of the most under-rated cars on the road. To some it’s an estate. To others it’s a hatchback. To Skoda? Well, it’s a Spaceback, which I guess best underlines its qualities
City have this afternoon signed Huddersfield's Jon Stead on loan for the rest of the season. The 30-year-old striker , who has recently returned from a loan spell at Oldham, will cover the absence left by the injured James Hanson. The City
Supporters trust BullBuilder has welcomed the club’s takeover by Leeds-based businessman Marc Green. The Safeguard Security Group Ltd boss bought the Bulls from administrator David Wilson this week and Steve Ferres was appointed as managing director
An employee at a Shipley food shop is being investigated by police about racist comments posted on Facebook after a woman tragically killed herself in a rival store. Sobia Yousef, 36, who had suffered mental health problems since the death of her
Keighley have been hit by a string of unavailabilities as they look to back up their home derby victory over North Ribblesdale. Prop Craig Spencer, lock David Iliff, flanker Shaun Minikin, scrum half Ian Woodwiss, centre Liam McGee and replacement
A former Lady Mayoress of Bradford has died suddenly, it was announced yesterday. Joyce Lightowler died shortly after going to bed on Tuesday. She was 89. Only last week, she and her husband, Arnold, held a family gathering to celebrate their
Otley Rugby Union Football Club are holding an open day on Saturday, which includes free entry to their SSE National League Two North match against Luctonians. Doors open at 10am, and there will be matches involving the club’s under-15s (11am)
Rebekah Tiler has celebrated the reinstatement of her funding with a string of records at the weekend. The 15-year-old from Denholme set a personal best in the clean and jerk of 120kg on the way to winning the Northern Senior Champion-ships at
January 24, 2012: The Rugby Football League (RFL) announces it has bought Odsal from Bradford for an undisclosed sum, later revealed to be £1.25 million, and will lease the ground back to the club for a monthly rent. The governing body also claw £750,000
Businesswomen will make sure they are not baht ‘at when they gather on Ilkley Moor tomorrow. Yorkshire brain tumour charities and their supporters will join female business owners on the moor, wearing hats to raise awareness of brain tumours, the
Risks and inconsistencies have been found in the way West Yorkshire Police tackle domestic abuse. The concerns are raised today in a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. The watchdog said tackling domestic abuse was a priority
Pupils became journalists yesterday when they took part in the BBC News School Report Day and interviewed celebrities including rugby hero Sir Ian McGeechan and Leigh Marklew, a member of the band Terrovision. Year eight students from at Titus
Bradford Council has rejected plans for a new shop on a residential road in Thornbury saying it could cause dangerous traffic conditions. The application, by M Ditta, would have seen 30 Killinghall Road converted from a house to a shop. But
Rob Baldwin will become the tenth Wharfedale player to make 200 league starts for the club when he runs out at Old Albanians on Saturday. And the powerful No 8 will be hoping to mark the occasion with a win to halt the run of six defeats that has
Anti-theft kits are being funded in the Worth Valley after a spate of stone raids. Councillors representing the ward have given a £400 grant to the Worth Valley Community Contact Point to buy Smartwater property marking kits. The kits will
Leaders Old Otliensians have been ordered to replay last Saturday’s abandoned SSE Yorkshire Division Four match against Ossett. Hosts Otliensians were leading 23-3 when the visitors walked off after 58 minutes, apparently fearing for their safety
It’s mid morning and the clatter of culinary equipment signifies that something tasty is being rustled up to eat. At one end of the kitchen a group of children are breaking eggs into bowls and beating them. Waiting patiently for the butter to melt
25 years ago: More than 40 firefighters spent six hours battling a blaze at a Bradford carpet warehouse in Dudley Hill, with the fire, caused by an electrical fault, leaving the building a “charred shell”. 50 years ago: Bradford’s town planning
The huge investment of almost £30m being made in the Cycling Super Highway between Bradford and Leeds means it is absolutely vital that more people get on their bikes to use the new route. Which is why the latest figures relating to people who
SIR – Unlike Philip Bird and Mubarik Iqbal (Letters, March 19), I do not mourn the passing of Anthony Wedgwood Benn aka Lord Stansgate. He was a pompous, self-opinionated poseur who in his way did as much to ruin the life chances of the working
SIR – Does anyone else feel aggrieved at the idea of new bins for the garden rubbish? Besides finding room for yet another bin, what happens to such as myself and others with large gardens, who usually have at least six full bags every month?
SIR – Re the objections to sporting plan and the councillors being advised to dismiss the residents objections where East Bowling and Bradford Academy’s plans are concerned. We, the residents of East Bowling, have always been ignored. Whatever
SIR – The builders at the Manywells site in Cullingworth were supposed to rebuild the industrial estate and build 60 houses only. Now they want to build 230 houses! The industrial estate was all right, it was bringing the customers into our
SIR – Why do we have to wait almost two years for the opening of Low Moor station? After all, planning permission has been given. What’s the problem now? Why is it to be built on the site allocated? If it is built here, the Spen Valley route will
SIR – When we came to power in 2010, potential first-time buyers found themselves in a bleak situation. The financial crash, high house prices and large deposits wanted by the damaged banks meant that buying a first home was only an option for
SIR – Re ‘Arrest after biker is hurt in crash’ (T&A, March 22), I first wrote to the T&A in December 2011 stating that the speed limit signs at that junction were as follows – 40mph through the traffic lights but then go to 30mph as soon as
SIR – No doubt Mr Houghton of the HS2 Action Alliance (T&A, March 24) has sent his letter ‘round robin style’ to every newspaper within 25 miles of the proposed route of HS2. He is using scare tactics – “wrecking families, blight of the landscape
Health campaigners in Bradford are hoping for a spell of good fortune with a new initiative. They aim to use magic to help hammer home messages about healthy living and community services. Workers at the Carlisle Business Centre in Manningham
After months of uncertainty, Keighley Festival organisers confirmed the 2014 event will go ahead. Despite initial problems with funding, a lack of full-time committee members and the possibility of being “swamped” by the Tour de France, festival
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Damian Emmanual Robinson, aged 45, of Forber Grove, Tyersal Gate; causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, failure to seek appropriate veterinary care, failure
A pensioner has won thousands of pounds in compensation after falling on an uneven road surface in Yeadon. Grandmother Jean Whitters, 88, was left with permanent injuries after the accident as she crossed Yeadon High Street in August 2012.
A threatened grant scheme helping Bradfordians in crisis could live on by loaning people money instead, it has been revealed. The Council-run scheme, which is having its Government funding axed from 2015, hands out crisis grants to people who have
A clean-up was staged at Braithwaite to clear the way for the launch of new weekly play sessions. Bradford Council's play team organised the mini action day, which also involved Community Pay Back, local volunteers, development workers, ward officers
Police are re-appealing for witnesses to a terrifying knifepoint robbery at a travel agency. Two women working in a Thomas Cook shop in Cleckheaton were threatened by a knife-wielding masked man in a daylight robbery on February 27. A man wearing
Further expansion is planned by Silsden-based Ecology Building Society which has announced record results for 2013. While assets reached a high of nearly £125 million in the year to December 31, chief executive Paul Ellis said the aim was to take
Bradford Council has been criticised for using the troubled Co-operative Bank to collect Council Tax payments, despite it not meeting its strict financial criteria. Councillor Glen Miller, leader of the Conservative group, said the Co-operative
A Bradford councillor has renewed his demand that Silsden Town Council hand over £25,000 of police cash. Andrew Mallinson insists that Bradford Council must be given the money to spend on community facilities in the town. But town council chairman
Over the past century, an altar cloth at Bradford Cathedral has borne the scars of wounded soldiers interwoven through its delicate floral pattern. For injured and shellshocked soldiers returning from the bloody battlefields of the First World
Coroners have released the name of the woman who killed herself in a Shipley supermarket. Sobia Yousef stabbed herself in the neck on Tuesday morning in Asda and died in the store just after 8.30am. The 36-year-old of Beamsley Road, Frizinghall
Lee Sinnott’s Altrincham kept their hopes of promotion from the Conference North on track last night with a comfortable 4-1 home win over ten-man Bradford Park Avenue. The former Bantams defender had a brief spell in charge at Horsfall Stadium
Motorists face rush hour disruption this morning after a car caught fire on the M62 at the slip road to the M606. The Vauxhall Corsa caught fire on the westbound exit slip road, at Chain Bar, shortly after 7.30am, leading to the road being partially
A Bradford student enjoyed a royal date when she attended a glittering ceremony in London to celebrate the brightest nursing and midwifery students of today. Sarah Broadhead-Crofts (left) met The Princess Royal, who was guest of honour at the event
Fewer than one in every hundred commuters use a bike to get to work in the Bradford district but it is on the rise, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics says in 2001 a total of 1,481 people cycled to work, which increased
Guiseley continued their push for a play-off finish when they came back from 2-1 down to win 3-2 at Stalybridge Celtic. The win took them up to sixth place in the Skrill North table and they have now taken 23 points during a nine-match unbeaten
Bradford Council is inviting groups to apply for money to host cultural activities in support of the Tour de France. It has been announced today that organisations can apply for between £500 and £1,000. The funding announcement coincides with
City are urgently seeking a solution to James Hanson’s back problem to get him leading their fight to stay up. With Phil Parkinson insisting that his side are in the survival shake-up now, they need Hanson to be fully fit and firing. The targetman
Bulls coach Francis Cummins is hoping new owner and chairman Marc Green will fund the signings required to keep the club in Super League. Green addressed staff, players and Cummins’ backroom team yesterday morning and spoke of his background in
A leap in the number of Bradford teenagers kept from “a life on the scrapheap” was hailed by ministers yesterday. The proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds in education or training rose from 90.1 per cent to 92.8 per cent over the 12 months to December
Vulnerable and elderly residents of an Ilkley care home have been given 28 days to find alternative accommodation. Letters have been sent out to relatives of people living in Red Gables in Parish Ghyll Drive, Ilkley, giving them notice the home
Eccleshill United enjoyed a thumping 5-0 home victory over Louth Town in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division last night. Connor Shefte broke the deadlock in the 40th minute and Marcus Edwards added before the break. Both
A Bradford Council warden will tackle a 192-mile Coast to Coast walk for charity – in memory of his grandad. Daniel Coleman, who works in Barkerend, will trek from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire, to raise money for Yorkshire
Three thousand residents across Keighley district and the Worth Valley have been issued with advice on what to do should reservoirs breach. Householders living close to six ‘high priority’ sites are being sent letters explaining their homes are
Police have sent out thousands of letters in a new appeal to track down the mother of dead baby boy found at a Shipley waste site after narrowing down the areas of Bradford where she could have given birth. Born naturally, the naked infant was
A woman who killed herself in a Shipley supermarket had been driven to despair by the tragic death of her nine-year-old daughter five months before, it was revealed last night. Members of the mosque where mourning has begun in her memory say the
Bradford’s status as a City of Sanctuary, first awarded three years ago, has been endorsed by the national City of Sanctuary movement, following a thorough review. The award recognises Bradford’s good record of welcoming and including people seeking
We all fervently hope that the unveiling of Marc Green as the Bulls’ new owner will herald a bright new era for the club. Yesterday’s news brought relief from all parties, though celebrations could best be described as muted – understandable after
A man was taken to hospital with an arm injury after his car overturned in Bradford yesterday. His turquoise-coloured Vauxhall Corsa landed on its roof after colliding with another car on Shipley Airedale Road, close to its junction with Leeds
A man who had suffered multiple stab wounds in an attack by his neighbour would have died from his injuries if they had not been treated promptly, a jury was told yesterday. Vascular surgeon Max Troxler, who treated Mohammed ‘Raza’ Shah, said he
The new owner of Bradford Bulls has been congratulated on his successful bid – by the rivals he beat in the race to buy the club. Marc Green was yesterday confirmed as the new owner of the struggling Odsal club, with new holding company Bradford
Three Bradford churches are celebrating after being awarded a share of a £30,000 grant from the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT). St James in Thornton, St Stephen’s in West Bowling, and St Stephen’s in Steeton are among 14 churches across
Businessman Zulfi Hussain is gearing up for another charity fundraiser. Mr Hussain is organising The Curry for Curie Grand Departy, from 7pm to 11pm on Tuesday, July 1, at Deeva, the Farsley restaurant he co-owns. His aim is to raise £10,000
A company behind the redevelopment of a village pub as houses has submitted plans to convert an 18th century Burley-in-Wharfedale landmark to new homes. Yorparks Ltd, the firm behind the conversion of The Malt Shovel in Burley, has drawn up plans
Students will be sitting down to a game of volleyball to support the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal. The University of Bradford Volleyball Club is holding the sitting volleyball tournament next month to help towards our £1 million fundraising
Doctors were out on Bradford streets yesterday turning the city purple to beat the diabetes timebomb. GPs at seven of the city’s surgeries were in City Park and Centenary Square handing out leaflets and stopping passers-by who could be among the
