The Football League has accepted an independent QC’s decision to allow Massimo Cellino to take over Leeds and given him the green light to become a director at Elland Road. The league’s governing body originally blocked the deal after deeming the
A rousing rendition of Fame, complete with fireworks and confetti, thrilled an enthusiastic audience in St George Hall as the 13th annual Bradford Schools Prom drew to a dramatic close last night. More than 800 youngsters took to the prestigious
Two people were arrested after a neighbourly dispute in Bradford. Police vans were called to an address on Girlington Road just before 7pm tonight, causing a build-up of traffic on Duckworth Lane. Police said the pair were arrested for public order
A Bradford man who turned himself in after raiding a house was shopped to the police by his parents after ransacking another home. Simon Beaumont, 20, was traced by his victim after smashing his way into a property in Bankfield Road, Shipley, and
A manufacturer secured eight contracts within the first four days of trading following support from a trio of business and finance support agencies, including a Bradford-based fund which supports businesses turned down by banks. Performance Glass
The Bees players have been told to Bee-lieve ahead of Le Crunch on Saturday. To survive in SSE National League Three North, Bradford & Bingley must gain a bonus-point victory at home to Burnage and hope that Billingham take nothing at likely
Campion will be looking for all three points to strengthen their bid for the runners-up spot in the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division when they travel to second-from-bottom Lepton Highlanders on Saturday. Lepton claimed two successive
The exceptionally difficult run-in for Farsley continues on Saturday when they host Ramsbottom United - but the tough spell could yet be their salvation. Neil Parsley’s men are seventh in Evo-Stik Division One North and struggling to break back
East Bierley residents have helped Birkenshaw Junior Rugby League Club members in a clean up of the playing fields that they use for home matches. About 30 bin bags were filled, including discarded bottles, many of which were broken, plus litter
Bradford Park Avenue have no need to glance over their shoulders at the strugglers in the Skrill Conference North after their place in the division for next season was guaranteed last weekend. Avenue face three of the bottom four clubs in their
Cookridge Hall Golf Club have won a top national award in recognition of the warm welcome and encouragement they offer to juniors and beginners. The Leeds club, which takes the sport to about 1,000 youngsters each year, are the 2014 winners of
Wharfedale flyer Taylor Prell (Giggleswick School) is one of ten players on the England under-18 bench as they begin the defence of their FIRA/AER European Championship against Portugal in Poznan, Poland tomorrow (11am BST). Joining him there
WASHBURN VALLEY FISHERY Catch details for the week ending April 6 – Day ticket: Fewston 71, Swinsty 16, Thruscross (catch and return) 3. Total fish caught: Fewston 823, Swinsty 32, Thruscross 6. Average per rod: Fewston 11.6, Swinsty 2.0, Thruscross
It is the penultimate round of the Bradford Amateur Rugby League Jack Senior Memorial Cup tomorrow (2.00). But the winners of the semi-finals between West Bowling and Wibsey Warriors and Birkenshaw and Queensbury will not have the benefit of playing
Guiseley have consolidated their place in the Skrill Conference North play-off places and, even though they face a stern test on Saturday when they travel to the side immediately above them, they have a huge boost to propel them. Manager Mark Bower
World Championship-bound Courtney Rivers-Gallagher has enjoyed more success with the AMA UK national karate squad. The 15-year-old Thornton Grammar School pupil won the kata pairs in Malta with team-mate Danielle Dunn and, for the third straight
The former lead singer of Manchester indie band Inspiral Carpets is the Friday headliner at the Summer Jam. Tom Hingley will perform a set at the open-air music festival on the Riverside Fields in Silsden. The festival takes place over the
The parents of two teenage sisters who died in the Hillsborough disaster have paid tribute to them as “bright, beautiful and innocent” young women. In evidence to an inquest in Warrington, Cheshire, into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans, Keighley
Brighouse Town will be looking to cement their place at the top of the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division when the travel to Long Eaton United on Saturday. Paul Quinn’s men have spent the last two months relentlessly chipping
A ten-year-old girl was sexually attacked by a man in his 40s on a footpath in Bradford, detectives revealed today. The girl was walking along a path by St Matthew's Field in Allerton, when she was approached by her attacker, whose face was covered
Silsden host Winsford United on Saturday still battling against the drop from the North West Counties League Premier Division. The Cobbydalers’ top-tier status should be secure but there is still a mathematical chance they could be relegated.
Two masked men broke into a Bradford house and set upon a father and son in what police believe was a targeted attack. The father, 43, had to have hospital treatment for cuts to his back and shoulder, while his son, 18, was left with a slight cut
Wharfedale residents are again being offered professional help to manage their finances by Bradford-based debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty ( CAP). The organisation has trained four members of The Bridge Christian Fellowship,
Oakbank’s Got Talent – and that’s official! The Keighley school staged its own talent contest, with acts ranging from singing, dancing and playing the guitar to beatboxing. Overall winners were year seven pupils Summer Farrar and Elly Burridge, with
Slow left-armer Karl Carver took the honours on the third morning of Yorkshire’s practice match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. With each side facing a minimum of 40 overs on the final day of the game, Carver returned figures of 7-2-20
Otley could commission its own report to see whether the town is ready to cope with more than 1,100 new homes. The Town Council’s planning and development committee voted unanimously to look into commissioning an impact assessment to examine everything
Keighley groups are being encouraged to join together to apply for Bradford Council grants. The council’s Keighley Area Committee has so far given out £4,500 through its Connecting Communities programme. The programme, part of Keighley’s £11,700
A contest to select this year’s Keighley Gala Queen and her retinue takes place on Saturday. The event is at the New Variety Club, Russell Street, Keighley, from 1pm to 4pm. Competition categories are pageboy (four to six years), rosebud (four
Parish councillors have received a complaint about a publicity banner which was tied to railings next to Haworth War Memorial. Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council chairman, Councillor John Huxley, said the complaint about the insensitive
Two workshops to help local businesses capitalise on this summer’s Tour de France will be held in Otley next week. Thousands of cycling fans are expected in town to see the race's riders pass through on the opening day of the Grand Depart on Saturday
From the T&A... 25 years ago: New council estimates revealed that Bradford ratepayers would have to fork out an extra £15 million under the poll tax, with the overall annual bill for the district rising to £65 million. 50 years ago: Tenders
We live in a world which is very much at odds with itself in terms of privacy. On the one hand, we share the minutiae of our lives on internet social network sites like never before – you can often build up a picture of a perfect stranger’s full
Churches are getting together to open an Ilkley branch of a credit union in a bid to help local people with money management. Churches Together in Ilkley (CTI) says it will work with Bradford District Credit Union to help stop the growth of payday
Local charity Sight Airedale has thanked the manager, staff and customers of Skipton’s Morrisons store for helping it to raise £258 at a collection event.
Airedale Hospital’s west entrance will be closed next week while work is carried out to replace the flagged surface with asphalt. Access to the building during the scheme – from Monday to Thursday next week – will be via the day hospital, main
A shortlist of Tour de France related Voice Your Choice projects will be chosen by Otley Town Councillors next week. The community development committee will decide which of the suggested Tour legacy schemes should be put to a public ballot to
Anybody in Bradford who is severely sight-impaired, or lives with someone who is, should make sure they are claiming their 50 per cent reduction in the cost of their annual television licence, the TV Licensing authority today. TV Licensing has
A safety inspection on a skate park has forced its temporary closure. The annual Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) report has resulted in the skate park in Skipton’s Aireville Park being closed for the Easter school holidays
Ben Rhydding Community Fete is having a Tour de France theme. The ninth annual fete will take place on the former Ilkley Middle School field, off Valley Drive and Wheatley Lane, on Saturday, June 21. This year, however, coming only a couple
Bradford’s status as the world’s first City of Film will be highlighted in a Songs of Praise programme broadcast from the Cathedral this weekend. Sir Tom Courtenay, who starred in the films Billy Liar and The Dresser, both shot in the city, will
Emergency services are mystified about how a van driver crashed into a traffic island in the dead of night. Police and firefighters were called out to Sticker Lane, Bradford, at 1.50am today, where a blue Ford Transit van had hit the island, which
Children got a first sight of their new school library as it was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Bradford. The library at Horton Grange Primary School’s was opened by Councillor Khadim Hussain and will provide pupils with a new place to
Despite the dangers they can cause, the number of people using steroids appears to be increasing. The quest to achieve a peak physique is said to be one of the reasons why young men in particular are resorting to what many in the industry regard
Blantyres Barn, Hill End Lane, Harden, Bingley, £579,950 Dacre, Son & Hartley, Bingley (01274) 560421 Sarah Nield and Anthony Gilbert spent a year scouring the internet for their new home, before falling in love with this amazing five-bedroomed
Mazda are, it seems, tired of making up the numbers. Until recently it was easy to overlook this relatively small brand. Whatever Mazda did, other manufacturers did with a little more verve. But Mazda seems to have found its niche. And how!
Willow has been planted in Lund Park, Keighley, with the future aim of harvesting it. People living around the park came together for the planting session with horticultural specialist Pippa Chapman. Jo Horrox, of Lund Park Community Group,
Objectors to a planned new Sainsbury’s superstore on the outskirts of a town have welcomed a unanimous decision to turn it down. Planners agreed that allowing the superstore and industrial park would mean “selling the soul” of Skipton and would
A school near Keighley has won its fight to build houses to fund urgent repair work estimated at £514,000. The first of two previously refused applications to build around five detached homes in the grounds of the independent Malsis School at Glusburn
Oakworth dad Dave Hudson is proving he’s all heart. He is dressing as Hartley Heart and taking part in Sunday’s Mascot Gold Cup. Motor mechanic Mr Hudson is donning the Heart Research UK costume to raise cash for the charity. His 18-year-old
Bradford Council workers have cleaned off the graffiti that was daubed on Keighley Shared Church. The graffiti, which referred to the notorious Keighley “Topend” gang, was scrawled on the door facing towards the graveyard. Priest-in-charge
Work has finished on a new park play area in Yeadon. The Kirk Lane Park Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) was funded from local developer contributions, following requests by local people for better facilities, and support from Guiseley and Rawdon Councillors
A look at how celebrities use a Bradford company to personalise their cars hits TV screens this month. The series, Kustomize Kingz, centres around Listerhills vehicle body specialists Enkahnz. All filming and production has been done in Bradford
A Bradford activity group which helps teenagers with disabilities has been handed a funding lifeline after an anonymous £5,000 donation helped to secure its immediate future. Shine Together, which met every Saturday at the Landmark Centre in Little
Whisper it quietly but Vauxhall has created arguably the quietest mini-MPV on the road. It should be no surprise for this company was a pioneer in this sector. Meriva, when it was launched in 2003, was the first small MPV. At least, Vauxhall claims
A service will be held in Bradford Cathedral this Saturday to celebrate 95 years of the Diocese of Bradford – shortly before it loses that status. Bradford, along with the dioceses of Wakefield and Ripon & Leeds, comes to an end on Easter Sunday
Thieves stole a black BMW I series from the forecourt of Peter Watson’s Garage, on Otley Road, Skipton. The car - registration number YG10 LYP - was taken at 5.20am on Thursday and was driven off towards Addingham. A second vehicle - linked
Brett Kearney has revealed how a “kick up the backside” from Bulls coach Francis Cummins helped him to rediscover his best form. The Australian full back, by his own admission, made a slow start to the campaign after a close-season operation on
Mark Lawn wishes City could unearth a mega-rich owner like Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart. The pair have become close pals since Stewart rescued the Millers from administration in 2008. Stewart has pumped over £30million into the club after
Proposals to put traffic lights on a major roundabout have been revealed. The £100,000 project would see the “signalisation” of one of the roundabouts on busy Hard Ings Road, Keighley. It would tie in with plans – awaiting Government approval
The budget for the long-awaited railway station at Low Moor, Bradford, has now topped £10 million – five times its original estimate. But transport bosses insist their business case is robust and that trains will be calling at the new station by
Planners have given the go ahead to the first phase of a £5 million scheme to re-develop a Keighley sports stadium. Keighley Cougars have won approval to rebuild the main stand at their Lawkholme ground. And the £1.6m opening stage will also
Titus Salt School in Baildon has been marked down for its performance in a new Ofsted report which states “it is not good” and “requires improvement”. But it found that the 1,463 pupils were proud of the high-profile modern school and that overall
Eccleshill United chairman Adrian Benson hailed a “dream come true” as his side won the West Riding County Cup for the first time in their history. The Eagles were big underdogs against Conference North outfit Harrogate Town but won 1-0 thanks
Bollywood Carmen, performed in Bradford city centre last summer, has been nominated for a Bafta. The show will compete with coverage of Andy Murray's Wimbledon win, The Ashes and Glastonbury Festival in the Sports and Live Events category of the
A Bradford man wanted on an Asbo order has ‘gone underground’, a court has heard. Despite efforts to track him down, Wazir Zaman Ahmed has ‘remained elusive’, Bradford and Keighley magistrates were told yesterday. And Harjit Ryatt, prosecuting
As Francis Cummins held court with a huddle of reporters in the Coral Stand after Sunday’s win over Oldham, he was able to talk about something he has probably not experienced since last year. “We’re getting players back now and I’m going to have
A gang of armed robbers who carried out a lunchtime smash and grab robbery at a jewellers, might have escaped in a white van after dumping their getaway car, detectives now believe. The silver Honda Civic is thought to have been stolen in Merseyside
Book review Roy McFarland has used his new autobiography to reveal that leaving City was his “biggest mistake in football”. More than 30 years on and older fans still feel a sense of betrayal about the way McFarland suddenly quit as manager
Complaints about staff attitude and the quality of patients’ meals on a stroke rehabilitation ward at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford have been investigated by the Government watchdog, the Care Quality Commission. It comes as a report by the independent
An extra £250,000 will be spent on pothole repairs across the Bradford district this year as it emerged that money saved on gritting due to the mild winter will now go towards bringing damaged roads up to scratch. This is on top of a £575,000 emergency
Book review If City are after inspiration for tomorrow’s trip to Rotherham, they could do worse than looking up ‘Robbie’s rocket’ on Youtube. The Robbie in question is Robbie James, the Welsh midfielder who tragically died aged 40 of a heart
St George’s Hall echoed with the sounds of hundreds of Bradford school pupils last night for the first of two “proms” evenings of entertainment. The annual Bradford Schools Prom, organised by Bradford Council’s Arts and Music service, continues
A Sikh community in Bradford has won a legal battle to stop a meat processing plant being built next to their temple. Many Sikhs are strict vegetarians, and worshippers at the Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara building, which fronts on to Leeds Road,
The chief executive of a human rights charity was fired from a Bradford law firm after it accused her of using the firm’s cash to bankroll her lifestyle and charitable work, an employment tribunal heard. The panel ruled that mother-of-four Anjum
A £15 million school, called Grace Academy, will be the next major school building project in Bradford and is on track to open in September 2015. The school, to be built on fields off Fenby Avenue in East Bowling, is the biggest education building
A 42-year-old man was jailed for three years yesterday for sexually attacking a woman in her flat the first time she asked him round. Darren Stevenson, who still protests his innocence, added insult to injury by labelling the allegation “disgusting
Bike thieves dealt a devastating blow to a cyclist’s hope of raising cash for a cancer charity. Andrew Coulton, of Sandbeds, Keighley, planned to compete in the Outlaw Half triathlon in June to raise cash for Cancer Research UK. But thieves
Fitness fans in Keighley are buffing up their bodies for a nude calendar. Dozens of regulars at NRGym have volunteered to bare all for the photo shoot this September. The gym in Worth Way will become a photographic studio as members pose in
