You can’t blame SEAT for launching an estate model of the Leon. The company’s version of the Golf is a great success, both as a runaround hatch and in sporting guise. So to build another derivative makes sense, especially when you consider
Paul Farbrace is to start work as England’s assistant coach with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced today. The appointment of the 46-year-old former Yorkshire second-team coach had been expected ever since Peter Moores
Highdale A may have surrendered their Bradford League Division One title to the Police but, as Burton Cup holders, they had to overcome the new champions to reach this year’s final. The Police were without Shahriar Masoudi, so the onus was on Tim
Eccleshill A skipper Keith Hall rolled back the years against Ladyhill A on his way to a 21-5 victory. It helped steer his side to a second consecutive win (25-5) in the Naylor Premier League. Brighouse Sports A find themselves joint top with
Three of the five JCT600 Bradford League survivors have been drawn away in the second round of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup on Sunday, May 11. Holders Hanging Heaton are at Kirkburton, New Farnley travel to Methley and Woodlands are at Slaithwaite
SATURDAY LEAGUE Naylor – Eccleshill A 203 (25), Ladyhill A 142 (5); Whitkirk 155 (9), Pudsey A 190 (21); Crossgates 201 (24), Asa Briggs A 146 (6); Brighouse Sports A 201 (29), Shipley Club A 104 (1); Clayton A 176 (15), Wyke A 174 (15). Godwin
Wharfedale flyer Taylor Prell (Giggleswick School) scored two tries and Prince Henry’s Grammar School flanker Josh Bainbridge a try as England Under-18s won their third consecutive FIRA-AER European Championship. Both are attached to Leeds Carnegie
Otley are through to the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Cup without playing a game. The Cross Greeners had already received a free passage from Sheffield Tigers in the first round, and the dose has been repeated by Huddersfield in the quarter-finals
The Bradford Bulls Foundation are again offering 16 to 19-year-olds the opportunity to obtain a Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Sports Development, Fitness and Coaching. Starting in September, the course will run for two years and will be
Bradford No 2 take on Castleford No 3 in the Yorkshire Inter-District Snooker League on Sunday at Cue Gardens (7.30pm), knowing that a draw will guarantee them promotion but that victory will secure the Division Two title. This would be a great
A fundraising book written by Otley boy Harry Buckley is now on sale in the town. Six-year-old Harry, who had been battling a rare form of childhood cancer since 2011, died on Tuesday, April 8. He had written Runaway Joey, an illustrated account
Wilsden motorcycle racer Andrew Lund opened his championship account at Brands Hatch with three podium finishes from three races over the Easter weekend. Racing in the Tristar R&G Triple Challenge - a support series within British Superbikes
West Yorkshire Premier Division side Field Sports & Social completed the first part of their cup final treble bid with a 1-0 success in the Bradford & District FA Senior Cup final over County Amateur League Division One outfit Hunsworth.
The 56th annual match between the Yorkshire Amateur League and the Amateur Football Combination (AFC) of London will take place at Old Earth on Saturday (2pm) – the home of Huddersfield Amateur FC. The AFC has a base of nearly 100 clubs and 350
A 58-year-old woman sobbed into a handkerchief today when she made her first court appearance charged with murdering her partner on Easter Sunday. Miroslawa Dawidowicz was returned to the cells at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court in handcuffs
Businesses in Yorkshire are more likely to get a loan or an overdraft from their bank than those in many other regions, according to a new survey of more than 20,000 UK firms. The British bankers’ Association SME Finance Monitor shows that 73 per
The boss of a Bradford-based chemical manufacturing specialist and 11 other staff have helped prepare an allotment for use by Mortimer House Children’s Centre at Bradford Moor – just in time for the spring planting season. The volunteers from Christeyns
Police have named a man who died after a car crash above Bingley yesterday as Christopher Crowther, of Moor Close Lane, Queensbury. The 33-year-old died after his blue MG ZR car was in collision with a white VW Crafter van on Otley Road, High Eldwick
Bradford and Leeds law firm Gordons has been appointed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to provide employment law services following a competitive tender process. It will see the firm undertake project work and tribunal
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is considering leaving himself out of Sunday’s LV= County Championship match against Middlesex at Lord’s with England’s Joe Root set to return. Gale revealed the news after today's innings and 120-run win over Northamptonshire
Jonathan Oxley has been appointed vice-chairman at the Yorkshire Institute of Directors. He is already chairman of West Yorkshire IoD and will work alongside regional chairman Peter Holmes to promote the work of the business-lobbying group in Yorkshire
Dozens of children and their fathers took to the trees for a Forest School in Riddlesden. The children and dads learned how to make fairy houses and dens using trees and bushes. The children also went birdwatching during the session in the
Bradford Means Business Networking event in partnership with Yorkshire Enterprise Network and the Telegraph & Argus will be held on Thursday, April 24, at Kala Sangam, St Peter’s House, Forster Square, Bradford. Speakers will include social media
Cycle-mad bosses at a West Yorkshire brewery have commissioned their own version of the famous Tour de France yellow jersey. Ilkley Brewery bosses Chris Ives and Richard Shelton, both keen cyclists, have turned to a local supplier to mark the Grand
An indoor golf centre is planned in Keighley. The premises would include golf simulators, a practice putting area, bar lounge and coffee shop. Currently-empty premises at 11-15 Cavendish Street are earmarked for the initiative, which could
Moves by Chancellor George Osborne to give people more access to their pension pots could herald a new era of entrepreneurism, according to wealth-management specialist. John Metcalf, investment director at Skipton Building Society subsidiary,
Families and less-experienced cyclists are being encouraged to take to their bikes with a series of free cycling guides. As part of its Tour de France cycling legacy work, Craven District Council has put together a series of routes – all of which
Bradford-based Chamber Inter-national, which is co-ordinating the We Are International export campaign across the Leeds City Region, is holding its price freeze to help local firms boost overseas trade. Tim Bailey, Chamber International director
A decision on whether the former home of an illegal bazaar can be turned into indoor football pitches has been deferred. Members of the Bradford Planning Panel yesterday agreed on the need for a visit to the former Shires Bathroom site in Beckside
Students from 14 local schools and colleges have been given an insight into a range of businesses as part of a project to help them make the transition from education to work. Around 500 youngsters got a taste of life in the workplace though the
A Bradford specialist manufacturing firm has played a key role in the staging of a prime-time television period drama. Tents of various shapes and sizes have been produced in the city for the BBC’s Sunday evening First World War drama The Crimson
The improving economic picture – underlined recently by the creation of 30 jobs at Poundworld’s third local store, a new £1 million heat treatment plant at Keighley Laboratories and plans by Saltaire-based All Terrain Cycles to invest £1 million in
After 40 years in the packaging industry, Mike Ridgway never planned to fully retire – but he could hardly have expected that demand for his knowledge and expertise would lead him to set up in business in his own right. After acting as lead spokesman
Staff at a care group pedalled their way through a charity fundraiser. Six staff members at Saltaire-based Czajka Care Group raised more than £500 for the Alzheimer’s Society by continuously pedalling an exercise bike for more than six hours.
A former village Co-op store which had stood empty for years has been given a new lease of life. The historic building in Station Road, Steeton, has been transformed into a beauty and massage salon. And many of the original features from the
‘Coming soon’ boards have gone up outside Bellway’s new Scalebor Grange development, off Moor Lane in Burley-in-Wharfedale, which occupies part of the site of the former Scalebor Park Hospital. Over the next few months Bellway will be building
The number of regional firms in financial distress has fallen to a record low of 18 per cent, according to new figures from insolvency trade body R3. Its latest Business Distress Index said the fIgure for Yorkshire and the North East was well below
Danny Bridge has been recalled by parent club Warrington Wolves and returns to the Halliwell Jones Stadium with immediate effect. The 21-year-old Ireland international has spent the past two months with Bradford Bulls, making eight appearances
Clifton Road, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley £625,000 Dale Eddison, (01943) 817642 Thanks to its pleasantly elevated setting, this home in Ben Rhydding has views towards the majestic Cow and Calf Rocks to the front and over Wharfedale to the rear.
Hoyle Ing House, Upper Hoyle Ing, Thornton. OIRO £299,995 Whitegates, Bradford. (01274) 306611 Off the beaten track in an idyllic little hamlet, Hoyle Ing House – one of the oldest properties in Bradford – offers the chance to own a piece of
SIR – Mr B Barraclough’s letter (T&A, April 18) suggesting that the City Hall in Bradford should be demolished, is to say the least hypocritical. He is an avid supporter of seeing the Low Moor railway station reopened thus regaining some of
SIR – May I, through your pages, sincerely thank everyone who has made the Lent lunches a great success this year. I would like to thank Chris at the Salvation Army for the use of their hall, the students from The Holy Family School, Keighley,
SIR – The sacking of David Moyes, after less than a year as manager of Manchester United encapsulates very well the state of modern football at the top level. The Scot arrived in the job, feted as ‘the chosen one’ and given a contract for six years
SIR – In reply to Keith Thomson’s letter (T&A, April 14), I can inform him that I find it difficult to walk 100 metres, let alone run that distance. In my school days, I did cross-country runs and I would not have chosen to walk them and I
SIR – The furore over food banks seems to be developing into a form of mass hysteria, with Labour Shadow Ministers, the Church of England Bishops etc all putting their two penn’orth in! But reading between the lines, isn’t it just Labour propaganda
Funds have been raised at a charity night to help a Bradford hospital worker tot up £100,000 to build India's first holistic haemophiliac centre for children. Lucky Kaur hopes the building of the centre on land in Pune will be made possible by
A city-centre pub is getting patriotic today to celebrate St George’s Day. The Castle in Grattan Road is putting on three ales themed on England’s patron saint. Landlord Paul Chand said: “We should celebrate St George’s Day. "When it is
Councillors have turned down plans for a 34-metre wind turbine in the green belt at Thornton amid fears the number of turbines in the vicinity is turning the area into a wind farm by the back door. Bradford Council planning officers had recommended
The main reasons for Bradford Council employees taking sick days is revealed in a new report. But human resource bosses will tell councillors this week that despite a slight increase in the total number of days lost to sickness in 2013-14, they
Surprises are promised at the second RATMA film festival being held in Keighley on Saturday. Festival head Marcus Gregg said many of the short films due to be screened were of Hollywood standard. He urged Keighley people to take up the opportunity
A bus driver impaled by a section of metal railing during a freak road accident in Bradford has spoken about his rescue and the years he expects to face battling back to full health. The drama happened on Boxing Day when the bus driven by Lucasz
SIR – The decision was made by Bradford Council to reject the GMI developers scheme for the Crossley Evans site and that decision should stand (T&A, April 19). By the developers lodging an appeal to overturn this, they are giving out a clear
25 years ago: The Government was accused of being immoral for creaming off more than £3,000 in tax of the takings from a Hillsborough appeal match between Bradford City and Lincoln City at Valley Parade. 50 years ago: There was a touch of the Wild
This month, teachers from across Europe descended upon a Bradford school. From schools in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Turkey and Poland, the group spent time at Lister Primary School in Scotchman Road, as well as in the local community. They
Prostitution is something that many of us would prefer not to think about. It is a shadowy trade that is often brushed under the carpet by those whose lives are not directly affected by it. For some people though, that is a luxury they cannot have
It is signed “your ever loving son Cyril” and concludes with no less than 11 kisses. Any mother would be happy to receive such a letter from her son, but for Mrs Longstaff, of 7 Hamilton Terrace, Otley, it would surely have been even more welcome
Evidently, Dolly Lester was a conscientious youngster. One of 12 children, she lived with her family at Farfield Cottages, Addingham – her father, George, was Samuel Cunliffe Lister’s chauffeur – and wrote to First World War soldiers. More than
At budget time last year I pretended to be a fearful carbon dioxide molecule, concerned for my own future and that of my relatives. There was a possibility that we could be rounded up and stuffed into a hole deep underground. I was very apprehensive
Volunteer radio presenters in Bradford are gearing up for a 30-hour radiothon to raise money for a hospital station. St Luke's Sound, which entertains patients and staff at St Luke's Hospital, will broadcast non-stop from 10am on June 19 to 4pm
The Mpika relief charity is asking people to join its annual sponsored walk in the Denholme area. The walk, which will cover nearly nine miles, will set off from the Mpika charity shop in the village at 10am on May 17. Proceeds will pay for
A plaque will be presented next month after the fountains in Bradford’s City Park clinched another award for the attraction. Visiting judges from the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association were impressed when they came to the city to view the
The owners of a city centre pool hall have asked permission for the business to stay open until 3am – five hours later than its existing closing time. Raqueeb Younas has applied to Bradford Council to alter the conditions of the planning permission
Steve Ferres has vowed that “no stone will be left unturned” as the Bulls bid to stop the rot following their Easter Monday massacre at Wigan. The club’s managing director says the abject 84-6 surrender was the worst display he had ever seen during
The owner of a Bradford newsagent’s has been fined after a 15-year-old girl was sold cigarettes without her age being questioned. Mohammed Qayyam, 40, of Squire Green, Great Horton, will have to pay more than £1,000 after the successful prosecution
Bradford Council’s former strategic director of children’s services has been nominated for an award. Kath Tunstall, who retired from her post at the Council last month, is in the running for a Sue Ryder Yorkshire Women of Achievement Award 2014
A Bradford man who is trying to encourage more Asian people to donate organs has met kidney research doctors to discuss his campaign. Nadeem Butt (pictured) is making a documentary highlighting the shortage of organ donations, which he plans to distribute
A family have been left counting their blessings after a runaway van crashed into their lounge window at exactly the moment when a six-year-old girl would normally have been waving her dad off to work. The impact smashed the wall and broke the
Former gravel pits in Ilkley will be officially opened next month as the district’s newest nature reserve – almost half a century after the potential of the area was recognised. Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve will be formally opened
Wharfedale residents are 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, All Saints
City are ready to step up their plans for next season’s team – and try to steal a march on those sides with pressing issues still to be decided. With two games left and their position secure, Phil Parkinson can afford to concentrate on the summer
Members of the Friends of Keighley (Redcar) Tarn are planning their first open day at the popular beauty spot. The May 30 event will feature several information stalls showcasing the Friends’ many ideas to improve the tarn. Friends’ members
A 58-year-old woman was last night charged with the murder of a man in Girlington, Bradford. Miroslawa Dawidowicz was charged by detectives investigating the death of a man who was found with stab wounds at a house in Washington Street, Girlington
A Bradford youth group put its own spin on the ‘Cottingley Fairies’ photographs as part of project to delve into local history. Members of Cottingley youth club have made their own modern versions of the artwork, which is housed in the National
Calls have been made by two of the city’s MPs for the high-profile naming and shaming of kerb crawlers to help drive street prostitution out of Bradford. Registration plates of vehicles used by people trawling the streets to pay for sex should
A £513,000 scheme to improve the care of dementia patients at a Bradford hospital will be officially opened next month. The final stages of renovations, which aim to make patients’ experiences even better, are nearing completion at St Luke’s Hospital
A man was killed in a crash in Bingley yesterday. His car collided with a van on Otley Road, High Eldwick, near Dick Hudsons pub and Graincliffe Reservoir. The man, believed to be in his 30s, died at the scene, said police. His identity had
A baby suffered brain damage during a difficult caesarean delivery at Bradford Royal Infirmary, an inquest heard. Mohammed Esaa Rashid, of Rhodesway, Bradford, died three days later on June 29 last year from multi-organ failure and brain injury
An angry gambler was jailed for smashing up a Bradford betting shop after accusing staff of “skanking” him over a wager on the dogs. Regular customer Daniel Halton wrecked three fixed odds betting terminals with a stool when he lost his temper
A churchyard flasher who drew attention to himself by shouting “Oy!” at his distressed victims was jailed for four months. Anthony Duckett, 30, exposed himself to a woman walking to work and a young mother collecting her child from nursery school
Gildersome Spurs Old Boys have clinched the Yorkshire Amateur League Senior A Division for the second time in as many seasons. They retained the crown with a 7-0 victory at Old Batelians and, with 16 wins and two draws from their 18 matches, Spurs
Cleckheaton pace bowler Iain Wardlaw led the way for Scotland as they defeated the MCC by one wicket at Lord's yesterday. Former Yorkshire bowler Wardlaw took 3-27 as his adopted country warmed up for next month's one-day international against
England batsman Joe Root had to be be satisfied with fielding practice as he made his comeback from injury in Yorkshire Seconds' three-day friendly against Lancashire at Northop Hall in North Wales yesterday. The 23-year-old broke his thumb batting
