Visitors flocked to Keighley’s heritage railway to celebrate a classic movie which catapulted the line to international fame. Activities were staged over three days showcasing the 1970 film version of The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit’s timeless
Thousands lined the streets in Ilkley as this year’s carnival got the town in the mood for the ‘Tour of Yorkshire’. Local schools and groups had been challenged to come up with original costumes and parade entries inspired by the Tour de France
Jonny Bairstow believes he has to replicate the kind of innings he played for Yorkshire today in an England shirt if he is to have a prolonged Test future. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman impressed with 95 off 161 balls in the White Rose side
Two late goals enabled Buttershaw White Star to complete a Bradford Sunday Alliance League double as they denied West Bowling for the second time in a week with a 3-1 victory in the Senior Cup final. A comfortable 2-0 midweek win over their closest
New Farnley against Pudsey St Lawrence is the only all-Division One tie in the second round of the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup. All of the remaining games pit Division Two sides against top-flight opposition on Sunday, May 18. Priestley
Zak Spencer of Baildon was the star performer as Horizon Taekwondo Academy students won 12 medals, six of them gold, at the City of Liverpool Open Championships. The nine-year-old red belt student, who has been training with coach Rick Simpson
Grangefield Old Boys Reserves completed a rapid Yorkshire Amateur League club double as they beat Gildersome Spurs Reserves 4-1 to win the Hancock Cup final. The senior team had lifted Grangefield’s first-ever major silverware the previous week
The destination of the West Riding County Amateur League title was blown wide open as Premier Division leaders Ovenden West Riding lost 4-3 at second-placed Bay Athletic. With both sides fully committed to chasing maximum points, it fell to a late
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Bradford this afternoon, with police suggesting the incident may have been deliberate. No details have been released about the victim, who it is understood is currently receiving
The Middlesex match that finished at Lord’s last Wednesday was obviously very disappointing for us. We thought we were in a good position after our second innings but we didn’t bowl as well we’d have liked on that third afternoon and evening.
Holders Lightcliffe have been knocked out of the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup by the team they beat in last year’s final. Hanging Heaton triumphed by 19 runs, with former Yorkshire player Ismail Dawood playing an important role in their
Shelf United, who were runners-up in Division One of the Halifax League, were beaten 4-0 by treble-chasing Ovenden West Riding in the Halifax & District FA Saturday Cup final at Brighouse Town. Ovenden, who are also in pole position for the
Matt Bilney scored all the Thackley Reserves goals in their 4-1 victory against Ossett Town Reserves in Lancashire League East. Brighouse Town Reserves were thumped 5-1 by Hyde Reserves and now host Liversedge Reserves at the Dual Seal Stadium
Otley Rugby Club are to lose the services of steward Peter Longstaffe, who is retiring at the end of the season after a 36-year association with the club. He first became involved in 1978, when invited to join the committee preparing for the visit
Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a former engineering premises in Keighley. Crews from across the district are dealing with the incident at the old Rymer Engineering building, in Heber Street. At the height of the inferno flames were
Yobs used a bench to smash through a reinforced window before starting a fire at one of the biggest cricket clubs in Bradford. The fire, which happened shortly before 4.30am yesterday at Undercliffe Cricket Club, is believed to have caused thousands
Andrew Gale reached his 16th first-class hundred this afternoon as Yorkshire’s batsmen have demoralised Durham on day two of their ongoing LV= County Championship match. Captain Gale, back in the side after dropping himself last week, hit 124 in
Yorkshire’s batsmen piled on the runs on the second morning against Durham at Chester-le-Street. The White Rose county reached lunch at 451-3 from 126 overs following a wicketless session. Jonny Bairstow and captain Andrew Gale were both within
Happy Tots winner Addison-Lee O’Reilly checks out his own prize-winning image. The two-year-old from Ravenscliffe used his ready smile to charm the voters in this year’s event, run in conjunction with the Kirkgate shopping centre, though the competition
Firefighters were called to three deliberately-started fires in three hours in the same area of Baildon. The third blaze was substantially bigger than the previous two, covering an area of about 100 square metres, said a spokesman for Shipley fire
Bradford Cathedral will host its latest silent film night on Friday. The series is drawing an ever-increasing audience and at the next event, assistant director of music Jonathan Eyre will provide organ improvisation for the 1931 romantic comedy
Fire investigators are trying to find out what caused a huge blaze which engulfed the first floor of a house. Crews from Odsal and Bradford fire stations were called to the large fire at a home in Pearson Road West, Odsal, Bradford, at 7.10pm last
People are being urged to get out on the water to mark National Watersports Month. Two sailing clubs in the district are among hundreds across the country opening their doors and inviting people to try out their activities, as part of the Royal
An exhibition at the University of Bradford celebrates the life and work of a leading British writer and archaeologist. Pots Before Words features new works by Kate Morrell and has been commissioned by Gallery II, who will stage the display.
Children can join in with a ‘food revolution’ organised by Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food. School pupils from across the Bradford district are being encouraged to learn about cooking healthy meals at Oastler Market, in the city centre, on Friday
A new support organisation for families with child protection problems has been involved in 50 cases in Bradford since it was launched seven months ago. The There For You Advisory Service was set up by former social worker Simone Richards because
Airedale Hospital is hosting an event to prompt people to talk, plan and make arrangements for the end of life. It is to support ‘Dying Matters’ awareness week - a national annual campaign which is in its fifth year– and the theme this year is
A campaign to send a sick baby to America for treatment is gathering pace. A coffee morning and an Easter fun day raised £1,000 in aid of one-year-old Nicole Vendettuoli. The tot, of Oakworth, Keighley, suffers from cerebral palsy. Money will
Tranmere Rovers 1 Bradford City 2 The challenge was thrown down to the City dressing room in the wake of losing at Wolves. Phil Parkinson’s troops were on the slide at the time – a bleak mid-season slump that saw only one win in four long months
A husband and wife have shaved their heads in aid of the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal. Sorcha and Ling Liu were inspired to do something because of the plight of Sorcha’s mum, who suffered from cancer. Barbara Carroll, who lives
Tributes have been paid to a “good neighbour” who died from burns ten days after a pamper-night bath with candles went tragically wrong. Shirley Shaw, who was 72 and lived on Ravenscliffe Avenue, Bradford, lost her fight for survival while being
A teenage plumber who sliced off three fingers with an electric saw underwent eight hours of surgery as doctors fought to save his hand. Jordan Hizzett, 19, of Wrose, was using a chop saw to cut firewood at a friend’s house when it slipped and
Phil Parkinson can see Aaron Mclean emerging as a real goal threat for City next season. The January signing has taken time to find his feet at Valley Parade but bowed out with a bang by scoring in both of their final two games. After firing
Police are appealing again for information following a road traffic collision in Bradford. At about 4.30pm on Tuesday, April 8, a 24-year-old man was riding an off-road bike along Upper Rushton Road, Fagley, when he was in collision with a blue
Bradford Council is demanding £35,000 back from two organisations that have failed to deliver projects in Silsden and Queensbury. The authority wants Silsden Town Council to pay back £25,000 that was supposed to have been used for a police and
Bradford Bulls 34 Warrington Wolves 28 The fightback is on. Finally. Officially. Emphatically. Francis Cummins and his players had waited over two months to savour the taste of a Super League victory. That had last come at Odsal against
Parisian chic was the order of the day at a grand ball held to raise money for the Lord Mayor’s charity appeal. The Lord Mayor’s ball was held at Bradford’s Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, with a troupe of Can-Can girls providing the entertainment
Police officers were called to a home following reports that a person had died at the property. Officers arrived at the house in North Dean Road, Keighley, early yesterday morning and remained on the scene for several hours. A West Yorkshire
A series of strikes by members of the Fire Brigades Union over the Bank Holiday weekend ended without major incident, according to West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters in Bradford joined in with three national strikes in as many
Residents looking to achieve citizenship will be given a presentation about Bradford Council services. Community workers from the Karmand Centre and the Neighbourhood Service will stage the session at Bradford Council Chamber on Thursday from 11am
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Idle: change of use from C3 residential to A1 sandwich shop, 31A Bradford Road. Idle: retrospective change of use to A5 takeaway and replacement shop front, 77 Bradford Road
An Eastburn girl is having her hair cut off to create a wig for another child fighting cancer. Twelve-year-old Laura Cook will lose her locks this Saturday to help the Little Princess Trust. The charity makes real-hair wigs for girls and boys
A guide to biodiversity conservation and a walk in search of birds on the high moor are among events planned for this month by the Friends of Ilkley Moor. On Saturday a guided walk for all the family will look at the heritage of Ilkley Moor, and
Firefighters rescued a child locked in a hot car outside a primary school. The girl, thought to be around two-years-old, was trapped inside the black Audi A6 when her parents accidentally locked it with the keys inside. The fire service was called
Francis Cummins hailed yesterday’s 34-28 success over Warrington as the Bulls’ most important win of the season as they climbed off the foot of the Super League table. The Bulls were already decimated by injuries before Luke George was ruled out
Zealous traffic wardens are preying on churchgoers who park outside Bingley parish church during Sunday morning worship, says its vicar Bev Mason. And yet she photographed their Bradford Council van itself parked illegally on double yellow lines
Amelia, Ruby, Taylor, Daisy – the prettiest young faces in Bradford trotted up and down the catwalk at yesterday’s heats stage of the ModelSearch Competition at the city’s Kirkgate Centre. More than 50 girls aged four to six took part in the early
Detectives have investigated 200 cases of sex crimes where pensioners have been arrested in West Yorkshire during the last five years, it has emerged. Some of the accused have been aged 80s and some of those have gone on the face charges or, in
Detectives in Greater Manchester are probing Bradford links to the murder of a dad whose body was found at a beauty spot near Oldham. Craig Wilcox was discovered in the water at Dovestone Reservoir, on the edge of Saddleworth Moor, on February
Police said tonight they are growing increasingly concerned for a 41-year-old woman who has been missing for three days. Anita Racz, of Bradford, was last seen on May 1 in the Forster Square and Bolton Road area of Bradford at around 8.30am and
