Otley 38, Bradford & Bingley 15 Otley ran in six tries in winning an at times feisty Yorkshire Cup semi-final at home to Bradford & Bingley tonight. The hosts, who now play Wharfedale in the final next Wednesday at Wagon Lane (6.30)
Wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd believes Yorkshire need a crazy session to go their way if they are to win their LV= County Championship match against Durham. The White Rose county head into day four at Emirates Durham needing 12 wickets to win for the
Wibsey Warriors 48 West Bowling 10 Wibsey centres Nick Fontaine and Luke Helliwell were in tip-top form as the Warriors crushed old rivals West Bowling in the Pennine League Premier Division clash at Northfield Road. Bowling made a dream start
Victoria Rangers completed a Pennine League double with a 30-12 Supplementary Cup success against Crofton Cougars at Batley RLFC on Bank Holiday Monday. The Vics, who were unbeaten on their way to winning the Division Four championship, continued
Ollie Hardaker produced the performance of the day in the Aire-Wharfe League, smashing 13 fours and 11 sixes on his way to 160 as Horsforth continued to show their determination to win promotion from Division Three. Hardaker, who rejoined the club
Wayne Cotton took matters into his own hands as he steered Thornton to an impressive eight-wicket success over Bradshaw in the Foster’s Halifax League Premier Division. Bradshaw had limped from 41-5 to 167, their departure being hastened by Joe
A club fielding two players with first-class careers that boast, between them, 100 appearances, almost 4,200 runs, 50 wickets and countless more successes in one day and T20 games is a good bet to win an All Rounder Cricket Equipment Central Yorkshire
The tie of the day in the first round of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League's Wynn Cup looked to be at Oakworth, where Barrowford were the visitors. Only eight days after the chastening experience of being slapped about by Junaid Khan, Oakworth
Bowlers were on top again on Saturday in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League, with quite a number of scores of under a hundred being successfully defended. After only three games in Division One, only Ingrow St John’s have a 100 per cent record
The first round of games in the Bradford & District Evening League were badly affected by the weather, with only two games being completed. Tong Park Esholt’s Brett Kinsey (3-10) and Neil Cooper (3-17) ripped in to Salem’s batting line-up,
A police team that fights equine crime is appealing for information after a suspicious incident in High Busy Lane, Shipley, on Saturday. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police’s Horsewatch team said: “Two Asian males were seen to be taking photos
City Park continues to be at the hub of activity in Bradford city centre. Behind the scenes, the Council is working to put new cells in the Magistrates’ Court, so that the existing ones underneath the otherwise empty Tyrls building can be decommissioned
Yorkshire have taken another two Durham wickets in the afternoon session of day three as they bid for a second LV= County Championship win of the season. Durham still need 168 to avoid the follow-on having reached tea at 272-5 from 83 overs.
Police are appealing for information after a 13-year-old was robbed by a messy haired teen in Great Horton. The robbery took place on Clayton Road on Sunday afternoon, and saw the teen steal an iPad and mobile phone. At about 3.30pm the boy
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a woman’s body was found under an empty car. Police are now appealing for information after the grim discovery in Cleckheaton. The woman, who has yet to be identified
Durham recovered from a sticky start to day three against Yorkshire by reaching lunch at 142-3 from 49 overs. The hosts, resuming on 62-1 in reply to 589-8 declared, quickly slipped to 70-3 following the loss of Scott Borthwick and Sri Lankan overseas
Keighley Library will host a creative writing course for aspiring authors. The course will begin on May 13, and run for six weeks from 10am to 1pm. Bradford Libraries is offering the course in partnership with Fab Lab Airedale, which is part
A Keighley cake shop is hosting a scrumptious fundraising event for the MS Society. Personal Ice hopes to raise more than £500 for the multiple sclerosis charity by taking part in its Cake Break. The charity hopes the event, on May 17, will
More than 150 people went along to a park in Idle to take part in a ‘picnic protest’ against a new housing development. David Ward, the MP for Bradford East, and Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (Lib Dem, Idle and Thackley), were among those protesting
A police investigation has begun after a car was set on fire in a church car park in Thornbury. Fire crews were called to Thornbury Church on Rushton Road at 7.30pm last night after reports of a blazing vehicle. The vehicle, a Mitsubishi four
Police are investigating after a wool scouring company was hit by an alleged arson attack last night. Crews from Bradford fire station were called to Haworth Scouring on Birksland Street at around 8.30pm, and found that a metal shutter had been
A city centre parade is paying homage to the silver screen this year. The annual Lord Mayor’s Parade will have the theme of ‘Sensational Cinema’ with a host of eye-catching costumes themed on the big screen. There will be four distinct parts of
“Bloated” reserves held by Bradford Council should be used to upgrade school kitchens, according to the Respect Party. As reported by the Telegraph & Argus, the authority is struggling to find up to £1.2 million to upgrade kitchens ahead of
There are still some places up for grabs on a weight management course for overweight children. Children aged five to 11 can be enrolled in the free programme, which starts on Wednesday. The course is being run by Bradford Council’s health
Organisers of the latest Bronte Tractor Run have hailed it as a huge success. More than 50 vehicles took part in Sunday’s event, which raised £538 for Manorlands. The convoy set off from Cross Roads Fisheries and followed a route taking in
It’s officially the country’s Curry Capital so where else would chef Heston Blumenthal visit to create his own take on one of the nation’s favourite dishes? The quirky cook, known for his wacky concoctions, visited Bradford in February to film
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace. With a touch of a button we can organise our lives; stock our food cupboards and keep in touch with family and friends. While many of us have had to become accustomed to gadgets and gizmos that, in many
"When you’re playing scrabble, you don’t think about what age people are.” At 89, Marie Gard looks forward to her weekly evening of Scrabble at the club she joined around 30 years ago. A former ward clerk at St Luke’s Hospital, she became interested
Adele Wilkin hadn’t sat in the saddle since she was ten. Encouraged by a nurse at Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice where her late mum Sheila Morris was treated, Adele decided pedal power would help her and her family raise vital cash needed to boost
As one of the UK’s hardest-working women, does Karren Brady (pictured) have a relaxation regime to match? No chance – love for the job and precious weekends with her family are all this wonder woman needs. Karren kicked off her career in the late
A Bradford MP has moved to quell fears that extremist doctrine has been filtering into schools in the city. Claims have been made that teachers in Bradford are fighting to prevent a takeover of majority-Muslim state schools by a group linked with
Singing is Emily Green’s antidote to pain. Taking the breaths she needs to vocalise is also helping in her rehabilitation following an eight-hour operation to correct her twisted spine caused by a condition she was diagnosed with when she was five
New changing rooms, toilets and a tea area costing £180,000 are due to open at Upper Wyke Park early this summer, to serve one of Bradford’s oldest amateur rugby league clubs. Wyke Amateur Rugby League Club, which plays in the Pennine League, has
Howie B – Down With The Dawn (HB Recordings/PIAS) *** Howie B may look brilliant on paper but on CD he isn’t much to write home about. The man has worked alongside some top names so why is it that this doesn’t really do anything for me? It doesn
Michael Marshall – We Are Here (Orion, £7.99) *** We Are Here is an engrossing thriller which follows the strange experiences of David, a man who goes from feeling the excitement of knowing that his work is going to be published, to experiencing
What A Life! Selected Short Stories by J B Priestley Turnpike Books, £8 August 14 marks the 30th anniversary of the death in 1984 of Bradford-born writer J B Priestley, and the 120th anniversary of the great man’s birth in 1894. I like to
A 36-year-old man remains in hospital after a collision with a car in Bradford, with police suggesting the incident may have been deliberate. The man is currently in a stable condition at Leeds General Infirmary following the incident, which happened
Philip Lewis arrived in Bradford 30 years ago when the Honeyford Affair was polarising public opinion, not just locally, but nationally, the newly-appointed inter-faith adviser to the Bishop of Bradford was invited to a public meeting at the Pakistan
"It’s a sense of making things better for people,” says Stuart Graham. The 48-year-old from Queensbury is one of a number of families within the Bradford district who offer their homes to adults with a range of issues including learning disabilities
SIR – I am a fundraiser for BPA Juniors FC which is entirely run by volunteers and has several junior teams ranging from under-8s to under-18s across mainly North and East Bradford. We are constantly trying to raise funds as best we can and I would
Would-be sailors are being invited to try out the sport for themselves in an open day at Yeadon Tarn this month. Yeadon Sailing Club will give visitors the chance to try out ‘one of the most thrilling sports there is’ at the event from 10.30am
A cutting-edge design and manufacturing centre wants to inspire even more inventors and entrepreneurs through a permanent link-up with a neighbouring college. Fab Lab Airedale, in Dalton Mill, Keighley, has now become part of Keighley Campus Leeds
Firemen tackled five deliberate fires in 24 hours at a Baildon beauty spot, leading to calls for parents to clamp down on the “mindless” yobs thought to be to blame. Fire crews from Shipley station were called to Baildon Bank at 7pm on Sunday then
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 sq m, said a spokesman for Shipley fire station
SIR – I was interested in the letter from David Hornsby (T&A, April 30) with regard to people on benefits having to find work. It would appear that he thinks that getting benefits is not pay. It looks like he thinks that if they have to do
SIR – As the UK gets set to once again welcome the Tour de France to our shores, Marie Curie Cancer Care, the official charity partner of the Tour de France Grand Depart, is encouraging the people of Bradford to be part of the action and volunteer
SIR – The story about Queensbury’s heritage centre and Queensbury tunnel brings me to write to you as a real enthusiast of this superbly-constructed Victorian work of enterprise which had too many heavy works to be a preservation possibility.
Sir – Fracking Away Our Future is the theme of a discussion in Skipton at the Black Horse pub at 7.30 on Tuesday, May 13. Do come along if you care about our future. Our MP, Julian Smith, says he does. He talks with pride in his 2013 report of
Sir – Residents in Thackley are understandably up in arms at the proposal to build 270 homes on a greenfield site adjacent to Leeds Road (T&A, April 30). This is just about the only remaining green lung between Thackley and Shipley, and it is therefore
SIR – I would like to say the Town Hall Square in Keighley is looking absolutely magnificent. The flowers and gardens have been made to look absolutely beautiful. Keighley Town Council and all the gardeners have done a marvellous job and should
SIR – Andrew Love says most of the girls selling their bodies are heroin addicts, then asks where do the police think the stuff comes from, thoughtlessly adding it won’t be the scum dealers who are targeted (Letters, April 28). Nothing could be
SIR – Your recent report on the attendance of committee chairmen stated that I had missed a number of meetings as chairman of Bradford East Area Committee. However, while other committee chairmen were afforded the space to explain any absences
SIR – I would like to hear from anyone (but in particular surviving members of) who may remember or have information about the Procter family, who lived in Victorian days and the last century at Rylstone, Hetton and Cracoe, near Skipton. I am an
SIR – Re Mr Harding’s reply (Letters, April 30) to my letter (April 24). I wish Mr Harding had done some research before putting pen to paper declaring Chemtrails as something in my imagination. There are many written articles on the web and videos
Sir – The Christ Church grounds and burial grounds in Skipton are looking picturesque. The flowering bulbs and cherry tree blossoms make the ground’s burial sites a colourful picture. The church wardens, gardeners and the grasscutting team do an
SIR – May I use your letters page to pass on my gratitude to two good Samaritans. While walking Murphy, my five-month-old Labrador puppy on Wednesday, April 23, near Saltaire Sports Association, Saltaire, he was spooked by a loud noise and pulled
SIR – Following the judging for Yorkshire in Bloom, Ilkley in Bloom would like to thank those residents who helped litter-pick and generally tidy up the evening before. Also thanks to the Bradford Council Parks and Landscapes’ staff for their hard
SIR– For readers who, like me, love nothing more than hitting the golf course, I have the perfect summer challenge. On June 13, hundreds of golfers will tee off as the sun rises and in teams of four, attempt to play four courses before it sets
SIR – On Thursday, May 22, European Parliamentary elections and 13 local elections are taking place across Yorkshire and Humber region. It’s crucial in the run-up to the elections that the public know how to exercise their right to vote. Whether
SIR – I wish to support all those who are campaigning against the proposal to build 600 houses on Fagley Quarry and the adjoining land. Only last week there was a double page spread in the T&A about run-down properties being renovated and brought
25 years ago: Health chiefs in Bradford revealed radical plans to grant independence to another of the city’s hospitals, Lynfield Mount, to allow it to become a self-governing trust alongside other mental health services across the district. 50
25 years ago: Shoppers fled in terror as armed gunmen staged a post office raid in Holme Wood, Bradford, threatening a Royal Mail driver with a shotgun to hand over a delivery of cash. 50 years ago: Bradford Park Avenue FC sensationally sacked
When we think of drug addicts most of us often picture listless individuals lolling in squalid flats with syringes full of heroin bought with the proceeds of petty crime. But far more seemingly innocent medicines are causing a massive problem in
The latest figures on the numbers of sex crimes being investigated by West Yorkshire Police – particularly those in which the alleged perpetrator is now of pensionable age – make for unpleasant reading. But what they also do is make absolutely
Bradford’s City Park has won another award to add to its already-groaning trophy cabinet – this time from the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. And well deserved it is too. As the weather gets a little warmer it gladdens the heart to
25 years ago: The Princess Royal paid a whirlwind visit to Bradford via helicopter to open a wool-combing plant at clothing company Grattan’s new site on Thornton Road. 50 years ago: A Baildon couple revealed they had been offered £75 each in compensation
Work is now well underway to bring to life a major land art project in the district which is part of the Tour de France cultural festival. The Fields of Vision team, spearheaded by Worth Valley Young Farmers, has begun preparing one of these scenic
Vandals have violated the grave of a beloved grandmother by smashing a stained glass window in the headstone above her resting place in Bradford. Mother-of-four Dot Broadbent died of a brain tumour aged 61 and her family have tended her grave in
A Bradford graveyard project is looking to trace any family members of 35 First World War soldiers whose names are set to be added to a memorial in its grounds. Volunteers at the Heaton Graveyard Project, set up in 2004 to restore the village graveyard
Police are appealing for information after two mountain bikes were stolen from Keighley. The Specialized S Works bikes were taken when thieves broke into a garage in Stepping Stones, East Morton, between April 5 and April 19. They are both
Some pivotal dates in Otley’s history are now on display on a new plaque. The blue sign has gone up outside The Bay Horse pub, on Market Place, and is intended to give visitors and locals a quick insight into the heritage of the town. It was
A children’s ward at the Bradford Royal Infirmary has had a mural make-over thanks to a healthcare assistant who is an artist in his spare time. Richard Taylorson’s skills were called on by Ward 16 staff who asked him to brighten up the corridors
On 6 June this year the United Kingdom, along with its friends and allies, will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The largest amphibious landing the world had ever seen was crucial to the allied victory in Europe in 1945 and
City will work on Matty Dolan over the summer to sharpen him up for a bigger role next season. Phil Parkinson has earmarked the young midfielder to become more of an influence in the club’s second term in League One. Parkinson has been impressed
A woman from the Spen Valley has made history by becoming one of the first female submariners to serve in the Royal Navy. Lieutenant Penny Thackray, 39, from Hightown, Liversedge, along with her colleagues Maxine Stiles and Alexandra Olsson, have
The furious sister of a young Bradford mother who died of a suspected poisoning has demanded justice five years on from her death. Sana Abbasi was one of 30 murder cases from the Bradford district over the last 40 years highlighted in the Bradford
The annual search has begun to find Bradford’s super tenants who improve lives and the neighbourhoods where they live. Incommunities 2014 star awards will recognise a wide range of talents, seeking both those who play an active role in making their
A woman whose father committed suicide will be running in the Leeds Half Marathon to raise money for Mind. Tarah Finlay, 23, was a teenager when her father Robert Wade took his own life after suffering from depression. Now she is putting herself
In-form Lee Gaskell cannot wait to face his old club St Helens this weekend as he roared: “Bring it on!” The Bulls star is in red-hot form and orchestrated the 34-28 win over Warrington with a man-of-the-match display which included three assists
A soup kitchen is expanding to open a food bank with hopes of supporting families reluctant to ask for help. The InTouch Foundation Food Bank will officially start later this month, but already the organisation has helped people referred to it.
Angry residents have submitted a 200-name petition to Bradford Council opposing plans for a community and education centre on derelict land in West Bowling. The centre, proposed for the corner of Parkside Road and Birch Lane, would offer language
There are various ways that prescription drugs end up being sold for a few pounds on the streets of Bradford, or behind closed doors. They are acquired from the internet, and sold on. They are obtained from GPs by patients who lie about or embellish
The number of sick days taken by West Yorkshire Police officers is on the rise, figures have revealed. Days lost to sickness among officers in 2013/14, to March 21, stood at 26,838, compared to 25,904 for the previous year and 23,440 for 2011/12
In March the Telegraph & Argus reported on an inquest into the deaths of two women who died from taking drugs not prescribed to them. Initially, police thought the deaths in June last year of breast cancer survivor Alison Pearson, 50, and former
A black market in prescription and over-the-counter drugs – from methadone to cough syrup – is thriving behind a “cloak of anonymity” in Bradford, police warn. Prescription drugs are bought on the internet, obtained falsely from GPs or passed on
The menopause is often portrayed as a bit of a ‘joke’ topic, but for many women experiencing it, it’s anything but. A physically and emotionally challenging time, it can also be quite isolating, with many admitting to feeling confused about their
