OLYMPIC champion Nicola Adams made an impressive start to her bid to win a Commonwealth Games boxing gold medal. The former Bradford College student gained an emphatic points win over Nigeria’s Oluwatoyin Oladeji in Glasgow, tonight. The world
PUDSEY gymnast Nile Wilson is poised to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal tomorrow. Wilson is part of the England quintet who are leading the men’s team competition with 138.806 after the floor, pommel horse and rings which were held today.
Cleckheaton’s Sarah Holt was another competitor from the Bradford area to just miss out on a medal at Hampden Park tonight. She was fourth in the women’s hammer final where the bronze medal went to her England team-mate Sophie Hitchon, who is the
FOUR supermarket staff took on a hair-raising challenge by having their heads shaved into weird and wonderful styles to raise money for Sue Ryder.Kevin Wilson, Kieran Holmes, Lee Taylor and Abhinav Kumar, who all work in Morrisons' finance team at
A NEW toolkit which offers an insight into Autism through the eyes of a group of Bradford youngsters has been unveiled. ‘Autism from a Young Person’s Perspective’ includes first hand examples, case studies, drawings and poetry to help people to
POLICE have released pictures of two men they want to speak to in connection with an alleged road rage attack in Heckmondwike. Threats were made and a bottle thrown at the victim's vehicle during the incident, said police. It is alleged to have
A POLICE crackdown saw 21 people arrested across the Bradford district over the weekend as part of Operation Viper. The sixth weekend of intensive police activity across West Yorkshire, which ran from Friday to the early hours of yesterday morning, saw
DIVISION Two leaders Undercliffe moved another step closer to a return to the JCT600 Bradford League top flight with a 31-run Sunday win over third-placed Keighley.Hamid Khan made 79 to guide Undercliffe, who had also beaten Hartshead Moor on Saturday
BRADFORD superstar Zayn Malik has received a backlash of abusive messages after posting a Twitter message in support of Palestine. The One Direction star, who was brought up a Muslim, posted the message "#FreePalestine" to his 13 million followers
EMPTY offices in the middle of Shipley will be given a new lease of life after a housing association was given approval to turn them into flats.Horton Housing Association, a social housing provider, was given planning permission to turn the first and
PLACES are available for stalls at a community fun day and cultural bazaar in Bradford. The event will be held at Carlton Bolling College, Undercliffe Lane, on Saturday, September 20 from noon to 3pm. Attractions include face painting, body tattoos,
AN OXENHOPE pub is holding a beer festival from Thursday, July 31 until Sunday, August 3. The Bay Horse, in Upper Town, will offer 30 cask ale and ciders and on Saturday night will host live entertainment from local singer John Driver.
DENHOLME school girl Rebekah Tiler missed out on a debut Commonwealth Games medal in the 69kg weightlifting but vowed to power her way to Olympic gold in the future. The Keighley-born 15-year-old could only finish fourth after failing to equal
KEIGHLEY RZM will be defending their Quaid-e-Azam League knockout final at Saltaire on Sunday (1pm). They will face 2012 winners Onq in the Yasmin & Shaid Cup final after having comfortable wins over Darulshafa and Alliance Darnall to reach
A BRADFORD primary school ended its year on a high - and for the headteacher it also marked the end of her time at the school. Susan Hart is leaving All Saints CofE Primary School in Little Horton after seven years as head, and after 39 years of
Helen Mead column for Monday July 28What is it about sisters that causes them to love and hate each other at the same time?This Sunday is National Sisters' Day , causing me to ponder the question.I'm five years older than my sister, and to this
THE NEW boss of Bradford College has pledged to keep driving up student satisfaction and achievements. Andy Welsh takes over from Michele Sutton as Group Chief Executive of Bradford College on August 1 when she steps down after ten years in charge
THE people of the Middle East have lived the reality of inter-religious communities since the wandering Arameans began to settle their herds. Across the world Christians, Muslims and Jews have always lived together, negotiated boundaries, found ways to
CHILD benefit should not be paid out to EU migrants if their youngsters live outside the UK, one of the district’s MPs said. Shipley MP Philip Davies backed a Commons Bill that would end what one of its supporters called the “absurd anomaly” in
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of rear single storey extension, 21 Bolton Road. Allerton: construction of outbuilding, 4 Dale Croft Rise. Allerton: construction of side and rear
THE following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: The following have been dealt with for keeping a vehicle on a public road without a licence: Marie-Louise Dobson, aged 41, of St Helena Road, Wibsey; £400 fine, £58.34 back
A desperate teenage drug addict who launched a brutal street attack on a disabled pensioner has been locked up by a judge today. Frantiska Kinacova, 18, put her head in her hands as a Czech interpreter explained to her that she was being sent to a young
SIR – When reading newspaper editorials this week and surveying the wall-to-wall coverage of the Cameron cabinet reshuffle, it appears that the media have missed the point – the PM is in fact an ineffectual leader who has sacrificed his friends and
SIR - Since we found evidence of widespread cruelty inside UK slaughterhouses, Animal Aid has been calling for mandatory CCTV to help vets end these illegal activities. Now, we have launched a brand new film and campaign website to help promote
HISTORY buffs have been urged to share their knowledge and artefacts of Shipley, Baildon and Saltaire at an open day.The Bradford Libraries heritage open day will be held at Shipley Library, Well Croft, on Saturday, September 20. It will have a 9.30am
SIR - David Hornsby (Letters, July 23), is not happy with the Monarchy and believes that the British people deserve the right to democratically elect a Head of State of our own. He also believes that people in high positions of power and influence
SIR – People coming off the dole in Bradford will be given free bikes to help them get to their new jobs (T&A, July 21). Local transport chiefs have been handed a £2.8 million grant from the Government and Metro. West Yorkshire’s transport
SIR – I heard on the news recently – “500 children being admitted to hospital to have rotten teeth removed”. If Odsal Clinic was still as when I worked there, these children would have been examined regularly in school by the resident school dentist
A YOUTH group based near Keighley is supporting a member who is recovering from a brain tumour.Members of Friends Are Us, in Cross Hills, raised £750 for two charities that help sufferers of the disease.Tyler Manley, nine, from Glusburn, one of
SIR – If I was in charge of the National Media Museum and wanted to bring it to its knees I would start by stopping doing what it does best. In other words, I would start by cancelling the International Film Festival. As Film Festivals go in the UK
From the T&A... 25 years ago: A new watchdog group – The Communities, Churches and Charities Alliance – demanded a meeting with council leaders to discuss the Blueprint for Bradford policy document, saying it was concerned over its impact on
PUPILS at an inner city Bradford school have learned what it means to be a pillar of the community.Year six pupils from Barkerend Primary School became the second group of children from the school to be crowned Community Champions at a special assembly
PUBLIC Service students at Keighley Campus are blazing hot! The college has teamed up with Keighley Fire Station so its students can gain valuable hands-on experience. Students working towards BTEC Level 2 Public Service qualifications will
BRADFORD singer Melissa Steel is tipped to be the star of the summer after riding high in music charts with debut single Kisses for Breakfast. Set to a catchy tropical beat, the single features the vocals of Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan, who
A UNION has welcomed the pay-out of former staff from a Bradford-based shoe company following an employment tribunal. Workers at the head office of Barratts Shoes have been awarded up to £4,000 each after a hearing found staff had not received
A PAIR of 16-year-olds have become the Bradford district's youngest media moguls as their magazine has now been registered as a business. Editor James Slater and deputy editor Megan Carson, both students at Titus Salts School in Baildon, started
A Bradford fundraiser raised over £4,000 by competing in a 10k race - during a 19 hour fast.Nazim Ali, General Secretary of the Bradford-based community organisation Naqshbandia Active Development Association, took part in the Leeds 10k, and as
A BATTLE to have the body of English King Richard III re-buried in York instead of Leicester is not yet over, according to a campaigner based in Cross Roads, near Keighley.Carol Fellingham Webb admitted that the result of a judicial review in May, which
THE following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Christopher Hainsworth, aged 30, of St Mary’s Close, Wyke; assault, criminal damage, failure to surrender to custody, jailed for four months, £200 compensation. John Paul
A LONG serving and much-loved member of staff at Queensbury School has said her emotional farewells after three and a half decades at the school.Theresa Battye has been at the Deanstones Lane school for 35 years and has been assistant head teacher at
A SECRET cake club has celebrated the recent Tour de France Grand Depart with cakes representing the race.The Saltaire branch of the Clandestine Cake Club met this week qt Vicars Cafe Bistro in the village, with the theme 'Le Tour That Was'."
BRADFORD youngsters came up with their own idea to distribute Eid gifts to children who are in hospital for the celebration.Children who attend the W-Childcare after school club took around 30 gifts to Bradford Royal Infirmary to support children who
WORK has started on the most important part of Oxenhope Community Centre's major refurbishment programme.A Halifax-based firm began installing the building's new roof last Monday. This part of the project is expected to take about three weeks
A company creating a promotional video to attract more visitors to the Bradford district is appealing for people to submit selfies. And the best images will be included in the finished footage, being produced by Twenty Twenty Films, of Keighley
A KEIGHLEY printing company is staging its own poignant tribute commemorating the centenary of the First World War. L&S Prints Digital Ltd has transformed a room at its West Lane premises with a moving montage depicting conflicts spanning the
A Bradford bus driver is ferrying athletes, officials, spectators and the media around at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Aftab Ahmed is one of 700 drivers from First Bus who volunteered to be a part of the Scottish spectacular.The 34-year-old will
SIR – Around 200,000 children in England and Wales are starting their school holidays this week with a parent in prison. And when a parent is incarcerated, their children are left behind in the shadows. The imprisonment of a much-loved parent is
SIR - The Council’s Executive approved the closure of four of the Council’s Customer Service Centres in a cost cutting plan. This is a front line service which is much needed and well used but once again the needs of Bradford’s communities are overlooked
SIR - Robin Johnson totally misunderstands the import of my letter on the chances of David Ward being re-elected as MP for Bradford East. I never mentioned the chances of Liberal Democrat Councillors in Eccleshill, Bolton & Undercliffe and
SIR - Foreign secretary William Hague is stepping down before he is pushed. He has been a complete disaster in post, he has shown a profound lack of understanding of the Middle East – its politics, religion and tribal allegiances. With belligerent
SIR – The British workman has for centuries been admired around the world. How the mighty has fallen. In Shipley, a new gas pipe is being laid resulting in long traffic delays for 11 weeks. I can only assume that the job is being undertaken by
SIR – There is a fundamental unfairness at the heart of the moves to massively cut the money councils get for school improvement and support. It’s not a level playing field as individual academy ESG allocations will be protected from losses. Therefore
SIR – So, now we know – even the Saltaire World Heritage site is not safe in the hands of Bradford Council, its inept planning officers and councillors. A new “contemporary-style” building is to be erected in Exhibition Road (T&A, July 24),
A GRANDAD is about to walk for a charity that helped save his grandson’s life. The 54-year-old community worker, who has changed his name to Muppett, leaves his Thorpe Edge home tomorrow to hike 150 miles in seven days for Amos Pascal Harker, who
LIFE in part of the Bradford district during the First World War, as seen through the eyes of a child, is the subject of a new publication by a history group.Edward’s Diary will go on sale at next weekend’s centenary event in Silsden town
Incommunities has welcomed a grant of £7 million to allow it to build 264 high quality affordable homes in the district. As the Telegraph & Argus reported on Friday, the housing group has been given the money by the Homes and Communities Agency
AN ARCHITECTURE firm from the Bradford district has played its part in the Commonwealth Games after designing the £20 million bus depot in host city Glasgow. Janus Architecture, Bradford Road, Idle, has designed the facility on the ten acre site
AN 81-year-old Bradford granddad is set to brave a 10,000ft skydive to raise funds for a cancer charity in memory of his late wife. William Bland, of Wrose, fondly known as 'grandad Bill', will take on the challenge, which includes a 5,000ft freefall
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, met patients at Manorlands, the Sue Ryder home for cancer sufferers at Oxenhope, near Keighley, after making it known she wanted to visit the home during a visit to the region
MYTHICAL creatures and lost legends are helping to tackle the "literacy dip" of the school summer holiday. A Summer Reading Challenge running at libraries throughout the district is aimed at getting children to keep reading, away from the classroom
A CIRCUS skills workshop and photo booth are among the other diversions on offer at this year's Bingley Music Live festival. As well as 55 music acts, including Pet Shop Boys, Example, Shed Seven, Gaz Coombes, Naughty Boy and Gorgon City, the Bradford
THE voice behind a protest to stop cuts to vital youth services in Bradford is now fighting the same battle on a national scale. Piers Telemacque, the former president of Bradford Students' Union and a Bradford College student, was one of the loudest
Libraries in Cleckheaton, Birstall and Heckmondwike are under threat of closure after Kirklees Council announced it may shut all but two across the district, with the possible loss of 100 jobs. One option under consideration includes closing 24
CHILDREN enjoying the sun and fun in City Park are in for an extra treat this summer as a line-up of free films and fun school activities are being offered by Bradford Council and Bradford City of Film.Popular animation blockbusters Monsters University
City have hurriedly arranged another pre-season friendly tomorrow against Park Avenue. The match, which will allow Phil Parkinson to have another look at the club's trialists, will kick off at Horsfall Stadium at 7.30pm.
ORGANISERS who arranged the first North Parade street party saw their hard work pay off as the sun came out and the crowds followed. Saturday's event was arranged to showcase diverse businesses which occupy the city centre street and traders praised
THE Telegraph & Argus has been a city institution for generations and since the mid-1980s the Talking Telegraph has stood alongside as a service for those with sight problems. However the service, which is run entirely by volunteers, has now
PHIL Parkinson will today plead with the City board to let him recruit another keeper – and fast. With less than a fortnight before the new campaign kicks off, Jordan Pickford is the only senior stopper at Valley Parade following Jon McLaughlin's
JIMMY Lowes paid tribute to his players after the Bulls recorded a famous victory over reigning champions Wigan. The legendary former hooker had seen his men lose all four of his previous games in charge but a 16-8 success got his reign up and
AN Islamic charity with a base in Bradford has been told that its bank account is being shut down, although it has yet to be told why.Now Bradford West MP George Galloway says he will "demand" to know the reason that HSBC has decided to shut
A PRIMARY school has been rewarded for its green credentials.Riddlesden St Mary's has received a plaque and £1,000 cash prize in a national competition staged by the Co-operative.Judges praised the school for its work generating green energy
A bid to turn the former home of an illegal bazaar into indoor football pitches is back on - after an appeal was lodged against planning refusal. Earlier this year, planning officers had recommended the plans for the former Shires Bathroom site
FEARS have been raised over the future of road safety workers in Bradford after it emerged the department's funding will be cut at the end of this year. And if the council's road safety team was axed, it is estimated it would take five years to
JAKE Mullaney has signed a one-year deal to become the Bulls' second new signing for 2015. After Castleford prop Dan Fleming was recruited on a two-year contract from next season, Salford full back Mullaney has also come on board. Brett Kearney
Bradford Bulls 16, Wigan Warriors 8 WHAT a way for Jimmy Lowes to celebrate his first victory as Bulls head coach. Lowes' men not only beat last season's double winners in what marked a major upset, they did it in style. Super League status
City 0, Blackburn 0 IT'S not often you come out of a pre-season friendly raving about the left back. But the general buzz around Valley Parade after Saturday's entertaining but goalless encounter focused on the performance of Alan Sheehan.
A woman has spoken of her "horror" after her pet dog became trapped in an illegal poacher's snare while she was out walking on a rural footpath. Police and the RSPCA are currently investigating the incident, which happened close to Harden Moor,
Police have taken action against dozens of nuisance street drinkers in a crackdown on drunkenness in Bradford city centre. Officers have made 13 arrests and given 27 people 'directions to leave' in the first two weeks of the operation - but businesses
JASON Gillespie has hailed young gun Jack Leaning's contribution in his breakthrough season of LV= County Championship cricket from either number three or number six in the order. The 20-year-old right-hander, who debuted last season but only played
A LONG-STANDING charity is appealing for more people to become temporary hosts for homeless young people across the Bradford district. Bradford Nightstop, which receives referrals for young people aged 16 to 25 who need emergency shelter, has been operating
