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THE next meeting of Baildon full town council will be on Monday, September 8 at 7.30pm. Meetings take place at the Baildon Community Link on Cliffe Avenue. Contact the Clerk for more information on: 01274593169.

SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies says he will not be defecting to UKIP, despite the fact he agrees with nearly everything they say. Mr Davies, a strident Eurosceptic, was being tipped as another Tory MP who could leave to join Nigel Farage's party after

HAIRSTYLIST Lynn Gill is shaving off all her hair this Wednesday at Marios in Kirkgate to raise funds for cancer charities. People can drop in to the salon between 6.30pm and 8.30pm to make donations and buy raffle tickets - there will also be

A RESIDENTS’ group in Bradford is holding its annual general meeting this month. Oakenshaw Residents’ Association will meet at St Andrew’s Church, at 7.30pm on September 24. Refreshments will be available from 7pm.

FORMER darts world champion Scott Waites will step up to the oche for an exhibition in Shelf next month. Bradford-born Waites will be joined by BDO rivals Darryl Fitton and Tony O'Shea at the Stone Chair Variety Club on Friday, October 3 (8pm start

PEEL Park are continuing their chase of Premier Division leaders Stanningley Albion in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League. But Park had to come from 2-1 down against Thornton United to preserve their 100 per cent record. Adam Turner finished

Jason Gillespie has backed Adam Lyth to make the step up to Test cricket if called upon after scoring his fifth LV= County Championship century of the season  to put Yorkshire on course for a Roses win at Emirates Old Trafford. At the halfway stage

COUNCIL wardens and police officers will attend a Dementia Friends session on Thursday from 9.30am-10.30am at Shipley Library. To book a place, call Paula Truman on 01274 437146.

A NEIGHBOURHOOD meeting will be held at the Keith Thompson Centre in Braithwaite on Tuesday evening (September 9). Bradford Council officers, local councillors and police will be on hand to talk to residents at the 7pm gathering. Specific time

CLAYTON Parish Council will stage its next meeting on Thursday, September 18. The bi-monthly event will take place at Clayton Village Hall, Reva Syke Road from 7pm. Residents are welcome to attend and can raise and report crime issues at the meeting

With the Ice Bucket Challenge craze sweeping the nation, Bradford celebrities, teams and businesses have got involved to help raise money for charities. Here are just a few of Bradford's best drenchings... 1. Bradford Bulls line up to take the

THOUSANDS of families across the district will benefit from a Government scheme to provide more free care to two-year-olds, which will be expanded this week. For several months, schools and community centres have been preparing to provide increased

FAMILIES using a Bradford park are having to contend with loose horses and their droppings, a worried councillor has said.Around five or six horses have been left to roam Bradford Moor Park each day for nearly a week, local councillor Mohammed Shafiq

BINGLEY'S Sam Bilham has won the British Trial and Rally Drivers' Association (BTRDA) RallyFirst 1.0 title in his first year of gravel racing.The junior rally ace clinched the crown by triumphing in the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally &ndash

TAKE your steps to becoming an entrepreneur by attending a women’s bazaar. Bradford Moor Play and Support Services (PASS) has organised the event in Attock Park recreation ground, off Amberley Street on Saturday, 13 September from 11am to 6pm.

WEST Yorkshire Police speed cameras will be monitoring motorists across the district this week. Officers will be on Thornton Road in Bradford, Brighouse and Denholme Road in Queensbury, Bradford Road in Birkenshaw, and Hightown Road in Cleckheaton

BACKYARDS, gardens and allotments in Saltaire will be on show as part of two walks around the town. A free garden and sculpture trail will be on September 13 and 14, 1pm-4.30pm. A leaflet is on www.saltairefestival.co.uk.

CREATIVE kids can make sculptures with a Wizard of Oz theme at a workshop in Saltaire. The sessions, held at Roberts Park on Sunday, September 14 from 1pm to 3.30pm, are linked to the 75th anniversary of the popular film’s release. All materials

WE DROVE our one-day cup quarter-final against Durham for 70 or 80 per cent of the time – but my dismissal and Jonny Bairstow getting out quickly afterwards let them back into a game we ended up losing. We are really disappointed, but we can't

AN ARMED gang who attacked one of their victims during a gunpoint robbery on a Bradford street are being hunted by police after getting away with a large amount of cash. Officers have warned the public should not approach anyone they believe to

ORGANISERS of the tenth annual Bronte Mountain Bike Challenge are calling on mountain bike and cyclo cross riders of all abilities to take part. The 2014 event is being held on Sunday, September 21. Over the years, the event has raised about

VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help plan Eccleshill’s Christmas lights switch-on. Eccleshill’s Village Steering Group, supported by the Neighbourhood Service, is staging this year’s switch-on event on Sunday, November 23. Anyone able to help organise

FRIENDS of St John’s are holding a table top and craft fair at Church Hall, New Street, Farsley on Saturday, September 13, 9 to 12.15pm. Details telephone 0113 2290704. Refreshments, free entry.

A man accused of beating up controversial MP George Galloway has been remanded in custody.Neil Masterson, 39, appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court in west London charged with religiously aggravated assault against the Bradford West MP.The pro-Palestine

WEST Yorkshire Police officers achieved a 98 per cent pass rate in fitness bleep tests, figures reveal. Of 597 officers who took the test - which involves a 15-metre shuttle run against a bleep - between March and May this year, 585 officers passed

STEETON claimed their first West Riding County Amateur League point of the campaign with an injury-time penalty by Lee Reilly against visitors Storthes Hall. The hosts started the Premier Division contest well, Tim Hird and a Reilly penalty giving

A RETIRED Bradford detective has fulfilled a lifetime ambition by climbing all of Wainright's 214 Lakeland mountains. It has taken 56-year-old Chris Binns, of Bingley, 27 years to tick the last one off his list and he celebrated conquering the

A BRADFORD cat rescue centre is appealing for volunteers and donations after vet bills for a single kitten topped the £1,000 mark last month. The cat, Eric, was savaged by a dog and forced to have his tail removed as a result of the attack, which

Adam Lyth has scored his fifth LV= County Championship century of the season to put Yorkshire in a very strong position at tea on day two against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford. Replying to the red-rose side’s 278, Yorkshire have reached 273

SINGER songwriter Bella Gaffney performs at The Castle pub, Grattan Road, Bradford, this Friday from 8.30pm. Popular on the festival circuit, she started her acoustic music career several years ago at the city’s Topic Folk Club and gets her inspiration

THE Wacky Scarecrow Walk takes place on Saturday September 13 in Browgate, Baildon from 10am until 5pm. For more information contact Baildon in Bloom Walkjan.pollardaj@gmail.com

CLECKHEATON suffered a batting meltdown for the second successive Sunday as they crashed out of the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy. Having lost to Pudsey St Lawrence in the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final the previous weekend

SALTAIRE have put their promotion from JCT600 Bradford League Division Two down to a team effort.After just a year away from the top flight, they secured an immediate return with a 104-run win at improving Hartshead Moor.Former Saltaire skipper Ijaz Khan

A BRADFORD man had to be fished out of the canal in Brighouse early this morning after trying to flee from police in what officers believe to be a stolen van. The 27 year-old is currently in police custody on suspicion of burglary after failing to stop

SIR – Many seeing recent events in Bradford connected with the crisis in the Gaza Strip, Palestine must wonder if both the West Yorkshire Police Commissioner and his ‘acting’ Chief Constable are suffering from narcolepsy? As if the representative

SIR – In 1933 the Nazi Party gained control of Germany. It proceeded to establish a fascist totalitarian state within which non-Aryans were to be eliminated, and individuals who disagreed with the prevailing ideology were to be killed. The aim of the

SIR – “Let the English pay” (letters, August 22) calls to mind, correctly I hope, that when the Scots failed to create “new Caledonia” in South America some 300 years ago, we English saved them from bankruptcy on condition they joined “the Union”.

SIR – Not one of us can fail to be sickened and horrified by the latest revelations over the Rotherham child sex scandal. We hear about top council, police and social service officials “stepping down” over this outrage if it was up to me, they

SIR – I was rather interested in the letter by Ian Parsons (August 19). Yes, Ian, you are correct in what you say, the Lib-Dems also promised to oppose the increase in the rate of VAT. Then after selling their souls down the river they voted for the

SIR – If you have ever felt our national ‘leaders’ are mainly disconnected and out of touch with life for most ordinary citizens, the answer is... they are. A new report published by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission criticised those

SIR – Much has been said regarding the pitiful performance of public servants including the police, MPs and social services in handling the recent Rotherham grooming scandal. It is to be hoped the children involved will finally see some justice

VISITORS to East Riddlesden Hall can discover how it was rescued from demolition in the 1930s. A new exhibition shows how the 17th-century manor house, near Keighley, was saved for the nation and became a National Trust property. The display

NOT so long ago it was pensioners faced with the decision to heat their homes or eat. Now an estimated 880,000 working parents in England have resorted to skipping meals in the last year in order to cover their mortgage or rent according to research

AFTER many years of economic tough times, we have in recent months seen evidence of recovery, and that is accompanied by rising house prices, one of the key indicators that we are becoming more financially robust. The flipside of that, however,

A MAN is being hunted by police in connection with two fuel thefts within six days from a Bradford supermarket. The offences happened on July 21 and July 26 at Asda on Rooley Lane. About £30 of fuel was taken in the first theft. Police believe

POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a ticket collector at Bradford Forster Square train station was abused and threatened.The incident happened at 1pm on Saturday, August 23 when a 36-year-old member of the station staff

A BRADFORD man is due to appear before Magistrates tomorrow after being charged with a number of offences relating to the sale of so-called 'legal highs'.Pervez Abbas, 63, of Oaklands, Idle, has been charged with offering to supply articles to

BRADFORD-born entrepreneurs are being sought to take part in a new video designed to inspire young people.The production is a collaboration between enterprise body E3 Bradford and recruitment sand training organisation Prospects and is aimed at young

GOALKEEPER Ben Williams has signed a deal with City until the end of 2014. The 32-year-old has impressed in his two outings in the Capital One Cup against Morecambe and Leeds. Williams, who has been with the club on a non-contract basis, has

“DAD that’s disgusting.” So say my daughters when my husband tucks into a meal. They‘re not commenting on any unsavoury eating habits, but the sheer volume of food on the plate. More often than not, it resembles a mini mountain. He sets his

RAMADAN is observed as a month of fasting before the celebration of Eid Ul Fitr. Some of my earliest memories of Ramadan are from growing up just off Barkerend Road and our next door neighbours bringing the most amazing multi-coloured rice dishes round

READING, writing and maths - the three Rs, in long-standing parlance - form the basic building blocks of any child’s education, and unfortunately Bradford has a history of not having the best attainment in these areas. It seems, though, that the

SIR – Your recent ‘shock horror’ story about the low conviction rate for street robberies needs to be put into its proper context. (T&A, August 21). Readers with very long memories might recall the downfall of Sergeant ‘Tanky’ Challoner some

IR – I have a large degree of sympathy with the Jewish and Israeli nations regarding their past persecution and their current battle to stop Hamas rockets being fired in to their country . Recently, however, The World Jewish Congress were successful

WE SOMETIMES say that this column brings people together. Peter Dyson’s reflections on his 1940s rough-and-tumble childhood in Bradford, published in the T&A on July 19, prompted a response from somebody he used to play with in the quarries near

SIR – David Cameron claims he wants to be family friendly in his Government’s policies. It is worth looking at the coalition’s policies and their effect on thousands of families. There is the bedroom tax, where two children must share a room, the

SIR – May I through the auspices of your newspaper pay a tribute to my local GP Dr Sally Stanley, who recently retired from Charles Street Surgery, in Otley. Dr Sally was an inspiration to all her patients and she will be missed enormously! But the

THE back-cover blurb of The Quick, by Yorkshire author Lauren Owen, goes to great pains to NOT tell you exactly what this book is about. Perhaps the subject matter of this Victorian thriller is meant to be a surprise; perhaps the publishers were

SIR – The dog thefts article (T&A, August 25) stated 123 dogs were stolen either for breeding or, more distressingly, fighting. It went on to conclude that it often ends with few arrests or convictions. Correspondent Bob Watson (Letters, August

SIR – David Cameron’s “troubled families”. I don’t get the jump from 129,000 to a massive half a million. That is a big increase. Does it mean the previous policy has failed? And Mr Cameron is trying a new policy with half a million families in trouble

IF YOU are now inundated with ripe tomatoes, juicy green beans, berries and herbs, don’t leave them to go stringy or mouldy – the freezer can go a long way to making your crops last well into winter. Blanching newly-picked vegetables before freezing

SIR – It would now seem that we have fellow citizens who are opposed to everything Britain stands for, yet it would appear the thing they cling on to most is a British passport. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire

A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after an alleged assault in Great Horton earlier today. The 40-year-old man is in a critical condition with head injuries and police are appealing for any witnesses who saw an altercation in Hollybank

GETTING out and about when you are elderly or infirm can be difficult. The logistics of navigating wheelchairs, scooters or other assistance aids around tourist attractions can take some planning but there are places that can ease the potential

Castleford Tigers 32, Bradford Bulls 18 ALMOST five years have passed since the Bulls last won four Super League games in succession. Jimmy Lowes’ men arrived at Wheldon Road aiming to achieve that feat yesterday but, despite a virtuoso display

Rochdale 0 Bradford City 2 FALSE dawns have been a common theme when City make this particularly short trek across the Pennine border. The Bantam hordes descend in great numbers on Spotland – often outnumbering the home support – and then skulk

JIMMY Lowes admitted the Bulls were second-best yesterday as their three-match winning streak came to an end but welcomed the signing of Danny Williams on a two-year deal. Castleford bounced back from their Challenge Cup final defeat with a 32-

Yorkshire lost only Alex Lees during the second morning as they pressed ahead against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford, reaching lunch on 141-1 from 50 overs in reply to the hosts' 278. Lees was trapped lbw by Tom Bailey for 40 to end a 72-run

A DAD who suffered fractures to his nose, cheek and eye socket during a brawl with a man half his age whom he accused of verbally abusing his teenage daughter said he has lost his faith in the justice system after a wounding charge was dropped by prosecutors.David

CITY are “hungry” enough to maintain their pace after bursting out of the blocks in the first month of the season. That’s the view of assistant boss Steve Parkin after Saturday’s 2-0 win at Rochdale rounded off an impressive August for the new-look

THE number of road deaths in Bradford halved between 2002 and 2013, new figures have revealed.Thirteen people were killed in collisions on the district's roads in last year compared with 26 fatalities 12 years ago.A report has also found that last

ENFORCEMENT action has been taken against a children's nursery in Keighley by education inspectors after a series of failing were uncovered. An Ofsted inspection at Keighley Community Nursery found it was "inadequate" in every category and

A FORMER bank has been converted into another kind of safe haven for valuables by a local entrepreneur who spotted a gap in the market.Finance executive Neelam Ahmed has launched Zurich Safe Deposits in the former Habib bank building in Leeds Road, Bradford

WHEN Shelby Clough fell out of bed one morning her mum thought it was a prank to avoid school - but it turned out to be a sinister sign of a rare genetic illness that now rules the teenager's world.Shelby was only ten when it happened and she found

NEARLY 30 men have been arrested as police in Keighley investigate claims of child sexual exploitation by an alleged grooming gang. It is one of three major investigations West Yorkshire Police is carrying out into alleged multiple offences of

SERIOUS concerns over the affordability of housing in Bradford emerged today following the release of research which reveals a widening gap between property prices and earnings in the city. The TUC's report shows that in 1997 the city's average

SAVE Bingley swimming pool campaigners are urging people to sign up and be counted when a Bradford Council consultation roadshow rolls into town on Wednesday.The Telegraph & Argus last month exclusively revealed the proposed locations of four new

NEARLY 30 men have been arrested as police in Keighley investigate child sexual exploitation cases by an alleged grooming gang. It is one of three major investigations West Yorkshire Police is carrying out into alleged multiple offences of child

BOOMING Saltaire Brewery hopes to build on its success by creating a brand new canal-side bar and also expanding its production space by 30 per cent.The award-winning brewery at the Dockfield Works beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal has submitted a