YORKSHIRE captain Andrew Gale has been charged with a racism offence by the ECB, it has been reported. It has been long since known that Gale had a run-in with Lancashire batsman Ashwell Prince during the third day of the Roses clash at Emirates
A HOUSEBUILDER was branded "absolutely ridiculous" for breaking rules on hours of working after residents in Wilsden complained of builders using a wacker at 2am.Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court heard that neighbours of a Harron
A NEW phone app and film uncovering Bradford's rich and varied film heritage was officially unveiled at a civic reception at City Hall last night. The project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is the culmination of a year's worth of research
An altercation in Bradford city centre sparked a major police response this afternoon. The confrontation, which happened at a bus stop in Sunbridge Road at about 3.15pm, saw at a least seven police cars and dozens of officers scrambled to the scene
THE number of jobseekers across the Bradford district has fallen for the second month running, with the figures described as "great news" - especially for young people wanting to find work.There were 150 fewer 18 to 24 year-olds claiming Job
A VASTLY-improved afternoon showing helped Bradford climb to third place in the 41st Yorkshire Inter-District Team Championship at Cookridge Hall last Sunday. Only East Riding, in eighth place, were behind Bradford after the morning's play, but
IT was celebration time this week at Bradford's National Media Museum after it was awarded £2 million of funding to help secure its future. But in many ways the hard work is just beginning for bosses at the stalwart city-centre attraction.
Askam 12 Bradford Dudley Hill 14 BRADFORD Dudley Hill rounded off their Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two regular programme with a splendid 14-12 win at Askam. The Cumbrian hosts had only lost once at home all season and
A CHARITY for voluntary carers is celebrating helping 200 people restart their lives during the last 20 months.Carer's Resource offers support for people in caring roles and its CReate scheme helps in a variety of ways, including finding work, accessing
BRADFORD is gearing up for its first literature festival, which promises to be the most diverse in the UK. Comedian Shazia Mirza, TV personality Christa Ackroyd and acclaimed poet Lemn Sissay are just some of the big names lined up for the inaugural
DUDLEY Hill Rangers Under-11s did not search for a kit sponsor this season. Instead their coach Pete Softley decided that the boys should pay tribute to the fallen of 100 years ago. They have a poppy and 1914-2014 emblazoned on their kits to
A 19-YEAR-old man addicted to legal highs admitted stealing meat from frozen food store Iceland a week after being released from a custodial sentence.Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court heard yesterday how Thomas Low, of Alma Street, Bradford
SIX unsung heroes of healthcare were honoured in the Bradford Teaching Hospitals Oscars last night. The awards, marking the hard work and dedication of staff, were presented at a special ceremony at Bradford Royal Infirmary's Sovereign Lecture
BRADFORD Dragons have re-signed stalwarts Vance Silcott and Rihards Sulcs.Silcott, who originates from the West Indies, is the club's longest-serving player and is now entering his seventh season with the Dragons, while Sulcs is about to start his
A REVELLER was struck by a caravan and killed moments after being heard telling his girlfriend "the next car that comes down here I am going to let it run me over," an inquest heard. Witness Helen Kilroy told the hearing "my heart was pounding
THE family of an eight-year-old boy who is battling cancer for a second time believe he has responded well to his latest chemotherapy treatment which ends today. Shane Edwards was six when he was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in February
TROUBLED free school Kings Science Academy will likely lose its name when it is taken over by the Dixons Academy chain next year.The school's governors had been working with the Department for Education to find a new academy sponsor since principal
A SEVENTH member of £5.5 million drugs conspiracy gang has been jailed for 11 years.Naveed Ahmed, 31, of Byron Street, Barkerend, Bradford, was found guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court in June.Yesterday, he was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court
POLICE are to check for links between an arson attack on a family car and previous incidents of deliberate damage.Hundreds of pounds damage was caused when the distinctive Subaru Impreza (pictured) had petrol poured over it and was set alight outside
Cash On Delivery Bingley Arts Centre What an opener for the new season of plays at Bingley Little Theatre. Fast-paced from the start, we raced through the evening, the plot got more and more involved as we went along, but all in a perfectly clear
COUGARS chairman Gary Fawcett has confirmed the club’s fight against their relegation from the Kingstone Press Championship is now in the hands of solicitors. As the Telegraph & Argus revealed, Fawcett met with leading sports lawyer Richard
CRAVEN AIRE & WHARFE JUNIOR LEAGUE UNDER 11A: Bingley Inter 3, Guiseley 4; Salts Lions 6, Oakworth Hornets 1. UNDER 11B: Salts Tigers 3, Nab Wood 0; Silsden 9, Menston Rovs 1; Bingley Boca 5, Bolton Wood City 9; Thackley Lightening 3,
Tributes have been paid to the top archeologist who helped bring closure to the anguished families of Northern Ireland's Disappeared. John McIlwaine, a forensic archaeologist with the University of Bradford, died suddenly last night at the age
BRADFORD LEAGUES SATURDAY Naylor Premier: Clayton A 187 (19), Ladyhill A 167 (11); Asa Briggs A 191 (13), Shipley Club A 200 (17); Pudsey A 198 (25), Whitkirk 128 (5); Whitkirk 171 (16), Wyke A 163 (14); Crossgates 194 (23), Eccleshill A 153
LONG-standing member Stephen May has claimed Crow Nest Golf Club's biggest prize of the year – the Crow Nest Cup.Members compete all year round to qualify for an event which is played over two days over the first weekend in September and attracted
POLICE are trying to trace a getaway vehicle used by thieves who targeted a man sat in his car. The 44-year-old victim was in a grey Volkswagen Golf in the car park of a business in Cleckheaton Road, Low Moor, Bradford, when the rear window was smashed
ARE we being careless about our old age? A new report calling for a re-think on elderly care predicts a crisis unless we start to take more responsibility for the kind of support we may need in future. The report, released yesterday, calls on individuals
MARK Winder has been unveiled as the new general manager of the Bradford Bulls Foundation. The Foundation is the Bulls’ official charity and delivers a number of projects in the Bradford District to engage, motivate and inspire the local community
A MOVE to relax planning rules to breathe life into Bradford city centre has not proved popular with the police, it has emerged. A meeting of Bradford Council's executive heard that the police were worried about the anti-social behaviour that might
YORKSHIRE MEP and Bradford businessman Amjad Bashir has urged all Muslims to "shout from the rooftops" to condemn terror group Isis. Mr Bashir, Ukip's Communities spokesman, (pictured) said: "The terrible slaughter of British aid worker David Haines
A 29-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to a suspended jail term for his role in a disturbance at a pub in Keighley.Scott Bellamy, of Clough Fold, Keighley, pleaded guilty to affray at The Albert Hotel in Bridge Street on August 24 last year.Bradford Crown
POLICE are appealing for information following a robbery at a hairdressing supplies store in Bradford.A lone female member of staff at Sally Salon services in Busfield Street, Dudley Hill, was getting ready to close for the day when a man entered the
A UNIVERSITY of Bradford student’s film showcasing the city’s love of opera is to be shown to a nationwide audience as part of Covent Garden’s summer big screens finale.Alina Marcu made the film about a screening of La Boheme on Bradford
FOUR golfers have swapped their clubs for saddles and embarked on a gruelling 1150 mile cycle challenge in support of two cancer charities.The group, who are all members of Northcliffe Golf Club in Shipley, are on a nine day cycling challenge which takes
BRADFORD Council has ruled out a tax break for vulnerable groups because it says it cannot afford it.The authority's executive met yesterday to decide whether to exempt disabled people, carers or lone parents from paying Council Tax.The meeting heard
A PUDSEY-based chemical company is set to recruit more staff after a £1 million cash injection from Santander. Vickers Laboratories Limited, based in Richardshaw Road, a leading chemicals manufacturer and chemical logistics specialist, has purchased
A GROUP of five budding business leaders from Tong High School were among the speakers at a global conference. The sixth-formers travelled to Edinburgh to speak at the WildHearts Junior Global Entrepreneurial Leaders (GEL) Conference at the RBS
AN ILKLEY businesswoman has put pen to paper to produce tips to help out ‘solopreneurs’. Andi Lonnen, who runs her own financial training company, has had her first business book published. ‘Be Fabulous at Finance’ demystifies business finance
THE future is bright among northern entrepreneurs after a huge increase in their headcount over the past year, according to a new survey. Ernst and Young’s (EY) data shows 76 per cent of entrepreneurs in the North of England have increased their
AS THE old saying goes, where there’s muck, there’s brass, that is certainly something Associated Waste Management abide by. The Bradford-based firm turn household and commercial waste and rubbish into energy and fuel, transporting it across the
A BRADFORD-BASED education charity has received around £148,000 of funding to expand its Unlocking Talent & Potential programme across the European Union. The Schools Linking Network has succeeded in a bid for funding to expand its programme
A man is in hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by two dogs as he walked to work along a Bradford street. Armed police responded to the incident, involving two American Pit Bulls, in Buttershaw Drive at 7.30am this morning.
A POLICE investigation is under way after a death threat aimed at Bradford MP George Galloway was sent to the Houses of Parliament. Officers from the Palace of Westminster contacted the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command after receiving
PUPILS at a Bradford primary school returned to school after their summer break to tuck into an entirely different type of school dinner. Until this academic year school meals at Allerton Primary School were provided by a council run catering service
IT IS a devastating condition affecting thousands of people. In West Yorkshire alone there are currently 25,590 living with dementia and 67,630 in Yorkshire and the Humber, according to new figures released by the Alzheimer’s Society. Yet while
TEST tubes and conical flasks sparked Sarah Bates’s love of baking. Studying chemistry at university, she loved “fiddling around” with chemical ingredients. “I haven’t got a background in cooking – I like creating and constructing, which harks
THE iconic theme tune became lodged in his consciousness as a young boy. One of Stuart Blackburn’s earliest memories is hearing the score from his granny’s favourite soap as he tucked into lettuce and corned beef sandwiches on a visit to her home
Former schools inspector and Bradford head teacher RON WEIR (Farfield Junior School, Buttershaw and Shirley Manor School, Wyke) went on a four-day guided tour of the main battlefields of the Western Front. Mr Weir, a widower who lives in Ilkley, was
THE global nature of the First World War, long before the entry of the United States in April 1917, is illustrated in this story about two Allied soldiers. Bradford Territorial Alfred Barrett and British Indian Army sepoy Tek Singh did not know
“YOU watched the circus on telly?” My nephew looked at me as if I was from another world. And in a way it was. I was telling him about TV entertainment when I was a child, which included the occasional circus in a Big Top. It seemed a bit quaint
SIR – I have no problem with Karl Dallas’s celebration of multi-faith Manningham (Letters, September 15). However the planning meeting which turned down the application for a new building on derelict land in West Bowling was concerned about more
SIR – According to Cllr Slater a third of the official Travellers sites, which recently cost the taxpayer an exorbitant £820,000 to upgrade, are unused because the Travellers spurn bureaucracy and do not want to get involved (T&A, September 11)
SIR – Action for Children has found that one in five children in Bradford has been separated from their brothers and sisters when placed in foster care. I am joining the charity in asking Bradford people not only to consider fostering, but to consider
SIR – Re David Rhodes’ call for universal water metering, (Letters, September 15), “so that every drop used is paid for”. Every drop used IS paid for, (unless customers default). If Mr Rhodes means at the same rate, that will hit poor families
SIR – Regarding the Ukraine, Russian troops invaded Crimea, storming Ukrainian Government buildings in Sevastopol and other major cities in Crimea. They ransacked some and set fire to others. They also overcame the small Ukrainian Army unit and
SIR – Regarding the article on Easier Access (Fulfilling Lives) event (T&A, September 11), I must emphasise that a very important part of the day was the planned interaction between people with and without disabilities. This interaction highlighted
SIR – I have from one of my Scottish cousins an LP record by the 1970 England Football Squad with the Union flag emblazoned on the cover. There is only one football club left in Britain that now flies the Union flag and that is north of the border
ARE we being careless about our old age? A new report calling for a rethink on elderly care predicts a crisis unless we start to take more responsibility for the kind of support we may need in future. The report, released yesterday, calls on individuals
DESPITE being a fact of modern life, the internet can still be a brave new world for many parents and one that their children have grown up with and are adept at using. But any parents or guardians who do ignore the internet cannot really afford
MK Dons 1 Bradford City 2 OUT of adversity comes strength – and what a powerful performance from the beaten-up Bantams at stadium:mk last night. Deprived of James Hanson by a thigh injury in the warm-up, Phil Parkinson’s battlers defied the
MATT Diskin is hoping the Bulls can produce a “world-class superstar” from their latest batch of talented youngsters to sign professional contracts. Lewis Ainley, Isaac Farrell, Brandan Wilkinson, Josh Rickett, Zak Baker, James Bentley, Cameron
Relatives of four men, sentenced to 126 years imprisonment for the acid attack murder of Bradford dad Barry Selby, protested outside the city's crown court yesterday, as part of a campaign to overturn the convictions.Supporters of the convicted killers
The Police and Crime Commissioner of West Yorkshire, and a top Bradford barrister, were key speakers at a major conference yesterday to raise awareness of the increasing issue of Female Genital Mutilation.PCC Mark Burns-Williamson, and Tahir Khan QC,
PHIL Parkinson held up City’s gutsy 2-1 triumph at MK Dons as one of the best results of his three-year reign at the club. First-half goals from Aaron Mclean and Billy Clarke fired the Bantams back up to fifth with a third straight away league
Thackley picked up their first win in eight with a 2-1 home victory over Nostell MW last night. Antonie Burke scored either side of half time, with Nostell snatching a last-minute consolation. Liversedge earned a second 1-0 away win as Callum
JACK Brooks has hailed the influence of Ryan Sidebottom on Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship-winning campaign, particularly their title-clinching triumph against Nottinghamshire last week. Brooks and Sidebottom have developed a close friendship
A PATCH of land blighted by anti-social behaviour is to be turned into a new homes development sooner than expected.Builders have moved on to the site between Greystone Crescent and Sandholme Drive, Thorpe Edge, where quad bikes and nuisance cars have
A MAN who fell 60ft from his high-rise home could have been attention-seeking after seeing his 15-year-old girlfriend dance with another man at an all-night party, an inquest heard. Maurice Tretton, 20, who had been drinking vodka and taking cocaine
A MAN accused of chasing two young mothers down the street with a Taser stun gun told a jury all he was holding was a cordless drill and a paint brush. Gulfraz Majeed, 56, said the police planted weapons in his house and all the witnesses were
DEMANDS were last night made for parents and schools in Bradford to do more to teach children internet safety following the shock results of a major survey of pupils' online habits. A poll of more than 9,000 children across the district found that
A EUROPE-WIDE healthy eating campaign kicks off simultaneously in Bradford and six other European cites tomorrow.The We Love Eating project involves seven cities across the continent and over the course of a year there will be numerous initiatives to
A BRADFORD city centre newsagent is set to stand trial next year on charges of supplying so-called legal highs. Pervez Abbas, 63, who runs Barkers shop in Sunbridge Road, made his first appearance at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. He was sent
MPs today demand tougher regulation of academy schools to prevent a repeat of the Kings Science Academy scandal in Bradford.The state schools – which are independent of local councils – are paying large sums for services provided by members
