ROTHERHAM produced a rousing second-half display to dispose of Yorkshire rivals Leeds and pile the pressure on head coach Darko Milanic with a 2-1 win at the New York Stadium. The Millers were trailing at half-time to Mirco Antenucci's strike but
A DANNY Brough-inspired Scotland made an impressive start to their European Championship campaign with a 42-18 win over an inexperienced Wales side in Workington. The 2013 Man of Steel picked up from where he left off in the World Cup as he masterminded
MARK Senior is delighted to be involved with Thackley again and glad he is in a position to help. Senior returned in a director of football role earlier this season and is working with all the age groups to help develop players and improve the
THERE was a winning start to life on the other side of the tracks for Martin Drury and Jamie Price after they were promoted to management roles with Park Avenue. Bradford boss John Deacey turned to Drury to be his assistant after Mark Hume left
THE most wounded of Lions is well on the mend and could be back soon. But Guiseley's Danny Hall will not be rushed back after breaking his leg in a pre-season friendly at Throstle Nest. The match against neighbours Farsley was the final warm-up
TWO Bradford Sunday Alliance clubs start the long road towards what they hope will be FA Carlsberg Sunday Cup glory this weekend. Bolton Woods have a home tie at Thackley on Sunday, where they entertain King George from Wakefield. The visitors
WHAT a big few days we have coming up with games against Sheffield United and Bristol City. It’s going to be a tough challenge taking on those two but a great chance for us to stand up and be counted. As I’ve always said, if we perform as I
A SIXTH form student was kicked several times in the head as he lay prone on the floor during a vicious attack on a Bradford estate.The 16-year-old spent a night in hospital after a one-on-one scrap allegedly descended into a "five or six on one&
WHEN ardent Bradford City fan John Dewhirst was out in the Middle East a few years ago, to fill in time between jobs he wrote 60,000 words for a book about his favourite club.At first he thought of calling it The History of Bradford City in 100 Objects
EAST Morton's Annie Simpson secured victory in the elite women’s race of the first National Trophy Cyclo-Cross series on a slippy Sundorne circuit in Shrewsbury as Keighley and Craven area riders enjoyed a triple success.The Hope Factory Racing
Brighouse Town Reserves held their nerve on penalties to win 4-2 following a 4-4 draw after extra-time at home to Northowram in the Halifax Cup. A cracker from Will Tolley and an own goal saw Town level the scores after the visitors had led 4-2
OLD Modernians have been elected to the Aire-Wharfe League for next season.The Cookridge-based club, who were eighth in Wetherby League Division One in 2014, received 27 votes at the Aire-Wharfe Council meeting on Tuesday at Otley Rugby Union Club.This
A 22-year-old Addingham man stole a cattle trailer while searching about for something to steal, Skipton magistrates heard.Ashley Driver was desperate for money and had gone out in his Ford Transit van on September 23 with the intention of stealing something
DNA and fingerprints should be taken from all overseas visitors to trap dangerous criminals, Shipley MP Philip Davies said. The Conservative backbencher urged the Government to act after “tragic cases”, arguing it was necessary to protect people
AN INQUEST has opened and adjourned into the death of an 84-year-old man who died after a collision with a car in Bradford on Monday night.Married Shedr Zada, of Park Crescent, Undercliffe, was crossing New Otley Road from a central island shortly before
A RETIRED nurse is trying to trace a boy in a photograph taken nearly 60 years ago.The Telegraph & Argus featured a picture of Adrian Conroy with student nurse Lydia Johnson at St Luke's Hospital in Bradford in December 1955.Now, Pat Frampton
Fire stations in Otley and Rawdon have been saved after a proposal to shut them was scrapped.The two stations were to have closed under plans to relocate to Menston - but West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was forced to think again after it struggled
FIRING rockets, blowing up teddy bears and making Lego robots have been getting thousands of children excited about science in Bradford.As part of the month-long Bradford Science Festival more than 3,000 school pupils spent three days at workshops including
Bradford West MP George Galloway has told an inquest into the death of Dr Abbas Khan in a Syrian prison of his belief that the surgeon was murdered.Dr Khan, a 32-year-old father-of-two from London, died on December 16, 2013 while in custody in Damascus.His
City have made their second loan signing of the day by bringing in Middlesbrough winger Andy Halliday. The 23-year-old left-sided player has signed for a month and is expected to go straight into the squad for the Sheffield United match tomorrow
THREE men have been jailed after they were caught red-handed committing a "brazen" daylight burglary at a mosque in Bradford. John Caudrey and Stefan Wright, both 25, leapt out of a smashed window at the building in Maudsley Street, Barkerend,
A MAN who set up a small cannabis farm because he was severely depressed and desperate for money has been sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 150 hours of unpaid work. Brian Evans, 34, a cleaning company worker,
A 43-YEAR-OLD man smashed up a porch door at the former family home to take revenge on his ex-wife, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Kevin Clayton attacked the property in Ethel Street, Sutton-in-Craven, near Keighley, after receiving a court
INTERNATIONAL rugby league supremo Nigel Wood is hoping the formation of a ten-year plan will help prevent more players following Sam Burgess and Jarryd Hayne into other sports. Wood, the Rugby Football League chief executive who was voted in as
THE concerned owners of a Crufts prize-winning dog have offered a £500 reward for the safe return of their animal. Rafa, a two-year-old Miniature Bull Terrier, went missing in Denholme on Thursday morning. He was last seen in his owner's back
BUSINESS "‘angels"’ have gave a major boost to a new city brewery venture by investing £300,000. Bradford Brewery, which is converting premises in Westgate to return brewing to the city centre and win a share of the multi-billion pound market for
GREAT Yorkshire Show Director Bill Cowling is stepping down after a decade at the helm.Mr Cowling took on the role in 2005 after four decades of involvement with the event's organisers, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.The 2015 Great Yorkshire Show
THE JUDGE *** (15, 141 mins) Starring Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton, Dax Shepard THE law is an ass and the people who administer it bigger asses in David Dobkin’s courtroom drama
THE BEST OF ME ** (12A, 118 mins) Starring James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Gerald McRaney, Sean Bridgers, Jon Tenney, Caroline Goodall, Clarke Peters NICHOLAS Sparks’s hopelessly romantic fictions are catnip to Hollywood
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D ** (12A, 101 mins) Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Danny Woodburn THE adventures of turtle brothers Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and
SIR – As Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day 2014 approaches, I should like to ask your readers for their continued support for the Poppy Appeal within the Bradford Metropolitan District. Last year, the national Poppy Appeal raised a staggering
STRIKER Jon Stead is back with City on loan until the new year. The 31-year-old, who finished last season at Valley Parade, has rejoined the Bantams from Huddersfield until January 3. Phil Parkinson has been trying to bring in another forward
A SNEAK-IN thief with orange rubber gloves who stole cash is being hunted by police. The thief got in through a side door while the occupants of the property in Little Horton Green, Bradford, were in the back garden. He went upstairs and took
A FUNERAL company is asking people to get knitting to raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.Co-operative Funeralcare will be giving out wool and patterns from its bases on Norman Lane at Five Lane Ends, Tong Street, and in Allerton.The
SIR – As a result of the horse meat scandal, the former CEO of Tesco promised that by summer 2014 all chicken would be sourced in the UK, including for ready meals. Visiting the local Tesco Express I see the prepared chicken is produced in South
BRADFORD'S young people can expect to have a bigger influence on policing in the city in future following the launch of a youth scrutiny panel to analyse how officers do their job.Members will meet regularly to discuss random examples of how incidents
POLICE arrested a Wyke man for theft from a school caretaker's garden after the crime was caught on camera.Footage showed the offender enter the garden, leaving his skateboard behind, to steal a bicycle and two T-shirts which had been hanging on a
SIR – As a resident of Bradford, I’m concerned about the lack of serious local debate on the homes we need in our community when there’s clearly a big problem. Many of us are finding it really hard to save enough money to get on the housing ladder
THE Bradford Chorale begins its 2014/15 season with a concert at Bradford Cathedral. The programme for the concert, on Saturday, November 15, includes John Rutter's Magnificat and JS Bach's Cantata 140. Under the baton of new musical director
SIR – It was most pleasing when I read on page 27 of the T&A (October 14) the article about education matters. My great aunt Miriam Lord OBE would have been delighted, especially with the lovely photograph of the school. Children’s education
KEIGHLEY town councillors have ring-fenced £4,500 to unlock possible extra funding to extend a project to replace asphalt town centre pavements with flagstones.Councillor Michael Westerman, chairman of the council's watch and transport committee
SIR – Now with only seven months to go to the next election, would some of your coalition government supporters calmly, sensibly and without passion do some serious thinking about their government’s effectiveness. They need look no further than
A WOMAN fought off a robber in Bradford city centre after he put his hand over her mouth and demanded her property. The 21-year-old was walking along Sunbridge Road at about 2pm on Wednesday when a man tried to speak to her. He then demanded
SIR – I would like to congratulate Paralympian and British Polio Fellowship ambassador Anne Wafula Strike on receiving her MBE and for using this achievement to make the case for those like herself living with Polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) to
SIR – Just what sort of religious man is it that is able to cut off the heads of three captives who are not in any position to do him any harm? One is left to wonder at what holy book he has been studying that he thinks sanctions his behaviour
CHOUDHRY Ali, 22, of Agar Street, Girlington, Bradford, was warned that custody was inevitable when he pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to three charges of burglary and of attempted burglary.The offences were at commercial premises though
EARLIER this week Owen Paterson, the former Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment, gave a speech about Britain’s energy costs in which he said that every year 15 million tonnes of food were junked as waste. He was suggesting that
THE continued expansion of Bradford Credit Union is a testament to the value of the service for the ever-increasing number of people caught up in the credit trap. The demand for such a service is, unfortunately, a sad indictment of the growing
HUNDREDS of families are expected to head for the city centre this weekend to enjoy the Born in Bradford Family Festival.A flashmob spectacular with 75 Dorothys in a Wizard of Oz spectacular, a giant digger, a real tooth fairy, magical monsters, teddy
AN INQUEST has opened and adjourned into the death of a 38-year-old man who died after his sports car collided with a parked lorry and smashed into trees on a moorland road near High Eldwick, Bingley.Married Samuel Francis Edson, of Bolling Road, Ilkley
A NEW use for vehicle windscreen licence disc holders has been dreamed up by police - and it could save lives. The switch from paper tax discs for cars to the new electronic version has meant that the transparent plastic envelopes have become obsolete
BRADFORD Catholic Players will present their last production at the Alhambra this autumn. The society has been staging shows at the theatre for more than half a century but has decided to move on for future productions. “It was a difficult
BRADFORD City soccer legend Bobby Campbell and his wife have been cleared of fraud. Campbell, 58 - the club's all-time leading goalscorer - and Paula Campbell, 57, were charged earlier this year after a lengthy investigation following allegations
POLICE are this morning investigating a report of a "serious sexual assault" on a woman in Victoria Park, Keighley. A forensics tent has been erected near the basketball courts, close to the boundary wall with Bradford Road. Part of the footpath
A MENSTON school's rugby ambassador was invited to attend a prestigious Rugby Football Union’s Women and Girls Strategy launch at the House of Commons.Megan Casey, Year 13 student at St Mary’s, attended the launch of 'This is England
A KEIGHLEY councillor is spearheading efforts to bring derelict land off Fell Lane back into use.Coun Adrian Farley is helping residents who want to spruce up the triangle of scrubland on Westfell Way.Community workers Pip Gibson and Karen Wadsworth are
CANNON and Ball return to Bradford this month, bringing their own comic take on the Robin Hood legend. Ha Ha Hood! And The Prince Of Leaves is described as an “all-out outrageous comic romp” set a decade after Robin and Marian’s messy divorce,
BRYAN Robson was making his debut appearance in the home dug-out when Valley Parade last hosted a televised tea-time game.It is 11 years since the Sky cameras were treated to a topsy-turvy encounter that saw City recover from a two-goal half-time deficit
IN A celebrity’s world, social media is a double-edged sword. While it allows direct connection with fans, it can also be an invasion of privacy. For Shane Filan, it provides vital feedback. Since he went solo after Westlife split, he’s been using
STEVE Evans has hailed Leeds as the giant of Yorkshire football ahead of their derby trip to Rotherham tonight. The outspoken Millers boss believes the sell-out clash at the New York Stadium will be his biggest game in league management. He
BRADFORD powerlifter Helen Burton is going to jail every Sunday as part of her training for next year's World Special Olympics in Los Angeles.While most athletes are hanging up their dumbbells by the age of 45, Helen, of Buttershaw, who has Down'
THE majority of the West Riding County Amateur League teams will be playing in their own district FA's cup competitions this weekend. There are, however, two Premier Division games involving sides in the top half of the table. Golcar United
AN OVERLOOKED Bradford man's achievements as a polar explorer are to be celebrated with an exhibition organised by the village's history society tomorrow.Allan Gill was among the expedition which became the first to indisputably walk to the North
KEIGHLEY AC While the river Aire around Keighley continues to yield large quantities of fish, the highest numbers this week were found along key stretches of the canal between the town and Skipton. Keighley match secretary Darren Watson reported
NEW Bulls recruit Jean-Philippe Baile has been handed a ringing endorsement by France coach Richard Agar ahead of tomorrow’s European Championship clash with Ireland. After six seasons with Catalan Dragons, Baile has joined the Bulls on a one-year
KEEPER Jordan Pickford hopes any heroics will count for something when City play their second TV game in a week tomorrow against Sheffield United. The on-loan Sunderland stopper proved his team’s star of the show at Barnsley with a string of first-half
THE £270 million Broadway shopping scheme under construction by Westfield in Bradford city centre is being highlighted as a key development to help sell the area to potential investors. Three senior Bradford Council representatives are attending
INDEPENDENT members are being sought by West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner to sit on misconduct panels which hear cases against police officers. Successful candidates will have to consider evidence, hear submissions and make decisions
BRADFORD District Credit Union is celebrating attracting 1,000 new members over the past year with continuing plans to expand its services to the wider community. Since it opened a second city centre branch on Cheapside last October, to complement its
LABOUR has refused to rule out higher rail fares or keeping decrepit trains, in a bleak message for the North’s passengers.Mary Creagh, the party’s transport spokesman, said the Government’s controversial plans for the new Northern Rail
A BRADFORD driver caught doing 107mph in a 50mph zone was stopped by police driving again only six minutes after he had been banned from the roads by magistrates.Aftab Khan had just been found guilty of travelling at more than twice the speed limit on
