SCANDINAVIA has come to Cullingworth.Representatives of the Norwegian, Danish and Swedish rugby football unions were at Parkside School as part of the Unity Project.The scheme, launched by the Rugby Football Union, International Rugby Board and UK Sport
A FINANCE officer at a Bradford school has been handed a 12-month suspended jail term for embezzling more than £14,000 from school funds. Alison Gill, 42, of Barnby Avenue, Lower Grange, took a total of £14,458.44 from cash she was responsible
BRADFORD'S No 2 snooker team came away with an excellent 3-3 draw against strong Sheffield No 3 opponents in Division One of the Yorkshire Inter-District League. Four-time Bradford champion Gareth Green was edged out in the first frame, opponent
BINGLEY Bees were hoping to repeat their cup final win of last season when they faced Boston Spa Seconds at Bradford Grammar School in Yorkshire Men's Division Four.The hosts made a good start but Spa took the lead against the run of play in the 13th
A FORMER Territorial Army recruit, who armed himself with a knife to scare a violent man out of a woman's home, was today jailed for 18 months.Jordan Conroy suffered three knife wounds, to his neck, hand and forearm, during a struggle with burly John
THERE was a heavyweight Bradford League clash as Yeadon B and Unity C put their unbeaten Division Two records on the line. Yeadon had dropped only five sets in winning their first three matches, while Unity conceded only eight. But it was hosts
CORONER'S officers are trying to trace any friends or relatives of a Bradford man who was found dead at his home. Ram Toora, 59, of Charnwood Road, Undercliffe, is believed to have died of natural causes before he was found on Saturday. It is thought
FOUR men with covered faces cut a woman's wrist when they slashed expensive bangles from her arm.The gang forced their way into the victim's home last night and demanded she hand over the valuable jewellery, which was a wedding gift.The men cut
THACKLEY Reserves bowed out of the Lancashire League Cup on penalties after drawing 1-1 at Ashton United Reserves. The visitors lost 3-1 in the shoot-out after Matt Bilney had scored for them in normal time. Two penalties helped Brighouse Town
CHILDREN who collected 1,000 conkers when they were learning about the First World War have been turning them into jewellery and models.Pupils at Allerton Primary School have been taught how youngsters collected thousands of conkers in 1917 to help in
A BRADFORD dog lover says a visit to the House of Lords to collect an animal welfare award has inspired her to try and expand her charity across the UK. Sarah Fretwell, 32, of Oakenshaw, was in London to collect the 'Companion Animals Award' from
TRACK knowledge proved vital as hosts Northumbria Vikings defeated Heckmondwike 84-66 in the final Northern League cycle speedway match of the season at Newcastle.But Heckmondwike, who had no juniors, had the consolation of breaking the track record via
OLYMPIC and world champion Andy Hodge made a winning start to the new season as he helped Molesey to coxless fours gold at the British Championships in Nottingham.The 35-year-old from Hebden, and the crew of James Foad, George Nash and Mohamed Sbihi,
SHOP security guards stopped a man who was later arrested by police in Bradford city centre over the alleged theft of razors. Staff at Boots in Darley Street stopped the man and made radio contact with police using their City Beat handsets, with
DANNY Addy has been named in Scotland's 20-man squad for their European Championship match away to Ireland on Saturday. The Bulls forward played his part in last weekend's opening win over Wales and victory against the Irish would take the Bravehearts
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed birder, award-winning author and photographer, Richard Crossley, will present his autumn lecture talk 'Past, Present and Future' to RSPB Airedale and Bradford. Born in Yorkshire, and now living in the USA, Mr Crossley
TWO Bradford families have won national awards after being nominated by their foster children.Dads Mark Moorhouse and Nick Dennison were recognised for the love, guidance and support they give Luke Massey at the FosterTalk Foster Carer awards where they
CULLINGWORTH children have won the annual Keighley District five-a-side Beavers football competition. The triumph marked the third year running that the pack had taken home the trophy. It competed against nine other teams from across the Keighley district
COFFEE shops to budget hotel-owner Whitbread has lifted profits by nearly a fifth after seeing Costa and Premier Inn go from “strength to strength”. Costa’s expansion and success in tapping Britain’s coffee shop culture meant the division’s half-year
PLUMBER ROBERT Hawksworth has become the 2,000th member of WaterSafe, a national approved plumber assurance scheme which was launched a year ago. Robert Hawksworth, who runs Hawksworth Mechanical in Bradford, said: “I joined WaterSafe primarily
GIFT shop owners Andy and Rachael Higgins have expanded their retail interests by buying a health-food store and café. The couple, who run the award-winning Billy and Bertie’s gift shop on High Street, Skipton, have used funding from NatWest bank
HUNDREDS of greenkeepers and ground staff from across the UK attended an annual event hosted by Bingley-based Sports Turf Research Institute(STRI) at the St Ives estate. The two-day event featured demonstrations of innovative products and techniques
A RECORD intake of apprentices has been recruited by Bradford-based motors group JCT600. The family-owned motor retailer has taken on 35 youngsters in a variety of roles across its 47 dealerships. JCT600 has run an apprentice scheme for several
ANOTHER 31 engineering jobs have been created by telecommunications giant BT, including in Bradford. It means the group’s local network business, Openreach, has recruited 110 engineers regionally since the spring. The latest intake follows a recent
TURNOVER at the Australian subsidiary of Bradford-based Driver Hire is booming with turnover at its Brisbane operation passing A$1million for the first time. The milestone was reached within the first six months of trading at the Brisbane branch
SPIRIT Pub Company is poised to accept an improved takeover proposal worth £725 million from rival Greene King. Spirit, which has more than 1,200 pubs following its demerger from Punch Taverns in 2011, is holding talks in a bid to finalise the
A WEST Yorkshire dry pet food manufacturer has scooped a £10,000 prize for best start-up at a national awards ceremony. Pure Pet Food, of Halifax, which had support from Bradford University in its early days,won the title at the Lloyds Bank Enterprise
ILKLEY Brewery’s latest beer, Ruby Jane, scooped a gold medal at its first competitive showing – one of two accolades won by the company at the SIBA North East beer competition. The mild ale was awarded the prize at the same event where in 2009
IT AND office supplies group CCS Media, which has a top-performing sales office in Bradford, has won the rising star award from equipment company Cisco Commercial. CCS was one of six business partners recognised in the Cisco UK Partner Awards,
REBECCA Pinder has been promoted to the board of Bradford-based Petherbridge Bassra Solicitors. Specialising in claimant personal injury work, she has been associated with the firm, based in Piccadilly , for several years.
THE public will have the chance next week to hear about how Airedale General Hospital is performing. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is staging a public board meeting at Keighley Civic Centre, North Street, on Wednesday. The 10.15am to 12.30pm event
A KEIGHLEY motorist was found to be more than three times over the legal drink-drive limit when stopped by police in Shipley. Officers arrested the 38-year-old man after spotting his Peugeot 308 on Tony Miller Approach at about 7.40pm on Monday
POLICE want to speak to a man wearing a bright orange coat and glasses after beer was stolen from a shop in Bradford. Booze was allegedly taken from a Co-op store on Harrogate Road, Eccleshill, at about 5.20pm on October 10. The man they wanted
STAFF and students at Bradford College will think pink on Friday to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People are being encouraged to wear pink clothing and make a donation to the campaign, which raises more than £2 million every year
THE reward for the safe return of a missing Crufts-winning dog has been doubled. Rafa, a two-year-old Miniature Bull Terrier, was last seen in his owner’s back garden in Whalley Lane, Denholme, at about 7.30am last Thursday. Now his owner Dom
HAWORTH and Bronte Country will be featured again on national television this weekend. Presenter Sir Tony Robinson will front an episode of his latest documentary series, which is called Walking Through History, on Channel Four at 8pm on Saturday
A COLLECTION at Morrisons supermarket in Keighley has raised £526 for Manorlands hospice. Staff and volunteers at the hospice spent nine hours at Morrisons as part of the Sue Ryder charity’s National Collection Day. Jodie Shepherd, head of
A LOTTERY grant has been awarded for improvements to the area around Steeton’s community hub. Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council successfully applied for £9,500 in Awards for All Big Lottery cash. Improvements will be carried out to the car park
THE McDonald’s ‘tidy team’ has joined forces with local youth services to tackle litter in and around a Guiseley park. Staff from the town’s West Side restaurant and local community volunteers embarked on a mission to clean up Micklefield Park,
A LEAP in technology by West Yorkshire Police which has signalled the end of the traditional paper pocket book has been welcomed by front line officers. West Yorkshire Police Federation Chairman Nick Smart said officers had been consulted by the
A CHARITY supporting vulnerable people in Bradford has been given £14,000. HCJB-UK Ltd will use the lottery cash to provide services including parenting workshops, life skills coaching, psychological counselling, job clubs and health advice sessions
THE ST John Ambulance is recruiting new adult and child members to its Keighley unit. The first aid charity will hold an open evening on Monday to showcase its activities. Volunteers and cadets will be on hand to talk about their own experiences
THERE’S just two days left to register for this weekend’s City Runs event. The Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal is the official charity partner to the event on Sunday, with 40 per cent of all entry fees going directly towards our £1 million
THERE’S just two days left to register for this weekend’s City Runs event. The Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal is the official charity partner to the event on Sunday, with 40 per cent of all entry fees going directly towards our £1 million
LEAVES on the line caused disruption to train services in the Bradford district today.Two trains - the 7.02am Leeds to Ilkley and 7.37am Ilkley to Leeds - were cancelled because of the problem at Springs Tunnel, near Guiseley.The 6.55am Bradford Forster
MORE than 300,000 Bradford voters have had their details transferred to a new electoral roll. The new Individual Electoral Registration (IER) forms part of the biggest change to the electoral registration system in 100 years. People must register
PEOPLE have until the end of the month to vote for a Bradford charity to win a slice of £150,000. One In A Million, which works in partnership with Bradford City Football Club to help children and young people, has applied for a £10,000 donation
MORE than 80 teachers at schools across Bradford have been issued with teaching packs to help them explode myths surrounding Ebola among pupils. ActionAid has contacted 84 teachers in the city, most working at primary schools, with information
THERE are two things I remember most about visits to Cliffe Castle as a child. One is a beehive in a glass viewing panel, where you can watch thousands of bees going about their business close-up, and the other is an assortment of stuffed wild
EARLIER this year I wrote a feature looking at the right-to-die debate, in light of the high-profile Coronation Street storyline about cancer-stricken Hayley Cropper taking her life. There was much discussion nationally about the issue of dying
A PETITION to seek more Government funding for additional secondary school places in Wharfedale was approved by members at last night’s full meeting of Bradford Council. More than 2,000 people signed the document, which highlighted that schools
THE leader of the Conservative group on Bradford Council did not break any criminal law by using the authority’s stationery as part of an election campaign, members heard last night. Councillor Glen Miller used 1,395 sheets of paper and around
BRADFORD Council has resolved to do more to tackle the “inconvenience and distress” caused by illegal Gygipsy and traveller camps, saying it will investigate the possibility of clawing back tax-payer’s’ money used to move them on. Councillor Debbie
THE stories of two soldiers from Eccleshill contrast the fortunes of war. Thomas Simpson Firth was killed at the great battle of Le Cateau in Belgium on August 26, 1914. Henry Boldy survived nearly three years on the Western Front, was reputedly
STEVE Spencer, the T&A editorial artist, came across the following story in Bradford Daily Telegraph for October 6. 1914. Under the headline ‘BRADFORD DETECTIVE HERO - KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE - END OF A PROMISING CAREER’, he saw this.
THE photograph of this sprightly-looking lady celebrating her 90th birthday — note the iced cake behind her right shoulder — was taken in 1978. Her grandson Michael Marshall, who lives in Eccleshill, sent it to us in the hope that one of our readers
SIR - Your correspondents, Messrs Harrison and Barraclough (T&A, October 20), are absolutely right to demand the re-opening of the Spen Valley railway line. When one considers the horrendous traffic problems in the south Bradford area, and
BRINGING the perpetrators of child sexual abuse to justice is the “number one priority” for Bradford Council, a meeting of the full authority heard last night. A motion recognising the rights of all children to be protected from all forms of exploitation
SIR - The Saltaire Turbine seems an excellent scheme. However, Bradford Council has historically been optimistic in its predictions of return on capital employed and it is therefore reassuring that a council officer unequivocally states “ unless it
SIR - At the recent Conservative Party conference, Chris Grayling, the Justice Minister, who is not a lawyer, announced that after the next election, a majority Conservative government would withdraw this country from the European Convention on Human
SIR – I visited Cliffe Castle after it had been closed quite some time during refurbishment. It had very sparse entertainment value, but we were promised this was being attended to and would be improved shortly. Since then I hope these matters
SIR – The letter from David King (T&A, October 14) detailed all the things I feel about the idea for new swimming pools. Why change something that is working – Richard Dunn Centre? All it needs is a bit of updating. The location is ideal. As
TRIBUTES were paid last night to two former councillors who have died since the full authority last met. Lord Mayor Mike Gibbons told the full meeting of Bradford Council that Valerie Binney, who served the Thornton and Allerton wards as a Conservative
SIR - Sir Menzies Campbell said on TV that the UK was losing it’s “stock” in Europe! What about the “stock” we lost in the Great War and the Second World War saving this miserable back-stabbing continent ! What a duffer you are Ming! Gary Lorriman
MEMBERS of a Bradford-based breast cancer charity are getting kitted out for a fundraising show. The fashion show is at Bradford Grammar on October 28 at 7.30pm, and tickets will be £5. Bosom Friends stage regular meetings. The evening group
ADAM Smith is on a mission. “I am going to feed the world because I can, because I can show people this model,” he says adamantly. The 29-year-old is referring to the concept he saw on his travels in Australia and which he has since brought
BRADFORD desperately needs a course of action to pull its education performance out of the doldrums – the district is consistently below the national average in league tables. So it is good to see Bradford Council setting itself the ambitious target
Norwich City 1, Leeds United 1 LEEDS' draw with Norwich at Carrow Road was overshadowed by a racism row involving striker Cameron Jerome and visiting defender Giuseppe Bellusci. Referee Mark Clattenburg halted the Championship game midway through
A man has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after an assault in Bradford city centre. The incident happened around the junction of James Street and John Street last night. There is still a prominent police presence at the scene
TWO caravans were destroyed in an arson attack in Bradford last night.They were parked on wasteland off Farringdon Close, Holme Wood.Fire crews from Bradford station were called at about 11.30pm.A spokesman for the station said: "It is believed to
DELIGHTED Phil Parkinson hailed City as the talk of the town after they hit back to grab a point at unbeaten leaders Bristol City. The Bantams twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Ashton Gate last night, Christopher Routis slamming the second
A GUNK-BUSTING scheme to turn fat into power and stop house pipes getting blocked has been such a success in Bradford Moor it is being expanded to 50 more homes in the neighbourhood.Seven months ago, Yorkshire Water began a unique ‘fat vat&rsquo
BULLS boss Jimmy Lowes has paid tribute to his players for their efforts so far during pre-season.Lowes' squad began training earlier this month and will now have a break until November 8, when they will resume their preparations for the 2015 campaign.Over
TREASURE-HUNTER Stephen Auker is waiting to hear if a Keighley museum wants to show off his latest find - a gold Tudor ring.Cliffe Castle in Keighley has already bought more than 100 ancient silver Roman coins he found in a secret location in Silsden
PINTS will be pulled this weekend as trains pull into Oxenhope and Keighley railway stations.Real-ale enthusiasts will be able to listen to live bands as they sink their drinks at the annual Beer and Music Festival.The Keighley and Worth Valley railway
Bristol City 2, City 2 RUNAWAY leaders Bristol City may have made club history – but they still can't beat the Bantams. Last night's pulsating draw at Ashton Gate stretched the home side's unbeaten start to a record 14th game. More significantly
A HEAD teacher has written to parents to reassure them after higher than usual levels of a radioactive gas were found at a school. Five readings of radon above recommended levels were discovered during routine monitoring at Bingley Grammar School
LEEDS fans have urged the Football League to make a speedy decision on whether Massimo Cellino will be allowed to continue as club owner. Cellino bought 75 per cent of United's shares from former owner Gulf Finance House Capital earlier this year
BRADFORD Council has set itself the "deliberately ambitious" goal of making sure every one of its schools in the district is rated good or outstanding by 2017. Today, 71 per cent of children in the district attend a primary school that has been
WORK to restore wet woodland habitat in an area near Silsden has been completed as part of an ongoing project along the Upper Aire floodplains.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has been working on several sites to restore the declining habitat which is valuable
A PRIMARY school has changed its security procedures after a four-year-old boy with special needs slipped away from its grounds unnoticed by staff.Kain Dixon, who attends reception class at Newhall Park Primary School in Bierley, Bradford, was found to
A MAN accused of conspiring to smuggle mobile phones containing drugs into a prison will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to a number of charges. Imran Novsarka, 28, admitted six offences when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday
GREEN schemes in Bradford are at the forefront of a £62 million transport plan for West Yorkshire. Electric car charge points and congestion-busting electronic signs providing real-time information for drivers are just two of the high-tech measures
