MORE than 200 MPs are set to support a Bill next week they say could help halt the number of pub closures. A cross-party amendment to the Small Business Bill could potentially allow licensees tied to large pub companies the freedom to negotiate
BULLS media and PR manager Ryan Sparks is spearheading the launch of a rugby league team in nearby Mirfield.The newly-formed Mirfield Stags are aiming to play in the Yorkshire Men's League in what will mark the return of the sport to the town.Sparks,
Right on Cue THE Bradford No 1 snooker side were on the wrong end of a 4-2 outcome when they entertained Sheffield No 3 in Division One of the Yorkshire Inter-District League. Wayne Wootton opened Sheffield's account with a 78-56 success against
HIGHDALE B are still seeking their first victory in Division One of the Bradford League – after coming close to achieving their goal at mid-table Hermits B. The Highdale team have suffered five defeats from six matches in what is proving a very
A TEA-TIME start seemed to suit basement club Bingley Bees when they faced Harrogate Thirds at Granby Hockey Centre in Yorkshire Men's Division Four North.The Bees started at pace on a cold evening and it paid dividends when Joe Manning scored in the
LEEDS have staved off a winding-up order from former director Melvyn Levi. Leeds-based law firm Ford & Warren last week filed the petition for unpaid fees – reported to be around £150,000 and dating back to when Ken Bates owned the club – on
SOME of the best children's entertainment will be on show in Bradford on Saturday. CBBC presenters Ben Shires and Katie Thistleton will host a roadshow at the National Media Museum, featuring nominees for this year's BAFTA Children's Awards. The BAFTA
JCT600 Bradford League Division Two club Baildon are seeking new players for their first team – particularly a top-order batsman and an opening bowler. New recruits would also be welcomed by the club's three lower teams, with the seconds playing
THE Bradford branch of the ECB Association of Cricket Officials (ECB ACO) are holding a Level One umpires' course at Pudsey Congs Cricket Club early in the new year. It will start on Saturday, January 24 (noon-5pm) and continues on the following
ALMOST three in every ten school governor roles in the district are vacant, newly released figures have revealed. Out of the 2,139 governor positions in Bradford Council-run schools a total of 622, or 29 per cent, are unfilled. Of these, 166
THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Bradford fell by almost 700 last month.According to the Office of National Statistics,13,004 people claimed Job Seekers' Allowance (JSA) across the district in October, a reduction of 691 on September.There
A 79-YEAR-OLD man was pushed around when he was robbed at his home in Liversedge.The victim's trousers were ripped during the ordeal - which saw two people enter his home in St Barnabas Road at about 11am yesterday and demand money.His bag, some cash,
DUDLEY Hill Rangers made home advantage count in the Bradford & District Keybury Junior League, with all five of their teams winning at Newhall Park Primary School in Bierley.The under-sevens' passing game is coming on well and they beat Leeds Maccabi
HISTORIC insurance broker Packetts has entered a new era following a management buy-out and has ambitious growth plans. The Saltaire-based business, which was founded in Bradford 94 years ago by Sidney Packett after he returned from serving in
THIEVES stole boxes of perfume from a parked lorry in Bradford while the driver slept. The theft happened at about 2.30am today in Dealburn Road, Low Moor, while the truck was outside an industrial unit. Police, who were called while the crime
LIZZIE Armitstead is returning to Glasgow in January.The Otley cyclist, who won the Commonwealth Games road race crown at the venue, is taking part in the fourth round of the Revolution Series – the United Kingdom's premier elite track series – in the
A MAN has been issued with a police warning over the use of quad bikes in the Thorpe Edge area, even though police did not find any. Officers were called by the public, but when they arrived, the bikesquads had gone. However, a member of the
A CATALAN artist looks back on his career at a talk in Bradford. Joan Fontcuberta presents an illustrated talk on Thursday, November 20. He will also answer questions from the audience, with curator Greg Hobson. The event takes place at
BRADFORD’S old register office is to be sold at auction, possibly jeopardising plans by a charity to turn it into a community hub. Asif Hussain, chief executive of disability charity Bradnet, said he was “flabbergasted” by the move, saying the
A REMEMBRANCE service is to be held for all those killed on the roads. Now in its 20th year, the Oakleaf Remembrance Service will be held at Leeds Minster at 3pm on Sunday. The initiative was begun by Scard (Support and Care after Road Death
COOLING specialist Airedale International, which exports to more than 60 countries around the world, played host to key clients from Uruguay. This included representatives from Airedale’s Montevideo-based business partner and employer of 30 people
THE climax of Skipton Auction Mart’s primestock year will take place at the end of this month with the annual Christmas sales and Great Northern pork pie competition. It will feature the pick of the prime cattle, lambs and pigs from leading local
THE number of new companies being formed in Bradford has reached a record high and is running ahead of the national average, according to new findings. Company formations reached a record high during the first three months of the year, according
MILLIONS of adults who have never tried internet banking would be interested in doing so, according to independent research from the Payments Council. It discovered that 78 per cent could potentially use online banking. Seven out of ten people
THE Business is GREAT campaign and BT Business have launched the GREAT Faces of British Business competition to find the region’s most innovative small and medium sized businesses. The competition has been designed to champion businesses and to
CHARLIE Barker (pictured) has joined Yorkshire Bank as acquisition finance director to strengthen its support for corporate banking customers in Yorkshire and the North East. He previously spent 11 years at Deloitte, including eight in the corporate
LKLEY-based building services group NG Bailey has kick-started a new focus on work for upmarket residential developments with a £13 million contract. Many of the components required for the mechanical, electrical and public health installations
PEOPLE have been urged to meet a voting deadline to help a Bradford community organisation win funding to support women starting up businesses. Inspired Neighbourhoods Community Interest Company has been shortlisted for funding from Royal Bank
CANCER patients in Bradford are set to benefit from a £25,000 donation from Leeds Building Society. The cash comes from LBS members agreeing to forego up to 99p of their interest each year through the Society’s Your Interest in Theirs scheme and
FASHION retailer New Look has boosted its half-year profits, but said it remains cautious after unseasonably warm weather. Like-for-like sales lifted 6.9 per cent and underlying pre-tax profits jumped 30.7 per cent to £28.1 million in the six months
BANK of England regional agent Juliette Healey will brief local businesses on its latest inflation report in Bradford later this month. The free seminar, iis at Heaton Mount Executive Education Centre, Keighley Road, from 8am on Thursday November 27
NEARLY a quarter of Yorkshire’s small and medium-sized businesses are in the dark about how much money they are owed in unpaid invoices, according to research by Bibby Financial Services. In total, 23 per cent of regional SMEs were unable to say
A NEW Spanish intern is bringing an overseas dimension to operations at a Bradford-based trade body. Angeles Anguilar (pictured), from Andalucia, who has a degree in business administration, has joined Chamber International for three months as an intern
HUNDREDS of people turned out to see the district’s upcoming generation pay tribute to their forefathers who have made sacrifices in the name of peace. Bradford Council’s music and arts service organised its first Remembrance concert last night
PUPILS at a Bradford secondary school got to experience the trenches of the First World War at a special event yesterday on Armistice Day. The mock trench was recreated for the day in the sports hall at Belle Vue Girls’ School, complete with sandbags
THE University of Bradford has marked the centenary of the First World War by unveiling the city’s first peace pole, which is inscribed with the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in eight different languages and in braille. The 8ft white pole
KEIGHLEY businesses will promote career and job opportunities to young people at an event in the town next week. More than a dozen firms are expected to attend Tuesday’s venture, at Leeds City College Keighley Campus. Local traders will be joined
A POIGNANT tribute has been paid to a former brewery stalwart as he made his final journey. Workers at Timothy Taylor lined the road outside the firm’s base in Knowle Spring, Keighley, as the funeral cortege of Allan Hey passed by. Mr Hey had
THE NEWLY-formed Friends of Silsden Town Hall hope to make it easier for people to book the building for events. The volunteer group plans to set up a website offering online booking and a link to Bradford Council’s town hall page. It could
A SELECTION of poems entered into the Telegraph & Argus World War One children's poetry competition have been read out by pupils from the Stage 84 school of performing arts at a special event at the city's Kirkgate shopping centre. The competition
TWO people have been arrested following a police search at a house in Idle, where suspected cannabis was found. Officers called at the house, on Croft Street, on Sunday following an incident nearby and conducted a search, with suspected cannabis
A SCREENING of ‘Withnail and I’, starring Richard E Grant, will take place in Saltaire on Saturday, December 13, at Victoria Hall, Victoria Road. Doors open at 7pm and the film starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 (unreserved seating), or available from
A MAN with more than 100 convictions was in court again yesterday to plead guilty to the theft of razors from a shop in Bradford. John Richardson, of Burneston Gardens, Buttershaw, was caught on CCTV stealing two Remington razors from Boyes in
A FILM about a man who gets to see how long people have left to live has won a Bradford City of Film award. Jason Wingard’s short movie 2.20 won him the Filmmaker of the Month accolade for October. Mr Wingard said: “It is wonderful to be selected
A MAN is facing prosecution after being caught riding an off-road quad bike on back roads between Clayton and Allerton in Bradford. Officers on the Bradford district anti-social bike team stopped the rider of the dark blue machine were on patrol
A CONCERT will be held in aid of Shipley Glen Tramway this month. Three acts will play at Caroline Street Social Club in Saltaire on Thursday, November 20, from 7.30pm. Performers include Eddie Lawler, Reubik – a three piece group featuring
LEARN how to decorate your front door for Christmas with a wreath making workshop in Haworth. The session is at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Church Street December 6 10.30am-12.30pm. Tickets, £20, call 01535 642323.
A CHRISTMAS fair will be held at Sue Belcher Community Centre, Bracken Bank Avenue, Keighley, from noon until 4pm on December 6. Organisers need help with refreshments, prizes, activities and photography. Call Pip Gibson on (01535) 667221.
A BOY, 15, will appear before magistrates accused of attempted burglary after he was arrested by a police dog handler sent to Oxford Road, Undercliffe, Bradford, after police received reports of suspicious activity on Monday afternoon. Sergeant
STREET lighting and highway maintenance will be two of the topics up for discussion at the Bradford East area committee on Thursday at City Hall. Harris Street in the Bowling and Barkerend ward and Leeds Road in the Idle and Thackley ward are listed
PLANS have been announced for a biennial Yorkshire Festival of art and culture starting in 2016. The ten-year scheme is intended to provide a programme of head-turning commissions with public participation at its heart. It has been announced
A BRIDEGROOM has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 in fines and costs after racially abusing a market trader while on his stag do. David Sidebottom’s language was so extreme on April 19, the stall holder said he could not repeat it during the trial
TWO of the district’s MPs have clashed over whether the Government is doing enough to save struggling pubs. Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, the pubs minister, said a £1 billion package was helping three out of four pubs, by giving larger ones a £1,000
A COLLECTION of some of David Hockney’s work will remain on display in Saltaire until the end of the year. The free 25 Trees and Other Pictures by David Hockney exhibition will now run at Salts Mill and 1853 Gallery, Victoria Road, until December
THIS year’s Poppy Appeal in Keighley has already raised more than £25,000. Tommy Thompson, who organises the appeal for the Royal British Legion, hopes the final total will be close to last year’s record £35,379. Speaking after the Remembrance
THIS year’s Poppy Appeal in Keighley has already raised more than £25,000. Tommy Thompson, who organises the appeal for the Royal British Legion, hopes the final total will be close to last year’s record £35,379. Speaking after the Remembrance
IMPROVEMENTS to an outdoor education centre have proved popular with visitors, but despite the upgrade the building has recently been added to the English Heritage At Risk register. Councillors will next week be given an update on Ingleborough
A MORRISONS employee will appear before magistrates next month charged with fraud following an investigation into the theft of payroll data. Andrew Skelton, 43, has also been charged with offences under the Computer Misuse Act and the Data Protection
GUNNER William Isaac Driver, of the Royal Field Artillery’s D Battalion, the 245th (West Riding) Brigade, was one of two men killed instantly by a shell at Ypres, Belgium, in late October 1917. He and Gunner Roland Gee were were on duty at a forward
THIS is the story of Horace Cannon, the Bradford car mechanic who was awarded the Albert Medal for gallantry while serving as an aircraft mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps – later the Royal Air Force. This is an award that no longer exists – it
A FAMILY event in Bradford will feature a showcase of films, television, games and websites nominated for BAFTA’s Children’s Awards. The National Media Museum will host the event, which will include a mix of live demonstrations, behind-the-scenes
ON the hall wall of Margaret Whitton’s home in Cottingley is a photographic portrait of a man in the uniform of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. The cap he wears has a double ribbon. Sometime between 1906, when he was married, and 1914, Samuel Spencer
THE Government needs to revisit the “scandal” of fixed-term recalls to prison, Shipley MP Philip Davies has warned. He told MPs during Commons Justice questions yesterday that 42 per cent of recalls were now “just” 28-day fixed-term recalls, while
WHEN a Bradford school sent home more than 200 pupils for breaching uniform rules last week, the knee-jerk reaction from some angry parents was that the focus should be on educating their children, not excluding them. My knee-jerk reaction was:
PEOPLE will demonstrate outside City Hall today over plans to axe funding for three community centres in Bradford. Frizinghall Community Association, the Manningham Mills Sports and Community Association and the Millan Centre in Manningham could
COUGARS have formally submitted their request to call an emergency general meeting at the RFL after gaining sufficient support from other member clubs, with Sheffield Eagles, Barrow Raiders, Hunslet Hawks and Wakefield providing backing.Keighley chairman
SIR – I was visiting my sick wife recently - we’re both 94 years old. I can walk a few yards so I parked on yellow lines inside the hospital grounds. When I returned after visiting her, I had an illegal parking notice on my car. I was told on the
SIR – Early Sunday, my daughter and myself drove to watch my son (a serving soldier) and grandchildren Parade in Nuneaton. Afterwards, we all retired to his home pub for a meal. City were on the TV and we watched parts of the match. Halifax players
SIR – I read with interest in the T&A (November 5) in the news column entitled ‘Proposals for a Tesco met with hostility’.It would appear that more than 100 objections have been lodged against plans for a Haworth pub – the Royal Oak, on Mill Hey
SIR – I almost always agree with David Hornsby, but not with his hagiography of Tony Benn (T&A, Letters, November 5). I was born – literally – in a house which didn’t run to a kitchen, had no electricity, an outside toilet and a single cold
SIR – In Clayton Victoria Park, there was the usual large turnout of both young and old, who gathered together in an act of remembrance on Sunday, November 9, with, I believe, anen even larger gathering than in previous years. As I stood in the
SIR – Given that maths was never my strong point (I have other skills), I have tried my best to follow the saga of the £1.7 billion this country seems to owe the European Union. The statement by the prime minister, that he has managed to cut the
SIR – The horrendous tale about an elderly veteran recovering after heart surgery being attacked by youths on his way to a remembrance service has gone viral thanks to modern technology (Telegraph and Argus, November 11) and I have to say how appalled
In this most poignant of years for remembering those who laid their lives on the line for this country, it is absolutely sickening that we are reporting on two attacks on veterans wearing their medals and poppies. As the vast majority of people
A CAP on the fees and interest charged by payday lending firms is to go ahead in January in a move to protect borrowers from escalating debts.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said default fees will be capped at £15 alongside a limit of 0.8per cent
A BAILDON community group, formed to help those living with dementia work, has been given special recognition. The newly formed Baildon Dementia Friendly Action Group has received the Dementia Friendly Recognition Symbol following its work to make the
A COMMUNITY has reacted angrily to news that Bradford Council is selling off a green space where children play. Locals thought they had won their battle earlier this year, when a planning committee threw out council plans to build homes on the
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital with a head injury after a crash in Bradford today. His bike collided with a car on Southfield Lane, Little Horton, at about 5.45am. Police said Southfield Lane was closed in both directions between
PHIL Parkinson assessed City's latest FA Cup task against non-league opponents and stressed: We'll treat Dartford with the utmost respect. The Kent side are currently fourth from bottom of the Conference with only three wins in 18 games. City
HARRY Siejka reckons the Bulls' pre-season programme will leave them "miles ahead" of most Championship teams next year. The close-season signing from Wakefield is gearing up for a big campaign as he seeks to provide the creativity in Jimmy Lowes
THE pounding of hooves will once again be heard in Saltaire's Roberts Park over the festive season with Epilepsy Action's Reindeer Stampede. The family fun run, now in its fifth year, has become firmly established as part of the Yeadon-based national
A SLOVAKIAN man, who suffered fatal injuries at a house party in Bradford, died from a stab wound to the stomach, an inquest in the city heard yesterday.Marek Benak, 23, suffered the injury during an incident at an address in Great Horton Road, in the
A YOUNGSTER from an Ilkley dance school is performing with the Northern Ballet at the Alhambra this week.Northern Ballet is bringing the glamour of the roaring twenties to the theatre in its production of American classic The Great Gatsby, running until
A SCHOOLGIRL will light up Eccleshill after designing an eye-catching poster promoting the village's Christmas illumination switch-on. Anna Dearing, who is seven and goes to Our Lady and St Brendan’s RC Primary School, will switch on the lights
A DISABLED football team from Bradford have been given a near £8,000 national grant. Bradford Hot Wheels have received £7,955 after successfully applying to Sport England's Small Grants Programme. The club, who currently train every Saturday at Grange
A WOMAN has admitted making up an allegation of a serious sexual assault at a park in Keighley.Sophie Birkett pleaded guilty to a charge of causing wasteful employment of police, when the charge was put to her at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court
AMBITIOUS plans to improve an Ilkley based outdoor learning centre will have to go back to the drawing board after the project came in almost £750,000 over budget.Bradford Council had hoped to expand Nell Bank, a centre where children and their families
A 15-year-old Keighley boy was in police custody last night after he was arrested in connection with an attack on an old soldier. George Gill, 69, was attacked by a gang of youths in LUndPark, Keighley, as he walked from his home to a Remembrance
A FORMER Bradford councillor and ex-serviceman has been left hospitalised after he was attacked by three youths following a Remembrance service. Tony Niland, 58, whose soldier brother John died of injuries he suffered in a car bomb attack in Northern
A SCHOOL teacher who says she was unconscious when she was raped by two men on a park bench in Bradford was an "enthusiastic participant" in the sex session, it was alleged yesterday. Cross-examining her, barrister Elyas Patel suggested to the
Bradford Park Avenue progressed in the West Riding County Cup following a thrilling 3-2 win at AFC Goole. The hosts had led 2-0 following a first-half goal from Jordan Thewlis and a Tyler Williams strike early in the second half. Brad Barraclough
