FUNDING from Bradford clinical commissioning groups means new help is at hand for thousands of adult physiotherapy patients needing specialist care. It is great news for people with muscular dystrophy and other conditions where there is a gap between
KEIGHLEY potter Chris Melling is determined to prove he can lock horns with the best in the business despite a first-round exit at the UK Snooker Championship on Thursday.Melling – a two-time eight-ball pool world champion – returned to the professional
MIDFIELDER Matty Dolan has rejoined Hartlepool on a month's loan. Dolan, who has hardly featured for City since the start of the season, played 24 games for Pools last term before coming to Valley Parade. His last start for City was in the
DENHOLME'S Rebekah Tiler has been nominated for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award shortlist for the second successive year.The Bingley Grammar School pupil became the youngest weightlifter to win a senior women's British title, while
WIBSEY Warriors' fortunes have taken a turn for the better following the return of head coach Jason Hirst.Warriors' second team, who are competing in the Pennine League while their more illustrious colleagues prepare for a new challenge in next summer's
Campylobacter contamination of fresh shop-bought chickens has significantly increased since August, with every major retailer failing to meet targets to reduce the food poisoning bug, results show. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the cumulative
KEEPER Marco Silvestri is still the number one at Leeds, according to Neil Redfearn.The Whites boss has given the Italian a major vote of confidence going into Saturday’s home clash with high-flying Derby.Silvestri was involved in a mix-up in last week
GUISELEY want another run in the FA Trophy.The Lions, who reached the third round last season with victories over Histon, Halifax Town and Bradford Park Avenue, start their campaign tomorrow with a third qualifying-round home tie against Evo-Stik League
FOUR victories out of five games at home certainly sounds like promotion form for Bradford & Bingley. However, the ninth-placed SSE North One East club are being held back by an away record of five defeats and a draw. Bees coach Stuart
BRADFORD City Park has won plaudits in a national landscape awards scheme.The £24 million city centre urban park, which features a mirror pool, 100 fountains and laser lights, was highly commended in the Medium Scale Public category at the Landscape Institute
HAVING gone up a division this season, Cleckheaton are delighted with how they are coping in SSE National League Three North. The North One East champions are sixth in the fourth tier, and their president Alan Bentley said: "We are pleasantly surprised
JASON Gillespie has paid tribute to the late Phil Hughes, a player he coached on an Australia A tour of Zimbabwe in 2011. The Yorkshire coach described it as a "privilege" to work with the 25-year-old, whose passing at St Vincent's Hospital in
West Yorkshire Police must improve the way it investigates offending, according to a watchdog report which praises the force in many other respects. The Inspectorate of Constabulary’s annual assessment found that West Yorkshire Police was generally
WHARFEDALE coach Jon Feeley wants the home crowd to become their 16th man as they take on fifth-placed Richmond on Saturday in SSE National League One. The injury-hit Greens have lost their last two matches, and Feeley said: "Richmond have invested
OWNERS and managers of small and medium businesses in Yorkshire expect to achieve annual growth of around 11 per cent, new figures show. Confidence among UK SME owners about five-year growth prospects has hit a record high, according to the annual
SKIPTON Building Society has been named the top savings provider for young people. It received the award for best junior/children’s savings provider in the The Money Pages personal finance awards. The Society gained the prize based on the votes
MACHINE tool business the 600 Group has pledged to continue investing after achieving higher sales and profits in the six months to September 27. The Heckmondwike-based lathe-maker saw revenues rise by 0.5 per cent to £21.05 million, with pre-tax
WEST Yorkshire entrepreneur and former government advisor Lawrence Tomlinson has urged the break-up of big banks and more support for smaller ‘challenger banks’. The call comes nearly a year after he published a damning report on state-backed Royal
A LEADING West Yorkshire house builder is to fight the construction skills shortage by hiring former military personnel. Persimmon Homes West Yorkshire has announced a recruitment drive to hire around 500 people from the army, navy and RAF and
PEOPLE can have a say on a proposal for a new £16 million replacement for a school. A public exhibition will be held at the sixth form centre at Oakbank School, Keighley, from 3.30pm to 7.30pm on Tuesday. Developers Laing O’Rourke will gather
SANTA’S grotto will be the centrepiece of big Christmas celebrations held in five Baildon venues on Saturday, December 7. Father Christmas will be on duty in the Baildon Club and stalls will be loaded with seasonal goodies and gifts at the Ian
A TEENAGER has achieved an equestrian award after carrying out voluntary work supporting disabled horse riders at a Bradford riding school. Chloe Brighouse, 13, did 20 hours’ work and completed an essay detailing what she did and how the riders
FOURTEEN years ago Spanish photographer Joan Fontcuberta landed a bizarre assignment in Provence, southern France. He was invited to photograph the remains of an unknown species discovered on a beach and in surrounding caves. On arrival, he was astonished
A WINTER wonderland will take over Bolling Hall in East Bowling from 11am to 3pm this Saturday with free activities and entertainment for all the family. Outside the hall there will be a falconry display and bird handling, live music, puppet shows
FAMILIES will this weekend prepare for the annual Lantern Beats procession in Lund Park. They can go along to the first of two town centre workshops to make lanterns for the parade in the Keighley park. Professional artists from Small World
THE following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Tariq Mahmood Rashid, aged 48, of Glover Court, West Bowling; theft, six months’ community order with seven days’ curfew and electronic monitoring, £60 costs. John Sidney
A BRADFORD MP has thrown his backing behind e-cigarettes as a new group in Parliament is set up to look into the law around them. David Ward (pictured), Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, said: “Let’s be clear, nicotine is highly addictive,
IN 2007 I wrote about peak oil, the fact that there's a finite amount in the world, and that one day it will run out. It hasn't yet, and now it's become clear that we're doing all we can to delay this happening, even though the cost will be enormous
THE circus came to town in fine style this week with Brian Conley and co hitting the stage in Bradford. Walking the tightrope, eating fire and stilt-walking seemed to come naturally to West End stalwart Conley and his fellow performers in Barnum
BINGLEY-TRAINED racehorse Mister McGoldrick and his retired companions will have an extra 20 bags of feed this winter, thanks to a £200 donation to the charitable rehabilitation centre where he now lives. The money was raised through sales of a
TAXPAYERS face being burdened with a £73,000 bill for the external audit of Keighley Town Council’s accounts. The figure was quoted by Councillor Samuel Fletcher, who represents Bracken Bank and Ingrow ward. An exact figure for the cost has
A BOOK documenting historic houses has been published by a village’s civic society. Addingham Civic Society launched Addingham Houses 1750 - 1850, by local historian Arnold Pacey, at its last speaker meeting. In the first part of the book,
THE first director of education for the new Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales has been appointed. Richard Noake, 50, will now lead a team across the whole of the new Anglican diocese in a department responsible for 250 Church of England schools
A 79-YEAR-old remains in hospital today with head and chest injuries following a road traffic collision in Bradford last night A green Honda Accord was travelling along Holme Wood Road towards the junction with Cutler Heights Lane, when it was
SIR – I would like to comment on the development at Simpson Green, which was passed by council. The traffic problem is horrendous at peak times, and very busy all day, we have a road which is used as a rat run eliminating the lights at Greengates
PUDSEY MP Stuart Andrew held a “Mini-Parliament” event at Fulneck School where pupils debated issues including the EU and footballer rapist Ched Evans. Conservative Mr Andrew, pictured during the event, said: “I was really pleased with the quality
A hot, noisy night full of mosquitoes but empty of sleep. Today is a chance to get linked in to the local community and make sure that the Ebola Centre does not become a white (African) elephant, shunned when it opens, nor an isolated island in the
MORE people are struggling in privately-rented homes which are damp, dangerous and in need of vital repairs, evidence from Citizens Advice has suggested. The charity said that it helped 3,700 people with repair and maintenance problems in such
STAFF at Hartshead Moor services have raised more than £23,000 for this year’s Children in Need appeal. Pudsey Bear was greeting children at the Welcome Break service station on the M62 in the week running up to the annual telethon. Staff also
SIR – The ever increasing congestion of roads, causing very long delays at the junction of New Works Road, Abbscott Lane and Huddersfield Road is now intolerable. A serious accident is waiting to happen. The ongoing housing sites, plus increasing
SIR – Cathy MacKay (T&A, August 25) tells us “one cannot condone the synagogue murders” (meaning the murders of four rabbis in a Jerusalem synagogue, last week); then she says “I can certainly understand why someone would do such a thing”.
The regeneration of Bradford city centre - while a long time in coming - is there all around us for anyone to see. The Broadway shopping centre is going up at a rate of knots, the North Parade area is thriving and work is continuing apace on the
A MANAGEMENT plan for one of the district’s best-loved tourist attractions could soon be signed off. Bradford Council has set out its long-term vision for the Saltaire World Heritage Site. The plan, which includes more than 50 separate projects
SIR – At the risk of repeating myself, I should explain in response to Cathy Mackay (Letters, November 24) that the shelling of military targets, albeit that most were sited in strictly civilian structures, including mosques, hospitals and schools,
SIR – In response to John Hall’s letter (November 25), I realise I unfortunately gave a wrong impression by my choice of words in my letter, for which I apologise. I should have said, “Since passing into law in the last two years, over 70 per cent
COLLEGES, universities and community centres have been visited by police officers as part of National Counter Terrorism Awareness Week. Preventing people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism forms made up activities across West Yorkshire
SIR – The T&A tells us (November 25) that Bradford Council is planning big cuts all round in its latest budget proposals. Labour Council leader David Green states that they “will listen to what people say within the consultation period”.
THE Labour Party has selected its candidate to fight the general election in Bradford South. Judith Cummins, formerly a Bradford councillor and currently a councillor in Leeds, is hoping to replace long-standing Labour MP Gerry Sutcliffe, pictured
SIR – Your report “Community funds facing a shake-up” (November 21) states that council money “is being distributed more evenly across the district” when in fact the opposite is true. What it has done is split the funding by constituency so Bradford
IT became a standing joke in our family that in holiday snaps you only saw the top of my head, because the rest of it was buried in a book. As a youngster I rarely went anywhere without a book. I read in the garden, in the car, on the beach, in the bath
"IN the early 1980s I stayed with my great aunt Lydia and her family in New England. As she showed me the family album her parents had put together for her, when she emigrated in 1923, she paused at the picture of Erasmus Orwin. She told of her
POLICE are continuing to investigate vandalism to the power supply box of Haworth’s new performing arts bandstand. Police Community Support Officer Tracy Metcalfe said officers had not yet identified the graffiti tags scrawled on the box. Responding
WHY is a 19th century British cannon occupying pride of place in the Pakistani village of Dulmial? Dr Irfan Malik and Michael Noble (The Centre for Hidden Histories, University of Nottingham) have taken an interest in the subject. The following
Shoppers are being offered free car parking in Bradford city centre and local towns in the run-up to Christmas. All council-run car parks in the city centre will be free of charge after 4.30pm on Thursday, December 4, 11 and 18. Ilkley’s South
X FACTOR finalist Luke Friend returned to his Bradford roots to perform at an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the city’s young people. The aspire2work Awards Ceremony was held at the Midland Hotel, and the former Beckfoot School
A COUNCILLOR has accused a planning department of a “complete lack of ambition” for the city. Cllr Howard Middleton (Lib Dem, Bolton and Undercliffe) said he was concerned that planners were settling for sub-standard schemes because “this is Bradford
PUDSEY MP Stuart Andrew invited ten community represenatives from his constituency to join him on an exclusive tour of 10 Downing Street. The group also sat in on debates in both the House of Lords and the House Commons. “As my constituency
Firefighters have praised a teenager’s quick-thinking actions following a bathroom fire at his Shipley home. The 16-year-old was alerted by the smoke alarm after the bathroom extractor fan caught fire and the melted plastic fell into the bath setting
BRADFORDIANS have one last chance to make their voices heard and vote in this year’s Telegraph & Argus Community Stars Awards. Nominations must be received by Bradford Council by the end of tomorrow, before the winners are revealed at a ceremony
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth accused of involvement in a mass street brawl in Bradford city centre has admitted violent disorder partway through his trial. The Bradford teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, admitted the offence yesterday at
WEST Yorkshire Police has issued a warning about companies making cold-calls to sell bogus advertising space in ‘police publications’. Any firms who are approached with advertising offers have been told they are only genuine if authorised in writing
STUDENTS from Shenzhen Institute of Technology in China flew in for a visit to Bradford College to form a unique partnership. The newly-forged link with the institute involves working with Bradford students to create an animated film and a computer
PEOPLE waiting for a bus had a miracle escape when a lorry reversed into the shelter where they were stood, smashing windows and ripping metal posts clean out of the pavement. The dramatic accident happened in Shipley market square at 1.36pm when
KEIGHLEY'S Seidokan Karate Academy fighters won medals representing the Sport England squad at the International Karate Union European Under-21 championships at the University of East London. Jack Lynch won a bronze medal in the under-21 under-
JAMES Feather admits he cannot stop smiling following his dramatic return to Cougar Park – little more than a month after quitting his home-town club. The long-serving Keighley favourite has been released from his contract with Hunslet Hawks, having
ALBION Sports will be looking to put last weekend's frustrating Toolstation Northern Counties East League defeat behind them when they host Pickering Town in the Premier Division on Saturday. Kulwinder Sandhu's side had a man sent off in the opening
TRAFFIC has backed up towards the Kildwick roundabout following a road accident this morning at Cononley Lane Ends. LIVE TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL UPDATES At least two vehicles have been involved in a collision just past the junction, in the direction
Proposals for more trains from Bradford to London form part of plans to transform rail services between Yorkshire and the capital, it has emerged. Sir Richard Branson's company Virgin will from next year be running the UK's two main London to Scotland
IT WAS an enduring image. Bradford Bulls players celebrating wildly at the DW Stadium after one of the club’s most memorable victories of recent times. The 30-22 success came at the height of the crisis-torn 2012 campaign when nobody knew if
THE Bulls are celebrating after extending their partnership with city centre hotel Jurys Inn into a fifth year.The new one-year deal will again see the hotel, based on the outskirts of City Park, provide the Bulls with a certain amount of rooms for the
JAMES Meredith feels City owe the Valley Parade faithful a home win this weekend. The Australian is as frustrated as the supporters with the poor run of results on their own patch this season. After Gillingham's last-gasp leveller on Saturday
MUMS across West Yorkshire are increasingly opting to have their children born in Bradford. And the growing reputation of the state-of-the-art centre £1.2 million birth centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary makes for one of the proudest points in
BRADFORD College will award five Honorary Fellowships to a group including a top local weatherman, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire and the Bishop of West Yorkshire next week. The ceremonies will be held at St George's Hall on Monday and Tuesday
PEOPLE interested in working at a new £8 million care village being built in Bradford will be able to get more details about employment opportunities at two events tomorrow and next Thursday. The million Gateway care village complex in Dudley Hill
THE DEPUTY Council leader accused a Labour colleague of a "miscarriage of justice" at a planning meeting yesterday. Councillor Imran Hussain (Lab, Toller), who had been sitting in the public gallery waiting for another application to come up, spoke
A ROW over the merits of Shipley's impressionist Christmas tree has spread to local councillors who are joining the debate. Yesterday, the Telegraph & Argus reported how local MP Philip Davies had damned the metal conical erection as an "artificial
VIOLENT homophobic crime appears to be on the decrease in West Yorkshire, while other police forces are tackling significant rises in offences.Hundreds of assaults on gay and lesbian people have been reported to police this year.Gay rights charities said
A TOWN'S mayor has revealed he came close to surrendering his chains of office during the past six months due to "sheer mental and physical stress". Councillor Graham Mitchell has carried out his role as Keighley mayor without a full team of council
A BRADFORD military history enthusiast has rescued a group of vintage wartime vehicles that had been gathering rust in a Leeds scrapyard. The collection of five wagons and two trailers were spotted by Stuart Wright, who organises the annual Yorkshire
PEOPLE waiting for a bus had a miracle escape when a lorry reversed into the shelter where they were stood, smashing windows and ripping metal posts clean out of the pavement. The dramatic accident happened in Shipley market square at 1.36pm when
A SHOPKEEPER was stabbed in the shoulder by a group of teenagers after refusing to let them into his shop. Family members of 21-year-old Bilal Majid have condemned those responsible for the attack, which happened shortly before 7pm on Tuesday at
A BRADFORD councillor is stepping down from public office following claims she has been the subject of a “vicious hate campaign”. Labour politician Jan Smithies said she had suffered two years of personal attacks while serving as a Bradford councillor
AN MP is demanding answers after a violent robber from Bradford fled from an open prison. Almas Ullah, 27, of Great Horton, absconded from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire, last Friday evening and remained at large last night. Police are warning the
AN INTERNATIONAL manhunt has been stepped up for a rapist who fled to France halfway through his Bradford trial. West Yorkshire detectives are liaising with Interpol and authorities in France in a bid to track down Wakar Akhtar. Akhtar, 21,
BRADFORD’S poet laureate Gerard Benson has posthumously published two books which are being celebrated in the city tonight.Family, friends and dignitaries will gather at Waterstones in Hustlergate from 7.30pm to mark the occasion and remember the 83-year-old
A PROJECT to breathe new life into a fire-ravaged Victorian shop has been given a major financial boost. The former Natasha school uniform shop, at the heart of Bradford's Goitside Conservation Area, was badly damaged in a blaze four years ago.
SCORES of vulnerable children placed in care in Bradford are living more than 20 miles from home – despite Government pledges to tackle the problem, a critical report reveals today. One in every 11 youngsters – 75 in total – have been put in residential
