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  • Eccleshill unable to halt slide

    Eccleshill United 1, Hemsworth MW 2 ECCLESHILL slipped to a third consecutive Toolstation Northern Counties East League defeat as they suffered a 2-1 Division One reverse to Hemsworth MW. The visitors opened up a two-goal lead and took that

  • Title races hot up as divisions split

    THE second half of the Bradford Table Tennis League season gets underway this week with the three divisions from the first half split into two. In Division 1A, Embassy Police A carry the only 100 per cent record forward, and this section is a straight

  • Fundraisers lined up for Lord Mayor's Appeal

    A DINNER will be held to raise money for the Lord Mayor's Appeal on Thursday, February 12, at Bradford College. On Friday, February 27, A Night at the Opera civic dinner will be held for the same cause at City Hall.

  • World development group meets

    BRADFORD World Development Group has its annual general meeting on Friday, January 9, at Manningham Mills Community Centre at 7.30pm.

  • Detectives bail man, 19, arrested on suspicion of murder

    A TEENAGER arrested on suspicion of murdering Bradford grandfather Clement 'Butch' Desmier has been released on bail pending further inquiries. The 19-year-old man was arrested in Bradford this week in connection with the murder of 68-year-old

  • 'Children must be kept safe from council cuts’

    In this age of austerity we are all having to tighten our belts and make tough decisions about what we spend our money on. Local authorities are no exception and it’s clear that many are struggling with the need to slash their budgets while still maintaining

  • City swim duo on regional triathlon programme

    TWO City of Bradford Swimming Club members have been selected for the Yorkshire and Humberside Triathlon Academy for 2014-2015. James Lund, 15, of Keighley, and Reuben Mantle, 13, of Bingley have been picked following exceptional results in 200

  • England Lions so close to win

    YORKSHIRE all-rounder Adil Rashid took two cheap wickets as England Lions just failed to force a victory in the opening match of their South African tour.The leg-spinner, who had taken some hammer in bagging 1-66 off 12 overs in the first innings, picked

  • Burglars steal furniture from unoccupied flat

    BURGLARS helped themselves to furniture and kitchen appliances from an unoccupied flat in Bradford. The property, which is an apartment on Broadway in the city centre, was broken into at some point between Christmas Eve and December 27, say police

  • Death-squad plans would cause harm

    SIR – Mr Boyes (Letters, January 5) suggests that I have a naive view of 20th century history. He says that soldiers are trained to kill and are ordered to do so by superiors and politicians. Fair point Mr Boyes. However soldiers are not trained

  • A&E services are there to help out everyone equally

    SIR – I really enjoyed reading the postings on the T&A website, where people were giving their views about the abuse of the A&E departments in our hospitals due to alcohol related problems during the festive season. I cannot agree with

  • Divided land splitting the opinion of leaders

    SIR – The Israeli propaganda machine is all pervading, from the White House to the streets of Heaton, from reading your correspondent Rudi Leavor disingenuously stating that the short answer to the Gaza situation is to stop sending rockets (home-made

  • Row over mosque gives no confidence in planners

    SIR – Bradford Council has rightly been criticised by the local government ombudsman (T&A, January 2) for failing to record why its Planning Panel approved an application for a pub to be turned into a mosque despite expert advice to block the conversion

  • Shrinking violets and our sweets dilemma

    THERE are moments in life that we'd rather forget, but memories of them occasionally surface, inducing a flush of sweat and panic.One such experience was when I got stuck in a jumper in the changing-room of a department store. I was about to go on my

  • Push to recycle more as Council looks to reduce waste bill

    PEOPLE will be asked to recycle more as Bradford Council looks at ways to reduce the amount of rubbish the district produces and cut the annual £13 million cost of dealing with it. The Council may ban raised wheelie bin lids and refuse to take

  • Keighley Cougars release squad numbers for 2015

    COUGARS have announced their squad numbers for the 2015 season, with a number of existing players moving up the pecking order.Following the departure of James Craven, Richie Barnett, Sean Hesketh and Elliot Cosgrove, several men have been given numbers

  • Penalties set over payroll

    BOSSES of small firms in Bradford have been warned that they could face penalties if they fail to submit payroll details under the new Real Time Information system. Employers must report the amount of money paid to staff on weekly or monthly basis

  • Brain power programme is a winner

    A PSYCHOLOGIST from Keighley who sharpens young minds to achieve academic excellence has been honoured with a national education award. Jon Finn runs Tougher Minds, which developed a Personal Brain Management programme to boost pupils’ performance

  • New car sales at highest in ten years

    NEW car sales for 2014 reached a ten-year high, official figures are expected to show today. It is likely that UK new registrations will total around 2.46 million - the best annual figure since 2004. The 2014 figure, to be announced by the

  • Surveyor is bound for new team

    SCOTT Morrison has left CBRE to join DTZ’s Yorkshire industrial agency team as a senior surveyor. He previously spent more than three years working in the agency and insolvency teams at Eddisons and 14 months in the valuation team at CBRE.

  • Cash pot boosts region’s industry

    A REGIONAL £90 million investment fund launched to boost business growth has used the cash ahead of schedule. The fund has made 694 investments in businesses across the Yorkshire region, creating and safeguarding 8,716 jobs and increasing overall

  • Firm bosses keep it in the family

    SMALL business bosses in Yorkshire are just as likely to turn to family and friends for advice as they are to speak to professionals, according to a new survey. Research carried out for Growth Vouchers – a government programme that helps businesses

  • Firm airing new canopy

    AIR management specialist Mansfield Pollard has developed a new product designed to re-circulate the extracted air from above commercial kitchen cooking installations. The Bradford-based manufacturer, which supplies energy efficient ventilation

  • Faith keeps wool mail contract

    A WEST Yorkshire public relations agency has retained a contract to provide direct marketing materials for the Bradford-based British Wool Marketing Board. Faith PR has been appointed to manage BWMB’s 2015 annual direct mail marketing campaign.

  • High speeds move law firm up a level

    BRADFORD law firm Mir Solicitors has become one of the area’s first professional services companies to take advantage of a Government-backed voucher scheme to help update business broadband connections. The Manchester Road-based practice has received

  • Firms fearful as costs rise

    MORE than 60 per cent of Yorkshire’s small and medium sized firms (SME) have warned of the negative impact of rising operating costs on their income. Findings by the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey of SME owners and senior

  • ‘Important’ £500k deal completed

    BELGRAVIUM Technologies, the Bradford-based provider of software systems and hardware for the airline, rail, retail and logistics industries has completed its £500,000 acquisition of Access Fire and Security Ltd. AFS, based in Warwickshire, supplies

  • Bank city branch largest in the UK

    SANTANDER banking chiefs have put their faith in Bradford by creating the 1,000-strong chain’s largest and busiest UK branch in the city centre. More than £1 million has been invested by the Spanish-owned company to develop the historic listed

  • Car stolen from garage

    A CAR was stolen from a garage forecourt despite being on a raised platform and penned in by other vehicles. The blue Audi A3 S-Line was taken from Bradford Road, Sandbeds, Keighley, between 6pm on December 30 and 9.30am on New Year’s Eve. Officers

  • Former secretary of musical event dies

    A FORMER secretary of the Wharfedale Music Festival died on Sunday. Robert Lantaff was born in Watford on November 5, 1925. His first employment was in the Civil Service for seven years (Inland Revenue and Ministry of Labour). He changed

  • University work is to be showcased

    THE work of the University of Bradford’s Faculty of Health Studies will be showcased at an exhibition in Dubai. The department’s academic programmes of study, including MSc and BSc Nursing Studies (International) and MSc International Healthcare

  • Dementia talk to raise help for fight

    AN INFORMATION session about dementia will be held this month. Local Dementia Cafe co-ordinator Gwen Oates will lead the event at the Parish Centre, off Manor Square, Otley, at 2pm on Saturday, January 24. The one-hour talk is part of the Alzheimer

  • Screenings aimed at old and young

    KEIGHLEY Picture House is hosting special film shows for young and old week. The North Street cinema will hold its first ‘mother and toddler’ screening on Monday at 2.50pm. On the cinema’s upstairs screen families can watch Paddington, which

  • Top worries of parents are revealed

    CHILDREN’S mental health is the top health issue parents in Yorkshire worry about, a survey has found. A total of 36 per cent of parents were most concerned with the emotional wellbeing and mental health of their children. Diet and weight (

  • Police move sheep off former off-road bike site

    POLICE officers confronted an unexpected problem in Cullingworth after checking a site to ensure it was not being used by off-road bikers. The officers were visiting the old Flappit Quarry last Sunday to make their check. A spokesman for West

  • Get fit through key fundraising

    MARIE Curie Cancer Care is offering an exciting challenge this year for those wanting to get fit, lose weight, meet new people or do something adventurous. The charity’s Sri Lanka Trek will take place from November 6 to 15, 2015, and it is looking

  • Event to help youths find employment

    WAYS of helping young people into employment will be the subject of the district’s next public forum for education. The event will examine how schools and higher and further education institutions, as well as families, can assist. Strategic

  • Call for vote on split from Bradford

    PEOPLE in Keighley and Shipley should be given a vote on whether to break away from Bradford Council, an MP has claimed in the Commons. Philip Davies told Deputy Prime Minister’s Question Time that too many council decisions only benefited the

  • Woman lost teeth following assault

    A MAN headbutted and punched his former partner and trapped her in a dark cellar during a drunken assault, a court heard. Stephen Parkinson, 28, of Southfield Avenue, Odsal, “smashed” his way into Sonia Briggs’ house via the back door in the early

  • Event will promote community life

    A FRESH initiative to promote and enhance local life will be launched at a community fair in Baildon later this month.Baildon Town Council is hosting the free event on Saturday, January 24 from 10am at the Methodist Centre, Newton Way.Chairman Joe Ashton

  • Riding school postpones event

    A RIDING school which helps disabled Bradford children has postponed its next charity curry night as it clashes with Bradford City's FA Cup replay against Millwall.The Throstle Nest Riding for the Disabled Group was due to hold the event at Zaara's Indian

  • Bradford District Care Trust appeals for volunteers

    BRADFORD District Care Trust is appealing for volunteers who can fill an "extremely important" role and help make a difference to people detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.The Trust wants to recruit five new associate hospital

  • Lord Mayor set to tell of his past year

    THE Lord Mayor of Bradford will speak about his year in office at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Bradford West next week. Councillor Mike Gibbons  will be guest speaker at the club’s meeting on January 15. The group meets at 12.15pm, Sandal

  • Chance to learn more on awards

    POTENTIAL entrants in this year’s Keighley Business Awards are being invited to a pre-launch event to find out more about the prestigious prizes on offer in the third annual extravaganza. Would-be sponsors are also being encouraged to attend. The

  • Club looks to raise £1m for cause

    THE Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal has been given a boost by Bradford Rotary Club which has said it will hold an event each month to raise money. The club will continue to raise money towards the appeal until the £1 million

  • Understand Islam classes

    A MUSLIM group is to run classes that help people understand more about Islam. The programme, called Understanding Islam, will be run by the Keighley Muslim Association, based at the Markazi Jamia Mosque. Mohammed Saleem, the association’s

  • Hockey club fear over closure

    A THRIVING sports club fears it could fold under current plans to replace a Keighley secondary school. Airedale Hockey Club has been based at Oakbank for about 15 years, playing and training there. But the astro facilities will be lost for

  • Village set to move closer to area plan

    CULLINGWORTH is poised to move a step closer to having its own neighbourhood development plan. An application by the village council for neighbourhood area designation, which would pave the way for a plan to be drawn-up, is set to be approved.

  • Cook and eat for a healthier appetite

    COURSES are being served up in Keighley to help people learn about healthy meals. The Cook and Eat sessions – which have been set up by Bradford Council – will cover different dishes, understanding ingredients and controlling portion sizes.

  • Charlotte in character for library event

    LITTLE Red Riding Hood managed to escape from the Big Bad Wolf to visit youngsters at Yeadon Library. Charlotte Thornton took time out from rehearsals for the Yeadon Charities Association production to read the gripping fairy story to a young audience

  • Pair jailed over dementia theft

    A COUPLE have been jailed for stealing £30,000 from a dementia sufferer and his sick father. Danielle Lees-Wolfenden, 38, and her partner Neil Barraclough, 42, showed no emotion as Judge Peter Benson branded their crimes as “mean, wicked and cruel

  • Fundraising to cover vets’ £2,000 bill

    A BATTLE to save a female cat and her sick kittens landed a charity based in the district with a £2,000 vet bill. Yorkshire Cat Rescue, of Cross Roads, near Haworth, says a cat called Jessie and her blind kitten, Buzz, are the only survivors after

  • Demand for foster carers is reducing

    BRADFORD Council has revealed that demand for foster carers is falling across the district. The local authority currently looks after 905 children who are at risk of harm and said 74 per cent of those lived with foster carers. Of the remaining

  • Acclaimed band to be recognised

    A BRADFORD band that has performed on hit American programme The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and had songs featured on popular US programmes is looking forward to civic reception in recognition of its achievements. Scars on 45, whose tunes have

  • Help offered to deal with fuel bills

    BRADFORD residents are being offered help with heating their homes at an advice session later this month. Advice on reducing bills, making homes more energy efficient and obtaining warm home discounts will be available at the Energy Best Deal event

  • Help unite neighbours

    GET advice on grants available for groups looking to bring neighbours together at a free session. Near Neighbours funding advice and information will be held at Shipley Library, 2 Wellcroft, on January 29 between 11am and 12.30pm. Near Neighbours

  • Teenage girl taken to hospital after accident in Thornton

    A 15-YEAR-old pedestrian has been taken to hospital with slight head injuries after a collision involving a vehicle near a school in Bradford today.The teenage girl was in Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, when the incident happened at about 7.40am near Thornton

  • Approval is sought for road bottleneck

    SENIOR councillors are being asked to approve the principles of an improvement to a heavily congested junction in Greengates, Bradford. The executive will discuss the £6.8 million project for the Harrogate Road and New Line junction, which is being

  • Clegg to sort devolution matters fast

    MINISTERS have failed to respond to the county’s latest devolution offer – despite Nick Clegg insisting he still hopes to reach agreement “shortly”. Frustrated council chiefs have proposed a two-stage solution, to break the stalemate created by

  • Good job as students raise £300

    A GROUP of five students from a Bradford school have raised almost £300 for charity. The quintet of students – Shujaat Ali, Alina Zafar Shah, Joshie Barua, Ben Rowe and Katrina Thirkill – from Oasis Academy Lister Park organised a variety of fundraising

  • Driver hurt during crash

    A WOMAN had to be freed from her wrecked car by firefighters after it went out of control following an apparent tyre blow-out on the M606. The Peugeot 807 hit the central reservation near junction three yesterday shortly before 4 pm. Two lanes

  • Keyboard hero is back for solo show

    MUSICAL royalty rolls into Bradford this February as Fellow of the Royal College of Music, Professor of the London College of Music, former Yes keyboard player, Watchdog presenter and renowned Grumpy Old Man, Rick Wakeman takes to the mic at St George

  • Council call on residents to speak up

    RESIDENTS are invited to have a say on Bradford Council’s budget proposals ahead of a meeting next month. When the local authority set a two-year budget in February the proposals included £23.2 million of savings to be delivered in 2015/16.

  • Quad-bike pair wanted

    POLICE are hunting two suspects wanted for anti-social behaviour after being spotted riding a quad bike on the pavement of a Bradford road. The pair were video recorded as they passed, though they covered their faces, and police are now to make

  • Taxi driver is robbed of his car

    A CABBIE was robbed of his vehicle as he stopped to pick up a fare and police are now trying to trace the stolen car. The incident happened on Saturday evening after the driver got out of his Toyota Verso car, leaving the engine running. Police

  • Private hire driver in road clash

    A CAB driver ended up suspended from duty after arguing with officers when he was caught causing an obstruction to road users. The private hire driver got into trouble over negotiating a red light cycle ‘box’ at the Lingstone Road/Wrose Road junction

  • War poet is recognised in sculptures

    AN EXHIBITION of a series of sculptures of a life of a Bradford-born First World War poet have gone on display. Humbert Wolfe, worked as a Whitehall civil servant in the 1920s and 1930s. His 1916 poem, Requiem: The Soldier, is read at Remembrance

  • Positive step on child sex exploitation

    The sexual exploitation of children is one of the most unpalatable aspects of modern life, and quite rightly is one of the issues which most horrifies people. The issue of "grooming", as has passed into common usage, is also one around which there

  • Perseverance pays off for Taylor

    CONONLEY'S Ian Taylor is delighted to have finally won the National Trophy Series after finishing second for the past two seasons.The Jedi Cycle Sport rider was second in the sixth and final round at Moorways Leisure Centre in Derby on Sunday.But with

  • Sex attacker who climbed through victim's window is jailed

    A SEX attacker has been locked up after climbing through a young woman's flat window and ordering her to strip off. Qasim Hussain, 20, was drunk when he got into bed with his frightened victim and groped her under her nightdress, Bradford Crown

  • Bradford school in new uniform crackdown controversy

    A BRADFORD school which sent more than 100 pupils home last term for breaching its dress code has started a new crackdown, but some parents claim previously acceptable clothes have now been banned. Hanson Academy took a tough stance over its uniform

  • Anti-fracking petition submitted to Bradford Council

    A 339-NAME petition has been submitted to Bradford Council urging the local authority not to allow fracking on its land.In 'No Fracking in Bradford District', campaigners, spearheaded by Councillor Kevin Warnes (Green, Shipley) have also urged Bradford