England new boy Adam Lyth has spoken of his delight at being called up for next month’s Test tour of the West Indies.The Yorkshire opener has been rewarded for last summer’s stunning LV= County Championship form, and says making his Test debut in the
BRADFORD boxer Hamed Ghaz has been backed to become the city's “very own Amir Khan” as he prepares to return to the ring.The 18-year-old welterweight from Undercliffe won his first pro bout against Jason Nesbitt in November at the Centenary Pavilion at
PUPILS from Bradford schools were jumping for joy after winning medals at the West Yorkshire Sainsbury's School Games trampolining finals at John Smeaton Leisure Centre in Leeds. Thornton Grammar School were the dominant force in tucks and pikes, winning
RYAN Sidebottom has warned his Yorkshire team-mates to watch their backs this summer as he believes the rest of Division One will be gunning for the county champions.The white rose side head into the new season among the favourites to win back-to-back
BRADFORD No 1 AA Raskelf will be closed on Sunday for the final round of this year's Winter Series, which draws at the Golden Lion at 9am. Andy Jacques leads the series with 89 points, followed by Fred Prudham (84) and Steve Hodson (74). The code
TOP acts Embrace and Ella Eyre will be joining headliners James at Bingley Music Live at the end of the Summer. Local heroes Embrace from Brighouse, have a strong Bradford district fan base and their debut album The Good Will Out reached number
SAM Byram is urging his in-form Leeds United side to continue their recent renaissance at rock-bottom Blackpool on Saturday.Neil Redfearn’s men claimed their fifth win from six away games in Wednesday’s 3-0 drubbing of Fulham and Byram wants a repeat
Hollywood star Russell Crowe has not ruled out buying Leeds, saying "let's just see how it goes". Last month the 50-year-old Gladiator and Noah actor ramped up speculation that he may be interested in bidding for the club he has followed since
IT'S two years since I brought you news of the last snippets about the planet we're abusing, so here are some more:• April 2014 tied with April 2010 as the warmest April on record, and it was the 350th consecutive month above the average for the last
IF WHARFEDALE run out to Sister Sledge's We Are Family when they play Macclesfield at The Avenue on Saturday, April 11, it would be entirely appropriate.The Dalesmen secured tier-three rugby for a 20th successive season last Saturday when they defeated
There is a conversation we are not having, and it's about race.So says Trevor Phillips, the often outspoken former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, in a TV programme he is presenting on Channel 4 tonight, Things We Won't Say About
WITH three of their last four matches at home, it is fair to say that Bradford & Bingley's future in SSE North One East will be decided at Wagon Lane. That sequence starts on Saturday against mid-table Alnwick and, even though they will be
A BRADFORD driving instructor has been cleared today of five charges involving the alleged sexual abuse of three young girls. The jury at Bradford Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict on a sixth charge against Duncan Carney, alleging sexual
POLICE are appealing for information after receiving a report of gunshots being heard in a Bradford street. Police received a call from an address in Stoneyhurst Way, Holme Wood, at 8.40pm last night after a number of loud bangs were heard.
SCOTT Thwaites produced a fine performance when he sprinted to third place in the Belgian one-day race Nokere Koerse.The Burley-in-Wharfedale rider, who won a bronze medal in last year’s Commonwealth Games road race, finished just ahead of his BORA-ARGON
Spring Mill House, Main Street, Wilsden £565,000 Dacre, Son & Hartley, Bingley Telephone 01274 560421 “We had been living in Wilsden, after a move from Cullingworth, for five years when my husband Bryan spotted an advert for the sale
SIR - I understand that the Labour council has approved planning permission for 600 homes on the Fagley quarry site. I am writing to call to account the integrity of those local Labour councillors who did not speak up on behalf of THEIR constituents
SIR – Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t believe in political correctness, he believes he has the right to be racist and sexist. Now it’s been alleged he is prone to violence following an altercation with a BBC producer after filming and finding there was
SIR – The use of headphones with phones and music players appears to be an ever increasing problem. I have witnessed on more than one occasion, individuals walking across the road whilst totally unaware of approaching traffic. As with the use
SIR – All the fuss about Jeremy Clarkson has missed the real benefit of his absence from the television screen. He may well be a rude, self opinionated, arrogant, badly dressed middle aged adolescent nationalist from Chipping Norton with an eye
SIR – What a surprisingly left-wing tirade from Christopher Hindle, (Letters, March 13). In the best tradition of socialism he twists or invents “facts” to suit his argument. Nick Clegg agrees that the Party erred in agreeing to Tory plans to increase
SIR – Alex Suchi’s solution to migration (T&A March 13) is a novel one. There are a few cost-free alternatives, however. Firstly, we could stop bombing countries back to the Dark Ages on behalf of the US. In this way, the terrified refugees
BRADFORD Park Avenue have a score to settle when they travel to take on Oxford City's foreign legions on Saturday.Avenue have boosted their chances of survival in Vanarama Conference North with a magnificent run of results, but they would like to avenge
HAVING defied the odds in many ways with a patched-up squad last weekend, Mark Bower hopes to have a few more bodies back on board at Lowestoft Town on Saturday. On the back of a morale-boosting 3-1 home win over Brackley Town, achieved when his
OTLEY cycling star Lizzie Armitstead begins her defence of the coveted UCI Women’s World Cup on Saturday.The 26-year-old Commonwealth Games champion, will be looking to continue her exciting early season form in the Ronde van Drenthe – an event she won
25 years ago: TV bosses were thinking a turning the Bradford district's most famous pub - Emmerdale's Woolpack - dry to stop actors and extras becoming "half cut" during filming. The pub's location was the Commercial in Esholt. 50 years ago: A
BRADFORD United Raptors kept alive their hopes of overhauling leaders Eccleshill United in Division 12B of the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League by surviving a tense final ten minutes against Salts Tigers.Raptors took an early lead following a determined run
FARSLEY are still seven points off the play-off places in Evo-Stik First Division North following their midweek draw at home to fifth-placed Scarborough Athletic.They desperately need a lift as they entertain Clitheroe at Throstle Nest on Saturday if
WEST Bowling host leaders Fryston in Saturday’s big game in the Pennine League Premier Division. Victory for the visitors will secure the championship, but Bowling have the chance to join them at the top if they win. Bowling have enjoyed a
THACKLEY and Albion Sports meet in aToolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division derby at Dennyfield on Saturday.The Dennyboys are six points and one position behind their 11th-place neighbours who beat them 4-0 at Throstle Nest earlier
ONE Direction star Zayn Malik has quit the boyband's world tour after being "signed off with stress" and is coming home to the UK. It comes after the Bradford singer was forced to defend himself online and declare his love for fiancee Perrie Edwards
COMMEMORATIVE badges will be on sale outside Valley Parade on Saturday to raise funds for a memorial for former players who died in the two world wars. The idea has been set up by Bantamspast who are hoping to have a tribute built at the stadium
A grieving father from Keighley who fought for more than a quarter of a century for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster has collected a CBE from the Queen. Trevor Hicks's daughters Sarah, 19, and Victoria, 15, were among the 96
THE son of the former executive chairman of the now-defunct JJB Sports chain has been cleared of helping his father to use a forged bank statement, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed. Stuart Jones, 40, of Bingley, had been on trial at
It is a sad fact that literacy levels in Bradford are not what they should be. According to the National Literacy Trust, almost half of adults in some parts of Bradford do not have the literacy skills that they should. Reading and writing are skills
YORKSHIRE manufacturers put in a stronger performance than any other region, a study has found. The latest figures for this month reveal 20.9 per cent of manufacturing firms in Yorkshire have a higher than normal risk of insolvency. This is
A £1 MILLION investment at a Bradford labelling manufacturing firm is already reaping rewards with sales growing by 30 per cent in 18 months. Watermill Press, based off Manchester Road, is the leading manufacturer of product identification labels
KEYLAND Developments Ltd, the property trading arm of Kelda Group and sister-company to Yorkshire Water, has agreed the sale of land in Bradford for 58 new homes. Housing provider Home Group has acquired the circa 3.4 acre vacant site at Chellow
NATURALISTS can discover more about Red Kites and other wildlife occupying Otley Chevin in a special event organised by the charity RSPB in partnership with Leeds City Council. Running from March 26 to 29 staff and volunteers from the charity are
CALVERLEY is getting set for garage sale mania this Saturday. More than 140 families and groups of residents will be having stalls in their gardens and driveways selling new and pre-loved items and produce. Organiser Georgina Thompson said:
MODEL railway fans will make tracks for Keighley this weekend. A variety of layouts in different scales will be on display at Victoria Hall as the town’s model railway club stages its 40th annual exhibition. The event will mark the end of the
A BRADFORD charity has hosted a conference looking at the health needs of women in the city. Healthy living centre Womenzone invited health professionals and community organisations to attend the event to learn and discuss the health and wellbeing
BANK staff got on their bikes to raise £580 for Sue Ryder Hospice. NatWest in Fair Road, Wibsey, was turned into a velodrome with a group of eight staff taking to an exercise bike to turn pedal power into pounds. Between them, they covered
A DEVELOPER has submitted an outline application to build 20 houses on the site of a waste transfer station. The proposals relate to land off Bradley Road, Silsden, and would involve the removal of the existing waste transfer facility. A statement
AN AWARDS ceremony takes place tomorrow celebrating achievements of unsung heroes in Bradford’s City ward. The Community Heats awards, run by Bradford Council and Exceed Alliance, have been set up to recognise the hard work of local individuals
THE funeral of former Telegraph & Argus sports editor Peter Royston) will be held at St Paul’s Church, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, next Thursday, March 26, at 1.30pm. There will then be a celebration of his life at the Grange Hotel, opposite the
A HAWORTH resident is organising a benefit gig to raise cash to save or restore public services in the village. John Lambert is arranging the April 18 event, featuring four bands, to raise funds for Haworth and Worth Valley Fire Station and Haworth
PEOPLE can learn to measure their Body Mass Indexes at a health session in Bradford on Friday. ‘Good Food Advice Stall – Health Trainers’ is at Oastler Market, John Street, from 9.30am to 12.30pm. The NHS Health Trainer Service offers information
A NEW project aims to bring together different generations through the medium of graffiti art. The programme, which starts at Ravenscliffe Youth Centre, on March 25, will give people from all age ranges the opportunity to work on graffiti for a display
SCHOOLS from across Bradford will battle it out in a mock court trials competition in the city. The event, held at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, will see students take part in a heat of the national Magistrates’ Court Mock
THE deadline for registering in time to vote in May’s General and Local Election is Monday, April 20. People are being encouraged to go online and complete an individual voter registration form, or a paper form can be obtained by calling Bradford
WALKERS are needed to take part in a ‘Great Daffodil Walk’ on Sunday. The event, organised by the Bradford Marie Curie Hospice fundraising group, involves a six-mile walk through Bingley’s Myrtle Park and St Ives Estate to raise funds for the hospice
WOMEN from an African and African Caribbean background in Bradford can join a weekly exercise and discussion session Woman 2 Woman: Fitness and Couch Conversations will next be held at Sharing Voices Bradford, Clifton House, Clifton Villas, Bradford
DETECTIVES have released a computerised image of a man they want to trace following a sex attack on a woman in Pudsey. The 25-year-old was assaulted in Hough Top at around 4am on Saturday, March 14, when she was pushed to the ground and attacked
PATIENTS in Bradford are waiting almost twice as long as the national average to be fitted with hearing aids, a report has found. In the Bradford District’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), patients wait an average of 8.8 weeks. Meanwhile, in
A WOMAN who was airlifted to hospital after falling from a bridge onto the M62 has died, police have confirmed. The westbound side of the motorway was closed near Cleckheaton at junction 26 as a result of the incident, but re-opened at about noon
A DRAMA group in Queensbury will perform for the first time tonight. Queensbury Performing Arts is doing a four-show run of the pantomime Cinderella at Queensbury School. The first performance is tonight at 7.30pm, with follow-up shows tomorrow
PUDSEY Park will be more accessible to families and disabled people through a £57,000 revamp. The northern entrance of the park will be redeveloped, with the creation of two new stone pillars and entrance gates. Disabled people and visitors
POLICE officers across West Yorkshire are using hundreds of ‘bodycams’ which they have not had to pay for. The force is introducing body-worn cameras to assist officers by providing recordings as they perform their duties, and in January the force
A WOMAN and two young children escaped unharmed from a house fire blamed on an electrical fault in the kitchen. Firefighters were called to the address at about 8.30am yesterday to find the woman and two children, both aged under five, already
CARERS’ Resource charity is hosting a number of care act training sessions for professionals working in Bradford, Wharfedale, Airedale and Craven. The workshops are on April 8 from 1pm to 4.30pm and April 16 from 9.30am to 1pm and will be led by
A CONTROVERSIAL letter from Church of England bishops urging congregations to vote in May’s General Election will be discussed by a bishop, a former MP and a professor at a public forum in Ilkley next week. The 52-page letter, entitled "Who is
Aspiring dancers in Bradford have been praised by top ballet director Janet Lewis. One hundred dancers were wanted to join the English Youth Ballet in its ghostly full-length production of Giselle when it comes to St George’s Hall, from June 5
We ask three Bradford families how measures announced in George Osborne's Budget will affect them. THE FAMILY WITH CHILDREN Mum-of-four Sharron Reynolds, 42, lives in a semi-detached house in Swain House with husband lorry driver and army
BRITAIN has been placed on a health alert because a potentially dangerous cloud of air pollution is blowing over the country. Experts said the smog could cause fatal asthma attacks and have warned the elderly and those with health problems to be
ON Sunday evening, after a pitiful turn-out for Salford’s win over Wakefield, Marwan Koukash bemoaned his club’s lack of support.Just 2,712 fans turned up and the good doctor was not impressed.“Today’s crowd was the lowest since I took over. Nothing can
HIS Twitter account boasts a picture of the heraldic shield for the “Ancient Arms of Witter”. But at the age of 41, it’s the real thing that will be looking to punch Junior Witter back into the welterweight spotlight. Bradford’s former WBC
CITY will jet out for a mini-break in Portugal after the Fleetwood home game. After six successive midweek matches, the Bantams finally have a blank week coming up after Saturday. And Phil Parkinson will take advantage of that by flying the
NADEEM Siddique hopes opportunity will come knocking again when he appears on the Kel Brook undercard.The Manningham welterweight, now 37, takes on Sylwester Walczak from Poland at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena a week tomorrow.Local hero Brook tops the
LEAGUE cricket in Yorkshire will get an exciting new look in 2016 with the creation of a pioneering new competition: Yorkshire Premier Cricket.It will feature four premier leagues, including the JCT600 Bradford League, and they will all have partner leagues
5:33pm That's all from today's live news blog. We'll be back tomorrow from 9am with all the latest. 5:33pm COURT: A Bradford driving instructor has been cleared today of five
BRADFORD'S literary and cultural heritage, past and present, will be celebrated in 150 events across the city this spring - and the Telegraph & Argus is giving young readers the chance to win top prizes by telling us about their favourite books
A CRASH involving a lorry and a car has caused the closure of a road in Haworth today. The vehicles - one of which was a Ford Fiesta - collided at about 7.50am at the junction of Rawdon Road and Heathcliffe Mews, close to Haworth Primary School
MARTYN Moxon is confident that Yorkshire's limited-overs cricket is improving, although he has stressed their need to nail the big moments in order to claim more silverware this summer.The Vikings had opportunities to add white-ball glory to LV= County
BRADFORD actress Sophie McShera is used to being below stairs, playing kitchen maid Daisy in Downton Abbey, but in new Disney movie Cinderella she finally has an upstairs role. Sophie, 29, who went to St Joseph's College in Manningham, plays Drisella
EPALAHAME Lauaki has fixed his sights firmly on a glorious double with the Bulls – he wants to win promotion and the Challenge Cup.The hulking prop says his team's "ultimate goal" is to return to the top flight and reach Wembley.Promotion is
PHIL Parkinson admitted the odds were always stacked against City pulling off one more FA Cup shock to make it to Wembley. The players are back in training this morning aiming to blow away the frustration from Monday's quarter-final exit at the
ALMOST half a million pounds of new funding has been poured in to tackle Child Sexual Exploitation in West Yorkshire. The latest cash injection, of £440,000, was revealed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Mark Burns-Williamson
DETECTIVES are considering a complaint made by former MP Louise Mensch about two Bradford solicitors alleged to have shared the names and ordeals of victims of a child sex ring. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is considering the report made about
A DRIVING instructor is on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of sexually abusing three little girls after enticing them with money and chocolate biscuits. Duncan Carney, 53, would tell children: "Watch out, the pervert's coming," the jury has
AN EMERGENCY plan to close a vital canal swing bridge has been thrown into disarray after concerns were raised over potential traffic chaos. And the proposed shutting of the Micklethwaite Lane bridge, over the Leeds Liverpool Canal in Micklethwaite
THE 30th anniversary of the Bradford City Fire will be marked at this year's FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. The FA will honour the commemoration with an invitation to a delegation from Bradford and Lincoln to attend the Royal Box at Wembley at
