A DOUBLE DECKER bus caught fire on a main road in Bingley tonight. Fire crews from Bingley and Shipley were called to the incident on Kingsway, outside Bingley Medical Practice and the Canalside Doctors Surgery, just before 6.15pm. A spokesman
A THEATRE group that mixed Shakespeare with Indian dance, Tim Burton and Game of Thrones will wow crowds at one of Bradford Literature Festival’s many events tonight. Up and coming theatre company, Tribe Arts are performing #tribeShakespeare400
KIRKLEES Council has failed to elect a new leader, leaving the authority's chief executive in charge.In highly unusual scenes yesterday, the minority Labour leadership failed in its bid to elect its new leader, Councillor Shabir Pandor, as leader
BRADFORD produced a great 26-6 win over Burton in their second match of the Federation competition, following up a 25-7 win over Doncaster earlier this month.This victory puts them in pole position to finish top of their group – and by the time they play
Chris Routis is leaving the Bantams after agreeing a two-year deal with Ross County. The utility player has found his opportunities limited at Valley Parade, having made 11 league appearances this season in midfield or defence. Routis will
A COMMUNITY Arts project that was left homeless after a mill fire has got a new roof over its head.Cecil Green Arts have taken over a shopfront in Bradford's Darley Street, up from the old Marks and Spencers, just in time for its next Out of The Ashes
TIM Wade did not want any pomp or circumstance when he retired as Bradford & District Golf Union team captain.However, having been in charge from 1990-2000 and 2004-16, there was little chance that his team members would let the 72-year-old slip quietly
ENERGETIC dance performances, colourful street theatre, and international live music will all feature in the 2016 Bradford Festival, set to be staged in City Park from July 8 to 10. Bradford Council has now confirmed the first acts for the free event,
UNDERCLIFFE Cricket Club B fought off the challenge of Laisterdyke WMC A at East Ward Labour Club to win the Hey's Trophy.Conceding 50 points on the handicap in Bradford Billiards & Snooker Association's snooker team event, Undercliffe set off
STAFF at a Bradford pub have raised a glass after being crowned as the region's best boozer. Brew Haus, in Great Horton Road, has been named as the best pub in Yorkshire and the Humber in the National Pub and Bar Awards. The city centre venue was
LOCAL rounds of the Yorkshire Crown Green Merit take place on Saturday, with the finals at Hove Edge from 11am on Monday. * Closing date for entries to the Ben Ramsden Merit, which takes place at Northcliffe & Shipley Club on Sunday, June 12
SECOND rounds of the Yorkshire Cup, Henry Taylor Cup, Eric Hutchinson Trophy and Derrick Radley Trophy take place on Saturday, June 4.The full draws are:Yorkshire Cup: Whitkirk v Myrtle at Thornhill C&BC, Akroydon Victoria v Milnsbridge BC at Moorend,
A MOTORBIKE was seized by police in Bradford after its rider was found to be uninsured.Officers spotted the black bike (pictured) without a rear L plate on Raven Terrace, Lower Grange. But before they could carry out a spot check, the rider moved on to
BRADFORD SATURDAY LEAGUENaylor Premier: Shipley Club A 196 (24) Wyke A 141 (6), Whitkirk 210 (30) Asa Briggs A 85 (0), Clayton A 155 (9) Pudsey A 195 (21), Eccleshill A 158 (11) Crossgates 177 (19), Brighouse Sports A 187 (22) Ladyhill A 142 (8).Godwin
THE CALDERDALE WAY RELAY has grown from 22 teams in 1984 to 102 this year.Until 2009 it was held in mid-December, when conditions could be extreme for competitors and marshals alike. Indeed in 1993, barely a third of teams finished due to a snowstorm.The
A PIONEERING jobs scheme has celebrated a major milestone after finding 900 unemployed people paid work placements. The £8.5m Employment Opportunities Fund works by lining jobseekers up with temporary jobs helping the community, while also supporting
A ROAD remains closed after a lorry clipped an electric cable and brought down a telegraph pole. Police were called to the incident in Otley Road, High Eldwick, at just after 11.10am this morning when the impact of the incident saw the pole go
THE work of local patient groups will be celebrated at a special event next month.Bradford’s NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are inviting people to mark National Patient Participation Group Awareness Week, which runs from June 1 to June 6, by
BURGLARS who forced their way into the base of an organisation which helps deprived households have “robbed their own people,” according to the scheme’s manager. Gary O’Hara, manager of the Keighley Furniture Project in Oakworth Road, Keighley,
POLICE have found a missing Otley man safe and well.Neil Hume Charlton, 39, was last seen at 9pm on Sunday on Milner Bank,in the town. He was found on Tuesday.Detective Inspector David Roberts of Leeds Safeguarding had appealed directly to Mr Charlton
Venues across Bradford will be hosting dozens of events for Bradford Literature Festival 2016. The Great British Bake-Off's Nadiya Hussain will be talking about charming the nation in the popular BBC show, war veteran Harry Leslie Smith will share
PLANS for a housing development on the site of the former Brighouse Fire Station have been agreed. The fire station on Lister Street became redundant last year with the opening of a replacement station at Rastrick, merging the Brighouse and Elland
JUDGEMENT day looms for local bands bands battling for a place on stage at this year's Bingley Music Live festival in Myrtle Park on the first weekend in September. The final of the annual Emerging Talent contest takes place on Friday at The Exchange
SOME of the Royal Family’s finest Indian treasures are to go on display in Bradford. A diamond-set ink stand, a bejewelled dagger and a dazzling emerald turban ornament are among the precious items held in the Queen’s Royal Collection which will
WITH many holiday hot spots on high-alert for terrorism, holiday makers are flocking to destinations closer to home. So where are the safest places to visit? The Foreign Office has rated much of Europe as having a general threat from terrorisim
A police inspector in Bradford has denied stealing drugs seized by the West Yorkshire force intending to supply them on and he will face trial next year. Keith Boots appeared alongside his son Ashley and a third defendant Ian Mitchel, over a video
JASON Gillespie has revealed how he has tapped into one of most experienced figures in Twenty20 cricket in a bid to bring success to Yorkshire this summer.Headingley chief Gillespie spent a lot of time with Australian veteran Brad Hodge this winter, with
ALEX Mellor is excited by the appointment of Rohan Smith and reckons there is plenty of young talent for the new Bulls boss to cast his eye over.Smith presided over a victory at Sheffield in his first game in charge of the club last week and will now
A MUM of three, whose eldest child was born with a rare bowel condition, is to take part in the Great North Swim next month to raise funds for the hospital that cared for him. Vikki Hoyle will be taking to lake Windermere and swimming a two mile
WHILE I'm sure the recent headline-grabbing death of EastEnders matriarch Peggy Mitchell was sensitively handled, there was something depressingly predictable about the character taking her own life. Isn't it about time TV dramas focused less on
Remember When? reader Gerry Hird shares memories of a wartime childhood in the district SOME time had passed since, at the commencement of the Second World War, my parents had decided that I should be evacuated to a farm on Baildon Moor, thus being away
RICHARD Banks, boss of Crossflatts-based UK Asset Resolution, the state-owned bank behind failed lenders Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock, is switching to run the business which recently bought its mortgage-processing operations. He will
A COMMUNITY energy firm based at Saltaire claims to be one the first SME’s in Yorkshire to be approved as a Living Wage employer. Switch2 Energy, which employs 130 people at its Saltaire headquarters and its central London office, said it has made
Chris Holland meets the founder of an ethical publishing business which recently expanded into Salts Mill whose future works will feature the thoughts of the Dalai Lama JOHN Peters took what he describes as an "eye watering" pay cut to follow his
BOSSES at Bradford Council are facing questions about a new charging scheme for brown bins, after they extended an early-bird discount period not once but twice. The authority is bringing in a new £35-a-year charge for the previously free garden
A HUSBAND and wife team have created 35 jobs at a new state-of-the-art trampoline and soft play centre. Michael and Debbie Fitzpatrick believe their new venture in Liversedge, Adrenaline International, is the largest centre of its kind in Yorkshire
New joint-owner Edin Rahic speaks exclusively to City reporter SIMON PARKER and answers the key questions that fans might want to ask: Q: DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE THE CLUB'S IMAGE IN ANY WAY? A: We want to develop the club but keep it as a family
Bank holidays give us a chance to relax and let our hair down. Others prefer to sign up for the many activities on offer over the long weekend and school half-term holiday that follows it.This year Bradford Sky Ride, Saltaire Arts Trail and Bradford Literature
AN UNINSURED driver was caught speeding at 130mph on Bingley bypass - believed to be the highest recorded by police on the road. Sergeant Cameron Buchan, who is leading the Operation Steerside crackdown on dangerous drivers in Bradford district
CITY'S new owners today promised: We are in it for the long haul. Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp have assumed control at Valley Parade and believe the club tick all their boxes. In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph & Argus, Rahic stressed
ULTRAFAST broadband will soon benefit residents and businesses in Wilsden as the village has won a national competition run by Virgin Media. People across the country desperate for swifter internet services have been campaigning for Virgin Media
A BRADFORD-BASED luxury fashion retailer has been fined £5,000 for fly-tipping around 30 bags of rubbish at a city centre apartment block. Janan Ltd, which boasts the phrase ‘Love Fashion, Love Janan’ on its website and the side of its vehicles
Getting out into Britain’s wild, open spaces is an invigorating experience. It is a pleasure to visit the countryside, watch wildlife and breath in fresh air. But for large sections of society many areas are out of bounds. For people with disabilities
WORK being done in Bradford to improve the reading and writing skills of the district’s young people will be used as an example of how to improve standards nationally at a conference in London today. Two years ago the National Literacy Trust set
