CHAIRMAN Nirmal Singh Sekhon, and other members of the Yorkshire Sikh Forum, at Merchants House, Little Germany, Bradford, have held a two minutes' silence to condemn the terrorist attack which took place outside the Finsbury Mosque, in London, on
A WRESTLING match to raise money for charity is being organised by Christians Against Poverty, in Bradford.The event, the third Fight Against Poverty fundraiser, takes place on Saturday, July 1, at The Light Church, in the Jubilee Centre.Gareth Thompson
A COURT has made a confiscation order totaling almost £1 million pounds in relation to a sophisticated drugs plot that saw a gang jailed for 109 years. The gang was shipping parcels of baby powder out to Pakistan via the postal system which were returned
STRIKER Dominic Poleon has today become City’s third summer signing. Poleon, who can play both out wide and through the middle, has joined from Wimbledon for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal. The 23-year-old scored 13 goals in all competitions
THERE have been changes to the area's top semi-professional clubs' pre-season schedules after Bradford Park Avenue had to delay their opening friendly and Guiseley announced a plumb warm-up game against Leeds United.The Championship outfit will
WHILE all eyes will be on Sir Andy Murray to see whether he can successfully defend his Wimbledon crown, a young tennis star from Allerton is looking for their own moment in the SW19 spotlight.World No 1 Murray will once again spearhead the British charge
STUART King (Asa Briggs) has won the Wednesday Merit, sponsored by Adam Mellor, for a second time.King beat Gareth Coates (Akroydon Victoria) 21-11 in the final to repeat his 2012 success.It was the second runner-up berth in as many years for Coates,
THE boss of one of the world’s leading airlines says he is impressed at the ongoing investments being made in Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA). Warner Rootliep, general manager of Air France-KLM for UK & Ireland, says his airline views the airport
AIREDALE A suffered a disappointing 19-12 loss to Wallasey in the Federation competition.In the home match at Farsley, Airedale A could only manage seven winners, John Benson (Rufford) the pick of them with a 21-2 success, while in the away contest at
The Spen Valley Merit finals take place at Spen Victoria of Sunday, July 9 (2.30pm).Draw: Paul Wilczynski (Shipley Club) v Simon Wider (Littlemoor), Kevin Siddle (Crossgates) v Ryan Mitchell (Thornhill), Gary Foulkes (Ossett Flying Horse) v Tom Jagger
DO YOU remember queueing for your tickets in the foyer of the Odeon cinema, twirling round the dancefloor of the New Victoria, or even dancing along as the Beatles performed at the Gaumont? These pictures by Bradford photographer Simon Sugden will
A MAN has been taken to hospital following a single vehicle collision this morning. A spokesman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service said they had a call out at 10.44am today to a crash at a roundabout on the A650 near Bingley and Crossflatts. The
BRADFORD SATURDAY LEAGUENaylor Premier: Clayton A 176 (15) Cononley 168 (15), Asa Briggs A 184 (15) Pudsey A 174 (15), Littlemoor S&SC A 209 (29) Whitkirk 116 (1), Brighouse Sports A 158 (10) Crossgates 188 (20), Eccleshill A 185 (16) Shipley Club A 175
BUSINESSES across Leeds City Region will have more access to national innovation support thanks to a ground-breaking partnership agreement between The West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Innovate UK
RAIN wiped out the opening session of the third day between Yorkshire and Surrey in their Specsavers County Championship pink-ball match at Headingley.An early tea was called for 3.30pm but prospects of play did not look good for the rest of the day.When
LEEDS coach Brian McDermott is confident reserve scrum-half Jordan Lilley is ready to make an impact on his return to Super League in tomorrow night's clash with St Helens at Headingley.The 20-year-old made 24 appearances for the Rhinos in 2016, including
TORY backbencher Philip Davies has torn into Theresa May over Britain's spending on foreign aid. Mr Davies, MP for Shipley, said the spending made the country look "idiotic", rather than compassionate. And he asked whether the Prime Minister had
OMARS are on course for another appearance in the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League's Sir James Roberts Cup final.The 2016 runners-up went through to the semi-finals with a four-wicket victory over Apperley Bridge.Miraj Khan made a brilliant 85
INTERNATIONAL Mixed Ability Sport (IMAS) are holding their first mixed ability cricket session on Sunday at Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club (10.30am-12.30pm).Lending his support to the post-Ramadan occasion will be Bradford's Ikram Butt, British Asian
BETTER Start Bradford has welcomed the arrival of a newly extended project giving practical and emotional support to expectant families. Thanks to funding from the BSB project, the support of trained doulas volunteers who befriend pregnant women
PRINCESS Anne has officially opened Bradford Royal Infirmary’s new £28m hospital wing. The Princess Royal spent an hour this morning touring the new facilities at BRI meeting staff and patients on the first leg of a visit to the district that will
ONE person was taken to hospital after a car crashed into a wall in Keighley. Police and ambulance crews were called to the incident, in Leith Street, at about 10.45am today. One vehicle, a grey Toyota, was involved. Yorkshire Ambulance
A TOTAL of 83 First West Yorkshire staff have received special awards after working for the business for 25 years or more. Bus drivers and other workers at the local bus operator were granted the long service awards, including Desmond McGee who marked
Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield, former chief constable Sir Norman Bettison and four other individuals have been charged with offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Sue Hemming, head
HUDDERSFIELD'S latest signing Jordan Rankin reckons Super League has yet to see the best of him – and he is hoping to prove it over the next few years.The 25-year-old utility back, who enjoyed two seasons with Hull from 2014-15, is back for a second
Rail union RMT has demanded that the Government return the East Coast rail routes to public ownership after it emerged this morning that Stagecoach are in talks with the Government over financial difficulties on the franchise. Mick Cash, RMT
A MAN involved in drug dealing on the streets of Shipley has been jailed for 27 months.Paul Bennett, 46, of Wyther Park Avenue, Leeds, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing class A drugs - heroin and crack cocaine - with intent to supply, on March
ALL-ROUNDER Will Rhodes is leaving Yorkshire to join Warwickshire at the end of the season.Rhodes, 22, has penned a two-year deal with the Bears.The former England under 19s captain has been recruited by Ashley Giles and Jim Troughton just 24 hours after
THE University of Bradford has officially signed an agreement with a hospital trust to set up a new nursing school. The “memorandum of understanding” between the university and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust was signed yesterday by Professor
RICH Pyrah bemoaned Yorkshire’s inconsistency with the ball as Surrey’s Kumar Sangakkara scored another hundred against them on a difficult day two of the Specsavers County Championship match at Headingley.Sri Lanka legend Sangakkara sparkled in Leeds
SMOULDERING drugs paraphernalia left in the doorway of an empty office building started a fire in Manningham in the early hours. Firefighters from Bradford got the call to the three-storey building in Eldon Place at 1am. Watch Commander Dave
IT is a centre for the community in every sense of the word.Established in 2005, St Oswald's West End Centre was initially an initiative to make use of St Oswald's church, Bradford, throughout the week for the benefit of the local community."
COMMUTERS travelling into Bradford this morning faced long delays after a crash on the M62 forced the motorway to close. The M62 in West Yorkshire was closed eastbound between J24 (Ainley Top) and J25 (Brighouse) due to a three-vehicle collision involving
BLETCHLEY can claim a valuable Listed success in the ebfstallions.com "Eternal" Stakes, one of the feature events on the biggest day of the year at Carlisle.Ralph Beckett's three-year-old boasted some good bits of form as a juvenile, particularly
CITY will today complete their third capture of the summer, the Telegraph & Argus understands. Stuart McCall is poised to unveil his latest signing in time for the squad's return to pre-season training tomorrow. Positive talks yesterday sealed
CITY go back to pre-season training on Thursday still unsure whether Tony McMahon will be with them. The out-of-contract defender's situation has yet to be finalised as Stuart McCall's squad prepare to return to Woodhouse Grove.
A MULTI-MILLION pound junction upgrade planned for a traffic bottleneck is “descending into farce”, according to an angry local councillor. The £6.8 million scheme at Greengates aims to remodel the busy crossroads where Harrogate Road, one of the
AN arsonist who could have created a fireball when he started a blaze in a shed where he knew gas cylinders were stored, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Homes had to be evacuated while firefighters dealt with the incident, Bradford Crown
A BRADFORD estate agent says the city’s housing market is struggling after a report found national demand for housing fell to a six-month low in May. The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) Propertymark’s May Housing Report found only three per
A SCHEME that will help cash-strapped schools to keep teaching arts in the light of budget cuts will start in September. Bradford College has created the Margaret McMillan Centre for Arts and Education, which will see arts tutors at the college working
BRADFORD’S solicitors and judges of tomorrow have taken their first steps towards a legal career on a course run by a city judge.Sixth-form students from schools across the Bradford district attended the Student Pre University Court Exposure (Spruce)
THE distraught father of a teenage girl who died after she was hit by a car at what residents claim is an accident blackspot has revealed he was told by council officers last year there had to be a fatality before anything could be done. Kate Whalley
FRIENDS of a man who died when a crane collapsed on a building site have raised thousands to help support his three young children. David Newall, 36, who grew up and lived in the Allerton area of Bradford, was killed in the accident at the site
JOE Keyes knows the Bulls need to forget about the league table and concentrate on winning games.The Bulls, who visit West Yorkshire rivals Halifax on Sunday, are ten points adrift of safety in the Kingstone Press Championship with only 11 games – including
