A FIRE at a property in Manningham this afternoon was thought to have been started deliberately. Crews from Bradford and Fairweather Green attended the ground floor fire in a block homes in Anvil Court. A spokesman for West Yorkshire
A BRADFORD charity is still hoping someone can come forward and provide them with a minibus after a recent appeal failed to raise any response. However, volunteers have been buoyed by news they are to receive lottery funding to stage their annual
BRADFORD City Football Club veterans will be pitching their skills against Supporting Charities FC this weekend to raise money for Bradford Burns Unit.The match takes place at Dixons Allerton Academy, on Sunday, March 25, with a kick off at 2pm.Gates
A COUNCILLOR has hit out after two streets in his ward were blighted by fly-tipping at the same time. The rubbish, which included household furniture and bags of foul-smelling litter, was dumped in areas within 40 metres of each other in Thornbury
BRIGHOUSE Town have parted company with striker Waide Fairhurst, who has joined Sheffield FC.Fairhurst joined the club in January and scored two crucial goals for the side. One in a 2-0 win against Trafford and the other in a thrilling 3-3 home draw with
A WEATHER warning for ice will be in place for Bradford overnight, with temperatures expected to to drop to near freezing.The yellow weather warning will be in place from 7pm today until 9am tomorrow.With wind-chill, much of the district will feel sub-zero
POLICE say they have recovered "a number of vehicles" believed to be linked to two incidents where cash machines were ripped from convenience stores.Three such incidents happened over the weekend. Incidents involving stores on Thornton Road,
ATHLETICO shook off a run of four successive defeats to beat struggling visitors St Nicholas 5-2 in the Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division.The game was over as a contest by half-time, with the hosts leading 4-1 before they took their foot off the
A MAN has been fined £592 after he failed to clear away a huge amount of rubbish dumped in his garden. Mohammed Yaqoob, of Mansfield Road, Girlington, was also ordered to pay costs of £548 and a victim surcharge of £44 by Bradford Council, despite
OTLEY Town found a two-division gap too much to bridge in a West Yorkshire League quarter-final.Hosts Leeds City, who are second in the Premier Division, beat the visitors, who are third in Division Two, 4-2 in the League Cup.In arctic conditions, Town
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Knockout Competition, first round: Bradford Deaf Centre 989 Princeville A 920, Pudsey 696 Eastbrook 770. Breaks: T Kershaw (Princeville A) 40. Semi-final draw: Great Horton v Eastbrook (Monday, March
SIR - A crackdown on illegal tobacco sales is taking place across Bradford (T&A, March 13).The report stated that three shops were visited in Keighley, and large amounts of illegal tobacco and cigarettes were seized.Surely the only answer here is for
SIR - In response to the T&A article on March 12 where Conservative MP Phillip Davies says Labour are lying about free school meals. Whilst the government and the Shipley Conservative MP claim 50,000 more children will benefit from free school meals,
SIR - I found the level of abuse thrown at Jeremy Corbyn following his reply to Theresa May`s speech both unparliamentary and hypocritical, coming from MPs who openly back sales of arms to the likes of Saudi Arabia. Even his own back benchers were using
SIR - There has been much coverage of the recent vote in parliament over changes to free school meals with Labour claiming that over a million children could miss out on a hot dinner.In fact, the Children's Society, who they use to support their argument
SIR - In response to Bob Watson, (T&A letters, March 15). Yes there are areas within the NHS where money could be saved such as ensuring oversees visitors have adequate travel insurance when visiting the UK. Also cutting down on red tape and administrative
TWO Keighley Cougars players have been suspended by the RFL Disciplinary Panel. Matty Beharrell and Nathan Conroy have both been suspended over separate incidents in their side's 54-6 defeat to Bradford Bulls earlier this month. Half-back Beharrell
SIR - I am acting on behalf of the authorities at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery Busan South Korea, where over 800 British Servicemen are buried.The authorities there wish to obtain photographs of those servicemen interred there, and also of those
SIR - I thought it would help to set out the facts about changes to school meals in order to reassure local parents and to correct the false picture given by Imran Hussein MP and others.The vote in Parliament last week, opposed by Mr Hussein and his Labour
TELEGRAPH and Argus Camera Club member Linda Hodges took this atmospheric (and very chilly) black-and-white shot of Heptonstall at the weekend.For her efforts – and braving the freezing conditions – she receives a free print of this picture thanks to
WORK starts this week to prepare land in Bradford for the construction of new homes within the £150m New Bolton Woods urban village development. Funded through a £3.6m grant from the Leeds City Region Growth Deal – a £1bn package of government
A MEETING to decide the fate of four major planning applications will be held later this month.The last meeting of Bradford Council’s Regulatory and Appeals Committee was due to be held on March 8, but was cancelled due to heavy snowfall, which could
READING charity Beanstalk is appealing for volunteers to visit schools in Bradford to read to children.Beanstalk Reading 321 sees volunteers help three children, twice a week, for at least one academic year.The aim is for the volunteers to help the children
DISPERSAL notices were issued to 12 youths in the Wyke and Low Moor areas over the weekend as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.Police had carried out increased patrols in the area after a recent rise in reports of nuisance incidents.The patrols
West Bowling AFC are looking to recruit a new team manager for the 2018/19 season. They are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic person who would be able to bring new ideas to the side. The club has a rich heritage and is one of the oldest
ANDREW Gale believes his Yorkshire squad were "complacent" last year as they narrowly avoided County Championship relegation – but he is confident that will not be an issue in 2018.The Headingley coach was highly critical of the four-day performances
A CANNABIS farm has been discovered in Keighley after a tip off from the public.The grow was discovered on Saturday in the Keighley East area, although an exact address has not been disclosed by police.PC Al Bartlett Tweeted: "Another cannabis grow
TONIGHT'S Bradford & District FA Saturday Challenge Cup semi-final between Wibsey and Idle at Eccleshill United has been postponed.There is no new date for the match as yet.
ICY conditions hampered firefighters who were called out to deal with a blaze in a chimney.At 6.30pm yesterday a crew from Shipley station were called to a house in Ashfield Road, Shipley.Initially they thought it was a house fire, but when they arrived
PLANS to open a new gin bar in Greengates have been approved by Bradford Council.The new bar, in Harrogate Road, just up from the Harrogate Road/New Line junction, will be based in a unit that is currently empty.It is being opened by Aldo Devittoris,
CITY must use their upcoming TV appearances to show play-off rivals they are still in the race.Tonight’s trip to Doncaster is the first of three games being broadcast live.The Bantams need to get back on track quickly to revive their bid to catch the
“EXCEPTIONAL” designs for a circular house in the greenbelt are being tipped for refusal as planners disagree over the harm it could cause to the countryside.Councillors sitting on a key planning committee are due to decide on Tuesday, March 20, whether
A MATERNITY worker who supports some of the most vulnerable new mums in the district has scooped a national award for her passion and commitment to her job. Lucy Downing, who works in the community maternity team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
SOMETHING has surely got to give at the Keepmoat Stadium tonight.Between them, Doncaster and City have mustered just two wins in 21 league games in 2018.The Bantams are still looking for a first success since New Year’s Day; Rovers’ 3-0 victory over Fleetwood
PLANS have been lodged with Bradford Council to build 45 new homes in Wyke. The development, which will include a mixture of detached and semi-detached houses, is planned for land at Wilson Road. According to documents submitted with the plans
ALEX Gilliead insists City are not at a disadvantage playing after the rest of the play-off pack.The Bantams watched the gap to the top six grow to seven points ahead of tonight’s televised Yorkshire derby at Doncaster.Peterborough, Charlton and Scunthorpe
A DECISION is expected early this week as to when Bradford Bulls' Ladbrokes Challenge Cup tie at Hunslet can be re-staged.The fourth-round tie was, not surprisingly, called off yesterday morning after a pitch inspection, with snow covering the South
ANDREW Gale has hailed a successful pre-season training camp in Potchefstroom for his Yorkshire squad having finished their match schedule yesterday.The White Rose coach has been delighted with the progress made by both bowlers and batsmen, with six centurions
CONCERNED pupils have launched a petition in a bid to tackle the blight of dog fouling near their school. Children at Brackenhill Primary School, Great Horton, were inspired to take action after noticing the problem on a snicket close to the school
WEST Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and West Yorkshire Police have announced reinvestment into neighbourhood policing across the county. Money raised through the recent precept increase has been invested into the Force to put an extra
CLIFFS Of Dover was a ready winner last time out and can double up in the Betway Stayers Handicap at Lingfield.A very useful juvenile hurdler a couple of years ago, the Paul Nicholls-trained gelding was forced to miss the whole of 2017, returning at Wincanton
