AWAKE My Soul can prove the star turn in the main event on the first day of Ripon's season.The nine-year-old lines up in the RiponBET Silver Bowl Handicap having signed off last season with victory in a similar event at Redcar.Sent off a well-supported
STRIKING the balance between things such as the Indian Premier League and county cricket is a very tricky situation for England players like Liam Plunkett and David Willey.Personally, I don’t think the players should be blamed when they chose the former
TAKE a selfie with Kyle this week at Specsavers and help raise money for worthwhile charities.The store within the Morrisons complex, at Five Lane Ends, Idle, has been holding 30th anniversary celebrations all week.Staff have been organising sales tables
POLICE in Kirklees are trialling the use of new technology in a bid to curb nuisance off road bikers in the area.A new proactive policing operation is being launched across Kirklees District.Ward areas will now benefit from a new team of off-road bikes
THE owner of this car proved he wasn't the brightest light on the street after bragging on social media he was driving around with no licence and no insurance. The long arm of the law finally caught up with him today and his VW is now in the pound
BELIEVE in yourself, is sage advice from a less than middle aged Bradford-born entrepreneur who says anyone can achieve what they want if they work and try hard enough. Simon Pollard, born and bred in Sandy Lane, has just added 42 The Calls Hotel
POLICE in Bradford are appealing for information on Nathan Simpson, who is wanted on recall to prison. Simpson, aged 33, was released from prison on licence in September 2017 after serving a sentence for burglary. He is now wanted on recall
A LANCASHIRE versus Yorkshire theme will feature in the seventh annual Haworth Beer Festival, which takes place this coming weekend.The festival, which is on from tomorrow until Sunday, (April 27 to 29) will be hosted by the Old School Room, in Church
A GROUP of men left their stash of drugs behind when they were cornered by police in a cul-de-sac.Officers on patrol in Keighley on Tuesday afternoon spotted the three men in a red VW at the bottom of Simpson Street.On noticing the officers, the men jumped
THE team in charge of Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre has invited local residents on a trip down memory lane as part of the centre's 50th birthday this year.People are being encouraged to dig out their photo albums and memorabilia of days
THE Bradford Lions are to host a 10k Charity Walk in support of Marie Curie’s hospice in Bradford later this month.The walk will take place in Lister Park on Saturday, April 28, and continues Bradford Central Lions’ support for the hospice. Earlier this
A BRADFORD company which made more than seven million unwanted marketing calls has been hit with a £250,000 fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).Energy Saving Centre Ltd, based at Listerhills Science Park, was sanctioned for calling people
MORE people registered to vote in Bradford last year, according to the latest figures.With the local elections next month, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows that 357,708 were on the electoral roll in the local authority on
COTTINGLEY Hall Care Home, in Bradford Road, Bingley, is opening its doors on Saturday to mark Care Home Open Day.The national event showcases everything that is good about care homes, showing what enjoyable and stimulating places they can be to both
YET more money recovered from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act will be given to a number of West Yorkshire based community projects at an event this evening.This round of Safer Communities Fund cash will see West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime
The trial of ten men accused of sex offences against two vulnerable teenage girls in Bradford has been halted until the new year. A jury was sworn at Bradford Crown Court when the trial began in February, but they have now been discharged by Judge
SIR - I feel obliged to write in view of all the comments by Remoaners who can clearly see into the future.Why are they so sure that Brexit will be a disaster and the future of the EU is so secure - have they not read about massive youth unemployment
SIR - To some, Siblings Day, which was on April 10, may have seemed trivial. But for families caring for a seriously ill child, it can be an important reminder of the bond between brothers and sisters.The last few years have been indescribably tough for
SIR - One thing that unites people from all backgrounds is food. And television programmes, such as Masterchef show there is a great interest in cooking as a way, not just of feeding other selves, but of expressing individual creativity.The proposed move
SIR - If Britain itself was under imminent threat, then of course the Prime Minster of the day, with the Cabinet, should have the authority to respond. But on the issue of whether to carry out bombing raids in Syria, a country far away, this was not the
SIR - "There are enough "red hot potato" issues in Bradford to write about, says Reg Nelson in his criticism of those of us who regularly contribute to the letters page ("Get off your hobby horse letter writers", T&A letters,
SIR - You recently reported that Bradford councillors would shortly be discussing the redevelopment of Forster Square railway station. How much more sensible it would be to develop one central Bradford Station than Forster Square, the Interchange and
SIR - On BBC Look North recently it was reported that city centre shops, particularly in Leeds, were worried about the increase in internet sales. I have been unsuccessful in finding just what I want in major retail outlets but have been told by the
TELEGRAPH & Argus Camera Club member Deborah Clarke got eye-to-eye with this little fellow recently.For her efforts Deborah receives a free print of this picture thanks to Bradford Camera Exchange and ProAm Imaging.Would you like to see your photographs
THE MOTHER of a man accused of murdering his partner at his home said her son should have died and not her, a court has heard.Atual Mustafa is on trial charged with the murder of former Bradford woman Sohbia Khan, 37, at their home in Pear Tree Crescent
TWO ten-foot cannons took centre stage outside Bradford City Hall earlier today as part of an exhibition to mark World Heritage Day. The guns were making a temporary appearance before being moved to Roberts Park in Saltaire, where they will
Do you live near an anti-social behaviour hotspot? Using figures from Police UK we've mapped the hotspots for anti-social behaviour in Bradford and the District. The statistics used are the most recent available from, February 2018. With
IT was a good day for plane spotting of the fighter jet kind today as both a Tornado ZG791/MR01 and a Hawk XX339 JAVIN06 entered Bradford's air space. Military aircraft photographer @AndrewEasby1 captured the two jets at Leeds Bradford Airport;
BECKFOOT School pupil Isabella Crooks has qualified for her third major table tennis championship of the winter. The 12-year-old from Eldwick plays in the English Schools' National Championships in Wolverhampton on Saturday, and has also reached
A self-confessed Nazi who called for the genocide of Jewish people has been jailed for three years for stirring up racial hatred. The 22-year-old man from Lancashire, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of two counts of stirring
Yorkshire Division Three: Leeds Modernians 26 Baildon 19 BAILDON, who are heavy odds-on to go down, paid for switching off for ten minutes in this Yorkshire Division Three derby defeat. Leading 12-5 at half-time, having played down the hill
UNITY A have lifted the Bradford League Division Two championship following their home fixture with bottom-of-the-table Hermits D. The hosts were always going to be the favourites for the title with former Bradford No 1 Mick Stead in their line-up
BOSSES of a Bradford nightclub where six people were stabbed will have to wait until a police investigation is concluded before finding out if the local authority will take action against it. Seven people were arrested at the start of this month
A MAJOR Gaming Festival will once again be held in Bradford, and a pioneer of the industry will be one of the guests.After two successful editions, the Yorkshire Games Festival will return to the National Science and Media Museum in February.The first
AN EMERGENCY service has set up a new app showing all the 1,288 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Yorkshire.Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust's Save a Life app gives users a map to find the closest device to them - and could
A LEADING accountancy groups has continued to expand with the launch of Baldwins Forensic Accounting in Bradford.The firm will provide a range of services to the city's business and legal communities, from quantifying damages in civil litigation cases
A PUBLIC health warning has been issued after a number of children in Bradford were diagnosed with measles. And heath chiefs are urging parents to make sure their children are up to date on their vaccinations after the outbreak of the virus, which
HOSPITAL staff in Bradford have lodged formal disputes with their NHS Trust over privatisation.UNISION members say they have formally notified bosses they could hold a ballot on industrial action over threats to their terms and conditions "if they
A BOY who was found with serious injuries after hitting his head on the ground, has died, police have confirmed. West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to Southway, in Mirfield, at around 8.50am today following "reports of a concern for
North One East: Cleckheaton 20 Morpeth 14 CLECKHEATON made it six wins in their last six matches in North One East with this defeat of fifth-placed Morpeth, also avenging a heavy defeat from earlier in the season. Ben Thrower and Mike Hayward
ONE of the most famous horror stories in history has been brought to life on the stage of the Alhambra.Victorian gothic classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde began a five night run at the theatre last night.Starring Phil Daniels, of Eastenders and Parklife fame
Bradford Council has apologised to residents in Bingley who have received two postal voting papers. The voting forms had landed on the doorsteps in the BD16 area yesterday morning in readiness for the local elections which are taking place on May
Tour de Yorkshire organisers Welcome to Yorkshire are delighted that Mark Cavendish has confirmed he will return to racing after injury at the 2018 edition of the race. Cavendish suffered a dramatic crash at the Milan – San Remo race in Italy on
Vanarama National League: Guiseley 0 Barrow 1 GUISELEY'S three-year stay in the top division of non-league football is officially at an end following a narrow home defeat to fellow strugglers Barrow that left the Lions bottom of the Vanarama National
POLICE believe that a stolen bike seized in Holme Wood might have been responsible for "weeks" of complaints. The stolen KTM bike was seized on the estate yesterday by members of West Yorkshire Police's specialist "Quad Squad." They discovered
Vanarama National League North: Brackley Town 0 Bradford Park Avenue 1 BRADFORD Park Avenue are back to within two points of the play-off places in Vanarama National League North after a narrow victory at third-placed Brackley Town last night.
West Riding County Cup final: Selby Town 1 Farsley Celtic 4 FARSLEY Celtic lifted the West Riding County Cup last night for a second consecutive season. As an Evo-Stik League Premier Division club, they were huge favourites against Toolstation
Atherton LR 0 Silsden 0SILSDEN were frustrated in their bid to edge their way closer to automatic promotion and lost their hold on top spot.Litherland took over the leadership on goal difference after they won 1-0 at Alsager Town on Tuesday night.With
A high-flying graduate of Bradford College flew in for a nostalgic trip down memory lane.Talal Almahmood, who works for Gulf Air, returned to Bradford more than 15 years after he first arrived from his native Bahrain to study travel and tourism.The dad-of-four
A PAIR of conservationists will be kayaking 35 miles down the River Aire this weekend as part of a project to make the waterway more fish friendly. Professor Jonathan Grey and Dr Tim Jacklin, both of The Wild Trout Trust, will be paddling from
“WOMEN aren’t funny.” In the film Funny Cow, released this week, a washed-up comic, peddling his tired stand-up routine in 1970s clubland, insists that comedy is a man’s world. But Maxine Peake’s character, a feisty working-class woman we know only
A FIERY daredevil has been announced as the main act for this year’s Ilkley Carnival. Joseph Peace and his Fire Stunt Spectacular will wow crowds at the festival, which takes place on the first May Bank Holiday Monday (May 7). He is aiming to wow
PLANS to build a development of flats on a brownfield site off Great Horton Road have been approved by Bradford Council.But officers said the scheme, of 18, one-bedroom apartments, would not need to include any affordable housing after developers PN Bakes
A NEW initiative to get more young people from Bradford involved in manufacturing will aim to reach 20,000 teenagers and boost the district’s low apprenticeship rates. Details of Bradford Manufacturing Week were revealed yesterday, with the aim
THE 2018 Haworth 1940s Weekend will be marching triumphantly back into the village in a month’s time. The keenly-anticipated event takes place on May 19 and 20, and will once more be attracting thousands of visitors from across the UK. The
TWO police officers who stopped a man on the M62 in the hours before he was found hanged in woodland have told an inquest his demeanour did not concern them. Colin Harding’s car was located by an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera
Passengers can now learn more about a town’s rail history as they wait for a train. Interpretive posters outlining the impact of railways on Keighley have been installed in the waiting rooms on platforms one and two of the town’s station. Behind
BARRING one or two technical hiccups with the audio equipment, Bradford's inaugural curry awards was a resounding success. Organised by businesswoman Fatima Patel, the presentation was held at Cedar Court Hotel, in Rooley Lane, yesterday evening
A 31-YEAR-old man who exposed himself in front of a child and a police officer has been made the subject of a two year community order.Craig Boyd was spotted by a woman walking in a wooded area off Otley Road in Skipton, at 8am on November 4 last year
MORE than 100,000 diesel cars and vans are still clogging up Bradford’s roads, despite drivers being encouraged to move away from them in favour of cleaner fuels.Figures from the Department for Transport and the DVLA show that 83,552 new and existing
GREGG McNally is confident he’ll be up for the cup as he plots his Bulls return against Warrington.The former Leigh full back has missed the last two games with a quad injury he suffered in the last round while kicking at goal against Hunslet.But McNally
Bradford City 3 Portsmouth 1 CITY took a big stride along the road to redemption last night as Simon Grayson chalked up his second win in charge. The Bantams boss is ready to sit down with chairman Edin Rahic very soon for talks that will determine
LITTER louts were forced to pay over £41,000 in fines and court fees in just one day as part of a tougher enforcement of littering laws. The most recent action by Bradford Council saw 105 people convicted of littering offences in a single session
DELIGHTED Simon Grayson felt City stepped it up a notch in last night’s 3-1 win over Portsmouth. Goals from Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Matty Lund and Charlie Wyke earned the Bantams only their second win in 16 games. They have taken seven points
