MORE than 110 teams from across the district have taken to the water as part of the Bradford Dragon Boat Festival this weekend. The Lord Mayor's Appeal Championship was held yesterday and today sees the Multi-Charity Championship on the River Aire
A wooden beach hut with a £275,000 price tag on a popular stretch of British coastline has been snapped up within a day of going on sale, an estate agent said.The hut at Mudeford, Dorset, sold subject to contract "within 24 hours of marketing"
GAME Of Thrones stars Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie have married at Rayne Church in Kirkton of Rayne, in Scotland.Guests at the wedding include Game Of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner and Emilia Clarke.The couple, both aged
GERMAN Oscar Otte has surprised himself by reaching the final of the Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy. The unseeded 24-year-old from Cologne has had limited grass-court experience, having only previously played in last year's Wimbledon qualifying tournament
SANDBANKS in Poole has been crowned Britain’s most expensive seaside town for the third year in a row - despite average house prices there having dipped by nearly £37,500 over the past year.Home buyers in the glamorous location of Sandbanks face paying
A HOSPITAL is set to launch an NHS-funded internet addiction centre.A spokesman for the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust said the centre is set to start in the next couple of weeks but could not confirm the numbers of patients who are
THOUSANDS of people marched through the streets of London to demand a referendum on the terms of Brexit.Organisers of the People’s Vote march estimated in excess of 100,000 people took part in the rally in central London on Saturday.Lib Dem leader Sir
TELEGRAPH & Argus Camera Club member Derek J Rhodes took this colourful shot of a rocket powered HGV.According to Derek, the ‘Shockwave’ is capable of reaching more than 300mph.Derek calls the second image ‘raw energy’ with good reason. Luckily neither
SIR - Well, well! Regular correspondent Simon Halliday has realised that it's easier to get a cheap laugh by attacking the messenger rather than debating the message. (T&A letters, June 20).Personally, I wouldn't dream of calling anyone a brainless
A SMALL change is having a big impact on care home residents in Bradford and across Yorkshire.When a resident becomes unwell and is assessed as needing hospital care, care home staff pack a dedicated red bag that includes the resident’s standardised paperwork
POLICE have issued an appeal for information over the whereabouts of a man who has gone missing from his Shipley home. Peter Sands, 45, of Claremont Road was last seen on Wednesday, June 20. He is known to have links to Scotland and Cumbria
TWO men have been arrested after a man suffered serious injuries after being attacked with a machete during a fight in Shipley. Police and ambulance crews were called to the incident on Leeds Road, near the junction with West Royd Avenue, Windhill
A CYCLIST has suffered "serious" injuries after being involved in a crash with a Landrover in Ilkley last night. Police have appealed for any witnesses to the collision, which took place on Moor Road just after 9pm, to come forward. In an
A MAN snared by a so-called ‘paedophile hunting’ group has had his guilty pleas vacated (withdrawn) after the results of a psychological report. Charles Lunt, 26, of Bradford Road, Shipley, had pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to communicate
BRADFORD has seen one of the steepest growth rates in the UK for people moving into city centres. Between 2002 and 2015 the number of people living in Bradford city centre soared by 146 per cent. Bradford is rapidly catching up other major city centres
MORE than 150 houses built in Bradford by the government body responsible for improving affordable housing over the last three years were unaffordable.Newly-released figures show that Homes England, whose stated aim is “to deliver a sustained improvement
JOHN Kear will make sure that World Cup fever does not affect the Bulls when they face Doncaster tomorrow.Odsal is throwing its doors open early to show England’s group game with Panama on the big screen.But Kear insists that the excitement of the football
The Telegraph & Argus celebrates it 150th anniversary this year and in honour of the occasion we are printing a story from our archives every day for 150 days.Today we look at the Telegraph & Argus, Saturday, June 15, 1968:Five students had been suspended
The Telegraph & Argus celebrates it 150th anniversary this year and in honour of the occasion we are printing a story from our archives every day for 150 days. Today we look at the Telegraph & Argus, Wednesday, December 6, 1978: A letter
MICHAEL Collins may be a novice in head coach terms but he is well drilled in the trials and tribulations of the game. Less than a week since his surprise appointment at Valley Parade, the league’s youngest boss has got his feet firmly under the
One hundred ‘young leaders’ will be coming to Bradford today in the Drivers for Change campaign.The registered charity has arranged a journey across the UK, stopping in eight towns and cities to meet inspiring role models who are currently working within
HEADING through Grasmere, home to some of the loveliest views I’ve ever seen, it’s easy to see why William Wordsworth fell in love with this corner of the Lake District.It was here, at Dove Cottage in the hamlet of Town End, that he wrote some of his
HEATHROW’S expansion will benefit Yorkshire - and the rest of the country - according to aviation minister Baroness Sugg. She spoke to the Telegraph & Argus ahead of Monday’s House of Commons vote on the third runway issue. While admitting
BRADFORD Council has teamed up with the country’s favourite menace as part of a push to get more children in the district reading over the summer.This year’s Summer Reading Challenge, which takes place in Bradford’s libraries, is inspired by beloved comic
A MARATHON nets session is taking place at Saltaire Cricket Club today to raise money for a sports initiative in the African nation of Rwanda. Under 13s cricketer Callum Dow and other players from the club will be netting for five hours and six
HAVING reached the halfway mark in League One, Mick Gledhill – aka The Game Caller – assesses the performance of the players, coach and fans at Bradford Bulls. Who is top of the class and who must try harder? Check out his mid-term report and
DONCASTER started the season looking as if they might be genuine title contenders, but whereas Bradford Bulls and York City Knights have maintained their battle at the summit, the South Yorkshire side have fallen away badly.They have lost three of their
LUKE Hopkins spoke to Bradford Bulls' Mikey Wood and they discussed the second row's time at the club so far, as well as some individual and team aims for the rest of the season.You are on loan from Huddersfield Giants, so how are you finding
BRADFORD Bulls captain Lee Smith applauded his side’s efforts to grab a tough 27-20 victory against Whitehaven, which made it seven wins in a row.Vila Halafihi continued his fine form to claim the match-winning try, settling the nerves of Bulls supporters
LAST week’s victory at Whitehaven was, I think, a victory for grit and determination, as I don’t think it was our best performance from an attacking or a structural point of view.The conditions may have had something to do with it because it was a drizzly
BRADFORD has seen one of the steepest growth rates in the UK for people living in city centres. Between 2002 and 2015 the number of people living in Bradford city centre rose by 146 per cent. However, the number of city centre residents
AFTER all the kerfuffle about rugby league's competition structure, let’s analyse whether or not the Super 8s are delivering what was intended.With only six rounds to go before the end of the regular season there is everything to play for nearly every
A MAN who broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house and assaulted her by biting her nose has been given a 17-month prison sentence. Nathaniel Benson, 39, smashed a window to gain entry to the woman’s home in Queensbury on June 3 last year.Prosecutor Adam Walker
The Toyota Auris is a decent, solid and practical car.As a five-door family hatchback, it competes in a field that includes the Ford Focus, Volkswagen Golf, Nissan Pulsar and Skoda Octavia.The Japanese firm’s offering is available with a wide range of
