POLICE have today released the identity of a 78-year-old Brighouse woman who died in a crash on Saturday. Wendie McDonald, from Brighouse, was a passenger in a purple Peugeot 108 when it was involved in a collision with a black Audi S5 on Cooper
A FORMER Bradford mayor has criticised the decision to invest hundreds of millions of the local pension fund in tobacco stocks. The criticism, by Councillor Geoff Reid (Lib Dem, Eccleshill), comes after a national report revealed that the West Yorkshire
MICHAEL Collins hopes Jake Reeves' lengthy injury exile will soon be over. The City midfielder has not played since the end of January because of a long-standing groin problem which eventually required surgery just before the end of the season.
The Telegraph & Argus' chief sports writer Simon Parker analyses what went wrong in Bradford City's 2-0 defeat to Barnsley on Saturday. Speaking to sports reporter Nathan Atkinson, he also discusses what the Bantams will be looking to do while
ANOTHER snake has been spotted slithering the streets Bradford earlier today. The snake was found at around 2pm on Ainsbury Avenue, Thackley, the location where two other serpents were sighted and picked up only last week. The three snakes
CITY of Bradford have a double national champion in Hermione Roe. The 13-year-old won the 50 metre and 100m breaststroke events at Swim England's National Summer Meet at Ponds Forge, while clubmate Archie Dunne picked up a bronze in the 50m freestyle
OTLEY took another step towards the double while pushing Guiseley closer to relegation from Division One of the Aire Wharfe League. Skipper David Hester produced a 5-19 spell that restricted Guiseley to just 126 before top scoring with 40 as Otley
A MAJOR new national retailer is set to open a new 25,000 sq ft. store in Bradford’s Kirkgate Shopping Centre in spring 2019. The national chain, which will be announced in September, is due to open its doors to the general public in spring 2019
REPRESENTING West Yorkshire, Keighley Under-19s won the Vitality T20 County Cup finals. Keighley’s semi-final opponents were Cleethorpes; Keighley’s captain Louis Horsfield elected to bat in what was to be a reduced 15 overs per innings tournament
UNDERCLIFFE'S decision to sign Khalid Usman as their overseas player is proving to be a shrewd investment. His value to the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Championship Division One leaders was demonstrated as they secured weekend
THE official reopening of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal towpath following improvement works takes place next weekend. The works were part of a £2.9 million scheme to boost cycling and walking access on four West Yorkshire canals. The scheme is part
BRADFORD College’s teacher training programme has improved over the last 12 months, a new report from Ofsted has revealed. The College, pictured, runs an initial teacher education partnership, which has been rated ‘Good’ following a recent inspection
BRIGHOUSE'S first team have been relegated from Championship Division Two of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League after fielding ineligible overseas players. The club have been found to have played an ineligible overseas player on nine
OULTON lost their place at the top of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Conference Division after suffering a stunning 242-run defeat against third-placed Adwalton. Their bowlers had an afternoon they will want to forget as Adwalton
HANGING Heaton have reached the national finals of the Vitality ECB Club T20 competition for the first time. They secured their place in the last four at Derby on September 16 with a convincing 72-run win away to Lincolnshire side Bracebridge Heath
A 25-year-old Bradford man has this morning pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his own newborn son. The man, who cannot be identified at this stage because of a court order giving anonymity to the child, made his second appearance before a
A COLLECTION of historic and rare trophies from the rugby league world went on display in City Hall on Saturday. The exhibition came shortly after a partnership between local sports teams and Bradford Council announced the Bradford would bid to
THE last of three Lottery funded digs has been completed at a WW1 prisoner of war camp in Skipton. Professional archaeologists joined school children from local schools in a week-long excavation of the area around Raikeswood where up to 550 German
City 0 Barnsley 2 MAJOR road works and closures because of a nearby fire made getting to Valley Parade a tricky affair for many. Not just fans as Barnsley finally negotiated their route to the stadium just 45 minutes before kick-off. But
ALL 11 employees at a Bradford-based firm have been made redundant, it has been confirmed. Last month, the Telegraph & Argus reported how Virgo Home Improvements had closed down its offices in Caledonia Street, on the edge of Bradford city
A FRANTIC search is on to find a local lottery winner who is yet to claim their £1 million prize. The mysterious missing ticket was bought in Leeds, but the owner of the winning slip only has days to claim the cash before it goes elsewhere.
CHRIS Scott and Umar Abbas hit centuries for Hopton Mills and still ended up on the losing side in a match with Brighouse that produced an amazing 630 runs in the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Championship Division Two. Abbas smashed
POLICE are making a plea for residents of Bradford to keep their homes secure following a spike in "sneak-in" burglaries. More than a third of burglaries recorded in July were described as "sneak-in" offences, where a perpetrator gets into a home
BRADFORD'S Dean Harrison has triumphed at the MCE Ulster Grand Prix. The Silicone Engineering Racing team-backed rider won a tight Lisburn & Castlereagh City Superstock race by just 0.203sec from man of the meeting Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing
Yorkshire’s hopes of emerging from a “topsy-turvy” Vitality Blast North Group remain high, although Martyn Moxon admits they have to improve. Those quarter-final qualification hopes have been dented by back-to-back defeats against Lancashire and
A SLIP ROAD onto the M606, Bradford, will undergo resurfacing work this week. Part of the A6177 Chase Way road, where it joins the top of the M606 at Staithgate roundabout, will be closed this Wednesday, August 15. Work on around 100m of the
THE changing landscape of Bradford will be the subject of an event organised by Bradford Civic Society. As part of Heritage Open Days, the society will host an event in the Jamiyat Tabligh-UL-Islam mosque on Westgate titled New Geographies of Bradford
POLICE have released images of four people they wish to identify after a robbery at the end of June. A male in his thirties, from Bradford, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning, June 30, as he walked through a hotel car park.
A MAN has been warned by police and his mum after driving his 4x4 in an anti-social manner. Two officers responded to reports from an individual in Keighley. They issued a Section 59 warning to the owner of the 4X4. As by Government legislation
A CITY centre car park has won a national parking award for its ability to cater for people of all needs and abilities. The 1,323 space car park at the Broadway shopping centre is the first in the UK to receive the People’s Parking award for its
FOUR projects aiming to boost Bradford’s culture and economy can now go ahead after the Council successfully bid for £2.7 million of funding. Bradford Council won the funding from the Leeds City Region Partnership, which will fund two economic projects
ALMOST half of Bradford's young criminals re-offend within a year, according to the Ministry of Justice report. New figures found 45 per cent of juveniles in the city go back to crime after facing a judge or being locked up. The figure stands at
A POPULAR supermarket in Clayton is set to be turned into variety retailer B&M. The Co-operative store in Town End Road, Clayton, is expected to cease trading as a Co-op on September 1, when it will be turned into a B&M store. The retailer
RESIDENTS are being urged to sign up to a digital app to help them discover groups and activities which could improve their health and wellbeing. Evergreen Life is already providing GP Online services to over half a million people which allow patients
A HOST of Wilsden traffic concerns were addressed as parish councillors met a senior highways engineer. The think-tank looked at potential solutions to speeding, parking and other safety issues raised in recent months by either councillors and residents
BUSINESS bosses have welcomed Bradford Council's decision to block plans for a restaurant in order to protect an industrial site. Planning officers have this week refused plans to convert part of the Beehive Works on Edderthorpe Street, off Leeds
A RECORD number of cyclists have taken advantage of the good summer weather and got on their bikes. Between May and July almost 120,000 trips were made on the Bradford to Leeds Cycle Superhighway, which at 14km is the longest route of its kind in
PARISH councils are supporting ambitious plans to extend the Great Northern Railway Trail. Wilsden and Cullingworth councils have joined Haworth’s civic leaders in pledging support for the expansion of the walking route along a former rail line.
JOHN Kear has praised his Bradford Bulls side for their clarity and intent after notching a second successive clean sheet. Following the 46-0 victory over Whitehaven at Odsal, the Bulls won 48-0 at North Wales Crusaders yesterday to return to the
HOPE Akpan has called on City to develop a ruthless streak if they want to be among League One’s pace-setters this season. The midfielder admitted Saturday’s 2-0 home loss to Barnsley was a lesson in what will be required. But Akpan is confident
BRADFORD Council’s plans for 3,500 new homes to be created in the city centre have been criticised after it emerged almost 2,000 properties have yet to be built, despite planning permission being granted. The City Centre Area Action plan sets out
Betfred League One: North Wales Crusaders 0 Bradford Bulls 48 BRADFORD Bulls went back to the top of the Betfred League One table as they kept a clean sheet for the second game running. Their 48-point winning margin overhauled York City Knights
