Keighley Cougars have made an approach to sign former Bradford Bulls prop Richard Moore for the rest of the season. Cougars player-coach Barry Eaton said: "Chris Clough, who has just broken into our first team, is Richard's half-brother and we understand
Eddie Johnson is banking on a goal-scoring spree for City this season and the confident striker is even willing to put his money where his mouth is. The summer recruit from Manchester United has not set himself a specific goal target, he just wants
An MP has backed the slap on the wrist handed out to Deputy prime minister John Prescott over his stay at a US tycoon's ranch as "fair". MPs had criticised Mr Prescott for not declaring his stay with Philip Anschutz, who is bidding for a licence to build
A funeral director is in buoyant mood after completing his lifetime ambition to swim the English Channel. Bingley Swimming Club coach Geoff Taylor, 49, last night completed the epic swim between England and France in 12 hours and six minutes. The most
Femi Fehintola was today offered first crack at new British super-featherweight champion Carl Johanneson. Unbeaten Fehintola, from Bradford Moor, is top of the hit list for promoter Rick Manners, who wants to put on a Yorkshire derby for his Leeds-based
Bradford-born Adil Rashid became a cricketing hero to an ecstatic 4,000 crowd at Scarborough yesterday when he bowled Yorkshire to a crushing Championship victory over Warwickshire on his debut appearance. It was a real Boy's Own story as the slim and
A delivery driver has described to a jury how a taxi from which a man fell to his death "flew past" him with its passenger door wide open. Iain Cain died from severe head injuries when he fell from the Toyota Avensis driven by Nazam Khan in October last
The sister of a teenager killed when he crashed a car while driving at twice the speed limit today warned young drivers: Don't die like this'. Omar Shezad Mahmood, 17, lost control of a Honda Civic in icy conditions in Otley Road, Bradford, smashing
A five-year-old girl died after she suffered a rare reaction to an infection, an inquest was told. Five-year-old Zaina Haroon, died suddenly and unexpectedly at her family's home in Chellow Lane, Allerton, Bradford, on February 2. An inquest at Bradford
The Prune Park Inn has had something of a colourful past, being at various times during its 100 year history a cattle farm and a mink farm. In its previous incarnation it was the sort of pub where, to be honest, I often drove past but didn't think about
There was another side to the life of legendary Bradford piano teacher Irene Martin, whose story was featured in Past Times a couple of weeks ago. She had a strong Christian commitment which she expressed both through preaching and through her work with
We're only part-way to finding a solution to the mystery of the memorial stone to a tramp who died in 1915, built in to a wall at the top of Cottingley Cliffe Road. Simon Grew runs Bradford firm Sundowners Roc Ltd, which now specialises in producing
A report in the T&A earlier this year about a diary kept by Bradford man Sydney Herbert Thompson of the siege of Ladysmith in the Boer War brought a letter from John Fearnley, of Cottingley, whose great-uncle Therman Kitching was a Rifleman in the King's
It's a healthy development that MP John McDonnell has decided to stand against Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party (and consequently, for a while at least, the premiership) when Tony Blair finally skulks off, shamed, to become a dark
The northerly half of the Northumberland coast is a fair stride to travel for a day's walking, although once you reach the A1(M) it's little more than two hours away. If you're planning on making a weekend of it, though, there are plenty of walks and
Smokers who are not relishing the introduction of wide-ranging new laws next year which will even further curtail their habit will probably not take as welcome reading a new booklet which outlines just how deeply the legislation will bite. We should
SIR In a speech to the council meeting on June 27, the new leader of Bradford Council, Councillor Kris Hopkins, said: "Crime figures have improved but there is still a perception of crime. We must all seek to drive it out." I raised an eyebrow at this
SIR I wonder how many people have noticed the emergence of a newly renovated building near to the city centre? I'm referring to the old Edmund Street Clinic in Morley Street which has been completely transformed and looks great. I certainly had to stop
SIR I would like to congratulate the committees and individuals who organised two excellent local galas in Thornton and Allerton over the last two weekends. Both galas were well attended by the local population and the varied events and stalls made
SIR Your coverage of the respected Electoral Reform Society's damning report on the "Great Local Vote Swindle" (T&A, June 23) appears to have struck a chord among the readers. In the past the Lib Dems were enthusiastic proponents of some form of proportional
SIR A while ago you very kindly printed a letter from me about the forming of the Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association to commemorate the 60th anniversary of its formation on January 1, 1946. It just goes to show how popular "Letters to the Editor
Sir While sitting outside Lloyds Bar in the glorious sunshine on Saturday, July 15, enjoying the atmosphere of Youth Festival, my husband and I were very shocked to overhear a member of staff asking adults with children to leave or to go and sit upstairs
Bradford Bulls coach Steve McNamara today praised his players for carrying out their game-plan to the letter. The Bulls won 42-20 at relegation-threatened Wakefield Trinity in the Engage Super League last night to strengthen their hold on fourth place
A woman was stabbed in the stomach during a violent row with her boyfriend. The 28-year-old victim suffered a single stab wound to the abdomen during the incident in the early hours of yesterday. Paramedics were alerted just after 2am and found the
The wife of Bradford City Football Club's resident doctor is to host a glittering star-studded ball at Valley Parade to raise money for cancer research. Pamela Cavaliere, 42, who is married to Bradford GP Vince Cavaliere, is herself battling cancer and
A court has heard horrific details of how a woman was left scarred after her former partner poured boiling hot water over her head. Dorne Fairbank was left with skin peeling from her face and has been suffering nightmares since she was attacked by Harry
Fewer than two people a month are being fined by West Yorkshire Police on the spot for dropping litter, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal. The fines were supposed to make it easier for police to crack down on litter louts by avoiding the need to pursue
Smokers will be banned from lighting up in taxis and airports as well as pubs, restaurants and offices, under guidelines released this week. The Department of Health draft regulations look set to allow smoking to continue in hotel rooms, care homes and
