A taxi driver today told of his relief that backing from a Crown Court judge and a barrister had helped him to win his fight to keep his licence. Father-of-five Mazar Iqbal feared he would be out of a job after Bradford Council refused to renew his Hackney
Chief executive Gareth Davies today announced he will leave Bulls by the end of the year. He departs Grattan Stadium less than 18 months after arriving and plans to take up a senior role in rugby union. The news has come as a surprise as Davies was
A treasured memorial to one of Bradford's sporting legends has been smashed up by vandals. Burglars forced their way into the social club at Bradford Park Avenue's Horsfall football stadium and badly damaged a display commemorating the club's former
England's redundant railway lines would have made a marvellous, vast network of footpaths crisscrossing the land if so many of them hadn't been bulldozed away or built on. Some, at least in part, remain and have been successfully converted for use by
More than 50 children in the Bradford area will be without a permanent family home this Christmas. National Adoption Week is an annual campaign that highlights the need for caring people to offer safe and loving homes to youngsters in council care. JENNY
I hesitate to sound like one of those relics from our political yesterdays, an old-fashioned class warrior, but isn't it deeply disturbing and downright infuriating the way the gulf between the fat cats and the rest is widening so rapidly in this country
In 1871, Jarvis Kenrick became the first player ever to score in the FA cup. In 1913, Gandhi was sentenced to nine months in prison. In 1944, the Home Guard hung up their guns for the last time. 25 Years Ago From the Telegraph & Argus of November
A collection of classic cars which have been owned by the rich and famous enthralled a royal visitor. The Duke of Kent journeyed through West Yorkshire and was struck by the vehicles on show to him in a private collection in Cross Hills near Keighley
The leader of Bradford Council has warned of a "funding timebomb" which is set to hit free care for the elderly. Councillor Kris Hopkins was responding to a report by the Local Government Association (LGA) which warns that a growing demand for services
All the talk recently of excessive packaging of items bought at the supermarket prompted a nostalgic conversation with a friend the other day about the days before you bought your fruit and veg pre-packed, and sometimes double pre-packed. You just went
Properties change their uses and pubs change their names. Near the bottom of Bolton Road, Bradford, stands a pub called the Corn Dolly. That, though, wasn't its name in 1959 when historian Wade Hustwick looked at its past for his column in the Telegraph
If there's one name that brings a nostalgic glow to the faces of some veteran T&A readers it's that of Buxom Betty. She was the lady who for more than 25 years wrote droll little stories in dialect for this newspaper about the likes of Mrs Nimbletongue
SIR - David Barnett may not need a flag to be patriotic (T&A, November 7) but he should realise the Falklands War was due to some people wishing to remain British and nothing to do with securing another term for the Thatcher government, or dubious political
SIR - Regarding the article about Sue Woodcock (T&A, November 3), left, who lives in a 170-year-old cottage at Yarnbury, near Grassington. Ms Woodcock, by buying and living in this property, has surely saved it from becoming yet another derelict property
SIR - I agree with the family of Flight Lieutenant Stead that all should be done to make the old Hercules aircraft safer, but I would make two points. First, you can never make war safe. Second, if you have to operate large four-engined aircraft at
SIR - The Government is considering having drivers over 75 take the driving test again. My suggestion is, so that there is no discrimination against the elderly or anyone else, if a driver is habitually having accidents they should retake the test.
SIR - It's about time the laws were changed for lunatic drivers (T&A, October 31), but to me the more I read the T&A Court File each night the more reason to clamp down on car tax/insurance/driving licence dodgers. What, pray tell me, is the point in
SIR - While watching Question Time on television a lady in the audience expressed concern regarding the impact of immigrant children from Eastern Europe on our schools. The Labour minister Ben Bradshaw assured the questioner that as the people arriving
SIR - As your coverage made clear (T&A, November 8), the Bradford Peace Trail is an important initiative which underlines the range and depth of social and political innovation owed to this district, in areas of education, public health, women's and children's
Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, and this weekend in particular we are remembering those who performed the ultimate heroic act: gave their lives for their country in wars across the globe. But while - despite what Bill Shankly said - football is
Chancellor Gordon Brown said race laws may have to be changed after British National Party leader Nick Griffin was cleared at Leeds Crown Court of stirring up racial hatred in a series of speeches in Keighley in 2004. The far-right politician sprayed
A 19-year-old has thanked her grandfather for inspiring her to the Woman of the Future title. And now Emily Cummins is to become an inspiration herself by telling how she successfully invented a solar powered refrigerator. Emily, of Cross Hills, is
Museum officers have left no stone unturned to get a prehistoric rock back to its moorland home. The Heygate stone with its intricate carved cup and rings returns to Baildon Moor this weekend after a five-year absence to go on permanent public view at
The illustrious past and bright future of Bradford Grammar School was highlighted by a star of stage and screen at its annual speech day. The achievements of its students over the past year were marked at a prizegiving by Jenny Agutter, star of The Railway
Bronze plaques honouring a village's war dead will be rededicated tomorrow in one of the district's most poignant Remembrance Day ceremonies. Representatives from the Royal British Legion, Burma Star organisation, Suez Veterans, naval and marine associations
Primary school pupils have written to the Telegraph & Argus in a last-ditch bid to save their school. As exclusively reported in the T&A earlier this week, Usher Street School will close in July next year after education bosses failed to turn its fortunes
Bradford League president Keith Moss says it "beggars belief" that Yorkshire are taking players from the Bradford League to play in the Yorkshire League. In his speech at the Bradford League's annual dinner at the Cedar Court Hotel, Moss, inset right
The latest round of talks between Yorkshire and top batsman Anthony McGrath have failed to produce any positive results and the player has yet to commit himself to a future with his native county. But chief executive Stewart Regan said that both parties
Colin Todd has put his faith in budding youngster Simon Ainge. The City boss was due to hand Ainge his full first-team debut against Crewe this afternoon. The 18-year-old centre half is thrust into the FA Cup spotlight after injuries to Richard Edghill
