Illegally imported dogs from Eastern Europe have raised fears of rabies in the district. The alert was sparked after Bradford Council seized an illegally imported dog from Slovakia in West Bowling. It was feared the Japanese Akita crossbreed, which
The landmark red letters spelling out National Museum of Photography, Film and Television were today being removed from Bradford's skyline, via a 60-metre high crane. The museum has been one of Bradford's biggest success stories since it opened in 1983
An appeal to raise £1.1 million to build a new centre to support people suffering from cancer has reached its halfway mark in less than six months. But fundraisers for the Daisy Appeal are not going to let the grass grow under their feet now that the
Hospitals bosses in Bradford have unveiled a multi-million pound vision for the future. Over the next ten years Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will spend up to £70 million improving buildings and wards at Bradford Royal Infirmary and
Bradford-born Anthony McGrath could find himself involved in a costly legal wrangle with Yorkshire after rejecting the club's offer to hand him the captaincy and then continuing to request his release from a contract which still has two years to run.
Apologetic Dean Windass today took the rap for his red-card madness - but denied his victim's claim that he had gone in deliberately to hurt him. Windass was sent off for an x-rated lunge on Bournemouth defender Neil Young after 12 minutes of Saturday's
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Steve McNamara has slammed RFL bosses for organising a schedule where Bulls play Leeds Rhinos four times next season. The Super League XII fixture list was today announced, with Bradford starting against Huddersfield Giants at Grattan Stadium on Sunday
An MP is lobbying support to demand the Government make the "inhuman act" of forced marriage a criminal offence. Keighley MP Ann Cryer is putting down an early day motion in the House of Commons calling for the Government to take action against a practice
Clayton 30 Siddal 8 Rangy centre Andy Seager posted two first-half tries to inspire Clayton to a first-round success in the Pennine Presidents Cup at Lidget Green. The Villagers were under the cosh in the early stages against a Siddal side controlled
Drivers should be made to have an eye test every ten years, according to the Driving Instructors Association. Research indicates that 13 million UK motorists are breaking the law and putting themselves and others at risk because of poor vision. Eddie
Plymouth 1 Leeds United 2 Robbie Blake continued his resurgence under Dennis Wise's management as Leeds climbed out of the bottom three for the first time since the end of October. The win at Plymouth was United's first away triumph since Wise took
Bradford City 0 Bournemouth 0 Colin Todd faced up to the boo boys calling for his head - and even offered to meet one in the tunnel. An afternoon which began with Dean Windass totally taking leave of his senses ended with a section of the home crowd
Yorkshire Forward chairman Terry Hodgkinson is about to embark on his second three-year term of office at the helm of the regional development agency. T&A Reporter MARK CASCI spoke to him about the changes he has seen in the business community during
When Colin Walmsley began his career in accountancy, he was celebrating England's famous victory in the 1966 World Cup. Forty years later and Colin is still working for the same firm - making him one of the longest-serving accountants in the country.
The numerous regeneration projects under way in Bradford are to be used to entice youngsters into the construction industry. Construction Skills, the skills council for the industry, is hoping to use developments such as that of Shire House, Eastbrook
In 1552, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. In 1964, Mick Jagger was fined £16 for reckless driving. In 1970, an assassination attempt on Pope Paul was foiled by bodyguards. 25 Years Ago From the Telegraph & Argus of November 27, 1981...A
Rising interest rates, escalating household bills - and Christmas just around the corner. Is it really the season to be jolly, asks SALLY CLIFFORD? Christmas is coming and unless your pay packet is getting fat you'll be counting the cost of the
If ever I were lucky enough to appear on the game show Family Fortunes and asked to name the most common reasons for absence from work, I would hazard a guess at bad backs, stress, migraine, and other well-known health problems. I would think that most
SIR - A rail group is concerned that stations in the Bradford district are dirty (T&A, November 18). Well the Interchange is certainly not one of them. Visitors must be delighted to see a station that is clean, brightly decorated and almost litter-free
SIR - Eric Firth (T&A, November 23) continues his banging on about the down-trodden poor keeping alive the class warfare. Poppy day is a day of sad reflection honouring, yes, sometimes with flypasts, the fallen and not glorifying the wars in which they
SIR - A few days ago I went to a special birthday celebration for one of my life-long mates. There were seven football players of the mid-1960s team there and about the same number of lads from the mid-1980s team. What a difference! All the lads I played
SIR - I have lived in Bingley since 1975 and also have a retail shop in the town. Thirty years ago the precinct was bustling with people, now there are days when Bingley is like a ghost town and the majority of people I speak to blame this on the appalling
SIR - Every time I cycle past the housing being built on the former Nab Wood Middle School site I am struck by the absence of solar energy technologies on the roofs. Yet this sight is common practice for new build housing across the district. The result
SIR - I finished night-duty at Bradford Royal Infirmary on Saturday morning, came home and listened to the news before going to bed. The first item concerned the day trip that Gordon Brown was making and the pledge of £100 million for the reconstruction
SIR - I'm not sure whether or not the presence of some 700 asylum seekers in Bradford is driving people to vote for extremist parties. But I do know that if we keep allowing these people to be portrayed as "bogus spongers" whose "tinted" faces are spoiling
SIR - MP Philip Davies' outburst on asylum seekers (T&A, November 22) is absolutely disgraceful. He knows his comments on asylum seekers are inaccurate and will lead to further attacks on and discrimination against a particularly vulnerable group in
Today's announcement by the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television marks a huge milestone in its history. Its decision to change its name to the National Media Museum also signals that far from being prepared to rest on the laurels of its
A Bradford lorry driver who was wrongly jailed abroad has killed himself. David Wilson was jailed in Greece after authorities found 19 Iraqi refugees in his lorry as he waited to board a ferry in Italy in 2003. The refugees signed statements to say
A Bradford drug dealer has been sentenced to four years in prison and faces losing his house and two cars. James Edwards, 40, of Thornton, Bradford, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court
Visitors to a World Heritage Site could soon find themselves lost' for tourist information. Anne and Roger Heald, who have run Saltaire's unofficial tourist information centre for more than a decade, are to quit. Boards advertising the prominent four-storey
Otley 23 Cornish Pirates 19 Otley turned the formbook upside down with a great victory over joint leaders Cornish Pirates, who came full of expectancy after their 39-0 win on the opening day of the season. The confident Cornishmen had sent a below-strength
Bradford & Bingley 7 Redruth 33 This National League Two game at Wagon Lane was effectively over by the 19th minute as the visitors from Cornwall steamed into a 21-point lead. The home side looked like they had made the 380-mile trip and just stepped
Skelmersdale 1Farsley Celtic 2 Farsley reached the first round of the FA Trophy with a solid if uninspiring display at Skelmersdale to record a routine win. It was not an easy tie for the Celts to go into after their defeat in the FA Cup at MK Dons
Bradford Park Avenue's home tie against Conference North outfit Nuneaton Borough in the final qualifying round of the FA Trophy was the biggest casualty of the severe wet weather in the area. Avenue will try again tonight but are hoping the forecast
Bradford Salem's ten-match unbeaten run came to an end 15-5 at resurgent Scarborough. Salem found life difficult in very heavy conditions and a lacklustre first-half performance saw them go behind 15-0 after conceding two tries. After a half-time lecture
Wharfedale led in this pulsating derby for most of the match, and had a four-try bonus point in the bag as early as the 43rd minute. At 22-14 up, chances to put the game beyond Halifax came and went, and the home side rallied superbly to take command
Cleckheaton 12 West Park St Helens 21 At 9am on Saturday, Cleckheaton's pitch was unplayable. But after a couple of hours' forking by diligent helpers to get rid of four inches of standing water in parts, the game was on. However, following what was
Ossett Town 1 Guiseley 0 A clash in the UniBond Premier Division between two traditional rivals saw Ossett extend their sequence to a lucky 13 without defeat against Guiseley. Matches between these sides have always been considered derby fixtures and
England could not last until lunch as Australia blasted their way to victory in the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane today. Defeat was inevitable for the tourists who had begun the fi-nal day 354 runs behind on 293 for five. And the Aussies needed only
